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EVEN ING EDITION. VkCCINATION. The Provincial Medical and Surgical Associa tion held at Liverpool, July 25, 1839, has pub lished a report of the section appointed to inquire into the present state of vaccination, and ordered it to be printed for general circulation. The facts which it contains, and the judicious advice it offers for the prevention of small-pox, certainly de serve to be generally known and attended to, and we therefore earnestly recommend it to public notice. One of the facts is, that notwithstanding the very common practice of vaccination, there are still vast numbers carried off annually by small-pox. This is attributed in part to defective vaccination, to in oculation, which is stiil practiced extensively in several districts, and to the negligence of the lower classes in not having their children vaccinated till they are three or four years of age. From the re ' port of the Registrar of births, deaths, and mar riages, it appears that in the half year ending on the 31st of December, 1837, 141,607 deaths were registered in England and Wales, and of these 5,811 were occasioned by small pox. Great as this number is, however, it is small compared with the number of deaths from the same cause previous to the discovery of Dr. Jenner. In Great Britain and Ireland, between forty and fifty thou sand were supposed to perish annually from small pox, and if the vast increase of the populatton is taken into account, probably eighty thousand or more would now fall a prey to it were it not controlled by the agency of this life-preserving power. 1n1837 the disease was epidemic, particularly in Liverpool, Bath, and Exeter. Of one thousand and fifty-six deaths registered in Bath, Liverpool, Exeter, pa r t s of Shropshire, Worcestershire, and the Metropolis, eighty-seven occurred und er t h e eight hundred and age of four years ; ninety-nine between five and nine ; fifteen between ten and fourteen ; eighteen between fifteen and nineteen ; twenty-nine between twenty and twenty-nine ; five between thirty and thirty-nine; two between forty and forty-nine ; one between fifty and fifty-nine. This specification, it is added, may be considered as an approximation to the ages of the five thousand eight hundred and eleven ; and it is inferred that the majority of this number had never been vaccinated, as so large a proportion of deaths occurred among the very young; and it is known that the poorer classes, if they do not neglect vaccination al together, often defer it for years. " Our returns," says the Report of the Association, " fully verify this view of the question, as the number of deaths by small-pox after vaccination recorded by all our correspondents, exclusive of those from London, is very small indeed. One statement with regard to the disease at Cheltenham, independent of several others, would go far to prove that when due precau tion is taken, the great discovery of Dr. Jenner is completely effective in extirpating the disease." The report after adverting to the Isle of Wight, as an illustration of the truth, adds, " perhaps a better may be drawn from the experience of several parishes in the vicinity of Cheltenham. Small pox visits the latter town, with more or less severity annually ; but from these parishes it has been ex cluded for many years. All the children are care fully vaccinated, and small-pox has been most efficiently controlled." A general belief prevails that this disease is peculiar to man, and that whenever it has appeared even in the cow, it has been of so trivial a kind as not to deserve the name, while it has been proved bV unquestionable evidence that cattle and other animals have for centuries been known to be af fected with small-pox or variola. Doctor Layard, of England, Vicq d'Azyr, a French writer, and several Italian doctors, have described this disease which at various periods was of this most malignant character, and destroyed the Cattle, almost as extensively as small-pox did the human race. It is not known how often it may have raged in England, but it is certain that it was introduced into this country in 1745, and again in 1770, and appeared among the horned tattle, with more or less violence, so late as 178,i.). At this time Dr. Jenner was carrying an 'als investigations ; and it was in this very year ',hat Dr. Layard published his second paper in Ode Transactions of the Royal Society, in which, among other things he mentions that inoculation from cow to cow was successfully practised to mi.cigate the severity of the disease. This chain of evidence, very briefly and imperfectly stated, leads., however, to the conclusion that it was the remains of this violent epizootic that Dr. Jenner found in Gloucestershire, and which being occa sionally transferred to the milkers, secured them from subsequent small-pox. This is the disease adverted to in the speech of George 111. from the throne in 1770, and which gave rise to the sarcastic remark of Junius. In his letter to the Duke