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EVENING EDITION. LITERATURE. FAMILY LIBRARY, No. 69. ► Tegg, Lfindon, 1839. The present volume of this popular Miscellany contains a life of the famous Roman orator and statesman, Cicero. The work was scarcely wanted after - the elaborate biography by Dr. Middleton ; however, it is but just to the author, Mr. Hollings, to state that he has executed it in a careful and im partial spirit. RE CHAMBERS AND SON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Observing in your enlightened paper of _the Bth instant a letter from Messrs. Mayhew, Johnston, and Mayhew, as follows :- 26, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, Oct. 3, 1839. " Sir,—The assignees are desirous of confer ring with you on the subject of the appointment of Colleagues in their trust, in pursuance of the resolu tion of the late meeting of the creditors. It is a matter of serious concern to the creditors that per sons should be selected, and measures to secure a point of such importance ought to be deliberately considered." Tiue I The creditors will certainly show their prudence by paining well before they choose. Will they appoint the nominees of the two sur viving assignees to be their coadjutors, to fill up the vacancies occasioned by the decease of three of the as sig,nees appointed in 1825, to act in preference to those proposed by the suffering creditors who have waited fifteen years without receiving one shilling dividend out of upwards of 200 0001. received ? Was not that a stupendous exertion ? The letter says—" The assignees have laboured in these affairs through un exampled difficulties and the greatest responsibility, and they feel they have a fair claim upon the prin cipal creditors for their services towards rendering as little onerous as possible their future duties." Query, What were their unexampled difficulties ? Was one the suing the Earl of Glengall upon a bill, which was not a component part of the estate ¶f Messrs. Chambers and Son, twice in the King's 'tench in England, and afterwards in Ireland pro !, ceedi ng against his Lordship, the result of which was the assignees being saddled with their costs ? Were not Messrs. Mayhew and Co. solely benefited thereby ? Was a second unexampled difficulty the suing the Sheriff of Middlesex and Wilton for a trespass, to obtain a verdict of one shilling damages, in which they expended many thousands of pounds in costs, without having any title whatever assigned to them of the estates under which they claimed ; they having blundere.d in omitting to procure any con veyance from the Commissioners as the Act 6 Geo. IV. c. 16 directs ? And what directions had the 7 from the creditors to commence the said action for whose benefit was that ? Was another " unexampled difficulty" the per mitting Mr. Ebers to run in arrear for rent of the King's Theatre, nearly twenty thousand pounds which was lost? He became bankrupt. Was another " unexampled difficulty" the farm ing the estate at Chettle, according to their own account gaining 751. a-year, and refusing 1,100/. - a-year rent fearing lest they should deteriorate the property by receiving the tendered sum, or 1,025/. difference for such a number of years ? Was the farming the Enfield property to a heavy loss, independent of. any rent, and the large live and dead stock left on the farm when the house in Bond-street failed, an " unexampled • difficulty?" 'We must readily allow that it is not an easy matter to make so lar g e an estate as that which the assignees administered unproductive to the credi tors. Does it not require a considerable degree of .ingenuity to accomplish such a retrograde pro eeeding ? Was not tile payment to Jesse Lake of 25/. and 19/. 19s. for his false evidence an arduous and bold measure ? which evidence overthrew them after so many trials in the King's B2ncli, ill sup port of which the assignees, together with _May hew, filed a joint affidavit in the Court of Chancery' to the following effect, viz. ;—" That they found Jesse Lake's evidence of such vital im portance as to induce the assignees to purchase a debt for 191. 195., which he told them he had due from the elder Chambers, of 300/., and thereby enable him to become a valid evidence ;" to which Mr- Chambers replied, that " he did not owe Jesse Lake any sum whatever," in confirmation of which he stated that Jesse Lake had passed through the Insolvent Debtors' Court without claiming any debt from Mr. Chambers ; to which the assignees ' replied by affidavit that they were not aware that , Lake had been liberated by the Insolvent Debtors' Court." The letter proceeds—" We therefore trust we may depend upon your attendance at a meeting of the principal creditors, which the assigness have in structed us to convene, to be held at the house of Mr. Groom (one of the assignees), No. 3, Hen rietta-street, Cavendish-square, at eleven o'clock precisely." A SNUG HOLE AND CORNER no doubt I and as a concluding question, I would ask the creditors, as far as regards the present assignees and their solicitors, to appoint those who may be depended on to do their duty rigidly and honourably. Is it not rather strange that after Sir Frederick Pollock, at the meetinl in the Queen's Theatre, advised the assignees, in the event of three new as signees being appointed, to resign, that they should he calling a private meeting before they had adver tised a general, legitimate, and binding one ? Must not there be some candle-ends and cheese-paring s , such as Mr. Wyndham once spoke of in the House of Commons, to be secured ? Be cautious, he cir cumspect, ye creditors; ye have once been too con fiding, be on your guard ! I remain, - Sir, your obedient servant, A JOINT SUFFERER. CORN-LAWS.—The effect of the Corn-laws is to make food dearer than it would be without them ; but the price of corn is of little or no concern, except to their benefit, either to landlord or the large farmer— whether food be dear or cheap, it is the same thing to them as regards the consumption of themselves and families. Lord A. for instance, possesses much land. He raises his own wheat, barley, oats, beef, mutton, pork, poultry, and game ; and however high food may be in the public market, it affects his Lordship very little, if at all. The food for his family and horses costs him but very little more whether the price of wheat in the public market be forty pounds a load or twenty pounds. Many thousands of the most wealthy families in the kingdom are in this enviable and invidious position. Whatever they have to sell— to send to the public market in dear times, they ob tain a great price for, whilst the food for their own Consumption costs no more than in ordinary times. The burden of high prices falls altogether on that por tion—by far the most numerous—who do not possess land, but have to supply all their wants from the public market, and must submit to pay whatever the monopo lists of the land and corn choose to demand. It follows that a large, and the most wealthy, portion of the com munity escape high prices altogether, because they raise their own food on their own land, whereas high prices fall entirely on the most numerous and the most neces sitous portion of the public, who have to provide for their wants from day to day in the public market. — Brighton Herald. TH E BIRMINGHAM NEW POLICE. Mr. Burg ess , the Commissioner, has during the past week, been prosecuting his labours in the formation of the New Police, with great vigour and success. More than the number of men required (234) have undergone in spection, and been declared eligible for the force. In all probability the New Police will be in full and effi cient operation in the course of three weeks or a month. -- Birmingham Advertiser. PAYMENT OF L E TTER-CARRIERS.—A Dub lilt paper recently called attention to the inadequate r emuneration given to letter-carriers, and we are glad to perceive that the same subject has been agitated by S ome of our contemporaries in this city. At present, the letter-carriers in Edinburgh receive only about 17s. o r 18 s. a-week, their pay having been lon g stationar y. Luis, it must be acknowledged, is too small a sum for men filling so responsible a situation, and the careful and honest discharge of whose duties is a matter of so mu ch importance to the public. Under the changes about to be introduced in the Post-Office system, when the prepayment of letters will remove one of the securi ties at present existing for their safe delivery, it will be rme still more necessar y that the letter - carrier s should Placed above temptation, and that the situation should b e ren d ered such as respec table men in humble life Would covet, and be anxious to retain. The arduous nature of th e i r d ut i es , requ i r ing constant attentio n, and exposing them to all weathers, ought also to be taken into account, and would, we think, apart from other considerations, justify an increase of sahry. We trust the su bj ect will receive attention in the F -oper q Scotsman • SOCIETY OF QUeOn D FEMALE AIII SICI ANS.—The Dowager has been graciously pleased to become , !t;Patrcsaess of the Society of Female Musicians, and to 1 B ,4bSer, ibe ten guineas a year towards the same. GE N C E. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1539. '11!e following is a list of the Stakes and Plate for this meet ing, commencing this day : MONDAY. 