The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-31 00:00:00

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIK SHANK, LEECH, AND ALFRED CROWQUILL, The SEPTEMBER NUMBER, price Half-a-Crown, of BENT LEY'S MISCELLANY,' CONTENTS: Minor Bodkin's Cure for Commit, by Phelira O'Toole, with en Illustration by„George Cruikshank. A Night well spent, by H. R. Addison. Hymn to the Vir,gin. It s Fiddler of Marseilles. Life and Songs of Anacreon, Part 111. Edited by Berney Cure for the Ague, by R. R. Addison. My Honeymoon, by the Author of the " Comic English Grammar." The Waabee Arabs. The Philosophy of Punning, Edited and Illustrated by Alfred Crewquill. SFr. Ledbnry's Grand Tour, by Albert Smith, with an Illus tration by John Leech. The Village Inn, by Martingale. Richard Savage, by Charles Whitehead. The Microscope. The Deer-slayer, by Albany Poyntz. 'The Great Auctioneer. Familiar Epistles from as Elderly Gentleman on Half.pay, communicated by W. H. Maxwell, Author of the " Stories of Waterloo," " hector O'Halloran," Sec The March of :Mischief. An English Masquerade, by Albert Smith. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. HAMBURGH, 12TH AUGUST, 1842. H IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, AND HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA, Baying A UTHORISEDand GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, by which, though they are NQ LOTTERIES, LARGE FORTUNES tray be obtained. HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, Are Selling GENUINE and WARRANTED SELECTED BONDS for the said DISTRIBU IIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive. PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS with -full PARTI CULARS, upon addressing,R OT WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BHERS, at HAMBURGH. P.S.—NEXT PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION on 15th OCTOBER, 1843. NEXT POLISH DISTRIBUTION on 15th MARCH, 1843. NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION on Ist of NEXT MONTH. SELECTION for the PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION on et JULY next. SELECTION for the POLISH DISTRIBUTION on d MARCH next. The SELECTION for the AUSTRIAN DISTRIBU TION has already taken place, namely, on Ist of JUNE, THE DISTRIBUTION TAKING PLACE ON THE FIRST OF NEXT MONTH. ` THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. The Public is OPEN FOR y THE informeSEASONd that this Theatre will on SATURDAY NEXT,-SEPTEMBER 3, 1842, Will be performed Bellini's Opera of NORMA.—Pollio, Mr. W. 21arrison; , Oroveso ' Mr. Giubilei; Flavius..Mr. Binge; Nnrma, Miss Adelaide lambic; Adalgisa, Miss asinforth; Clotilda, Miss Lane. After which wilt be produced a New Comedy, in Two Arts, writ ten be Douglas Jerrold:Esq., entitled GER I'ItUDE'S CHERRIES, OR WATERLOO IN 1835 —Willoaghby, Mr. Bartley; Vincent, Mr. W. Lacy; Guibert, Mr. Diddear; Jack Halcyon, air. Har ey ; Crosslsme,.Mr. Nleado%s ; Angelica Miss Cooler; Mrs. Crossbone, Mrs. Humby ; Gertrude. Mrs. W. Angelica, Doers open at half-past Six, and the Performances begin at Seven. Dress Poxes is., Second Price 3s. ; First and SeeondCircles 55.. Second Price ;:s. 6d.; Pit 3s. ' Seeond Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whitlow, at the Box.. Office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Sixes to be had at he Box-Otli e; of Mr. Andrews, 167. New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond street; and of Mr. Sams Pali MalJ. THE4.TRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 31. win In per nrmed the Drama entitled SELF ACCUSATION. — Characters by Messrs. Oxberry, NV. H. Bland, Lynne, Green, blis s Gran and Miss Faucit. 1O which a ill he added, the Farce of DE/NI. AS A POST.— Tristram Sappy, Mr Harley - Sally Maggs, Miss Stanley. o t o ilowed by THE laSE.—Carwia, Mr. Diddtar ; Therm., Fauci! To conclude wi 6 MRS. WHlTE.—Charac-ers by Messrs. Granby, Oxberry, :,iris Stanley, Miss Crisp. :aid Mrs. Lsang;, Boxes, 4s. Pit, to. Gallery, Is. Doors e-en at. Half.past Six ; axmiinebee at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine. Priva'e Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-office ; and of bi sr s. Andrews; Mitchell; Simi, and Bally, at their Libraries. DA VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Itonnetne attizetion. 'I be Opera Company in Two Pit ces. Tills EVENING, AUGUST 31. Will be presented, the Allislc4l Play of 1:011 PLOY. To be fillowed by Doniz•tti'e Opera of -rim LOVE SPELL, supportad by the i'irst Vnratl,tanf the Day—Miss Porner, sir, W. Barrison ' Mr Leffler, Mr.:J.:Web-der, Mrs. Serie, and Miss E. Terre) . Coi.ductor, Mr. G. Stansbury. T. conclude with Mr. Bruton's celebrated Farce, entitled BATH ING, in wti ch Mr. G. Wild will , perform his original Character, P.m:es Private dozes may be had of Mr. T. Kerschner, at the Icx Oti:co, from Eleven till Four daily. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GAItDENS. Ihe t) randcl wit. commence this week ot lialf.rao Eight ,I;itAND FNING FETES, MONDAY, TUESDA and THURSDAY, with the folowiug matchless combination of uniq e attr,ctions:— Tu t > teleorated MENAGERIE, recently enriched by'sevcral Zoo- Jogcal rtrittes. T,e stupendeuc '1 YPOR AM IC MODEL A L.FRESCO cf ROME front t 3r telt latrik of the Tiber. '; ix Flit) MEN A DES M ,JSICA LES by the unrivalled Band of Wind Instruments, car Oticted by Mr. Godfrey including Berlioz' Overture " Les Francs Juges ;" a New GranktFaritasia. by Muller ; the -el. etiona from " Acre and lialAtes," and "Obi:your Beethown's brand battle Sinfonia," with its e‘traordinariy.tun dental effects ; and a variety of popular pieces - f After th ,, Concert the Illumination of Peter's,. and, the Giran dela of Saint Angelo, with SOuthity's magnificent Pyratechnic Spec tach.,,,. Extraordinary Aquatic. Fireworks on . tho Lake, and Superb Casead • of Fire. Admission. to the whole of the Entertainments, One Shilling. Open at Teti in the Moining 7 —Feeding at Five.—Conceitat Half past Ilre.-11reworks at Haill-plst Eight, H.t.H WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DgY. fklorno,,.; 3; minutes after 81 Evening .... 24 minutes after 9, 4.0„ IA •i", , N .;tint tNix' t 15#7 -L-.1 . - - t;,;?: -7) 'I,. * .., - -vg - _ 0 t-T - ;t: ..,,, . 4 ,„, , V.itt a§31114 LONDON: WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1842. The tithe system was destroyed in Ireland from the moment Mr. O'CONNELL recommended his celebrated system of passive resistance. The people made no attempt to violate the law; but such as had pockets buttoned them up, or thrust their hands into them, and those who had none folded their arms, and looked on with the seem ing fixedness of statues. The tithe collectors were peaceably allowed to drive off cattle and to carry away furniture ; the seizures were adver tised to be sold by auction ; but though. there were thousands of spectators, the only bidders were the parsons themselves, to whom fat cows were sometimes knocked down for a shilling. A system like this could not continue; the Govern ment took the alarm ; and the redress of the na tional grievance was the almost immediate con sequence. When this system of passive resist ance was alluded to in the House of Commons, Sir ROBEIVE' PEEL described it as a monster un known to the British Constitution—au incarna tion of sedition so subtle as to bid defiance to any plan of coercion adopted by the Executive. Repressive laws can only be framed to meet cases of active resistance. That passive resist ance which consists in utter inaction, cannot be made the subject of any legislative enactment. While a reasonable hope was entertained that. by peaceable agitation and discussion, the people of England might obtain the removal of all re strictions upon their industry, passive resistance was confined to Ireland. The habits and preju dices of Englishmen were in favour of free dis cussion, and of noisy, and to some extent tur bulent, opposition to all acts of oppression on the part of the Executive. To meet, to grumble, and to remonstrate, they regarded as their birth right—as an undisputed legacy, bequeathed to them by their sturdy ancestors. But that right the Government is now tak ing from them ; they are not suffered to assemble in the open air ; and the consequence is, that we now hear them, for the first time, seriously advocate the adoption of the passive resistance principle. The Secretary of State and the Tory Press are for converting the police force into organised bands of bludgeon-men, spies, and informers, and therefore it is not sur prising-that the people should defend themselves by adopting the only system by which they can with impunity be set at open defiance. For what can be done against men who