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

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. %Inning. 53 minutes after 2 I Evening l4 minutes after 3. NEW WORK B - e 4.-R RICHARD BONNYCASTLE. On Thursday nevr,,lAuguit I I, in 2 vols., amall Bvo., with Illustrati 1 EIVFOUNDLA'ND IN 1842. A SEQ UPI TO " CANADA IN 1841." By Sir 111,'ITAIIDBONNYCASTI,E, Knight. lieurn Colbw a. Publisher. 13, Great Marlborough-street. 1N1.5.0 WOl - Ck ISY 11111Z5. IIOrLAND. Just ready, in 3 vols. post svo. Tt ilt E Z. A It I N A; AN HISTORICAL :ROMANCE THE COURT of RUSSIA. By MRS. HOFLAND. ?leery Coihurn, Publisher,l3, Great Marlborough-street Ez - ,N it IVA LI, El ) DIST IBLVI lON t.-8,206 k...) MONEY DIVIDENDA mill he divided en 30th No vember next, amongst 8,200 selected Bonds of the Lean nego. Mated in the year 182(1, and guaranteed by the Government and his I'nyal IlighneF% the GRAND DUKE of BADE N. Distribution at Carlsruhe, the Metropolis of Baden, on - 30th November next. 1. Dividend 50,000 Florins 1 do. 25,000 " 1 do. 12,000 " 1 do. 10,000 " 1 do. 5,000 " 8 do. 1,000 " 10 do. 500 " 10 do. 200 ' 200 do. 111) " 100 du. 103 " 467 do. 100 " i,300 do. 04 " 50,000 Florins 25,000 " 12 000 "• 10,000 " ▪ 5,000 " 8,000 " ...y 5,000 " • • 2,000 " 22,000 " 21,000 " .1(1.700 " 656,299 " • 8,200 Money Dividurds, amounting to 892,900 Florins, cr 741,4001. Stealing Money. 84/0 selected Bonds, each of which obtains one of the above Dividends• Largut Dividand £4,166 13 4 Smallest Divicteml £ 7 16 8 12 florins equal to £1 sterling. a trifle more or less, as per the exehanxe. All the Dividends payable without any deduction whatever. 1.;;;.tfo;71;ie;;Bonds which aro still on sale, WITHOUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. Bonds are on sale now at £l2 10s. After 15th August, if not earlier; a higher rate will be established, since the stock does not suffice for the orders. Thiwe who remit £l5 before a rise in price will have been established, will receive an order for tie surplus of £2 10!., together with a warranted SELECTED Bond. To those who/.o order readies ns too late for being attended to, their rernittanoe will be returned by first post. HEINE BROTHERS. Hainburgh, f..'fith July, 1R42. THEATRE-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 8. Will be Produced a New Drama called THE BROKEN HOME --Characters by Messrs. Oxberry, Diddear, Granby, W. H. Bland, Lynne, Qreen,, Miss Tyrrell, Miss Stanley, and Miss ?aucif. To which will be added, the Farce of I)EA} AS A POST.— Tristram Sappy, Mr. barley; Sally Ma3gs, Miss Stanley. To be follo,ved by BLUE BEARD.—BIue Beard, Mr. J. Bland; Shackaback, Mr. Oxberry; Sclim, Mr. Leign Smith; Fatima, Miss Crisp. To ;conclude with LOST AND WON.—Leyton, Hr. Diddear Cottercll, r. W. H. Bland; Mistress Leyion, Miss Fauc,t. Private Baia to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box.oflica ; and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Bally, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, AUGUST 8. Will be presented an entixly New Fairy Opera, entitled LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD.—roe Overture, and the whole of the Mu. sic*, composed by Mrs. G. a'Becket, and executed by Miss Romer. Mrs Serif, Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Leiner, ac increased Band and Chorus, conducted by Mr. G. Stansbury. After which, a peculiarly eccentric New Drama, entitled THE MEMOIRS OF THE DEVIL, supported by the entire Company- To conclude with THE AIrIFUL DODGE.—Demosthenes Dodge, Mr. G. Wild. Places and Private 3oxes may be lead of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Fox Office, from Eleven till Four daily. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public, are respectfully informed that ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, AND THURSDAYS, GRAND EVENING FETES will be given, in which will be em bodied all those popular Entertainments that have given to this favou. rite place of recreation its peculiar celebrity, with additions and in troductions, which render them more generally attractive. The MENAGERIE has been enriched by many valuable and im. portant acquisitions in the classes of both Quadrupeds and Birds. Feeding TimeFiao'clock. _ . The Colossal VIEW OF ROME has been repainted, and in some instances remodelled, with a Mechanical Tableau d'actioa, rem. smiting the Procession of the Papal Troops, Guards, and Roman Nobles, to the Castle of St. Angelo. The BAND includes some of the most eminent Performers, con lucted by Mr. Godfrey, and the Programme of the PROMENADES MUSICALES selected( corn the noblest works of the great Masters. The ILLU m I NATIONof ST. PETER'S, the CROSS of FIRE; and the GIRANDOLA of ST. ANGELO. with all the gorgeous Spectacles and magnificent introductions that have called forth ac claramattons of delight and admiration on each evening of their ex. Maio., terminating with the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour, the CASC ADE if BRILLIANT FIRE, SIX I . 1( FEET in height. The Gardens are open Daily from Ten till Dusk. The Evening Fetes, with the Promenades Musicales, Illumination of St. Peter's, Girandola of St. Angelo, will be given on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Admission One Shilling. tt S.uitt LONDON: MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1842. WAR BETWEEN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. The Montrose steamer arrived at Southampton on Saturday afternoon, and brings the extraordinary intelli gence that Spain has declared war against Portugal. The Spanish troops are already assembling in large numbers on the frontier, and particularly in the vicinity of Bra ganga, at which point, we presume, hostilities will corn memo between the two countries. We borrow this announcement from the Hampshire Telegraph. We have to add, that the Hampshire Indepen • dent mentions a rumour that twelve sail of the line are or dered to be fitted out, which, taken in conjunction with the news from Lisbon, has an omnious appearance. The editor of the Telegraph seems not to be aware that the relations between Portugal and Spain have for some time caused uneasiness. It was mentioned a week ago that the Spanish Government had given official notice to the Portuguese Government that it was necessary, according to its views, to advance a military force to the frontiers of Portugal, in consequence of the disturbed state of the frontier district. At that time General RODIL'S army, 12,000 strong, was on its march in that direction, and some troops had actually arrived at Braganza. Another army, it was also announced, was on its march to the southern frontier of Portugal. It would seem as if some jealousy on the part of Spain, of the treaty lately concluded bctweea Portugal and this country, combined with the which Spain entertains towards Portugal on ac count of their commercial,• or rather smuggling rela tions, was at the bottom of this prompt proceeding on the part of ESPARTERO. From whatever cause it may arise, no man can answer fur the consequences of any war—which may now be commenced in Europe. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has very properly - refused to mako himself or the Government a party to those corrupt compromises which Mr. RoNnucies Com mitt,,e has verified. lie declined to grant Lord Cum.- request to be appointed to the Chiltern hundreds, and the Noble Lord remains a Member of the House in -,pity of himself. By these means all these compromises will be rondered of no avail, and all the parties to them -will fail in accomplishing their object. No better punish ment could probably be devised, and, the public will laugh heartily ?..t the tricksters being tricked. What willh..tcome of the promised 2,0001. to be paid by Mr. RusaELL and Lord CHELSEA, in the event of Mr. INELL3 not being elected, we know not. Possibly they anay plead that they have done, all they can to complete the other part of the bargain, and t" - :creforo they ought mot to be called on to pay the mouey. It is clear by Zurd Ch.ta.sx.t ende4youriug to fulfil his engagement•, that he preferred resigning his sett to paying his share of the 2,0004 and it will be hard on the Noble Lord to compel Mth t o " l ay Zhu money and retain the seat ragainsthis,will, Whether the unexpected refusal of the Chancello r of the , Exchequer will exonerate him from the payment or not we know not, and it seems probably that the knotty point may cause as much negotiation as did Lb..; first corrupt compromise. On July mtit we ventur:4to express an opinion that the House of Commons, would, for its own sake, throw out the Colliery Bill, as amended by the Lards, which falls so far short of what the House of Comraons supposed to he necessary for the protection of the colliery popula tion. Lord AsuLEr's unbending benevolence, has, how ever„ disappointed us. He - recommended the House of Corritrons on Saturday to adopt the Lords' amendments, and they were adopted. - Before Lord ASHLEY persuaded the lious3 of Com mons to interfere with the subject, the Legislature was mot responsible for the condition of the collier population. it was an affair betwixt the men and their employers; between the colliers and their wives; between the little trappers, and their parents who sent them into the pits. The only part of it for which the Legislature was respon sible, or which could be said to grow from its regulations, apart from all the laws which inulate property, was the practice of binding out parish apprentices under the Poor - law. For all the enormity of that, as it grew di rectly from an act of the