The Sun. — London, England, 1836-09-09 00:00:00

SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALTs—YESTERDdy. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. A considerable number of members attended yesterday, in expectation that some alteration would result from a trial re ported to have taken place in Scott's stable on Monday last, and the subjoined list of the odds will show that they wero not disappointed. Brother to St. Giles opened at 7to 2, which yeas offered freely by parties who had backed him at long odds, and taken in ponies and fifties to three or four hundred pounds ; 1 ,400 to 400 was then taken, and immediately after 3,000 to 1 ,000 by the same gentleman ; of course Gladiator went back. Ellis has arr i ve d at lledgford, near Birmingham, in his tra velling carriage and four ; he sweated yesterday, and is re- Ported to be quite well ; his hackers, however, do not appear to be sanguine —none but very small sums having been laid out since the declaration. Vulture was backed, for two or three hundred pounds, at 10 to 1, and afterwards dropt to 12 to 1, Offered. Trapball was friendless at 15 to 1, five points len than w ere b etted at Warwick ; Beeswing was in great for ce, but, with this exception, and that of the favourite, there W as a general movement backwards. Closing prices :- 2 to 1 agst Mr. \V. Scott's Bro. to se. Giles—taken freely 33 to 2 agst Colonel \Vestenra's Wedge—no backers 8 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's Elis—taken to a small sum 8 to 1 agst Mr. Bird's Itedshank 11 to 1 agst Mr. Orde's Beeswing—taken freely 11 to I agst Lord Wilton's Gladiator 12 to 1 agst Mr. Allanson's Vulture 15 to 1 agst Mr. M os ty n ' s T rap b a ll 20 to 1 agst Mr. Blakelock's Black Diamond 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Carew—taken to 401. 40 to 1 agst Major St. Paul's colt 40 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Matilda colt Z,O to I agst Lord Westminster's Snyders ARET RACES—RBTERDAr. The Green M B an Stakes of 5 sovs. each, Y with 25 added from the Fund. Heats, weights, &c., the same as far the Barnet St. Lger. Th e w i nner of e i ther the Barnet St. Leger or the Town P late to carry 71b. extra, if of both, 101 b. To name and close to Mr. Buckle, at the Green Man Hotel, before half-past nine o'clock in the evening of the first day's races. 5 Subs. or no rac e; i f mors than five, the second horse to receive back his stake. The winner to be sold for 120 sovs., &c. 6 Subs. Alr. S a dd ler ' s Tally-ho, aged, 9st. 91b Mathews 2 1 1 Mr. B acon ' s Tiara, 6 yrs , 9st. 81b Mr. Firth's Swallow, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b Mr. Bishop's Jenny Wren, 6 yrs, 9st. 51b 0 4 dr I Mr. B rown ' s Eliza Thornville, 3 yrs, 7st. 51b odr Mr. Stubbs's Edward, 4 yrs, 9st die on cleverly. The Tall y-ho ! Stakes of 50 sovs. each, with 25 added from the F urld. Free f or an y h orse carr yi ng li s t. H ea t s , t w i ce roun d and a distance. Two leaps to be taken in each heat over hurdles. S Subs. or no race ; if more than five, the second horse to receive hack his stake. To name and close on the entrance night. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs., &c. Mr. Lambden's Vandyke ...Capt. Beecher 1 1 11r Mr. Agate's N onsense - , r. Devvey's Charles the Second Won by a length. A Hack Stakes of 50 sovs., for horses of all denominations, car -Ist. each. Heats, twice round and a distance. The winne r to be sold for 40 sovs. Capt. Beecher's Walter Capt. Beecher 1 1 Arr. Seffert's Caroline 3 2 Mr. Phillips's Uncle John Air. Carlton's Fancy BOtli heats won ye,' easily. The two d ays ' races attracted very full attendances, and went off With more than their usual spirit. The greatest novelty on Tuesday was an interesting expe littera with the new Tilbury (the principle of which can be pplied t o a ll ki nds of carriages), as recently exhibited before I lls Majesty at Egham, but not with the same favourable re -2,111t, as th ere t h e stop on t h e t hi r d tr i a l , b e i ng constructed for t he street s an d roa d s, on l y entere d t h e tur f a cons id era bl e uepth. That part of the vehicle having undergone a slight 4 g t eration, the inventor, at a given signal, started, and when at f ull speed, d etac h e d t h e h orse f rom t h e s h a f ts w i th ease and 11 .i t 'etY. Thi s (by d es i re o f th e St ewar d s ) h e repeate d severa l " I nes, and with confirmed success. WARWICK RACES, WEDYBSDA Y . Sw eepstakes of 25 sovs. each for two yrs old. T. Y. C. 5 Subs. Mr. Bristow's Obadiah, Bst. 51h Chapple 1 Mr. T. Walters's The Prime Warden, Bst. 51b Mr. Rawlinson's b. c. by Fungus, Bst. 51b A good race. T he Warwick Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each. Four miles. 7 Subs. M r . E. Peel's Tamworth, 5 yrs, Bst. 131 b Spring 1 .Mr. Bristow's Languid, 5 yrs, Bst. I Ilb 2 Won cleverly. A Plat e o f 501., g i ven by the Borough Members. Heats, two miles. General Yates's Mersey, 3 yrs, Est. 121 b ...Whitehouse 1 1 Sir C. Greville's Rival, 5 yrs, Bst. 71b Capt. Lamb's Count d'Orsay, 3 yrs, 7st. 31b Mr, T. Walters's King Cole, 3 yrs, 7st. 31b The attendance this afternoon was greater than has been seen for blauy years. 0 CHESTER and CHATHAM RACES,WRIINXSDAr ' he West Kent Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft., and only 5, &c., with 50 added. Two miles. 8 Subs., sof whom declared. Mr. 'Wickham's Pincher, 5 yrs, Bst. 101 b Thompson 1 Captain Gardnor's Partner, 3 yrs, ist. 71b 2 Captain Gardnor's IdiOt, 3 yrs, 7st 3 The t Gold Cup Stakes of 5 sous . each, with 50 added ; the second f ° zeceive 15 sous. out of the stakes, and the winner to be sold C 3 a r io A, B 'e• Heats, two miles. 7 Subs. C ' t - : ' r acev's Bodice, 5 yrs, Bst. 1 Ilb......Macdonald 1 1 aP Gardnor's Ethilda, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b The IT T heobald na. The Pope, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b 3 3 - ;rnters' Stak es o f 5 sons. eac h, w ith 50 a dd e d. H ea t s , t w i c e ear round and a di s t ance , w ith f our leaps in each ; winners once thi I°°, a 41b . . , and twice 71b. extra ; and the winner to be sold for Ace. I°A. each. pt. Stracey's Pro Tempore, aged Macdonald 1 1 .u' Matilda (post entered) Mr. Watt' s Spicy Jane, aged... ttr. Smith's Asliford, 6 yrs . The DEVIZES R A CES—T ußs p i r. -e bevize s Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., &c., with 35 added. The second to save his stae. fir. Houldsworth's Felix, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b.... W. Trenn 1 "' l % S. Reeves's The Rustic. 4 yrs, ist. 41b 2 7,:r• Finch's Outcast, 4 rs, Bst. Illb 3 '"ir• Houldsworth's Firm y an, aged. Bst. 1olb kft Won easy. ',, Y Pounds, given by Sir P. Durham, added to a Sw ee p s t a k es o f 'ovs. each. Heats a mile and three quarters. Second saved ' iL li t "take. 4 subs. -4 r. Houldsworth's Felix, 4 yrs, 9st. 21b ...W. Trenn 1 1 A M ."' Poster's Combat, 3 yrs,7 st 2 2 41 r. Finch's Mayflower, 5 yrs, Sst. 41b .. 3dr 11 A good race. S tewards' Plat e o f 30 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Mile heats. 4 Subs. t Al r• J. Finch's Fairy, 6 yrs, 9st l„r. Reeves's The Rustic, 4 yrs, Bst. 91b .. 