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

MORNING SUN afterwards binding, unless their assent shall be uneondi- 1 tic - malty expressed at their first Session after the passage . . .. , • of this Bill into a law. LATEST from the UNITED STATES. They - may by formal resolution declare the question of ` New Yofk Pa ~- of the tnet uf Anmust have assent or diesent to be undecided and postponed, and p.... -, ...,. ~ ,-, . yet, in opreasition to their express deelaration to the con .bi'en,rkettgind by the New York packet, vaptain I tear:, their assent is to be implied. Cases innuinerable . 601 , i'ER. which arrived at Liverpool at seven I might be cited to manifest the irrationality of'such an in , on Monday night. They bring - the, hig - hdv fin- Terence. Let one or two in addition suffice—tile popular branch of the Legislature may- express . the dissent ,by a portant intelligence that the PRtSIDENT has unanimous vote, and its resolution may be defeated by the Bank Bill after its ha vin g p assed' the vote of the Senate ; and yet the assent is to be im vetoed tin Howie of Represe ntatives and the Senate. plied. Both branches of the Leg islature may concur in This ba.' created a most extraordinary sensation a resobition of decided dissent , and yet the Governor May exert the veto power conferred on him by the State in all the great commercialcities of the United constitution, and the legislative action may be defeated ; States. - We are not surprised at this. Out and yet the assent of the legislative authority is implied, of the 0 6 States of the Union, 17 elected: and the Directors of this contemplated institution are au- P resident II ARRISON, because he ' was be- thorised to establish a branch or branches in such State, whenever they may find it, conducive to the interest of 'sievecl to be favourable to this measure. Death the stockholders to do so; and having once established moveS him from ,an vffice which no man was it, they can, under no cireulustances, withdraw it, except nn :n i - ~ , worthier to fill with advantage to his country, by an Act of Congress. The State may afterwards protest against any such un and his sucee.isor, ',Thom the Constitution, and . - - Just mierenee—but its authority is gone. Its assent is not the people, re.ised to t , :,upreme power, con- implied bv its failure or inability to act at its first ses '''', ers it his duty to oppose . the very question sion, and its voice can never afterwards be heard. To , ine v; Lich 'General H. Anniso's wal elected ! inferences . so violent and, as they seem to me, irnal, I cannot yield my consent. No court of justice s tie d oa e ba,ve. oniy space to-day fir the following es- could sanction them, without reversing all that is eeta trncts ;'re-m the American papers : b lished in judicial proceeding, by introducing presump 31ESSAG E tions at variance to the fact. and inferences at the expense Tr. - E PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED of reason. A State in a condition of duress would be P :Vr.*l":3 MaiTURNING, WITH lIIS OBJEC-- presumed to speak - , as all individual manacled and impri soned might be presumed to be in the enjoyment of free- T7i7: BILL TO I Y CORPORATE THE I-il 01;' TIIE 15:`. , TITED STATES dora. liar bette:e to say to the States boldly and. ft-ankh . ' —Congress wills, and submis•den is demanded. Cc, 1341. - It may be said that the Directors may not establish -4Ce of th:3 Unitesi Sates : branehes under studs circumst a nces ; but this is a Ties :` .An .Act to Incorporate tbe 5.11.)- lion of power, and this Bill invest w s; them ith full power seal Beiiik of tlet - United 9-tees,' winch 1 to eo SO. If the Legisl,turct of New York or Pennsyl leas heeu considerad by me, vania, or any other State. should be found in such con -- action in regard to dition as I have supposed, could there be any security eagress. By the Con- - furnished against such a step on the part of the Direc her to approve the Bill tors ? Nay, is it not fairly to be presumed that this •i-i my objections to the e proviso was introduced for the sole p ur p ose of meetin ct ca nnot consentiously the contingence referred to ? Why else should it have to diecharge the duty j been introduced ? -to g ive my reasons And I would submit to the Senate, whether it can be believed that any State would be likely to sit quietly down under such a state of thin.,:, ? In a great measure of public interest their patriotism may be stmcesefully appealed to, but to infer their assent from circumstances at war with such inference, I cannot but regard as cal culated to excite a feeling at fatal enmity with the peace end harmony of-the country. I must, therefore, regard this clause as asserting the power to be in Congress to establish offices of discount in a State, not only without its assent, but against its dissent ; and so regarding it I cannot sanction it. On general principles, the right in Congress to pre scribe terms to any State implies a superiority of power ' and control, deprives the transaction of all pretence to compact between them, and terminates, as we have seen, in the total abrogation m freedom of action on the part of the States. But furt her, the State may express, I cCter the most solemn form of legislation, its diseent, which may from time to time thereafter be repeated,. in \ full view of its own interest, which can never be sepa-, rated from the wise and beneficent operation of this Go vernment ; and yet Congress may, by virtue of the last proviso, overrule its law, and upon grounds which to such State will appear to rest on a constructive neces sity and pronriety, and nothing more. I inl and the Bill as asserting for Congress the right to incorporate a United States Bank, with power and right to establish offices of discount and deposit in the several States of this Union, with or without their con sent. a principle to which I have already heretofore been op nosed, and which Cllll never obtain my sanction. And waiving ail other considerations growing out of its other ---zions, I return it to the House in whiche it orini •"ee my objections to its approVal. JOHN TYLER. A Mr,ERI CA N NEWS. to C T Seilate, ) n:or,- as two Ho it, to e or to ret It orig nat(A. `, pru ~ al. iny proef red 01' me by tae CoustiLv. , c.wer 0. plyzr , ?ss to cr , a! - o a - Nation-al Bank to , ov;:r tha rnlnn has been a qumtion ora the (»igiu of our GoN'prnrnf-nt.' Men most (12-;ervedlv est.:ern-1 :*,r their high intellectual rotriotisin. in and co , ilieting C6-4gres - ,2s dii'f:_n'ed. The aproyal of 2:)llnwed by the di:m.l)2l-.ll'a! Of Tip.; Tom ; ;?r- , cliff; - :, , ; , ,mt times have acquiesed agair,t. The e3untry has been T - P.,;q ouzsstion. ):, ... anA 1. i 1 , ,!i 1 ;; I It Will 11(..1 :r : - -- 1 opinion hits been the exercise of any r..):1 all sultabli occa- ua - 1:ty.•:11]. - ~} • I' lions, during a ', thus cutel.calned declared it in tho ars, tht) opinion:. C.; y CSiOd , . , rlattve :;tati:!. tlv. 7 Thito:l SLat.r-; it ha! House a 13,?pr,5e:1:... bun openly vindicat2:l `` enat tli3 Chn'7,7r,i i 01;7 , prcsenee nnd hearinfr, of many whO are at this tin ein 313 tit bo;ly, it has been afarraed and 1-affirtry. , l, in speeches and re portc there madtf!, and by vot.'.:; there recorded. In popular assemblies I unly.:i.tatinly announced it ; ana th , 3 last public dcclarati , m which I ntacip', and that but a short time bcf:lre the lat.? Presidential electi on, I red to my previOnsly e:;: - pr:7;:;ed opinions a fall !,:no. a•ef those th( ' l .€ , die of c~:iter ` .r conec:lel, I •wn: the opinioas thu elected. by the ramr_.'• , Tr.. 'l_llt, of Uititeci pr . (witk:l States. _ . e Centlr , 2: -,,- for by the co:v;l:ii, , 6on, ;L:lj ari:ing, under as irenrz?ss; dispensation of Providence, I seeceefled to the ere . deutial office. Before entering upon the deties of tle °thee I took an oath that I woe \el " preserve, protect, eeni. defend the constitution of th ~United States ." -- ------ Entertainiws the opinions alltrled to, and having taken (From the Courier and inquirer, Aug. 20.) e this oath, the Senate and the country will see that I `.PROCIETMINGS IN CONGRESS. could not give my sanction to a measure of the character The effects of the veto, if we are to judge from the g alt eiaine to the r e seect ; proceedings in Congress on Tuesd a y , are destined to bedescribed, described, without surrend erin of honourable me—all confidence on the part of the most disastrous to the country, and utterly destructive people—all self-respect—all regard for moral and roll- toy he Whig party. ;40113 obligations, without an observance of which no We have a clear I mejoeity in both Houses—a majority Government can be prosperous, and no people can be of Whigs, elected by the people of the United States to happy. It would be to commit a crime which I would carry out certain. measures, and not intended to be the not wilfully commit to gain any earthly reward, and mere automatons of any man ; and yet, because Mr. which would justly subject me to the ridicule and scorn Tyler has proved himself reckless and unprincipled, and of all virtuous men. set at defiance the will of the people and his own I deem' it entirely unnecessery at this time to enter- pledges, both direct and implied, the representatives of upen the reasons which ha ve brou g ht m y mind to the the people assume the right of walking in his footsteps ; convictions I feel awl entertai n on this subject. They and because he has vetoed one bill, they delibe ratel y de• termin° to veto three ! have been over and o,:e.r again repeated. If some of , thole who have preceded me in this high office have en- Our motto is, " Principles, not men ;" and we speak tertained and avowed different opinions, I yield all con- the general voice of t he country when we sa that indig y, Menee that their convictions were sincere. I claim only I mint as the people justly are against the President, they to have the same measure meted out to myself. Without will. be far more indignant against those who having the goiqg further into the arument, I will say that, in look- power shall fail to exercise it in behalf of ) the great ob ,hing to the powers of this Government to collect, safely jects for which they were elected—the aoption of the vizeop, awl disburse the oublie revenue, and incidentally measures of the Whig party. True, we do not believe