The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-08 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, OCT. 8, Will be repeated the English Version of Rossini's Grand Opera of SEMIRAMIDE. —The Character of Semiramide by Miss Adelaide Kemble ' Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Shaw (from the principal Theatres in Italy, her third appearance on the En?,lish Stage) ; Assur, Mr, Giubilei ' Oroe, Mr. Leffler ; Idreno, Mr. Travers ; Shade of Ninus, Mr. J. Bland. After which, a new Farce, called COUSIN LAMBKIN.— Squim Mulberry, Mr. Bartley ; Captain Bantam, Mr. Walter Lacy; Doctor Lionel Lambkin, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Bantam, M:ss Cooper ; Rose Maynard, Miss Lee ; Dainty, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with the Farce of THE IRISH TUTOR. Flail, Mr. Meadows; Terry O'Rourke, Mr. G. Hodson ; Rosa, Miss Lee; Mary, Mrs. Humby. Doors open at Ilalf-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes is., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles .55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s, Second Price tas. - ; Gallery Is. Ticket! and Places fer 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 dreas, 11.7, New Bond-street ; Mr. Mitchell, Old BoLd-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, OCT. 8, The Performances will commence with the New Original Melo-dramatic Romance, celled the OWL SISTERS; or, the HAUNTED ABBEY RUINS. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, H. Beverly, Craven, Wilkinson, Maynard, Frampton, Miss Faucit, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. E. P. Gratton. After which, THE RIFLE BRIGADE. Characters by Messrs. Wright, 0. Smith, 11. Beverly, Mrs. H. Beverly, Mrs. Y 3. P. Gratton, and Miss Murray. To conclude with NORMA. Pollio, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ; Norma, Mr. I'aul Bedford ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. 13)xes, 43. ; Pit, 23. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the immense overflows, THIS EVENING, OCTOBER Will be acted Mr. Albert Smith's new Drama, called BLANCHE HERIOT, which has met with most decided success. :Seville Audely, Mr. H. Hughes ; Hugh Laneret, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Herrick ETenden, Mr. J. Webster; Blanche fierier, Mrs. R. !former. After which, MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry Hallyard, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Joe Tiller, Mr. R. Horner; Mary Maybud, Mrs. R. Horner. T; conclude with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE ; or, A SISTER'S SACRIFICE, supported by Mr. N. T. Hicks, Mr. W. Smith, Mrs. 'Vining, Miss Terry, &c. Places and private Boxes to be had of - Air. J. Kerschner, at 63 Box-office, from eleven to four. tv r• TER A'!' LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. . M iniautes after 4 I Evening . 49 minutes after 4. err:i :h, 13, Great Marlborough-street. 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Henry Culburri, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. . 4 Orders received by all Booksellers. HANIIM-IGii, 12TH AUGUST, 18-12. IpIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of A A, n MAJE;TY the EAIEEtt(4I of RUSSIA, AND HIS MAJESTV THE KING OF PRUSSIA, Having ..-.I]T(IOIIiSEI.)AnI it ANTEED several DIS TRIIii!TION.; of NI ON i - qvIDEND, b y wh i c h, th mgr:l they are NO LO'FTERIES, LARGE FORTUNES may be t>bcained. HEINE bitOTHERS, at HAMIIURGH, sre Sellinn GENUINE and WARRANTED SELECTED BONDS for the caul .1) sT ro.B u rION Per , ons desirous to purchase may receive. PREVIOUS to living any order, the PRO ii 3 ECTIN with full PARR CULARS, upon adaressinT, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEIICE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. rtg .'k- ult. LONDON : SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER s, 1842. It is boldly said by all those who now advocate increasing the power of the priesthood, disguised under the name of the Church, that they alone can cope with the moral disorders of society, or, to borrow the language of M. DE LA MARTINE, give a soul to manufactures. • The Church of England, w:, are emphatically told, can alone save the State ; and she alone can introduce and maintain moral order in society. Those who maintain these opinions must be blind as moles, and as ignorant. They confine their eulogy to the one Church, and if their doctrine were true, there could ho no order in society, no morality, no genuine religion, where that one Church did not prevail. The rotesque absurdity of these mighty Arai es flashes upon us irrepressible laughter, when we remember how small a por tion of time and space is filled by the English priesthood, and that human society spreads over the globe, and exists beyond the re cords of man. Everywhere and in all time has society existed, and flourished in various degrees ; the English Church (priesthood) is the creature, as it were, of yesterday ; and, till within a very short period, was nearly confined to this small island. Yet we are told that society cannot exist and flourish without the priesthood, and dearly must we pay, in our liber ties and our fortunes, to maintain theta in power nod splendour. At the same time, these imprudent advocates boast of a great present revival in the Church, or of new-born zeal in the priesthood. They tell us that, " the Church has been frozen into the accidental formulae of two hun dred years" since ; and they give us to under stand that, during that period, its great healin , . powers have been almost dormant. Be it so; •what has happened in society, while the Church has been asleep? Has human improvement stood still ? Have not the most wonderful ad_ fiances, both moral and physical, been made -within the last two centuries ? Have not our lii ertis, both civil and religious, grown up and bee.a confirmed within that period ? Does not to:eration, in its most enlarged and beneficial set:e, date from less than two centuries? and h as ;r jot been, in spite of the Church, carried out so as to include at length in form, if not yet in substance, the Roman Catholics within the Con stitution ? Have not the last remnants of serfdom, without the especial help of the priesthood, been swept away within that period ? Has not liberty been given to the slave, and has not the accursed slave trade been reprobated and branded by the instrumentality of men who did not derive their humanity and morality from the Church? War has been humanised, and law has been made less sanguine and less unjust, while the Church has been frozen in its old for- In every department of morals, great improvements have been made with in the last 200 years, and made in opposition to the Church. Though it might have been during that period, as the Times avers, asleep for good, it was active in mischief; for the priest hood, holding fast by the love of a past age, were, and must be, at all times the enemies of social improvement. . While the Church was asleep the North jtmerican colonies grew into power, and have now es t a blished with Engl an d an extensive corn ineVey w hich binds the tw o may f greatest and re e b s e t nat i s , li s of the world - in peace, whate ver des i ro d by their rulers. Trade has within two ceramics s e l one much to soften nation a l asperities, and eurthe,lt all mankind into one happy brother hood. Art hits given us the steam-engine, and science has un veiled the true form of the globe. Spinning nudes,• safety lamps, and gas light s , with a crowd oLI other useful inventions, have added wonderful] N.