The Sun. — London, England, 1828-09-24 00:00:00

MONOMANIA. A French daily paper,' devoted almost exclu .sively to medical and surgical reports (La Cli nique), contains an account of the recent trial at Angouleme of a man named Jean Fort, charged with the wilful murder of his m other. .This case, it seems, has been brought forward in the Clinique in support of the arguments of .Drs. Gall, Georget, and Others, who, from careful and long experience, have declared that the monomania of homicide is found frequently .in persons who in every. other respect ..are not only free from mental alienation, but who also sometimes display great intellectual powers, and, ,but for the longing to shed human blood, which in them is unconquerable, might be considered mild and humane members of society, their ge• neral conduct being usually•correct, and, during the 'absence of the paioxysms, decidedly bene volent. The description given by Gall, Georget, Es quirol, and other eminent surgeons and physi cians, of the Monomaniac, is as follows : " When the monomaniac has accomplished his object, he no longer thinks of any thing else. He has destroyed life ; his end is attained. Af ter the murder he is calm, and does not attempt to conceal himself. Sometimes even, full of sa tisfaction with the deed that he has committed, he avows and delivers himself up to justice. If he is taken, however, against his will, he is mo rose and melancholy ; he uses no dissimulation or artifice, and reveals with calmnes3 and can dour the minutest details of the murder." Opposed to the doctrines of this party, by which monomania is declared a mental failing, over which the subject of it has no ccntroul- - the developernent of the passion being greater than the corrective powers of the mind—are some of the principal surgeons of the. French metropo lis, who deny first the correctness of the facts as stated by their opponents, and then comment on the bad example and danger to society of al lowing monomaniacs to escape without pu nishment. As cases of real or pretended monomania are now become frequent in France, particularly in the south, which appears to be as fertile in the production of crime as of the gifts of nature, the discussion excites great interest in Paris, and is kept up by the new facts of which the opposing parties daily avail themselves. The following case seems to support the doctrine of Gall in a strong degree. The murderer, in his calmness during the perpetration of his horrible purpose, and after its completion, resembles much the un fortunate man who was tried at Cork for the murder of his crew. On that occasion a strong effort was made to convict the prisoner of wilful murder, against the concurrent testimony of the medical witnesses, who deposed to his mono mania in the most positive and decided manner. The general correctness .of the prisoner—the total freedom from mental imbecility, and even great powers of intellect in the ordinary affairs of life, were clearly deposed to ; but the horrible disease (for it is a disease) of monomania- was clearly evident, and it seemed extraordinary that there should be persons who had been well edu-; cated who could doubt its existence. Jean Fort, the monomaniac tried at Angou leme, is described in the account of the trial as an object of disgust, from the appearance of his face, which was covered with an ulcer which had nearly destroyed. his. nose; and instances of his having used threats:of destructiow.to many :per sons, some of whom, perhaps,-had ridiculed him on ,his appearance, were related in evidence.- On one occasion he had been .seen attempting .the life of his mother, and, when disturbed. be ex claimed " Well, if I do not kill you to-day I can do it to-morrow." , At another time he at tempted to destroy a young child, after having said to it, " I will kill you, you little rogue ; for if I allow you to grow up, you will some day or other turn me into ridicule. On the 18th of June last, Fort was accosted by a woman, to svhom he, said, " I am determined to kill all the people of Querroy." ", And why ?" said the female. " Because they are too thick, and want thinning; some are too .honest; but altogether they hare caused me to kill my mother !" " Your mother !" " Yes; I have killed her, but I will put her into a coffin, and bury her myself." • On the following afternoon another woman, who lived near the house of the prisoner's mo ther, saw him enter the garden with a spade, mark out a grave, and begin to. dig. She asked him what he was going to do.? "I am digging a grave for my mother," said he, "for I have killed her ; and if you don't believe it, go into the house and see." During the night he con tinued to dig. The woman and her husb an d rose at midnight, and called. him to go to bed.' He replied coldly; " Go to bed . yourselves, I am not workingon your property." When the May or went to apprehend him, he in the, was found lying grave fast asleep. Being awakened, arid asked what he was doing, he sa id, 6 , I am digging a grave' for my mother, whom I have killed, at the same time.showing the instrument with which he had destroyed her. On entering the house , the' , Moth er was found murdered in her chair. Fort followed, and.be gan to prepare her for interment. He.was suf fered to do this, and in a few hours he had Wade a complete shroud. He was then taken t o - pri son, and soon afterwards put upon his