will neither raise their hands, nor open their mouths —who will eschew the use of certain articles of food or raiment—and who, like inanimate objects, will become motionless at the withdrawal of every application of physical three ? Such men can neithav be cajoled nor coerced. At the Com plete Suffrage meeting, presided over by Mr. JOSEPH STunoc, in Holborn, on Mon day evening, the proposal to adopt the prin ciple of passive resistance was received -with acclamations of applause. If it take root in this country, the result will be even more disastrous, as regards the Executive, than in Ireland. JOHN BULL is not naturally a mer curial animal, and the principle of passiveness will well accord with his naturally sluggish dis pos7tion. But whether or not it will be implanted in the British soil, depends upon the immediate eoLduct of the Ministry with respect to public meetings, and the - prosecution of the prisoners arrested during the late disturbances in the ma nufacturing districts, Either Sir JAMES GRA .;.4ABI must recede from the ground which he has taiken respecting the power of the constabulary to interpret and execute the law of public meetings, or the people will be forced to adopt some sys tem beyond the reach of pace interference, for the realization of such objects as they may huge in view. Whether that system be passive re sistance or secret association, the danger to the State will be a thousand times greater than from any congregation of oratorical operatives on Bethnal-green, or on Kennington-common. Barking dogs rarely bite; and it is seldoth in deed that men ever do any active mischief who are suffered to dissipate their dissatisfaction in rhetorical display of their grievances. Whatever the Tory journals may urge to the contrary, they are the best friends of the mo narchy—they are the only real supporters of " existing institutions "—who recommend the adoption, at this moment, of a policy of concilia tion. Let the people only be brought to regard the police in the light of spies and informers, as the Tory journals would make them, and there is an end of the efficacy of that force. They will become useless to a people whose confidence they have lost, and in the large towns throughout the. United Kingdom anti-police associations will in time become as numerous and as for midable as the Trades' Unions were during the Reform fever. Instead of sowing the seeds of enmity between the people and the police, it ought to be the study of the Secretary of State to inspire in the fbrmer the utmost confidence in the integrity, moderation, and protective vigilance of a force constituted solely for_the protection of the life and property of the com munity at large. Selected, as they necessarily must be, from the least educated and intelligent class of the community, it is an outrage upon' common sense to suppose that they can decide . at what point a public speaker exceeds the limits of fair discussion. Neither are they able to tell when the public peace is endangered in cases where no attempt is made to commit a breach of the peace. They ought, therefore, never to be suffered to interfere without the authority of a Magistrate in attendance, or the written orders of two or more of the nearest adjoining householders. As Sir ROBERT PEEL can neither 'be ignorant of, nor indifferent to, the strong spirit of , disaffection which is spreading throughout the hind, he ayes it to himself, to the Crown, and to the , r ational safety to take the whole subject into immediate consideration. Small as may be the confidence reposed in him by the working classes, it is a thousand times greater than any reposed in his colleagues, Sir J. GRAHAM and Lord STANLEY. The Home Secretary is universally distrusted, and if anything could inspire confidence in the Cabinet it would be his removal from it. The accounts from the manufacturing districts continue to represent matters as gradually im proving. The Liverpool Times, of yesterday, states that the demand for cotton has greatly in creased, so many as 20,000 bales having been takenlast week on speculation, being nearly half the quantity sold. As there is now an abund- - :ince of food, and plenty . of capital seeking in vestment, there is every prospect of a speedy re vival of trade, provided the Government will let the working people alone. The sliding scale is, as we predicted, playing -the deuce with the far mers. By throwing nearly two millions of guar ters of grain and flour into the market, just as they were preparing to dispose of their crops, the corn jobbers have contrived to take as much money out of their pockets as they put into the Trea- Nury. Now, had Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S Bs. duty been adopted, when first proposed, the present influx of grain would have been prevented, inas much as it would have been eaten during the sr.arcity of last year, and thus the farmers could have made sure of fixed reasonable prices instead of being left constantly at the mercy of the job bers. But as they supported the humbug of the sliding scale, they will find few to sympathize with them, whatever loss it maYinflict upon them. Could the farmers be brought fully to com prehend their own interests, they would perceive that no class of men are more interested than 'they are in the prosperity of the manufacturers. But for the outlets afforded by cotton mills, and woollen factories, and dye works, and similar branches of industry, they would be devoured by their surplus population, notwithstanding a million of Malthusian regulations, such as Lord F. EGERTON has recourse to for restricting the growth of his collier colony. Some silly people talk as if we could do very well without manu factures. Have these persons ever` considered, as a writer in the Liverpool Times observes, that " nothing is more certain, than that the commerce of the country, its naval power, its -ability to pay the public creditor, the very value of the soil, and the means of subsisting the la bouring population," all depend upon the prospe rity 'of our Manufactories ? Not a bit of it. There are villages the rental of which amounts to many thousands of pounds, which but for manufactures would be brakes of briars not worth as many pence as they are now worth pounds. Nothing displays greater ignorance than the assertion that ;he landlords are not more benefited than any ' chiSs of men by the growth of manufactures. They risk nothing, and yet their property is sure of being quadrupled in value by being made the site of these hives of industry. Her commerce is the right arm of the power, the wealth, and the civilization of England; and that commerce is based upon her manufacturing industry, and command, in consequence, of the markets of the world. In another part of the paper will be found an inter estinu article on the American Steamers. Speedy communication between this country and her colo nies, as well as the United States, is becoming every day of more importance, and any plans, therefore, for lessening the expense or removing the difficulties which have hitherto attended steam navigation across the Atlantic, deserve the serious consideration of the ,public. The expense, from all accounts, is enormous. • That, indeed, is the great obstacle to complete suc cess, for an experience now of several years has proved that steamers, even in the stormy Atlantic, are as safe as the best sailing packets, and on an average perform the voyage in little more than half the time. It will be seen from the article referred to, that though the North American Company's steamers are customarily called " CUNARD'd line," that gentleman is only one of thirty proprietors, and that Mr. BURNS, of Glasgow, and Mr. D. M'lvxu, of Liverpool, are the individuals recognised by the Government as the contractors. To the great credit of these gentlemen, the vessels under their management have surpassed every other steamer in speed and punctuality, always excepting that splendid safe, and well-conducted vessel, the Great Western. The proprietors of both Com panies have spared no expense, but have generously risked enormous sums in making this grand experi ment, and we therefore confidently trust they will be heartily supported by the Government and the country in bearing the heavy, expenses, till some new discovery in steam or machinery shall enable them to realise ample profits without any extraneous assistance. Our readers will see in the police report from Union Hall, a short history of the deeds per formed by the police at Kennington-common, and of the credit which the worthy Magistrate, Mr. TRAILL, gave to the evidence of two of the constables employed on that occasion. We have no reason to make any additional remarks as to the