2 2 n '• I?. Parson's Barnacles, 3 yrs, 7st Won byhalf a neck. C Unit --AGH SEPTEMBER MEETING, TUESDAY 7epatakes of 10 sovs ,h ft with 250 U. added. Conolly's mile. Ir. Sherlock's Maid . of Ardee, 4 yrs, Bst Bower 1 lon e l W estenra's Burlesque, 3 yrs, 6st. 121 b I r. Barry's Wait-a-while, 6 yrs, 9st. 121 b Three others started, and one paid. Nittx AQUATICS. DYFORD, AND ELLIS. —The dispute in this match A,tiltobout to be settled by Mr. Layton, of the Leander Club, u „,, , in order that the bets may be decided, has handsomely l izrtak en w tation the unpleasant office. The question for his cony simply whether Newel was or was not fouling r,, e en he was a head, and would not unship to allow his adver -I:w),„ate,Pass. Newel certainly put his boat in the course 11 -" "Y his adversary, but it has been the practice in most N gers for the leading man to resort to picking up," and as b e e wel did not hold him in any, he only did that which has voe.ll allowed with other wager men. There are, however, a LetletY of opinions on th e su bj ec t, and it i s th oug h t t h at if t h e t e l llbeth betting man had taken Newel, the money would have IL given up without a wrangle. is stated that Mr. Robinson is still in a bad statt. of health, Int " t hat it i s d ou b t f u l whether he will attempt the Margate N ig t r ) . from th e first it was a matt e r of uncertainty. Matches robe tst time arc generally s p ecu l a ti ve a ff a i rs . It must be i le d in this month, or Mr. Robinson must pay forfeit if there "py Ineney staked. th e Westminster-bridge match, for Monday next, includes bie h 4t e.eg of two of the Campbells and other crack men. It in T h - e In three heats, with ten pairs of sculls. bigthe Gentlemen patrons of river sports are desirous of find r,'-‘°bert Coombes, the winner of the sovereigns given by wvee the Duke of Buccleuch, a customer, and will back fro. r. gp h, o /. to 2001. against any man of Lis weight----about Ss t. w e paddo u nderstand the Richmond-b r id ge matc h , b etween M r. Posi t i n n and Mr. Robinson, is off, in ni consequence of the indis- Mr.,fi,,of the latt e r. Mr. P a dd on i s as lasting a man as Inin giv e o nson, and it appears st range t h at t h e l atter s h ou ld tite to a gentleman who has recently defeated him. tr eat et.understand that the people of Greenwich expect another by% a eaSOD in a scullers' contest for a second boat, given e General Steam Navigation Company. Th,. .-.. PEDESTRIANISM. p et, v G reat 'Walking Match between Smith, the Deptford t ot ald the celebrated Townshend, comes off' to-morrow, and bu t n °F able interest prevails, not only in this neighbourhood, for z i "g the sporting men in London. The match is made Ino rtiii ; The competitors will start at seven o'clock in the !Ile se , And Walk over the celebrated sportinggrou . n ground, from 4e Pe ; a " 6 th mile stone on Blackheath. The distance to r ormed being fifty miles. th e —,_" 1 . uesday morning, about a quarter to two o'clock, I were dis tur,'“,ntily of Mr. 1. 13. Alegget, in Barker's P sl; o. by hearin g s ome no i se i n t h e kit c hen, and, suspecting atlirrtwill)e tl.iieves, kid Mr. Megget got up . and proceeded down ere tie found a quantity of children's clothes, a chair, Th at P li a t rt of a table burnt. On examining the kitchen, he found i n _ a . r quare hole in the wall, for the escape of the steam arts tilt! i t htlnti washing,had been opened, through wine one b o i f cenrepes had evidently entered, and afterwards admitte u d bed s the vinci:ates by unbarring the kitchen door. Being dist ehildr4TB had recourse to the diabolical trick of collectin g the *er e i j; 8 clothes together, and setting fire to the heap, which L ee .. !i consumed, as well as a small chair, whivh bad probably " Placed amongst t hem,—Sheffield Iris. 0 11 p • , ii , , rivav eyenino• as the Ebor coach was return? tielcirtB?lll pro d s to Wa kefield, DAC Af the horses fell down wi,„‘ene. Proprietary School, and died from over exertion. h,','!_' the harness was being taken from the dead horse, a vntia"ign:r.ian named Lockwood rode by at a furious raW, Arid adi st ,e In contact with a caw, was thrown tu a was cons tithl ce ; his collar bon e was ingLocated, end he was c Y 4ruised.--Ifaiifax .Erpresi, onside- METHODISM AT DUDLEY A meeting was held in Wesley Chapel, Dudley, on the Ist inst., for the purpose of completing a Union between those persons who have been separated from the Methodist Community, in that and the Stourbridg e Circuits, and th e Methodist New Connection. It commenced at half-past two o'clock, and was very numerously attended, the chapel being crowded with people. A statement of the circumstances through which the dissentient Methodists in that part of the country had been led to their present position, was made by Mr. John Gordon, by which it appeared that some hundreds of people had been in fact excluded from the Wesleyan Body by the agents of the Conference, without any trial of them having taken place, or any accusation affecting their moral or reli gious character having been alleged against them. Representatives from the different Societies gave in a statement of the numbers of those who were willing to join the New Connexion, and they were formally received by a Deputation,which liad been appointed by the New Connexion Conference for the purpose of transacting the business. The whole number of persons so joined was somewhere about 1,600. The meeting was continued by adjournment in the evening, when most powerful speeches were delivered by John Ridgeway, Esq., of the Potteries ; James Dixon, Esq., of Sheffield ; J. Brocas, and E. Hicks, Esqrs., of Shrewsbury ; and R. Barford, Esq., of London ; the Rev. Messrs. Allen, of Sheffield, Ford, of Manchester, and Haslem, of Hanley. It would be almost impossible to improve either the character of the addresses made or the feeling they pro duced in the assembly. The circumstances of this case are very generally considered as likely to have a most bene ficial influence upon the interests of religious liberty. Two sermons were preached on the preceding Sunday in the same chapel for the benefit of the Sunday Schools, that in the morning by the Rev. Thomas Allen ; and that in the evening by the Rev. A. M'Combe, when upwards of .511. were collected. WIGAN OPERATIVES' REFORM AS SOCIATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—ln your paper, of the 3d inst., there is an article on the Lancashire Operative Conservative Associations. I read the article at a meeting of the Wigan Operatives Reform Association last night, and it gave great satisfaction. A wish was expressed by the meeting that I should send you a copy of an address, which we issued last week, in order that you may know that there are in Lancashire Operative Associations other than those called Conserva- tive. The operatives who belong to these Associations are chiefly Orangemen ; in fact, it is the same system with a different name—and Orangemen hereabouts exist in all things, as they did before the King expressed his desire that their societies should be dissolved. Of such like cha racters as these the Conservative Operative Associations are formed. It is only a month since we established our Association, and in this short time we equal the Tories tractable tools' body in numbers ; and from the support we have received from influential individuals, and the number of voters who have come forward to assist us, there is little doubt but another election will send John Kearsley to play his Merry-Andrew tricks in some other place than the House of Commons, even should he give away all the beer he breOss for the next twelve months. At Warrington there is a most excellent Operatives' Re form Association. It has been established some time, is well organised, and can boast of a News and Reading room, such as is rarely to be met with, even in what are called Gentlemens' News-rooms. • Should you notice this it may, perhaps, rouse Reformers in other places to follow our example. I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, J. S. DANIEL, Secretary to the Wigan Operative Reform Association. Wigan, Sept. 6, 1836. The establishment of the Wigan Operatives Reform As sociation having called forth the animadversions of different parties in the town, it has been deemed advisable publicly to state some of the reasons which have led to the forma- tion of such a body. By one party the members of the Association have been described as mere tools of the Whigs ; by another as discontented Radicals ; and by a third party they have been designated by the epithets of rascals, destructives, and revolutionists. In one respect justice has been done, although unintentionally, by all these parties to the members of the Association ; inasmuch as the various