The Sun. — London, England, 1839-12-26 00:00:00

1 altiV AL Of the BRITISii QU EEN. e! lirviv.d in the Riv, , r vcs!erday. New Yi 1:1;. on the 2,1 d.,y on ‘vbic!) the PitEAC 'ENT delivered htC i\lc-,:sagc a t Wash ington, whit h has been so wuch looked for by all commercial men, and which she might have brought to this country by this day had she waited till the 3d or 4th. We are utterly at a loss to account for this vessel leaving New York without a document of so much importance, and yielding the honour to soina packe , t v:hich she might have beat by four or six da)s 'ossibly the proprictc,rs of the vessel will be able to c ive a satisfactory reason for this strange proceeding. (Net t, York Alliwaing,: - YENS? It )RK MONEY MARKET, DEC. 1. There was a fair business doing yesterday in ster iing exchange for the packets which sail to-morrow. The supply o.f Southern bills is however quite equal to the demand, and the rate conecquently continues the same, 81 a 9 per cent., or 4 dol. 82 c. a 4 dol. 84c, the .E sterling. Al the south the rates are as follows : Charleston, 9 per cent., or 4 dol. 84c. a 4 dol. 93c. the £ sterling. Mobile, 16 per cent. or 5 dol. 10e. the £ sterling. New Orleans, 11 a 12 per cent., or 4 dol. 93c. a 4 dol . 97 c. the £ sterling. There will go by the British Queen about 500,900 dollars in specie, mostly on account of the United States Bank, notwithstanding the low rate of exchange. The brig A. E. arrived to-day from Tampico, with specie to the amount of 565,430 dollars. Money for good mercantile paper may be obtained at 1+ alf per cent. per month. At the Stock Market yesterday sales were small, and at prices lees firm than those of the previous day. United States Bank de clined I per cent. Delaware and Hudson 1 per cent. Kentucky per cent. North American Trust and Banking Company improved; per cent. Harlem per cent. American Exchange Bank -1 E per cent. State Dank per cent. Drafts on Philadelphia were sold at 91 a 91 discount. The !lank of Charleston is checking on this cite for the bin s o f other Charleston banks as well as her own. This is a iymptom of resumption. The geueleal state of the money affairs of the United States has undArsone but little change since the arrival of the British que en. The banks which suspended under the influence of the United States Bank, are gradually preparing to resume, and many have done so. The Ohio banks resumed at the expiration of the 30 days which is allowed them by law. The Illinois bunks that have suspended, will resume at the end of 60 days, according to the requisition of the law. Most of the Providence banks have re sumed, and will b e followed by the others in that State. The banks in Penosrlvania, with the exception of the Guard and the United f_i!.ates Banks, would soon be able to return to specie payments, were it not for the influence which the latter exert over them. Those banks are, however, so interwoven with cotton operations, and the great state stock system, both of which are, and have been for the last eight months Losing operations, that a speedy resumption on their part caanot be looked for. The example of the United States Bank, in interfering with the Cotton Market in ;837, although eminently successful at that time, has iinilis consequence, been one great element of her pre treat r;jsasters. Most of the banks south-west also en gaged it, the cotto n busitsesa in 1838, and the Un ited States Bank having esti , o4ed a cotton house in Liver pool, and wishing to promote all early and general re sumption of specie payments, undel'!ook, by rowing loans to the lnEtltutions thus iii;',?lved, to concentrate their cotton in the hands of the Liver , pool house, and, at the same time to enablo them to resume on the Ist of January last, To do this, it was accessary to bold the cotton, which was equivalent to a c cc:rease in the amount of our national export; to the same - a mount, and also caused au absorption of the active capital of the bank for th e p e r iod that it was held. This was ~ u pplied by the availability of the State Stocks wh i c h aceem, , art.d the mania for public improvements, h the United States Bank be and for the sale ."( whic came the most activd tig 4 tat , crn The sale of these seen:Wei WAS u-ged until the foreign markets became glutted , an d the 64 ' 0 suddenly stopped, leaving the States with a liability I Dols. Dols. For stocks to the amount of And a yearly interest of To meet which the public w erks will yield ...... . ••• 2,000,000 Div dends of banks owned by t h e States Provided for by taxation Interest unprovided for This amount must be raised, if raised at all, bj taxa tion. The amount derived from Bank dividends is now jeopardised by the unfortunate condition of the l'anks, to which the state stocks have been loaned, and the amount to be raised by taxation will probably, he near 9,000,000 dots., as all further sales to any extent are felt to be impossible. The question 'of taxation is one of so great difficulty, that the largest holders of those stocks have already proposed the consolidation of them in a national debt, the interest to be met by the proceeds of the public lands. This measure would be much better for the holders of the stock, but the state works would not be forwardeddditi b y itot, as at lea eady st 100,000,00 0 dollar s more, in a on that alr created, would require to be rased, in order to render the works commenced profitabl The elements of trade were never greater than now. For the ;last year or two the conscmption of manu factured articles has been diminished while the nianup facture has been largely increased. This bas . produced a glut throughout .the world, and a fall in prices. This year the productit:.os of the soil far exce., - 4 those of any former years, and increased supply ate hAts re- Meed the prices, notwithstanding which the aggreg value is greater. Let us recur to facts. After a laborious research, we have, from the most correct data, formed the follow ing estimate of the crops this year, as compared with last year. VALUE OF THE PRODUCTS OF THE UNITED .STATES FOR 1839. 1840. Cotton ... Dols. 70,000,000 Dols. 72,000.0 00 Breadstuffs ••• 235,000,000 294,000,00 0 Tobacco •••• 11,000,000 13,000 000 Rice ... 3,000,000 3,500,000 Other produce ... 50,000,000 75,000,000 369,000,000 457,500,000 369,000,000 Increase ••• ••• ... 88,500,000 Cere is a large excess of productions, even at greatly reduce ,4 prices, while the actual co mmercial indebted ness abro..is much less than last year. The water proportion o ! this immense production is consumed in this country ; only the surplus is exp orted, and ma y be estimated for the cort ing year as follows : Expowrs OF PRODUCE FROM THE UNITED STATES FOR 1840. Cotton D. 55,000,000 Rice ......2 500,000 _Breadstuff, 10 000,000 Other produce 25,000,000 ---_ I.obacco ... 9, 000,000 D Surplus 101,500,000 To L'iis may be added for profits, freight, &c., at least 25 pe.r cent., which will give an export of near 125,000.000 dollars, Another question is, who are the producers of this vast wealth ? Are they persons who are intlettet. 4 to a greater amount, and must pay it away for that which is already consumed ? We answer no ; the g reat proportion of it is produced by persons who went into the country during the revolution of 1t437, and purchased tracts of land, and by their hard judtsctry have created this w ealth, in ods, which return for ou whi rmerchanch they is are stan'd in need of manufactured go ready to furnish. This exchange Of commodities will not be prevented or retarded, because the old F pecula tors in water lots and railroads cannot pay the banks the paper they loaned them to encourage their wild pro ceedings. This class of persons are vario usl y strugglinm to re sto re things to their former artific ial state, a ato bold up ti:e tottering mas s of credit, while, at the sam e time, there ig,• as it were , a stron g " under current" of healthy business based on the actual wants of the pro ductive classes, which is daily growing and gaining strength, supported by the specie-paying banks head ed by the Now York in stitutions. This is a pp arent in every sec tion of the country. The farmers and planters will not sell tl, eir produce unless for bills on specie-pay ing banks. In the different cities, notwithstanding the season of the year, there is a steady and gradual in crease of cash basioess. The banks discount readily the short business paper of regular tradesmen, and the cry of distress is becoming daily more confined to circles of stock-jobbers, broken banks, and those interested in the state stock bubble. RA' 'E OF SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE 391 7 Oratts on Philad. .. .............................. 