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MORNING SUN. AFFAIRS OF CANADA✓ CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE AF FAIRS OF CANADA, 1841. COPY OF A DESPATCH FROM THE RIGHT HON. LORD SYDENHAM TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. Governdient-house, Montreal, 27th Sept., 1840. MY LORD—I have the honour to inform you that I re turned to this city on Thursday last, the 24th inst. - - I shall transmit to your Lordship by the next mail, copies of the various addresses which I have received during my tour, and of my replies. In the meantime it affords me the most sincere satisfaction to be enabled to say that, through the very extensive district of country which 1 have visited, comprising nearly the whole of the province of Upper Canada, the best possible spirit prevails. From the province line to Amherstburg and Sand wich, from Lake Erie to Penetanguishine, I have every where found a determination to forget past differences and to unite in an endeavour to obtain, under an Act of Union, those practical measures for the improve ment of the country which have been too long neglected in the struggle for party and personal objects. At To ronto, even, where party spirit reigns with more vio lence than in any other part, the general feeling of the province at last prevailed over the opinions of the ex tremes, and I met there with a most cordial reception from all parties and I had the opportunity, of which I was glad to avail myself, of doing much to soften down the asperities which had existed. _ _ Amongst the British inhabitants of this part of Lower Canada, lam also happy to say that the same good feeling reigns, and the same confidence in the principles upon which I have conducted my government, and in the exertions I have made to introduce improvement. The citizens of Montreal had prepared a public entry for my return, which I have reason to know would have been most numerously attended, but this I was com pelled from illness to decline, Of many of the French Canadians lam sorry to say that the reports which reach me are not so favourable; great efforts are made by some few of the leaders of the old Papineau party to mislead the people, and they are seconded in the most mischievous manlier by Mr. Neil son of Quebec. But. although they may be successful in imposing on the credulity and ignorance of the habitant so far as to obtain the return to the United Legislature of a small party of violent men opposed to British con nexion, I am satisfied that they will not again induce the peasantry to support any attempts at disturbance. I should do injustice to my own feelings if I were not to state to your Lordship the impression which has been left on my mind by the inspection which I have made of the Upper Province. It is really impossible to say too much of the advantages which nature has bestowed upon it, especially that part of the country which lies between the three lakes—Ontarie, Erie, and Huron. If these great advantages be properly used, I foresee that in the course of a very few years that province must become one of the most valuable possessions of the British empire. Its population may be trebled, and its products increasad in an immense ratio; whilst, if properly . governed, its inha bitants will, I am satisfied, become the most loyal, intel ligent, and industrious subject.s which her Majesty can number.—l have, &c. S IDENHAM. The Right Hon. Lord J. Russell, &c. LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO LORD SYDENHAM. COPY OF A DESPATCH FROM LORD JOHN RUSSELL TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD SYDENHAM. Downing-street, July 6, 1841. Loup—Her Majesty's Government have received with much regret the account which your recent corn • munications to me convey of your severe bodily indispo sition, and I have received the Queen's commands to ac quaint you that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to sanction your return to this country on a leave of ab sence for six months, as soon after your receipt of this despatch as the exigencies of the public service in Canada may admit. I have, &c., J. RUSSELL. RESIGNATION OF LORD SYDENHAM COPY OF A DESPATCH FROM THE RICIHT RON. LORD SYDENHA3I TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. Kingston July 21, 1541. My Loan—As it is probable that. the sittings of the Legislature will be protracted to the end of this month, and the state of my health, as your Lordship is already aware, renders it of great importance to me, that I should be able to quit this country early in the autumn, I think it right, without actually waiting for the termination of the session itself, to enable her Ma jesty's Government to take the necessary steps for the future conduct of affairs here by formally requesting your Lordship to place at the foot of the Throne my re signation of the office with which the Queen has honoured me, and my humble prayer, in order to meet the possible contingency of the arrival of my successor being delayed beyond the period to which I have referred, that I may receive her Majesty's gracious permission (if it should not already have been accorded to me) temporarily to. devolve the government upon the officer nest in com mand. The task which, by her yajesty's commands, I un dertook two years ago is entirely completed, and I have the satisfaction of feeling assured that the great objects of my mission are answered. The union of the two Canadas is hilly perfected, and the measures incidental to that great change have been successfully carried into effect. Effective departments for every branch of the public service in this province have been constituted, and the future harmonious working of the constitution is, I have every reason to believe, secured. I have likewise the gratification of learning, that in another of the provinces of British North America com prised within my government the endeavours which I made whilst I temporarily assumed the direction of of fairs there, confirmed as they have been by your Lord ship's directions, which have been so ably carried out by Lord Falkland, have been completely successful in restoring harmony there, and in producing the practical results. I can, therefore, with perfect confidence in the future. working of the great change which it has been my good fortune to assist in bringing into operation, surrender into other hands the powers with which I- was honoured through the gracious confidence of my Sovereign, al though, from the deep and heartfelt interest with which I take in the welfare of these magnificent possessions of the Queen, I shall do so with feelings of deep regret.—l have, &c. S 17DE N IA.M. The Right lion. Lord J. Russell, &c. • THE QUEEN'S ACCEPTANCE OF LORD SYDENHAM'S RESIGNATION. COPY OF A. DESPATCH FROM LORD J. RUSSELL TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD SYDENHA3I. Downing -street, Aug. 18, 1841. MY LonD--I have received and laid before the Queen your Lordship's despatch of the 21st July, tendering to her Majesty your resignation of the office of Governor- General of the British Provinces in North America ; and I avail myself of the opportunity of this day's mail to inform your Lordship that the Queen has been pleased to accept your resignation. Her Majesty has further commanded me to express to your Lordship her inten tion of conferring. on you the Order of the Grand Cross of the Bath, as a proof of her Majesty's gracious appro bation of your services. I have, &c., J. RUSSELL. The Right Hon. Lord Sydenham, &e. PROGRESS OF IRE PROVINCIAL GOVERN- MENT. COPY OF A DESPA'FCH FROM THE RIGHT HON. Loma "" 1 "HAM TO LORD J. RUSSELL. Go ver ament-house, Kingston, August 4, 1841. Alv Lot had the honour to receive, ia New York, 13‘ . ; the GrEat Western, your Lordship's despatch (No. 3r.,7) conveying to me leave of absence from my post for six months, in consequence of the serious in disposition under which I have suffered, and I lose no time in requesting y our Lordship to be good enough to lay at the foot of the throne my humble acknowledg ments to the Queen f or t hi s mark of her Majesty's con sideration. It will be my anxious endeavour that the interests of her Majesty's service should not suffer through this, had through the resignati on o f my office, which I h a honour to transmit to your Lordship last mail. I shall not avail myself of the Queen's gracious per mission to absent myself until I have entirely com pleted the work which I have in hand, by bringing the present session of Parliament to a close, and by taking all the steps incident to the- measures which will have then probably received . their completion ; and with regard to some of these ' even,namely, the financial arrangements to be made for the province, in accord ance with my instructions, my presence in England may, I hope, not he altogether without value. I expect to be able to complete this by the middle or e nd ofSeptember, when I shall proceed home ; but o f this I shall be able to judge more exactly in the course of a short time, and I shall then apply to the officer ninaanding the naval station at Halifax to