of Grafton he says, " While the whole kingdrAn was agitated with anxious expectation upon sne great point, you meanly evaded the question, and instead of the ex plicit firmness and decis:on of a king, gave us nothing but the misery of a ruined grazier, and the whining piety of .st methodist." He adds in a note, " There was something wonderfully pathetic in the mention of the horned cattle." After adduc.t ng a number of interesting cases to prove that the disease in the human race and the brute creation is the same, the Report thus con tinues : " Out of the materials collected in the preceding pages, and from other sources, we deduce the follow ing aphorisms _ . " First, then, it has been proved that cattle, in many ages and different countries, have been afflicted with small-pox. " Secondly, that this disease among the inferior animals, has simultaneously existed with the small pox ir. man, and pursued its victims through every quarter of the globe; and that it exists ar, this time in Asia in a fatal and pestilential form. Thirdly, that it appeared among the cattle in England in the year 1745, and agr.in in 1770, and continued its ravages up to tha year 1780 ; and that the local remains of epizootic occasion ally still show themselves with considerable se verity. " Fourthly, that the. 'casual transmission of this disease to the milkers, in the dairies of Gloucester shire, and their sui - Aequent immunity from human small-pox, first 1, 4411 Dr. Jenner to the investigation of this singulal,: affection, and ultimately to esta blish it as a substitute for the more pestilential and fatal form ai the disease. " Fiflitly, that when the disease appears among the inferior animals in a malignant form, it pro ducris, by inoculation, a disease of similar seve- TIV Y in man. " Sixthly, that as man has received this affec tion from the cow, so likewise has the cow received it from man. " Seventhly, that the direct inoculation of the cow with human small-pox has produced a mild and mitigated disease ; and that such disease, re produced by inoculation on man, accords entirely in its character, in its progress, and in its protecting influence, with the variolce vaccince, as described by Dr. Jenner, thus irresistibly proving his funda mental proposition, that cow-pox and small-pox are not bona fide dissimilar, but identical, and that the rvaceinet disease is not the preventive of small-pox, 'but the small-pox itself—the virulent and conta lOus disease being a malignant variety.' Thi - , le Chelt en h am F ree P ress i n d ee p indignation at the fune a ral h o e f r a suicide, says, " They buried her like a dog,s t w i n th r)t / ,i / D clothes on." i ng wali occasion DATA. —A deep and solemn feel- Church, in this ed . among the congregation at St. Peter's Circumstance of city, on Sunday evening, by the awful .0 tne Jones , a female about fifty years old, who was sitting i 1.: during the service, aondorth gallery, having dropped down expired. The de ceased, who was of a immediatelyquietdisposition, and bore an excel lent character, had been that delicate state of health,. but observed on that day a a T t she felt herself better than she had done for some tine t l occurrence was not .the conclusion of generally known to the congregationhe' the service, when this striking admo o t n f l i i t a i on of the uncer tainty L a i earthly posses. of human life, and the vanity m sions and enjoyments, appeared to oi.wners sion upon the', minds. —Hereford Journal. seri"s im P re '' THE FACTORY CHILDREN. _T he m itihi e. and occupiers had a very numerous meeting o f at the Sun Inn, yesterday night week ( Wednesdtaybigdi take into consideration a proposal of M. Saunders, Superintendent of Factories, that a common school sh ou ld be built in Goodmansend, or some other convenient part of the town, to which the children employed at mills should be sent, and that the erection of the school should be de. frayed, and the salaries of the masters paid proportionally by the mill owners. An extremely warm discussion took place, as to the religious education that should be given to the children—some were for having no creeds or cate chismstaught, but the Bible read without note or comment ; others were for having Church of England principles incul cated; and more that the child should be educated accord in& to the religious persuasion of its parents. Some reso lutions were passed, but, we believe, that although a com mon school would be much to the benefit of both masters and children, yet obstacles of a religious nature will render the plan impracticable.