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TO SE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS. INTERESTING NEW WORKS, Just published by MR. COLBURN, l& Clreat Marlborough-street. I. LORD LONDONDERRY'S STEAM VOYAGE to CONSTANTINOPLE, by the RHINE and the DANUBE, in 1840-41. 2 vols. dm, with Illustration& RUSSIA and the RUSSIANS in 1842. By J. G. KOHL. 1 eel., with Illustrations. 10s. 6d. bound. The FIFTH VOLUME of MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVES of the QUEENS of ENGLAND, comprising the Lives of Queen Katherine Parr and Queen Mary. NEWFOUNDLAND in 1842. By Lieut.-Colonel Sir RICHARD BON;NYCASTLE. 2 vol.. small Bvo., with a valuable Map, and other Illustrations, 21s. bound. Mr. VIGNE'S TRAVELS in KASHMERE and the COUNTRIES ADJOINING the MOUNTAIN COURSE of the INDUS, with Observations on the late and now pa-s -ing Events in Affghanistan. 2 cols. bvo., with a valuable Map, and other Illustrations. HAMBURGii, 12TH AUGUST, 1842. HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA_ HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, AND HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA, Having A UT HORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS', by which, though they are NO LOTTERIES, LARGE FORTUNES may be obtained, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are Selling GENUINE and WARRANTED SELECTED BONDS for the said DISTttLBU 'ION& Persons desirous to purchase may re!eive. PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROSi'ECTUS with full PARTI CULARS, uron addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. The Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre will OPEN FOR THE SEASON ON SATURDAY NEXT, SEPTEMBER 10, when Will be performed Bellini's Opera of NORMA.—Pollio, Mr. W. Harrison; Oroveso, Mr. Giubilei; Flavius, Mr. Binge; Norma, Miss Adelaide Kemble • Adalgisa, Miss Rainforth ; Clotilda, Miss ne. After which will be produced a New Comedy, in Two Aets, writ. en by Dougla Jerrold'Esq., entitled GERTRUDE'S CHERRIES, OR WATERLOO IN 1835. Willoughby, Mr. Bartley; Vincent, Mr. W. Lacy ; Gnibert, Mr. Diddear • Jack Halcyon, Mr. Har ey ; Crossbone, Mr. Meadows ; Angelica, kiss Cooper ; Mrs, Crossbone, Mrs. Humby ; Gertrude. Mrs. W. Lacy. Doers open at half-past Six, ana the Performances begin at Seven. Dress Boxes 75., Second Pribe 3s. 6d First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 'Z.J. 6d. ,• Pit :?s. Seeond trice 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whitlow, at the Box_ Office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-Oth e; of Mr. Andrews, M. New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond street; and of Mr. Sams. Pall Mall. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, . . Will be acted. Colley Grattan's Historical Play of BEN NAZIR, THE •A lt ♦CEN.—Ben Nazir, Air Butler (as acted by him at all the principal Theatres i 4 America) ; King Charles, Mr. H. Hughes; Emerance, Mrs. H. Vining. After which, an New Petite &Ilia-Comic Drama, entitled THE WELCOME HOME.— t Merton by Mr. R Honner. To be followed by THE ARTFUL DOUtiE.—Demosthenes Dodge, Mr. G. Wild. To conclude with the laughable Entertainment called MY MAN TOM.—Tum Chaff; Mr G. And ; Mrs. Kate Moreton, Miss E. Ter rey, who will sing Kate Kearney." Places and Private Soxes may be rasi of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Pox Oleo, train Eleven till Four daily. THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. FIRST NIGHT OF THE NEW SEASON. Two New Pieces : : M. Carter, the Lion King, and his highly trained animals of the Desert ! ! ! THIS EVENING, SEPTE‘IBER 6. Will be per armed the Burletta of MY FELLOW CLERK.— Tactie. Mr. W. Howard; Victim, Mr. Oxberr y ; Fanny (with Songs), Miss Ho'.mes. After which, Ni CARTER, the Lion King, will appear in a new Oriental Drama, written ex re -ly for him by .1. 'I. Hines, Esq., called I'HE LION KING; t R. THE BRUTE TA MAI OF THE DE - ERT.—Omer, the Lion Tamer, M Carter. To conclude wi h a Novel Burletta, wri ten by Pierce Egan. Esq., full of fun, frolic, and whim, called L FE IN DUBLlN.—Corin thian Tom, Mr. Wen. Howard; Jerry, Mr. J. T. Haines; Jemmy 6reeu, %Ir. Oxherry ; Logic, Mr Halting worth; Mrs. Green, Miss L Melvill ; Kate Brilli+nt, Miss rescott Wa. de; Betsey Tasteful Miss R. Isaacs; Rose Das..all. Miss Beresford. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s.- Gallery, Is. Doors see en at half-past Six ; commence at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine Private Mixes to he had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-office ; and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Bally, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. First,yerform:: c of aI ew Fantasia, "Em Strauss von Handel !" The G . randola wilt commence this week at Half-past Eight. s:RAN 13 EVENING FETES, MONDAY, TUESDAY, and THURSDAY, with the fo lowiug matchless combination of uniq e attractions:— --; The ceTeiTated MENAGERIE, recently enriched by several Zoo. bgtcal rarities. Tve stupendous TYPORAM IC MI/DEL AL-FRESCO of ROME front the left bank of the Tiber. he PROMENADES N -SICALE.S by the unrivalled Bind of Wind Instruments, coneuctei by Mr. Godfrey including Beetho ven's Sinfonia in C minor, the Grand Due Dove Vai " from 4 . Guillaume Tell " p rformed y Handley and Prospere, a new se lecticr, of favourite morceaux from the works of Handel. and a va. riety of popular pieces After th, Concert the Illumination of St. Peter's, and the Giran dela of Saint Angelo, with Southby's magnificent Pyrotechnic Spec tacles, Extr , ordinary Aquatic Fireworks n the Lake, and Superb Cascade of Fire. Admission to the whole of the Entertainments, One Shilling. Open at Ten in the 3loining.—Feeding at Five.—Concertat Half past Five.—Fireworks at Halt.p,st Eight, HIGH W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morninn 32 minutes after 2 j Evening 5l minutes after 2. LONDON: TUESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 6, 1842. We do not row ask the question for the first time,:" How is England '—how are the masses in England, who are -very generally discontented, "to b.! (overned ." But 11.0`,V, fur the lately, a practical answer is given to the ques tion. The extensive political changes proposed by the Chartists, their design deliberately formed and deliberately carried in to execution, of putting an end to all public meetings, of which they did not approve—a policy very nearly akin to that of the ultra-Tories at all times, and the late general insurrection in the north, directed less against the Government than against the middle classes, seem, we are afraid, to have thoroughly roused their apprehensions, and made them resolve, at whatever cost to themselves, to strengthen the Government, and enable it to domineer with a heavy and an iron hand. We note in the provin cial papers but one voice on the subject, or the objections to this course are made in so querulous and doubtful a tone, that it informs us, even better than an actual assertion, what is the present state of public feeling in the provinces. How long it may last, we cannot pretend to say; but throughout the middle classes generally there is now, we are afraid, a practical conviction, giv ing birth to active exertions, that the liberties of the people must be curtailed, and they must be rigidly and severely governed. In fact, the conduct of the people, as above all unc‘d to, has supplied the pretext, if not the justification, of reviving and restoring ultra-Toryistn, which, fi,r the season, seems in the ascendant. The Secretary of State has given a warrant to every police-constable to suppress a public meet ing, and on that warrant men have already acted. Magistrates are preventing meetings of the most usual, and, for what we know—as we believe talk dissipates grief—of the most harmless character, and their conduct is generally approved of. The conference of the Complete Suffrage As. sociation at Birmingham, which had been summoned under Mr. STURGE'S auspices for the 7th instant, has been put off sine die, " in consequence," it is said, " of the sup pression of public meetings by the authorities. A similar meeting has been prevented at Leeds, 411 d we are told at various other towns, so that at present constitutional meetings are no more tolerated by the authorities than they were a few months ago by the Chartists. On the Ist instant Mr. VINCENT, who lately received a very large number of votes at Ipswich, to represent that borough, had engaged to deliver a lecture at Derby, 44 upon the present state of the country, and the necessity and safety of extending political political power to all classes of the people," when the Magistrates, we are told, by an address issued at Derby, " sent a posse of constables to the theatre, who, by sheer intimidation, induced the lessee to authorise them to eject the persons then in possession, and the theatre was thus fi nally closed against them." The middle classes of the north have seen, or supposed, their pro perty to be in danger, and they have cheer fully enrolled themselves as special consta bles, and have united with the Magistrates in putting an end to all such meetings. For the present, therefore, the question is answered; the numerous and powerful