501. for three-year• olds, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, six, and aged, Bst 121 b. A.F. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sues. each, for three-year-olds and upwards. T. Y. C. The Garden Stakes of 100 sues. each. T.M.M. Lord Exeter's Adrian, 5 yrs. 7st; Col. Peel's I- Am-Not- Aware, 4 yrs, 7st ; Duke of Rutland's Flambeau, 3 yrs, fist 71b. All three in training. TUESDAY. 501. fur two-yr-old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 51b. T. Y. C. The Clearweli Stakes of 30 sous. each; for two-yr •old colts, Bst 7lip ; and fillies, Bst 5 b ; the winner of the July Stakes 7lb extra. T. Y. C. (29 Subs. ) Lord Albemarle's Spangle; Duke of Grafton's ch c Otto man ; Duke of Grafton's eh f Currency ; Duke of Richmond's br f Sherbet ; Lord G. Bentinck's gr c Grey Milton; Lord G. Bentinck's ch c Capote ; Lord G. Bentinek's b f Crucifix (711 extra); Lord G. Bentinek's Dreadnought; Lord G. Ben tinck's ch f Rosa-Rat - lea; Mr. Sadler's c Proctor; Mr. NVre ford's b c Warden, by Glencoe, out of Margellina ; Lord Exe ter's b c Stamboul ; Lord Exeter's b e Hellespont ; Lord Exe ter's ch c by Sultan, out of Marineila; Lord Exeter's ch c by Sultan, out of Ramona; Lord Lichfield's f Firefly; Mr. Bland, jun.'s, Miss Betsy ; Mr. Wadeson's c by Buzzard, out of Margarci ; Mr. Greville's ch f Trojana ; Mr. Greville's ch c Perseus; Sir. G,eville's ch c Proteus; Lord Orford's gr by Clearwell, out of Angelica; Colonel Peel's b f by the Co lonel, out of Mary Anne; Colonel Peel's ro c by Augustus, out of Consta.ntia ; General Yates's b c Gibraltar ; Mr. \\Tor rail's Reindeer ; Mr. Watts's h f Sister to Cara: Lo:d G. Bentinck's b c Marmot (Head); Mr. W. Edwards's b f Afri can Sal. Of the above Ottoman, Sherbet, Rosa-Bianca, Pro tector, the Angelica colt, and African . Sal are already ascer tained to be non-starters ; several others will pay. WEDNEEDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sots each; for two-yr-olds, 7st 31b ; and three, 9st ; fillies allowed 31b. T. Y.C. The winner to be sold for 80/, if derarayled, &c. The Oatland Stakes of 30 sows. each, 10 ft, if declared, &c., for all ,Iges (tsvc-years ex,!epted). B. M. The Cesarewitch Stakes, a free Handicap Sweepstakes of 2:i sovs each, 15 ft, with 300 added, the gift of his Imperial Highness ti•te Grand Duke Cesate;vitch ; the second to re ceive 50 sovs our of the stakes; the winner of the Doncaster St. Leger or Cup 51bs, of bath 101bs extra ; and the winner of a handicap stakes, value 200 sovs, including his own stake, between the 4th of September inclusive, and the time of starting, 31b extra for each time of winning. To start at the starting post of the 'l'. \1.114. and run to the end of the Flat. St. Francis, 4 yrs, 9st 31b; Lanercost, 4 yrs, 9st 21b ; Quo Minus, 4 yrs, B,t 101 b ; Abraham Newland, 5 vrs, Bst 101 b ; Hyllus, 3 yrs, 7st 111 h ; Quicksilver, 5 yrs, 7st bib ; Opera, 4 yrs, ist. Blb ; Merrythought, 5 yrs, 7st 71b ; Easingwold, 3 yrs, 7st 41b ; flambeau, 3 yrs, 7st 31b ; 3 yrs, ist 31b ; Ceenis, 3 yrs, 7st 311); Polydorus, 3 yrs, 7st 21b; Vicuna, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ; Joannina, 4 yrs, ist 21b ; Merganser, 3 yrs, 7st ; Epidaurus, 3 yrs, 7st ; Roscius, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b ; Primefit, 4 yrs, 6st 91b ; Turquoise filly, 3 yrs, 6st 91b ; Bracelet, 4 yrs, fist 41b ; Antler, 3 yrs, fist 2!b ; Hesione, 3 yrs, 6st; Cruiskeen, 5 yrs, 6st; Mickleton, 3 yrs, sst 101 b; and Science, 3 yrs, sst 81b. The following are not here :—St. Francis, Lanercost, Abra ham Newland, Hyllus, Opera, Easingwold, Malvolio, Epidaurus, and Bracelet. Sweepstakes. of 100 sots. each, h ft. A.F. Duke of Gratton's 'Ether, ist 121 b ; Duke of Grafton's Mon treal, ist 71b ; Captain Williamson's Melbourne, 7st 71b ; Duke of Portland's Ccenis, 7st; Duke of Rutland's Flambeau. ist ; and Lord Exeter's Bosphorus, 6st 10ib. THURSDAY. Handicap Plate of 1001, for three •yr-olds and upwards. A.F. The Town Plate of 501; for three-yr-olds, 7st 41b; four, Bst 41b;' five, B,t 111 b; six and aged, 9st 11b. T.M.M. The winner to be sold for 200/, Sweepstakes of 10 sov. each for two-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 51b. T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 150/, if demanded, &c. Sweepstakes of 10 sov each for two-}r -olds ; Bit 71b ; and fillies, Bst 511). First half of Ab. 11. The winner to be sold for 40/, &c. FItIDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for three-yr-oPs and upwards. T. Y. C. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sov. ..ach, 10 ft., for two and three year olds. T.Y.C. The Prendergast Stakes of 50 sovs.each, h ft; for two-yr-old colt — s, Bst 71b; and fillies. Bst slb T.Y.C. Lord Lichfield's Firefly, Lord Albemarle's Carnbyses ; Mr. Watt's f by Belshazzar, out of Fanchon ; Mr. Wreford's b Warden, Colonel Anson's Nicholas, Mr. Sadler's Defendant, Mr. Bland, br f Miss Betsey, Lord Exeter's Stamboul, Lord Exeter's Hellespont ; Lord Exeter's c by Sultan, out o: Marinelli; Lord Exeter's c by Sul; an, out of Datura ; Duke of Grafton's e Ottoman ; Colonel Peel's ch c Precursor, Colonel Peel's eh fby Actaeon, out of Electress ; Mr. S. Stanley's Scintilla, sister to Flambeau; Mr. Thornhill's b f Lantern by Lamplighter • Mr. Wilson's br cby Mulatto, dam by Figaro ; Mr. Ford's b c by Plenipotentiary, out of Sister to Cactus ; Lord Orford's gr c by Clearwell, out of Angelica ; Lord G. Bentinck's tirey Milton, Lord G. Bentinck's ch c Capote, Lord G. Bentinck's gr c Bagdad, Lord G. Bentinck's b f Cru cifix, Lord G. Bentinck's Marmot (dead), and Lord G. Bentink's br f Sal Volatile. Ottoman, Precursor, Mr. Wilson's colt, Grey Milton, An gelica colt, and Bagdad do not run. Lord Stradhroke's Algy agst Mr. Greville's Protons, Bst 41b each; T. Y. C., WO, h ft. The following horses have arrived within the last few days : —Cruiskeen, Medea, Fifer, He,ione, Algy, The Drama, Se cundus, Tawney Owl ; Adah, 2 yrs ; Rumania, Hetman Pla toff, Mickleton Maid, Nicholas, Middleham, Science, &c. YORK OCTOBER MEETING.-FIUDAY. The York October Race Club Stakes of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 20 added by the Club far all horses. Gentlemen riders. Two miles. Mr. Simpson's b. g. Aggravator, aged, list 81b. (Owner) I Mr. H. Mann's b g Mundig, byCatto,t, aged, I Ist 6 to 4 and 2 to 1 on Aggravator, who took the lead, was never headed, and won in a canter by twenty lengths. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, h f, with 20 added; for two yr old colts, Bst Gib ; and fillies, Bst 31b ; winners once this year, 31bs ; twice 51bs extra; those that have been twice beaten and not won allowed 2lbs. T. Y. C. Colonel Cradock's b c Gallypot, by Physician (G. Nelson) I Captain Elmsall's br c Bob Peel, by Medoro 2 Mr. Briskham'sch f Vermilion, by 'Bedl.tmite Mr. J. Sheppard's b c Viceroy, by Voltaire _ __ 4 The folkix - ving also started, biit were not placed :—Mr. Kirby's b f by Liverpool, out of Dirrnid's dam ; Mr. Bell's b f La Sage Femme; Mr. J. King's b g Mariner, by Liverpool; Mr. Hall's ch c St. Maurice, by Huntingdon ; and the Duke of Cleveland's ch cby Emilius, out of Farce. Betting-2 to 1 agst Viceroy, 7 to 2 against Bob Peel, 7 to 2 ag4 Mr. Kirby's filly, 5 to 1 agst Vermilion, 5 to 1 agst the Duke's colt, and sto 1 agst Mr. Bell's filly. Gall pot took the lead, was never headed, and von cleverly by a length. Hurdle Race Sweepstakes of 3 sov. each, with 10 added ; for four-year-olds, lOst 71b ; five, 1 Ist 71b ; six, and aged, 12st ; winners once, 7lbs extra ; twice, 101bs extra ; thorough-bred horses, 71bs extra. Gentlemen riders. Two wiles, with six leaps over hurdles four feet high. Mr. Peter's eh g Syntax, aged Mr. Lampleigh's br m Mischief, 6 yrs Capt. Sutton's ch g Gleneagle, aged Mr. Cotton's b m Diaaa The following were not placed : —Mr. Reynard's Dardanis, and Mr. Percy's Betsey. 2to 1 agst Mischief, 2 to 1 agst Syntax, and 4to 1 agst Gleneagle. Won by about a neck after a tine race betw.en the first three. The Ladies' a Silver Tea Urn value 60/., the gift of the Lathes of York and its vicinity, added to a Handicap Sweepstake s for all horses ; the second to receive 101. out of the stake ; free for any horse ; ridden by jockeys; mile and a quarter heats. (I 1 Subs. ) Mr. Howard ns b c Quid, by Tramp, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Lye) 8 1 1 Mr. Heyeltine's b f 'The Shadow, 3 yrs, 7st 71b Mr. Smith's b f Margaret, by ;Hargrave, 3 yrs, 7st 31b 1 5 3 Mr. Bell's bk c Bumblekity, 3 yrs, 7st 51b Mr. Vansittart's b Iby Sandbeck-Dai ioletta, 3yrs, 7st 31b 6 2dr Mr. Loy's b c A rare, 3 yrs, ist Co". Cr. duck's gr c The Cripple, 3 yrs, 7st 51b ... 3 dr Mr. Howley's br fby Starch, dam by Tinker, 3yrs,6st 31b 4 dr Betting, First Ileat-5 to 2 agst Cripple ) 4 to i agst Quid, 7 to 2 agst Margaret, even on Cripple, and Shadow agst the field. Won easy by two lengths. NOTTINGHAM PACES.-THURSDAY. Plate of 50/., given by the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the County, for horses &c., of all ages ; three years, 7st ; four, Bst 411 i; five, Bst 91b; six and aged, 9st; mares and geld ings allowed 3lbs ; winners once, 31bs extra ; twice, 51bs ; and thrice, 71bs. Heats, two miles and a half. Mr. Massey's b g Tubalcain, 3 yrs, 7st 21b Walter's b h King Cole, 6 yrs, 9st 71b Lord Normanby's b m Gipsy, 6 yrs, 9st 41b 4 3 Lord Chesterfield's br f Industry, 4 yrs, Bst Blb - - . Won easily. Plate of 60 sovs. given by the Members for the County ; for three-yr-old colts, list 71b ' • and fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 1501., &c. Mile and three-quarters heats. Mr. Lacey's br f Viola, Bst 41b Mr. Frost's br f Gambolette, Bst 41b Captain Lamb's br c Speed, Efst 71b 3 3 dr Mr. Walters's ch c Sir Mark, Bst 71b ... 