roe-elate the cemmeree and enehanges, I have nut been that it is quite certain Congress will adjourn, guilty of 'isfy myself that the c stahlisliraer by this Go- the insanity of striving to rende r themselves as odious, - bank of ti.icoln, i. , the oslineryeccen nay, far more odious, than the executive ; but if they should, they may as well be prepared for such a recep tion as faithless and unprincipled public servants should ever receive from an insulted and abused constituency. Mr. Tyler has endeavoured to destroy the hopes of 1 the country in regard to a ba nk ; but what is the value of that measure compared with the distribution among the States of the proceeds -of the public domain, or i with the adoption of a bankrupt law ? And shall the treachery, or folly, or conscientious scruples of Mr. Tyler, furnish an excuse for the representatives of the people to be guilty of treachery or folly still more disastrous to the country ? Shall the people's representatives be permitted to vent upon the people, their honest indignation against John Tyler ; and in the hope of annoying him, prove recreant to their tru sts and to the great principles upon which they asked and received the suffrages of their constituents ? We hope not, and we believe not ; but if such is to be the practice of the Whig party when years of honest efforts by the people have placed it in the ascendancy,' the sooner we repass under the yoke of our old masters, the better for the country. From them we know exactly what to expect, and may accommodate ourselves to their tyranny ; and any tyranny is preferable to being ruled by men who do not know their own minds from day to day, or who are liable to be carried hither and thither by every breeze that blows. One word to Mr. Clay. He has always acted nobly and won the enthusiastic encomiums of all men of all political parties. He can pass all our great measures if he thinks proper so to do, and makes the necessary effort. Will he falter at this crisis ? The country looks to him for the success of the Land Bill and the Bankrupt Bill ; and it is idle to conceal the fact, that he will receive the cre dit of the measures if they pass, and be held strictly re sponsible for their failure. Mostlassuredly he will not disap point the just expectations of his friends and the country at large in this emergency. We have perfect confidence both in his ability and desire to do all that is required of him. i3y the . z:-: c: pr( i ‘ iluteci, witn tags - Washington. Aug. 15, 1341. immit .„ . tation of that term, was a paces arc means, or one de- Mended hy propriety, to exeewe theae T eeyere. What can the local di scou nts of e have to do with the col- lectiroa srSe-Aseenin 7, and disbursing. of the revenue? So far as the mere discounting of paper is concerned, it is quite immaterial to thi s question, whether the dis count is obtained at a Stateßank or a United States Ilank. They are both equally local--both beginning and both ending - in a local accommodation. What influence have local discounts, granted by any form of banks, in the re gulating of the currency and the exchanges? Let the history of the late United States Bank aid us in answer ing this inquiry. For several years after the establishment of that in stitution it dealt almost exclusively in local discounts, and during that period the country was, for the most part, disappointed in the consequences anticipated from its incorporation. A uniform currency was not pro vided, exchanges were not regulated, and little or no thing was added to the general circulation ; and in 1890 its embarrassments had become so great that the Direc tors petitioned Congress to repeal that article of the charter which made its notes receivable . every where, in payment of public dues. It had, up that period, dealt to but a very small extent in exchanges, either foreign or domestic ; and as late as 1a93, its operations in that line amounted to a little more than 7,000,000 dols. per annum ; a very rapid augmenta tion soon after occurred, and in 1833 its dealings in the exchanges amounted to upwards of 100,000,000 dols., including . the sales of its own drafts ; and all these im mense transaction Were effected without the employment of extraordinary means. The currency of the country became sound, and the negotiations. in the exchanges were carried on at the lowest possible rates. The circulation was increased to more than 22,000,000 dollars, and tha notes of the bank were regarded as equal to specie all over the country, thus showing, almost con elustvely, that it was their capacity to deal in exchanges, and not in local discounts, which furnished these faci lities and advantages. It may he remembered, too, that notwithstanding the immense transactions of the bank, in the purchase of exchange, the losses sustained were merely nominal, while in the time of discounts the sus pended debt was enormous, and found most disastrous to the ban:: and country. Its power of local discount has, in fact, proved to be a fruitful source of favouritism and corruption, alike destructive to the public morals and to the general weed. • The capital invested in banks of discount in the United States, created by the States, at this time exceeds 35'0,0'00 dollars; and if the discounting of local paper cold have produced any beneficial effects, the United States ought to possesses the soundest currency in the world, but the reverse is lamentably the fact. Is the measure now under consideration of the objec tionable character to which I have alluded? It is clearly so, unless by the 16th fundamental article of the ittli section it is made otherwise: That article is in the f o ll o wing words The Directors of the said Corporation shall establish One competent office of discount and clesposit in any state which 2,000 shares shall have been subscribed, or may be bad, whenever, upon application of the Legislature of such State, Congress may, by law, require the same. An d the said Directors may also establish one or more competent oflices . of discount an d d e p os it i n any terri tory or district o& the United States, and in any State, • wiili tile assent of such State ; and when established, the said office o . r oftices shall only be withdrawn or rem ove d toy the said Directors prior to the expiration of thi s charter, with ! he previous assent of Congress " Provicx in respect to any State which shall not, at the first Sessio.ns of the Legislature thereof, held after this Act, by resolution, or other usual the passage 0 t legislative proceedino-, u nconditionally assent or dissent to the establishment° of , such °Mee or offices within it, sue:: assent seeit l l & S etsast. That whe,never it ,shall he come necessary ami ll gru. ; State shall be thereafter presumed, and provided nevertl I proeer for carrying into execution any of the sam l t ed by the constitution, to esta . blish of .-ice ers o r offices in y of' the States whatever, and the establisliment thereof soap be directed by law, it sh a ll b e the duty of the said Pil.ectors to establish such ottee or offices accordingly." It will be seen that by this clause .;tthe,Directors are in vested with the fullest pow er to establish tranch in any State which hes yielded it s assent, and a esta blished such branch, it shall not af-s,rwartls g once be withdrawn, except by order of Congress. Such assent is ,„o be im plied, and to have the force and sanction of expressed assent, " provided in respect to any. aimact S ua ta ll t y e which shill not, at the first seasion of the Legisltyir,.. thereof I:: id after the passage of this Act, by resolution or other usual legislative proceeding, unconditionally il3- sent or dissent to the eetablisliment of such office or oflieee within it; such assent of said State shall be there after presumed." The assent or dissent is to be ex pressed unconditionally at the first Session of the Legis latare by scree formal legislative act ; and if riot so ex pressed, it s assent i s to be implied, and the Directors are therefore invested with power, at such time thereafter as they ma 7 please to establish branches, which cannot after iiinS 1:,:e drawn, except by resolve of Congress—no matte . r what may be cease which may operate with the Leglslatury, which either prevents it from speaking, or addresses itself to its wisdom to induce delay, its assent is to be implied—binding and i n flexible—it is the law giver of the master to the vassal, an unconditional an swer is claimed forthwith, and delay, postponement, or • incapacity to answer , produces an implied assent, which is ever after irrevocable. Many of the State elections have already taken place, ,without any knowledge on the part of the people that such a question was to come up. The representatives many desire a submission of the question to their consti tuents preparatory to final action upon it, but this high privilego.is denied. Whatever views entertained may be the motives and by the.r4resentatives of the people to induce delay, their assent is to be presumed, and is ever (From the American.) The doings at Washington on Tuesday were painfully interesting. In the Senate, owing to uncertainty as to the course which it might be deemed expedient for the Whigs to adopt, the discussion of the veto was again laid over till yesterday. In the House the effect of the veto was seen in the postponement of the Bankrupt Bill, and the adjourning of the House in a state almost of despair on the part of the Whig Members. Subsequently, however, a consul tation was had, and the result was altogether conciliatory and encouraging. Our Washington letter, written after the breaking up of the consultation, speaks with confidence that the lead ing Whig measures will yet be carried, including the :Bankrupt Bill, the Land Bill, and--a bank of deposits, issues, and exchanges. We repeat our earnest eonvic tiOn, that the Whigs in both Houses will disappoint the just expectations of the country, if they permit passion Or resentment to interfere with the legislation required by the public interests. They must bear and forbear, well assured that suc h a course will be abundantly appre ciated by the nation. (Correspondence of New York American.) WASHINGTON, TUESDAY 'NIGHT. The hank veto was adjourred over in the Senate from yesterday until twelve o'clock to-day, and again over till, to-morrow, to give tithe for