middle classes seetri re solved to have a strong and a coercive Govern ment. It may appear singular to the Tories, though we are not wholly unprepared for it; but the fact is, that they will now find amongst the commercial and manufacturing capitalists, whom they have so vehemently abused, some of their staunchest and most eager supporters. We are well aware that reasoning or argu ments are thrown away, when urged on persons under the influence of alarm. But there are some facts to which, evert now, it may not be wholly out of place to allude. The sort of co ercive Government which is growing up in England, has long been established on the con tinent of Europe. There no public meetings are or can be held; there th-3 Press generally has neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, but as the 1811 P • - • 'e Vto e ' a z , o ,r au) • -,A..,4Wrc ( 4Nit . V) - Aro <Z , •i• „ - , titt ,'-Ult, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1842 The disturbances which prevailed in the manufac turing districts have, we are happy to say, almost en tirely ceased, and the working people in general have returned to their several occupations. Manchester continues, on the whole, in a satisfactory state, though the power-loom weavers still remain out, owing to a disagreement between them and the masters as to prices. At Birmingham, a better spirit manifests itself among the workmen, and from Rochdale, Preston, Wigan, and Disley, the accounts are equally favourable, the mills generally being in full operation. As the necessary consequence of a month's cessation from labour, there is an increased demand for goods, and trade and commerce are gradually improving, though slowly, in the port of London, as well as at the principal outports. These results must afford satisfaction to all parties, and we confidently trust that both masters and men will see the advantages of cordial union and, by due forbearance, and avoiding all causes of oftence on both sides, prevent for the future the recurrence of such painful and mischievous out breaks. The Government, too, are interested in these unfortunate disputes, and if they. act wisely, and have a sincere desire to conciliate men who have borne their sufferings with such meritorious patience, they will be lenient to their offences. It is highly creditable to the people, considering the vast number thrown out of employment, and the starv ing condition of thousands, that so little seri • ous damage has been done to property. This circumstance requires some acknowledgement, and it would therefore be an act of policy as well as of justice on the part of her MAJESTY'S advisers, to conciliate the sufferers, by leaning to the side of mercy, and showing them that they are actuated by no spirit of revenge, but by a paternal regard for the best interests of the people themselves. One of the reproaches cast on the factory sys tem, is that of destroying individuality. It makes man, it is said, the slave of machinery, and reduces all who are dependent on it to the same level uniformity. We are inclined to think that the great masses which are generally con gregated about machinery, are more the cause of this than the manufacturing system. Indivi dual will and individual power gradually dwindle away and disappear, as population increases. To European perception, the individuality of the Chinese, who have little or no machinery, and no great manufacturing system, is as completely lost, owing to the influence of the immense mul titude on each, as the individuality of our manu facturing towns. The squatters, however, in the United States, the pioneers of civilisation, who are left to their own passions and de vices, have in general, a strongly-marked individual character. In our opinion, therefore, the influence of a mass of population is by far the most powerful cause of that loss of individual characteristics which some persons continually complain of. What they ascribe to the factory system, is the natural and necessary result of the increase of population. There is another cause continually operating, and intended to operate, in the same direction. It is the one object of all national institutions to lay down for all men the same rules of conduct. tinder the law it is said all are equal, and all are supposed to have the same rights and privileges. The law, then, so far as it can, introduces uni formity and destroys individuality, which is what sentimentalists complain of. The powers of the State over individuals in this respect is well put by Dr. CHANNING in his last pamphlet, " The Duty of Free States," Second Part. He says— There is a considerable deal of miscellaneous news in the French journals. For the more interesting details, we refer to our Foreign Summary. The following extract from a letter in the Constitutionne/, dated the 26th ult. from Berlin, is well worthy of attention. We apprehend that we are nearer another Revolution in Russia than most people in this country imagine:— " There has been no explosion or disturbance at St. Petersburgh. The history of the silver chair was a pure invention, but it is true enough that several regi ments of the Guards, in garrison at St. Petersburgh, were tampered with by the disaffected. Money was distributed, and pretty considerable sums were found on officers, sergeants, and men. The secret police of the Emperor, under the command of General Benkendorf, received information from the conspirators them selves, and to the disclosures .thus made, we must attribute the terrible duel between the Princes Dol gorucki and Jaschwyl, which took place without seconds, and in which the former was left dead on the spot from his adversary's ball. In fact, the conspi racy failed completely; the well-inclined regiments wQre informed of what was going on; the people of St. Petersburgh meanwhile remained completely neuter, or rather fascinated by the koeemiancy of the Emperor, so that the consniraey was purely confined to the-miiitary and the nobility. If you desire to know what was the aim of this movement, I think I am able to inform you that the life of the Emperor was in danger, and that the intention was to proclaim the young Grand Duke Alexander, now 22 years of age, and to form for him a sort or Council of Regency to direct his affairs, whilst the young Prince would only reign in form. The danger has been averted for the moment, but the position of the Emperor Nicholas remains exceedingly critical, having, on one side, a disaffected nobility, and, on the other, Poland held in subjection, and Germany tired of the Muscovite in fluence, and slipping away completely from the Rus sian alliance. Add to this, the unfortunate war in the Caucasus, which annoys in no small degree the na tional pride, and that ambition which desires to plant the Russian flag at Constantinople, and you will have a tolerable idea of the actual state of the colossal Em pire of All the Russias." A man's country is more thought of than his nature. his connexion with a particular community is more re spected than his connexion with God. His alliance with his race is reduced to a nullity by the alliance with the State. He must be ready to give up his race, to sacrifice all its rights and interests, that the little spot where he was born may triumph or prosper. The history of nations is very much the history of the immolation of the individual to the country. His nationality stands out before all his other attributes. The nation repre sented by one or a few individuals has arrogated to itself the dignity of being the fountain of all his rights. It has made his religion for him. Its will, called law, has taken place of all other laws. It has seized on the in dividual as its tool, and doomed him to live or die for its most selfish purposes. The sacredness of the indi vidual is even yet so little understood that the freest country on earth is talking of war, because a local law, enslaving the individual, is not recognised b y the whole eßrth. But the n a ti on i s not everything. The nat;,l is not the fountain of rioter Our first duties are not to rour - witintry - . — Our first allegiance is not due to its laws. We belong first to God, and next to our race. We say not whether such a complete mastery of the State over individuals be right or not, but we agree with Dr. CHANNING, that it is a fact, and that one object always kept in view by the State is to reduce all individual will into submis sion to its will. We say further, that this opera tion of the State on its subjectsis a very powerful cause for that loss of individuality against which Tory writers, when the factory system is in question, inveigh very bitterly. At the same time they are the strongest advocates for reducing every individual to implicit submission to the will of the State. In these two cases they are, we think, extremely inconsistent. They labour to destroy individuality, and they complain that it is destroyed. If they have nothing worse to allege against the factory system than that it de stroys individuality, the factory system will not be worse than any other system, and certainly not worse than the State. There is, in truth, no great reason to praise the perfect individuality of a backwoodsman, or the complete dependence of a cockney or a Manchester weaver on a sy-s -tem, for both are obviously the consequences of the pecu:iar circumstances of each, and are the natural and necessary results, in one case of iso lation, and in the other, of living with a great I multitude. There are reports of a widening of the breach between the Emperor of Russia and the King of PRUSSIA, in consequence of the refusal of the former to mitigate the tyranny exercised against the Poles. " A letter from Alexandria, dated 22d Auguit, and published in the Semaphore of Marseilles, has the fol lowing intelligence : The Druses, whom Omer Dacha had secretly supplied with arms, in order to enable them again to attack the Christians, are ready to renew their recent cruelties : but we are happy to believe that the presence of the French men-of-war on the coast ofSyria will defeat all these fatal projects.'" " Madrid journals of the 27th contain no political news ; but they inform us that the Eco del Commer do, the oldest of the Madrid political journals, the most ardent advocate of the movement party, has changed its proprietors and editors. The editor com municates this unexpected change in its number of the 27th.:The new proprietors and editors declare that they mean to defend general interests, not those of any body in the State, or any party or person in particu lar."