The Sun. — London, England, 1833-09-18 00:00:00

- served for Went), yearly hittough they have tiOt purchased their commissions. These officers would probably be bereft of an means of subsistence upon their retirement from the service, rendered necessary by their advanced age or their loss of health. They would endeavour to remain in (and could not be removed from their situations in the service) rather than expose themselves to want. The permission to sell their commissions to younger, more active, healthy, and energetic and better qualified men, relieve the service from a burden, at the same time that it throws none upon the state in the shape of remu neration, reward, or provision for men worn out by the length and arduous nature of the services required from all British officers. It is the prt;motion by purchase which brings into the service men of fortune and education—men who have some connexion with the interests and fortunes of the country besides the commission which they hold from his Majesty. It is this circumstance which exempts the British army from the character of being a mercenary army, and has rendered its employment for nearly a century and a half not only not inconsistent with the constitutional privileges of the country, but safe and beneficial. On the other band, an examination of the detailed ope ration of the system of promotion by purchase, or the re muneration intended to be given by the public to the officers of 9 the army for their service, will show that those who purchase their commissions, which are certainly three-fourths of the whole number, receive but little for their service besides the honour of serving the King. The following is a statement of the annual pay t of the officers and cavalry and infantry of the British army. The second column states the regulated price of the commission of each rank. The third, the interest upon that sum, calculated at four per cent. The fourth column shows the net annual reward of service of each rank, after deducting the interest of the purchase money. 2't ETE.2=a ;• a - • D k,? 9 ,. • 3 7 7;• C .75. 0 g t ;. ' z gF"G ^2F,;" z ii 2 gg r;e R R 2 = s • Sg PL 2 . 3 m.. . 5 - Fri • • • • tJ ;-1 2 .g §§ggV '' gg§g§ O c a , 7t 7 co o • % a 00000c,==c,<DP talYhl L7-7 ' . 'l 2 - sb3rAl GOOOOrn 53 g COO.. :50000 cmcooF- T A EtEZV'' n o . - 2.2:1,1 . v8 T 4 6 ' =o .p. ow OOOO O ©© • ield officers and captains (lieu• t Guards receive certain allow• Besides these sums, the tenant-colonels) of the Fool ances from the stock purse. It must be observed, that the loss in column 3 is no. the only one to which the officer who has purchased is, or his friends are, liable. He is besides liable to the loss of the whole purchase money for his commission, if he should be promoted to be colonel of a regiment, to receive 1/. ss. per diem as a major-general under the regulatio❑ of 1818 ; or if an officer of the Foot Guards, he should be promoted to be a major-general, be removed from his regiment, and receive the allowance under the warrant applicable to that branch of the service ; or his friends will lose the pur chase.money if the cfficer should die or be killed in his Majesty's service. Let us now see in what manner this system of promo tion by purchase affects the situation of the general officers in his Majesty's service. Of these there are 456, besides the generals of the marine forces and of the corps of artillery and engineers, in which the system of promotion by purchase does not exist. Of these 456 general offieers,there are 138 who are colonels of regiments, to whose situation I will advert presently ; 120 receive 11. 51. per diem, or 4561. ss. per annum. The others, 198 in number, receive either the allowance under the warrant applicable to the Foot Guards, or their pay or half-pay as lieutenant-colonels of cavalry or infantry, or as holding any other regimental commission when pro moted by brevet to be major-generals. I will suppose them all to be lieutenant-colonels of cavalry or infantry. Those who receive 4561. 55., if they served in the ca valry, paid for their commissions 6,175/. ; of which sum the interest, at 4 per cent., is 2171. They, therefore, now receivea net 2091. ss. for their service. If they served in the infantry of the line, they paid for their commissions 4,500/., of which sum the iuterest, at 4 per cent., is 180/. They receive as a reward for their service 276/. per annum. The general officers who were regimental lieutenant colonels of the regiments of Foot Guards receive, under the warrant as general officers, 6001. per annum. They paid for their commissions 9,0001., which sum, at 4 per cent. interest, would produce 3601 ; consequently these officers receive 240/. per annum for their services. Those who were regimental majors of the Foot Guards paid for their commissions 8,3001. ; of which the interest at 4 per cent. is 332/. They receive under the warrant 650/. ; consequently the net reward of their service is 218/. per annum. Those who were captains and lieutenant colonels of the Foot Guards receive 400/. per annum as general officers. They paid for their commissions as captains (lieutenant colonels) in the Guards 4,8001, of which sum the interest at 4 per cent. is 1921. ; consequently they receive 2081. per annum as the reward of their services. Those general officers who were lieutenant-colonels of cavalry, and paid for their commissions 6,1751., of which sum the interest at 4 per cent. amounts to 247/., receive 1721. 