90i 50 Sha,"es United Staten Bank ...8 3 d a ys 74 1 do. New York Bnnk ........ . .................. 100 1 .15 do. Mer Ex Bank .............................. 98 08 15 do. StE:te Bank ................................. 30 do. Bank en ° Commerce ........................ 94 25 do. Am. Ex. .................................... 75 10 do. Farmer's '!.rust ............................. 86 5 do. Bank of Ken Cocky B6O dap GS 7 do. Delaware and i.Tuds, - ,n ........ ;N. ............. (38 69 do. North American . , Tnist ................ .. \ 35 do. Utica and Schenectady Railroad '•"••••• lq I : 1 1$ do. Canton Company, Baltimore ............ 20k 5 0 !iv. New Jersey Railroad ...... ' 84 3.. 40 do. Stonington Railroad .. l6l , .... 94 44) do. Syracti - se and Utica Railroa,i. tio4o, Haarlem Railroad ......................... --- B c THIS MORNING'S SOUTHERN MAIL Monday Morning, Two o'Clock. Ina Globe speaks very confidently CONCHES s.— Pick. g. " . ‘ 61r Speaker, and having a per about electing manent loco loco majori ' iy: . SOUTH CAROLINA.—We 11," - e 4 e'ved Governor Noble' s mes s ag e t o th e l eg i s l a t ure . &I! and suc- cuivt, g u satis ~af.,tory account of the internal condi- ing, re.seoree,, stud finnrcill li3bilities of the ;;, rf cV SPLTlE.—Ninety tl:oncand dollars Irmo brlrw.'.l hank of the State in this city, H ;`;w ,n, from POr Orleans, last even has beeA , . another fire in Mobile. It broke out at the corner of - Michael and CoLeention-street ; and destroyed all the buildings through to St. Francis -street, fronting the city square. SEMINOLE INDIANS, NEAR TALLAHASSEE.—At Tad lal:assec, on the 20th, a party went out a few miies from town to hunt deer, when they came across an Indian, who attempted to shoot one of the party, but was imme diately shot and scalped. The hall of the Indian grazed the breast of the man he shot at. Eleven Indians were seen to cross the St. Augustine. road about the same time, and a party went in pursuit. Ttiis incident ks induced great caution among the inha bit,nts of Tallahassee. FROM FLORIDA.—MORE JESUPING.—Four Indians wlso had gone to Tampa Bay, with white feathers in their tuibaa, as a symbol of peace, for the purpose of hold.n, a talk with the commanding officer of that post. have been taken prisoners, and are confined in one of the block-houses. MEXICO AND TEXAS. The tranquillity of Mexico seems destined to be of short duration. The last udvicss, both from Texas and Mexico, gave earnest of a conflict shortly to take place, which would be the b ,, ginning of new assaults upon the integrity of the Mexican States, and it would not he a matter of much marvel if it would end in tha overthrow of the Mexican Republic, as it at present exists. The last New Orleans Bulletin on this subject remarks : " The next news from Matamoros is looked for with much interest, from the expectation that the result of the expedition preparing against it by the Mexican federalists will then be ascertained. A large body of Texians had joined the attacking party, and great hopes of success were founded upon the strength that these powerful auxiliaries would impart to the federalist army. The Mexicans have an exalted notion of the formidableness of Texian soldiers, and not without reason —the conflicts of the Alamo, and on the field of San Jacinto, having furnished incontestable proofs of their superior prowess. But it may well be question whether they would be equally effective in co-operating with Mexicans, as when employed against them. The Texian Government has acted wisely in refusing to sanction the interference of her citizens with the domestic quarrels of Mexico. Nothing could be gained by a coelition with the federalists—the two races cannot amalgamate, and an attempt to do so would ha sure xo engender jealousies and contentions. Besides, an open espousal of the cause of federalism might lead to another foreign intervention, still more powerful, on the part of England and France. In the meanwhile, the neutrality of the Government will not prevent the citizens of Texas from joining in the strife. Great numbers have already crossed the boundary line to join the standard of the federalists ; more will no doubt follow, tempted by the glory of revolutionizing Mexico ; and in this way the federalist army will re ceive reinforcements as numerous and efficient as if the Government openly took part in the war." We learn by a letter from Texas, that Commodore Moore, of the Texian navy, sailed from Galveston the 13th inst., in the brig of war Colorado, for New York. The yellow fever has abated, not, however, without causing a severe mortality in the new republic, so ill able to endure this decimation. It will be a lesson to them in their infancy to look to a rigid system of qua rantine in all their seaports, as it is indisputably esta blished that the pestihnee was brought from New Orleans and Mobile. In Galveston alone, containing a • pepglation of 2,000, there have been two hundred deaths within the last two months. And in Houston, on the Buffalo Bayou, eighty miles from Galveston, are'l approachable Constantly by the steam-boats which come from the latter, there have been no less than 400 deaths out of a population of 4,000. Notwithstanding all tllis t ppligrants are not, and should not be, deterred from going to Texas. Quarantine laws will no doubt this year be enacted, and prevent the recurrence of such disasters. In proof that the fears of the people are not depressed, we note as a fact that at a sale of 101 lots within a few days past on Galveston island, near the site of the new city proposed there, the same were purchased by some French capitalists from New Orleans for the awe of 75,000 dollars,,--Evening Star. CHARTIST LODGES. 111 E RTHYII TYDVIL, MONDAY NIGIIT. Having satisfied myself that the rumours of a fresh outbreak, meditated by the Chartists at Newport, were orn i:sletely groundless, and originated solely in an alarm, caused n cannons which, it must be acknowledged, w ere very i m p eoi ;erly, at this crisis, discharged in honour of the birth-day of thp grandson of Sir Charles Mor gan, I hastened to Nfonnwaith, where I was happy to tin.d that the occurrence at Newport on Friday night had not created the least excitement, In the latter place every preparation is making for the approaching trials. The apartment for the jurors who may ho locked up, in consequence of not agreeing to their verdict, is al most completed. It is within the proincts of the Court, and will have every aecommodatien • that the jurors may require. , It is supposed that the attend ance of jurors will be extremely thin. Many object to attend lest the accused should be condemned to die ; others are timid, fearing that the threats pronounced against the j urors who brought in 4 verdict of guilty against Vincent may be put in execution against them selves. In the mean time, the accused arc making every exertion to make an able defence, and are fully prepared to meet their fate in a beco ring manner. The Chaplain of the gaol is in constant attendance on them, and his admonitions are received by them with the most niark..ed attention. Even Zepaniali Williams, the sup. posed Atheist, has, in the silence of his dungeon, evinced (it is said) strong proofs of his belief in the Godhead. The introduction of the London police into the town has met with the disapprobation of all parties, who think that th4r presence may be well dispensed with. It is even con jee,tured that they will be productive of some trouble. The special stables, who declare themse l v e s r ead y and coti able for arty duties that may be imposed upon then, are particularly ehq)leased that 4 foreign force, such as the London police, should interfere with thcm• It is me, lancholy to consider the sad alterative in ,snelety whicl) the late outbreak has caused. The people were formed!, happy and social ; they are now distrustful of each ether If a stranger attempts to eater one of their convivia • parlours, he is obliged to withdraw immediately, or be subject to every species of insult, In fact, every mat looks on his fellow with suspicion. The two schoal rooms intended as barracks for the military are almost ready for their reception, and the inhabitants are eagerly Jackie; for the advanced guard of the Rifles. Man, surmises safe afloat as to the object of young Davis turn ing Queen's .04.4enee ; the general impression being that he intends to act 48 au Priis fatuus to t h e G overnment. Whatever tun he his intentiens, all condemn 020 course i lit has pursned. Int:lligence having reached me at Monmouth that the Charti2ts intended assembling in large numbers, and to hold