The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-31 00:00:00

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEO. CRUIKSHANK, LEECH, AND CROWQUILL, The NOVEMBER NUMBER, price Half-a-Crown, of BENT LEY'S MISCELLANY. CONTENTS: Mr. LEDBURT'S ADVENTURES AT HOME AND ABROAD. By ALBERT SMITH. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEECH. Chapter HI. Of the manner in which INIr. Ledbury was exa mined by the Municipal Guard, and of his interview with the Prefect of Police. Chapter IV. Of the Quartier Latin, and of Mr. Ledbury's dgings therein. Chapter V. Of the evening party given by Mr. Ledbury and Jack Johnson to certain students and grisettes, at their room 3 in the Rue St. Jacques. The Haunted Mine, by R. B. Peake. The Life and Songs of Ana cre o n, by Barney Brallagan: Her First Visit Afloat, by the Author of "'The Naval Sketch. book," &c. A Campaign with the Christinos in 1838 and 1839, by Charles F. Fynes Clinton. The Dying Child. The Persian Spy, by J. B. Fraser, Esq. The Junior Barrister. Malay Vengeance, by H. R. Addison. The Youth's Death, by Mrs. Howitt. A Traitor's Doom, by H. R. Addison. A Monumental Pic-nic. Ballad Literature of Ancient Greece, by Dr. W. C. Taylor. Paddy Carrell, the Piper, by Bryan 0' Halloran, with an Illus tration by George Crnikshank. The Philosophy of Fighting, Edited and Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. Eyes, by 'F. J. Onseley. Richard Savage, by Charles Whitehead. Placing a Newaub on the Masnud, by H. R. Addison. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. 4FIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED MONEY DIVIDENDS will be divided in NEXT MONTH, amongst 8,200 SELECTED Bonds of the LOAN negotiated in the year 1820, andGUARANTEED by the GO VERNMENT and his Royal Highness the GRAND DUKE of BADEN. 1 Dividend 50,000 Florins ...... 50,000 Florins 1 do. 25,000 " 1 do. 12,000 " 1 do. 10,000 '' 10,000 5,000 " 1 do. 5,00 0 " .. 8 do. 1,000 " 10 do. 5 00 '' 5,000 10 10. ono " 5,10 do. 110 " 200 do. 105 " • • 467 do. 100 " 7,300 do. 91 " 8,200 Money Dividends, amounting to 892,900 Florins, or £74,400 Stet.lin.. Money. 8,200 SELECTED Bonds, each of which is sure to obtain one of the above Dividends. Largest Dividend £4,166 13 4 Smallest Dividend £ 716 8 12 florins equal to £1 sterling, a trifle more or less, as per the day's exchange. ALL THE DIVIDENDS PAYABLE WITHOUT ANY DEDUCTION WHATEVER. Direct for the few Bonds which arc still on sale, WITHOUT DELAY, to HEINR-BROTHERS at lIAMBURGII. Bonds are on sale NOW at £l3. Against the end of this Month the prioe will rise to El 4, and the Sale will close in the first days of November. These who remit .£l5 BEFORE the 28th instant, will re ceive an 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 HE post. INE BROTHERS. HAMBURGH, October 4, 1842. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, OCT. 31, Will be repeated the English Version of Rossini's Grand Opera of SEMIRAMIDE. —The Character of Semiramide by Miss Adelaide Kemlsle ; Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Shaw (from the principal Theatres in Italy) ; Assur, Mr. Giubilei ; Oroe, Mr. Leffler ; Idreno, Mr. Travers ; Shade of Ninus, Mr. J. Bland. After which• will be produced a New, Original, Comic Drama, written by Mr. Mark Lemon, Author of " The Ladies' Club," &e., entitled THE TURF. Captain Flatooker, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop, Mr. Meadows ; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Culpepper, Mrs. Hurnby ; :Miss Warren. Miss Lee. To conclude with the Ballet Divertissement of THE WOODEN LEG. Characters by Mr. Gilbert, Miss Bailin, Master and Miss Marshall, Messrs. J. and T. Ridgway, and Miss Jackson.. Doors open . at' Half-past Six, and the Performances corn mrnce at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price :is. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 35., Second Price t2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Priee 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-office, from Ten 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. Mitchell, Old Bond-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, OCT. 31, Will be presented THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin cipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Fauritt, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. After which, DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE. Prin cipal Characters by Messrs. Wright, Wilkinson, Paul Bedford, and Mrs. H. Beverly. After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE. The Imp, Mr. Wieland ; Fleur-des -Champs. Mdme. Proehe ; " The Frightful, Spiteful, Old Bachelor," Mrs. H. P. Grattan. To conclude with NORM A. Polio, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ; Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the numerous applications for Mr. T. P. Cooke to- appear in a succession of his favourite Characters, and the nightly overflows to witness inimitable acting, he will change every evening, being the last times of their performance. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 31, IN ill be acted a New Drama, entitled ESTELLE DUMAS, supported by the hest Company in London. After which, THE PILOT. Long Tom Coffin, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with Mr. Albert Smith's new Drama, called BLANCHE HERIOT, which has met with most decided success. Neville Audely, Mr. H. Hughes ; Hugh Laneret, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Herrick Evenden, Mr. J. Webster; Blanche Heriot, Mrs. R. Honner. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box .office, from eleven to four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning.... 40 minutes after 11 I Evening 0 minutes after 0. LONDON : MONDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 31, 1842. It is becoming a universal opinion that "la bour (to quote the language of the Morning Post) is not sufficiently remunerated." On that point the Tories and the Chartists agree. The latter complain grievously, bitterly, and justly, that they do not get a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. That is the foundation of all their grievances. They labour a great deal more, and are not as well rewarded as other men. ,the re medy that great and enduring grievance, y demand the Charter. If labour were at all times well rewarded, we should not hear much of poli tical grievances. The Post says, that" unless the deficient reward of labour be cured, we must look to have a state of the public peace no more certain and secure than that which obtains in Ireland." It agrees, therefore, in substance, with the Chartists, that the insufficient reward of la bour is a perpetual source of danger to society. But while Tories and Chartists agree on these important points, they differ as to the means by which labour can always be secured a sufficient reward. How the Tories would secure this important object we are not aware, for their attacks on free traders, on manufactures, on capital, and on leave machinery,se ntirely in the dark as to which ' the means bythey would increase the At th reward of labour. e sam e time they are the out-and-out opponents of i the Charter, by which the Chartists asserteNorylk7l.ll(l The se C T U o r r e a Tories i e fair day's pay for a fair day ,t : work. reject the Charter; they reject free trade; they repu diate the increase of manufactureS, and the growth of towns; they belong to that clas s of _ po liti c ians who grumble at a grievance, buta iucroa‘cvsn the ability to prescr ibe a remedy. r r The increa se down the the Church, the use o f coercion to p the A.nti-Corn-law League, the restoratioobnooftsl.l; restrictive system in its w orst form, obviously will Val not increase the food and the payment of the ' labourers. The Tories, in fact, show us no road to escape front the great difficulties which they say threaten us. They are. the least inventive of Jaen. The clodhoers, who are reproached with great 814wness pp in departing from old and bad habits, trove with railroad speed compared to Tnry red tapists. They refuse to improve, and declare positively that nothing better than the old plans can be learned. What they offer us as a remedy for existing evils are nos trums which have been continually tried, and a l wa ys with the same valueless ;results. Though the Chartist scheme may not be good at least it has not been tried, and Proved to b e -a failure, hik e the Tory scheme, Mid therefore we are not surprised at the Chartists preferring their plan to that of the Tories. • We have now, however, to introduce to the notice both of Tories and Chartists an entirely I New scheme of representation, which is intended, ii \c'tb ' • c te, t , ..u,,,, i . • 9lk GIN,% . A •V:P_ ,‘. :'' ' ...,,° = c3 , ( i. -1 4 § • ' ' ' ' il ;, . 