The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-14 00:00:00

4FIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED MONEY DIVIDENDS will be divided in NEXT 51t )NTH, amongst e,900 SELECTED Bonds of the LOAN negotiated in the year 1820, anrIGUARANTEED by the GO VERA ME.NT and his Royal Highness the GRAND DUKE of BADEN. 1 Dividend 50,000 Florins 50,000 Florins 1 do. 25,000 " 1 do. 12,000 " 1 do. 10,000 " 1 do. 5,000 " 8 do. 1,000 " 8,000 " 10 do. 500 " 5,000 " 10 do. 200 " .. 2,000 " 21/0 do. 110 " 200 do. 105 w 467 do. 100 " 7,300 do. 94 " :x,•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. Largest Dividend £4,166 13 4 Smallest Dividend £ 7 16 8 12 flurins equal to £1 sterling, a trifle more or less, as per Vie day's exchange. ALL THE DIVIDENDS PAYABLE WITHOUT ANY DEDUCTION WHATEVER. Direct 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 arice will rise to £l4, and the Sale will close in the first days es November. Tho e who remit £l5 BEFORE the 28th instant, will re ceive an order for 1.:*2 upon our London Bankers., together with the 13onl. To those ordering too late for being attended to, thfir remittances will be returned by first post. HEINE BROTHERS. Hamburgh, October 4, 1842. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING, OCT. 14, Will be presented Sheridan Knowles's Play of the HUNCH BACK. Master Walter, Mr. Vandenhoff; Sir Thomas Clif ford, Mr. Charles Pitt; Modus, Mr. J. Vining; Lord Tinsel, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Fathom, Mr. Meadows; Julia, Miss Van denhoff; Helen, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which (third time) Gretry's Opera of RICHARD CIEUR-DE-LION. Richard, Mr. Travers; Sir Owen, Mr. Leffler ; Blondel, Mr. W. Harrison ; Florestan, Mr. Horn castle; Guillet, Mr. Binge; Antonio, Miss Poole; Wilhelm and Collette, Master and Miss Marshall; Matilda, Mrs. Vidal; Lauretta, Miss Rainforth. iloors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 7a., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles :is., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s, Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets ani 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. ivate Boxes to be had at the Box-office ; of Messrs. An drews, 167, New BA-id-street ; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, OCT. 14, Wi be presented a Drama, by Douglas Jerrold, Esq., en titled THE HAZARD OF THE DIE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, H. Beverly, Wright, Paul Bedford, Wilkinson, Mrs. H. Beverly, and Miss Chaplin. After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE. The Imp, Mr. Wieland ; Jeunegarde, Mdme. Proche Giubilei. 'fo which will be added the OWL SISTERS; or, the HAUNTED ABBEY RUINS. Principal Characters by 31e.srs. Ltnn, 0. Smith, H. Beverly, Craven, Wilkinson, Maynard, Frampton, Miss Faucit. Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. 11. P. Gration. To conclude with NORMA. Pollio, Mrs. 11. P. Grattan ; Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Galleryos. oors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Continuation of the Nautical Dramas, in consequence of the immense overflows attracted by the heart-stirring acting of Mr. T. P. Cooke, the only acknowledged Sailer on the Stage. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 14, Will be acted Mr. Albert Smitk's new 'Drama, called BLANCHE HERIOT, which has met with most decided success. Neville Audely, Mr. H. Hughes ; Hugh Laneret, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Herrick Erenden, Mr. J. Webster; Blanche Periot, M.:s. R. Harmer. After which, MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry Hallyard, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Joe Tiller, Mr. R. Honner; Mary Maybud, Mrs. R. Honner. To conclude with Leman Rede's popular piece, called ♦VEALTH AND WANT, and THE 'VILLAGE POLI TICIANS, in which Mr. R. Honner and the entire Company will appear. Places and private Boxes is be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. HIGH vr Eit AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Anrning l2 minutes after 10 I Evening ..... 48 minutes after 11 • 4 . 2 • - - • titt LONDON FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 14, 1842. All parts of the country do not equally rejoice in a good harvest. Complaints are loud and nu merous in Essex. They are whining and bitter in Sussex. At an agricultural meeting held at Cuckfield, in the latter county, on Friday last, Mr. ELLMA N, a leading farmer, gave this account of the deficiency of the crops, and the probable destitution of the labourers : He had heard the Noble Duke of Rutland speak or their excellent harvests ; but that remark, he was sorry to say, did not hold gool with regard to this county or Surrey. Coming as he did to-day from the latter count y , where he had heard of men being already turned - )fl . their constant employ, and hearing at Reigate and the adjoining parishes that their crops had been so bad that they could not employ more than three-fourths of the hands whom they employed last year, he asked what was to become of those la bourers who were discharged from their employment ? —(Hear, hear.) He feared that they were in the same state in the Weald of Sussex ; and he wished to call the attention of the meeting to the employment of the labourers during the ensuing winter, because he was satisfied that the farmers in the Weald of Sussex would feel great difficulty in meeting the demands that would be made upon them, and giving constant employment to their labourers during the winter. The Chairman of the meeting. Lieut.-Col. ELLWOOD, noticed that Sir C. BTntItELL had, at Horsham, a few days before, adverted to the destitution of the labourers, and recommended his neighbours to employ them, by way of cha rity, in trenching for potatoes. Then Mr. WOOD said— He was obliged to th ose gent l emen who had pointed out the difficulties of the coming winter ; but he should have been still more gratified, if they had pointed out the means of averting those diffi cu l t i es. Mr. Ellman continued He h a d introduced the subject for the purpose of provoking discussion, for the difficulty was almcGt too great f or hi m to grapple with. When he ki iew that in the Weals of Sussex and Surrey the fanners had not grown more than half a crop, when he knew that their expenses were very great, when he kinew that instead of re turning three rents and in the better land four rents, the farmer would this year Si arcely return two, how, he asked, was that farmer to me 3t his expenses for the cur rent year ? It was a question of deep moment ; and that question he left to tile meeting to solve. He hoped and trusted that the landlords would come for ward ; and unless they did; he could not imagine how the difficulties were to be overcome. The Chairman said it was his duty, as Chairman, to speak home truths. He had been told to-day that there was a great deficiency of straw this year, so that the farmers had very little thrashing to do. The remedy for this difficulty was, he thought, a better state of cultivatiOn. Mr. ELL` AN returned to the charge — Re said it Nas the opinion of some of the farmers of the Weald of Surrey, I ;hat their wheat would not average this year more than three sacks to the acre. Now, bearing hi mind the shortness of the crop, which was about from one-half to two-thirds of the average, and that the loss was increased by the panic—whether called for or not, he would not now stop to discuss — he did not see how the farmer was to pay for an in creased cultivation. He knew well that the farmer would not be able to meet his usual expenses. How then could he meet increased expenses ? The distress would, he was afraid, fall most heavily on the labourers. When he heard of the distress of the large farmers, and that they were obliged to turn off twelve hands from one farm, he could easily calculate ' the number of hands that would be out of employ ment. lie knew there were several union houses in Surrey that were, he might say, overstocked, and that there were many labourers out of employ, who did not know where to go to earn their bread.lf those labourers were thrown upon the farmers, who