a nublic me e ting at this place (Merthy r Tydvil), despite e ! any military force that might be opposed to them, I a „, - .as induced to hasten hither to witness the result. A s tag As Abergavenny, and the towns immediately a dj o i n i n g Dowlais, all was quiet ; but, on entering the latter niece, s,rong s y m p toms of insubordination and restlessness betrayej themselves' The working classes w ere grou ped in tells Et i:d twen ties at every corner, deeply engaged in attending to the observations of their spokesman, but the approach of 11 str anger was the immediate signal for silence, when the scrutinizing eyes of all were fixed on the latter, whose only escape from, perhaps, personal insult, was a quick step and an unobserving I demeanor. At Merthyr, the conduct of the people could not leave the slightest doubt on the mind ofl the most inattentive passenger that wow ottraordinary movement was in coeremplation. The working classes, men and women, dresee4 in their holiday appuel, walked the streets in companica of three, four, and ten persons. Ther gait and their scornful keer carried with them an inexplicable contempt of " the payola that he," acd of the punishment that awaits the spirit of revolt. In consequence of these appearances and various alarm ing reports that wore in circulation, the Magistrates, Sir John Guest, Dr. Thomas, Mr. Horpfray, and Mr. A. Hill were in attendance during the day at the Castle Hotel. Military reinforcements marched to Tredegar, and to the other several points bearing upon t h e place, so that upon a . signal they could be im rodieely brought into action. Even the troops at Newpor t were held in readiness to march, if required, town . Everything was done to anticipate to panne the day a constant communication ti v i v i o s rst. t(teup between thtt mil and military atitheri was kept were on alert to watch the pro= ties, an d persons the ceedin at; the latter ar that all attempts on the part of the a s o f . t h e Chartists, but so well b ranged their plans, Magistrat es to discover them were vain, although the persons a pp o i n ted by the Magistrates to make these discoveri es were a d m itted to the meetings of the Chart lists, who were e i t h er Silent' or introduced some new topic, as soon as the former made their .appearance. A detachment of the 45th InfalltrY (10 0 in number) was kept under arms at from here. Dowlai That the Chartists were whwhichis only a mile and a half distant: s, re resolved on holdin g A meet i n g there is n ot the s lightest doubt ; and that the excellent regulations of the authorities to rep e l f orce by term!, and put it dowp, alone prevented its b e i ng h e ld ; ettkiallY Cer tamo. I n the eve n i ng 01 gi* o'clock.) ? !1 P wards ,off'g47,l;ty female Ch art i sts rat to tea the profitsurging fr om which are to he ttq' n ' P fermi to the Frost fund. 'File admission to this ra,.ty was by tickets, price 15, each. 41 —s.; 1414, o'clock the men held a meeting at George 'town, the professed ohicet of which was to arrange for a dinner en Christrna's-ciai; but the real object ,-;f the meeting is, 84 tt matter of seour,se, as yet a profound secret. It is supposed .that the chief . I su.hiext of discussion was the prop r i e ty' Of holding a t)41,14g meeting. An incident came under my observation 040 cannot omit mention- '''' .777 '7f : LONDON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26,1839, , t? 4 as it shows the spirit that pervades this deasely-populated district. A stranger who arrived here late in the evening made some in quiri'•s at one of the. small houses, inhabited by a family of one of the working classes. Ile had scarcely qurti: d the house before it was surrounded by a largo numLer of Charti,:ts, who ntA', only inquired the cOject of the stranger's visit, hut showed evident symptoms of their resolve to punish the unknown intruder as a spy. In fact, suspicion is the order of the day. On Sunday night two strangers put up in a very respectable inn, and they had been only shown to their chambers when the suspicious landlord communicated their arrival, and his consequent alarm to one of the Magistrates, who was actually compelled to accompany Boniface, and make some inquiries respecting them, before the anxieties of the former were allayed. This state of society is one of the beauties of Chartism. On Christmas-day the Chartists dine together at the Angel Inn, which, by the by, is kept by a staunch Con servative. The profits of this fe:rst will also be handed over to the fund raising for the defence of Frost and his fellow-prisoners. During the day the beer-houses. were crowded with Chartists. Drury, a delegate of the late Convention, is said to be here. The authorities have a strict watch after him, as they are resolved to arrest him, should he attempt to disturb the peace by his insane and inflammatory harangues. TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NlGHT.—There are at this moment no less than four Chartist lodges holding in dif ferent parts of the neighbourhood : bat although the Magistrates have scouts in all directions, nothing has as yet transpired to show the objects which those infa tuated men have in view. A macnine has been constructed at Monmouth, under the supervision of the Magistrates, by means of which the prisoners will be conveyed from the prison van into the Court without being annoyed by the crowd that may be assembled, and for their security. This plan has been adopted, it is said, in consequence of a soldier having inadvertently wounded a man with his bayonet in attempting to push him back as the latter was attempting to force himself forward to have a view of the prisoners on their departure from the Court after tLeir arraignment. SPEECH Oh LOUIS PHILIPPE. OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. By the French mail of Monday we have received the Speech of the King of the French on opening the Chambers. Everything went off quietly. The follow ing is the King's Speech : PEERS AND DEPUTIES OF FRANCE— Since the termination of your last Session, the interior peace to which your loyal assistance has so greatly eon ributed, has not been disturbed. I have been apprised by a witness who is very dear to me of fresh marks o. affection and confidence of the French. The eldest of my sons, in visiting this year a great part of my kingdom, has observed wherever he has been, a great supply of work, the progress of industry, respect lor the institutions, and obedience to the laws My heart has been deeply touched on seeing in the na tional attachment which has surrounded my son, a fresh cause for his brothers and himself to devote themselves unceasingly, at all times and places, for the service of their country, and for the honour of France. My rela tions with Foreign Powers have preserved the pacific character which the common interests of Europe de mand. Our flag, in concert with that of Great Britain, is faithful to the spirit of this union, so advantageous to the interests of the two countries, has watched over the independence and the immediate security of the Ottoman Empire. Our interests are always to secure the preser vation and integrity of this empire, whose existence is so essential to the preservation of the general peace. Our efforts have at last succeeded in stopping those hostilities in the East which we had wished to have pre vented ; and whatever may be the complications which may result from the diversity of interest, I hope that the agreement of the Great Powers will soon end in an equitable and pacific conclusion. A great change has been effected in the situation of Spain, and if I have to regret not being able to an nounce to you that the civil war which has so long desolated this kingdom is entirely at an end, still this war has lost its character of gravity which would givs rise to alarming apprehensions for the stability of the constitutional throne of Isabella the Second. The greatest part of the northern provinces is pacified, and we are allowed to hope that those of the cast will not be long behind hand. This important result is owing the wise conduct of the Government of the Queen Regent, and to the persever ing velour of the Spanish army, supported by the assist mice which my Government has given them, and that of her Britannic Majesty, by the faithful execution of the treaties of 1834. In America, the Mexican government has fulfilled its engagement of the treaty which I have terminated with that republic. The blockade of the ports of the Argen tine republic still retains one of our squadrons. Fresh forces have been directed to this distant point, in order to hasten the satisfaction V\ hich is due to us. In Africa, nbw hostilities call for a decided suppres §ion, Our brave soldiers and our agiiculturistS, to whom my sect by his presence bad proved my solicitude towards them, have been treacherously attacked. The :ogress of our establishments in the province of Al.. f .rs and of Constantine has been the cause of this un- ~led•for attack ; which aggression must be resented, in ler that its recurrence may be impossible, and that ~thing may interrupt the continuation of that prosperity ~;,twined for it by France, which the French nation 1-never surrender. \. fresh supply of troops have already arrived in and every possible means have been employed „horten the duration of the war, by carrying it on vigour ; that hereafter the inhabitants of Algeria, ;. those tribes who shall remain faithful to France, ever; where find sure protectinn. The expenses for tha..t purpose will be placed before the :ambers, to be subject to their controul. I have the , , de that their ttsscgt will be obtained, which has never 2n refused when the honour of our arms and our :;•rnanent interests have been called in question. 