furnish me, if he conveniently ca n, with a vessel which may convey myself an d my suite to England, of which I trust your Lordship will approve. Ih • i. • • have, in the meantime, great satisfaction in stating that the anticipations which I expressed in my confi dential despatch of the 9 6th of June last have been fully realised. The proceedings of the House of Assembly were at first retarded by the necessity of making arrangements and laying down new rules and reu lations for the con duct of business, an d b y the proceedings in the matter of election petitions, in which the laws of the two pro• vinces were different, and great confusion and embar rassment naturally arose ; but this delay was rather pro ductive of advantage than otherwise, as the Members from different parts of the province had thereby the op portunity of becoming better acquainted with caeh other's views and opinions, and the difficulties inherent to the union of the representation of two countries hi therto so distinct and separate gradually wore off. But latterly the L2elsiature has b een a b le to devote itself la the practical business of the country, and, I am happy to say, has made great progress, and with great advantage. Many measures of public utility have been gone through, and amongst them three measures of great im portance, introduced by the Government, have already pass-d the House of Assembly, and are before the other House—a Bill for the establishment of a Board of Works, conferring the most extensive powers upon that depart ment, and thus enablire , us to proceed safely and se ftmcnrely is whatever may undertaken on the publi c sw ill:count or with public aid ; another for the establishment ,r•Mpfolistrict courts .of justice ; and a third f or th e naturali ),:", itstiop_of aliens f jt'qubject of the deepest inte res t t o man y ':' , - 441:: e inhabitantl'iif the province. A Bill for the este . , -; , :k ji . t, of kiii) . * Councils in Upper C ana d a , s i m il ar '*:_, ; i n ' i ti ri fi •.,: .. :kh I passed in the Lower Pr ov i nc e, -,;*‘ -• '7:•,. l A,, .; . ~, d will, I have little doubt, b e s h or tly C i -..----- fir .- '• ff',.. , tiler measures are all, mor e or l ess , i n '' -- ,a stil l' . . - 0 - orwardness. -1 7 v, . .- I have, &c., SYDENHAM. 4 , The Right Hon. Lord J. Russell, <to. No. 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK, EIIITE-D -- BY- BOZ. " THE PIC NIC PAPERS, - 'lt BY VARIOUS HANDS." Edited by CHARLES DICKENS, Esq. (BOZ). And illustrated with numerous Plates, by GEORGE CRUIK SHANK, PHIZ, &c., in 3 vols. post Svo., IS NOW READY At all the Booksellers and Libraries: " The infinite variety and sterling merit of these singularly entertaining volumes, aided by their numerous and capital illustrations by George Cruikshank, ought at once to command a place for them beside the most popular works of the day."— Court Journal. 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The NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains DIVIDENDS of £25,000 £6OO £l2O £BO 5,000 400 110 70 1,500 200 100 60 1,000 100 90 50 800 150 The largest Dividend of the Distribution of Ist March last, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS, was remitted to London and vicinity by HEINE BROTHERS, ;rho remitted, during a few years, 22 large Money Dividends, from 6001 . and upwa r d s u n to 25,0001., besides many Dividends ef smaller amounts to England, Ireland, and Scotland. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER TAE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Overflows to the Grand Equestrian Fetes—Last week of Mazeppa. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 2, Will he acted Lord Boron's Spectacle, called MAZEPPA ; OR, ['HE WILD HORSE OF THE DESERT; introducing Mr. Duerow's Magnificent Stud of Forty Horses, highlly-trained Palfreya, Fairy Poneys, Equestrian Troop, and Companies of both Theatres. After which, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in the Largest Arena in the World, in which Madame Ducrow, Sig nor Hillier, the Great American Rider, the British Horseman, Signor Felix Carlo, and the First Artistes in Europe will appear. To conclude with, TURPIN'S RIDE TO YORK, intro ducing Mr. Ducroves Hanoverian Black Charger, and the entire Stud. *A.Ccb A .r 216 ," V*, 34 1 E 4/ 4 , • No , I gPf r 'ic ' r- W,At 3 c: o 4" ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. " Reeds and Doings of the Dark House I" with its astonishing kinie effects and startling situations, will continue to be played every evening, with the new and successful drama of " Sweet Poll of Horselydown." THIS EVENING, SEPT. 2, _ _ The New and highly-successful Drama of DEEDS and DO INGS of the DARK MOUSE; or, SIMPLE BESS of BIL LINGSGATE !—Bradburn, Mr. Dale ; Charles Elford, Mr. Seaman ; Davey Dubbs, Mr. Gardner ; Hoppy Bob, Mr. Paul ; Ann, Mrs. W. West ; Simple Bess, Mrs. G. Lee. Afte rvhich, THE SCARLET MANTLE.—ArnoId, Mr. E. F. Savi:l s ; Ernest, Mr. Dale ; Dyrke, Mr. Cullen ; Cor nelius, Mr. ..ilarclner ; Agnes, Mrs. W. West. To conclude waS SWEET . POLL of HORSELYDOWN, in which Messrs. James, Seaman Paul, Williams, Gardner, Cullen, Mrs. Lee, Mrs. Howard, &c. &c. will perform. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—Caller), 6d. Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. To:inorrow, The Dark House, S...wlet Mantle, and Sweet Poll. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS•DAY. iforning.."..39 minutes after 2 Evening minutes after 2. Vtt LONDON: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1841. HER MAJESTY'S MASTERS have nearly com pleted their arrangements. They tell us through their organs that their victim bowed her neck to servitude with a good grace : "• It affords us much gratification," say both the Times and the Standard, "to hear that his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in conjunction with her Majesty, mani fested an earnest desire to act in strict accordance with the spirit of the Constitution, and to afford to Sir R. Peel every facility in the formation of his Government. The reception which the Right Hon. Baronet met with from her Majesty was most gracious and kind. Her Majesty expressed her determination to extend to Sir Ro bert Peel's Government her most implicit confidence and support, under the firm belief that no measures would be proposed to Parliament that would not tend to maintain the dignity of the Crown, to conserve the institutions of the country, and promote the happiness and prosperity of the people." Prince ALBERT, as if he had promoted the submission, is honoured by being placed before her MAJESTY, and is said, we are sure falsely, to have manifested an earnest desire to accept the Mas ters whom the monopolists by bribery, corruption, and intimidation, have imposed 'on. the QUEEN. The Prince undoubtedly felt it his duty to be present with her MAJESTY, and inspire her with fortitude in her new and trying position, but it must be a libel that he manifested an earnest desire to facilitate the triumph of the .monopo lists over the lady who honours him with her love, and shares with him a throne. It being now the fact, however, that HER MAJESTY'S MASTERS are installed, and the bulk of them known, it maybe worth while to look at the means by which they got their power, and who they are. The notorious bribery, corrup tion, and intimidation, which were the main ele ments of their success in the elections, are the least of the offences which should make them odious to the people. They have long headed the party which has resisted to the utmost all legislative improvement. If BAD LAWS be the curse of the country, as we, at least, sincerely believe, then are these men the authors of the curse, for they would not allow the bad laws to be repealed. They have latterly crowned most worthily the labour of their lives, by obstinately resisting all attempts to abridge the monopolies of the West India Planters, the Canada Ship owners, and the Owners of Rent. They, in fact, are carried into power by a combination of all these monopolists, in order to put down the pro posals to untax even a little the bread that nourishes, and the sugar that sweetens, life. The foul calumnies, too, against the bulk of the indus trious classes, and the bulk of all those who do not belong -4o the State sect, by which the partizans of the monopolists have helped them into place, are just as odious as the monopolies themselves. By uniting all the plundering interests into one firm phalanx, and by using arts worthy of their prin ciples, the monopolists have succeeded in making themselves masters of the QUEEN'S person and Government. And who are they ? The most respectable name in the list is that of the Duke of IV-EL LINGTON. It was thought pitiable to see " Down ➢larlborough's cheeks the tears of dotage Sow ;" but it was better to wither harmless in the course of nature, than to use the last energies of life in inflicting misery on a tumultuously -grateful peo ple. The hero of a hundred battles, the reci pient of the nation's bounties, who owes his cas tles and his lands, and his income to the indus