41 I s i" , : ' ~.,„ S)..t . %L' rs Tt11 7,.. .1, 4 7: , iti:. ~ 73 S .. 1 0 : bR 0 % . ' 1 1 .1 . 1 . 0 • '.% ... (. if" , .(.. ...•,,, . . .../ V gj tt as all political institutions are, or ought to be in tended, to secure industry its due and proper re wards. It has long appeared to us, and we pre sume has appeared to many other persons, that politicians are amonest the least skilful of men in attaining their own ends. They profess, year after year, and century after century, to be anxious to promote the public happiness, to re ward virtue and punish crime, to see the public sentiments fairly represented, and they never, by any chance, fall on a new and a successful method by which these objects may be attained. The same old system of representation, chance be gotten, and chance reformed, which grew up six or seven centuries ago, increasing in deformity and in anomalies as society has extended or al- tered its shape, with one feeble and unsuccessful attempt in modern times to adapt it to society, still continues in ;use, and convinces us, session after session, and election after election, both by the scandal of the returns and the abortive laws which are produced, that it is wholly unfit for the purpose of governing the people in peace, and guiding them to prosperity. Nothing better, how ever, is ever suggested by politicians, and so far as they are concerned, mankind can have no hope but of going onfor ever with labour insufficiently rewarded, and peace at home for ever endan gered. At length a novelty has been started, and though it may turn out to be wholly unsuit able to the end proposed, yet, as serving to " de facate the politicians standing pool," and agitat• ing the thinking part of man, we hold it our duty to call public attention forcibly to the subject. A pamphlet has reached us, published by EFPINGHAM WILSON, entitled " Our Represen tative'System; its Tendency and Effects, with Practical Suggestions for its Formation on a new Basis," which gives an entirely new turn to our thoughts. Assuming that representation is the proper mode of constituting a Government,. and not, adverting to those great changes in modern times, which make it feasible to gather public opinion, :and enforce it without passing it through the dirty strainer of a House of Com mons, the author suggests a novel method of collecting our representative assembly. We will not advert to the numerous evils of the present system—one of which, the giving Members to lo calities, instead of constituting them Members for the whole empire, thereby giving them local, instead of making them attend to general inte rests is now, we believe, for the first time fully developed and a remedy suggested—we will con fine ourselves to giving a very brief outline of his practical suggestions, though we shall state them in our own way. The author's NEW PLAN FOR COLLECTING A HOUSE OF COMMONS is shortly this. Whoever can obtain the signature of, say 500 (the numbers throughout being solely for ex ample,) householders, attested by some known authority, from any part of the United Kingdom, shall be, without any other qualification what ever, placed on a list of candidates by some au thorised person, which list shall be published in the Gazette. An alphabetical list of all the candidates registered and gazetted, like a list of game certificates, shall be prepared and sent for sale to every post-office in the kingdom, as post -I age stamps are now sent, where they shall be purchasable for fourteen days previous to the day of election for one penny each. Any and e very per son may purchase these lists, and any and every per son may use them being of the male sex, and ap pearing to be 21 years of age. The plan, there fore, takes all qualification from candidates, and, establishes the suffrage in all adult tittles who choose to exercise it, and can purchase 4 list of candidates. They may be foreigners or aliens, if they only be on the spot and give in their lists. • The,lists are to be used thus. The purchaser is to mark in the list 50 names—we do not see the use of this limitation, as the writer proposes that the House of Commons should consist of 500 Members, and we should suppose that each elec tor might vote for the whole 500, otherwise it . might be possible that a much less number than the 500 might be elected—but the anther pro poses that the holder of the list should mark 50 names, preparing his list when it suits his conve nience,- before the time appointed for delivering them. A . -- Convebient and inc;;;sed place. being prepared, one for every 2,00 in habitant:, or for every parish that con tains less than 2,000 inhabitants, at one and ,the same day and hour the elections are to take 'place throughout the entire kingdom. At that time the electors or persons who have purchased lists are to assemble in the inclosed space, and at that hoar the entrance gate is to be closed, and no more persons admitted. At the exit gate each person is to deliver his list, and only to deliver one. It may be put sealed into a box, or otherwise. The lists so collected are to be exa mined by special commissioners or scrutineers, and the names of the five hundred candidates out of the whole wh,o have the most votes are to be published in the Gazette, and are to be the members of the House of Commons. A Parlia ment so collected might be continued three years; it need not be dissolved on the demise of the Crown, nor would it be necessary to fill up vacancies caused by death or otherwise, except in case of the death of a Cabinet Minister, whose successor might not have a seat in the House, and who, it is proposed, should sit ex officio. " The election should be final for three years at least," says the author, " not only as respects the whole House, but individual Members of it; and thus avoid the degrading struggles and com promises for seats, the expensive farces of elec tion petitions, mock inquiries, and other abuses of a similar character, which have gathered round our present representative system." We give no opinion on this proposal except to say that it could not well lead to worse results than take place under the present system, both in electing Members and in making laws with partial and class objects to fetter the whole com munity. We are aware that we have not de jne justice to the author by omitting all his . tions and all the illustrations which 1-.4e gives of indi his proposal, but we have only int-,nded + reflection of ou r ne cate the principle in the brief possible w a y, and leave the matter to: readers. The proposal i '4 in all resp ec t s at vari ance with our prese_nt system, and fitils com pletely in that po;int of easy adaptation to exist ing institutions which is a strong recommenda tion to stateFimen. Quoting one passage, to Ove our read:drs an idea of the authors manner, we sha l si conclude by saying that we hope his ex- • pectations that his wukk'will attract the attention of thinking minds, win be gratified :-- This, I know, embodies all that is asked for as " universal" or " complete" suffrage, but it embodies it in a way that gives to the elector full scope for per fect freedom of choice ;—to the elected complete ludo,- pendence of any particular locality. He would be the representative of a class, the individual members of which can have no claim upon him, and with whom he need not, except for public purposes, come in con tact. It would give, unless I greatly err, to each rank in society, and to each class, representation propor tionate to their station, their energy, or their numbers; to individual property, talent, or position, that influ ence, and no more, which these will always gain for their possessors. The rich man, the great man, and the wise man will still guide others in their choice of representatives. Their influence will always, to a great extent, be vo luntarily submitted to, and to that extent, and no fur ther, is it a "legitimate" influence. It is now confidently stated that Admiral Sir John Talbot, G.C.8., is to be the new Naval Commander in -Chief at this port, and that Lord Viscount Ingestrio is to be the Flag Captain. Sir John Talbot is one of the most distinguished officers in the service. His gallant capture of the Rivoli, 74, when in command of. the Victorious, is one of the brightest pages in the naval annals of Britain.