trial. The Mayor, and several persons who had known him for years, swore that they had never witnessed in him any act of insanity. • The physician of the place, and other medical men, gave similar testimony. He acknowledged the murder; said he could die but once ; and that if found guilty, ten days (making a.sign to imitate the falling of the guil lotine) would end every thing. The Jury acquitted him, on the ground that at the time of the murder he was suffering under mental aberration. Yesterday a Court of Directors Has held at the East India-house, when Captain JUAN PArERSON was sworn in to the command of the ship Repulse, consigned . to Madras and China. . A nevs' , frigate of GO guns, called La Belle Gabrielle, is fitting out at Cherbourg for the Nforea. The steam-boat Commerce du Havre; for the same destina tion, is alio at Cherbourg►. It is curious that we all at once find new ships of war either finished or completing hi the different f orts of Toulon, L'Orient, Cherbourg, Brest, and Bayonne. We understand that a vessel has this w ee k been freighted from our port with long Wools, for Prance, the production of this county; this is the first instance of our staple commodity, in its uninanufactured state, being exported direct for a foreign market.—Exeter Alfred. A few days since, a hen, belonging to Mr. NV. BENNETT, of the Queen's Head Inn, in this town, laid an egg, weighing pur ounces, and measuring in circumference seven inches and a half by six inches and a hon. —Maid stone Journal. For some time past the herring fishery at Stonehaven has been unproductive; but on Wednesday forenoon the boats came in with a good take, averaging about 18 ei ones, which makes an impression that there may yet be a tolerably good tishing,—E.yeter Affred. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH. PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated Sept. 22..) ODESA, SEPT. 2..—The Emperor has embarked is the Flora frigate, and will sail this evening for Varna. The guard, which have taken the read along the coast by Mongolia, are to arrive at Kavama on the sth. Every thing seems to be preparing for a decisive attack upon Varna, probably the last this year, as the season is so far advanced that we - can hardly think of a serious operation to pass the Bal kan, which seemed to be intended some weeks ago. The possession of Varna is of such great importance to the Russian army, that the brave soldiers, in the presence of the .Emperor, will do every thing to ob tain it. On the other hand, a sanguinary conflict is expected, for the Captain Pacha, who defends the place with a bravery which excites admiration, even of his enemies, is said to have declared, that if the Russians should prove victorious there should not be one stone left upon another in the town. It is said that after the attack of Varna the Emperor will return to St. Petersburg!), because an offensive campaign is not to be thought of in that country during the winter. The Empress will leave this town on Friday next, to return to St. Petersburg!' by way of the. Crimea Kief. It is hoped that in the course of the winter, nego ciations will be set on foot which will put an end to the evils of war, and lead to an arrangement between Russia and the Porte on a solid basis. A report is this moment spread that the Turks have made a sally from Shumla, and taken three of the redoubts raised by the Russians.—Augsburgh (fazette. The Angsburgh Gazette announces the concentra tion of a great number of troops in Russian Poland. The Grand Duke Constantine leaves Warsaw from time to time, to review the different corps; the total amount of those cantoned in Volhynia and Poland is 250,000 men. PARIS, SEPT. 20.—We have just received the following news by Express :-- VIENNA,. SEPT. 12.—The Courier de Smyrne, of the. 16th of August, contains, under the head of Constantinople, August 5, the following interesting article : " A diversion is spoken of lo be made by the intrepid Berneakes, by a sudden attack on Walla chia, and by cutting off for a time the communica tion between the corps on the left bank of the Danube, and those that have already passed to the right bank, which would then be without provisions; for they live from hand to mouth. This movement would be seconded by the corps assembled at Widden. This article, compared with the late events before Widden, makes a great sensation here. We see in it the execution of a plan formed at Constantinople, and a proof that an insurrection in Servia, in favour of the Russians, is neither so near, nor so probable, as certain correspondents would have us believe. It is certain that the passage of 15,000 Arnouts going to join the Pacha, could not be unknown to Prince Milosch, and that lie might have informed the Rus sians ; yet we see that General Geismar - was taken by surprise." (From the Courier Francais of Sunday.) LETTER FROM M. EYNARD TO THE BENEFAC TORS OF THE GREEKS. 