trious and grateful people, is to be the leader in the House of Peers of the starvation Ministry. In the Commons, the leader and the chief of all is Sir ROBERT PEEL. By the careful indus try of a manufacturer, lie was made wealthy, and he uses his wealth and influence to aid the monopolists in crushing rising wealth in others. He has acquired or affects a sentimental horror for long, dull lines of railroads, with great manu facturing towns at the end, and he heads the starvation Ministry to check the ordained pro gress of the manufacturing interests and guard game preserves from the encroachments of loco motives. What can we say of Lord LYNDIIURST ? Is he not the alien enemy of Ireland ? He has no love for starvation in his own person; but the fee of the Chancellorship makes him readily lend his aid to the starvation Ministry. To pronounce the name of the Duke of BUCKINGHAM is enough. His presence in the Ministry stamps its character. Not one jot of the sliding scale will he give up. The Govern ment of which he is a Member must be for the bread-tax, the whole bread-tax, and nothing but the bread-tax. Ml' 6011LBURT is the ernbodyment of the • • .444: 1: sg. planter monopoly and of financial juggle. His accession to the Exchequer is the signal to revive all the exploded mysteries of enriching the na tion by extorting its money. Lord WHARNCLIFFE and Lord STANLEY we place together, because both have signalized themselves as advocates of coercion to Ireland. Force properly follows financial chicanery, for it must provoke hostility, and may need pro tection. With all deference to the Earl of ABERDEEN, neither his foreig n diplomacy nor his att em p ts to legislate for th Scotch Church has made him so well known to the people that they do not ask why should he be Foreign Minister? We cannot answer the question. Judging by his outward man he is not an unworthy Member of the starvation Ministry. Sir JAMES GRAHAM is too well known to the public for his desertion of friends and principles; but it is an ominous sign that be, who has avowed a more than ordinary hatred of Mr. O'CONNELL, and a more than ordinary attachment to the State Church, should be placed at the head of the Home Department, and have Ireland under him. As an administrator, he was successful at the Admiralty, but instead of sending him back thither, Lord MINT() is to be succeeded by the Earl of HADDINGTON. It would seem by such appointment as if both par ties were anxious to convince the public that the smallest possible quantity of previous statesman ship suffices to govern the navy. What will Sir CHARLES NAPIER say to Lord BINNING that was, being First Lord of the Admiralty? If the starvation Ministry had wished to place a more insignificant Peer than Lord MINTO at the head of the Admiralty, they have succeeded. Lord ELLENBOROUGH, renowned for curls and sensible speeches; the Earl of RIPON, once Prime Minister, and then called by no flattering name, now a Lord of Trade and plantations ; with Sir E. KNATCHBULL, another staunch Corn-law Ad vocate. Ireland is to be governed by Lord Ds GREY, best known as the brother of ;the Earl of RIPON, and as having some taste in the fine arts, while his Secretary is to be Lord ELLIOT, best remembered as willing to lend himself, for reputation sake, to those who have New Zealand jobs to promote. (See the Times of last year.) In order to show their love for the slaves, for whose sake the monopolists would not untax the people's sugar, they have placed the son of a ci devant slave-holder, and the great promoter of the new slave-trade in Hill Coolies, in the Board of Trade. From first to last the bread -taxing Ministry seems to consist of persons well adapted to carry its principles into execution. Force, fraud, and hypocrisy are typified, and have their appropriate representatives. Looking at the Ministry as a whole, it is de cidedly aristocratic. There is no one Member of it who is a representative of a populous place. Eight Members of the Cabinet are Peers, and four or five only Commoners. Sir R. 'EEL re presents his pocket-borough of Tamworth\ Mr. GOULBURN sits for Cambridge University, and is sent to Parliament by the parsons. Sir JAMES GRAHAM is sent to Parliament by Dorchester, and represents, in fact, the Nobleman who com mands the borough. Lord STANLEY, who is, by-the-bye, more one of the Peerage than a Commoner, represents the tenants-at-will and the squires anci factory owners of Lancashire. To show accurately how little the starvation Mi nistry regards the people, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, who has been rejected by them, is to have a place of honour and distinction. Behold, then, the revival of the Government of the aristocracy and the boroughmongers. A Migistry so constituted, forced into power by such means, and intended to accomplish such purposes, naturally giv94 rise to much specula tion and to some curious thoughts. We are taught, it is said, to obey the QUEEN, but not to obey the monopolists. Though her MAJESTY, by the Constitution, may be obliged to accept them as her Masters, the people, the source of all Power, are under no such obligation. They trace the origin of the Ministry to its source in the most selfish desires and the vilest fraud, and they ask themselves very solemnly, can it be good—is it right for us to obey such a Ministry ? Do we not, by submitting to those who avow a resolution to plunder and coerce us by measures of Parliament and the law, render ourselves accessories to, their offences, and court the slavery they are resolved to inflict on us? These are very important questions, and they are asked through a widening circle. The theory of the Constitution is, that the minority must obey the majority —in this case the majority is required to obey the minority. The whole electoral body constitute a minority of the people, and of that body, were it polled man for man, it is doubtful whether the mono polists would be in a majority, while the bulk of the non-electors are .against them. Neither is property on their side, for their possessions are not property. Their income is derived from taxation. Rent now springs from the bread-tax. Their right to levy the tax is questioned, and they decide for themselves that the right is in them, and they will exercise it. Their power to do so, how ever, depends on other men, and it is only by the submission of the community that they can retain in their hands the means of oppressing it. To doubt their authority is to weaken—to resist is to destroy it. Sir R. PEEL and the Duke of WELLINGTON, by associating with the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, and constituting a starvation Mi nistry, may not mean to bring things to extremes, but they have formed an extreme Ministry, and rather than submit to starvation, men will ques tion their power. Sir R. PEEL, on Friday evening, was ex tremely anxious to make the House believe that he is attached to the principles of free trade. He again boasted of the assistance he had given to Mr. Husxrssom, and of the assurances he had received from Mr. Husxissorr that from no Member of the Government did he receive a more cordial support than from Sir R. PEEL. The Right Hon. Baronet also quoted two para graphs of a Royal Speech, drawn up by himself in 1825, in which the extension of commerce, by removing inconvenient restrictions, was strongly recommended. Some of the followers of the Right Hon. Baronet have taken the same course, and have claimed a great deal of credit fur themselves, for being disciples of Mr. Hus- KISSON. These declarations were issued a week or a fortnight too late. Had they appeared ten days ago, one of the leading Journals of the party might have suppressed, at least for the present, its attack on Mr. HusKissox's policy. " The reciprocity and free-trade system," says Mick wood, " introduced by Mr. lluskisson in 1823, and which for the next ten years was so perseveringly carried out by every subsequent Administration, introduced at the same time unparalleled success in the shipping interest of Britain, and beyond all question had the effect of re ducing one-half the value of all the property held in that form by the British merchants." There is more of the same sort in the same Magazine, intimating pretty plainly that this leading journal of the Tories regards Sir It. PElt as a great fool for priding himself on having supported Mr. HUSKISSON, and having trodden in his steps. Though Sir ROBERT will not speak out, and will endeavour to delude and beguile us by assuming an air of liberality, his fol lowers have a thorough disdain of such hypocrisy. Blackwood declares that the " con-. test now going on is between the powers of Hell and those of .Heaven;" "Conservative Govern ment must be based upon religion as revolu tionary Government must be based upon worldly knowledge." " There can be no dallying, no. truce, no compromise even. for a day between these mighty powers. He that is not with me is against me." Sir ROBERT PEEL, who is a great dallyer—wh o is'. fond of compromise— who thinks himself only safe while a truce laSti—will not receive