—Yo r k Courant. THE ERA NEWSPAPER AND THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS. At a MEETING of the late COMMITTEE of MANAG . - MENT of the ERA NEWSPAPER, held at Mr. Men s, the Harp, Little Russell -street, Drury-lane, en the 13th Sep tember, 1839 ; present, Mr. VOUSLEY, Jon., in the Chair: It was moved by Mr. I+omi, seconded by Mr. WiLcocxs, and unanimously resolved, " That this Meeting has observed with the utmost satisfac tion, the progress of the ERA Newspaper since its transfer to Leitch Ritchie, Esq., and has witnessed with unmingled plea sure its steady, useful, and enlightened support of the inte rests of the Licensed Victuallers throughout the Kingdom, and this Meeting cannot but express a confident hope , that every person in th trade, and connected with it, will not only rap port that paper, but do his utmost to increase its eit'diation by every means in his power, this 'Meeting being assured that by so doing the great interests of the Licensed Victuallers, and their valuable charities, will be promoted and extended. ( s iffned) H . VOUSLEY, Chairman. JOSEPH MoRGAN CHARLES HIBBLE JOHN JAMES HOMER SAMUEL ROBBINS THoMAS ROW JO,N WELLS WILLIAM liRATT J. M. GREGG EVAN VAUGHAN WILCOCKS JOHN PRITCHARD J AMES PROCTER JAMES HYDE WILLIAM TYRRELL THOMAS WALTER GEORGE DICKSON JOHN FAULKN ER THOMAS KEASLEY. GEORGE GROVER AT a MEETING of the DEPUTIES of the LICENSED VICTUALLERS of MANCHESTER HALIFAX BURY LIVERPOOL WARRINGTON STROOD BIRMINGHAM STOCKPORT WORCESTER BRISTOL SHEFFIELD ROCHESTER LEEDS WIGAN OLDHAM HULL BRADk ORD BATH PORTSMOUTH BOLTON MACCLESFIELD HUDDERSFULD CHATHAM MAIDSTONE ROCHDALE W AKEFIELD ASHTON-UNDER-LINE BLACKBURN PRESTON LANCASTER, held in London, it was resolved, " That the unbounded thanks of the Deputies are due, and are now given, to Leitch Ritchie, Esq., Editor of the Era, for his zealous and judicious advocacy of their interests in his paper." 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I Evening ... 55 minutes atter 5. was opposed to it. They were impartial on the Corn laws, and the great majority which opposed Mr. VILLIERS' motion is an index to their duet powerlessness on that question,. We cannot expect that the Ministers will sttclitice themselves, and at the same time strive against the spirit of the Constitution, by proposing measures on which they are certain to be defeated. In the present state of parties, there fore, it is vain to ask, and hopeless to expect any of the measures, the Tyne Mercury alludes to, from the Ministers. At the same time there is a general opinion, growing to be universal, that it is impossible far the country to on go under the present system. It is big with • famine, despair, and convulsion. What then, is to be done ? This is the all-important question which the whole peo ple are called on to consider. We have formed our opinion ; they must help themselves. They must strengthen the hands of the Reforming Mi nisters, and urge them on in that career. More over, they must coerce, if necessary, the landlords and the Tories into acquiescence. How and on what subjects is this to be done ? Calm reflection is required to decide. The bulk of the people, be. cause they are ignorant, do not care for education, and they cannot be excited to exert them selves in its behalf. As long as the franchise is limited as atpresent, the Ballot is exclusively a pro tection for the middle classes, operating in some instances against the unenfranchised ; and no art can persuade the working classes to stir for the Ballot alone. To the extension of the franchise at present, the bulk of the middle classes are opposed ; and it has already been proved that without their aid the working classes can effect nothing. Let them read Mr. EBENEZER ELLIOTT'S letter in an other part of The Sun ; he knows them well, and tells them the truth. In fact they have tried. Their Convention was undisturbed till it had nearly fallen to pieces. They had every facility which their own circumstances and the circumstances of society could bestow on them ; but their leaders quarrelled, and the body effected nothing. Not one of these objects, therefore—the Ballot, Edu cation, or the extension of the Suffrage, can serve to unite the bulk of the working and middle classes so as to enable them to impel the Ministers, and prove to them and the Tories that there is an over whelming necessity peaceably and legally to carry the required reform. There remains only the Corn-laws. If we cannot bring the working and middle classes to act together on this one point, so as to urge on the Ministers, and compel the acqui escence of their opponents, then is the cause of reform and of justice, to be quietly and legally obtained, hopeless. Then may the nation look forward to a revolution, or the establishment of a complete military despotism, to put down the wishes of men's hearts for political improvement. We cannot, however, and will not despair. The weather is the ally of repeal. The demand for more corn is extracting more gold from the Bank. Trade is universally cramped. As prices are rising, employment is becoming slack. Enterprize is chilled, and almost dead. Under such circum stances when the working classes feel most se verely the pressure of the Corn-laws, and when the middle classes have announced a determination to agitate for a repeal of those laws, the former will unite with them and zealously exert themselves to achieve their own well being. If they read the article