The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-15 00:00:00

`~ -_ I a common at Candahar. HeVat - was it theatre of csntinued dissension between Mahmood and his son until the death of the former left Kamran in the unenvi able situation of ruler.' Shah Shoojah remained quiet at Loodiana untilthe year 1832 when his hopes revived, and he received en couragement to make another attempt to recover his throne. He entered into terms with Runjeet Singh which led to what subsequently formed the basis of the Tripartite treaty of 1838. He raised all the money he could obtain upon his jewels, collected a body of troops amongst which were a corps of Hindoostanees disciplined to a certain extent on the European system. under the command of a Mr. Campbell, who had formerly been in the Company's service. In the month of February of that year he left Loodiana ; the only assistance he received from the British Government, which studiously delined all in terference, being an advance of four months' stipend ; at Bahawulpore he received a gun, a thousand rupees, and fifty camels from the Khan. In the month of May he crossed the Indus, and took possession of Shikarpore ; here he remained some months, gradu ally,' strengthening himself, and endeavouring to ar range terms with the Ameers of Scinde, as also to excite the neighbouring chiefs of Beloochistan to espouse his cause. The Ameers who had permitted him to obtain possession of Shikarpore refused any further assistance, which the Shah claimed from them as tributaries of the Government, both in men and money at last threatened, in the event of non-com pliance with his requests, to plunder the town, as also the neighbouring wealthy city of Larkhana. The Ameers on this collected their troops, to attack him ; the result was an action near Shikarpore, on the 9th February, 1834, in which the Shah gained a com plete victory, inflicting a heavy loss on the enemy. This led to immediate concessions on the part of the Ameers, who paid down a large sum of money, en gaged to payan annual sum for the future, and to fur nish a body of men to assist the Shah in his ente• prise. This advantage enabled the Shah to advance to wards Candahar, with considerable prospedt of success. At the same time Runjeet Singh sent his grandson, Nao Nahal Sing to occupy Peshawur and to atkact the attention of Dost Mahommed to that quarter, which had at first the desired effect, for he refused to answer the calls of his brother for assistance, on the plea of his inability to leave Caubul at this crisis. In the meantime the Shah advanced to Candahar, and having gained some advantage over the Sirdars, laid siege to the city. But Dost Mahommed, seeing the state of the case, hastened to their assistance, when the Shah raised the siege, and the Barukzyes, thus re inforced, moved out against him ; an action ensued on the 29th of June, in which the Shah gained some advantage. The fight was, however, renewed on the 2d• July, and more desperately contested, when he was completely defeated, and his guns, baggage, and treasure fell into the hands of the enemy. The brunt of this action fell chiefly on the Hindoostanees, who under their leader, Mr. Campbell, fought nobly to the last ; that officer was himself severely wounded, and was very kindly treated by Dost Mahommed Khan, who was so much struck with his gallantry, as well as tat of his men, that he took them into his service. After his defeat the Shah fled to Lash in the di rection of Herat, hoping to be joined by Shah Kam ran, but disappointed in this last hope, and hardly pressed, he turned his flight to Kelat, where he ar rived at last, closely pursued by Sirdar Rehem Dil Khan. Mehrah Khan, the Beeloochee Chief of Ke lat, readily accorded his protection and hospitality to the Royal fugitive • after some negotiation Rehem Dil Khan was persuaded to return to Candahar, and the Shah, traversing the route of Cuch Gundava and Dadur, at last crossed the Indus, and regained his asylum at Loodiana, in the year 1835. • Here he remained quiet until the intrigues of Russia and a change in British policy, led to the de termination of establishing a monarch in Affghanistan who should be favourable to our interests. Shah Shoojah naturally presented himself as the legitimate and fittest person for the purpose :—the famous Tri partite treaty was arranged : the army was assembled and marched in December, 1838, to place him on the throne of his ancestors. The result is familiar to all. In February, 1839, the British India* army crossed the Indus, and marching through the Bolan Pass reached Candahar in the end of April, whence after halting two months, they proceeded towards Caubul. On the 23d of July, Ghuznee was taken by assault, and on the 7th of August the Shah once more entered the capital of his kingdom as a Monarch. Here he reigned for more than two years supported by British money and Bri tish troops, until the-insurrection broke out in Caubul on the 2d of November, 1841, which led to our eva cuation of the place and the destruction of our troops. Shah Shoojah was supposed at one time to have played us falsely, but apparently without good grounds ; he ivad everything to lose by such a measure and nothing to gain. When we could no longer protect him he was doubtless compelled to negotiate and temporize with the chiefs opposed to us to provide for his own safety, but no really treacherous or inimical act ap pears to have been committed by him towards us, and at last he met his death by the hands of assasins on his way to join his camp, and move to the relief of the British garrison then invested at Jellalabad. It was en; the sth of April, two days prior to that on which General Sale defeated Mahomed Akbar Khan, that Shah Shoojah closed his eventful and varied career. BAR. MACAULAY AND « THE SUN." For many, many a century, the sun-god, Phcebus- Apollo, has been deemed the friend and patron of poets. Times are changed, however. The Sun will not smile on Mr. Macaulay ; not although he has as sumed the character of a devout worshiper of the heathen divinities, and has sung in such strains as re sounded to their honour in old times. The Sun has issued a command, not_from the blue arch above, but from the office, No. 112, Strand, that Mr. Macaulay shall sing no more, or, in other words, shall " sing dumb." The fiat has een issued with majestic stern ness and severity. The words of poor Keats came to mind when it fell under our eye : " Fine was the mitigated fury, like Apollo's, when in act to strike"— the serpent. Such is the close in the poem. Mr., Macaulay is the ufhject of attack to this modern " Pythian of the age." Seriously speaking, we have to animadvert on some strange and inconsistent remarks of The Sun newspaper on the volume of verse lately issued by Mr. Macaulay. The late Secretary-at-War is taken to task most bitterly for refreshing his lei sure hours with poetry. In one breath, the writer makes allusion to the " great talents" of Mr. Macaulay, accuses him of sins of omission and commission which " inflicted heavy blows on the welfare of his country," and concludes by telling him that the people of Britain have " t o some extent con ferred on him the leadership of their cause." The whole of this article, in short, which appears among "ti, leaders in The Sun, is full of absurdities. In the assumption that Mr. Macaulay's poems are the production of the present moment, a great error i s in all probability committed. They may have been 'written at college, or on the way home from India, for anything The Sun knows, and may have been produced at present merely because the period was convenient for a little revision. At all events, it is most ridiculous to assume that public men are to have ono moments of relaxation, and that a Member of P a yliamcnt, even during . the recess of that body, is acting culpably if he gives one hour to those elegant studies which, to serve the public, he perhaps tears himself from, against his inclinations, for the greater part of his time and life. It is most unworthy of a Liberal Journal to put forth such sentiments. Mr. Macaulay is the representative of Edinburgh in Par liAment, and we are not aware that any party here have to charge him with neglecting their interests, in order that he may cultivate the literature which he loves.