The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-15 00:00:00

EVEN IN( SUN ARRIVAL OF , T Iv—l — gro , r , ILA t .ll-0 (EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL.) LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY NIGHT. - The ColumJa steamer, commanded by Cap tain. Judkins, arrived at this port this evening at dark. She sailed from Halifax on the night of the 3d, and has. therefore be bcien just 11 days on-the voyage.. She brings 55 passengers, who, though the vessel experienced head winds for a consi derable part of the voyage, had expressed their entire satisfaction with the vessel, as well as with her worthy commander, Captain Judkins. Although extending over a period of eleven. days further than those received by the New ,• 'York yesterday, we do not find much news of • interest in these papers. Business though dull . . was:for the most part steady and not by any means in a drooping state. Flour had advanced 5.50: to 6.75, being the current rates. The rate - lotEchange continues steady. Prices of stocks of the best descriptions was improving. The PRESIDENT had accepted and signed the bill authorizing the Bankrupt Law as it passed the Senate. The other great financial schemes of the Session remained vet incomplete. A new " E xchangq Bank Bill" was before the Senate, and - would p ro b ably pass sh O rtly, an d as pro b a bly Le again vetoed by the P RESID ENT. A change in _the C a bi net was confidently looked for. NO Chance . .With e has taken place in the relations its country; and Mr. WLEori was hardly Intentioned in the Papers, the result of his trial being looked to with less importance than we have noticed. on many previous arrivals. The accounts from Canada are not important. The papers are much employed in speculations nn the future movements of the GOVENOR GENERAL. The outward-bound steamer Bri tannia, arrived at Halifax on the 31st August, after a quick passage of eleven days from Liver pool,. ill Our letters from Washington all unite in saying, that the accidental Executive has declared to the Cabinet, his i• determination to veto the Bank Bill now before the Se - nate. And this after as positive declaration that he would • sign it! He now perceives that this second act of treachery to the country, to the Whig party, and to his own character, *will cause his cabinet to retire en masse, and issue a mani :festo to the people setting forth the conduct of the Execu -tive in its true light. This he dreads ; and, therefore, ' ll la3 besought their influence in inducing the Senate to Postpone the Bill till the next Session of Congress. But lie has lost the confidence of all the Whigs ; and they Perceive in this, only an attempt to get rid of Congress, and then, after to a certain extent, identifying the Cabi net with himself, and thereby preventing the justly merited and-unanimous denunciations of the Whir party, :get rid of them also, as Geneaal Jackson OM of Messrs. 'Cass and M'Lean. Of course his proposition to posts ,pone is hooted at, and the crisis is near at hand. Much as the country may regret the dissolution of the I present able Cabinet, there can be no doubt but it will :much prefer seeing them retire with honour to them : selves, and with the Whig party presenting nearly an un-. broken front; to their remaining only to be used by Mr.. Tyler for his own purposes, and then thrust out uncere anasiously- with the whole party distracted. We cer tai.nly shall deeply regret the necessity for their retir ing; but we doubt not they will act as becomes theirown :reput stions, and as their duty to the country shall ap- Tear t," dictate. It is not necessary now to point out the inconsistency, and, vi e may add, treachery and double dealing, of Mr. Ty ler, ev en since his last veto; suffice it to say, that he perso zally -wrote an amendment to the Bank Bill, and said, if - ltdoptetl, he would sign it. It was adopted, and he declares that kw ; will nut sign any bill this Session, and that he Is und, r a pledge not to do so. In short, he has ren dered himself perfectly obnoxious to the Whigs in Con cress, : tnd a suliject for the Tories to exerciee their wit upon. If he has any common sense remaining, he will prompaly resign his place. We are huppy to add, that the Land-Bill has passed the Set, ate, will pass the House as amended, and re ceive tilt, • signature of the Executive. Mr. Everett has not yet loom rejected. God grant that he may not- be. That act mould indeed, place the country in an awkward predicaMeAit. THE BANK BILL. (C Orrespondence of the Courier and Enquirer.) WAS RINGTVN, AUG. 29.—The position of the two great political parties here at this juncture is somewhat singular.. Neither seems to know precisely what to dO, and =eh is anxiously awaiting the movements of the other. .A. few days must determine where the one or the . other stands. The Bank Bill, .ts you will have gathered from the ,reparts of the pzoceedings in Congress, has not Ret been reported by the Committe e o f th e S en ate. umour has said very freely for the last two or three days that it never would b!! reported, and that it was • the intention of the Whig party of that. body to give it the go-by. It is_ not to be presumed that this idea has 4-eined strength ; bat, judging from the best information `within m y reac h, I Z , ave not attached any great weight •ta it. That doubts uld be entertained as to the prac tical utility of acting upon a measure whose fate when submitted to the co-ordinate branch of the Government, has ceased to be matter 04 . speculation, can scarcely be ftwondered at. But, on the other hand, the Whigs of the Se.nate owe it to their own i , ,•00d faith, to the treachery of the baler House, not less that.'. their common constituency, to make this second effort—nugatory and abortive as, in :advance, they know it must he. I thel some difficulty, herefore, even in contemplating 'the contingency that the Dill, as has been suggested, 'will be smothered in Cotm nittee. .Al , art from the vio lated faith which such a co urse would imply, reasons of .expediency would seem to condemn it; because it is - .understood that should the Bill not be reported, the 'opposition will call for the r casons and then go to work ;so make political carital or. a. new ground. If, as I believe, the Bill should be reported, it does la . seem probable that it win meet with any very ex tended discussion in the S enat. , !.- The Locos believe (if they do not know) that 'they have secured the President; that he is fairly within their' clinches, and that nclens vtleni he must veto the 13ill. No man, basing his opinions upon the reasonabl. it data before him, seriously expects any other issue. NOW, I could every day o f my life freight down the editorial columns of your pa per with rumours, rumours, rumours ; and I might, perm iventure, for every one that -- were true give you a thousat id that were false. To be .0.-t the safe - side, therefore, and not being' very fond of ten-tea and ta'ole. talk, I put the rumours in my pipe Gasp smoke them. And i'do 1 his with great impartiality— Miro: not whether, on the one hand, R umour comes to * me in the shape of a tall figure from Kentucky " with a bold front and sandy locks," or whether, , on the other, it comes to me in the shape of " the one-aided ricketty patent " front another sec tion of the country, of /e here Mr. Marshall spoke so eloquently a few days ago. I do not believe that the rejection of Edward Everett's. nomination (should that occur) would dissolve the Unit tit ' any more than I believe that the d ou bl e -d ea li ng game 'of President Tyler will secure him a second term in • the Executive Chair. But I do believe that strange things are going on—that shameless abandonments of 'principle are everywhere __staring us in the face—and 'that the line is soon to be *drawn broadly and for eve r between John Tyler and those who "gave him the h onour that he wears," whose wiews he has misrepresented, whose hopes he has de ceived, and whose confidence he has betrayed. I believe also that there must be chanres in the Cabinet. MII. EVERETT'FiNTOMINATION. It is all but certain that rthe nomination of this gen- I theman 115 Ambassador to L.)ndon will be rejected, on the , &guild of the private opinic ins of Mr. E. on the subject ' of slaierY• Theee opinions, as now freely canvassed at Washing • ton by Senators and others, are -Ist. That Mr. Everett kkelieves in the right, under the Constitution, of abolishing, • slavery in the District of Co lumbia and the Territorie; of the United States. 2d. That he believes in the right, under the Constitu tlnt , of prohibiting the intttrnal slave-trade, that is, the tied, in slaves between the different States ; and 3d. That he believes in the right, under the Con stitutiov, of refining to adm it into the Union new States that tolevate slavery—and Ithat he thinks these rights %hould,.at a proper time, be enforced. :Now, what have these views of the power of the Constitution to do with the mission to England? It 1 " said, in let d, that delict ..te questions ccnnected - with the recognition of propel t y in slaves, and compensa tion therefore, are under discussion with that countt_,'Va Which more° xer, it is adtied, is the focus of abol.;- tion. What then? Is it ma:ant to say that Mr. Everett' or any other honourable man, will be faithless to any trust confided to him, because of certain speculative opi nioas he may entertain? Such a suspicion, such an im putation, strikes at the persontl honour of every northern •Inan ; and yet, when did any northern man ever betray 1411 e interests or the rights • of his country? a' , s olan Jay was, for his day, a decided abolitionist ; but aid lie fail in ought that the most scrupulous Southern /Oat? could have stickled for in his negotiations, with ? But yet stronger. Rufus King was, in the - 41 -isst etri controversy, the champion of that opinicet now ~ ''unputed as a crime to Mr. Everett, that no •ate permitting slavery should be brought into t he Undo,:--and vet ho was afterwards sent to „ - r•ogland, and on the question of his confirmation not whi Tee of obi,-ction on that score was heard. Yet 111 0 first and chit:fest matter confided to his charge NN'as-the adjtistment of the compensation for slaves, !older the Ghent treaty - ,. and he only did not succeed 111 terminating th e n e ,-;oliation, before illness that proved mortal compelled return home, because he in sisted upon the highest rate of compensation. This "„tree negotiation w:ts afterwerds completed by Albert kallatin, another man from the Free States, who, un sier instructions from the. Government at home, accepted half a million less than Ru.!us King had asked. n Away then, with the 13: Ise, the dishonouring impute -I°n, that northern men are not to be trusted with the anterests, rights, and honour of their country. We ‘ pur n it as a personal wrou,:;—we spurn it as a political I,.tcligeity, to which no man e.c.