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Cooke will appear in the New Nautical Drama, en titled THE UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the SETTLER'S DAUGHTER. Mary, Mrs. R. Homier. After which, ROBERT MAC AIRE. Robert Macaire, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with CRAMOND BRIG; or, THE GUDE MAN OF BALLANGEICH. James, King of Scotland, Mr. J. Webster; Jobk Howieson, Mr. Neville; Tam Maxwell, Mr. Green ; Tibbie Howieson, Mrs. W. Daly ; Marian Howieson, Miss E. Terrey ; Maggie, Miss Neville. Places arid private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. iTi.:ll AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning.... 6 minutes after 11 Evening ...... 31minutes after 11. NEW CHINA SUN, WITH A MAP OF CHINA. TO-MORROW, THE 30th INST., WILL BE PUBLISHED, through the East, accompanied by peace and happiness, is the foundation of the hearty re joicing which has pervaded the whole empire. We hail that feeling with unfeigned delight, as a complete proof that the sickly and hypocritical sentimentality which certain Tory writers have directed against commerce and a town popula tion, has found no response in the public mind. The nation continues, practically and heartily, faithful to the great principle of our ancestors, that commerce is the soul of the national great ness; and it delights, above all things, in the prospect which the treaty with China holds out, of a vast extension of trade. _ _ It is impossible, after establishing this import ant truth, not bitterly to regret that this perma nent stream of truly British sentiment has not long before now carried the Government - along with it to extend our trade with other countries, which offer, at least, as great advantages as China. To effect that no war would be necessary. A NEW CHINA SUN, Far from engaging in conflicts, which we are sen sible many of the people disapprove of; it is only necessary to preserve the relations of friend ship, cultivate peace, and allow our own people free scope for their enterprise. No new Consuls, or diplomatic relations, always costly, and very often more mischievous than beneficial, would have been required; there was no occasion for any increased and expensive action of the Government ; the silent and unobtrusive exer tions of individuals would have effected this great CONTAINING EVERYTHING INTERESTING WITH RESPECT TO CHINA, AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE FIVE FREE TRADE PORTS OF CANTON, AMOY, FOO-CHOW-FOO, NINGPO, AND SHANGHAE ; TOGETHER WITH ALL THE GLORIOUS AND IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE LATE WAR IN THAT COUNTRY. Orders recezved at the SUN-OFFICE, 112, Strand, and of all News-Agents. end. No credit, perhaps, would have been gained for any Ministers; there would have been nothing for parasites to boast of; but the prospe rity and peace of the whole world would have been promoted by what some high-souled per sons call the vulgar labours of the Sheffield cut lers, of the Manchester spinners and weavers, and of the cultivators of the earth throughout the wide continent of America. In setting labour free, there is nothing to attract and dazzle the world. All that the statesman can hope for is the gratitude of an enriched posterity, which is as nothing compared to the present applause of a victory, and of their opening, by their own act, a few ports some thousand miles further off. One great advantage which opening and ex tending a trade with America, by making trade free, would have over a trade with Asia, arises front the fact that the former is peopled with men of European descent, who have European habits and wants which our industry is calculated to gratify ; while the bulk of the Asiatics, sepa rated into castes, and drilled into slavery, have peculiar wants and habits, which will require some education on our part to learn, and some new skill to gratify. It is said, for example, in the Leeds Mercury, speaking with authority— That the Chinese have religious, or quasi religious scruples, against wearing fabrics which are made of two different materials, as wool and cotton. We know of a case in which a lot of worsted goods with cotton warps was sent to Canton, and sold on arrival by the pattern card; but •on the day following the sale was cancelled by the Hong merchants, who alleged that the goods were made of animal and vege table substances mixed, which was contrary to nature as well as to their religion. In this respect the Chinese act on the principle laid down in the Mosaic law, " Neither shall a garment mingled , of linen and woollen come upon thee." Levit. xix. 19. It may be relied on that mixed fabrics will not sell in China. But manufactures may be made cheap in pro portion as there is an extensive demand for them, and we cannot hope to obtain as profitable and extensive a trade with people who have such peculiar tastes, as with people who have tastes somewhat like our own. Another consideration is, that the bulk of the Asiatics are very poor, live on very little, and pass from generation to generation without making any material improve ment in their condition. We shall find some better data, however, for reasoning on the sub ject in the actual state of our trade with Asia, and in its developement, than in any conjectures. It is now nearly two hundred years since tea was known and used in Europe, and the average quantity imported into Eng land during the last ten years is about se,trt;,o{Mb..l,, ,Pit.;., ; - .J,:lag the average cost price only at is. per lb., is 1,800,000/. we pay to China for tea alone. This trade has for that long period been gradually growing up, and tea, which comprises only one article of our imports, has swelled to that magnitude. In Mr. MACCUL LOCH'S Dictionary we find the value of our im ports of merchandise from China, set down in 1826-1827 at 2,264,726/. 2 while our exports of merchandise to that country for the same years, was only 764,4181. In 1827-1828, the im ports from China were 1,981,4101., and our ex ports of merchandise to China 700,2611. In the many years, therefore, that we traded with China down to 1830, we only found means to make them take from us about one-third of the quantity of commodities or merchandise which we took from them, and we had to pay for the remainder in hard cash. But this refers to the state of our trade with China before the abolition of the East India Com - pany's Charter. It happens, too, that all the ac counts of trade with China are mingled with those of the trade with India. Before the abolition of the Charter our exports to China were included under one head with those of India, as exports to Asia. Since the abolition of the Charter, the interruption of the trade with China, and its un_ certainty, have caused the exports really intended for that country to be sent to Singapore or some other English settlement, and included, therefore, in the exports to India. Thus the declared value of our exports to the latter country rose from 4,295,829/. in 1836, to 6,023,192/. in 1840, while the exports to China fell off from 1,326,388/. in the former year, to 5.24,198/. in the latter. It would seem more satisfactory, therefore, and more elucidatory of the progress of our trade with Asiatics, if we include the trade to India and China. The reader will remember that our empire in Hindostan embraces a population of nearly 00,000,000 souls, and has now been for several years of that extent. Scattered over that empire is no inconsiderable Euro