- 10 the power, and, we be lieve, to the liappi,3es o: man during the slum ber of the priesth r. od. So vast has been the progre ss i n k nowledtv:e durinef the last two cen turies, and so astoun ding the inventions of art, that Inure marvels, m e believe are crowded into that pe r i o d o f history, than into all the prior ages of the world. i,Vhile the Church, there fore, according to its :advocates, was asleep, so ciety has made prodigious advances, both moral and physical. We cannot say much for its progress since the Church had its revival. As the priesthood have increased in zeal, the people have fallen into povexty. If their mminfluence should be felt avly where it is in ,ra r l iament, where they hive seats, and where their votes place Members ; but nowhere is injustice more gla ringly, systematically, and unblushingly per petrated than in Parliament. The Bishops of Ox. FORD, and EXETER, and LONDON, in their burn ing zeal to reform the people, utterly forget to reform themselves. Corn-laws to keep out food, when the population is exceeding the home supply, and new Poor-laws to make the people feed themselves, are nearly coeval with the boasted revival of priestly zeal and Church discipline. From the unscrupulous demands of the clergy dissension and strife, in the form of Church-rates have sprung up in nearly half our parishes. Judging from the examples of other countries, and from the condition of our country at present, we are inclined to say that the increase and the activity of the priesthood are rather signs of corruption and decay than of living health and vigour. If there be no other means of rescuing our people from physical and moral degradation, as the Tories say, than the agency of the .Church—if that alone can raise the physical and moral con dition of the people then must England speedily tread the downward path of Italy, and English Filicajos will, ere long, have to lament over beauty and wealth, which tempt the spoiler, while her sons will want union and energy to resist him. It is now about twelve years since the first railroad was opened in England, and at present we have, probably, not far short of a thousand miles of such roads completed, and in use. They have been constructed to a considerable extent in Belgium and Germany, but in Fiance none have yet been completed except the short line to Versailles. It has recently been said that no contractors will undertake to make the railroad to Belgium, the French engineers are so ex tremely precise and fastidious, while the line between Rouen and Paris is to be nearly half completed by English hands and English capital. We rejoice amazingly that our countrymen are contributing to the prosperity of France but do not these filets indicate a great slowness and re luctance to advance in our enlightened neigh bour ? France is far surpassed by Belgium and Germany, while England herself is probably surpassed in this respect by the United States of America. What is the cause of this slowness in France ? We believe it is mainly to be found in what sonic persons call the goodness of its Govern ment. It regulates everything. It provides for so much that it puts an end to individual enter prise. The Government cannot possibly per form all things; and yet such is its system, or such its jealousy, that it will not allow the people to do anything except under its direction. We inserted on Wednesday an account of the slow progress in completing the Artesian well at Grenelle, ia consequence of the Government having made a regulation that every grant by a Aunicipality must be confirmed by a Minister. " Under this system," it is said, "a :own cannot make a new street, or a new market, or appoint a manager to a theatre, without the consent of the Minister, and months sometimes elapse be fore this can be obtained." In France the muni cipalities regulate a much greater number of matters than our municipalities, and what would become of us if every alteration in our towns— every grant from the funds of every borough and every parish, must be approved of by Sir JAMES GRAIL AM or the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER The endless intrigues to which such a system must give rise, employing all the time and talent of the nation, not in making improvements, but in seeking the fitvour of a Minister, is one of its evils. Another is, that it makes individuals help less ; and whenever a work is to be achieved which requires combination, they can do nothing but flee to the Government for aid. The system may be good for the rulers—it emasculates the people. We tender these remarks to our neighbours in the best and most friendly spirit. We wish to see France flourish in peace, increase in trade, and contribute her full share, by her own progress, to the general improvement. French journalists, we are afraid, are jealous of the great ness of England. They see our language spread ing by our colonies over the habitable globe; they see our shipping crowd every sea ; they see the comparative feebleness and littleness of French trade; and they jump to the conclusion that their backwardness is caused by our pro gress. They accuse us of all kinds of secret en mity, and openly say that our humane zeal in suppressing the slave-trade is only a pretext to vex, cripple, and destroy, the mercantile marine of France. We honour in them the desire for commercial greatness as we honour it in our own country men; but as we are sure that our success does not depend on the regulations of other Governments, so the French may be assured that their condition is not in any manner the consequence of the conduct of England. Their laudable wish should take another direc tion. They should begin at home. They should repress and curb the operations of the French Government and encourage individual enter prise. They should refuse, rather than court, the interference of the Ministry in all the affairs of life. When they have set themselves free from the thraldom of their own bureaux, they will soon lose all pretexts to complain of Eng land. By the enterprise of individuals nations are made prosperous, and the acts of the Go vernment will never till the fields or load the ships of France. We regard the news brought by the Overland Mail, though meagre, as, on the whole, favourable. They come, be it remembered, not direct from the Indian Government or English correspon dents, but through a French medium, which, from mistake or design, has generally given an incorrect and unfavourable view of the state of affairs in our Eastern empire. According to the previous telegraphic despatch, " sickness and want of provisions were decimating the army" in Affghanistan, and discontent among the troops was at its height, allwhich statements were utterly devoid of truth; and we are, therefore, warranted in attaching little importance to the modified ac count that " sickness still prevails among the different divisions of the army," as well as to the assertion that more men had been lost in taking possession of a small place like Chapoo than in any other affair with the Chinese. One fact, however, appears certain, that the army west of the Indus had been ordered to march on Caubul in opposition to the opinion and direct instruc tions of the Governor-General of India. When Lord ELLENBOROUGH was appointed to the office which he now holds we had great mis givings as to his judgment, spirit, and general qualifications for such an impor tant trust, and