had not the means to employ them, their backs would be broken. Such un pl eas ant prospects for the agricult ura l labourers and for the farmers, are not confined to Sussex. In Kent, that pattern county for loyal squires, intelligent parson-magistrates, and well-educated peasantry, we are told that the farmers are dismissing their labourers in all directions. About four months ago, Sir JAMES GRAHAM informed the Tory-admiring and the servile Parliament, that there were 1,‘2A)0,000 paupers in England alone. sow, the union workhouses of the agricultural districts, immediately on the completion of harvest—when the labourers must, if ever, have something, ac cording to Mr. ELLMAN—are overstocked, and farmers are turning off their hands by dozens. What a dreary prospect does this open for the coming winter, when the 1,200,000 paupers will, most likely, be increased to 2,000,000, while the farmer, as Mr. ELLMAN says, is unable to meet his usual expew es ! Those who live in the ai- cultural districts look fur greatly increased rates and greatly diminished means to pay them, or to employ the labourers. The Brighton Gazette has stated that some farmers and Iw:downers have declared their in tention of discharging labourers to meet the Income-tax. That must be the case. The land lord might have compassion on the tenant — the tax-gatherer will have none ; and the farmer is preparing to meet him by lessening the sum he pays for wages. Such an effect of the tax was foreseen by all persons, though it was consistent with the system of deceit prac tised by the Tories to represent the tax as falling wholly on property, and inflicting no injury on the labourer. It is quite useless to preach to the farmer, as some persons do, about humanity and patriotism ; he sees that either he or the labourer must go to the workhouse, and he is not such a fool to go thither himself to please his Tory landlord and some Tory scribes, and so he dismisses his labourers. For the extra hands . of the agricultural dis tricts there will now be found no employment in the manufacturing districts. The landlords have taken care to stifle their trade and means of employing the people. The pauperism they have engendered will now overwhelm their own lands. Never was retribution more plain and more just. Never did a punishment more certainly and clearly follow an offence. They have dammed up the outlets which carried off the surplus population from the land, and now, when farmers turn off their hands, they fall on the land for support. It is perhaps possible for an in dividual to escape—or at least appear, to our short-sighted views, to escape—the punishment of his offences; but it is not possible for a nation. He may slink into some hole, or travel on some bye path through life, and imagine he is for gotten; but where can a great nation hide itself from its own deeds, so that they shall not follow and find it out ? It cannot escape the conse quences of its acts ; and now we see the guilt of England, in spurningthe bounties of Pro vidence and keeping food out of the land, bringing on her the most alarming evils. The whole Press has only done justice to Lord Chief Justice TINDA.L'S charge, in describing it as a calm, clear, and masterly exposition of the law. It exaggerated no facts, it exasperated no feelings. It gave to those who were to be tried an assurance that they would be fairly dealt with, and would not find in their Judge a ran corous political opponent. They could have no apprehension that the law which was so pro perly explained would be strained or perverted to take away their lives or their liberties. Nearly the whole Press has only clone justice to the charge delivered by Lord ABINGER at Liver pool, in describinz it as the very opposite to the charge of Sir N. TINDAL. Even heated partisan Tory journals, which cordially approve of the political sentiments of Lord ADINGER, and en tirely concur in his hostility to Chartists and master manufacturers, justly and vehemently condemn the use of such language as he held on the Bench. These passages (said the Morning Herald yesterday) are also excellently adapted for the House of Lords, but we do think there are sentences in them much misplaced in the charge of a Judge, who, in all pro bability, will have fo try some of the very Chartists whose conduct and designs he thus decidedly con-- demned. If some of the Chartist prisoners should, upon arraigment before Lord Abinger and a petty jury, object to be tried before a tribunal thus con stituted, on the ground of the very strong opinions contained in this charge, their objection will surprise no one. Is it predent then in Lord Abinger to risk the occurrence of so unseemly a scene ? We will pass over, with proper condemnation of the Noble Lord's political partisanship, all the hostility which he expressed towards the Chart ists, to take notice of some of the Noble Lord's political economical doctrines. The people are much reproached because they do not reverence Bishops, who discourse about the duties of wear ing surplices and lighting candles, and Judges, who discourse from the bench about things which they understand less than do the Bishops the art of wearing gowns or extinguishing lights; but how can men reverence those things which they believe to be folly or nonsense ? The mind dis criminates as well as the palate, and men may as well be reproached for not liking aloes or as safcetida, as for not reverencing a worldly Bishop or a partisan Judge. Whatever hostility the workmen in the manufacturing districts may have to the master manufacturers—and we have good reason to believe their hostility is intense —and however much further they may desire to go than the Anti-Corn-law League, there is not, we believe, one of them out of a thousand, who is not an opponent of the Corn- laws. They will not demand a repeal of those laws, because they say that would not ensure them against fu ture oppression ; they want the Charter. There is not one them of who is not painfully convinced both that employment has been lessened as food has risen in price, and that their wages, which have not been increased, would not procure them as much food in dear as in cheap times. There is not one of them, therefore, who will not treat Lord ABINGER'S assertion that " the price (meaning, we presume, rate) of wages must de pend on the price of provisions," with contempt. They all know pretty well the price of provisions in Ireland and in the United States, and know also the rate of wages in the two countries; they know still better what has been the rate of their own wages, as provisions have risen or fallen in price, and they openly say Lord ABINGER knows nothing about the matter. From contemning his opinions, they will speedily come to contemn the man; and Lord ABINGER, by mixing silly errors with his avowed hatred of Chartism, may bring the whole Bench into contempt. We should suppose that there was some error in the report of Lord ABINGER'S charge, but we find the phrase, " price of wages " repeated. W hat does Lord ABINGER mean by the price of wages? Wages is the price of labour, and those who speak of the price of wages, confuse all language. Ni ne p ence is the price of a loaf does any person e ver spea k of the price of nine : pence ? And why, then, should he speak of the price of eightpence, that being the day's wages of an agricultural labourer in Devonshire? If the Judge means to say that that eightpence will buy as much flour when it sells at thirty pence a bushel, as when it sells at twelvepence, we should at least understand his proposition, however we might dissent front it. If he means to say that the rate of wages always rises as the price of provisions rises, we could understand that too; but it would be so obviously untrue, that he could mean no such thing. The phrase—. which, as far as we know, is of Lord ABINGER'S invention—seems to have been used, either because the Noble Lord had no clear ideas of what he was speaking of, or because lie desired to mystify the subject. We might, were it worth while, correct some more of the Noble Lord's errors, whose reading on these important subjects seems not to have extended beyond the pages of the Herald and the Post, but