1 have received letters -from the President up to the 17th of August ; all his details are highly sa tisfactory. • The following is what he says about the plague:— • " With the exception of a single village in the Peloponnesus, all Greece is free .from the quaran tine. This. unhoped-for result is the work of heaven; and. although compliments pour in upon me from all sides, I cannot deceive myself as to the insufficiency of the means we were able to adopt. It is in the same spirit, and with the same feelings of gratitude towards Providence, that I look upon all the other matters; both great and small, that are pressing, upon me they. at present wear a most fa vourable aagect,.aml, on the whole, I am_ more than content. " - Pretthank, on my behalf, most sincerely, all _those persons who are volunteering their services to Greece. For the present, I must entreat you to restrain their zeal, for we have already here more than We know how to dispose of, as there is neces sarily a considerable difficulty in finding employment for persons who are entirely ignorant of the lan-, gunge, or who, by their age, are net in a state SOOFI to learn it. " The Count then charges me to give his best thanks to all those. friends who are directing their attention to the education of .the Grecian youth.— He is anxious that their education should be simple in the extreme, and that all those lessons of luxury may be avoided which hereafter may tend to make the pupils lament those countries in which they have been brought up. " On this occasion, I beg to say to the instruc tors of the young Greeks—Give them a soul of firmness and a body of strength ; d o no t ma k e t h em either Frenchmen, English, or Germans, but rege nerated Greeks ; remind them often of their coun try; do not conceal from them the vices of which it is accused; kindle their young minds with the idea of the regeneration of Greece, and oblige them to be virtuous by the thought that they are looked to as the example for their fellow-countrymen. " The friends of Greece. will be glad to hear that the plantations of potatoes and of maize are flou rishing, and that before long a whole population will be supported by the produce of these fields.—Be lieve me to be your faithful, "J. G. EYNARD." MADRID, SEPT. 11.—(Private Correspondence.) —The organised bands in the province of Valencia have lately given rise to considerable disturbances ; but their leaders having been taken, they are at length dispersed. This has afforded an opportunity to General Longa to come hither, where he arrived the day before yesterday. It is supposed that he will lose no time in returning to his post, where his pre sence is so necessary to prevent the re-organization of these . bands. Government has sent orders to Ferrol for the frigate Casilda to sail immediately to Cadiz, without waitin g for the 400 sailors who were appointed to strengthen her corps. She will only take on board the second company of marines. After having touched at Cadiz, she will proceed to strengthen the squadron of Admiral Laborde, whose commission, it is hinted, is of a very important nature. som T e he dis e pt o n t z il of i,iliclit i a s ri a s t eri p b r e e t s N e v n e t el o i c t c h u e p u i e i d sho b p y o w f hi P e di h mesltemmpioyi aarded nthaeUanunived ersitfyorcoef to S expel fromSebastian,t. their city the Missi onar i es which the Bishops sent them. We understand that General Chaperon, who has evinced a spirit of ferocity seldom witnessed even in Spain, while he was President of the famous Military Commission of Madrid, has been arrested on the same ground us that which led to the arrest of the Curate Liano. LISBON PAPERS. OFFICIAL.--DESPATCH PROM THE COMUANDER OF THE EXPEDITION SEND TO MADEIRA. LrsBON, svrr. 12. len S c}:,. — th l at, ha o v i e t the l ls el tTi of this n°llrtoiljfoi your E xce l. month, the squa d ron arrived at the island of Porto Santo, whenc e the Commander of the naval force sent the Urania cor vette to obtain infamation of the island . of Madeira, and to bring back some vessels which might be there, to serve in the landing, which corvette returned on the following day, bringing a vessel which the Gover nor sent, and a letter ‘Nith a short exposition of the state of defence in which the island was. On the 17th a council was held to deliberate on the land ing, at which the commanders of the ships and of the cerps of the army were present ; and as it was jud ge d that Praia Forrnoa, Camara de Lobos, and Santa Cruz were well fortified, it was resolved to threatened %chic°, and to effect a landing in the Ctuileill; . but as th e s hip o f,th e li ne , b y its well directed tire, beat d own t h e t wo s id e f orts which de- I fended the bay of M ac hi ce , an d t h e centre half-moon which was on a level with the 'water, I took the opportunity to make the expedition land at Machico itself, which was done in the best possible order, on the evening of the 22d, immediately orderings part of the Cacadores, and the first infantry that could be assembled, to teke the defile which . leads from Ma-. chico to the city ; and when I had a sufficient num ber of troops I marched to Santa Cruz, where having sent some Cacadores and two companies -of Infantry to reconnoitre, I learned that the forts were occupied, and that there was a piece of artillery on the read. Meantime Lieut.