—Commerce. BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, SEPT. 3. The conduct of Lord ELLENBOROUGII, with respect to the war in Affghanistan, is severely criticised in nearly all the Indian journals received by the Over land Mail. Letters from Jellalabad of the Ist of June, published in the Bombay Times, the sole advocate of his Lordship's policy, state positively that General POLLOCK had received an order recalling the whole of the British troops from Affghanistan, which he suppressed, determined to risk the responsi bility of waiting for instructions from England. The writer of a letter of the 29th of May, from the " Camp, Jellalabad," says :—" It is currently believed in camp that the General (PoLLocx) has received an intimation from the Governor-General, that the war First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 120 40... 120 50... 120 40... 120 50 3 per Cents 79 50... 79 55... 79 50... 79 50 Bank of F ranc e 3255 —.3255 —.3255 .. 3255 Laffltte Bank I,ooof 1035 ..1035 ...1035 ...1035 5 ,000 f 5042 50...5042 50—.5042 50...5042 50 Belgian Bank. ... . 7BO ... 780 • • • 780 *" 780 Belgian Five s 1 . 840 lO4 ... 104/ ... 104 k ... 104} Spanish Active........, 21 i ... 22k 21i ... 22 Passive ... 3 Portuguese Fives 291 ... 29 ... 29A ••• 29 Roman RAILWAY SHARE ' S., St. Germain 845 ... 845 ... 845 ... 845 Versailles, LB 93 75—. 93 75. 92 50." 93 75 Rouen Orleans. Strasburg to Bale 202 50... 202 50 ... 202 50.... 202 50 in Affghanistan is not to be prosecuted any further; and it is said instructions have been received directing POLLOCK to retire immediately ; to which we hear that he has written in reply that he hesitates to obey them for three reasons t—lst, the want of water on the road ; second, the impracticability of crowning the heights at that season of the year, in the event of his meeting with any opposition ; and, third, the impossibility of his returning without suffi cient carriage for the conveyance of his stores and In another letter, f rom an officer in the baggage." camp at Jellalabad, dated the Ist of June, we find the following :—" The disgraceful order has arrived. General Pou,ocx is ordered to re turn with his army to India, and thus has ended the war in Affghanistan. They would have gone to war with America if one man had been hung; in Affghanistan thirteen thousand men and women are cruelly butchered, and the affront is swallowed. The troops are dreadfully disgusted ; all wanted to go to Caubul to pay off old scores, and then retire, if you please." General POLLOCK, how ever, refused to peril the lives of his troops, and the rumour went that before his refusal had reached the General-in -Chief, the plan of an expedi tion for the conquest of Affghanistan, drawn up by the Duke of WELLINGTON, had arrived in Cal cutta, with instructions from the Govern ment at home to prosecute the war with vigour. Immediately the order sent to PoLLocx was countermanded, and something alleged about the blunders of Sir JASPER NIcoLL, who misunderstood the instructions of the Governor-General. In fact, a series of blunders had been committed somewhere, which produced the very worst effect upon the minds of the officers and men in garrison at Jellalabad and Candahar. We find the following in the Droit :—" A poor la bourer, of Offekerque, with a large family, had fur a con siderable time given an asylum to an old beggar, in a sort of stable adjoining his cottage. The old man died, and, as his family and country were alike unknown, the Mayor was sent for to take an inventory of his effects, a task of no great difficulty, as his property appeared to consist of some old rags and some small pieces of money. The Mayor was about to depart, when a sort of shelf near the roof caught his eye. He directed it to be searched, and the clerk, putting up his hand, drew out a box covered with cobwebs, and a morsel of dirty paper containing these words in large characters This is my last will and testament. I bequeath to Jean Morin, my worthy host, the sum of money contained in the box with which this paper will be found, as a mark of my gratitude. Jean Morin received me when I was going to die of cold and hunger, and has sheltered me for ten years. Henrick Walden.' The Mayor handed over to Morin the legacy which ho had so strangely become en ' titled to, but the labourer at once flune it on the ground in a violent fit of anger. exclaiming, Away with this money. I will none of it. This money is the blood of the poor, which this wretched man, whom I considered honest, has extorted from public pity by a feigned dis tress ; lam a poor man, Monsieur le Maire, but I never will make use of ill-acquired money'." At Tourville-la-Riviere, near Rouen, as some men were employed three days ago in blasting a rock, the ex plosion (lid not take place so quickly as they expected, and it was believed that the train had become extin guished. None of them, however, In ere willing to ap proach and ascertain the fact, except an Englishman, who reached the spot at the moment when the explosion took place. It brought down a masa of rock, which crushed him to death. The evacuation of Khelat-i-Ghilzie, by command of General NOTT, was likewise much condemned by the India papers. The dismantling and abandoning The Augsburgh Gazette states that the inquiry respecting the associations of students at Gottingen, has terminated. The chief offenders have been sentenced to twelve days' imprisonment, and the rest, amounting to more than 100, to Six. authorities command; there everything is regu- of works only commenced seven months before, and lated, controlled, and curbed by a police. We have which, when completed, would have presented the no doubt that such a system can be, in the present strongest fort of Western Affghanistan, had greatly temper of the governing classes, established disheartened the troops at Candahar, who regarded it ' here ; but it cannot be denied, that if it as a symptom of acknowledged weakness and danger. give security and peace on the Continent, which , This fort was a place of great natural strength; had is very doubtful, it stifles enterprise, crushes 1 an ample supply of excellent water, and was in the energy, and ma k es man th e comp l ete slave of a i midst of a highly cultivated country abounding in very imperfect system of government. Hitherto j it has been the cherished pride of Englishmen to provisions. Being only 80 miles from Candahar, 150 have had more freedom, giving more energy, i I from Ghuznee, and 227 from Quettah, it formed an excellent central base for operations against Eastern more enterprise, and more happiness, than the Affghanistan. Had General NOTT been apprehensive nations of the Continent, and they must cast of danger from the enemy, the abandoning Khelat-i -aside and forget this pride of their fathers before i Ghilzie would have excited less surprise. But at they can be happy under a system imported the time he sent Colonel WYMER to execute from the Continent. In no part of the Conti- ! that measure which he accomplished and vent are there such great towns, and such masses , returned with the g arr i son t o th e camp o f C an d a h ar, of population, a s i n E ngland; in no place are on the 6th of June—.NoTT's force was upwards of there such heaps of property ; society there is i 11,000 strong, with 24 pieces of artillery and nume yet, generally speaking, much more agricultural I rous mortars. Besides other supplies he had also re and poorer than with us, and the system which ceived a supply or seven thousand camels to convey there preserves security, by crushing ever gy, the baggage, and twenty lacs of rupees. He was, will here inflict immense injury without giving therefore, in a con diti on t o move i n w h atever direc ' security. We intreat the middle and the upper tion he pleased, and to maintain the garrison at Khe classes, who have been made wealthy and great, almost beyond i magina t i lat-i-Ghil z i e . O ur own impression, however, is, on, by