he is, we are afraid, too old to learn, and seems, from what we recollect of the man, to have hardened in error as he advanced in years. Of his law we pretend not to judge; hut his doctrine about wages and the price of Provisions, as far as we understand it, is so erroneous, that it will certainly be, in fact we know has been, laughed at in Lancashire. the Number just published of the Edin bur9h Review, there is an article entitled "The late Session," in which, as it seems to us, the .i.ading features of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S policy are canvassed in a very fair, manly, and mode rate spirit. The Reviewer is no mere bigoted partisan, but awards praise where he conceives praise to be due, with a freedom and heartiness that must obtain for him the respect of men of all parties. Thus, speakin g of the Premier's C o mmercial Tariff, he says, " here our approval ma y be more freely expressed "—he has just before been alluding to the Corn-law Bill, to whose sliding scale he strongly objects—" for the principles laid down by Sir ROBERT PEEL and his distinguished coadjutor, Mr. GLADSTONE, few exceptions, all we could wish were, with and all that the masters of economical science could have required from public men." Again, speaking of the Education scheme., the Reviewer observes, " the present Government, after having opposed the system which had been so successfully carried on by their predecessors under the able direction of Lord LANSDOWNE, have not only adopted it in its most minute details, but have proposed to carry it still further. For this Sir R. PEEL and his colleagues deserve thanks and praise, which should be the more liberally given, when it is considered how great are the sacrifices of former votes and declarations which have been Made; how much of self-loveand of the pride of party has been necessarily aban doned ; and how much ot' effort must have been required to wring a reluctant assent from their colleagues and supporters to a tribute thus offered to the merits of their Whig predecessors by the present Administration." On the subject of the Income-tax the Reviewer expresses himself in far different terms. To this vexatious, inquisi torial impost he is most decidedly opposed, re marking that "in time of peace it is a most fbr midable experiment, and its effect upon com mercial profits, at a period when foreign com petition is active in all cases, and successful . in many, cannot fail to be pregnant with danger." The Reviewer -- concludes with some intelligent observations suggested by Sir ROBERT PEEL'S present position ; he states that difficult as the Tories may find it to live with him, they will not be able to live without him, so completely are they at his mercy, notwithstanding the noisy bluster by which they endeavour from time to time to conceal their state of abject de pendence. Pitiable indeed is the existing condition, still more pitiable the future prospects, of the more bigoted members of this party. Events, which neither can control, are daily tending to widen the breach between them and the Minister, to promote whose political ascen dancy they have fought so hard, and made so many reluctant sacrifices of opinion. If they were dissatisfied with his measures last session, they will be still more dissatisfied with them next session. Whether willingly or unwillingly, Sir ROBERT PEEL must move forward. This is the condition on which he holds office. If he go back, he is undone; if lie stand still, he paves the way for his own speedy exclusion from office. The great commercial movement to which, on principle, he has given his express sanction, can not possibly be arrested. Monopoly is doomed ; and such being the case, it needs no great saga city to foresee that those among the Tories who support it, must ere long sink into utter insigni ficance as an Opposition, or yield to the irresis tible pressure of circumstances, and one by one abandon every principle that they have hitherto held sacred. A brief article from the Siecle, on the abuses of the French Custom-house, will be fbund among our extracts from Foreign papers. The writer animadverts justly, on the extreme seve rity with which these functionaries examine the persons and luggage of travellers, and con curs with the decision of a local tribunal, that personal search is illegal. This is a good begin ning, and augurs well for the ultimate abolition of a system which is a disgrace to a civilized community. The French themselves seem ashamed of the practice. It touches their national honour and gallantry, and requires only to be placed in its proper light before the public to meet with universal con demnation. It is sufficiently humiliating fi►r a gentleman to be suspected of fraud, and searched like a felon, but to subject a lady to such outrageous treatment shows a want of all decency, an utter contempt for the acknow ledged rules of society, and for that deference and respect to which females are entitled. The French have long had the character of being the most polite and gallant nation in Europe, yet when strangers set their foot on the territory of France, they are seized and imprisoned like suspected robbers. The men are left to the tender mercies of the douaniers, and the women, though their persons are searched by females, are treated with as little ceremony; yet, for a few hundred francS a year, the Government of Louis PHILIPPE winks at scenes so odious and so injurious to the character of the country. The politeness of the people in general, and the rude, barbarous system which prevails in public offices, fbrm a strange contrast. Madrid papers of the 4th instant have been re ceived. Some of the Opposition prints having asserted that the Government was encouraging, in certain quarters, the proclamation of the Con stitution of 1812, with the view of prolonging the Queen's minority, the Madrid Gazette gives a formal contradiction to such reports, and declares that they amount to an abuse of the liberty of the press. Official intelligence has been received of tran quillity being re-established at Jecla, and in the vicinity of the salt pits of La Rosa. The National Guard has been dissolved provisionally, in order to be re-organised. The civil and military autho rities have adopted such measures as will prevent a recurrence of such scandalous attempts on the property of the State. Various rumours were circulated respecting the object of the political entertainment that was given to several distinguished persons, including certain members of the Cabinet, and likewise Sir ARTHUR ASTON, by the new Treasurer of the Infante Don FRANCISCO DE PAULO, Senor MATHEU. The current opinion is, that there is a desire that the Prince should return to the capital, and therefore it was with the view of sounding certain official personages that the ban quet was given. Three bargains were concluded in the Three per Cents., at 21 3-16ths 1, at 60 days; and 31 in the Five per Cents., at 251 1 for cash, and 25 11-16ths 26, at 60 days, for 16,000,000 reals. We have received the Paris papers, which contain articles chiefly interesting to the people of the country. There is one excep tion, however, and that relates to the right of search, not of ships, but of men and women when they enter the territory of France. The Tribunal Police Court of Sarreguemines (on the Prussian frontier) has declared that the search of the persons of travellers practised by the Custom-house officers of France is illegal. The Court dwells with much emphasis on the shame ful indignities inflicted on female travellers by the Custom-house authorities. On thissubject the Siecle makes the following just observations : " The extreme severity with which the Custom house officers in France act in examining the luggage of travellers excites each day very merited complaints. There is, however, another right which the Adminis tration arrogates to itself, and which it ought to use with great reserve—we mean the right of searching the person, which the Custom-house officers exercise towards travellers under pretext of preventing fraud. 1 There is not, as far as we know, any other country where so exorbitant a pretension is set up. The in numerable annoyances, and the ridiculou s an d even odious measures, which it occasions, contribute to keep travellers from our ports. 