which we insert from the Charter .they must see that their opposition to the repeal is grounded on revenge, a most mischievous and criminal motive. If they act on that they will pinch themselves with hunger, and starve their children and wives to pre vent others from acquiring a little more profit. Their interest as working men, and their political feelings as Chartists, require them now to unite cordially with the middle classes to obtain a repeal of the Corn-laws. Let us all then rally around the standard of repeal, and let us not he diverted from our object by any temptation. To do one thing at a time is the way to do it well. The most essential of all things is food. Let us, therefore, zealously, one and all, first set about getting plenty of food, let us set all the world, if we can, to grow corn for us, and when that is accom plished, when our people are well fed, but not be fore, let us turn to other and less momentous sub jects than securing the subsistence of our ever in creasing population. e have been unable, since last Friday, to return. to Lord JOHN R USS ELL'S " Note on Transportation and Secondary Punishments," to which we then alluded, and we now find that we must content our selves, it is so long, with a comment on it, rather than inserting it at length. The Noble Lord begins almost by stating that recent inquiries have shown that the punishment of transportation is far from being that effective and reforming punishment it was long considered." To show what was antici pated from transportation, and what it was supposed actually to perform, the Noble Lord quotes the following passage from a French author No subject can be more curious or interesting both to the soldier and statesman than the colony of Botany Bay, so long despised in Europe. Never was there a more conspicuous example of the omnipetence of laws and institutions over the characters of individuals. To convert the most hardened villains, the most daring rob beis,_ into honest and peaceable citizens; or industrious agriculturists; then to operate the like revolution in the vilest prostitutes ; to change them by infallible means to faithful wives, and excellent mothers. Next to watch over the rising population, to preserve them by the most assiduous care from the contagion of their parents, and thus breed up a generation more virtuous than the race from which it sprung. Such is the impressive picture which the English colonies present. Then the Noble Lord proceeds to prove, by several remarks, that this is altogether a fallacy, and observes— The positive effect in the penal colonies is most in jurious. The masters of slaves have the vices belonging to that condition ; the slaves themselves lose all self respect. A society, contaminated in its infancy, and fed with new streams of pollution in its progress, is created by the express Acts of the British Parliament, carried into effect by the Executive Government. • This conclusion is to us doubly important, first as a decided proof of the fallibility of politicians, who long expected from transportation all that the French author describes; and, secondly, because there has been of late a strong disposition evinced to put an end to capital punishments. Many of them have been abolished, and nothing remains but secondary punishments, the most effective of which is now proved, by much concurrent testimony, neither to reform the criminal nor prevent crime. We do not say that this is any new discovery, for PALEY long ago remarked that men return into society from every punishment more hardened and more depraved. But this fresh experience, and every year that has passed since he wrote has supplied similar facts, confirms his theory, and makes us look forward with doubt and dismay as to the probable fate of a community which relies for protection and security on means that are now ac knowledged to be inefficacious. Since we cannot rely on punishment, we should redouble our efforts to remove all the incentives to crime. We ought to be more than ever strenuous to promote moral improvement —to place all the teaching of society on a right and true foundation—to insist on the Legislature itself following principles of honesty and justice—and to remove from influence and power all false teachers, and all those whose doc trines and example tend to promote those crimes, which experience now proves no punishment is adequate to check. This conclusion, however, does not force itself so powerfully on Lord JOHN RUSSELL as it has done on us, and he seems still to rely on some petty modifications of the existing systems, all of which have been found very much wanting, some new adaptation of the silent system, some new gaol regulations, some improvement in the hulks, to effect the desired object. We differ from Lord JOHN RUSSELL on this point, and are convinced that all his new contrivances, and the new contri vances of those who plan schemes of constraint and torture, will never have the wished-for effect till the moral education of the community be im proved. .