2 4 dr Mr. W. Doncaster's ch f Miss Fergusson, Bst 41b ... 5 die Viola, who did not try for the first heat, made all the run ning in the second and third heats, and won very easily. FRIDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gs, for all ages. Two mile heats. Mr. Massey's b g Tubalcain, 3 yrs... (Whitehouse) 1 1 Mr. H. Robinson's b h Melbourne, 5 yrs ; 9st 111 b Mr. Scott's b m Whisp, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (h b) Won cleverly by a length and a half. Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. Heats, once round. Mr. Walker's br f Lollypop, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (Birkbeck ) 1 1 Mr. E. Peel's gr c Saul, 4 yrs, Sit 101 b 2 2 Won by a head after a fine race. KNUTSFORD RACES.-THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, and 25 added ; for three-yr-old colts, Bst 31b ; and fillies, Bst. Winners once this year, 3lbs ; twice, slbs extra. Two miles. (3 Subs. ) Mr. Fowler's br c Profligate, 3 yrs ... ...(Dodgson) 1 Mr. Trenn's br c The Quack, 3 yrs 2 Won by a length. Hurdle Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added; the second saved his stake ; llst 71b each ; thorough-bred horses, 7lbs extra ; horses beaten in the Cavalry Cup on Wednesday al lowed 7lbs. Two miles and a distance, over two hurdles, four feet high. (8 Subs. ) Mr. Stevenson's ch. g. True Blue, aged (Mr. Barker) 1 Mr. W. J. Godwin's d. m. Duenna, aged Mr. A. E. Bowen's ch. m. Sarah, aged, was not placed. Won in a canter. Hurdle Sweepstz.kes of 5 sov. each, h. ft. and 5 only if declared, &c., for horses the bona fide property of Officers of the Garrison of '_Manchester, 12st. each. Two miles, over four hurdles, four feet high. Officers riders. (3S Subs., of whom 20 declzred. ) Mr. Milbank's b g Seventy-nine, 6 vrs Captain France's b g Peace-maker, aged Captain Douglas's br g Bachelor, 6 vrs Ile following also started, but were not placed:—Mr. Knox's br g W arw i c k , age d ; and Mr. Maitland's gr g Youn g Welcom e , 5 y rs. W on by a length. The Ladies' Puree of 50 sovs. ; three yrs, fist Sib ; four, fsst ; five, S s t 121 b; s i x and ag,•?d, gat 21b. Mares and geld ings allowed 3lbs ; winners of a Plate in 1839, 3lbs ; of two, a Gold Cup, or Queen's Plate, Sibs extra. Heats, two miles and a dis. Mr. Barrow's b m Catharina, a.ged...(flopwood) 0 0 1 1 Mr. Jackson's b c Wings, 3 yrs Lord Stanley's ch f Imogene, 3 yrs 0 1 0 3 Mr. T. Speed's ch c Aimwell, 4 yrs ....... ....„ 0 0 2 dr Mr. E. Buckley's eh c Ch ar l ey, 3 yrs 0 3 0 dr Mr. Ogden's b h St. Leonard, 4 yrs Mr. Meiklam's b m Modesty, 5 yrs Mr. Alilbank's b t Virgin, 3 yrs ... A good race. HOLYWELL COURSINi; MEETING. MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND WEDNESDAY, The Talacre Stakes of 2 sovs. each, 16 su b s. , were won by Mr. G. Ogden 's r and w d Beaver, beating Mr. W. Owen's bk d Guinea; and the Mostyn Stakes by Mr. J. Jenkins's r d G.aucus, beating Mr. Edwards's r d Marchant. 40 , "" THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 1839. . nothing can be done but by the pressure from without. It is by this we must calculate the amount of reform which will be admitted to the statute-book ;,and, looking at the present state of the country, it must bc confessed that it is by no means favourable to an effective effort. The ill-advised .and culpable proceedings of the Char tists have disorganized and spread doubt amongst the. great body of Reformers. These brainless brawlers, who, in the deep conviction of their oivn incapacity for the position into which they -thrust themselves, and. their utter dearth of moral or intellectual influence, recommended physical force, have..inflioted grievous in jury on the cause which had the misfortune of their association. They have frustrated the national com bination so essential to success in political struggles and now the alarm excited by their incendiary pro ceedings must subside before a new moral organization of the people can take place. Meanwhile, the enemies of popular liberty are puttini , in requisition every agency calculated to retard the progress of Refora. With a view of organizing an opposition to the Cora laws, they are holding meetings throughout the country under pretence of promoting agricultural pursuits. In the Registration C our t s , w h ere the i r l ea d er h as told • them the great battle of corruption must be fought, they are sedulously endeavouring to falsify the constituencies by surreptitiously introducing the names or tinqual.;iod persons devoted to their interests, and arraying all. manner of midair and vexatious opposition .agairiac,thnse legally qualified who are known to.be .favourable to Re form. Without aggravating the dissensions which it is our most anxious desire to allay amongst Reform: r, we may observe that there is scarcely any section of our friends to which we can give unqualified approba- ... tian. On the Chartists being seduced from their pro- priety by physical-force bravadoes we have already pronounced our condemnation. Those called Rational Reformers are scarcely less to blame for remainiog,Pal-... sive when they should have stoad forward to direct the popular current into ,its legitimate channels, pod : :not= have allowed it to be diverted from its course by incen-, diary demagogues. If, however, these errors serve as, beacons to the future guidance of Reformers,,and peaceful, moral, and constitutional organization for .the reform of abuses—especially as regards the Parliament tary Representation and th e Corn-aws—be commenced amongst the people, we may still be enabled, before the meeting of Parliament, to give a satisfactory reply to the query, .4 What will be done in the next Session r (From the _illorning, Post.) One night last week seine people belonging to.the borough of •Marylebone, who are always fidgetting about their representation in Parliament, met-together, and were addressed by two gentlemen, who think it a mis fortune to the country that they are not in the House of Commons, and who would therefore be very. willing. to go there if the constituency of Marylebone would elect them. A person of the name of Elphinstone, who it seems was in Parliament before, though ive do not recollect any of his senatorial exploits, made, as we learn, a long speech, in which he talked Radicalism at an immense rate. He is an abolisker of the first water. He would abolish septennial Parliaments, and all the existing local rights and privileges under which they are elected. He would have a sweeping schedule A, which should include every borough and county in the United Kingdom ; and then ha would have another schedule, nominating, constituting, and appointing " electoral districts." The very term is worth a revolution. " Electoral districts" has a much more charmingly modern and scientific sound than such old words as counties and boroughs. This small matter being arranged, he would put the Bishops out of Parliament altogether, or, in. his milder phras?, " relieve them of their legislative duties." No doubt, when Mr. Elphinstone becomes an influential legislator,' his wisdom will (in his own opinion) abundantly supply the place of that of the whole ecclesiastical beach. Next he would abolish the property _quali--. fication for English and Irish Members of the Housa . .. : of Commons. We are not at all surprised that hie, wishes tend that way. The naughty -" qualification" is a s id bar in the way of aspiring gentlemen of the class to whieh Mr. Elphinstone appears to belong. Their ,1 desire to abolish it always runs collaterally with their de sire to enlighten this -. country by their speeches t.nd votes in PaAiatnent. But the alteraiion of the franchise is the important point which the .sagacious Mr. Elphin stone has arranged to his complete satisfaction. He is very determined,•he says, 11goronsly.to reform the Re form Bill! He is to extend the franchise to all adults of respectable cooduc t who can read and write. A wise thought this—if it were only practicable—and one in which even we, Tories as we are, quite agree. Perhaps Mr. Elphinstone will be surprised 'at this, but if he be, it is because he does not know what strange liberty loving people Tories are. (From the Times ) We laid before our readers, in the Times of the 21st of September, a brief outline of the constitution end organization of Ribandism in Ireland ; and on the Bth and 10th of October we exemprified the way in which this conspiracy works, particularly as between landlord and tenant, master and servant. Let us now look at its extent, and its means of mischief. If in Great Bri tain there were even one county—though only one— where an armed association had been detected of pa rochial bodies, bound by secret oaths, conrinimi• eating by secret passwords, pledged to obey at two how.' notice any mandate of their officers, even t assassination itself--disciplined by nightly drills, directed by a central board, overawing land,. lords, agents, tenants, prosecutors, witnesess, and juries, terrifying private men, paralyzing the law, and