Legislatuae, and was sanctioned by it, the Legislature was strictly responsible, and it was bound to interfere and prevent the parish officers from selling poor orphans into slavery for many years tinder its authority. For all the other evils of the colliery }.stem it was no More directly responsible than for the fact that society, consists of masters and workmen, of capitalists and labourers, of opulent idlers, and industrious poor. Fearful, indeed, w ill b e i ts re spmsibility if it assume, as Lord A.suLEy would have it, the duty of regulating each of the many occupations of society, and of preventing every evil which the imagi nation of weak and ignorant men may ascribe to it. Ho in luced the House of Commons to assume the responsi bility of regulating employment in mines, a::d henceforth (very evil which belongs , to that occupation, every acci dent in a mine, - every hardship to which the colliers are exposed, will be ktstly laid to its door. The Bill to which the Commons has now assented falls far short of lie Bill which the Commons thought necessary. nd by 4ssenting to it, that house must answer for the much lihich is omitted, as well as the little which is done. sAccording to Lord ASHLEY'S own statement, he has acrificed the children in order to save the women. He admits, therefore, tha t he is henceforth the guilty sacrificer 9f the poor trappers—that HE offers up their infant happi ness on the altar of MoLocu. But if any persons de- Serve the care of the Legislature, it is children. Grown Women can, in general, take care of themselves. They have a voice in such matters, and they know how to Make it reach the Legislature. In fact, they have peti tioned, and have generally prayed to be let alone, though Lord ASHLEY and his friends, out of love to them, have disregarded their prayers. With most impertinent self conceit, these philanthropists pretend to know better what is good for the women than they know themselves ; and, in spite of their prayers, the Legislature has for biddm them, after a certain time, to be employed in coal pits. But to carry this crotchet of Lord Asu- LEY'S into effect, he has sacrificed the poor helpless, voiceless children. 'That is a specimen of the monstrous absurdity of pseudo-philanthropic legislation. The awful folly of it is equally conspicious. By so interfering it makes itself answerable for every evil, real or imagi nary, which afflicts mankind, and heaps on itself a load of responsibility which, in tae end, must sink any and every Legislature which assumes it. . ~ ... ~. , 1-.,0„, ~ 4,, •,. , .. v , • ....„..., . • . . , t .. _ ..,,,,,;,- „, vdisß. .I „,: s. , , ...,,,, - 0 4.11.-,i._ . _ . 1 ., ~... ~? )_ .0,,,... ~,,,, . • •.. w •• .., 1 - . . . • .-) ...,c, . :+„ . Appi p o ttitalsori. ,' . _ . Mir ... •t, .. .e.f,!41.,, , ;... , .: ~,, , ?reN ,'", .7 .- , , '.a. •• • .... Cs v '' LIGHT FOR ALL NATIONS. We are much gratified to learn, by the following communications, that there is no truth in the report of the Caisson having burst since its successful de posit on the Goodwin Sands. We have witnessed it ourselves a day or two ago, and its position seems ad mirably adapted for the humane purpose in contem plation. We are induced to believe, from several opinions expressed by promiscuous individuals, that the success hitherto of Mr. Bush's laudable and very patriotic endeavours in his perilous adventure, has sti mulated the envy of those who were busy in prognos ticating his failure. Let Mr. Bush, however, persevere, regardless of such people, and his suocess will redound more to his credit, for " Envy will follow merit as its shade, But, like the shadow, prove the substance true." There was nothing ever great or novel yet achieve L:, that did not excite the spleen of those who had not genius enough to conceive its possibility, or genero sity to applaud the undertaking, and honour its accomplishment. The following are the letters to the Editor of The Sun. 57, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Aug. 5, 1842. Sir,—l herewith beg to forward the inclosed letter, just received from Deal. It will convey authentic in formation of the state of the Caisson, up to such date ; and the favour of your insertion will tend materially to remove the erroneous impression created in the mind of the public, by the unfounded statement which appeared in the early part of the week. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN D. PAINE. Caisson, Goodwin Sands, August 4, 1842. Dear Sir,—Referring to the statement made by me, in contradicti'.n of the report of the bursting of the Cais son, I beg to inform you that the works in connexion with the adaptation of the machine for obtaining a foun dation for the new lighthouse, are in rapid progress, in cluding the air-pumps, guages, valves, and apparatus. The Caisson has already advanced some considerable distance through the sand, and there is every reason to conjecture, from the appearance of the water and other indications, that it is already approaching a chalky stra tum, as was this day observed by Lieut. Batt, R.N. Mr. Bush intends to proceed with the excavation of the sand within the Caisson the moment the Government steam vessel arrives, and she is hourly expected ; reports of the progress of such works shall b e f orwar d e d to you in due course. One or two of the outer plates were cracked during the gale of last Friday, the repairs of which we are proceeding with, though such has by no means de layed our operations. I am happy to add that the air chamber and columnal cylinder remain as perfect and immovable as they were before the Caisson was launched from the Deal beach.—l remain, dear Sir, yours truly, For WILLIAM BUSH, C.E., GEO. QUIDDINGTON. Mr. John D. Paine, architect, Lincoln's Inn-fields. We quote the following from 'the Kent Herald, which partly refers to the passage of the Caisson from Deal, and the subsequent report DEAL.—In spite of adverse predictions, and many ominous shakes of the head, the Caisson last week reached the sand, settling in safety on the interior part of it, facing the town, commonly known by the name of the " Inward Salt Bank." The occurrence took place so unex pectedly that there were no snore than tho ordi nary number of persons on the beach to witness ' the sight. No doubt the suddenness of the exit was a source of disappoiutment to many who had calcu lated on the extraordinary novelty of the spectacle. The arrangements as to the towing and steering were con ducted with much skill and precaution, by the Monkey steamer, and the "Lady Flora," commanded by Lieut. Batt. The passage out occupied about two hours and a halt. It is also, perhaps, worth mentioning, that the spot where the Caisoon is placed has seldom less than six feet of water, even at low spring tides. Everything now seemed to promise a favourable re sult, and cordial greetings and congratulations were mu tually exchanged, when Friday last brought a sad reverse; -a strong north-west wind sprung up, causing a heavy sea on the sand,the force of which the Caisson, notwithstanding its massive ribs, was unable to resist. The whole of the plates forming a segment of a circle which had been added to the upper tier since its arrival, were suddenly wrenched from it, damaging by extensive fractures those immediately beneath. Mr. Bush is still, we hear, confident of success, which nothing but the sudden advent of bad weather has for the present defeated. LITERATURE. ENVIRONS OF LONDON. Part IV. Blackwood, London, 1842. _ _ We find in this Number minute and copious details respecting Bushey Park—so many years the resi dence of William the Fourth, when Duke of Cla rence ; Wimbledon and its breezy common ; Hamp ton, where Garrick's villa stood, and to which such frequent pleasant references are made in that most social and entertaining of all biographies, Boswell's " Life of Johnson ;" St. Anne's Hill, the favourite residence of Fox in his declining years ; Chertsey, once famous for its Abbey, and for a long time the scene of the poet Cowley s retirement from active life ; Claremont, where the late Princess Charlotte's happiest years were spent, and where she died ; and Shepperton—a town or village dear to all lovers of gudgeon and barbel-fishing. The accompanying il lustrations are numerous, and, for the most part, of superior merit. The sketches of Wimbledon Com mon, and of a river scene, near Thames Ditton, are very sylvan and picturesque. SELF-CONTROL. Bruce, London. 1842. This is a republication in one volume—price only one shilling and fourpence !