the support of the Tory . Blachwood. We thought the starvation Ministry was uncomprorniS • enough, but it will not t3utlicc for the ittlui4Liine lad the tierce , zealots of the Tory party. We are slow to infer division amongst our opponents, butiwhen there exists amongst them such fundamental differ ences—one set being all for compromise, and the other set fiercely declaiming against it—how can they, without a most unworthy sacrifice of prin ciple, work together ? Either Sir ROBERT must become a bigot, or Blackwood must cease to be a PEEL-ite journal. In noticing yesterday the new light which has broken on the Tories relative to the impossibility of the country being inundated with foreign corn, we omitted to state that the average duty levied on the great importation of the last three years has been less than 4s. 6d. per quarter. Now that fact is of considerable importance, and it dissipates, as far as facts can dissipate, the un founded delusions which have been encouraged on this subject. We have imported on the average upwards of 2,000,000 quarters of foreign wheat every year for the last three years at less than 4s. 6d. per quarter duty, and with that im portation no land has gone out of cultivation. Another curious fact is mentioned in the cor respondence of Sir A. TERRIER, the Consul at Rotterdam. Holland, it is well-known, has long enjoyed an almost free trade in corn. Holland, too, is one of the most populous parts of Europe, and Holland did not in former times grow enough wheat to feed its own population. But while Holland has had a free trade in grain her own cultivation has extended, and Sir ALEXANDER TERRIER reports that " more wheat is now grown in Holland than is re quired for home consumption." Why might not that happen to England ? Why might not cultivation under a free trade be extended in England, that she might, like Holland, come to grow more than is sometimes required for home consumption ? Mr. bl‘Cum.ocx, no bad judge, contemplates such a thing possible, or he would not propose to allow a bounty on the exporta tion of wheat. The example of Holland is very encouraging for those who dread national de pendence as the consequence of a free trade in corn. The French Journals of Monday have been received with Madrid Papers of the 23d ult., but the news they bring was anticipated in yester day's Extraordinary Express from Paris. Their abuse of M. GUIZOT we have sufficiently noticed in our Summary of Public Opinion. The fol lowing paragraphs, which we extract from them, are not without interest : --- - The German Journal of Frankfort states that M. Thiers arrived in that city on the evening of the 28th instant, and left the following morning by railway for Mayence. The illness of Mme. Thiers had induced him to relin quish kw the present his intended visit to Vienna. He intends going first to Ems. It is related, says the Augsburg Gazette, that a lady of Weimar, who deals in prophecy, has read in the hand of M. Thiers that he will be again Minister at the end of a year and a day. A letter from Trieste, 18th inst., in the Frankfort Journal, states that the King of Wurtemberg had visited the theatre llauroner incognito, on the previous even ing Majesty took his seat in the pit and conversed, with the greatest affability, with those around him. Next morning he proceeded on his journey into Ger many. _ A'letter from Athens, of 12th inst., in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" The Greek mail brings new de tails relative to the insurrection in Candia. It ap pears that the rebels were betrayed by a certain Roussot Bourdoumbant, who had assumed the com mand of the Sphakiotes. This person was bribed by the Turks, and opened a passage to them into the interior. Upon this, a portion of the insurgents took refuge on board the English ships, and the rest divided themselves into small bands, in the hope of still being able to resist the Turks. The Chief of the late Provi sional Government has declared that his intention, and that of his colleagues, was, not to abandon the Candians, and that the English had conveyed them to the Piraeus against their will, after touching at several places to spread the news of their defeat, and injure their cause." The following is what the Globe says of the measure which the United States of North America are going to adopt againgt our wines and our silk manufacturers : " France exports a great quantity of wines and silks to the United States ; the productions of our southern departments are therefore in danger of being seriously atlected. The Bill will be a terrible blow to the manu facturers of Lyons ; it will likewise have a fatal influ ence on Bordeaux, for an increase of duties in any arti cle always diminishes the consumption. " When the commercial interests of a country are not defended by a strong Government, they are necessarily everywhere sacrificed."—La Gazette de France. The two ships of the line, the Marengo and Triton, which have sailed from Toulon for Africa, have taken on board two , battalions of the 33d regiment, which consist of no more than 1,.546 men. To-day at noon Marshal' Soult received the Commit tee of the Fortifications, who meet every day with accu mulating embarrassment. The news that it is intended to erect the see of Cambray into an Archbishopric is confirmed. We are assured that Cardinal Lulour verque has accepted this see. The Bishop of Arras, in the letter which he has written to the Government, at taches, however, some conditions to his acceptance. One of them is said to be that he shall have the choice of his successor in the see of Arras. The Obset vateur des Pyrenees, of the 29th, says : " We this moment learn that the General Council of the Upper Pyrenees has refused to give its approbation to the census."—Le Commerce. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, AUGUST 30. First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prico. Price French 5 per Cents ll6 21 ... ltd 25 ... 1.6 10 ... 116 25 . 4 per Cents ..... 99 60 99 60 ... 99 0 .., 99 60 3 per Cents. ex. div. 77 15 77 20 ... 76 10 ... 77 20 Bank of /trance Willie Bank 1.1.1001. SI area 1030 ...IC3O 5,000 f. Shares 5110 —.5110 .4110 ...5110 Belgian Bank ~.. 765 ." 765 ... 765 Belgian 5 per Cents. Portugueses per Cent,. Roman :02% 102% ... 102% ... 102% RAILWAI sHARRn. R. liermain Versailles, 910 ... 210 210 ... 210 R. 11 327 50 ... 327 50 ... 327 50 ... 327 50 %mien . 4trasburg to Bali, shares red 237 50 ... 137 50 ... 237 50 ... 23/ 10 DU I.'Cft rtiNDS.—AmsTaanaii, Aua. 30 Actual Debt, '2% per Cent • M oney. 51 52 Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Anon t Sendic,44 per c en t 91.% 4 91 Ditto, ditto, 3% p er cent 75 ti 75% Commercial Company, 4% per cent 155% '36 Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. ..... Loan 1837, 5 per cent. ............ 94 % 95 Exchange on London, One 12 07g Two months Hamburgh, One month ........... Two months ...,,, 33 52% Dutch Papers, Aug. 31. AUNTRIAN FUNDS.—Vuouti, Am. 23 fire per Cents. Metalliques ....... 106 Foci per Cents. 0111111••••••••••••••• 110•••••••••••••••••••••• ..... 97% Three p;zr Cents. ....... reell••••••• Hank Sh ••••••••••••••••••• 76% ares .......... •••••••••••••••••• ..«.»........ 1592 Zeirumg, Aug. 27 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.-- The Queen and Prince Albert left the Castle a quarter before four o'clock this afternoon, escorted by a party of the Royal Regiment of Horse. Guards, under the command of Lieut. Vyse, for Claremont. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal and her at tendants were taken in one of the Royal carriages. Her Majesty's Suite, and that of Prince Albert, occu pied three carriages and four. In the forenoon her Ma j i - oty and her Illustrious Con sort enjoyed. a wa lk i n the Park. Sir R. Peel arrived about twelve o'clock, and left a little before two o'clock. The lion. Miss Paget will join the Royal party at Claremont this day, and the Hon. Miss Lister is ex pected, to arrive at Claremont to-morrow, to succeed the Maids, of Honour at present in attendance on her Majesty. The Earl of Liverkwol s arrived at his town residence on ThesilaY evening, from his seat, Buckstead Park, near tickfield, SuSsex, the Noble Earl having received a de spatch from 'Sir ,Robert Peel. His Lordship had an in terview with the Right Hun. Baronet. Sir Robert Peel dined on Tuesday evening with the Duke of Wellington at. Apsley House. Yesterday morn ing; Sir Robert left town fur Windsor Castle, to have an audience of the Queen. The Eight Hon. Baronet had an audience of her Majesty soon after twelve o'clock, and afterwards took his departure from Windsor Castle for town; Sir Hubert arrived in Whitehall-gardens soon after four o'clock, and was shortly afterwards visited by his G'ritee . the Duke of Wellington The. following No bietileii and . Gentlemen also arrived in the course of half in fit* at there.siderfee of the Right Hon. Baronet : Lor&Lvindhurst, Lord Wharncliffe, Sir James Graham, Earl of `Aberdeen Lord Stanley,.