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Those who remit £l5 BEFORE the 15th instant, will re ceive art order for £2 upon our London Bankers, together with the Bond. To those ordering too late for being attended to, their re mittances will be returned by first post. HEINE BROTHERS. HAMBURGEI, November I, 1842. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, NOV. 17, Will be repeated the English Version of ilossini's Grand Opera of SEMI It AMWE.—The Character of Semiramide by Miss Adelaide KeiribTe; Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Shaw (from the principal Theatres in Italy) ; Assur, Mr. Giubilei ; 40Iroe, Mr. Leffler ; Idreno, Mr. Travers ; Shade of Ninus, Mr. J. After which will be repeated a New, Original, Comic Drama, written by Mr. Mark Lemon, Author of " The Ladies' Club.," &c., entitled THE TURF. Captain Flatooker, Mr. Walter Lacy; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop, Mr. Meadows ; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Culpepper, Mrs. Humby ; Miss Warren, Miss Lee. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven. —Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery ls. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Bose-office, from Teo till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ' • of Messrs, An drews, 167, New Bond-street ; Mr. Mitche l l, Old Bond-street; and of Mr. Sams, Pall MalL S.) THEATRE ROYAL, HAY-MARKET. .Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews are engaged, and will appear To-night, and every Evening during the week. THIS EVENING will tie revived, the. Comedy of NA TAL ENGAGEMENTS. Admiral Kingston, (his original character), Mr. W. Farren; Lietabenank - Kingston, R.N., (his original character), Mr. Quo, Mathews; Short, Mr. H. Widdicomb; Dennis, Mr. Malone- Raymond; Mrs. Pontifex, (first time), Mrs. Glover; Miss Mfortimar, (her original character), Madame Vestris. Ait'er which a New Drama, in Two Acts,'called GRAND FATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. V. Farrell; Draron, (a Builder), Mr. Tilbury ' • Langley, (a Retired Trader), Mr. Stuart ; Driver, (a 'Lawyer), 'Mr. Strickland'; Bob Lincoln, (his Clerk), Mr. Webster; STap, Mr. Clark; Edward Drayton (Drayton's Son), Master GeTrge Webstor ; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. Edwin Yarnold ; Susan, (Servant to Langley), Mrs. Stanley. Te be followed by Mr. T. Haynes Bayly's Burletta of ONE HOUR ; onr - A CARNIVAL BALL. Mr. Charles Swiftly, (his erigiftid character), Mr. Charles Mathews ; Miss Dalton, (bar original character), Madame Vestris, who will sing " Love is the Theme." _ _ lowhis; - ;iTI - he - added an entirely New Monopolylope, called THE BELLE OF THE HOTEL; or, AMERICAN SKETCHES; in which Mays. Fitzwiltiam will sustain Six Characters. To conclude with Mr. Buckstone's last New Farce, called A KISS IN THE DARK. M r . Selim Pettibone, Mr. Buckstone ; Frank Fathom, Mr. Howe ; Marv, Miss Mattley ; The Unknown Female, Miss Connor; Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs W. Clifford. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING. NOV. 17, Will be repeated THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prim. eipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Faucit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. After which, a INew Comic Burletta, called AN I'ONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Bliarray. To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland; Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giubilei. To conclude with THE SECRET. Thomas, Mr. H. Beverly. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense success of the new Nautical Drama. Mr. 3'. P. Cooke as Union Jack is highly cheered by crowded audiences— the novel effects surpass everything hitherto attempted, and the ship on fire creates a complete hurricane of applause. 'nits EVENING, NOV. 17, Will be repeated an entirely New Nautical Drama, en titled TBE UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the SETTLER'S DAUGHTER, written expressly for Mr. T. P. Cooke, who will be supported by Messrs. Hicks, Neville, Smith, Heslop, Mrs. R. Ilonner, and the entire Company. New scenery and splendid nautical effects never before attempted. After which will be produced an entirely new Drama, en titled THE BLACK LAW OF MARTINIQUE; or, the FUGITIVE SLAVE. Zarnba, the Slave, by Mrs. H. Vining. The other Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Neville, W. Smith, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Terry, who will sing Miss Eliza Cook's Song of the " Red Indian," composed by Mr. G. S tansb nry To conclude with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE ; er, a SIS TER'S SACRIFICE. Places and private Boxes to be bad of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. HIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 'Warning' 0 minutes after 1 i Evening l7 minutes after 1. 140NDON THURSDAY MORNIIIITG, NOVEMBER 17, 1842. Mercantile letters from the Mauritius, brought by the later arrivals, state that the labourers thare, ander what the writers call the restrictive systltn, haat been saving money for some time, and were growing rich. Such a circumstance ,seems to rouse the envy of the former masters of the slaves, and they appear quite spiteful at the successful and happy lives of the labourers. They speak harshly of the system which has prevented them from continuing to import Hill Coolies from Hindostan, and look forward with hope to the new legislation of Lord STANLEY. They expect that the Noble Lord will enable them to revive a mild and modified slave-trade, and their expectations will not be disappointed. Lord STANLEY, like other statesmen, has no ob jection to a slave trade, or to slavery, or to any other similur contrivance, either at home or • abroad, for debasing and degrading one. portion of the species for the pre sumed advantage of another, provided only that he has the ordering of it. Statesmen like to reconcile contradictions, to controvert nature, to overcome impossibilities, and they are the men to make a slave trade decent and dignified, and Slavery itself a condition of happiness for all Classes. They abhor it enough when it has its root in private enterprise, and is carried on for private advantage, but when it comes within the scope of a Parliamentary regulation, and the question is to reconcile a slave trade and slavery with the dictates of humanity and the rights of man, Lord STANLEY is the_ law-maker who will - not boggle at the undertaking, or, find.a difficulty In achieving it. In 1833—we copy and abridge Lord STANLEY'S -,,, own speech in the House of Commons on July 26—some merchants of the Mauritius enlisted in their service by private agents a number of the natives of India, whom they imported into the Mauritius as labourers. Great abuses ensued, and inlB3B it was found necessary to prohibit the exportation of labourers from India to the Mau ritius. In 1840, on the representation of the planters and others in the Mauritius, Lord JOHN RUSSELL proposed to rescind the prohibitory law, and again permit the importation of labourers from India into the Mauritius. Lord STANLEY being then in opposition, voted against such a revival of a semi-slave trade, and the measure was quashed. But in 1842, the very same Lord STANLEY being then, as hels now, in office, was prepared to overcome all the difficulties which before had appeared insurmountable, and he brought in a measure to legalise and regu late the importation of labourers from Hindostan to the Mauritius. The instant he proposed to regulate the process, all its enormity disap peared from his view. He flattered himself that he had achieved wonders, and his scheme to give effect to this