pean population, and a 'nixed descent, spreadin g European popu ti on of habits and nd tastes throughout the Hindoo population. There is an extensive European press; there are Euro pean merchants, indigo and sugar planters, and all the varied population of a European trading community, besides the servants of the Govern ment. All those are circiunstances which serve to extend our trade with Hindostan to a degree which cannot be hoped for with China. To trade with the north of China, our people must learn a new language, as well as acquire a knowledge of the habits of a people new to them; and nu merous as are the Chinese, therefore, they cau scarzely within a short period give the same ac cession to our trade as the inhabitants of Hin- dostan. In the " Tables of the Trade of the United King dom" from 1831 to 1840, we find the average de clared value of our exports to those two countries, within that period of ten years, to have been 4,450,0001. We speak only of our exports, because we look merely at the outlet which those countries, and China in particular, may be expected to pro vide for our manufactures. In Mr. MACCULLOCH'S Dictionary the average official value of our ex ports to Asia, between 1816 and 1822, is set down at 3,219,4461. At that period, the official value and the declared value of commodities was very nearly equal ; so that in 22 years, with all the advantages we have enumerated as to Hindostan, the con sumption of oux manufactures in the whole of Asia has not increased one-fourth. Such a fact holds out to the nation but a slender hope of any very great extension of trade by means of the new ports which have been opened to us in China. We ascribe the slow progress made by the Asiatics in the use of our commodities, par ticularly those of Hindostan, who are so much under our control, to tlbe poverty of the bulk of the people, to the gene ral slavery which pre vails, and to the compai ative unchangeableness of their habits. Although the United States scarcely contain one-sixth of the population of our empire in India, the average cledlarc_4l value of our exports to that country during the ten years ending with 1840, hampered as •that trade has been, was 7,800,0001., proving ti le greater probability of extending our trade with a population of European descended m en than with a population LONDON : TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 29, 1342. We perceive with great pleasure the hearty and sincere joy which the public express on ac count of the extension of our trade from the treaty with China. Much as the nation has been delighted with the prowess of our arms, it is obviously much more delighted with the peace in which success has terminated. The superiority of our people in warfare was so great, that their battles had in them something that appeared rather like butchering than fighting, and the nation heartily rejoices that they are at an end. We have not heard any thing like a wish ex pressed that Sir Huck GouGn and Admiral PARKER had been allowed and encouraged to continue their career of conquest. The public wished for honourable peace, and its delight is, that peace, with such great advantages, has been achieved. Though desirous of money, generally speak ing, and anxious to spare its own pocket, the public has not felt half the pleasure on accou n t of the money to be paid, which it has felt on ac count of the ports to be opened. THE EXPECT ED EXTENSION OF OUR TRADE, opening to Europe a new world, enabling commerce to restore the public prosperity, and to spread civilization TI-1E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1841 of Asiatics. That comparative statement shows also how much greater would be the benefit of free trade, which we may command by abolishing our own restrictions, than any other trade which the direct action of statesmen may procure for the country. If the opening of four new ports in China be a proper occasion for public rejoicing, as we think it is, how much more ought we to rejoice if we should, by the abolition of our own bad laws, open the ports of the world? We are not inclined to undervalue the new opening which the success of our arms has ob tained for us, and delight to see the proof it affords of the high value which the public, in spite of Tory jeremiades, still, and we hope for ever will, affix on trade. At the same time it is good, even in the midst of success, to remember moderation; and we have rather leaned to an unfavourable view to guard the public against unfounded hopes and rash speculations. the city. They spoke of raising four corps, com posed each of several battalions, to be employed in blockading Montjuich, and keeping VA.N HAL - EN in check. In case the insurrection ex- tended to the remainder of the province, the Captain-General, who has but 6,000 men under his command, would be obliged to retreat to Molina del. Rey, on the road from Lerida to Saragossa. It is already announced that several towns have followed the example of Barcelona. General ARISTIZABAL, who commands at Girona, having received orders from VAN HALEN to join him as quickly as possible with all his disposable troops, the city of Girona took the opportunity of his departure to rise. We find, likewise, by our letters, that the Junta of Barcelona had re ceived deputies from Mataro, Sabadell, and Reuss, the three most industrious and co►nmer cial towns in Catalonia." The National contains the following sensible remarks on the folly of the attempt, and the course which the REGENT should pursue : A proclamation issued by Lord ELLENBOROUGir at Simla, on the Ist of October, has been re ceived at the India House, which removes all doubts as to the evacuation of Affghanistan. The British forces are to retire within the Indus and the Sutlej rivers, and the Affghans are to be left to settle their own affairs. His Lordship further announces that he will not interfere with their selection of a Sovereign, but will re cognise any Government approved by the Aff ghans themselves, which shall appear desirous and capable of maintaining friendly re lations with neighbouring States. Though we may condemn the bad taste displayed by the Go - vernor-General in animadverting withsuchseverity on the policy adopted by his predecessor, we cor dially approve of the resolution to evacuate that country, and support only the Chief elected by the people. Indeed, there was no other rational course to pursue. To keep the Aff ghans in subjection, an army of fifty thousand men would be required to be kept up at the distance of a thousand miles from the seat of Government, and at an expenditure totally disproportioned to the object in view. With the Indus as the boundary of the Indian ter , ritory on the west, and several military stations I on its banks for protecting trade, as well as checking the incursions of lawless tribes, England may secure her possessions in the East against all invaders. We have convinced the Affghans that she is able and willing to maintain her rights, and that no foreign Power, however distant or difficult of access, can brave her with impunity. This is one of the noble results effected by the suc cessful march upon Caubul, and will not apply to that country only,but to every chieftain and potentate in Asia. The country, therefore, cannot be sufficiently thankful that the first orders given by Lord ELLENBOROUGII to retreat with disgrace were disobeyed by Generals PoLLocK and SALE, that all the prisoners have been re covered, and the honour of