The Sun. — London, England, 1839-11-19 00:00:00

EVENING a EDITION. COURT t CIRCULAR, .._..~ r WINDSOR, MONDAY.--1 'he Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Viscounts Melbc ne, Ebrington, and Pal merston took their departure , this mornidg. The Duke and Duchess, Prince George, and the Princess Augusta of Cambrid, ge, arrived at the Castle at a quarter-p as t one o ' c l oc k t c -d ay , an d a f ter l unc hi ng With her Majesty, ret nrned to Is lew. Colonel Greenwood, of the 2d Life Cuards, is ex pected to be the only additional guest at the Castle this evening. The D u k e and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince G eorge, and th e P r i ncess A ugusta o f C am b r id ge l e f t their residence at Kew yesterday morning, to pay a Visit to t h e Q ueen at Windsor Castle. Their Royal Highness es arrived soon after one o'clock . A dejeune was served to her Mg,jesty and her Illustrious Vi -Bit"s, after partaking of which their Royal Highnesses took their departure from the Castle at three o'clock, and returned to their residence at Kew to dinner. A Dep utat i on f rom t h e C entra l C omm i ttee o f t h e 'teligious Freedom Society, consisting of the R ev . J o h n B urnet, the Rev. William Bean, Sir James Williams, and John Heard, Edward Smith, John Morley, Jun., and J. H. Tredgold Esquires, attended by the Par liamentary Agent, had an interview with the Mar quis of Normanby yesterday at the Home Office. Viscount M e lb ourne gave t h e fi rst C a bi net di nner t , season last evening at his residence in South-street. 1110 Ministers present were the Lord Chancellor, Mar oquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Duncannon, Marquis of rrnanby, Vi scoun t P a l mers t on , L or d J o h n R usse ll , i Chancellor o f th e E xc h equer , E ar l o f Minto, Sir o hn Hobhouse, Lord Holland, the Right Hon. H. 44shouchere, and the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay. Colonel Moberly, Mr. Rowland Hill, and Mr. Pea "elk, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday in Downing -street. The Commander of the Forces, Viscount Ebring ton, Si r Al exan d er J o h nston, M r. Glover, an d M r. " Aat ibY, had interviews with the Marquis of Normanby at the Home Office yesterday. Viscount Melbourne arrived in town yesterday after noon from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived a t L ans d owne House yesterday afternoon, from, his seat, Bowood ?ark, Wilts. Viscount Ebrington returned to town yesterday after cte, from a v i s it t o th e Q ueen at Wi n d sor C ast l e. 6 iV ir. Spe arman , A ss i stant -S ecretary to t h e Trea -417, arrived in town yesterday from the Continent. Lord Holland came to his residence in South street yesterday, from Holland House, Kensington. Despatches f rom t h e Ri g h t H on . C. P ou l ett Thom s(!),e, G overnor o f the Canadas ; from Sir G. Gipps, '°vern or of New South Wales ; and from G overnor L t, at British Guiana, were received ye s t er d a y a t t'le Colonial-office. St Viscou n t Palmerston arrived at his residence in Great nhepe-street yesterday, from Windsor Castle. Lord an d L a d y H at h erton returne d t o t own on s;ttirday last from Eaglehurst Park, Hants, where the e°hle Lord and Lady h ave been visiting the E ar l an d unle ss of Cavan. fr The Dowager Lady Langford arrived last week ( '',.° l a tour i n L a ncashire, and lastly from the seat of Si r Diarie s K n i g h t l ey, B art. oThe E ar l an d C ountess C raven h ave l eft Coombe ü beY, near Coventry, and are now on a visit to the 04n ry. te3s Dowager at Hampstead Lod ge , near New `Ju : The E ar l an d C ountess o f B radford are enter 41ing a party of friends at Weston Hall, near Shiff eaViscount Newport h a s re t urne d f rom P ow i s 4n a tte where his L or d s hip h as b een v i s i t i ng t h e E ar l 0/1 ` ,• .Countess of Powis during the fe s ti v iti es a tt en d an t V iscount Clive attaining his majority. ii er ti T he E ar l an d C ountess o f Ch ar l ev ill e an d L ord , r , 'iaranre arrived in St. George's place, Hyd e Park -4.11er, on Thursday last, from Scotland, I , The Earl and Countess Grosvenor leave Eaton I • I, m Cheshire, next week, for Motcombe House, haftesb L ury The Lord Brougham recently visited Covent-garden atre, when oddly enough part of the evening's F°per :l,llnances chanced to be Why did you Diet and to t tlce Killed, with both of which his Lordship appeared be Particularly amused. 4. 14 '44I,REtIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On the 4th H st ant, at Wrexham Church, the third daughter of the s °n. and R ev. Arch ib ald H ami l ton Cathcart, M.A., Balliol College, was led to the altar by Robert ttl ith, Esq., of Capenhurst House, Cheshire. 0 ARItIVALS AT BRIGHTON.—Lord and Lady C w leY, the Dean of Salisbury and Mrs. Pearson, C enel and Mrs. Baillie, Sir Archibald Macdonald, T ft jt., M r . B roa d woo d, L o rd Sudely. Departures— ti," Countess of Rothes, the Hon. Twistleton Fiennes, ""a Earl and Countess of Sheffield. p The Duke of Portland arriv e d at W e lb ec k 1. 1 1. °1 . Y. early in the past wee k f rom C am b r id ges hi re. is Grace is in the best he a lth. Th b e , e e Duke of D evons hi re h as not arr i ve d at was f atir e House, as erroneously stated. His Grace Mande ~ Y expected in town, but has since counter- Part y ,:. t he preparations for his reception. A select vi s i t In assemble this week at Chatsworth. The the Marquis of Lansdowne, we hear, remains i n • until the 15th of December. tl (WICK HALL, FRIDAY.—His Royal High es the Duke of Sussex and Lady Cecilia Under- W aa r ° -., arrived on a visit to Earl and Countess Grey, f e .°l n Lambton Castle, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Durham. The Earl and Countess of l e uri on, Viscount and Viscountess Howick, and a se -1,;e• Party will meet his Royal Highness during his *Si t to the Noble Earl and Countess. an The M arqu i s o f N ort h ampton, w i t h L a d y Mari fa!, Compton, have left Piccadilly for Castle Ashby, the re , 4 ,"Y seat, near N ort h ampton . Th e N o bl e M arqu i s w ill 411 1de at the above seat until the latter end of January, hir e e arly in March his Lordship will commence his C° eea to the Fellows of the Royal Society. Earl ..- lii Mn, who is at Castle Ashby, has been unable to ;`'_e the field since his accident while hunting a few elka backs. eo t is rumoured that the Crown lands, which 4:alprise a considerable part of the town of Shefford, the prise to be sold, as the late Duke of Bedford w as l ast lif e -i nterest t h ere i n .—H er t s Reformer. abi r he Earl of Fife is expected in town from Banff after,,, an absence of ten years. L o i ,he Ea r l o f Mi nto , w i t h his Private Secretary, rct '4 Melgund, arrived at his residence in the Admi t), Y Yesterday from Minto Castle. Their Lordships hirnoared Si r Willi am an d L a d y P ar k er with their coin '. '7 to din ner . ea k h e Earl and Countess of Normanton have been fri o -1 1 414 itig during the past week a select circle of T h n 's at Sommerley, their seat near Ringwood, Hants. 1.4 d l • egant new church erected at Harbridge by his et ot - e , s ulP, who has been at the sole expense, was conse p" On Tuesday last by the Bishop of Winchester. It o , u l t,lNcE GEORGE OF CAMBRIDGE.—HiS See j t a b l Highness visited Covent-garden last evening to 'e k e new play of Love. C aw " Duke of Wellington continues at Walmer ret,,: e • The day is not yet fixed for the Gallant Duke's s" to town on his way to Strathfieldsaye. L rile Duke and Duchess of Richmond and the adies Lennox have left Gordon Castle, for the south. a l . : rh e Mar qu i s and Marchioness of Ailsa have ° ri ve .) Li , at St. Margaret's, Isleworth, from Culzean h qstie, ay Ayrshi re , w h er e the Marquis and Marchioness h it e be en passing the autumn. The Earl of Cassillis a bee n in town for some time. b T he Duke an d D uc h ess of Beaufort, accompanied jthe Marquis of Worcester and Lady Blanche So ..erset, hav e arr i ved at the family mans i on i n Arlington l'itrreet, f rom a tour of several months in Germany. We e happy t o b ear the Noble Duke has quite recovered from the debilit at i ng effects of his severe illness last 4 !nmer. In a day or two the Duke and Duchess, with tee Marquis of Worcester, Lady Augusta Somerset. and junior branches of their family, leav e for Badminton, their seat near Cirencester, for the winter .MOLYNEUX.