—Hanipshire Independent. PaonturivE LAnotat.—A. countryman sowing his field, two pert fellow s riding that way, one of them called to him with an insolent air, " Well, honest fel low, it is your business to sow but we reap the fruit of your labours." To which the countryman replied, raising his hand to his neck, " Very vor I be sowing hemp." loikely you wall, E F FECTS OF THE INCOME -TAX.—In Carmarthen some establishments have been reduced, and the re- Ay 14 hiss all his life kept horses,.has.resOlvecl to ct . BpVe r I d la u N c -e ti° b n ee o n f s m ol a d n , 3 a - :q ii re is i c e P n li tjp te iTla P i l ict , t(4 s m ial s tu ds families have discontinued the' , eof isu gar7 ' Peer,' , and . other customary aitioles 'ttf — consumptiob.--500,, 1 bury Chronicle. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING . OCTOBER 31, [842. AMERICAN NEWS. importance as seemed to require your early attention, yet I am induced by reasons of public convenience, and with a view to an early resumption of our joint labours, to put a close to the present session. " I have to thank you for thzeal and assiduity with which you ha considered and perfected the various measures in which a short period of the ses %ion has been occupied. These, I trust, will be an earnest to the country of the principles by which I am guided, and of the advantages which may be expected from the cordial and united efforts of the several ARRIVAL OF THE COLUMBIA. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY MORNING. The steam ship Columbia arrived here last Fight, shortly before twelve o'clock, with thirty one passengers- She sailed from Boston on the 16th and from Halifax on the 18th, making the voyage from the latter place in eleven days and eight hours. The Britannia arrived out in eleven days and a half, facilitating the escape of the notorious Bardekin, manager of the Manchester Bank, who took his passage and his booty by her. The death of Dr. Channing, at Burlington, Vermont—a name not merely of American, but of European celebrity is the most striking event recorded in the United States -papers, which are otherwise occupied with the autumn elections, and local matters. Sir Charles Begot has dissolved the Canadian Parliament in a kind and conciliatory speech which, however, makes no direct allusion to the recent. important executive changes. It is to meet again in November. The AttorneyeGene ral for Eastern Canada, Mr. Lafontaine, had been returned by his old constituency, the fourth riding of York county; but his coadjutor, Mr. Baldwin, Attorney-General for Western Ca nada, had been less fortunate. He was defeated for Hastings county by the Conservative can didate, Mr, Murney, who headed him on the pell by 41. The election was accompanied by rioting so violent, that the military had to be called out, and the return will be set aside, it is said, .on the ground of obstruction and illegality. Before separating, the House of Assembly had imposed a duty of three shillings per quarter on United States grown wheat. Mexico has commenced the invasion of her re volted provinces, Texas and Yucatan, in right earnest, and with a degree of energy little cha racteristic of her people. Santa Anna has two English steamers at his comniand, plenty of men and resources, and his forces had taken San An tonio in Texas, arrested the-principal inhabitants of the place, and proceeding to the Civil Court, which was sitting, seized the Judge, the Jury, lawyers, and all! These vigorous proceedings ap pear to have been quite unlooked for by the Texans, who have been resting on their oars, for their navy is (or was at the date of the last ac counts) lying idle at New Orleans, and no means had been taken nearer home to receive the un welcome visitors. Galveston, to get at which the steamers, with their small draught of water, would be very useful, would, it was believed, be the next point of atack. The operation of the new tariff had quite crip pled the trade with England at New York, large quantities of goods being daily transhipped to this country on account of its provision. Busi ness was unusually dull. The rate of exchange on London was 7.1 to 7l per cent. premium, with a very trifling amount of business doing. e , this respect matters were likely to get worse instead of better. As in England so in America, dis cussions in the press on the advantages or other wise of free trade as opposed to " protection" to native industry were of daily occurrence. TRADE WITH CANADA. It appears from a letter of Lord Stanley, published in the Canada papers, that the matter of regulating the duty on wheat imported into that province from the United_ States, has been left entirely to the discre tion of the Provincial Parliament. Accordingly re solutions have passed that body to impose a duty of 3s. sterling per imperial quarter upon American wheat imported into Canada—such duty to go into effect on the sth of July next. The preamble expresses confi dence that upon the imposition of a duty in Canada upon American wheat imported into the province, such wheat will be admitted duty free, or rather as Canadian wheat, into the ports of Great Britain. A Bill was afterwards introduced, embracing the sub stance of the resolutions, and will no doubt become a law. The Kingston Chronicle says : "'the English Government offers to the province to etpeal the imperial duties, levied in England upon wheat imported into England from Canada, if the Provincial Parliament will impose a duty on wheat from the United States. The provincial administration has agreed to accept the offer, and proposes to fix the duty at about 3s. sterling per quarter, or 51d. cur rency per bushel. Supposing the importation from the United States, to be about a million of bushels, this offer will add to the provincial revenue about 370,0001: sterling. If it shall only amount to 200,0001. it will be an enormous addition to the pro vincial revenue, which will, no doubt, be applied to i mblie works—to 'the erection of public buildings, in which, as contrasted with those in every great town in the United States, this province is greatly deficient; and, it is to be hoped, to the erection of schools. " To some extent the duty will be a tax on the in • habitant; oc the province, namely, upon so much of the wheat imported as is consumed here. if the duty was merely on wheat, treating it as Canadian wheat when exported, it would amount to the duty levied on Canadian wheat in England, but the amount will be much more, and as the wheat will be manufactured into flour for exportation, the province will have the profit of the manufacture. This is the first time that the Imperial Government has given up to a colony the duties it thinks proper to impose in England on colo nial imports for the regulation of its own trade." The following is an extract from Lord Stanley's letter above referred to:— " By thelaw, as it has hitherto stood, Canadian wheat and wheat flour have been admissible into Great Bri tain at a rate of duty estimated at ss. per quarter, until the price in the English markets reached 705., at which amount the duty fell to 6d. By the Bill which is now before Parliament, a duty of 55. is leviable only while the price is