• honour can submit, which ao Anaerielen, .worthy ef. the vaam, can fail to resent. If the South shall force this issue upon us, we say to them h ill earnestnc. , ss, that they are , digging the grave a party qu2stion—nof a tranient ques tion—but aborbiug all others, overreaching all others, the one test at all our elections will be, Freedom and the North—Slavery and the South. The result cannot be doubtful.—New York Inquirer. t u .om THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.--:The Journal of Commerce has Sandwich Island dates to the 10th of April. The United States ship Vincennes and the brig Porpoise sailed on the sth for Columbia River. The St. Louis, Captain French, arrived on the 6th at Mazatlan, and was to leave in a few days'for Monteroy. The brig Cayuga was at Mazatlan, in thirty-seven days from Callao. American ves,els left at Calico, by the Cayu a, United States Ships Constitution and Ydrktown ; United States store ship Relief ; ship Emily Taylor, of Boston ; bark Harmony, of New York. Later Florida news have been received at Savannah. An Indian had been captured near the Ochlawaha, who turned out to be one of Haleck Tustenuggee's chief war riors. He had promised to guide the troops to Haleek's camp, and a company of dragoons, in conjunction with a detachment in boats, accordingly started in search of it. The boat party returned, and reported that they found three large camps abandoned within a day or two, the trail leading in a southwest direction. Hopes were en tertained that the dragoons would be able to overtake the Indians. Tampico dates to the 6th inst. have been received at New Orleans. A conducts, with $1,600,000, mostly for England, had arrived at Tampico. Business was ex ceedingly dull. The schooner Tippecanoe waf seized oft' the port on the Ist, for smuggling 100 boxes spermaceti and a quantity of fine goods. It was said she would be condemned. On Saturday the nominations of Mr. Jenifer as Mi nister to Austria, of Mr. Todd, as Minister to Russia, and of Gen. Wool, as successor in command of Gen. Scott, were confirmed.—New York Inquirer. ANOTHER BANK ROBBERY !—The Branch of the Farmers' Bank, at Danville, Va., was entered on Sa turday night or Sunday, 21st or 22d instant, by reel or false keys, and robbed of ninety-two thousand one hun dred and thirty five dollars. As, however, this occurred in the State of Virginia, where they have great theoretical abheirence of banks and bank notes, but nevertheless have no other currency, and that irredeemal the robbers only • got " rags and lamp-black." Even these, to the amount of 72,000 dollars, were of notes that had been cancelled, and so stamped on the face of them. The balance of 20,000 dollars was in other notes of the insti tution. A reward of 5,000 dollars is offered for the re covery of the money. The sales at the Board to-day were quite limited, and in sorne.descriptions an improvement was manifest. Be tween thirteen and fourteen•hundred shares U. S. Bank were sold, closing at 106, an improvement of 1 per cent.; Harlem went up 1* per cent., Long Island - 1 1 ,-, Auburn and Syracuse Boston and Providence New Jersey ; Paterson fell off -4. The sales of State Stocks wet% Illinois Sixes, 1870, at 55 ; Indiana Bonds at 55. We understand that the Merchants' Bank having de clined giving security for the Government Deposits, they have been transferred to the Bank of Commerce The Merchants' Bank refused to give security before it was appointed the depository. The appointment was a very popular one in the street, and it is to be regretted that circumstances should require its cancelment. The Cotton Market has been very quiet to-day, and we hear of no sales worthy of notice. The Flour Mar ket is very heavy, and although holders in the face of receipts to the extent of 20,000 barrels in two days are generally firm, yet there are indications of a decline to some extent before large sales can be effected. The ar rivals are principally of Genesee. In the main features of the money market we have no alteration to advise ; capital is abundant for good paper both at ,the banks and in the street. The prospects in deed for mercantile enterprise generally are highly en couraging, and clouded only by an apprehension of dis tress arising among our foreign customers through a de fiCient harvest. The fall sales of dry goods promise to be heavy and at good prices, and there are already here a larger number of country dealers than we have had for two years past. Fancy Stocks or Stocks not paying dividends, are gra dually becoming more depressed. whilst State and City Stocks are increasing in favour, and evidently attracting large investments of money. United States Bank notes are at 30 per cent. discount. Specie continues abundant, our supplies and ship ments being about to the same amount, which will pro bably continue to be the case as long as our Foreign Ex changes remain as near at par as they are at present. We regret to learn that the Government deposits have necessarily been withdrawn from the Merchants' Bank of this city, because that institution very naturally refused to give the security which the law compelled the Secretary of the Treasury to require_ We would not insinuate that the Bank of Commerce is a less safe depository, far from it, but only that the former from its long standing, and the high station it holds in the public estimation, would have been generally considered preferable. NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET.-Au:,. 30, 1841. Reported for the Courier and Enquirer. Beeves- - 1,100 at market, including 187 left over last week; 267 were from the South, and the balance from this State. Sales were made of 1,000 head, at $4,50 a s7—averaging $4,87i the 1.00 lbs. Market very dull mtd large supplies. Cows and Calves-30 we.te offered, and 20 taken at $2O to $35 each. Sheep and Lambs—There were 3,000 in market, nearly all of which were sold. Sheep at $1,25 to $l. -Lambs ay $1- to 12.75 each. -' Ilay—Tile supplies have been moderate, and sales were made at 81c. to $l, the 1001bs. PATE OF SALES OF STOCK, AUG. 31. $l,OOO Illinois 6's 1870 $l,OOO Indiana Dollar Bonds s 3 55i 20...d0 Manhattan Bank. .......... ... 47...d0 Merchants' Bank .... 25...d0 Bank of Commerce, (full) .. 50...d0 New Orleans Gas 50...d0 Delaware and Hudson 10...d0 Merchants Ex Co 27i 65.. do Mohawk Railroad 100...d0 Paterson 75...d0 Harlem Railroad 50...d0 do 309...d0 Long Island ` 0...d0 Auburn and Syracuse 1 c0....d0 Boston and Providence Railroad ..... 93i 100... do Canton 50..,00 Stonington bthw 35 10...d0 New Jersey Railroad 764 350...de :United States Bank.... ..o • A fair business was done to-day at the Board, princi pally in Bank U. S. and Harlem R. R. S'aares, at an ad vance on the closing prices of Sdturday, and in which all other descriptions participated except Delaware and Hudson, and Indiana S. 8., both of which declined I. We learn that the one million of U. S. Loan has been taken by the Bank of Commerce of this city, at par for 5i- per cent. stock, and that the public deposits will henceforth be made in this Bank. Exchange on Phila delphia to-day 97* a 97-1- The Doric, at New Orleans, from Tampico, brings $51,108 35e in specie. The Euvnia, at this port, from Vera Cruz, brings $Bl,OOO in specie. The .National encer states that the Secretary of the Treasury has obtained the loan of one million of dol lars, lately - advertised, at 5i per cent. per annum. ARREST OF' ALEXANDER WILLIAM HOLMES, ONE 017 THE CREW OF THE SHIP WILLIAM BROWN„ ON A CHARGE OF MURDER. (From the United States Gazette.) On Friday afternoon last, Sally Corr and Bridget INl`Gee, two of the passengers of the ship William Brown, wrecked on her passage from Liverpool to this city—with the horrid particulars of which the reader is already well informed—appeared before Alderman Hugh Clark, of Kensington, and made oath that Alex. William Holmes, one of the crew of that vessel, and one of the most active participants in the destruction of the unfortunate passengers, was now in the city, cud they wished his arrest, and that he be proceeded against forthwith. Accordingly Alderman Clark issued his warrant, and it was placed in the hands of Messrs. Fisher and Sliner, police-officers of Kensington, who traced the- accused to the Girard Boarding House, corner of F rout :and Union-sireets, and on Saturday morning there arre. sted him. Holmes made no resistance, but the officers experi enced mu ph opposition from tbp other sailors at the boarding-hicuse,-some of whom declared that a man could not be arreoited in the city by virtue of a county warrant. To satisfy their scruples, the officers proceeded to Alder man Milnoi's office with their prisoner, and he succeeded in satisfying the sailors that the officers were acting cor rectly. The officers proceeded immediately from thence to the Unite'd States District Court-room, where a hear in, w as had before his Honour Judge Hopkinson, and the following de p ositi ons taken : Sarah Core, of Ireland, age d a b out