— HE HON. MRS. BERKELEY ,We are sorry to hear of the sever e and long. continued Li_llness of this lady, whose amiable and gentle dispo • ion has endeared her to all who have the pleasure of -hesritac paintance. Dr. Hume has been in constant attendance °' some weeks. ti Th e Earl of Lonsdale, accompanied by Lady F. ientinck, the Hon. Mr. O'Callaghan, and a select family e •'le, returned to Lonsdale Castle on Friday last, f rom , niteh aven C ast l e , w h e re the venerable Earl has be en , - ` 4 Y i ng a few weeks. L The E ar l an d C oun t es s of Darlington are now at th i ,,, t l,e Ponton, in Leicestershire , enter t a inin g a p art of - r aulet f am ily. 1 3 , The Earl and Countess of Orford, accompanied gTe Ladi es W a l po l e . arrived on Saturday last at the V hun gton Hotel from Blandford, and left on Sunday f or oolterton house, near Aylsham. fi n The Earl an d C ou ntess of Kinnoul are expected " e4 Pari s ear l y i n the nex t mon th. 17. to ise ntlot and Viscountess Combermere l eft eh v 4 On Saturday for Combermere Abbey, Nantwich, in T here. 4 he Duke an d D uc h ess of Leeds arrived at par l ' l3 Y Castl e , t h e i r seat i n Y or k s hi r e, in the early an t,t of la st wee k , from Scotland, where the Noble Duke o Duches s have been residing several months. The I)i tt i. Dowager Lady Rivers and the Hon. Miss f L 4n ave been visitin g the Marquis and Marchioness o 1 S s tuwoe at Bowood Park, Wilts. The Earl of dap Qum; M.P and the Countess of Kerry and infant i\iol,glter, are now staying with the Marchioness. .The Ch rist Marquis will leave town about a week before and „ t _ r nas, and intends staying at Bowood for a month, t hen com e to Lansdowne House for the season. t o „° ( I and Lady William Fitzroy have determined been t . the inter at S. Leon ar d' s . A mans i on h a s 5b...._ taken for the season. t UNIVERSI LLIGENCE. OXFORD, Nov. 16.—Yesterday Evan Thomas Evans, Thomas Owen, and John Peter Evans, of Jesus College, were elected scholars on the foundation of that College. John G:Cazenove, Edward Pedder, Henry Dam bleton, and John Booth, have been elected scholars on the Duchess of Somerset's Thornhill Manor Foun dation, and Vero G. Driffield and Frederick E. Mar shall, on the Somerset Iver Foundation of Brazenose College. The President and Fellows of St. John's College have presentedithe Rev. Lancelot A. Sharpe, Fellow of that Society to the Rectory of Tackley, in this county. W. L. Childe, Esq., has presented the Rev. G. W. Murray, of Merton College, to the Vicarage of Kinlet, Shropshire, to which he has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of Hereford. The Rev. Edward Ryder has presented the Rev. Alfred Gatty, of Exeter College, to the vicarage of Ec clesfield, Yorkshire. The Rev. W. North, late of Jesus College, has been installed Professor and Tutor of St. David's College ; and the Rev. D. T. Jones has been installed Professor of the Welch language of the same College. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 16.—At a Congregation on Wed nesday last the following degrees were conferred : DOCTOR in DIVINITY.—The Rev. Benedict Chap man, Master of Caius, by Royal mandate. BACHELOR IN DIVINITY.—Rev. John Chapman, Fellow of St. John's, by Royal mandate. HONORARY MASTER OF ARTS.—Sir Claude William Champion de Crespigny, Trinity. MASTERS OF ARTS.—Roger Wood and Henry Clarke, Caius. BACHELORS OF ARTS.—John Bax Marriott, Corpus Christi College ; Gerard Nevile and Alex. Woodward, Catherine Hall ; James Limbray, St. John's ; and Charles George Taylor, Emmanuel. On Monday last Rowland Williams, Esq., Scholar of King's College, and Baffle's University Scholar, was elected a Fellow of that Society. The following gentlemen of St. John's College were, on Saturday last, elected proper Sizars on the founda tion of Dr. Dowman : Henry John Bull, George Ed ward Tate, George Masters Gould, Francis Bagge Scott, John Pettit Beard, John Miller, and William Grieve Wilson. MATRICULATION, 1839.—King's, 2 ; Trinity, 106 ; St. John's, 90 ; St. Peter's, 18 ; Clare, 15 ; Pembroke, 14 ; Caius, 21 ; Trinity Hall, 15 ; Corpus, 28 ; Queen's, 24 ; Catherine Hall, 20 ; Jesus, 12 ; Christ's, 21 ; Magdalene, 11 ; Emmanuel, 17 ; Sidney, 7 ; 421. NORRISIAN PRIZE ESSAY.—The subject for the present year is, " The Holy Scriptures contain suffi ciently all doctrine required of necessity for eternal sal vation through faith in Jesus Chribt." ENGLISH AND FRENCH COMMER CIAL DUTIES. (From the Journal des Debats.) The period for opening the Session is arriving, and no increase of duties has taken place on the impor tation of British thread. The present duty is 24f. the 100 kilogr. The duties recommended by the Council of Commerce in lieu of this were to be 201. duty per 100 kilogr. on from No. 1 to 20 ; 30f. duty per 100 kilogr. on from 21 to 40 ; and 50f. duty per 100 kilogr. on from No. 41 upwards. This would have been a protecting duty of 10 per cent. on the first, of 71 per cent. on the second, and of 6- on the third category. The making of thread as connected with agriculture is of more than common importance ; and instead of protecting it by a duty of from 7 to 10 per cent., it ought, in the opinion of many men, to be protected by duties of from 10 to 20 per cent. The proposed tariff was rejected, however, by the Commerce Minister, in order to offer a pledge to England that the negotiations would be resumed for a commercial treaty with serious intentions of liberality. It is, indeed, highly desirable that the war of prohibition should cease be tween France and England, and that no duties should exist, save fiscal ones, for the good of the revenue. Other nations have adopted this. The United States, from 1842, will not pass the maximum of 20 per cent. duty ; the German Union not more than 30 per cent. Policy dictates similar laws to France and England. France should renounce her prohibitive duties on a host of articles, especially on those of wool and cotton. It is an insult to French manufactures to suppose that after 20 years' prohibition they need a greater protecting duty than one of 20 or 30 per cent. The late exhibition has proved such not to be wanting ; and as to prohibit ing finer tissues, it does but encourage their introduc tion by contraband. That must be permitted which cannot be prevented ; and moreover, all the odious practices of personal search may be done away with. But England must meet us half way. She has duties as high as 60 per cent., and a host of French produc tions pay at least 30 per cent, in England. Such is the tariff for painted or gilded porcelains, bronze, embroidery, lace, perfumes, turned articles, leather, peltries, and furs ; our velvets, ribbons, and figured silks are similarly charged ; but the agents of the English Custom-house, abusing the right of valuation which is left to them, levy a duty which, in reality, amounts to 40 and 45 per cent. On this point nevertheless the merchants of Lyons had given England an example on commercial li berty, in recommending with all their efforts the exportation of French silk thread. Upon other ar ticles, which we could export with advantage to England, the duty in Great Britain is still much higher : thus, white paper is taxed at ninepence the English pound, from actual current prices, which is about 136 per cent. The duty upon painted paper is double or treble ; upon Bohemian glass it is 250 f. per hundred weight ; upon mirrors it is excessive ; but upon our wine and brandy it passes all limits, since it reaches 400 and 700 per cent. Even the articles for which England has no competition are, from precaution, charged with a heavy duty. Thus polished or cut glass pays 30 per cent. ; pit coal, 50 francs per ton of 1,000 kilogr., that is to say, ten times its value in the mines ; copper ore, 34 francs the quintal ; blacking, 90 francs the quintal. Steel and iron not in heavy bars, and cotton tissues, three articles for which no nation equals the English, are taxed at 20 per cent. In upon damask linen, in which France now excels, the duty is prohibitive. Thus we do not dare to tax mode rately the linen thread of England, whilst it rejects the tissue manufactured in France with the thread :vhich it has sold us. To this system of excessive protection, it joins the prohibition of exporting English looms, in order to obstruct as much as possible the establishment of manufactures on the Continent. It is to be feared that the concession of not touching the duties on thread may obstruct instead of furthering the final negotiation, by rendering the English more exigent. The Ministry has incurred a grave responsibility by such a decision. It thereby sacrifices entirely to the English a branch of national industry employing a number of people ; and, moreover, it contracts the engagement of altogether altering the French tariffs ; for since English linen threads are not to pay more than four or five per cent. duty on entering France, our porcelains, bronzes, embroideries, perfumes, and other objects of taste, ought not to pay more than 10 or 15 per cent. on their entrance into England. As for our silks, the English tariff should be reduced to 15 or2o per cent. duty, not nominally, but in reality ; on our papers it should not exceed 20 or 25 per cent., and on our wines and brandy England might have the magnanimity of being content with a duty of 75 to 100 per cent. If, in return for its excessive condescension with respect to linen thread, and for the concessions that are possible and legitimate with respect to iron and engines, threads, woollen and cotton tissues, the Ministry does not