wreaking, at the savage pleasure of a board of indivi duals, what the slang of the day denominates. " the wild justice of revenge,"—if all this, or a tenth part of it, wete disclosed in but a single county of England or Scotland,an . excitement would pervade this whole country, to which the alarm of the Birmingham or Bristol burnings would be as nothing. But in • Ireland this frightful system has actually been overrunning the entire soil. It has squatted in almost every county of that pitiable king dom, alarming residents, deterring strangers, and precluding those investments of capital which alone would improve the condition of the people. Major Warburton, thirteen years Inspector-General of Con naught, deposes to the existence of this national curse in the counties of Sligo, Meath, Westmeath, Armagh, Tipperary, Galway, Wicklow, and Dublin. Mr. Rowan, a stipendiary Magistrate, brother of Colonel Rowan, of the metropolit a n poli ce , s t a te s it to be prevalent also i n the counties of Clare, Waterford, Longford, Kilkenny, Kildare, Cavan, Louth, and King's County. Mr. Hatton, chief constable of po lice, a gentleman of whose official merits Mr. Under.' Secretary Drummond has spoken in strong commen dation, adds Monaghan and Queen's County to the list of districts thus infested. Mr. Plunket, stipen diary Magistrate, states its existence in the county of Down ; Captain Warburton, stipendiary Magistrate, states its existence in the county of Roscommon ; Major Brown, Commissioner of Police, intimates its existence (though to no great extent) in the counties of London derry, Mayo, and Antrim ; and Mr. Graves, assistant to the Crown solicitor on the North-west Circuit, de poses to its presence in Tyrone. So that of all the 32 counties into which Ireland is divided, the only onts which the plague of Rtbandism is not proved to have in fected are Wexford, Carlow, Kerry, Limerick, and Cork. Among the main objects of the Society is the acquisition of arms. SECOND EDITION. (FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS HAY.) (From the Globe.) A letter from the Committee of Privy Council on Education to a clergyman of the Established. Church, who applied to their Lordships for inforMation on cer tain particulars, has been forwarded to us for insertion. This letter explains the mode on which th&r Lordships' have determined to conduct the inspection of schools connected with the Established Church, the promoters of which may accept portions of the Parliamentary grant; and is therefore so important in the information it con veys, that we hesitate not to give it promineney i n our columns : - " Committee of Council on Education, 6 , Council-office, October 5, 1839. " Reverend Sir, —The Lords of the Committee of Council have had under consideration your letter of the Ist October, i n w hi c h, referring t o en y f crm er communi cation, you inquire whether some or all of the inspectors to be appointed to visit schools will be clergymen ; and if not, whether they will at least be mem b ers o f th e Ch u rch of England; and you observe that as religious iestruc t'on must necessarily form the chief pa t of the education of your school, if that instruction and the dis cipline, and management o f the school be withdrawn from th cognizence of the inspectors, ther e wou ld b e li t h e e'se to which they could direct their attention—the Lords of the Committee of Council of Education direct me to assure you that it is intended to appoint oue or to visit th e Ch urch of England more inspectors spec iall y schools; that no person not a member of the Church of England will be appointed to discharge this important duty ; that it is their Lordships wish and intention to select in preference (other qualifications being equal), clergymen of the Established Cenrch to inspect schools connected with the Church; and that their Lordships will be reolici tuts to appo'nt as inspectors persons whose character shall be a guarantee of their conduct, both to the Ecabbehed Church end to the public at largo. Wi t h e esrct to the latter part of your letter, which relat sto the limitation of the inspector's powers, I am directed to:state to )ou that the points to which it adverts let I already received the serious consideration of the Committee ; and that the disadvantages which may arise frcm excluding the religious instructien from the super vision of the i n spectore have trot escap e d t h e i r L or d s hips' attention. The Committee have been anxious to give to promoters and managers of schools the fullest possible as surance that in accepting the public money, coupled. with the condition of inspection they will not incur the sligheest risk to the full integrity of the religious prineielee upon which the schools are established ; and for this object the a bove-mentioned limitations are necessary. It does not, hoe ever, appear to the Committee that there is anything in these conditions to prevent the promoters end managers of any school from obtaining from the incp !ctor an examination into, and a report upon the reli b eioi ,s in ste uction which may be afforded therein, provided t hat a requisition to that effect should previously be presented to I hi m by the Clergyman, Committee, or other person under HUNTING AI?POINTMEN TS. It The Cheltenham staghounds meet on Friday, at a course—at eleven. Mr. G. L. Coharn's hounds on Friday, at Specot Gate—at Mr. Archer's hounds on Thursday, at Morecombe Corn at half -past ten. The Somerset subscription hounds on Friday, at Fairfield— at half-past ten. The United Pack (Shropshire) on Thursday, at Hopesay— at eight. Mr. Tudway's hounds on Wednesday, at Chilcompton ; Friday, at Hardington Pillars. Mr. Wall's harriers on Thursday, at Erupton ; Saturday, at Womaston—at half-past.ttn. The M. H. on Friday, at Winfrith. Earl of Harewood's hounds on Wednesday, at Wike ; Frid at Sticklinghall—at half-past ten. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The impudence of the Times and other Tory paperse in the case of Admiral Fleming's appointment is quit insufferable. The Gallant Admiral ;etas a post cap tain in : 1-- 94, and from that period to the present da he has served his country zealously and efficiently i ever yquart er of the globe. No _man doubts that, if w were to be involved in a war, a better man for the cent mend of one of our fleets could not be found than Ad miral Fleming. But it so happens that he has neve commanded in a general engagement ! Was that hi fault ? Does any man doubt that, if it had been hi fortune to command in a general engagement, he wool have done his duty? The test of having commanole , ' in a general engagement is not necessary to est:abl e e. l the character of an officer in the navy. When an ota cer has his ship in a perfect state of discipline, and is in other respects a thorough seaman, who supposes that he would not do his duty in a general engagement ? It is a matter of good fortune to obtain the opportunity of being in a general engagement ; but when the opportu nity is obtained, it never happens in our service that an fficer, with a crew in an efficient state of discipline, fails to fight his ship. The time will soon come, when there will not be a single efficient officer itt our navy who has commanded in a general engagement. It is preposterous to make what is a mere accident a ground of disqualification for the rewards due to long and assiduous services. The complaint against the Tories during the war was, that they introduced into the navy, and placed in situations of trust, men utterly unfit to serve their country effectively. The complaint was not that the navy was filled with men who could distinguish them selves by commanding in general engagements if they had an opportunity, but that poor worthless creatures were introduced into the service for the mere purpose of obtaining a title to support at the public expense. One would suppose, from the abuse heaped on Ad miral Fleming, that he is not a thorouh-bred seamen, but a mere naval sinecurist—that he had no experience of the hardships of service ; that he had not obtained his rank fairly, and acquitted himself honourably in the various responsible situations in which he has been placed : " Her Majesty's advisers," says the Times, " tell the navy " there is no contract in existence which entities officers to honour or emolument in proportion to their warlike services. You entered the navy, it is true, in re. fiance on some such pledge from the State ; but we, the Whig Ministers, have repealed and superseded them. Your professional services are no longer tim, , e which we, the Queen's Ministers, recognise as titles to her Majesty's favour. We take upon ourselves to violate the Que.:Ws express engagement—your confidence in which was your motive to enter her marine. We announce to you, that it is nut henceforth by bravery or seamanship—by the 1. ad, the needle, the quadrant, the cannon, or the cutlass—you are to gain your epaulettes, your decorations, or your cum mands ; it is not by your courage as ,ffieers, but by your dexterity as partisans—not by your prowess amidst the din of battle, but through 7 our screams and bellowings amide the strife of faction—net at the cannon's mouth, but at the ' polling booth, that you are to win the spurs of knighthood and the spoils of victory." What is the meaning of this tirade ? When our navy swept all its enemies 'from the ocean, and rendered ge neral engagements ioapossible, is this very efficiency to be made the ground of reproach of this branch of the service in all time lo come ? How many brave and meritorious officers were deprived, by the early victories of our navy, of all opportunities of meeting an enemy in a general engagement ? What boots it that these brave men execute with zeal and fidelity every command of their Sovereign, acid make good their title to every fresh promotion by the effici.tmey of their services in interior commands ? There has been no opportunity for com manding in a genera/ engagement ; and a life of hardship, of professional skill,eall that they have done to bring and keep their crews in high discipline, is to go for nothing. Lord Cochrane was :no sailor, for he had never command ed in a general engagement. What trifling! As if every officer in the navy eid not know, from the efficiency of' the crew of the Shannon, that whatever Captain Brook should meet an A.mt.rican enemy he would be success ful. The action with the Chesapeake afforded no sur prise to our sailors,. who knew that whenever the oppor tunity occurred, it; would be turned to account. If Admiral Fleming 'had merely been a ministerial p Irti zan, there might have been some justice in reproaching the. Government with his appointment. But he is a brave and gallant officer,. who merits every reward that his country can. 