12s. per annum as the reward of their services. Those who were lieutenant-colonels of regiments of in fantry, and who paid 4,5001. for their commissions ; of which sum the interest at 4 per cent, is 1801., receive as the reward of their service 1301. Ss. I believe that according to the regulations and practice of the service, those general officers who receive only the pay of lieutenant-colonels of cavalry or infantry might be Permitted to sell their commissions, and to retire alto gether from the service, and be succeeded by officers unat tached, notwithstanding that this arrangement would burden the public with the payment of an annuity to a young man instead of to an old one. But those 120 general of f icers who receive 4561. se, per annum, and who have paid 6,175/. for their commissions in the cavalry, or 4,5001. for their commissions in the infantry, and the regimental lieutenant-colonels of the Foot Guards, who receive 6001. per annum, and have paid 9,000/. for their commissions, and the regimental majors of the Foot Guards, who have paid 8,3001. for their coin. missions, and receive 500/. per annum, and the regimental captains and lieutenant-colonels of the Guards who have paid 4,800/. for their commissions, and receive 4001. per annum, cannot retire from the service by sale of their commissions. They receive from the public an annuity for which they have sacrificed a capital larger than any that could be re quired from them, either by the public or any annuity office, fur the same annuity. I now come to the 138 general officers who are colonels of regiments of cavalry or of infantry. These are the favoured of the service. The colonels of regiments of cavalry receive about 1,4001. per annum, including their pay, 4991. 45., as colonels; the overplus being the profits of the contract for clothing and equipping their several regiments. Those who are colonels of regiments of infantry receive above 1,1001. per annum, including their pay, as colonels, 4101. 12s. 6,1. per annum ; the overplus being the pro fits on the contract for clothing and equipping the regi ments of which they are severally colonels. But let it be considered how these officers stand. They have purchased their commissions, those of the cavalry for 6,1751., those of the infantry for 4,5001., those of the Foot Guards for still larger sums. Being colonels of regiments, they cannot be allowed to sell out ; their money is sunk in the service, and lost to them and their families for ever. An officer can scarcely attain the rank of lieutenant_ colonel under from 12 to 20 years service ; and he then pays 6,175/. or 4,5001 for his commission. He will serve from 14 to 20 years more before he sh a ll be promoted to be col onel of a regiment, and to receive this advantage of 1,4001. or 1,1004 per annum. Putting out of the question the advanceswthiiicihhbeeswhailli have made for his commissions in the service 1 t In making out this statement, the allowances for paying a company, repair of arms, mess allowance (50 guineas a year), to the actual commanding officer of the regiment, are not in cluded. They do no more than provide for the charges; and do not belong, some of them, to the officer not present with the regiment, hada attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel, it is surely reasonable to consider of his pecuniary sacrifices from the moment at which he shall have attained that rank by purchase, till he is appointed colonel of a regiment. I will suppose the length of the period to be 20 years, the price paid for the lieutenant-eoloneley to be 6,1751., and the interest of money to be, as it was heretofore, 5 per cent. Supposing this lieutenant-colonel to live upon his pay, as be must have done, the purchase money would have doubled in 14 years, and it would be nearly half more at the end of 20 years. Thus, then, this officer is rewarded at the termination of from 30 to 35 years' service with the command of a regiment of cavalry, which gives him a life annuity of 1,4001. per annum, for which he has made the sacrifice of 15,0001. A colonel of infantry of the line having purchased his lieutenant-colonelcy for 4,5001., having lived upon his pay, will, upon similar calculations, have sacrificed 12,5001. ; and the appointment of colonel of a regiment of infantry will give him an annuity for his life of 1,1001. per annum. It may be said that officers are promoted to be colonels of regiments in a shorter period of time than 20 years. Some may be ; others are a longer period. 20 years from the date of the commission of lieutenant-colonel is about the average. But there is another view of the subject which ought to be taken into consideration : the case of officers who pay more than the regulated price for their commissions of lieutenant.colonel, of whom there have been hundreds of , instances. The writer of this paper knows of one who paid 6,000 guineas for his lieutenant-colonelcy of a regiment of infantry. He received the Order of the Bath (which is now the Grand Cross) before be was promoted to be colonel of a regiment of infantry of the line, at the end of twelve years after his promotion to be a lieutenant colonel. During that time he served upon his pay. He surely is entitled to carry to the account of the sacrifices which he made in order to render his service the accumulation on the purchase money of his commission of lieutenant-colonel, at least, till he was promoted to be colonel of a regiment. If he had been promoted to be lieutenant-colonel without purchase, as he might have been, in his Majesty's army, or as he would have been in any other service, or as he would have been in the corresponding rank of the navy, and bad equally lived upon the pay of his rank, he would have had in his pocket the purchase money of his lieutenant colonelcy, and the accumulation of interest upon that sum, at the moment he was promoted to be colonel of a regiment. But supposing the reward of this officer's service to be 1,1001. per annum, it is obvious that he had paid 6,000 guineas twelve years before ; and even if nothing else is taken into consideration, it will be admitted that the reward, even in this most favoured case, was not extra vagant, considering what is given in other services in the British navy, and the rewards for exertions and service in other professions. It may be supposed that the profits of the colonels of regiments of cavalry and infantry have been under-stated. No such intention exists. The folly of any misrepre sentation upon such a subject is obvious. It is much more probable that the profit will be over stated by those who think the army overpaid for their services ; at least till the time shall come when it may be thought expedient to alter the mode of paying the colonels of regiments, and of supplying the army with its clothing and equipments as a measure of economy. I will not now advert to this scheme further, than to request those who consider of it to advert to the increase of the expense of the two regiments of Life Guards, since they have