credibility of such witnesses 3 and we only regret that some of our Judges havo not the same skill in sifting evidence, and pa rticularly in sifting the evidence of interested witnesses, when charges are brought by this new forge against respectable people. Two of these men cwore to statements which the Magistrate 'declared were without foundation,and it is horribLe to reflect that possibly on such evidence a respectable man has been committed to the tread-mill, and probably' ruined for life, by a sentence passed on him by a Judge of the land. Mr. TRAILL was on the Common when these furious as saults were made on the people, and, as ben rune an up right Magistrate, stated that be :had also suf fered by the violence of the police : , and could see no justification for their proceedEngs. What a picture this gives of the arremge meats and orders of the Police Commissionversi While a Magistrate was thus attending to• his duty he %vas rudely pushed about as if he had been, we will not say a Chartist, but a pi . ekpar:ket, and was glad to escape from the vc!r , tun who are paid by the country for pres er% /lag order ! This is a disgrace to the Gevernroen l t ; and if a full inquiry be not made into the new regulations of Col. ROWAN and Mr. MAYNE, and ample mea sures adopted for preventing the recurrence of such illegal and dangerous practices, they will find some difficulty in obtaining either respect for the law or for those who administer it. The policeman was properly fined for the outrage, but as he may have obeyed the orders of his su periors he will probably be retained, and thanked for his exertions. The corn farmers have long been reckoned, the greatest grumblers in the world. Mr. Huskisson said they were never satisfied. If the crop was good they had too much of it, for the prices became so low that they could not pay their rents with a profit ; and if from rain, or wind, or tempest, the corn was da maged, there was no rise of price to remunerate them, for foreign grain was imported, and kept the prices low. But these gentlemen are the most ami able, contented beings that ever lived, compared with the hop-growers. Though the crop exceeds all expectation, they denounce it as the worst that ever was seen. There is always some drawback—either the " red rust," or the flea," or "the excessive drought," or " foggy mornings," or " hot days," sorely trying the stamina of the tender plants ; and the duty, of course, is always over-rated. There is no intelligence we distrust so much as " Hop Intel ligence," but we are obliged to take it as it comes. Our readers, of course, must do the same ; but 'we advise them to keep this in mind, that when the hop growers say it is barely an average crop, it is the best that has been known for half a century ; and when they say there are no hops at all, it is, to a cer tainty, a fair average crop. SWEARING IN SPECIAL CONSTABLES. ' .TH.g EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sitt,.= - -thave taken the liberty of sending you the following important statement : Mr. Thomas,Clatton Salt, a large and influential manufacturer, and one - of the leading members of the late Birmingham Political, Union, in common with a great number of other respectable inhabitants, were summoned to attend the Committee-room of the Town-hall, at nine o'clock on, Monday morning last, for the purpose of allowing theinselves to be sworn as special constables. Mr. Salt immediately made known his intentions to the whole of the workmen in. his employ, and likewise to as many of his politi cal friends as time would allow, and it was arranged - tizt the parties should assemble at eight o'clock, on a piece of waste land adjoining the residence of Mr. Salt. At half-past eight the assemblage became numerous, and Mr. Salt..submitted to those pre sent the propriety of being sworn in as ; spe cial: constables, on condition that the Magistrates would agree to memorialise the Queen on the distress of the people, and praying for the adoption of instant measures to remedy the same ; and also claiming for the people their just political rights and privileges. To these . conditions the meeting unanimously con sented, and at nine o'clock Mr. Salt, his workmen, and his friends, marched in extremely good order to the Town-hall. On the oath of special constable being tendered, Mr. Salt, in conformity with the previous resolution, said, before he took that oath, he wished to state that, in obedience to the summons he had re , eeived from the Mayor, he had not only attended himself, but had brought with him all his workmen and a numerous party of friends, and on his own and their behalf, he wished. to state that they were desirous of giving their best assistance to the Magistrates in the measures they deemed necessary for the promotion of - the public peace; but he held in his hand an official &Cement, to which many of those Magistrates were nttrties, in which they affirm " that the legislative itieaStires passed and persisted in by the Government must be the production of a general state of suffering, whiCh Would cause a general alienation of the public mind, - Of which revolution must. be the inevitable result..". These were the very words adopted by those Magistrates. Now he did not feel justified in taking up the constable's staff to repress the wrong doings of the people, so driven. to despair, unless he received a pledge that the Magistrates and special constables would take. , up the just and lawful weapon of remonstrance , to stay the wrong doings of the Government also. There was no attempt to disguise the fact, that the present general excite ment arose froM the intolerable wrongs and suffer• ing-s of the people. Her Majesty's Ministers had acknowledged the full extent of those sufferings, and they had been equally acknowledged in ,the Speech from the ..Throne, as well as the exemplary patience with Which they were borne ; and dealing with such a people as this, he would pt it to the Magistrates whether, while all measures were being taken to restrain by force any violence on the part of the people, justice andhumanity, and sound policy,did not require ' that sympathy should be ,shown'them, and that they should besmade fully aware that every effort was being made to do them justice, and to re•• store to industry its due reward. Francis Clark, Esq., the Magistrate in attendance, stated that the Magistrates could not be expected at ' that time to enter into any pledge whatever, and that if they objected to be sworn in, Mr. Salt. and his friends might retire, and they retired accordingly. I am now enabled to inform you, on good authority, that the Magistrates of this; borough have come to the determination of adopting the excellent suggestion of Mr. Salt, and that a memorial is already prepared fur transmission to the Queen, with a prayer, similar to the one Suggested by that gentleman, on Monday last.—l am, Sir, yours very obediently, JOSEPH A. LANDER. Birmingham, Aug. 29, 1842. POLICE OUTRAGES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Siu,—l beg permission for the insertion of the fol lowing statement in your journal, relative to the meeting held near the Pin factory, London-road, the said meeting having for its object the considera tion of the present awful state of the country. I al lude to the conduct of policeman 85 M division, which I think was calculated to disturb the harmony and good order of those assembled, inasmuch as he, with an air of self-importance, pretended to be taking notes of the speeches of the various speakers. Ido not complain of his doing so, but the objectionable manner in which he acted, by sneering at, and de riding the objects of the meeting. At the conclusion of the proceedings the people departed peaceably, but as he made himself so foolishly conspicuous, he was followed by a few boys ; on arriving at the .corner of Westminster-road, he began to beat them ; one of them he cruelly ustd, and caused a. crowd to assemble whereupon several respectable in habitants of the place remonstrated with him ; one and all declared he was far from being sober, and not fit to be entrusted with; the pre servation of the peace, among whom was Mr. Buck, No. 4, Johnson's-buildings Westminster-road, who considered his conduct highly reprehensible, and ought to be reported. Myself and others who took part in the meeting have no desire to incur the re sponsibility of a breach of the peace, brought about by . the officious conduct of ignorant policemen; it is quite sufficient to be held responsible for our own acts. We .have every desire to enforce our opinions in a legal and peaceable manner, being fully con vinced that our own views are founded on truth and justice, and therefore do not require their