The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-26 00:00:00

DOWN TRAINS. Paddington to Slough Bath to Bristol Bristol to Taunton UP TRAINS. TO COUNTRY GENTLEMEN. COUNTRY GENTLEMEN are respectfully in formed that the PROVINCIAL PAPERS from every runty, also Trish and Scotch, are regularly filed at DEA .,.%'°1418 COFFEE and CHOP-HOUSE, 3, WALBROOK, "eat the Mansion-house. Also a variety 'of Foreign Journals ' 4ll the best Periodicals. Coffee, Chops, Steaks, Ales, and Geed , ileds.— EstablishvitlBl2. Advertisements received for every London and Country Pa r'. An Index kept t o Ad ver ti sem ents for Heirs and Next of 4 . Advertisement Office—First floor. OYAL .POLYTECHNIO INSTITUTION. The COLOSSAL ELECTRICAL SIACHINE, ex biting the the varied and beautiful Phenomena of ELECTRIC , 141 OHT, the AURORA BOREALIS , & c. & c. i s s h own "Idly at Three o'clock, and at Eight in the Evenings. Three excellent SPECIMENS of MACHINERY have just been rnpleted, and are now at work by Steam Power, in the Hall of V a nnfactures. CALOTYPE PORTRAITS taken daily by Collen. The Weekly List of POPULAR LECTURES delivered by Dr. Ryan, Professor Bachhoffner, and the other Lecturers, with the appointed hours for each, is suspended In the Hall. The fine Exterior of SAINT PETER'S at ROME, and the Interior of the CHAPEL of ST. HELENA at JERUSALEM, th e l atter a f ter D . R o b erts, IL A. ( pu b - Ilithed by Mr. Moon), a re among th e l a t es t a ddi t i ons t o t h e ENLARGED DISSOLVING VIEWS. The ORRERY, DIVING BELL , D I VER, &c. &c. To the COSMORAMIC V IEWS, shown in the Evenings, a beautiful addition has just 'men mad e . C on d uctor of the Band, Mr. Wallis.—Adsnis on I. Sell ols, half-price. THE CHINESE C O LLECT ION ST. GEOPtGE'S-PLACE, HYDE PARK CORNER. This Splendid Collection, consisting of Objects Exclusively ;Chinese, surpassing in extent and grandeur any similar display In the known world, entirely filling the spacious saloon, 225 feet in length, by 50 feet in width ; embracing upwards of Figures as large as life, all fac-similes, in groups, in T heir native costumes, from the highest mandarin to the blind zsesidicant in his patched garment. Also, many thousand ape amens, both in N a t ura l Hi story an d Mi sce ll aneous Curiosi iles, illustrating the appearance, manners, and customs of mire `,,,,,n 41 1 Three Hu n d re d Chinese, respectin g whom the 1&al in' lens of Europe have had scarcely any opportunity of judg . IS NOW OPEN for Public Inspection from Ten in the - Awning till Ten at Night. Admission 2s. 6d.—Children Is. UOTOGRAPHY. PORTRAITS by M. b, CLAUDET'S INSTANTANEOUS DAGUER r.OTYPE PROCESS, under the patronage of her Ma , IttY, are taken daily at the Royal Adelaide Gallery, Lowther "ade, Charing -cross. The weather is no impediment to the -P er atien, which var i es on l y f rom one to twenty seconds, ac rrdng to the intensity of light ' The process is now so per :vet, that likenesses as true as nature are fixed upon plates, of o~ t °us dime ns i ons , from that of a fourpenny piece to one-fifth he natural size. The sitter has the choice either of a bust 431' fall -length portrait, and many persons, or entire families, : 14 Y be grouped on the same plate. The Daguerreotype-roona ° Pen at Nine o'clock in the . Morning, and partie s a re re -I'QU/hi ° Q t . % %end e ed during the short days to come at as early an h our ;. 7 . SHEFFIELD PLATE. SSRS. HORTON and CO., Silversmiths and Jewellers, 36, LUDGATE-STREET, ST. 51 , 0, 128 , now offer to their Fri e nds an d th e P u bli c th e i r of GENUINE PLATED GOODS, w hi c h th e y erran t 24. to be th e M anu f acture o f t h e first She ffi eld Houses, aiti t : of the most tasteful and modern designs, comprising aka :_tlish Covers, Corner Dishes, Ice Pails, Coffee and „, 14:; , I( ettles, Inkstands, ,Candlesticks, Cruet Franaes, Test Pt e_"t s and every other article, useful and ornamental. c 4 r te ' I to allowed for Cash. i es 8 ,at toek of Jewellery, Fancy Silver, and other arti relidenilli." well werthy the notice if visitors to, as well " In, London. the road -I .l_ B R COLLEGE of HEALTH, New endPurify your blood, and health must be ;7 .1 1 :!90 e u m r e fi ne!—this is the llygeian System of medicine twished Mor of theison's above Pills, published since 1825, have r ,fto ,he,._s t e t s ruth or druggists are authorised to sell Morison's FURNITURE. 11 1 11 I TR_NITURE DEPARTMENT of the prise, th A NT ECHNICON, BELGRAVE-SQUARE. con :! Fu ltisi r largest Stock of CABINET an d UPHOLSTE RY ever exhibited for Sale. Th e Manufactu, ers' Vork P a r n i e_es,. are a ffi xed to every articl e . Th e M a t eria l s an d th e NI. elt ,_51,11) are of the b es t d escri pt ion , wi ll b e warrante d to aters, and delivered within five miles free of expense. aloti ce " r the fi rst class furnished throughout at a few dap; 111 other neluding the d highly approved French Mattresses, and well seasone bedding. 119Ecars CHESSMEN in Ivory, Bone, and ,1, 137,1)0(1, S. 4, LEADENHALL-StREET,. LON s Ittek.,---"Ilie best and cheapest, which may also be said of bi d OPe 4 "tion, Draft and Chess-boards ; Cribbage-boards an jj, Cushioned Bagatelle Tables, Pope Joan boards, Work -174,. Desks, P ocket-books, Writing and Envelope Cases, Vir,„"ln„R-ases, Tea Caddies, Table Cutlery, Sheffield Plate V,o,l'...veriknives, Scissors, Hair, Clothes, and Tooth Brushes,. • IlsC'' Razors, Strops, &c., &c. Quality of all the articles keirate, and prices very moderate. Mechi's Razors and IN !l e St r°P and Paste are renowned throughout the world, tio t , - 4 1 1 _ those who find shaving a painful and unpleasant opera hi°tlld pay Alechi a visit at 4, Leadenhall-street. ' SILV It S UPERSEDED, and those corrosive I4 Ppla n t, Tiurieus metals called Nickel and German Silvef ~els 1 .. 7., al the introduction of a new and perfectly mal 41 ,,, AN VtIA PLATE. C. WATSON- (late ALDE - -lON t; ',is- 41 and 42, IiARBIC AN, and Ns. 16. NOR 41:tion ? L.° ATE, aided by a person of science in the . areal ,,tlaoswitthh ; 1 43 1v e e t r als, has succeeded in bringing to public notice the aea s 0.94,13tifal article ever yet offered : possessing all the 1-wh in appearance — with its durability and hardness ebev n i e Its per sweetness in use — undergoing , as it does, .a %ti ro 4' Process, by which all that is nauseous in mixedmetals is olit ill extracted—resist'ng a'.l acids, may be cleaned as Silver, /044! 4411ufactxred into every article for the Table and Side . Tab le p., * s. d. I s. d. r, v ,, r dox . S Lad Forks, I Sauce Ladles .... ..... 1 9 "%ert do ...... . ......... 16 6 Tea Spoons, per doz... : t 6; p L,,," Per doz -,..es ..... 12 6 Gravy Spoons it e. you ............. 6 6 n et al • "Il egs the P u blic will understand that this metal 444..,„, 44.1. . : t haa j hr i o wn, and that Silver is net more different from tls. 1 . 34 et I metal 3 is from all others ; the Public . will t.here s a - • t zitle h : ll thffieulty in discovering the animus which directs p-rueillg Fro'llkiitt.acks *made against him, 4 _,es s si _ tho unparalleled success . by a party who is daily which has marked the q`ol• this 4 b lB New Plate since its introduction. C_ . W., • 41 i s ot Wilig a r tir . , .ce.urts conspariaion, feeling confident that the A „.18t1 its pre-emmence. n al 42,A '''IIIIICAN, and at 16 NORTON FOLGATE. VICES. .1:1411„1%71.' TEA d COFFEE reiNtlsted u i"Yal Letters Patent have just been grante dalmos„xact t l 'ell of articles as durable as, and bearing I l a v n er, at atw en ttieth ~Issee to, elaborately chased or frostec,siSEß for the sispi., l Its cost. TEA and COFFEE SE TS are now ready, ; i f ee ' Z e e tot more distinguished for their extreme ra e n le c gan is ce m t a h i a n n . ,tek od, se With which their attractive appea e 0r5..., winch purpose neither wash-leathery , cloths, ff 0 n ts, 171. to required. T _ I4s. ; CO-e--ri - ea pots, `,, Engravings sent postage free. pastes, b.. %4 A8S POLES FOR WINDOW CURTAINS 141174s.eeriee poles li inch diameter, Is. 2d. per fug!, inches lun,,es Cameter Is. 6d., a two-inch pole three feet six Inn.:lers no,l;e47oeapleto with rings, ends, and brackets . • fe nd id, Per inch; 16g. . ; bronzed i-e*it elliptio 'stoves, 4d. per inch , , c.., ~ our feet long, Ss. i th, 4`4!legas gratis (postage free) containing engravings an . v_erprices of stoves, fenders, fire-irons, kitchen utensil*, and iq article in furnishing ironmongery. —RIPON and ITR -1311,11* WELLS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET.—Esta ed 1.2 0 d:.01,4„):) w.A.T CHES, LONDON MADE. SAVortY Rhi e h er and SONS, W atchmakers, No. 9, Corphill, ta tre Ver y 1 , 6 PPosite tl.‘• qank of E ng l an d , submit for selection a `eKe STOCSTOGYo• GO LD WATCHES, t h e whole of pr ma de and titished un d er the careful inspection of llntedefneeedr co l r g re r c k t rn pe e t n io i. r u ni t a h n e c i e r . own premise s , and each is war.. /, Srl t? FOR LADIES. /,ha 'Vertical Watch. . jewelle d, in engine -turned Pt ell,ekses and gold 'id. ils , ranted ......... ... .. £lO 10 0 weed ertical Watches. jewelled, with double ., tadstneen.Aitio turneC gold cases and rsten ..... l2 12 0 4 , ...... hole % . ac t e ...over Xatches, jewelled in four dials, iv u e.r a r h deublo-ba ked . gold cases and gold nted 14 14 0 , , ........ Slii . .14)11. ............ 214 )... ten , t ,detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four Zap" seconds, and do uble -backed gold cases, 13 13 0 s, tanted ril4t; dettiohe'd.l.e.;e..r.Wiii.ell;;;, capped , .. jewelled 111.2 t hOleg .- All;a., eal . econd.s, d ouble -backed gold cases mel dials, warranted .............. l7 17 0 nabgcheahed Lever Watches, capped, jewelled tu,les, seconds, double -backed gold cases 41111014 dials, warranted bl . . backed 0 21. ogold iitu lt i a e l' e 1 the Gentlemen's Watches may be had In . wv,,,lt eases for 8/. 3s. each extra. N.B. Second-hand • -`4" Pgreitaled in exchange. TO THE FREEMEN INHABITANT HO USEHOLDIRS OF THE WARD OF BROAD-STREET. GENTLEMEN, HAVING the leisure and means fully to perform the duties and obligations of - Alderman, and being desirous to serve my fellow citizens in that capacity, it was my full intent to have solicited the honour of your selecting me to the vacant gown which has occurred by the demise of your worthy Alderman, Sir John Cowan, Bart., but finding a manifestation in favour of Mr. Musgrove, I think lam most consulting your feelings, and the unanimity which exists among You, in declining to come forward on this occasion, but shall hold myself ready for any future vacancy which may occur in the Court of Aldermen. Your most obedient servant, (Signed) JE RE MIAH PILC HER, - :Sheriff of London and Middlesex. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. ALTERATION FOR WINTER TRAINS. On and after TUESDAY NEXT, the Ist of November, there will be an alteration in the Trains. The 4 15 long Train, from Taunton, will start at 3 15; and from Bristol at 5 o'clock ; and from Cirencester at 5 40 ; ar riving at Paddington at half-past 9 o'clock in the evening. The latest evening Train, from Taunton, for Passengers to Bristol and Bath, and for Goods, will leave Taunton at 5 15, instead of 6 30. The under mentioned Trains will be discontinued during the Winter : Taunton to Bristol Bristol to Bath Slough to Paddington The 4 30 Train, from Bristol to Bath, will leave at 4 o'clock. The 1 45 Train, from Maidenhead to Paddington, at 2 45, b esides other alterations in stoppages, &c. of Trains. Full particulars may be known by Train Bills, to be had at the several Railway stations. October 25, 1842. MAIN -CHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY. LOANS The DIRECTORS are prepared to receive TENDERS or the LOAN of MONEY, in sums of not less than £l,OOO each, to be secured by the Bonds of the Company, for periods of three, ave, or seven years, at the option of the lender. Interest thereon will be allowed at the rate of Four per cent. el' alumna, payable half•yearly, in London or Manchester. The Tenders to state which of the periods above mentioned preferred, and to be addressed to the Secretary. lily order, JOHN JELLICORSE, Sec. Manchester, Sept. 6, 1542. Y ~ No. 15,653. LONDON, WEDNESDAY E NING SUN ! OCTOBER 26, 1842. PRICE sd. TILE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and TOWN DELIVERY; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is Published in Time jar the AFTERNOON TRAINS and a THIRD EDITION at SEVEN, O'CLOCK, for POST, containing PARLIAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON up to that Hour. ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morni n g, Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE. TO COMMERCIAL GENTLEMEN. GEORGE HOTEL, CHELTENHAM. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. The miserable state of the weather having prevented our sending a full report of all the races from the Heath, we subjoin some additional particulars of the running for the Criterion and Cambridgeshire Stakes .-- CRITERION.—Gaper jumped - off with the lead at a good pace, fbllowed by the Macremma filly and Testy ; at the Duke's Head the two fillies changed positions, but still waited closely upon Gaper to the cords, here the Yaxley colt.went up, passing the Macremma filly, and cleared the winning chair with his neck before Testy, and his head at Gaper's tail ; Lord Exeter's filly was beaten a couple of lengths from Testy, and had a trifling advantage over Co therstone ; the others were beaten off. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.—The race commenced after two failures, about Indian hour after the appointed time, the lead being taken at a good pace by the Busk mare, the Gleaner, Lady Adele, and several others fol lowing in the track. At the turn of the lands Belissima deprived the Busk mare of the lead, and attended by the two fillies, Garry Owen, Knight of the Whistle, Florence, and three or four others, welt on with the running to the Duke's Stand. where she gave up, and Florence took the lead, and with Lady Adela, Garry Owen, Knight of the Whistle, and Ralph closely laid up, made strong play into the cords. Ralph then drew up, passed Florence forty yards from the chair, and won easy at last by , a length, Lady Adela was ' two lengths from Flo rence, and was not a neck before Garry Owen, who had a similar advantage over Belissima, the Knight of the Whistle was sixth, and I-am-not- Aware seventh. Melior, the Gleaner, Billingham Lass, and Forester, were beaten off a long way. Value of the stakes 1,055/. The actual number of starters was only • eighteen ; the. Duke of Bedford's Moneda, which had been waighQd for, having been declared not to start iYirtt tke:rieg brae' up; 'lttreirertrififtfirprigerolf it - until after our eXpress had left. The races did not' finish until four o'clock, and the dusk setting in shortly after, there was no ring in front of the rooms. The only bets laid were 50 to 30 on the British Yeoman agstMurat, and • 500 even between the Progress colt and Philip, both for the Derby. The match between John o'Gaunt and Jamie Forest is brought forward from Saturday to Mond a y. . TUESDAY. The settling for the Criterion and Cambridgeshire Stakes occupied the whole of the morning, and, in the absence of complaint, may be put down as a good one ; the balances, we believe, were not heavy. The weather was not so cold and rainy as on Monday, but was showery enough to make close carriages desirable. The day's card contained six races, of which we subjoin the particulars, with_the exception of the Feather Weight Plate, which was not decided when our account left. Handicap Plate of 100/., for three year olds, &c. D. I. Mr. Pettit's St. Francis, aged, 9st 21b (Chaney) 1 Mr. Gregory's Una, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 2 Mr. W. Sadler's'Bellissima, aged, ist 121 b Mr. J. Day's Tamburini, 6 yrs, Bst slb 4 Mr. T. Clarke's Arcanus, 3 yrs, '7st 21b 5 Lard Jersey's Snowdrop, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Ongley s Fama, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Graydon's Roscius, 6 yrs, Bst 71b Betting-5 to 2 agst Bellissima, 3 to 1 agst St. Francis, 4 to 1 agst Una, and 6 to 1 agst Arcanus. Roscius made the running for the first half mile, fol lowed by Fama and Bellissima ; he then gave way, and Bellissima went on with a good lead at a severe pace, Una and Snowdrop lying up with her, Arcanus and St. Francis in the rear. Bellissima lasted to the cords, and then dropped astern ; St. Francis now drew towards Una, left her a few strides from the Chair, and won easy by a length ; Bellissima a very bad third ; and the others tailed off. likewise compare the limited demand for slaves now arising from Cuba and Brazil, with the demand which would have existed at this time, if all the colonies of .Great Britain, of France, of Holland, an d D enmark, together with Brazil and Cuba, had continued to im port without impediment or restraint an unlimited supply of slaves. Therefore, Gentlemen, I see in the present state of things no reason whatever for discontinuing or re laxing our exertions ; but, on the contrary, we have every motive for a strenuous and persevering conti nuance of our efforts. Much has already been accomplished, and much more may, I trust, be looked for. The Brazilians, the Spaniards, and the Portuguese are the great of fenders, but all these nations are bound by the solemn I engagements of treaties to abstain entirely from the slave trade ; and if they could be persuaded to act in this matter with good faith, and honestly and punc tually to fulfil their engagements to us, our object, as far as the slave trade is concerned, would in a great measure be accomplished. Now the power and influence of England is great —greater perhaps than many persons in this country are aware of. If that power and influence are steadily and vigor ously exerted by the Executive Government, as I. am sure that in this matter they will be ; and if the Executive Government is well