the country and the character of our brave troops been triumphantly established. For this, there fore, the Duke of WELLINGTON deserves great praise, and his conduct forms a noble contrast to that of the weak and pusillanimous Governor- General. But is it fit that a man who could commit such a blunder should be intrust ed with authority over such a vast empire ? We have no sgcurity that it may not be repeated, and, by some other, new freak, thehonour of England and the stability of our Indian possessions be compromised. Some import ant movement evidently is in progress in the Punjaub, and may require great skill and judgment. Can any man give Lord ELLENBO ROUGH credit for either of these qualities, or for that courage and grasp of mind requisite for any great and complicated undertaking? The King of SAXONY opened. the Chambers on the 20th inst. with the following speech : Gentlemen,—lf on this solemn day I cast a glance at what has passed since the last Session, I am con vinced that political affairs have proceeded in the most satisfactory manner both at home and abroad. My relations with friendly powers have become more inti mate; the Zollverein has increased; the railroad to Bavaria, so important for our commerce, is guaranteed by a treaty; a part of it is already finished, and other lines will be constructed in various directions. The regulation of the land-tax is so advanced that you will be able during the Session to terminate this affair. Several omissions in our Legislation remainto be pro vided for, and bills will be laid before you for this purpose. Several undertakings interesting to the State will call for great expenses ; the regular state of our finances, however, will allow you to provide for them without difficulty, particularly in what re gards objects of public utility. Great misfortunes have afflicted the country during the past year; prudent measures, and the spirit of benevolence which charac terises the Saxons, have in part remedied the conse quences of those catastrophes. God will do the rest ; but every one must act in the circle which is peculiar to him by sacrificing his particular interest to the general good. This is what I expect from my faithful States. It is sufficient to read the last news to perceive that the victory embarrasses those who have gained it. A movement planned and prepared by a political party may produce political consequences; whereas, one caused by a violent local discontent, stops of its own accord when the conflict is over. Although we learn that some small towns of Catalonia have declared for the Junta, we do not see in that circumstance any symptom which can seriously lead us to believe in a general revolution. To induce the other provinces to join, and even to interest deeply Catalonia itself , it would have been necessary to proclaim principles, to make an appeal to the sympathies of the people, to take refuge under the ancient municipal rights, so dear to the entire nation, to display a new standard, and to join in the work men already known by their political character, their power, and their in fluence. Nothing like all this has been effected. The Junta appears to proceeed by chance, and is making, we are informed, the utmost efforts to unite with it influential men without distinction of opinion. . . . We persist, then, in thinking that the present Govern ment will not be shaken by these events. The per sons who have been desirous of overturning the Re gent will, no doubt, have merely contributed to strengthen his power. We regret these murderous conflicts, which, in our opinion, can only produce, in the present state of political feeling in Spain, a re action dangerous to liberty. The duty of the Re gent, if he re-establishes order, will be to be ware of being led away to severity or vengeance. For our own parts, we shall recommend to the sincere friends of the Spanish nation, that moderation which calms down the feelings, and those easy concessions which strengthen power by making it popular. A Barcelona letter, in the same journal, the date of which is not given, says : All the streets were barricaded. The troops have sustained great losses. Two colonels, a lieutenant colonel, six or seven commandants, 15 captains, and more than 100 inferior officers. The total amount of killed exceeds 500. The people have also lost great numbers. The bombardment from the fort of Mont juich has not done any great damage. The French Consul has afforded protection to his fellow-country men, and has also been serviceable to many Spaniards. The Junta has taken measures to preserve order. It grants, without hesitation, permission to all persons who do not belong to the town to leave it. The pass port is in the following terms :—" Junta of Barcelona —Suffer to pass out through St. Anthony's Gate Citizen —. The Nation and Liberty." It is the 3d battalion of National Guards that has suffered most from the fire of the troops. Zurbano, in his sheep- Skin jacket as usual, determined to make himself con spicuous. He charged down the street of Fernando VII. at the head of the cavalry, but the charge was BO badly executed, that he lost a great meny men, and received a briwera which nearly killed him. It is said that he has gone to Tarragona, to bring in the soldiers from that place. Under the date of the 18th, the Presse has the following from Barcelona: — The Burgos provincial regiment, with Colonel Llegat at its head, has come into the tom n to join the insurgents. A report is current that Zurbano has caused two republicans to be shot. If this should prove to be true, General Zavala, who is in the hands of the insurgents, will undergo the same fate by way of reprisal. I open my letter to add that the guns are at this moment firing for the news which has ar rived, that Sarragossa has declared in favour of the insurrection. The following is a n extract from a letter re ceiveeby Messrs. GRAFTON and Co., the gas con tractors of Paris, from their agent at Barcelona, dated Nov. Everything A is again tranquil here, and business is going on as if n othing particular had occurred. The Provisional Junta is actively endeavouring to profit by a success which has taken it by surprise. It is send ing emissaries to Saragossa, Valencia, and Tarragona, in the hope of being able to create a similar movement. Should it succeed, adieu to the ancient kingdom of Arragon. Spain will lose four of her richest pro vinces. The Junta has sent to us to express its satisfaction at the manner in which the service of lighting the streets was performed during the three days. The fact is, on Tuesday, and particularly Wednesday, the lamps were lighted amidst vol leys of canister-shot, nor did we cease until the balls rolled about the lamp-posts. The in habitants are hourly expecting the surrender of the celebrated fortress of Montjuich, which is situated upon a very high hill, commanding the town. On Wednesday we were honoured at the gas works with a few shells, which fortunately burst in the air. You will probably be astonished at the ease with which the troops were vanquished. Alas ! for weeks they had been almost starving, and when the conflict took place they had not an hour's provision in any of the barracks, and the National Guard is com posed of the working classes, who are well armed and have plenty of ammunition. When the troops capi tulated they received from the town provisions and a month's pay. During the whole of the insurrection there was no political rallying cry. It was a deadly