'bestow. He has not, it is true, commanded in a gereral engagement ; but there is not an officer in the navy who will refuse to do him the justice to believe, a tat had it been his fate to be in C'4111.• wand in such an er igagement, he would have acquitted himself honourably A life of hardship passed in the service of the country is not to be deprived of its fair reward on any such ground as that on which the Tory Journals have chos en to attack Admiral Fleming. (Front the Morning Herald.) It cannot excise our surprise that the line of conduct which Mr. Frederick Shaw, the Recorder of Dublin, has pursued in Parliament with regard to the _lrish Municipal question, should have excited hitter and in dignant feelings in tire_ corporation. He has been and still is the great cleampion of that conapromisin , and truckling policy wif,ch, if it ever take effect, will bring Ireland nearer thaen ever to a " Belgic revolution." Is Mr. Shaw so wren satisfied with the manner in which the Roman Cath plies have redeemed the pledges and fulfilled the pro mises which they gave previously to the passing of t: he healing measure of 1829, that he thinks they oug sit to he rewarded for their honest, loyal, and. tranqufllizing use of the political eower which that measure conferred upon them by further conces :ions of power? Does he think that Ribandiste and all its frightful organization of crime and outrage, will be abashed and. put down by the Protestant Municipal Corporations of Ireland being converted, according to O'Connell's d- wire, into " norm 11 schools of political agitation ?" tan we forget that O'Connell himself, in a moment of manual candour, admitted in Parliament that Ireland, es . en under the " tranquillizing" Nor manby s adininise,ration, was volcanic—that is, that the smouldering fire:4 of rebellion was everywhere beneath the surface of a simulated quiet, ready to burst forth in desolating eruie .ion whenever the leaders of the great conspiracy they ght the time for action arrived ? Does Mr. Shaw belie ye that Ireland will become less volcanic when the crinsi nal hopes of the conspirators against the Protestant Teti pion and British connection shall hat e been embold et led by the surrender of the municipal strongholds if Protestantism to the malignant and inve terate enemi es of the Anglo-Saxon race and Govern ment ? Thta friends of' Mr. Shaw, we observe, charge e r n p t o i r e a rn ti a o r n e .. l Now, own those wh o h Ave .-eprobated the political conduct of th e Learned C:entlem'an with creating dissen s i o n in th e cis licy tha w t hi l c s i e l arn h i s e s l G o compromising t policy created 0131 dissens ion. Such members of the Con poratien tas Mr. t tx-Sheriff Jones, or Mr. Sheriff Ma llet have nt it changed their opinions or dis avowed tb.eir former principles. It is the Recorder who has eihanged his mon, gad though we do not ap prove of some of the strong expressions which were applied to. him at Sheriff Falkner's dinner the other day, we cannot hut make: great allowance for the ex cited feel togs of men who thought the corporatiorebe trayed by• those who were bound by every obligation of princil sle, previous profession), and gratitude, to be its firm, faithful, and unshaken defenders. Mr. Shaw owes his. advancement in public life to the Protestant corporation of Dublin. Never would he have . been member fo r the Irish university if the corporation of Dublin had not els vated him fr om the junior ranks of the bar 'to the high judicial office of its Recorder. Suppose :Mr. Law., the learned and able Recorder of the London corporation, had lent himself to the late Government attern pt to invade and usurp the ancient privileges and franaehises of the great municipal body that chose him to be its highest judicial officer, who Would wooder at his conduct pro‘oking suspicions of treachery. and elpress ions of indignation in civic assem blies ? But Mr. Law is incapable of taking such a course. His conduct has been the very opposite of that. He has : itood by the corporation in its peril, as became one who had derived Is great trust and honourable dis tinction from its po were He, too, represents a Univer sity, bi et he did no so cischarge his Parliamentary func tions : to make the vote of the legislator subversive of the inteessts of the corporation. The Government were: defeated in, their base attack upon the ancient risents and privileges of the London corporation. NVe Lope the m aster of the Government—the tyrant dema gogue—will eventually be defeated in his efforts to de stroy the an, dent Protestant corporation of Dublin, and erect in its place a Popish " normal school of political agitation," a Ithough Mr. Shaw and some other Irish " C onwrvar i, , es" ehould continue to promote his object by their coml roinioing tactics. (F tram eb e Morning Advertiser.) What will 1; edl ane .;n the next Session ? This is the question with 'i'hi eh pu bile opinion will soon become occupied. \\Ant ' will be 'lone with the Ballot ? Whet with the fern-tan ? Wi . th the Irish Corporations? What %en Minitt :ors prop,Nse ? What will the Lords do ? These aie questions which must speedily t ote , faemselves on •blic attention with resistless urgency. It would, the refs ire, be well to prepare for their solu tion ; a clue t o A 'IIICII must be sought neither in the Legislature nor in the Cabinet, but in the extent of th popular Oft ar t, with( ut which all these queries might be answered in one a od the same e xpressive word— " Nothin g ." In t h e present state of the Legislature whose superintendence the religious instruction is ordinarily afforded to the school. " With respect to the general management and discip line of the school, the inspectors will be instructed to inquire and report, but not to interfere cr to regulate. I have been instructed to add that you arc quite at liber y to itnzle: public use of this letter. A ' I h.; ve the honour to be,"&e. &c. The absence of all interference in the management of the Schools, and of all examination of the method of imparting religious instruction, seems to us so calcu lated to disarm the fears excited by the numerous mis representatiens of the intentions of the Govercrecni, which have for various purposes been circulated, that its publication will, we do not doubt, effect the removal cf these apprehensions from all who are not williuglydeceived. The advance of national improvement, as respects the management of the schools, can only proceed, pari vzsszt, with the spread of information on this subject. ; and to this end the establishment of a system of inspec tion, by which the wants of the promoters of schools nosy be made known, and their exertions encouraged by the diffusion of useful information, must contribute— perhaps not in so powerful a degree as ,the sanguine promoters of primary instruction may desire—but cer t.:icily so as to prepare the way for the realization of their hopes. _ _ _ (From the Courier.) The justice and generosity of the grand measure of emancipation - do not rest on the contracted rules by which Mr. Scoble would .square and pare. down its magnificent proportions. The twenty millions are there in evidence that it was no huckster's affiir of profit and loss. That splendid gift was in the nature of an atone : tnent and peace offering. What sacrifice more sublime and seltdenying was ever offered up on the altar of national repentance ? We believe that with the few— wants of the negro race under such a elitiite, it is vain to expect - the perfoini• nice of distasteful work beyond the average amount of subsistence required, and the example of St. Domingo pOrrahorates this opinion. Lord Stanley, the able and couscie itious statesman who planned andicarried through the great nLaisure of emancipation, would pkr:iaps have IKsitoted to have awarded twenty millions sterling of compensation to the West Incian proprietary, had the suspicion crossed his mind ever so slightly that the freed negroes were to • remain still the ad scri pli glebe, the serfs