backed up and sup ported by public opinion and national feeling, of which in this case there can be no doubt, I am con vinced that the unanimous determination of the British Government and British nation to obtain from Foreign .Powers'a faithfid and complete - execution of the en gagements which those Powers have entered into with Great Britain for the suppression -of the slave trade will in the end be crowned with success. But for this purpose we must be firm and decided; we must not mind if we give offence to the guilty parties whose crimes we are endeavouring to punish or prevent ; and we must not be stopped by clamour raised against us by those who are interested in the perpetration of those enormities which we are striving to put down. But, above all, we must not recede and go back in our course, for any symptoms of faltering on our part would give new courage and fresh hopes to the miscreants who commit these crimes. Gentlemen, I beg again to thank you most grate fully for the honour which you have done me this day; and I can assure you that I shall always con sider it as one of my first duties as a public man, to do all that may lie in my power to promote the attain ment of those great ends for the accomplishment of which your Association has been formed. _T B. FLEISCIIMA respectfully solicits the tfi • continued favours of Commercial Gentlemen, assuring them every exertion on his part will be made to secure that distinguished patronage he has the honour to possess. RII3BL E NAVIGATION. Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an order of the Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are required to pay a CALL OF 51. PER SHARE on each of their respective New Shares in the capital stock of th• said Company, en or before the 21st day of NOVEMBER NEXT, at the bank of Messrs. Pedder, Fleetwood, and Pedder, in Preston, and that from and after that day, interest, at the rate of 5/. per Cent. per annum, will be charged upon all such sums as shal' remain unpaid, until payment thereof. P. HAYDOCK, Secretary to the said Company. Ribble. Navigation Office, Preston, Oct. 13, 1842. PUBLICATIONS. In 3 vols. Bvo., price 1 Is. 6d. Second Edition. PROFESSOR SMYTII'S LECTURES on the FRENCH REVOLUTION. William Pickering, London ; and J. and J. J. Deighton, Cambridge. Now Ready, complete in 3 vols. post Ivo., THE AILS E DAUGHTER. By W. HARRISON AINSWORTH, Esq. With Twenty Illustrations on Steel, by George Cruikshank. " For truthfulness of description or effective dialogue—for interesting incident and careful construction of story—the Miser's Daughter' is not surpassed by any preceding produc tion from the pen of its prolific author. If its success be equal to its merits it wilt he one of the rcost extensively circulated of Mr. Ainsworth's works. George'Critickshink's engravings are perfection itself."—Observer. Cunningham and Mortimer, Publishers, Adelaide-street.... NEW WORK BY, MR. JAMES GRANT. Immediately will appear; in 3 vols. post Bvo., JOSEPH JENKI.NS ; or, Leaves from the Life of a Literary Man. By the Author of " Random Re collections," " The Great Metropolis," &c. Saunders and Otley, Conduit-street, Publishers. Orders received by all Booksellers. • Just published, Third Edition, much enlarged, price 18s., THE LAW OF JOINT-STOCK COM PANIES ; including Banking, Railway, Canal, In surance, Mining, and other Companies ; and treating of the Liabilities of Directors and Shareholders. With an Appendix of Statutes, Forms of Parliamentary and other Deeds, Deeds of Settlement, &c., &e. By CHARLES WORDSWORTH; Esq., Of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at 7 Law. London : Saunders and Benning, Law Publishers, Fleet street. Duke of Bedford's John o'Gaunt, 4 yrs, Sst 71b (Ro binson), beat Lord Eglinton's Doctor Caius, 5 yrs, Bst ; A. F. ; 300, h ft. 3 to 1 on John o'Gaunt, who won by eight lengths. Sweepstakes of 15 sous. each, for three yrs old, 7st 101 b ; four yrs, Bst 41b ; five yrs and upwards, Bst 81b ; last half of Ab. M. ; Oa winner to be sold for 801, &c. (10 subscribers). Mr. Payne's Rapture, 3 yrs (Nat) 1 Duke of Bedford's King of the Peak, 5 yrs Tfio following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Kimber's Chilson, 6 yrs—Sir S. Spry's Jewess, 5 yrs—Mr. Etwall's Pelerine, 4 yrs— Mr. E. R. Clarke's Sister to Glencoe, 4 yrs—Lord Orford's Bridal, :3 yrs— Mr. Pettit's Sweetmeat, 3 yrs—Mr. Rush's c by Plenipo, out of Maresfied's dam, 3 yrs—Mr. Sare's Badwell Ash, 3 yrs. SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE. The following address was presented to Lord Pal merston at his residence on Tuesday last by a nume rous Deputation of the. Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery -Society, expressive of their views of the eminent services rendered by him to the Anti-slavery cause, whilst occupying the distin guished office of principal Secretary of State for Fo reign Affairs • • TO THE BIGHT HONOURABLE LORI} 'VISCOUNT PAL AIERSTON, &C. &C. MY LORD,—It is with unusual satisfaction that the Committee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (widely as they have differed from your Lord ship on some not unimportant questions) feel them selves called upon publicly to record their high sense of the eminent services you have render ed to the anti slavery cause, when occupying the distinguished office of Foreign Secretary under the late Government ; and to tender to you, in behalf of the great body of aboli tionists they represent, and of the suffering millions of the human race now held in bondage, the tribute of their sincere respect and •gratitude. Amidst the exciting cdnflicts of party, and the la borious engagements of 'your high office, - your Lord ship was not unmindful of the wrongs of Africa; nor of the claim which her enslaved children have on the sympathy and assistance of this great country. The recent papers relative - to the slave-trade presented to both Houses of Parliament by her Majesty's com mand, are a 'motirtmenrOf.Abe t abi It the us it ins inthistry, arid - thikeneroil - ayediatit,ti in the cause of human freedom and happiness. From those papers, the Committee learn that your Lordship recognised and affirmed the great principle, that no British:functionary. of any class, residing in countries where slavery and the slave -trade exist, should either hold or hire slaves for any purpose whatever ; and, that, in order to secure the practical operation of this principle, a circular. dispatch was addressed by your Lordship to all such functionaries, intimating it to be the wish of her Majesty's Govern ment that they should act in . strict accordance with this principle. The issuing of such instructions, and the attitude of British functionaries acting agreeably to them, must exert a powerful moral influence, and operate as a standing testimony, on the part of Great Britain, against the atrocious system of slavery wherever it exists. How necessary those instructions were, and how beneficial they have been in' their re sult 3, may be evinced by an extract from a commu nication addressed to your Lordship by her Majesty's late Consul at Havannah, datedthe Ist of December, 1840 :—" I cannot close this despatch without the re 'pectfal tender of m heartfelt . con gra t u l a ti ons on t h e vast amount of good already achieved by the simple expression of the wishes of the Government. In your Lordship's - hands the sentiments expressed by the general Anti-slavery Convention have not keen barren or unfruitful. At the period of my arrival i n this country, a few weeks ago, it is a matter of no toriety that there was not a single officer holding an appointment under the . BfitiSh Crown, and resident in the island, who was entirely free from thecharge of countenancing the practice of slavery. A week had not elapsed after the arrival of your Lordship's cir cular dispatch, when a series of advertisements ap peared in the public papers, in the name of one of the Commissioners, offering specific wages to servants of free condition, and at this moment, I rejoice to say, there is not a single British officer residing within my Consular jurisdiction, who either has not relin quished, or is not at least:preparing to relinquish, this odious practice." Nor has your Lordship confined the application of this principle to B r iti s h functionari es . In anot h er circular to her Majesty's Representatives a t f ore i gn Courts, you have in s t ru cted them t o urge upon the Governments to whi c h they are acc re dit e d, i ts adop tion by their agents a b r oad; and th e C omm i ttee are gratified to find that this measure has been attended with great success. The combined action of the Powers of Europe, thus brought to bear thr oug h th e medium of theif Representatives, upon the institution of slavery, must have a direCt and important •influ ence on the Governments which yet sanction it dad its fearful adjunct, the slave-trade. Whilst the Com mittee are gratified generally With the terms in