• 11. 4 , '1 04474( '''r4"4" Z 1 LONDON : FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1839. The Tory papers attack Lord MELBOURNE with vehemence for appointing " Mr. MACAULAY to the office of a Cabinet Minister, and for annex ing Mr. CLAY to the machine of Go'.ernment." They say that "this is a decided plunge on the part of the Ministry into the bottomless depths of Radical Reform, and is generally considered as one of its last acts of desperation." On the assurance of the Tories we are willing to form renewed hopes, and place renewed faith in the Ministry. Though our estimate of Mr. MACAULAY'S deserts is not equal to his own, we are still of opinion, his talents are so great and his acquirements so extensive, that he might be looked on as an acquisition by any Ministry that ever held office in Great Britain. The Radical Representative of the Radical Tower Hamlets, has generally stuck to his principles, and if Mr. CLAY give up Radicalism, his consti tuents will request him to retire. We agree, there fore, with our T or y Contemporaries, that these appointments, supposing that of Mr. 'MACAULAY to be made, of which we have no assurance, may be assumed as evidence of an inclination on the part of the Ministers to accelerate the cause of Reform. At least we are disposed less to doubt their inclination than their power. We recognize their good will with pleasure, but they have not the means to give effect to their own intentions. The Ministry can do nothing without the sup port of the nation. The Lords are against them, the priesthood is against them, and such a large minority of the Commons is against them that no union of talents in office will enable them to carry anything approximating to Radical Reform. Were they able last Session to secure the success of such poor measures as the Irish Corporation Act, and the Removal of Electors Bill ? The Tyne Mercury says, in a paragraph whi c h we copied yesterday, " It is ti me the Governm ent mean to eff ect f or th e coun try were making some announceme , n , t th o e f y %Ivuluiastt exert themselve s to procure a repeal of theCori r i h : s ie.,, " they must i ncrease the Parl iamentary fa They repeal the Corn-laws r why, if they were to declare as a Cabinet in favour of such a repeal, unless under the pressure of an overwhelming ne cessity, at least fifty of their followers in the Com mons would forsak e them, and they must instantly give up the Government. A still larger number would leave them were they to propose to extend the franchise. Last Session they could not have carried the Ballot if they had tried. The fragm en t o f a national syst em o f education, which th establish, had th e sanction of a b m ay sou g ht t o majority o f th e House ofCommons ; th e vast mare ajo r i ty of the Lords ;' The experience of France, according to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, is quite coincident on this point with the experience of England. That country has long been celebrated for its police ; and its penal system has been considered one of the best in Europe. We believe its prison regulations are still very imperfect, but, taking them altogether, they' are above the average. Yet this is what Lord JOHN RUSSELL says ot France;-- France is at present suffering from the mass of re leased convicts, who, after having been confined in the galleys, join the criminal part of the community, perfect adepts in forgery and housebreakim g , and connected by acqulinlance and sympathy with all the thieves and swindlers of the country. This must be the case in any opulent and populous community, %here crime has every temptation, and industry is not abundantly empb4yed. W e s h a ll no t now pursue this topic, conceiving ttiat enough has at present been said to Convince cur readers, and to conv i nce L or d JOHN SELL, that this very important subject of the em ployment of punishment to repress or prevent crime requires a more profound and patient inves tigation than he has vouchsafed to give it, though we admit that he has gone far beyond former Se cretaries of State in sounding it and ascertaining its bearings. We regret to see from ft petit ion to the Com mon Council that the funds of the Humane So ciety are nearly exhausted, and that unless speedy relief be afforded, the establishment will be broken up. It would be a disgrace to the country that an institution which has been the means of saving the lives of several thousands since its commence ment, and has at its head one of the wealthiest Peers in the kingdom, should be suffered to fall to pieces from want of support. The people of Great Britain subscribe annually 72,0001. in aid of the Church Missionary Society, many thousands in the vain hope of converting the Jews, and alto gether nearly a million every year for objects some of which are purely visionary, yet neglect a Society that spends all its funds in doing real good---in t a e s n t y ate of existence. rescuing from self-dest ruct i on t h e b ro k en -h earte d, impenitent sinners time