conflict between the troops and the National Guards, without reference to party or politics. A letter from Perpignan, in the Gazette de France, states that 500 men were killed at Bar celona in the conflict of the 15th ; that the movement was combined with one which broke out on the same day at Solsona and Lerida, and that, although the people at Barcelona respected private property, all persons holding offices under Government who ventured into the streets were massacred. Accounts have been received by the Levant Mail, from Constantinople to the 7th inst.; from Beyrout to the 30th ult.; and from Smyrna to 9th inst- Syria was-said to be tranquil, though, accorOi ..g to some accounts, "an attack had been made me Albanian troops in the Lebanon, -by n 1) )f 14.1 p rnnites and Druses. We believe. this to be the same rumour which reached Bey ' rout, and which was published some days since. The Seraskier MOUSTAPHA PACHA had left on the 28th to return S to Constantinople. In that city public business had been suspended for a week, as all classes bad devoted their time to religious ceremonies. Mercantile reports from the Persian frontier mention rumours of an inroad, and counter-in road, made by Turkish and Persian Khurdsupon the territory of both kingdoms; but the Pacha of DIARBEKIR having refused to compromise his Government by advancing his regular troops, the affair ended, as it commenced, in a mere bor der feud. The accounts from Lisbon are favourable. The Government had carried the election of five Deputies to supply the vacancies caused by death, and at the elections in the provinces they would be equally successful. A brig-of-war had been sent to Madeira, with relief to the unfortunate persons who had suffered by the late floods. A Committee had been formed at Lisbon, with the Marquis of FATAL at its head, to collect sub scriptions, to which their MAJESTIES have con tributed liberally. From Spain we have no later intelligence than that published on Satur day, but some further details respecting the dis turbance at Barcelona will be found in extracts from the French papers. We have received Brussels papers of Saturday, which contain the following important document relative to the increase of import duties. It was presented to the Chamber, by order of the Go vernment, on the 10th : The importation and transit of cattle of all kinds, and horses, which are suspected of being diseased, are prohibited ; and, in order that the prohibition may be more easily inforced, the number of offices through which they may be imported is diminished. The new project proposes to raise the duty on coffee, now Bf., to 10f. per 100 kilogrammes. The duty on eatables, such as preserved vegetables, truffles, game, poultry, &c., now charged at 2 per cent. on the value, to be raised to 2.5 per cent. The duty on cast iron, and pig iron, to be raised from 2 francs 12 cen times per 100 kilogrammes, the present duty, to 4f. The exception made by the law of the 16th of June, 1839, in favour of the iron of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg, is retained. Salmon and other fresh water fish to pay 12f., instead of 6f. 36c. per 100 kilogrammes. Oysters, lobsters, crawfish, and sea crabs, to pay, inste a d o f 6f., 15f. per cwt., with the t - d bed a s t to and be o a y d s m t e a r e exception of the oyst ers an d l o b s t ers i n t en d e d f or th e reservoirs o the f the lduty, o f which periclf shall continue cent. The duty on tobacco is also modified. The Govern ment proposes to raise the duty on European leaf tobacco from sf. to Bf. per 100 kilogrammes. On those of Brazil, Virginia, Maryland, and North America, from 2f. 50c. to sf. On those of Porto Rico, St. Do mingo, the Havannah, Oronoko, Columbia, and the East Indies, from sf. to 10f. On other leaf tobacco, from 3f. to 6f. Manufaitured tobacco in carrot s , pow der cut, &c., to pay 35 f. per kilogramme, instead of 30f.; and a duty of 15 per cent. ad valorem on cigars to be substituted for the present duty of 100 f. per 100 kilogrammes. Since writing the above, we have received the Paris papers of Saturday, from which the fol lowing are extracts • • PERPIGN AN, Nov. 24.—The Junta of Barcelona, on the 21st instant, created some battalions of NlL tional;Tirailleurs, and has issued a proclamation to the army, inviting it to join them. Such persons as hold Government situations are to be allowed to retain their places, if they recognise the authority of the Junta. Some alarm was excited on the 20th at Va lencia by the news of the rising of Barcelona, which arrived in the night time. BAYONNE, .Nov. 23.—The intelligence from Sara gossa on the morning of the 19th, announces that there was nothing new. The insurrection of Barce lona was known there. Great uneasiness was felt at Lerida, on the 18th. The National publishes the following letter from a correspondent at Algiers, dated Nov. 15:-- The official reports have already informed you, and in much greater detail than the subject de manded, of the result of the late expeditions ; but, as usual, it was necessary to compensate for the insig nificance of th e even t s by the grandiloquence of the accounts. Th e only real consequence of all t h e se marchings is, The number of submissions is a little unfortunately, that the a rm y is q uite worn out. in creased, but then what submissions! A rapid ex amination of the present position of affairs will prove to you how deceitful and temporary is the incom plete pacification which we enjoy. It is assuredly unpleasant to destroy the illusions fabricated here, and adopt e d w i t h con fid en ce in France ; but when the fatal c onsequences w hich may occur to the country from th e error are considered, it is a duty to tell the truth, even s h ou ld .some private interests and ambition b e impeded, or the national vanity be wounded. First of all, let us declare that Ab-el- Kader, who has been so often represented as crushed, is still vigorous, still provided with an army, and still possessed of means of attack and defence. The scene of war is, it is true, removed farther off; but this is not in our favour, for our difficulties increase with the distance. In a Malta letter, of the 15th, we find some further information from Greece. It has been already stated that the KING was about to make some changes in the new customs laws of that country. We have now the official notification of this intention. After a preamble, in which the KING states that lie has received from various quarters observations on this subject, he orders 1. That all the reports of the superior officers of the Customs, Ch am bers of Commerce, and foreign Consuls, relative to the new Customs-law, which have been made to the Government, shall be takeninto con sideration.. 2. That information as to the application of the law shall be collected. 