'What is the more extraordinary is, that so grave a proceeding does not arise from any formal law, it being by induction that this humiliating system, which shocks the most re spectable feelings of public morality, is arrived at. if the law, however, were even clear and precise, the Custom. house Department ought still to observe the most delicate precaution, use measures commanded by personal dignity, and not deliver honourable men to the caprice and brutalities of inferior officers." The French Government should abolish this odious and disgraceful system at once. It has been discontinued in England, unless when in formation is laid against a party, and the revenue has not suffered by the change. In claiming protection for the ironmasters of France, the Journal des Debats says—" The Government would not be justified in again post poning the conclusion of the Belgian treaty. Any further delay might compromise the best interests of the French nation. France would deserve blame if she were to lose that oppor tunity of raising an insurmountable barrier, by means of the Union, against the hostile design of placing Prussian Custom-house officers at Mons, Namur, and Tournay, in the same manner as the Prussian landwehr is already at Sarrebruck." The ruinous state of the wine trade is thus ad. vetted to by the National : "The Chambers and the press re-echo each year THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14, the complaints of the proprietors of vine-bearing pro perty, and, we must confess, they appear to us per fectly well founded. Three causes together contribute to render the condition of the wine-producing coun tries excessively hard: first, the exorbitant duties fixed by foreign countries; next, the duties levied by the Government ; and, lastly, the entrance duties into towns. As to the foreign taxes, it is impossible to estimate their amount even approximately ; we only know that the English and American customs have overburthened our wines beyond measure, and have in a manner prohibited our brandies. It is nearly the same in almost other States, and the duty of the Government on this point consists in concluding commercial treaties, allowing the wine-producing departments to find an easy issue for their produce in foreign markets. Our wines, justly esteemed all over the world, would find plenty of purchasers if it was agreed to open for them the frontiers of other coun tries, which are now shut. It is evident that, in or der to arrive at this result, it will be necessary to make concessions to foreign nations, and admit reci procally such objects as they furnish and we want. But to effect this, the most serious difficulties arise, for whenever it has been desired to touch the prohi bitive system, the interests which profit by it rise against this step, and it has been impossible to pre vail against their formidable coalition. A Govern ment, which was worthy of the name, could alone struggle against these selfish oppositions to the gene ral advantage ; but our Ministers, busied above all with the care of their personal preservation, have not dared to break down those obstacles. Besides, the wine question is only a detail of the general subject of our commercial alliances. We have had occasion to treat this important matter, and shall again recur to it, and therefore shall not insist more on it at present. If it was not possible to obtain from other countries advanta geous terms for our wines, it appeared, at least, easy to treat them better at home. Far from that, the duties on this article amount to 96 millions, and, if the land tax and the octroi duties be added, it will be seen that each hectare (two-and-a-half English acres) of vine ground pays in all 80f. The wine business cannot support so exorbitant a charge. In analysing the different taxes, one is struck at the first glance by the prominent part which the octroi occupies in the total amount. In fact, not less than 25 millions pass to the municipal authorities, to the great injury of the producers and consumers. It has been felt a matter of necessity to put an end to the incessant in crease which this kind of duty was continually under going. The Chamber was occupied last session with the care of warding off the inconveniences arising from the truly abusive execution of the law of 1816. Thus, out of 1,070 communes subject to octroi duties on potable liquors, 455 have been surcharged, Of which the amount was, in 1840, not less than 10,281,000 f., of which sum 7,989,000 f. were for Paris alone." The Messager has a long answer to the Oppo sition papers on the subject of the colonisation of Algeria. They accuse the Government, of course, of setting this, with other questions, to sleep. It denies that the question has slept. Committees and sub-cotnniittees have examined the subject, and Government is engaged in exa mining their reports, in order to discover what may be done in the way of colonisation imme diately. The Impartial of Denain states, that on Thurs day night last a shock of an earthquake was felt in that town. The shock, which lasted nearly two seconds, was accompanied by a dull sound, which was mistaken for thunder. The o s c illati o n appeared to be directed from east to west. A letter dated Macon, published in the Com merce, announces that the vintage in Burgundy is concluded, and that the crisp is deficient in quantity, but that the wine will be of superior quality. The vintage in Champagne was in full progress, with the advantage of the finest wea ther ever experienced in October. Le Glandier, the mournful theatre of the LA PAIGE drama, has been purchased by a M. BON NEL LA BORIE, a notary at Vigeois, for 81,000 f. Twenty-two Sisters of Charity were on the point of leaving Paris for Algiers, where they are called to attend the civil hospital. The Brethren of St. Jean de Dieu, an institu• tion revived by Colonel MAGALON, who himself - entered the order, and is now its superior, are to be put in possession of the hospital of La Calle, the adjoining coast of which is so celebrated for its coral fisheries. The Trappists have likewise been authorised to found an establishment in Algiers. The proceeds of the Customs at Marseilles amounted, during the first nine months of 1842, to 24,689,6301. As compared with those of 1841, there was a diminution this year of 1,275,8221. The Semaphore de Marseilles of the Bth inst. announces, that the Minister Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs of the Regency of Tunis was on board the French steamer of war Lavoisier, which ran aground in the Gulf of Ajaccio on the 30th ult. BOURSE--PARIS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 118 90... 118 90... 118 85... 118 90 4I per Cents. 106 50... 106 50... 106 50... 106 50 Four per Cents. 102 25... 102 25 .. 102 25... 102 5 S per Cents. BO 20... 80 20... 80 15 ... 80 2 0 Bank of France 3275 —.3275 ...3275 .. 3275 Laflitte Bank I,ooof 1040 ..1040 —.1040 ...1040 5,000 f 5045 ...5045 —.5045 ...5045 Belgian Bank 795 ... 800 795 795 Belgian 1 1 0 0 3 4 1041840 3 :.• 103 104 ... 104 lo3i Dutch 21 per Cents 521 ... 521 ... 521 ... 521 Spanish Active....... 22 ... 22 211 ... 22 New Deferred 91 91 91 9i Portuguese Fives 3 33 •.. 313 ... 31 ... 31 Neapolitan... Roman ............... 1051 ... 1051 ... 1053 ... 1053 RAILWAY SHARES St. Germain 8536 25... 1-36 25... 836 25... 836 25 Versailles, R.B 260 ... 260 ... 258 75... 258 75 LB 98 75... 98 75... 93 75... 98 75 Rouen 563 75... 563 75... 561 25... 561 •2o Orleans.... ......... 585 ... 586 25... 585 ... 586 25 Strasburg to Bale 206 25... 208 75... 206 25... 208 75 DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGuE, OCT. 11.