—of the late Mrs. Brun ton's novel of "Self-Control," which, on its first ap pearance, about fourteen or fifteen years ago, attained a more than .Ordinary share o: popularity. he work is neatly printed, in double columns, and forms the Fifty-sixth Part of a little weekly miscellany, entitled " The Novel Newspaper." KNIGHT'S PICTORIAL ..SHAKSPEARR. Part XLVI. Knight, London, 1841. The present Part forms the Second Number or the Life of Shakspeare, which is written by the Editor in his most animated and graphic manner -- a ejear proof that it is a " labour of love" with hint. Thb incidental allusions to Kenilworth. Cattle, and Sir ,Walter Scotts visit to it, art 4 full of interest. TilE FINE CLOTH TILAIIIa Or. 1::1A1—it known that a. very materiel ettnfite tile s'eartN' dt ein ployment in the atablt. blab tie hits istrie, (luring the last bite t `Of. four years, is to be limnd in the citallp of the fashion—in the taste, which has prevailed so generally . for the tike litnkfvest woollens of all descrtpttel#. tIW ilflliilt oP lahotir required, through the tvittthl 1 4 fti'T'ss of manufacture, to finish a pines of cloth, being about four or five tinit:S grealvr than is bestowed on the co.ersr: gttatitir fi.t pilots, beavers, tweeds, &c., it is Iva atitrisin% that in this branch of our national iniNsif* We hate riencod an additional Stare - 4 of tlitibitingstnent and dis tress. From. this o,kllte It has been observed that many of the otablfahments in Leeds, where fine goods are made, have suffered most severely, and we ate ektretitelY sorry to say that there is no present hope of a speed,f change in their favour. We utulastand th one Of the most extensive of these houses hare dismissed nour forty hands, chiefly- heads of families, on Saturd4 week, and about eight or ten Utelta Aid iiliiloat the same number, while throngb blAt altilif&P and during the winter up to the pt etent time they have worked but half time, bUtely much of the distress and privation felt in this branch of trade might be relieved d 'dig gentry and tho affluent portion kridtty dtieiti'din,o the unsightly coarse garments they have been hi the habit of wearing, and adoptin the far more gent el, we believe, returning fashion for tine Ctoths% NEW ZRA1,17.0") CWIZEitt.--A 'slipper cooked in the manner peculiar to the aborigines of New Zealand was dressed at the Star Hotel on Tuesday night last, by Mr. Wood, who had long been a resident of that island. A hole was dug in the ground, in which somq stones previously heated by a wood fire, were placed. The dishes to be cooked, consisting of two legs of mutton, two hams, • a piece of beef, two couple of rabbits, four couple of fowls, two apple and two plum' Puddings, with a plentiful supply of potatoes, turnips, carrots, and cab bage, were then placed .thereon; the whole was then• closely covered over with thistles and a mound of earth. After remaining thus enclosed for nearly three hours the earth was removed and the various articles dished up for supper, of which a select party partook, who expressed themselves highly gratified at the fine flavour and juicy richness of the respective dishes, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDALY EVENING, AUGUST 8, IM2, COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Hereditary Prince and Princess of t•i axe Coburg Gotha, and part of the Royal suite attended Divine Ser vice in the Chapel at Cumberland Lodge. The Rev. H. J. Cooper officiated. . . In the afternoon her Majesty and her Illustrious Con sort, and the Hereditary Prince and Princess of Saxe Coburg Gotha, and the whole of the. suite, promenaded fur some time on the East Terrace of the Castle, amid the delighted company. We have authority to contradict the report of the em barkation of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent for the Continent on Tuesday next. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and suite arrived at the terminus of the London and Birmingham Railway, in Euston-square, soon after ten o'clock on Saturday morn ing, in two carriages and four, from Bushy House, Bushy-park. Her Majesty, attended by the Countesi of Sheffield, Lady in \V lifting, Lady Mary Fielding, and the Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse, left town by a special train, at half-past ten o'clock, for Gopsall Hall, Leicestershire, to honour the Earl Howe with a visit. Several of the Cabinet Ministers went on Saturday afternoon to Blackwell, and partook of a white bait dinner. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Lori High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and also from the Governor of Malta. Yesterday morning the Queen and Prince Albert walked to Adelaide Lodge, and returned through the Little Park to the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Mr. and Lady Mary Stanley, and the Hon. Miss Stanley, and Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. George Edward Anson, joined the RVal circle at dinner yesterday evening. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE to the DUKE of WELLINGTON. The Anti-Corn-law Deputies now in London, for the purpose of procuring the total and immediate repeal of the Corn and Provision-laws, have, in compliance with the suggestion of your Grace, prepared a brief statement of their case, which they beg to submit to your Grace's attentive perusal. The Corn-law is framed to keep up the price of corn ac a higher rate in this country than the natural price. The only way in which this can be effected is by making corn scarcer here than abroad. The Corn-law, therefore, to effect its object, must make food scarce and dear. The middle and upper classes of society being able to consume the same quantity of bread under any circum stances, the effects of scarcity and high price fall upon the working classes and the poor. Upwards of twenty millions of our population consist of working men and their families ; they consume, probably, three-fourths of all ths food produced in this country, so that it is out of their wages that the increased price of food is princi pally- paid. The House of Commons has repeatedly declared by its votes, and the reports of its Committees, that it is not in the power of Parliament to regulate the. wages of labour, yet a law is maintained for securing an artificial price for food out of the earnings of the working classes. Your Grace is aware that the Corn-law is defended On the ground that wages rise and fall with the price of food. The erroneousness of this statement is shown by the facts—That the rate of wages rose during the cheaper years 1835 and 1836, and has continued to full rapidly during the last three - years of dear food ; wages in Ireland are 6d. a-day, with whet at 60s. a quarter ; and wages are 4s. a-day in America, with wheat at 40s. a quarter. The Corn-law is said to benefit especially the agricul tural labourers; but their wages are in ordinary times lower than those in the trading and manufacturing dis tricts, as a proof of which we call the attention of your Grace to the fact that there has been a constant migra tion of labourers from the rural to the manufacturing counties. It is said that the repeal of the Corn-law would throw lands out of cultivation. The Deputies are of opinion that it would not have such an effect, and they appeal to the superior practical judgments of Lord Spencer, the late Lord Leicester, Earl Dude, and other high autho rsties, in support of their view. It is contended that the British agriculturist is not able to compete with the foreigner. The British manu facturer is obliged to compete with foreigners at their own doors abroad, and why should not the agriculturist be able to meet their foreign rivals in this market ? The costs 'of freight and other charges for bringing wheat from the place of growth in Poland or America, to England, is upwards of 15g. a quarter. This expense is a natural protection for our agriculturists, which no thing can deprive them of. If our poorer soils produce about three quarters of wheat per acre, here is a protec tion against the foreigner of 2L ss. an acre. This na tural protection, even under a perfectly free corn trade, would place the English manufacturer under a most se rious disadvantage. It is asserted that the manufacturers are protected. The protection is nominal, and not real. The manu facturers have repeatedly petitioned that all protection duties, so called, imposed professedly for their benefit, should be abolished along with the Corn-law. Some persons seem to believe that the Corn-law keeps up prices generally. This is a grievous error. The Corn-law does not keep up the rate of wages ; it keeps up the price of nothing but food ; it depresses the value of everything besides. Manufactured golds are cheaper in England than in any other country, The Corn-law has been defended on the ground that the land of this country bears exclusive burdens—such as tithe, land-tax, church-rates, poor-rates, highway-rates, and county rates. The tithe never did belong to the land owner, and therefore ho cannot be justly said to pay that which has always been the property of the Church. The land-tax which was settled in 1692, and has not been in creased to the present day, notwithstanding that the value of land has increased probably sevenfold, bears a smaller proportion to the whole amount of taxes in this country than in any of the continental states. The trading and manufacturing population pay their own church-rates; the cities and towns maintain their own streets and highways; boroughs corporate support their own police and maintain their prisons; towns not incor porated contribute equally with the agriculturists to the county rate. It is, therefore, demonstrable that the towns pay their full share of local rates. But it will be found that the landed interest are exempted from many of the general taxes paid by the rest of the community, of which we need only enumerate probate and legacy duties. It is contended that the repeal of the Corn-law would injure the home trade. It is impossible to separate the home from the foreign trade. A great part of the home trade is carried on in the large manufacturing and trading towns. Manchester is a larger consumer of its own cotton manufactures than the whole county of Bucks. You cannot increase the home trade without increasing your foreign trade, or extend your foreign trade without extending your home trade. They are one and the same thing. It is alleged by our opponents that the object of the Anti-Corn-law League is to obtain cheap food, for the purpose of being able to reduce wages. We have fre quently declared that we desire not a reduction of wages, which reduction