the that NOTT rec e i ve d th e or d er o f reca l f rom t h e present system, and w h o h ave enjoyed Governor-General a b ou t th e same time as Pm, for many years a sec ur ity, b ot h in person LOCK, and that he prepared to obey it. His and property, superior to any country in evacuation of Ghilzie was, therefore, but a pre- Europe, not hastily, and in a moment of appre- paratory step to his march towards the Indus. In liension, to put an end to that general freedom no other way can we account for the evacuation of which is the basis of the general safety. \ -- 70 one of the strongest, best supplied, and most easily persons feel more than they an intense interest retained fortresses in Affghanistan. Altogether there in the reputation and welfare of the country; and is something ominously mysterious about the whole let them, therefore, before they encourage the designs of our Government with respect to the arbitrary proceedings of Secretaries of State, Affghan war. Magistrates, and policemen, bethink them how surely they will destroy the reputation and wel fare of Britain by crushing, with a continental police system, the energies, though they be rude, and the enterprise of her people. Let them continue, like their sires, to "love the national roughness for the speed it gives." SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Pubitt Optutou. " Who runs may read:' PORMIGN. There is nothing of real interest in the leading articles of the Paris Journals. The Courrier Francais, in a notice of the last news from India, expresses an opinion that the power of England in that quarter of the world, having reached its apogee, is now in its decline. The Univers announces that Pope Gregory XVI. had sent to Mr. O'Connell a splendid cross and gold medal. M. Cullen, the Director of the Irish College in Rome, now on his way to Ireland, had been charged to present to Mr. O'Connell those gifts of the Holy Father. An official return has just been published of the imports and exports of corn and flour in France, for the first seven months of the present year. The im ports IN ere as follow in metrical quintals (the metro cal quintal is 22141 b. English) :—Wheat, 202,541 ; other corn, 45,539 ; flour, 1,342. The exports were:— Wheat, 325,645 ; other corn, 200,037 ; flour, 70,194. The quantity remaining in the entrepots, on the Ist ult., were :—Wheat, 44,672 ; other corn, 16,123 ; flour, 8,479. The French Government granted, in 1841, three grand crosses of the Legion of Honour, seven crosses of Grand Officers, forty-eight of Commanders, and two hundred and two O ffi cers. Th e num b er o f Knights' crosses conferred has not yet been officially stated. We quote the following from the Sentinelle of Toulon :—" The American squadron in the Mediter ranean has been reinforced by the Congress, a 60-gun frigate, which has lately arri ve d f rom M a h on , an d a ship of the same nation is also expected. The differ ences which have arisen between the represen tatives of the United States and the Emperor of Al° • rocco are not likely to come to an amicable settle ment. An Envoy sent by the Commodore to the government of Morocco has not been received, and the Commodore only waits positive orders from his Government to commence hostilities." The Univers states, that the persecution com menced by the Emperor Nicholas against the Ca tholics of his empire had hitherto only served to in crease their numbers. In the city of Warsaw alone no less than 400 Jews abjured Judaism and embraced the Catholic religion in the course of 1841. The number of those who conformed to the Greek schism was comparatively small, although great advantages are held out to the Israelites who embrace the reli• gion of the State, whilst those who become Catholics have nothing but persecution to expect. A Madrid Journal gives the following as the pre sent state of the Spanish navy :—Three ships of the line, 6 frigates, 1 corvette, 10 brigs, 9 schooners, 4 armed steamers, 3 armed sailing packets, and 2 small vessels of war. The ships of the line are at present not in a state for service, but one, the Sobe rano, is fitting out at Cadiz ,• only 3 frigates are fitted out, but one is getting ready at Ferrol, and another will soon be ready for sea. It was reported in Rome on the 23d ult., that the Russian Minister, on receipt of despatches from his Court, had waited on Cardinal Lambruschini, the Secretary of State, with whom he had' had a lively altercation. Should the influence of Russia prevail at the Papal Court, Cardinal Lambruschini will be obliged to vacate his post, in favour of Cardinal Ber netti, who has acted as Nuncio in Russia during several years. It was likewise stated that some dif ferences had taken place between the Cabinets of Vienna and Rome, but nothing serious was appre hended so long as M. Lutzow who is entirely devoted to the Court of R ome , s h ou ld continue there as Am bassador of Austria. The National publishes a letter from Pesth, from which it appears that the Austrian Government was determined to prevent, by every means in its power, publicity being given to political as well as criminal trials. The Court of Pesth having lately refused to sit with closed doors, the hall was immediately sur rounded by a battalion of infantry, and the artillery of Buda, which commands the city, was pointed against the building, in which the Judges were as sembled. The latter, compelled to yield toforce, man fully protested against the illegality of the proceed ing, and resolved on bringing the matter before the llungarian Diet, at its next session. . . _ The Nile having reached the height of 18 ells, the handle or embankment of the canal of Cairo was cut with the usual ceremony on the 17th ult. This rise in the river was considered to insure an abundant harvest in Lower Egypt, and an additional increase of four ells would produce the same beneficial effect in the upper part of the country. M. Keiser, who had arrived from England, with the prospect of be coming Secretary to Boghos Bey, had left in the Great Liverpool, for Malta, on his way back to England. Private accounts from Alexandria come down to the 22d ult. The Pacha issued fresh orders on the 18th for the fleet to hold itself in readiness to put to p nc ro t v b isi . on i sj , er + e:hiP ri P l e: a : sea, and in the course of a few days three months' b r e i 7 e l tri r g .l:h ;, e a N n • v essels s e a l s s under mian sailing orders were 18 in number—namely, six ships schooners and cutters. 'The Nile steamer, with the eight horses intended as presents for King Louis Philippe, was to sail on the 25th, directly for Mar seilles. MONEY-TRADE - COMMERCE. At Manchester, Bolton, and Bury, most of the mills are at work ; at Bolton about 120 persons have been apprehended for riot and outrage. At Stock port, the master manufacturers resolved on open i ng their mills thi s (Monday) morning. In St a ff or d s hi re, also, th e re t urn to work is expected to be general. At Bradford and Blackburn, trade has improved ; and business promises better both at Halifax and Lei cester. At Leeds, also, there has been some amend ment. At Rochdale since the riots the woollen trade has resumed its full activity, and there is now a good de mand in the market. At Wigan also, in the hand loom weaving department, there is considerable im- provement. It is computed that in consequence of the disturbed feeling of the operative classes at Stockport, and their determination not to return to work except on spe cified terms, upwards of 21,0001. has been withdrawn from circulation in that borough. This evil is already beginning to be felt by the middle class and tradesmen. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. A further improvement has to be noted to have taken place in the Funds, towards the afternoon, and Consols finally left off at 92{ 93 for Money, and 931 93} for the Account. India Stock, 249 251 ; Ex chequer Bills,Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51 premium. The prices of Foreign Securities were—Belgian, 104 1021 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 521; Fives,lo2 1021; Danish, 831841; and Brazilian, 66 67, this latter having advanced fully one per cent. The quotation of the Mexican was rather higher, in consequence of the cessation of sales, 351 351. The Share Market closed firm. London and Bir mingham, 184 186 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 41 43 ; Great Western, 85 86 ; the Half Shares, 61 62; South Western, 591 601 ; North Midland, 56 58 ; and the New Shares, 271 281; South Eastern and Dover, 214 221 ; Eastern Counties, 8.8- 88 ; Northern and Eastern, 371 381; Blackwall, 74 81 ; and Brighton, 331 331. The quotations of the Bonds were—Peruvian, 15 17 ; Colombian, 204 21; Portuguese Five per Cents., 34 4 351; the Three p er C en t s ., 20 4 211; Spanish Five per Cents. 