dissemina tion by riots, tumults, &c., but by endeavouring to create an enlightened public opinion, with a view to their adoption. I should not have troubled you with this, but I think the conduct of these officers ought to be exposed. I am, Sir, yours, &c. 86, Waterloo-road. J. W. PARKER, THE SUN, LOEVENING,NDoN, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1842. THE AMERICAN STEAMERS. (From the European.) The deep interest we have ever felt in the question of steam communication between America and Eng land has frequently caused us to advert to the subject with a view of illustrating its importance, and of the necessity, which exists for one great steam line being permanently and efficiently established. We have now the satisfaction of finding our remarks taken up by far abler hands, and therefore, have increased cer tainty of seeing the time when public confidence shall be firmly enlisted in favour of the steamers, and that they meet such support as their necessities require. Since the issue of our last number, we have it pub licly and officially announced that the Great Western Steam-ship Company are in extreme financial diffi culty, so much so, indeed, as to be compelled to bring the whole concern to an early close. This announce ment, though much to be regretted, goes clearly to prove the truth of our assertion as to the enormous cost of keeping these great steam-ships afloat ; and it is a duty we owe to the public to make them acquainted -with every fact in relation to the matter, as a continua tion of what we have already given. It may be said that the North American Mail Company is the only party now left to prosecute the enterprise, even though some two or three other powerful concerns were in operation simultaneously with it, each conducted on a magnifi cent scale, and with every endeavour to be rendered permanently successful. In our desire to give the mast correct information on this important subject, we have endeavoured always to place facts before the public, and we have never disguised the truth that the statements thus given have invariably been ob tained from such sources as to place their correctness beyond any possibility of honest dispute. The pecu liar position of the North American Company in being now left to work out the scheme of Atlantic steaming, and the attacks made on the Government support awarded the concern, require that we give some short outline of its history, and of the manner in which its present state of excellence has been attained. An erroneous idea prevails with the public that Mr. Cunard is the sole proprietor ; and it is customary to term it " Cunard's line," whereas, in point of fact, the individual named is only one of the general proprietors. The British and North American Mail Company is composed of a party of about thirty gentleman, who are associated for the conveyance of these mails—Mr. Cunard, of Halifax; Mr. George Burns, of Glasgow; and Mr. David Mac Iver, of Liverpool, being the in dividuals recognised by Government as the - con tractors. It differs from joint-stock concerns gene rally, to so far es the whole management is implicitly left to the two gentlemen named as the Glasgow and Liverpool contractors, who are not hampered or con fused with board meetings or any other such ma chinery. We believe the partners originally came together and took up the undertaking on the repre sentation of these two gentlemen ; and would appear to have reposed such trust from a knowledge of their [ individual experience and fitness of managing the property aright. On the 4th of July, 1840, they commenced with the steamer Britannia—the first voyage of the contract service of carrying the mails across the Atlantic, for which the Government was under agreement to pay 60,0001. per annum. After about nine months' service, the managers drew the at • tention of their colleagues to the then condition of the concern, showing the result to be so unsatisfactory that it would be proper to get altogether out of it if possible, and that unless some additional assistance could be obtained from Government the -whole pro perty must inevitably ,be lost—a true illustration of the advantages derived from management being centred in a few. A joint-stock company might have prolonged the existence of such a con cern for a year, or even more, but it must be clear that in this case the conductors could have no purpose to serve beyond the simple and honest one of carrying on the business effectively, and with a just hope of fair remuneration to the parties whose capital was embarked ; but when convinced it could only be carried on at a loss, they properly determineei to exert their utmost efforts in bringing the whole business to a stop. Owing to their having performed the public service with such efficiency, they obtained 'from the Government a hearing of their statements of revenue and expenditure, and were allowed to prove all ,that was advanced. The Accountant-General of the Navy, a. gentleman from the Treasury, and another from the Admiralty, met together, and rigidly examined vouch ers for every account, beginning with the contract made with the builders and engineers, and so on up to the end of the nine months then expired. No in vestigation was ever of a more rigid, description. Every separate account was examined and compared with.the expenditure of those steamers under the im mediate control and direction of the Government, and to this searching tribunal of appeal every statement was made clear, even to the very letter. Notwith standing they had carried a large number of pas.sen= gers and light cargo besides, yet it was undeniably proved and acknowledged that the revenue derived from these sources, when added to the Government allowance of 60,0001. per annum, would no . ; pay the expenditure of the ship ; as to profit, that was entirely out of the question. • On the Report made by the Navy Accountant-Ge neral, the fl contractors succeeded in getting an addi tional sum of 20,0001. per annum; but that rigid care of the public money which is generally found to pre vail in every branch of government, was exercised even it this extra grant. The additional 20,0001. was given on the distinct principle of what the steamers might be sailed for ; expenditure and revenue were the only considerations, without any provision being made for the owners, as merchants, entitled to some profit for capital invested. It is now two years since those steamers first commenced that duty they have so brilliantly performed; they have certainly brou g ht success and popularity to the public service, and have done more to open new branches of commerce, as well as add to our previous intercourse, than anything ever before known. But, though this much has been secured in a public point of view, what has been its individual result to the owners as merchants, and, therefore, parties engaged with a view to profit ? We are assured by honourable men, in whom we can place the utmost reliance, that the undertaking has not yielded any profit. Such a result, where the sum of 300,000/. has been embarked, would be a serious affair even under any circumstances, but how infinitely worse does it appear when we reflect on the energy and zeal here shown in the discharge of every duty contemplated in the scheme of service. The Government have been abused for giving, as it has been termed, a monopoly to the North American Company ; and it is said that competition across the Atlantic by steam has been thereby destroyed. This abuse appears now and again under the signature of " Cerberus," and is evidently the ill-disguised venom of some unfortunate schemer, who would induce par- ties to plunge headlong into some ruinous steam pro ject. We merely allude to this and such like attempts in order to show their real nature and objects, and as uniting with the facts mentioned, to prove beyond doubt that it is a mere fallacy to talk of competition in a matter of business where the whole revenue possi bly to be obtained would be vastly too little without some help from Government. The disclosure of the Great Western Steam-ship Company's affairs, as made at a late special meeting, is of a character not only to prove what was formerly asserted by the managers of the North American line, but it also demonstrates the utter madness of parties entering on ocean steaming, apart from being connected with the mail service of the country. 