—Scotsman. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-1 consider your animadversions upon Mr. Macaulay, for employing his talents, and occupying his leisure at the-present tremendously appalling crisis in our country's fortunes in writing doggrel rhymes, perfectly iust, and to have been imperatively called for. However highly Mr. Macaulay's admirers may estimate his services, both by pen and tongue, to the community at large, none can deny that those ser vices have been munificently remunerated. Now, Sir, .what should we think or say of an officer in command of a vessel at sea, when a hurricane was fiercely bhiVing, and the foami ng bill ows sweep i ng across h er decks, and the hissing breakers boiling around her, retiring into his cabm, stretchin g his person luxu riewly along a well stuffed settee, and presently be coming .absorbed in the metrical mechanism of bal jach upon ancient Rome, or, peradventure, his mis tress' eyebrow? The fact is—and a deplorable one it it—the primary cause of our beloved country's present critical p osition, and the but too certain fore runner, it is to be apprehended, of horrors which make the blood curdle to think of, or the most faintly shadow forth, is, that our aristocracy, and their tools and hangers on, their sycophantic followers and apeing idolators, have no sympathy with, or faith in, humanity and its inexhaustible capabilities of amelio ration. They love and cling to their class more than their country ; and estimate and honour more the in trigues of a partisan than the disinterested services of a patriot. Sir, our country needs a new and nobler crder of statesmen— men whose hearts shall swell in behalf of the common weal; whose measures shall embody the Christian law of love ; men who, in the thrilling language of the lamented and ever-to-be honoured Channing, can "look through the disguises, envelopments of ranks and classes, to the common nature which lies below them," and feel that "it has noble powers to cultivate, solemn duties to perform, inalienable rights to assert, a vast destiny to accom pUsh ;" and that it is their most bounden duty and highest privilege, to assist it in its glorious efforts and high calling.—Your obedient servant, Affieck-street, Aberdeen. JOHN ESDA.u,E. Embellished with a Portrait of General D'Ar blay, VOLUME FIVE of MADAME D'ARI3LAY'S DIARY and LETTERS, IS NOW READY, And may be had of all Booksellers. New and Revised * Editions of the First Four Volumes are also now ready. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY JOHN POOLE, ESQ. In a few days, in 3 vols. post Bvo., PHINEAS QUIDDY; OR, SHEER INDUSTRY. By JOHN POOLE, Esq., Author of " Paul Pry," " Little Pedlington," " The Comic gketch-Book," &c. Henry Colburn,Publisher,l3, Great Marlborough-street. 8 200 MONEY DIVIDENDS will be divided on the 30th Instant, amongst EIGHT THOU SAND TWO HUNDRED SELECTED Bonds of the LOAN negotiated in the year 1820, and GUARANTEED 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 do. 1 do. 12,000 do. 1 do. 10,000 do. 1 do. 5,000 do. .. 8 do. 1,000 do. each B,OOO do. 10 do. 500 do. each 5,000 do. 10 do. 200 do. each 200 do. 110 do. each 22,000 do. 200 do. 105 do. each 467 do. 100 do. each 46,700 do. 7,300 do. , 94 do. each 686,200 do. 6,200 Money Dividends, amounting to 892,900 Florins, or £74,400 Sterling Money. 8,200 SELECTED Bonds, each of which is sure to obtain one of the above Dividends- Lamest Dividend £4,166 13 4 Smallest Dividend £ 7 16 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. Direst for the few Bonds which are still on sale, WITHOUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. Bonds are on sale NOW at £l3. Against the end of this Month the price will rise to £l5, and the Sale will close before the end of this Month. Those who remit £1 BEFORE the 15th 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 post. HEINE BROTHERS. HAMBURGH, November 1, 1842. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, NOV. 15, Will be repeated a Comic Opera, called THE SECRET MA R RIA GE. Being an English version of Cimarosa's " Ila trimonio Segreto." The Character of Carolina, by Miss Adelaide Kemble ; Fidalma, Mrs. Alfred Shaw ; Elisetta, Miss Rainforth ; Signor Geronimo, Mr. Giubilei ; Count Montoni, Mr. Leffier ; Paolino, Mr. W. Harrison. After which will be repeated a New, Original, Comic Drama, written by Mr. Mark Lemon, Author of " The Ladies' Club," &c., entitled THE TURF. Captain Flatooker, Mr. Walter Lacy; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop, Mr. Meadows ; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Culpepper, Mrs. liumby ; Miss Warren, Miss Lee. To conclude with the Farce of COUSIN LAMBKIN. Squire Mulberry, Mr. Bartley ; Captain Bantam, Mr. Walter Lacy; Doctor Lionel Lambkin, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Bantam, Miss Cooper ; Rose Maynard, Miss Lee ; Dainty, Mrs, Hamby Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery 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, HAY-MARKET. Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews are engaged, and will appear To-night, and every Evening during the week. THIS EVENING, NOV. 15, Will be performed the Burletta of THE WELSH GIRL. Sir Owen Griffiths, Mr. Strickland ; Alfred, (his nephew) Mr. Caulfield ; David Jones, Mr. Tilbury ; Julia, Madame Vestris. After which a New Drama, in Two Acts, called GRAND FATHER WHITEHEAD. Grandfather Whitehead, Mr. W. Farren; Drayton, (a Builder), Mr. Tilbury ; Langley, (a Retired Trader), Mr. Stuart ; Driver, (a Lawyer), Mr. Strickland; Bob Lincoln, (his Clerk), Mr. Webster; Snap, Mr. Clark; Edward Drayton (Drayton's Son), Master George Webster ; Louisa Drayton, Mrs. Edwin Yarnotd ; Susan, (Servant to Langley), Mrs. Stanley. To which will be added an entirely New Monopolylogue, called THE BELLE OF THE HOTEL; or, AMERICAN SKETCHES; in which Mrs. Fitzwilliam will sustain Six Characters. To be followed by Mr. T. Haynes Bayly's Burletta of ONE HOUR ; or, A CARNIVAL BALL. Mr. Charles Swiftly, (his original character), Mr. Charles Mathews; Miss Dalton, (her original character), Madame Vestris, who will sing " Love is the Theme." THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, NOV. 15, Will be repeated THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin cipal Characters bessrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson,NV Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Fancit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. After which, a New Comic Burletta, called AN'I'ONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giubilei. To conclude with THE SECRET. Thomas, Mr. H. Beverly. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense success of the new Nautical Drama. Mr. T. P. Cooke as Union Jack is highly cheered by crowded audiences— the novel effects surpass everything hitherto attempted, and the ship on fire creates a complete hurricane of applause. THIS EVENING, NOV. 15, Will be repeated an entirely New Nautical Drama, en titled THE UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the SETTLER'S DAUGHTER, written expressly for Mr. 7'. P. Cooke, who will be supported by Messrs. Hicks, Neville, Smith, Heslop, Mrs. R. Honner, and the entire Company. New scenery and splendid nautical effects never before attempted. After which will be produced an entirely new Drama, en titled THE BLACK JAW OF MARTINIQUE; or, the FUGITIVE SLAVE. Zamba, the Slave, by Mrs. H. Vining. The other Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Neville, W. Smith, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Terry, who will sing Miss Eliza Cook's Song of the " Red Indian," composed by Mr. G. Stansbury. To conclude with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE ; or, a SIS TER'S SACRIFICE. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. MOH W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Horning 0 minutes after 0 I Evening 3 minutes after 0. ->'~., rHE SUN,* riIIVD.ON; may have been written at College, or on his way home from India. Granted. We know nothing on the subject. But why are they published now? Why does Mr. MACAULAY seek at this time to divert public attention from the suffering of England to the legends of Rome ? There are triflers enough in the land. There is a whole army—almost a myriad of them—who certainly amuse, but who fritter away the public mind by imaginary tales. They tend to destroy all hearti• ness and all earnestness. They lull the public into insensibility to the condition of the people, and are some of the best allies of that misgovern ment which leads to revolution. If Mr. MACA LAT feels no interest in the condition of England, he does well to emulate these triflers, and publish at this time his boyish effusions, and the studies that served to dissipate the ennui of a long sea voyage. But we must inform him that the suf ferings of the people have given sternness to their temper, and by now amusing himself with these literary trifles he displays an insensibility to their condition, and exposes himself to public contempt. The Scotsman says, " Mr. MACAULAY is the representative of Edinburgh, and he is not aware that any party there chkge him with neglecting their interest." More shame for the men of Edinburgh. But as we have had the pleasure of hearing Mr. DUNCAN M'LAREN speak eloquently against the Corn-laws, as we remember the stern, but just, terms, in which they were de nounced by the Edinbnrgh Guild of Merchants, we must be permitted to doubt the accuracy of the Scotsman's assertion. Mr. MACAULAY has done little or nothing to release the throat of the people from the gripe of the landlords, and if the Anti-Corn-law party in Edinburgh are satisfied with his exertions, they must send him to Par liament rather to thwart than promote their views. One or two speeches of comparatively little importance are the sum of the Right Hon. Gentleman's exertions since he was released from the trammels of office ; and while in office, like the rest of the Whigs, he sacrificed the principles of free trade for the purposes of party. In the last session, some most eventful mea sures were brought forward. The people were then cursed with an Income-tax. A whole sys tem of new differential duties was imposed on commerce ; a piece of charlatanism in the shape of a sliding scale received the sanction of the House of Commons, and we have no recollection of any great efforts which Mr. MACAULAY made to expose the cunning and the iniquity of that legislation. What exertions did the Right Hon. Gentleman make to stir up the spirit of the peo ple, and stop the measures that are now gall- . ing them to the quick ? He had little time to consider such important matters ; he was im mersed, it appears, in the mythe of ancient, or the superstitions of modern Rome. If the Right Hon. Gentleman prefer these amusements to the dry details of Corn and Provision-laws, we shall make no objection to his pursuits ; but we shall feel it to be our duty to warn the public that a gentleman of such a cultivated taste can not possibly attend to the vulgar wants of the people. We cannot doubt but that the Anti-Corn-law League is making a rapid progress to power, The notice taken of it by its enemies attests this fact. The Times reports its proceedings at great length, and the other Tory journals emulate its example. Their comments on the League betray their fear. Circumstances, too, help the League. Trade does not get any better, and agriculture gets worse. The discontent of the manufacturers is a trifle compared to the growling discontent of the farmers, and very soon the bulk of the nation will demand a serious change. Much, too, is due to the organization of the League. They have divided England and Wales into twelve districts, for the registration ()fall those who will support them. To every district a lecturer and a superintending registrar are appointed, and all members are to be enrolled who are willing to pay one penny. The grand objectis to ascertain the electoral strength of those who will support the League, and the exact amount of public opinion they can bring to bear on the Parliament. To get at this, ;towns like Birmingham are di vided into wards or sections—there they amount to thirteen. In every ward a Committee is or ganised, and it is to be regularly canvassed. Such a system will carry the League home to every man's door, and will . call 9n,him to Say whether he be for monopoly or free trade. It will scarcely allow of neutrality. If the League be already powerful, such a plan will add amazingly to its power, or destroy it. We believe, as the cause is righteous and the times favourable, that it Will add much to the power of the League. After learning so much of its intentions and its progress, we are not surprised that the mono polist Government is alarmed, and that reports are rife of new coercive plans to secure mono poly—if possible—and put down by force the advocates of unrestricted industry. " : 14 4 4 ' 4 :01 4 441 ? „ 7, 1;7 o vc • v ' 1 7 9 ;O_ n"". ` ' : 0%64_2 MCA Is It ‘,§4.- Vtie _Sum LONDON : TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1842. The Scotsman has undertaken the task of 'abusing The Sun for our observations on Mr. MAcAuLAT's present pursuits. We shall not trouble ourselves to retort the wit, or reply to the vituperation of our northern Con temporary. We content ourselves with print ing his remarks, and shall leave Mr. MACAULAY to bestow any further notice he pleases, and any honours he can now command, ou his champion. To those remarks we append a communication from a Correspondent, which enables us to state with great satisfaction that our observations, though they do not please the partisan print, receive the approbation of inde pendent men. The principal object we had in view was to draw public attention to the present occupations ofsome of the late Ministry. They have played the people into the hands of the Tories, and now desert them. Not one exertion have they made, though circumstances are now favourable, to unite and rouse the scattered bands of Reformers, or to lay down a system of policy to guide them, which shall be worthy of public support. Yet they expect, we believe, on account of the transcen dant talents with which they conclude they are endowed, to be again placed in office whenever the Income-tax and Sir ROBERT PEEL'S system ofcombined coercion and fraud shall goad the long suffering people to do justice on the Tories. They are mistaken. The people will have active, in dustrious men, who attend to the business of England, for leaders; and if the Whigs make no claim to that character when out of office, they will find, when the time comes, as come we be lieve it speedily will that Sir ROBERT PEEL will be either chased from the helm as a mere political charlatan, who has deceived nil parties, or will resign it from mingled shame and des pair, that they will be compelled to give way to those who have sought and gained the popular approbation. We believe, however, that our object has been gained. The notice of the Scotsman, and the communications we have re ceived on the subject, assure us that, we have made both the late Ministers and their journals a little sensible of their great deficiencies. We have piqued them into reflecting on their forlorn and miserable political condition, and made them aware that they must either give up politics or they must imitate those who are now struggling to obtain an ascendancy over the hearts and minds of their countrymen. Though we (lo d i u loe to t car o e ur to se a lv d e v s er a t n f d ur ( t i l u te e r t t o o o te r Scotsman, it i s readers to justify our former Observation. That journal inform s us that Mr MAC AULAY' S ball ads i COURT CIRCULAR. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge entertained last night at dinner, at their residence at Kew, his Imperial Highness the Arch duke of Austria, his Royal Highness the Heredita r y Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, Baron Neu mann, Baron Lebzeltern, Count Carnlyi, Captain Marinewitch, Captain Dumont, Chevalier Koeckel, Captain Fitzroy, Lady Augusta Somerset, Baroness Ahlefeldt, Colonel Jones, and Baron Knesebeck. Mr. Rose, of Demerara, had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office. Deputations from Rochester had interviews with Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Brazilian Minister transacted business ye r day at the Foreign-office. The Bishop of London had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. _ _ Dispatches from the Governors of New South Wales, Ceylon, Cape of Good Hope, and St. Helena, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received from the Governor of Newfoundland. THE GAGGING SYSTEM.—Rumours are afloat that it is in the design of the Government to require from Parliament strong powers for the purpose of gagging the Anti-Corn-law League. Of the intentions of the Government we can believe anything ; and from the acquiescence of the Legislature we can fear every thing. But, surely, any fresh enactment for the above purpose is a work of supererogation. According to the recent proceedings of Tory Magistrates, the charges of Judges, and the verdicts of panic-stricken 0 J r offenceu r a i n e y s , unpalatable o t ; ot htoercommunicatet c ontemplateamelioration mtehlieo rpaot wo a ne n r tn e ot xhtt othersahe t n e s b i l o ea n , w ns f the suffrage, y w a h o n i p c i i h n n may o i n et indictable e e .. favourable to the Administration or its supporters is a conspiracy ; to assemble to express any apprehension as to the condition of the people and the general state of affairs is a riot. —Staffordshire Examin i er ,l . ‘ dnnademw direct, t a destinedr i ff oftnohre the fi r r o s rtaf account little cargoes of cattle have been landed here, ° THE NEW TARIFF COMING HOME: second e h uc e rogn h operation fvrioam j Rotterdam tl t,e the ra oso humi nr te p u r ; no e adft t mh t e ) aer i mercantile firm in Aberdeen. Only a few person s had an opportunity of seeing the first lot, as they were driven on almost immediately after their arrival ; but the second lot has been inspected, we may safely say, 17 thousands of all classes of the community. There is a considerable variety of opinion as to the quality of the animals • but, on the whole, they are thought to be goo d: specimens—showing that our Continental neighbours have a stock to begin with, which, by judicious crossing and an improved system of feeding, may be brought to great perfection. Some of the oxen already imported may, it is said, be easily fed to seven or eight hundred weight. But the quality is not the most startling feature of the importation; the rumoured price and the short time spent on the voyage. have created still more sensation. It is alleged that the animals are landed free in Aberdeen, at a cost not exceeding Cl. a-head ; and it is quite certain that the vessel that brought them left Rotterdam on Friday afternoon and was here on Monday evening.—Aberdeen Herald. THE PREVALENT DISTRESS.—AS a further and melancholy proof of the wide extent of distress and privation now endured by thousands of the working classes, we may state that during five nights of the past week upwards of sixty persons, exclusive of children, have been received into the Vagrant-office in this city. They were all in a deplorably destitute condition, and the great majority of them were appa rently decent working men, whom the exigency of the times had driven forth upon the world in search of employment. These are facts which speak most emphatically in behalf of the necessity of Government making some immediate effort to search into the causes of,so much sufferings—York Herald. INJESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1841 MUSIC CLASSES-EXETER-HALL. PRESENTATION OF A MUSIC-STAND TO MR HULLAH, BY HIS PUPILS. Last evening was an era deserving of remembrance not only in the history of musical education in this country, but in the history of education generally. It is now some twenty years since that Lord Brougham announced that the schoolmaster was abroad. The schoolmaster has now a local habitation and a name, and the great ones of the earth come and do him ho mage. The members of the first workmen's singing class at Exeter.hall last night, showed their respect to their teacher, benefactor, and friend, Mr. John Hullah, by presenting him with a superb music -stand, value forty gui neas, as a testimonial of their respect and esteem, and Lord Wharncliffe, the President of the Council, and Chairman of the Committee of Council for National Education, thought it his duty to be pre sent on the occasion, to bear his testimony to the merits of Mr. Hullah, and to take credit to himself for the efforts which he had made to promote the education of the humbler classes in the delightful science of music. It was a proud and a grati fying thing for those who have laboured through evil report and good report in the cause of education— who, in spite of the avowed and active hostility of some the galling sarcasm of others, and, worst of all, the half support of many who —Dawn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And though not sneering, teach the rest to sneer— It was a proud and gratifying thing for those who have been the friends of the education of the masses in the worst of times, to witness the triumph of last evening. The doors were opened at six, and the pro ceedings were advertised to commence at seven. Long before that hour the immense area of Exeter-hall was crammed to suffocation. From the platform it pre sented the appearance of a sea of human heads. The galleries were crowded, and on the platform it was with great difficulty that even standing room could be obtained. At seven o'clock Mr. Hullah assumed his baton, and the proceedings of the evening com menced. The classes having gone through their Sol fa-ing exercises with a precision which would have done credit to the best drilled chorus of the most effi ciently conducted theatre in Europe, Mr. EDLIN came forward on the platform, and presented to Mr. Hullah, in the name of the first workmen's singing class of Exeter Hall, a most elegant and elaborately finished music-stand, as a testimony of the esteem and respect of his pupils be longing to that class. In presenting the stand, Mr. Edlin read a neat complimentary address, in which, after expatiating on the merits of Mr. Hullah as a teacher, the advantages to be derived from a know ledge of the science of music as cheap and intellectual amusement for the humbler classes, as an amuse ment tending to the increase of the domestic com forts and to the improvements of their morals, were dwelt upon. Its higher merits, as tending to the praise and glory of the Creator, by introducing a proper and decent method of congregational singing in our places of religibus worship, were not left unno ticed, and it was with S praiseworthy feeling of self respect that the authors of the address adduced the Progress of the workmen's singing class as a proof that the humble orders were as capable as any class of so ciety of duly appreciating those refined amusements which have hitherto been placed beyond their reach, and of acquiring a taste for which too many have thought them incapable. The music-stand itself is a most elegant piece of workmanship. The desk is sup ported by a cherub bearing a palm branch; the whole is elaborately carved and gilded. Mr. HULLAH, in acknowledging the gift, ex pressed a hope that the classes were not going to se parate, but would still farther pursue their studies. They had come, he said, not to the end of their journey, but to the point where two paths separated, and he trusted they would journey onward with him. He could not yet let them go.—(Cheers.) He then al luded to the success which had attended his method of teaching, and expressed a hope that the members of the class had imparted their knowledge. of class singing to their wives and families, for the great object of the illustrious man who had first promulgated the system, M. Wilhem, of Paris, had been to increase the domestic comforts of his fellow-creatures by adding to the stock of innocent amusements.