characters and principles which are assigned to them, prove beyond all question the fact that the Wigan Operatives' Reform Association has not been formed for the purpose of supporting any party. Unlike another Association in the town which, under the dictation of wealthy leaders, has figured rather conspi cuously of late, the Operatives' Reform Association has not been established by the advice, nor at the suggestion, of any party. Emanating solely from working men who have united themselves to defend RIGHT against the op pression of MIGHT, it is their declared principle to oppose every species of tyranny, whether it springs from Tory, Whig, or Radical. Determined to seek redress where any act of injustice may be committed, and to expose every public abuse and wrong, they will fearlessly advocate the cause which they have espoused ; knowing that whilst they act in conformity to the laws, no power can crush, nor can any slanderous calumny injure, their Association, which has for its objects the cause of Truth, Liberty, and Justice. For some time past the cry of "reaction" has resounded throughout the land ; and if reiterated statements are to be relied upon, the great bulk of the people have deserted their own cause. The enemies of reform may taunt the people with being such besotted slaves ; but is it possible that the prosperity of one or two years has obliterated from their memories the privations and misery which the working classes endured for twenty or thirty years previously ? During the war, and up to the ever-memorable debt-sinking and life-sacrificing Waterloo year, the greatest distress pre vailed at different periods, and discontent pervaded all classes ; but the delusive promise that " Peace" would bring " Plenty," subdued for a time the complaints of a suffering people. At length peace came, but where was the promised plenty ? Did the labouring portion of the community receive their share of it ? Has the farmer enjoyed it ? Into what channel did the promised plenty flow ? Not amongst the productive millions ; for instead of their condition being improved, they were gradu ally reduced to the lowest state of wretchedness and poverty. Can it be forgotten that during fifteen years succeeding the termination of the war, distresses followed so closely upon each other, that the country was in a continual state of fear ful agitation ? Thousands of houseless poor were seen wan dering from place to place vainly seeking for employment, and begging for a morsel of bread ; merchants and manu facturers, tradesmen and farmers daily becoming bank rupts ; trade stagnant ; riot and disorder in the manufactu ring districts ; and burning: and destruction of property in the agricultural provinces. Such was the state of tile coun try when the Tories, who are now struggling to regain the ascendancy in the councils of the nation, and under whose government these horrors had accumulated, were compelled to surrender the power they had so long held, leaving be hind them that enormous debt which hangs like a mill stone round the necks of the productive classes of the empire. Contrast with the above picture the present flourishing state of the nation. For nearly six years we have had a liberal Government ; and, although it has not introduced measures which strike at the root of bad Government, nor supported some very important measures brought forward by sincere and honest reformers, it must not be forgotten that in spite of almost insurmountable obstacles, and a fierce and determined opposition, harassingly carried on by the Tories, many beneficial enactments have been passed, and monopolies destroyed, which have given an increased energy to trade and commerce ; the liberties of the people have been extended, and many unjust privileges, enjoyed only by a few, done away with. Through some of the mea sures of Government a gradual revival of trade has been witnessed, and with it an improvement in the condition of the working classes generally ; and it is acknowledged by all parties that the country was never in such a settled state of prosperity as at this time. Will it be believed, then, that the sons of Britain are so infatuated as to prefer a Government which impoverished them, to the one which has paid some attention to the voice of the poople, and raised them from beggary and want, to a comparative state of affluence ? Do the hard workinr, and hea v ily-t axe d art i sans o f thi s t ru l y great na tion prefer ° meagre Soup doled out to them in charity, rather than the Roast Beef qf Old England paid for by the earu ings of their own industry ? Such a libel on the character of Englishmen is too contemptible to require refutation. The support which the Wigan Operatives' Reform As sociation has met with, and the number of persons who have enrolled their names as members, during the short time it has been in existence, is a sufficient answer to the cry of reaction," so far as affects the working classes. If any ' rea ction has taken place, it i s i n a d eterm i nat i on on th e part of the people to press forward more vigourously the cause of reform. For this purpose the Operatives' Reform Association has been formed ; not to flatter the feelings, or ifnost obtaining the; but legitimately to assist of all. A n d, w hil s t th e Asso ainingole prejudices,jllst o rightsf any ine Asso ciation will never sanction any proceedings which shall y o e f t s , s c. h h o p u e ld rso it ns n , o it t I n v l i e ll et be w e it a h rr t ie h d e justly merit the censure of those who rank in a more ex with firmness ? 4nq PFirtP l Wq a4Y9oatedcalmly but '46041 rtit pr g it : a ; societ y re solutely. August 30th, 1836. Captain quadieski, of the Russian service, left Ash, burnham House yestertiv, with 4espatelM f9r 4c r Petersligip SPAIN. (From the Madrid Gazette of August 31.) EXPOSITION ADDRESSED TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN-REGENT BY THE MINISTER FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. SENORA,—Your Secretar - 5; of State for the Despatch of the Government of the Kingdom, on examining the state of the affairs committed to his charge, could. not fail to give to them, in reviewing them in his mind, more or less preference, in order to subject them to the plan of reform which justice and the public advantage require, according to their greater or less importance. He regards two points as the most material and as the basis with which are con nected, and upon which repose, the ulterior administrative operations and the salvation of the country ; and these are, first, reform as to the occupants of official situations, by fill ing them up with officers who are persons of intelligence, and at the same time patriots irrevocably pledged to the cause of liberty and the throne ; and next, the reinforce ment and better organization of the National Guard. 