obtain reciprocal advantages, which, after all, English interests could but applaud it, will have merited the most grave reproaches for having, without necessity, without nego tiation, and consequently without having obtained any advantage to French commerce, and in spite of the re sistance of the French Commissaries at the time of the conferences of last winter, consented to the annihilation of an eminently French industry inherent to the soil. EXHUMATION OF HUMAN BON ES. For the last few days much curiosity hasb e ee n excited in the neighbourhood of Old Brentf or d, in us been e consequence of the discovery of a large quantity of human bones in an traordinary state of preservation, after in terred,haviln it is supposed , upwards of two hundred x ed years. The ground where the discover y has been made is it the occupation of Mr. Robinson, a brickmaker, and is situated at the commencement of the town, just in the rear of the Salutation public-house. The earth had been removed some time since to the depth of four feet, about inrn withoute anything particular being observed ; but at the layers of of last week, on the workmen digging bones, & e ,five feet lower, making nine feet, they came to of human ' bones, consisting of skulls, arm and thigh it is said in a high s ' In most ' of the skulls the teeth were most perfect, and t o a f te such extent as to fill several wheelbarrows. The spot, of preservation, as was also the hair. by some of the oldest of the inha bitants, used formerly to be called " Deadmen's Graves," and there a tradi t i on ex tant in the town that during the great plagu e in London a female called Moll Rawso n " used to drive a car t , on w hi c h she sat, through the str eets , e that she brought d own r h y t i i n a g d , reds o f b o di es , w hi c h were interred in heaps in the ground in question. Information of the finding of the bones Wakley, the Coroner, but i t isas been f orwar d e d t o Mr. not supposed ho will con sider it necessary to hold an inquest. EMBEZZLEMENT AN D R on v „, derable sensation has been produ ce d among a ---Y.---A consi classes in Dundee, by the emb ezz l e r" the working of a friendly society's funds. The alarm'e emb e zzlement and robb er y Saturday morning last, that John Millth the was given on treasur er to a friendly society in Dallfield Walk, had absconded, and carried off the whole funds in his hands ' sen m n i`i l l e ; l ' by trade a mason, and precentor in the -s Secession He n Church, under the Rev. Matthew Frazer. employed before the robbery superintending the maso ns as engaged in erecting the new church for this conmrega tion. He left Dundee via Perth on Friday night. LITERATURE. PREFERMENT. 3 Vors. Colburn, London, 183 u. Notwithstanding our dislike of the school to which this novel belongs, we have read it with much pleasure, for it is full of sparkle and brilliancy, and lashes the follies and the heartlessness of fashion able life in a laughing, sarcastic spirit, that occa sionally reminds us of some of the arch sallies in the " School for Scandal." In force and pointed ness of style, Mrs. Gore surpasses, with the excep tion perhaps of Disraeli, all contemporary novelists; her analysis of character too is minute, and true to the life ; but she fails in the conduct of her plot. The incidents in " Preferment," move slowly and lan guidly ; but the dialogues are admirable, and the re flections scattered throughout the tale show a vigorous mind, able and willing to think for itself. The main points of the story may be summed up in a few words. The hero, Julius Egerton, an enthu siastic, romantic young man, but poor, and con demned to the obscure labours of a Kentish curacy, receives an invitation to spend some time with his rich and fashionable uncle, the Earl of Tiverton. While on a visit to his pompous relative, he takes the opportunity of falling in love with his youngest daughter, Lady Henrietta, and believes that his attachment is returned. Unfortunately, however, he is undeceived by the let herself, and in a style of such polite indifference,' as to throw him into a very dangerous fever, from which, when he recovers, it is to curse his own self conceit and presumption, and marry a deserving girl moving in his own rank of life. This conception will at once recall to the reader's mind Crabb's beauti ful poem of the " Patron," which is founded on precisely the same idea. Butit is on her characters, that Mrs. Gore must most depend for success. Her caustic sketches of the two young Ladies Tiverton ; of their uncle, " the dowager dandy," as he is quaintly called ; of the metho distical Duchess . of Dumbarton ; and more parti cularly of the simpering sycophant. Dr. Nicewig, Dean of Darlington—these various characters are hit off with consummate skill and spirit. The Dean is thus happily sketched Dr. Nicewig glided along on his golden rail-road, mild as a moonbeam, soft as a swan's-down muff, insinuating as a silken-eared spaniel. While Dr. Macnab succeeded with his congregation by kicking and bullying them along the path of grace, the Dean held out his finger with a coaxing air and gentle chir rup, like a bird-fancier decoying a canary !" Mrs. Gore must give us more brilliant tales of this sort. TRIALS OF MARGARET LYND SAY. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1839. The republication of the " Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life," and of the delightful little tale before us—both, we believe, by the same author-- is a proof that the taste for the refined, simple, and imaginative in literature is not yet wholly extinct among us. From the disposition evinced by the public within the last few years to pore with avidity over the sayings and doings of thieves, swindlers. murderers, and vagabonds of all sorts, and even to accept them as legitimate heroes of romance, we had .begun to fear that a republication of the " Newgate Calendar" would be the only one likely to answer a bookseller's purpose ; but the re appearance of this little work has agreeably disap pointed us ; for it shows that an author may take nature for his guide, and write, as she prompts, with the feelings of a gentleman and the fancy of a poet, and vet maintain his hold on public estima tion. We should be glad to see more tales penned in the sound, healthy, and refined spirit that everywhere characterizes " Margaret Lyndsay." The present age is sadly in want of them, for there is no denying the fact that—•so far as fictitious lite rature is concernedit is an age of infinite pre tension and poor performance, when gross carica ture is substituted for genuine nature, and the spas modic efforts of a sickly, perverted fancy, for the vigorous promptings of genius. ! MEMOIRS OF COUNT DUMA S.-2 VoLs. B. ntley, London, 1839. From the stirring and chequered life led by the Count Dumas, we had expected more entertaining Reminiscences than he has here furnished us with. Spirited sketches of character, exciting incidents, anecdotes in abundance—these, we thought, would have been found in every chapter of his Memoirs ; but we have been disappointed, for though his volumes will be read with eagerness by those who take an interest—and who does not ?—in the asto nishing period of which they treat; and will also supply many useful materials for some future his torian of the American war, and of the first reVo lutionary outbreak in France in the memorable year 1789 ;_though they certainly posesss this recom mendation, yet there is no denying the fact, that, as a whole, they are dull ; and chiefly because the range of the autobiographer's sympathy is limited, and he cannot take any lively interest in what does not immediately concern himself. He was young and enthusiastic when our first disastrous war with the American colonies broke out, and therefore he writes with spirit on this subject. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly when France had de cided on limiting the powers of the monarchy, and therefore the Assembly is uppermost in his thoughts ; but still, in both instances, he places himself in the van, and notices the distinguished personages of the time, only as they affect himself personally. We have an able sketch of Washington ; but why—because Du mas was one of his favourites. We have an equally graphic portrait of Lafayette ; and for the same reason, because Dumas was in high favour with him. But we have no account of IVlirabeau ; of the earlier career of Danton ; of the Bishop of Au tun ; and the other celebrated people of the time, though our author, being a not undistinguished member of the Constituent Assembly, must have been competent to give us much information about them—in fact, added considerably to our stock of knowledge. But, as we have just hinted, Count Dumas is an inveterate egotist, and possibly thinks that by diminishing the pretensions of others he shall exalt his own. We have more of his own sav ingsatnod k l e n s o s w of w t a l e t l r i s o , t e o h f a o v li e c y like. ho N 'Ve d a o nd no d t oii c ug a s re adopted in the Assembly on the subject of the emigrants, and of tithes; but we do desire to learn by what means Danton, and Robespierre, and the fiery Chabot"—as Thiers calls him—who were just then rising above the political horizon, con trived to organise an opposition against these two important questions at the Cordeliers and the Ja cobins. Again, we are anxious to be better ac quainted with the tactics pursued by that Cory phaeus of political swindlers, Dumouriez, at the period when he first joined the French Ministry ; and with this knowledge, Dumas could have fur nished us; but lie is comparatively silent on the subject, contenting himself with just a few trite common-place details which every one knows ; evi dently because lie cares not to speak of a man in whom he feels no direct personal interest, even though that man held for some months the des tinies of France in his hands We have always thought the character of Du mouriez one of the most difficult problems to solve of any in the Revolution. A man of wit and pleasure—a courtier under the old regime, a demo crat under the new—skilful, enterprising, and full of resources as a commander—thoroughly ac quainted with the world—intriguing, unscrupulous, and bent only on personal aggrandizement ;—this extraordinary man seems to have blundered at every step he took ; and to have acted on every great emergency, save only at the Camp of Cmsar, from sheer impulse, and without any strong impelling motive, though he was the very opposite of a man of impulse, and had the strongest possible motives to take a decided part, and persevere in it. One day we find him coquetting with the Girondins ; the next he is hand and glove with the Jacobins ; now, he is intriguing with the King against his Ministers, and now with the Ministers against the King. Flattering the mob by his complimentary speeches at their favourite club, he yet personally insults Marat, their great oracle ; and attaches the nick-name of " Jesuits" to the Brissotins, at the very time when his own political interests are bound up with theirs. In. a word, from some strange pe culiarity in his mental constitution, the intriguing, quick-witted, aspiring Dumouriez never took one step forward but lie took two backward ; and wound u p his brief, meteor-like career by throwing up the cause which he professed to have so much at heart, and refuge with the enemies of hi s coun t r y ! stey, taking C o unt Dumas, who was living i n th e mos t irl influential Parisian circles of that day, should have said something woith reading about a man like this ! Why, too, is he so reserved on the subject of the Girondist chiefs ? He tells us indeed that he dislikes them—and we agree with him in his aversion to these flashy, pedantic theorists, THF SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1F39. and their pet-politician in petticoats, Maclaine Roland, who, with moderation, justice, and philan thropy on their lips, could yet wink at the massacres on the tenth of August, and the still more atrocious slaughters in the prisons, and even appoint their originator, Danton, Minister of Justice, in order that, by the aid of this daring denifigogue, whom they abhorred, they might keep their own places ; M. Dumas, we say, professes his aversion to these time-serving jugglers ; but this is nearly all he tells us about them, with the exception of one or two passing observations on Vergniaud, Petion, and Brissot. On the subject of the Directory and its proceedings our author is more explicit; and when he comes to treat of the Consulate and the Empire, then his statements are animated and circumstantial, for Napoleon was a prime favourite with him, and he held an honourable post in the service of this warrior King. Still, even here, we feel the want of cha- . _ racteristic portraits. We have none of those racy personal sketches which lend such a charm to the souvenirs of Bourrienne, Segur, and the Duchess d'Abrantes, and whi c h are so abundant in the French Memoirs—th e most delightful works of the sort, always excepting Horace Walpole's, in any language. Count Dumas is at best but an indif ferent gossip. He wants vigour —liveliness—sus ceptibility ; and when we look for the free and easy conversational narrative of the memoir writer, he puts us off with the staid gravity of the historian. Some of our readers may perhaps desire to know who Count Mathieu Dumas was ? We will tell them. He was a man who, like Ulysses, "mores hominum multorum vidit, et urbes," but, unlike the Ithacan, turned his knowledge to but poor ac count. His family was respectable, and he himself was destined for the military profession from his childhood. In 1773 he was a Sub-Lieutenant, and at the breaking out of the American ilevolu- tion, accompanied — Marshal Rochatnbeau to New York, when he shared with Lafayette and other Frenchmen in the honours and fatigues of that campaign, which ended in the surrender of Corn wallis and his army. Returning to France, he found the Revolution just about to break out, and took his post instantly by the side of his old friend Lafayette. As a Member of the Constituent As sembly, he was distinguished by his moderation, and thereby rendered himself obnoxious to the Gi rondins, who were then struggling for political su premacy. During the Reign of Terror he retired to England, and ultimately to Switzerland, where he amused himself by scribbling dramas, and perpe trating other small literary indiscretions. But, on the death of Robespierre, and the establishment of the Directory, he was elected into the Council of An cients, and as before, rendered himself conspicuous by his moderation. Under the Consulate he was made General of Division ; and rose still higher in station under the Empire ; he accompanied Napoleon in his German campaigns, fought also with him in Russia, and indeed up to the close of the war which terminated in the occupation of Paris by the Allies. On the restoration of the Bourbons, he held office under them as Director-Ge neral ; was almost the last man to shake hands with the Count d'Artois (afterwards Charles the Tenth) on his abrupt flight from the Tuileries ; and among the foremost to present himself at the Levee of Napoleon during the memorable Hundred Days! Again he was installed in office ; but the battle of Waterloo cut short all his prospects, and, after a fruitless effort to renew his connection with the Bourbons, he retired into private life. The revolution of 1830 called him once more to active duty, and he was made a member of the Council of State, and shortly afterwards raised by Louis Philippe to the Chamber of Peers. He died at an advanced age last year, we believe, leaving behind him many friends, who, notwithstanding his Protean versatility as a politician, are sincerely attached to his memory. The opportunities of such a man to furnish us with valuable informa tion on many obscure points in the Revolution, the Empire, and the Restoration, must have been unusually favourable ; but, after a diligent perusal of his volumes, we are compelled to state that they add little to the stock of knowledge we already possess on these subjects. KEIGHTLEY'S HISTORY OF EA GLAND. 3 VoLs. Inittaker, London, 1839. This is a useful, unpretending history, written in a temperate and impartial tone, by one who is well versed in his theme, and has no strong political prejudices to lead him astray from the right track. We are glad to find Mr. Keightley paying more at tention to the earlier periods of his history than Hume condescended to do ; and rectifying some of the partial statements of Dr. Lingard— whose work, nevertheless, ranks among the fore most of its class—in terse and pertinent foot-notes. As a well-digested record of facts, these volumes have strong claims on public attention, but they would have been more readable, had the style been somewhat less precise and unimpassioned. How ever, they will suit the purposes of schloomasters, for the senior classes of their pupils cannot fail to derive considerable instruction from their perusal. A LETTER TO THE 41UEEN. BY A COUNCILLOR OF THE CROWN. London, Wild. A pamphlet written in a plain and popular style. The author of which condemns the Tory attack on the Court concerning Lady Flora Hast ings, condemns the principle of refusing to dis miss the Ladies of the Court when Sir Robert Peel asked it, and advises her Majesty to throw her self on her people for support. We will copy the con cluding recommendations, remarking merely that the Ministry by the new hands which they have recently taken into the Cabinet, appear inclined to forerun this writer, and to throw themselves on public opinion for support : Now, therefore, Madam, bear with me yet a little, while I point out the only alternative which you have, the only middle course, between dismissing your pre sent servants, in other words, receiving the Conserva tives into your favour, Cabinet, Household and all, and suffering the standard of Radical Reform to be raised, with