—(Cheers.) Having dwelt on the great importance of congrega tional singing, as adding to the solemnity of religious worship, he concluded by announcing his intention of forming a class of the wives and children of working men. This announcement was received with loud cheers. The classes then per f o rmed several pieces of choral music in excellent time and tune. At the conclusion of the proceedings, Lord WHARNCLIFEE came forward and said that he could not allow the proceedings to terminate without expressing his high gratification at all that he had wit nessed, and his entire concurrence in the sentiments and address which had been put forth on presenting Mr. Hullah with that elegant testimonial of their respect and esteem. There were few men like Mr. Hullah. Never had it been his (Lord Wharncliffe's) lot to meet with a teacher who possessed in such an eminent degree the art of fixing the atten tion of his pupils. He (Lord Wharncliffe) congratu lated them on the progress they had made in the de lightful science of music. It was delightful to see the working man thus adding to his stock of innocent and intellectual amusements, and he was proud to think that he had contributed to pro mote their instruction in that most delightful and beautiful science.—His Lordship was loudly cheered during the delivery of his speech, and at its conclusion the classes sang " God Save the Queen," after w hich the va s t assem bl age di s p erse d. Great credit is due to th e c l asses f or th e man ner in which they have profited by the instruc tions given to them. Great credit is due to Mr Hullah for his unwearied assiduity, his untiring patience, and his lucid clearness in imparting those instructions ; but while thus awarding praise to our own countryman, who has naturalized, as it were, the system of class-singing among us, let us not forget to award honour where honour is due this Honour t 0 0 0f instr uc tion honour to M. Wilhem, the inventor of M. Wilhem, the music-master of the masses —the friend of the poet Beranger, and the man who, in setting some of the most soul-stirring lyrics in e hod of that poet of the people to appropriate melodies, has indeed " married music to immortal verse." Honour to Mr. Wilhem, the benefactor of his species. HAYMAR.KET THEATRE. Webster, taking advantage of the differences which have arisen between Macready and the Mathews's , has engaged Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews at this theatre. They made their first appearance here last evening as Lady Teazle and Charles Surface in the School for Scandal. The house was crammed to the ceiling long before the rising of the curtain, and on Madame Vestris making her appearance she was received, not with three times three, but with nine times nine, and many cheers more, every acknow ledgment of the compliment on her part being the signal'for a renewal of the applause. Never was reception more triumphant. Equally enthusiastic was the reception of Charles Mathews. At the fall of the curtain they were called for, and the applause was renewed with greater en• thusiasm than ever. The comedy was powerfully oast, and went off admirably; indeed, with Farren as Sir Peter, Strickland as Sir Oliver, Stuart as Joseph Surface, Charles Matthews as Charles Surface, and Madame Vestris as Lady Teazle, how could it do otherwise ? The engagement of Madame Vestris and Charles Mathews at the Hay market, is, we consider, a most fortunate cir cumstance for all parties concerned; for while Webster, by their accession, completes his com pany, and makes it by far the most efficient comedy company in the metropolis, they find themselves in a position where their talents will not only be properly appreciated, but where they will have a fair field af forded for the display of those talents, and where their exe rtions will b e mos t e fficiently supported. A pleasant little duodrama (so named in the bills, that is N iriitiharulee of t a farce supported by t wo persons) followed, entitled Snapping Turtles, in which Buckstone and Mrs. Fitz v a q s u a arters of an hour, by their ingenious il lustrationihe eal a o r u t s o c f o t u e . rin ple e , n k t e in ct . the house in a roar fo VICTORIA The performa nces at t hi s th ea t re l as t night were for the benefit of thatclever actress THEATRE.Miss Vincent. The opening piece was a melodramatic romance, enti tled May Martin, th e M a id o f the Green Mountains. The burden of th e perf or mance chiefly depends upon Miss Vincent, w h o in the character of May Ma rtin, has. to und ergo a variet— y of perils for the sake of William ber lover, a hateful u n i on w ith Richard Gow (Mr. Saville), a thief an d coiner, but who, under the guise of a money -finder, had obtained consider able influence in the district in which he resided, and where all the parties dwelt—one of the new settle ments in America. The piece terminates with the death of Gow, who falls by the hand of May Martin, who is thus happil y un it e d with the man of her choice. The piec e was l ou dly applauded. Catherine and Petruchio followed. The principal characters were sustained by Miss Vincent and Mr. Osbaldiston with considerable ability, and the acting throughout was of such a char ac t er as to command the plaudits of the audience. The new grand romance of Crichton closed the entertainments of the evening, which, as a whole, gave the the fullest house s we h ave seen at this theatre. greatest possible satisfaction to one of Admiral Sir Philip Durham, who is one of the largest colliery proprietors in Scotland, and who showed determi ne d res i stance t o the unlawful com bination of th e co lli ers, was i n f orme d last week th a t the colliers on his est a t e would return to their work without additional wages, for which they had stood out ten weeks, PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION, Showing the many valuable advantages enjoyed by parties connected with the SCOTTISH (WIDOWS' FUND) LIFE ASSURANCE. _ . Especially to that Important Class of Assurances effected as FAMILY PROVISIONS. A, in January, 1820, being then 38 years of age, insured 16 life for 3,000/. paying an annual Premium of £93 7s. 6d. He is now 60 years of age, and has an actual vested Bonus or Addition, declared and attached to his Policy of £1,035 125., which, with the 3,0001., the original sum assured, shows the full amount of the sum presently contained in the Policy to be £4,035 12s. He may i f desirous receive an Advance or Loan, on the secu rity of his Policy, (the only expense being the stamp fur the Promissory Note), to the amount of Were A to die after Payment of his premium for the current year, the sum payable under the Policy would be £4,358 9s. Were he to die, in 1845, after payment of his premium for that year,the sum payable under the Policy would be£4,600 lls. 6d. Or if it were an object to him to reduce his present annual contribution, he might, by giving up his Bonus, reduce his future premiums from 93/. 7s. 6d. to • £22 9s. 6d. Or if he preferred receiving immediately the present value of ('his Bonus, he would, by surrendering it, be entitled to a sum of £64o 12s. 6d. From the above it will be observed, that a policy steadily kept up during a prolonged life, will not only at death prove a very valuable inheritance indeed, but may also during the life time of the party, be useful, especially to those engaged in mer cantile pursuits, and be made available to the most valuable purposes. Copies of the Prospectus, Forms of Proposal, and every ne cessary information, may be obtained at the London Office, 7, Nov. 1842. HUGH M'KEAN, Agent. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot answer the question of " Junius." )8' - 4441'• *tronll72bitton SLAV OFFICE Three o'Clock. A Glasgow paper contains an account of the meeting of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the county of Renfrew, on Tuesday last, with a view of devising means of relieving the distress of the people. The distress is increasing, and seems likely to increase in that district. It appears by a memorial presented to the meeting from the unemployed artisans and labourers in Greenock, that in the last month no less than 1,304 able bodied men were out of employment in that town, having dependent on them 3,545 persons, and making a total of 4,849 destitute individuals. Not very long ago they were in the receipt of weekly wages, varying from 12s. to 405., and now, without any fault of theirs, they are entirely deprived of income, and obliged to beg for the most scanty subsistence. 'The resources of the town are so small, that with all the exertions of the inhabitants, what they can raise only suffices to give to each of these persons less than one penny per day. Precisely the same facts are true of Paisley, Pol lockshaws, and Johnstone. The prospects of the people in all these towns are as dreary as their present condition. They have no hope of amend ment. Such was the impression made on the gentlemen of the county by the facts brought before them, that they voted a rate of 3,0001. to assist in giving relief, though the Committee only recommended 1,500/. All the contributions, however, which, can be raised, will not suffice to buy the sufferers clothes or fuel, but may, per haps perserve the " lives of the unemployed people." It is admitted by all parties that the distress at Paisley is as great now as it was last year; but last year Greenock, which is now as bad as Pais ley—Glasgow, which now needs assistance—and Edinburgh, ,which has nothing to spare—were all able to contribute to the relief of Paisley. The distress, then, is makinc , rapid strides; and there being no hope of relief,' though the case of Greenock has been repeatedly laid before the Government without effect, the Meeting adopted, almost unanimously, some resolutions proposed by Mr. WALLACE, to apply again, and most ear nestly, to Government for assistance. As a ge neral piinciple, we are . much opposed to such applications; but when men are starving—when the Government has refused to grant the only measure which cane give relief—namely, free trade, it is a necessary consequence that the Government should be continually pestered for relief by the people, whom it unjustly dooms to idleness and starvation. But whatever objec tions may be made to Mr. WALLACE'S principles, his humanitrand his zeal are unquestionable,• and deserve the warmest praise. We wish we could say as much for those who, for our misfortune, preside over the Government of the country. They obstinately resisted all the demands of the people ; they turned a deaf ear, to : their complaints. They were warned over and over again of the consequences of monopoly, but they bigotedly . pursued their own unjust career. They seem to be making an experiment on the people. They have placed the nation under a huge monopoly, like a poor mouse in a glass bell, and, as it be gins to pant for air or food, the experimentalists let in a small supply, and look quietly on at the struggles of the sufferer. The poor animal, or the poor nation, they say, will live through, though they hardly know how, and by-and-by it will get accustomed to the terrible privation, and be as lively and frisky as when it was inclosed with a limited supply of air or food. So our political MAJENDIES are now torturing the entire nation by way of an experiment, and the piteous cries we heai'' from Greenock and Paisley, are the proofs of their deeds and their success. The people, though exposed to great suffering are yet alive, and the monopolists are resolved to push their experiment to its end. What that will be, GOD only knows. A Morning Contemporary has some remarks on the Scottish Reformers of 1794, whose memory he strenuously endeavours to cover with ridicule and obloquy. His success, however, is in an inverse ratio with his zeal, for he inflicts no injury on the reputation of those whom he so wantonly asperses, but he convicts hiinself of the grossest inconsistency. The patriots in question were, it is well known, tried in Edinburgh, and found guilty of sedition; this was the crime alleged against them, but their real offence was, their agitation of the question of Parliamentary . Reform—that question to which their arch enemy, Mr. PITT, had once been favourably in clined; of which Earl GREY boldly avowed him self the uncompromising advocate in the House of Commons; and which, thirty-eight years afterwards, he carried triumphantly through the Legislature, cheered by the con stant and enthusiastic support of our Contem temporary ! Now, how can that which was seditious in 1794, have been perfectly constitu tional in 1832 ? Above all, how can the Scottish Reformers have been " pitiful scoundrels" for agitating that very measure which the Whigs, with the express sanction of the Sovereign, subsequently passed into law ? If the one party of agitators were " pitiful scoundrels," so, of necessity, must the other have been. If Mum deserved transportation in 1794 for insisting on the necessity of Parliamentary Reform, our Contemporary, in 1832, merited a like recom pense for advocating the same measure. What was criminal in the one could not possibly have been virtuous in the other; and we think, therefore, that our Contemporary has been unjustly used, and that he has great cause to complain of his treatment, in not having been honoured, like his Scottish predecessors, by a free passage to our penal settlements in Australia. It is never, however, too late to do justice, and we shall be most happy, if by strenuously urging his claims to that distinction, we can assist in expediting his transportation 1 When, not content with ridi culing their political sentiments, our Con temporary speaks of the Scottish Reformers as " pitiful scoundrels," he fbrgets that he is in cluding in this censure one of the most chival rous and high-minded spirits of the age in which he lived—the young and accomplished JOSEPH GERALD—the favourite pupil of Dr. PARR—the chosen friend of Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, and others of the Whig party—who testified his lofty and disinterested attachment to Reform, by the willing sacrifice of fortune—fame—hope—friend ship—of everything, in short, which renders life desirable ! The man who could so act—and PARR'S own private letters bear testimony to the truth of our statement—has taken it out of the power of even. his bitterest enemy to load his memory with obloquy. A Westbury Correspondent of the Wilts Inde pendent says :—" One of our clergy the other day, when about to marry a couple, ascertained that they had not been baptised, and accordingly expressed his determination not to marry them unless they submitted to the ordinance, and fur ther stated that his charge would be one shilling each. The man said he had only three-pence with him, and this being the case, the clergy man consented to baptise, and thus regenerate him for that sum !"