161 16*; the Three per Cents., 21 211. A rise of upwards of 4s. per quarter in the price of Wheat took place on the corn market to-day. This is to be wholly attributed to the machinations of cer tain speculators, alluded to some days since. It is stated that no legitimate reason exists for this ad vance, and so consum ers are t o a great extent obliged to pay more than should be the case. Large quantities of bonded grain having been released, the grand object of operators now is to raise the averages, so that the grain now in the ware houses, or about to arrive, may be excluded from the market. This system is much to be deplored, and the working of it has never been more clearly deve loped than at the present time. A letter, from a person who has just left Wednes bury, states that the colliers have not yet returned to work, and that arrangements between them and the coal-owners were far from being completed. The consequence of this has been to advance the price of cotton yarns 71, and in some cases 10 per cent.; or ders to this effect have been universally forwarded to their various agents here. It is stated that orders, uncompleted, are so numerous that it is necessary to supply the givers with a per centage or dividend upon the amount. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The markets generally show a decided improve ment to-day, though but little business is doing. Consols have advanced to 93 buyers for Money, and 93i 93/ for the Account. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 1014 1011; Exchequer Bills Old, 51 53,; New, 49 51 prem. Foreign Securities are also rather higher, the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. having been sold at 528 ; the Five per Cents., 1021 1028; and Bra zilian, 66; Mexican Bonds are quoted 35/. Both Railway Shares and those in Joint-Stock Banks have been in better demand. Among the latter London and Westminster have found purchasers at 221 ; Union Bank of London, 91 ' • National Provincial Bank of Engla n d a t 3 5 1 , and the new Shares, 101. In the former, Brightons have changed hands at a further advance upon the prices of Saturday, and are now marked 331 331 ; Great Western, 85 ; the New Shares, 60i.; Fifths, 71 8 ; Blackwall, 71-; Bristol and Exeter, 451; Manchester and Birming ham, 24 ; and Midland Counties, 60?- i . The Bonds in which time bargains have been made to-day are Spanish Five per Cents., 161 ; the Three per Cents. 21 21* ; and Portuguese Five per Cents., 35. Private letters from the manufacturing districts are of rather a more favourable nature. Several orders had been received for goods by the last mail from India, and, in consequence, business had im proved. The mills not being yet at full work, these had to be supplied from stock, and for which advanced rates were being obtained. They state also that, although the workmen have not returned to their labour, yet no apprehension existed of any further disturbances ; that the differences be tween them and the masters appeared to be "about to be amicably adjusted very shortly. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 3.—The greatest flatness continues to prevail in this Market in every kind of share property. London and Bir mingham, 186 ; Manchester and Leeds, f to 4 ; Ditto and Birmingham, 24 to 24k; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 48 to 48k; Ditto Quarters, 51 to 51; Bank of Man chester, 3 ; Union Ditto, 8f to 81. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .. ...... Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons 93 Ditt o Old A nnu iti es . 4 . 3 per Cent. Red — Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent... ..... lOl4 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 49 pm New 5 per Cen' Ditto 5001...... 49 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 49 pm Jan. 186() ... ...... 12 9-16 Bank Stock for Acct.... Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 l2 7-16 I Consols tor Acct. FOREIGN FUNDS. _ Austrian, 5 per cent. — IPortuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent 1024 , Ditto, New Ditto 35 Brazilian Bonds... 66 Prussian, 5 per cent. . Buenos Ayres 6 per cent. Russian, 5 pet cent.... Chilian, 6 per cent. — Ditto, Metallic...—. Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent. l6! Ditto, 1824 Danish aer iTlit_--- -- French, 5 per cent. --=4. Gitek, l lBZ, 5 per cent. Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent 351 French, 3 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 24 per cent....... 52A Peruvian, 1825, 6 perct. . Ditto, 5 pet zenz. .. ... .. _ . SHARES. Bristol and Exeter (70 paid) . ... .. 451 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... Ditto New Shares ( paid) .... ..... .... 81 6s 8d Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ... Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid Great Western Railway (65 paid) B5l Ditto New Shares ( 50 paid) 604 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 34 London and Blackwall ( paid)........... 7i Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid)... .. 24 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Paris and Rouen (18 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) O2 Ditto Scrip (10 paid) LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, SEPT. .s:—Wind this day at noon, variable and cloudy. DEAL, SEPT. 3.—Wind S.W., moderate.-4. N.W. to E.S.E., b r i g , light.—Arrd. Cornelius westward. SM. Prince of Wales, New Ze a l an d ; R o y a l Sovereign, Laun ceston; Carnatic, Bombay ; Tyne, Bermuda ; Dover, Mauritius; Richard Anderson, Baltimore. DUBLIN, SEPT. 2.—Arrd. New City of Cork, St. Lucia. KLLI . .YDECIS, SEPT. I.—A sc h ooner, w i th a cargo of oats, butter, and preserved salmon, ' from Sligo, and be longing to some p or t i n Wales, has been found in Ma lenby Creek, full of w a t er , and abandoned. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 2.—Wind W.N.W., fresh breezes. —3. N.W. to N.N.W., moderate breezes.—Arrd., Esk, Massey, Bahia, left July 25. Sld., Thames steamer, West Indies ; Andromeda, Fayal and S avanna h. A rr d . off, Callerine, Anderson, Buenos Ayres, and sailed for Rotterdam ; Bevin, Knabley, Benin for Liverpool, short of provisions ; Don Giovanni, Bacon, Jamaica ; Adras tus, Earnett, Trinidad. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 4.—Wind variable.—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Jasseur, Gibraltar. Arrd. off, Justina, Loader, Calcutta, left March 2, and St. Helena July 5 ; Grant, Warming, St. Croix for Copenhagen, left July 25. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 4.—Wind N., light.—Arrd. Wil liam Prowse, Backett, Valparaiso ; Majestic, Brodie, Calcutta ; Sarah Trotman, Brown, I3arbadoes ; Sweet Home, Reid, Rio Grande ; Alpha, Montreal ; Corea, Bombay ; Rosendale, Friend, Bahia. SWANSEA, SEPT. 2 and 3.—Arrd. Helen, Cockley, Dorothy Gales, English, Ann Smith, Hogg, Cuba ; Es tafette, Wassells, Copiapa. CORK, SEPT. 2.—Arrd. Woodstock, N;chnlson, Porto Rico ; Sir W. Collings, Phillips, Monte Video. Arrd. off, British Queen, Kennedy, ditto ; Kate Kearney ; Belcher, Jamaica. BELFAST, SEPT. 2.—Arrd. Dumfriesshire, Gowan, Quebec. BATAVIA, APRIL 30. Th e Kilmaurs, Smith, which sailed March 14 for Cowes, was seen to the southward of Java Head, 21st inst., all the crew in a state of mu tiny (the master was supposed to have left the ship in the night time), by the Sumatra, arrived at this port. The Mountaineer, Henirm, from Demerara, is sup posed to have arrived off Kingsbridge. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Christina, Bombay to Liverpool, July 7, lat. 15 S., lon. 7 W. ; Fairfield, Li verpool to Calcutta, July 14, lat. 3 S., lon. 11 W. ; Henry, with troops, same day ; Don Quixote, Shields to Havannah, July 31, lat. 28 N., lon. 39 W. ; Chatham, Havre to Boston, 21st ult., lat. 44 N., lon. 29 W. ; Argus, Cork to Gaspe, 27th ult., lon. 21 W. ; Robert, Shields to Miramichi, lon. 8 W., by the Courier, arrived off Brighton. Lord Cochrane, of London for New foundland, 31st ult., lat. 48, lon. 9, by the Grant, arrived off Portsmouth. Mary, London to Quebec, 24th ult., lat. 46, lon. 23 ; Elizabeth, Price, Liverpool to Montreal, 28th ult., let. 48, lon. 19 ; Hannah, of Maryport for Quebec, 30th ult„ lat. 50, lon. 15, by the Sir W. Col lings' arrived at Cork. General Kyd, London t o M a d ras , 12th July, let. 4, lon. 21 ; Axine, Africa to Amsterdam, 19th, lat. 13, lon. 26 ; Robert, Scourfield, Moulmein to London, 21st. lat. 16, lon. 19 ; Queen of Britain, Smyrna to Cork, 20th ult., lat. 46, lon. 16, by the Ma jestic, Brodie, arrived at Liverpool. Underley, Cuba to Swansea, 10th, lat. 41, lon. 30 ; Flora, London to Jamaica, 19th, lat. 44, lon. 31 ; Thetis, from London, and Lydia, Cuba to London, 31st, lat. 48, lon. 15, by the Wilberfmce, Evans, arrived at Liverpool. Thomas Hardy, Lima to Liverpool, 16th June, lat. 57 S., lon. 71 W. ; Neptune, Hamburgh to Newfoundland, 31st nit., let. 48, lon. 12, by the Isabel, Turner, arrived at Liverpool. A storm took placeintheafternoon of Wednesday last, at Nismes, during which the lightning struck the tower of the church of Sainte Perpetue, broke the cross at the top, destroyed part of the cornice, set fire to the wood-work, and then went perpendicularly down into the body of the building. Here, after traversing the vestry and burning the wood-work of a chapel, the fluid passed out through a fissure made in the wall. Although the explosion was tremendous, the Cure, who was writing in the vestry, had sufficient presence of mind to seek assist ance, and join in extinguishing the fire. Material damage was done. The gilt frame of the altar-piece was entirely blackened. and the inkstand of the