to a prepare d in affording r a d n i n ° many oh We invite attention to a. letter in another column, well from a Correspondent at C onstant i nop l e , w hi c h w ill the troubl e o f a care f u l perusa l . Our pay Correspondent takes th e same v i ew of the Or i ental question re that we hare been endeavouring to incul cate since the death of the SULTAN MAIIMOUD. The Post of this morning announces, with an air of triumph, the rebels' CABRERA and D'ESPAGNE'S rejection of the Bergara Convent on. "As we anticipated," observes our second-sighted Tory Contemporary, " the Count of MORELLA (the intrepid CABRERA) and the Count D'ESPAGNE have rejected the infamous Bergara Convention, and the still more infamous concoctet, the monster M A noTo, the ally of Lord PALMERSTON." The Post confirms the fulfilment of its anticipations by quoting proclamations from CABRERA and D'ESPAGNE, the former to his troops, and the latter to the inhabitants of Catalonia, copies of which will be found in another part of Ihe Sun. Now, we cannot withhold the expression of our de testation of the inhumanity of thus fostering the continuance of a murderous struggle after every chance of success has disappeared. It is at once base and cowardly to encourage Spaniards to per sist in cutting one another 's throats, after it has become known to all the world that the question about which they are fighting is de cided. The Post knows right well that Don CARLOS' brows will never be encircled with the Spanish diadem, and yet it persists in lauding the determination of his deluded followers to con tinue to embrue their hands in the blood of their innocent fellow-countrymen. With his sword dripping with the blood of innocent children, the wretch CABRERA raises the impious shout of " Religion for ever !" and the Popery-hating To ries of England re-echo it ! In the words of COLERIDGE, they— " O'er the ravaged earth_ As at an altar wet with human blood, And flaming with the fire of cities burnt, Sing their mad hymns of triumph—hymns to God O'er the destruction of his gracious works, Hymns to the father o'er his slaugbter'd son!" But CARLos himself will soon put an end to the exultation of th e Tories. Before anot h er wee k elapses he w ill h ave f o rmally reno unce d a ll preten sions to th e Th rone o f Spain, and, unless p rompte d by France, without so much as stipulating for pro tection for either of the two Chiefs who refuse to furl the standard and sheathe the sword of Rebel lion. CABRERA may continue for a time to de light his admirers by murdering unwary travellers, robbing mails, and burning obscure villages, but military operations on a regular scale are out of the question. The war is ended. Letters and papers from Madrid of the 18th instant have been received. During the Sitting of the Deputies on that day a dispatch was read from the Spanish Consul at Bayonne, announcing the entry of Don CARLOS into France. The Minis ter of War proposed that national property of the value oflo,oool, a-year should be s e ttl e d by th e Cortes on General ESPA RTERO. All was joy and congratulation in the Spanish capital. Five per Cents. Active rose to 35 for cash. The Paris Journals are exceedingly barren of political news of the slightest interest. According to the Courrier.Francats, the most frightful distress prevails among the labouring classes. Bread is at a famine price, and there is no employment for the able-bodied who are willing to work. This comes of the system of protecting duties, which, by shut ting out foreign corn, closes foreign markets against French manufactures, and thus starves the artisan under the pretence of benefiting the farmer. Besides the riots in the department of the Sarthe, another took place at Bellesme, in the department of the Arne, on the 23d instant, in which more than six hundred pea sants were implicated. Several waggons of grain being about to leave the district, the people assem bled, and rescued them, threw up barricades, and were only dispersed by the presence of a strong division of cavalry, who levelled the barricades, and conducted the waggons away in triumph. This miserable state of things is becoming general throughout France. (From the French Journals.) A dreadful fire broke out at Nantes in the night of the 21st instant, in the cavalry barrack of the entrepot. The men and horses were fortunately saved ; but the flames extended so rapidly that all the military effects contained in the building were consumed. No less than nine per sons lost their lives in endeavouring to put out the fire. Amongst the victims were four firemen, a sergeant of in fantry, and a sergeant-major of the National Guard. Up wards of 40 persons were wounded. Don Carlos arrived at Bourges on Sunday. A great crowd assembled to see him, but were much disappointed at finding the blinds of the carriage drawn up, while the horses were going at a sharp trot, with a piquet of artillery in front and gendarmes in the rear, who had been waiting for Don Carlos at the entrance of the town. " The Princ e of the Asturias," writes our correspondent, " is of a weak and delicate figure of feminine beauty, and from his appearance the most calculated of the family to inspire interest." On Tuesday a Commissary of Police and a peace officer arrested in Paris a Spanish General, who had just alighted from the diligence of Bordeaux, and conducted him to the Prefecture of Police. This arrest gave rise to a report that Don Carlos had succeeded in evading the vigilance of Colonel de Tinant, and had arrived in Paris. Ht'NGARIAN DIET.