•Mr. , Goulburn, Earl of Haddington., Ellenborough, Earl of Ripon, Sir H. Hardinge,"'Eari IV Grey, Lord Eli o t, Si r Edward Knatchbulc'Sir'rh'OmaS Fremantle, and Sir G. Clerk. The meetinibi.6ke np at half-p as t fi ve o ' c l oc k, w h en the Duke 'Of . IVellington took his departure, arta was shortly followed' by Lord Ly n dh urst , t h e Earl' of ltipon, and several of the Noblemen and Gentlemen attending the meeting. , The Duke of Buccleuch paid a visit to Sir R. Peel yesterday afternOon after his return to town. E:xl of Jersey went yesterday to Osterley Park, Middlesex, from his seat, Middleton Park, near Bicester,. 'Oxford. His Lordship received yesterday a despatch from Sir R. Peel. His Royal - Highness the Duke of Cambridge went from his residence at Kew yesterday to Richmond Park, and spent the forenoon shooting. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday morn ing from Kew. Their Royal Highnesses returned to K ew in the afte rnoon . S ir John 1)0 3' 1 0, K.C.8., Captain E. C. Richards, and Mr. - Ifertry , Mier, on the part of the N ava l and Military claiirraticA'On th e Government of Portugal, accompanied by Mr...'Vike,' their Secretary, had an i nter - Tieiv on SAtirdlLy 'Viseou utTaknorston. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 1 IP4I OVERLAND MAIL, CHINA. The India mail arrived at Marseilles the 31st of August, and at Malta the 27th, at two in the afternoon. The Great Liverpool arrived at Malta on the 26th, in the morning with the Indian mail. Left Bombay on the 19th of July. The intelligence from China is down to the 20th of May. Everythingremained as before. The Emperor was still determined to resist, and was concen trating a large force which was to be commanded by his brother in person. Admiral Parker and Sir Henry Pot tinger sailed from Bombay for China, on the 7th of July, in the Sesostris. FRANCE. Baron de Barente, the FrenchTmbassador, took leave of the Emperor Nicholas on the 3d, and was to embark for France on the 20th. The three Belgian Commissioners for conducting the commercial negotiations between France and Belgium, had arrived in Paris. Mr. Wells, the head of the American house of that name, died in Paris on Tuesday. It was reported that the soldiers•of the French army, whose term of service would expire on the 31st of De cember, 1842, will be proviSionally discharged the mo ment when the conscripts of 1841 shall have passed through their first drills. Each of these contingents may be estimated at 60,000 men. The Emperor and Empress of Russia arrived at Gratz on the 18th, GREECE. The Leipsic Gazette, of the 28th inst., publishes the text of a communication, from the French Govern ment to the Powers of Europe, on the internal affairs of Greece. This document, dated the 11th ult., begins by stating that the attention of the Cabinets of Eu rope, and that of London in particular, had been re cently turned to circumstances of an unpleasant na ture connected with Greece, which gave rise to apprehensions that her Government was not suffi ciently strong to command respect from its subjects. This, it says, is the more to be deplored, since the increase of the Greek population, the improvement of agriculture, and the augmentation of the public reve nue, show the country to be possessed of vital energies, which could only be compromised by the faults of its administrative system. France, consequently, calls on the protecting Powers, and on those who s u b sequen tly to the treaty of 1827 have entered into relations of amity with it, to address friendly representations to King Otho on this subject. France does not consider Greece suffi ciently ripe for the establishment of a constitutional Go-. vernment, but she suggests that the attributes of the Council of State might be extended and provincial and municipal councils be instituted. This system would both strengthen and regulate the Royal authority, and would have the advantage of being in unison with the national tradition. The document then concludes with an appeal to the Cabinets of Europe to save a kingdom which they had founded from all evils of sufficient gravity to compro mise their common work, and all the interests connected with it. Letters from Athens state that Adm. Lasusse arrived there on the 20th of August with the Inflexible and Saud Petro. MONEY and toMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING. .The Public Securities wore a less buoyant appear ance to-day, in consequence of the preparations for the fourth of the month, and also owing to the rather unfa vourable tenor of the advices by the Overland Mail. For immediate transfer Consols were 89i to 8, closing at 89i to and for Account 90* to i ; Exchequer Bills were not higher than 14 to 16 premium, and East India Bonds dropped to 2 premium and par ; Bank Stock was firm at 169 to ; the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were at 988 to and the Three per Cents. at 90 to. The Foreign Securities did not appear to participate in the decline of our own Stocks, Spanish Bonds having gone higher, in fact, on account of the favourable advices received from. Madrid. The Actives advanced to-day to 21i and 2 q ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. were at a rise to 30i to 304, Mexican Bonds were at 24-, Colom bian at 20-1 to t, and Brazilian at 664 to 67, being for all a slight improvement. Austrian Metalliques were at 104, Danish at 791, and Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. at 51i to 52. Railway Shares were rather pressed on the market and dropped in value. Great 'Western Shares were 15i, the New 54, the Birmingham 69 to 70, and the New 22 premium. Brighton were 28 to 3t Croydon 1, a n d N ort h Midland 35 discount. Colonial ' Bank Shares were q premium. The expresses published early in the day giving the contents of the telegraphic despatch in anticipation of the Overland Mail caused some excitement in the Tea market, but parties were generally indisposed to operate until further details shall be received, and prices did, not vary much. Company's Congou was 2s. 3kd. per lb. cash, closing at that rate on 'Change, sellers. (From The Sun of Last Night.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUG. 31.—This being Tuesday, and market day at Manchester, the attendance and buyers were extremely thin, and the business does not amount to more than 2,500 bales, with scarcely any alteration iu prices, excepting in some instances a slight reduction for inferior American exporters and specu lators, altogether inactive. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, AUG. 31.—We have no particular feature in the Share Market to notice to day. The following are the transactions ;—Eastern Counties, 8 ; Debentures, 81 ; Grand Junction, 201 ; Ditto Half shares, 100 ; Chester and Crewe, 50 ; Great Western Half, 561 • North Midland Thirds, 93+. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE,+ AUG. 31.—Our Market is still improving, and Stock is scarce. Man chester and Birmingham, 21+ ; Manchester and Leeds, Halves, 25; North Midland, 66i ; Ditto, Halves, 334 ; Manchester Assurance, 9i. The Great Liverpool steamer has arrived at Malta with the Indian Mail ; she left Bombay on the 19th of July. The dates from China are the 20th of May, at which time thin4s remained in the same state. The Em peror is still decided on resisting, and he had ordered a numerous muster of troops, which are to be commanded by his brother in person. The English Stock Market opened rather flat this morning. Consols are 891 4 for Money, and 90* / for the Account. Exchequer Bills, 14 16. Spanish Active Stock, 21/ 1 ; Passive, 5* ; Deferred, 101 1 ; Portu guese Five per Cents., 304 I; Ditto Three per Cents. 18k. Till the news from China appears in a more detailed form than it at present does in the telegraphic despatch which is announced as being received in Paris, the Tea speculators feel much disinclined to operate, although some of the more hardy in these matters look upon the statement that the Emperor is determined to resist as a prelude to the stoppage of the supplies of Tea. This of course:is a mere matter of opinion. As it is, the specu lative article, Company's Congous, is quoted at 2s. 3d. per lb. cash. which is an advance of to 4 upon the first prices of the day. The Batavia steamer has just arrived, with letters and papers from Rotterdam of yesterday's date. The DutO Five per Cents. came 101 1146th5., and the Two-and-a. Half per Cents. 