the orders issued by him for the recal of the army certainly justified the worst suspicions. He is an eloquent speaker, and may possibly have been a useful mart of business when under the guidance and con trol of an able chief ; but as regards moral courage under difficulties, grand conceptions, energy, and dignified appearance a mat ter of some importance in the East —few men would give him any credit for being pre eminent. Had he been allowed to follow the bent of his timid mind the English army would have been for ever disgraced, our vast possessions in India seriously endan gered, and the treacherous barbarian, who had murdered unoffending women and helpless soldiers in thousands, been exalted to the highest honours. TA is fortunate, therefore, that there are men in the Cabinet of a different stamp, who have some regard for the honour of their country, and some sympathy for the sufferings and shame of British soldiers. We do not take into account the absolute justice or the expe diency of the war. It may have been necessary for the safety of our Eastern empire; or not ; we look simply to the fact that a truce was entered into, arms and ammunition were given up, and a solemn engagement made that our troops should pas s through the country unmolested. The aw f u l result it is needless to recount. Inde pendent, however, of the disgrace, every one bLord ELLENBOROUG H must be aware of the unfavourable avourable impression such a retreat from that • `.ALL' 4 . tr Alliv ~....„,t, ~o'— _ &,,,, .z.... ' /r- 7 ".`-. l ''„ — 7.: ~ a:• , • 4,*, .• " ,,, -k4 ... .4.- , irft o ,,,,, ~,•,•:—. -* P ., '-, 1. ' ,- " ~.".",, €., t* G , .. ir • ~,,Ceitl ~..1, of col THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNTNG, OCTOBER 8, 1842. country would have made on the petty Princes and people of India, and we are tbverefore bound in self-defence to recover our positron, and con vince our enemies that England cannot be be trayed or insulted with impunity. For the safety of the unfortunate prisoners we are as anxious as their nearest friends, but no one can success fully contend that surrendering every point of honour, and yielding to every demand made by a treacherous foe, are the only means of effecting their release. The prisoners themselves, if we may judge of the magnanimous conduct of Lady SALE, would be the very last to sanction such ignoble proceedings. It will be seen from communications published in another part of the paper, since this article was written, that the French telegraphic dispatch is very incorrect, and fully bears out the opinion we had formed of it. Not one person was killed at the capture of Chapoo, but from a misunderstanding afterwards, the Tartar soldiers fired on some British officers, and killed one and wounded three in the streets. Nothing is said about sickness prevailing in the army in Affghanistan, and we must therefore look upon the bad news conveyed by the Directors of the French telegraph as fictitious. Our eloquent Contemporary, the Morning _Herald, has evidently been taking lessons lately in description of GEORGE RoraNs ; and to do him justice, he bids fair with a little practise to surpass his illustrious master. We hope GEORGE will not be jealous, but really if he do not look well to his laurels, he will stand a fair chance of having them filched from him, and being thrown into total eclipse by the superior effulgence of our Contemporary's graphic genius. But not only does the Herald exhibit descriptive powers of the highest and rarest order, but he exhibits also a genius fbr the un grammatical, which, if properly cultivated, may entitle him to claim equal renown with the late lamented SIMPSON of Vauxhall—that lofty and daring violator of the petty, vulgar niceties and proprieties of Syntax. Here is a speci men of our Contemporary's anti-syntactical peculiarities, which it would be difficult to equal, and scarcely possible to surpass : " The oldest individual living cannot remember such a long duration of seasonable, and the most beautiful and invigorating autumnal weather as the present, it being chilly and misty in the mornings, until the glorious orb of day comes forth in his strength and magnificence, dispelling the hoary dews till he hastens on the noon of day, rife with resplendency, warmth, and beauty ; and having passed the southern hemisphere, and travelled some stages towards the gorgeous west, his power subsides, the air becomes chill, yet clear and bracing, evening draws her sable cur tain round, and dark and dewy night succeeds.' What a glorious confusion reigns throughout' this impressive description ! W hat a happy in congruity of images! What an exquisite infeli city of epithets ! Metaphors—no matter bow harmless and unoffending—are subjected to the cruellest compound fractures, and poor Plus- CIAN'S head is broken in the very first sentence. Again we say, look to your laurels,- GEORGE, or the Herald, with its fine imaginative comparison of the sun to a stage-coach passenger " travel ling some stages towards the gorgeous west,' , will assuredly tear them from your brows, and leave your scalp as bald as a turnip ! An incident occurred on Thursday at the Mary lebone Police-office, during the investigation of the strange case of ALICE LOWE, who was charged with having robbed Lord FRANKFORT, With whom she cohabited, of articles of jewellery to a large amount, which is well worthy of notice, exhibiting, as it does, magisterial cant— and where is solemn, ultra-dignified cant more in vogue than among our Police Magistrates ? in a very edifying and characteristic light. Mr. ADOLPHUS having subjected the noble com plainant to a cross-examination, the evident ob ject of which was to show that his judgment was at times not quite so unclouded as it might be, Mr. CLARKSON interfered, apprehensive that his Lordship's sensibilities might receive too severe a shock, if his Learnel Friend's questions were continued in so searching a spirit. The rest of the incident we give in the words of the Reporter : Mr. Clarkson here made some observations relative to the painful situation in which his Lordship was placed by the line of cross-examination which had been adopted, when he was interrupted by Mr. Adolphus, who said with much emphasis—And don't you think the poor giil standing now at the bar ft e's her situation equally painful, if not more so A number of persons here simultaneously cried, " Bravo," and, by the clapping of hands and stamping their feet on the floor, caused an interruption of some moments to the proceedings. The worthy Magistrate spoke with a proper degree of warmth with respect to the highly improper and in decorous ebullition of feeling which had been evinced, and stated, that in the event of a similar disgraceful scene being enacted, the parties so offending would, if pointed out to him, be severely dealt with. This virtuous indignation on the part of the Magistrate seems to us to be utterly uncalled-for by the circumstances of the case. What is there " disgraceful " in people being strongly affected by an irresistible appeal made to their sense of justice and compassion ? We look upon Mr. ADOLPIIUS' impassioned retort as one of the happiest and most effective ever delivered in a Court of Law; its appeal is direct to the heart; and he must have been more or less than man who could have heard it unmoved. And yet we are gravely and oracularly told that all those who were affected by its truth, and force, and pathos, acted disgracefully in allowing feelings so creditable to their