the Whigs to rally. In fact I the two Houses have been thrown into, and still remain in, the state -which printers call pie. The compositors have been two nights at work distributing, but the pie is not yet assorted. The Members cannot get back into their places so as to set up a new scheme. Mr. Tyler is understood to have become indifferent to any fiscal agent, and some of our friends having compromised all old principles, without success; know not I what to try next. The Senate wish the ll,use to take the lead with a new Bill, and the House is not yet agreed within - Litself. In the meantime the Locofocos are in ecstasies-- not doubting that the confusion of their opponents is inextricable. Nevertheless, I still believe that the Whigs, - with a majority in both Houses, will, before adjournment, agree upon a fiscal agent which Mr. Tyler cannot but sign—a bank endowed with the power of establishing offices of deposit everywhere of,dealing in foreign and domestic exchanges ; of thence issuing notes sufficient for remittances, and by the receivability of those, - and other notes of specie-paying banks, of soon bringing up the local currency to the specie standard. Such a project, notwithstanding the discouragements alluded to, will, I repeat, be brought forward in a day or two, perhaps to-morrow, with success in the Capitol. and the White House. Whether it will meet the wants of the country is not so certain; but on this point lam not wiah outhopealso. At any rate, no better experiment (and they will have the power of amendment) is left to the Whigs. - These views, I know, are gaining ground rapidly, not only in Congress but in other high quarters. Save the republic, no matter what individuals may be lost! C. COMMERCIAL NEWS.—AUGITST 19. THURSDAY NIGHT.—The sales were to a fair extent at the Board to-day,but most descriptions fell off. U. S. Bank Shares closed at a decline of 4 per cent. ; Vieksburg declined ; Mechanics' Banking Association ; Canton Co, 24 ; Paterson ; Harlem ; Long Island improved z. a The (i li n s e al es of p S e t r a t c e e S n t t o . ck c s o w rp e r o e r , In a tio d n i an a Lo a ß n o , n i ds s7 a o t 4 , sold at 844 ; Kentucky Sixes at 85. p l e 'h r er c e en b t a . sabnedenfraanfacisr adtems.a2nsd. fosrosmteerldinragwßeirlslsaare9t now asking 5.2 A. The supply of Bills is moderate. The rate of Amsterdam is 391; a - 40 ; Hamburg 35a 4 a 351, ; Bremen The cotton buyers have been very quiet to-day. In flour there is no further improvement, and, as is usually the case after an advance, there are some sellers willing to accept a shade less than the maximum price. The receipts to-day are light, and large sales have been made of Western at 6 18,1 a 625 dols. for Genesee fresh, r .:.,. i:n .~ ,~~ ;. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDN'ESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1-141 and'6 a 6 25 dols. f9r Ohio. Michigan is nominally 5 37-i a 6, Georgetown and Howard-street 6 12} a 6 374 dols. Gales of 300' bsls fresh Georgetown at ,the latter. rate ; fresh Brandywine ,6 37 a 6 62i dols. The market is bare of wheat. Sales of about 6,000 bushels Jersey corn at 79c. a 80c.. measure, delivere d ; and small parcels Northern, all arriving, at 80c. measure ; 1,200 bushels Rye sold, part at 64c. in the slip, and part at 70c. de livered ; Oats are in good demand, and are retailing at -51 c. a 52c. A cargo of . 1,500 bushels sold at about 51c. The supplies of Ashes are stnall,- - and nearly all the re ceipts are taken up at 5 75 dols. for both Pots and Pearls. A sale of 10,000 gallons ernde - Whale Oil was made at 31c., - which is an advance of 4c. per gallon. Washington is the great point of attraction, and the proceedings in Congress are looked to with intense inte rest. The partial defeat .of the Bankrupt Bill was received by a large body of citizens with deep regret. The letter, however, which we pub • lished this Morning, states that the Whigs ',have had confarence, and are disposed to effect the pas sage of the Land, the Bankrups, the Revenue, end posse. bly a Bank Bill. The feeling here is, that the leading measures of the Session ought to be adopted, notwith . - standing the veto. The extra Session was called to pasS abovenemed measures, together with the repeal o!' the Sub -Treasury and the Lean Bill. The two latter are completed, and if any, or all the former should he I carried, the object of the Special Session will be obtained. There is not the slightest difference in Domestic Ex- changes. Bills on London are a shade higher—the range to-day is 108 i tolo2, on Paris 526. Our merchants have now to experience the same uncertainty,• as to the rate of Southern and Western Exchanges, they have felt for some four or five years past. Ever since the destruction of the United States Bank the embarrasknents in relation to the sale of goods have been very great. Merchants purchasing goods, on credit, have had nothing to guide them, as to the future. A debt contracted in this city, and payable six and nine months hence, may have to be paid at a rate of exchange very different from what the rate now is. The loss on the exchange may be equal to any profit. It is this uncertainty that has thrown over trade great difficulties. It had been suppoSed that if the present Bill bad not been vetoed, but had been passed into a law that Exchanges would not have been worse, but might have gradually improved. This feeling would hare inspired a good deal of confidence, and wonld have induced both seller and purchaser to have extended their operations. The trade of the present season opened with a much better feeling than the previous two or three %Taro. The Veto Message will undoubtedly have a good deal of in . iluenee to check the fall trade. LATER FROM CANTON. The ship Oneida, Captain Swift, arrived last night from Canton with a full cargo of teas. The Oneida left Canton on the 26th of April, and Macao on the 27th. Things remained in the same state as when the Akbar sailed. It was supposed the trade would remain open about twenty days longer, at which time Admiral Bremer was expected with the expedition from Calcutta, when the fleet would proßably . go North to open offensive operations in the neighbourhood of 1 Pekin. The British fleet were part at Hong Kong and part stationed in the river, above and below Canton, to overawe the Chinese. The foreigners were at the factories, but went on board - the ships in the river every night for safety. The people • Iwere coming back to Canton, but not very fast. Teas were very scarce, and coming in slor.ly, an i d with the exception of the Eben Preble, which had a few chops on board, it was very doubtful if an y vessel could get a• cargo for some time. Silks were also exceedingly scarce. The news of Captain Elliot's supercedure by Sir Henry Pottinger had not been received when the Oneida Ileft. The Oneida sailed in company with the Argyle. : ) i tn • Baltimore. The a K n o d noh m a , sailed ab 0 ut before t h e the 9 th 0 0 f . a s s se p t t i' t ssccl May, off Gaspar Islands. • FROM WASHINGTON. -- - WAKING UP THE WRONG PASSENGER. — The occur rence in the Senate Chamber on Monday presented a scene amusing as well as solemn in 1:s character. Mr. Benton, smiling lil:e a toad, and with a face as red as vermillion, rose with a motion to arrest " the Bank ruffians" who, he "said, had insulted the Pre sident of the United States by hissing his Message. Mr. Rives, Mr. Preston, and many others protested that they had heard no hissing. Mr. BentOn's friends, however, were as confident they had heard this mark of disapprobation, though, as Mr. Buchanan re marked, it was neither loud nor prolonged. While this grave and weighty matter was under consideration, a .drunken Locofoco in the straight gallery—better known at Washington as the black hole of Calcutta, --was noisy in his approval of the Veto Message, and irL his approval also of the speeches of Mr. Benton ilenouncing the "Bank bullies ' and "ruffians" Nvho Iliad been hired, as he said, to hiss the President. Mr. Walker caught a sight of fie fellow through the crowd, - -and rising as high as himself almost, cried out—" there lie is," " there he is now, Mr. President." " Yes, that's me," said the fellow, " go ahead Ben -ton," " give it to them !" and all eyes above and below were directed to the noisy intruder. Again Mr. Ben ton spoke, and again the Locofoco in the gallery gave some token of admiration and approval. The Locofoco senators below, however, took the noisy citizen above them to he a Whig as well as a " Bank ruffian," and the Sergeant-at-Arms appeared and dragged him below. In some ten minutes, Mr. Ben ton found through inquiry that he had caught a tartar, and that " the Bank ruffian" instead of hissing, had been boisterous in his demonstrations of . approval, and particularly in seconding the denunciations of Mr. Benton. Mr. Allen gave him a hint to that effect. • Mr. King, Mr. Walker, Mr. Buchanan, and - Mr. Linn, a colleague, all . political friends, all asked the Senator from Missouri to withdraw his motion for arrest. Mr. B. did withdraw. notwithstanding he had said to Mr. Buchanan, that " so help him God he would not." The Locofoco rowdy in the end of the fray; alter expressing repentance, was suffered to depart. and that on the motion of Mr. Benton himself. The whole scene was eminently ludicrous and ridiculous, and Mr. Benton for once, at least, found that he had waked up the wrong przsenger. The following " Ordinance " taken from a New Or leans paper is of interest to free people of colour ship ping to sail to that port, and to the Captains of vessels employing them : An Ordinance concerning Free People of Colour not entitled to remain in this State, and Tavern Keepers of Public Houses, and other persons. General Council of the City of New Orleans ordain as follows- : Aim 1. That from and after the passage of this ordi nance, any inn or tavern-keeper, or other person keeping a public house, or house of entertainment, who shall har bour in his, or her house, or shall suffer to be harboured in his or her house, any free negro, griffe, mulatto, or other free person of colour being in this State, in contra vention to the provisions of the Act of the Legislature, approved 16th of March, 1830, and entitled " An Act to prevent free persons of colour from entering into this State, and for other purposes," shall pay a fine for each and every such offence of not less than 25 dollars, nor more than 100 dollars, recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction; or in default of such payment, shall suffer an imprisonment of not more than 30 days. ART. 2. Be it further ordained, That all persons whatever, employing in the capacity of servant, or otherwise, any free negro, griffe, mulatto, or other free person of colour being in this State in contravention to the provisions of th y above-cited act, shall pay a fine of not less than twenty-five, nor more than fifty dollars, or in default of such payment, shall suffer an imprison ment of not more than ten days. ART. 3. P,e it further ordained, That all such free negroes, ',criffes, mulattoes, or other free persons of colour, nof native of this State, shall be presumed, as already directed by the above cited Act, to be in thiS State ir i contravention to said Act, unless they furnish satisfy etory evidence to the contrary. D. AUGUSTIN, Secretary. GRIGIN AND HISTORY OF THE MORMONS, (From the Warsaw Signal, July 21.) MonatoN VISITORS.