a call on the body of the people to rally around you, and a Ministry composed of their chiefs, with per haps a few of the men already known to office. You cannot change the constitution of the present Parlia ment : dissolve it you cannot, without ensuring a large Conservative majority ; then, assuming that you are not prepared to give up the present Ministry if you can help it, and yet less to summon a Radical Cabinet to your assistance, even supposing such a thing possible, your only course must be to give a more liberal, a more re forming, a more popular tone to the existing Govern ment, and thus to amend the temper of the House of Commons, and to regain the confidence of the Reform party among the people. I have assumed your reluctance to part with the pre sent Ministers. I belied lam justified in the suppo sition I make ; I believe your Majesty is justified in the reluctance you feel. I speak not of others ; but the First Minister has a great many qualities eminently cal culated to win your favour, and above all to secure your confidence. Open, plain-dealing, plain-spoken, simple-minded, and single-hearted, he never will mix himself in plots, and his strong manly understanding and practical good sense will render it as bard for others to make him the victim of their intrigue s , as hi s honest nature will prevent him from joining in them. Faults, and, for a Minister, most serious ones, he has : that is undeniable ; but the cardinal political virtues I have named, with his accomplishments, and his agree able natural manner, are sufficient to perpetuate the favour which the accident of his having been your first adviser and guide in public life, very naturally, i t may be said, unavoidably, gained him. But from his guid ance your Majesty's course must be severed, and with the chiefs of the opposite party must your co unc il s b e united, unless means can be found of winning back the Parliament and the country to your Government. How is this to be effected? By considerin g how the confidence and affection of both have been estranged. Ever since your Majesty's accession, when the Court for the first time these hundred years became de voted to the Ministry, the Ministers have m ore an d more withdraw n f r om the people. They early deter mined that no change should be made in the Reform Bill, beyond some adjustment of petty details. They have suffered year atter year to pass away without en deavouring to carry any wholesome measure of improve ment. They have contented themselves with balancing between conflicting interests, and after doing some things and giving up others to pacify those adversaries they never could win, they have deemed it quite enough for their own credit, if they could set off against their sins of commission and omission, an exuberant show of favour to the Irish Members, and a lavish grant of patronage to their adherents, for the purpose of retain ing Parliamentary votes. Had they thrown themselves upon the English people in honest and hearty sincerity, they could well have afforded to dispense with the alli ance in the whole world the most offensive to this country, the most injurious to their own credit with the reputable p or ti on even of their own supporters, and I will venture to suspect the most irksome to your Majesty's feelings. In answer to all this, which is in all men's mouths, what have they to say, but that they have reformed the Post Office! They reform the Post Office ! I question if any man in all Downing -street and Whitehall would venture in private to say this to his neighbour ; or if any man living would publicly say it in the presence of either the late or the present Chancellor of the Exchequer. Why, there lives not a man in any political circle in London who does not know that a firm reliance was placed upon the opposi tion flinging out the Bill, and thus at once taking upon themselves, and taking from the Government the odium of an unpopular act. But do not suppose, Madam, that I counsel any alarming changes, although I should be well pleased to see some measures patronised by your Majesty which might scatter dismay among the ranks of timid or prejudiced men, and which irresolute hands never should attempt. All that would be wanting is a plain and earnest wish to devise and press forward mea sures of a parental and liberal policy—measures which have for their end and aim, the only end and aim of all government, nay of civil society itself, the people's good. Much retrenchment yet remains to be effected ; many constitutional reforms in our system, above all in our Colonial system, to be introduced : chiefly, and here all men of all parties and of all sects, are eager to support you, and to pour out the tribute of their gratitude to your Majesty,—the instruction qf the People remains to be provided for by the Legislature. The last session showed bow much at heart all classes of the community, and all parties in Parliament, have this grand and paramount object. Accidental circumstances are favourable to the Govern ment taking up the question. Those unconnected with the Ministry, or in some sort adverse to them, who have hitherto bail, the subject in their hands, profess their willingness to give it up into your's ; while their sup port was at your Majesty's command in favour of what ever plan, founded upon wise and just principles, your Ministers might propound. Do not, I earnestly be seech you, let any earthly consideration turn you aside, or prevent you from following in your Illustrious Fa ther's steps, and placinc , yourself on the vantage ground of improvement, as the patroness of National Educa tion, and nursing mother to the most blessed of all the progeny that can proceed from ao auspicious union of ample power with pure good will. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Last evening Sheridan Knowles's new play of Love was followed by the Beggar's Opera, with Miss Austin as Polly. This young lady's Polly is, in our opinion quite equal to her Mandane. She was a little timid at first, but this gradually wore of, and she gave "Cease your Funning," in admirable style, and was rewarded with an encore. Madame Vestris was the Lucy, and the very best Lucy we have ever seen. Harrison, as Macheath, sang the beautiful ballads with which the part is interspersed with great taste, and every word was audible, an example which it would be well if other singers would copy. His acting, too, is very good. Farren and Bartley were the Peachum and Lockit, and Mrs. C. Jones the Mrs. Peachum. This lady is what Mrs. Davenport was, the best representative of an old woman on the stage. Harley, as Filch, was the very beau ideal of a low pickpocket. The house was crammed long before the rising of the curtain. HAMBURG MAIL. `WARSAW, Nov. 4.-111. Uwarrow, the Minister for Public Instruction, arrived here a few days ago from St. St. Petersburg, and has begun his examina tions of all the public establishments for education. Much good was expected from the prudence and jus tice of such a man ; he is said to have already declared pretty explicitly, that along with the Russian language the Polish shall be retained in all the schools, respecting the entire exclusion of which some fears began to be entertained. The junction of the United Greek Church with the Russian Greek Church, is a step that will have very important and beneficial consequences for Russia, and will be severely felt by Rome, which, with a little prudence and compliance, might have averted this blow. The junction has not yet taken place in this kingdom. LEIP9to, Nov. 11.—The Leipsig merchants are said to have sent the following answer to their representatives, respecting a reduction of the postage of letters :—" It will be proper to wait for some years to see what will be the result of the reform of the Post-Office in England and France before proceeding to any such changes, the possible consequences of which cannot be foreseen."— Hamburg Papers. SIR SIDNEY SMITH.—A Biographical Me moir of Sir Sidney Smith, from the pen of the author of " Rattlin the Reefer," is on the eve of appearance. The deeds of this distinguished Commander have won for him a never-dying fame, the love of his countrymen, and the admiration of foreigners. The hatred which Buonaparte entertained for him may be easily accounted for, since to Sir Sidney alone was owing the utter frus tration of Napoleon's projects in Syria. To the long resistance of St. Jean d'Acre, under the command of Sir Sidney Smith, it is well known that the Corsican General attributed all the disasters which subsequently befel him in the East. The scarlet and typhus fevers still continue their ravages among the children of Kendal ; large numbers have been victims to these diseases within the last three months.-IVestmorcland Gazette. DEATH OF A CHARACTER.