nature to escape them, and deserved to be punished severely as offenders against the awful etiquette of a Police Court! Surely this is being punctilious over much! Police Courts are often in roars of laughter when some absurd drunken frolic of an Irishman, or a Captain SNOOKS, is brought under the cognizance of justice, and no Magistrate ever dreams of reprehending such levity, but on the contrary, enjoys the joke quite as much as the spectators—especially if he happen to be a Lord Mayor or an Alderman, in which case he is sure to be a wax. Why, then, should the momentary interruption occasioned by an involuntary out burst of serious natural emotion be so vehemently objected to by the Marylebone Magistrate ? This is a question to which, we apprehend, no rational answer can be made. At the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Notting hamshire Agricultural Association, which took place on Tuesday last, Mr. (TALLY KNIGHT ob served that the " exhibition of stock had been so excellent as to allay all fears of the quality and breed of our animals being excelled by neighbouring or other nations." We hope this remark which, as coming from a decided Tory, is of more than ordinary moment—will tend to reconcile the agriculturists to the Tariff, and convince them that their doubts of its safe and salutary operation are in a great measure unfounded. For our own part, we cannot express our joy at hearing that a free born British bullock will still maintain its superiority over one born and educated in Holland or Belgium, for our rump steaks and sirloins have long been, like our Constitution, the " envy and wonder of surrounding nations," and it would be a grievous shock to our patriotism, were our acknowledged excellence in this respect ever to be surpassed by foreigners. At the same agri cultural meeting, Mr. NORTON—who, we believe, is also a Tory—made some ob servations on the late changes in the Corn-law, which evince a moderation and even liberality of sentiment strikingly at variance with the opinions of those who assert that agri culture is on its last legs, having been brought to that lamentable state of decrepitude by the in judicious nostrums of the Tamworth Doctor. A report was current at Madrid, on the 28th that Government had received important news from Valencia, which city had been threatened for some time with serious disturbances. It was e - ven asserted that an insurrection had taken place, and that the insurgents had insisted that the QUEEN'S majority should be fixed at 18 years of age. The'Peninsular of the 28th ult. publishes a letter from Algesiras, stating , that on the 17th ult. a British officer, belonging to the Admiral's ship, presented himself at the port of St. Philip with two boats filled with troops, and ordered the commander of the Spanish guard-ship to withdraw. One of the Spanish officers imme diately landed and apprised the commander of the troops of the line, who immediately assem bled his men, and marched them to the sea shore. The English officer then asked whether he was on the Spanish territory, and on being answered in the affirmative, he withdrew with out further explanation. Private letters from Madrid state, that on the day appointed to receive tenders for the new loan of 40,000,000 of reals, no offers had been received by the Minister of Finance. On the Madrid Bourse, on the 28th ult. 1,800,000 reals were sold in the Three per Cents. at 211 at 60 days. The rive . per Cents. were done at 26 for cash, and 25/ 26 263. 9-16 at 60 days,prime an d 11 coupons due; 21 casliwi h t 'i l t i3 coupons. The Paris papers received contain unfavour able news from the seat of war in Africa. It appears that General CIIANGARNIER, a highly distinguished officer, had marched to the western frontiers of the province of Oran, and invaded the territory of some tribes which had not yet been visited by French troops, where he expe rienced a most vigorous resistance from their warlike population. The Arabs fought during two days with a courage amounting to heroism and are supposed (no doubt correctly) to have sustained considerable loss. In these conflicts the French confess to have lad 150 men killed and wounded, including six officers killed, and amongst others Lieutenant SEDASTIANI, nephew of Marshal Count SEBASTIAN'. The Courrier Francais publishes the follow ing account, dated Algiers, September 25, of the affair : L 4 General Changarnier's column, 2,500 strong, had arrived in the aghalick of Onaz, between Milianali and Mascara, when the Arabs and Kabyles of that district, re-inforced probably by the troops of the Emir, at tacked them with extraordinary fury. The combats succeeded each other so 'rapidly, that for two whole days they were fighting with swords and bayonets, or within pistol. shot. Our column could not be shaken, but it obtained no result of any importance. The troops behaved admirably, but the balls did not spare them, and we had one hundred men either killed or wounded. Whether it was that the officers exposed themselves too much, or that they were particularly aimed at by the enemy, it is certain that the number of them who were killed or wounded is out of all proportion with that of the private sol diers. The loss of the enemy has been considerable, but ours has been very important, for MM. Moran gies and Magagnos, who have fallen, were two of the bravest and most experienced of leers in the army of Africa. It is probable that a new expedition from General Changarnier's column, the garrisons of Mili ana and Medeah, and the column of D'Arbouville, will be sent into the country of the Braz." The Afoniteur Parisien accounts for this cala mitous affair in a different manner, and repre sents the loss of the French as less important : " General Chano. t "arnier," says that journal, " was attacked suddenly by forces very superior in number to his own, and we have to deplore a pretty consider able loss,i including several' officers ' amongst whom are mentionel the following :—M. Laplanche, of the staff, attached to the Zouaves, and M. Sebastiani and M. Maquards, of the same corps, and AI. Denantes, of the Ist regiment of African Chasseurs." _ _ The Maniteur Parisien does not give the de tails or even the date of this affair, but it must have taken place on the 19th ult., as the death of Lieutenant SEBASTIANI is stated by the Mar seilles journals to have taken place on that day. In his march to Tekedempt, from Mostaganem, the French General D'ARBOUVTLLE likewise met with unexpected and determined resistance, and was obliged to fall back, with the loss of 9 killed and 62 wounded. The province of Tlemecen was perfectly tran quil. In that of Constantina there had been some fighting, in the direction of Setif and Bugia. General SYLLEGUE having left the for mer place to levy contributions among the neigh bouring tribes, came up with a large body of Kabyles, whom he attacked and dispersed, with the loss of 100 of their number killed, and many wounded, having had himself 55 men put hors de combat. At Bugia, the Arabs made a desperate attack upon the French advanced posts, but after a fruitless attempt to carry some of the blockhouses they retreated, leaving, it is stated, 100 men dead on the field. The division which was to march to the East, under the corn. mand of the Governor-General, had been or-• dered to rendezvous in advance of the Maison Carree on the 29th ult. It was to consist of nine battalions of infantry, 400 cavalry, two sec tions of mountain artillery, and two of rampart guns, and a