—On last Monday evening Joe Smith, accompanied by Gen. Bennett and suite, ap peared in our quiet, non• excitable village, producing by his august presence quite a. sensation—indeed, he ap peared to be a perfect curiosity. In his coach we ob-, served a bowie knife, rifles, pistols, ammunition, &c., and a courage raiser, in the shape of a decanter, con • tailiing some kind of precious beverage—whether wine, brandy, or gin, this deponent saith not. However, something of the kind was certainly called into requisi tion in the course of the evening, and early the next day in the Prophet's chamber. Moreover, we understand, that when about half a mile from town, the Prophet and suite halted and took a regular swig—doubtless by way of inspiration. But this is nothing to us, only the peo ple ought to know what the Prophet of the Lord does, in order that they may have the benefit of his example. Bat why were they armed ? Not with a design to kill us? Certainly not—for they tried to be as friendly as possible ; but as General Bennett observed, to be pre pared for the Missourians. This was all very well, and of course we shall not make a bugbear of it. Their business was to complete the negotiations for the purchase of the School Section. Well, it is done ; and the decree has gone forth, for a Mormon city on our immediate borders. We have not heard whether locks have yet riz ! BAPTISM FOR THE DEAD.—We neglected to mention last week that a revolutionary soldier was baptized at Nauvoo, on the 4th inst., by one of the elders, for Gen. Washington ; another old soldier was baptized at the same time for Gen. Harrison. The doctrine of the Mor mons appears to be, that those who are living must be babtized by one having authority from Joe Smith, or else go to hell ; but those why are already dead may be brought out of torment by a friend or relation receiving the baptismal rights in their behalf. ANTI-MORMON LECTURES.—Mr. Wm. Barris, the Anti-Mormon lecturer, visited our place on Sunday last, and gave us four lectures, tending to prove the fallacy and designs of Mormonism.. We have but one objec tion to his course, and that is, he dignifies Mormonism too much, by gravely arguing its absurdity. That it is absurd, we regard to be an axiom ; but still these lec tures have a very good effect on those who do sot view it in the same light. On Monday, he proved conclu sively the treasonable and wicked designs of this ban ditti, from testimony which they cannot deny, being of their own make. So far as we have heard, the labours of this man have been of great utility. We heartily bid him God speed. TEMPERAN CL AMONG THE MORMONS.—PcopIe at a distance apt ni e imagine because thet h e Io r ordinancesmens a e very tempo rate of- forbid the sale o f ar d ent sp i r it s , unless under very se verey restrictions. But this impression is false. It is 1 true that the saints do 'not get drunk at home, but they have only to cross the river at M on trose, and: there they to raed..the l pealden lettere,on the . plates in,titealsoss. How can revel to their heart's content in a virseafletat'ite. •' •1=.6 eataitteu these sPectactes without opening 11:, ataet, Drea the prophet himself, aithofigo a seerning devotee of the t e mperance taneb, is a better friend to Bacchue. 'means of them hie could read all the book contained. Harris could notstell. But still he had them ; and by than to any other God except, perhaps; Plutus. We The hook itself was not, to he die closed mail Sruitli'a have hee.ed of three sprees of his in the last ten months, i child had ettritted a ecil'iain age; Then it might be Pa in the fleet he appetrcsl among hiVfollowers, and elreaseal j lises‘ i`o tlie World: •' In the interim Smith was to pre to prove the truth of his mission 1.7 a tnleseele—es'a . sets I pare the way for the conversion of the world to a new was to climb a hickory pole 60 feet At bark off, heels system of faith, by transcribing the characters Acne the upward l . The second was on board the s t ea mer N en . plates, and gij;ing, teatsletieini of the atiMd, thiS tins' voci, in her excursion to Bloomington, last fall. On this the eilbstalice of Martin Harris's communication to me occasion his Holiness drank whiskey until he found ISidn self on his hack, feeling upwards for eta ground. So upon our first interview. H e then carefull y unfolded a slip of paper, which contain ed three or f our lines of cha says oar informant. The third was last week. O n this racters, as unlike letters or hieroglyphics of any sort, a§ occasion it does not appear that Joe was exactly drunk ; well could be produa were one to stint Op his ey es an but it seemed strange to see the Prophet of the Lo rd at 1 PlaY ed Oirt the head of a champaigne party , crying,...lustily, f` take Per. , the itOt4t tltiti itioVdtnents with his pen u p on pa he only thing that bore the sli g htest resemblande C away the empty bottles and bringeorathe full ones." to the letter of :my language that I have ever seen, was i two Upright marks joined by a horizontal line, that might Tiffs- 310ItMON SETTLEM.V.NT. — The Mormone first have been taken fur a Hebrew character. My igno located themselves as a body in Kirtland , Gra nge ; ra nee of the characters in which this p retended an county, Ohio. Some difference arose among their 1 leaders, on account of certain banking operations which them I that Smith's whole accoun t of the divine revelation made civet record was writte n, was to Martin Harris nevi proof they attempted, and they separated , and a portion of to him was entirely to be re lied u p on. went to Independence, Jackson counts., Mi. The people W C thing is here to be noticed , that the statements in the neighbourhood of that location became unfriendly of the originators of this im p osture varied, and were to them, and drove them away by force , subjectin g them to great sufferings and loss of property. They Were at ! modified from time to time ac cordin g as their plans 1 last entirely and forcibly expelled from the state of Mis- I ; gehlen pintas engraved—thers metallic plates stereotyped souri. • They afterwards purchased the town of Com- • came more matured. At first it was a gull Bible — t en hbe !Tierce, said to be a situation of surpassing beaoty, at the in head of the lower rapids, on the Illinois shore of the Mississippi River. The writer to Av'noth I have already 'to be enriched by the solid gold of these plates, at 'or einhoseed with gold letters. At one flaw Harris :vets referred, and who has revisited these western Moe mons this present summer, remarks :—" The name ' world of the truth of the revelation—and, then these other they were to' b ,- , , religiously kept to convince the Plates could- not be seen by any but three witnesses whom ! the Lord should choose. How easy it would be, were of the place where they now reside, they have recently changed to Nauvoo, the Kebrew term j there any such plates in existence to produce them, and as show that Mormonhon is not a " cunningly -dvised fable." of fair or beautiful. Around this place, , from almost their centre, they are daily gathering . every quarufa. ; and several hundred new houses, erected ! How far Harris was duped by this imposture, or how far he entered into it is a matter of speculation, I am unable to saY' Several , g entlemen in Palmyra, who saw and con within the last few g versed with biro frequently, months, fltieSt to the passing tra- ; yeller the energy, industry, and self-denial with 'which 1 a sort o f mc nomunia, and that he thorough l y believed all that Joe Smith chose to t ell him on this subject. 11,3 the community is imbued. They have also obtained pos- session of extensive lands on the _opposit e side of the i was so much in earnest_ on t he sub j ect, that he imine river, in that charming portion of lowa territory , known I as the ' Half Bread Reservation ;' and there , upon t he j diatelY s tarted off with some of the man uscri p ts t h at _ rolling and fertile prairies , they are rapidly se lecting . Stnith furnished him, on a jou rne y to New York and Washington to consult some learned men, to ascertain their homes and opening their farms. As the traveller passes through those natural parks and fields of' the nature of the language in whic h this record was en nowgraved. Martin had now become a perfect believer. He flowers, which the hand of the Creator seems to have inspection• of his own eye, he beholds their cabins, dotted down in mo s t en- \of the Divine commission of. .. the A p ostles. The very said he had no more doubt o f Smith's commission than originally planted there for the fact that Smith was an obscure and illiterate man, chanting perspective, either on the borders a the tim- showed that lie was acting under divi ne impulses. That hers, or beside the sPringe or streams of living water lie was willing to " take of the spoiling of his good," to which are interspersed on every hand." sustain Smith in carrying on this work of the Lord, The other portion that remain in Ohio, have erected a stone temple in Kirtland, of splendid appearance and I and that he was determ ined that the book should' be sub singular construction. The first floor is a p lace of wor- I stance. It was in vain I endeavoured to ex p ostulate. I published, though it consumed all his worldly shipcaret{-ith four pulpits at each end ; each pulpit caret{- , I was an unbeliever, and could not see far off. Whether at latod to hold three persons., ,These pulpits rise behind this time Smith had those colleaguee' that certainly after and above one another, nod are designed for different 1 ward moved unseen the w heels of this machiner y , I am grades of ministers according to t he r a nk in office. These j u nable to say. Even after C owdre y and ,Ri g don were are the two principal settlements of these people, ag. though there are small societies of them found inn in almost , bending the, whole force of their minds to the carry- Out of the imposture , Joe S mith continued- to be every part of the United States. I n some instances, not et min t isers of or t holex churches, have been led to lettsitheir own churches, and identify them-,1. the ostensible prominent actor i n the drama. The way only members, b ' that Smith made his transcripts and translations for Hanle!, was the following :—:although in the same selves with the Mormons. - roam, a thick curtain or blanket seas suspended be- ORIGIN AND HISTORY.