—There is a cool business like air about this transaction anything but 1 creditable to the clergyman engaged in it. Conceive a parson first standing out for a shilling baptismal fee, and then, finding lie can not get it, lowering his terms, and administering threepenn'orth of spiritual regeneration! Far better he had regenerated on tick, for then at least lie would have avoided the scandal of making the affair one of mere pounds, shillings, and pence ! By the bye, we trust that in his next tariff Sir ROBERT PEEL will give the Church a turn, as he has just done the agriculturists, and lower the Duties on all ecclesiastical matters. We have now got cheap turbot, why should we not have cheap Regeneration? The intelligence from Madrid is to the 6th inst. The official Gazette of that day announces that ESPARTERO has no intention of prolonging the minority of the QUEEN, and that he will ab dicate his powers as Regent when her MAJESTY has attained her fourteenth year. The same journal asserts that no intention exists to attack the liberty of the Press, and that Article 2 of the Constitution will be strictly observed. It com plains of the degraded state of the journals, and of the daily libels on the REGENT. The laws only had been resorted to for the punishment of press offences, although in no country did there exist such abominable license as in Spain. According to sonic of the Paris papers the King of the FRENCH had reasons for removing General PAJOL from the command of the first military division. He war ardently at tached to liberty, and had taken an active part in promoting the revolution of July, but he was ad vanced in years, and in case of any serious dis turbance might be less efficient than a younger and less scrupulous• General. The Commerce, therefore, announces that as soon as he was dismissed a new military plan for the protection of the Tuileries was formed under the auspices of his successor, Gen. SEBASTIANI. This plan lays down the positions which each regiment of the garrison of Paris is to occupy in the streets or public squares, in event of a rising like that which led to the abdication of CHARLES X. The corps charged with the defence of the Palace, and other public buildings, are to be provided with a cer tain number of guns for clearing the streets, and levelling those dangerous obstructions called barricades. We know not whether there is any truth in these statements, but if another outbreak should take place at Paris the insur gents will find themselves in a very different rposition from that which enabled the heroes of July to conquer the Sove reign. The fortifications are carried on with great vigour, and will, in a short period, command every road leading to the capital. The short speeches made by Sir R. PEEL and Lord. JOHN RUSSELL at Guildhall, seem to have excited some interest in Paris. The Govern ment paper, the Journal des Debats, gives an account of the proceedings without any com ment. The Courrier Francais comments on them with some severity, and takes especial care to attack Lord PALMERSTON and the Whigs, and the Minister of the " Foreigner." "Sir R. PEEL," says that journal, "spoke first, and with infinite address. His discourse is a political programme in a few words. In the first rank he places peace, and dwells upon the necessity for cultivating the benefits of it, not at any price,' not everywhere and always,' like M. GUIZOT, but so long as it shall be compatible with the interests and the honour of the country. Sir R. PEEL declares himself equally disposed to preserve unstained the glory of the British arms, but with this re serve, that an appeal to arms must become indispensable before the Government resort to that extremity. The Minister proposes to encourage the demand for labour by ex tending the commercial relations of Great Britain. In this respect, we fear the task is above his strength. How, in fact, can England increase the number of consumers of her produce, if she will not consent to con sume the corn, wine, fruit, and cattle which foreign producers will send her, whenever the English aristocracy shall permit them? No trade—that is to say, no safety—for England, without a free trade in corn. In fine, Sir ROBERT PEEL declares that his object is to maintain public credit, as well as that reputation for good faith which a nation can never lose without see ing her moral force and her greatness diminish. The Minister, apparently through politeness to the guests, or through respect for the national vanity, did not call things by their proper names. The question is no longer to maintain the repu tation of the British Government for good faith. The Minister must now labour to re-establish it, for the perfidious conduct of Lord PALMERSTON, with regard to an ally such as France, has certainly di minished it. Sir R. PEEL, in his speech, put for ward the chances ofpeace in the first line by throw ing back the eventualities of war. Lord J. Rus- SELL did the contrary, and as if he had the pre sentiment of some approaching conflict in Eu rope, it was upon warlike subjects he particu larly dwelt. Thus the Whigs still declare them selves the colleagues of Lord PALMERSTON. The fatal ascendancy of this man governs them even after his fall, as he governed them in the Council Chamber. A sad example of the extremity to which politicians can suffer them selves to be carried, when their character wants firmness and their understanding ele vation. We do not fear to affirm that the speech of Lord Joitri . RUSSELL is that of a leader of a party who does not expect to resume office for a long time. If the Whigs had the least chance of floating to the surface, they would flatter more public opinion, which in England has loudly declared itself for the maintenance of peace. It is because they perceive the impassi bility of arriving at power that they affect bad humour, and indulge in sinister prognostications. The effect of this language will be to consolidate the Tory Ministry, but the Whig Ministers even after their retreat will thus contribute to disturb the peace of Europe, and compromise public liberty." The commercial treaty concluded between Belgium and Spain, is another blow to the French monopolists, and has been made evidently with a view to open their eyes, and, at time same time, leave room for repentance, for it contains a pro viso by which it may cease before the term of five years expire, if any great commercial ar rankement should be made with another Power. The first article places the port dues and other shipping charges in the respective countries on the same footing, and the second modifies the Spanish tariff on Belgian linen thread. In re turn Ibr this favour, Belgium agrees to reduce the duty on Spanish wines to the same scale as that granted to French wines last July, being half-a-franc for a hundred quarts, in wood. It also reduces, by two-thirds, the duty on olive oil and fruits of Spain ; and levies no duty on transit of Spanish produce to Germany. • . BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 ... 119 ... 118 95... 118 95 • 4% per Cents 105 80... 105 80... 105 80... 105 80 Four per Cents. 101 40... 101 40 .. 101 40... 101 40 3 per Cents 89 30... 80 30... 80 25... 80 25 Bank of France 3275 —.3275 ...3275 .. 3275 Laffitte Bank 5,000 f 5082 50...5082 50...5082 50...5082 50 Belgian Bank Belgian Five 5..........: 103* ... 103 k ... 103 k ... 103 a ... 104 k ... 104 i 1840 lO4l ... 104 i Spanish Active 23i ... 23# ... 24 .., 23i Passive ... 3z Portuguese Fives 3 21 ... 33 ... 324 ... 33 Neapolitan. Roman, ex div lo3k ... 104 ... 103 k ... 104 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, L.R 9O ... 90 .. 90 ... 90 R.B 26 5. ... 265 ... 265 ... 265 Rouen . Orleans. 5BB 75... 588 75... 588 75... 588 75 Strasburg to Bale 206 25... 206 25... 206 25... 206 25 SVIMARY OF NEWS AND ' 4l tit3ttr eptittott. " TVho runs may read.' .I ronziGN. The Royal Family of France will not leave St. Cloud before the 6th o f December fur the Tuile ries, and the mourning of four months, which expire d a s Sunday last, for the Duke of Orleans, is ordered to be continued till the sth of December. The Constitutionnel publishes a private letter from Russia, mentioning that a number of officers, belong ing to the first corps of the army quartered at Moscow) and to the division of Orenburg, had been arrested, in consequence of the discovery of a conspiracy to overturn the existing Government, and emancipate • the serfs. The Cameleon, French war-steamer, arrived at Toulon on the Bth, bringing, it was reported, dis patches from Alexandria relative to the rising of the Druses and Maronites in Syria. The Chevalier Raffo, Secretary and Envoy o f the Bey of Tunis, was received by the King, on Thurs day, and presented to his Majesty a letter of condo lence from the Bey on the d ea th of the Duke of Orleans. Lord Brougham was received by their Majes.ties o n Thursday evening. The Moniteur Universal of Sunday publishes a Royal ordonnance, dated St. Cloud, the 12th instant,- and countersigned by Marshal Soult, . 