3. That, aft er a care f u l examination of all the in formation on th e su bj ec t, a new law shall be pre pared, as speedily as possible, for such reform, as may be considered necessary in the interests of commerce. Most' of the Paris papers are occupied with the disturbances at Barcelona. The Commerce says, notwithstanding the obscurity in which this movement is involved, it appears certain that it proceeds in a great measure from the plans announced of a change in the customs' duties. The Journal des Debats gives a succinct account of tl►e late events, without hazarding any opinion as to the cause of the insurrection, or the plans' of the leaders. " Hostilities," it says, " which were suspended by the departure of the troops from Barcelona, appear ready to commence again. The Junta has claimed the intervention of the French and English Consuls. The Consuls proceeded at first to the fort of Montjuich, where they were informed by the Governor that they should apply directly to the Captain-General. A deputation was then ap pointed to proceed to VAN HALEN's head-quar ters, which was composed of two Consuls, two members of the Junta, and two members of the provincial deputation. The General replied, that he would not commit any act of hostility against the town, provided no attempt was made to cut off his communications with Montjuich, where he dispatched 2,000 men and a quantity of provisions. It was not believed at Barcelona that the insur gents would remain inactive within the walls of The Constitutionnel gives the following letter front Constantinople, Nov. 7 : M. de Bourqueney is to have to-morrow a confe rence with Sarem Effendi ; but as he is anxious above all things to be on good terms with every one, it may be declared beforehand that, at the issue of the au dience, he will praise the profundity and sagacity of Serem Effendi, the matter under discussion still re maining at the same point. The Greek affair does not advance. Some changes in the Ministry are talked of. In the midst of so many contradictory reports, what I believe to be true is, that Khosrew Pacha is intriguing much, and that he has some chance of being named President of the Supreme Council of Justice, or even Grand Vizier. It is said that some coolness has arisen between Egypt and the Porte. Sarni Pacha is no longer so well received at the Pa lace, and the greater part of his demands have been refused. , lib 11 "'S . • sAryll.l4ll.4° A "Itaii .v - A " • .' 714111 Z - ht A letter from New York, in the Presse, says The following fact will show the enormity of the charges which the new tariff imposes on French pro ducts. A quantity of French brandy, the invoice of which, every expense, included, amounted, on its arrival at New York, to 3,805 dollars, had to pay before landing, and in cash, according to the new tariff, the sum of 9,525 dollars, making something less than 300 per cent. duty. The produce of the United States pays in France, on an average, only 10 per cent. The Rhine Gazette states that the new Ame rican tariff has caused serious injury to the per sons engaged in the linen and glass trades, on the right bank of the Weser. Until the new im port duties were laid on by the American Go vernment, these branches of trade were very pro- fitable to the parties alluded to ; they are now in a state of ruin. BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 5... 119 5... 119 —.119 Four per Cents 101 40... 101 40 .. 101 40... 101 40 3 per Cents 89 45... 80 45... 80 35... 80 45 Bank of France 3295 ...3295 ...3295 .. 3295 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1057 50 ..1057 50...1057 50-1057 50 5,000 f 5080 ...5080 —.5080 ..5080 Belgian Bank, 1841 1065 ...1065 —.1065 ...1065 Belgian Fives lO3l ... 1031 ... 1031 ... 1031 1840 104% ... 104% ..: 104% ... 104% Spanish Active 23 ... 23% ... 224 ... 23% Passive 3% ... 31 ... 31 ... 3% Old Deferred 3% ... 3% ... 3% ... 3% Portuguese Fives 31% ... 31i ... 31% ... 31% Neapolitan... lOB 95... 108 95... 108 95... 108 95 Roman, ex ctiv. ...... 104.104% ... 104 ... 104% RAILWAY SHARES St. Germain B3O ... 830 ... 830 ... 830 Versailles, L.B B6 25... 87 50... 86 25... 87 50 Rouen Orleans. 587 50... 587 50... 586 25... 586 25 Strasburg to Bale 205 ... 205 ... 203 75... 203 75 BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussets, N0v.29. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , 533( Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent. lO'2 Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent Three per Cent.... --..Thlrty.seven Milli ns, dyto_. (18.10) le33G Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent. 99 Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 76!,i National Society . Exchange on London (short) ... - -Brussels Papers, Nov. 26. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VinuicA, Nov. 18 Five per Cents. Metalliques ,. ICB 7 fi Four per Cents. ICO% Three per Cents . 77 Bank Shares . .... 00000000 1614 illlgemeine Zeilung, Nov. 22. PRIVY COUNCIL.--No summonses have_ yet, been issued for a Privy Council to - be held to-day as reported. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday at the Council-office to hear an appeal from the Ecclesiastical Courts in which the Rev. Mr. Head was the appellant, and a gentleman of the name of Saunders, the respondent. Sir John Dodson and other Counsel were heard on the appeal. The Lord Bishop of London sat as one of the Members of the Committee. COURT CIRCULAR. A meeting of the Cabinet Ministers was held yes day afternoon at the official residence of Sir Robert Peel, in Downing. street. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Lord Fitzgerald, and Sir Henry Hardinge. His Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Austria, attended by the Noblemen and Gentlemen of his Suite, dined last evening with the Members of the United Service Club. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge, Prince George of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz also honoured the Club with their company. The Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Haddington, and Sir Robert Peel were among the guests to meet the Illustrious Visitors. Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, Sir George Cock burn, Sir Charles Rowley, and Sir Charles Colville ; Generals Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir John Macdonald, and Macdonell ; Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Sir George Seymour, Sir William Gossett, Baron de Nieumann, the Austrian Minister, Baron Koller, Baron Lebzeltern, and Colonel Keate, were among the company present. Dr. Todd had an interview with the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council held a meeting yesterday in the Council Chamber. The Lords present were, the Bishop of London, Lord Campbell, the Vice- Chancellor Knight Bruce, and Dr. Lushington, Judge of the Admiralty Court. An appeal from the Arches' Court of Canterbury, " The Rev. Henry Erskine Head, Clerk, Rector of the Rectory and parish church of Feniton, Devon, v. Ralph Sanders, of the city of Exeter, Gentleman, promoting the office of the Judge," came on fur hearing. The Queen's Advocate was heard for the appel lant. The appellant had been cited in the Arches' Court, for writing and publishing a certain letter in the Western Times, on the 21st day of August, 1841, the said letter being headed " A View of the Dupli city of the Present System of Episcopal Ministration, in a Letter Addressed to the Parishioners of Feni ton, Devon, occasioned by the Bishop of Exeter's Circular on Confirmation, by Henry Erskine Head; Rector of Feniton, Devon." Mr. Cockburn, Queen's Counsel, followed on the same side. Dr. Addams was heard for the respondent. Their Lordships, at the conclusion of the case, de ferred giving judgment. An appeal, from the Vice-Admiralty Court, at Sierra Leone, " Logan v. the Queen," relative to the brig, or vessel, Guiana, was opened by Dr. Addams. Mr. Burge, Queen's Counsel, was heard for the respondent. The case was adjourned. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Pembroke, in Stratton-street, from a tour ; Lord Vivian and Mr. Vivian, M.P., from the family seat in Cornwall ; Mr. and Lady Emily Foley, in George-street, Hanover-square, from Brighton ; Lady Catherine Wolfe, from Warwickshire ; Count Karolye, at Mivart's Hotel, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Jersey, at Middleton Park; Baroness Dimsdale, at ditto, from Camfield Place, Herts ; Mr. it. Bethell, at ditto, from Yorkshire ; Mr. C. N. New digate, at ditto, from his seat in Warwickshire ; Hon. Sir Fleetwood Pellew, in Grafton-street, from Brigh ton ; Hon. Sydney Herbert, at the Admiralty, from from a visit to the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, at Witon How; near Salisbury. DEPARTURES. Mr. C. IV. and Lady Georgiana Coclringion, from Park-place, St. James's, for Badminton ; Earl of St. Germains and Lady Caroline Eliot, from Burlington street, for Hastings ; Hon. Archibald Macdonald, from Connaught-place, for Leamington. PRISON DISCIPLINE. — The Commissioners. fia inp quiring into the present state of the prisons in Gloucestershire have concluded their labours at Northleach and Gloucester, and proceeded to Littledean. The examination is strictly private, and no particulars will transpire until the publication of the official report. We perceive that a new article of commerce has been introduced by the tariff. Nitron from Egypt, the duty on which amounted to a prohibition, is now advertised for sale by auction. it will most probably interfere with the manufacture of soda.—Liverpool Albion. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. Stocks closed without any increased firmness, but although there were a few sales made the prices kept up. Consols brought 941 4 for Money and 95 to for Account. Exchequer Bills receded to 555. and 535. premium, East India Bonds were at 50s. to 525. premium. Bank Stock has been up to 172 i, and closed at that price. East India Stock was firm at 2651 to 2661. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. were 10111 to 4. The Foreign Market was rather animated ; the spe culative Bonds, except Mexican, which left off at 30, being generally a better sale. Portuguese New Five per Cents. improved to 374 and 38f, the Converted to 314 to 32, and the Three per Cents. to 221. Spanish Actives were steady at 174 to 18, and the Three per Cents. improved to 22i and 224. Dutch Two. and-a- Half per Cents. realised 524 ; Buenos Ayres Stock was at 22 to 22k, and Peruvian at 17 to 171. The transactions in Railway Shares since the morn ing have comprised Eastern Counties Debentures -at 21, Birmingham Quarter at 241, South Western at a decline to 18/, Northern and Eastern Scrip at 41, and Paris and Rouen at 41 premium. Brighton were 14/, Blackwall 11, and South Eastern 27; discount. British North American Bank Shares were 71 discount. (From The Sun of Last Night.) Good accounts continue to be received from Liverpool. On Saturday 10,000 bales were sold at steady prices, the demand from the speculators being extensive. One half was Surat. A fair business was also done in Railways,'and the market was good for Brighton, and Paris and Rouen Shares. Eastern Counties were 8i ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 48 ; Grand Junction, 183 ; Great Western, Half, 60i ; Birmingham, 187 ; Paris and Rouen, 241 ; and South Eastern, 18k. There are later accounts by the Patrick Henry from the United States. The dates are, New York, Nov. 7 ; Philadelphia, Nov. 6 ; Quebec, Oct. 31 ; and Montreal, Nov. 4. Commercial affairs do not appear to have varied much, 9,41 money was abundant. Produce ruled low, but some of the American jour nals anticipate a better business in British manufac tures than the tariff might be supposed to admit of. The sth of December, when . resumption of specie payments is to be attempted at New Orleans, was looked forward to with much interest. A general topic of conversation in the City to-day has been the sudden disappearance of a young man employed as collecting clerk in the establishment of the London Joint-stock Bank, and who has with him upwards of 20,000/. in notes, &c. Having failed to return to the Bank, suspicion was excited, and within two hours vehicles were dispatched in every possible direction to trace out the party, whose name is Jordan. It is supposed, therefore, that he will be unable to escape, and that even if he succeeded he might not, from the large amount of the notes, 1,000/. and 500/. each, get rid of them. There is a quiet market for the Public Securities, and prices are not buoyant. The Savings' Bank pur chase has been in Consols at 941, and in Reduced An nuities at 94*. Consols for present transfer, realise 941 to 941, and for Time 95 to 951; Exchequer Bills are at the decline to 545. and 565. premium. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been marked 1011 4 ; and Reduced, 1001 to loci ; the Three per Cents. are 93* to 911; Bank Stock is rather brisk, at 1711 to 1721 ; but there are no bargains in India Stock ; India Bonds are 50s. to 525. premium. The accounts from Lisbon notice the increased favour into which the new Treasury issue was get ting, and also the election of Deputies for the Lisbon district favourable to the Government. The Stock is firmer, New Five per Cents. at 371, and Converted at 311. The financial project for Spain, coupled to a commercial treaty with England, excites much 'atten tion. The Active Bonds are 17* to 18, and the Three per Cents. are up to 221 and 221. Mexican Stock is down again to 301 and 29*. The over-issue is clearly proved to be contrary to the letter and spirit of the Government decrees and stipulations for the conversion, and excites the greatest indignation in all respectable quarters. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. are 521. The Share Market is more animated, and the quo tations are supported. Eastern Counties are 134; Brighton, 141; Hull and Selby, 141 ; Greenwich, 8 ; Midland Counties, 37* ; North Midland, 374- • and South Eastern Scrip, 2 dis. ; Great Western New,, are 121 121 • Birmingham Quarter, 24 ; South West ern, 191 ; Northern and Eastern Scrip, 31; and York and Nort Midland, 43 prem. London and West minster Bank Shares are 2 prem. The large public sales of Tea are going off very heavily. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, NOT. 26.—The market is very steady, and Railway Shares continue in good demand. Our quotations are—London and Birmingham, 186; Manchester and Leeds, 69 to 70; Manchester and Birmingham, 19.,i to 20 ; Paris and Rouen, 231 to 231 ; Liverpool and Manchester, I 75-2 to 184 ; South Eastern Scrip, 18 to 19 ; South Western, 60 to 61. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH, FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ...... 946 3 per Cent. C0n5.... . 3i per Cent. Red... 1004 New 3i per Cent... ...... 101 i New 5 per Ceti: Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ...... 12i Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 l2l FOREIGN Austrian, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds... Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. 22i 'Ulan 6 per cent. Vombian,:6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 79 Danish, 3 per sent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 3O Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian,lB2s,6 per ct. 17i SHA Eastern Counties (23 pa Ditto New ( —paid) . India Stock .2651 pm Ditto Bonds ....... 52 pm Ditto Old Annuities ... Ditto New Annuities... Ex.-Bills, 1,000/....2d. 55 pm Ditto 5001...... 56 pm Ditto Small 53 pm Bank Stock for Acct. 174 India Stock for Opg... Consols for Opg. ...... 