'With a numerous and well-regulated civic force, and with per sons employed in the public service corresponding to the wishes and the wants of the nation, every thing is easy, and every thing may be executed with the greatest promp titude, firmness, and safety. As to the appointment of persons to public employ- merits, the Secretary of Despatch, who has the honour to address this respectful represenstation to your Majesty, will ever be decidedly averse from any impulse which may not have for its foundation justice, and for its object the better servLes of your Majesty and the country. The, constitu tion of 1812 being, re-established, justice will require the replacing in their employments all the persons who then served the country with patriotism and integrity, and who with honour and glory, though unsuccessfully, defended to the last moment expiring liberty. But it may easily be conceived, that exceptions must be made in this rule when the experience which the vicissitudes and disclosures of the epoch afford demands them. There might be found per sons who then perfectly fulfilled their duty, but who after wards in some period of our political transformations forgot it, for such instances contemporary history presents, as, in all revolutions there are examples of weakness and de fection. Others there ate, who with the best inclinations are now deficient in energy, incapable of resuming that spirited and vigorous attitude which the existing circum stances require, because age has damped or extinguished their activity, and opposes an invincible obstacle to the efforts which their good disposition would induce them to make. Those persons, then, who were employed under the constitutional system, who have remained faith ful to the cause of liberty, and who are still capable of serving it with advantage, ought to be reinstated in their situations. Those who have to be chosen to fill up the great vacancy which will remain, and complete the supply of official situations, must be distinguished patriots, whose ideas are on a level with that progressive opinion which forms the national spirit, and who know how to act in har mony with it. These measures, founded in strict justice and the true interest of the state, cannot give cause for either dissatisfaction or complaint with such as prefer the public welfare and the national liberties to the calculations of individual advantage and the instigations of ambition. With respect to the National Guard, it must be acknow ledged, that in consequence of the culpable indifference with which it has been regarded, it is now as deficient in order and organization as it is surpassing in courage and pa triotism. From these dispositions, however flattering as may be the hopes they inspire, all the advantage they might afford cannot be derived, and they will often yield only a vain and barren show of advantage if a well-combined or ganization does not regulate their movements, and if that controlling direction which gives life to every plan and every effort calculated to produce a favourable result is not oestraliied. The first thing, then, to be done is to augment the National Guard according to the provisions of the decree of the Cortes of 1822, now re-established in all its authority and force ; and the second, to perfect the organization of that Guard in the form which may best insure its discipline, and render it capable of affording the prompt and efficient service which is the great object of its institution. On these principles, Senora, the petition of the Estamento of Procuradores of the 21st of April was founded, and from them will proceed all the decrees and provisions which the Secretary for Despatch of the Affairs of the King dom may have the honour to propose to your Majesty in the two branches of the public service here indicated, and of which the following form part : ROYAL DECREE RESPECTING THE GRANT ING OF EMPLOYMENTS. " The Secretary for the Despatch of the Affairs of the Kingdom, in appointing to employments in his department, shall punctually observe the spirit of the order of the Ge neral and Extraordinary Cortes of the 12th of April, 1812, by proposing to me for those employments only such per sons as are notoriously attached to the Constitution of the Spanish Monarchy, and who, by being identified with liberty, give solid guarantees of faithfully serving the good cause in the discharge of their duties to it. You will let this be so understood, and make the necessary provisions for the exe cution thereof'. " Under the Royal Sign Manual. " Palace, Aug. 30, 1836. " To Don Ramon Gil de la Cuadra.' "ROYAL DECREE FOR THE RECRUITING AND BETTER ORGANISATION OF THE MILITIA. " Beirr , desirous that the National Militia of the whole kingdom, destined to serve for the support of liberty and of public security and tranquillity, may by means of the most suitable organization attain the state of perfection which the importance and interests of these objects demand, I have resolved, in the name of my august daughter, Donna Isabella 11., to issue the following decree : " Art. 1. The political chiefs of all the provinces shall endeavour, with the greatest activity and zeal, and widi all the means which the law places at their disposal, to aug ment the number of the National Militia in their respectiv e districts, subjecting themselves entirely to the tenour of the Royal Decree of the Cortes of June 29, 1822, recently or dered to be re-established. " 2. There shall be established a general inspection of National Militia, dependent on the Home Department,with a sub-inspection for •ach province, which shall co-operate in the regulation and organization of this force. The appoint ment of the Inspector-General shall be by the Crown, and the sub-inspectors shall be appointed from a ternary list pre sented to the Minister of the Home Department by the Inspector-General. " 3. The provisional deputations, having before them the returns of the force in each district, shall, in concert with the sub-inspectors, organise the National Militia in divisions, brigades, battalions, and companies, with their corresponding staffs: " 4. All authorities and public officers whom the execu tion of this decree may concern, are charged with its prompt and punctual observance, under the most rigorous responsi bility which will be exacted in the unlooked-for case of omission or negligence. You will, &c. " Under the Royal Sign Manual. " Palace, August 30. " To Don Ramon Gil de la Cuadra." " EXPOSITION TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN REGENT. " Senora,—At the present moment, when there is scarcely a Spaniard who is not convinced of the imperious necessity of resorting without delay to new and energetic means for terminatinc , this fatal war, the origin of a ll our m i s f ortunes , and the obstacle° to the welfare of country, the Go‘wn ment of your Majesty, aware of the extent of the present disasters, and feeling the insufficiency of ordinary remedies, would betray the august confidence of your Majesty, de fraud the hopes of the nation, and disappoint its most ardent wishes, by confining itself within the limits which mark periods of order and tranquillity, and refusing to rise to the level of circumstances which surround it. " Those circumstances are certainly most serious and difficult. The Cortes, convoked for the end of October, cannot at the present moment (when not in existence) lend the support of their vast power ; nor, even were they con voked. is there reason to hope that they would have the power and freedom to apply remedies which, moreover, require time to produce good fruits. Meanwhile the dan gers of the war are daily increasing, both through the bold ness with which the rebels carry on their operations, and the great loss of men and money. Therefore we must either remain insensible to the misfortunes of our situation, which not only banish the peace and tranquillity for which the people sigh, but retard and compromise the consolida tion of our institutions, or we must not hesitate to adopt measures which, however much they may at first sight appear to cost, carry with them the certainty of putting a period to the state of agitation and difficulty in which we have been living for three years past. That the object of the Governnient is the happiness of the nation is a sublime maxim, which existed in all political societies before our law proclaimed it as a sacred principle, towards which should be aimed all the acts and thoughts of those who are empowered to direct nations and lefend their interests. Bearing in mind that maxim, your Majesty must not shrink from employing all the resources which the nation presents for averting the crisis which a combination of old standing evils has created ; nor must the responsible advisers of the Crown fear to point out to your Majesty a th tt e ac s k t i a n t g .e, th a e nd t p l r i e e yi o n i g ily on r t e h r i n e gangrene which is which threatens to work its way to the Crown, if the remedies be longer delayed. remedies s ib o r f " The two Royal decress of the 26tli of this month, for rendering the National Militia disposable, and making a levy of 0,009 men, fully satisfy all the neceoities pf etlr pje eirC siOa'tion, iaasapic,ii is thtx secure ylie tiiuniphof 'our arms over the hordes of fanaticism. 