—A letter from Presburg, of the 12th inst. states: that] all hope of conciliation in the Diet is at an end, the Magnates having by a large majority re. plied negatively to the last message of the Second Cham ber of the States. Beigean ae MARRIAGE , as n ody sP thatri Prince c e 1 T) Albert,rili nee KIN I. , rh G ee dr o e OF ui I les Frederick aL andnLdA are D t . h — em T uper h hi e n on C pe ps o : 0 i sm i e n d e a T r t e i o - e the project of marriage of the King of the Netherlands to the Countess d'Outr c mont, but that the Prince of Orange pre serves the strictest neutrality on the subject. The Kin g , says the Commerce Beige , is well known whose tenacity, ' persists in his r eso l u ti on , a nd declares to his children that th e marriage shall take place. The following are stated by this paper to be th e groun d s o f the opposition to the marriag e of fered by a p ort i on o f t h e f am ily i—lst, that the Countes s d oes not belon g t o a S overe i gn f am ily, and that the marriage wou ld be an i nsu l t to the re i gn ing house of Prussia; 2d, th a t she was born a B e lgian, and occupied a s e condary place (that o f Fi rst Lady of Honour to the late Queen) at Court ; 3d, t h at s h e pro f ess es the Catholic religion, whilst the Dut c h nat i on an d t h e Royal family are strong Protes tants. " All this," says the Comm erce Bei g e. " do e s not shak e th e determination of the K in g. who sa y s be would rather abdi cate i n f avour o f his eldest son , than renounce a unio n w hi c h h e cons id ers e ssential to the serenity of his latter d a y s. " I t adds t h a t the Countess is expected daily at the H ague on her return from a journey to Rome , for the purp ose of obtaining a dispe nsation from the Po p e, authorizi ng h er marriage with a Protes tant. She is forty two year s ~f age. Notice has been given of the p assa g e of 600 S p anish officers and so ld iers thro ugh Bordeaux : they arc on th e i r way fro m t h e f rontier to Limoges, which is fixed upon as the depot for part of the remnant of the army of the Pretender. 0 i the 20q) ult., the mothers , fathers, children, Sgc. of the fugiti ve soldiers at St. Jean de Luz came to that p lace, to solicit tn em to return to t h e ir own country, assuring them that they wou ld fi nd sa f o t Y and protection. The conse quence was, that the depot lwas soon reduced to one-half by desertion, notxithstandiwo the efforts of the French au _ thorities to p revent i t. perwer were league to rn a.rehevery Tl, e remainder of the four batta lions was m arc h e d on t h e 21sit inst. , in the morning to the department o f t h e L an d es. Every day t wo d etac h men ts, each consisting of 100 offi cers, set out f or the interior, wit h an allowance of 25 cen times .e .by inth the mornin g 1 ,000 troops two roads of the day ".) Bor deaux and Pau ; th ey w ill b e piaeod in depots in th e de partments of th e L an d es , Gers, Gironde, and L o t- et - Gerunne. In the interim, at S aragoss a, idi , as of pacification have so gained ground, that when they Learnt what had passed at. Bergara, the p eop l e wen t to best ege the houses belong ing to the principal Carlists, but tl ie siege was carried on this time with all sorts of bon.boni., and they even obiiged THE AIN, LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1839. h, very iniuential Carlist to suffer himself to be borne i Notice was receiVeti at tlarda ' osta on the 18th inst. that the Duke de la Vittoria would shortly arrite there with 20 battalions, forming about 20,000 infantry, and 0,00 or 7,000 cavalry. The campaign, if the insurgents allnuld choose to stand it, will be short and brilliant, but at present the o: my of the centre, and the insurgents make no movement, it seems as if a suspension of arms had been COntlittied, in enrectation of some great event. —Le Commerde. BOURSE.--PAkIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. irst Highest Lowest Last 'Price Price. Price Price French 5 pet etas i. !! f l 1/0 ... 110 73 ... 10 80 4% per tents — 1••• 104 Itit Is 411 104 74 se. 101 75 41ie'r Cents •• WI 40 .:. Ki 40 ... 101 44.1 ... 101 40 9 Pet CentS .• Bl 25 ... 81 90 ... 81 20 ... pl NI Bank Of eraiio, , ••• si: x 711.2 50 —.2792 5 , ...27A f.,0 ...`271)2 50 Latfitte Bank 1,0008 5h..,. 01115 ~.10,5 ...1065 ...11365 5,000 f. Sh 5211 50 ...527,50 _5210 ...5210 Belgian 5 per Cents 103% .. 105% ... 103ike ... ion% . . Belgian 3 per Cents 72 kO ... 72 20 .. 72 110 ~. 72 20 Spainsh Ac ive . Passive B% ... 