-Colonel Azeredo, always in concert with me, marched by the upper road to dislodge them, which he effected, some of the defenders taking flight and the others surrender ing, and as it , was already very dark the expedition encamped there. When it was all united, on the 23d, at half-past four in the morning, we marched in the direction of Funchal, by very bad roads, a bridge being broken down near Santa Cruz; where we had great difficulty in passing and arriving at Porto Novo, we met the rebels in great force with three pieces of cannon, in a very deep defile, bor dered by high rocks, from which they kept up a brisk fire on the Cacadores and two companies of infantry; and I perceiving that this formidable position could not be carried without much loss, I marched towards the right, in order to at tack them in flank; but as I learned that they had a howitzer in the Palhecio do Ferreiro, and three pieces of cannon at Camacha, which are contiguous places, with a body of infantry, and that they waited for us in those defiles, I thought, how ever, that the best way would be to drive them from the heights. The brave Lieut.-Col. Azeredo, with the Cuciadores, and two companies of infantry, remained in front of the enemy's position. Mean while the rebels, presuming that they would be in tercepted, began to retreat with the field-pieces, drawn by oxen; notwithstanding which I continued my march, taking the road which they occupied, when I met some militia, who either surrendered, or fled by the precipices. On this occasion I re ceived a letter from Lieut.-Col. Azeredo, who in formed me that he was in Malhada do Canico, a league and a half from the city, and asking me whether I wished that he should advance to the city, or come and join me. I replied that he should march towards the city, where we entered, causing the forts to be occupied, and all measures to be taken which were judged necessary to prevent pillage and disorder; having marched through execrable roads without resting, from half -past 'five in the morning till dusk, only waiting for such a number of troops to combat in case of being attacked. " Though the day was spent in marching rather than fighting, I must tell your Excellency that the conduct of the troops was as good as possible, for those who were in the fire shewed their bravery, and those who had no part in it manifested their good spirit and enthusiasm, repeatedly crying,— ' Long live our august King, Don Miguel 1.,' and suffering greatly from thirst and heat in very bad roads. " I do not particularise any individual for his good conduct, but shall fulfil this duty after terminating my commission. " Lieutenant-Colonel Azeredo does not need my praise, and it suffices to say, that I received the greatest assistance from him. The force under the command of the rebel Valdez, besides having armed all the Militia with muskets and pikes, consisted, according to the muster-rolls of the troops of the line and Militia, of which I send an extract, on the 19th instant, of 7,356 men. " There were some killed and wounded on the side of the enemy ; some wounded on our side, but in no great number. " The Lieutenant-Colonel of the Cacadores, No. 3, Schewalbach, and Ex• Major Xavier, Lieute nant of Artillery, and two other Officers who came in the last packet from England, the first being en trusted with the defence on the east of Funchal, who was severely wounded, were in the camp ; and the rebel Valdez was sometimes seen.—God pre serve your Excellency. " Head-quarters in the City of Funchal, " August 25, ISM " To the Most Illustrious and Excellent Conde Barbacena Francisco Jute Antonio de Azeredo Lima, Colonel com manding the Expedition."—Lisbon Papers, Sept. 13. COURSE OF ZXCHA Amsterdam C.F.12 3 Ditto, at sight 12 li Rotterdam 2U. 12 3 Antwerp 12 3f Hamburgh M. B. 13 14 Altona 13 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 60 Bordeaux 25 65 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M.151i Petersbureh,rble... 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, efiective 6. 2 M. 10 3 Trieste do. Madrid 36% Cadiz 36 1311 boa Barcelona 35% Seville 35% Gibraltar 46 H t3IBURGH PAPERS. BORSEN-HALLE, FOUR 0' CLOCR.—The supplies of Wheat received during the week were readily bought up, some for France, and some also for Eng land; some of our home consumers were also ob liged to buy, so that prices not only maintained themselves, but even advanced a shade. The greater part of what was brought into the market came from the Upper Elbe. The prices of Rye have also been firmer, and the supply not being considerable, the home consumers have shown themselves disposed to purchase. Of Rarley our supply has been trifling, but the demand has not been greater, so that little business has been done in the article. Oats are also slow in coming into the market. Good parcels of last year's are of ready sale, but this year's are light, and not much in demand. PEAS and BEANS maintain their prices, and con tinue in demand. From the Ist to the 10th Sept. 66 cargoes of corn passed through the Sound; of these 18 were bound to British, 25 to Dutch, and 3 to French ports; 1 to Bremen, and the remainder chiefly to Swedish and Norwegian ports. Rix dollars. Dantrie Wheat of the weight of 124 to 130 125 to 140 Pomeranian 125 to 132 110 to 120 Anhalt, white llB to 128 125 to 130 red 122 to 132 120 to 126 Danish 120 to 130,..... 80 to VO Dautaic Rye llB to 122 7O to 75 Holstein Rapeseed —to 125 to 135 Funds were yesterday in brisk demand after the arrival of the Berlin post, which brought an account of a general advance in price. Austrian Bank Shares were done at 1,109, Metalliques at 974, Anglo-Rus sian at 93, Danish, 6111. To-day's post brought accounts of a fresh rise in Berlin, and the demand increased, but this changed on the arrival of the Dutch post, which brought funds offered at low prices, though the higher prices of French and English funds were known there. The consequence was that our market ended dull, with the exception of Hamburgh-Russian which were scarce, and much demanded at 874 for money. Portuguese are demanded at 52, but not to be had. End of September. Anglo.llanish Loan 61)4 Anglo-Russian Loan 93 Hamburgh-Russian Loan 87% Anglo-Prussian Loan of 1818 V.O4 Austrian Bank Shares 1,105 Austrian metallic ues ...... ....... Exchange upon London, at two mouths l3 9 1 ,.1 --------- at sight. LEE.