'There can be no doubt but that all the voyages of the Great Western, even from her very commencement, successful and pros perous as they at first appeared, have been losses to the proprietors. When crammed full of passengers it could not be profitable, if the intention of a busi ness is to work to the end of a term of years in a healthy state. According to the statement of their accounts, submitted in April of the present year, the ship stands at upwards of sixty-one thousand pounds, and yet after having run several years they had a re served fund of a mere trifle towards her repair and future renewal. It is not for us to set any amount as the present value of this very admirable vessel—it must be manifest that after enduring her great work, great depreciation must have taken place ; neither do we intend entering into the scientific and experimental part of their proceedings—such as building extensive works, and also the enormous iron-steamer. Our object is to confine our remarks to what we know and have proved as a fact, that the conveyance of goods and passengers across the Atlantic, without help from Government, is a hopeless case. We do not publish our remarks on the condition of the Great Western Steam-ship Company in any other than the best possible spirit, and should not have alluded to the losses that have befallen them, and which have so insidiously and gradually grown on their trading, had not the whole state of their affairs been publicly made known. Another principal rea son of adverting to it is, that we have reason to be lieve a scheme is proposed to bring out the concern in some other shape, such as getting the property from the bulk of the shareholders cheap, and then 'in ducing capitalists to come forward by the use of ar— guments from this, and a fancied prospect of Govern ment helping them by a contract to convey the mails to and from New York. It is our duty to expose all such attempts, not only from their bad effects gene rally, but especially in the present case, when mate rial injury would befal the parties who have shown such extraordinary vigour in carrying out the North American mail contract. If the parties sought to be introduced into this new scheme were to have the property handed over to them in a free gift, it would be ultimately ruinous. It could not by any earthly probability return a profit of itself, but the wry , con trary, and therefore we would warn the public against any such projections. Any extra work requ red in carrying the American mails car easily be added to the service already performed by the present contract ors, and we should conceive it to be a matter of very little import to 'them whether their ships run to Boston or New York. There is me other point we would remark on iti TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—ln your article in yesterday's paper you have stated that the Directors of the East India Company " spontaneously offered to nominate" me a member of the Law Commission of India. This is a mistake ; this was done on my application to Sir James Carnac, the Chairman, and I subsequently de clined the appointment, on learning that I should have to forfeit, while I held it, the service pension to which I had become entitled. I cannot say that the deposed Raja of Sattara is a stranger to me ; I have been in his presence probably a dozen times ; however, it is certain that I know him rather officially, and by reputation, and the re ports of others, than personally. My excellent friend, Mr. Willoughby, was one cf the Commissioners who tried the Raja for attempting to seduce the native officers from their allegiance ; but from that period his immediate oonnexion with the Raja's case terminates, except so far as his duties as Secretary to Government bring him into contact with it. I beg that you will be good enough to give this letter a place in your columns. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, C. NORRIS. Lodge, Regent's Park, Aug. 30, .1842. Abbey DEATH OF SIR EDMUND CURREY, K.C.B.—Sir :;:dmund died at his seat, Eriwood, near Bagshot, on Sa turday last, in his 64th year. " He served in the artil lery in the campaigns in Holland and Egypt. He vva appilinted Aide-de-Camp to his late Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester in 1303, and Secretary and Comp -iroller of his Household in 1805, and received the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel from William the Fourth, and was humoured with the Guelphic Order. Married 1828 second daughter of Lord Chief Baron Abinger, by whom Sir ECtininnd has left an infant family. GRE:twicti HOSPITAL.—The number of pensioners in Greenivich Hospital at this tune is 2,710: amongst whom there are 732 maimed ; namely, with loss of right arrn',l2,.lel:, arm B—total, 20 ;both legs 3, right leg 29, left log 36—total, 68 ; both eyes 61, right eye 44, left eye 45—total, 150 ; ruptured on both sides 162, right side 152, left side 175, umbilical s—total 494. Grand total, 732, reference to this subject, and which has been treated in the City article of the London Times with that wonderful ability so observable in the daily metro politan journals. The absence of all experiments likely to incur risk is a distinguishing feature with the North American mail line. All the vessels are on certain well-tried principles. Experimental or theo retical science must not be brought to bear on At lantic steaming. On certainty and safety all its merits and recommendations depend. All parsons, who consider what a limited thing a ship is for space, may dispose at once of the many theories for improve ment on engines, boilers, &c., which may have a feasibility of being at least worth trial on shore. Since the time of James Watt, so little new has been added to the stock of knowledge regarding the steam-engine that we are forced to confess quackery has run riot in patents for improving engines, boilers, paddle-wheels, fuels, &c., &c., but that no real improvement has been made on the principle of such engines and boilers as are now used in the Navy and those present Atlantic steamers. We have taken thus much trouble in obtaining in formation of an authentic character from a sense of duty and conviction that in so treating the matter we render service to the whole mercantile public. The statements we have set forth are facts not to be disputed, and the straightforward manner in which all information has been rendered, whenever applied for, contributes in no small degree to stamp truth on all that has been asserted. The present is an age es pecially remarkable for bubble companies and stock jobbing trickery ; the whole trading community are pestered by a set of schemers, whose ingenuity is per petually employed in devising new plausibilities, whereby they may gain advantages to themselves, without any regard for those whose means are trifled with. Any new contrivance in the shape of an At lantic Steam Company must of necessity come under such classification, as it cannot be originated with honest views of profit to shareholders, but, on the contrary, would swallow up any amount of capital embarked. It is a duty of the Press to aid in increas ing the efficiency of what exists, and to denounce whatever would have the effect of impairing its in fluence and weakening its resources. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, and attended by the Countess of Sheffield, Lady in Waiting, left her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park, on Monday morning, to pay a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, at their seat at Kew. The Duke of Cam bridge,:attended by Baron Knesebeck, had previously returned to Kew from Woolwich, and received the Queen and the Ro3 al Duchess on their arrival. A dej euner was served to the Illustrious party, which included their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge. The Royal visitors also went in the gardens. The Queen Dowager and the Duchess of Glou cester, attended by the Countess of Sheffield, after wards left, and returned to Bushy Park at five o'clock. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar rived in town yesterday morning from Kew. Her Royal highness the Duchess of Gloucester ar rived in town yesterday morning. In the afternoon her Royal Highness left Gloucester House for Bushy Park, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Bishop of Tasmania and the Bishop of Guiana had interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The French Charge d'Affaires transacted busine: s yesteiday at the Foreign-office. HOP INTELLIGENCE. (From the Maidstone Gazette of yesterdaf.) MAIDSTONE.—Wherever there is bine there are hops, but although the clusters appear very beautiful to the eye, and hang excellently for the pickers, yet as there are few bines "shaking lands," it is feared that the crop will be a " top crop," and will disappoint the general expectations. Picking will be general this week. MEREWORTH, &c.—Most of the hops are now ar rived at maturity ; some planters have begun pickit g, and find the crop short of their expectations. The pick ing will be general this week. CANTERS ußv.