95 I FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pm cent ..., Ditto, Metallic — Spanish, 5 per cent l7i Ditto, Deferred French, 5 per cent. —f —c. Exchange —f —c French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 4 per cent. s2i Ditto, 5 per cent. ...... 101 ,RES. iid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... ... 484 Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) 5% Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid) Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) Bl Hull and Selby (50 paid) 3l London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall ( paid) .. ..... London and Birmingham (90) Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) 49% London and Greenwich Railway (12115 s 4dpd) 44 London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 60% Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) 16% Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) 9A North Midland Railway (100) Paris and Rouen (20 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) 22% Ditto Scrip (20 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) ... CITY POLICE EXPENDITURE.—The City Police Committee have sent in a report to the Corporation relative to the expenditure of last year. From that report it appears that the number of constables ap pointed in December last was found insufficient for the purposes to which their labours were applied—the security of the City, and the Committee advised that the force for 1843 should not exceed 542 men, and that an order should be passed directing a rate to be made for one quarter, from Christmas to Lady-day of two-pence in the pound on the net annual value of all houses, and one penny per square yard on all va cant spaces of ground, in the mode prescribed by the Act of Parliament ; and that a further order should be passed prior to Lady-day next for a rate either for the remainder of the year, or some shorter period, such as circumstances may appear to require, in addition to which the incidental expenses for the year 1842 may be charged upon each ward respectively. The neces sary order was passed accordingly. ROBBERY OF THE LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANK. —An unusual bustle was excited in the City in the course of yesterday, in consequence of an extensive robbery committed upon the London Joint-Stock Bank by one of the junior clerks of the establishment, named Edwin John Jordan. The thief, who is a tall, thin young man, had been sent out on Saturday to collect the amount of the cheques, and received at the Bank of England eighteen notes for 1,0001. each, one for 5001., one for 300/., one for 2001., two for 1001. each, three for 501. each, two for 401. each, two for 301. each, one for 20/., and one for 51. Total, 19,715/. As he did not appear at the London Joint- Stock Bank at four o'clock, some apprehensions were entertained that he had met with some accident, but it is stated that the Managers had no suspicion that he had decamped. It *as, however, we are given to understand, ascertained that he had exchanged bank notes for 500 or 600 sovereigns at the Bank of Eng land in the course of the day, so that little doubt was then felt as to his departure with the whole of the property. Mr. Bush, the Solicitor to the Committee of Bankers for protection against forgeries and fraud, was engaged during the whole of Sunday on the busi ness, and caused a reward of 6001. to be offered for the apprehension of Jordan and the recovery of the notes. John and Daniel Forrester were also actively at work. The numbers of the notes are known, and have been advertised, and messengers were sent off to the different parts of the Continent. Mr. Bush's ar rangements to meet occasions of the kind are so excel 'Mit, that every expectation is entertained of the re covery of the property. Mr. Henry Curran, the eldest son of Mr. H. Grat tan Curran, of Dublin, who- was one of those who perished in the Reliance, East Indiaman, off Bou logne, had entered the naval service about three years, and being placed upon the India station made the voyage to China last year in the ill-fated ship. He had not completed his twentieth year. But his abi lity and worth had caused him to receive promotion unusual for a person of his youth and standing. His bereaved parents were in daily expectation of his ar rival when the melancholy catastrophe occurred. SIMMARY OF NEWS AND tiltstilic Opt:twit. " Who runs may read. ' FOREIGN. The Duke d'Aumale arrived at Algiers on the 19th inst. He was to set out on the 21st for Blidah, to take part in the expedition against the tribes of the mountains of Ouanseris. It is said that the mar-iage of the daughter of the Duchess de Berri with the Archduke Stephen, so u of the Palatine of Hungary, definitively decided upon by the Cabinet of Vienna, involves the political ar rangement of placing the young couple in the Pala tinate of. Servia and Bosnia, which is expected to re vert to Austria on the dismemberment of Turkey. Colonel Lagorsse, who was employed by Napoleon in negotiating the Concordat with the Pope died at , Gironville on the 17th inst in the 72d year of his .7 age. Cavalier Pietro Campana, the famous antiquary of Rome, has lately presented to the British . Museun:tiot Library a copy •- of which her a copy' his fine worlciaestojntyhe Roman 10 61 tiquities, Queen The was most graciousl y pleased to accept. author was honoured with a gold medal from her Ma" .;!, jesty during his brief sojourn in London-, - ,_, ,ii;iii A Swiss journal states that Prince Napoleon 13001 i parte, second son of the ex-King of Westphalia, tna just passed a fortnight at Geneva, whither he had,_ r i come from Florence, to decide an affair of honoer nb with eo t General ci7paukbeiihs hise Laroche depi.pn e ather n epe P a. onu. Paris hphaaei papers e , r who,accountsar e which however'inexact; h a d v i d ie ; two adversaries having merely prom i se d the Gran" Duke of T Duke u s cany preventedno t t o the fight General his from territories. iea vi n Thegills Grand territories, by refusing him a passport. Accounts from Buenos Ayres state the number of; rest war are o vesselsmo which five vary in force from 28&7 11 guns. 1-'lle finvi i et n treye th so e mf n atl a il i s y izb of the Republic at eleven, ot Paris, composed . of M. Charles ee M. Pagnerre, Secretary, ceived on Thursday by the President of the Council of Ministers, and presented an address, with 146 sig .- , O a lt n s d e l booksellers five oamsnseedmu ebpe,urbs 1, President,islien-re.o natures, in favour of the project of the Customs,. Union with Belgium. The document comPiains of the piracy practised in Belgium, the best French ab w nu o dt r k en s voet b n e o i ni n nl g yt rod immediately ludcetdherineto t r i e a p rna r reprinted e i d n i n t g h i a y t 1 0 7 p e r t iL o i the Council promised the Committee adopt such measures as should put an end to thi s state of things. kf ndai A fatal duel was fought with swords, on ~..