new species of slave trade, so eagerly desired by the Mauritius planters, is now the law of the land. We beg the abolition ists who have employed so much time and ex pense to promote their object, to be on their guard, or Lord STANLEY will certainly succeed, as he proposes, and the Trinidad and Demerara planters earnestly desire, in re establishing under his regulations for harmonising freedom and slavery, a slave trade between the western coast of Africa and our western colonies. Lord STANLEY supposes that his system will work well, because it is deprived of all that recommends slavery to any person. Ills system is founded, "on giving no benefit to any individual, by the introduction of any exclusive labourers." It is all to be done by and for the Government. All iniquity ceases, in this case, as in so many others, the instant law-makers, like Lord STANLEY, make a law to regulate it. "In dividuals are not to collect labourers," but that abstract being, the " COLONY, Is EMPOW ERED: TO VOTE A SUM OF MONEY TO PAY THE EXPENSES OF THE EMIGRATION OF THE LABOURERS, and when these emigrants arrive, they are to be free to choose masters, and go where they please:" Hill Coolies transported to the Mauritius, speaking no word of the lan guage there spoken, destitute of funds, as much inclosed in the island as if they were in a prison, " free to choose and go where they please !" What an abuse of language. " They may then," added the Noble Lord—which, for the planter, is the gist of the whole matter— " compete for wages with the freest man there." " The whole system," he said, " was 'altered from the, root the moment they substitufed a public grant ;" and Lord STANLEY made regula lations for the trade " for individual speculation.'' Said we not right ? Even the horrid iniquities of a slave trade cease to be vices when Lord STANLEY can regulate them, instead of having their root ',in private enterprise. But suppose we can show that Lord STANLEY'S scheme has a whole batch of iniquities more than the private speculation? Individual planters, looking after their own interest, have a right, if they like, to import labourers who go freely and voluntarily from other countries, without the least regard to the interest of the labourers already existing in the Mauritius. But the Government of which Lord STANLEY is the organ is bound to protect the labourers of the Mauritius as well as the ,planters, and to hold the balance impartially, betwixt bOth: When it sets about importing labourers, there-, fore, to compete for wages with . the existing labourers, it turns the power, of Government against one class of men whom it is bound to pro tect. It acts unfairly and unjustly. But mark, reader, the colony is to- vote sum of money-. The abstract colony, however,has no funds except those it levieS onthe inhabitants. The money will be voted out of the taxes. The taxes are paid by all the people, including the labourers, who.may be said to pay the largest share of them there, as in all other countries. Thus Lord STANLEY'S improved scheme actually makes the labourers of the Mauritius pay for the free pas sage of the labourers from India, who are to be imported into the Mauritius expressly to beat down their wages, and prevent them saving money. The planters, when they undertook the work, did it at their own expense. Lord STAN; LEY, by his law, generously relieves them from all the odium of their selfish undertaking, pays its expenses out of the public purse, and actually condemns the free labourers of the Mauritius to pay for their own, degradation and the revival of a slave-trade begun, instigated, ordered, and regulated by Lord STANLEY. This is the very climax of injustice it is all the iniquity of the system that was abolished in 1837, with the superadded iniquity of being perpetrated by authority, levying a tax on those who are to be the victims of the scheme, to carry it into effect. The whole matter from beginning to end, the patriotic and humane opposition of Lord STANLEY when the law was not his own, his readiness to enact such a law when he was in power, his fancy that by a few regulations he can overcome the inherent vices of a slave trade and of slavery, and the eagerness 'with which he perpetrates, by means of a solemn enactment, a gross injustice, which he bitterly stigmatises when perpetrated by an individual, is a pregnant illustration of the character of such law-makers as Lord STANLEY, and of the rise, progress, and nature of their enactments. A n advertisement infbrms us that " a Great Metropolitan Public Meeting of the Friends to Justice and Humanity, irrespective of Class and Party," will be held to-day at the Crown and Anchor," to consider of the proceedings connected with the recent lamentable disturbances in the Northern and Midland Counties." What may be the specific object of the meeting we are not aware, but we conceive that it may be most be neficial. It is to be a meeting of the friends of justice and humanity, belonging to all parties and all ranks. It may - be intended, therefore, and may accomplish .the intention of givinc , a tone to similar public meetings t o be held throughout the country, for the purpose of unit ing the people, by sympathies and principles, in which all participate. All love, or profess to love, justice and humanity. To make those great princi ples the means of union, no strong party opinions, no extreme political principles, should be suffered to show themselves. Neither the Five Points, nor Complete Suffrage, nor that Ultra-Toryism which preaches the suppression by force of all liberal opinions, should seek to be conspicuous. The mass of the public do not recognise them as just, and will not go along with those who do. If these extreme opinions can be kept in abey ance, and the meeting be brought to pass reso lutions in conformity to justice and humanity, it may do an immense deal of good. It is called in reference to the Special Com mission, and there is no doubt that both justice and humanity were violated, and law set at de fiance,by Lord ABINGER'S charge. On that subject there are not two opinions. So far as his influence went, he procured, by operating on the minds of juries, improper convictions, and subjected per sons to unnecessary punishments. If the meet ing shall be called on to express temperately, but firmly, disapprobation of Lord ABINGER'S injustice and his want of humanity, it will find an echo in every part of the cointry. Unfortunately, and of this there can be as little doubt as of - Lord ABINGER'S want of huma• nity, the prisoners brought to trial at the - Special Sessions, had grossly violated the laws. Their • conduct was, in fact, and it is looked on as, an attack on the middle classes. It injured their property. It stopped their works and put an end to their profits. the meeting, therefore, shall be called on to ex it will not pr rr e s s approbation of that con duct,ca With it the sympathy of the m iddle classes in anyy part of the country. They will now, we believe, cordially unite in expres sing compassion for the sufferers; theys to ad inaydreposss sibly be brought to concur ins measures sui.e her. MAJESTY to remit their sentences; they may even contribute to relieve the di stress of their families; but t he meeting will never general. c opcurrence. in any_expreasobtain a i ons o f ap proval of the conduct of the convicted. •If those who summon the meeting possess notions of justice and humanity of this sort, and they propose to interest the public in behalf of the sufferers, not because they did right, but because they were exposed to great hardships and were easily misled, and because they had a Judge who appeared vindictive, they may bring a large body of public sentiment in concurrence with them, and may lay the foundation of an ex tensive and cordial union of all classes in prin ciples of justice and humanity, to be worked hereafter for more extensive purposes. Sup posing some objects of this kind to be contem plated, we wish the meeting success, but we can assure those who call it that it cannot succeed in obtaining any influence in the country unless it be concocted and conducted in a spirit of perfect fairness and moderation. THE LEVANT MAIL. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 27.—Although the protocol of the last conference, which took place between' M. Boutenieff and the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, on the subject of the late revolution in Servia, leaves little room to doubt of the adhesion of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh to the measures adopted by the Porte, and though it was with this understand ing that Emin Effendi, the Ottoman Commissary, was dispatched only four days ago with a firman of investiture for Prince Alexander Georgewics to Bel grade, it appears by no means certain that Russia has definitively acquiesced in this settlement; at least, the language that the Russian Ambassador has held on' this point with more than one of the Ministers of .the other Powers is far from conclusive or , sdtisfactory. The question, he says, has been referred by him to his Court, and in the meanwhile remains open. Never was there a grosser mystification of facts than has been resort ed to in this affair of Servia. Prince Michael, who was a mere tool of Russia, for the furtherance of her schemes of agitation and revolution in European Turkey, and who was in other respects a raw inex perienced youth in the hands of a designing uncle, has been represented as the champion and martyr of civilisation, which the Porte, under the malignant in fluence of the late Grand Vizier, sought to extinguish in his person. The real facts of the case, which have been thus prettily perverted, are, that the Porte has throughout been actin purely on the defensive, and, by the expulsion of Michael, sought only to shut the door which has, for two years past, been open to the inroads of Russian incendiaries. In this necessary task it has received the strenuous and cordial co-ope ration of Prince Metternich, through the agency of General Hanen. This distinguished statesman was not to be cajoled by the flimsy pretexts of civi lisation, which seem completely to have imposed on the Frank Consuls at Belgrade. He at least is sincere in his professions of preserving the integrity of the Turkish territory ; and it was he who first gave the alarm of the wolf in the fold. It is true, that in the case of Russia the cry of "Wolf" may have been raised sometimes too often ; but this is no reason for indulging in foolish confidence, which, in fact, is much more dangerous to publics interests than the worst Russophobia. It had been determined, in the first instance, to send Aristarchi Logothete with the firmari.of deposi tion to Prince GI - like, at Bucharest; but the Porte subsequently resolved on deputing its chidf dragoman, Safaat Effendi, who set out by the same steamer which was to take Emin Effendi to Belgrade. The general impression here is, that the successor of Ghika will be M. Phillipesco, a Wallachian by birth, but who holds the rank of Colonel in the Russian army. A report prevails among the diplomatic body, that Izzit Pacha, the late Grand Vizier, is about to be sent to Syria, to replace Moustapha Pacha, who is said to have fallen into disgrace with his Government, or rather with Riza Pacha, who, through every change of administration, remains apparently immovable and omnipotent. Rilaat Paella is to proceed to-day, by the Danube steamer to Odessa. Mr. Todd, attache to the British embassy, arrived on the 24th with dispatches for Sir S. Canning. Mr. Todd has been sent to supply the place of the Hon. W. - Maule, whose health requires a change of climate. The Austrian Government, at the demand of the Porte, has sent two medical men to take charge of 'the great military Hospital at Maltepe. Thialmspi tal is allotted to the regiments of reds (militia), quartered in the great barracks of Daoud Pacha and Ramiz Tchitlik, and is fitted up for 1,000 patients. It is under the superintendence of. Dr. Herman; an Austrian physician of considerable talent, and clinical Professor at the Medical Academy of Galiti Seraiond inspector of all Turkish military hospitals in' the ca pital. The administration of these establishments has made sensible progress. Advantage has been taken of the able reports made upon this subject' to th e ' Gin vernment by Doctors Davy and Dawson, whO, had they been permitted, would have introduced a corn - plete reformation in the system. But these gentle men failed, as all Englishmen of merit or talent will ever fail in this country, when counteracted by the apathy of the Ottoman Government on the one side, and by the jealousy of rival practitioners on the other. Another addition has taken place to the Imperial family. The batteries had scarcely terminated their seven days' salutes in honour of the birth of Prince Abdul . Ilamid, when they re-opened their fire to an nounee the fortunate appearance in this world of a Princess, who was forthwith named Adlya (the just). This event was rendered doubly auspicious by its oc curring upon the eve of the 15th Ramazan (Oct. 22), on which day the Prophet's relics are uncovered and exposed to the view and devotion of the Sultan and the Grand Dignitaries of State ; consequently, twenty one guns instead of seven were fired five .times per day, during three days ; making 105 rounds daily for each ship and battery, and forming a total of nearly 11,000 rounds expended between the Dardanelles and Black Sea upon this occasion. It is said that a third lady is expected to afford an opportunity for further saluting within the course of a few days ; and yet the French paper's told us last autumn that the Sultan was upon the verge of the grave. French accounts have been received from Bayazid. They are so far important that a promise has been made by Persia to withdraw its troops from the fron tier, in which event the Porte has equally engaged to withdraw the" Ottoman forces. No further skirmishes of any consequence had taken place, but the roads continued to - be infested with the Kurdish robbers, to the great sacrifice of Persian traders, and all who have anything to do with theM. This state of things, ,which is unpleasant to the Turks, must be highly detrimen tal to the Persians. The Russians, however, must profit of it to introduce by way of Georgia their own manufactures and other articles. No new intelligence received from the frontiers near Bagdad. Yesterday a fine new ship of the line, built at Ereili (Heraclea), iv the Black Sea, was towed safely into the arsenal. The Porte has now abundance of ships, and in case of necessity could send to sea fifteen sail. of the line, with an abundance of frigates, steamer s , &c. If she is not an acknowledged naval poWer it must be her own fault. Said Pacha, who is nowhere, his not yet proceeded for his new mushirlik, Angora. He is indebted, and asks money before proceeding. This personage, being supported by the Ulemah, is, of sufficient note to create anxieties among the Ministers. Should his party coalesce with that of Halil Pacha, efforts may be made to get out of office Riza Pacha, after which Said would fall from his own in3ignificance. A few days ago the Sultan had an opportunity of showing his personal good qualities. His barge ran doWn a small kaick, in which were two Turkish women and a boy. Ile had the barge stopped, saved the whole, took the boy into his own boat, and per sonally looked to his comfort. The steersman, whose awkwardness was the cause of the accident, was im mediately arrested and sent into exile. In former times a Mussulman Padishah would have lowered himself in the eyes of his subjects, by condescending to exercise such virtues ; but. Abdul Medjid is emi nently an amiable man, who does not, allow state to intercept the exercise of his humanity. The hostile tone of some of the French journals has created much disgust here. It is in singular contrast with the just and impartial spirit which breathes in general throughout the English press. The Rayahs may surely be allowed to form an estimate of their e is ans nlt of s4 h c a h pp as in w es o s u a ld s b w e et u as nd o am th : r n s g , the inhabitants of France. and th‘a'atnetsstaimndatme 411 6 I,y o pt 7 .4 , 4 , % a ,to t 4.4 Ztt ,§aut, it -Nt,,,,, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1849. EGYPT. ALIXANDRIA, OCT. 24.