—There was scarcely ever seen a greater distinction in the hops grown on good lands, than this year. From the excessive drought the flea has made -extensive ravages, and it is impossible to form an idea of the extent of growth. The duty is under our former quetation, 150,0001. We have heard of odds being taken against 135,0001. TicEiluitsT, WADHURST, AND BURWASH.—The hops are nearly arrived at maturity, and pickino , will become general in the course of the week. There is a com plaint of the red rust in some grounds, but the gene rality of them are bright. MArFIELD.The hops in this parish have so much improved of - late that it now appears we shall hare many more than was at one time expt cted, and several farmers think of commencing picking this week. BATTLE.—Several growers in this neighbourhood have begun picking ; not because the hops were sufficiently mature, but in consequence of the " red rust" having attacked them. A very choice pocket of new Sussex hops, grown by Mr. James Bonnier, of the Chequers Inn, Maresfield, was sold on Wednesday last at 61. per cwt. THE TIMES AND THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR—In the Times newspaper of to-day there ap pears, what is stated at the head of the report to be the ". Speech of Mr. Cobden at the Anti-Corn-law League.' One of the chief objects of the speaker was to disabuse the public mind of the false accusation made by the Times, and other papers, that the League had planned and occasioned the riots. Two closely printed columns of the Times are devoted to the speech, but the following passage is wholly omitted:— " Now, gentlemen, I would venture to say—and if nothing else that fell from me should go forth to the publib, I hope that this, at least, will do so—l will venture to say, in the name of the Council of the Anti-Corn-law League, that not only did not the' members of that body know or dream of anything of the kind, such as has now taken place—l mean the' turn-out for wages—not only did they not know, concoct, wish for, or contemplate such things, but I believe the very last thing which the body of our sub scribers would have wished for or desired, is the sus pension of their business, and the confusion which has taken place in this district. And I pledge my honour as a man, and my reputation as a public man and a private citizen, that there is not the shadow of a shade of ground, for the accusation whieh has been made against us.—(Loud cheers.)" The Times, it will be recollected, for many days headed its news from Manchester with the title of " Anti-Corn-law League Riots," and it has inces santly charged that body in its leading articles with causing the turn-out. Coupling this fact with the omission of the above disclaimer from the report of Mr. Cobden's speech, I need not add a word e com ment upon the trustworthiness of that journal in mat ters affecting the proceedings of public bodies opposed to its views.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, A MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE. Monday August 29. The above is so perfect a picture in miniature of the fairness, veracity, and candour of the Tams, that I do hope your free-trade contemporaries *ill find a corner for it in their columns. CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. John. Burt, M.A., to the united perpetual Curacies of Hoe and Letheringham, Suffblk, on the nomination of the Rev. Osborne Shribb Reynolds. The Rev. C. W. Woodhouse, to be assistant Mi nister of St. James, Sheffield, The Rev. Henry Windsor, M.A., of Catherine Hall, Cambridge, to the perpetual Curacy of Lockwood, Yorkshire. The Rev. R. Bickerstaff, to the Rectory of Boylston, Derby. The Rev. A. Orme, to the perpetual Curacy of Tanslow, Derby. The Rev. Heneage Gibbes, to be Curate of the_ parish Church of Hutton, in the rural Deanery of Axbridge. . The Rev. H. T. Thomson was lately appointed Chaplain Priest of the Collegiate Church of Ottery St. Mary, by the Governors of the Corporation. Eighteen Rev. gentlemen were candidates for the office. • The Lord Bishop of Colic; Cloyne, and Ross, has appointed the Rev. James Freke, A. 8., to the Vi carage of Kilcoe and Cleor ; and the Rev. W. R. Molesworth, Curate of Kilbrogan, to the Vicarage of Ardtield, diocese of Ross. The. Lord Bishop of Killaloe has divided the living held by the late Incumbent of Kilrush, as follows : Rev. Mr. Allen to Kilkee, and the Rev. Mr. Whitty, grandson of the deceased, to Kilrush. OBITUARY. At Fenton's Hotel, in St. James's-street, after a short illness, in the 31st year of his age, the Rev. Algernon Tumor, Vicar of Wragby, in the county of Lincoln, third son of the late Edmund Tumor, of Stoke Rockford and Panton House, in the same county. At Southampton, on the 24th inst., in hi s 26th year , the Rev. Wm. Buckley Graham, seco n d son o f Regi nald-Graham, late of Etterby, Cumberland, Esq. Aged 38, at Woodbridge, the Rev. Charles Waller, of Trimlev St. Mary, Suffolk. Aged 77, the Rev. Samuel Hudson, LL.B., Minor Canon of Carlisle, Rector of Hutton-in-the. Forest, and castle Carrock, and Vicar of -Castle Sowerby, Cum - berland. At West Cowes,, the Rev. W. Fr2ser, M.A., Rector of North Waltham, Rants. In Kent and the adjoining .county of Sussex the harvest is almost brought to a close, and we are happy to state although the wheat is unusually short in the straw, yet the quality exceeds the experience of the oldest farmer and miller now living. This fact is realised in most of our corn-growing counties, where the crops will ['rove beyond an average.—Maidstone Journal. A„,. 1 *.31. , .; , :;4. 311 , 111 , . „ 4 „ . „ ~,,,,_,„ *tronbl2littion STN OFFICE Three o'Clech. From the remarkable silence of Mr. O'CONNELL since the close of the session on the question of Re peal, we began to entertain the belief that he had re solved to give up agitation for a time, and see what that great reformer, Sir ROBERT PEEL, would dolor Ireland. He has surprised his friends here by the New Tariff, the New Corn-law Bill, and his ominous speech on the noble principles of free trade ; and he may still more agreeably surprise his political enemies in Ireland by some great and comprehensive measure for consolidating the union between the two countries. Mr. O'CONNELL, it would appear, however, is not much inclined to trust to the present Government without helping himself, and he accordingly commenced the Repeal campaign at Drogheda on Sunday last, in a long and stirring speech. The meeting was held in the open air, and was attended, according to the re ports, by an "immense audience," who enthusiasti cally cheered the eloquent and skilful orator. We have always maintained that Ireland has yet many grievances to be redressed, and have ever lent our humble assistance in advocating her just claims to be placed in all respects on the same footing with Great Britain ; but between granting her just rights, and granting Repeal, there is a wide.difference. The history of the Irish Parliament, certainly, cannot be urged as an argument for repeating the experiment, and the vast and beneficial changes which have been made in her laws and institutions within the last 15 years ought to hold out hopes for the future, and bid the friends of Ireland not despair of the Imperial Parlia ment. Two of the great evils complained of are the unfair proportion of the public debt with which she is burdened, and that crying grievance—a Protestant Established Church in a Catholic country. In the latter complaint every impartial man must concur, for a more absurd, a more dangerous, and a more un just measure, never was forced on any people. So much cannot be said against the amount of the debt, for it must be kept in mind that Ireland is less taxed than any other portion of the United Kingdom, ex cepting the Channel Islands, and that the whole of the extensive English Colonies are thrown open to her inhabitants. Scotland does not complain of her portion of the debt, but with praiseworthy industry, makes up for what she considered a bad bargain at the time, by sending forth her sons into every colony, occupying in not a few of them even a greater share of power than her richer neighbour, and thereby enriching herself by that very Union which was to cause her downfal. Why should not Ireland do the same ? She has tre_ ble the population, her inhabitants have the same activity and spirit when their exertions are directed into the proper channel, and it is, therefore, absurd in Mr. O ' CONNELL to abuse the Executive - for giving situations to Englishmen, and declare to the multitude that if they had the Repeal, " there should not be a Custom-house officer, or any man in any situation in