detachment of engineers. The column was to take provisions for twenty days, and to bring with it 500 oxen. This news produced a ivery unpleasant im pression on the public mind in Paris on Wed nesday. The Commerce seems to anticipate another coup d'etat from M. TRIERS for the purpose .of restor ing that gentleman to office. "The commercial union between France, and Belgium," it says, " is exclusively, solely, and; absolutely for the bene fit of Belgium. This fact is well-known and ad mitted, but it is added that these ' sacrifices will be compensated for by political advantages.' Now, we maintain that the sole political advantages which could compensate for the dan gers of a commercial union would be a complct& union between the two countries." " M. TRIERS,' it assert.; elsewhere, "is a party to this scheme, and it is thought by his partisans that the mo ment is favourable for opening this new breach." We have , received the Smyrna papers of the 19th instant. The Journal de Smyrne of that day an nounces the arrival of Admiral La Susse, in the Inflexible, the Grenadier corvette, the brig La Fleche, and the Santi Petri, from Ourlac. The British corvettes, Beacon and Alagicienne, and the Medea frigate had also arrived. A letter from Alexandria, Sept. 10th, says : " The Vanguard and Cambridge arrived at Bey rout, and left instantly, (after communicating with the Cyclops) it is said for Candia. Probably the next troubles will be with Greece. The Egyptian fleet is still out of port, though in sight almost every day.—Le Constitutionnel. OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. We have received the following telegra phic dispatch, in anticipation of the anxiously expected Overland Mail from India. It arrived in Paris on Wednesday, and was immediately published. The dates are from Calcutta the 13th, from Bombay the 27th of August, and from Macao the 7th of June. The dispatch is as follows : " MALTA, SEPT. 30. " The Oriental arrived this morning, bringing the following intelligence, extracted from the Overland Mail : " Brigadier Monteith had gained several suc cesses at Pesh Bolak, and in the Valley or Shur warre.e. " Satisfactory intelligence had been received from Lady Sale and the other prisoners. " Colonel Palmer (the late Commandant at Gbuznee) was dead. " General Pollock remained in the same po sition. " It was reported that General Nott had re ceived orders to march forward on the 29th of July, and it was expected that he would be before Caubul on the oth of September. " Softer Jung had surrendered himself to the British forces at Candahar, and Colonel Wymer had destroyed several forts at the distance of 80 miles north of that place. " Sickness continued to prevail in the different divisions of the army. " From China, the last accounts are from Ma cao, and are dated June the 7th. " Our forces had taken possession of Chapoo, and in so doing had suffered more loss than in any previous engagement in China. Very im portant news from that country is expected by the next mail." Chapoo is a fine harbour, about fifty miles north of Ningpo, lying on the other side of the bay of Hangtchou, and is conidercd the great emporium for vessels engaged in the Japan trade. It has been occupied, no doubt, with a view to further operations, embracing Nankeen and other large cities in that populous and rich district. It is only forty-five miles from Hang tcl►ou, where the Grand Canal terminates, and, owing to its position and trade, is considered a place of much importance. CHINA, INDIA, AND AFFGHANISTAN. (From the Times.) Our dispatches in anticipation of the Mail trona India have arrived, bringing, ; intelligence from Bombay to the 28th from Calcutta to the 13th of August, and from China to the 6th of June. The most rcmarkable fact mentioned in the letter of our correspondent, is the de cision taken by the Governor-General to send forward the troops from Candahar and Jellalabad to Caubul. This decision appears to have been adopted immediately on the receipt of dispatches, which reached India by the mail that left England on the sth of June. Notwithstanding the efforts of two prejudiced journals, one of Calcutta and the other of Bom bay, by even unwarranted statements to mis. lead public opinion as to the means of carrying forward the campaign, and as to the advantages which such a proceed ing was calculated to produce, this deci sion of the British Government appears to have given general satisfaction. There bad pre viously existed throughout India a strong feeling ofdissatisfaction, to which some of the journals had afforded a decided vent. That discontent took its origin from the presumed apathy of the new Governor-General, who, having some months back taken himselt away from Cal cutta, seemed in his comparatively retired retreat at Allahabad to have resolved that the troops should be left in inaction at Candahar, and to suffer a variety of misery at Jellalabad. The soldiers expressed their eager ness to be led against the enemy, and in parti cular against the murderer Akbar Khan; but the order for the onward movement had been delayed by Lord Ellenborough. The efforts of the Government had, however, in the interval been actively directed to supply the troops with every requisite. The force at Candahar, under General Nott, was so well furnished with car riage cattle as to be able in July to move in any direction. The spirit of those troops may be learned from the following anecdote :—When that General was told that he should evacuate Affghanistan, he is said to have inquired " by which route, whether by Quetta backwards, or to Caubul forwards?" The Candahar army having, on the 30th of July, received the welcome notice for a move ment, was ordered to form into two divi sions : the one under General England to pro ceed towards Quetta, and the other under General Nott to move to the north ward. These two divisions are thus com posed : under General England, the Bombay troops, which are coming towards the Indus, viz.—Cooper's troop of Horse Artillery, Bullock's battery (six-pounders), detachment of Poona Horse ; two Ressalahs, Christie's Horse; 25th Bombay Native Infantry ; Company's late Light Battalion; Ist, 2d, and sth late Bengal Irregular Infantry. Under General Nutt, the Bengal troops, with her Majesty's regiments, about to gather fresh laurels, viz.—Leslie's troop of Horse Artillery, Anderson's ditto ditto, Blood's nine-pounder battery, detach- Im...nt of Bengal and Madras sappers, 3d Bom bay Cavalry, Haldane and Christie's Horse, her Majesty's 40th and 41st Regiments, 2d, 16th, 3Sth, 42d, and 43d Regiments of Bengal Native Infantry, 3d or Craigie's Irregular Infantry. The latter division has taken the battering train, which fact indicates a disposition not to spare the Aff gban fortresses, and especially Ghuznee and Caubul. The abandonment of Candahar seems to be decided on, for a general destruction of guns, ammunition, and small arms, which could not be conveniently removed, was stated to have taken place. Among other arrangements, the distribution of warm clothing to the Bengal troops was not neglected. The report at first circulated among General Nott's division was, that they were to proceed from Candabar to wards Ferozepore, via Khelat-y-Gbilzie, and Dera Ismael Khan. This line of route, a part of which is unknown to Europeans, was consi dered to be but a feint. The position of the force at Jellalabad under General Pollock during the months of June and July had attracted much attention, for the difficulties which surrounded