'rile state of our finances allows of such increased ..;penses, The question of the sugar trade, which the iatiibers had left undecided last session, has, during absence, been momentarily decided. A project of law will be placed before you on this subject, which have for its object the protection of public and private interests, m eas ures for the amelioration of the situation of subalterns and oilleers will be brought before you.- Your attention Will ho required to the organization of a State Coqoeil, literary property, and public in struction. Other proposals having for their objects the arrango mcnt of a system for civil pensions, the execution of the principal railroad Inns, the increased improvement of our naval powers, the prison discipline, and the intro duction of the penitentiary system, will be presented to you. I n your dinient labours, your enlightened patriotism will always search out what can most contribute to the increase of public prosperity, and the strengthening of Conservative principles in our institutions. Those principles it is my duty to preserve within proper bounds the happiness of having performed my task will be 4,e reward of my self-devotion. Ten year; have already elaped since the great not took place that established me Art the throne, during which time you have surrounded me with that assistance which I again gd4iin from you. It is with you and in the midst of you that I live to felicitate France on her happy improvements in civilization and legal liberty, which ins4tinble and turbulent spirits bad endeavoured to in terrupt. anks to God and your l o y a l ass i s t an ce, their efforts have r , mained useless, and these last rem nants of past disorders will disappear before publi c reason and the P4tional will. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(THIS DAY.) DEAL, Dec, 25.—Wind, •W. S. W.—Arrived the Tropic, King, from Batavia ; Vibilia, Pinbreath, Mau ritius; Falcon, Mahony, Cape ; Widgeon, Capes, do. ; Emma Eugenia, Wade, do : Rockcry, Hughes, do. after being on Alaljng Shoal ; Rub Roy, do.; Reform, Knight, Tenor 'fie. • LIVERPOOL, DEC. 24.—Wind, W. N. W. fresh breeze. —Arrived the Lady Stormont, Forshaw, from Africa ; Sybelle, Armstrong, China; Enterprise, Boys, Bestigngche, Kinnaird, Singapore—sailcd the Pith August ; pursuit, .Spruce, St. John's, New Brunswidc; Joseph Curard, Mirarnachi ; Brisk, America; Abercrombie, Quebee. _ _ Muse 44..seisoaund. i iTii, PORTSMOCTO. DFC, 24.—1 t blew a WAFY gale all last night, from S. S. W., acgompauied at times with trenif.u. 4,1 s squalls.-25. The gala ontirmd all last night at S.V., i 3,4 with less violence. WliiTsTpu.4l, pp.p. 24.—The Industrious, Davis, Pf Cardif, sank 'yesterday upon the Sp an i ar d Sand, but wits , t. oti after diseliarpug'part 9 4 4cr cargo, and towed in Ic o r g !_kuotbor vcSW ;# ITP9rO4 41 Pigif 3 Paul( on the DEC. 23.—The Magie,, Trenarus, from gi. Ives to a . ley, zhich was on shore on Bar Point, has been ~t. o r Without aama g o.„—A schooner of about 40 tons, watcr.logge,d an 7 rl abuAdoned, with a billet. head and a nar row white ribbon, was fallen in with 4t4 instant, lat. 41, long. 54, by 9 . 3 . ! Mt......!1iae packet arrived here . . SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) he Speech of the King of the French, which will be found in another column, is an innocent document ; rather wordy and vague for a Cabi ne t which contains so many Academicians,. but, on the other hand. of a modesty quite remarkble. It in. dniges in no praise of any Ministry or system. Messrs. Soult, Passy, Duchatel, &c., are as much effaced as if they were nobodies, and of no party. They have indulged in no clap-traps, and have not even made the most of the successes which they might vaunt. Thus, the pacification of Spain is attri buted, above all, to the wisdom of the Queen Re. gent's Government : that is to say, that it was Pe rez de Castro who forced Maroto to lay down his arms. Poor Perez de Castro had as little hand in it as Marshal Soult. The speech is little communica tive in foreign policy. All that it says on the ques tion of the East might have been said six months ago ; and yet the question has made some progress. The only emphatic and decisive declarations in the speech are these—that the French will never more quit the coast of Algiers, and that the Chamber must seek and preserve the Conservative spirit of French institutions, i.e., that electoral reform is to be rejected. Yet these are about the promises that ought to be last made : for what French Govern ment can tell how long France may deem it her in terest to keep Algiers, or how lon g it may be th e humour of France to suffer 150,000 of its thirty three millions of population to monopolize electoral rights and influence ? There is not a word of the Five per Cents., the state of the finances merely permitting the country to face the extra expenses of the Algerine war and colonization. The strength of the speech lies, however, in its weakness—in its putting forth not a peg whereon to hang an amendment or a debate. Our correspondent writes, that never was an opening of the Chambers more cold : the effervescence of party was wanting even amongst the benches of the Deputies ; and, if the character of the Session might be augured from its opening, it promises to be without energy, and lifeless. (From the Times.) The exhibition made by a certain Morning slanderer in its career of impertinence towards her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and the circle of No blemen and their families constituting her imme diate Household, has been so discreditable to the character of the English press, that it ought to be even more signally chastised and reprobated than it yet has been. We more than doubt, indeed, whe ther any Englishman (using the word in its strictest sells?) can have lent himself to any such system of rancorous and disgraceful malice. But see how each libel in succession has been quietly, tempe rately, and decisively rebuked by evidence be yond all question. The making tours through the country, to raise an eclat which should throw Queen Victoria into the. shade, was one topic, though a vague one, and utterly un coun t enance d by even the shadow of probability, much less authority of any description, until the Duke of Rutland came forward in person, and, so far.as that whole district of country which Queen Adelaide made the thea tre of her principal sojourn was concerned, bore tes- tiinony to the plain fact, that if her Majesty could have prevented it, no demonstration whatever, of even the most decent respect to courtesy, would have manifested itself towards the Dowager Queen of England. The insulting sneer as to her Ma jesty's motives, for waiving her proposed visit to the Duke of Devonshire, by reason, as was pretended, of his Grace being a Whig, though of the ancient and classic stamp, received an equally significant overthrow, on the authority of that respectable No blemen, who assigned the specific ground on which he had himself suggested to her Majesty the post ponement of her visit to Chatsworth. Next came the refutation of the Lisbon lie, which had im• puted to Queen Adelaide the use while in that capi tal of slighting expressions towards Queen Victoria, on the subject of her occupations and amusements. It would appear that the flat contradiction thus administered to its falsehoods had thrown the Morning libeller into a condition little short of temporary insanity—that state of the fa culties which, as Mr. Wakley would instruct one of his Middlesex juries, must bar any verdict of "filo de