Ireland, but an Irishman." There are 'some other minor grievances of which he co:nplains, bUt hoW these can be remedied only by an Irish Parliament, we have never yet been able to discover. If the peace able state of a country is a proof of good government, we would say Ireland can have no reason to com plain. Contrast her condition with that of England at the present moment. Here we have a discontented population, one-half of the operatives out of work, and a still more violent cry from millions for the Charter than there is in Ireland for the Repeal. Mr. O'CoNNELL, too, with his ten thou - Sand followers, was al lowed to meet in the open air to consider their grievances, and though policemen were present, not one pulled him from the chair, or knocked down a single Irish man. Can the same be said of England ? Here the people are hunted by the military, assaulted by police constables as if they were thieves and pickpockets, and any attempt to get up an open air meeting is re garded by the authorities as little better than high treason. In England Mr. O'CONNELL would not have been allowed to finish a long speech in these strains : Oh ! glorious land, with the finest harbours—the most splendid estuaries—the must extensive rivers—the greatest inland navigation, and the most capacious ports in the world—land of the religious, the temperate, the generous, and the brave, arise let your sons be com bined ; let them avoid secret societies ; let them struggle for your rights in open day ; let them rally for old Ire land ; and let their cry be—" Old Ireland for ever !" (Tremendous cheers.) There is something as indicative of a consciousness of weakness, as a manifestation of bad feeling, in the suspicious way in which every proceeding of England is regarded by a large proportion of the French Press. Whether we blockade Ningpo or St. Jean de Nicara gua—whether we propose commercial treaties w ith POrtugal or Siam, we are equally represented as in tent only upon making. aggressions upon our= al- . lies, and above all, intriguing against France. Our Gallic neighbours admit only the right of them selves to trouble the repose of the world. For France to interrupt for years the commerce of the Gulf of Mezico—to violate her own solemn engagements by the occupation of Algiers—to bully Switzerland—to foster rebellion in Spain—to intrigue in Greece—to humbug the Pacha of EGYPT—and to fill Syria with emissaries hostile to the Powers by whom that country w as restored to the SULTAN, are matters. to which allusion ctln 'hardly be made by the English Press without giving mortal offence to our Parisian Contemporaries. Then it is nothing to endeavour to ruin our linen trade by a nefarious treaty with Belgium—We repeat nefarious, for while it was allowable to France to in crease the rate of her protective duties, it was the reverse of fair or honest to make concessions to a neighbouring State for the purpose of obtaining the exclusion of our goods from a foreign market. Yet the treaty with Belgium for virtually prohibiting the importation of our linen and linen yarn into, that kingdom did not elicit a single angry remark from the British Press. In fact, we scorn to indulge in retaliating the petty war fake carried on against us by the French Opposition journals. In the figurative language of FLOOD, we shake them off with as much unconcern as the lion does the dew from his mane. We are content to knoW , that' they as little comprehend the policy of our Goirernment, as they do the spirit of our institutions and the feelings of our people. And yet is it not deplorable that the French will not en deavour to understand us bettor, and above all will not perceive that we have the good sense to know that we have more to gain by the prosperity than the adversity of Prance ? As one of the leading civilized States of Europe, she cannot acquire greater glory without reflecting s ome s h are o f i t upon England ; neither as our nearest neighbour can she superabound in wealth without pouring a part of the surplus into our coffers. There is no news of any interest in the French Journals received this morning. The rapidity with which the French Chamber of Peers passed the Re gency Bill excites no surprise, as the Members are naturally eager to escape to the country. Some of the Paris journals are calling out for high duties to exclude the English from the markets of Algiers, to which, it appears, they now export large quantities of cotton goods. Respecting the new tariff, imposing additional duties upon linen and linen thread, we find the following article in the Constitutionnel _ - Stnce the new &invention bete een France and Belgium as to the importation of thread and linen, there has been much talk of a contraband system in concoction in England for introducing its produce in these articles into both France and Belgium. A few days ago, a Brussels journal mentioned a flotilla of lug•sail boats destined for this purpose, but it will be found that, however great may be the temptation, smuggling of these articles is utterly impossible. The lightest goods that are made the object of contraband dealing are muslins and silks, which are clandestinely conveyed from one country to another at a charge of not less than from 15 to 20. per cent., and, when the article to be smuggled is more bulky, this charge amounts to from 25 to 30 per cent.' upon the value. Now, thread and li,nen are certainly bulky articles, and cannot be passed from England into France or Belgium at a less rate than the latter per' tentage, and, as the duty on this species of merchandise is only about 25 per cent., we conceive it would be much more certain and pro fitable to send in the goods by the ordinary chan nels, and to pay the duty. There is much greater temp tation to smuggle cotton thread, as it is entirely prohi bited from England, and is used in large quantities in the north by the manufacturers of tulle. To return to' the question of thread and . linen, it is more incredible that the English should attempt to smuggle theSe articles - into Belgium than into France, for the Belgians are ai4 far advanced in the manufacture as the English thenl,, selves, and have equally a d m i ra bl e mac hinery, with the' material of their own growth, and labour at a cheaper rate, producing so much more than can be consumed in Belgium, that large quantities are exported to and sold in France. Under these circumstances, the idea elicited that English goods will pass into France through Bel gium is an extravagant hypothesis. Thereis, however, one eonsideration which may be seriously discussed, viz., whether England may be able to enter into compel - tion with us by regular payment of duties. This is not. impossible. When the duty on threads was 10 per cent., ,a England had an unquestionable advantage in sending large quantities. We may readily admit that, notwith standing this duty, they yielded a profit of from 10 to 12 per cent. According to the new tariff, it would ap pear that the English can no longer export threads and linens to France with profit, paying the duties ; but, in the present condition of the Scotch manufactories, and with the perspective of new improvements in the process of manufacture, it would not be surprising to see large quantities again entering our markets in the regular course. The only way for the persons engaged in this trade in France, to avert the danger, is to devote there selves ardently to improvement in the mode of manufae turing with economy, and to set ,up machinery upon a larger scale than at present. • The Duke de NEMOURS will find it a troublesome task to please the French people. Only a few weeks ago his hauteur was universally complained of, but now, since his appearance at Strasburgh, nothing is talked about but his hunting after popularity. Justice has not yet been called in to pronounce a final sentence on the serious charges brought against several officers in the employment of the city of Parts, when new, facts which appear to be no less important are pointed out in another public office. We find the following state ment in the Gazette des Tribunaux :—" The police haling discovered that frauds of a most criminal natnre were cora mitted in one of the mostimportant departments of finance, and that by the aid of tbrgeries and supposition of persons , - considerable sums of money were abstracted from the public treasury, has issued warrants to arrest the guilty persons. More than a dozen individuals, all accused of forgery, and of whom the greater part have fully con fessed their crime, were arrested on Friday." A letter from Rome, of the 16th of August, says " We expect in three days the three steam-boats, haul, in England, by order of the Pontifical Government." Letters from Naples, of the 12th of August, say that the Government has authorised the construction of iron railway from the capital to the Roman frontier /A Terracina, and that Rothschild and some other bows are to supply the funds. The whole is to be complete's! - in three years.