—LEE wrote the tragedy of Alexander while in Bedlam. One night,_ when he was employed upon it by moon-light, a cloud passing along covered part of the moon, " Arise, Jupiter, and snuff the moon !" No sooner had he spoken than the cloud instantly covered the flee of the moon, so as to make it quite dark, when he ex claimed again, " Ye envious gods, you've snuffed it out !" PROPOSED NEW MARKETS.—The crowded and confused state of the Edinburgh cattle markets has frequently been much complained of, and we are glad to learn that a measure is now underconsideration which May be the means of providing a remedy for the evil. The proprietors of the King's Stables have submitted a plan to the Magistrates for converting a part of their ground into wallets for the sale of sheep, cattle, and horses, the sepa ration of which from the Corn Market would undoubtedly be a great accommodation to the public.—Caledonian Mercury. BRUNSWICK CLUBS.—The manifestation of Protestant feeling is spreading through the country like a flame, whose progress will be soon irresistible. The meeting at Ballymachugh, which we announced as fixed for the 17th i ns t., has taken place. Great numbers en rolled themselves in the Loughsbeelan Club on Wednesday. Preparations are makin g at Portadown for forming a Brunswick Club on a most extensive plan, which is to extend to all ranks and sects of Protestants. It is to em brace the two baronies of Onealand, including the towns of Lurgun, Loughgall, and Rich-hill. The meeting for the purpose is to be held at Portado wn on Thursday next.— , Dublin Evening Mail, • 7 : -0 111, x-,40 LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1828 The French Journals have still little of mo ment on the subject of Russian policy. The Gazette de France states, that the EMPEROR was to sail on the 2d of September, in the Flora frigate, for Varna, where every thing was to be prepared for a final attack upon that place. A sanguinary conflict is expected, more especially as both parties have so much depending on the issue. To the Russians the possession of Varna is, from its position, of the highest importance ; but the Captain Paella, it seems, has resolved, in the event of such a calamity befalling his troops, that the town shall be blown up, or set fire to. After the attack of Varna the EMPEROR, adds the same Journal, proposes to return to St. Petersburgh. Lisbon Papers contain an account of the offi cial dispatch from the commander of the squadron sent to Madeira. It is a despicable business altogether, and deserving of little or no notice. We received this morning the Hamburgh Reporter of Friday last, but it has arrived too late to contain any fresh Hews from the theatre of war. Letters from Oporto have been received of the 13th inst., which state that affairs were tranquil, but fresh arrests continued : among others, a gentleman named NOULE, long connected in the wine trade, had been committed to prison. The cause was not assigned. In our Paper of to-day ws have given a long letter, "verbosa et irandis epistola," from the Duke of NEWCASTLE to Lord KENYON, which may perhaps remind the reader of Noodle's solemn address to Doodle, in Tom Thumb. In the grave majesty of its absurdity it is superior. His Grace sets out with observing, " it may sound finely in a republican ear, to be told that all are bound to participate in the management of the national interests, and that the will of the people should direct the affairs of the country ; I cannot subscribe to such doctrine." And yet notwithstanding this scornful opinion, his Grace remarks almost immediately afterwards, " an ap peal to the nation is our only resource ; it must be made, and the voice of the nation must decide whether Protestantism or Popery shall prevail;"— the voice of that very nation to which, but an instant before, he had refused even the meanest share in the executive. Surely, my Lord Duke, if the people are to have no will, their voice, it is clear, must be a sinecure ; even though that voice make itself heard in such temperate and melo dious phraseology as that by which your Grace's senatorial orations are so pre-eminently distin guished. His Grace indirectly but significantly goes on to lament " the march of intellect, the spread of knowledge, or philosophy, or liberality, or any of those jargonic explicatives (what is the meaning of all this ?) the very sound of which makes the heart sick." Now, really, whatever calamities may have befallen us from this dis- tressing " spread of knowledge," his Grace per sonally has no cause to complain. It has not yet reached him. He still stands unharmed of " philosophy," guiltless of " intellect," un sullied by " liberality." In these respects, at least, he is immaculate. His Grace's next subject of distress if, the de plorable toleration of the Government. He con trasts its present with its past character, and in allusion to its good old