se." Under the mortification of exposed and hooted malice, thus the maniac raves, " We will put the Court gossip at Lisbon entirely out of view." (There is method in this madness we ac knowledge.) "We will give her" (Queen Ade laide's) "violent partisans" (what violence has been displayed by any but this unmanly enemy ?) " the full advantage of the Duke of Palmella's denial, carried to its utmost extent" (that is to the fUll extent of proving the Morning journalist a profligate and audacious calumniator ;) " but under the cover of this advantag e , who but the veriest fools or knaves will be led astray by the ludicrous contortions and grimaces of our Tory Contempo raries at the notice which we have at various times deetnedit right (11) to take of the Tory demonstra tions made by the little knot of courtiers who surround the Queen Dowager?" Now the ''notice taken," that is the falsehoods told,concern e d principally the Queen Dowager herself, but when the lie direct is punish ed, next comes a shuffling equivocation to screen it. He goes on, " The game played by these worthies, aided by the Tory press, was a deep, and until sue " (hoity toity I) " interfered, a successful one. The object was to impress on the country a belief that all the virtue, piety, and propriety of the Royal family, were centred in the persons of Queen Ade laide and her chamberlains, and that the Court of her mistress" (mistress?) " and Sovereign was degraded by conduct of an entirely opposite cha racter. In furtherance of this object, orators, lay and clerical, have not scrupled in their political orgies to apply the most disgusting and disloyal epithets to her Majesty's Royal person, to her Household, and her Ministers." There are to he made, en passant, just three remarks with reference to the above sentence-1. It is a downright false hood to affirm tint any Conservatives, " clerical or lay," bearing the rank or name of gentlemen, have at any time, or under any circumstances, applied er i er c s t o oa r fr i e a l ' i s enro l mt t o o ra y i jo. a eu l sst p lyy e s r d s H o i s n or , eups ue it itla . obl( l lie t , epithets importing the slight es t disr es p ec t t o h er that l e e n t m h b ? and pertinaciously retai ne d t h ere i n a f ter those i is n i d a i jt v er i us d te u y a l t s Cih , open and repeated exposures of their character, towards which it was the duty of every good man in the community to contribute whatever factS had come within his knowledge, which it was most es pecially the duty of the-Conservative Press to pro mulgate, and which it is quite true that the Press has recorded, with a force and accuracy which no time will obliterate ; affixed, as it is, in the nature of an indelible stigma upon those responsible ad visers of the Crown by whom Queen Victoria's Household has been formed. 3. It is the first time we ever read, mose particularly in a Journal call ing itself " liberal," the term " disloyal" applied to British subjects, on account of any epithets, however severe or reproachful, by which, in the full exercise of their freedom of opinion, they might think proper to designate the Ministers of the Crown for the selfish knavery and venal wicked ness of their public conduct. However, this is rot the first example by many of the eagerness with which these mean and de graded Ministers have sought to identify them selves with their Royal mistress, and to pass off for dislo) alty to her the just and indig nant animadversions of the public on themselves and their iniquities. But the disordered libeller goes further:—" The Queen Dowager has been paraded about the country, housed, f e d, and be praised by the Tories, and herself and her qualities held up eternally in contrast with the Queen. This inde cenc y must and shall be put a stop to! '' Must and shall! ! How imperial ! But by what means short o f a suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, logether with some expedient for cutting out all Tory tongues, is the above high and niighty " shall" to be put in execution ? The offences are " pa rading" the Queen Do , ,vager—" ho us i ng " the Queen Dowager, " feeding '' the Queen -Dowager,,, hepraising the Queen Do 'a• vr, and " holding her up eternal'', y in contrast with th e Queen," These are the " inde cencies," quoth the Pimlico Macsycophant, which must and shall be put down." Well, then, try your hand, Jack Ketch. Let's sep how you set about the putting down of this new class of treasons, As for holding up the Queen Dowager in contrast with the Queen, i t is your own 1; 1 ( 1 4 unlawfully begotten, and you may do with it what' you Plea"' for nobody else will own it. No Cijisrvative at least has ever been guilty of that species Qf imiccoT 11 ‘ 4 h") "" only t ) " oneh c power of seizing anti incarcerating every man in the kingdom, you will prevent the nobility of Eng land from receiving Queen Adelaide into their " houses," and giving her Majesty " food" conve nient for her ; and how, while any moral sense or esteem for virtue prevails amongst the people—how, without gagging men, or cutting out their tongues, will this apostle of liberty succeed in silencing all who feel inclined to " praise" Queen Adelaide ? The venom of this bloated spider wastes itself on the insect's own vitals. In allusion to Queen Ade laide's dower, liberally and honourably administered under her Majesty's controul, and enjoyed as freely by others as by her Majesty, the foolish bravo of the Treasury threatens no less than its resumption by a Radical vote of the House of Commons, in revenge for the beneficent employment of it by the widow of William IV. Only hear him : " But if this enormous sum of money is to be un blushingly applied to political purposes, it will become the duty of Parliament to interfere, and declare that when this excessive allowance was made, it was never intended that it should be made applicable to objects directly hostile to the reigning Sovereign—the head of that family with which Queen Adelaide is incidentally connected. It is denied that the Queen Dowager has ever censured or ridiculed the mode of life and the.; tastes and habits of her Sovereign, Queen Victoria. Our in formation unquestionably is at variance wirct this state ment ; but of this we are certain, that the language of the Tories, who fill all the offices about th e Queen Dow ager's person, is openly, loudly, and invariably of that nature ; and that of this her Majesty is, and long has been,cognisant." The - atrocity of the above passage speaks for itself, and if proof can be had of its being instigated or en couragedby any one of her Majesty's Ministers (Lords Melbourne and John Russell we acquit at once of such unmanly baseness), but if proof can be had that any other of Queen Victoria's Ministers has been capable of abetting a charge upon the Queen Dowager of levying what may be termed war against her Sovereign, then we say that bring ing such a man to the bar of the House of Lords would be an outrage upon the dignity of that illus trious tribunal, and a disgrace to the process of impeachment. He is a fit subject for more summary and less formal vengeance. The concluding accu sation—viz., that the language of Queen Adelaide's Household is invariably hostile to her Royal niece, we leave to be dealt with by that Nobleman who addressed us in Tuesday's Times upon the subject, and whose letter, spurning the calumny from him, we here once more insert. As for the observations of the Times upon Queen Adelaide early in the year 1832, when the opinion very generally circulated was, that her Majesty had interfered with her personal influence to impede the progress of the Reform Bill, for which we then were, as we still are, strenuous and cordial advocates, we spoke our own feelings and those of the public. We did so con scientiously, and without either sneering, spiteful, or offensive expressions. It afterwards appeared, that in common with the country, we were misin formed, and that her Majesty's name had been un justly implicated. We did not, in contempt of truth, or in impatience of correction, persist in our censures on the Queen. There was nothing dis respectful in the tone of our articles. Can others say as much ? (From the Morning Advertiser.) The most profligate and insolent of the Tory organs crowned, a day or two ago, its insults to the working classes, by professing for them a violent and unalterable affection. The appeal of the Times to the intelligent Radicals of Sheffield was an elaborate version of the old proposal—" A sud den thought strikes me ; let us swear eternal friend ship !" Whether the working men are recom mended at one time to attack their political oppo nents with