—Commerce. The Governor-General of Algeria reports that n funeral service was performed at Constantine on the 80 1 of the month for the Duke of Orleans.—Constitutionse L ALGIERS, AUG. 20.—We hear nothing particular she l l Abd-el-Rader or the Arabs. The latter come in grel i i. numbers to Algiers, to bring all kinds of provisions. a The Sheiks of the tribes between Cherchell an Tenez lately made their submission. They have Pr e ,. sented to the Governor-General, to be appointed i °r their Kaid, km old Marabout, whose head Abci- eI .M u e.„ was absolutely resolved to take. This I think is an We' fragable proof of the necessity of their submission.' Fr ~in the Toulonnais of the 25th. POSEN, AUGUST 15.—Travellers who have CO from Russia and the south of Poland affirmtu• that kingdom is almost entirely without treq s ; and that only in Warsaw itself there is a considerable garrison ; but that on the other hS I3 „ great masses of troops, especially cavalry, are assembln, on the banks of the Dnieper. It is given out that L ', o cavalry is assembled merely for the approaching S to tumnal reviews, at which it is known that an illustri ° o visitor is expected ; yet the conjecture readily preS ei l itself that the situation of afihirs in the East, keeps M l 7 O in a state of armed peace. It is indisputable that f a n European Cabinet understands the art of legerdei n ro ,, better than that of St. Petersburgh ; in a ppearance . 11 L ; mains quite passive and make compliments on all si u r on but it has its hands always under the table, and beforei be are aware, the trick is done to the amazement of all o n spectators. Who it is that prepares for the EngL is dee d the little and great embarrassments in the East, is not officially known. BERLIN, AUG. 18.—We have again all kinds o f anti ports about St. Petersburgh ; for instance---that Co Gagarin, the Minister of Finance, had been killed bar, is officer, &c. These reports may probably be class e a_ te d the category of the mystifications which are propaP o r, from time to time respecting Russia: l ;lnd whi, how e l often they are proved to be such, are still credited in.su oe quarters.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Aug. 23. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, AUG. 29. First Highest Lowest . Price.. Price. Price. p ri me - 6 French 5 per Cents 120 5... 120 10... 120 1 ;;" 1 4 per Cents 104 ... 104 ... 104 ••• 1 , 9 90 3 per Cents 79 30... 79 30... 79 2 0 ... Bank of France 3260 . . :3260 .. . 3260 •• 3 , „1 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1035 ..1035 _1035 ...""„" Belgian Bank 775 ... 775 ... 775 ••• ; ;e2 k Belgian Fives lo2i ... 1021 ... 1021 ..• ' 1840 lo3* ... 1031 100 a. 103* ••• 0 Threes 7O ... 70 ... 70 ..• i j i Spanish Active 22/ ... 221 ... 211 ••• 9 1 New Deferred 9i ... 9* ... 91 ••• 90 Neapolitan... lO6 80... 106 80... 106 80". M i Roman RAILWAY SHARES, 50 Versailles, R.B 287 50... 287 50... 287 50... 267 95 L.B ...92 •92 50... 95 5O •• Rouen Orleans. 563 75... 563 75... 563 75... 5 . _ 6 " ::#) Strasburg to Bale 202 50.:. 203 75... 202 50... 2i,P DUTCH YUN aI.—AMSTERDAM, Ann. %). blonej. lit i is. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent oitto, ditto 5 per cent . ' lOl% 10.3 Amert Syndic, 4% per cent............. ..... PAto, ditto, 3) per cent ~. 77 Y. 1 4 ~ , 1 Commercial Company, 4V, per cent ... ICI 1 , Ditto (1825 and 1837) 5 per cent. .......... 100 10 ? ' Loan 1837, 5 per cent. . . ... ...................... 19 10 j Exchange on London, One m0nth......... 12 20 . Two months ....... 12• Hamburgb, One month • 35 27 15 % Twomonthe 35 ' C B ^ Dutch Papers, Aug. M. AUSTRI A N FUNDS.—VIENNA, Atka. 20. rip Five per Cents. Meta11ique5i.............................,. . 16# c y Four per Cents ••••••••••••••ase•••••••••••••••••••••••• Three per Cent 5.................. ....• ... t it Bank Shares ••• ••••••••••••••• •••••••• • 00 *SON 4 .... Ailgemeine Zeitung, August a.- TIV' MONEY and COMMERCIAL CITY, QUARTER TOT lLtifrAir) The markets have been exceedingly heav9l, 4 7„, els consequence of several large sales, the price or 9 5 ;2/ has dropped fully 8 per cent., and they now a Cents. for Money, and 93 for the A ccoun t ; Three Per Reduceu, 938; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reu n i poi 1013:102_; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 101; Bank Stock,l6B, 169 ; India Stook, 250. , 2 n.l ",..; $ t Exchequer Bills retain their va l u e, the Old he l6 61 53, and the New at 49 51 prem. r a nd Prices of Foreign Securities are rather high e r ' at with more transactions : th e y h ave b e en—Beig; — t he 1023; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 623 ,. ; 0 , e- Five per Cents. 1023 ; an d B raz ili an at the inlP' l ,, -' de ment of 653. M ex i can h as a l so been q uoted a'- above yesterday, but has since receded to 3 5 i . c ell The Share Market ha s b een ver y flat, with soi. any business. G rea t W es t ern h ave b e en sold at, n B nt i the_ New Shares, 613 ; S ou th Western , 62 ; ; Eastern, 223 ; the Scrip, 68 ; Eastern CountieS, Brighton, 333: per The Bonds quoted to-day gll are Portu ese' Viv d e t he Cents., 34 ; Spani s h Fi ve per Cents., 2011; Three per Cents. 203. Ar oll The measure of raising the fare s on the nu t .'" los Railway, about to be adopted by that Compaq , tha t caused some discussion in the City, inasmuch a s „ t ile undertaking is principally su ppo r t e d by in erc' . l' to • men. The proceeding is viewed both as imp wards the sharehold ers an d un j us t t ow ards the so Since the line has been opened, the fares have heSice much below those charged by coaches, as t 0 n og' almost the whole of th em from off th e road, an ", 0 0. the parties having bu s i ness a t th e D oc ks, &c., 3re b - e ing pletely at the mer c y o f thi s C om p an y, ther e tioa• at present no other mode of commun i : i psY Prices are to be raised 50 per cent. to those w" ;na dt prefer, or be obliged to use, the cheaper cari;liy and 33 1-3 d percent. to the better classesghis r lu po to was also used as a plea for a pref e rence being gt o dst the East and West India Dock, as a deposit for b il - t of over the London and St. Katherine, on aec e Th e ra, the cheap and expeditious method of reaching: Ili' thus enabling merchants to examine the varici: and cles in less time than they would at the other s ' so it is thought, that as the first-named CoraParlY area exclusively interested in the railroad, both as, ' l - 1• 5 11. holders and affording an easy access to their estl l l i o re ments, that they should have endeavoured to heir prevented this advance, which must be paid , b) :, q t best customers, and ultimately- injure themse , v — laers It must be admitted that the original sharebooses, have but a small amount of profit, but the exP e ,„ s en according to the report, would appear to have n',: ia h in a great degree from improvidence, and the u it ri 3 rate paid for interest; this latter item /nigh t ' so t p be re thought, be materially reduced, from t he state of the money market, where loans 'n i g ht tained for one-half of what is now charg ed ' AT ONE . PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY R • ILWAYS. P a id. per Share. Eastern Counties 23 ... • 8 a •-* t° -- Great Western Ditto New 5O 61 ...... to London an Brighton ..... .. .50 - London tnd South Western .. 41% 62i .... to .. to South Eastern and Dover 5O .. . ... Ditte Scrip. . 'MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 3 .„" - Toy have had much business doing to -day in o va Shares.. Our quotations are as follow :—Loridoiman, Birmingham, 183 ; Ditto 321. Old Shares, 6 2 ;, ee ds, chester and Birmingham, 244-; Manchester and .1-A_no, 723 ; Manchester and Liverpool District 133 be.. 101. 3s. ; Union Bank of Manchester, 8* ; M ane ter Assurance, 9 : 1. 8 3 1 WATSON'S GENERAL TELEGRAPH (Wier , a l CORNHILL, LONDON, AUG. 31, 1842.--The George yacht, with her Majesty, his Royal gig" o f Prince Albert, and suite, was off the North covst Norfolk at 6 A.M. yesterday, in tow by stearacrip It is supposed that the Royal squadron brought o f during the night below Yarmouth, in consequence e t ' 2 thick weath er . Wind W.N.W light, an d rath hazy. Th • e' e paper-mills of Essonne were two day s ae stroyed by fire. Upwards of 300 workmen are ir° out of employment by this disaster st a be 'jr] co Thil l 'm, b leat coun sl. G: T 1 ~° P qi 'tar , ft 1„ il char be! opi the sta Pa Cl a . tai