below 555., and at 58s. falls to ls. only. But in addition to this reduction in the amount of price at which the lower duty becomes rayable, it is proposed to take off the restriction which has hitherto been imposed upon the importation of Canadian flour into Ireland, and thus to open a new market to that which may justly be considered as one of the manufactures of Canada. "It is true that the Imperial Parliament, atthe time they admitted Canadian produce at a nominal duty, might constitutionally have imposed a co: responding duty upon the imports of American wheat in Canada, an might thus have placed a check upon the undue influx of foreign, under the name of Canadian pro duce; but, whatever might be the view taken by her Majesty's Government under a different state of cir cumstances, in which a tax imposed by colonial autho rity; andof course receivable into the colonial treasury, upon wheat imported from the United States, might secure the agriculturists of England against the corn petitiou of foreign growers, they have been unwilling to impose such a tax, by the authority of Parliament, upon a raw arti c l e which might be'required for home consumption In Canada, and, in the absence of such a tax, have felt it impossible to propose to Parliament a nuttier reduction than thatwhich they have submitted, * in favour of wheat and wheat flour, shipped from the Ports of Canada.—l have, &c., (Signed) "STANLEY. " The Right Hon. Sir Charles Begot, G.C.8., &c." The object of the British and Canadian Govern ments is two-fold, viz. : 1. To compel American heat intended for the English market, to go through Canada; and, of course, tobe ground in Canadian mills, and shipped in British vessels. This is to be effected by exempting it from duty in the English ports, if coming through Canada, and :,1113jecting it to a high duty if brought from the United States direct. 2. The other object is the protection of Canadian agriculture. The farming interest in that province has been quite opposed to the idea of admitting Ame rican wheat free of duty, because the effect would be to reduce the price of Canadian wheat. The 3s. duty to be imposed in Canada, agreeably to the above men tioned Bill, will be so much protection to the Cana dian wheat grower, but will not check the import of American wheat into Canada, provided little or no duty is imposed upon it. or the flour made from it, on its arrieal in England. Unless our Government should adopt some counter vailing measures, we do not see but these objects will be accomplished. It is true, the words of the British law admit, and may continue to admit, into England, only Canadian wheat free of duty, but it is evident from the tone of Lord Stanley's letter, that in practice all wheat or flour imported from Canada will be " deemed and taken" to be Canadian. This year the Canadians have got their fingers burnt by grasping so eagerly at a trade which belongs prciperly to us—and so far they are welcome to it. ELECTION RIOT IN CANADA.—The Montreal Tran script contains a letter, of the sth inst., from the county of Hastings, of which the following is an ex branches of the Provincial Legislature: " Gentlemen of the Haase of Assembly, "I think you, in the name of her Majesty, for the liberality with which you have voted the supplies re quisite for the public service ; and for your ready co operation in carrying out the views of her Majesty's Government, " Honourable Gentlemen and Gentlemen, " In relieving you for the present from farther at tendance in your legislative capacity, I would express my confident hope that, when you return to your homes, you will use your just influence in promoting in your several districts that unanimity and good feeling which it has been my endeavour to establish, and in diffusing those hopes of permanent peace and prosperity, in which I trust you will unite with me in believing that we may now, under Providence, be per mitted to indulge." The Honourable the Speaker of the Legislative Council then declared the Provincial Parliament pro rogued to the 18th day of November next. LATE AND IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO, (From the New Orleans Crescent, Sept. 27.) The steam-ship Medway arrived at the Balize on the 23d, ha - ving left Vera Cruz on the 15th. G. S. Curson, Esq., bearer of dispatches from Ge neral Waddy Thompson, our Minister in Mexico, came passenger in her ; also Mr. Eafeiul, one of the editors of the Courrier des Etats finis. They came up in the Governor Yell. The Medway had on board $250,000 in silver for England. There is a strong hope that the cutter Woodbury is safe. She arrived at Vera Cruz on the 28th, after experiencing head winds all the way. On the 13th inst. she sailed for New Orleans, having. on board 15 Texian prisoners, to whorii General Thompson had given a free passage. She had also $BO,OOO in specie. Officers and crew all well. On the day the Medway left Vera Cruz, General Almonte, Minister Plenipotentiary, near the Govern ment of the United States, and suite, among whom is the son of the late Emperor Iturbide, were to leave Vera Cruz in the bark Eugenia for New York. Herr Cline also sailed in the Eugenia. The Yucatan navy is safely moored under the guns of the fort of San Juan d'Ulloa. The general impres sion was, that no more troops would be transported to Laguna, the force at Yucatan at present being deemed „ . sufficient for all purposes. The war steamer Guadaloupe was at Vera Cruz preparing to sail immediately for Galveston, for the purpose of reconnoitring the island, and capturing any Texan vessel she might fall in with, previous to the sailing of the expedition for the invasion of Texas ny sea, consisting of two steamers, two brigs, and three schooners of war, and the transports to be em ployed for the purpose of transporting the troops, 6,000 in number, who are at present stationed at Puebla, Zelapa, and Vera Cruz. A large num ber have also been sent by the northern route, and have for some time been encamped in the valley at the foot of the Sierra Madra. We have before us a letter from a friend in the city of Mexico, stating that General Wall had communicated to a friend there, that he had marched from Mier with 400 in fantry, 200 dragoons, 200 recruits, and 4 pieces of ar tillery, to take possession of San Antonio. The same epistle states that the bad understanding existing be tween the two Governments, in consequence of the insulting tone of Bocanegra had been arranged to the satisfaction of General Thompson, who, at the request of the President, held an interview with him in the Palace of the national Government. This was ef fected, the letter adds, by the high and manly tone assumed by General Thompson on all occasions. The "Napoleon” had also a presentiment that a United States fleet would soon be off `era "Cruz, a visit he was not at all desirous of receiving. Mr. Curson left the city of Mexico on the 9th inst., and leaves for Washington immediately. TEXAS AGAIN INVADED —CAPTURE OF SAN ANTONIO—PARTICULARS OF THE GREAT GALE. (From the New Orleans Bulletin, Sept. 27.) By the politeness of Captain Boylan, of the steam packet Merchant, we have full files of Galveston, Houston, Matagorda, and Austin papers , to the latest dates. The news rom Texas is of a startling and important character, if we may place full credence in the following extract from the Galveston (extra) Times of the 20th. That paper says : " We stop the - extra to give the following informa tion, but this moment received from a gentleman who has just arrived, and met the express the other side of OysteiTreek. " San A!ntonio was c ompletely surprised on the 11th inst., by; 1,300 Mexicans, under General Wall. Fifty-three of the pr i n cipal citizens taken. The pro clamation of the President, headed "The enemy again," orders the marching forthwith of the militia of Brazoria, Austin, Fort Bend, Colorado, Victoria, Gonzales, Jackson, and Matagorda counties against San Antonio; and the counties of the Upper Brasos and Colorado to march to Austin, and the citizens of the other counties to hold themselves in instant readi ness. The orders of