—Within these few days, Edinburgh has lost one of its most remarkable public characters. "Rhyming Wattie,"—he of the coat of many colours—is no more. He met with an accident in a joiner's shop, and was carried to the Infir mary, where he died. Wattie or Andrew Smith, which we believe was his real name, was not the fool his ap pearance indicated. By his eccentricity, he managed to keep alive a wife and family of three children. He was educated in Heriot's Hospital ; and to those who were intimate with his history, would throw off his ap parent " foolery," talk rationally, and show that he was " more rogue than fool."—Edinburgh Courant. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, NOV. 15,—A few sugars have been sold in our market at extreme prices ; but the show of samples is so very indifferent that the buyers cannot supply themselves, and the bu siness is therefore very limited. The wretched state to which Bristol is reduced, as a mart for West India pro duce, is shown by the mortifying fact that some of our retail grocers have been supplying themselves from London—a truth that speaks volumes ; and yet the wholesale dealers are vainly exerting themselves and wasting their energies to continue a country trade under disadvantages almost insurmountable.—Mercury. ALEXANDER PITCA IR N, EsQ.—A wicked, malicious, and unfeeling hoax has just been successfully played off upon a respectable newspaper in Perth. The author of this trick, who has been detected by the praiseworthy vigilance of the local authorities, pur ported, by forging or using the name of a gentleman in Perth, to convey to the public the announcement of the sudden death of Alexander Pitcairn, Esq., of her Majesty's General Register House in this city.— Edinburgh Courant, We are glad to find that Rees Loughor, jun., who by his gallantry, saved the lives of the crew of the Les Eufantes Cheris, wrecked near Munknash, in January last, has been rewarded by a gold medal from the King of the French, a bronze medal from the Com mittee of Lloyd's, a silver medal and five pounds from the Royal National Institution ; and we trust that the example of this young man will be followed by others on the coast when opportunity offers, and that the re putation of the inhabitants of the coast of Glamorgan may henceforward be very different from what it hi. therto has been in respect to their treatment of ship wrecks.—Cambrian. Bank of England notes are in circulation in Leeds and other towns, in which, though the note is genuine, the sum is fraudulently altered from Si. to 101., so as to double the apparent value of the note. The word " Five," both in the left-hand lower corner and in the centre of the note, is erased, and the word " Ten" substituted in its place. A further alteration is in eras ing the words " Bank of England," just above the sig nature, which words are printed in Roman capitals on the 5/. notes, and re-inserting them in slender italic let ters, more like the following :—" Bank of England," in which signature they are printed in the 101. notes. The alteration is pretty well executed, but it may be readily detected on examination of the parts altered. A note of this description was yesterday presented at the Bank of England in this town.—Leeds Mercury. BASE INGRATITUDE.—A deputation of the students of the University have waited on us to com plain that yesterday, at the election of Rector, the newly appointed Professors, viz. Drs. Cowan and Bu chanan, who owe their offices entirely to the Whigs, did not appear to vote against the Cumberland rene gade, Sir James Graham. We wonder what these newly fledged Professors will now say for themselves about the consistency of their politics. Is this what the Whigs rewarded them for—to betray them, or to act supinely towards them at the very first commence ment of their professional career ? Or have the amiable gentlemen, now that they have got into the berth after the Tory howl raised against them, quietly turned upon their heel against their own patrons ? The Tories, we guess, would not have so acted in similar circum stances. But this piece of conduct will be noted. W e add, with very great pleasure, that when Professor Nichol appeared yesterday, and gave his vote in the Common Hall against Graham, he was most enthusi astically cheered by the entire body of stud e nts, whi c h shows that they have the generosity to admire, and th e spirit to applaud, sterling independence.—Scotch &- formers' Gazette. THE I NSURREC TION.—The Camb r i an states as a fact creditable to the national char acter, that the Welch Chartists not on l y abstained from all violence on their route, but that they paid for their refreshment at every house at which they halted. Th e Merlin states that Mr. Vincent, t, the Chartist pris oner at A lonmouth, wa s till Sunday in utter ignoranc e of the fatal events at Newport, and was not even aware of Mr. F ros t b e i ng in the same prison , with him until h e saw hi m on S un d ay mo rning, in the Chapel of the prison. Their change of glances was a study worthy of Lavater. The Rev. Mr. Gathercole, we are informed, has been " suspended" by his Bishop. We trust, for the credit of the Church, that the information is true. — Gateshead Observer. RIOTS AT NEWPORT. NEWPORT, SATURDAY. As the Court is adjourned till Monday, it may, per haps, be desirable to embrace the opportunity to say a few words in reference to the occurrences of the past week. It has been a subject of remark and regret with the sober-minded in this vicinity, that an influen tial portion of the public press should have laboured to bring the law and the authorities into contempt, for mere party purposes. Thus one paper, on the receipt of the first imperfect account of the outbreak, laid the whole charge to the account of her Majesty's Ministers, and said that they deserved a more severe punishment than the actual leaders of the rioters. No soone r had the evidence on the examination of Frost appeared than the same paper, though Frost had not said a word in defence, asked if the Minsters would dare to hang Frost ? Another influential paper has a long tirade on L ord John Russell, on account of his havinginserted Frost's name in the commission of the peace, and refusing to admit that of a gentleman who is said in othe- respects to be well qualified. In the same article, all the faults and crimes of which Mr. Frost had ever been guilty are shown up in the strongest light, without one extenuati ng c i rcumstance being stated throughout his career. Is this just Is it merciful? Is it decent ? Whatever the faults of Frost may have been, it is very certain that he had won the confidence of a very large number of his fellow townsmen, who be lieved that he had effected great good, and that he had the desire and ability to accomplish further benefits. For twenty years he bad acted in politics as a consti tutional Reformer, and it was in that character he gained the confidence of the burgesses of Newport. When he forsook that course, and became imbued with the insane doctrines of Chartism, he lost the respect of the townspeople ; he was removed from the commission of the peace ; and he has now taken a step which, in a ll p ro b a bility, w ill l ea d t o anigno minious end. But is Lord John Russell, or are the burgesses of Newport responsible for the . opinions which Mr. Frost maintained. Frost did not embrace Chartism till August, 1838. He was elected Councillor and Mayor, and his name inserted in the Commission of the Peace, in 1835-6, and so far from the so-called principles of the Charter being any recommendation in the eyes of my Lord John Russell, or of the burgesses of New- I port, by the one his name has been struck out of the Commission of the Peace, and with the other he has I lost all influence where before he was all-powerful, purely in consequence of his adoption of the mad schemes of I• those universal con f us i on i sts. A ny respecta b le person in ! Newport will tell you that Frost could, before he be came a Chartist, return whomsoever he pleased as a Town Councillor, whilst at the last election three of Frost's ad herents were unceremoniously rejected. The attack, therefore, on Lord John Russell and on municipal insti tutions founded on the conduct of Mr. Frost falls to the ground. I have heard the following version of Frost's commencement of the riots ; there is a degree of probability about both accounts, The first is, that Frost was waited upon by a deputation of colliers and j miners from the hills, who told him and stated that they began to doubt his sincerity or courage, and as they were determined to put it to the test, they would insist on his joining them at once and making prepara tions for an immediate attack. Frost, it is said, agreed to return with them, and left a message at his house that if he did not return by a certain day, they might know what would happen. Another story is, and I have had this in some measure confirmed by the testimony of a gentleman who has been into the iron districts and made inquiries of the men—it is, that Frost urged them on to the conflict by a series of misrepresen tations, the most serious of which was his reading to them pretended letters from