which those of her Majesty's Allies who have given in their adhesion to the principle advocated by your Lord ship, have expressed themselies;_ they are parti cularly so with the viewsof the Mexican Government, communicated to the British Minister at Mexico, on the 16th August, 1841: " You may assure her Majesty's Government, that his Excellency the President of the Republic, before whom I have laid your note, entirely agreeing with their sentiments, and influenced by a full conviction that the unjust and barbarous tratlicin slaves is as repugnant to morality as it is scandalous to humanity and civilization, has not contented himself with merely accepting and following up their invitation, by causing instructions similar to those contained in the above-mentioned circular to be addressed to our agents abroad; but has also thought it expedient to extend its effects as far as is' in his power, by directing that such agents, whenever the occasion presents it self, shall use their advocacy with the Governments and authorities of the country where they reside, with the same zeal in behalf of the slaves as they would for their countrymen, in fulfilment of their duty, and in as far as is compatible with the exercise of their functions." treaty with Great Britain has in this matter been set at nought ; that the faith of the Spanish Crown has been broken ; that its engagements have been de liberately and systematically, and during a long course of time, violated; and that this has been done for the illegal profit of those public officers whose duty it was to have carried, the treaty into execution : her Majesty's Government cannot doubt that, when the Cabinet of Madrid shall see all this, it will hasten to redeem . the honour of the Spanish Crown by imme diately putting an end to these monstrous abuses. As it is evident," you further observe, " that these eman cipated negroes cannot hope for security from oppres sion, so long as they remain in Cuba, her Majesty's ;Gaterinnent therefore deitihnd that they shall be brofight before the Mixed Commission, according to the lists deposited in the archives of the Commission, and that they Shall then, if they wi s h it, b e h an d e d over to the Superintendent of liberated Africans, to be by him sent to a British colony, where they would by law as well as by treaty be free." Thus did your Lordship, the Committee trust, lay the foundation for securing the future liberty and prosperity of a class of Africans, whose hard fate has long excited the com miseration of the abolitionists of this country. But, my Lord, eminent as are the services you ren dered to the sacred cause of freedom in the particulars to which reference has been made, it is chiefly to the course which you pursued in relation to the multi tudes of wretched Africans who have been illicitly in troduced into Brazil and• the Spanish colonies, con trary to the municipal laws of these countries, and the faith of treaties with the British Government, that the CommittOwoor is courees_lliorthy trr - leantirry to Alai 'We belong, and is sanctioned alike by the principleg of justice, humanity, and re ligion, the laws and institutions of Spain and Brazil, and the solemn obligations 'of treaties. Your Lord ship demanded in the name of the British Govern.• ment and nation, the liberation from slavery of all Africans who have been unlawfully introduced into the Spaniah colonies, in contravention both of law and treaty ; and instructed the British Minister at Madrid, to negotiate a treaty for the constitution of a proper tribunal fur carrying the requisition into effect. It is sufficient to refer to the draft of the treaty to show that it is as comprehensive in detail, as it is just in principle. What its ultimate effect may be will greatly depend on the firmness of your . Lordship's successor in office, who, they trust, animated by the same spirit, will complete the great work which you have so nobly begun. Re ferring to the steps you were reported to have taken, the Commissioners at Havannah, in a dispatch, dated 15th September 1841, thus announce the effect prc dueed by them :—" A very considerable excitement has prevailed here during the past month, in conse quence of information received that your Lordship had demanded of the Spanish Government the liberation of all slaves introduced into the island since the year 1820. So righteous a measure must be hailed with the utmost gratification by all who wish the happiness of the human race, and would go far to efface slavery itself from this country. The proposition has roused every individual here to a sense of the evil conse quences attending the further prosecution of the trade, and, if it has no other effect than that of stopping those continued malpractices, we should receive it with the utmost satisfaction." Nor is this all. Anxious to extend the blessings of freedom in whatever countries the Government of England may be supposed to possess influence, you instructed her Majesty's representatives at the Persian and Ottoman Courts to exert themselves to secure this great end. In your communication to the British Minister in Persia, you say : " You will accordingly take an early opportunity of expressing to the Shah of Persia the strong desire which is felt in this matter by her Majesty's Government, and you will represent to him that he would be doing a thing ex tremely acceptable to the British Govern ment and nation, if he would issue a decree, pro hibiting the future importation of slaves of any kind into Persia, and making it penal for a Persian to pur chase slaves." These instructions, my Lord, whilst they do you honour and cannot fail to be acceptable to all classes of yoUr countrymen, are in perfect accord ance with the Mussulman law; and, if followed up with " steady perseverance, and by never omitting to take advantage of favourable opportunities. to presS upon Mohammedan riders the wishes of the British Government on these . points," as your ,Lordship so strongly recommends, cannot fail; under the Divine blessing; of being ultimately successful in securing liberty to the slave population of the East. In what your Lordship has thus done to pro mote that great cause to which the Committee are de voted, they find the justification of the step they have now taken, in respectfully presenting to you their cordial thanks for the great principles you have enunciated, and the course you have pursued in your official intercourse with foreign States ; and they ex press their earnest hope that, whether in or out of office, your Lordship's great abilities and influence will continue to be exerted in the overthrow of sla very, the establishment of freedom, and the promotion of the civilization and happiness of every portion of mankind. On behalf of the Committee, (Signed) JOIIN SCOBLE, Secretary. 27, New Broad-street, Sept. 30, 1842. Betting-6 to 4 agst King of the Peak, 6 to 1 agst Pelerine, 6 to 1 agst Sister to Glencoe, 6 to 1 agst and 6 6).1 agst Sweetmeat. After two or three false starts King of the Peak went off with a good lead at a rattling pace, followed by Bridal, all lying up except Rapture and Chilson. At the ropes the two' drew upon the leading horses, and Rapture passing them: in rapid succession, caught King of the Peak a few yards from the chair, and beat him by a neck. Bridal, Badwell Ash, and JeweSs were well up. The winner was claimed. Lord Eglinton's Pompey, Bst 71b (Lye), beat Lord Orford's Barmaid, Bst 21b. T.Y.C. 100 h ft. 13 to 8 THE AUTUMN FAIRS. MAIDSTONE.—The Michaelmas fair was one of the old-fashioned sort—at least as to the numbers in town, if not altogether so as to briskness of trade. In the horse fair there was a numerous show, comprising many very fi ne h orses, especially draught, some of u hich sold at high prices, and a good many changed hands. There were about 5,000 sheep and lambs penned, which were for the most part rather inferior, and trade at first was somewhat dull. Ultimately a good many were sold, but at low rates. Axminster fair was the fullest that we ever remem ber to have seen. The supply of sheep was particu larly abundant, upwards of 10,000 head having been penned. Ewes varied in price from 245. to 375. ; and lambs from 16s. to 21s. each. Fat mutton fetched sd. per lb. The bullock fair may be pronounced good, though the supply was by no means so large as we have seen on former occasions. Household cheese realised as much as 285., but the general price was 275. per cwt.; raw milk cheese varied from 565. to 60s. per cwt.—Sherborne Journal. on Pompey. Won by a length easy. Lord Orford's c by St. Patrick, out of Wild Duck (Nat), beat Capt. Ives's c by Onas, out of Mopsy, Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. 100 h ft. 2tol on Lord Orford's cult. Von by six lengths. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF SHEEP-STEALING. On Sabbath last, an extraordinary charge of sheep stealing was brought against two Cumberland drovers or farmers, who gave their names as Foster, and were apprehended and examined at Raecleugh, or Buick law toll-bar, on the. Moffat and Crawford toll -road. We are indebted for the following particulars to the Dumfries Times:— " We have been informed that the Fosters had been at Falkirk Tryst, where they had purchased a large lot of sheep—fifty score, we believe—but in driv ing them south for Carlisle, it was alleged that, in the good old Border fashion, they had re - cruited the original' numbers, by taking up some stray lots as they went along. Be that as it may, we know that our friend Mr. Hewetson, of Auchenbenzie, had been at the Tryst, where he had also purchased a lot of sheep, which were on their way home, when they were adroitly taken out of a field and driven away. They were afterwards got among Messrs. Foster's lot, along with another lot belonging to an other person. Mr. Hewetson's drivers gave chase to the Fosters, in consequence of information given by a servant of Mr. Hepburn, late in Comrie, now farmer at' Hoddam. His servant had seen Mr. Hewetson's sheep taken in the direction of the' larger lot. On Mr. Hewetson's servants getting up to Messrs. Foster's sheep, near Crawford, a plump denial was given to their flock being among Messrs. Foster's,. and nothing but a put-off abusive rebuff was returned, and all inspection denied. Another " brother in affliction," who was minus a small lot of seventeen, on making similar inquiry, met with the same treatment. Meantime Messrs. Foster; who had bee/looking out for grazing quarters for their large lot, very abruptly moved their stock, driving on— thus under most suspicious ciecumstances—with out.stopping, nearly twenty-five miles. Mr. Hew etson's drivers were advised to apply for redress and assistance to E. Irvine, Esq., M.P., of New ton, son of the late Lord Newton. On the circum stance being stated to him, he instantly ,set and went up to Messrs. Foster, who, by this time, were past Newton on the Moffat side. Mr. Irvine's application was met with a similar refusal, and no satis fiiction given. It became necessary then, on his part, to swear in constables, which he instantly did, and having previously sent an express to Lanark for the Procurator Fiscal of the county, he then went in due form and with goodly force in search of Messrs. Foster. They were overtaken and forcibly stopped —taken into custody, and the Procurator Fiscal meantime arriving, they were examined along with various witnesses, and a warrant granted immediately to commit them to Lanark gao l, w hith er th e y were forthwith removed. Mr. Hewetson and his drivers identified upwards of four score of his sheep, and the person in search of the small lot of seventeen also got them snugly ensconced among Messrs. Foster's stock. —Carlisle Journal. LORD PALMERSTON'S REPLY. GENTLEMEN,—I feel highly gratified and flattered by the address which you have done me the honour to present to me ; and this proof of your good opinion is the more valuable to me, because it comes at a time when I have ceased to have any official power to as sist you in the attainment of those great ends, which form the object of the Association of which you are the organ. You do me but justice in believing, that I take the deepest interest in everything that can tend finally to extinguish the slave-trade, and to abolish all over the world, the condition of slavery. The official situation which I lately filled, and which I held for ten years, gave me great means for labouring to promote the abolition of the slave-trade. I employed those means to the best of my ability ; and although during the whole of the period that I was Secretary of State, I was engaged in conjunction with foreign Governments in political transactions of great moment, requiring intense application, and the most assiduous devotion of time and attention ; yet I never lost sight of those important matters which you have so much at heart. DEVIZES GREEN SHEEP PAIR.—The fair was wretchedly dull, and to effect sales a reduction of from Is. to 2s. a head was required on the prices of Weyhill. Not half the sheep are expected to be sold. The quantity of cheese pitched at Salisbury Michael mas fair was comparatively small. The sale was about an average. WORKSOP STOCK PAlR.—This fair was exceedingly well attended both by buyers and sellers of stock. it is now becoming of very great importance both :to the town` and neighbourhood, since th e D u k e :o f Newcastle appropriated for that purpose a suitable piece of land, situate in the centre - of thetown. On the whole, prices were rather higher than at the fairs which have recently been held in this neighbourhood. At Slierborne Michaehna3 Fair,. commonly called' " Pack Monday," we scarcely remember seeing a larger quantity of sheep penned, and should think there were at least 14,000. The best things in mutton and beef sold pretty well, the former at about 6d. per lb., and the latter about 9s. 6d. to 10s. per score, but for inferior articles there was little or no 1 demand. THE FRENCH AND TILE CHINESE.—The following letter from Macao, written by a French merchant, is published by several of ahe French journals. It is dated as long back as June 10:—" You have perhaps, heardof the interview of the Commander of the Erigone with the high functionaries of the Vice-royalty of Can ton. It was the Chinese who asked for the meeting. A letter of several pages, filled with hyperbolical praises of the divine qualities of the Emperor of the Celestial Empire and the bravery of his soldiers, and signed by the Viceroy of Canton, by the Imperial Commissioner, who is said to be the near relation of • The Committee also observed that, your Lordship -holdi ng countr i es s h ou ld repre sent and affirmed th e pr i nc i p l e, th at B r i t i sh view s an d f ee li ngs o f the s functionaries - i k n n s o l N a v v n e Go vernment and people of this country on the subject . of slavery and the slave-trade. In the discussions with the Spanish Government, relative to the removal of the late Consul in Cuba, on the ground of his anti-slavery principles, you not only intimated to the Spanish Minister, " that the doctrines and opinions said to be entertained by Mr. Turnbull are so unani mously shared by the whole British nation, from the highest to the lowest, that it would be scarcely possible for her Majesty's Government to find within the United Kingdom any person who, by his education and attainments, was fitted for the post of Consul at the Havannah, who did not entertain upon the slave-trade and upon slavery the very same opinions which are ascribed to Mr. Turnbull ;" but, referring to Mr. Turnbull's work on the Spanish colonies,:•against which the Spanish Government had. taken exception, you said So far was her Majesty's Government from thinking that those opinions do render Mr. Turnbull unfit for the situations of Consul and Superintendent of liberated Africans in Cuba, that it was precisely the book he wrote, and the well-known sincerity and earnestness of his opinions, that pointed him out to her Majesty's Government as a fit person to hold those appoint ments." But your Lordship was not content with these intimations of the motives' WhiCh influenced the Government in the appointment of that gentleman. You further stated, that "if the exequatur were to be withdrawn from Mr. Turnbull as Consul, he would nevertheless continue to hold his commission as Super intendent of liberated Africans, an office whiCh is not subject to any instrument of confirmation by the Spa nish Crown, and even if Mr. Turnbull were to be withdrawn from Cuba in both capacities, it would be the duty of her Majesty's Government to select as his successor some other person holding the * same opi nions, and animated as nearly as possible with the same zeal and activity in the" performance of his duties; so that nothing would be gained for the Cuba slave-traders by.the removal of Mr. Turnbull." Your Lordship thus identified the anti-slavery' cause with the policy of the Government, and showed to the world that a British statesman is as tenacious of the dignity and honour of his country where the general interests of humanity and freedom are concerned, as he is jealous of them in its own peculiar relations with foreign States. The Committee further perceive, that previously to quitting office you not only took a deep interest in the freedom of the emancipados in Cuba, but adopted . a plan for securing to these unhappy persons the rights secured to them by the Spanish laws, and by the slave-trade treaties under which they had been libe rated from bondage but (as is w e ll k nown) only to be enslaved to • gratify the cupidity o f thc, Spanish authorities, and to demonstrate (if additional proof • were necessary) the bad faith of the Spanish Govern ment. Recognising the right of these .deeply injured people to the .protection of the British Government, you instructed her Ma'esty's Minister at Madrid thus to address the Spanish Cabinet "You will in con clusion state, that the British Government demand as a right from , the Spanish Government, the immediate freedom of all the negroes who have been emancipated in Cuba by sentence of the Mixed Commission, since the treaty of 1817, but who appear hitherto to have been retained in practical slavery by the authorities of Cuba in direct violation of solemn engagements with the British Crown." Your Lordship added : "Her Maje Sty's Government cannot allow themselves to believe that, when the Cabinet of Madrid shall see, as- is proposed by this correspondence, that the I am afraid that it is impossible to hope that the slave-trade can be entirely, or at least permanently abolished, until the condition of slavery shall itself have ceased to exist, because so long as slavery any where prevails, there will be a great temptation held out to unprincipled men to carry on that criminal trafiic. But, nevertheless, if all the Governments of Christen dom would sincerely combine to hinder their own subjects and citizens from carrying on the slave-trade, and would also agree to an interchange of assista nc e to prevent their respective laws against • slave-trade from being violated, I verily believe, the slave-trade might be reduced to an amount infinitely small as compared with its present •extent ;. and that so long as due vigilance was executed by land, and an active police was maintained on the sea, that trade would be almost entirely suppressed. It was, therefore, an object of unceasing solici tude on the . part ;of •the . Government to which I had the honour to belong,, to multiply, as much as possi ble, treaties with foreign States, for the concession of a mutual right of search for .the suppression of the slave-trade ; and we had the great satisfaction of being able to conclude a considerable number of fresh treaties of that kind ; and to introduce into those trea ties such amended stipulations as experience had shown to be essential for the attainment of their object. It is no doubt true, as has been asserted by' some, that the very measures which have been adopted for the suppression of the slave-trade, have aggravated the sufferings of those negroes, who, in spite of all our endeavours, have been annually carried off from the coast of Africa ; because our measures have driven THE 'WAR in CHINA.—" The completest account of the Chinese war yet published has just issued from the press, from the pen of one of the gallant actors in it, and whose gallantry has met with its deserved re ward—promotion. We allude to a Narrative of the Expedition to China, by Commander F. Elliot Bing ham, late First Lieutenant of her Majesty's ship Mo deste. The narrator commences with the commence ment, and brings down his relation to the present period, interspersing his account of moving accidents by flood and field, with many interesting and many racy anecdotes of the Celestials, and which, as hap pens with most anecdotes that are facts, will often lead to inferences of no mean value."—John Bull. [The universal desire in the public mind for accurate infor mation respecting not only the proceedings of our forces in the Chinese seas, but the manners, customs, and peculiarities of the inhabitants of that hitherto almost unknown country, will be - amply gratified by the perusal c•f this interesting work, which makes us acquainted with every grade of Chinese life, from the highest Officer of the State to Lthe most abject of 'its subjects.] His Belgian Majesty's brig of war Comte de Flan dres, from Ostend, is at Ramsgate, repairing the damages she sustained in the gale of Saturday, while lying at Deal. She is to proceed on a voyage round the world. the slave-traders to resort to all those contrivances for dispatch and concealment, which necessarily belong to an illicit trade, and those contrivances inevitably increase the misery of those wretched Africans who are the victims of them. But this circumstance, so far from being a reason for relaxing our efforts, ought rather to stimulate us to increase them, because if we could-altogether prevent the trade, these sufferings would altogether cease with it. Now, there can be no doubt that the measures which Great Britain has for many years past taken for the abolition of her own slave-trade, and for the extirpation of the slave-trade of other nations, have greatly narrowed the extent to which the slave-trade would otherwise have been carried. It is possible, as some persons have thought, that the number of negroes now annually carried across the Atlantic,-may be opal to the number that were so carried at the time when Great Britain first took this great matter in hand; but to judge of the effect of our preventive efforts, we must compare the num ber of slaves now clandestinely carried over, in spite of all the vigilance and efforts of our cruizers, with the number that would be so carried if no obstruc tion were offered to the trade, and if, on the contrary, - it were a permitted trade wad free. And we must I the Emperor, and by three or four other high civil and military functionaries, was brought by a troop of mandarins, escorted by soldiers clad in uniforms of various colours. The crew of the French frigate re ceived the Chinese deputation with all the honours ; the officer in full uniform introduced them into the council-chamber, where they were received by the Captain. Our countrymen did the honours of hospi tality with a cordiality, frankness, and deference that called forth the most flattering compliments from the mandarins. Two interviews took place some days after, in a little pleasure house of the Governor ' si tuated most delightfully a few leagues inland. The Viceroy was aided by the great dignitaries of the province. There was on the part of the Chinese much of that gravity and diplomatic dissimulation in which they excel, and, on the side of, the French a curiosity,and keenness, which gave to these inter views a piquant originality. The Viceroy entertained the strangest ideas respecting our countrb, its extent, riches, armies, navy, manufactures, &c. The name of Napoleon was not unknown to him. He had also a knowledge that he was a great warrior, but he ima gined him to be a hero .of the fabulous 'ages. The Viceroy endeavoured to prove to Captain Cecille—no body can say with w h a t v i ew—that China was ex ceedingly poor; and that the English had ruined Canton and Macao. It is true that Macao has lost much since the English have established themselves at Hong-Kong, where they have con centrated all their commercial operations. Smug- glipg has never been so active, opium is sought for by the Chinese with more eagerness than ever, and English goods sell readily. Macao is almost ruined by this illicit commerce, but this town will still serve for some time as a mart for the Portuguese, Dutch, American, and French merchants, although they are aware that they cannot compete with the English of Hong-Kong. On the second interview the Chinese and French separated exceedingly well pleased to have made each other's acquaintance. Captain Cecile suc ceeded in giving the Viceroy a high opinion of France and her Sovereign, of her people and navy. The Viceroy did not yield to the pressing solicitations of the Captain to visit the Erigone. This distrust must be looked on in this people as a natural principle, for a sentence of Confucius forbids them to become fami liar with strangers." EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—The following novel case occurred on Thursday, at the sessions of Rathkeale county Limerick :—Edmond Roche and Catherine Roche were called by the Clerk of the Peace to take their trial for larceny of butter. On being arraigned, it was found that they were both dumb ; the Clerk of the Peace then (according to law) impannelled a jury to - try if they were mute by the visitation of God, or otherwise. The jury found that they were so by the visitation of God. It was then requisite to have an interpreter who could swear that he understood the signs of the mutes, and that the mutes understood him ; but the Crown not being aware of the circum stances were unprepared with an offici a l, and the trial was postponed to next session. A case such as this is not remembered to have occurred before in the county AIR.--For th e l II; twenty yeaat rs of c L o i L in e e li ri E c s k T . ma F of as transacted as there has not been so littl e business th O an ut about B,s l l t a h m is ba fa i i ) r enn on ed, T n h o ur m sd o a r y e . o ,s o oo sh e e h ep ang an e d d hands, and the sales effected were at su c h p r i ces th a t the dealers sustai ne d without even s i er balne off fo S r e t v h e e r i a r l dealers left the fi e ld sheep. There were about 5 ,000 beasts exhibited, and a great porti on o f them of very good quality, but scarcely any . buye rs could be found although the - prices asked were f ull 30 per cent. lower than last year for fresh beasts, but a greater reduction took place in lean stock. In the horse fair the same de pression existed. —Essex Herald. I Sr i ' c . • w • , 10, „ 1 , • .20t 4 • r ? 