—0 n the 20th an express came in from Syria in four days in a small fishing boat. It brought a few letters addressed to Lord Aberdeen, to the British Consul-General here, to the Admiral, and to the British Ambassador in Constan 7 tinople ; these last were sent by the French steaMer. 'We have not been able to learn the newt brought by this express, it being kept strictly secret. The neat, after receiving the requisite receipts, left in two hours on its return to Syria. A French brig-of-war came in yesterday from Beyrout, bringing dispatches for the French Consul. By her we learn that Syria is in a perfect state of in surrection. • The Druses and the Maronites have united, and' eclared against the Ottoman Government. An engagement had taken place between them and the Ottoman troops near Tripoli. The Turks were worsted, with the loss of 100 killed and 400 wounded. Another engagement had taken place in Damascus, where the OttoinariS suffered a loss of another 100 men. From such news, -it is thought that the ex press which arrived by a fishing-boat on the 20th inst. Was the bearer of some such melancholy intelligence. We are most happy to announce that his H i g hness the Viceroy has abolished the tax upon slaves ; this is a happy prelude to their libaatiOn. His Highness - set off foi Niro on the 20th. He was accompanied to the phi - et' of ernbarlcation by .the Consuls of Swede—n, Tuseany r , arreece,.arid Belgium - • - The mortality amongst the cattle still continues in a very distressing manner, more than thirty thousand are already dead. His Highness, on his journey to Cairo, intends to remain on the Delta to make a per sonal investigation into the cause of such a mortality. Before his departure, he ordered that the sale of pulse should be suspended, that Egypt may not remain without food in case, should the mortality continue amongst the cattle, it may turn out to be impossible to cultivate the land this year. This Government has ordered that all goods which shall be imported on account of Russian subjects shall pay the same duties as any other nation. Russian subjects, previously, had a privilege much to the pre judice of other nations. The British Consul here has ordered the proprietors of coffee and liquor shops to shut them up at 11 P.M. Such an order, given in the month of Ramazan, a period during which the sale is only in the course of the night, in consequence of the Arabs neither eating nor drinking during the day, will be an incalculable injury to the,proprietors. We cannot imagine what can have induced the Consul to give any such order, not having heard that there has been any complaint on the part of the local Government against the occupiers of such shops, and seeing that those of other subjects remain open all night—now that such a difference should exist, to the injury of the Maltese is too cruel a deed. We hear from Cairo that the Nile has risen above the standard, andinundated the village of Bolacco— the damage is not exactly ascertained, it is thought it will be found to amount to a considerable sum. OCT. 25.—The French brig of war Surprise ar rived on the 23d at five r.ss., from Beyrout, and will, in •a - few days, return again to that place. Yesterday (24th) the French steamer Chameleon quitted the port at four P.M, direct for Marseilles, with dispatches relating to the occurrences, which we give below; which have taken place in Syria. His Excellency Said Pasha, who arrived on the 23d, paid a visit to this steamer, and on leaving received a salute. Ahmed Pacha, the rebel Capidan, has been se riously ill. His Highness MehmetAli is at Kafer Mange, where ,be has been joined by R. Thnrburn, for mer ly British ) Consul in this city. Colonel Barnett had no sooner received his dis patches from India, than he started for Cairo, to which place he will be followed by M. de Kramer, the Rus sian Ambassador. The India (a steamer from Calcutta) was expected to arrive at Suez on the 23d or 25th instant. SYRIA. BETROUT, OCT. 19.—Our correspondent at Alex andria has kindly obliged us with the following news from Beyrout, which he assures us may be relied on. Our own letters from that country are only to the Bth, and contain nothing which the public is not al ready acquainted with : This country, says our letter, seems doomed to con stant change, and no reliance nor dependence can be placed - on the calm which ever and anon shows itself. Unless the Powers, who united to remove Mehemet Ali and the old Emir Beschir from the seat of Go vernment, and in lieu thereof to place the Sultan, who has never yet been able to govern it; take upon them selves to,quell the ferment which now agitates the country, there will be no end to rapine or to bloodshed. It is not the Christians alone who have taken up arms on this occasion, but the Druses also. These two sects, formerly at enmity together, have now united in one common cause and formed a close alliance. The Albanians have succeeded. in arousing all the worst passions of the Syrian people, and on the 12th instant they were attacked, as was the Turkish bri gade quartered at Tripoli. At Ehden, a place a little above the town, a pitched battle was fought, and the Druses and the Maronites beat off their enemies, with a loss in killed, wounded, and prisoners, of 500 men, including many Arnauts. The Turks, accompanied by the Albanians, are fe rocious-looking fellows, but showed the white feather when brought to the point against the mountaineers, hardy in every sense, and more than a match in the art of war for their more northern rulers. On the 17th instant a party of regular Turkish troops on their way to this place from Damascus, about fifty in number, were attacked at a Khan called Ilussien by the Druses and beaten,, the Turks throw ing down their arms, and taking to a precipitate flight. The whole population along the coast is actuated but.by one resolutien—that of throwing off the yoke of their new rulers and every preparation possible for a coming struggle is. showing itself. The 17prks are also preparing, but to the Syrians ,t hely effurts appea r .f u tile. The English and American families living in the mountain, reached Beyrout with the greatest difficulty, and fhat after having obtained the favour of the Druse chiefs: BARBARY. TUNIS, OCT. 25.