is rapidly going on at the pre sent time, but the maintenance of wages • not to be able to compete with foreigners—that we already do ; our object is to exchange our productions for the corn and provisions of other countries, and thereby to extend trade, augment the supply of food, and increase the demand lin' labour, We ate told that, if the Corn-laws were repealed, it would be impossible to pay the interest of the national debt. The bulk of th state taxes, fur meeting the in terest of the national debt, and the othfr expenses of the Government, art paid by e,teiso • and etigtOin ditties upon tea, coffee, sugar, tobacco, soap, malt, and other articles of general 'consumption, The tax upon corn yields nu regular revenue to the state. If the trade in corn were free, by which food would be obtained at a more moderate and steady price, the people would have more money to spend upon tea, sttgar, Ski, and thtts the feOtille *Otlld be. benefited. In 1835, when corn was 31s. 4d. per quarter, there it it an overflowing Flxeheltier; During; the last three years, whilst wheat overflowing been tiotattla of 0.15.; and population g:tatuf by nearly three millions, there his heels g deli cient revenue. It will be found, as a general rule, that • whenever food has been abundant, and consequently cheap-, flit retentie has flourished, and vice versa. The Corn-law •s defended on the grutind that it would be. clatift folli tti epelid Upon foreigners for it supply of food: In 181 d; Witch wo were engaged in war with al most every turdpeati Hotter) vte itiipottect i 1 1491,000 quar tefs df Wheat, hourly ilia tt rhillidtt t,t whitili *ere ob tained From Prance alone. In the ten years of war, from 1805 tolBlsi during part of which period we were engaged liOstilitiO wltjt, the whole world, we imported up bf lied nillllofli tif Iltlifiefs, No country could pieient the trarispertatiOn of tan to ti4,Plaild ; ttnltsg , s by exiddrtittioii iliokether flit when one a ship lidsOtli tlBfl' eves fOf rt Coasting Vcriatre, It is beyond the control of its GoveriiiiMli," aide shay tconiey its cargo to any destination. Wi would especially call your Grace's attention to the tplesttoli) riq lu how the increasing numbers in this coutitty are l 0 be el/Wiled ithtl subsisted, unless a free scope be ;!51i;eft tN tiff foOltill fertile? Thu tigfittultural po pttlatioti continues tO ineredseihtit the land clogs tint offer ati =teasing field fOr tl eiremployment.They have hitherto Madti flisdffeiJ In ale if Mittel be stopped the land must support the people in hlitmess: landowners must either allow the increasing poptilatict to become their customers in the manufacturing and • traditto tewtts SUbthit to maintain them as paupers in the trieki tlOi• t‘r . e would also direct the attention of ritr Grace to the increase of local rates during the scarcity and high price of food, particularly of the poor-rates. The dis doittoit Cf the petipte Ita4 also led to an augmentation of the ta=stily tttit trfi tilt! feet tfltdr, The.Gorn law was enacted amidst tumult and bloodshed, dud similar scenes have attended the frequent recurrence of scarcity antler thc,Operation of the law. We littfe egad the question thus far as one of policy and ekpedlettey 1 we finally, slid above all, refer our ease tti the s(aticlard of eternal justice, and we appeal triirii the deeisioti rarliatrietttary majorities, Govern ilients, and Ministries, to tile tied of duistiV.P.l Signed, on behalf of the Confcrendo A. TAYLOR, Chairman. .THE BELFAST WRlT.—This writ was issued on Monday, as we expected. It will probably arrive in Belfast to,dayor to-morrow. With respect to . candi dates, we have nothing to add to what we stated on Tuesday. Mr. Ross and Mr. Emerson Tennent are the only candidates actually before the electors. The for mer gentleman arrived -in town yesterday evening.--- Northern:Whig (Tlitiriday). Captain Lewi jof the Peninsular Mail steam-packet Montrose, and Lieut. Fraser, Admiralty agent, arrived by special train from Southampton, at ten rninuies past two, P.M., with important despatches from Lisbon to the . oreiga-c ffioe.. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE, We had pleasure, at the \V hitsun holidays, in referring to the performances at this theatre, which we think we then stated, having secured the sevvics of the late Mr. Ducrow's stud and company, had in addition to the above title, taken into itself the new and more high-sounding appellation of " New Royal A mphitheatre of Arts." At the time to which we refer, Mr. R. Honner was the lessee and manager of the house. •On the lamented death of Mr. Davidge, however, Mr. Honner became acting manager of the Surrey, and having despatched his talented little wife to Liverpool, Mr. T. Greenwood has, as we understand, become sole lessee and manager of the Wells. The performances during the . last week have commenced with an historical, equestrian, romance, founded, on the Crimean war of indepmdence ' entitled The Conqueror's Steed Karabagh, or the Prophet of the Caucasus. This piece is little Mon: than one of those gorgeous spectacles which we have been accustomed so often to witness at Astley's in its palmiest days. There is scarcely any plot in the piece, nor should we deem it neces nary to describe it if there were, as we learn that it is to be withdrawn to-day to make roam for Laliu Rookh. The whole of the new scenery in the piece is exceedingly good, the properties and decorations are superb, the costumes are in good taste, and the situations are effective. Several dames and gymnastic feats are introduced which gave considerable satisfaction, and a Russian ballet was very nicely gone through by Master Maskell, Miss Parting ton, Miss Sruyalies, and Mademoiselle Susanne. A pretty little -song, entitled " The nice little man," was very pleasingly sung by Mrs. R. Barnett. The spectacle was succeeded by " A grand selection from Ducrow's popu lar scenes of the circle." These were of the usual cha ratter, and gave the greatest satisfaction to a crowded and respectable audience. Master Andrew Ducrow, is certes, a most astonishing youth. His feats on the horse, in our opinion, equalled, if not excelled, those of any of his compeers, not even excepting Signor Hillier himself. The Flemish youth, surnamed" the Sprite of Antwerp," performed some most fearful and astonishing feats on the cot-de volunte. The performances concluded with the drama of The Rock of Arpennaz, in which Messrs. Lyon, C. J. Smith, Dry, J. Herbert, Richardson, Miss Richardson, and Mrs. R. Barnett were remarkably good in their re respective roles. We are glad to observe that Mrs. R. Barnett has much better parts assigned to her now than when Mrs. Honner was at the theatre. Mrs. Barnett is a lady of a pleasing manner .and considerable talent. In conclusion, we must observe that we could not but miss with regret the absence of Mr. Henry Marston, and Mr. and Mrs. }loaner. Mr. Lyon, who, we suppose, is meant to supply the place of Henry Marston, though a fine dashing man, by no means possesses the sterling qualities for an actor which rendered Mr. Marston so great a favourite with the frequenters of this house; neither do. we observe any one to supply the place of Mr. and Mrs. Honner. The whole female strength consists, indeed, of Miss Richard son and Mrs. Barnett. On the whole, we may safely say, notwithstanding, that this theatre continues to main tain the prominent position which it has long held amongst the minor theatres of the metropolis. BURNS'S SISTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,--I have read in your paper of the 25th instant, a letter, written generally in good feeling, but erroneous in some particulars, respecting the subscription for Burns's sister. As the individual solely concerned in originating that subscription, and all along conducting it, and as beinggenerally conversant with the family circumstances concerned in the case, I can assure you with the greatest confidence that the three sons of B urns are not fairly liable to the least shade of censure. Delicacy towards these gentlemen forbids me to enter into particulars; but I trust that the public will receive my humble testimony on the subject in the way in which I am obliged to give it, and as all that is strictly necessary on the present occasion. I am happy to take this opportunity of stating that I consider the future comfort of Mrs. Begg as now amply secured.—l remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, ROBERT CHAMBERS. St. Andrew's, Fifeshire. WANT of RESPECT for the DEAD. TO THE EDI 7 OR OF THE SUN. - _ beg to call your attention, and that of your readers, to the following brief statement of the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Onslow, of St. Mary, Newington Butts, that being the only remedy afforded for my outraged feelings as a son, and the only means that I am aware of by which the Rev. Gentleman may be deterred front treating others in the like manner. On the 3d inst. I left my home (Watford, Herts) for the purpose of attending the funeral of my mother at Newington. After the service had been read in the church, we were informed that the grave was too small, and the above-named Rev. Gentleman said that the body should remain in the church until the next morning, under lock and key, and he gave strict injunctions to the sexton accordingly. Relying upon the Rev. Gentleman's solemn engage ment, I and the other relatives Of the deceased returned home, and appointed to attend the completion of the ce remony the next day. On our arrival at Newington accordingly we found, to our horror and astonishment, that the coffin had been ignominouSly jammed into the grave the evening before, about seven o'clock, and left exposed during the night. it was intended that the coffin should lie upon that of my late father ; bu.; so hastily and uncouthly was it consigned to the earth, that it lies jammed in about three feet above the other. The ceremony was completed, but whether the corpse remained in the coffin it is impossible for us to say ; but under the circumstances we are naturally suspicious. and our feelings are harrowed up by. doubts and tears that it may have been taken away in the night, as the coffin was quite bare and exposed. On our remonstrating with the Rev. Gentleman for his violation of his engagement, he observed, that if we felt aggrieved we might make a complaint to the Bishop; but I informed him at once of the course I intended to pursue, and that I should prefer making the public ac quainted with the facts through the medium of the pui;..m press, so that, if possible, such scenes might be prevented in future.