brickbats and bludgeons, or are them selves attacked at another time with a virulency and pertinacity no less brutal, they are equally, it seems, to put faith in the zealous devotedness of their adviser ! This is rather too farcical. The Times affects that its friendship is to have no end, while the working men well know that it never had a beginning :—a slight difference. On the very sub ject which is . the theme of the Sheffield address —the Corn-laws—what has been the conduct of that venial journal ? Convinced, as it professes to be, of the ruinous.effects of the condemned system, did it originate the .agitation of last year ? Did it aid the agitators in any way ? Did it report their proceedings, back their arguments, and echo their appeals for justice ? No ; while every other daily paper took its part in the strife, denouncing or en couraging the efforts of the Reformers, the Times was silent on the one subject of vital interest. But never, during all that time, did it miss an opportu nity of vilifying and defaming the leading advocates of repeal. At last, when the storm was raging throughout the land, and Right became gloriously assured of its ultimate triumph over Might, out came the Times (the last of all the advocates) with its " sudden thought," and its reluctant exposition of the mischiefs of monopoly. Since that clay it has scarcely hinted at the subject. The repairing of a pump, or the erection of a lamp-post in the inter esting parish of St. George, Southwark, presents a subject a thousand times more attractive and impor tant to the Times, than the mighty question of the Corn-laws, affecting the destinies of an empire. In this, however, the Times has but followed the ex ample of the party it supports. When did the Tories ever become voluntary converts to the popular faith ? When did they ever do good but upon compul sion ? When did they concede until concession had lost half its value, and all its grace ? As in the case of the Times and the Corn-laws, the Tories never supported one great principle of liberal policy until they felt that they were siding with the stronger party, and that its success was inevitable. In ill-doing they have always acted by design ; when, at rare intervals, they have been on the right side, it has been the result of circumstances. The nation owes them not one solitary debt of gratitude. " What," asks the Journal referred to, " the difference between one Government and another, that should impel us to prefer the Conservatives to your pretended Liberals ? Why, just that identical difference which would induce people to prefer a skilful, cautious, and straightforward physician to a boastful and blood-ducking quack." Let us ask, in turn, in - ,cnat respect have the Tories proved their skill, caution, and straightforwardness as physicians ? While in office they ventured once or twice into the dreaded regions of liberality. But did they prescribe the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, like skilful, cautious, and straightforward physicians ?—or did they with hold it until the patient became too trouble some, and to consent was more convenient than to resist ? They did not give the re quired remedy—it was wrung from them by the united and untiring energies of the Dissenters themselves. They also effected some financial re forms—actually diminished the expenditure. Wil lingly? No; the physicians were pestered out of their lives, and begrudged what they yielded ; they prescribed extravagance, and a partial economy was forced upon them ; there was nothing " straight forward" in their honesty—they were only honest for the sake of comfort. Above all, they prescribed emancipation for the Catholic disease that raged like a pestilence in the land. How did they pre scribe it ? Like " skilful, cautious, straightforward physicians?" No ; they had watched the progress of the malady, and would allow no remedies to be ap plied ; they left it to work its own cure, until the case became absolutely desperate; then, when the patient grew delirious, and to hold him down longer seemed rather dangerous, they yielded to his demand, and administered the remedy—thus confessedly obey ing his will in opposition to their own judg ment. Now what is to be said of the skill, cau tion, &c., of a physician who declares the draught which the patient needs to be deadly—and, when he is driven mad by the want of it, allows him to prescribe for himself, and even consent*, to admi nister the poison to him ? So tw.:icti for the career of the Tories while in office, In opposition have they been more skilful, cautious, and straightfor ward ? When the languishing, afflicted country had summoned other physicians to its aid, the To ries could discover the advantage of opening the China trade, of emancipating the Degrees, of amending the Poor-laws, and of reforming the mu nicipal of England and Scotland. Why, when they were the state physicians, were these remedies unprescribed ? The evils had long been notorious ; yet these " skilful, cautious, and straightforward" practitioners left th e cure of them to men whom they affect to deride as c<boastful quacks"—though at the . time they, concurred with these " boastful quacks,' -An deeming the prescrip tions wise and the remedies efficacious f In thus briefly referring to some Of the great measures that have been wru» , e 6 roil?, the T or y opposition, we I'7, answered a question which the Times has the ef 4 l'ontery to append to the ptepoaition adverted to. "- I,Vhat ; " inquires the oliidonit'sYnlPd./...',Slng EV ENING EDITION. journalist, " has the reformed Parliament done for them ? What has the Municipal Bill done for the working men ? In a word, are they a bit better off in 1838 than they were eight years ago ?" The answer is that great and lasting good has been ef fected, and that the working men collectively have had a share of it. If they do not feel the direct and immediate benefit of it they must thank the Tories who limited its amount, and strive to defeat its ope ration. The same impudence that denies the good which has been done would be capable of dictating an inquiry of the negroes, whether they are better off than they were eight years ago—or of the Irish nation, whether it is - better off than it was eight years ago ! If Englishmen, as well as other sharers in the improvement that has been achieved, are not better off, why are Tories so furious in their com plaints of the Ministerial policy ? Did they ever murmur when mishief was perpetrated ? (From the Morning Herald.) The last chapter to the " iniquities of the opium trade" has yet to be written, and we fear, if the voice of the country be not raised against the belli gerent propensities of Ministers towards the least warlike nation of the world, that chapter will be written in blood. Already, indeed, blood has been shed. Opium, smuggling, and homicide are among the most recent exploits of European Christians in the East, no doubt, with the view of introducing the arts of civilisation among " heathens and bar barians." The public have lately seen in our co lumns, and those of other London Journals, an ex tract of a letter dated Macao, July 19, which stated that a clipper brig with opium on board was lying outside at anchor becalmed, when a junk and several armed boats bore down upon her. She weighed and made sail to catch what airs were stirring. The junk and boats fired, and the brig then com menced a heavy cannonade with grape and ca nister. One of her guns broke, and killed two of her crew. She sustained no other damage, but it is supposed that much blood was shed on the part of the Chinese. A letter of a subsequent date reported that " 50 of the Chinese are said to have been killed." No information is given by either of those letters as to what nation the crew of the opium -smuggling brig belonged, whether they were Chinese smugglers employed by Euro peans; but, at least, the moral guilt of the blood shed consequent on this vile traffic—a traffic as de moralising and pestilent as the slave trade itself— attaches to those who hire the smugglers, of what ever country they may be, to scatter death and de struction among the Chinese by their poisonous drugs, and by grape and canister-shot. An ex tract of a letter from a native of India to a gentle man in England places this matter in a plainer light as to the course which the traders in opium are now pursuing, under the apparent sanction of the British Government. The letter is dated Calcutta, August 27. The writer mentions the names of two ships which had lately arrived from China, and then states, that " they have both sailed within these two or three days, the former with about 1,000 chests—the