—A perfect calm note prevails, there being nothing worth notice in Tunisian politics; a case of ordinary occurrence here in autumn, owing to the few arrivals of maritime messengers. :Mean while, our arsenal has been for a long time, and is still, shut up, although the motives are unknown. At the opening of the Ramazan, the' .Pacha,_. our Governor, promised leave to the most part ofhiStfoops to repair to their respective homes, to pfirlfy them selves and spend those days in the bosom of their families, and then return to their military duties. This indulgence to the troops proved, hoWever, Very prejudicial to, the poor travellers, inasmuch as, among the soldiers, some are to be found who do not even spare the life of a traveller for the few miserable coins he may carry . about him ; and of these horrible cases the following is a recent instance Last week, at about 40 miles S.E. from Tunis, as a Tunisian Jew merchant was proceeding from Dalha to Nebel on business, ten of these brave soldiers on leave, who had left before him, seized and struck him with a stick on his head, which made him fall on the ground senseless, and after robbing him of 300 Tuni sian piastres, they left him there by the side of his donkey- in agony. Two Bedouins passed by him shortly after, who, finding him thus situated, placed him on his donkey to convey him to his home, but the unfortunate man expired on the road, and the two merciful attendants had the mortification of witnessing his death, after having, however, learned from his lips who his assassins were. To describe the heart-rending cries, mixed with a most copious flood of tears, of his wife, nine tender children, and all his countrymen, would be a narra tion too painful to the reader, which I therefore dis pense with ; but I cannot conclude without stating that many most wicked natives are among the troops, who are the very dregs of this licentious militia. dolw:nhe,and pulse are daily falling season promises a good crop. and prices the of sowinggrain MALTA. MALTA, Nov. 6.—NAYAL INTELLIGENCE. — Under this head we have little to add to our communications by the overland (India) mail of the 30th, and the Great Liverpool's mail of the 31st ult., our movements since having beeli confined to the arrival on the Ist inst. of the Locust stearn-tender from Tripoli, bring ing nothing of interest, and the Hellenic corvette Amalia, from Poros, and the departure on the 3d of the Indus ship of the line for Smyrna, but whose ab sence will not, it is reported, exceed six weeks. The Alecto steam-packet, left for the lonian Islands and Patras on the Ist, and the Devastation war-steamer for Tripoli and Tunis on the 2d. The news of the rising of the Arabs against the French (which I gave you in my last) is confirmed, and it is stated that up to the 31st ult. the loss of the French in officers alone already amounted to 41 The newi from Syria has opened The eyes of our naval Commander-in-Chief to the necessity of having a force in the East. The Howe three-decker, bearing the flag ofßear-Admiral Sir F. Mason, puts to sea to morrowfor Salamis. The Inconstant (inspected on the 11th by Sir F. _Mason), follows immediately, but her destination is said to be Beyrout ; and the Van guard ship of the line, for the same quarter, is fitting with all despatch. All these vessels have completed five months provisions. The boats of the fleet con tinue exercising under the immediate eye of the Ad miral, who, with reference to the late acquittal of a seaman of the Queen, charged with a serious crime, in consequence of a'flaw in the indictment, has issued the following memorandum : " The co urt - martial which has assembled for the trial of John Sloner, seaman of the Queen, for not only having used abusive language to the ship's cor poral in the execution of his duty, but having drawn his knife a n d made a cut at him, has , a f ter grea t con sideration, offence. acquitted th e said John Slon©r of that tion of puni s h " I rejoic e i n this merciful i nterpre t a ti on o f th e evi dence, whi c h ena b les me, without or d er i ng th e inflie petty officer s , and others of t h e fleet to the necessity of giving tim e l y c h eck to n ment, t o call the attention of the officers, self-willed indulgence in drunkenness, which whilst it excites the ungovern able passions of th e v i c i ous, an d l e ads to the commis sion of every Cri me destroys the health of those who yield to it, and interferes most mischievously with the comforts and more rational enjoyments of men around them. "I have observed with great regret, that evil has arisen diligence by the vicious, which has led to similar re in very many cases from this self - willed in sistance in oth er cases to the immediate authority of those placed over them. This is in itself an evil to be checked, but when the use o f knives is resort e d t o in cases of intemperance and quarrel, it is so disgust ing to the gen erous character o f British seamen th a t I need not all u d e to it, but as a degrading act which calls for mark e d example. "A less m erc if ul interpreta ti on of the eviden ce upon John Sloner' 8 case must have subjected him to the heaviest penalt y the law can inflict. ~ E. W. C. R. OW EN.", SHIPS IN PORT.—The Queen 110 (bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir E. -- IV. C. Rich Owen, G.C.8.) ; H owe , 120 (hearing the - flag of Rear- Admiral Sir P. Mason, K.C.8.) ; Ceylon, 6 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart.); Impregnable, 104 ; Monarch, 84 ; Vanguard, 80 ; Inconstant frigate, 24 ; Snake brig, -1Q; Prometheus and Locust steam-packets ; Stork, Nit:lad, and Ante lope yachts ; Mentor, Sesostris, and Eurotas French steam-packets; and the Amalia, Greek corvette. GIBRALTAR. OCT,. 12.—A general meeting of the inhabitants of this town was held on Monday, at the public-room of the Exchange, for the purpose of taking into conside ration the propriety of presenting an Address to Sir Alexander Woodford, on occasion of his Excellency's retirement from the government of Gibraltar. Mr. Marcus Hill Bland having been requested to take the chair, the following resolutions were pro posed by Mr. Charles Glynn, and seconded by Mr. Glasgow, and unanimously agreed to by the meeting: Resolved,—lst. That a valedictory Address be pre sented, on the part of this meeting, to Sir Alexander Woodford, on his Excellency's approaching and much regretted departure from Gibraltar. 2d. That a suitable piece of plate be provided by public subscription for the purpose of being offered to his Excellency's, acceptance, in testimony of the gra titude and respect entertained towards his Excellency by the civil population of Gibraltar. Thirteen gentlemen were elected by ballot to act as a Committee for carrying the above resolutions into effect. The proposed address was then read and unani mously adopted, and the Chairman was authorised to sign the same on behalf of the meeting. OcT.lB.—Yesterday a numerous deputation of the inhabitants of this city waited upon his Excellency the Governor, for the purpose of presenting the ad dress agreed to at the general meeting on the 10th inst.. OCT. 24.—0 n Saturday, at noon, the Governbr, Lieut.-General Sir Alexander Woodford, attended by the commanding and other officers of the Royal gineers and Royal Artillery, laid the foundation stone of the extensive new work, which his Excellency named " Prince Albert's Bastion ;" under a Royal salute from the 'batteries. The band of terw•ards played " God save the Queen," and "Rule Britannia." LIT ERA TURE. SCENERY and ANTIQUITIES of IRELAND. Virtue, London, 1842. This cleverly illustrated work has now reached its Eighteenth Part, and exhibits not the slightest falling off, whether in the number or quality of its embellishments. We have here not iC6B than four of them, of which tl►e most striking is the wild, .romantic sketch entitled " A Pattern in Connemara." CANADIAN SCENERY Virtue, London, 1842. The present Part, which'is the Twenty-ninth, contains several interesting illustrations of the peculiarities of Canadian scenery; and among them- is a sketch—" The First Settlement"— which represents a party of settlers just com mencing their log-hut in the depths of an im mense forest, some of whose stateliest trees are falling under the vigorous blow of the axe. In the foreground are seen a father and his chil dren standing near a gypsy sort