134 victory is achieyo not by foFee only tOyee, tar frOa being usefol ;Jo roll -tlepytperel Wires `wheel the means re wqntiti tq it4l tali it with unremitting vigour) to embarrass and render difficult the attainment of its object. " Neither must the whole attention of the Government be limited to providing the army regularly with all that is necessary for maintaining them in the path of victory. With it we shall destroy the enemies of the country ; we shall stern the blood which flows from the nation's wounds ; we shall win for it that repose which the restoration of strength produces ; but its re-establishment and the re covery of vigour will be impossible if, by devoting ourselves to the most urgent duties, we neglect others which are not less vital. " It is not enough, Senora, that succour should be con veyed to the army methodically and with punctuality. It is also necessary that all the branches of the public service should receive the aids which will secure their proper ful filment ; that the obligations on the Treasury for expenses already incurred should not be left in a state of lamentable neglect as to all provision ; and, above all, the payment of the rents of the public debt, both domestic and foreign, is of indispensable urgency. Even though credit were not a vital clement among modern nations, and the most fruitful resource for overcoming and relieving them from the con flict of painful though transient circumstances, yet the good faith of your Majesty's Government, and the national honour, would always consider a duty of the highest im portance the religious fulfilment of the obligations contracted with the creditors of the State. Their debts are no less sacred, in our opinion, than the necessities of the army ; and, conceiving that we cannot give the one a preference over the other, we place them on the same level, in order that they may go hand in hand. " Therefore, there is entered in our calculations the sum of 100,000,000 reels, which, between October and No vember next, was to be applied to the payment of the inte rest of the debt, domestic and foreign, in order that the fortunes may not be compromised of an incalculable num ber of national and foreign creditors, and in order to sepa rate from the credit of the country the disasters and the ruin which, in a contrary event, would engender such la mentable events, both present and future. " On a computation of all the sums the Government will require in order to fulfil the obligations contracted for the five months from the first of September to the 31st of next January, there appears a deficit which 300,000,000 reels will make up. The Government calculating at the same time its usual resources, viz., the produce of the rents, the ordinary contributions, and the special revenues on which it may count, consisting in the payments for exemption from actual service in the army and the disposable national militia, and in the sale of the edifices which serve as mo nasteries and convents for the suppressed religious com munities, of their church lands, and of the surpluses of their ornaments, goods, and chattels, believes upon good data, that to cover the said deficit an advance of 200,000,000 reals will be sufficient. And it believes that in this way may be satisfied, without danger to the State, the most peremptory obligations during these five months, and in the mean time the Cortes can consider of and adopt the measures demanded by the circumstances of the moment, which, doubtless, will be less painful from the cheering as pect the state of the army will then present, and from the increased facilities which will then arise for applying with good effect the powerful resources of the public credit. " The Government, imbued with this conviction, has the honour to submit to the august sanction of your Ma jesty two draughts of decrees. The first directs the return to the national Treasury of the proceeds of the sales of the edifices which served for the habitations of the religious communities, of the lands, ornaments, goods, and chattels, belonging to their churches, and which are not compre hended in the exceptions of the Royal decree of the Bth of March of the present year. But even though it should be considered that these resources correspond to those designated for that important object, it must be admitted that the interest of the consolidated debt should be satisfied with the means expressly designed for it, and that now the nation expects this duty from the Board of 'Public Credit with the resources which its ordinary revenues afford. " In the other decree an advance of 200,000,000 reals is asked of the nation, realizable by monthly payments, which will have to take effect on the first days of the months of October, November, December, and January ensuing ; and to be repayable in quarterly portions, or in the proportion of 50,000,000 in four successive years, to count from next year, 1837, and with interest at 5 per cent. per annum. The Government will assess this sum on all the provinces of the kingdom, in proportion to their respective wealth, acting on the most recent and authentic data. The pro vincial deputations, acting in accordance with the com missions of armament and defence, will make a repar tition of their quota among the towns and individuals comprehended in their province, tempering the ends of justice with regard for the importance of the public service. The intendants will collect the individual quotas, and those who come forward and pay in anticipation will receive ac knowledgments from the Treasury for the repayment, which they may either pay in lieu of the taxes of the cur rent year, or pass as metallic money. " Such is the extraordinary effort which the Government thinks must inevitably be required- of the nation. First in order (perhaps it may be the only one)„ since we are en- gaged in the present struggle, will at least be to annihilate the factions, against which the whole country desires that sufficient forces and means should be collected to achieve in a short period its complete destruction. The public opinion demands this effort, and looks to it as the only ade quate means of saving the country and putting an end to the present desolation and misfortunes. In no other way can the public credit of Spain be re-established, and in no nobler way can we show to Europe that we are as resolved to defend the constitutional throne of Isabel 11. as to fulfil the obligations of our debt. Taking the obligations of the debt in conjunction with the support of our army, by the time we overcome the terrible crisis in which we are now involved, we shall infuse new life into the national credit, now so much dilapidated on the one hand by the exaggera tions of bad faith, and by excessive timidity on the other. " In conclusion, Senora, the advance your Government proposes to your Majesty is not a means disused even in times less critical ; nor will the nation fail to know that none can be less severe in its form nor less temperate in its character. Just and necessary in its principle, the Cortes when congregated will adopt it, and the Government would commit a grievous error if it were slow in carrying it into execution ; because the Constitution, the Throne, Liberty —all is threatened, and all may perish, if instant exertion is not made to save them. Not only formulas, but the laws themselves, are silent when a nation's existence is threatened, the first right of the people, and the first obli gation of their governors. " Madrid, August 30, 1836. " Senora,—At the Royal feet of your Majesty, " JOSE MARIA CALATRAVA. " RAMON GIL DE LA CUADRA. " JOSE LANDERO. " MARIANO EGEA. THE MARQUIS DE RODIL. " ANDRES GARCIA CAMBA." ROYAL DECREES. " Whereas it is necessary to apply to the increased ex penses of the war as many resources as can be raised with out detriment to the public, and considering the necessity of increasing the means which may be produced by the ex emptions from military service spoken of in my Royal decrees of the 26th of this month, and those which must positively be yielded by the advance of 200,000,000 reals, according to my other decree of this date; iu conformity with the opinion of my Council of Ministers, and in the name of my august daughter, the Queen Donna Isabel 11., I have resolved to decree as follows " Art. I.