Cure was melted, and the glass broken. ECCI;ESIASTICAX. The two candidates for the vacant Bishopric of Meath, are Archdeacon Packenham and the Rev. Robert Daley. NAVA!. AND MILXTARY. Major-General Sir Arthur Clifton is spoken of as successor to the late Lord Vivian, in th e I s t R oya l Dragoons. L or d Greenock is to take the Colonelcy of the 1 lth, or Prince Albert's Hussars. Joseph Randalls, a young Englishman, was ordered to receive 150 lashes in the barrack-yard of Nenagh last week for desertion. After receiving 100 the rest were remitted; but he still persisted that he had been illegally enlisted, being , taken while intoxicated. After receiving the infliction he put hi s j ac k e t on hi s lacerated back, s aying, "Is that a ll ? I'll b e d om 'd if that'll make me a sojur either." The sentence of the court-martial held on Ensign Archibald Armstrong of the 41st Regiment of Foot, for cond uc t un b ecom i n g Ti officer, was promulgated at Chatham on Saturday ::it annuls its former finding, and in lieu pronounces him guilty of striking off the hat of Ensign Lee, for which it orders him to be admonished. LAW AND POLICE, Mary Evans, the wife of an innkeeper near Llan trissent, murdered her child in that village on Thurs day last, and then committed suicide by hanging herself. Linney, the Chartist, was finally examined at Him ley, on Saturday. He was committed to take his trial at the Stafford sessions, but would be admitted ;o bail. Five prisoners were tried at Stockport on Saturday for being concerned in the late riots, but John Den nerley was the only person convicted, and committed to the Chester Assizes. P r's= ARTS. The old and handsome fountain in the Court of Trinity College, Cambridge which has been much corroded by time and disused, is about to be repaired and furnished with water. sison Tx - A -0.„ The Duke of Norfolk has arrived at Arundel Castle, to shoot in his extensive preserves. Sir John Trollope, M. and Colonel Hall, of the Ist Life Guards, have returned to London from their 11 grouse shooting excursion in Westmoreland. ourt 7 ----rAs H ioNABLE. The Earl of Minto has Arrived at Farrance's Hotel from Scotland. Lord Fitzgerald, President of the Board of Control, arrived in town on Friday. Lord Brougham was expected to reach Brougham Hall on Saturday. His Lordship intends to remain two months longer i n C umberlan d . The Right Hon. W. Gladstone i s s t ay i ng on a visit to Sir Stephen Glynne at his seat in Flintshire. nxiscELLA.Nrous• Grisi, Mario, and the Lahlaches have gone to Dublin, where during the present week they will give concerts and operas. Posz-OrricE NOTICE.—Tbe following notice has been put up at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le- Grand :—" Letters will b e i n t ime for the India mail (closed) via Marseilles on Tuesday the Gth instant." It is said that the 'Marquis of Westminster gives to each of his grand-dau g h ters lately married, 100,0001,—. Carnarvon Herald. NATIONAL GALLERY. -It has hitherto been the practice to close the National Gallery for six weeks, be tween the middle of September and the Ist of Novem ber. It is said that a new regulation is about to be made to keep the Gallery open all tho year round. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S-YESTERDAY. As all the racing influential% will be at Warwick and Doncaster, the subjoined quotations must be received as the last that will be published from the Corner on the Great St. Leger, and, in fact, on any other event, until after Doncaster races. They will be found to vary in some respects from those quoted last week ; . for instance, the fives to tour were laid freely at one time, and at no period of the day were taken with any spirit. Policy and Fireaway were at (layers of)10 to 1, and Cabrera at 11 to 1, taken once, and afterwards offered currently. E boractim and Rosa lind were backed for small sums, and 18 to 1' would have been taken about the Agreeablftolt. We did not hear either of them backed, but the feeling against Seahorse and Ballinkeele was decidedly hostile. For the Derby 25 to 1 was bet against Philip, 28 and 33 to 1 against Aristides, 1000 to 30 against Napier, and 1000 to 35 against Cotherstone ; offers to take 50 to 1 about A British Yeoman. The following were the results of a very dull afternoon : LEAMINGTON STAKES. 7 to 4 agst Major Hay's Retriever -3 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Rhodanthe—taken ST. LEGER. 5 to 4 agst Col. Anson's Attila—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Ferguson's Fireaway 10 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Policy 11 to 1 agst Mr. Ramsay's Cabrera 15 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Eboracum—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Agreeable colt 20 to 1 agst Mr. Coombe's Rosalind 20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Seahorse 25 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Ballinkeele 33 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clark's Master Thomas—taken 40 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Sir Harry 40 to 1 agst Mr. S. King's Cattonite • DERBY, 1843. 25 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clark's Philip—taken 33 to 1 agst Lord Eglintm's Aristides—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Blakelock's A British Yeoman 1000 to 35 agst Mr. Bowes's Cotherstone—taken 1000 to 30 agst Lord Chesterfield's Napier—taken PRICE OF BREAD. Corn is cheap, comparatively, yet bread is dear ; wheat is down to 555., yet the 41b. loaf costs from Bd. to 10d., only in some extraordinary cases so little as 7d. The old indignation against " forestallers and regraters" is roused; and the supporters of Peel's improved Corn-law are especially angry because the public do not feel how cheap corn is. Everybody says, something must be done; and those who do not wish to do anything more to the new Corn -law, wish to do it all to the bakers. One warm denouncer of their untimely profits says that we must " ask for the old paths ;" and hints at an assize of bread. Did that ever succeed ? Did the imposing of any artificial restraint on trade ever tend to- increase the activity in that trade, and promote that boundless supply which, in corn of all things, should be encouraged ? Yet it i s most desirable to secure that the price of the staple ne cessary oflife should at all times, and without an in stant's hindrance, find its natural level. But it is alleged that the corn-dealers have as much influence over the retail-trade in bread as the brewers over the beer-trade; and at all events, the bakers, as in this instance, hang well together. The price of bread is consequently too high ; and, proceeding on the com mon empirical rule, it is proposed to fix a maximum price--that is, to lessen the inducements to embark in the trade, and to neutralize that competition which is the great public safeguard in our system of commerce. Common sense dictates an opposite course. If the trade is obnoxious to certain influences because it runs in particular channels and is liable to particular combinations, the way to frustrate such conspiracies is to break them up by opening it to all. The Corn laws are the main reason why the trade is concen trated ; all its raw material being collected for cus tom-house or registering purposes—gathered into par ticular warehouses, and dispos , :d again through cer tain channels, by large and easily-managed operations. The law requires all corn to be brought up to be reckoned, and the corn-dealers are the agents in that centralizing operation. Open the trade—let corn come in on all sides as freely as the sun or the wind —let it circulate unreckoned and unobserved ; and no assize of bread would be wanted to fix the price of the manufactured stuff in a trade divested of all prin ciple of centralization.—Spectator. PHILADELPHIA. DREADFUL RIOTS—PREJUDICE AGAINST COLOUR—THE CORN-LAWS. Extract of a leiter from John G. Whittier to Joseph Sturge, dated Amesbury, 12th, Bth mo. 1812. Mr DEAR FRIEND,—Since the date of my last letter, another appalling proOf of the correctarss of thv statement, relative to the bad pre-eminence ofPlii - laaelphia, in respect to prejudice against the coloured man has been offered. The poor coloured citizens who had enrolled - themselves in Temperance Societies un 6rtook to celebrate the Ist of August, the anniversar y of West Ind :a eapme!ioation, by a feFtival. over the Schuylkill river. Thither they were moving in an orderly and respectable • procession, when they were assailed by a mob. Some resistance being offered to this brutal outrage, the assailants called in others to their aid, and broke up the procession, and hunted its members to their houses, where they were also as sailed, windows broken, furniture to a great amount destroyed, and several of the unfortunate inmates dreadfully beaten with clubs, iron rods, and missiles. For two days no person with a coloured face was safe from violence in the city. Thousands left their little properties to the mercy of the mob. and fled into the woods of Jersey. across the Delaware. A large and beautiful Hall, nearly finished, erected by,a wealthy coloured citizen, for the use of his brethren, was burned down, as was also the coloured meeting-house in St. Mary's-street. The