of fire, gazing complacently on a fine deer, which the former has just brought down with his rifle, of course for the day's meal. This picture realises one of Galt's best and most truthful descriptions in " Lawrie Todd." The letter-press portion of the work is mere dull, irytnimate common-place. NOTES OF A TOUR IN THE MANUFAC- TcRIA:q DISTRICTS. Duncan, London, 1842. The spirit displayed throughout these "Notes" is a temperate, and—so far as we can form a judgment—an impartial one. The author, Dr. Taylor, had no previous impressions or preju dices to confirm or get rid of; so viewed matters with a cool, dispassionate eye. The result of his observations is, on the whole, favourable to the manufacturing system ; and of the factories, he says, that they are certainly not evil in them selves, but may be so ill conducted as to produce much evil. In the course of his work, the Doctor bears the following testimony to the efficient ser vices of the Anti-Corn-law League. He is al hiding, we. should premise, to . the period of the riots, some two o r three months since: " I am as persuaded, as I am of my own existence, that the Anti-Corn-law League at this moment alone preserVes•the public peace. in the north of England'. Wtre its members to suspend their Operations, or disSolVe their bddy, declaring ' we have done all'that we 'Could do,. and we must now abandon - our effortS in sheer despair,' there would instantly be a break up of the body politic, society would resolve itselfintO its original elements, and no' rriaii• could predict the consequences." We suspect 'there is some 'little heightening of colour here, for we cannot possibly imagine, even at the critical period of the riots, to which Dr. Taylor refers, the body politic breaking up, like polar ice, with a crashOf, thunder, and society resolving itself into "its original elements "—that is to say, into the state in which it exists among the Ashantees or Hot tentots—merely because the Anti Corn-law League may choose to dissolve their Association!. That the dissolution of such a body would be at tended with injurious effects, we are quite wil ling to admit; but the social system is not so easily shattered—does not so readily revert to the patriarchal condition, when our savage an- • cestors were tattooed like New Zealanders, wore painted hides, lived in caves, and browsed on thistles! Society, like a cat, takes a deal of killing, and it, is not the disruption of one, or even of a dozen - , Anti-Corn-law Leagues, that would occasion its overthrow- THE LATE GALES. DEAL, TUESDAY NIGHT.—An English brig, the Smales, Robert Tyas, master, bound from Quebec to Whitby, ~was fortunately preserved last night from being driven upon the beach (where she must have become a complete wreck, from the violence of the gale, then just springing up) by the intrepidity of the Deal boatmen. About nine o'clock last night she was about to run from the Downs, where she had put in for shelter on Sunday, to the northward; but the captain, not well knowing the coast, got within a quarter of a mile of the shore, and in less than three fathoms of water. Indeed, so near was the vessel t 3 the beach, that during the lull of the wind I could plainly hear the men speaking on board. Four Deal boats (with 40 men) immediately put off, and after great efforts for upwards of half an hour, the boatmen succeeded, with an easterly wind " blowing dead ashore," in preserv ing the brig (worth between 4,000/. an d 5,0000, and taking it to a safe anchorage in the Downs. The captain has agreed to give 180. to the boat men for having saved the vessel—an offer which will not be accepted, and therefore the case must he taken before the Salvage Commissioners here for adjudica tion. There is no doubt that the salvors would ac cept of 2001. for their really valuable and efficient services. The revenue cutter Ranger, Lieutenant Baker, and the Lady Flora, Lieutenant Batt, which were cruising in the Downs, were last night compelled to make for Ramsgate harbour, which they reached in safety. The Russian Finland ship Iris, Capt. H. E. Hock hort, arrived in the Downs this morning, with loss of anchor and cable, which parted in the bay of Bou logne during last night's gale. They have just been supplied by Messrs. Goodwin, Curling, and Co., the agents to Lloyd's. The brig Phcebe, of Sunderland, from Quebec with a cargo of timber, was very nearly blown on shore here last night, but by the timely assistance of the Deal boatmen she was got clear, with the loss of two anchors (which have since been supplied), and she is now riding in safety in the roads. NAVAL INTELLIUENCE. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 16.—The Curaeoa, 24 guns, Capt. Jenkin Jones, anchored at Spith e ad.this even ing after sunset, from the Pacific and the Brazils ; she brings about two millions of dollars on merchants' ac- Count, and intelligence that trade is increasing ra pidly on the coasts of Chili and Peru. The specie will he in London by rail on Friday. The Southampton, 50, sails for Sheerness to-night. The Cambridge, 78, is hourly expected from th e Mediterranean to 3e paid off. • The Warspite, 50, will not be home for a few d a y s; she is to bring home Sir A. Woodfall, the late Gover nor of Gibraltar, but his Excellency, with his family, left Gibraltar in a steamer to spend a formal visit for a few days with the Spanish Governor of Cadiz, and the Warspite is to call at that city for him. BANQUET AT APSLEY HOUSE.—Last evening his Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Austria was sumptuously entertained by the Duke of Wel lington. The Archd u k e was atten d ed b y Captain Fitzroy, R.N., and Baron Lebzeltern and his Excel lency Baron Nieuman, the Austrian Minister, ac companied his Imperial Highness. Covers were laid for twenty-four, and among the guests present to meet the illustrious guest of the Noble and Gallant Duke were his Excellency Baron Brunow, his Ex cellency Count St. Aulaire, his Excellency M. Dedel, his Exellency Mr. Everett, his Excellency Baron de Cetto, his Excellency Prince Castelcicala, Earl of Aberdeen Lord Fitzroy . Somerset, Sir Joh n Mac donald, Sir Willoughby Gordon, Mr. Addington, his Excellency Count Pollen, &c. THE ELECTION OF THE LORD MAYOR.—The good people of London will be somewhat amused at the mode in which the recent election of their Lord Mayor is announced here in the Government journal : " Is nominated Corregedor of Londres for the coining year, Joao. Hemspherv, maker of candles." The editor adds, in a note, that " Corregedor" is the equiva leet for "Mare! "—Letter front Lisbon, )'• cis?‘- )44'414 - tronb-Varttion SUN OFFICE Three o' Clock A very smart hurricane appears to be getting up against the Income-tax. In the Isle of Wight i t already "blows great guns"—Cowes is disconso late, and Ryde " refuseth to be comforted." li, the manufacturing districts the discontent is no, less general; the metropolis and its suburbs arc in a similar state of effervescence ; while in nortl, and south Devon—as we gather from the lout; journals . —numbers Of families are reducing their establishments, in order that they may be en abled to provide against the detestable tax ii. question. Every where, in short, a grinding systen. of household economy is the order of the day. Mrs. Deputy Dobbs, who once rejoiced in three female servants, is now compelled to rub on with two ; Tomkins has taken his eldest son from the grammar-school ; Jenkins hae put a stop to his daughter's dancing-lessons; and of the thousands of Smiths with which the country is overrun, hundreds have given uy their "one-horse shay," shot or sold their dog. and substituted swipes for port at their five o'clock dinner On all hOnsehold 'domestics, in particular, this iniquitous Income-tax presses with re morseless severity. Betty has just received her discharge; Molly has got a hint thrown out about a reduction of wages; Tom, the footman, .has been told that he,need nalonger walk behind his mistress in .velvet shorts to Church, carryint her prayer book, and a gold-headed stick as tai as himself; and Polly the scullion, is threatened With a "Month's' notice" the instant the Col• lector calls for his first half-year's dues. A tax tha causes all this unmerited suffering, and make:: itself specially felt among classes which never.. by any chance, interfere in politics, must of necessity be grossly unjust in its'character. Les it fitll upon the rich and the independent, and vvelcotne; but why should Betty be dismissed. because Sir ROBERT PEEL wants money ? should - Molly's .wages be reduced, becaust Gen. POLLOCK has received orders to join Gen. NOTT at Cauhul I—and why—oh why, should Ton, be told to leave his velvet shorts behind him in the pantry, and take himself off at " a month's notice," because the Chinese refuse to yield sub mission to the " Barbarian Eye ?"