of the soil, bound to toil and expected to produce as much as ever. That result may )et be arrived at with increasing civilization, leading to new and increasing woofs udder c•ontinualii progressing changes and advances of society. In th« , meanCme the Colonies, and Colonial Proprietors, will do well to persevere in their projects to promote imini gration from all parts of the world upon equitable princi pies, and with liberal provision. Taus, with the progres sive increase of an easy •and well-satisfied population, indigenous and attached to the. soil, must in the re gular order of nature gradually effect the cure for pre sent disappointments. (From the Standard.) This, so far as the general' principle goes, is plau sible enough ; and so -fur as his " conduct may have entitled hint to the character of a good peace officer, Admiral Fleeming (had he not been disqualified by the - number and value of the appointments which have already been bestowed upon him) would have been as for Greenwich Hospital as any other candidate whose services have been of the same description. But it will not surely be denied by ow hard-run Contemporaries, that those men who, besides being " thorough seamen," have not only seen longer and more severe service, but have earned a title to the grab tutfr of theii• country by the number and brilliancy of their exploits ; have a far stronger claim to reward titan he can possibly exhibit. But tae very negative merit which the apcbgists of this atrocious job have attributed to their fortunate protege, are, un'tappily for Lint, So general in the British navy that it would be , eiffieuit to find half a dozen officers in the higher ranks of the service who cannot fairly lay claim to it. To escape censure in the performance of that routine duty, which mast devolve upon every sailor of Admiral Fleming's rank ; to 8 , — that. the - rations provided for the men under his comma! d are sufficient, and of the p ro p er qua lity ; to be a. courteous,' g• bland," and even " friendly." to those about him, (under circumstances but little calculated to ruffle the evenness of his temper ;) are all virtues of that negative kind which are among the easiest and more gratifying portions of the duty which devolves upon s naval commander. Not to have at•eided to matters so indispensable to the maintenance of nautical efficiency would have deserved the penalty pr,v:ded for disgraceful neglect of duty; but to have es caped the censure with which such neglect is usually visited cut never be assigned as a sufficient pretext for one half of ,he good things of which Admiral Fleeming has alrea.ly been the recipient ; much less for the appointment w i Ix o; g it to have been consecrated to the rcw.rd of an officer to whom the country ,e dly owes son.e:hinu. Were the balance of s, rvices rendered by, and berwfits . conferred on, Admiral Fleeming, sum med um, the account -would, even a tro t.h a:,o, have presented an awful balance again t him. THE FUN DS.---(CLOSING PRICES.) Barris' I FUN DS , India St - .ck - Ditto Bonds ..... ....... Ditto Old A:11111/ [lei."... Ditto New Aloltraie, - ' Ex. Bills, t,isloi --',l I , 1 i , . I Ditto sth! tl tl.:-. 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Railway 1 ondon mid Brighton Railway • ... 17 , London and Birmingham, Railway 1,2 London and Southampton Railway London troa Croydon Railway (Trunk) — Ditto Scrip Ge ri Manchester and Leeds . itMlway Manchester and Birmingham Railway Ditto ditto Extension :..1, Northern and Eastern Railway l5 •- On Friday two off Leers belonging to toimouth delivered into the custody of Mr. Cope, - the Governor of Newgate, John Wentworth Fairbanks, a young man, 19 years of age, and steward to the barque Secret, of Liverpool, who stands charged with the wilful murder of Wm. White, master of the said vessel, on the high sus, between England and Rio de Janeiro. The prisoner has undergone an examination at Falmouth, and stands committed to Newgate for trial at the ensuing sessions. On Thursday evening last a large flock of wild geese was seen to pass over Hendford-hill, near Y e n v il, very near the ground, and which doubtless took up their abode for the night in the corn fields at the top of the bill, as they were again seen early the next morning, winging their way to the southward. Se veral wild ducks were also seen in the river between Longport and Ilchester on Sunday morning last. The early appearance of these birds is generally sup posed to 'indicate the setting in of severe weather in tle north, whence it is also inferred that, in all pro bability, an early and severe winter will be experienced liere.—Sherborne Journal. The Westminister Cemetery Company h ave bought' seventy+ acres of ground of Lord Kensington adjoining the canal in the .Fulham-road. There are upwards of ainety men employed in building tit,_ wall and laying oat the grounds. The burial,pl2 ce w ill be 'o; great accomodation to Pimlico and Chelsea..,.. . The Semaphore of Marseilles gives, under the.' head of Digne, an amusing anecdote. of a bear, u hich, without having had the, benefit of an education from Mr. Van Amburgh: showed that he was not so bruitish as his species is gent rally represented. We are informed that whilst an ambulating artiste was exhibiting, in the streets of Digne, the extraordinary feats of his bear, and of a company of theatrical monkeys, the end of the chain by which Bruin was attached got loose, and he contrived, whilst the attention of his owner and of the audience was directed to the performance of his brother actors, to make his escape unperceived. When his absence was remarked great alarm was occasioned, and the bear-leader immediately set off in pursuit of the fugitive. In the mean time Bruin, in search of adven tures, had entered the doorway of a house, which was open, and quietly walked up to the first floor, where, leaning against a door, it gave way, and he found him self in the presence of three little children, who, in the absence (;1 their parents, were at play. At first, says the Semaphore, tine children were frightened, hut, taking courage at the amiable manners of their visitor, they gradually approached him, and in a few minutes Bruin was roiling on his back, like a kitten, in gambols with his little playfellows, and growling forth, in as tender notes as his organization would permit, hiz, delight. The shouts of the children, mixed with the bass notes of the bear, produced a concert which reached the ears of the mother, who was in an upper floor. On arriving at the door of the room in which the game was going 00, her horror at perceiving her children in the embraces of a bear may be easily conceived. She uttered a piercing shriek, and was about to rush to her children ; but her husband, who had followed, prudently withheld her. The cry of the mother, however, produced an iinmedi ite effect upon Bruin, who, unwilling to increase her alarm, resolved, after two or three more gambols, to take his leave, which he did in the quietest way imaginable, drag ging his chain after him down stairs, and hastening to join his disconsolate owner, who had returned from a fruitless search, and given up his bear as lost. A correspondent in Musselburi!h, having ob served in our paper of last week a notice regarding the large turnip from Balgane, has sent us one, which he says was raised in the usual way, in a field in that neighbourhood, farmed by Mr. James Sinclair, measur in —. g thirty in c h es i n c i rcum f erence , an d weighing lsl l bs. 1 Scotsman. rotimr; AFFA [RS OF THE EAST. (From the French Papers.) BESHIKA BAY, SEPT. 26.—We are in good intelli gence with the English. The Admirals visit each other, and some of the officers give invitations, but reserve is maintained. The Russians and the English have agents everywhere. They seek to render the people favourable to themselves, and to foment hatred by invoking. more or less bitter recollections. The Consuls of the ports in the Levant keep up an assiduous correspondence with our Admirals. The Russians are concentrating imposing forces. They have 14 ships of the line and ' SOO trading vessels at Sebastopol. This formidable squadron is ready to enter the Bosphorus and the Dar danelles. Shall we be for the Russians or the English ? We watch each other continually. We stand at our arms, but they are loaded, and ready for firing. As soon .as an English steamer appears in _tire horizon w are upon our guard, fearing secret instructions. The English ships are ill armed, and we have nothing to envy in their tnanceuvring. Taeir Admiral's ship, the Queen Charlotte, has only a crew of 700 men. The others have only 500, and they are not better sailors than our own. — Correspondencefrons Toulon. Extract of a letter from Beshika Bay, quoted by the Siecle :—" The Austrian Commodore sent us a steamer a short time since, with an offer to join our fleets with his small squadron, to cruise off Alexandria, and, by putting a stop to the commerce of that port, to force Mehemet Ali to give up the Turkish fleet. Ad miral Lalande, however, persuaded ti .e English Admi ral to join him in declining the off er , an d i n declaring. to the Commodo re that neither of them had entertained the intention he supposed. Thus England has entirely abandoned her hostile projects against Mehemet Al:. This conversion is most significative, fur the Engl:sl; fleet had already made preparations. for its