latter with about 700 chests of opium (Company's) on board ; they are armed to 'he teeth, and well manned. They have thus sailed out of a British port, under the sanction of the British Government, with the avowed object of landing the opium, and selling it at all hazards. They will probably fall in with some Chinese guard-boats." It is not difficult to anticipate what wi:l follow in that case—vessels " armed to the teeth," to carry on the contraband traffic in opium, will not fail to fire upon the Chinese-guard boats, if they dare to offer them any opposition ; and so it is very likely that the contents of the 1,700 chests of contraband poison will be plentifully sprinkled with human blood. But what matter if the opium can be landed, and the price realised. The lives it costs will pro pably enhance the price of the smuggled article in the market. And why should Christian statesmen be ashamed of practising wrong and outrage upon a people less civilised than ourselves, when the crimes of the trade which they patronise are convertible into pro fit ? Yet upon this subject some may think that our Government might take a lesson' in enlight ened reform even from Turkey. The following paragraph lately appeared in the Echo de l'Orie.At of Smyrna, and Lord Palmerston cannot be as ignorant of the important fact which it an nounces, as he was, at one time of the treaty of Unkiar Skelessi, for it was copied into that Evening Journal in which the " ponderous levities" of his own style of political penmanship are fre quently detected :—" CULTIVATION OF OPIUM IN TURKEY STOPPED.--The Turkish Govern ment have just sent firmans to the Governors of all the Provinces in which opium is cultivated, -order ing them to use their influence with the inhabitants to induce them to sow corn on the land which has hitherto been reserved for opium. This is a wise measure, for, in consequence of the recent decision in China, the principle Inaiket for opium is lost. As the measure of the Government is calculated at once to protect private interests, and to secure an abundant corn harvest for the ensuing year, it is generally approved of." Let us here observe, that the very best land in British India is actually pre- vented from being cultivated for the food of man, because of the interest which the Government take in ,forcing the growth of human poison. The occupiers of the land are compelled to grow the opium in preference to corn or rice, and to supply it to the Government at their own price' s , This is monopoly in its most grievous and ( - fending form— it keeps the unfortunate culti y, '; ators of the s o il i n , a state of servile poverty and converts the cultiva tion of the earth int., That the E as t a curse instead o f a bl ess i ng . Intiia Government are determined to give encouragement to this contraband trade, not-. withstp:,, d i n , the recent events in China, appears to j o• e confirmed by various communications fiom India- Some of those communications have lately been pub lished in the Colonial Gazette, one of which states that, " upon the occasion of some change being made in the shape of put ting up the bales of Benares opium, the Go vernment consigned a few chests of the new fashion to and Company, of Canton, with a vie w of finding how they suited the Chinese tale !" If this be true, it then becomes a question how far the CHARTER of the East India Company is af fected by such acts of trading ? If we mistake not, one of the conditions of the renewed charter, granted to the Company by Parliament, is, that they shall cease to carry on any trade, and shall take such steps as are necessary to wind up their com mercial sfairs. Being thus actually prohibited by the condition of their charter from either carrying on any old trade, or engaging in any new one, it becomes an important consideration to all persons interested in the concerns of the Company, how far the part which the Company is represented to take in the opium trade, as consigning chests of opium to Canton, affects their char ter. Surely it would be strange if the Com pany cannot engage in legitimate commerce without, incurring a forfeiture of their charter, and yet may embark in a contraband traffic to China without any such consequence following from their acts. In an extract of another letter we find the following : " Here I may mention that next year's supply is expected to be unprecedentedly large —say 15,000 chests Patna, and 7,500 Benares; and, unlese ; or ders come out from England to the COP of the members of the Board • f • the ' in ornr will come forward as usual," `.rary, one me sales adds, that the cultivation P- Government is " k3;714 -.. the poppy on behalf of ''' The' ' same writer fsactltilzeishaes.ltetrhcottoarncd.'s' sands in China may which 'Phis is the . ot . a nearly cultivation .on the same b e e n i l i n u o a r l a ly ily in an l d n d p ia h , ys t i l c i a a t ily th p o o l i i . - smeett. From another letter, dated October 4, 1839, We learn that " notwithstanding all that has occurred, yesterday's Government Gazette contained the usual proclamation for the granting of passes for the Malwa opium to be brought to Bombay ; and we learn from Calcutta, on the autho rity of the revenue board, that the st!prentc Govern ment intends to bring forward 1,000 chests of Patna., and 7,500 chests of Benares opium, now ready in their godowns, and that none of the opium agen cies are to be discontinued. The Indian Govern ment have taken, no steps whatever to check the sale or grev;th of the drug, but continue to draw imme.'oso profits from a trade that they call contra band. If the Home Government wish, there will be no difficulty in putting an entire stop to 0 ''to trade, and thereby relieve the poor nati , - ~s who easily fell into so seducing, but time most dangerous trade. 1 1 - , it P.. the same eoe.e not appear ridiculous that on the , on . - , I .. And Captain Elliott delivers up 20,000 -,. , ne:ets to the Chinese Go vernment, while. , 0, the other hand, the Indian Governmee• ^ 40 „ .,6 ~_ .'s 'ere bringing forward upwards of f''- - eats to be sent to the same quarter ?" The I C.^.,:onial Gazette adds " stronger evidence of direct participation in the contrabanu commerce in opium cannot be imagined. Neither is there the slightest doubt of the Company's intention to continue the trade." Hence tile warlike prepara tions of our Home Government against China to enforce the right to carry on a contraband trade in the dominions of the Emperor, and to demoralise and poison his subjects to what extent we please. Hence the project of seizing on the island of Lantos, to which we alluded some time ago, and which has been pressed upon Government by some of those patriotic and honest traders, who are resolved that China shall be drenched either with opium or blood. In reference to this nefarious project, a pamphlet has recently been published, from which we think an extract will be sufficient to convince our readers, that great as the injustice of the pro ject is, it is quite as absurd as it is unjust " In conformity, therefore, with his Celestial Ma jesty's taste for summary proceedings, evinced in the seizure of 2,000,000/. worth of property, by the deten tion of innocent and defenceless individuals, sans cere monie, let their natural protectors, in a similar spirit of ne4hbourlyfreedoni, take the earliest possible opportu nity of returning the compliment, by quietly laying bold of the tight little island' of Lantoa, which would not only serve as a temporary place of refuge for the per sons and property recently expelled and excluded from Canton, but whereon (and in connection with the fine natural harbour of Cap-sing.moon, a permanent empo rium for the future trade with the whole Eastern Archi pelago could be most advantageously established, with out the power of Mr. Commissioner Lin and all his myrmidons." The Emperor of China has taken these measures to prevent the poisoning and demoralization of his subjects, which he was empowered to take by the laws of China, the law of nations, and the litcv of God. Our Government having allowed Russia and France to insult and bully England. as they please, want to get some. credit for spirit by attack ing a peaceable people, who are thought to have no eft'ective means of resisting our dishonourable 'aggression. --- --- -_____ that her Maj es t y ' s G overnment are more firmly seated 1 lIE M INISTRY. --We are enabled to state • than for a l ong t i me past. No efficient eppa, In power sition rill be made to their continuance in office by t'ae Conservative party, to whom Sir Robert Peel is said by the Sian:lard to have stated that he is not prepared to assume the reins of Government. The annou.