—There will enter into the public Treasury all the proceeds which may be obtained from the sale of the edifices which compose the monasteries and convents of the religious communities of both sexes suppressed by my Royal decree of the Bth of March of this year, and which may not be applied to the objects provided for by its articles 22 and 24 ; the proceeds of the lands which after the demolition of the said edifices it may be judged proper to alienate, for they have no other destiny than what the public comfort and convenience require ; and also the pro ceeds arising from the sale of the building materials. " 2. Equally will be paid into the Treasury of the nation the proceeds of the sale of the lands of all the churches of the suppressed monasteries and convents, with the exception of some few which the diocesan prelates claim for the ser vice of polishes in their respective dioceses. " 3. Also the proceeds of the sale of all the ornaments, goods, a n d c h attels, which having belonged to the suppressed religio us communities, are without destination, or remain superfluous after the fulfilment of the provisions of the ar ticles 23 and 25 of my Royal decree above cited of the Bth of March of this year. " 4. I fully authorize my Government to deliberate and take all the measures which may be necessary for the prompt and complete execution of this my Royal decree, in which object they may avail themselves of the 3. oal and ki.etvledge of the commission of patriotic gifts and of resources, and means for Ow speedy termination of the war. Let this be understood, and What is necessary for its fiulfilment done. " Under the Royal Sign Manual. • " In the Palace, Aug. 30, 1836. To Don Mariano Egea." .onvinced of the urgent and indispensable necessity of co ll ecting, by extraordinary means, the necessary funds for supplying with regularity the great expenses occasionnd by the war, and the fresh expenses which in R 4140 kn-r**l will be incurred by the increase of til I.)W.t,Ao,riciAi kree of the a c :m p : a; cs i : it :e rtoit:, tp i ti r, b , :i ic . f 4 s - $ 11 0 ,1,1d be re•alized it) the 8 —lnt t I,t.',V t\t. l , , n, 1;: l i ' z -4 ,i IL(1;1[1 pprmittea anuor actual Qll'o4llAstauces, and i . o the tc:drms most' conformable to 60 po.eNill wish and the Toni.:., and kAc . ing, tho liillest confi dence in'the efforts of ibis cohle nation, and in its declared determination not to waive any saorice to insure a triumph in the pt*%4 which i 4 5411* au with kio luch pertinacity, and on the speedy and happy termination of which depends the consolidation of the liberties and of the constitutional hrone of the Spains ; after the most mature examination and deep deliberation in my Council of Ministers, and con formably to their unanimous opinion, in the name of my august daughter, the Queen Donna Isabel I 1., I have re solved to decree as follows : " Art. 1. There shall be made by the nation an advancl of 200,000,000 reals vcllon, reimbursable in the manner and at the epochs which shall be specified. " 2. On adjustment of the most certain data, or shell as afford the greatest degree of confidence as to correctness, the Government will make a repartition of this sum among the whole of the provinces of the monarchy, according to the present civil division, assigning to each the amount which it 'will have to provide. " 3. The provincial deputations, in concert with the con- missions for armament and defence, established by my Royal order of the 25th of this month, will distribute the reparti tion of the amount for each province among the towns and individuals, adopting the- mode which may be found most convenient, and endeavouring to conciliate as far as possi ble the celerity of the payment of individual quotas with f.__.• justice. " 4. These payments shall take place in four portions, on the Ist of October, Ist of November, Ist of December, and Ist of January next ensuing. " 5. All individuals who may anticipate the whole of their respective quotas before the two first instalments, shall by so doing receive a discount ; those who pay before the Ist of October 6 per cent., and those who pay before the Ist of November 4 per cent. " G. The payments may be made in the same manner to the public treasuries of finance in the provincial capitals as in the district depositories. " 7. The deputations shall transmit to the respective intendants lists of the persons who in each district have been comprehended in the repartition, in order that the collection of the assigned quotas may be made in the same manner as the produce of the public revenue. " 8. The advance of these 200,000,000 reals shall en joy an annual interest of 5 per cent., paid half-yearly in the provincial capitals. " 9. The reimbursement of the advance of 200,000,000 reals shall be affected in four portions is the years 1837, 1838, 1839, and 1840—that is to say, that in each of those years 50,000,000 reals shall be reimbursed. " O. This reimbursement shall be obtained through the medium of national Treasury bonds, which shall be receiv able as money in payment of all public taxes ; the bonds corresponding to the fourth part, or 50,000,000 for the year 1837, from the Ist of March of the same year : and those appertaining to the other three years from the Ist of January of each year. 11. The Treasury bonds shall be prepared in such manner, that not only will their conversion in payment in taxes and the receipt of their interest be easily accomplished, but their free circulation from hand to hand, as if they were metallic money, will also be facilitated. You will let this be understood, &c. Under the Royal Sign Manual. " Palace, August 30. " To Don Mariano Egea." FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS OF WEDNESDAY. 'he English Alliance is extinct. Reduced this some time past to a mere shadow by the exact balance observed by the French Government between the succours furnished to Christina and those permitted to reach Don Carlos, it has been suddenly broken by the refusal of Prance to continue its co-operation, whilst England as formally con tinues the co-operation of its fleet.—National. " Of the 40 persons arrested since Sunday, on suspicion of a conspiracy, the greater number have been interrogated, and some set at liberty. This affair is said to be connected with that of the Impasse, St. Sebastian, which we men tioned a few days ago, when eleven men were arrested while seated round a table after a funeral, and some packets of cartridges were seized. This was learned from the confessions of two prisoners, Pasquier and Bocage, who were consequently separated from the rest, and sent to the Conciergerie. Four others were conducted to the prison of La Force, and the rest remained confined at the Prefec ture. According to reports, Bocage, who kept the house in the Impasse, St. Sebastian, where the arrests were made, was for a long time employed by the police as one of its agents. When the man was arrested at the wine-shop of M. Guigne, in the Rue Valois Batave, two muskets were seized, but M. Guigne has proved that they belonged to him, and they have accordingly been ghien up. The ru mour of several soldiers having been arrested, in conse quence of the discovery of a plot for an insurrection of the garrison, it is to be attributed to the fact that several sol diers who had not gone to their homes, although they had furloughs, were conducted under arrest through the streets and over the Pont Neuf to the prison of the Ab baye."