them had been ex aggerated to extremes by the croakers. There was abundance in the camp of every necessary, but not of luxuries. The principal want was beasts. of burden. Among the rumours was one that the owners of the animals taken on hire from- India .had refused to allow their cattle to proceed further than Peshawar. The activity and energy of the Government agents had in a'great• degree obviated this difficulty. The fume at Jellalabad was then considerable, for besides the " illustrious" garrison, which had, under General Sale, withstood the siege of Akbar Khan, and the troops that stormed the Khyber Pass, under General Pollock, a con siderable body of Sikhs, against whose beha viour, as auxiliaries, no great complaints were urged, was collected there, and to whose custody it was said that the fortress of Jellalabad and the care of the Khyber Pass were to be intrusted I after the retirement of the British. The unwarlike hesitation of the troops at Jel lalabad having been misinterpreted by some of the Affghan chiefs in the neighbourhood, whose bullying propensities lead them always to. assault those who exhibit any symptoms of doubt or fear, and above all those who seem inclined to retreat from before them, it became necessary that General Pollock should chastise the most refractory. Detachments were therefore sent out, which soon brought those worthies to their senses, and obliged them to pay the sums due to the revenue. On the 13th of July a new negotiation on be- half of Akbar Khan was commenced; Captain Troup, who had been Major of Brigade in the Thitish contingent to Shah Soojah, and who is one of the prisoners, ca me to Jellalabad : he was accompanied by a Candahar chieftain. The object of his mission was, under pretence of making terms for the restoration of the prisoners in exchange for the reinstatement of Dost Mahommed, to gain time, and to delay opera tions until the approach of another winter should be sufficient to paralyze the movements of the Indian troops. But those negotiations had, as far as Akbar Khan was concerned, tended to no purpose, and several letters brought by Captain Troup from the prisoners, both fe males and males, addressed to their friends in India, have contributed to allay the great anxiety felt on their account. They were then confined in a fortress five miles distant from Caubul, the approach to which is described as rather difficult. Some of them were allowed to move about the mountains, and to ride in small parties into Caubul. Lady Sale, who occa sionally botanized, was always guarded by two Affghans. The officers might perhaps man age to escape, but Akbar Khan's agents took too good care of the ladies and children, whontie looked upon as his safe hostages. The most ac credited report respecting the real position of Akbar Khan was, that he had appointed himself Vizier under Futteh Jung, the son and nominal successor of Shah Soojah, but that he was not in favour with the inhabitants of Caubul, over some of whom he exercised the most horrible tyranny, and who also appeared to dread the approaching vengeance of Bri tish troops. The Kuzzilbashes, a strong party in that town, were opposed to him. He was therefore compelled to act with some modera tion towards the prisoners, for the people of the town and district looked to them being protected by Futteh Jung as the acknowledged represen tative of his father in the alliance with the British. The report industriously circulated by interested parties some months ago, that Akbar Khan intended to take the prisoners, in case of his being hard pressed, over the Hindoo Khoosh into Bokhara, had lost credit, for it was said that the King of Bokhara, although he treats Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly, his pre sent captives, with great rigour, does not wish for more Feringhees; and having subdued the Chieftain of Kollar', and gained influence with the Walee of Kholomn, had obliged the latter to refuse permission to Akbar Khan to take those prisoners through the passes. It was, therefore, supposed that on the arrival of the British troops from Jellalabad and Candahar at Caubul, the ill-acquired domination of the ambi tious son of Dost Mahommed would speedily be terminated. There is no doubt now of his having murdered Sir W. IL Macnaghten, for the fact of his having done so has been admitted by himself. Simultaneously with the receipt of the order by General Nott, an advance movement had been effected from Jellalabad by Captain Broad foot, who took post on the 24th of July at a small fort 15 miles from Jellalabad, at which thrt it was supposed that a part of the force from that. fortress would soon arrive. Most of the Affghaus in and around Caubul were stated to entertain great alarm, and were begging written notes and little bit 4 of scribbled paper from the prisoners to serve as tokens for their preservation. It appeared to be expected in some usually well informed quarters that little or no opposition would be made to the advance of the British. All these statements, coupled with the facts that have occurred since the disastrous retreat of last January, serve to prove that the fatalities of November, December, and January, were owing more to the want of talent and energy on the part of the British leaders than to the enter prise or patriotism of the Affghans. Captain Troup had declared " that no doubt exists, if a single wing of a regiment had marched into Caubul on the 2d of November, the much talked of insurrection would have been completely and effectually put down." The distance from Candahar to Ghuznee, via Khelat-y-Ghilzie, is about 240 miles. In the year 1839 Sir John Keane's arm:7 took from the I ' 27th of June to the 21st of July, both days in eluded, to perform that march. rGhuznee and lJellalabad are nearly equi-distant from Caubul, each being somewhat more than 00 miles. It was expected that both armies would meet in Caubul before the middle of September. The ex pense of this campaign has been estimated as not likely to exceed 25 lacs, or a quarter ofa million sterling, while its moral effects in India will, it was expected, prove incalculably advantageous in demonstrating, not only to the Affghans,but to every inhabitant of India, that the British troops when properly led are invincible. It will also secure the result of having the prisoners restored, for in Caubul they can be demanded, not from the tricky negotiator Akhar, but at the point of the sword front all the chiefs of the Ghilzies and Dooraunies united. This campaign will also enable the Supreme Government to withdraw its soldiers from the valleys lying to the westward of the Soliman Mountains, and will relieve the present Governor-General from the disgrace of being the first that accepted dis graceful terms as dictated by a semi-barbarian. The policy of Lord Ellenborough in maintain ing his own secrets, and in communicating them solely to the Comtnander-in-Chief and to the Generals, having produced considerable advan tages, it was said that the Governor-General was about to proceed from Allahabad to Kurnaul, or rather Simla, in order to Ihcilitate those commu nications. The army of reserve was ordered to assemble in November next on the Sutledge. The presence of this army so near the Sikh frontier supposed to have some object in re lation to the dis Satisfaction and disturbances pre valent among them; but the real fact appears to be that it is collected to be useful in case of neces sity. For the same reason a corps of observation. is to be formed in