1 opening of a subscription in the French army for !I, purpose of erecting a bronze statue to the 3uke° Orleans in Algiers. The receipts of the Strasburg and Basle during the month of October were as' follow 153,040 f. for 66,698 passengers, 5,653 f. for logli'lb„ t '' 35,000 f. for goods, and 6,367 f. taken from the re ce 7 of Mulliausen and Thann line, making in all 200, 0 "' Mon- We learn from the Marseilles journals that on day last there was a heavy fall of snow in that town and neighbourhood. It appears that 23,739 foreigners visited the water of Baden Baden this year, and that they spent a im s• s. 300,000/. The majority were English and ro s-- the . The Paris Presse contains a long article on el „ commercial position of France, recommending mercial treaties to the attention of the Gove r . ,, rnf f b 'ith but excluding England and Belgium, as nati' which treaties should not be made. mber The Baron de Gerando, member of the C " 3 - 4,, n " ) of Peers, and author of several works on educa— social economy, &c., has just died in Paris. is • We learn from Riga that the trade of that nert leerporp daily on the increase, and that as regards the of vessels entering and sailing from it, it may this e .. berregarded as the first port of the Russian e ro f ir A te . .') It is stated in a letter, by a Frankfort journal, „, Sweden, that all the brandy distilleries in that CO try have been abolished, and that a law has be h o , passed, ordering that the names of all persons t he get intoxicated shall be posted on the door parish church, and that the clergyman shall Pu t prayers for his reformation. ~„I m eaty A letter from Vienna states that the postal u that 4 agreed on between the Austrian Government an of the Grand Duchy of Baden is to come into oPeib„'''. tion next month; The negotiations on the na me 511 ,01 ject with Saxony also promise happy results• the regards the commercial changes, it is certain thatv,ol diminution of entrance duties on colonial produce " profit consumers as well as the treasury. MONEY—TRADE—COVIDIEE,Cm• ociel: The expenditure of the three British Missi on S ties, viz. the Home, the Irish Evangelical, altd,C°ver nial Missionary, amounts at present to 3,000'. o ver the receipts, which are estimated at 11,00 01 ' a 3 united Societies employ 227 missionaries a broad, ea considerable number in the rural districts. ELECTIONEERING. The statement that Mr. Horseman, Carlisle, was about to resign, is totally untrue. • • LAW AND POLICE. William Clark, a lighterman, and John Bic l gr e : a youth, were charged at Thames-street police-0, ri ver, with stealing 182 quarters of corn upon the - and remanded till Monday next: (THEATRICAL. ed A new drama, by Mr. Leman Rode, entitled h t. a Lottery, was produced at the Olympic The scene is laid in the year 1776, lasg e Jo Member for and the p ie htie one of much interest. It was given out for nigh t y repetition with applause. i n tion of a At the Surrey Theatre last night, a tr 4 tio lger t h e title French piece of Scribe's was produced, ver y sue of the Black Law of Martinique, and wa s cessful. COURT—rissuroN.lo 3l.o ' I , v -house' The Duke of Wellington dined at A P s-J S tra tb yesterday. His Grace is expected to depart fo e i fieldsaye this day, and, return on Thursda l y , to , ree k 11 his Imperial Highness the Archduke l ' rederi e Austria and suite at dinner. The Duke and - Duebess of Beaufort and fat-611103r expected to depart for the Continent about the end Ili February next. The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford..ha t , been on a visit to the Earl Somers, at: this se" Warwickshire. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have e t i ) poned the period for their departure to the Contme° until Thursday next. o pt The Count and Countess Morel de Champeca tf rd• left town on Saturday, for Aldenham Abbey , I T ra- ° I o f The Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the B jx. th, Auckland and the Hon. Miss Eden, the Ladies 11-elore Lady Carew, and Sir Henry Strachey, Bar t " among the latest arrivals at Bath. _ s tree r t . Lord Southampton arrived in Great Stanhope yesterday from Leamington Spa, to make som from 3 rangements connected with the sale of a draf t r his Lordship's valuable hunting stud. I Vh ittlebu Lodge, his Lordship's seat in Northampton shiref t; expected to be full of company till the close °f hunting season. acli The Earl and Countess Cowper, Mr. e n- E as tle Mary Vyner, are expected to remain at Dubl in until early in the new year. MISCELLANEOUS. vton, As regards the appearance of scarlet fever at .1 , -. ore it is stated that during the whole school-time Th°,. t , r° ,,. of than 14 or 15 cases of fever have occurred ; nova these have been of a severe nature, and two boys 700 died. The number of scholars at Eton is nearlY and the cases therefore have not been above ) P er re rtil Among the rare books and other articles 01 r y, sold yesterday at the sale of Mr. Chalmers' s 111',r. Jto was a small mahogany table which had belolig`gr• Thomson, the poet, and which was bought by Murray for 3/. 14s. W k A meeting of the inhabitants of Birmingllaotes to place on Monday in that town, when six deleg on the the Complete Suffrage Convention. to be held Ntr• 27th of December, were elected, includ ing Feargus O'Connor. in ----- TIIE MAEOEIE OF SLIOO.—We feel ple a ` „ c re r being able to state that the cause for anxietY c.er„ -e hl; ing the health of th e N o bl e Marquis has cen si " e— on subsided. He un d erwen t a painful operat i° ?" Thursday last, which he endured with great P i -Z -1 10%f and o he was, when his medical attendants—Pri:,l, of jo f Castlebar, and surgeon Richard Carmiel' a- „•ble. üblin—left him yesterday, doing as well as P es " - -Dublin Evening Packet. .ll the Hoax.—On Saturday last, - the inhabitants % he ir vicinity of the Menai-bridge were hoaxed t° ' ne ed an ol l .' hearts' content. It had been generally that at two o'clock precisely on f ' that y day, sus' Smith, Smith, the American diver, would leap froin ts; 0 , 5 1 of pension chains. Accordingly, the neighlw er " - p e the the bridge was crowded by persons anxious tote d , 21- bait daring feat. The poor dupes waited and vothiie no Smith made his appearance. In the 1 10311 dto the collectors had not been idle, but had co at cro w' decamp with a handsome subscription. Th e , c f r° c ar on discovering this, dispersed with the view, — The turing the fugitives, in which they succeeden, i de of culprits were kept in durance vile during the the Sunday, and on Monday were brought bc fer „ e t , of Magistrates at Bangor, admonished, and sent 0 " - the town.—Carnarvon Herald. 'n 6 DUNFERMLINE.—Trade in Dunfermline is I i, dreadful state, and getting daily worse. A 4. % rill eelt• the manufacturing line stopped payment Their liabilities are said to be 15,0001., but the s„Pt itis thought, will be considerable. It is reported tere. other parties in the trade are involved in this efailure' All the old houses are c o n t ra cting busine ss, • g by reducing the numb ers o f th e ir weavers, or keeP lr ' t them long idle f o r th e i r we b s . Mr. Birrel has IT his factory—the largest in town—on short tinie.truly condition of the working classes is becoming alarming. The f o ll ow i ng a re the numbers of une l lon :"-- ployed, with th e i r d e p en d e nts, in the town a696e Males Dependants .............. 1,580 Those who have been working at the roads, now discharged for want of funds, with dependents ........ 200 . " ... 7 80 T 01...... The Relief Committee have . . made . a.pplication for has ea share of the funds raised for the supp ort of the unere ployed by the " Queen's Letter. The answer not yet been received.—Fife Herald. A. letter from Leipsig of the 30th of Octoberi contains the following statement We ha ve ' lus t' learned a piece of intelligence which, if true, iS 0, great importance. It is, that the German Custe7 Union contemplate the using of reprisals against t American tariff. It is added, that our Government especially unites in the adoption of this measure, cause several articles of our manufacture ate excluded by the high duties imposed by the new tan Yesterday a man employed upon the railway, 8_ Springfield, was accidentally jammed between two earth waggons, and killed upon the spot.----6sse% Herald. entirely