51 13-16ths 1. There has been but little business doing in the E ng . lish Stock M ar k et . C onso l s are now 89i1 for Money, and 90* 4 for the Account. Three per Cents. Reduced, 90 ; itto Three-and-a-Half, 99i ; Bank :Stock, 169 ; India Bonds have receded to 1 dis. to par ; Exchequer Bills are 14 16 prem. There has been more business doing in the Foreign Market than for some days past. Spanish Active Stock has advanced to 211 ; Brazilian Bonds are 661 ; Colom bian, 214; Mexican 26i ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 301 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 52 ; Ditto Fives 102. Very little business doing in Shares. Great Western New are 561 ex. div. ; London and Brighton 47* ; Ditto and Birmingham, 159 ex. div. ; North Midland, New, 10 ; South Eastern and Dover, 171. The accounts by the Overland Express, if as meagre in detail as the outline furnished by the telegraphic re port, are not likely to give much satisfaction. The Tea jobbers have derived more confidence from the news, as they think it in favour of a protracted contest. Prices, therefore, are likely to go up again, but cannot be correctly quoted at present, as parties are indisposed to operate till further details are received. As the British had not begun to show what they can do, the preparation with us being unquestionable, the worst part of the business, there is every reason to hope, despite the assertions to the contrary, that our troops will "astonish he natives" when they do commence, and soon bring them to terms. About the end of June, it is supposed, we may have opened the campaign. The Dutch Mail, just in, brings intelligence of a steady bat rather dull market for the funds at Amsterdam on Monday. The Two-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 51i.. From Dresden we learn that the wife of M. Thier'S had been taken ill there, and was likely to be confined to her chamber for some days. Consols, Money, 894 s ; Ditto, Account, 901 ; Spa nish, 211 i t the ‘ only Foreign Stock in which there is any businea doing, and speculation seems to have set in for the rise. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 1691 India Stock ...... ......... 3 per Cent Red. 9O Ditto Bonds. ....... ....... Ipm 3 per Cent Cons B9l Ditto Old Annuities ... 3i per Cent Red 99b Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent 984 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 16 pm New 5 per Cent — Ditto 500/ l7 pm Long Annuitiestoexpire Ditt Small l9 pm Jan. 1860 .. 124 Bank Stock for 0pg.... Oct 1859 l2 13-16 India Stock for Acct ... Jan. 1860. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... 1091 Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent lO2l Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian 80nd5.......... 67 Prussian, 5 per cent. - `Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent Cbilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic.. . Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent 2ll Ditto, 1824. — Ditto, Deferred ....... Danish, 3 per cent 791 I Frenci i 5 per cent. --4. —e. Greek, 18:45, 5 per cent — Exchange - e. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. •—e Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825, Dutch, 2i per cent. ... 52 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent 102 SHARES Great Western Railway (65 paid) BOl Ditto New Shares (50 paid ssf Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid)... ......... London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid) _ Ditto New Shares ( p a id) London and Birmingham Railway (90 pd) 160 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) ............. 53 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) . 24 London and Croydon Railway ( Trunk) l2/ Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) .. ...... —. Ditto Quarter Shares 15 ( paid) ...... North Midland Railway (100 paid) Ditto Thirds (10 paid) South Easton and Dover (38 ?hid)... - 171 . .. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Publtc Opttlion. " Who runs may read" POILEXGN. The India Mail arrived at Malta on the 27th, and at Marseilles on the 31st of August, with news from Bombay to the 19th of July, and from China to the 20th of May. His Celestial Majesty; the Emperor, was con centrating a large force, commanded by his brother in person, to " utterly cut off and exterminate the English barbarians ;" but whether like the King of Ava he has cgm►nanded his pig-tailed warriors to march upon and burn London, is not recorded. Admiral Parker and Sir Henry Pottinger sailed from Bombay for China on thv 7th of July, on board the Sesostris steamer. The re inforcements had preceded them, so that on their ar rival in the Chinese waters hostilities would at once be resumed. A circular addressed by France to the Courts of Lon don, Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh, dated the 11th ult., on the internal Government of Greece, appears in the Leipsic Gazette of the 28th instant. France sug gests that all the Powers in amity with Greece, and par ticularly the. protecting Powers, shall address represen tations to King Otho on the subject of his misgovern ment of that country, and calling upon him to extend the attributes of the Council of State, and to institute provincial and. municipal councils, in order to prepare Greece for the orderly establishment of a representative constitutional Government. We rejoice to see France take the initiative in a work so, worthy of her civiliza tion, her recollections, and her glory ; and we rejoice still more heartily to find her stating in this document that England was the most urgent in recommending her to make this appeal to the public justice of Europe. Lord Palmerston has not quitted office without bequeathing the rich legacy of independence to Greece. The Paris Journals continue to shower abuse upon M. Guizot for the praises bestowed upon him by the British press. The National says :—" It is really quite delectable to witness the tender sympathy which binds the British press to M. Guizot. A unanimous concert of praise is sounded by the London Journals ; no doubt to drown the effects of the discordant charivari of Caen. We are-anxious to take note of 'this success of our Fe. reign Minister, as nothing can better prove from whence he comes, where he is leading us, and who are his masters.," - .The Commerce sings to the same tune: • " Guizot, the obit orn'eharirari in France;" - exclaims M'. Mau 'coinforted by the English papers of every party. This is as it should be." In ninety-nine cases out -of 'erth - yininclred; the concluding observation of the Commerce is pretty correct. He would be a shal low politician who would suspect the patriotism of a French statesman on the evidence of a charivari in the usual French fashion. . - The Courrzer Francais is equally bitter. It says "The London Journals are unanimous in support of M. Guizot. This support looks suspicious, for is is an in terested one, and France, we tear, will in the end be the sufferer by it. Our interests arc decidedly opposed to those of allied Europe. A man cannot be popular both in London and in Paris: He must, perforce; make an option between France and England. It seems that M. Guizot has made his choice. • Ours is not the same. As for the English papers, since they fi n d M. Guizot so excellent a statesman, such a perfect Minister, why do they not make place for him in the British Cabinet ? France would be too happy to be rid of him." With all due deference for the .opinion of the Courrier Francais, we take leave to observe that France does not so abound in great men that she can afford to lose the services of the greatest of which she can at present boast. Were M. Guizot to choose another country France could not fill up the blank made by his absence. England would be proud to see M. Guizot enrolled among the number of her citizens. The Legitimist Journal Quotidienne remarks :—" M. Guizot ought to feel completely happy. He seeks to be unpopular in France; and. no Minister ever enjoyed more unpopularity than lie does. His aim is to attract the admiration of England, and lo ! every English paper eulogises the policy of our Foreign Minister as the most noble and the most courageous. A Radical Evening Paper ( The Sun), even treats as vile and base the adversaries of our great doctrinaire." M. Guizot takes his stand on the principle of maintain ing the peace of Europe. His adversaries are the ene mies of peace and the progress of civilization. Regard ing them, as we do, in that light, no reprobation is too severe for them. • The Constitutionncl and the Courrier Francais, not withstanding their condemnation of the Whigs, have al ready taken the alarm at the accession of the Tories to office. The former journal says :—" We have, as re gards foreign policy, still less confidence in the Tories than the Whigs. Sir Robert Peel and L or d Ab er d een will, as far as France is concerned, adopt the conduct of Lord Palmerston ; or if they modify it, it will be in the way of aggravation." The Courrier Francais, in allud ing to a report that Lord Londonderry would succeed Earl Granville in Paris, observes:—" This will be the first insult of the Tories to France, and without doubt they will not stop there." Admiral Lasusse arrived at Athens on the 20th of August with the Inflexible and Santir Petro ships of war. PUBLIC OPINION. I The Morning Chronicle, alluding to the meagre reve lations as to his intended course of policy, lately made by Sir Robert Peel in Parliament; says—" The whole debate on the AddresS showed, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that Sir Robert Peel had no clear and distinct line of policy, based upon principle, and firmly settled in his own mind ;' and as plainly did Sir Robert's own speech declare, that even if he had such a line of po licy,' he was not