Scinde of troops sent from Bombay, in , addition to those under General England, as soon as the monsoon terminated. This. corps is to be under the command of Sir Charles Napier. The transports sent from England with the re inthreements had arrived. The 78th High landers and 86th Regiments having made rapid passages, reached Bombay in the beginning of August. Somo of the men had died of cholera. The 28th Regiment, from New South Wales;* had also arrived there. The resolution and activity displayed by the British GovernMent on this occasion had, infused new vigour into the whole of the Hon. Company's service. The Finance Committees were at work ; but the utility of attempting to effect savings by re ducing the salaries of the civilians was much questioned. • The examination into the causes of the Caubul disasters was 'eolith - Ming, under the superinten dence of Mr. Cameron, the Law Commissioner. There was an odd discussion attempted to be raised by interested parties, as to the propriety of reinstating Dost Mohammed in Caubul. But the policy of this proceeding was much doubted; for Futteh Jung, the new Sovereign of Caubul, is the second son of Shah Soojah, -and had succeeded in virtue of his' elder brother having Voltintarily resigned his rights to the throne. Futt.eh Jung is now King, and adMitted to be such by even the noto rious son of Dost MobarnMed. it would be a strange act, if the British rulers should now attempt to disposSess the son of Shah Soojah, in order to replace Dost Mahommed, who never was more trAhl an Ameer or Prince, who, although 'he had for some time exercised some rights as a Chieftain, never could - establish his claim to the absolute 'sovereignty of any part of Affzhanistan, and much less' of • the whole QUuntry. The news from China was to the 7th °Mine. It contains the account of the capt ure of Chapoo, on th e 18th of May, which was effected without loss to the British, but when the troops we're moving th rough the town; violent resista ace was made from a Joss-house, into which at. ,me Tartar soldiers had retreated, who, fearing %bat if they stir rendered they would be cut to pie:ces, unexpectedly fired on some British cornpa , ales. Colonel Tomlinson, of the 18th Royal rrish,, was killed, and Colonel Mountain, and Captain , Campbell, and Lieutenant Jodell wounded. An apprehension prevailed in India that but little would be effected this year against China , in consequence of the delays that had taken place. The want of vigour in the prosecution of this war was much spoken of, particularly as the season for sailing along that coast, without danger, Wt l3 allowed to pass over. The expedition was, how. ever, said to be preparing to attack Nankin, the southern capital. The monsoon had set in rather late, but, a plentiful fall of rain had taken place subsequen t to the well-known holiday called " Cocoa - n ut day," when the Indians suppose that the violence of the storms has ceased. The cholera had con tinued its ravages, but the heavy rains would, it was hoped, speedily lessen them. Several shipwrecks had occurred: among them were mentioned that of the Adele from Bombay for Mauritius, of the Copeland from Liverpool to China, of the Martha Ridgeway and the TWO Sisters in the Eastern Seas. The Nabob of Surat and the Ruler of Oder f pore had died. The latter, although the sun °f Hindoo royalty and mythological ceremonies' had not the honour of having more than 00e lady of his numerous family burned with big corpse. Suttees begin not to be quite so fashion able in India as they formerly were. The removal of the troops from Jellalabad peared to be necessary, as sickness prevailed , and several officers had died there since the arrival of General Pollock. Every preparation was making at the period of the latest intell i gence for a speedy movement. In a postscript it is stated that the troops w ere o march from Candahar on the Bth, 9th, or 10t r August, and that rumour asserted that AO% Khan whose great object was delay, had s end mother of his prisoners, Captain Lawrence, °II to J ellalabad, to try to make some furtliez. arrangements. The fall of rain in Bombay during 10 daYO P r , - ; vious to the departure of the mail had been l e great. It was stated that the overflowing of t . he 'i " Ganges had done considerable injury to the „ digo crop. nale Letters from Mauritius mention that. 9 - commercial difficulties bad arisen there, est i ' eu by the want of sufficient metallic currency The banks had therefore narrowed their O r rations. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENc' (From the Bengal Hurkaru, Aug. 12.) STATE OF THE MARKETS. • ' , r . We give our usual notice of the state of.coran l- e d cial affairs here ; which have not, however, assum e d that active condition we had expected to have rO ll e when we last wrote : one reason of which Toq': t l think, be found in the corresponding action plw il i ti st by the dull state of the home market shown in, th e has mail that reached us, arising from the delay tha t t he taken place in the final decision on the Taritf, an d f 1 ~ o next mail is, therefore, looked to with some degi nt o anxiety by our merchants here. Freights e o n7 s d also at a very low ebb, 355. being taken for a ‘ e, oo weight, and we have even heard of one transal, to below that sum. This has given encouragen len d e r shipments, which have, however, been chiefly n a in g drafts against the consignments, not above half hay been taken up in the market. MONEY MARKET.—The demand made by the Court i ell s r s t of Directors of 2s. hi. for their bills having hau ,' to was to be expected, its full effect on remitta nc ;eh this place, prevented our markets from being ra t be affected by the arrival of the mail, and it I nus h i e lt some time yet before the arrival of the specie vr 5 to had been shipped can give its due effect of livelinesithy our market, which, however, continues in a b e l it tle state. The rates of exchange have, for some aoel time past, been rather favourable to the buye r ' hills as it is well known that a considerable' amoun t 0,1 l id . is now in the market, the prices now quoted of le. ,` t i t ae to is. Hid. may be expected to exceed 2s. by tl' e the Express leaves. Imports of European goods have experienced ta,tobet; more activity than when the last overland leitaro, but they have been considerable during the 2!wisst and much exceeding those of the same period l a roa r year. There still exists, however, among thLeeee chants in the upper provinces, a want of connurahle in bills on Calcutta houses, and this has a cons'deafillY effect on the market for such goods as a re l y eer. taken by them in large quantities at this time° i that COUNTRY Paopt:cr..—lndigo having arrived: a wed period of the season when an estimate may- bei n ' t - er estl, with sonic degree of accuracy excite , : inuchk -- Flo at in and we regret that the close of the ,:easoa i''' ..Itea th, Bt.,- c.'