been clothed and equipped under the super intendence of the War Office, instead of by contract with the colonels of those regiments. Having now discussed the constitution of the British army, the nature of the promotion of its officers, and their ordinary pay and rewards, it is desirable to advert to what their service really is. From the moment at which the officer enters his Ma jesty's service, till he attains the rank of general officer, he must be prepared to serve in all climates, in all seasons, in all situations, and under every possible difficulty and disadvantage. There is no peace or repose for him, excepting that some powerful party in the State should think that his services can be dispensed with, in which case be will be put upon half pay. While thus serving, he must perform all the dnties required from him. He must be in turns gaoler, police officer, magistrate, judge, and jury. Whether in peace or in war, in the transport in charge of convicts, or acting as a magistrate, or sitting in judgment, or as a juryman, or engaged in the more immediate and more active duties of his profession in the field, either against the internal rebel or the foreign enemy, he must never make a mistake; he must never cease to be the officer and the gentleman—cheerful, obe dient, subordinate to his superiors, yet maintaining disci pline, and securing the affection and attachment of his in'eriors, and of the soldiers placed under his command, upon his scanty pay and allowances; so small in some in• stances (that of the Lieutenants and Ensigns of the three regiments of Foot Guards as one), as not to be sufficient to pay for his lodgings. This officer has but little hope of promotion, unless he can purchase it : nor of rest, nor relief from his exertions if he should obtain it, as long as he has health and strength to serve. When he attains the rank of a general officer, he must be qualified to fill the post of a governor of a province. He must manage a legislature; he must perform the most dif ficult and arduous functions of government which can be intrusted to any subject, if he means to be a candidate for the situation of colonel of a regiment. If stationed in the neighbouring part of the United Kingdom (and even in England), the general officer must take upon himself, and must be qualified by education, prudence, and other qualities, to perform the duty of the lord-lieutenant of a county, of several counties, to corre spond with the magistrates, to superintend and direct their exertions. Surely men with such qualities, and so employed, cannot be allowed to believe that the legislature is un mindful of their services, and that their Sovereign is at this moment to be deprived of the means of rewarding those services, which his Majesty and his predecessors have so long enjoyed.. There is nothing so easy as to give any institution an unpopular name, and then to run it down and abolish it. Accordingly the military governments are called sinecures. The fact is, that there are many of them essentially ne cessary to the service ; and that if these situations were abolished to-morrow, and the obnoxious individuals who now enjoy the advantage of the income allotted to these situations were deprived of that income, it would be found necessary to appoint others to perform the same duties, probably at an increased expense. It is positively the fact that these governments, whe ther necessary or not for the performance of the military service of the country, are held by those officers of the ser vice who have most distinguished themselves in the late wars, as the reward of their services. This is the case, it is believed, without exception. There are •. about 30 of these governments, and the general commanding the forces has determined that till there shall be another occasion for calling upon the service of the army in the field against the enemy, be will not recommend that a general officer, who is colonel of a regiment, should be appointed to a government. It may be contended, and it is true, that the officers of the army have shared in booty and prizes, and that there have been other rewards for distinguished services, besides the commissions of colonels of regiments and the conferring of governments. The distribution of booty or prize bas not extended to many; it is not so common in the army as it is in the navy ; and in most instances has done no more than afford the means of purchasing promotion. During the late war many officers of the army, as well as of the navy, having performed distinguished services, and having bern raised by the King to the dignity of a peerage, his Majesty was enabled by Parliament to provide for them, so as that they might support that dignity; and it is beyond a doubt that Parliament will never fail to consider of the faithful and zealous services of those against the enemy of their country, whom his Majesty may think _ . . proper thus to reward. But these men are extraordinary instances of great services, performed during a long series of years in a most arduous war. That which is under consideration is, whether the King is to be deprived of the power of rewarding, in the way long practised in the service, 30 officers, at an expense comparatively trifling, and that instead thereof his Majesty should be under the necessity of seeking the sanction of Parliament previous to his conferring such rewards. It is needless to point out the evil consequences which would attend this novel mode of proceeding, as well to the army as to the King, to his servants, and to the constitu tion of the country. The basement story of the National G a ll er y, statuary as more at instead of being made a r ece pt ac l e of " first designed, is to be appropriated Entottl):: records, much seemly purpose of exhibiting such works of and design as may by degrees be accumulated. • PRICES OF STOCKS THI Bank Stccx 3 per Cent Hee. ...... - 3:per Cent. Cons. 8 8%% 3% per Cent. - Ditto Red New 3% per Cent ......96% la - 1 .4 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 4 per Cent 1826 - Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860 - Oct. 10, 1859 - Jan. 5, IMO I 7 IA Jan. 5, 1880 - April 5, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1870 - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds , 6% Belgian Bonds 043 Ditto Account 94M1 Brazilian Bonds 6E4g Ditto Account 68% Buenos Ayres Bonds 25 Ditto Account 24% Chilian Bonds 0314 Ditto Account 054 Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account 0 41% Danish Bons 743 Ditto Account Greek Bonds 32g Ditto Bonds, 1825. Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account "7% Ditto, 6 per cent '35 4% Ditto Account '35 4% Neapolitan 93 % S OAS' AT ONV O'CLOCK. INew 5 per Cent. ...... — !India Stock Dittp Bonds.. 30 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities — New Ditto -- 13 per Cent. Ann. 1751 -- lEx. Bills, £1,000•••••• 48 50 pm. Ditto .500 4B 50 pm. }Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertised 49 48 pm. Bank for Account 0 13 14 India for Account • 244 13 1 ,4 ,Cons. for Opening 884',4 THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK'. !Peruvian Bonds l9 ~, I Portuguese Bonds I Ditto Account 76 1 Reg. Scrip .......... 194 % ,, A pm. Ditto Acc .......... 19N % % pm. i IPrussian Bonds — Ditto Bonds, 1822 'Russian Bonds, 1822 lO2 Ditto Account lO2 li I New Loan lOl • !Spanish Bonds, 1821 2 1 j, • iDitto Account... .....:22 22 17 2 Ditto Bonds, 183 21% Ditto Account 2034 'French Rentes, sp. c. —1 —C. ~ - Exchange —f ._,. !f 3 per cent —r -.. c . !-- Exchange 'Dutch, 21 p. c ................ 48 % 9 ( Ditto Account 49 87i:9 t i Ditto, sp. c 94%x, Ditto Account 94 French Scrip 45. E pm. Share. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DATPAaTid.ONE 0'0.01,7; * Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 1 l 3 Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 25 Brazilian Mining Company £s I% Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 54% 5 Ditto National 2O 23 Ditto St. John Del Itey Ditto Cocaes 5 Cata Branca Mining Company 1 British Iron Mininv Conmany £5O Columbian Mininfi ' ''iss at 5/. pm.) 5I English Mining Company l2 General Mining Association l2 Hibernian Mining Co. - £lo Mexican Mining Co. £4B Real del Monte Mining Co. ..., — United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 Ditto New Sctip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company ......... ........ General Steam Navigation Co. l3 National Provincial Bank of England 5 Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland 2.5 PRICES OF IRISH STOCI Bank Stock 215 Consols, 3 ner cent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 95 Ditto, New 95%; 4 per Cent. -1 Gov. Deb. 3% per cent SS% ' Royal Canal Stock 4 ll Grand Canal Stock - City Deb. 4 per cent. - Ballast Office Deb. 4D. D. ••• , 12; 58 7% 8 EN% 15% 107 i £1 7 0 4% 2 % Pm. 36 VS, DUBLIN, SEPT. 14. ISt. Patrick Insur.(per Share) 'Royal Irish Ditto ,National Ditto Patriotic !Hibernian Bank 'Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland ,Commercial Buildings NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.F. 12 3-1 Ditto, at sight 12 14 Rotterdam .U. 12 34 Antwerp 12 7 Hamburg M.B. 13 134 Altona l3 131 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Ditto 2 U. 25 95 Bordeaux 0 43 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. 51.1521 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 U Vienna, effective 11. 2 M. 10 1 Trieste do ~ 10 2 Madrid 3714 Cadiz 3 .7", Bilboa Barcelona 36li Seville 36% Gibraltar 47% Leghorn 473 Genoa 25 85 Milan 3l Venice 47 Naples Palermo per oz. 120 Lisbon Oporto 5O Rio Janeiro Bahia 3l Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight — ' Cork BULLION, PER OZ. X. B. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 lot New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars, standard 0 0 0 HAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica... ....... ..... 0 0 Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 0 France 1 0 Sweden 0 Guernsey&Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 43 minutes after 5. f Evening... 8 minutes after 6 GENERAL MINING ASSOCIATION, IN BRAZIL. Capital £200,000, in 5,000 Shares of £4O each. First Payment £3 per Share. THIS Undertaking is in p ossess i on o f a Grant from the Brazilian Government, upon the most favourable terms, and has obtained Contracts for Mining Property of ascertained richness in the Province of Minas Geraes. Applications for Shares to he made in writing in the usual form, addressed to G. V. Duval, No. 10, Ludgate hill, where the Prospectus, and further Particulars may be obtained. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received a communication from a Correspondent signing himself" N." calling the attention of the public to the case of the poor widow of an officer (Eleanor Deere) which was in our Marlborough street police report on Satur day, whither she was dragged and unjustly charged by two of the police with being a common prostitute. The want of space prevents the publication of the letter, but we agree with our Correspondent that the case was a very distressing one, and such as ought to excite the sympathies of a gener_ ous public. We take this opportunity of repeating that all Correspondents should communicate their names if they wish their communications to be noticed. *nit ritir LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1833, It does not appear by the last accounts from Holland that the KING has at all lowered his pretensions respecting the Belgian question. H e has received what Lord PALNiERsTON calls an ultimatum, and is to give his answer in a few days. Should it prove unfavourable, the Bri tish and French Cabinets will be compelled to propose the adoption of coercive measures, and it will then be seen whether the absolute Powers encourage the King of HOLLAND in his resist.. ance to France and this country. M. TRIERS, the French Minister, left MI. VART'S Hotel late last night on his return to Paris. Just before his departure he had a long conversation with an English gentleman on the subject .of the proposed Railway which is to connect Paris with the sea coast, and on other matters of interest, in relation to the good under standing which exists between the two countries. M. THIERS seems determined to have his Ministry remembered for great public improve ments, whatever may be thought of him as a politician, in which capacity he is, perhaps, the most unpopular man