- When Sit- ROBERT PEEL can explain these. matters to our satisfaction, we will believe that his. Income-tax is not quite so flagrantly unjust in its operation ; but till then, we shall take leave to consider h as the most harassing—inquisitorial—outrageou s —and insolently oppressiVe measure that was ever hatched by .the Devil, or a Tory, for the express annoyance of John Bull. . Our readers may perhaps imagine that the un popularity of this precious Impost is chiefly con fined to the Whigs and Radicals. But the case is not so. The Tories detest it with equal hearti ness, for Mr. Deputy Dobbs, who has just turned off his footman Toni, and the six Smiths, who have just got rid of their six housemaids, are all Tories, and bitterly regret the vote they gave at the last,City election. So is it with the respectable families of the Tomkinses, the Jenkinses, &c. They too, are Tories. They, too, thought it a fine thing to have such a respectable man as Sir ROBERT PEEL to tax them—thinking, of course, that he would have a sort of fellow-feeling for pockets of respectability.-and now they find to their cost that they have been deceived, and in the agony of their disappointment have serious thoughts of turning Chartists, and swallow ing the Five Points at a gulp ! But - as if the Income-tax were not in itself bad enough, the utmost efforts are being made—one Would almost suppose on purpose—to rend er it as - Sir ROBERT PEEL has not only established a raw in John B ull's sides, but he has hired a-set of assistants, and armed them with whips, ,for the express purpose of , keeping that raw in:a constant state of irritation. The Timee and . Herald of yesterday, and the Post of to=day, rmike grieious complaints on this score. The 'latter observes, "It is high time. that some - dikniSsalsOfAssessors under the Income ,tax, took place. Severe examples have become necessary. Many a poor creature is justly sent. to the:treadmill for a less guilty thing than en deavOtiring to extort a tax from those who are not liable, in order to pocket a per centage on the sum extorted. . A taste of the treadmill would, we have no doubt, be very efficacious." It is not often that we agree with the Post; but when we do agree—as Puff says in The Critic - unanimity is wonderful !" In the above passage there is not a sentence of which we do not cordially approve. The hint in particular, ab ou t t h e t rea d m ill i s admirable., But why, oh Post, why restrict thine indignation to the subordinates? Why not launch thy thun. ders at the heads of the chief offenders? The Assessors, no doubt, are much to blame, but who first put it into their heads tg, do mischief? These last, and not their helpless tools, are the fit subjects for the treadmill and civilised hu manity cannot imagine a more gratifying spec tacle—or one more replete with useful warning— than that of Sir ROBERT PEEL picking oakum, with his head cropped, at Brixton Slop clothes are proverbially worthless. Sailors deal in them more than any other. class of men, and generally pay a good price for what they purchase. No men, as the rule, are more fleeced by dealers tlian sailors; and, it appears, from a recen: meeting on the subject of the distressed shirt-makers, that slop-sellers are two-edged dealers, and cut as much off the wages of their work-woman as they cut off Jack's earnings. They pay one penny a piece for making sailors' shirts, and a skilful work-woman makes one in two hours. The cost of making them accounts at once fur their worthlessness when made. They are only run, not sewed together, and when the sailors get to sea they find employment in re4naking their shirts. The excessive smallness of the pay of the work-woman, and the excessive high price generally asked by slop-sellers, make the 'honesty of that class of tradesmen very doubtful. If there be exceptions in the trade, as there probably are, it is to be regretted for their sake that the names of those who pay one penny for makingashirt were not mentioned at the late meeting, that the public indignation might be directed against them. By withholding their names justice was not done to the trade. Fourteen hours a day do these sempstresses la bour for sixpence. What a noble field for Lord Asntkv! The factory slaves - and the colliery slaves get three times as much money for a less degree of toil. Their condition, however, is only a specimen of the general condition of the work ing classes. They are not worse off than agri cultural labourers. They are much better off than the unemployed labourers of Greenock and Paisley. They are generally either single women or they have partners who contribute to their subsistence. They haire not families, we hope, to provide for out of their hard-earned sixpence a day. They are not exposed when they toil like an agricultural labourer to all the severity of the weather ; nevertheless, they deserve public colmnisseration and public support, but they do not deserve them more than the agri cultural labourer who earns a shilling a day, and must with that support a family. The slop-makers and sellers do but take ad vantage of the necessities of the poor, and they are far less criminal, worthy as we dem them of reproach,than thosewho make the poor necessitous. Those who stop up the channels of employment and impede the labouring classes from finding healthy occupation in factories, i n em b roidery, in lace-making, in stocking knitting, are far more to blame than the slop-sellers. In every part of society there are too many persons for the work to be done ; their competition is their own de basement; and those legislators are their worst enemies who place restrictions on trade, and pre vent a single human being from engaging in. any honest pursuit by which he may obtain subsist ence. But if we look at our laws we find one forbids a man to import wheat, another prevents I um from tiapin tin butter and chees2, and a pt.