. factories, INI,;oh it as , 1.1 . ;-- ' " '''' ' t n'ters' place, shows a very b a d prospect f or theilia na te most of whom w ill thi n k themselves forty de, if they cover their outlay. We last montha 0.0 tailed the bad state of many districts, a nd of these we have to note that the continuance a heavy fall of rain has put an end to th e e later hopes that then remained of a recovery of ti e e d 0 sown plant. Poorneah, which we then n l 4 . l f tr i c ts, less reduced from the season than most other di: No t. has since suffered severely to the north an d o es Some parts of Shahahad still promise well, Il' upp er also what plant there is in Bllagulpore. In the but provinces they have comm-nced rnAnufactnrinagloat their dependence is confined even there, wher e to ,. the continuance of fine weather raised good hope i boo ry out-turn, to the koontee, as the veil j o tter falls of rain that have visitel them in . tl - T . ...., to end of July must have done much irkl a y o the Ushulah sowings. ' The quantity of rain fall en last two months in Calcutta and its neigh b° of the has exceeded thirty-five inches, whilst in sonl e are dbf Bengal districts full ten inches more his aPP e a fore' 'II tb er ill the rain-guages to be the quantity ; it wl , 00 00 be readily believed that but little colour can r '' se eo s i the plant under such a drenching. We lul it ve i pit a c 1 memorandum of estimate made by a g eb ' e s ome c several factories which he has lately visit ed,• in the them holding marks that secure good pri!e' tw it lint market ; this shows that at certain concerns ot 0' year turned out 26,500 ,maunds,_ there will F or tee' year be more than 8,500 maunds. Inforrait Ilitocet from all quarters, on which we can place T e s s the ° 'induces our estimating the probable crop at : its d ue , 85,000 maunds, which will doubtless have tb° s- t. influence on the home market to the benefi t ~.,," yes of who have been able to hold. Little now .r ell " th ea de; our last year's crop in Calcutta, the past in n f Gr eat pasture having taken away 4,050 matioda„" ° ,,,auou s Britain, and 18 maunds elsewhere, 140, 288 to to th e being the quantity that has left Calcutta'. up • present period. . terlg ile SUGAR.—The last month began with at, coed q ua; demand for Benares sugars of first and sec en lea lities, at exorbitantly high rates, which on'Y eeo ,o o until the arrival of the overland brought i 1 5 1 40 11 ift s of the decline of price for this s pecies °ll, y e d the London market, which, though only sor ti e ,O r brought the article below a remunerative . 0 . 1 , ou ° 1 Ale satisfactorily proved that the priceshh olingd i ng tP I t market would barely yield a remittance, loe:11j all profit. A stagnation took place in th%-ope ll , B consequent on this news, and when it as, si° it it was at a decline of from 4 to 6 an a . ...., , . el e when but few lots have been taken is a rne o , on the reductions, and no business done in 1 . 5 01 ° t he to any extent. As was before state 3, we t °. O ffer or ' sider that middling descriptions continue ~.e e %til e , best prospect to the speculator, to whom t,",, r i n da, s , dinary low rates of freight offer yet Stronl i : B 9s In ce u itr, ments. The shipments of July were 2° ,ti a st )an against 117,435 Inds. in the same month , n t ' ,t i r ae, i l.• the prices ranging even higher than at month oe st l s, the average rates of good merchantable an u . h t all d t he of all descriptions being about 10 per cent: t ; tig i, a t more than when our last mail left this ; tb t idarci• present time rates are at about the illneflost leo/ th SAS:METRE at the commencement tin e -oil toh it h was in free request, but the arrival of n i t ig °f ea t a temporary damp on the market,. and com b s eate d & l e d, failure in supply of the best descriptioreiLi a llot to dullness; this, however, is now son* ii V il s -ialpe e ,, s a ve and a steady demand is going on at frP ITI /3/ 4taio '' o f 6-3 rupees. The shipments to Great , e i t ieflY,. 9 been in all July 52,037 maunds, and being c ; at 5-1° good quality, the average price. has SW° oa 5 ' Aot, rupees. . . deg . "' verY RAW SILK finds no sale, except for fine „,st, e 9, which are, an d have been for sotnetiinex:i fo rr . st scarce indeed. We still continue under P . ae is n t slippingsi on tha t awayw•ebefore t • us, and, d t , h t a l t la ut ntliisss:ts,i:o3.,,,le einetoet!,le_?. prising Europeans be found to take an _aet,il iveg etl e . 1 0: in its production we shall lose the mat:10: 0 ;1 e o f pr olt notwithstanding that the country is et c t hat n a - t he clueing, both in quantity and quality, silk art. of „ sBO , successfully compete with that orani i ,Pmda. 1, ,nth world, the exports of ' July have f,..)!', e _ 5 i( 0 , 1 6 0) ho le - nearly 33 per cent. less than those ot . wv- It be Nr,,, a t in last year, when Aids. 1,472 left this P,P , .' i l s t of T at of - which was shipped for Great 13ritain,. A_ li lt to the gilds. 8 9 P `` r.. leaving in the past month only J. • , • 110 • t orah s t country. We Inou e t h se I been more active even than when . doubled '"° fro° ;SILK PIECE GOODS.--The market f°l . report. The exports of July have .ratig ing 1„00 ! , the same month in 1841, the prices'shalft ever, that has been parted wit}., in ' R5..120 to Rs. 142 per corge;•the' the ii w oies ot ii t ide lower rate, makes the average of ' ohs have ',..,re month nearly Rs. 140, Coloured goot r t, ',, ‘ ,i ec es 1 27 0 r demand, although during the month 'hi r,Y,,.K 20 ,00u . ' been taken for the home market, and a bove_ of Vombay and Rangoon at low prices., ..,, demand, LI4LC AND LAC DYE CORtildlitilliittle t0.‘.:11-i.4o:,::tito: BOURSE-PARIS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 118 75... 118 80... 118 70... 118 75 3 per Cents.... 80 ... 80 05... 79 90... 79 90 Laffitte Bank 5,000f...5045 ...5045 ...5045 ...5045 Belgian Fives 1840, ex dividend Threes 7l ... 71 10... 71 ... 71 10 Spanish Active 2l* ••• 22 21* ... 22 Passive 31 3/ 31 ••• 3i Old Deferred 31 ••• 3 * 3* ... 3* Portuguese Fives Neapolitan... lO7 60... 107 75... 107 60... 107 75 Roman _ . RAILWAY SHARES. St. Gormain B3O ... 830 ... 830 ... 830 Versailles, R.B . 255 ... 55 ... 255 255 LB 9B 75... 98 75... 98 75... 98 75 Rouen . Orleans . 578 75..... 5M i 5 ... 5 75... 578 75 Strasburg to B a l e 20 5205 205 ... 205 CLOSING iANIES AT FOUR O'CLOCK. -- The barkers, it is said, propose to shorten their hours of business, by closing at four o'clock instead of five. Have they asked the permission of their customers ? At present they are compelled to keep open, and honour all, cheques upon them till five o'clock, and it is even do u b te d w h et h er they can then legally refuse payment. It i s , h owe ver, certain that they c ou ld no t refuse payment between four and five o'clock, with out committing an act of bankruptcy. Their deter mination to close at four o'clock, unless they have the assent of their clients, cannot make a new custom and alter this legal obligation. To make the practice of closing at four o'clock a • good legal custom, it must be established for some time, and must be acquiesced in by those having claims on the bankers. If they ' attempt, therefore, to close at four o'clock, without obtaining the assent and acquiescence of those who have demands on th e m, they will expose themselves, we apprehend, t o ve ry serious consequences. We maintain that the custom of keeping open till five o'clock bein g once es t a blished, it cannot be altered by the determination of the bankers only. It is, there . fore, we beli eve , i n the power of those who deal with them, to prevent the banks being closed before five o'clock, if they object to the proposed alteration. reduction i n th e d u ty on cork, Captain Tayler has FLOATING BREAKWATER. — In co ns equence of the used it for increasing the buoyancy of his floating breakwater in lieu of the small air vessel attached to the caisson and it is not only cheaper , but not liable to be injured.. He also uses 11Ir. Jeffrey's glue with treenails, by which means he does away with all iron bolts.—Plymouth Journid. I