in the French Cabinet. This unpopularity arises less from the avowed opinions of M. THIERS than from his being considered a mere time server, and from his sup posed ingratitud e to M. LAFITTE, through whose patronag e he first came into office. M. indi gnant at t h e c h arge of i n - THIERS is very gratitude, and during his stay in England he assured some persons of distinction here who take a great interest in the welfare of M. LA FITTE, that he would use every effort in his power to serve the Ex-Minister. It was ob served; however, that M. TIIIERS said this w i t h an air of protection which was rather out of place, considering the very different posi tions in which the parties formerly stood. It gives us sincere pleasure to learn from the concurrent testimony of almost all the Belgian journals that Dr. BOWRING'S exertions in the cause of free trade, and his endeavors to promote a more active commercial intercourse between the two kingdoms of England and Belgium, are as duly appreciated at Brussels as they have been, and still are, at Paris. By pointing out the absurdity of undue prohibitive systems, by plainly demonstrating how, $o far from assisting its progress, they only clog the wheels, and act as a drag-chain upon, commerce, Dr. BOWRING is conferring upon France, England, and Bel gium, the most incalculable national advantages. Old prejudices will no doul - it still continue here and there, to thwart his good intentions, but his diligence and perseverance, backed as these quali ties are by a vast range of sound, practical informa tion, will eventually, and this at no distant period, surmount every obstacle, and bear down all before them. The Belgian Union, a re spectable and influential journal published at Brussels, speaks in the most encouraging terms of the success that the Doctor has met with in almost every Belgian town that he has yet visited. We take the earliest occasion to notice the honourable conduct of Prince TALLEYRAND, in respect of the smuggling transaction in which his Excellency's name his been so shamefully abused. The packages having been opened in the presence of his Excellency, the French Consul-General, and the officers of the Customs, were found to contain lace and silks, as antici pated by the officers, an d the Prince, thereupon, expressed his desire that the whole should be taken back to the Custom House for condemna tion, which was done accordingly. A proces verbal, stating the result of the examination, was afterwards drawn up, and signed by the officers, and attested by the Consul, in order to be forwarded by Prince TALLEYRAND to the French Government, for the purpose of further investigation. From the first we disbelieved the possibility of there being the slightest ground for suspect- ing the honour of the French Ambassador in such a transaction. But this occurrence shows the inconvenience, to say the least, of allowing diplomatic privileges to the extent to which they are at present tolerated. It is impossible that any right-minded foreign Minister can feel otherwise than hurt at the mere supposition of his winking at a smuggling transaction. Yet so it is, that smuggling by Ambassador's bags is notoriously a constant practice. We have heard rumours affecting the honour of the Brazi lian Embassy on more occasions than one, and should much like to know what became of a certain heavy bag, addressed to that Embassy, which we understand was not long since imported from France, and claimed by his Excellency the Chevalier de .MATTos? Was that bag (detained under suspicious circumstances) de livered to the Brazilian Minister himself, or to whom, and by whose authority ? Was satis factory proof given to rebut the suspicion of smuggling, and if not, does the blame rest with the Commissioners of the Customs, or with whom ? We should like to know what was the result of that affair. It made some sensation a short time ago, and in justice to the Brazilian Minister, it ought to have been properly ex plained to the public. We stated yesterday that a steamer had re cently left for Portugal with several officers on board for the army of Don MIGUEL. We have since learned that a description of this steamer (the Lord of the Isles) has been sent to the Constitutional authorities in Portugal, and that a sharp look out will be kept for her, in the hope not only of preventing the intended addition to the force of the Miguelites, but also of making a capture of the vessel, which, considering the nature of her freight, the Constitutionalists may legally do. The Austrian, Russian, and Prussian Am bassadors in this country, have been very active lately, in their correspondence with their respec tive Courts. They continue to assert that their Sovereigns do not intend to interfere in either the Portuguese or Belgian questions ; but their assertions, if we may judge from past occurrences, are not entitled to much weight. If the Allied Sovereigns do not interfere, it will be because they see the British and French Cabinets acting with cordial unison on these points. The French papers of Monday do not contain any article of importance, nor any later intelli gence from Portugal than that in the Journal de Paris of Sunday : FRENCH FUNDS.,,PARts, SLIM 16. Five per Cents., 102 f. 45c. 20c. 10c. Three per Cents., 75f. 70c. 65c. 6Cc. National Loan, 102 f. 20c. , Bank Actions, 1,720 f, Rente de Naples, 91f. 50c. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 16%,. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 40%; EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 50c. ; money, 251. 