1161 • 411:4:440k , , - • 2 \ , i irez '" gt• +ON7/11L4F+4' ON - 4w/P. ,ll 7 DA • •• Tv.4. 4 Y" OIT' • ~.. - Z4ef i e , • t,. •`; THE NEW CONSTITITTIO •• ~:.)s NEWFOUNDLAND (From the „A eufoundlander, S ep t. There are alreaey several candidates seeking the suffrages of the constituenciei their chances of success may be seems to be - Eslii matical, for nothing like a general move arthe subject has yet been made. But little time, however, can elapse before the tone and dispositicn of the /electors must be elicited to a certain extent, when something like an opinion on the issue cf the returns may be better ascertained. The movements in St. John's must be regarded as important, exercising as they do an influence on the island generally, and as these have already been partially made, it becomes our duty to consider whether they are of a nature calculated to promote the public interests. A meeting wss held on Sunday last to consider the propriety of nominating three fit and proper persons to stand as candidates for this district, or in other words to consider Whether the representation shall be made a question of party, to be determined wholly by the p ower.to.make it a monopoly. Three candi dates were named, viz. :—Dr. Carson, L. O'Brien J. V. N ugent, E sqrs., and from this it will clearly be inferred that the determination was arrived at to admit of no compromise, as if the inevitable consequences of such a proceeding were a matter of no moment, as contrasted with iiarty .interest. These are times when it is necessary and impera tive that we should speak plainly, and place the cir cumstances of the country before the public under the influence and in the language of reason, for we are on the eve of events whose importance cannot be too highly estimated, " and which, if not properly dealt with, a vast 'umount of injury must be the conse quence. It therefore behoves every man who values the prosr,erity of the colony to fling aside party con siderations—and where such interests are at stake as are involved in the proceedings in whiCh we shall soon be called upon to act—to make the public good, the common weal, the sole guide for the regulation of his conduct. The struggles and contentions of party have hithe to proved a bar to every measure of improvement. So ciety has been split and severed by its blighting influ ence—and eventually has it led the way to the pre sent anomalous form of government. Bat "there is a soul of good in most things evil," would we but draw it forth ; and in the constitution which has been given to us, there are elements which seem almost to demand of us that co-operation should take the place of former disunion and strife. The people are, as it were, called upon to sustain themselves against a power ful executive control•—their proceedings will be scru tinised under the rigid surveillance of the Crown, and toward that power, be it ever so rigidly used, a jea lousy on the part of the representatives of the people will naturally be felt. Could any other circumstances be so well calculated to make the latter a compact body, or render it so essential that they should be so, and yet the opportunity of merging points of past dif ference, whickalone can lead the way to that concur rence of action, seems to be wholly neglected, though necessity, as well as so many other considerations, set so strongly in favour of such an arrangement. But if the elections in , such districts as this are to be carried coute qui, coute, the bad feelings they will engender will not be buried with the occasion, and we - have said enough to show the ultimate effects. LUDICROUS BLUNDER.—On Friday, a curious mis take occurred at the RotaOrd Quarter Sessions. One of the Magistrates, T. Mashiter, Esq., having desired a policeman tostep to Mr. Surridge, at the bank, for two " bk. draughts," the messenger, it would seem did not understand whither he was to go, for he went with the note to Mr. Sewell, the chemist, and speedily re turned to the Court with two black draughts, which ' the worthy Magistrate took (into his hand), and the mistake, as may. be imagined, caused , a shout of laughter upon the beileb.--Essez Herald. AN UNCLE STABBED BY HIS : NEPHEW.—George Copser was charged before the Rev. J. P. Newby, at the County-office, Leicester, on Saturday last, with stabbing John Kenney, - with intent to murder him. The prosecutor owns some houses at Whetstone, one of which the . prisoner had occupied for some years, without • paying any rent. After repeated applications, the prosecutor caused a warrant of dis- .ess to be issued upon the goods of the prisoner, who old the officer serving the warrant that he " would murder the old devil (meaning his uncle) the first time he met hini.". This threat being communicated to the prosecutor; he went to Blaly for the night, but returning the next morning, thinking the passion of his nephew had subsided, he went into his garden. The latter: no sooner caught sight of the - prosecutor than he rushed towards and stabbed him in . the left side with a clasp knife, inflicting a wound three inches in depth,- and an inch and a half in width, penetrating through a fustian coat, waistcoat, and belt. The pri soner had withdrawn the knife, and was in the act of repeating the blow; when his • arm was - arrested by :another person of the name of Cosper, who secured the prisoner. ,Iledicar assistance . was,' forthwith pro cured, arid ihe'attendants'said,Ahatihad. not the knife taken : an oblique direction, death must have been in stantaneous. The prisoner was fully committed to 'the assizes' on the capital charge. -SC,ARCITX OF WAmE.—From all parts ofthe coun try ii'Fliaxe accounts of the scarcity of water, and wheels depending upon water-power are every where nearly at a stand, while many works have been totally suspended. As great eagerness i 3 manifested for the return of rain,, as we are in the habit about this season of feeling for, the continuance of fair weather. A few slight showers fell on Monday and Tuesday, but a cold dry wind has since set in, which has for the present de'erred the .wished-for change. The oldest people cannot remember a season when, at this time of,the year especially, our moist climate exhibited such a protracted ofperiod dry weather. Th e Clyde is at present as low as it has ever been, a curious effect of which is produced when the tide is flowing. The ordinary current of the river presenting no per ceptible resistance to the upward flow of the tide, the stream may be daily seen at the time running through the arches of the bridge eastward, with considerably 'greater rapidity than the river usually flows west ward. The . scarcity of water in other parts of the country, and in many places in our own neighbour hood, is fortunately not experienced in the city, where it is supplied by our efficient Water Company in abundance and purity , in the worst o f times.—Scot tish Guardian. THE ANTIPATHY OF THE MONKEY.—:MOst animals entertain a morbid antipathy to the serpent species, but in no one instance is that antipathy more sen sibly manifested than among the monkey tribe, as the following narrative may tend to elucidate:— A company, consisting of about twenty monkeys (the Hoonoomunt) or black-faced monkeys of Bengal, had colonised in a lofty tamarind tree, near the little village of Rhannaserye, a short distance from the town of Dantoon. The tree was situated on the road side on the route to the temple of Juggernaut, and was resorted to during the sultry tide of noon by viatory pilgrims and others, who occasionally of _ in dulged th e i n h a bit an t s o f th e tree w ith f ra gments plantains and other fruits (for the Hindoos . uenu merate the Hoonoomun monkey among their n merour divinities.) On one occasion e M ono°. ex citement manifested itself among tn forth from mun corps. A general whooping, and screeching simultaneously b the seat of the the tree, which had become ar. .ng the spot, the chattering, utmost confusion. On our approach i ng in fated by the manual branches of the tree were agitated as if they laboured ex ercise of the black faced in fluence of a north -wester ; scene was utterly indescribable;. the whole of the under the convulsing g e the cause of this very extraor dinary short, had not t w been elicited, any cool rea soning person wo-- have been led to believe misled this sober society t d h in at ar la y ac c c o h m u m s commotion i the routine of wonted h half : • upon cobra c g a 11 Way u P the tree, we perceived a h uge pe o snake lying at full length, bad ascended thither, with • which . . a view, no their doubt, of satiating his appetite with a squirrel or with which animals the tree was furnished. casting our eyes two, The tree standing by itself, none other being in jux taposition with it, the alarmed colonists could not effect their escape by a transit, and to descend one inch nearer their scaly foe than where they would have been worse than undergoing the chance of breaking their necks by leaping , down upon the ground from their elevated situation. At length one of the troop made a tremendous spring, which ex ample was followed succe ' 1 - 13 the whole o f the ssivey y body, and the runagates scampered away into a jungle on the opposite side of the road. The snake we suc ceeded in destroying, but the horror which the sooty countenanced community felt at the serpent's en croaching upon their dormitory was so impressive that they were never again seen near the tree, although many a weary pilgrim afterwards found a grateful shelter under its umbrageous branches. IGNORANCE AND CRIME IN CHESHIRE.