nineteen years, being duly sworn, deposes that she took passage on board the Williamßron four atl dais,verpool. t A h t e 'te p r a . s y s e e l n it g id er b s ec u n p o r t e it about five weeks retiring to bed. I . was sitting up. W e heard the vessel strike agains t the ice. After a little while esa t s h se e lt r hN e ve came a man to t A h e nns h atce passengers tetrnsdgcoatlulepdoonudtetchkatasthseo soon bN lug. y oa h tesnT. The -I sailorsg'woetnbutpobileldoweCkfotNlNl.ieteayscsoitnilld'.. ' were clearing Out the my cloak. When I r alongside omlfltiliiiille.i William n e ß s ! Brown the longboat was in the wholumped against went by the esailora ebeao.l. o f n gi Charlesn g tothe s ha\ , e to go out again. I stayed tL at I need not be j um p i ng e i d nto in th t e he bo b a o t, at f . or l l e N a v n ou n l o d t seven s s a ii __ rs in the boat. There I was lying down in v ohmi nmkoal.nabout b s passengers . i . h e not hear anything say t u h . eer were 'I llo t t it said before they c The boat w o • m as ni c e r n o c Ti d e t d h . ro l wi d n i g d t A ir s r i a ti } n , , the cook, ca tch held of Frank Askin. persons its erboard. I saw the black m i them to spare his calling to a h 'cotch woman to speak to . give . to them if ahoy a h n ea li rd el F r ra y n M k would spiv his life until' morning. life; he saidh e had five sovereigns, and lie would it William overboard were ,llenry Murray and Alexander He was thrown overboard. The persons who threw him overboard to throw her also. They threw over _ Holmes. Frank 2lskin's sister said, if they threw sixteenhim. of the passengetrs, including the two sisters of Askin. I heard my cous An, Charles Coulon, go forward and say to I iolmes, "Holmes, dear, sure ni not have to go over. _ Holmes said, " Charley, you must go." Then a girl of 16 cried out to spare hint,. for he was the last of a family of fifteen that had gone (town in the vessel. I then heard the plunge of him in the water. It was Holmes who helped to throw him over. The sailors who helped in tht - owing over the passengers were, as far as I can recollect--and I do not kr.ow the whole of them—Alexander W. Holmes, Charles Smith, Henry Murray, the black, and Jack Stetson. SALLY CORR. Sworn and subscribed in open District Court, August 14, 1841 * FRANCIS HOPKINSON, Clerk United States District Court. Owen Carr, born in the county of Tyrone, in Ireland, aged about twelve years, being duly sworn, deposes that he was a passenger on board the ship William Brown, on her voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia ; that we left Liverpool about the 12th of March last ; we had been at sea five weeks and four clays when the' ship struck against the ice in the evening, about nine o'clock. I was just lying down to sleep when there came two shocks, which some of the passengers said were caused by ice. The shocks were very violent. The ship was sailing fast at the time of the shocks, but they stopped her. One of the passengers went upon deck and said she was sinking. Then all the passengers went up, and I amon them. I went up with nothing on but my shirt, and then went down again and got on my roundabout and trousers, and shoes, and cap, and came up on deck again, and was getting upon the side to get into the boat, and Judy M'Cadden gave me a push and shoved me into the boat, which was just going over the side. In getting into her the passengers came down as fast us they could, striving with each other which would be first in, for fear she should be shoved off before they could get in. There was but one sailor in before the passengers came, and that was the one putting in the plugs, There were six sailors and the mate in the boat, and sixteen or seventeen passengers thrown over, and about thirteen left. The sixteen or seventeen were thrown over in the night. Some of the sailors said before they began, that the boat was sinking and would have to be lightened. Those who were engaged in throwing over the passengers, were Holmes, a sailor, and Henry Murray, the black man and cook, Charles Smith, a sailor, and ;jack Stetson, a sailor. The black and Holmes were most active in thrcming them over. OWEN CAUR. Sworn and subscribed in open District Court, August 14, 1841. The prisoner was then, on the motion of Wm. M. Me redith, Esq., United States District Attorney, committed to prison to answer the charge of murder on the high seas. FROM WASHINGTON. WAKING UP THE WRONG PASSENGER.—The occur rence in the Senate Chamber en Monday presented a scene amusing as well as solemn in is character. Mr. Benton, smiling like a toad, and with a face as red as vermillion, rose with a Illation to arrest " the Bank ruffians" who, he said, _ had insulted the Pre sident of the United States by hissing ins Message. Mr. Rives, Mr. Preston, and many others protested that they had heard no hissing. Mr. Benton's frie:lds, however, were as confident they had heard this mark of disapprobation, though, as Mr. Buchanan re marked, it was neither loud nor prolonged. While this grave and weighty matter was under consideration, a drunken Locofoco in the straight gallery—better known at Washington as the black hole of Calcutta, —was noisy. in his approval of the Veto Message, and in his approval also of the speeches of Mr. Benton denouncing the " Bank bullies" and " ruffians" who had been hired, as he said, to hiss the President. Mr. Walker caught a sight of t'ie fellow through the crowd, and rising as high as himself almost, cried out—" there he is," " there he is now, Mr. President." " Yes, that's nee," said the fellow, " go ahead Ben ton," " give it to them !" and all eyes above and below were directed to the noisy intruder. Again Mr. Ben ton spoke, and again the Locofoco in the gallery gave some token of admiration and approval. The Locofoco senators below, however, took the noisy citizen above them to he a Whig as well as a " Bank ruffian," and the Sergeant-at-Arms appeared and deagged him below. In some ten minutes, Mr. Ben ton found through inquiry that he had caught a tartar, and that " the Bank • ruffian" instead of hissing, had been boisterous in his demonstrations of approval, and particularly in seconding the denunciations. of Mr. Benton. Mr. Allen gave him a hint to that effect. Mr. King, Mr. Walker, Mr. Buchanan, and Mr. Linn, a colleague, all political friends, all asked the Senator from Missouri to withdraw his motion for arrest. Mr. B. did withdraw, notwithstanding he had said to Mr. Buchanan, that " so help hind God he would not." The Locofoco rowdy in the end of the fray, after expressing repentance, was suffered to depart, and that on the motion of Mr. Benton himself. The whole scene was eminently ludicrous and ridiculous, and Mr. Benton •for once, at least, found that he had waked up the wrong passenger. The following " Ordinance " taken from a New Or leans paper is of interest to free people of colour ship ping to sail to that port, and to the Captains of vessels employing them : An Ordinance concerning Free People of Colour not entitled to remain in this State, and Tavern Keepers of Public Houses, and other persons. The General Council of the City of New Orleans ordain as follows ART. 1. That from and after the passage of this ordi nance, any inn or tavern-keeper, or other person keeping a public house, or house of entertainment, who shall har bour in his, or her house, or shall suffer to be harboured in his or her house, any free negro, grille, mulatto, or other free . person of colour being in this State, in contra vention to the provisions of the Act of the Legislature, approved 16th of March, 1830, and entitled " An Act to prevent free persons of colour from entering into this State, and for other purposes," shall pay a fine for each and every such offence of not less than 25 dollars, nor more than 100 dollars, recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction; or in default of such payment, shall suffer an imprisonment of not more than 30 days. ART. 2. Be it . further ordained, That all persons whatever, employing in the capacity of servant, or otherwise, any free negro, ;rifle, mulatto,. or other free person of colour 6eing in this State in contravention to the provisions of the above-cited act, shall pay a fine of not less than twenty-five, nor more than fifty dollars, or in default of such payment, shall suffer an imprison ment of not more than ten days. ART. 3. Be it further ordained, That all such free negroes, griffes, mulattoes, or other free persons of colour, not native of this State, shall be presumed, as already directed by the above cited Act, to be in this State in contravention to said Act, unless they furnish satisfactory evidence to. the contrary. D. AUGUSTIN, Secretary. ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MORMONS. (From the Warsaw Signal, July 21.) MORMON VISITORS.—On last Monday evening Joe Smith, accompanied by Gen. Bennett and suite, ap peared in our quiet, non• excitable village, producing by his august presence quite a sensation—indeed, he ap peared to be a perfect curiosity. In his coach we ob served a bowie knife, rifles, pistols, ammunition, &c., and a courage raiser, in the shape of a decanter, con taining some kind of precious beverage—whether wine, brandy, or gin, this deponent saith not. Ho w e ver , something of the kind was certainly called into requisi tion in the course of the evening, and early the next day in the Prophet's chamber. Moreciver, we understand, that when about half a mile from town, the Prophet and suite halted and took a regular swig —doubtless by way of inspiration. But this is nothing to us, only the peo ple ought to know what the Prophet of the Lord does, in order that they may have the benefit of his example. But why were they armed ? Not with a design to kill us? Certainly not—for they tried to be as friendly as possible ; but as General Bennett observed, to be pre pared for the Missourians. This was all very well, and of course we shall not make a bugbear of it. Their business was to complete the negotiations for the purchase of the School Section. Well, it is done ; and the decree has gone forth, for a Mormon city on our immediate borders. We have not heard whether locks have yet riz ! BAPTISM FOR THE DEAD.