--° last, at Grenoble, between a lieutenant and a s ti , is i lieutenant of the Orleans Chasseurs, the r esult ; ea quarrel arising at cards. The lieutenant WO P ie t he ll t e ha P t re b s e id e ; t , u la through the body, in the region of the heart, V iiii a sword of his adversary ; but, before falling, thrust, sufficient strength and resolution to retur n the thr;vo and wound the sub-lieutenant so severely, th,„at t he p e w carried to the hospital in a hopeless state. In c - tenant expired on the ground. The French Board of Customs has sent order,s ° t iii ° Boulogne to suspend the sale of the carg o savecidirer the wreck of the Reliance, which had been a v .,,, i ,, tised for the 25th instant, on the grou nd that eds, contrary to law to deliver for consumption sltreli.fied malted hey goods s e an d the &qv ! until ina N l y t h h o a le s s b om ee e n ascertainedstate, and o b of 6f. 60c. per kilogramme, imposed on su ch iMpor7 English vessels, is paid. PITZILIC OPINION. We quote the following from the Post:— --- 1 important proclamation has been issised by f a il to Ellenborough. This document, which cannot tau-de. is excite the strongest interest among the public A la and to engage the attention of Parliament" ' ' Simla, Ist October.' If we be rightly ° ed i d rt aedi • I t is drawn up in a masterly and powerful s tyle, sin t v to the high moral tone arid sound political vie7: ii, i n which it is distinguished. The Governor -Gene setu to a very significant manner, refrains from,alludi. g Lic os polic, ounded in error and misrePre; eed% that had led u f s into Affghanistan, and then pr — s b a il to order that the British forces now there so d forthwith retire within the Sutlej --- ` th e I l e a c i a tes boundary of British India.' His Lordship Li ho w his intention of leaving to the Affghan s th ? ;dill of their own rulers whom he will the Inel e acknowledge as he had been deceived .into su 0 pposl ti . g . that Shah Soojah was really their sle: stily , Such, we have reason to believe, is trekable stance of this remarkable proclamation—renbnpaly, alike for the boldness with which, however gea,.' r t he it refers to the policy of Lord. Auckland , and for as honest and statesmanlike course of atoning', a s , dra w possible, for an unjustified aggression, by W itn tiri , ing at once within our own territory. ibat the, x' wo . tish good name has been tarnished by a n neusl 'ern' is not the fault of Lord Ellenborough , or the 6°' if ment that he represents ; but having found hi retires in it, he satisfies himself with simplYireetires ing our character as a military nation, all" : con" from all further interference with the domestic rnor cerns of an independent people. That the Golly General will be attacked for his violation of t; the etiquette that forbids a public officer to refle ct but we conduct of his predecessor, we do not doubt; eo r are equally sure that he will be supported elves have who, jority of our countrymen, like ourn ii o t of from the first protested against the wanton ett' - i: the the late Government to force a Sovereign n il o r ° reluctant Affghans by the supposed superiority 0 physical power." late for The Times says :—" We have received too; yord any lengthened comment a proclamation t he f ie- Ellenborough's, scarcely less important than...la recur tories by which it has been preceded. wre shii- ast es to the subject to•naorrow. Meantime, We ' n o t Go' press our satisfaction at finding that the pres e , e r vernor-General is alive \to the, madness of a,la t tbe tracted occupation of Affghanistan, a nd tf;„ c 4 troops, who have so again ved. -the ella.V i , oar the British arm,s will be withd.rawn v li " a.O own frontier. ' The British army in possession,,,e w ith' ghanistan,' says Lord Ellenborough, ' will now be drawn to the Sutlej. The Governor-General 's' rio eet it to the Affghans themselves to create a G ° n e of the amidst the anarchy which is the consequenc'Gorera:, crimes,' and ' will willingly recognise an Which sh all ment approved by the Affghans themselves, w I. r i e odlY appear desirous and capable of maintaining is n ot relations with neighbouring States.' tid fro ° often that we see a successful army reel'''. - o , per" the scene of its triumphs upon ha destine formed simply the task for which it wa s li d theY Men are not often content with success fi le , see m say they cannot safely rest under defeat. I. e J v itabi c to consider themselves bound by a kind of l e to pro' necessity—a kind of obligation of selfishness d a re 00t secute any just or unjust advantage, as they te r. T he remain under the stain of an unavenged discs 1 in th e man who pauses in the one case is callea tio a n i _ n( i w ; other a coward. And wars of subjega rt htoe the knife—wars which can only terminate„are the political existence of one or the other paq we wer e results. Such was the prospect with whit ffghania• threatened by the opening of hostilities in "7" c i i roll, tan ; such is the course of policy to w i l l ' s ,. weal" thinkers and writers' of the present a s h , an kful t O ,, unscrupulously pledge us. We are most u t policy 0 : fiud that it is not and cannot again be t" e it l i dant . ' the present Government. And we ferve r wun ce- Lord Ellenborough for-this determined ° so d es' ment of his resolution, while establishing already forcing peace, to remain satisfied with theolooger too ample limits of the British e m p ire, and.n which to waste in distant warfare those energif%se; might be employed to enrich and civilize at n° oo :.--- The Chronicle has the f ollowin g obseryit to the " What are the poor Tor ies about in resPec in the trade in corn ? There is evidently somethinS,en sir wind. The straw moves from Canada. Iv.', ics of Robert Peel was deaf to the American stilt's:: 1 of Mr. Thornely, and to the clauses in American the sliding scale proposed by Mr. Parker an $ Poulett Scrope, who could have believed United plot was then under deliberation to g i ve the o we States some compensation, for its less man s % t he distance, in respect to orders and carg,oes, Baltic ports ? Yet, can there be a shadow o f a to be but that the sliding scale is now virtuall94big abandoned; that the pre-eminent wisdom taa that, policy is to be practically recognised ; an Gladstone under some hocus pocus, which Mr. .of will call inter-colonial arrangement, a fixed _4l so something very like it will be substituted ? 1 ° tuna ° far from regretting this, we consider it most for to 3 is for the empire that this act of tardy common se s Gre at length to be proposed. We consider it no kiss arty oft th e ditable to the late Government and he Libera u P c _. that such arrangements can be made by their sei, the contrary, iv hata sons without the smallest risk of opp:osition ;su to oth e shillings, he the Whigs proposed a fixed duty of eight , __ lit his Canadian contrast w i th t t o h the eir conduct fullan d o f unanimouse I I P .yen we d from fixed duty, no vindictive negative will bepro% e interposed sliding a scale. negative, , % e V n henth the wi that quarter; but, in the place of this, another tempted, youthful loves. And Mr. Cobden inayp hgeropurnodpoosfelsiis attacntne I t o' as ' perhaps, to add, that as his first love of roc, his ms.. only congratulations at having survived nother reelis cendancy was conceded to one agitation, s t o another. From the Whi g s, however, t ure r flirtation with the slidin g scale will bhe e s w a l F i r l i fi b c ts e v ci a no opposition." ii standing' The Advertiser remarks as follows :--- ja w ) , in aloof from party as we do, we have it and fullest discu s ' range of their veracity and justness. T o ns , , 5 ._ its our power to give expression too pinions inthe sion of a political question is precisely whit t ' i si d e li o , abstract merits, without reference to any po sub pet o f traneous influence • and in weighing tie ate, " in the destinies of this sountry in the aggreS -41414 fullest ~L