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS YOUNG. High-street, Watford, Herts, Aug. 5, 1842. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Observing in your paper of this evening, under the head of Concussion Shells," an account of expe riments at Woolwich . with shells on this principle by Sergeant-Major Moore of - the Royal Artillery, I beg to state that, having read the report with great attention, I have no doubt the invention alluded to is identical with my concussion shell, with which I made expe riments on the warren at, Woolwich in October last, in presence of Lieutenant-Colonel Belson (then Saretary to the Select Committee), and other Artillery offiW:st and more recently on the sands near Deal, in presence of Admiral Sir George Cockburn, and Major Hardinge, Commander of the Artillery.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN NORTON, Late Captain of the 34th Regiment. Junior United Service Club, August 6, 1842. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HARWICH RACES-WEDNESDAY. ' The TradesMeWs Cup of 60 Boys., added to a Handicap of 15 cots, each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second saves his stake. Thrice round. (12 Subs., Bof whom declared.) Mr. Hornby's Champagne, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b (Thompson) 1 Mr, Lees' nd Lady Mary , yrs, 7st 61b Mr, Smith's The Maid, 5 yrs, 7st 31b . Won by two lengths. The Hunter's Stakes of 7 soya. each, 5 ft, with 20 added; 3 yrs, 9st 51b ; 4 yrs, lOst 71b; 5 yrs, 1 Ist 51b ; 6 yrs and aged, 12st ; winners extra. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Simpson's Aggravator, aged (Owner) 1 1 Mr, Hindle's Blucher, aged 'the Widonghby Stakes of 5 says. each, with 20 added. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Alker's Tariff, 3 yrs, Est 101 b ( Blackburn) 1 1 Mr. Temple's Fanny, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b Mr. Spink's Margaret, 3 yrs, list 101 b Won in a canter. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA—DONCASTER, 1841 Acceptances for the Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 soy,. each, 15 ft, and only sft if declared, &c. Leger Course. Chat** the Twelfth. 6 yrs, 9st 121b—Hyllus. 6 yrs, 9st 91b —S!elght-thrland, 6 yrs, 9st 71b—Little Wonder, 5 yrs, 9st—Dr. Caitia, 13 yrs, Bst . slb—Middleham, 4 yrs, Bst 41b —Heslington, 4 yrs, Bst 31i—Galaer, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Ilion, 5 yrs, Bst —Retriever, 6 yrs, 7st 91b—Mts38tilten, 4 yrs, 7st 81b —Ararat, 6 yrs, 7st 71h—Prince Caradne, 4 yea, Ist 71b—Ermen gardis, 4 yrs, 7st 71b— krnagill, 4 yrs, ist 71b—Ernest the First, 0 yes, 7st 71b—Humphrey, aged, 7st 61b—Pagan 4 yrs 7st 41b— CAM Arnold, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Disclosure, 4 yrs, 7st—Our )ta i let=7 hirsk, 4 yrs, 7st—Tubalcan, 6 yrs, 7st 61b—Espe ren2a, 4 yrs, est 121b—Sybarite, 4 yrs, 6st !ft—Master Thomas, 3 yrs, Olt iflfb—belle Dame, 3 yr,t, 6st 10Ib—Wiver ton, 5 yrs, 6,t 71b—Jacit, a yrs, Est 61b—Seahors.e, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Scalteen, 3 yrs, Ost 41b--William le Gros, 3 yrr, 6st 61b—Paragon, 3 yrs, 6st 31b —Moss Trouper, 3 yrs, 63t Woldsman, 3yrs, 6A--Devil-among-the-Tallors, 37r., 1.21 b —Htuther to Gsrland, 3 yrs, sst 121b —Whistle Hinkle, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Metrosid filly, 3yrs, hst Gib —Happy- go-lucky, 3 yrs, /Ist Confocror, 3 yrs, bat 31b, Cl i e g v i e e l :s a g d e d ff , a B n s d t— i rsk , 4 yrs, Act4tenees fur the salsenpiao,n, 4 yrs, 7st 41h— Galaor, 4 yrs, ii3t of th e Whistle, 4 yrs, Bst 41b Compensation, aged, 85E--ite t: 6st 9113—William 7 13 3 e 1 i 1 9 i 11 1 91b— h a O u r La N s 5 e , 11 4 , y 3 r y , r 7 s s , t _ 7st 1,1 7 0 1 1 0 a - , t ; is Oros, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Frea, 3 yrs, 6st—fictailarr colt, 3 yrs, sst b Oib LISTS OF VOTERS.—In consequence of the 31g of Daly falling on Sunday this year, the lists of voters wean exhibited tqi the church and chapel doors yesterday, and on Sundal next, and may be seen at the house of an overseer during the first fortnight in August. Those persons who desire to moire their votes should not fail to see if their names are inserted ; and also that names have not beet : improperly put on. It 11 better that claims, in cases of oinisslu7i and objection, ,where there is sufficient ground should be frtade by a registration society, where there is one. the f9llowing are the grounds of objection .—Peers ; aliens, intdsv twenty-one years of age ; idiot or lunatic ; officers in the Nxcise, Customs, Stamps, Vogt-of/lee, assessed ta xes (if appointed by As sessed-tax Commissioners) ; no w p olice ; conviction of bribery, or anyother crime ; par per; dead; premises not of sufficient value, not a house, Warehouse, counting house, shop, or other building ; chambers, if a street dour 'lodger, where the premises are not included in the above description ; landlords who did not occupy a suf ficient part ; servant!. as secretary, anager, or othe m wine, not being owner or tenant; not oc cupied twelve months ending the. 31st of July, or le the premises during any part of the year ; bankrupt or insolvent I not or claimed to be rated ; noor-rate not paid ; window tax not paid ; 'non-residence within seven miles from the 31st of January to the 31st of July ; partners, where premises do not give 10/. a-year to each partner ;or not in partnership for a year ending the 31st of July, or want of 41iialification in other respects as above. Notice of objection or of claim must be served on the overseers. • A. young lady being at enefessinn one day,,after she had answered a great many questions, the ConfessoFile= mantled her name, " Why father," t qal l ied the lady, my name is not a sin, is it ?" " • " • 'v d.', 11 t oct, licift , i !vial/ oi- NEWS AND Vitbitc Opinion. " IVho runs nuiy read." FOREIGN. The election of the PreSident of the French Chamber of Deputies has terminated in favour of Ministers. The total number of Deputies is 459. Owing to double elec tions, and other causes, not more than 445 were capable of voting. The result of the second ballot was, that— M. Sauzet had 227 votes ; M. Dufaure 184. M. Sauzet was accordingly declared to be duly elected as President. The election for Vice-President took place on Satur day, as follows :—Number of voters 390 ; absolute ma jority 196. M. Salvandy had 223 votes ; M. Bignun 208 ; General Jacqueminot 205. These three, all Con servatives, were elected. M. Belleyme, another Conser vitive had 162 votes ; De Tracy, Vivier, Ganneron, in fact all the candidates of Opposition had about 160 voters. On Thursday the mortal remains of the Duke or Orleans were committed to the sepulchral vault of family at Dreux. This vault was built by the Duchess Dowager of Orleans, daughter and heiress of the Duke of Penthievre, in an old chateau of her ancestors Counts of Dreux. It is covered by a chapel, of which the spires alone rise above the grove arcond it. The Paris papers of Saturday state that a new loan of 30,000,000 of francs is about to be I;, , ised in Belgium, for the purpose of completing its several Rios of railroads. The Montrose Mediterranean steamer arrived at Southampton on Saturday, and brings the extiVordinni7 intelligence that Spain has declared war agah.' s Por tugal. The Spanish troops are already . a,ssemblifig in large numbers on the frontier, and particularly in the vicinity. of Braganza, at which point, it is said, hostilitit's will commence between the two countries. _ _ Theßarcelona journals of the 31st ult. had been re ceived at Paris. They state that a sanguinary quarrel had taken place at Mataro between a Spanish patrol and some British seamen who landed in that port. One of the sailors received a bayonet wound, and the others were obliged to take refuge on board their ship. PUIILIC OPINION. The Morning Chronicle alludes to the forthcoming in ention of the Earl of Fortescue to call the notice of the House to the late trials for Ribbonism at the late Armagh assizes thus :—" Well might Lord Eliot condemn the proceedings disclosed in evidence on trials at Armagh. We have no`recollection of anything equally revolting having ever transpired in a Court of Justice. By their own account, Hagan and Cox exerted all their powers of seduction to induce men to become Ribbonmen, and they wire commissioned by the Magistracy to enter on this nefarious trade. Strangely constituted must that man's mind be who can think of justifying the course pursued on this occasion. It is in utter perversion of the Magis terial