--The serenade which the amateurs of this town offered to the new-married couple, took place on Sunday evening in the Picture Galleries. The King and Queen, the Prince and Princess of Orange, the other members of the Royal Family, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Saxe iVeimar, and Duke Bernard of Saxe Weimar, the King's Minister, the diplomatic body, and persons belonging to the Court, were present. The sight of this rich and splendid Gallery, lighted by numerous chandeliers, was really magnificent. Among the pieces performed were some written for the occasion by M. Calisch, and composed by M. Lubrok, which were highly applauded. The ball on Monday evening in the Palace of the Noordeinde, was extremely magnifi cent, and the company very numerous. The pleasure of the company was only damped by the reflection that the young Princess, the ornament of the fetes at Court, was so soon to leave us ; in fact her departure is fixed for Saturday. Muxicir, OCT. 2.—(From the Leipsic Gazette.) — The negotiations of England with the Austrian and other German Governments for the transit of the Overland India Mails, by way of Trieste, &c., are, as we are assured, nearly concluded, and an English courier with the mail has either already taken, or will very shortly take this route. fIANovEn, Oct. 4,—lt is said that the King has not entirely recovered from the illness which seized him at Dusseldorfr, but still feels himself very weak ; those about him are not without uneasiness on his account.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, Oct. 8. DUTCH luNi.”..—Arerrenosn, Oct. U. Monev. Actual lab t 2 52,4 Ditto, ditto D per cent. llllh, ji. , 2 AlnottSvnd it, 4}4 per cent.... 9 4 14 gr!.l4 Ditto, ditto --. • per cent 77 775, Loan 1837, ' 2 4 per Cent Commercial com , ..any, 4K, par cent 134 138., Ditto (1835 and Ili:s 1 ) per cent . Exchange on London, tine month l2 25 Twci months Hamhurgh, One month ...... 3? 8 TwomoOths ...... . 33 6 5 per cont. ................ VON 1 00 I) ` L ., ack Papers, Oct. 12 „ -.DA AN FUNDS.—BaussaLs, Oct. 11. Actual Debt, 2}4 per Cent . Rothschild's Lo an Fi v e per Cent lO2 Loan of hirtY Millions, Four per Cent 9l Th r ee per Cent — Thlrty-seven Milli ns, d itto . 71 1 4 0840) 1t3,4 i Loan of City, 183 2 F ou r per Cent 92 Society of Commerce F ou r and a Half per Cent. 86 Bank of Belgium, Fi ve ' per Cent... ............... ...... 76 National Society . '— Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, 0 t 1 1 . A t ,STRI FUNDS.... -VIENNA, OCT. 3 Five per Cents. Metalliguse • .. 1(8% Four per Cents. ................................................ 100s1 '1 bree per Cents l6l Bank Shares ................. •.• ... '"' " Allgemeine Zeilungt ..... 7. tLIAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, Om 8, Bills. Money. Aunt: ion 5 per Cents. .............................. 11 , 1 Bank Shares ............................................ 1635 Anglo-Russian Loan .................................. 10u% Russian 5 per Cent, Ist series, C ertificate. 10314 inscription, Ist series ........... . .... ............... its Russian a per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series. ................................. 97 Ditto in Certificates .................................... 97 v g New 4 per Cent. (1840) ................................ 68 814 Dutch Actual Debt, •_:% per Cent. .., ...... 51 50% Ditto a per Cent. Polish Bonds - . ICB New Tickets Anglo.Dantsh Loin, a per Ce nt. - 81 813( 18 Spanish, New 5 p r Cents.. ................. .. _ The Secretary of an o ld-established Club at the West-end of the town has absconded with a consider able sum of money. Unsuccessful speculation is sup posed to be the cause. Lord Clifford and family, and Sir John Cam Hob house and family, were among the passengers who took their departure yesterday for Antwerp, by the . General St earn Navigation Con pany's steam-ship Rainbow, Captain John Fife. AMERICAN NEWS.' ARRIVAL of the GREAT WESTERN. CHANGE OF MINISTRY IN CANADA. The Great Western, Capt. Hoskin, arrived in King-road, Bristol, on Wednesday night, at half past ten, having left New York on the even ing of the 29th. She brings news fourteen days later. The intelligence from the United States is unimportant, but from Canada we learn that the Governor-General, finding it difficult or im possible to carry on affairs with his late advisers, had resolved to try a change, and introduce into the Council, and into public offices, some of the leaders of the French Canadians and the British Reformers. At his urgent request, therefore, Mr. LAFONTAINE and Mr. BALDWIN, with several of their political friends, had joined the Council. The reasons for this proceeding will be found in the subjoined letter, addressed by Sir CHARLES BAGOT to Mr. LAFONTAINE; who accepts the office of Attorney-General of Lower Canada, in the place of Mr. OGDEN. Mr. DRAPER, the Attorney-General of Upper Canada, has given in his resignation. This appointment, with a seat in the Council, was to be offered to Mr. BALDWIN. These changes have given great offence to the Tory party, who, as will be seen from an article in the Toronto Journal, are quite furious. Some of them even go so far as to threaten an other outbreak, in consequence of yielding to the French -party and Ultra-Radicals. We trust, however, that they have too much patriotism, and the Executive and established authorities too much power, to venture on such a hazardous scheme for recovering their former position. The inference from all these movements is, that the French party in the new Parliament is still strong, and that the Governor-General, finding business interrupted, and his plans thwarted by the Liberal party, had no other alternative but a re-construction of the Ministry. It wiil be seen that several members of the former Council retain their places. It was generally believed that Parliament would be dissolved, but we are inclined to think Sir C. BAGOT will see first what can be done with the present before he throws the country into com motion by a general election. A t New York affisirs were going on very quietly, but trade was not brisk. The citizens of Boston were about to give a grand entertain ment to Mr. WEBSTER, which should have taken place on the 22d ult., but as he was suffering under a severe cold, and could not speak, the matter was postponed. The following remarks on his retirement from office, and on the part which lie took in negotiating the Ashburton treaty, are tai: en from the Jour nalof Commerce:— " His retirement is not based upon any quarrel with, or disaffection towards, Mr. Tyler. Un der such circumstances it may be difficult for Mr. Webster to command the applause of re publicans. lie has, indeed, by remaining in office, done the country more real service than all the other politicians of the country put together. But what of that? He did it by securing peace; and war only brings eclat. There is great reason to believe that Mr. Webster alone could have rendered Lord Ashburton's mission successful. At any rate, he was eminently qualified for the task, and he managed it with con summate wisdom. In anticipation of the negotiation, he repaired to Massachusetts and Maine, and first of all settled the fundamental point that the negotiation was not to be made a party question. lie thus brought both parties together, and procured the Commissioners to be appointed equally from both. Having thus re moved the grand stimulant of controversy, as in all probability no other man could have done it, he su perintended the negotiation, and at least once saved it when the wisdom of all the other negotiators had proved inadequate to the exigencies which met them. The negotiation of this treaty is more important than all the other measures which have been adopted during the year, and as Mr. Webster's services have been indispensable to the result, we repeat that he has done more for the country than all our other statesmen united. But why thank him ? Why honour him for that ? It is all nothing but PEACE." We regret to learn that yellow fever con- , tinned to prevail at New Orleans, Mobile, and several other places in the States. Our Bristol Correspondent states that Lord MORPETH ar rived by the Great Western, and appears in good health and spirits. The following is the letter of Sir C. BAGOT to Mr. LAFONTAINE : (From the New York Journal of Commerce of September 23.) Governor Bagot has entered upon a new course of policy as it respects the French population of Canala, which will tend to unite them in cordial sympathy with their fellow subjects. The views of his Excel lency are fully developed in the following letter to Mr. - Lafontaine : Government