the Executive are direct, that in the event of the evacuation of San Antonio by the Mexicans, ,they are to be pursued beyond the Rio Grande, and chastised as " their audacity deserves." In the event of a formal invasion, the western coun ties are to hold them in check, until the rest of the Republic can rally to the rescue. ' P.S. When San Antonio was taken, the Circuit Court was in session, and the Judge and officers of the Court were made prisoners. " It appeared that the'equinoctial gale swept along the Texas coast and over the Gulf of Mexico with frightful violence on the night of the 18th, causing the waters of the Gulf to flow into Galveston Bay until it was full to overflowing. When things were thus situated the wind suddenly changed to the N.E. and N.N.E. about ten o'clock at night, and blew with terrible violence for the space of about four hours, during which period the water arose with frightful rapidity into the streets of Galveston, until the depth ranged from two to four feet in all the streets situated within 300 yards of the bay shore, in the principal business part of the city. " During the prevalence of the storm, in the dead hour of the night, many families were compelled to flee from their falling houses, and seek shelter with their neighbours, after wading through a raging surf propelled by a hurricane." The Times adds—" The Episcopal church, a stately edifice, just completed, was blown from its founda tion, and though still partly standing, is a heap of ruins. The Catholic church (unfinished) is nearly as much injured. A fine new residence, just completed by Mr. Savage, is unroofed and seriously damaged. The store of W. Hall and Co. is measurably de stroyed, and a fine stock of goods almost totally . lost. De Lacy and Co., store and goods much injured. A house belonging to J. M. Jones blown down. Glad man's barber shop totally destroyed. Colonel Jack son's kitchen blown down (two servants narrowly escaped destruction). Captain Simpton's house and furniture much injured. The shed of the Cotton Press blown down, and other injury sustained. Many small buildings destroyed, and much injured. A portion of the second floor of the Merchants' Ex change fell in, caused, as is supposed, by the wind entering the building and forcing the walls from an upright position. ' Mr. Colton, the owner of a 'trading sloop, had his leg considerably bruised by his vessel coming in con tact with the San Bernard, but the wound is by no means serious. " The war schooner San Bernard, blown from her moorings, now lies in two or three feet water, but not injured. Brig Atlantic stranded, and said to be much injured. Prize schooner Mary Elizabeth ashore at high water mark, near the Custom-house. Schooner Endeavour capsized. Sloop Picayune stranded, mast broken. Several sloops and small craft high and dry. Steam-ship Merchant slightly injured, but is now fully repaired. "The total loss of property and injury sustained, it is supposed, must have amounted to 50,000 dollars. No lives lost, or persons seriously injured, that we are aware of. .. " The English bark Funchal, lying within the bar, near the east, end of the island, rode out the gale in safety. " The street along the strand presented a ruinous spectacle on Monday morning, from the accumula tion of wood, lumber, boxes, barrels, wrecks of houses, and goods." TIIN CRISIS IN TEXAS.—Present appearances indi cate that the Texians are to have another struggle for the maintenance of their independence ; and if suc cessful, it will probably be the last. For months past, Santa Anna has been engaged in raising and drilling an army for the invasion of Texas, and he has also contrived to get together a respectable naval force, including two steamers from England, armed with Paixhan guns, and manned with British seamen. As preliminary to the invasion of Texas, he has sent his squadron and 1,700 soldiers to reduce Yucatan to subjection ; and sh o uld he succeed in this object , as b Ihe probably will (having a l rea dy captured Laguna and the Yucata n fl o till a ) the whole disposable force of Mexico will b e ava il a bl e for the invasion of Texas. And against Texas we have no doubt it will be di rected. We anticip a t e a combined attack by sea and land. While th e M ex i can squadron, with perhaps a land force in additi on , o p er ates against Galveston and vicinity, the mai n arm y may be expected to enter 1 from the west. • A p or ti on of - this army according to , the last accounts, had already surprised San Antonio, capturing the princip a l inhabitants, including the Tudge and officers of the Court then in session, law. tract i— • " We have had a most tremendous riot to.day, and the returning officer was obliged to close the poll. Mr. "gurney, tho Conservative Candidate, is 20 a head, and there is not the shadow of a doubt that he will be elected by a handsome majority. This village is in a re -.):4 horrible state ; it is not safe for any man to go through the streets alone. I have seen several per so::.3 'knocked down because they would not hurrah 'for Mr. Bald Win ; his party are the authors of all the mischief. • I am also informed by the most respectable people of the counts', that great blame is to be at tached to Mr. Sheriff Moodie, the returning officer, who has throughout shown a great partiality for Mr. Baici P.S. The Riot Act has been read.' SIR CHARLES BAGOT'S SP.EfiCIL Th.? followio is the speech of Sir Charles Dagot.on elOing the session Gentlemen of the Legislative Counk,lill and. Gentlemen of the_Legislative..Assembly, "Althibugh I anticipated, when - I called you to'. • & f Ow, that .your consideration might have been giveu tit tile present session to such public business of yers, clients, and all. It seems strange that the vigi lant Texians.shonld ha,Ve allowed, tlioniselves,to be " comedeer " so handsomely. A few months ago they took the alarm, and prepared for the defence. But the immediate danger having soon passed away, the militia were discharged, and affairs were suffered to go on as if the midst of a profound peace. Never since the declaration of independence was Texas more unprepared for a Vigorons contest than at this moment. Her armydigbandEd ;—her ships of *ar lie idle at Ndw Orleans, for want of funds, when their presence urgently needed on the coast of Texas and Yuca tan ;--her crelit is utterly prostrate, and money she has none. Still, she has brave hearts and stroll.. hands, and When the crisis comes, we trust she wlll he found equal to it. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.—OCT-,15. SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. 5,000 dollars State 51-'s of '6l 2,000 dollars Kentucky 6's 7 6 -4 . 19 Shares Manhattan Bank.. 6l 10 ditto Bank of Commerce, full ... 8-1 10 ditto Bank of Commerce Scrip 9li 50 ditto Harlem 50 ditto ditto. 20 ditto Syracuse .. . 1011 5 ditto Auburn and Syracuse DEATH OF DR. CHANNING. (From the New York Evening Post.) Letters were received in this city yesterday, an nouncing the decease of William city Channing, D.D., late pastor of the Federal-street Congregation in Boston. This eminent man died at Burlington, Vermont, on Sunday last. His age was about sixty three. _ _ _ _ _ Dr. Channing was born at Newport, Rhode Island. His grandfather was William Ellery, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. His father was an eminent merchant of Newport, of the firm of Gibbs and Charming: His grandfather re tained the powers of his mind to extreme old age, being accustomed to read one or' more chapters every morning in the Greek Testament—a practice which he continued until he was upwards of ninety years of age. He once remarked that if old men would exer cise theiV minds more, they would retain their Intel. lectual faculties as long as they did their physical powers. Dr. Channing inherited the vigorous intel lect of this revered relative. _ _ . Of the doctor's father we are not particularly in formed, but Dr. Channing himself, though for many years an invalid, was, in early life, quite vigorous. Though small in 'stature, and possessing a light frame, he had muscular strength, and