functions to commission men to provoke to the commission of crime. To hold out inducemeikts to the guilty to betray each other, and to employ men to worm themselves into the confidence of men who entertain designs against the well-being of society are quite distinct from the practices disclosed at Armagh. Who shall say what effect the proclamations issued by the approvers, and the speeches made by them, may have had in seducing innocent men from the path of duty I Magistrates are appointed to discover and repress crime, but not to create it." The Post proposes and answers the following . ques tion :—" What has been done for Conservatism ui the Parliamentary session which is now virtually at an end We own that we cannot suggest a satisfactory answer to this question. We fear that there is no rational Eneish politician who feels himself at this moment standing upon firmer ground than he stood upon this time twelvemontlw. We fear that there is now even less certainty in the minds of men than there then was,.as to the permanence of existing interests and orders of society. We fear that there is more apprehension of continued struggle and strife, leading to some undefined new state of affairs, than there was a year ago. We cheerfully grant to the present servants of the Crown the merit of one good Conservative deed, namely, that of putting the sources of revenue upon an equality with the sources of expen diture. The neglect of this was one of the most mon strous of the Whig faults. But even in the mode of doing this we recognise rather the boldness of a man who had the courage to carry out Whig principles, which the Whigs themselves had not, than the advancement of Conservatism. In allusion to the recent Nottingham election, the Herald remarks :—" The return of Mr. Walter, at this juncture, demonstrates that Sir John Hobhouse does not represent the political opinions of the majority of the Nottingham electors, but that he sits in Parliament as Member for that borough by grace of the money spent and the debts contracted at the last general election by the agents of himself and Sir G. Larpent. Not all the ingenuity of his friend Mr. Wakefield can extricate him from this dilemma. But this display of Conservative strength at Nottingham is useful, principally for the use to which it can be applied, whensoever Sir John Hob house presents himself for re-election there. The 1,799 electors who have returned Mr. Walter to Parliament can defeat Sir John Hobhouse; and though the return of the former be the legitimate object of Conservative triumph, the defeat of the latter would be one of the greatest elec tioneering exploits that the Nottingham Conservatives could achieve; let them then, in this their hour of suc cess, commence to prepare for the great victory which is hereafter to be gained. The Times, in commenting upon the result of the election at Nottingham, says :—" The supporters of Mr. Sturge may be much belied by public rumour ; but cer tainly the world does not scruple to charge them with a recourse to bribery as gross as the violence they com mitted. The world does not scruple to assert, wherever it got its information, that a sum of something like four thousand pounds has been expended in the old con trivances of bribery, cooping, and intimidation ; and the world does not scruple to connect these practices with the great patrons of Mr. Sturge—the Anti-Corn-law League. The hired mobs, which were collected in the surrounding villages, marched into the town, and employed through the night in patrolling the streets, to the intimidation of all well-disposed persons ; the funds subscribed by rich and ambitious agitators, or extracted in copper by itine rant lecturers from audiences just sufficiently educated to be seditious—all these means and appliances have formed the strength of that pacific Radical whose defeat we are called upon to commemorate. Mr. Walter and his friends, with a scrupulous abstinence from anything that even Mr. Patrick Maxwell Stewart could torture into illegality, with no other aid than the known character of the candidate, and the good wishes of all honest men, have succeeded in signally defeating these unscrupulous efforts." '::..cottblZtfition SUN OFFICE Three o'clock. Extracts from New York Papers, received to the 19th, will be found in another part of The Sun. We deeply regret to have to state, that no real progress has been yet made in the settlement of the Boundary question. In fact, we are assured by a private letter, from a well-informed correspondent, that there is not the least likelihood of the success of Lord Asia- BURTON ' S mission. There is some prospect of a war between Mexico and the United States, the Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs having addressed two imperative and insolent notes to the United States' Ambassador, calling upon his Government to repress the move ments of the sympathisers in favour of Texas, and threatening to regard non-compliance as a declaration of war. DANIEL WEBSTER, on the 15th ult., for warded the following answer to the Mexican Go vernment : On the receipt of this, you will write a note to Mr. de Bocanegra, in which you will say :—That the Se cretary of State of the United States, on the 9th of July, received his letter of the 31st of May ; that the President of the United States considers the language and tone of that letter derogatory to the cha racter of the United States, and highly offensive, a.; it imputes to their Government • a direct breach of faith ; and that he directs that no other an• swer be given to it than the declaration that the conduct of the Government of the United States in regard to the war between Mexico and Texas, having been always Hitherto governed by a strict and impartial regard to its neutral obligations, will not be changed or altered in any. respect or in any degree. If for this the Government of Mexico shall see fit to change the relations at present existing between the two- countries, the responsibility , remains with herself. • Every arrival from Greece brings us accounts of the deplorable condition to which King OTHO'S mis government is reducing that fine country. One writer states positively that the Greeks are, physically speak ing, more miserable at this moment than they were while prostrate beneath the despotic hoof of Turkey. We question whether the narratives of any of the many English travellers who wandered over Greece previous to the revolution presents a more striking pic ture of general misery and universal misgovernment than the following extract of a letter from Athens, dated the 21st ult., to which we invite the attention of the Government and people of this country : The most horrible tyranny is exercised in all the pro vinces to get in the arrears of past years, and the ill placed indulgence allowed to the state debtors, for politi cal purposes, is now found to be an evil and a serious one, for they are no longer able to pay as they would have been, had the amounts been claimed at the proper time, when the country was in a much more favourable condition than it is at present. Now, small debtors of 10 and 20 francs have one or two soldiers sent to live at free quarters, and to eat up all their substance, Others, who have paid and hold the receipts of the fiscal agents, are dragged to prison, to compel them to repayment, be. cause the agent has not made entry in his books. The oppression is so great in the mode of levying the tithe or land-tax, that the extent of corn crops is less than it used to be ; and I have the assurance of intelligent travellers through the provinces of Messenia, Elis, and Tryphilia that the peasant, by the abuse of power of the tithe-collector and the commercial authorities, is plundered of one third his produce, instead of paying one-tenth as the Jae requires. I can answer for the truth of this assertion, from personal observation. The shepherds, too, are the objects of special persecution. The pasturage tax, which in Capo d'lstria's time was 10 lepta a head, is now 36 lepta ; to this must be added 7 lepta communal tax, 4 lepta duty on wool, together 46 lepta, besides duty on his cheese and butter ; altogether the poor shepherd pays annually 1 drachma, or near 9d. sterling per sheep, and very often, when payment is enforced, his flock is sold, and barely fetches that amount a head. The discontent arising from these oppres sions is great, and the destitution of a great part of the peasantry is such that we may anticipate troubles ere long ; for men must have bread. M. Monastiriottis, the Governor of Sparta, reported to his superior, the Home Minister, that thousands of families in Sparta were starving for bread, and that unless a quantity of food were provided, they would arm, and provide themselves with the means of subsist ence in the neighbouring provinces. For three months a deaf ear was turned to these representations ; and it was only when the threats were about to be carried into effect that a miserable supply of bad wheat and maize was doled out. The Government neglect everything. In Mainor and at Calamata misery has caused numbers to be attacked with leprosy, and the disease is conia gious in the highest degree ; yet the Government allow the poor wretches to wander about, and provide no hos pital or lazaretto for them. At Chiarenza the brave Suliots and Chimariots, after great difficulty, offered an asylum by the Greek Government ; and some 150 of the families of these warriors went there, and, after infinite delays, at last the Government built them huts, and en gaged them lands and the means of subsistence. I myself