-011 look ing over the list of prisoners tried this week at the Knutsford Quarter Sessions, we find that out of 114, one-half can neither read nor write, 32 can read and write imperfectly, 24 can read, and only one can read and write well ! Such statistical facts as these ought t o b e perpetually held before the public mind, in order that the influential classes may be stimulated to exert themselves for the promotion of popular instruction. In the late disturbances, we have seen the effect of ignorance on a scale of fearful magnitude ; and it would be well if a timely lesson could be learned from it, by those who have it in their power to apply a remedy. The Magistrates at Knutsford were very properly engaged on Monday in discussing the best means of lessening the enormous expense of prose cutions to the county. If one-half of the large sum thus expended were to be applied for a few years . to the educati cn o f t h e neglected port i on o f th e popula tion, might it not be expected to yild good intere st iu die way of pecuniary s aving ?—ffr ace r ld Chro nicleesfe TO DAHLIA GROWERS. MR. GLENNY'S DESCRIPTION of the SEEDLING DAHLIAS of 1841 and 42; Pros. pects of attaining perfection and means of promoting it. The above Work is published in the Second Monthly Part of The GARDENER and_ PRACTICAL FLORIST, price . _ . . . Is., the Proprietors of that Work having purchased the Copy right of Mr. Glenny. In addition to which, this Pat t contains information on upwards of 60 subjects of the highest import ance, together with complete Directions for Gardening during November. London R. Groombridge, 5, Paternoster-row; and sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen, ECON O.MI C LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 34, BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIAIIS, LONDON. Established 1823. Empowered //y Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. LOWER RATES of PREMIUM than those of any other Office that entitle the Assured to participate in the Profits. The Bonus declared in 1834 amounted upon an average to £l6 per cent. on the premiums then paid ; and in 1839 a se cond Bonus was declared,amounting on the average to £3l per cent. on the premiums paid during the preceding five years. Prospectuses, and other Particulars, may be obtained at the Office between the hours of Ten and pur, or will be forwarded to persons resident in the country on application. CAMPBELL JAMES DOWNER, Secretary. NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE AsSUR. ANCE SOCIETY, FOR GRANTING LIFE ASSURANCES, DEFERRED ANNUITIES, &c. No. 26, CORNHILL. Capital £500,000. Empowered by Special Act of Parliament. DIRECTORS. T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. J. Elliotson, M. D., F. R. S. John Rawson, Esq. John Griffith Frith, Esq. John Riddle Stodart, Esq. Hunter Gordon, Esq. Clement Tabor, Esq. George Lungley, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. AUDITOILS. Professor Wheatstone, F. R. S. I Professor Graves, A.M.F.R. S, AeT UA RY—W. S. B. V/oolhouse, Esq., F. R. A. S. PHYSICIAN—J. Elliotrtm, P.R. S. SURGEON—E. S. Symes, Esq. Soucrrons—Messrs. Sweet, Sutton, Ewers, and Ommanney. BANKERS—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and C.. The most rational motives to Life Assurance are found in the plan adopted by this Society ; viz. joined to a secure provision at death for inheritors of the Assured, the Society affords succour to the Assured himself (proportioned to pre vious payments) in the event of unforeseen reverses. Annual Division of Profits. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London. DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED. This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most perfect security in an ample paid-up Capital, and in the great success which has attended it, since it. commence ment in 1534. In 1641 the Company declared an addition to the Share holders of one-half of their Stock, and also added 21. per Cent. per Annum, from the date of the policies to those par ties who had insured with Profits. The Premiums nevertheless are on the most moderate scales and only a moiety need be paid for the first five years, where the Insurance is for life. The amount of bonus added to policies since the commence ment of the Company in March 1.04, to the 31st December 1640, is as follows : Sum Assured. Time Assured. Sums added to Policy. £l,OOO 6 Years 10 Months £136 13 4 1,000 4 Years " 40 0 0 1,000 3 Years 6O 0 0 1,000 1 Year Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of No. 8, Waterloo place, Pall-mall, London. Frederick Hale Thomson, Esq., Surgeon, 48, Berners-street, attends at the Office daily, about Half -past Two o'clock. RGUS LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 1:11- 39, THROGMORTON-STREET, BANK. EiMPOWERED by SPECIAL ACT of PARLIAMENT 'A n HOMA S FARNCOMB, Esq., Alderman, Chairman. WILLIAM LEAF, Esq., Deputy Chairman. CO trauLTlNa ACTUARY—Professor Hall, of King's College. Low Rates of Premium. In addition to the subscribed Capital of £300,000, the As sured have the security of the Company's income of upwards of £50,000 per annum, yearly increasing, and an accumulating Assurance Fund invested in Government and other available securities, of considerably larger amount than the estimated liabilities of the Company. The rates of premium are reduced to the lowest scale com ps able with the security of the Assured, and the stability of the Company, thereby, in effect, giving to every Policy Holder an immediate and certain Bonus without risk, in lieu of the defers ed and frequently delusive prospect of a periodical division of Pro tits. ANNUAL TREMIUDI TO ASSURE ,ElOO. Age. I For One Year. I For Seven Years. I Term of Life. £.O 19 7 £1 0 7 £1 15 1 1 1 8 1 2 1 1 19 10 1 7 V 110 9 3 4 7 1 13 6 1 19 0 3 19 3 3 1 1 3 15 6 6 0 10 30 45 50 60 Cmunct or SCOTLAND.—The " — affairs of — tl-e Church" i ire really in a queer condition at present. The vaviof is provincial Synods, w hi c h have recently been hoadi ng their half-yearly meetings in different parts of the. kingdom, have, in every case where a ma jority orimcvnbers was on the Non-Intrusion side, by resoluti( ins 6.7 some other way, expressed their determi nation r tot to yield to the domination which the Civil Courts, as theT allege, are attempting to exercise over the Eccie siastical. At the same time, it is very apparent, from the speches delivered at these Synods, and from the tone .of the Non-Intrusion press, that the party is greatly (ILI tcouraged, and that numerous individuals among the clergy are very much afraid that the main tenance of their consistency, combined with the re tention of their livings, will not be an easy matter. On the other hand, the Moderate party seem to be in high feather, and not one whit disposed to come to terms witE their opponents. If the feelings and pur poses of tl a s party are to be inferred from the doings of its adl ,e; rents in the Synod of Aberdeen, we may expect an jit nmediate rebellion of the minority in the Assemhl• 5- o,9;ainst the majority. The Aberdeen Modest' es ha A, e not only refusQd tacitly to implement the deed of the Assembly, in reference to the clergy meno wi 10 h ad sym b o li se d w i t h t h e d e p ose d brethren of of the bb ogle, by retaining their names on the roll o Si nod, but they have declared in so many words.'thal they will not act up on that deed. No rebellio n e tuld be more fl a t, avowed, and daring. — Glasgow C hronicle. Moroz , ou rn:—`MILD GEESE.—A flock of wild geese we re Ek len at Hadnocic ilr on Monday last, flying in a sout direction. „hand unusual ( nre: 4ll \ stance at this fill at 111:onmo4 neighbourhoodpeerbi 0 2 d 1 i e o v f e tl t e o t 3 o ,ne a b wr e ea Snowd vrieesy its day ever king.-4 erefoid Times. In Assets awes for Advances of Nloney, as security for debts or as a pr o• vision for a family, when the least present outlay is desirable, the varied and comprehensive tables of the Argus Office will I oo found particularly favourable to the Assured. A Board of Directors, with the Medical Officers, attend daily. E. BATES, Resident Director. A li beral commission to Solicitors and Agents. CHURCic or SCOTLAND.—The " affairs of the 4 ".! . -