—We neglected to mention last week that a revolutionary soldier was baptized at Nauvoo, on the 4th inst., by one of the elders, for Gen. Washington ; another old soldier was baptized at the same time for Gen. Harrison. The doctrine of the Mor mons appears to be, that those who are living must be babtized by one having authority from Joe Smith, or else go to hell ; but those why are already dead may be brought out of torment by a friend or relation receiving the baptismal rights in their behalf. ANTI-MORMON LECTURES.—MF. Wm. Harris, the Anti-Mormon lecturer, visited our place on Sunday last, and gave us four lectures, tending to prove the fallacy and designs of Mormonism. We have but one objec tion to his course, and that is, he dignifies Mormonism too much, by gravely arguing its absurdity. That it is absurd, we regard to be an axiom ; but still these lec tures have a very good effect on those who do not view it in the same light. On Monday, he proved conclu sively the treasonable and wicked designs of this ban ditti, from testimony which they cannot deny, being of their own make. So far as we have heard, the labours of this man have been of great utility. Weleartily bid him God speed. TEMPERANCE AMONG THE MORMONS.—PeopIe at a distance are apt to imagine the Mormons a very tempe rate body of men, because the ordinances of their city forbid the sale of ardent spirits, unless under very se vere restrictions. But this impression is false. It is true that the saints do not get drunk at home, but they have only to cross the river at Montrose, and there they can revel to their heart's content in spiritual luxuries. Even the prophet himself, although a seeming devotee of the temperance cause, is a better friend to Bacchus than to any other God except, perhaps, Plutus. We have heard of three sprees of his in the last ten months. In the first he appeared among his followers, and offered to prove the truth of his mission by a miracle—which was to climb a hickory pole 60 feet high, bark off, heels upward ! The second was on loard the steamer Nan. voo, in her excursion to Bloomington, last fall. On this occasion his Holiness drank whiskey until he found him self on his back, feeling upwards for the ground. So says our informant. The third was last week. On this occasion it does not appear that Joe was exactly drunk ; but it seemed strange to see the Prophet of the Lord at the head of a champaigne party, crying lustily, " take away the empty bottles and bring on the full ones." THE MORMON SETTLEMENT.—The Mormons first located themselves as a body in Kirtland, Grange county, Ohio. Some difference arose among their leaders, on account of certain banking operations whi c h they attempted, an d t h ey separated, and a portion of them went to Independence, Jackson county, Mi. The people in the neighbourhood of that location became unfriendly to them, and drove them away by force, subjecting them to great sufferings and loss of property. They were at last entirely and forcibly expelled from the state of Mis souri. They afterwards purchased the town of Com merce, said to be a situation of surpassing beauty, at the head of the lower rapids, on the Illinois shore c.. the Mi ss i ss ippi River. The writer to whom I have alrea.ly re f erre d, and who has revisited these western Mor mons this present summer, remarks :—" The name of die place where they now reside, they have recently changed to Nauvoo, the Hebrew term of fair or beautiful. Around this place, as their centre, they are daily gathering from almost every quarter ; and several hundr e d new h ouses , erected THU SUN, LONDON, IVEDNESDAY,Ski x TENII3ER _l5, 1841. within the last few months, attest to theasassing_ tra. yeller the energy, industry, and "self-denial with which the community is imbued. They have also obtained pos session of extensive lands on the opposite side of the river, in that eleirming portion of lowa territory known as the Half Bread Reservation ;' and there, upon the rolling- and fertile prairies, they are rapidly selecting their homes and opening their farms. As the traveller now passes through those natural parks and fields of flowers, which the ha n d of t he Cr ea tor seems to have originally planted there for the inspection of his own eye, he beholds their cabins, dotted down in most en chanting'perspective, either on the borders of the tim bers, or beside the springs or streams of living water which are interspersed on every hand." The other portion that remain in Ohio, have erected a stone temple in Kirtland, of splendid appearance and singular construction. The first floor is a place of wor ship, with four pulpits at each end ; each pulpit calcu lated to hold three persons. These pulpits rise behind and above one another, anf.l are designed fur different grades of ministers accordihleto the rank in office. These are the two prin c ip a l settl e /Dents of these eople, al though there are sma ll societies of them found in almost every part Of the United States:3'. In. some instances, not only members, but ministers of .ortho.lox churches, have been led to leave their own chureleas, and identify them selves with thVlormons. ORIGIN AND. PISTORY.—It was !s , early in the autumn of 1827 that Maiiin Harris called tit` my house in Pal myra, one mornikv - about sunrise. His whole appear ance- indicated more than usual excieknent, and he had scarcely passed the threshold of my dwelling, before he inquired whether he could see me alone, remarking that he had a matter to communicate that he ,wished to be strictly confidential. Previous to this, I had but very slight acquaintance with Mr. Harris. • He had occasion ally attended divine service in our church. I had heard him spoken of as a farmer in comfortable circumstances, residing in the country a short distance from the village, and distinguished by certain peculiarities in his charac ter. He had been, if I mistake not, at one period a memLer of the Methodist Church, and subsequently had identified himself with the Universalists. At this time, however, in his religious views he seemed to be floating upon the sea of uncertainty. He had evidently quite an extensive knowledge of the Scriptures, and possessed a manifest disputations turn of mind. As I subsequently learned, Mr. Harris has al ways been a firm believer in dreams, and visions, and supernatural appearances, such as apparitions and ghosts, and therefore was a fit subject for such men as Smith and his colleagues to operate upon. On the occasion ' just referred to, I invited him to accompany me to my study, where, after having closed the door, he began to dra , ..- a package out of his pocket with great and mani fest'. caution. _ Suddenly, - however, he stopped, and wished to know if there was any possibility of our being interrupted or overheard. When answered in the nega tive, he proceeded to remark that he reposed great con fidence in me as a minister of Jesus Christ and that what he had now to communicate, he wished me to regard as strictly confidential. He said he verily believed that an important epoch had arrived — that a great flood of light was about to burst upon the world, and that 'the scene of divine manifesta tion was to be immediately around us. In ex planation of what he meant he then proceeded to remark that a golden Bible had recently been dug from the earth, where it had been deposited for thousands of years, and that this would be found to contain such dis closures as would settle all religious contrdversies, and speedily bring on the glorious Millennium. That this mysterious book, which no human eye of the present ge neration had yet seen, was in possession of Joseph Smith, jun., ordinarily known in the neighbourhood under the more familiar designation of Joe Smith ; that there had been a revelation made to him by which he had discovered this sacred deposit, and two transpa rent stones through which, as a sort of spectacles, he could read the Bible, although the box or ark that contained it, had not been opened ; and that by looking through those mysterious stones he had transcribed from one of the leaves of the book, the characters which Harris had so carefully wrapped in the package he was drawing from his pocket. The whole thing ap peared to ine so ludicrous and puerile, that I could not refrain from telling Mr. Harris that I believed it a mere hoax got to practice upon his credulity, or an artifice to extort from him money; for I had already, in the course of the conversation, learned that he had advanced some twenty-five dollars to Joe Smith as a sort of a premium for sharing with him in the glories and profits of this new revelation. For at this time, his mind seemed to be quite as intent upon the pecuniary advantage that would arise from the possession of the plates of solid gold of which this book was composed, as upon the spiritual light it would diffuse over the world. My intimations to him in reference to the possible im position that was being practiced upon him, however, were indignantly repelled. He went on to relate the particulars in regard to the discovery and possession of this marvellous book. As far as .I can now recollect, the following is an outline of the narrative which he then communicated to me, and subsequently to scores of people in the village, from Some of whom, in my late visit to Palmyra, I have been Ale to recal several par ticulars that had quite glided from my memory. Before I proceed to Martin's narrative, however, I would remark, in passing, that Joe Smith, who has since been the chief prophet of the Mormons, and was one of the most prominent ostensible actors in the first scenes of this drama, belonged to a very shiftless family near Palmyra. They lived a sort of vagrant