days of bigotry (when the Duke was a greater man than he is ever likely to be again) observes, We evidently comparative exemption from the horrors which vengeance poured on other devoted c o o l ui e le d l ht countries, intoe o u r own comparative exemption from the vices - and corruptions which prevailed in them." This come 3 with peculiar propriety from a Nobleman who holds in his own hands some dozen or more Boroughs. Why, he is himself, and has been for years, the very genius of corruption ; yet has here the monstrous ef frontery to deny indirectly that it has existed. " Quis tulerit Gracchos de seditione querentes?" Having thus disburthened himself of much [ effervescent absurdity, his Grace proceeds to say, « the last Session of Parliament, I con sider to have been by far the most disastrous of any in memory of the man. It was pre eminently distinguished by liberalizing religion." And this he attributes to the Government as a defect ! This endeavour on their parts to act in accordance with the spirit of the most enlightened religion upon earth, is forsooth a sin, an impiety, " a desertion"—so he afterwards terms it—" of GOD !" Pray what are his Grace's own notions on the subject ? They must be singularly, not to say daringly speculative ; shaped, perhaps, out of the tolerant doctrines of the Inquisition, and embellished with a smooth layer of Jesuitical sincerity. But we will not condemn his Grace ; it is nature, not himself, that is here in fault, as indeed the whole tenor of his epistle most abundantly proves ; proving also that though a man may be a great Duke, it by no means follows that he should possess a proportionate modicum of understanding. Should further proof be want ing, his Grace's own ancestor can supply it. We have seen a private letter from an English Gentleman at Madeira of the 6th instant, which states, in terms of the utmost contempt, the cowardice and unsoldierlike conduct of the troops in that island, and completely'vindicates the Governor (VALDEZ) from all blame of want of courage or devotion to the interests of Don PEDRO, and adds, never was such an instance of the total want of all moral energy and degrada tion exhibited. The squadron from Lisbon, with the exception of a brig despatched for that city, and another to the Azores, remained at Madeira. Its de stination is the Azores, and for the purpose of reducing the Island of Terceira. According to all accounts, oral, written, or reported, the situation of Ireland is moss critical. The separation between the two great parties is daily—hourly widening; the dis• tinctions of caste are becoming more defined ; Brunswick and Liberal Clubs—each animated to a man with a burning spirit of hatred—are rising in every direction ; even the meanest vil lages send forth their politicians, and contribute their willing mite. From one end to the other Ireland is all earthquake. Is this a state of things to be looked at with indifference ? Is Eng- land so decidedly influential on the Continent that she can thus afford to turn a deaf ear, when A domestic enemy (according to my Lord NEW CA STLE) is thundering at the gate? We warn her —it is a hacknied admonition—to reflect in time, and, by conceding little, to save all. The Catholic Question, from the force of circumstances, is fully sixty years nearer a crisis, one way or the other, than it was six months ago. Who shal l say how soon events, at present unforeseen, shal l press it to a satisfactory conclusion, or bathe an entire country in blood ! It is absurd to suppose that, when two factions, athirst for revenge, are all but drawn up in array, one against the other, marshalled, disciplined, and drilled by adroit and experienced leaders, they will be content to re pose on their arms. Still more absurd is it to imagine that in a nation 'proverbially inflam mable, versed in the history of '9B, and prompt in the recollection of its wrongs, public opinion will lie dormant—more especially, when even its Viceroy is a cypher, except as he inclines to wards the prevailing faction ; and the very law it self has lost its authority. There is but one remedy for this awful state of things—Emancipation. Emancipate and be secure ; enthrall and be ruined. Mr. PEEL himself must long since have felt this necessity. Liberal in all things else, can he have a particular warp, a disordered judgment on this point alone ? No : it is his unfortunate connection with the High Tories—that ladder by which he first rose to preferment, and which, we sincerely believe, he would now gladly kick down—this, it is, that has kept him still unconvinced ; has fastened itself like a blight upon his mind, withering all that is generous, and social, and enlightened, beneath its foul pestilential shade ; has thwarted his hopes, distracted his judgment, and placed him on a station which, however elevated, is yet based on a volcanic soil, and even now rocks beneath . , ' - PRICES OF STOCKS THIS .DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. SS '4 New Ditto 87% 3V 5 per Cent. —,Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO 2d. 76 77 pm. Ditto Red. Alai Ditto 500 2d. 76 77 pm ... -- ' 4 per Cent. 102% •i'!Ditto Small Ditto, 11.26 Bank L. Ann. India Stock Ditto Bonds 94 pm. ( Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Acct. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Portuguese Bonds 5 6!,i Chilian BondS . .30 1 4iPrussian, Old Colombian Bonds —Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824 Danish 64%lSpanish, 1821 — Greek Bonds - 1823 — Ditto, 1825 .... 191{► French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Guatimala — Exchange Mexican Bonds — l— 3 per cent....... —f. —c. Ditto, 1825 ?KICKS Or SHAKES THII i DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. pm.) £95 23% 22% pm.) £2O 74 Pm.) 38 19 Anglo Mex. Min. Co., (iss. at M. Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5! Ditto National United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21 NG E YESTERDAY. Leghorn 48% Genoa 25 40 Venice 47 Malta Naples :014 Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon 46 Oporto 46 Rio Janeiro .. 29 Bahia SI Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork ) i.; Arrived. Due. 0 Hamburgh O Holland 0 O Jamaica U O Leeward Islands 0 1 Lisbon O Malta U O Mexico 1 Waterford 0 BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 8 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 Pi Silver, bars. standard 0 0 u DIA Arrived. Due. • America •0 O Brazil 0 0 Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 O France O Qottenburgh O Guernsey& Jersey 0 maw WATER AT LONDON BRIDOR TO-MORROW. Morning...ll minutes after 3. j Evening.... 27 minutes after 3. his feet. CATHOLIC TOLERATION.—riIe Protestant soldiers in garrison at Toulouse have received . notice, that in future their attendance on the Catholic worship will be dispensed with, and that every possible facility will be af forded them to attend the worship of their own church.— York Courant. His Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY held a Confirmation, on Monday, in the parish church of Harrow-en-the-Hill (the first since his elevation to the Primacy.) The Clergyman of the neighbouring parishes afterwards took collation at the Vicar's, Reverend J. W. CUNNINGHAM. The Earl of ABERDEEN invited the Vicar, and the Rev. Dr. BUTLER, Head-Master of the school, to meet his Grace at dinner at the Priory, Stan more, yesterday. We yesterday witnessed a novel but gratifying exhibition on tl►e Hamrners►aith-road, of a large carriage propelled by a gas vacuum engine, which rolled along with great ease at the rate of seven miles an hour. There were several gentlemen in and upon it . who appeared quite satisfied of its power and safety--if we may judge from its locomotive power, it bids fair to supersede in a great measure the use of horses or stage-coaches, and of steam in general machinery. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAV FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, SEPT. 23.—:-Wind S.W.—Passed from London, the Col um bi an , F or d , f or Jamaica; aw" Potten, Hyton, for Sierra Leone. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—Wind the Jane, Jamieson, from the Mauritius; spoke his Majesty's ship Briton, cruizing off Aseension for Pirates. Passed the Lusitania, Gibbons, for OV rt°. FALIthUTH, SEPT. 22.--Wind S.W. to N.W• -- Arrived the Navarin, Kemp, from Prince Edtvari r° Island ; Magnet packet, from Lisbon, sailed the 14th inst. Sailed the Goldfinch packet, for Brazil and Buenos Ayres ; and .Boyne, Jones, for II ' Aare. a BRISTOL, SEPT. 23.--Arrived the Princess Cl' lotte, Pike, from Jamaica; and John, -, f r°lll St. Petersburgh. HOLYHEAD, SEPT. 22.----Arrived the Mersey' from Maranham ; Mediterranean, from Brazil; C a ' rolina, Augusta, from Virginia; and Garland, o°l/3 Quebec. EI:SINORE, SEPT. 16.—The Atalanta, 13trioli t ° of and from Stettin to Bordeaux, upset in the Catte gat on the 13th i nst ., d ur i ng a squa ll f rom t h e 1 1 ."' . The crew were taken off the keel the mixt do by the Maria, Wallis, from Liverpool, and brolle t here. The Bonito, Erskine, from Dantzic to ‘l, o ° . don, which cleared the 12th inst., touched the ground in going down the Cauegat, and has plain t° Copenhagen to discharge and repair. The Orient, Corser, from London to Madeira and Jamaica, when standing into Funchal Bay 90 the 18th ult., was brou g ht too b y a b r i g apparently 13°,1; timore built, with 14 guns , t h e b ow gun, a l on g 1s pounder ; the Captain was an Englishman or on American, and the crew appeared to consist of 1° or 80 men. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). Consols ope ne d this C in i o i r i n Y i T 11787:, b o n ' e t Ishcogr'lli after the Market improved to 881 buyers, and 06 further strengthened by a purchase of 50,0001: SEC' cic at 881 for account ; the present price is 8811, the Commissioners completed their purchase at SP* India Bonds remain quite stationary at 94 96. chequer Bills 76 77 premium. Every feature in the Foreign Funds evinces the same want of spirit and business that has existed f°r the last few days ; a few transactions in Brazil and' Portuguese Bonds comprise the whole of the busiq s9 that has taken place up to the present hour 1 Brazilian are 641 4 ; Portuguese, 56 ; Chalet), 31 ; Russian, 941 ; Danish, 64 i; Greek, 19 f.