the soldiers stationed in Newport, pledging themselves not to fire upon the Char tists in case they came down to take the town. The men were so exasperated when they found they were deceived, and that they were, as they expressed lt, " only brought down to be fired at," that they say they would have " torn Frost in ribbons" if they could have seen him that night. NEWPORT, Nov. 16. Cardo, the emissary of the National Convention, was this morning discharged, with directions to the officers :o see him safely conveyed out of the town, not think ng the circumstances sufficient to warrant his deten- tion. There are reports that Zephaniah Williams is captured ; but I cannot trace them to any authentic source. An old man, 92 years of age, has been brought in to-day in custody from Blackwood, charged with being concerned in the riots. He is known as Doctor Israel. He is a man of extraordinary energy for his age—an American by birth, and by profession a quack doctor. There are now seven prisoners in custody. Three of the leaders, for whom a reward of 100/. each is offered, are not yet arrested. The military force here has been somewhat reduced by the drafts for Cardiff, Merthyr, Pont-y-pool, &c. It consists at present of one troop of the 10th Hussars, a brigade of the Royal Horse Artillery of 6 men with two pieces, and four companies of the 45th Foot, viz., the grenadier company, the light company, and the Ist and Bth companies, the latter being under the command of the gallant Captain Stack. The extensive circulation obtained for the seditious and treasonable unstamped publications amongst the ignorant and deluded Welshmen has had, there is no doubt, a most pernicious tendency. Several parcels of these infamous publications were seized by the police. They were addressed to several beer-houses where the Chartists are in the habit of holding their meetings. They are filled with extracts from infidel publications. texts, and articles on the right of armed resistance," numbers of pretended letters from soldiers, stating that they are favourable to the cause of Chartism, and in the event of a struggle they will be found on the side of the people. They of late, too, abound in doggrel rhymes, and in appeals to the " spirit of freedom," &c. The following is a sample of this sort : THE DAWN OF FREEDOM. " Time vas," said the bard, " ere our troubles began, " When in England each acre supported its man ;" But since base oppression his empire begun The one boasts his millions—the millions have none. The brave sons of industry labour in vain, The blood-sucking State all their purses soon drain; And the wealth-mongering classes but use them as slaves, Through a life spent in toil, till they rest in their graves. But the hour draweth nigh when the people shall rise, And their cries 'gainst th' oppressor shall mount to the skies, In the might of their rights, in the strength of their cause, To o'erthrow sin's dominions and banish its laws. The full torch of freedom shall shortly burn bright, And illumine the world with its glorious light ; And the slaves of oppression now toiling in gloom, Shall join in the death-song o'er tyranny's tomb. Then rouse, my brave men, from mountain and vale ; Let the shout of defiance be borne on the gale, Till your tyrants shall call on the hills for to hide Their base persons from those they now scorn and deride. The virtuous and brave in that bright coming hour, Will no longer want food or fear tyranny's power; And the base sons of idleness revel no more In the wealth they have pilfered from millions before. I extract the following account of terror which the Chartist risings occasioned in the neighbourhood of Ebbw Vale from a provincial paper : " During the whole of the past week it was generally known in the hills' that the Chartists would rise on Sunday evening, and it was understood that their ob ject would be to release Vincent and his companions from Monmouth gaol. Of this but little heed was taken. The evening came, and at dusk miners and colliers were increasingly busy, passing in knots of six or ten. By design they assembled in a field belonging to the Pen-y -coe Works. But by seven o'clock, the appointed hour of rendezvous, their numbers fell far short of what they ex pected. Fire-arms were then discharged, singly, fol lowed by loud hallooing, to announce to their comrades the hour of appointment had arrived, with a view to increase their numbers. The lukewarm and the curious re ceived a salutary check by the fall of heavy rain that continued throughout the night, which was also very dark. Towards midnight their number& were increased by the addition of the men from Tredegar, Sirhowy, &e. To these strangers was committed the task of I searching every house, as well for deserters as for those who were orderly and peaceably inclined, and had re jected the overtures made to join their ranks. Many of these had gone to bed, from which they were literally dragged by strangers,' and compelled to accompany them. It was not until they had ransacked every house to discover a man or a boy that they agreed to move on.' Finding how serious the aspect was, and that their only object, thus far, was to get men, without offering violence to the women, I at tended to the advice of others, and disguised in the garb of a miner, with a blackened face, wended my way among the moving throng towards the mountain. As I approached a small farmhouse I looked about for shel ter, but feared to venture on account of the dogs which I knew to be more or less numerous in such places. I knocked at the door gently, and was responded to by a checked growl from a dog within. I could hear no one stir. I ra i se d t h e l atch an d t h e d oor opene d, for the farmer thought that, if the Chartists came, the door or even the lone hou se wou ld present but a sorry barrierd from to their num b ers , an d, by seeming acquiescence neutrality, he might save his property destruc tion. On e n te r i ng , never shall I forget the hicrhl in teresting sight that presented itself. Around the y fire, as a centre, sat about a dozen refugee s like m yself. it ; and, when they discovered Every eye was turned towards m t h y e u d n o e ci e r h t a h s g l a o rh p c a n tl e d d blackened face, they y had a overtakent once timaginedhem andha that t l h w e a s revengehu t t the the unlawful mo forerunner of a determine d band. I, t oo , was astonished at seeing them, provided as they were, in the hurry of escape, the best protection they could o bt a i n aga i nst with the inclemency of the weather ; their horror-stricken visages (most of them had about their persons all the money they had secured by a long train of persevering industry) were lighted up by the fire only, the partial glare of which threw the whole scene into a Rembrandt like picture of bold light and shade—it was a study from nature.' However, I soon broke the silence which prevailed by calling on one of them by name. The tran sition was great. We remaned in abeyance all night, and returned to our houses in the morning, after assur ing ourselves that the bulk of the mob had departed. I EVENING EDITION. could see them going along the tram-road towards is 4« port, not en masse, but in straggling groups, armed, some with pikes, others with firearms of all descriptions, &c. They appeared to be under no control, and acting only by impulse, each for himself. Late in the afternoon the tide turned, a n d t h e poor d e l u d ed fellows were seen re-. turning sell well. That they had been fired at was deemed a sufficient excuse by them." _____ MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS (MONDAY EVENING,) CHRONICLE.—Money- was to be had on much easier terms to•day on the Stock Exchange. The busi ness transacted in the English funds to-day was limited ; but still the Market was firm, and prices have com pletely recovered from the depressio n of Saturday. In the Foreign House the intelligence in the Morn ing Chronicle to-day on the state of parties in Madrid, and the probability that Espartero would soon withdraw his troops into winter quarters, produced a strong rife-•t on Spanish funds, which at one period of the day showed a decline of 13. per cent, since Saturday. A very extensive sale was made in these Stocks in the course of the day, for which various reasons hav e b een assigned : hut •we believe the real cause was that i money had been lent on the Stock n question, and I that the sale was made to cover the advance. To• wards the close of business the Market had partially recovered. The Share Market was steady. Birmingham (old), 50 to 52 prem. ; ditto (new), 16 to 17 prem. ; South Western, 08 to 39 per share ; Great Western, Si to 74 dis. ; Manchester and Leeds, 6 to 8 prem. ; Manches ter and Birmingham, 10 to 8 dis. ; Birmingham and Derby, 20 to 18 dis.; Gosport Junction dis. to par ; Brighton 14,1 to 14 dis.; Blackwell, 3to 21 dis. ; Lond on and Greenwich, 12 to -L I per share. The Times, in its city article of this day, attacks the balance sheet