—it was early in the autumn tween them, and Smith, concealed behind the blanket, of 18 9 7 that Martin Harris called at my • house in Pal- p re tended through spectacles, to look his or transparent myra, one morning about sunrise. His whole appear stones, and would then write down or .repeat what he I sew, which, when repeated aloud, was written down by ante indicated more than usual e xcitement, and he had j scarcely passed the threshold of my dwelling, before hewho sat on the opposite side of the blanket. inquired whether he could see m e alone, remarking that 1 he had• a matter to communicate that he wi s hed to be I Harris, larris was told it would arouse the most terrible Divine i displeasure, if he should a ttem p t to draw near the strictly confidential. Previous to t his, I had but slight acquaintance with Mr. Harr is. He had occasion. ' ver y I sa cred chest; or look at Smith wh ile en g a g ed in the act of decy , phering the mysterious cha rac t ers. This was ally attended divine service in our church. I ha d heard j Harris s own acco . tint of the matter to me. What• other him spoken of as a farmer in comfortable circumstances, i f r om these metallic plates, I ca nnot sa y , as I very soon measures they a fterwards took to transcribe or t ranslate residing in the country a short distance from the village , and distinguished by certain peculiarit i e s in his agree- 1 after this removed to another field of labour, where I a ter. He had been, if I mistake n o t , . at one p eriod heard no more of the matter till I learned the Book of mernter of the Methodist Church, and subsequently had Mormon was a bout being published. It was not till identified himself with the Universalists. At th is time, ' after the discovery of the manuscript of Spaulding, that however, ! the actors in this impoeturothought of calling this pre upon the sea of uncertainty. tended reve lation of the Book of Mormon. This book, He had evidently quite an extensi v e knowledge of' the which professed to be a t ranslation of the Scriptures, and possessed a manifest dispu tations turn of ' golden Bible ' brought to light by Joseph Smith, was published in mind. As T subsequently learned, Mr. Harris has al -1 ' 1830, to accomplish which M artin Harris actually mort• ways been a firm believer in dreams , and Visions, and "zed his farm. supernatural appearances, such as apparitions a nd g hosts, and therefore was a fit subject for such men as Smith and his colleagues to operete upon. On the occasion just referred to, I invited him to accompany me to my study, where, after having closed the door, he began to draw a package out of his pocket with great and mani fest caution. Suddenly, however, he stopped, and wished to know if there was any possibi lit y of our bein g interrupted or overheard. When answered in the nega tive, he proceeded to remark that he reposed great con fidence in me as a minister of Jesus Christ and that what lie had now to communicate, lie wished me to regard as strictly confidential. He said he verily believed. that an important epoch had arrived — that a great flood of light was about , to burst upon the world, and that the scene of divine manifesta tion was to be immediately around us. In ex planation of what he meant he then proceeded to remark that a golden Bible had recently - been dog from the earth, where it had been deposited - f 4 or thousands of years, and that this would be found to contain such dis closures as would settle all religious controversies, and I r l y lou b s ri h n o g ok r w h th i c e h glorious a n M e i l y. l e en o n f iu th n e i. p r T e s h e a o t t tl:!! . m speedily bring on the glorious Millennium. That this I my'stenious book, which no human eye of the present neration had yet seen, was in possession of Joseph Smith, jun., ordinarily known in the neighbourhood under the more familiar designation of . Joe Smith ; that there had been a revelation made to him by which he had discovered this sacred deposit, and two transpa rent stones through which, as a sort or spectacles, he could read the Bible, although the box or ark that cOntaitieti it, had nut been opened e and that by looking through those m ysterious stones he had transcribed front one of the leaves of the. book, the 'characters which Harrie had so carefully wrapped in the package he ' was ch*ving from his pocket. The whole thing ap peared to me so ludicrous and puerile, that I could not refrain from' telling Mr. Harris that I' believed it a mere hoax got to practice upon his credulity, or an artifice to extort from him money; for I had already, in the course of the conversation, learned that he had advanced . some twenty-five dollars to Joe Smith as a sort of a premium for sharing with him in the glories and profits of this new revelation. For at this time, his mind seemed to be quite as intent upon the pecuniary advantage that would arise from the possession of the plates of solid gold of which this book was composed; as upon the spiritual light it would diffuse over the world. My . intimations to him in reference to the possible im position that was being practiced upon him, however, were indignantly repelled. He went on to relate the particulars in regard to the discovery - and possession of this marvellous book. As far as I can now recollect, the following .is an outline of the .narrative which he then communicated to me, and subsequently to scores of people in the village, from some of whom, in my late visit to Palmyra, I have been able to regal several par ticulars that had quite glided from my memory. Before I proceed to Martin's narrative, - however, I would remark, in passing, that Joe Smith, who has since been the chief prophet of the Mormons, and was one of the most prominent ostensible actors in - the first scenes of this drama, belonged to a very shiftless family near Palmyra. They liVed a sort of vagrant life, and were principally known as ' money diggers. Joe from a boy appeared dull, and utterly destitute of genius, but his father claimed for him a sort of second sight, a power to looks into the depths of the earth, and discover where its pre cious treasures. were hid. Consequently long before the idea of a golden Bible entered their minds, in their ex cursions for money-digging, which I believe usually oc • corned in the night, that they might conceal from others the 'knowledge of the place where they struck upon the treasures, Joe used to be usually their guide, putting into their hat a peculiar stone he had through which he looked, to decide where they should begin to , dig. According to Martin Harris, it was after one of these night excursions that Joe, while he lay upon his bed, had a remarkable dream. An angel of God seemed to approach him, clad in celestial splendour. This divine messenger assured him that he, Joseph Smith, was chosen of the Lord to he a prophet of the Most High God, and to bring to light hidden things, that would he of unspeakable benefit to the world. He then dis closed to him the existence of this golden Bible, and the place where it was deposited, but at the same time told ,him that he must follow implicitly the,.divine directions or he would draw upon him the wrath of heaven. This book, which was contained in a chest, or aria and which consisted of metallic plates covered with characters em bossed in gold, he must not presume to look into under three years. He must first go on a journey into Pennsylvania, and there among the mountains he would meet with a very lovely woman, belonging to a highly respectable and pious family, whom he was to take for his wife. As a proof that ha was sent on this mission by Jehovah, as soon as he saw this designeted person, he would be smitten with her beauty, a willing e a b r o t e h e . him t After fmt i n e a; r t t l r i hy e el s . i s ri - :walks kaasrnrido. marriage gg life, hi te she hwi was m w s would hr ee t a e t n urndos n tocofe thei iis be and though he was a stranger to her, as she was far former home, and remain quietly there until the birth of thence, icli t h a e n n d ty p - s u t h e se condw year, he might then proceed to the hill beneath h his first child. When this child had completed his contained i r is o h " th e e h t e r s u t tr i s t a to nd the dr t a v ‘ o v rid it .