departure, which the officers had been imprudent enough to talk of openly. I have just arrived from Constantinople, where I had an audience of Chosrew Podia, who is a little man, very. old, but with a remarkably quick and penetrating-eye. I have also seen the young Sultan. He is diminutive and thin. It appears that he is suf fered to indulge in excesses which ruin fris health.", We have seen a letter from Constantinople, 9.4 th cit , which states that the recal of Admiral Raussin has caused great astonishment in the diplomatic. circles of that capital. The Sud of Marseilles, dated the Sth inst., publishes the followi ng accounts f rom C ons tantinople of the 24th : " The influence of IL•dschid Pacha is beginning to be felt. Several important changes arcong.the high functionaries have. taken place under his directions. Nourri Effendi, Mustachar of Foreign Aflli:_rs, has been appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary in Paris. Talat Effendi, the present Mirister is Paris, is to proceed to London in the same capacity., Rifat Bey, Ambassador at Vienna, has been appointed Mustachar of Foreign Affairs. Nourri Effendi. a creature and relative of Redschid Pacha, is t 3 b' sent to Berlin. Hafiz Pacha, the unhappy General of Nt zib, and Akif Pacha, are named Governors of PachalieF, and Mustapha Kiana Bey, Military Commander of Broussa." The Gazelle du Midi publishes also a letter from Constantinople of the 24th, in which it is formally stated that Russia had proposed to the Turkish Go7ernment to place at its disposal a corps of 25,000 men, in ease Ibrahim Pacha should march upon Constantinople, and that the Porte had apprised the Ambassadors of the other great Powers of this offer of Rusia. The Leip4ic Gazette of the Bth instant states, on the authority of diplomatic letters received in Vienna front Constantinople, that the propositions made to the Porte by several of the European Powers, but particularly by England, had been rejected through the intrigues of the Russian: Cabinet, end that the - Porte had declined leaving the adjustment of its differences with Mehemet Ali t') the care of the proposed - conference. The four other Powers, accordingly, had since held their conft rences in London, whence the despatches intended for Vienna are forwarded to Johannisberg. The best pus-• Bible understanding with regard to the eastern question was believed to exist between France and the Anst:i•rn Cabinet, directed, in the absence of Prince Metternich, by M. de Fiquelmont. The Journal des Debuts publishes a letter of Prin c e _ _ Puckler Muskau, in which the writer expatiates at some length on the merits and demerits of the Ambass tdors of the Five Great Powers in Constantinople. Lord Ponsonby is, linwe.ver, the only one of whom - he speaks in harsh terms. The Prince " cannot conceive the haughtiness, obstinacy, and incredible aversion of his Lordship for Mehemet AP," and " can only ascribe it to the puerile hatred of mediocrity towards genius." " Roussin," be says, " is an excellent man, and one of the moat honourable characters he. knew, but he found him also fooliihly prejudiced tigablst the P.icha of Egypt." M. de Boulenieff he describes as a earn plate optimist, wlio thought that ever, thing was going gat 1 for the best. "M. de Stormer, the Austrian nuncio, is," he says, " too well acquaitzted with the it s tory of Turkey to view matters in so fa'ourable a ligi;t. However reassured he might be at seeing the pet-fret accord existing between the Powers, he felt nevertli+less apprehensive of some movement of the populace against the Giaours, and was enchanted at having a vessel of war at his disposal, to take shelter on board of with his family." " As for the Prussian Ambassador, M. Ka • nigsmark," adds the Prince, " he iS a good and honest German ; a real knight errant of logitimaey, according to cur European ideas, who sees in Meh,met Ali a mere rebel, and condemns him without mercy." The Prince accordingly does not consider those diploma tists competent to act as umpires in the quarrel between Turkey and Egypt, and he mentions lia‘iog heard Khosrew Paella express regret at having been prevented concluding an arrangement with his old enemy, even at the sacrifice of the hereditary posses- sion of Sytiut and Egypt. Prince Puckler Mu.kau concurs on that point in the opinion of the Grand Vizier, and maintains, that had " the just demand of Mehemet Ali been conceded, he would have found it his interest to draw closer the ties which unite hint to the Sultan, and would have become the surest and per haps the only efficient support of the Ottoman empire." In conclusion, he declares that " the actus quo must prolong the precarious condition of Turkey ; that the destruction of the Paella of Egypt would deprive her of her last natural ally ; that while a European Con gress should be sitting in deliberation Mehemet Ali could array the whole Mu•sulman population againet the infidels ; that an intervention of Europe would prove altogether unavailable, and that the Powers of the Etat should consequently be left to settle their affairs among themselves." DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL. BnussELs, OCT. 10.—Orders have been transmitted to the peveral corps of the army to send to the reserve the men of the class of 1833. It is thought that the class of )838 will be called out for the month of Ja nuary 1840. Tne Indepc;zdeni says—" We are assured that the a , enti of Mr. Cockerill, who were at Brussels yester day, declared that there is no truth in ail that has been stated of assistance received by him from German cud other capitals. The Eclair gives further particulars respecting the affairs of Mr. Cockerin. We leave the respons!ni:ity to that Journal, and do not pretend to reconcile the differences between them and the contradiction given by the Independent. Our readers will r-member that we announced that Russian engineers had travelled through the country, and visited the principal, establishments. We hai,e since mentioned the arrival of a Russian councillor ; it was he who was commissioned to negociatc with Mr. Cockerill, and , the contract for the sale was agreed upon on the ht of this month at Aix-la-Cimpelle. It will not be definitive till after the ratification, which is to take place within four months after the signing of the contract. It seems tnat besides the favours granted to the pro • auctions of the ( Usiues) at Seraing, on the: importation into Rus , ia of linen thread and linen front the manufactories of Mr. John Cockerill, the nurn.l)f r of steam-boats to he built for Russia is very great, and exceeds what might have been expected. A Ghent JoUrnal states that the mamufacturers of Flanders passed the three' folloing measures to encou rage the cotton manufacture :- 1. A bounty on exportation. 2. The prohibition of all cotton manufactures. 3. The purchase by the Government of a eer: - .:ain quantity of Belgian cotton manufactures, to be exported at the risk of the Treasury, through the medium of one or more great mercantile houses. _ . BRUSSELS, OCT. 11.—Gerieral Skrzynecky arrived at Brussels ye s te r d a y a f ternoon w i t h Ins etd" sisting of his wife, his mother, his mothee-in-law, and two daughters (o to sixtem and the otteer ten years of age). The Utrecht Courant says—" Se ieral journals have stated that the Members of the Giftrimission at Utreefit have left this city for a fortnight. We learn, on the contrary, that they ha:ce ad,iaurocd sine die, any; that the Belgian Commissi.eners did not seem willing to ac knowledge the debt:" The Contnierr: Beige maintains that there is no faendatiou for Vie reports of the purchase of the attn. blishment at S,craing Ly a northern powt r, and d r ., i t will soon ma . tie known the measures adopted by M r . Cockerill to settle with his creditors. We shall sar.t. FRONTI"/RS OP TURKEY, SEPTEMEER Duclos, I..'rench Consul at Belgrade, is recalled, and s ucceeded by M. Kodriga, who has already 'l;r - wed at Semlin. It may be rememb ere d t h at M. Duelos, some months ago, when the Duke of Bordeaux sis‘ ;t 1 this frontier, in too great official zeal formally t.akihit resrects to the Duke as to a Prince of the blood royal of France, and even sent an official report of the nit tier to the French Ambassador at Vienna. This cirwm stance is Supposed to be the cause of his meal, leer which, howeve r , there trai y other motivts. English Co nsu l, Colonel Hodges, whose position 1815 become untenable since the late events in Sertil, is en the poi•it of leavit v i v rr ife ß o lrae f,Or ever, and returnivg to EnglatP3. The Prince . Mi:oseh is gone iv Wallac.hia'to induce the Prince not to detain their Jou. the young Prince Michael, who is Chosen to be 5.3 e- EVENT,c, EDITION. ---- T i reign of Servia, because the country is thereby placed i in a diff erent s i tuat i on, and full scope left to ntriguo and ambition. We hear from Constantinople that i soveral incendiary attempts had lately been . road. ii An (Nil s t ar seems to h ave l ately shed its batieful in. fluChce on the representatives of the five great Powers at uonstantinople. Count Konigsmark, the Prussian Ambassador, broke his shoulder-bone by a fall from his horse ; .Lord P anson b y h as a l so been thrown from his horse, but is not much hurt. The Austrian Intel-- nuncio, I3aron Sturmer, fell from a boat into the water, but escaped vvith the. fright and a slight cold. Admiral Roussin le!! through the flooring . of a room, without ben winch burr. Lastly, the Russian AmbasSador, M. - V. Boutenicff has b , eit ov, rturned in his carriage and pretty considerably injured. Is not this a strange coincidence in a few wet ks. Tl» Grand Vizier and Kbaled Paella have been reconciled by the intervention ul Reschid Pacha. AMSTERD.II.I, OCT. 9.