saw these huts the other day falling into ruin, only three being occupied ; and, on inquiring what had be come of the families, I was told they had nearly all died of starvation, and the remainder had fled. At Catochi, near Missolonghi, some hundreds of individuals, belong ing- to the families of the deserters, are held in banish men t prom their homes, without shelter, without food, and scores' of miles from any one who feels an interest in them, to coOPel the deserters to return. Can any thing be so iniqn,:tous as this system ? The share whici: England has had in placing OTno on the Throne pf Greece will surely justify any interference on the part of Lord ABERDEEN, which may have the effect of re:ieving Greece from this system of tyranny. We cannot ,say that remon strances have not already been addressed, on the part of the Noble Foreign Secretary, to the Gfeek Go vernment; but if not, we entreat Sir ROBERT PEEL to lose no time in recommending it. Among the British residents in Athens a general belief prevails that King OTno is encouraged in the fatal policy which he is pursuing by France. Tilis appears to us very improbable. We cannot discover any benefit that France could derive from a civil war in Greece—and a civil war will undoubt edly result from a perseverance in the present policy of the Greek Government. Were Russia to support the mal-administration of King OTrto, her motives would be intelligible enough ; but what in the world can France gain by plunging Greece into all the hor-' rors of civil war ? The Hon. Member for Greenock has refused to act as an Income-tax Commissioner. True to the declaration which he made in the House of Commons, when this unjust, inquisitorial, and tyrannical mea sure was before it, he will in no way assist in inflicting it upon his countrymen. We trust he will have many imitators. No one opposed to the tax can be blamed, even by the Government, for refusing to have any thing to do with its collection. The following is the letter in which Mr. WALLACE communicates to the Clerk of Supply for the county of Renfrew his refusal to act as an Income-tax Inquisitor under the auspices of a Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer : __. Kelly, July 26, 1842. DEAR Sir.,--I have received your letter of the 20th, informing me of my being chosen a Commissioner to carry into effect the Act commonly called the Property tax Act ; but the proper name of which is, the Income tax Act. As I consider the tax as an unconstitutional, tyrannical, and unjust one, I will take no part whatever in its administration. Were Itodo so I should consider myself as no less degraded than I upon the law it self which inflicts it as disgraceful in a country of free men. You will, therefore, have the goodness to intimate my determination to those it concerns in the Upper and Under Ward of the county, by laying this letter before them. I remain your obedient servant. ROBERT WALLACE. To Wm. Barr, Esq., Clerk of Supply, Paisley. • There is very little news of interest in the French Journals received this morning. What items are worthy of notice will lie found in our Foreign Sum- mars. BOURSE--PARIS, SATC , RDAY, AUG. 6. First HigheSt Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 118 70... 118 75... 118 50... 118 50 4 per Cents 101 75... 101 75... 101 75... 101 75 3 per Cents 78 25... 78 25... 78 78 Bank of France 3215 ...3215 ...3215 .. 3215 Lallitte Bank I,ooof 1027 50 ..1027 50...1025 —.1025 5,000 f 5040 —.5040 —.5040 —.5040 Belgian Bank . Belgian Fives lO2l ... 1021 ... 102 k 102 1840 IO3A ... 103 k ... 103 ... 103 A Spanish Active 224 ... 22A ... 22A ... 22A Neapolitan lO5 65... 105 65.... 105 65... 105 65 Ronian 1031 ... 1031 RAILWAY SHARES St. Germain B2o' 825 820 ... 825 Versailles, R.B ...... 292 50... 292 50... 292 50... 292 50 L.B 95 ... 95 ... 95 ... 95 Rouen Orleans. 555 ... 555 ... 555 ... 555 Strasburg to Bale 202 50... 203 75... 202 50... 203 75 PATRONAGE.—A striking illustration of the ab surdity of this part of the law-church system is to be found in the case of Roman Catholic patrons. The late Duke of Norfolk, for instance, a thorough Catholic, had twenty-four livings. It is true they can only be con ferred upon clergymen of the Established Church, but what an opportunity does it give to such patrons to in troduce—especially now—persons favourable to a union with Rome. The Puseyites seem especially adapted to serve the purposes of such patrons.--Leicestershire Memory. MONET-TRADE-COMMERCE. There a visible improvement in the trade of Barnsley, Bradford, Huddersfield, and Manchester dur in the past week; but at Holmfirth, Leeds, and Roch dale much dullness still prevails. At the meeting of the Hibernian Mining Company, held in Austin-friars, on Friday, it was stated by the Re port that the sales during the last half-year exceeded by 2,370 tons the sales of the preceding half-year. The Pt •ofit on 8,059 tons, sold during the past year, has am omtcd to 1,0851. LAW AND POLICE, The inq,uest upon the body of the late Mr. Augustil:e Byrne, so 101 l pending at Rath:nines, has at length ter minated. The • Jury returned a verdict finding " that the said Mr. Augmline Byrne met with his (bath under very mysterious circuostances. and that the strongest possible suspicions attach to Mrs. Ellen Byrne, wife of 'said Augustine Byrne, of odd bouse, of being accessory thereto." Mrs. Byrne has been committed, and heavy bail will be required of her. • The several witnesses were bond over to prosecute. The case of the Rev. Stephen Aldhouse, charged with bigamy, and remanded from last Wednesday at the Wandsworth police-office, was again brought before the Court on Saturday, and after the deposition of his second wife had been taken, he was remanded till Tuesday week. Walter Wheelaghan, who was reported to have been respited, was executed on Friday, in front of the county gaol at Tullamore, for the murder of his wife. Margaret M`Garth and Sarah llodgkinson, for forging the will of one Robert Wilson, a sailor ; Ann Bevan and Catherine Williams, for forging the will of one John Keney ; and Thomas Burns, for forging the will of George Dunn, It'seaman, as also being the instigator in the other cases, were tried and found guilty at the Liver pool AsSizeS on Friday. They were all sentenced to be imprisoned for six months, with the exception of Burns, who, was transported for fifteen years. rxNz Al VS. The statue to the late Bishop of Lichfield, at Shrews bury, unfinished by Sir Francis Chantrey, has been as signed to Mr. Bailey for completion. LITERAInt AND scmlsrTzrzc. A new system of throwing pontoons over rivers has been invented by an Austrian, who a few days since, before the King of Wurtsmberg. threw a bridge, 250 feet in length over the Necker in 35 minutes, over which artillery, cavalry, and SVinOßTlfantry, NGpassed swiftly and safely. The annual sports at Killarney commence to-morrow. The amusements continue for six days, four of which will be devoted to races, and the two last to stag-hunts on the lower and upper lakes. • c CtUAT-77-11.11SIIIONAIILE. The Duke de Guicht will shortly take his departure for Paris. . The Duke and Duchess of Bedford leave town to-day, for Woburn Abbey. The Duke of Wellington had a select dinner party on Saturday, at Apsley /louse. The 'Marquis of Headfort has left St. James's-palace for Ireland. The Marquis of Salisbury reached town on Saturday, from the Contin"nt. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn return to Dudley House, Park-lane, to-day. The Earl and Countess of Verulam returned to town on Saturday, from Buckhurst Park. The Countess of Jersey left Berkeley-square this morning for Burleigh House, near Stamford. Viscount and Viscountess Folkestone leave Brighton to-morrow, for Combe Abbey. MISCELLANEOUS. _ _ _ On Saturday the annual old tish dinner of the Ministry took place'at the Crown and Sceptre, Greenwich. The Duke of Wellington and the Lord Chancellor were not well enough to join the party. The sale of wines at Shugborough Hall concluded on Friday, of which Lord Scarborough, Sir T. C. Shepherd, Sir George Chetwynd. Colonel Grove (of Shenstonc), and Messrs. Bowley, Taylor, Hartshorn, Hodges, &C., were among the principal purchasers. At the furniture sale, which commenced on Saturday, the chief buyers were Lord Waterpark, Sir Joshua Walmsley, Sir C. Wolsely, and Mr. Wyatt, with country gentlemen, and others. During the short time that the exhibition of the Bristol Mechanics' Institution, at the Horticultural Rooms, has been open to the public, it has been visited by upwards of 20,000 persona—Somerset County Gazette. ~..f AMERICAN NEW 4. 1 .EXPRESS FROM LIVERPOOL. LIVERPOOL, Sux.DAy. We have had another arrival froth America to-day.; -'4 l The New York packet-ship, North America, reached ,t i our port this morning, after.A O having been at anchor a. ' short distance below the rock during the night. She ;r 1 has brcniglA - files of papers from the above-mentioned city to the 19th ultimo. On Friday last, abdut . 5 , o'clock r.m.