45c. Three months, paper, 25f. 35c. ; money, 21f. 35e. —Cours Authentique. By a Parliamentary document, which will be found in another part of The Sun, on the sub ject of Naval and Military appointments, it will be seen that the Mi n i s t r y ar e still proceeding with the work of reduction. For this they de serve, and will obtain, great credit, though, all things considered, they do not use the pruning ' hook with sufficient energy, seeing that the abuses in both Army and Navy are so luxuriant, and the growth of so many years, that they should be lopped away without mercy. What should we say to an emigrant who, in the depths of an A m erican forest, should attempt to cut away at the trees with a pen-knife instead of an axe ? Yet Ministers, who are placed, as it were, in the very heart of a forest of long-standing Tory abuses, are laying about them with the knife instead of the axe. If they really desire to do good, they must provide themselves with the latter implement, and wield it with unsparing, unflagging energy. Sir JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE has taken Basil don Park, Berkshire, for a short time. THE ARMY. (From the Limerick Chronicle of Sept. 11.) The reserve of the 92d Hiehlandent, who were marched to church at their arrival in Londonderry, now attend the Presbyterian Meeting -house in that city every Sunday, on the remonstrance of some of the inhabitants. Al the soldiers at the depot are Presbyterians, excepting four Roman Catholics. Captain Fane, 4th or Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, was recently appointed Aide de-Camp to the Commander of the Forces in Ireland. Of the sum of 300,0001. voted for the trigonometrical survey of Ireland, under Colonel Colby, Royal Engineers, 260,0001. is already expended. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh supplies of grain to-day are moderate. ['here was very little Wheat here, but what was tender, and sueh met scarcely any sale. Barley, Pease, and Oa's are unaltered. Beans are cheaper. Flour unaltered. Wheat. English 4,l4oqrs. Irish Foreign ARRIVALS. 1 Barley. O a t s . Fl our. 62G qrs. 2,400 qrs. I 4,600 sacks 11,360 His MAJESTY in company with Lord FAULKLAND, Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, and Colonel Bo- WATER, arrived at St. James's Palace from Windsor, in an open carriage and four, escorted by a party of the 17th Lancers. On alighting he was received by his Royai Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND. At 2 o'clock the King held a Council, and gave a private audience to Prince TALLEYRAND, who took his farewell leave previous to his departure for France, which is expected will be on Monday next. Great preparations are making at Kew Palace and in the Stable-yard, St. James's, for the departure of his Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBERLAND, the Duchess of CUMBERLAND, Prince GEORGE, and suite for Berlin. Their Royal Highnesses take their departure o❑ Friday next on board a Government steamer. The bad state of Prince GEORGE'S eye-sight is one of the great objects of this continental tour. , CHATSWORTH.—The Duke of DEVON siitar returned from Buxton on Wednesday. The following are amongst the arrivals at Chatsworth :—Lord and Lady CAVENDISH, Lord MORPETH, and Mr. BEAUMONT. His Grace the Duke of MANCHESTER is at present on a visit to his Grace the Duke of GORDON, at Gordon Castle. Yesterday, their Graces, accompanied by a son of the Duke of MANCHESTER, came to Elgin, called upon Miss BRODIE, and afterwards went to view the ruins of our magnificent Cathedral. In the evening they again returned to Gordon Castle.—Elgin Courier. The Duke of RICHMOND and Mr. STANLEY are to be in Liverpool the 26th inst., at the agricultural meeting. They may perhaps come . to; Dublin.--Dublin Timm Her Grace the Duchess of BEDFORD, with Lady GEORGIANA RUSSELL, Lady RACHEL RUSSELL, Miss BALrotsa, Lord CHARLES RUSSELL, M.P., Lord COSMO RUSSELL, and Lord ALEXANDER RUSSELL, have arrived at the Doune of Rothiemurchus. EDWIN LAND SEER, Esq., R.A., Mr. WOOD, R.A., and Mr. MATTHEWS (son of the celebrated comedian) have also joined her Grace's party.—Aberdeen Herald. DESTRUCTION OF THE EARL OF LEI TRINI'S MANSION BY FIRE.--It was stated a few days since that the Earl of Leitrim's newly erected mansion at Ryan, near Mohill, had been totally consumed ; but we forbore to notice the report, in the absence of authentic information on the subject. We have, however, learned that the house was burned, and we regret to add, that it was generally supposed the fire was the work of an in cendiary. An investigation was being held, the result of which has not yet transpired.—Freeman's Journal. BOCSHA'S BANKRUPTCY.—A meeting of the creditors of C. N. Bocsha, music -seller, &c., Regent street, against whom a fiat of bankruptcy has been issued, was held yesterday before Mr. Commissioner Fane, for the purpose of an audit and dividend. The bankrupt' debts, it appeared, exceed 2,0001., o❑ which a dividend of threepence halfpenny in the pound was declared. The proceedings under this latter circumstance did not occupy the Court long, and were closed for the present, on the appointment of Mr. Whitmore to the office of official assignee. The meeting was the first which has been held under the commission. The Learned Commissioner was occupied during the remaining part of the day investigating the affairs of various other bankrupts. On Saturday next, being St. Matthew's, Day the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Governors of the several Royal Hospitals, will attend Divine Service at St. Botolph's, Aldersgate, whence, after a Sermon by the Rev. R. Todd Dolling, B.A. of Pembroke Hall, Cam bridge, they will repair to the Great Hall, Christ's Hospi tal, where two Orations will be delivered,--on e in Latin by Thomas Brigham, and the other in English, by George Townsend Warner, the two senior scholars of the Grammar School. Since the SPEAKER and family left town his house has been under the direction of the architect and workmen, who are making considerable improvements. FLAMISOROUGH.—Four more bodies have been washed up at Flamborough since our last week's account.—Boston Herald. ST. JOHN LONG.---A letter from Dr. FER- GusoN, President of the College of Physicians in Ireland, intimates that the College never authorised Dr. TOWNS END to make a proposal to Mr. St. Josue Lotic relative to the treatment and cure of consumption. As the state ment originated in our columns, we beg to explain tbat we had it from Mr. St. JOHN Losa in person, on his recent visit to the south of Ireland.—Limerich Chronicle It is a singular fact that on Tuesday last there was a considerable fall of snow in Caithness, from five to eight o'clock in the morning. The weather has not for several years been so cold and boisterous as it has been in Caithness during the present season.