- Smith awoke from this dream, and, according to Harris, started off towards Pennsylvania, not knowing to what point he should gd. But the Lord directed him, and gained him favour in the eves of just such a person as was described to him. lie was married and had returned. His first child was born, and was now about six months old. But Joe ' had not been alto gether obedient -to the heavenly vision. After his marriage and return front Pennsylvania he became so awfully impressed with the 'high - destiny' that awaited him, that he communicated the secret to his father and family. The money-digging propensity of the old man operated so powerfully, that he insisted upon it that they should go and dig and see it the chest was: there—not with any view to remove it till the ap pointed time, but merely to satisfy themselves. Accord ingly they went forward in the middle of the, night with spades and mattocks to the spot where slumbered this sacred deposit. They had proceeded . but a little while in the work of excavation, before the'inysterious chest appeared ; but ho ! instantly it unwed . and glided along out of their sight. Directed, however, by the clair voyance of Joe, they . again penetrated to the spot where it stood and succeeded in gaining a partial view of its dimensions. Another . divine communication was made to him authorizing him to go alone by himself and bring the chest and deposit it secretly under the hearth of his dwelling, but by no means to attempt to look into it. The reason assigned by the angel far this removal, was some report in relation to the place where this sacred book was deposited had gone forth, and there was danger of its being disturbed. According to. Harris; Smith now follOwed•the divine directions. He was already in pos session of the two transparent stones laid up with the golden,Bible, by looking through which he was enabled Wit THE COLONIAL SOCIETY AND MR. M 4 LEOD. The following letter has beeen received by the Earl of Mountcashel " Foreign Office, August 31, 1841. "My Lord—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the resolutions adopted at a special general meeting of the Colonial Society, held on the 30th inst., relative to the detention of Mr. M•Leod, itr the United States of America ; and I am to assure the Society that her Majesty's Govern ment are giving, and will continue to give, their earnest attention to this, matter. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, "Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant. (Signed) ." LEVESON. "The Earl of Mounteashel, Sce." TOL ACCIDENT ON THE BRiS AND EXETER RAILROAD. th 6 arrival at the Bridgewater terminus, on Satur day last, of the four o'clock afternoon train from Bristol, the engine which brought down the train was craployed, after the passengers bad left the carriages, in removing the train from the down line to the other. To effect this transfer it is necessary to remove the carriages from the Witten to a point on the line about 150 yards dis tance, where proper means are provided for transferring carriages from one line of rails to the other. Between that point and the station is a crossing for coaches, &c., vier the rails; the engine had already, transferred some carriages from the down to the ,up line, and was re turning for others, with its tender in front, when, on arriving at the crossing, the Exquisite stage-coach, with passengers for Exeter, was in the act of passing over the 'rails. t=4er struck the fore part coach, which it shivered to p;,?‘:es. The hind wheels,the with a part of the body of the coach, Tere forced off line by the violence of the shock, and fell over, while the passengers were scattered about in every The horses, from the complete sm ash of the coach, !;re.. liberated, and escaped with but little injury. Six persons are more or less injured. Mr. Burford, of Bristol one of the passengers, was removed to the Clarence Hotel, where he is suffering under a concussion of the brain, and other internal injuries. His head was so far jammed under one of the wheels of the tender, that he could not be extricated until t he en g ine was backed ; , another inch and his skull would have been crushed to atoms. Johns, the driver of the Exquisite, and Hatch well, the respectable and well-known coachman to the Sheriff at our Assizes, are both seriously mangled. The othere passengers have escaped with some serious bruises; but Ann Gore, a poor old woman of 73, who had just crossed the railroad, was caught by the falling coach, and is not expeCted to survive. She was taken tOt.he Bridgewater Infirmary, when .it was found that both bones of one leg were broken close to the ancle joint, a considerable portion of the Anil laid bare, and a frightful contusion over one of the temples. She has continued, with slight intermissions, in a high state of delirium, and cannot be expected to recover. In the present condition of some of the sufferers, it would be improper to make any remarks on the cause of this accident ; , but from a caeful inspection of the spot, and from the evidence of some bystanders, we cannot learn that the least, blame can be ju stl y attached to the driver of the engine... GRAND FIELD DAY AND S FIGHT IN WINDSOR HOME PARK. WINDSOR, MONDAY.--This morning at ten o'clock the 72d Highlanders, under the command of Colonel Ar buthnot, marched to the Home Park in review order, for the purpose of going through the manoeuvres of a grand field day and sham fight in view of the windows of the Victoria Tower at the Castle and the North Terrace, where her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the members of the Court, had stationed themselves. Each man was supplied with thirty rounds of ammuni tion, the whole of which was expended before the troops left the ground. The main body of the regiment having taken its ground near to the wall of the New Terrace, and marched past . in quick time, observed an outlying picket of the enemy (represented by the 3d company, under the com mand of Captain Robinson), strongly posted, with an advanced chain of sections, in the direction of the left flank,of. the column ; on whiCh the regiment took ground to the right, and then continued its advance—its left flank being protected by the Grenadiers, thrown out as 'skirmishers. The enemy having called in his skir mishers and detached parties, moved in a parallel line; observing the march of the coluiiin ; which on gaining the open ground deployed into line, the Grenadier com pany, covering the movement. The advanced guard of the enemy after a few shots retired, disputing the ground. The regiment then changed position to its left, and having driven in the advanced guard, formed squares it th o receive cavalry. This movement was performed w admirable precision and rapidity. In the meantime a detachment of the enemy, taking advantage of the thickly wooded nature of the ground on the left flank of the column, succeeded in gaining its rear, and commencevas sharp attack 'on the rese rve. This body,.however, soon compelled, by the superior fire of the reserve, to retire and rejoin the advanced guard of the enemy. The regiment afterwards changed position to its left, throwing forward a strong body of skirmishers, which after some hard fighting dislodged the enemy, who re tired across the open ground ; and after making a short I stand under cover of the avenue, the regiment returned to its quarters. Her Majesty and Prince. Albert witnessed the several manoeuvres with great interest ; and both the Queen and his Royal Highness appeared highly gratified with the excellent order and discipline maintained by the regiment. IMNIIGIIATION TO JAMAICA.—We cosy the following paragraph, respecting the immigration of coloured persons from Canada hither, from the Quebec Mercury of the 15th June, although we are not aware that any agent has been appointed at that place for any such purpose t---" Pursuant to an Act passed by the Le gislature of the island of Jamaica in December last, an agent has been appointed for the purpose of shipping from Canada such free black:, and runaway slaves as may be desirous of emigrating to that island, under certain terms proposed to them. We have not before noticed this matter, as the number of people of colonf . . in this district is very limited, and their employment in general such as to afford but little probability of their emigrating on the encouragement offered. In the late provinces of Upper Canada, especially on the frontier parts to the west of Lake Ontario, they form a numerous class, and to many of them the conditions offered may prove ac ceptable.—St. Jago de lalVega, Gazette, Aug. • A salmon was taken last week in the river Tivy, near Cardigan' weighing 311bs. and measuring 4 feet in length, and 2 feet in girth,— Wales Independent. €IDOL. JEWS' A sci;6l ths edaeation nt . infants of the Jewi sh peesuasion hating bees) iistCly formen, A circular was issned . palling A Meeting of the subscrib ers, for the pur pose cif ifithrigifig the examination of the pupils, with a view to the support end eatension of the institution. This meeting was held yesterday aft ernoon in the tem pory school-room of the institution, in. Houndeditch, gig *as attended by some of the most wealthy and in fluential metlibefa of the Jewish persuasion. The room ii as principally filled With elegantly dressed ladies. Amongst the ladies and gentleinen present we noticed Lady and Miss Goldsmid. the Misses Cohen, Mrg. S. L. De 'Symona, Mrs. Morris Emanuel, Mrs. Anthony de Rothschild ; Sir IsaaC Goldsmid, Bart., F. H. (lola smid, Esq., David Cohen, T:sqn Walter Josephs, Esq., &c. Frevions to the business of the day commencing the Jewish service was performed, and several of the Psalms were beautifully chaunted by the reader and the choir of the great synagogue. As soon as the service was concluded the children, 130 in number, were introduced and marched round the room, and ascended the platform prepared for their reception. When they were seated, Mr. WILDERSPIN, the master of the school, delivered a Imief address on the advantages that accrued from in fant education. He then proceeded to explain the sys tem adopted in this school, which was one that he had introduced some ten or twelve years ago in Scotland, but which was not successful at that time, owing to parties being prejudiced. The principle is that of ama!gamat in, youthful sports with the studies of the children. Mr. Wilderspin illustrated hid system by the e xamination o: the children, which caused a great deal of laugh er. After the examination had lasted for about an hour, the children were withdrawn to be regaled with tea and buns, and Mr. F. IL GOLDSMID, the President of the Institution, came forward and addressed the subscribers. He said as that was the first occasion on which the Committee had had the pleasure of meeting , the subscribers, they would perhaps permit him to detain them for a few moments, in stating the circumstances which had pro duced and led to the - formation of that institution. It was nearly two years ago since some persons who took a deep interest in the welfare of the community, an eir at d • of whom he had the plea sure to be one, had th t e ntion.directed to the want of such an institution as the present one. In the course of the autumn of the last year, circumstances occurred which made them feel that an attempt to form such an institution should no longer be • delayed. It appeared that persons of a different faith from themselves had, Else themselves, psrceivud the advantage of such an institution, and had taken means to supply it. Me •• two gentlemen whose attention was first drawn to this twitter, the Messrs. Josephs, felt that this ceuld not be permitted. With respect to mere disf ference of creed; it ma ttered not. when the pupil calif; arrived' at that age When he would• require several teachers. • But with respect to the earl i e r education, when one teacher was placed over a whole school, the case was widely different. If they wished an institution like the present one, that institution must be under the. direction of an Israelite.