life, and were principally known as money diggars. Joe from a boy appeared dull, and utterly destitute of genius, but his father claimed for him a sort of' second sight, a power to look into the depths of the earth, and discover where its pre ciousstreasures were- hide- Consequently'long .bef ore the idea of a golden Bible entered their minds( in their ex cursions for money-digging, which I believe usually oc• curred in the night, that they might conceal from others the knowledge of the place where they struck upon the treasures, Joe used to be usually their guide, putting into their hat a peculiar stone he had through which he looked, to decide where they should begin to dig. According to Martin Harris, it was after one of these night excursions that Joe, while he lay upon his bed, had a remarkable dream. An angel of God seemed to approach him, clad in celestial splendour. This divine messenger assured him that he, Joseph Smith, was chosen of the Lord to he a prophet of the Most High God, and to bring to light hidden things, that would .be of unspeakable benefit to the world. He then dis closed to him the existence of this golden Bible, and the place where it was deposited, but at the same time told him that he must follow implicitly the divine directions or he ssould draw upon him the wrath of heaven. This book, which was contained in a chest, or ark, and which consisted of metallic plates covered with characters em bossed in gold, he must net presume to look into 'under three years. He must first go on a journey into Pennsylvania, and there among the mountains he would meet with a very lovely woman, belonging to a highly respectable and pious family, whom he was to take for his wife. As a proof that he was sent on this mission by Jehovah, as soon as he saw this designated person, lie would be smitten with her beauty, and though he was a stranger to her, as she was far above him in the walks of life, she would at once be willing to marry hini and go with him to the ends of the earth. After their marriage he was to return to his former home, and remain quietly there until the birth of his first child. When this child had completed his se cond year, he might then proceed to the hill beneath which the mysterious chest was deposited, and draw it thence, and publish the truth it contained to the world. Smith awoke from this dream, and, according to Harris, started off towards Pennsylvania, not knowing to what point he should go. But the Lord directed him, and gained him favour in the eyes of just such a person as was described to him. He was married and had returned. His first child was born, and was now about six months old. But Joe had not been alto gether obedient to the heavenly vision. After his marriage and return from Pennsylvania he became so awfully impressed with the high destiny that awaited him, that he communicated the secret to his father and family. The money-digging propensity of the old man operated so powerfully, that he insisted upon it that they should go and dig and see if the chest was there—not with any view to remove it till the ap pointed time, but merely to satisfy theMselves. Accord ingly they %vent forward in the middle of the night with spades and mattocks to the spot where slumbered this sacred deposit. They had proceeded but a little while in the work of excavation,, before the mysterious chest appeared ; but lo ! instantly it moved and glided along , out of their sight. Directed, however, by the clair voyauce of Joe, they again penetrated to the spot where it stood and succeeded in gaiaiug a partial view of its dimensions. • Another divine commu n i ca ti on was made to him authorizing him to go alone by himself and bring the chest and deposit it secretly under the hearth of his dwelling, but by no means to attempt to look into it. The reason assigned by the angel far this removal, was some report in relation to the place where this sacred book was deposited had gone forth, and there was danger of its being disturbed. According to Harris, Smith now followed the divine directions. He was already in pos session of the two transparent stones laid up with the golden Bible, by looking through which he was enabled to read the golden letters on the plates in the box. How he obtained these spectacles without opening the chest, Harris could not tell. But still he had them ; and by means of there he could read all the 'book contained. The book itself was not to be disclosed until Smith's child had attained a certain age. Then it might be pub lished to the world. In the interim Smith was to pre pare the way for the conversion of the world to a new system of faith, by transcribing the characters from the plates, and giving translations of the s ame . T h i s was the substance of Martin Harris's communicution to me upon our first interview. He then carefully unfolded a slip of paper, which contained three or four lines of cha meters, as unlike letters or hieroglyphics of any sort, as well could be produced were one to shut up his eyes and play off the most antic movements with his pen upon pa er. The only thing that bore the slightest resemblance to the letter of any language that I have ever seen, was two upright marks joined by a horizontal line, that might have been taken fur a Hebrew character. My igno rance of the characters in which this pretended an cient record was written, was to Martin Harris new proof that Smith's whole account of the divine revelation made to him was entirely to be relied upon. One thing is here to be noticed, that the statements anye imposture ve b la u t t i o threei: -- va a A r n v i die witnesses were modified from time to time according as their plans be y came more matured. At first it was a gold Bible—then of the originators of this galden plates engraved—then metallic plates stereotyped to be enriched by the solid gold of these plates, at an other they were to be religiously s. kept to convince the or embossed with gold letters. At one ti me H arr i s was p w l o a i t i e r s l then these whom the Lord should choose. How easy it would be, were of u t l i d ie n( t ) i t 'u b t e hof seen t b h there any such plates in existence to produ ce th em , an d show that Mormonism is not a " cunningiy_devised fable." Mow far Harris was duped by this imposture, or how far he entered into it is a matter of speculation, I am unable to say. Several gentlemen in Palmyra, who saw and cm:- versed with him frequently, thinks he was labouring under a sort of mcnomonia, and that he thoroughly believed all that Joe Smith chose to tell'him on this sulfject. Ile was so much in earnest on the subject, that lie imme diately started off with some of the manuscripts that Smith furnished him, on a journey , to New York an:l Washington to consult some learned. men, to ascertain the nature of the language in which this record was en graved. Martin had now become a perfect believer. He said he had no more doubt of Smith's commission than of the Divine commission of the Apostles. The very fact that Smith was an obscure and illiterate man, showed that he was acting under divine impulses. That he was willing to " take of the spoiling of his good," to sustain Smith in carrying on this work of the Lord, and that he was determined that the book should be published, though it consumed all his worldly sub stance. It was in vain I endeavoured to expostulate. I was an unbeliever, and could not see far off. Whether at this time Smith had those colleagues that certainly after-. ward moved unseen the wheels of this machinery, I am unable to say. Even after Cowdrey and Rigdon were bending the whole force of their minds to the carry ing out of the imposture, Joe Smith continued to be the ostensible prominent actor in the drama. The way that Smith made his transcripts and translations for Harris, was the following :—Although in the same room, a thick curtain or blanket was suspended be tween them, and Smith, concealed behind the blanket, pretended to look through his spectacles, or transparent stones, and would then write down or repeat what he saw, which, when repeated aloud, was written down by Harris, who sat on the opposite side of the blanket. Harris was told it would arouse the most terrible Divine displeasure, if he should attempt to draw near the sacred chest, or look at Smith while engaged in the act decyphering the mysterious characters. This was Harris's own account of the matter to me. What other measures they afterwards took to transcribe or translate from these metallic plates, I cannot say, as I very soon after this removed to another field of labour, where I heard no more of the matter till I learned the Book of Mormon was about being published. It was not till after the discovery of the manuscript of Spaulding, that the actors in this imposture thought of calling this pre tended revelation of the Book of Mormon. This book, which professed to be a translation of the golden Bible brought to light by Joseph &I:kith, was published in 1830, to accomplish which Martin Harris actually mort gaged his farm. JEWS' INFANT SCHOOL. A school for the education of infants of the Jewish per Suasion having been lately formed, a circular was issued calling a meeting of the subscribers, fur the pur pose of witnessing the examination of the pupils, with a view to the support and extension of the institution. This meeting was held yesterday afternoon in the tem pory school-room of the institution, in Houndsditch, and was attended by some of the most wealthy and in fluential members of the Jewish persuasion. The room was principally filled with elegantly dressed ladies. Amongst the ladies and gentlemen present we noticed Lady and Miss Goldsmid; the Misses Cohen, Mrs. S. L. De Symons, Mrs. Morris Emanuel, Mrs. Anthony de Rothschild ; Sir Isaac L. Goldsmid, Bart., F. H. Gold smid, Esq., David Cohen, Esq., Walter Josephs, Esq., &c. rrevious to the business of the day commencing the Jewish service was performed, and several of the Psalms