City authorities, as in the mob of 1838, did little or nothing to suppress the rioters. Some of the news papers apologized for the conduct of the ruffians, and threw the blame upon the poor coloured people, for pre suming to celebrate the Ist of August. Is it not dreadful ? Our cause is, nevertheless, onward. The wheels of our great reform move indeed slowly and heavily, but, as in the vision of Ezekiel, there is " life within them." The slavery question now enters into every debate in Congress. Our indefatigable friend Joshua Leavitt has presented a voluminous petition to Congres praying for something nearly equivalent to Free Trade with Great Britain in case of the abolition of the Corn-laws. It gives a history of of tEe Anti-Corn-law movement, &c. It was well received by many of our statesmen, and it s prayer was only rejected by a party vote of of the Whigs; all the Democrats in the Senate voting for it. As the new Tariff Bill, to which Leavitt's proposition was an amendment, has been, set aside by the veto of President Tyler, the subject will come up again ; and the next Congress will doubtless carry it into effect, as that can hardly fail of having a demo cratic majority. Great and excellent meetings of the liberty party have been held in Ohio, Maine, and Vermont. Our prospects are brightening in this department of our enterprise. The subject of Church action is engaging a good deal of attention. There has been a large convention of ministers and church members held in Veamont, in which strong anti-slavery addresses were adopted, addressed to the slave holders and people of the north. • A band of wolves, says the Memorial de Rouen, have taken up their haunt in the forest of Manny, and have lately committed dreadful 'ravage* in the Com munes of Yville, Anneville, and Bervi!l... A few d ays back, a forest-keeper was taking his rod lid when a wolf rushed out of a thicket, and carried off his dog before his eyes. He fired at him, hut as the gun was only loaded with small shot, the animal set off with his prey. A day or two afterwards a shepherd, named Pendrix, was driving his sheep home to Yville, when a wolf fell on a sudden on the flock, and seized on a wether. The man immediately ran after the animal, and soon overtaking it, the weight of its prey not allowing it to run very fast, caught hold of the sheep. A strggle ensued which ended in the wolf's being frightened by the man's shouts, and let go its prey. On Thursday night, the flock of M. Manger, of Anneville, was attacked, and nine sheep were killed, and eighteen badly wounded. A letter from Dusseldorff, 28th ult., announces the arrival there on the preceding afternoon of the King and Queen of Prussia by the railroad. They were received at the station by the authorities, and attended to the hotel of the Regency, where all the persons of distinc tion in the town, including several foreigners, were ad mitted to pay their respects to them. A grand fete was to have been given on the occasion, but was deferred on account of the King being slightly indisposed. Prince Charles of Bavaria, his Majesty's brother-in law, h a d also arrived at Dusseldorf. The Vi,gie of Saint Mato relates that on Tuesday morning, a large boat, in attempting to enter the port, was caught by the current from the breach in the bank of the Quatre Pavilions, and upset, and twelve men who were in her thrown into the sea. Another boat which went out to their assistance was unable to reach them. At length a M. Joly plunged in and saved two of the men. His example was followed by others, and three more were rescued from the waves ; but the remaining seven were drowned, and their bodies were not found till the ebbing of the tide left them on the shore. Black game shooting commenced on September Ist in the New Forest, and from the fine breed, good sport throughout the season is anticipated. Our sporting friends should, however, be aware that a peculiar license is required to shoot in this forest, and it can only be obtained of the Lord Warden. There is an express Act of Parliament for Hants, Dorset, Devon, and the New Forest, forbidding the killing of black game until September ist.—The breed of partridges, pheasants, and hares, is greater in this part of the county than has been known for many years.----- Salisbury Herald. A FARMER'S CPINION 02; CORN-LA WS. Never were metsures of any Cabinet calculated to injure the farmer to so great an extent indirectly as those recently carriel by the present. Since 1834, when the New Poor-law Bill effected a considerable saving in the agricultural districts, landho!ders have very generally raisedthe rents of their farms, thus pocketing in every instance what should have been for the benefit of all. Again, more recently, the sordid desires of this all-grasping class have not been by any means satisfied. Ihe years 1840-41 will be remembered by many as years in which a general advance trok place throughout the country; since which time they have continued con s:derably higher than during any part of the war time This artificial price of land has tended most mate rially to the injury of all our manufactures in one way or other : it has in many cases ruined the frugal awl industrious occupier of land, it being impossible, with such rents, to realise a fair remunerating profit : it has brought to the verge of starvation and rebellion (in many places both of these have actually taken place) thousands both of our agricultural and manu facturing population ; and it is bringing, fast as the energies of a self-willed aristocracy and bigoted clergy can do, the entire country to a state of ruin. But what must be the remedy both for agricultural and manufactoring interests ? what can prove a last ing beneficial measure for both ? is the question eagerly asked by many. Not an Income-tax, or a " scale" for duty on corn, that dexterously " slides" the last sixpence from the pockets of a famished yet still industrious people. As a practical farmer—as one who has been en gaged in this pursuit between thirty and forty years, acid during that time has watched minutely all events connected therewith, and as one having the interest and welfare of my country as well as myself at heart, I would most unhesitatingly declare that free trade in corn will be the only thing that will bring the value of land, and consequently the relations of society, to their proper basis. This will enable our manufacturers to supply their goods lower than any other country; this will, con sequently, enable them to defy competition in the foreign market ; this, after the first year or two would enable the farmer to go on much more satisfac torily than at present; and this, alone, would restore that peace, plenty, and content lately so much un known amongst the English population. A BRITISH FARMER. Bedfordshire, 2d September, 1842. THE NEW TARIFF.—Some curiosity has been ex cited in Winchester during the past week by an announce luent from the public crier that Amercan pork was selling at .4id. per pound. We have seen some of the meat selling at that price at Mr. Parniiter's shop, and fro n its appearance should pronounce it good and Wholesome food. In colour it is, of course, darker than the young pork salted here, but it is thin in the rind, fat, and smells very sweet. If the tariff will pro duce plenty of such meat at such a price, it will be indeed a much greater benefit than we anticipated, and pr.we what the farmers assert, that Peel is the greatest diriny die farmers ever had, and that they were coin li..inhu.L4ed by the Tories at the last election. 'R:e only drawback upon the American pork, is that it is coarse and cut up in a most unscientific manner. We thin;, a little time %%HI remove both these objections, and we most heartily rejoice that the principles of free trade have at length so far prevailed that good and wholesome meat is now placed within. the reach of the poor man at a... price which will enable him to occasionally taste wia.t was bnfore p. I , i• 11;i» r:azue °nil:— Hunts Independent. ' A letter in the Le;psic Gazette, from Constanti n. of A ug. 10, says :—‘• Accounts from Syria announce ) that, by order of the Porte, the Seraskier Mustapha Paella and Selim Bey have assembled the chiefs of the Druses, the Greek Christians, and the iMaronites, and have rsquested them to declare freely whom they de ; sired to have as Governor. After a discussion of some days. a petition was signed by the Druses, the Greek Christians, and the smaller portion of the Maronites, who demanded the confirmation of Omar Pacha, and the exclusion of the Shahab family. The two petitions will be sent by the Seraskier to the Porte, which seems to ' be waiting for them to take a determination. The French agents have exerted themselves in favour of Emir Bechir, and those of Russia in favour of Omar Pacha. The latter has asked for permission to visit the capital until the matter is decided, as be does not wish to appear to instigate any one in his favour. Capel Hanbury Leigh, Esq., Lord-Lieutenant of the county, accompanied by Colonel Sir M. Creagh, of the 11th Regiment, visited the Tredegar Iron Works on Monday last, for the purpose of inquiring as to the state of the place and - neighbourhood, and finding all quiet, and that the men had returned to their works, orders were given, that the company of soldiers stationed there should return to Newport. We are happy to find that the whole of the men around the hills have returned to their work. About 50 of the leaders have been dis charged from Cylarthfa works ; amongst the number is Miles, a ringleader of strikers. Things begin to wear a cheering aspect all round the district, and we are in hopes of a speedy and favourable turn in the works.