—Droit. A letter from Pau says :—" The three new battalions intended to go into Spain, being complete, have been in spected, and a fourth battalion is forming as a reserve. The two batteries of field artillery and mountain guns to be added to these battalions have also been inspected. The arrival of Carlist officers and men at Pau, requecting, to be admitted into this service, is a proof of the disunion of that party. Villareal, the chief of all that are assembled in the Basque provinces and in Navarre, is at open war with the Bishop of Leon, who represents the Castilian party, which is detested by the mountaineers. Amidst these conflicts, Don Carlos has become no longer the rallying standard, and such Spaniards as are competent to judge rightly of his position believe that he will re-embark, if any vigorous measures are taken against him." The Dianie of Saragossa, of the 29th ult., contains the following :—" The Commandant-General of the Merindad. of Tudela, writes that in the afternoon of the 26th, be tween five and six o'clock, Don Basilio, after a forced march, passed the Rincon de Soto with only 1,800 infantry and 100 cavalry. His recruits had dispersed, and a great number of his new soldiers were daily coming into the vil lages. Don Basilio plunders and burns at his leisure as he goes along ; but he has been harrassed by the National Guards at Cervera, who have taken several prisoners from him. He has shot every deserter he has arrested. Irri barren, who is at Peralta, having received timely warning, kept himself ready to act. Th e National Guard's of Filero and Seto have not been disturbed." The Garde National of Marseilles of the 2d inst. says : Marshal Clausel has embarked for Algiers, at Port Vendres, in the steam-vessel the Styx, which put into Bar celona on her way, where M. Blanchet, the Consul-General of France, had an interview with the Marshal. Our ac counts from Valencia come up to the 24th ult. The town was then quiet. The French Consul, M. Gautier d'Arc, having declined illuminating his house when the Constitu tion was proclaimed, had his windows broken by the soldiery. M. Gautier demanded reparation f 0 .,. this insult ; and, in consequence, the battalion whiPl had committed it was con fined to its barracks, and 4 200 instigator put under arrest." The Augsbuq azette states, after a letter from Berlin, dated the 2607, ult., that the Northern Courts will probably cease ap aiplomatic intercourse with Madrid ; and that in th;:s ease their representatives will leave that capital, and the Ministers of Queen Christina to the said Courts will have passports delivered to them. . . The Prussian Stale Gazette announces that a proclama tion has appeared at St. Petersburgh, dated the 21st ult., ordering, for this year only, a general levy of recruits throughout the whole of the Russian empire. The reason of this measure is stated by the proclamation to be the too great diminution of the numbers of the regiments , in consequence of the privilege of unlimited furlough granted to soldiers who have conducted themselves well during 20 years' service, and the prejudice resulting to the state by the consequent unequal distribution of the levies. The proclamation, therefore, orders that 5 recruits shall be or. dered out of every 1,000 males of the total population of the empire, and that all the laws relating to the levying of recruits shall this year be observed strictly. The Cossacks and the military colonies of cavalry are not excepted. J3es• sarabia and Grousia only are to enjoy that favour, COUNT MOLE-THE NEW PREMIER, OF FRANCE. Count. Mole, born in 1780, saw his father, a superior Judge of the French Parliament, perish on the revolu tionary scaffold. They were descendants of the famous Mathieu Mole, the President, who braved and awed the populace during the Fronde, Count Mole published early a life of his c elebrated ancestor, as well as a volume of lite rary essays, that but very recently procured for him the honour of becoming a member of the Institute. Those young soions of remarkable families, who did not repudia , i 3 his reign, were sure to be noticed by Napoleon. a the Emperor gave Count Mole his political educat; - 0 h - y n k ing him pass through the different mradr s of the Conseil d'Etat. He became administrator and in 1813, Minister of q ot . ' roads and bridges, w ith the Government h st 'ce. In 1814, he coquetted but shrunk f rom apoleon, a t fi rs t accep t e d o ffi ce , going on with it, an d re f use d t o s i gn t h e declar4tin that N apo l eon drew up. ' Nevertheless, after tb." second restoration Messrs. Talleyrand and Pasquier put his name on the list of Peers. The following anecdote is from the Ilistoire de la Restoration : `` When Louis XVIII. read the name of M. Mole on the list he effaced is instantly, saying M. Mole served Bonaparte in the Hundred Days ; his name should not be on this list. M. de Talleyrand took up the pen and handed it back to the King, saving, your Majesty cannot refuse to re-write the name just effaced, it is the memory of Mathieu Mole that demands it. Louis XVIII. took the pen, and re -wrote the name of Count Mole in the list of Peers. Count Mole next appears as the bosom friend and bro ther Minister of the Due de Richelieu, of him whom , the Emperor Alexander promoted from the place of Governor of Odessa to be Prime Minister of France. During that period Count. Mole, as Minister of Marine, wore Russian livery. And the 'question now to be 'asked is—has he changed? It may be here observed, that it is unfair t o argue from a man's opinions in 1817 to his opinions in 1837 ; and that if M. Mole, the Bonapartist of 1813, be. came the Royalist of 1617, with greater ease can the par. tisan of a Gallo•Russian alliance twenty years back be the friend of an Anglo-French alliance at present. Then it may be sail that there are not ten persons in France fit for the office of Foreign Minister. One thing is certain, that Count Mole is a timid and circumspect man, and so fearful of committing himself , that his tenure of office will probably have elapsed ere he.. has arrived at taking one decision. Count Mole is thus by nature an anti-interventionist. The tide of revolutions may roll near and around him, he will be sure to wait, like the rustic, till the river shall have flown past, :And left foot ing fir►rk and dry. These qualities, we should think, should have secured for Count Mole the confidence of the Parisian monio d class. But his supposed leaning to Russia, rather than to England, produced a fall in the French Funds on Wednesday. MEXICO AND TEXAS. (From the Neer York Papers.) It appears that the Mexican army and Government are all but prostrate ; with all their bravado and boasting, the army is in a miserable condition, utterly unable to move from Matamoras from the want of funds. M. Tornel, of the War Department, recommends a Dictator to be ap pointed. Tornel is a clever man, and sees, no doubt, that the policy of Santa Anna's Government cannot be kept up, unless the whole power is placee in the hands of one per son. The affairs of Texas have diverted the attention of the nation from their own internal troubles ; but as soon as the war slackens, the Republican party will again lift their heads, and there must be another civil commotion. A re volution had already broken out in the State of Oaxaca, not, 'however, of a serious character. The present Go vernment have disowned the acts of Santa Anna ; this was to be expected : and General Filisola, who obeyed his in structions, is to be tried by a court-martial. The Mexi cans are represented to be treating for the aid of 8,000 Indians, and among them the Cherokees. This story we very much doubt—lndians never fight without pay, and if the Mexicans have no money to pay their own troops, who they can confide in, how is it possible they can employ In dians ? Our Government, however, should be the last to - complain : having driven them from their homes, and robbed, them of their property, we can expect nothing of friendship II•om their.hands. (From the New Orleans Courier of July 280 CITY or MEXICO, JUNE 29.