were beautifully chaunted by the reader and the choir of the great synagogue. As soon as the service was concluded the childri:m, 130 in number, were introduced and marched round the room, and ascended the platform prepared for their reception. When they were seated, Mr. WILDERSPIN, the master of the school, delivered a brief address on the advantages that accrued from in fant education. He then proceeded to explain the sys tem adopted in this school, which was one that he lied introduced seine tea or twelve years ago in Scotland, hut which was not successful at that time, owing to parties being prejudiced. The principle is that of amalgamat ing youthful sports with the studies of the children. Wilderspin illustrated his system by the examination of the children, which caused a great deal of laughter. After the examination had lasted for about an hour, the children were withdrawn to be regaled with tea and buns, and Mr. F. H. GOLDSMID, the President of the Institution, came forward and addressed the subscribers. He said as that was the first occasion on which the Committee had had the pleasure of meeting the subscribers, thcy would - perhaps permit him to detain them for a few moments, in stating the circumstances which had pro duced and led to the formation of that institution. It was nearly two years ago since some.persons who took a deep interest in the welfare of the community, and of whom he had the pleasure to be one, had their at tention directed to the want of such an institution as the present one. In the course of the autumn of the last year, circumstances occurred which made them feel that an attempt to- form such an institution should no longer be delayed. It appeared that persons of a different faith from themselves had, like themselves, perceived the advantage of such an institution, and had taken means to supply it. The two gentlemen whose attention was first drawn to this matter, the Messrs. Josephs, felt that this could not be permitted. With respect tv mere dif ference of creed, it mattered not when the pupil was arrived at that age when he would require several teachers. But with respect to the earlier education, when one teacher was placed over a whole school, the case was widely different. If they wished an institution like the present one, that institution must be under the direction of an Israelite.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The two gentlemen whose names he had mentioned felt that this. subject should be submitted to the, Hebrew 4-public, and they formed that institution first at their own private expense. They immediately called a committee around them ; several ladies favoured them with. their names as patronesses, and an appeal to the public fol lowed, the result of which was that of placing a fund their disposal, which, though small, was.sufficient to put them in operation. The fund did not exceed 4001., and it was found insufficient to .provide a suitable building, and it therefore became a question as to what sort of building should be obtained. One gentleman submitted to them somewhere about thirty or forty places as suit able, and the result was the building they then occupied. As the funds were not large, he hoped that another ap peal to the public would not be made in vain, as, not being able to acquire an interest in that building beyond seven years, it was requisite to obtain some place in which they might enjoy a permanent interest, and thereby prevent the fall of the institution. There could not be a doubt as to the utility of such an institution. Some years ago, indeed, people be lieved that education was ineffectual before the age of five or six years. But they could at that age educate the feelings and the heart, and they could not begin too young to do so. There was not a . feeling of the infant that could not be turned to good or evil. There was an education which taught the child when he quarrelled to kiss and be friends, and not to cherish enmity. Let them take, for example, the feeling of fear. Let them suppose that from the fear of darkness, as was perhaps natural when encouraged by threats of ghosts, a feel ing of superstition would naturally be produced, which the after man would strive incessantly and vainly to get rid of. But if the groundlessness of such fears were ex• plained, the infant would soon answer, as an infant did answer, who had been trained in the school at Edinburgh. The child was passing through a church at night, anti was asked if it was not afraid. The child said—" Afraid of what? Igo to the infant school."—(Cheers.) The shepherd ©n Tornaldo's misty brow, And the swarth seaman sailing far below, Not undelighted watch the morning ray, Purpling tiie Orient, till it breaks away, And turns anti blazes into glorious day. But happier still is he who turns to face That sun, the soul, just dawning on the face; The burst, the glow, the animating strife, The thoughts and passions growing into life, The forming utterance, and the inquiring glance, The giant waking from his tenfold trance ; Till up he starts, as conscious whence he came, • And all is light within the trembling frame. —(Cheers.) Yes, they were indeed happy who could contemplate the unfolding of the mind of the infant, but they were thrice happy who contributed towards it.— (Hear, hear.) The Scripture said they (the Jews) wen a nation of priests. How could they deserve the cha racter of priests unless they gave moral instruction to their children? He was aware they desired to do this, and if they desired to do it, there could be no better way doing it than by supporting an institution like the present. As soon as the President had concluded his address. the Seeretttry read the list of subscriptions, and thu. concluded the proceedings. The company, inure Z . :specially the fairer pert of it, seamed highly gratified with what they had seen and heard, and the proceedings of the day ended with but one complaint, and that was a general one—the heat 01 the weather. The Memorial Dieppois states that a person of that neighbourhood, who was originally a farmer: but who, about twelve years ago, qualified himself for the priesthood - and was named cure, in which position he ac quired the esteem and affection of all who knew him, lately fell in love with a respectable female, and in order to marry her, resigned his functions as a priest, and ap plied to the Mayor to publish the banns. The Mayor declined doing this without first consulting theProcureur du Roi and the Sub-Prefect of Dieppe, who being of opinion that a person once ordained cannot cea:ze to be long to the priesthood without a dispensation from the Pope, the Mayor refused to publish the banns. The ex cure intends, it is said, to appeal to the Tribunal. A few nights since, a cellular van, conducting some convicts from Mo n tb r ison to the cent ra l pr i son •if Embrun, was overturned near the bridges of Tarets, be tween Tarare and Villetranche, in beseending a steel hill, on which is rather a sudden turn. The carriage wa, thrown down a steep to a considerable depth, but, from its sAidity, did nut break, and none of the prisoners were serioasly hurt. The keepers were much injured, but were still able to go some distance for aid, leaving their charge safely confined in their cells, where they re mained several hours, and were then let out under a brigade of gendarmes, which had been brought, and re• mained, without any attempt to escape, till the convey ance was righted, and they were replaced. The con victs behaved well, for on being let out of the van they help(' to right it, and showed nu symptoms of insubor dination. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. —On Saturday last Sir Frederick Smith, the Inspector of Railways appointed by Government, made h is of fi c i a l survey of that portion of the London and Brighton Rail way at present unopened to the public from Hayward's Heath to Brighton. Sir Frederick Smith, who was ac companied by the Chairman of the Directors, and Mr. Rastrick, the Company's engineer, expressed hiinsi.lf perfectly satisfied with the state of the line. It is cer tain, therefore, to be opened the whole distance on Tues day next, on which day the townspeople of Brighton have invited the Directors to a public dinner at the Old Ship, to celebrate the event, DISTURBED STATE OF FRANCE. On Friday and Saturday: nights there were riotous movements of gamins (striplings) in that classic ground the Quartier de St. Martin .; but although seditious cries were uttered, such as " Down with Louis Philippe !" Down with Guizot !" &c., they excited no alarm among the public. The Government was, however, on the alert, and ordered every precaution to repress dis order, should any take place, at the triumphant entry of the 17th Light Infantry, and their gallant young Colonel, the Duke d'Aumale, into Paris, appointed for this day. The distinction with which the regiment just named. has been received, by order or permission of Govern ment, was said to have created much bad feeling in the army. The Republicans, and the Journals of their party, are accused of endeavouring to make of the matter a pretext for reviving or exciting dislike of the Royal Family, by dwelling on the compliment paid to a regiment which had not greater claims to it than many others, merely because its commanding officer was tile ding 's son. Well or ill-found e d, th ese asse rtions seem to have produced effects. The column formed of the 17th Light Infantry, which arrived in the environs of Paris by the Orleans railroad this morning, was marching down the Faubourg S. Antoine, preceded and followed by detachments of Cuirassiers eind Muni cipal Guards, and having the Dukes of Orleans, Ne mours, and Aumale at their head, when just as they reached the Hospital St. Antoine a man presented him self before the Princes armed with two pistols, and snapped them at the Duke of Orleans. Only one of those weapons went off. The Duke of Orleans was not touched, but the horse of