—(Cries of " Hear, : hear.") The two gentlemen whose na mes he had mentioned felt that this subject should be submitted to the Idcbrew public; and they formed that institution first at their own. private expense: They immediately called a committee around them ; several ladies favoured them with their names as patronesses, and an appeal to the public fol lowed, the result of which was that of placing a fund at their disposal, which, though small, was sufficient to put them in operation. The fund did not exceed 4001., and it was found insufficient to provide a suitable building, and it therefore became a question as to what sort of building should be obtained. One gentleman submitted to them somewhere about thirty or forty plitees as suit able, and the result was the building they then occupied. As the funds were no large, he hoped that another ap peal to the public vi wild not be made in vain, as, nut being able to acquire an interest in that building beyond seven years, it was requisite to obtain sotne place in which they might enjoy a permanent interest, and thereby prevent the fall, of the institution. There could not be a doubt as to the utility of such an institution. Some years ago, indeed, people be lieved that education was ineffectual before the age - of five or six years. But they could at that age educate the feelings and the heart, and they could not begin too young to do so. There was not a feeling of the infant that could not be turned to good or evil. There wa,.• education which taught the child when he quarrelled to kiss and be friends, and not to cherish - enmity. Let them take, for example, the feeling of fear. Let them suppose that from the fear of darkness, as was perhaps natural when encouraged by threats of 'ghosts, a feel ing of superstition would naturally be produced, which the after man would strive incessantly and vainly to get rid of. But if the . groundlessness of such fears were ex plained, the infant. would soon answer, as an infant did answer, who had been trained in the school at Edinburgh. The child was passing through a church at night, and was asked if it was not - afraid. The child said—" Afraid of what? Igo to the infant school."—(Cheers.) The shepherd en Tornaldo's misty brow, And the swarth seaman sailing far below, Not undelighted watch the morning ray, • Purpling the Orient, till it breaks away, And turns and blazes into glorious day. But happier still is he who turns to face That sun, the soul, just dawning on the face; The burst, the glow, the animating strife, The thoughts and passions growing into life, The forming utterance, and the inquiring glance,. The giant waking from - his tenfold trance ; Till up he starts, as conscious whence he came, And all is light within the trembling frame. —(Cheers.) Yes, they were indeed happy who could contemplate the unfolding of the mind of the infant, but they were thrice happy who contributed towards it.— (Hear, hear.) The Scripture said they (the Jews) were a nation of priests. How could they deserve the cha racter of priests unless they gave moral instruction to their children? - •He was .aware they desired to do this, and if they desired to . do it, there could be no better way of doing it than by supporting an institution like the present. As soon as the President had concluded his address, the Secretary read the list of Subscriptions, and thus concluded the proceedings. The company, more especially the fairer part of it, seemed highly gratified with what they had seen and heard, and the proceedings of the day ended with but -slip complaint, and that was a general one—the heat of ws., - , ...ther. MONEY am. MORNING srlN great deal more confidence, and would have iespire, WWI sellers and purchasers to have extended their u vera The Veto Message will undoubtedly have a go-0..i d( as et influence to check the fall trade. M`LEon.—The• term of the Court . at which M‘Le is to.be tried, commences at Utic a, on the 27th September- No alteration to notice in the Mone y Market.- 1 -1-1- change on England, si 9 ; United States Bank Sharc "iv The advices from Canada reach to the 17th ult., but do- , do not bring any news of importance. There had been very little business doing in the markets generally for so me time past ; all parties are, • ho;vever, lookint; fur . , ward to next month for th e commencement of g oOd. fall business. Exchange , p rivate, on London, 911.- per cent. premium. Both the Markets continue very inactive Pricesfor Account, 901-1 ; Exchequer Bills 12 14 premium ; nish Active Stock. 218 22 ; Portuguese Five per Contg, 30i ; and the Thnes, 18,V. In the Share Market there has been but three bargai.a* done, viz. Great Western, New, 55,i ; London an ti. Birmingham, 159 ; Ditto and Brighton, 461. I An Extraordinary Express has arrived from Paris, statirg that an attempt had been made to assassinate the I Duke d'Aumale ; it has not, howeVer, had any impres sion upon our Funds at present. We have scarcely anything else talked of in the City for the moment, but the non-acceptance of the bills Of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company by their town agents. If! this effitir, it' we are rightly informed, there has been 'something like what is Wu:111Y teemed " sharp practice," for we know that the private le b ank ers have always evinced a d ecided hostilit y to ti joint-stck institutions, and which feeling h.lsr e' in fact, - been fully avowed by their conduct, with respect the clearing-house. This perhaps Ina! yj be justified by memy, on the ground of business rivalry, but where a bole can be picked in the coat of a J oint it Stock Bank, all the ;ivorld is sure to be shown it. the present instance the town. agents had an undhubted right to protect thenselVes, but on the' .othei hand it is said that tlul Directors of the Note tingham Bank n ave acted rather indiscreetly in evincing dissatisfaction at the 67.tremefficu circums no w of pection of their agents, a nd hence the dilty • getting any other London establishment to .take up the agency. There can be no que stion but that the paid -up capital is too small, even at 100,0001.; but there is a lso every reason to believe that all engagements will be -; fully met. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... India Stock ........... . ... 2464 3 per Cent Red Ditto Bonds .. 3 per Cent (Ins B9l !Ditto Old Annuities ... --- W.- per Cent Red — }Ditto New Annuities... New 34 per Cent 99 lEx. Bills, 1,000/....20 12 pin. New 5 per Cent — 1 Ditto 5001. i2put Long Annuitiestoexpire 1 Pitt 5ma11.... .. 13 Jan. 1860 — , Bank Stuck for 0pg .... Oct 1859 lndia Stock for Acct... Jan, 186 0 . Consols for Acct 90k FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... (Portuguese, 5 per' cent. Belgidn, 5 per cent...... Ditto, New Ditto -- Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent. - - -,,i. Buencs Ayres, 6 per ce nt Russian, 5 per cent...— 1 1- ' z . Chilian, 6 per cent...... IDitto, Metallic ...... i 1 --7, Colombian, 6 per ce nt... 'Spanish, 5 per cent 2 Ditto, 1824. ....... .. ..... 'Ditto Deferred ....... --e• Danish, 3 per cent....... French, 5 per cent. —f. ...--e.• Greek, 1825, 5 per cen t . Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... 254 'French, 3 per cent —f. ---e_.„. o ` ' '' Ditto, 6 per cent, 1525, --- Dutch, 2/ per cent. ... bkr- - - --- Peruvian,lB2 s , 6 per ct. -- Ditto, 5 per cent •--- „ if SHARES ....ed 911 Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 59/ I, at'' Bristol and Exeter ((i0 paid) .. . ... .. 29/ Eastern Counties Railway ( 23 p aid) Great Western Railway ( 65 'p aid) 79 Ditto New Shares (50 paid 554 . Ditto Fifth (4 paid) ••• 8 • ' 1- London and Brighton ( 50 paid) 4si . 159 London and Birmingham ( 90 ) •.. London and South Wes tern Midland Counties Railway ( 100 p aid) .. ...... 76 North Midland Railway (100 paid) 6.5 ,• Ditto New Shares (40 paid) London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) Ditto Scrip. (5 paid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE — ( Amsterdam CF .I2 7 Gibraltar ... .. ..... . ...... 46 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ......... 2 U l2 7 / Genoa . .25 ecr i;:!liVerp l2 6/ Milan 31 47 ,;,-,io Flarnb:.:rgh ...... M.B l3 13/ Venice Altona ... .... l3 14 Naples 394 Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 50 Palermo , p er oz 1184 52/ Ditto, 3 months 25 75 Lisbon Marseilles ........ ... 25 85 Oporto Bourdeaux •....•. 25 85 Rio Janeiro 27 Frankfort on Maine.... 1494 Bahia Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37/ , uenos Ayres ......... Berlin. . . Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M 9'so iii_:4!...delphia. 46' , j_ ' tOt" Trieste, ditto 9 55 /q ua.; Cy BULLION, PEA , b Madrid ... 36/ Foreign Gold, 1 7 ...- Cadiz 031...3 a Bilboa .. . 