—The are( tors of the Dutch hoc :,i.way Company have, within thcse two days, main petitioned his Majesty for portni,si ou to continue the iron r.tilway to Ratietdam. THE HAGUE, OCT. Highness the Prince de AuibaSsanor Extraordinary' and 'Minister Pie niiloteet:ary t)r the King of the 13eListns to the Court o! the S.:(:...:;!ai;t11,11:•ii ycsterd.,y the honour o f u so lemn uoilienee of the K.t:g iu Pates.., in this town, for rurpose of deli‘eit:z his eredeotiu;s - .0 Lis Ma jesty. . According to Art. 97 of the Ftiodanttot II Law the oidinary atsem::ly of the Stat,:s Genend is to be form ally opened by hi; Mjesty on the third noaday (that the ilitt) of this month. Ocr. IL—At the dinner givcn at Court yeit,rday his Ex:TN.-nu the Belgian Ambassador was presvot for • the first tinv. Dutch Stuck slio..ved at first a tendency to &dine, but flfterwor,is recovered, anti closed r.t yesterday's prices. In Sdanisli Stock little was done ; at the be ginning of the d:ty the prices were likewise rather lower, but closed at the prices of yr , stere.,y, when the market was briz.k, and opening at 26 15.16 ros , :. to 27k. and clos,l at about per cent. higiwr ttt.n on Thurs day. Exchanw: on Lendan, 12f..; 2 worths, 111. 87i. —Dutch Papers, Oct. P. OurssA, SEPT. 24.—For some dine vist the prices of ci rn im%e risen in no txtraordinexy manner. Ti!e ebettvert of . oats which at the bigioning, cf . August tv , s worth 51 rubles was sold a week ago at 74, and r.tS.; to 9 tables. Toe same is the vest: ait h, The clintwert ..of IMllct, to hr hid moi.th ago for six rubies, now costs eiLthipen.- Four rod Goats are ;iketv,se rising. The ire( oants from tom , _, parts of the interi,r are nut favourab/e, WAtisAW. Oc.r. 4.—lnforniation has b,eit received here that the Prince Alt xant - kr wiil 'next week hartour the city of Warsaw • . voith-a t and here several drys, The Prince Governor of the King. ii.ont arrived here on the - 30!li of Se F icu i ii er , Borodino, and • C;,ttlat Grabowski, 82cretary of State of the Kingdom of Poland. has'rotoroed from 'Vienna. linussu.s,.ocT. 13,—We learn with plexsure (says the Coin»icTee tita th mtftC. , c: s of the Cow mi,sion of Ghent 4ppointed to report Mt -the bitu..tion of the cotton monufaciories, had ycsterilay a long coots, 'once with the 1116isters of Vuuture ;he Interior. It seems that before takiNr any r,soluticn the Govern ment deiri.(l the Commissioners to collect-inore ample information, and to present tee repnr: embracing all the question. It appeals that t bey ;Ire already agreed on the dizO't of a prefect of iaw t l ia t ar iff o f duties on the importation of foreits cotton roanufac ture's. This projci.it will be laid before the Chambers at. thereommelietment of the twv &!ssiou. The Com tnissio.iers have returned to Ghent. A yoni.g Engl:sh lady, 20 years of ag,c, yesterday abjured the errors of the Anglican Churcii, in which khe was cOunoted. aol was baptised st the Convent of the Sisters of k;harity, at Tasselnere. She has lived six months in thAt convent to !earn the Freneli language.; while there, she rcsistcd all the f xbortations of her wcrthy te.chets. but she hal s-aro,ly left whin: the re eollec.lor“ of the virtu e s ahe hd s .en praeiiseit there by the Sisters of Ch4rity, kind the counsels 0 1 t h e R ev . - Canon Coilord, of Namur, cot:1710M he; cmversion. BERLIN. OCT. 4.-1 have to infottu you ttf :ot event which must have impo.-tant anti dec;Sive corsequencec„ Arehbisl , op Durienus, you know, was sentenced to six months impri.;onnmt and loss of his dignity ; the King rernittqd the pem:lty of iinprisonmeot, and the execution of the st•ntecce of depsivatiou sis deflrrett, because it was I.ovd that the otints of diff...ncnee in;uht be amic ably sett'ed. The who have oreered hint to Lie coi.fined in a fortreA., merely order:A him to re nin'r. here, anus! at all events not to return to the tizo- Ce. 3?. from Cie ad,oinistratien of which he had been cd hy-a le.!7:11 sentence, so he lived for s:x months quite unmolested, oniy untkr very moderate superin I,...adcace of the police. :Yesterday lie secretly got into a carriage to return to Posen_ it is impossible at. pre. , .elt to - forrsca the consequences of this step.— Aligerdeinc -Z6ituirgi, Oct. 7. LAN 1. It NDS—BerlEsl , l6, CCT. CtUai Debt. pe.r 5 per t'.,nt Lt-an Million 5, 4 pot' 3 per ;:l pvr S'u...!.'y of C4..rollorce, - r ~• lyzrrem. ........ .. • :••••.• .......... Exchange on London (Abort) ........ i l 1.7, I , Y "witch -Pape? 4 , Oct. :1 DUTCH Opr. • it:lie. per rets: DAto, ditto, :P., per ce:tt ver: 4.n. , 1-er reit I , "sr.j pet ... . N., I)ttu bver ..... ••1..1% 1 , er e.qa F:xcilairge ...... ; 1 2. .2 io Tw't 771q)n . h, —Drich. Papers ; Oct. 11. t• 1. - OcT. t,. . _ • Mr.nry. pzr cent 'r4 4 per rut. • I..x,:ltrnge nn I .antlnn, three tc.on!';.s...ti —erocvsairft-titafrCiarettr; Oc: ,FuNDS. —V tr.NN A, Ocr A. • te - r mQta',l!4.ius I.:eNt fe EX Cu iti 'nue, Cent , . Shar...s ..... —........—.......... .......... 1: - ,31 • 7, , ung t HA P.llWitii L',013..EN HALLE, 04 I‘. Noney. Austr , n 5 per emits. .......... ........ ..... • U 153, Bank ±nares l5lO -- An ItMIZIZS3 aii 14'64, INN, llmbian 5 per Cent. lbt series, Certiti,!ate 11 , ‘ hsesiption, Ist Series • - Russian per Cent. Hope :and o. 3,1::11.1 4th i Ditto in Certi!icates Mitch dual Vat, 2 pt cent Ditto Po:ish Bondi New icket linish Loan, 3 per Cent 7ly Ntalvegian Loan, • 1,34. 4 per Cent... „„,....„ lot) g . EXCHANGES 0 % 7 LON Iturc. HAMBITCS, Oct. —Two months, 13. 3, ec - Two months, 39 11-41. BRENII , N, OCT. F.—Two months . TocKnuLlt, tier. 4.—Seventr-fire days, 11, 23 O. I.Kllftile, OCT. 7.—Two trio ths, ti. tiLttLitt, Ocr. H. - Three months, ti. 204. ADMIRAL FLEMING. (From the Hampshire Telegraph) If anything were wanting to convince the world of tne propriety of the appointment of Admiral Fleming to the Governorship of Greenwich Hospital, it: would he found in the vio'ent abuse of Lint in the Tory press. Their censure of this appointment springs entirely from rancorous party spirit ; and if arty well-grounded ob jections could be taken to it, which is impoi,bible, trey come with a very bad grace from the 'cc rics, ender whose administration, it is weil known, a' corret of dragoons was presented at Court, booted ,und„spurred, and attired in the uniform of his regitnen., r t s4triiord of the Admiralty ! With respect to Arlrairaf tletti,og's claims, and his not having taken r.4ret'ih a "Qeguiar battle, for which only medals were gig-en, and forforkioh en!y K.C.B. should ever have beer. Ireto j sir c e e d, i ishilid not command a line-of brittle ship Sin 1807,itnd Faspro moted to his fl-,g in 1813 ; and in the ititerViaiiiii'eneral action took place. Before this peri ,(1.11 , 4na Captain of clae Egyptienne, and during his Isbiiesic q‘ , 4lky,Pshe took a frigate. His absence wins a mortification to hint, but 'could he help it ? As ti r! his 1-A4 a fortunate youth look at Sir Geol.g, Cirekburn, the late Sir Henry Hotham, &e., in '*vligst' fffinP 3 UY !•itt!' Was at the time, and who certainly partielpated . ia Lorry corruption of that day. Adiniriti :.e t l . ry more titan this gallant officer—im one in the hee7. stands hieher as en officer and rt searnan— L t o one ig al fire re spected than he is. The only reg•ct .0 is,.:feat :he his thtislied his acti ve earecr too wait, n_nd tli a i, t an; hi s • pr..•opinion is lost to the proles slob. and . country at the moment when offie e of Lis rank so onba wanted to comma•A at B ttisit fleet, on a ctntinu v.licrs tile utmost ete . :g y itud alent may be re gitired. To r:ffirm th a t th; ofliee or Governor of Greenwich Hospital has alway s beers flied by officers who hive seen eni,eigenu nts is untrue, for the eppoint meat was held by Sir John Coipoys, who was aver in a geocral eng .gesuent, The object of this Tory out cry agsiest the appointment of Atimi.-al Fir:rejig is well understood. A country eenJeanui, duly estiamting Tory truth and candour, assures u:. his conviction of the correctness of the appointment rests solely on the fact, that all the Tory press are vehement in their abase of it ! Young Betts. , performed . Hamlet to an elegant audience at. i'eterborou;li on Tuesday last. :Ind at the conclusion of the performance, the speet.eors in the box.?.s and Fit rose Eirnultancously, and honoured him with three distinct rounds oflipplause. H gives us sincere peeasure to be able to state that Mr. Hutt, M.P., is now reec‘ered, t ith the exot:ptino of weakness, froth hi* late severe indtspos;tlon.—Hail Advertiser. The agricuitural mei.ungs held since our last, " An a reported in this paper, are those of the Lunesdale, Kirkby Lonsd,de, Burtou-in-Kencial, snci Lancaster A4ricultural Associations. At ear:h of which Ke have observid with pleasure, it desire to diver t h.„ pue b e , f rom t he usual coannel of complirneuttry to the mention of Eubjce.s of praerie.Al intermit,, -ivncasler tglordian. A new Church at Horsley, near Cheltcnhatn, w ilt be consecr:lted by the Lo;t1 Eisho ? of Gloucester o n, 'Thursday next.