of the afflirs of the Bank of the United States, which,we published as we received it from Mr. Jaudon. Its own remarks, however, really prove the accuracy of the statement in question. It gives two tables—on e b e i ng a copy of th e detailed return, winch we understand was furnished by Mr. Jaudon himself to the brokers, for the express purpose of being printed for the shareholders and circulated ; and the other, viz., the one which we published, being a condensation of the same return, by merely taking the balances of items which appear on both sides, and throwing others to gether. This will at once strike every one who com pares the two tables ; and it will be evident, too, that the object and result of thus reducing the mass of figures must serve to render the statement more intel ligible. The condensation of the items was repeatedly spoken of at the time as having, in fact, contributed to the better understanding of the statement, and the only regret generally expressed was, that the whole had not been reduced to two items on each side, as is done by the Bank of England. It will thus be seen that the charge of attempting to mislead recoils on the writer in the Times, whose knowledge of accounts soems from this specimen to be small indeed. We have heard it remarked that some of the English shareholders in the Bank of the United States may be alarmed at the attempts that are made to show that its charter is forfeited by the suspension of cash payments. We think, however, the shareholders must know that the charter remains the same now as it was during the former suspension. According to the clause in the charter applicable to the case the Bank is allowed ninety days to resume cash payment after any of its notes or bills have been presented and not paid in either gold or silver. On the expiration of said period of ninety days, the holder or holders of such notes or bills may proceed before a Magistrate, and offer proof of the fact, which the Magistrate is bound to take in writing, having first give - 1 ten days' notice to the cashier or president of the Bank. This beitig done, the proof is forwarded to the Go vernor of the State, who thereupon declares the charter forfeited. The clause is ambiguously expressed, but this appears to be the meaning of it, and we do not think that the shareholders need feel much alarmed on the subject, because by paying in specie within ninety days the proceedings are quashed ; and, besides, it is not likely that any very large holder of them would be inclined to adopt such a course ; but if such were the case, such an establishment as the Bank of the United States can always command specie sufficient to take up any of their notes or bills which may be presented for the purpose of vitiating their charter. POST.—An amusing story connected with the re turn of sovereigns from Paris to the Bank of England has, during the last few days, been current in the City. The version that we have heard of the affair is, that the juvenile members of an old and wealthy capitalist esta blishment, being under the erroneous impression, shared by so many others, that the Bank would, as a conse quence of the continued importation of grain, be com pelled to have recourse to extraordinary measures, in order to avoid a suspension of specie payments, shipped some time ago a million sterling in gold coin to the Continent, in the hope of a liberal offer for its resti tution. With their cellars already so much exhausted, the Bank Directors were no doubt but ill prepared for this wholesale withdrawal of treasure, and the steps taken to arrest the drain were of too direct and decisive a character not to have operated with much severity on the commercial interest, but still matters did not become so hopeless as to induce them to encourage a repetition of the manoeuvre by making the looked.. for overtures to the exporting party. The million of gold was suffered to lie idle in the French capital, and day after day passed over without any intimation being made to its owners of things being in so desperate a state as to ensure them a handsome commission on its replacement in the bullion-office. To retain the million sterling at a sacrifice of a thousand pounds a week in interest was more than could be long endured. An al lowance of at least five per cent. or fifty thousand pounds was, it is understood, at one time calculated upon for its surrender. The altered circumstances of the Bank showed, however, that the speculation could not but have an unsuccessful termination. The Directors have been receiving a good deal of specie from dif ferent quarters ; and the grain importations being nearly or quite suspended, and more than covered by the exportation of manufactured and other goods, the issue of the crisis, though it may have been a severe one, is now beyond all doubt or apprehension, as, in fact, it has been for some weeks past. The million sterling of sovereigns, out of which so fine a thing was intended to have been made, is accordingly fieding its way back again. 'We may suppose it has been about three months absent. The interest of such a sum for so long a period, with the addition of charges for shipping and insurance, cannot be short of twelve thousand pounds; and the most curious part of the matter is, that almost the whole of this considerable amount is so much gain to the proprietors of Bank Stock. We trust that these deep-laid money-making schemes, which are attended with such extensive mischief to the community, may al ways end with as little advantage to their projectors as this of the million of sovereigns appears to have done. The transactions in the foreign house were more considerable than they have been for some time past. Sales of Spanish Stock were made to the extent of front two to three hundred thousand pounds, and they seem to have been ordered by parties who purchased a short time since on the recommendation of certain west-end advisers. We do not say with others that these purchases were made under the influence of any leading Spanish authority, but that the gentlemen con nected with our fashionable clubs have lost money to the amount of some thousands by their ill-considered speculations in the bonds is not to be questioned. A . result like this proves but too plainly how d eal i ngs in the Peninsular bubbles are conducted in the absence of any legitimate cause for renewed transactions. The jobbers seem to have been alive to what was going on, and to have regulated their movements, so as to have taken the fullest advantage—in its final consequences— of a series of operations which have been fur sime time in progress. TIMES.—A private letter from Lisbon discourages the prevalent reports that the existing differences be tween Great Britain and Portugal on the subject of the slave trade arc likely to be soon settled, and adds that a recent note of Lord HoWard de Walden to the Minister for Foreign Affairs at Lisbon, a copy of which was forwarded to Downing-street on the 4th inst., i s couched in sarcastic, and even in threatening language, indicating anything but a conciliatory disposition en the part of his principals. Annexed is an extract of a letter from Madrid, which disctuses some important arrangements medit ate d t h ere re l f t i\, ii i -e A t D o n t ir h p, the toNboay. B.—The negotiationsccoeontracts:— been for some time privately going on w the which s had h G o vernment for farming the t o b acco revenues Spanish by a private company of capitalist s h ave b een resumed, and begin trac whicht, to ihsa a s2 t je csome on t ,omo attention. aodedtooil ai‘risi, The nisters co for at n e d n itio e n a a rs l , offer con_ Government for th e first twoliey%re o s f , 4 31 , 1 00 6 0 a ,0 1- 3' o ge o s d to oli t a h r e s during the next two years, 4.500,000 dollars for the-. next three years, and 5,000,000 dollars for the remain ing three years, the parties engaging to continue in their service all persons who are now in the employ of the Government. The parties also claim the preroga tive of causing all smugglers to be tried and summarily punished by a special tribunal. Ministers and the would-be contractors are at issue as to the amount to be paid by the latter, because upon referring to the the present llst e documents of the Financial Department they have foun d a r os, statement tbe t co ntractor, inister Marquis of Casa Riera, wanted to secure the busin ess , showing, that although the th en annual consum p tio n of . op Baa Spain did not exceed 3,800,00016. of manufa ctured tobacco, after deducting all char g es, little doubt existed that the actual consumption, of course including the smuggled tobacco, was 10,000,0001 b. per annum. It is contended by the Ministers that the management of this branch ofthe revenue by a private Company would have the effect of almost instantaneously doing away with the c ontraband trade, because the Company's officers being we'l paid and keenly looked after, would be active and honest, and not connive or compound with :4,