— Monmouthshire Merlin. The 21iOniteur de la Propriete states, that in conse quence of the high price of forage, a vast number of cattle have been very lately sent up to the neighbour hood of Paris, to be sold to the butchers and slaughtered, • the breeders not being able to afford feeding them any longer. In. July; 1841, the number of oxen arrived at Paris ; amounted to 10,008, whilst, during the same month of the present year, the number was 12,616, showing a difference of 2,608. There has been no dimi nution in the price of butchers' meet in Paris, in conse quence of the increased quantity of castle sent up from the country, hut an augmentation ofprice may be feared, as the stock becomes more and more in the hands of persons whose necessities will not compel them to send it to market. The Journal de l' Aveyron states that the inn of Vitarebe, in the Loiere, was lately reduced to ashes, by a fire caused by lightning. The proprietor was sittins with sonic travellers in the dining-room, when the electric electric fluid fell amongst them, knocked him down, and . stnnne.d another. This latter was for some minutes unable to stir, and when he recovered his senses he found that three of the toes of his right foot were psra lysed. Strange enough, the stocking over the place was much torn, ;bilst the boot was uninjured. The other porFoas in the room were unhurt. The tire commencer) Ina issrn, and in a short time, after destroying the corn and forage, communicated to the dwelling-house, and destroyed everything. The loss is estimated at 80,006 f. The Journal de . Rouen contains an article com plaining in very stringent terms of the a nnoyances t o which English travellers are subjected on leaving the steamers at Havre. There is scarcely any sort of vexa-, tion, this paper asserts, to which they. must not submit, and adds, that in consequence the number of travellers by Havre is sensibly diminishing, Ostend being preferred as their route. Nor is it at Havre alone that annoyances are met with, for at Rouen the trunks, band-boxes, and other luggage, are again examined, as if it was feared that they contained some pieces of game or bottles of brandy subject to the Octrot duty. The Journal de Rouen recommends that, in place of all this vexatious searching, each passenger should be required to affirm on oath whether he carried contraband goods or not. The Journal du Havre, in alluding to this matter, states that it does not hope to see this plan adopted, but expresses a wish that the Custom •house officers would do their duty more gently, as there can be no doubt that such pro ceedings arcs calculated to injure the town. We have reason to believe that the Queen and her Royal Consort, Prince Albert, have most graciously sig nified their intention to visit Ireland during the ensuing summer or autumn.—Dublin Packet. The gold medal mentioned in the English papers having been struck in England, in honour of Mehemet Ali, arrived at Alexandria by the last packet, with an address signed by sonic of the most influential mercantile men and others of London and other places. On one side of the medal is the portrait of the Vicero y }• ; on the other are the following words in English :—" The friend of science, commerce, and order, who protected the sub• jects and property of the powers opposed to him, and who opened the route to India." SUNDAY TRAVELLING IN FRANCE.--The railroad on the right bank of the Seine transported to Versailles on Sunday week, the fete of St. Louis, 18,000 persons. There was &so a considerable number of travellers on the St. Germain's road. The public is now satisfied that railways arc safe, and henceforth to use them will be the custom of the population.—Journal des Chemins de Ter. rfro 41' TO THE EDI7OII OF THE SUN. SlR,—The present majority in the llouse of Corn mons, " • hating been principally formed by the influence of the agicultural part of the country, led on, :f course, b- the promises of the landlords, that their interests sjould be scrupulously protected, at whatever cost; it having also become so general an opinion, not only amongst the manufacturing but likewise with the commercial part of the community that the late measures of the present Cabinet, instead of being framed for giving that impetus both to the trade at home and in he foreign market, which is necessary ' for the real int e r es t o f th e country , had b een f orme d more for the irt eres t o f agr i cu lt ure an d protect i on of .1 the British Earne r , I h ave b een i n d uce d to sen d you the present lett& w ith th e h ope th a t many o f your ,,,1 impartial readers would come to a different con- ~s dl elusion. .l EXEI Francis Br( assizes held in the administra last, at twelv , north-east cor After his co fined in a ce tinually with 1 evidence on wl emphatic man; exhorted him he cherished as there rem; The convict, A aidiously attend the priests of S the daily visits tended with an hardened, impel the minister. vern or of the pr Wilcock to hay tionate characte efforts were ur repeatedly infor no hope of any cl to the cherishe behalf was for The answer rett "as of such a na recommended to im penetrability gave way as hi s ü bbornnes s va Proaching death. religious instruct conformed strictl Prescribed, The execution eight o'clock on wards determine o'clock, from a prieve might ar; It had, however Was to be hanged bad taste induces early on the alert formed, numerot seen wending the fore eight a cor classes had assen though most of ti town, by far the tence was carried noon thecrovvd wa the spectators w, of very respectab evinced none of tf times seen descri other places, they, with unseemly Ind pearance of the cr shouting, throwinl seemly pranks ; an, er picking a pocket taken within the p The convict retie Friday night, an Mornmg. The R condemned cell a close attendance on ist. The Under-S1 past eleven o'clock the prison. At a I was conducted fro 116 demeanour wre but calm. Ile is a feet four inches I Marked and stern-I( dark, and his forehe and he wore a blue trousers, and boots. 12s respe c tf u l and O 'clock the prism struetor, the princii fr om the press-room Possession never for passed through theye who stood near. Al hand and read, in a from the service pro] tunate man walked of steps leading to there, he stood for with his pastor. and the work of the executioner, tor the occasion. was immediately in view of the gallol short platform, ereci between him and big eyes intently fix( daring which his li though he was engq Rev. P. Wilcock ask( to say. He replied, nothing more. Afte] hand to the various blishment which the ,he was l e d out to his hire to the scaffold, al adjusted the apparatu all the time moving through the cr ow d w l next instant 4ignal the drop fell. moment, and it e xpired, b ut in a litt ,Ilelves by th e convulsi .3 8 1 which continue hen he ceased to Was extinct, t h e exe 'rout a gentleman p i 104 business -like Rive them a three feel The unhappy eon, W W as, at his request, t ilcock. We subjoi hen, the c u l pr i t ackn i l i fith his sentee." ui s own hand, in bold, Tx} t . " I, Francis Bradle non die in the fai of which I am truly s' worthy member. I e t ° Pray, a f ter my depu die in peace 'with eerely from my h eart fended me, and cravi lured kor offend e d. I is nte nce, and c h eer fn Chhe will of G o d I s h y nite merits of o Ch rist, to obtain pard ,g• I beg to return the Governor of the p °I . , rile and also to the clit'eialiindividuals, for me during my confir m e the above deck (Signed `` ..A.irkdale, S ept. 3, t, The crowd disp erse' 11 °14r Req. The body' after w as take n down th'e gaol, in pursuar the fourth criminal wh ,114' first was Thomas t'fe; the second Bett nshand; the third, til der, at Warrington I)lnrd.f,r, of his wife. 14 the s ame grave wit' Ths tie in Duke d e N ec 3 c311 Monday la s t, was r itlp4thy as well as th Cardint uqlB metbene rals, thee Prefeas 'v , e , and all th e c i v i l at 'os re d elivered to the °F tles censio n an d feeli „, Orleans, h e spoke wi ."4oy could never be: 4 (1 th t it should be :117,,4eedtui otaineswerii with h io f e h a i e l , h in i he ti of Tuesd: 0,-' kieneral d'llautpoul h" eltEnp of Elfaut. ;44i)nument, designed by 14fitirttry of the line, e x.ense of the officers t §antry, to the rnemori I A the form of a pyrami tlllbscriptions ; bears th A e 'riace Royal 1L 1,-Ats!erp, 1832 •, Masca p'errta de lqouzaya, I ;1,441), the Duke de Net '''‘' evEning the Trine, 414/iorities from variom Nning from a great di: :the Times of Seater I ° ' the Tin is ;%,slWing caused or fumen temporary repudiat, ‘IY oth political hot er , thte2tk and admits that : t:e.w'orkinen to denial tel 7 bp,p' to ~ appease ecurse they have h k'e directions of no oth "eessities. n_bispatches are regt ,nee mails every eveni iv.'lliments, to her Majes •linilar documents used ktasengers.