„she passed the Britannia mail-steamer, it for Halifax avd Boston, eight miles north of Water- - ford. Nothing whatever had been allowed to tranLpirc regarding the negotiations on the Boundary que_tion, or other subject; of dispute between this country and. America, nor do the New York journals offer their usual number of surmises, being nearly filled with a lengthy correspondence between their Government _ _ . and: that of Mexico. The h tter have demanded, in a very imperious tone, that the United States shall order her citizens to refrain from furnishing Texas with ammunition or men, and has also intimated that they should also abstain from trading with that country. In reply to those modest requests, the American Secretary of State writes, that Texas, having been recognised as an independent State, no, impediments will be thrown in the way of her trade ; and he states, in conclusion, " that the Government of the United States, in regard to the Isar between lexica and Texas, having been always, hitherto go* Tned by a strict and impartial regard to its neutral o u'igations, will not be changed or altered in any re - ' ok , ct or degree." l'h i ‘ Tariff Bill, embracing the distribution clause,' ''' has p , Ast .;ed the. House of Representatives by a small 1 majorh I'T of four only. 4 Two rare banks in New Orleans, the Mechanics and Traft '', and the Union have discontinued pay .1 to .1,6. ment. ffs ..„,, --, President -Houston, of Texas, in a message, ,pub:•it il lished lately, adverts to the reduced state of thal. proposes a sale of the public lands as a'i Treasury, and the Government's expenses. • ~.0 means of meetin, g: M'Leod was c Tempelled to seek safety in flight froni -41 , ted him in the streets of Buffalo.' a mob, who had In It Business at Ne,;s - York was quiet. Flour met a dull sale at late rates,. and Cotton was not in much de-- mand. Only a modes, ate business had been done in bills for the packet. ' . ,,r _he rate of exchange on Eng land was 106 to 107; .on France, Of. 42c. to Of. 45c- WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON. SATURI ti. tir EVENING, JULY 16.—PAS• SAGE OF THE TARIFF BlA'a ..—The Tariff Bill, with the distribution feature, passed .the House about six o'clock this afternoon, by a vote (N e 116 to 112-8 Democrats and 5 Whigs absent. Had & t ie Members all been pre sent, the vote would have stood- —Ayes, 121 ; Noes, 120; one vacancy. The expectation h', that the Bill will pass the Senate with the distribution fts lture, by one majority. An effort will be made to substitl . te the projet of Mr- Simmons for the House Bill, and it will probably be suc cessful. The expectation is that the debate will not be protracted beyond the coming week in ,the Senate. ._ ELECTION IN • LOUISIANA.- — Morton, the democra tic candidate, has been elected Governor. ,S.ince the time of Jackson the State has been Whig. ' HEALTH OF NEW ORLEANS. —There N 'lmre seventy deaths in the week ending the 7th inst—one o.f . ePaangd i° cholera. LATEST FROM TEXAS. The New York arrived at New Orleans on the Bth. instant, from Galveston. In our files we have Houston papers of the 14th of July. Agreeably to the proclamation of President HoustOny • Congress has convened at Houston. On the 29th at the Preeident delivered his message to that body.. It is a plain document, written with perspicuity, and is-princ e ' pally confined to a statement of the embarrassed state of the [rational treasury. The President is for disp n of the public Lands as the most prompt way of meetL9g the financial exig . ency. After briefly reviewing the incur sions of the Mexicans and his own course relative to the preparations for an offensive war, he submits the whole matter to the discretion of Congress, recommending especially to their favourable notice the national nervy Nothing of importance had been done by Congress UP to the 4th. A correspondent of the Galveston Civilian, vvrilin ne g , from Corpus Christi, under date of the 22 d o f ja says : There was an arrival a few days ago from Berco' of three Americans and a Mexican. By these wennar..." learn that it is Arista's intention to make his ters at Mier with 3,000 men ; also, that the nem"' ate men at Matamoras does not exceed 1,000. 'These s. ments I believe to be nearly correct. The trader( re cently detained by the volunteers, and liberated by order of the President) left apparently satisfied, with about two-thirds of their property. They have appointad Mr. Aubry agent to receive any more that may be four d. I understand that two of the captors are fitted out with two horses, saddles, &c., and gone east. , This property will of course be given up when called for;, but should it not, it is the determination of those who wish justice done, to make an expose. • The camp will move to• morrow for the Neuces. All seem in high spirits, and although one hears occasionally some grumbling, you may rely upon it that when called upon to fight, the n.ten will not he found wanting. We learn by this arrival that the men are and hav e been well supplied with beef, coffee, and sugar, and are doing very well, and were well I.atisfied. Several small parties] of Indians have recently com mitted depredations on the northern frontier. In the conflicts that ensued between them and the citizens, lives have been lost on both ,sides. Col. Patton was Lately murdereel near his plantation in the vicinity of Be.xes- It is supposed that the murderers were some of the ills' affected Mexicans. The sou of Mr. Antonio Navarre was recently very dangerously wounded near Seguin bY the Indians. Heavy rains have fallen in the vicinity of Victoria, and the planters are preparing to plant core again for a summer crop. The Hon. W. H. Landrum, while returning from race track about one mile west of San Augustine, was shot bY some person concealed in a thicket near the road and very severely wounded. A French vessel arrived at Matagorda a fewdays since► with about twenty emigrants. In several of the Eastern countries the drought he s been as severe as at the west. In San Augustine county the crops are almost completely destroyed. Castro, the Lipan Chief, and his party have VI Houston for the west. The whole tribe of Lipans tale . the Toukewas have been ordered to move to the vicinity of Corpus Christi, to accompany the army on its mar ch to the Rio Grande. Five companies of volunteers left Galveston for Corpus Christi on the 23d ult. One of these companies was frog St. Louis, under the command of Captain Stevens ; on ° from Natches, under Captain Hickey ; one from Tuseir it osa under Captain Synnnes; one from Huntsville, unde r Ge t •stsin Clements ; and one from Perry county. T L inity Church; erected by the Episcopalians of Gs!' veston, was opened for Divine service on Sunday, the 26th ult„. the Rev. Benjamin Eaton administering. FROM MEXICO. The news from:Mexico, via Havannah, is of the use° degrading chat meter- In Zacatecas, coverty and distress had arrived at suc h a point that the latOuring classes were daily abandoning,__ their usual occupatiot , s, and taking to begging or N , Ling, as the occasion oh,'''rett In the northern province! two Texian spies, had been captured and put to death ott' hand. The people of Vera Crzz hal,e petitioned Santa Aei l ° to have Vera Cruz declared a fre, l port. A rich gold mine has been discov...red in the San redr: chain of mountains, in the departnee.et of San Luis potesi. One piece weighed, it is said, e;Jlitpoundf.. General Arista had written to the Gore. - nor of the de: partment, from Monterrey, requesting that 2,500 faneklll: of corn, and 308 horses, might be sent to Mataifeinit the ,use of the troops assembled there. t There have been some disturbances in roe depatel -e . tII of Mexico, but the papers give out that they had bt' el. suppressed. The cotton manufactures of Mexico were far fr' being in a flourishing condition. counteredin Georgia has been published in the pape r ' Don Fern,..ndo Revel's statement o f th e p e rils he Cl)' of the city of Mexico, whose editors declare that as the. affrontswere intended for a Mexican, the Government o f the latter should d e mand prompt and explicit satisfactioe • The Mexican editors also complain about the litt le sPI curity enjoyed by travellers on the great roads leading ') the city of Mexico. - It appears that a General h as toe stopped and plundered, while on his way from l'eubla to Perote.----New Orleans Advertiser. WARLIKE RUMOUR FROM MEXICO. The New Orleans Courier of the 6th instant containe . the following item "We are told that a letter from the city of MexicOt received here this morning via Havannah, mentions the% fears were entertained in Mexico that the American Mi nister would withdraw, in which case President Santa, Anna intended to declare war immediately against the United States." FROM HAVAN.NAIL commercial men in H av annah, and among. the planters Great complaints are he ard of bard times among the pecuniary distress is represented as great, and almost universal. heavy storms visit ed the island of Cuba about the middle of June, wh ich continued three or four days, which are reported to have seriously injured the tobacco and other crops, besides occasioning the loss of several lives. Subscriptions were being made among the leading peo ple, in aid of the sufferers by the fire at Harnburgh. The total value of coffee exported from the island of Cuba during the year 1841, was $1,426,02 4 ; and of sugar, :11,613,798 ; and time value of all the products exported that year was 522,28 0 ,753. This was an in t crease of nearly a million over the export of 1940. A lifq The Spanish Government collected in duties and taxes in the island in 1841, $11,917,299. Gen. Don Martin Martinez de Navarette , Governor of the castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, died at Vera Cruz on the 3d of June. • COMMERCIAL NEWS. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, Juls 18. The great feature of the Stock Market is still the Harlem Stock, which fell 41- per cent. to-day, in conse. quence of the continued sales of certain parties, and t h e rumour that "--the great operator" was 1 . 11 the asyluult • Tli g Fr o ~ h Is t 13 41 i - 1 CI 01 Qi Ti T 1 Li