36i New Doubloons ••.. • - 0 0 ,, id Barcelona Seville . ---- EMIGRATIOT.L ~ 1 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. c c ,.. SlR—Upon many occasions I have admired your s"viia cacy of the poor man's rights ; I therefore beg y°ll in o' have no objection to inform th e p ublic, that to this ---bv me nt some of the Australian emigrant a g ents are, „ade• advertisements, informing t h e p ublic, that after Pa s ‘ ,l is to be obtnincd, on application, by any mechan ic , " good character and abilities." A s one who ila a llette'a himself he comes under the - above description, I c at 26, Birchin-lane, where, I was in formed, there thiswere no ships proceeding thither unti l next March ; and „,. in the face of an advertisement in Saturday's 1:1.4: stating that a vessel started monthly, without / 11 ,, Having travelled some miles, I deem it right that t o u_ same practice should not be continued. On applicati re at another Emigrant's office for a passage, the y quired 201. Now, Sir, it is a well k nown fact, that many Tslll travels many a mile to visit these agents ; and it. 1 5 4 gu shame, I think, that a p oor man should be bro u d; t w enty or thirty miles, when , on arrival, y ou are Ye r r uncivilly treated, to say the least. - I am, Sir, your obedient servant,. A POOR MECHANI C ' Hounslow, Sept. 14, 1841.. [Persons in the condition of our Correspondent WO. a Ill e do well to communicate, by lette r, with the advertisoleo agents before coming to London . Posta g e now is o i to nothing. Every information c ould be had for a peal, and, if the agent gave a false a ccount, he could be rail answerable for the consequences.—En. Sun.] ,---___.•_,_ —_ • THE POOR-LAW ACT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. g ; SlR—The Quack Doctor , after, with considerable rd,", and reasoning, he has succeeded in displacing this W 713 1 , 11 and se 'wring " pay, picki n g s, and p lunder," for his - 0 hungry tO tton, is now, it appea rs, about to adopt o, least for a considerable poriod, one of the principall3lC. sures of the 'W ;:jg Governoient. off We are now cooly - told, and that , too , i n the T• 0 prints, which but lately were so furious and abusive.,°j, this very point, that the vapid, ~old-blooded einPeN-fot about to propose the renewal of the Poor-law 1' ; o f a twelvemonth. Feelings of honour may restrain into on the Opposition benches, who have i•riven m ore of '`; support to this odious, and to use To."Y phraseolo,,itt:, un-English measure,' from offering any CI. ecici d /If. tive to this extraordinary proposition from ti)e B e 3 -40 05 party who have stunned the country with den:ln e ,?`,,oa s of " the iniquities and the abominations" of the i ,b3 ;, -- tli Whig. •Bastilo Bill. But there are. others diffe : 'A i on• situated—amongst them' Captain Pechell and the 1- , ...• Members for Finsbury, Messrs. Wakley and Dun ill ,;-lio have all along consistently opposed this J3ill ; P - 0n if 1 ~.' I not greatly mistake, they are not the sort of T ti. i' likely t , allow this. Poor-law Bill to be continued most out giving those Tory Members, who - must be i1111,,0, anxious to se.: themselves right with their constit ic e • - te be an opportunity 0 : - recording their sentiments. dee m no tice already give,' by Mr. Roebuck is no', de'" ti judicious, may not t1,.' ,3 Qut.v..tk Doctor be met i t o amendment, limiting the duration of the present 33 , 1 i o' six months, from theist of November next. This. 3 ,; -° ,r.fr ing Parliament to meet towards the end of inTt'ite, will allow the Tamworth-fee ii Quack abundance sebteu to re-construct the Bill to whit he is so greatly 10 for getting his q uarter's s A alary. t T ; sX IO " N ENEN:Y OF an , conall 11 et: ----;--------- • Ong A few nights since , a cellulars° some convicts from Montb rison to the c'•ntral Pri be brides E m brun, was overturn ed near the o 'f Tar ets• ted twecn Tarare and Villefranche, in descending II : Na g hill, on which is rather a sudden turn. ,depth,- ei3l thrown down a steep to a considerable WI."' w ets its solidity, did not break, and none Of the prisoners lswit seriously' hurt, The keepers were much injured, I ,' if were still able to go some distance for aid, leaving 1",.t,3, charge safely confined in their cells, Where tuner -0 mained several, hours, and were then let out a re' brigade of gendarmes, which had been brought, 9 " ° , 1 -- y' atice was righted, and tiley mamed, without any atimpt to escape, till the e ° " 1 :0 0 ' vets behaved, well, for on boing let out of the vo n '' b ot' were replaced. -r h e t - bel helped to right it, and showed no symptoms of I°3ll dination. /01'1 TAXATION BY THE TOMBS Ton T. ii OW SEVEN YEAII6, ENDING WITH 1830.—Between 17."'faitt, 1826, i. e. in thirty-four years, the British Goverl.;o6l' raised, by all.its means of taxes and loans, 2,476•34ci 'it e s ' or above seventy-two millions per. annum. - -'%f tbe, se ,, pended in the same period, ,2,492,663,240 t , s , V' enormous sums the Customs yielded 309 - 11 10111 t,;o s ' Excise, 6881 ; the , assessed and properV 3 9i ; 363 i ; the stamps, 165 i ; the ..post•on ie ' l, ' 0 10 1/' 'lotteries, nearly 11 ; loans and funding, 74 ' 2 .. o f 0 1 lions. Of the enormous expenses, the inter, ' B,; tlf debt absorbed, 894, millions ; the arm ~5 9', for aj f navy, 4221 ; the ordnance, 95 ; direct subsicu.e. beqtlefr lies, 55 ; the sinking fund, 314 ; losses by '''o,o s Bills, &c., 57 millions. It far . exceeded, in less coe.. generation, the total of all the taxes and public e 7 y tlr: i in 1,000 years, or from the reign ;,of Egbcrt,- 11 _ 1 !:, aof King of England, in 827, down to I.B'`M. la thc.?:, t ' t i p• ', tic try V., the taxes were but I,OOOL ‘.l. week ; in ili t l i ; CromvJell, 29,0001. ; at the Revolution, ~1 9 ,0 ° C , !*,; . o ea l ,o one thousand times more t4vA I re i gn o f C-t,urge 11., 150,0001. ; and' in 18•3 ,, ' , 1 ., tv - v. i ind VI. oili ti reignsl , O 0 O,ooofo/1; Henryor . fl_ , THE Dust , ' Counn—The. follow rig Pr 3 P, meats have taken. place in the Household of-104. cellency the Lord-Lientereint ":---:-31r:- - Daril eri oor 6 o :; troller ; Major BrownloW, - Mast .o thq*.b3tra)v, Mr. G. L'Estrange,-- Cliamberlaiii. - - 111.- l ' e i; ~?; ' t held the same office under Lord 1-fajcing. J..l.'' Axrief i t. Magennis, - Private Secre,tary4. Hon. CaP',`, A ,.. -3 1 V ,Lids-(`:i'-earap ..; Lord . t.".osluo . Eti,iji, A.i44:-.7ii`V;44 Captain Murray, extra Aide-de-ca,inp. uurf ul- t - he ? continues as G-entleman Uslfer. 'Report aSsignsifai of State Steward to Balfour.—Dublin Eveging ~.' . ~.... VOMVIERCIAL NEWS. THE3DAY EVENING. ?Talifs with dates Th e steamer from _ aX, is almost hourly nine days later from America,- tized with e xpected, and her ar rival is lo for much interest. The Funds were very steady again tc-tlay', though with very little doing. The news re ceived from Paris of the infamous attempt on the life of the Due d'Aumale, or, as is more generally believed here, upon the Heir Apparent, the Duke of Orleans, had no effect upon the value of the Public Securities, as there seems to be every ' confidence 1-.1 the ability of Louis Philippe to preserve the tranquility of his capital. For immediate transfer, Consols realise Ex d 891 to S9i, and, for Account 901 to 901 ; East - c h e quer Bills were 12 to 14 premium, and India India Bonds reached 3 to 4 premium. 'Stock was. dull again at 246'. The New Three anda-Half per Cents. advanced to 9SI and 99. 'The settlement of the Half -monthly Account in the Foreign Market takes place to-morrow, and most of the jobbers were °eel-Tied in arranging their books, as there has been a good deal of speculation in Spnish Stock lately. Spanish Active Bonds were 211 to for Money, and at 22 for the next Account. Mexican Stock was marked 251, and Venezuela 291 Russian Stock was at 1121, and Dutch Two-and-a-Half pdt Cents. realised 511 to The Share Market was steady, and for some of the lines of Railway rather improved rates were obtained. Great Western Railway Shares were 14; the New, 5 to 51; the Fifths, 4 to 4 1 ; London and Birmingham 69, and the South Wes tern 121 premium; Brighton were 31 to 4/; Bir mingham and Gloucester 401, and Midland Counties 24 discount. The Foreign Exchanges were lower this after noon. The rates for Three Months' Paper were these:—Paris, 25f.600. to 65:.,•:5 Amsterdam,l24l ; Antwerp, 12 31- to ; Hamburg . b ; 13 91 to 10 ; Frankfort, 149 to 1495- ; and Trieste, 9 48 to 50. The following are the official returns of the ex ports of Bullion from the Port of London, for the week ending Thursday last Silver Coin to d Rotteram 26,00 oz. Mauritius. 1,, Bars to Haniburol (From The Sun of Last Night.) - h a ve LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SEPT. 13..- - *" .° M had a very good business doing -in _ the Cotton arket to-day, the sales amounting to nearly 7,000, bales. Spyfu-e lators haye taken 1,500 bales, and exporters '30 . 0. s , rates for all . descriptions remain at Friday's price , and th 6 Market closed steadily. busi- LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DOSS in,the Share Market to-day has been extremely SEPT. 13.—The North of 'England, 65 ; Pa , ris a i t ivs dull.. Th ere are .only two transtitteitiiolonusetno,r7eco. rd. Great GF, SEPT. 13. We MANCTIESTER STOCK LX- 4 ; da ) but prices are firm. - 01;; North Midland, 65'. li.ilavneenheost'tehraad.lnzidnog,ihnagrwt, Midland Ccuntics, 76 ; By the arriva • 1 of the packet ship New York, fr m SE", q3ori, Bank, New 'uric, which place she left on the 20th ult. " Papera of that date have .bet - r. received. They are five days later than the former advices. The mast important news brought Ly this arrival is a long Message from President Tyler, putting his veto on the Fiscal Bank Bill, with his objections. From the New York Express of the 20th. Washington is the great point of attraction, and the oce edinirs in Congress arc looked to with intense inte rest. 'The partial defeat of the Bankrupt Bill was re ceived by a large body of the citizens with deep regret. A letter published in the same paper states that the Whigs have had a conference, and are disposed to effect the passage of the Land, the Bankrupt. the Revenue, and possibly a Bank Bill. The feeling in New York is that the leading measures of the SesSion ought to be adopted notwithstanding the veto. The extra Session was called, to pass the above-named measures, together with the re peal of the Sub-Treasury and the Loan Bill. The two latter are completed, and if any, or all the former should be carried, the object of the special Session will be ob- . . tained. • The trade of the present season opened with a much better feeling than the previous two or three years, and had the Bank Bill have passed, there would have been a -, i r . ^v.o.^ UNDO F ]3artleN Cooper Mrs. P; Quickl Afte ter, M o c Comm Charle ,asa. lacio total na First a Sect fru BOZOS till lErta Priv at 167, is UND One I Gra Anc Wll OR, ?Ir. D Palf 1 4th 1 Alto L. nor II Sim To THE Effect UN D Unpa 1 ICS hit. Po Will of J, Dan' Edw Mrs. Gabli To AND Seam ner ; no. only, P 2 Si ~.., M ,n; be( Pa wh flu