in college was con sidered an athletic young man. He was also one of the leading spirits in his class. During a part of hi.; collegiate course, his friends expected that he would, on taking his degree, pursue the study of medicine ; but his attention was turned to the ministry by the Hollis professor of divinity in Harvard College, where Dr. Canning graduated. At commencement,• when he took the degree of A. 8., he had a distin guished part, and was then looked upon „by compe tent judges as one of the most promising young men of the day. Soon .after, he went to Virginia, where he resided some time, we believe, as a teacher. Here he was supposed. by exposure or neglect of his health, to have undermined his constitution. He never fully recovered the robust state of health which he had pre viously enjoyed. In 1803, Mr. Channing was ordained over the con gregation in Federal-street, Boston. The lines be tween the Orthodox and Unitarian denominations were not, at that day, so distinctly drawn as they are at the present time. In fact, the term Unitarian was not in general use. Mr. Channing was considered a serious-minded young preacher, of irreproachable morals, with a cultivated mind, refined taste, unique eloquence, and leaning to evangelical views in theo logy. The Rev. Dr. Mason of this city, and other stanch divines of orthodox sentiments, in different of the country, used to preach in dr. Channing's pulpit. Circumstances occasioned a more marked division of theological men, not many years after, and Mr. Channing's preaching and theological writings assumed a more decided character. His celebrated sermon at Baltimore at the ordination of the Rev. Jared Sparks (the historian) made this division more complete. Mr. Channing's congregation increased— his people erected a more spacious edifice on the site of the old church—and a colleague, the Rev. Mr. Gannett, was associated with him in the charge of the congregation. Dr. Channing's published sermons during the war of 1812 brought him into general notice throughout the country. Subsequently his review of the writings of Milton, the character of Napoleon Bonaparte, and other able performances, .established his reputation among the eminent scholars and belles letters writers of the country and the world. The taunt of the Edinburghßeview, at an early period, that Dr. Chan ning " touched lofty keys, but with no very great force," was not echoed by the numerous readers and admirers of his writings. Dr. Channing's publications on the subject of American 'slavery have attracted no little attention throughout this country and Bur+. He belonged to no anti-slaYery . society—he even doubted 'the wisdom of, these associations—but he was an uncompromising , enemy to slavery, and thought, spoke, And wrote accordingly. One of the' latest, if not the last performance of Dr. Channing, was on the Ist of August, the anniversary 'of eman cipation in the British West Indies, when he deli vered a discourse in Berkshire county, Massachusetts. A report of it was published, and attracted the admi ration even of those who do not espouse the cause in behalf of which Dr. Channing directed so much labour and sympathy. Dr. Channing was a man of great independence of mind. He was never swayed by popular applause to do an act which his principles condemned. He paid no respect to men on account of their wealth or office. He honoured moral worth wherever he found it. His sermons on the paternal character of God, on the loveliness of the example of Jesus Christ, on the evi dences of Christianity, and on political and moral in tegrity, are admirable. He spoke out, in intelligible terms, on conjugal infidelity and licentiousness. In the pulpit his gravity and solemnity exceeded that of most preachers, and many who toast of more correct theological principles might have taken useful lessons from him, net only in the pulpit, but in all his social circles. In all circumstances, his feelings were under_ great self-command. On one occasion, at a dinner party, where a distinguished orthodox clergy man overstepped the boundaries of propriety, Dr. Channing remarked to the person near him, " A strange man that." On another occasion, when the audience were greatly affected by the eloquence of a distin guished preacher, a professional brother, whose' feel ings were easily excited, expressed astonishment that Dr. Channing appeared to be so little moved. "My tears," said Dr. Channing, " are not so near my eyes as yours are." • Dr. Channing had great contempt for ephemeral popularity, for office hunting, for the airs often as sumed by upstart aristocrats, for the tricks and com pliances of politicians. What was worthy of esteem and veneration in men, whether they were rich or poor, white or coloured, he reverenced, and could look down upon arrogance, folly, and the unprincipled, with pity and virtuous indignation. His elocution, as has been intimated, was peculiar—his eloquence unlike that of any other man: His preaching and his writings were corroborated by a life of high moral character. Dr. Channing was the poor man's friend and advo cate. He prized the principles of our Government, hut was chiefly anxious that the people should be righteous, rather than prosperous. He loved the cause of peace, and by his tongue and pen did all lie could to avert the calamities of war. In fine, however much men might .dislike his theological opinions', no one wliO knew him could fail to prize his purity of character, his inflexible integrity, his lofty purposes, his literary taste, his eloquence, and his able discussions. His death is a greafloss, not only to his family. but to the city where he resided, to the country which gave him birth, to the cause of letters and freedom throughout the world. DEATH OF ALLAN CUNNINGIIAM.—We regret to announce the sudden and unexpected decease of the above distinguished artist and poet, which took place at twenty-five minutes past eleven on Saturday evening, at his late residence, No. 27, Lower Beigrave place, Pimlico. Mr. Cunningham was in his usual state of health on Thursday last. He was absent from home during some part of the day, and retired to rest quite well in the evening. Shortly after six o'clock on Friday morning, Mrs. Cunningham dis covered him in a state of insensibility, and the medical attendant of the family, Mr. Bloxsome, of Ebury street, was sent for. On that gentleman's arrival he at once pronounced Mr. Cunningham to be labouring under apoplexy. The deceased never regained con sciousness, and died without pain. It, is scarcely eleven months since the deceased's friend and patron, Sir Francis Chantrey, died under very similar cir cumstances. It will be recollected that Mr. Cun ningham was appointed executor and manager by that lamented artist. As a mark of respect the shutters in Lady Chantrey's residence (29, Lower Belgrave place) were closed yesterday. The name of the de ceased has long been familiar to the literary world. Mr. Cunningham was the son of humble parent% and born in Scotland in 1786. After receiving an ordi nary school education, he was apprenticed to a stone mason, and followed that occupation for several years, His poetical taste, which was early developed, attracted the notice and patronage of Sir Walter Scott, and he was already favourably known as an author when he was intrusted by Sir Francis Chantrey with the management of his extensive statuary establishment. Mr. Cunningham's principal works are, " Sir Mar maduke Maxwell"—" The Mermaid of Galloway"— " Life of Paul Jones"—Life of Robert Burns"-- " Lives of the British Architects, Painters, and Sculptors,"- in the "-Family Library," and several .minor volumes of poetry. Mr. Cunningham had, completed his " Life of Sir David Wilkie" but Iwo days before be died. AZINI. AINSWORTH'S MAG Price Half-a-Crown. The VETIENIBER N UMBER containing THE MISER'S I:IAUOHTER, By W. HARIIISON AINSWORTH; Esq. Book lll.—Chapters XI., XII., XIII., XIV., kt f ., XVI., XVII., and . XVIII. With Two Illustrations on Ste&, by GEO. 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Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. .