prepared to carry it into action with resolute decision.' He gently pushed the Duke of Richmond on one side ; he threw the Orangemen over board ; he avowed his fears of being able to carry on the Government, in the intimation that he would throw up office if he was not efficiently supported; and Lord Stan ley, in the absence of Sir Robert, declared that they had turned out an honest man and able Minister because— his place was wanted! In short, Sir Robert Peel has been made Prime Minister by the landed interest, in order to maintain the existing Corn-laws ; and yet Sir Robert has declared that he is not quite' pre-- pared to maintain the details of the existing law! " The time is fast approaching when Sir Robert Peel will find in this infirtnity, of purpose his deadliest enemy. Caution and 'vacillation, and a truckling to expediency, may do well enough in sunny weather, but when clouds darken the political horiion, their utter folly and useless ness are at once seen and appreciated. The Right Hon. Baronet takes office at a season full of peril, and when nothing but prOmptitude, decision, and energy can rescue the country froth its present distresses. Never theless, he seems inclined to play over again his favourite game of " fast and loose ;" to hold out specious pro mises to all parties, and stick manfully by none. It was not by such timid, milk-and-water policy as this, that his great idol, Pitt, ruled with a high hind the destinies of England for upwards of twenty years. While avoid ing his faults Sir Robert Peel may at least imitate his energy with - advantage. The Herald thus expatiates on the deserts of Sir Ro bert Peel :—" We haVejlig,h}ly touched upon what we deem the ' good fortune' of Sir Robert Peel, and we hope that we may not be misunderstood in the employ ment of that phrase. Need we remark, that we employ it in no disparaging or illiberal sense. So far from that being in our.. contemplation, we rather intend to do justice to the forbearance and self-restraint which have been powerful enough to withhold him from realising, as he might have done, his political triumph at a much earlier period. his prudence and fore sight have been signally manifested in this course of action. Their reivard will be proportionally permanent." Our Contemporary is perfectly correct in applying the term " good fortune" to Sir Robert Peel's success as a public man. He has been pre-eminently lucky through life—indeed luck has been the chief secret of his eleva tion. He was lucky in the accident of enormous wealth —lucky in the period at which he entered public life, and in the party to which he attached himself—lucky in the turn of his mind, which keeps him for ever within " the decencies" of politics-L-and, above all, lucky in the pos session of just that sort of cunning which, in the eyes of the superficial, passes for uncommon sagacity. We know no statesman of modern times who owes,sp much to luck, and so little to strong intellectual capacji s y r . tii The Post has at length the candour to egflrr . B" 7 -the altjpiohet rtfhuci .Times having previously set the example—thtli,ah . 4,14- n - ions. deal of bribery and corruption was' itantreSted during the late elections. With his wontedokkAteii. , however, our Contemporary adds, tbarthe de l lin l iEfuelits' in ,this respect were chietl in y s t p h i e te te f fe t a h te is cl ii pit ingw ity„ , Tories were returned, „ influence, solely because the country had faith in their, inherent wisdom and integrity,-•-N«-fie-do 'not-deny," obserjes the Post, "th a t much 'money may h ave b een improperly used on both sides, but no man of common: sense but must entertain the conviction that the great preponderance s of this delinquency was on the side of the 1 1 c,14i - Fa kaqy." - O ur C ontemporary has been constantly taunt lig the- Whig-Radicals with their poverty ;' 3 , et now Iffltriista that it was these poor men who bribed, and their rich adversaries who refrained, from doing so. • The Advertiser observes—" Sir Robert Peel's whole life and habits.forbid the hope of his daring to shake off the fetters of faction in this most important crisis of his country's fate, even though the glory of such an act would annihilate the odium of all his previous apos tacies, and immortalize him as the most illustrious states man of his age, who, h av i ng been taught by ex p er i ence the futility and danger of resisting the just claims of an enlightened people, conceded in good time what might otherwise be wrested from him by forcible appliances, and consolidated an equitable and harmonious system of government, where the bitter conflicts of industry and aristocracy had previously threatened revolution. The Times concludes a lengthy article on Lord John Russell, with the following passage :—" It is curious that Lord J. Russell should have taken have of office , almost in the words used by a former eminent Whig Minister—Lord North. Both Noble Lords, we have n o doubt, werelequally,sin cere ; b oth meant - well by their country ; both were men of abilities, both possessed and deserved a considerable • share of personal respect. The policy of the one, as well as of the other, has been con demned by the nation ; and in the one case, as well as in the other, that condemnation will be ratified by pos terity." This is not the case, and our Contemporaryknows well th a t i t i s not so. Lord North's policy, 'as re gards the American war, was indeed condemned by the nation ; but Lord John Russell's policy has been con demned only by the mon o p o li sts, and thwarted only by the operation of the Chandos Clause. • We quote the following from .the Brighton Guardian : As to the deficiency of revenue, the Tories have approved of all the measures—such as the war in .Syria, China, Ifindostan . and Canada, whi c h h ave occas i oned it —except, and the exception is worth the public notice, MORNINW those measures, such as the reduction of the pr stage I which have been granted to the prayers of the people. They demanded incessantly a great increase in the navy , and army, and were parties to every expense and every - extravagance. They acquiesced in the plan of providitl: for an increase of the revenue, should that be tegnired, , suggested by Mr. Ric e ; an d th ey cor di ally supported ',ll and praised the plan for that purpose brought forward l 4 , in 1840 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer." The Tyne Mercury thus glances at Sir Robert Peel'sy: present position :—" The manner in whi c h t h e u lt ra s; have been turned aside, as it is stated, by Sir Robert,; would seem to signify that his course would be with the moderates ; but this will be considered as a declaration: of war against the. ultras, so that in the very conimence ment there will be such a jarring and clashing of inte-: rests, that the Baronet will probably wish himself out iir. t ; office before he has well taken his - seat." The Dublin Pilot, speaking of the amendment to -• Address, remarks as follows:—" One thing is datinglY L , - . avowed by the Tory amendment—that although her 7Vlii; - ,`, jesty is the first personage in the State—although Majesty constitutes one of the three estates of-the relrn —neither in her personal nor functional capacity is her , 1 Majesty to dare to think for herself or others—in fact; , that the Queen is the only one in her: deniinions who hr.' ..it not entitled to an opinion." • . • - -.- • MONEY—TIZADE—OO4nLyIERCE.;- •:1 It is announced by a lettei frOm cfiristia n i a 'th'atTreaty ot:_Cornmerce, founded on a basis of retiprocityLl has been concluded between Sweden and Norway and r the Republic of Venezuela. The railway On the bank of the Rhine_ is proceeding with great activity. A great section is expected be _ . .,.1 ready ibr opening as far' as' CarlsrUhe about the .en - d . of . 1843. .41 AGRICULTURAL. The accounts from Ireland- of the state of the weather and crops are very favourable. The wheat crop is quite •' 4 safe. Oats and potatoes, the main dependence of the poor, " are the finest," says one correspondent, " that I ever saw." • NAVAL AND xvxrx.rranin . tl On Tuesday last there was a field day and sham fight in the Home Park, Windsor, by the regiment of the 72(1 highlanders, under the command of ColOnel Arbuthnot. Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and suite, viewed the mom tnents from the Victoria . Tower. LAW AND POLICE. A deputation from the boroughs of Manchester, Sal ford, and Stockport, had an interview at Liverpool on Tuesday with Lord Denman and 111 r. Justice Wightman, in reference to the removal of the Assizes, so far as re- - A I gards the business of the Salford hundred from Liver—•w o pool to Manchester, on the ground of the inconvenience I , and expense of the present practice.. Lord Denman ob served, that although he could not say that the only re- - Ii medy that could be adopted for the grievances com plained of must necessarily. be the adjournment of the Assizes from Liverpool to Manchester, yet: their state- 1 ments should have the serious consideration of the ,1 Judges. a. At Marlborough-street police-office on Tuesday, a man of the name of Glasscock, driver of the omnibus NO. , t ) 659, was fined 165., and 45., on a charge of ill-treating 4,,,r; one of the horses. It appeared from th e ev id ence of ft. Mr. Thomas that the horse was in a very un fi t state fur!i'„s work, and so galled by the collar, th at t h e blood flowed profusely from it. -)" At the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday John Mor'J gan was convicted of obtaining 961. from Wm. Sankeyi , u l l under false pretences. The unthrtunate prosecutor was .1 1 r 0 the driver of an omnibus b e l ong i ng to M r . Ch ance ll or, of -.il Kensington, by which the pri soner f requen tl y travelled' 4 to town, and had been induced to lend him th e mone y ', 11. ,1 on the promise of receiving the lease of a public-house as security. He never saw the money again, and the .) prisoner, on being applied to for the lease or payment, told him he might do his best.—Sentence seven years - • transportation. SPORTING. The doleful story of the moor-game this year being afflicted with " tape-worm" is supposed to have origi- : 19 nated with some tyro, who has not succeeded in throw ri l l ing salt on their tails. In Ayrshire they were never A;;! ) more numerous, or so strong on the wing, b u t th e preva lence of wet weather has driven them into packs, so that ',loo`, though the sportsman sees plenty, he cannot ge t even 51$ " withiu cry of them." THEIATRICIA.L. • Mr. Balfe is at present in Paris, busily engaged in the , completion of a new three act opera for the Theatre Italien. COURT-FASHsoicantal. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland leave Sion House to-day for Wynnstay. The Duke of Montrose left town for Scotland on Sunday. i Viscount Beresford is going on. favourably. Count Capo d'lstrias is expected to arrive at Mivart's Hotel, on Monday next. The Marquis of Northampton left town on Monday for Italy. MISCELLANEOUS. • On Tuesday an inquest was held at the London Hos- . pital, on the body of William Walker, aged 13, who died on Sunday last, in consequence of two shot wounds' received in the abdomen from a brass cannon, four inches in length. It was discharged in the street by a lad of the name of Radford, aged 16, and incautiously placed by him in a position to cause the fatal accident. The Jury returned a verdict of " manslaughter" against Rad ford, who is in custody. Hops, which are now acknowledged to possess man pet s - , valuable medicinal qu a liti es , were i n the year 1428 pea- , tioned against in Parliament as a wicked weed. The Zoological Gardens in the Regent's Park on Tues day. received a valuable addition, in the purchase of a fine male and female chimpanzee, in addition to a fine i o) male procured last we e k. • The Courrier de Lyon states that the King of Sardinia is busy with a project of boring a tunnel through the Alps, in order to facilitate the communications between France and Italy. This must be a greater bore than • even Peter Borthwick himself ! • . ;... ;-. Lord Mor-9tl: __:peth was at the House of Commons on Mon day afternoon. On quitting the House and riding among the crowd assembled round . the 'dour, he was graciously received and greeted with loud and continued cheering. A gentleman of Hull, in good circumstances, is said to have been silly enough to walk about the streets the whole of the night before the returns were to be made of ". those who had slept in each house, that he might deceive. the Government. • A lady, of the name of Joanna Forest, who accompa nied Mr. Green in his late balloon excursion, represents the appearance of the river Thames as that of an ani mated reptile, of ponderous growth, serpentining along. • As the lights sprung up in rapid succession like glow worms in the twilight, the object became more compact, and the bridges bore the semblance of sparkling fillets encircling spaces of gloom, while the roads looked white and riband-like, the inlets and outlets of the great city." ~7J At a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Brighton, - held in the Town-hall on Monday, it was unanimously-, : -e resolved to invite the Directors of the London and Brigh ton Railway to a public dinner on the I4th September. • y r 7 The Adverti ser o b serves :—" It is rum oure d that the .f Lords and Gentlemen in waiting ' (for office) areso fd, numerous and troublesome in their solicitations from Sir. Robert, that lie already almost wishes for the re-Peel o£ the vote recently come to by both Houses 'of Parlia ment. " These cormorants will 'not rest satisfied till they have picked Sir R. Peel clean to the bone. The Shareholders of the Leeds Zoological Gardens lately passed, by a great majoritY,'a resolution in favour f/i ) of the partial op en i ng of tl4 giilc' p,rdens on Sundays. THE CABINET. 11‘ J . . (From The Sun ofLast Night.) • The Times and Morning Post, now jealous ',coil rivals for priority of information respecting the movements in the Tory camp, give different ver sions of the new list of Cabinet Ministers. The former journal states that the Duke of Welling ton is to be President of the . Council and 'the: Duke of Buckingham Privy Seal, while our more ',if polite Contemporary gives the first. of these ap pointments to the Duke of Buckingham, and the .1;;; second to the Duke of Richmond. Besides the list in the first journal is very; defective. One of the parties. of - , ---.) course, must , be in error ; . o' l 4 and though the Ti mes . :yesterday de"- ' .. ,,,AiP clared that th e y wou ld not , b y . 'adopting riLt any rum our , h owever p l aus ibl e , l e nd them- ,i i .,1 . 4 t n i c ie or i r n e t c e t i l i t g v e e n e c o e ti f t u 'es r ! :t r lolo l selves to the dissemination of a • report' which 3 0 _7 4 , 1 1 \ ln v e a may Daveultimately in.more confidencepr o v prove tob i e n i lashed by the favourite of the fair sex in high , i'! ) - 'l O cent tyPII . '..l'L: ll r e e l f l oa i rsn Lyndhurst.ug r y o ,o, n r S . inpiiisterial Leader of the House of Lords, leithout :'''' ''l ignm, • . , . . , ,„,., 4 4 . 0 life, which is thus pub nßoAbeffratirPs,eethl.eEar.i:,,:.; •:,,;/' 4° l ll , t l 1 s i Tsleoier‘ office , rsr d t t e h t e ra, e r t o l y i r a ) ( n i u o c o l Chancellor, 1 ts o o h r f te , a Lord Wellington. '‘ President of the Council, the Duke of Buckingham.., -• ii 'bi s Aberdeen. Secretary of State for the Colonies t; 1 Lord Stnl. .19 f p Secretary of State for the Ho' ' Department,6 o' nie J r h.,l ft James Graham, Bart.ol g je- fi First ' • Loid of the Admiralty, the E l ofit ix tOh IP 9.1 r. "W.-11W • 9 / , Privy Seal, the Duke of Richmond. -1a b 'l , - ) 1 v.' " ,00,4 President of the Board of Trade the F. i of Irmo/ . I "ifr, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,. -"ii l 'i • 11" cliffe. Ji 19 ti- Little doubt is ii. (0 0 , f i entertained as to the three last-meal" ' O'' tinned offices being • 0 0 s filled by the . three leers ;.fie , hav , ;4o ~.001 ' nained, but there is some discrepancy in the statements' , ' T i lc : we have heard as to the specific distribution. n't , ''' 9 0.1 lisheediigriaillagnifi, stronger current of information seems to be in favour, di 91- •Pi ,) . 1 0, the arrangement as we have given it. ; , 0 -10` „ il l Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Goulburter li " e. ',,,. ah oe f ft Secretary at War, Sir li.. Ilardingc. '- ' • ti li't b”, — p e a ',di NOT IN TIIE CABINET.: C4i l T l ifi gli i i c, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Earl . .-I)& . Gfey/TP` , r'' .l l' ,' Irish S ecretary, L or d Eli ot .. ,Ino • ! r 1109,!ft Master -General of the Ordn ance , Sir GeOrge Murray , • ~i t iv, It had b een genera lly supposed thut, in co nformity -:: 6 16% with the arrangements of the last Conservative Adminis- ,q(11; ,, traion, Sir Robert Peel would h o ld, as M r . Pitt, Mr' • ; 10 1 , 0 Perceval, and Mr. Canniugdid, the united offices of Fir 4 ':i/ 1 !; i Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer'' ' ; bee We believe it is now felt that the duties of the Finance. ;,„i f tte Minister, and the minute acquaintance with- the-details ut.r , 4l ,a financial accounts which it :is expedient he should pot":', , 1 ,6 0 .,,, sess, render it politic to leave that department to the tulc ,,d 4,lot e divided attention of one Minister. Mr. Goulburn, there' --,,.rs ov,‘ fore, it is.understood, will be appointed to that office. ~. ''l.-flia ° , z ince the above was composed, the Times hits 1 f0.7 / admitted that the list published in the morning, ; qrf was incorrect, and has put f or th i n a thi r d edition'c „ J ett' _ o x the following new exhibition, Which we suppose.- b' o " ii , p is the real Simon Pure— - ._ 9 r ., i; The Time s Office, 12 o'Clock. ' „et' In confirmation of the annonnuenwit — we - ventures to THE RAILWAY SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE NOW RE-PUBLISHED, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Aug. 30, 1841. lay 1 to t whic mitt Wt•l torn frou abse rem, with ran, men I or of Rae seng Rig of I The Hou pros deny hall, Lori gage arra Ro) , . Cast uncil to tl sour will the the and Rip, ley, Hor the will !vas to h rece