—Elgin Courier. Died, on his passage to North A►nerica, in June last, Mr. Robert Hogg, youngest brother to the Ettt ick Shepherd.—Edinbur g h Evening Courant. A considerable portion of the Yorkshire estates of T. W. Beaumont, Esq., M.P., is announced for sale by auction in the course of the present month. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH.—On Tuesday evening last, as Mr. John Brown, butler to Admiral Scott, of Southampton, who appeared to be in perfect health, was waiting at tea, having brought the tea-tray from the parlour, he complained of giddiness in his head, dropped down, and expired in a few minutes.—Verdict, Apoplexy.—Salisbury Journal. MURRAIN AMONGST HOGS.-POTATO CROP, &c.—ln the east of this country; and in Kanturk, a malady has recently attacked the hogs, carrying many off in a few hours. A small farmer near Middleton lost ten, and another eight. When it is considered how deeply the Irish peasantry are interested in the fattening of hogs, too often their only property, it is to be lamented that this branch of their industry should become precarious as to its result.—Cork Constitution. The Portuguese ladies possess many amiable qualities.to theirr fl ey k a ind re r c e h d a . ste, N modest, o w d o e m st a , n an g t e e x s tr o e u m t e o ly f affec tionatedoors s without the permission of her husband or parents. To avoid all suspicion, men (even their relations) are not allowed to visit their apartments, or to sit beside them in public places. Lovers are consequently seldom gratified with a sight of them except in the churches. There they make signs and signals— .. " Address and compliment by vision, Make love and court by intuition." The alliance of England and France is be coming daily more popular in this country, and I have been much pleased with an incident which has only to day come to my knowledge. A French officer at the Camp of St. Omer, thus writes me :—" You, who are so strenuous an advocate for the alliance of France with Old England, will, I am sure, be delighted with the following narration:.—An English convict•ship named the Amphi. trite, has just been shipwrecked off the port of Boulogne. A lady who was on the spot, and an English lady too, named Austin, wrote to Colonel —, requesting him to rlake a small subscription among the officers for the benefit of the shipwrecked English mariners. As soon as this became known, our brave soldiers, whose only pay is three sous per day, came forward in great numbers with their one or two sous, and in a few hours two hun dred and fifty francs were raised and sent to Boulogne for the relief of the English sufferers. How gratifying is this ! Those who were so long rivals, enemies, and bloody foe., are now subscribing to the relief of British ship wrecked mariners." The French officer was right in believing that this recital would delight me. It has indeed done so, and it confirms most fully my statement, that the alliance of France with Great Britain is here at least becoming national.--O.P.Q.Morning Chronicle. DONCASTER RACES.-(YE STERN/9 BY EXPRESS. The Two Year O'd Produce Stakes of 100 W . ' h. ft. Red House in. Nine Subscriber s. Mr. Walker's Cotillon—Partisan 2 Duke of Leeds's ch. c. Valparaiso .... ...... f o r The Great St. Leger Stakes of 50 sous. each, h. it, three yr. old colts Bst. 61b., and fillies est. SI Leger Course. (15 Subscribers.) 1 Mr. Watt's Rockingham (Darling) g Mr. Walker's Mussulman .... Twenty st ar t e d ; won easy ; Carnaby %vas .. . Belshazzar fourth. Odd' The Cleveland Handicap of 10 sots: each, and 2 ' l One mile. (5 subscribers.) I Mr. Orde's b. c. Tomboy, 4 yrs... .........• Duke of Leeds's Lady Maude, 4 yr 5......... sded; The Doncaster Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 9° .61 °. 3 yrs., 6st. 10Ib. ; 4 yrs., Bst. ; 5 yrs., Bst. ~ and aged, 9st. Two miles. (0 subscribers.) Mr. Houldsworth's Circassian, 8 yr s . Mr. Gascoigne's Isabel, 4 yrs D ONCA S TER RAGES day ' ~ il ge ar bl. i Doncaster, M r In the cou rse o f t h e l ast 12 hours the town bO,,,iP ' a considerabl e access i on o f v i s i ters, and without oaf full as we could wish to see, can boast of an Oc e numerous and fashionable company. i t. 6 Amongst the new arrivals are his Serene "' I P i Prince Est er h azy ( accompan i ed by his eon a nd o Nasde,dy), th e Duke and Duchess oflCl eve land, 11 r 6,1 1 ' Lady W. Poul e tt, Si r R. and Lady Bulkeley, 1',1,5‘ Bentinck, L o rd R o d ney, Si r M. Wood, Sir J. MO" T. Haggerstone, Hon. C. S. Wortley, Hon. J. S' l pi* ley, Hon. C a pt a i n R ous, H on. H. Fitzroy, Colo r , Colonel P ee l e , C o l o n e l C rowther, Colonel Hanc ° 4 Richardson, Sze. On the race ground the assemblage was bighli r i pe ( able, th e gran d stand was nearly full, nor did theretel) to be any filling off in th e aggregat e o f co mpany P., et .. In the ev en i ng t h e b all at the Mansion-house ',-,r, tended by th e ma j or i ty of the fashimiables : the e tR " semblies are fixed fur Wednesday and Thursday. m c 46 Of the day' s s p or t we h ave not much to saY "diti mendation, n e ith er o f t h e races having b een contests t: any severity, ne i t h er was the speculation extensl' e, ' o betting m en h av i ng t h e i r thoughts and their boik ial D O exclusively oc cu pi e d b y t h e event to come off to-in°rr We subjoin the usual return ta--- • ore fo r The Race fo r the fozwilliam St a k es excited I n g i g rest than its i n t r i ns i c va l ue would indicate. The ,'-'-ii, has been the trial nag for The Tutor, and Col rviek ': 0 - e same stable a s M ussu l man ; both horses ran•badlir, I by connecting them with their Leger compan i°° o o, account for their go i ng b oc k i n the odds, At start' f A g' odds wer e 6 to 4 on C olwick, 3 to 1 agst The So ldi „ e ;tl , ' 5 to 1 agst T om b oy , t h e b ackers of horses forg ettiltiP the latter has been running about the country- sp d r et some good ones. C o l w i c k took the lead at star ul ; ; moderate pace, T om b oy second and Tie Saddler Issoi this order they went over the bill, on completing 6o f Colwick increased the pace, and in an instant vis s i .