* To be had also of all Booksellers. - 4 4". ' 4 ''''',; Mt* A3 , 1 - ,:..a:`;' r‘ ,i, r. , j --- T I 1 t ton troittl ' 7 4 *6l SUN OFFICE Three o'Cloch. Disapproving of au irreverent alliteration made use of by an Essex landlord, a supporter of the Church, we may state without offence that PEEL, by the blessing of Providence, is effecting changes by the measures of last session, of which at. the time he had no conception. The agricul tural moan - La meetings bear testimony to the fact. For the last twenty-seven years the cry among landlords and tenants was "protection to the landed interest" Now the cry is "no more sleep, no more slumber, no more folding of the hands to sleep." The burden of the song at these agricultural festivals denotes a new era in England. Not a whispr transpires about the heavy burdens on land or tithes, or poor-rates, or even highways, which are more burdensome than ever ; but lAndowners, farmers, and even the very clodhoppers sing "up and be stirring, for the enemy is upon us." We do not attribute this revolution to PEEL, but to the mother of invention. The landed interest, by a concurrence of circumstances, has now no reed to lean upon. Deserted by both Whig and Tory, it is left, like the orphan, to trust to itself; but in the true English character it is determined not to be beaten by foreigners, nor needlessly repine over disappointed hopes, nor give up in despair a con `.est which every other class manfully resolves to The very protection so long clung to as neir salvation, they now admit has made them only indolent, checked the spirit of improvement, and encouraged them in the belief that the wis lom of their ancestors was not absolute wisdom. meet. This certainly is a great step in advance within a few months, and must be regarded as one of the new remarkable features of this progressing age. No one; not even the Duke of BUCKING HAM, who was afraid to meet his Aylesbury friends last week, even dreams of the re peal of the present Corn•law, but submits to his thte in solemn silence. The Duke of RICHMOND, who haS heard at Gordon Castle language very different from that which he was accustomed to hear at Goodwood, has not cer tainly imitated the example of his brother of BUCKINGHAM, but has feasted his tenants, and made speeches, and talked much about agricul tural improvements, and tile-draining, and bone manure, and turning waste land into arable, but DOE a word about turning out PEEL. This is only what was to be expected from a nobletnan who is allowed by all to be a pattern to his order, for his manly independence, hiS strict in t(•grity, his domestic virtues, his habits of busi ness, and his fearlessness of danger. He sees that he in error in supposing that PEEL must obey the men that mode him, in despite of dire necessity ; and, like a wise and just legislator, is resolved, without repining, to make the best of a hopeless case. We trust w h en he returns to a quarter where they . are much needed— the south of Etiglandhe will bring, with him some of the &Chines,' and customs, and agricultural systems _which prvail in his northern duMains, and instil them Mi.° those jog-trot farmers, who use four horses to do the work of two, who swear by their f xreat grand fathers, and hate the very name of Reform, who rebel against iron ploughs and turnip drill, and . and clean trim-looking thorn fences, sacrificing their own interest and that of their landlords to the love of ease, the bigotry of custom, and. the dread of change. While eVery. interest throughout the kingdom is moving at a railroad speed, while our manufacturers are in defatigable in their inventions, and the very operatives themselves are making rapid advanceS : in everything that relates to their trades, the great source of our wealth, as the Church-and- State men say, is comparatively an uncultivated field. Let the landlords then bestir themselves, and'seize the present opportunity for advancing with the spirit of the, age. The first great movement should commence by throwing off all political ties between themselves and their tenants, and looking not to party but to theirosin interests. , They have learned from experience that Toryism is as ineffectual as • Whiggism in keeping up monopolies; that the duty of Ss. by the sliding-scale has been as injurious as the fixed duty of Ss. proposed by Lord Jour; Rus- SELL ; and that if it ever should benefit their in terests, the advantages will be more than coun terbalanced by the tariff, which affects corn as well as cattle. It is vain to pray for protection, and they must at last take the poet's advice and pray only for those things which they can obtain by their own exertions. The first great step for meeting the changes produced by the mea sures of last session, is to grant long leases. Men holding land froin year to year at. the will of a capricious master, have no security forthe money expended,. and no encouragement to venture on improvements, of which they may never receive the benefit. There is abundance of wealth in the country ; money never was so plentiful, and if only one-lnilf had been laid out in breaking up waste land, and adopting new systems of agri culture which has been threw away in loans to foreign States, England could have produced, at a moderate price, ample means of subsistence for all its inhabitants. If two quarters of wheat can be raised at - the cost of one—and the system adopted in the north verifies the fact—the land lords of England may set all the competition of foreigners at defiance. We have received, by the Columbia steamer, which reached Liverpool on Saturday night, New York Papers, 11 days later than those brought by the last packet. She left Boston on the 16th, and Halifax on the 18th, and made the passage home in about twelve days. The Belgian steamer, the British Queen, sailed from New York on the 7th. The news from Canada, which we hay:: given at length, is important. Sir C. BAGOT has closed the session of the Provincial Parliament, and in a very brief speech thanked the gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly, for the liberality with which they had voted The supplies requisite for the public service. The . Speaker then declared it prorogued to the 18th of November. Mr. LAFONTAINE, the Attorney-General for Lower Canada had been returned for the fourth Rid. ing of York by a great majority ; but Mr. BALDWIN had been defeated by Mr. MURNEY, a Tory cane didate. Great rioting took place at the elections, The news from the United States is not of much interest. Trade continued extremely dull. It appears the Phoenix Bank of Charleston had f a il e d, the whole capital of which had been loaned to two firms without adequate security, the papers being so arranged at the time of exa mination by the Bank Commissioners as to elude the most careful scrutiny. • A dividend of profits of three per cent.' bad been declared payable on ;the very - day thalAbelAnk stopped payment. Wu34A/a WYMAN ) ex-prtsident,and 'Luaus BROWNE, jun., ex-cashier of the hank, and Wm H. SKINNER, of the firm Of STANLEY, REED, and Co., had been arrested, and held to bail in the sum of $lOO,OOO each, for their appearance for examination before Mr. Justice BUTTRICK, at Charleston.