- No fresh transactions have taken place hi Shares nor have the prices varied in the smallest degree. • In the dearth which exists in the City on politica l subjects, the Members of Lloyd's Coffee-house h lO4 had some - amusement this morning, a half-yearlie meeting having taken place ; when 'a gentleman.. o, the name of Fortune, who has rendered, himself cOO - at former periods, proceeded to address O Chairman, in a l eng thy s p eec h, upon t h e subject of the finances of that establishment, a subject which had nothing to do with the object of the meeting' and consequently the subscribers became fatigued V I this attempt at. reform, and, not in- very equivoS terms, expressed their disapprobation of his progge ing. The said gentleman, for the purpose of pi'~ curing a large attendance, has issued a hand-bill, tbS drift of which was so difficult to understand tig 4 ' some persons entertain 'doubts of the writer's wit' s ! and had more of pity than any other feeling for 12 0 obtrusion, he having long ceased to have any bto r " ness connected with Lloyd's. Three per Cent. Consols, 88i ; Ditto, for Aco;4 l ° 6 8B a ; India Bonds, 94 6 pin. ; Exchequer Bills, 76 71 ) , T ; FURElGN.—Brazilian, 64- 4 1 ; Buenos Ayres, 46 Cliilian, 30 1 ; Colombian, .23 ; Danish, 64 a ; Frac?" Five per Cent , 1053 6; Three per Cent., 733 4; Greek' 19 20; Mexican, Five per Cent., 293 393 ; Ditto, 0 1 % , per Cent., 393 40 ; Peruvian, 213 2 ; Portuguese, 56 P' Russian, 944 4 ; Spanish, 114 Mt NES.—Anglo Mexican, 723 70 dis. ; Brazilian, 48 6 a pm. ; Bolanos, 140 150 pm. ; Colombian, 7 - 6 di O 4 Real Del Monte, 145 135 dis. ; United Mexican, 17 ? 184 dis. TWO O'CLOCX. Consols remain in an inactive state at 881; Russla n Bonds have been in demand, and were done at 9 4 i' THREE 0' CL 0 Clt Consols for Account, 681. DREADFUL CATASTROPHE.-Th l9 thlY, gC three o'clock, two houses in Exeter-street, leading Out 0 Brydges-street, Strand, fell down with a most tremend o crash. One was full of lodgers, and it is oupposed t 1 1 , 8; a large family of children lie buried beneath the ruins ; other was empty. A carter passing by at the time W"„ his horses were killed on the spot. One poor old wozni w g was dug out of the ruins at the time we went to press,.. lll/ .. the voices of many others were heard underneath. /- supposed that many have lost their lives on this occasion. „„ MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—The ; fn ' mily of Mr. CONNOR, residing in Lower Rutland-stre et ' have been thrown into g rea t a ffli c ti on b y th e m y / e t /riot , ' disappearance of that gentleman from his house since S Y turday evening. Mr. C. is a very age4l gentlemane” . Dublin Morning Register. • The new road at the top of Constitution-10; • leading to Hyde-park, is ju s t op e n e d. It is now Oft° ..h ' straighter. It leads directly up to the aide of the oeu ,, archway into Buckingham Gardens, from Hyde-park-corn er ' , The old gate faced the Duke of WenaiscToN's hous t be, new one directly fronts the first of the'three gates; o r tli' umphal arches, into Hyde-park. The' road is an improv e ,: ment, without curtailing the privileges of pedestrian, 0r equestrians along such route. • According to a letter froin Odessa, dated SeP' tember 1, no more than 80,000 Russians bad crossed t h ; Danube and the Pruth "up to the Ist of August. Divide as this force was for different destinations, it. is not 6.05 prising that the corps Sent to'besiege Shumla, thestroug e f • fortress in European' Turkey, containing a gerriron o . 50,000, should have proved insufficient... Reinforcerneo_, t . 6 • however, having been found necessary,. the Russian corr., de reserve, of 40,000 men, stationed in Bessarabia, v/" . ordered to march. A suspension of operations inee_. °- while took place, and the EMPEROR proceeded to Nei' to remain - there until the arrival of the additional troop' before Shumla. He embarked again on the lst for Yari i k from whence he was to proceed to his head.qnsitte e %. to give new vigour, as it. was said, to the operations °' the siege. The same letter states that the slow P ro : gress in the war is to be ascribed to a mistaken view 01 " ginally taken by the Court of Russia of the state of things in Turkey. It was imagined that the mere fact of eig ht y thousand Russian troops crossing the Danube would have had the instantaneous effect of reducing the SULTAY to any terms of accommodation ; motives of economy also entered into the calculations of the Autocrat; and although his successes have hitherto been great, he has found that, the greatest obstacles are yet to come, and that his means were not commensurate with the present magnitude of the undertaking. It is strange that both belligerents should have been, for a certain length of time, forming their via'. upon mistaken calculations. The SULTAN would not for long while persuade himself that the Russians were in earnest when they threatened to cross the Danube. The idea that the menace was merely intended to intimidate him, was id deeply rooted in his mind, that when it became evident 0 the whole world that his dominions were on the eve of be' ing invaded, and his very capital endangered, he alone re: mained unmoved, and did not order the levy of a single soldier. It was, in fact, only when serious hostilities COW, • menced, by the storming of Ibrail, that MAHMOUD to think it was time to adopt some measures of defence' and invited the nation to take up arms. How far WO.. call has been obeyed will, no doubt, be soon made aut . :. ciently manifest : meanwhile it may be said, that 0° 1 ; c' two belligerents have discovered their mistakes at &W I , the same tinie, and each is now . eager to repair his erro r , ; the most important part (A the war, on the European Si' at least, is but about to commence.—. Times. LkSir 1 LOND(