„ o3 lengths ahead. Ab out two d i stances from home i ' l l 0 went by Colwick, w h o was successively passed by 400, other horses befor e h e reac h e d t h e Grand Stand. ' of' maintained his lead, and won in a canter by tel° °r e f rf,,, lengths. It stru c k us as a m i stake in giving °l.,,oerr', make running with C o l w i c k ; hi s other races seer!, t"a ir , waiting with hi m . L or d Chesterfield gave 1,2. 5 v for him ! , 4 sb i THE C HAMPAIGN STAKES.--13ettalg : 6 to 6 0 Cotillon (takers), 4 to 1 agst. Warlaby Baylockr, ~,,,, agst. P ow l ett ' s, 8 to 1 agst. Valiant, and 10 to ' er a , Surnmerhill (token). Three or four false starts ° Oil before the horses got away, and then it was in a 8 ,,, t 110„ . manner. Warlaby Baylock had the lead, with r. ° l ; s e colt close upon his quarters; Summerbill, the Ern' " fee and Mrs. Rye lying close behind him; Catillonin th e sof and to all appearance shut out. There was scarce l y ‘ d change of places till near the distance when Powl ets 00 1 the beaded Warlaby Baylock; Cotillon, having in al time extricated herself from the rear rank, and take n d 0 1 position with those in front. At the Grand St! ij o ri went up to Powlett's colt, and a race ofconsiderable °e l ensued. It was doubtful till within the last two ° d e l i cleverly ' strides, in by inwhich f a Co l t e i n ll g o t n h. mad l e vai a r v a i b g y or ß ou ay s leoffcokrtc4s:oore and the Duke, of Leeds's fo ur th. V a l ue of• the l 9501. Cotillon is now first favourite for the No' THE GREAT ST. LEGER. iti The following is a li st o f t h e horses likely to ,tart/ their j,ickies, as far as can be ascertained at presenc • Mr. Orde's Dancing blaster (Johnson) Duke of Cleveland's Muley Moloch (J. Day) Mr. Walker's Mussulman (Scott) . Mr. Watt's Belshazzar (Darling) Rockinghana (Nicholson) Mr. Walker's Anne (Holmes) Colonel Crawford's The Mole (Wright) Mr. Raw!inson's Revenge (Chapple) ~. Mr. Osbaldeston's The Tu:or (Robinson). • Mr. Hunter's Forester (Arnull) . . Mr. Ridsdale's Glaucus (Shepherd) ...„... Mr. Mostyn's Jack Faucet (Spring) Sir R. Dick's Allegro (Lye) , Mr. Gully's Deceiver (Wh ea tl ey ) :1 Lord Kilburn's Sister to Retainer (Nelson) Duke of Leeds's Lot (Templeman) /1 Mr. Fox's'Tesane (Conelly) Mr. Watnaough's Lady F u lf or d co l t (D o dge; on) i ~ Mr. Chifney's Connoisseur (H. Edwards). 0 01 Mr. Yarburgh's colt—L aure l' s d am (T. Robin , l a Lord Macdonald's Carnaby (unknown) v oee/s It is probable that two or three changes m ay r ide jt , the above. Chifney is here,, and may Pel bs P a l ftesei t 7 :avourite, in which case John Day will be put 0 w ill r f! If Mr. Houldsworth should start Titus, Darling .. ve eifi J Some doubts also exist as to the riders of : v ot e r , Glaucus, and Laurel's dam. Should Dancing 14 • start, Johnson will ride The Mole. ~ ~:rF PETTING AT DONCAS O ft ' OC % ' ' I C I4 UP TO MONDAY NIGHT AT TW ELV E 0 DONCASTER ST. LEGER. ( l iol 3 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Muley M° l° ' . 9 to 2 agst Mr. Watt's Belshazzar 7 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Mussulman 8 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Rockingham 10 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Revenge ,kerl) 13 to 1 agst Colonel Crawford's The IVlOle 18 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Deceiver 18 to 1 agst Mr. Aiostyn's Jack Faucet 18 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Anne (taken)i 20 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Connoisseur 25 to 1 agst Mr. Osbildiston's Tutor 33 to 1 agst Dancingmaster 50 to 1 agst Mr. Hunter's Forester k' el The Duke of SUSSEX, having visit! t proceedsßWE:CLungathpvaaeminwaini, tpapers a:s t ei o rt s it a Earl tboy Gas:tCh a e s t . l e :su t t h dh e t g e hoe ::::6l: llo ' rs l pir l oc, of Cp l o ff' a D i d - of CLEVELAND, and subsequently goes to i 5 0 ,4 w- CELLOR. , - • . r Ja i l Igo ; arrived. The Cape jae 6 t.,:i n :e i r,,, e ivielo t i c.:eo b o e ffitobieeolols:lloijoi meeting, and in the report Mr. Oliphant, 1 0 0. 11e vit',::1 General, drew a comparison between ,the Po f t j e ciu d grazing department of farming, and the'culea r e l . ,jee e giving, as far as exportation was conce o iio t s e , !IP' preference to the former. In 1832 the 10° cbgt r sdi c i by the exportation of horns, hides, butte o r 'i n et os s was 78,1991., while that producecl for no e%, 0 Ness d constantia, Scc., was 63,4911., giving I .oii ° ,- Se 11,708/. The consumption of Cape salted P oole n n i o 's4 rapidly increasing at both ends of t i , ie do od 10 1 shipping were supplied with this article 0 ' Intl - t e Or, and at a rate cheaper by ld. or li-d, per P. t b for tv England. Few vessels, it appears, mil e ti trilee 0 00l bg ; without obtaining some of it, and the e 200, Ol i o troops at the Mauritius, amounting t ° teneCi n gl t o t annually, was wholly furnished from w bich 00 410 . contractestablishmfeonrt the in Mauritius,C ape- to Cape-town , n h , salted beef for the shipping since the begiu" . i ve a v oi A private letter from rails, „floe to, 0 .3 morning, mentions the existence of .. ,CO tnieiaov, among the holders of public securities , c:7 l : ls bere c a be cip of the great European Money I%larkegshich has ...ii iit 4 has appeared to be suddenly manifestedo e :__ of _; tr i p speculation, and, without the causes, threatens a serious decline in ei:ti ° f ligittet, letter a ff ords, however, the true exPla n .., the si c s ot. required a proportionate increase of __ri ernm en ~ _ et f to" . 0 1- 00 0 been obtained principally by sales stating trad e throughoutthat an Europe extraordinary hee ia tteriy„ increase teask y int apt : a c o e h r ooli P r , ll , itniesl;alal‘nicoesst,to aff °l. ' reee u i I s to the I. e'hicb accommodations, but this is ascrib ed . i nst °' e e oa. vi , ill they consider it prudent to take aga- and in g 0 I v as _ eh enormous speculations in produco, France been 90 O t u b ij have taken place in the outports : ices b a d . 11, those of England, and by whic h P co ,,uroPt i ?.. tb e ,0 0 way the evil was likely to remedy ._ n „ e on -I-'° 0 al lot 0 andof the Paris reluctant bankers therefore are se' d A t be a pe taidmveanccerdediats suffered. The tTobe ch e e xh c ce k naditz:n b d u_ so t acip it oro to ; r; and a 4 d ; a p n e c r e b etnhtes.paraveinngt (caused London.— Times. . a demo th! ; :.-.~ 1 / 4 el . 04, I t , ) , - Pre ti Ti 41 4 ,1 i I life. '