an officer of the staff (Colonel Levaillant) was wounded in the eye, the ear, and breast. The regiment, indignant at this horrible attempt, lowered their muskets and were about to charge the mob, but the Duke of Orleans rushed to the front s and pre vented it. The people immediately took to their heels, bearing the assassin with them, but one among them seized him by the hair and prevented his escape. He is a sawyer by trade. He was dressed in a frock coat, wear ing over it a short blouse called a boargcrou, for the pur pose probably of concealing his weapons. The prisoner was immediately transferred to the Con ciergerie, where Ile was interrogated by M. Boucly. He will, it is understood, be tried by the Court of Peers. The moment that the escape of the Prince was ascer tained, the people testified their joy by loud shouts, and the column proceeded towards its destination—Courbe vole, by the Boulevards, the Rues de la Paix, Castig lione, and Rivoli, the Carrousel, Champs Elysees, &c. . The streets were a good deal crowded to witness this procession, which. was rendered extremely curious by its being preceded, accompanied, and followed by seve ral - hundred young fellows en blouse, who, it was said and believed, were members of the secret societies. First came a sprinkling of them before the detachment of Cuirassiers ; then three or four rows of them, 18 or 20 abreast ; then platoons of them, and afterward; many of them mixed up with the soldiers. At the Government offices it is said that the Duke D'Aurnale was the object a the murderous attempt above-mentioned. Time MO3iteur announces that a seditious 'move ment, of which the census was the pretext, took place at Clermont Ferrand on the 10th. For some time emissaries of the anarchical parties were la bouring to • excite the population- to revolt. They succeeded in their ends on the 9th, when the fac tions erected several barricades, which were carried and destroyed by the troops. On the 10th the disorders recommenced. Large assemblages of people traversed the streets, committing acts of violence. They then at tacked the armed force, killed three soldiers, and •wounded 15 or 16. The insurgents, on their side, had several killed and wounded. The mail arrived in Paris on Sunday morning, and although it passed through Clermont at 10 o'clock r. al, it brought no letters from that town. According to the statement of the guard the people were burning the gates, and the fighting conti nued. Orders were immediately forwarded from Paris to march a considerable force to Clermont. A telegraphic 4espatch from Toulon, dated 11th. at nine o'clock P.M, and addressed by the Prefect of Puy de Dome to the Minister of the Interior, announces that tranquillity prevailed 'during the whole of that day, that patrols had not ceased to parade the town and the nsiehbourhood, and that they had nowhere met with resistance. • miring several days, men known to belong to secret associations were seen to mix with the groups of work men who usually meet to take their meals on the Quai de Germs, and in the adjoining streets. The authori ties at first confined themselves to watching their move ments, but on the 10th the language held by those per sons was of so se6tious a nature that the police . thought proper to interfere, and arrested two of ' thene On the 11th matters assumed a still ; more important character. Towards eight o'clock Pen. about 300 individuals, between 16 and 20 years of ' age, all dressed in blouses, assembled on the Place du Chatelet; and began to cry " Down with Louis Philippe !" " The Republic for ever !" " Down with Guizot This baud was immediately dis persed by a brigade of police, not, however, without ineetine• ' opposition. Stones were thrown at the police, several of whom were struck, and the peace-officer in ' command of the brigade was dangerously wounded i n the head and knee. 'From the Place du Chatelet those men, directed by chief'S wearing blouses and caps, as cended the Rue St. Denis, singing the " Marseillaise," and crying " Down with Louis Philippe—the Republic for ever ! Blood ! we waist have blood !" They than turned into the Rua llaueonseil, and marched through the streets Dc Ponceau and St. Martin, the Boulevard St. Martin,. and the, hue du!Temple, vociferating the same cries. The rioters entered - several mercers' shops and carried off pieces ;of red cloth, which they fixed to the ends of sticks to serve as banners. They then re turned to the Rue St. Denis, and thence to the Place du Chatelet, where they formed into close columns, with the intention of assailing the police ; but the 'element they perceived them they took to flight, abandoning their sticks and red flags. At midnight all was tranquil. There were also some rassemblemens on the Place du Chatelet on Snndiy evening, but they consiited mostly of the curious, whom the police easily dispersed. The National of this morning gives the copy of the order of the Juge d'lnstruction for the seizure of its number of yesterday. The article on which this seizure was founded was one on the troubles at Macon, in which the National, among other strong expressions, observed, that " the Government neglects no opportunity of bring ing the army into collision with the citizens, and of habi tuating the troops to shed the blood of the people." The National says it displayed great moderation in alluding to the affair of Macon, and that it suppressed some of the most " cruel details" which its correspondence from that place contained. It asserts that it would have been very easy to avoid the collision if the local authorities had called in the aid of the National Guard, as there are, it says, many citizens in that body whose presence and remonstrances would have had great in iuence. on the rioters. It adds, that the Government knew of the disturbance at Macon by the telegraph some days ago, and only resolved upon publishing the details when it knew that an account of the affair had been received by the National, and that the real motive of the proceeding against it is to induce a belief in the public mind, in connexion with the affair at Clermont, and that of the Place du Chatelet, in Paris, that some very black scheme against the Goverment is on foot. The Journal . de Saone et Loire of the 10th inst. has the following additional particulars of the riot at Macon:— " Yesterday it was ascertained that there were four )tilled, two so severely wounded as to be without hope of recovery, and six others severely injured. The Mayor has issued a proclamation, ordering all coffee houses, and other places of public entertainment, to be closed at six o'clock. In the evening two men, one a liberated convict, were arrested. War rants were issued against eight women and five men, and were executed this morning upon one man and five women: Some of the men employed in the steam-boats, having been induced by their masters to retire before the conflict began, were regaling themselves in a public house, when a person pretending to be a commercial tra veller, but, in fact, an old offender, being drunk, re proached them with cowardice, and endeavoured to ex cite them to join the riot. One of the boatmen, pro voked by his language and conduct, seized the agitator and pushed him out of the house. He stumbled over the threshold,. and fell dead at the door. As he bad no wound or other apparent injury, it is concluded that he died from apoplexy brought on by habitual intoxication. To-day all is quiet, and the loading of the vessels is going on without interruption." The Reparateur de Lyons of the 12th instant states, that " the census commenced at Clermont Ferrand on the 9th, amidst the hissing and cries of the people. In the aftermion the latter pelted the revenue agents with stones, and the operations were suspended. The troops were the n drawn up on the glacis at the postern-gate, and the three legal summonses were addressed to the rioters, who, instead of retiring, continued to throw stones. At this moment a body of Dragoons defiled on the square, and, though pelted with sto nes , th ey put back their swords in their scabbards. Cries of "The Dragoons for ever !' echoed through the square, and several of the offieers were seen to take several parsons by the hand in token of friendship. This. nowever, was not the case with the 16th Light Infantry. Shortly afterwards the troops were commanded to fire, when several persons were wounded, and three killed. The irritation of the people was then roused to the high est pitch. The authorities despatched couriers to Lyons, Moulins, and Puy, for reinforcements." The Lyons journals contain also some details relative to the occurrences at Mecon. Four persons were killed, and two of the wounded were despaired of. Arrest war rants had been issued against five women and eight men. The authorities were generally blamed for not calling out the National Guards to repress these disorders. ABERGAVENNY.—SHOCKING ACCIDENT. — In the course of the present summer two or three light pleasure boats have been placed on the river Usk, and on Saturday evening last a party of five young men and boys got into one of them moored above the Aber gavenny bridge, the river being very high at the time. Scarcely had they taken their seats, not having ti me, we believe, even to pick up the oars, before they were drawn into the middle of the streLm, and the boat coming in contact with the bridge, it was completely split from stem to stern, the whole of the persons being thrown into brother, David the river. Their names were James Edwards, atw up young man, and George Edwards. his David Barton, James Barris , and James Freeman ; the first, third, and last named managed to get out, with the aid of some of the spectators,. but George Edwards, a pro misin g y outh of fourteen yea rs of age (a - son of Mr. Edwards, of the Gasometer), His but once seen in a deep pool below the bridge, body has not since been found. The river was dragged that night and during the next day, when the body of James Ha rris was found on a bed of s and nearly a quarter of a mile from the spt. The search has Edwards, since but c ontinued daily for tue body of Georg e without success,—Hereford Times, EV_ENING SUN COURT CIRCULAR. WINDson, TUESDAY.