`,.: The complaints charged WYMAN and BRowNE had embezzled the sum of $300,000 from the Phceuix Bank, and also that Mr. SKINNER conspired with thpn to per petrate the fraud, which is made larceny by the revised statutes. Exchange at New York on England was 71 to 71 per cent. premium, and on France sf. 35c. to sf. 37c. SANTA ANNA was vigorously pursuing warlike, operations aviinst Texas. A force of 1,300 Mexicans, had taken San Antonio at a time when the Courts of Justice were sitting, and Judge, Jury, accused, and accusers, together with the principal citizens, were made captives by the in• vaders. The Texians were altogether taken by surprise. From Yucatan we-learn that the Governmen was still holding out, and' that no movement against Campeachy or any other part of the coutt• try had been made by the Mexicans. The accounts from Rio Janeiro state that an increased duty of five per cent. on imported goods had been ordered by the Treasury. The advices from Havannah extend to the,2:2d ult. The Island of Cuba had been visited by severe hurricane, which caused very considerable damage to the crops generally. Intelligence had been received at Baize, Hon duras, of the loss of her Majesty's steam-shil ) Spitfire, on the 10th ult., on Half-moon KO" reef. All hands were saved, but the vessel be came a total wreck The accounts from Madrid are to the 22d-inst. Private correspondence states, that a modifica tion of the present Ministry was spoken of; by which CARNERERO would become Minister I,r Foreign Affairs. Instructions had been for warded from the Government to Don Fitazictsco DE PAULA, informing him that he must not ap proach Madrid. The Infante had requested ass ; , favou.t that lie might be permitted to pass the"_ winter in Andalusia, but had not yet received agY • answer to his application. It is announced that ZUREANO had been promoted to the rank of spector-General of Customs by land and sea in the province of Catalonia. The Three per Cents. were done on the Madrid. Bourse on the 21st at 211 at 30 days. Mel'!" per Cents. at 26 at 60 days. On the 422d-illst• the Three per Cents. were done at 211 for caul'' and 21 11-16ths. at 60 days. The Five per Cents. 261 at 60 days, . . • f J . _,i Accounts have been received from Lisbon by , ' the Tagus steamer to the 24th instant. The . Prince DE JOINVILLE and the Duke D 'AUMAIX ' ' , - • 1 had arrived with a squadron of three vesse ls, an a were received by the Royal Family and the pub - , lie authorities with the most marked attentions. . Sir'eFIARES NAPIER, to whom the QUEEN ow° so much, arrived on the following day, and 10 5 saluted by the Porttiguese forts as he Proceeded tip the river. Great attention was paid to our gallant countryman by the Court and Pa lle authorities. .. The tariff convention had been brough t to a conclusion, the final proposition on the Part Portugal having been communicated on the 93°' . , to the British Envoy. It remained with ou r ..., Government to accept or reject these terms' ~ Some further reductions, but to an inconsiderable ).,' extent, were admitted by Portugal on woollen and printed cotton goods. No new genera' . .. Classes Of goods were included, but reductions . . were here and there admitted in particular iteins• There was the appearance of further concess°7 . ~ without the reality of substantial abatenle" i • ' Portugal had rejected as inadmissible the sev era -• ho ol d propositions that 3s. 6d. per imperial gallon s , het be fixed as the duty upon her wines tint" - ne export duty of 12 milreis per pipe on pOr t ,Wl-- ., l is done away with ; that an additional ad valor e m • ' 2 a o n p d er th c a e t nt t . he sho s u y l s d ter b n e Of re s t p ai e te ift d e best",e 4 d tl ' i l e ty 3,: i . f ; should be abandoned by Portugal, and iniedlll:l ) valorem duties substituted, with rega rd to our manufactured produce. . po F rt o d e uatryedonuctiijoeiri,,owt;n4ess,s-tlhliepsetrapcleent. on the tu l _7 . England obtains in return a reductaiofnPo°fr2toLigpaellr: cent. upon one class, and 40 per cent. 11 P ° • another el'oiss, of her manufactured goods, there being several articles on which no re du tioca ie _I . 1 - , admitted. But unequal as the proposed redt.t. lion was, the comthercial treaty being signs 4 would be impolitic to reject it. • •, 7 4 WV The Paris papers of Friday have been reeeic e t: ''''. l , but those of Saturday had not arrived at th e bo . ° of going to press. The contents - are not r i b ; ' portant, being still chiefly occupied with ' B . .;,,, question of the Right of Search, and Lord A- 13s tis . " DEEN'S letter, &c. A private letter repeats, 6r- 1 the French Government has officially and fo, mall y communicated to ours that the Treat? cl: the 20th of December, 1841, will not be rat.i fle o d Count D'Aamm, the Minister of Prus sia,,ll o M. WENDLAND, the Charge d'Affaires of .1310141' presented to the KING on Th u rsday, lettere frf be 0,1 their Sovereigns, notifying to his MAJESTY, ',he 1 Marriage of Princess MARY of Prus sia with " Prince Royal of Bavaria. The - Semaphore tie . Marseilles of the 25th lt7 t :f contains an important notice from the Chamber Commerce of that city, informing the Inerc h 1 o f that on the invitation of the Consul-Gene° lia .- A France at Alexandria the Viceroy of EGYPT it; ordered that all cases of goods forwar ded id, transitu between Suez and Alexandria vveti d t ° without distinction of country, be a lloWe , • coo pass freely on the mere declaration of their to tents, accompanied by an invoice. The citit): oo - ; be levied on those goods was fixed at oite " " ° 9 • per cent. ad, valorem. This decision 0- f M„ r o f MET ALI was communicated to the Chauw-tod Cotninerce by the Minister of Co inmeree ,i , Agriculture in a letter of the 17th instant. lies, . a 110° 1 " Yesterday morning," says the Su d of , L d ileA a of the 25th, "Artim Bey, private Secretaryr, d u ty I Dragoman of Mehemet .Ali, charged with the se a. delivering to the King of the French and t',llo o . Family, the presents sent by the Pacha, wa.la by 1115 to go out of quarantine. He was accompatu ots coo c i secretaries and a numerous suite. The pre, se ree a, 6=2. sist of eight superb Arab horses of high u I T", six cashmere shawls of the greatest Par's'be ea horses were immediately led a towards t v urPl under the guidance of a person sent for tr,„: e tioo ''' s by the Viceroy, and the whole under the „i,, 1 ; bons one of the Pacha's equerries. Amongst b" b otle u se is the one ridden by Ibrahim Pacha at the d i § of t Nezib. - He is of a light grey c olour, au §ol oilgi more muscular form than is generally seen. s saints r: horses of the Arab race. It is sa id that ttu o f eic in the retreat of Syria, sustained a gal,, l a t hav in r , hours, without being much fatigu ed, and he was ... 0 fallen into the power of an Arab tribe, , 11 ,„ b0r,7 1 .., changed for 1,200 camels. The oilir bay for amongst the eight is one unequalled b in e -F ite lbo, 117_ speed. The shawls are the finest that t . d w as O l e . been able to obtain. A considerable crot%isle straoge„,-- ing at the door of the lazaretto to 5e 11 `. Artim Bey, who has been before in -1 4. litv.' presses himself in French with great . 3ei - received th e t ." g Since writing . since writing the above we hav e . no 00 - . o i papers of Saturday, but they ewit 3 ' ll . l _,.. a hi ge _ importance. The Constitutionnel. a l ,: re i n tile / article on the right of search and si ti v ,o ' n d sell ., French colonies, which displays ru ue thee t ',, x tra(!t and moderation. The following is an to " No person has shown right of search than we have, but the ~ta,%i r vi art'4 i .. in the French flag and the liberty o:_xuatiotts,Pfh.laii greater 01 3 1 )° _,_ ko f c lef 1 0; commerce against the exercise of this hail:. I .. ‘ r t , ~ ',.",0 0. lege shall not lead us beyond the ii that" , i ; e scl.“ ,7, ~s t .,, - an ci, . always keep clear of two faults; II mast l'.' n " world a I, 1i nd and systematic hatred gnenx a at g „ ! ti. l . : :a. ts::ii_ot f . tot t f,a l l ie c iidlolol3 , l : , i tc e bi r; c. as to a to la d o r ie iv o e ta th le e . r t o w pt o ol Vl t i t s t : ( 7 the idea, at once political and Cll,ll,..t!believe,.a, of pating the slaves in our colonies..tivl: e to the rich contrary, that the difference rela , able to a prudent and well ordered`oiolent pa',: ~i0(.14 has given a counterpoise to the .‘ c , in me ? , _ l r ' es ts i search has brought about circin certain abolitionists;_ it hasprod-1 e" . t . iro c int e ry 0 11 defenders - ti i " the r far it has taken from imprudent . e ditate , s .._ ( i rePt ire •og pretext for saying that France in n ~,,, , f. 1.1 a happy reaction in favour of mar' „f it s ';!• of the „ lo p _ ac eil eenelgaZr s ; t , i i ° o ° „: 01 themselves beard by every n p a ra n c a ti e Ll ; i t t ne h nr 1 and of ° r f 1 : ;1 1 8 4 ( on e, difficult LIAO hnejordecroaltoeniaellda proceeding,with the solution 0 ~! ., .,,a uc. , , , or +".• .. - ; of - slave eluaupipation with the contowe 4 I