•,,,,m,A of a dissolutio n i s p remature. We do not b . - elieve it cvill t b o e r t e h s e o r ( te ; c o l , t e o r , n u n c t i e l e n s t s the measuresToriesof h 3; A (I: ag,ged resiunnee anprovemept s h ould co mpel ently them to appeal to the Country ; wh en , we may measure, which w ill state, they will th ore, de. so on som e s t er li ng reform ughly arouse their defence.--Cheltenh am Examiner. the c ountry i n The British Queen steam-ship, so expected for several days past from T,.4ery York, reached Gravesend this morning. She left on the 2d instant, and has not brought, as anticipated, the President's Message to Congress. She is reported to bring 500,000 in specie, principally to the order of the Philadelphia U n it e d . States Rank agent h ere . Th ere had been atmther fi , ... e at Mobile, but it was fortunately got unckr after e,„_ sinning tea houses only, besides outbuild.;ngs, &c., The Papers announce the death of Mr, Ward, of 'The re spectable house of Prime, Ward, and Co., of ',Au city. The commercial accountp generally are riAther more favourable, and the state of money r.icaira in different parts of the union was improving, w'nich may be chiefly attributed to the firmness with wilich the New York banks have hid their way in m aintainingspecie pa ? . meats. Tlie b an k s o f the State of Ohio ad payments in speck on the e x pi rat i on of theh resur.fled 30 d•dys, to which they were limited by law on pain of the forfeiture of their Charters. The banks of Illinol- A . were, i t i s said, veparing to resume within the 60, ;, ky the latest term; and several of tr s assigned as c Providence banks had also returned to hard money that the Pennsylvania banks ger payments. It is stated erally were in a cond.. tion to follow the example, big were restrained by ;,b e influence of the United t;tates Bank of Philadelphi a , which had ma lifested rio intention, or indication of it, to resume. The topic which chiefly occupied the Papers was the preparaions for the contest for the Presidency. —Times. the you ng j ourneyman lapidary, who Ba attem rtptedhelemy, , 'on the 4th in st ., to assass i nate a serjeant d..! vale OR sue Boulevard at. Martin, took his trial before, the Court of Assizes of the Seine :—.On being interr J .. gated ' fly the Pre,ident of the Tribunal, as to whefn e r he 'nad taken any part in the affair of 12th 37lay, he re 'plied that he had not been engaged in that ilisurrfictions or in any other, but that on trie 12th of May he was passing quietly along the Boulevard,. wheo he was at tacked by several sergens de ville, one of whom struck him with his cane, and that, having on the 4th inst. met the serjent de villa from yclin ni he had received the blows, he fired at him in a tr.flment of passion, having arms upon him, which h e wa A carrying, he said, to same person to place thr,rn in security. He refused to reply to the quest :.en w'nether he had belonged to any secret society, ti.ad also to another as to how he br!came possessed of tb.e arms, and was equally reserved as to tin' name of the person to whom he was carrying t hem. lie said, the powder which was fbund upoo him was his '.Awn, r..nd that he bad made the car tridges hirnself, but denied that the teeth in the dagger which iie carried were made by him. Being asked the mean. ing of the sentences on some bits of r t laper which were found it, his pocket, viz. :—" Ar m yoursel with d aggers to punish your exeetv.ioners. Strikeves without f ear . Bl ood calls for h'iood. Phili ped Egalite was a wretch, and his will be written in son is a perjured assassin. The history of his rch gn T'ont d'Arcole and the , the blood of the victims of OA Rue Transnonin,"&c. He conessed that they were in ' his hand-writing, but 6 '4 he had merely copied them i from a manuscript whicl a he had found. lie said that he did not intrjnd ',:o kill the sergent de s i red but merely to wo and 'nun ; for if he had dei the forme- 4 he would have loaded his pistol with ba' j . On • being asked by what right he, who was only sev eo ., 4 ..een yrJars of age, took upon himself to punisl A an agent of the Government, he said his consciern ~, did not reproach him for what he had (lone, that he h ,ad not been led to the act by his republican ideas, for ' ae would do nothing t o di s h onour a car.tse so de ar t o hi' ~ Af otr his interrogatory, Baudet., the sergent de vi' i l e w h o w . 45 wounded, deposed that Ile had never struc' s the prisoner with a cane, and was incapable of using (-Ale, having lost a finger from each hand. A surgeor„ who had exa mined the wou'ad at the time, depoi'el that it was very slight, blood. 'flaying scarcrAy flowed ; but an officer of ar tilicrYs ":'no was examined, stated that at the distance at tvliie'a the prisoner firr, e l the shot might have produced the r c riect of a ball. Tile Advocate-General addressed th , Court, and called. upon the Jury to return a. verdict of an attempt at murder with premeditation. 'al. Paillet, • A l a had been appointed by the court to def;:nd the prison ,er, RS he had no counsel, endeavoured, on the contr; try ' to impress upon the jury a belief that the priso'aer had not:intended to commit murder, and, that he merely in tended to revenge himself for the treatment, which had humiliated him. After a. deliberation of half an hour, the jury declared the r7,risoner guilty of an attempt to commit voluntary homicide without premiditation ; and the Court then pronounceo, the sentence of bard labour for life at the bulks. The prisoner, who conducted hir a _ self with great bole.ness• throughout the trial, with& raw after hearing the sentence, without uttering a wartl,. FRIENDSVAIP PROMOTED BY FOX,P=UN' —ln th e raring world men appear on fries it long as th'..ar union i s su b serv i ent to their gai As ; but to trims TING. irma so such an 'extent is th e i r individual interest. and ,o concerned, numerou s are t h e opportunities large sums of money from each other 1 -; the 'ofareuit of cqu i .g particular eve n t s , t h at there are few in a. general prineiple of suspicion is not so preva'ent as to .stancos wherein a destroy th e ex i stence of real file. Aidshi Unlike this pursuit, fox-h unt i ng presents v . lO r p. Aotivos wherein wa r q 1 ness can conspi re t o bi as th'ase 'generous feelings totta mankind w hi c h are t h e t ' rchi rue source of friendship :. it i,s ; the most estimab,le whe,n men's hearts are cemen'‘eci isy an canal desire, to prc,mote the good cause. P.eyend, a Praiseworthy ambition to excel one another in frie na y rivalry, no. spirit (f envy or jealousy is Provoked.. i n _ r re nl i c in d g a . ) stances are very rare of men, whfioicilreeveorneciewfo.r -frien(l,ship for each other in tkfe awl if events totally unconnecte' d with speraing b ee n associates a disagreement, the fP.et of their I-Javing been associates as brother fox-hun!cers has generally been suf ficient to produce a reconciliation,—ohi ;Sporting Ma- gazine for December. M EN OF LOISIDON...—(FrOITI the Anti-corr. Law Circular.) 'You, w:nose princes are merchants and whose mat ones of the earth ftre great by forei- A 4 trade! you who have, ever been the leaders of the kingdOrn in every struggle for liberty, and'at eve- ,„., call of jr,stice and humanity ! whose tens of hug thousands rose as one man when the bread . t: Ai was first .1d; j eds of proposed for law, and by your deep solemn' I protest made, by your terrible curses , icy of earnest even thet °Dn..' stoney of selfish tyranny to pause and co trembl e possibl e th at you should fall into thr ; is it j rear of this great movement ? Your Lord M a - for is with us, your Livery and Common C,ouacil are with us ; You are all individual& 7itt, us. Then why hesitate to do that collectively, w nicli, r,Jrivately, you are t' .o , foremost to assert ? Vir,), l'her.i, Mayor and Citize• na of London! Call 'a toe'.ing of the Livery, another of the inhabitant,. Let eve,ry raetropolitan borough do ite .1 dut `', and Middlesex county convene. Let eael trade nave its separate convention ; nay, let each 'wad and, each parish ha:.-0 its assem bl y, its Committee, its re,,,0„. lutions, and 'its huge petition to Parliament. Virlr i h a ve a Grand M etropolitan Anti-Coen-la w $• an not quek l Agu and call your Chi e f M ag i strate to *le chair ? We upon you als o f or su b scriptions to our Lr e Fun cal d, and to furni s h your contingent to the ex . peoses of this war of pea ce an d h umanity. Hear. us ! answ er us ! help us ! Th e sons of commerce 1 , wish the metropolis of trade t o place herself at the Ito her t o reser,e them from -' r head, and th ey l oo k victory. ,1 peril, and lead them to 1 1