House, Kingston, Sept. 13, 1842. Sir,—Having taken into my most earnest and anx ious consideration, the conversations which have passed between us, I find my desire to unite to the aid ot; and cordial co-operation with my Government, the population of French origin of this province, unabated. have therefore not waited for the result of your de liberation, but on the contrary have been considering how far I can possibly meet the views of those who have the confidence of that part of the population, so as to make their accession to this Government satis factory to themselves, and, at the same time, accom panied by that mutual confidence which can alone make it beneficial to the country. I have accordingly come, not without difficulty, to the conclusion, that for such an object, I will consent to the retirement of the Attorney-General, Mr. Ogden, from the office which he now holds, upon its being distinctly understood that a provision will be made for him commensurate with his long and faithful ser vices. Upon this retirement, I am prepared to offer to you, the situation of Attorney-General of Lower Canada, with a seat in my Executive Council. The office of Solicitor-general in Lower Canada has long been kept vacant, in the hope of some ar rangement, by which the object that I have always had in view might have been assisted; and I shall be happy to listen to your suggestion of the name of any gentleman of British origin whose co-operation with the Government will aid us in the attainment of one common object. I have reverted, carefully and anxiously, to your expressed wish, of being joined in your adherence to my Government, by a sufficient number of supporters to ensure the confidence of those whose interests you represent. I find that one of my own plans for the advantage of Lower Canada, viz.—the distribution of the too crowded population of your frontier settlements over a larger extent of territory, may be made to coincide with your views. Mr. Girouard has been represented to me as a gen tleman possessing administrative faculties of a high order, and, at the same time, the confidence of les countrymen. He can mutually assist us in forwarding my object in this respect, and I have therefore determined, if I should be successful in inducing you to accept my proposition, in offering to him the situation at present held by Mr. Davidson, with a seat in the Council; on the understanding that the latter gentlemen shall also be provided for in a manner suitable to his just pre tensions, and that Mr. Girouard shall be elected, by some constituency, member of the Assembly. I have farther determined to offer the confidential post of Clerk of the Council to some gentleman of your recommendation, and I would suggest that the reputation enjoyed by Mr. Morin or Mr. Parent, de signates them as perhaps among the fittest persons for your recommendation. Mr. Faldwin's differences with the Government have arisen chiefly from his desire to act in concert • with the representatives of the French portion of the population; and as I hope these differences are now happily removed, I shall be willing to avail myself of his services. Mr. Draper has tendered to me the resignation of his office. I shall always regret the loss of such as sistance as he has:unitormly afforded me, and I shall feel the imperative obligation of considering his claims upon the Government, whenever an opportunity may offer of adequately acknowledging them. This will place the office of Attorney-General, with a seat in the Cabinet, at my disposal, and I am prepared to offer it to Mr. Baldwin. The absence of Mr. Sherwood deprives me of the opportunity of ascertaining how far he might be will ing to accede to the arrangement, and of knowing whether he is ready to fulfil one of the conditions of his appointment, by obtaining a seat in the Assembly. This disposal of his office must therefore be left a matter for future consideration. From my knowledge of the sentiments entertained , by all the gentlemen who now compose my constitu • tional advisers, I see no reasons to doubt that a strong • and united Council might be formed on the basis of this proposition. In this persuasion I have gone to the utmost length to meet, and even to surpass your demands; and if after such an overture, I shall find my effbrts to secure the political tranquillity of the country unsuccessful, 1 shall at least have the satisfaction of feeling, that I have exhausted all the inean6 which the most anxious desire to accomplish this great object has enabled me to devise.--I have the honour to be, b. c. C. B.IGOT. Mr. Girouard, who is proposed by Governor Bagot for a seat in the Council, was one of the active movers in the events of 1837-8, and a reward of 500/. was offered and paid for his apprehension. CANADA.--The Toronto Patriot has the following remarks on the subject " The letter of his Excellency the Governor-Ge neral to Mr. Lafontaine, has been since Friday before our fellow-subjects, and the doubts which long existed as to whether it was genuine or an impudent hoax and gross personal insult to the pretended writer — have been removed, and to our mingled sorrow and humiliation, we know that this document is what it purports to be. No public document issued in the British North American Provinces from the triumph of Wolfe down to the present day, has ever been perused by the true-hearted subjects of the Sovereign of Great Britain with such an intensity of mortifica tion and such a feelingo 4 .' abasement, as this indescrib able letter from the head of the Government to Mr. Lafontaine. We will not, we need not attempt tc analyse its contents. It is as matchless in style as in substance—and as a State paper stands alone and"sui generis." _ _ _ - It offers a carte blanche to Mr. Lafontaine to form a new Cabinet—dismisses with a " damnation of faint praise" Messrs. Draper and Ogden, and Sherwood and Davidson—offers to reward with a thousand a year a gentleman whom Lord Seaton thought worth half that amount to ensure his being 'lodged in gaol—hn plores Mr. Lafontaine to accept office with a piteous entreaty, laughable but for the terrible importance of the subject—and finally casts down before the feet of that gentleman and Mr. Baldwin the whole preroga tive of his Executive office, the dignity and the majesty of the Royal authority. On no former occasion do we recollect witnessing so strong an expression of intense sorrow and humi liation, as has been exhibited by every one with whom we have conversed on the occasion of this abject sur render of the happiness, hopes, and prosperity of the people of this rising colony into the hands of a merci less and grasping faction, who have never known power but to abuse it, who have never been for-a mo ment intrusted with influence but they have used it toward the embroilment of the whole country, the strangulation of public prosperity, and the paralysia of enterprise and improvement. The offer of a thousand a year to Mr. Girouard— with Lord Seaton's proclamation yet fresh in their memories—must give grave food for reflection to all those who took up arms on what they fancied to be the right side, in 1837-8. If names, things, and principles, have undergone such a complete metamorphosis in the last four years, as to render a man, whom the gallant leader of the now insulted Loyalists thought it necessary, for the safety of the land, to thrust into gaol, now deserving of a large salary and a post of the highest rank, then indeed we have all to reflect whether, if his conduct deserve reward and promotion, ours must not neces sarily deserve punishment and disgrace. We cahnot have been right, if Mr. Girouard and his compatriots were also right; and we look to the writer of the letter to Mr. Lafontaine, for an explanation of our true position in the matter. The following, from the Rochester Democrat, shows that the dissatisfaction with the late appoint ments by the Governor, has extended to the Parlia ment of Canada : CANADA.