—After the Privy Coun cil this afternoon tier Majesty and Prince Albert drove from the Castle in a pony phaeton,- ac companied by the Duke of Wellington, Sir R. Peel, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Wharnclife, Earl Jersey, Earl Delawarre, Marquis of Exeter, and Sir Edward Knatchbull, the Noble Duke and the other Noblemen and Gentlemen being on horseback, and followed in a carriage by Lady Portman, Hon. Miss Paget, and Hon. Miss Lister. Lord M. Hill and the Judge Advocate had audiences of her Majesty this evening. The Queen and Prince Albert eajosrd their usual wail.: in the forenoon, returning to the Castle in a pony phaeton, and her Royal High ness the PrincesS- Royal was taken out between two and three hour's by her attendants. The Earl of Werpool and. the Hon. C. A. Murray rode otri, - ' : (in horshack. Viscount Syii r noy and Vice-Admiral Sir Robert have succeeded the Earl of Listowel and General the Hon. Sir W. Lumley as 'tile Lord and Groom in Waiting on her MajeStf. Lady Ann Anson, Mr. George Edward Anson, and Miss Anson will have the honour of dining -with her Majesty this evening. The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Wharneliffe, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl,of Haddington, Lord Ellenborough, Sir Edward Knatchbull, the Earl of Liverpool, Earl Dela varre, Earl ersey, and Mr. C. Greyille, will have the honour of joining the Royal Dinner Party, and are expected to re:nain at the Castle. The Countess of Deiawarre and Lady Elizabeth West, and the ViF.conatess Sydney, have arrived at the Castle on a visit, and will have the honor of joining the Royal Circle at Dinner. _ _ The Queen held a Privy Council at two o'clock yesterday afternoon at Windsor Castle. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord President, the First Lord•of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the First Lord ofthe Ad miralty, the President of the Board of Controul, the Paymaster-(jenerzl, the Lord Steward, and the Master of the Horse. The Right Hon. the Marquis of E'eter was, by command of the Queen, sworn of her Ma jesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board. The Right Hon. George John Earl Dela warre, the Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Forrester, the Hon. George Lio:iel Dawson Darner, and Dr. John Nichol!, were, by. connnand of the Queen, sworn of her I'l,dery's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took their respective places at the Board. The Right Hon. Dr. Nichoil had the honour of kissing han on being appointed Judge Ad vocate General. Mr. C. C. Oreville was the Clerk of the Coun cil in Waiting. Her Majesty was attended by Viscount Syd ney, Lord in Waiting, Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Otway, Groom in Waiting-, and Colonel Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting. Major-General Sir Ed ward Bowater, was the Equerry in Waiting on hsßoyal 1-li;liness Prince Albert. On tile 23th Au6rust last the ratifications of a Convention of Commerce and Navigation be tween Gnat Britain and the flanse Town', were exchanged by Lord Palmerton and Mr. Colquhoun. Sir James Graitain arrived in town yesterday afternoon from Dorchester. Mr. Edward Stewart had an interview with the Ri,4lat Hon. Baronet at the Home-office. kessrs. Simms end Crowd3r, Delegates from Newfoundland, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yesterday for Cambridge. The -Duke of Wellington, Sir. Robert Peel, Lord \Vharncliffe, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Ellen borough, and Sir Edward Knatchbull, left town yesterday to attend the Privy Council at Windsor Castle. Mr. Colville had an interview with Lord Stanley.yesterday at the Colonial-oil:ice. THE itE-ELECTIONS. NEWARK. The re-election of Mr. Gladstone for Newark, on his acceptance of the office of President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint, took place yesterday without opposition. HUNTINGDON. Sir Frederick Pollock, appointed Attorney-General, and Colonel Peel, Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, were yesterday re-elected for liiintinp;don. MARLBOROUGIi. The second preept having arrived at Marlborough yesterday in .time to allow proclamation to be made fQr the election that day, Lord &lice - having accepted the office of Vice-Chamberlain to her Majesty Household, and Mr. Baring that of one of the Lords of the Trea sury, were re-elected for Marlborough without opposition. CIIIPPENHAM. No other competitor having appeared at Chippenham, Captain Bolder() was returned. BITHY ST. EDMUNDS. Lord Jermyn wtu; returned for Buri§i. Edmunds un opposed. WENLOCK. Mr. Milnes Gaskell, appointed to the office of one of the Lords of the Treasury, was re-elected y es t er d a y f or Wenlock, without opposition. . tINDERLAND. The candidates for Sunderland are Mr. Alderman Thompson and Mr. Atiwood. The nomination takes place to-day (Wednesday), and the polling to-morrow. The Chartists and Universal Suffrage men talk of bringing forward Colonel Peyronnet Thompson, as also Dr. Taylor, the Chartist._ SOUTH NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. The election consequent upon the acceptance of office by the Earl of Lincoln will take place at Newark OR Monday next. No opposition to his Lordship's re-elec tion is expected. BRADFORD. BRADFORD, TUESDAY MORNING.—The election of a 'representative for this borough, in place of the late Mr. W.. C. Lister, commenced this morning, a new writ hav ing been moved for at the earliest moment allowed by the standing orders of the House of Commons. The candidates to succeed the deceased Member are Mr. W. Busfeiid, who sat for the borough in the last Parliament. In opposition to Mr. Busfeild, the Con servatives have invited Mr. W. Wilberforce, late Member Hull, to offer himself. The election took place in front of the New Court, where convenient hustings had been erected kir the purpose. Mr. R. MILLIGAN then proposed Mr. W. Busfield, whom he recommended as an old and tried servant of the electors. Mr. J. LUPTON seconded the nomination. Mr. J. G. HonsrALL then proposed Mr. w. "Wil berforce. Mr. C. ACKROYD seconded the nomination of Mr. Wilberforce in a short but appropriate speech. Mr. BUSFEILD addressed the electors very briefly. He commenced by regretting the event which had led to the present meeting, and declared his attachment to progres sive reform, especially the reform of the Corn-laws. In a detail of his political views, he referred to his past con duct in Parliament, and to his published addresses. Mr. WILBERFORCE next presented himself, and was loudly cheered. A meeting of the Chartist non-electors was held last night, to consider the most desirable course for the Chartist electors to pursue at the election, at which it was resolved—. " That in consequence of the utter disregard of the Whigs for their professions of respect for. pu blic opinion , in rejecting th e super i or c l a i ms of Colonel Thompson , -1,5 the most fit and proper person for representing this 4 rough, in defiance of the unani mous reso l u tion of p ub - lie meeting, it is quite apparent that till the Whigosf are completely annihilated as a party, the attainment e_ the people's Cha r t er w ill b e f rustrate d , an d f o r the el e_ be to remain neutral on this important occasion ' ns of a vo rrica • 7 the Chartist electors, as the most likely highly culpable, therefore this meeting recoZ to vote catine , their cause under present circumstances, mend n d d to for the Tory candidate." /EN EMPLOYED ON STRIKE OF THE WcnockvENN. —On Saturday THE NEW HOUSES or we -"iroeress at both the new employed on the works now 1%1 , 1'1 ' 1 1;1)o:1r, the stonemasons t th n e l number of 468, struck night, at the close of the Houses of Parliament, to of refusing to return to work, intimating their Monday morning, in con- Allen, of the contractors. '['h e between them and Mr. the workmen is, that Mr. th lleg n e l d hi b s y conduct generally towards Allen is too particularlyar - in not allowing them a few moments' them, labours to refresh themselves, which causetsttieeilirfeonreoecmfempgoalrre's:ioann;ll;:rdl arbitrary (3:l'lYng respite from their they have been heretofore accustomed to h ave , un d er pain of imm o d discharge. During the whole of Monday the m en were outside th e buildinc, wLiting in pectation that their grievances would be reme died, e h N ut such not being the case yest er d ay morn i ng the whole of them came to the works in a body and took away their tools, expressing their fixed determination not to return to work unless Mr. Allen is dismissed from his employment as foreman. A great number of labourers are still employed in doing what little remains for them, which [wing finished, if the absence of • the mechanics is protracted, their discharge must also neces sarily take place. The progress of the works is, of course, entirely suspended, and not the sound of a ham mer or chisel is beard in this immense range of building. At each of the new churches at Bethnal-green. Divine service is performed morning and evening every day in the week, pursuant to a considerable bequest in aid of the building fund, and the same is to be adopted at all the other new churches in this parish, which are to be named after the twel ve Apostles. Service twice each week-day has also been introduced at Shoreditela Church. Two of the new Bethnal-green churches at Friar's Mount and in Bir,hop Ilonner's Fields, ere nearly completed, and will soon be ready for consecration. Accounts were received yesterday at the tesi deuce of Sir John Conroy, at Kensington, of the death of his second, son, late a Captain in the Coldstream I Gaga& The event took place at Wiesbaden on the 9 th,