—Congress is still in ses sion. The treaty between Santa Anna and Gen. Houston has arrived, and is now under consideration ; what will be done with it we have no means of ascertaining. TAMPICO, JULY 15.—The whole country is now in a state of convulsion, and in a very short time the former fe: deral Government will be proclaimed again. In Guadala jara, Guanajuato, and several other places, revolutionary movements had already taken place, but were suppressed by the military. In Mexico a" Grit o" was every moment expected to begiven. In the province of Puebla a " Grito " has been given, which. as it appears, is of some importance. The troops sent there from Mexico to operate against the Federal party proucuuced themselves on the road in favour of the same. In short, from all sides we heal: nothing but " Fedeiation," and the whole seemed to bt as if it were a matter already settled. EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED TAMPICO, JULY 13. " The Mexican army, about 4,000 strong, yet now under the command of General Jose Urrea, whom Gen. Andrade accompanies as second in commar.d, is assembling at Meta moras, but it is in such a state of Wretchedness, that it will not be able to move before ',axe or three months, to begin the new campaign against the Texians." (From the Nem Orleans Bee, July 25.) • Toro, the commam.ant of Yucatan, has been deprived of his authority, on account of his attachment to Santa Anna. General Felipe Co dallos has been named in his stead ; and it is supposed that Ciriaco Vasquez, commandant of Vera Cruz, will share the same fate for like reason. And, in fact, it is believed that all the high functionaries who are at all friendly to Santa Anna, either personally or to his cause, will be removed and replaced by others of opposite sentiments. Gomez, the commandant of Tampico, was deprived of his place partly on the same grounds, and partly for the insult given to our flag. His place was supplied by Ferias, the same individual that was imprisoned in 1832 at NaCogdoches, by the colonists of Texas. General Filisola has been summoned before a Council of War, for alleged misconduct in obeying the orders of Santa An3a, issued while he was a prisoner of war. Th.., New Orleans Bulletin of the 27th ult. contains the following paragraph :—" A letter from a highly respectable source, dated at Matamoras the 29th ult., says,—" It is an undoubted fact that this Government (the Mexican) have made, or are making s a treaty to engage 8,000 Indians to join them. The Cherokees are already engaged. There are 14 or 15 c hi e f s o f diff erent tribes within a few miles of here, who have daily communications with the officers. The commissioners were this morning turned into the common prison with criminals. It is not improbable we shall be invited to take French leave of this country soon." EXTRACT OF ANOTHER LETTER DATED MATAMORAS, JULY 1. " Through tbe medium of your paper, I think it highly necessary thr.t the Government of the United States, as well as the Texians, should be informed of what presents itself, so odious, in my opinion, in the character of General Urr,;a, the Mexican Commander-in-Chief, too unpardonable to be overlooked, and should be immediately attended to L the United States. " We have at this moment here six or seven India 11 chiefs, Cherokees and other tribes, with their interpreter from Texas. These Indians are on a mission to the Gene ral, and have had several private meetings with him. There exists no doubt of the business they came on, and have made propositions to the General to join the Mexicans against the Texians, which appears now to be concluded. As Colonel Waterchea is to be despatched to-morrow to their camp, some distance up the river, where they have 3 or 40 in number to be used as spies or runners, I had occa sion to call on General Urrea at his quarters on business, when I met there three of the Indians, with their interpre ter, making inquiries of the strength of their tribe, the General being anxious to ascertain what force they could muster with other tribes. " The commissary of this place has orders to purchase 800 or 2,000 horses for the cavalry, which he is now doing, Every movement appears to confirm the belief that the ne gotiation is concluded, with a promise to the Indians or land and cattle, should they assist and succeed in extertni, noting the population of Texas." Birds are tolerably plentiful in most parts of Sussex ; but in Kent the. young have died off by dozens, from a disease called the "pip." A pig was yesterday morning seen sailing down the river Thames between Westminster and Blackfriars-bridge with much gravity. Ile occasionally squeaked with peculiar shrillness, which a waterman construing into a hail for a pilot, he put off, and after a long contest with the floating animal, succeeded in delivering the swinish navigator from his perilous situation. A fine woodcock was shot, on the 2d instant, in the neighbourhood of Willenhall. This unusually early ap pearance of these birds is supposed to indicate the near approach of cold and incleme n t weather.— IVolverhampt o n Chronicle. Hop-pickin g has counnenced at Orchard Portman, near Taunton. The crop is abundant, and of excellent quality. The Ministerial interregnum in France has this time lasted 13 days. In February, when the Thiers Administration came in, it continued 17 days. Blandford Race Ball was attended last week by up wards of 150 persons, including most of the principal families in Dorsetshire. Weippart's band is represented on this occa sion as to have outdone itself; their novel mode of blending the voice with the music, having a most Irannonious effect, and drew forth general and rapturous applar, se . An eminent London firm of engineers has received orders for th e ex ecu ti on o f two steam engines of 200 horse power, for the huge steam-vessel now building in Bristol for trans-Atlantic communicatior., and which it is expected will bo completed in the course e? the ensuing summer. That now erectin.d at Liverpo o l f- Jr t h e same voj ge , e ob T jec ri tit h o: u n will only contai n . sane of 270 horse tv:,wer. w S hi ti ch pr t e h m e n I C c came t e l o T A r resolution o I l A u io A n this tj G e 3 v e ° n . i — n g , T b i l y e of the 7 ',ounsel of the accused Minister of State , to the to m - Pefr Tribunal, ar e overruled, so that the cads e.ocy of the will droceed to- morrow. A courier was despatched this ev en i ng for Stockholm. H AMBU RG, We learn f rom Elsineur, that three Russian men-of - war (a ship of the line, a frigate. and a cutter), had arrived yesterday off Hornbeck, where they were detained by contrary winds.—Humbury Papers, Sept. us The state of the weather continues very unfavour able, and the country has again been deluged with heavy falls of rain, which must greatly retard harvest operations, and prove very injurious to the crops. On Sunday and yesterday the Clyde was considerably swollen, and strong fears were en tertained lest it should again overflow the lower parts of the city. With the exception, however, of part of the Broomielaw Quay being flooded, the water kept within the embankments.. The new quay on the South side was completely under wa-, tar, so that the operations there are once more suspended. ass siness at the harbour was scarcely, if at all, impeded.—Was pow Courier. It is in contemplation to establish Zoological Gar dens at Cheltenham, and a considerable portion of the re quired capital of ten thOusand pounds has already bee n f i ll e d up. Th e 'Zoological Society in London have recently m a d e , some interesting presents of duplicates of their collection t o t h e s Society at Dublin, and it is tntended by theta to carry on the same friendly intercourse with other provincial societies. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 183