—There is trouble in the Canadian Parlia ment. The Governor-General, in trying to administer the government upon " conciliation principles," is likely to find himself entirely unsupported. By calling into his Cabinet men of l►beral principles, he has of fended the Tories and a portion of the so-called Re formers, who together command a majority in Parlia ment. Mr. Draper, one of the highest officers of Go vernment, has resigned, and it is expected that there will be a general break-up of the Cabinet. It is also rumoured that Parliament will be dissolved. If so, there will be another general election, which will be attended with unusual excitement. We subjoin extracts from the American papers, with the state of the markets at New York and Philadelphia : APPROPRIATIONS—The appropriations made by Congress during the late session are as follows : Civil and Diplomatic list Army 6,405,280 36 Navy Fortifications Pensions 730,776 00 Indian Department, Treaties, &c 1,300,077 47 Private Bills, House of Representatives 37,585 01 Private Bills, Senate 62,773 03 $24,952,190 82 YELLOW FEVER.—The number of deaths in New Orleans during the week ending 10th inst., was 93, of which 44 were by yellow fever. Strangers were ar riving in great numbers, many of whom will probably fall victims to the disease. The yellow fever was prevailing badly at Tampico b 3 the last accounts. _ NEW ORLEANS.—A duel was fought near the Sugar Refinery, between our Postmaster and a gentleman connected with the St. Louis Cathedral. The weapons used were small swords. Both parties received flesh wounds. The difficulty grew out of the late contro versy between the Bishop and Members. Two more duels are on the tapis, and these " affairs of honour " will not cease until a frost comes, which always de stroys affairs of this kind, as well as the yellow fever. (From the New Orleans Picayune, Sept. 13.) FROM MEXICO. By the schooner Water Witch, Captain Arnoux, arrived since our last from Vera Cruz, we have the following interesting letter from our valued Corre spondent : " Vera Cruz, Aug. 18, 1842. " The Mexican squadron, the departure of which I announced in my last, sailed on the morning •f the 15th inst. The " getting under weigh" of this fleet was a sight well worth seeing, and the expert ma noeuvring on board one of the vessels in particular, has furnished Vera Cruz with a subect for laughter for some time to come. The vessel was the schooner Eagle, commanded by a capitan de fragata namad Diez Miron. After succeeding in getting foul of al most every vessel in the port, the war steamer was obliged to return and take her out in tow, with a very fair wind! " Letters from the capital, by yesterday's mail, are without anything of interest, except that the mur derers of Mr. Egerton and his wife have been, it is thought, discov ere d, an d are now i n pr i son, undergo ing their examination. If the persons arrested are really the murderer s , the perpetrators of this horrid deed are nati ves no t foreigners, as was generally sup posed at first. "All is dead silence at Mexico on the subject of Mr. IVebster's letter. I can give you no opinion as to the probable course which this Government will pursue, though I fear Santa Anna will not feel disposed to `raise Brother Jonathan's Irish.'" (From the New Orleans Bulletin.) A certain Mr. Joseph Wells has offered to loan the Mexican Government the sum of 7,000,000 dols., on condition that he be permitted to import from London a certain quantity of English cotton goods. The proposition has been laid before Congress, but has not been acted on. The domestic manu4tcturers were protesting loudly against the project. A prolific vein of gold, extending nearly 20 miles, has been discovered near the Bay of Francisco, in Upper. California. (From the Crescent City.) The Mexican manufacturers are clamouring loudly for protection duties on coarse cotton and woollen cloths. The new Mexican tariff goes into operation on the Ist of November. The duties are reduced about one half. 'We understand it will be published in pamphlet form in a few days. The plan of a new Constitution has not yet been reported to the Mexican Congress, by the Committee appointed to frame it. • A conducta of specie was to have left Mexico for Vera Cruz on the '2sth of August. The first division of Mexican troops (1,300) des tined for the subjugation of Yucatan, sailtd for Vera Cruz about the 10th of August. MORE INCENDIARISM.—Between 11 and 12 o'clock last night the Reading Railroad bridge over Mill Creek, together with the Montgomery County bridge, both crossing Mill Creek, immediately adjoining each other, and about two miles from Manayunk—the last named of wood, and covered—was fired by an incen diary, and the flames soon extended to the railroad bridge ; both structures were entirely destroyed. The Company's bridge was guarded, and one of the watch men succeeded in arresting the incendiary, but was unable to secure him from escaping. The bridge was 200 feet long, and its destruction will materially affect the convenience and expedition of travellers for a few days. NEW YORK MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. SEPT. 28.—Quite a moderate business was transacted at the Stock Exchange this morning —Delaware and Hudson R. R. declined a ; Canton Co. 4 ; Mohawk and Long Island a per cent. Southern Exchanges were in fair demand at our quo• tations. Foreign Exchange was in active demand—the market closed firm. The neT‘s per British Queen had a tendency to cheek operations in Cotton—the sales to-day were unimportant. The receipts of Western Flour were light—but more. than sufficient to meet the demand —which is limited. Sales Genesee were made at $456 a 464; Troy, Michi gan and Ohio, $4 56 a 4 624- ; Brandywine and George town, $4 75 ; Richmond Country, $4 62 ' • Pennsyl vania, $4 56 a $4 64 ; Rye Flour, $3 14 ; Corn Meal, s2B7f a $3. Saks of Wheat were made in small lots at 91 a 93 et::: 2.000 bushels Delaware C9rn brought r,3 cts., nn sure. Oats are dull at. 28 a 30 eta. per bushel. Pot tts!it , !: are .I,e4dy tt6 5, b 0 for t (its ttua $5, 75 per lb° lbs. for Whiskey 1. - co,ai,, dull at 201 a2l cts. An in , oicc. of Teas itn,oried i the ship Coromando, was red at auction, a nd neaily the whole sold at lamer prices. RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE $5OO Ohio 6's of 1860 $2,000 Kentucky 6's 77 ~ - . 2,000 Ohio G's, 1860 70 25 shares Phoenix Bank 82 5 do Delawarr and Hudson ..••• 5 do Canton Co 25 do Mohawk . • 25 do Long Island 50 do Harlem Railroad s 4 mcl 1650 -• :• 1 50 do Long Island Railr o ad 8; . 90 do Auburn and Rochester / 7i • • 25 .do Stonington Railroad SALES AT THE SECOND BOARD. 50 do Long Island Railroad PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 28. b 60 ds S t I- • There was not much dune in Sto c ks t o -day. —Pansy :y vania s's were not in active dema n d, an d 44 was th e t highest price offered ; holders dem a nd e d 461 ; a silia" amount of G's sold at 50 ; $l,OOO City 6's sold a t 10 3 ' * • 21 shares UNion Bank of Tenessee at 33 ; North .tlarle rieti. closed at 161 s 164 ; Philadelphia 34 a 371 ; Farwell- - and Mechanics 191 a 20 ; Commercial Bank 30 a 304 i; Cambden and Amboy Railroad 61 a 80 . ; 9 a 91 ; Reading Railroad 18i a 19i. t Loss OF LIFE AT KEESEVILLE.—It was the day ° annual militia training, and as is usual a large con' •: course of boys were in the train of the militia. T he :1 companies had barely passed the arch or draw of th bridge, when the timbers to which the chain W ail. attached, supporting the draw, broke away, and alien the draw were precipitated into the river, and almost immediately carried over the dam. About thirteen ' are missing from the village of Keeseville, chiefly boys ; but it is feared that there may be o thers 0 amongst, the number, as several strangers were in th e .,,,,) village to witness the training. But one boy, a son Martin Pope, had been found. Miller was drowned. ,- . Jg in attempting to save those who fell from the bricir i '-' THE DUELLING LAW IN NEW YORK.—The fe' es t3 lowing clauses occur in the newly revised statutes 9 ' ,41 the State of New York.—Sec. 5. If any i n habitan t : f/ of this State, shall leave the same, for the purpose. ° `• ) .