( hibits him from b;.i! ging in sugar. We have no hesitation in saying that these and situ:- lar restrictive laws are the causes of the la mentable want of work which now makes the people injure each other by excessiv e :ompetition. No person can deny the want if work and th e co-existence of laws 4)rbidding. men from engaging in pa rtic u lar occupations; and should we seek further th an the xistence of laws so well calculated to deprive the people of profitable employment for the :ause of that want which actually exists'! Our •estrictive system is the cause why sempstresses Ire obliged to put up with a'penny for making a ihirt, and why agricultural labourers cannot get tbove one shilling or one shilling and sixpeare .or a day's hard labour. In this case machinery cannot be blamed, for sewing machines have - Ap t ;et come into use, if any have been invented. We have received by the Levant Mail copious ,ntelligence from the East. Letters from .0011 itantinople state that ALEXANDER, grandson of CZERNI GEORGE, had been solemnly recognis.e.,d )y the Porte, and that the firman for the &To' iitian of Prince GIIIKA. had been forwarded to Bucharest. Two special Commissaries had been appointed to carry the firrnan into effect. - The quarantine station has been removed. from the banks of the Bosphorus to one of the c astles it . the Dardanelles, much to the dissatisfaction of he European legations. The intelligence from Persia is fauna la tad strong hopes are entertained . that all the lifferences between that country and the P orte , All be amicably arranged. A mutual a g e . e. meat had been come to by the Commandeke the Turkish and Persian forces to withdraw MOr respective troops from the frontier, in order to 0- ,frevent any further c o lli s i ons . the From Malta we have a con firmatio n eising of the Arabs against the French in Algie:B; It would appear that up to the 314 t of oc,toued the loss of the French; in officers alone, atIVPO F to twenty-six. n Co-) Aton- Though no intelligence had reached bts stantinople of the; rising in Syria, little d t ° ,:en remain that serious- disturbances had t he place, and that great disco n t en t prevaile d in Northern district of Lebanon. - .A.cc French accounts from Beyrout, a rising the h ad taken place in the, district of Becher, and d Albanians sent to restore order had been def e* . t with considerable loss. ,one' We regret to learn that the Mortality an t .: l Lhe cattle in Egypt still continues to a frigh i `: d extent. MEHEMET Am on his way to Cell' ; l ie d 'topped at the Delta, where he to remain for some time, in order t° inQ figate the causes of this dreadful Ini"to Before his departure he had abolished th e for upon slaves, and had also adopted nleas ure9 ording .t(01 providing food for the people, in lily among the oxen shOuld tender it ilnP °6st to cultivate the land this season. e the The intelligence from Madrid is to I% t he instant. Reports were in circulation' that, ¢t army was to be reduced to 60,000 Men, tin" ' be a treaty of commerce, and a loan also, was L.ie some made with this country. It will be CaSe the nio;li)' leQd however, before English capitalists att'a' rs , ha ve money to bankrupt States, which seem t%, 00 . only one object in view—cheating their ereusfr,stn. The Spanish Government is described lts r - e cerely disposed to carry out the first -1116 : 15 : 1 to still, from the difficulties which it will- " ; 8 „ :e encounter, its success is anythingbut eert a-- : % ty The Three per cents. were done at. 2l,l*ts a i sh, days, and:the Five per-Cents. at 269-1 6 for and:27.at sixty days. 'The - debt hearieir;%vr tereaf' sold for 51 at days. „ - . We are glad to .find by the Paris 1 34e.1 114, 1) Y receivedthis day, that the new tariff adCW7ii t e the German Union, is opening the eYea a ' 'to French manufacturer s , an d compelling i mec h admit that a state of commercial isolationi-7te, as the monopolists w o u ld es t a blish for Fill) * would be ruinous to the country. in reteil led the Royal ordina n C e i ssue d in. July, direct chiefly against En g l an d, b u t to a certain eThio injuring also G e r man y, the Customs' 1•41-4 f have doubled the d u ty on m ost of the ar ti° l l 76o- Parisian manufacture. It appears that 00 - ,of day the merchants and manufacturers de, the capital, engaged in the foreign alarmed at this m o d e o f re t a liation, had an 5-0(1 ence of the MiniSter o f C om merce, and difee W' 435 attention to the fact, that the new aria'tie almost . cquivalent to a prohibition,of flint — '' i fee articles manufactured in Paris. , F ol ' : ) 0 - (# 1. " they said—" Gilt bronze of the .value of subject by the existing . tariff to 25f. du t Y' 50f. pay from the comme nce m en t of next Y c e a o r oefe A chest of plated goo d s o f the value (-" which now pays 150 f., will pay hereafter o .yr enormous duty of 300 f. A bale of stained Pa''vf of the value of 300 f., now subject .to a dtil.ll'r -75f., will hereafter pay 150 f. A chest el oc d, furriery of the value of 400 f., now PaYi li g he feg duty, will hereafter be subject - to 400 1 e ;Of 100 per cent. on the value. Iron and til l fine haberdashery, and kid gloves, in ti le ,,:fore proportion. With such extraordinary fact s u Z ei sr their eyes, the undersigned have asked they'' selves what could have been the m otive f° ( 0 , 1 4. conduct of the German Union? What n ew , 0' sures taken by our Government could ha v- , 511 ,0 , thorised the counnercial interests of 'Greruill"'ie consider themselves injured?" We. hav e° t ee formation respecting the r e ply made t Ile Minister to this very needless question, `T o res might' have told them that the new Jul)' taken by th e F renc h G ove rnmeet iii the ir had compelled the Germans to act iiii own defence, and w o uld probab l y t he all other coun t r i e , one by one, f° ll° ,,.‘ l e o llY. example till France was left alone i e lie. c tot , The Paris trad ers seem afraid of such a ; f t and ask the Mi n i s t er t o use his influence 'l.tiiriag venting the German Union from thus ii l J t French manufactures. But the Mi" ister strie begin at home. He must remove heavy re d co tions on imports from other countries, 811 dy .;10 wince commercial men th a t France i 5 re ir e meet them on fair and reciprocal terrns• a d@ trust,"' said the Deputation in conclasion, the German Union has not adopted theaciieen sures for the purpose of isolating itse lf ' procal isolation would be as easy as .l , t v an' be fatal, and cannot suit enlightened ul, ° . 5 0 ments. 'Confiding in your anxious solicituaeio, in the benevolent dispositions offriendlY " the 1 . 4 the undersigned trust that the delay c' t. tut of January, adopted by the Congress „. t ee gard, will permit the Government t o rem difficulties, difficulties, equally injurious to the tWO en° rel it The French booksellers, too, are in g Oa alarm for their trade, and held a meetiligden'' Monday, in the hall of the municipality, t° alit sider the expediency of the commercial with Belgium. After some discussion, nimously agreed to the principle of the measll4, and voted an address to that effect to the C / %le cif of Ministers. , j i ri 0 The lollowing appointments have appe ar -1.- the Moniteur:— c o Major-General Aupick, Commandant of the l 4` , , d'Application d'Etat Major, is appointed to th.e.e?rn, ie et. mand of the garrison at Paris, in the room 0 1 I' trio they dna , re, General Darriule, who passes into the second st'e de, of the Cadre de Reserve. Alajur-General Canuna,e, Commandant of the Military School of St. GYri. , ; t , places General Aupick at the Ecole and Major-General Tarlet succeeds General, ti.ll nade at St. Cyr. general The Commerce states that it was the belief in Paris on Sunday, that Count DE BUfEAU, the Prefect of the Se ine, e fain p t o h s e t a c f l l e e r r ks th a e t Hotel the e : d tl i e j a t joa t r of that he was to be replaced by M . GaealrL f ;,. LESSERT. the Prefect of Police. BOURSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, NOVE3fIIER First Highest l.ovr' price: Price. Price. Price. 118 9 0 French Five per Cents. 11 8 95 ... 119 -• 118 101 Four per Cents. 101 20... 101 20 .. 1 01 `""* 8(1. 10 3 per Cents 89 25... 80 25... go 10.-. 325 i-, Bank of France 3 285 ...3285 ..3255. • ) 00 Latlitte Bank 5,000 f 5080 ...5080 -. 5080 • 8 05 Belgian Bank BO5 805 • B ° s 106 0 1841 logo •*" 1 034 Belgian Fives. . lO3l ... 1031 ... 1 03 i lo4g 1840 lO4l ... 1044 ..• 104 ° :2 3 Spanish Active 234 ... 231 ... 2 ' )4 4 Passive Portuguese Fives BB 33 e. 32 -1 '"