-I eluding the operation of the provisions herein comb tained respecting duelling or challenge to fight, 1 14 the intent of giving or receiving any c h a ll eng e here „ fi A prohibited, or of aiding or abetting in giving . or ceiving such challenge, and shall give or receive siV• such challenge, or shall aid or abet in giving and rLa‘ • ceiving the same, without this State, he shall pit deemed Guilty, and shall be subject to the like ! punishment, as if the offence had been committ e e within this State—Sec. 6. Every such offender sPei t. cified in the last section, may be indicted and broug ht to trial in any county of this State, which shall - 2 1 , 'designated by the Governor for that purpose, where, in his opinion, the evidence can be most e °ll :.l' veniently obtained and produced. ASSAULT UPON JOHN C. LEGRAND, ESQ., 5E( 5 1, 1 5' TART OF STATE.—By letters received in town t i morning from Annapolis, we learn that an alterait i ° took place yesterday, about twelve o'clock, 015 th,,, e ; steps leading into the State House, between Jobn , e i v Legrand, Esq., Secretary of State, and a' PO named Townley Loockerman, in which the formed we are sorry to learn, received several severe ° l i e dangerous stabs. It appears that Mr. L eg rand ked returning from dinner, when Loockerman attae r ., him by obtruding himself in his way, and en deave°, o ing to obstruct his entrance into the State 1 -16 %, Here a blow was made by Loockerman at Mr. i ne grand, which he parried, returning one at the time that felled his antagonist. Loockerman, at tVet juncture, immediately drew his dirk and made. h, first stab, which took effect in Mr. Le grand's thug and he fell. 'Whilst thus prostrate he received t,d o, t other stabs, one on the ribs, and another in the 3 0 men. We learn that Loockerman has entertAineust, hostile feeling for some cause or other. Looek er 4 lll o p, had fled towards either Baltimore or IVashilrui..• : We doubt not justice will soon overtake birn.---Pa more Patriot. L"lj A THE WHEAT PRODUCE OF OHIO, MICHIGA , CHIC A GO.—LAKE ERIE, SEPT. 15, 1842.-43a-sal very few years ago a friend in New York startled with saying that he intended to visit Chicago 5 Ph iti .to' . then unknown, on board of a steamboat abotoko, engage in the adventurous passage. Now the whied are constantly enlivened with steamboats, sod, , the sails. Ohio but lately disputed the palm wi t ; Gennesee Valley, in the quantity and quality °' tpt ; s v: wheat, until at last it came to be esteemed the tea that could reach your market. Then Michigans, ts ,,, r oi up with her virgin soil to dispute the prize, AT, Illinois is a dangerous competitor with them a"', o o , 1838, Chicago received her flour and provisionSAijoisi, the East ;in all of 1842 she have sent one T bushels of wheat to Buffalo, Oswego and.lthigslhn i ile- i : wheat bearing a higher price than any gro", 11 -400 - where. The export of this article last Yer mi 7 l' 400,000 bushels, of the harvest "of 1841. SaE o ',,,s - mi tlC; ing has been the increase this year, on that at"M4 tlavhedaetriinsaupntrdiiocneashotasfhelfoaysl,clieleennatttso.l6,poeBurrcs bushel,e n t s . from, at aLl ß v,i, u totiti ftr: t 7k , bo l: o ;: it i .tfu l region, it will undoubtedly fall much r° fd increase in the export of pork and beef ha' fl i ,;fit a corresponding ratio--and but for the he u r fn: ulll feeling of the prairie boys . ' who think it erl ie %, 44 . ‘ ttli a hog when the price is a , cent. and a half • 11: r -ti Bost , 111 the porkers would have emigrated to the 0 0 , much larger quantities. This produce, be it.kia rt . o i is from the region round Chicago—of thatroa.-- it which may be reached conveniently in "V C 0 3 and it bears but a small proportion to tlie , will growth along the Illinois river, which the can!t, out presently bring to a market. Let the Eas t in6c. for her wheat lands ! Last year the freigh t Was_ on per bushel to Buffalo; this year 10—the boa t Lake Erie having hauled off, and gone into th .s '..tic4 The increase in navigation upon the Lakes /-ellea less remarkable. In 1819 a steam-boat clO. the Walk in the Water, felt her IV aY t IP d pre' , to Lake Huron in the face of as many fears a 9 phecies about her safety as Fulton encountereo " e O f he first departed from our city to go " the v o Y 9 f ro o the Hudson." No one recovered sufficientlf.ri the the surprise of the expedition of the W alk I This Water, to repeat it until the following y year one line of steamboats has arranged fora a o ti - et ture every other day from Buffalo and Chicago; br igs boats start with less regularity, and numerous and schooners are engaged in the same trade. o f to'. TOBACCO CROP or Missounx.—The receipts _OOl, hacco at this port amount to 8,518 hhds. this .s e ou ri, Of' this amount 6,874 hhds. came down the 055 051 and 1,644 down the Mississippi. In addition to_llo it is estimated that 2,500 hhds. have been shiP io p" large boats that ascended the rivers, whorl ear. tively high, to receive their cargoes, of whie, 4 were count has been taken here, as the shipme ri re brate, made directly to New Orle ins—making an ggg - • 10 1 of 11,018 hhds. brought down the Alississigaloia • Missouri this season, and at least 2,000 hhds' 'south to be brought down. Of the quantity grow, li fie tori, and southwest of St. Louis we have no s at !: . accounts, but it cannot fall short of 8,000 hhus'ro'p 49 r if that estimate is not too high, the tobacco eversir Missouri in 1841 amounted to 15,000 hh ds " ing 1,3001b5., and at 40 dol. per hhd., constitufLor the aggregate value of 600,000 dols. The crop 000,00 present year will probably amount to 2jn t wo e t hhds., and be worth about 1,000,000 dols . be the three years from this date Missouri Tr2r t . largest tobacco growing State in the unl° 'O O Louis Reporter. h r pens „ e l THE OLDEST PENSIONER.—Among ctltbe money which has passed through our flan; i s tha" sent session ( a duty we cheerfully perform) w a rrel; probably the oldest pensioner living-- 311. %,nd of Oswego county, now in the one hundre d r oil year of her age.—There were on the .AlNgb o ßr i list two persons of the advanced age of ( 1 1 , T e na llesi t g i r e and four years. One of these was D. S' l ,` - i vieve," 6 of the " Boston Tea Party." Both, we :C,6 , d ell so r dead.--Albany Argus —lt appears by the'l,,,L Staten' that there were 759 persons in the United 1-13. 100 years of age. ; this seag i i> Peaches have been very plenty in Oh io t his The Cincinnati Gazette says we have Tr, ec l„ - i i iitfit,b sited an orchard of about 400 trees in' this have seen some fifty of them bearing PePc''''e.' measured twelve inches in circumferePe ad w e largest peach we have seen this season W l9 - 5 1 '1 . g -06: . # 31. free stone, measuring 131 inches, grov":1 ill' orchard. o f . et . o r , A FISH STORY.—The Detroit Advel h 'yeste 17th says—" A Frencnman caught a ea t 5 05 day with a hook and line, in the river near, for 501, which weighed 187 pounds ! It was doubtin!_h' scat' minutes whether the Frenchman world oaL tl u ii c on fish, or the catfish a Frenchman ; it was P bed. 3; pull Frenchman—but the Frenchman triuMl2eoecl must have been rare sport to those who wit' tot es we were not there to see.' • star t ' f The Pittsburg Chronicle, of the 15th lh e ts , that Williams, the temperance lecturer, w" - ' o ce '- pwiel'icendothiicsedowtnhenamotehetro it, thirty-five ihrry-five thol''.ar e st ,i ; hundred and fifty signatures to the ledge It Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ohio, withoftet., those in Pittsburg, where he has, with ?rye, Obtainedilla eight g,Teat efforts. Of the number mentioned iv,_;"itsplts were distillers, and thirteen retailers of ar" 4 , 0 all of whom left the business, e hs s Mr. Nuttall, the botanist, -whose nanl‘A„, , c o me fl identified with American plants, has la e t:_ t i, o ilteo rie possession of a large and splendid forton .ece e: .s _ a s o ro i o of his ancestors in England. Mir. IsTut 1_1,51;; eelP' 100,0001. sterling, and upwards, by the el ta .. s - t• New York or Philadelphia to take P. s l„s the estates, and is probably, ere this, eli.N . forts which such wealth can bestow.. Louis Rep TILE MORMON PROPHET.---rfhe ' fi nd s lican says :—" The report that Joe Smlt. com plice in his attempted as§assinatioii 0 7 . o e .Boggs had gone to England, is erroneoreg h een at or about Nauvoo ever li!ww fuil v.•(.11 th:,t sr.t,:sr P. 7 else. During this time he has been i' k 14,1