8 % ... 8% ... 8% New ' , fermi ~.,,, 15 ... 15 ... 15 ... 15 Old Deferred fl% ... f% ... 9% ... 9% Portuguese 3 per Cents Neat Main Roman !no ... 10.1 ... 10:04 ~, 103 RAILWAY SHARES. St. (;ermai•• Versailles, R B 545 ... 545 ... 542 50 ... 542 50 L.B. 3lO ... 3i5 ... 310 ... 315 Havr Orleans . Strasburg to Bale ... 310 ... 312 50 ... 310 ... 312 b 0 Montpellier to Cette 3BO ... 380 ... 380 ... 380 Mulhausen to Thann His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, who has been indisposed, is quite recovered, and is now at Kensington, in the enjoyment of excellent spirits. His Royal Highness is preparing to proceed to the North, where he will visit the Earl of Durham, the Duke of Cleveland, and the Earl of Scarborough. It is positively settled that Mr. Macaulay is to be Secretary-at-War, with a seat in the Cabinet. The negotiations with the Earl of Clarendon, for him to join the Administration, are still in progress, and will, we presume, end in securing his services in the Cabinet for the country. In consequence of the call, by the Treasury, for information as to the best means of carrying the principle of the prepayment of postage into effect, an immense number of communications have been received in Downing-street. Of course nothing will be done in the matter till the time expires, the 15th of October, settled by the Treasury minute. MANSION-HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) Harriet Dalby, a girl about nineteen years of agr, was brought up by a policeman, who stated that she attempted to drown herself at London Bridge, between one and two o'clock this morning. It appeared that she had been living at Bermondsey, as servant, but had been discharged in consequence of letting a child fall, and thereby breaking its thigh. Her mistress, it was stated would give her a good character for ho nesty if she could get a situation where there are no children ; but not having been able to do so, and being destitute, she attempted to put an end to her life. The LORD MAYOR directed the girl to be taken to the Union, in order that something might be done for her. MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) ROBBERY BY A SHOP—George Black, a de cent-looking young man, was charged with stealing from his master, Mr. Richard Webb, a hatter in North Aud ley-street, a canvas bag, containing a 501. Bank of England note. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, that on the night of the 23d inst. he placed the bag, containing the money in question, in the right hand pocket of his coat, and on the following morning, forgetting the circumstance, he gave the coat to the prisoner, and directed him to brush it. He then went out, and returned in about an hour, when he found that the prisoner had absconded, and wit ness never saw him after until last night, when he was brought in custody to his house by his (prosecutor's) brother. The bank-note for 501. now produced was the same that he placed in the canvas bag, and the name " George Taylor" written upon it was the prisoner's hand-writing. The prisoner when asked what induced him to commit the robbery said that the bag fell upon the floor, and on ascertaining its contents he owned that he had not suf ficient resolution to withstand the temptation, and he accordingly made off with the money. The prisoner was fully committed for triol. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) FALMOUTH, SEPT. 25.--The Pictou, Flaying, from Hamburg to Newfoundland, struck on the Manacles last night during a heavy gale, and filled; crew saved. The vessel was fallen in with by some pilot smacks this morning and brought into this pert. The Jessie, Ritchie, from Bahia, has sustained some damage, and has come into the harbour to repair. SCILLY, SEPT. 24.—The Azores packet, Gibson, from Cardiff to Figueira and Oporto, put in here on the 17th instant, leaky. She has since had her leaks stopped. DUNDEE, SEPT. 24.—The Annie, late Paton, from Llanelly to Manilla, was wrecked near Aden, on the 26th June ; crew saved. LOWESTOFFE, SEPT. 20. —The Sarah,Barick, of Whitby, and the Ann, Anderson, of Sunderland, dragged their anchors du ing a gale at S. W., under the Barnard Sand, the farmer struck upon the Inner Shoal, but was as s isted off leaky. &mins, SEPT. 25 —The John, from London, got in contact this morning with the Industry, Milne, hence to AobroLth. The latter sunk in deep water below the Scalp. Crew saved. MARRIED.—On the 26th instant, at Twicken ham, by the Rev. J. C Napleton, George, second son of Rich, r 3 Tattersall, Esq., of Hyde Park-corner, to Helen, youngest daughter of Thomas Pritchard, Esq., of High row, Knightsbridge. FATAL CAB ACCIDENT.—On Thursday night, between nine and ten o'clock, as an elderly woman, named Martin, living at No. 185, Drury-lane, was cross ing from Brownlow-street, she was knocked down by a cab, driven along at a furious rate. The unfortunate wo. man was conveyed to a surgeon's in the neighbourhood, where she instantly exoired. The driver is in custody. RELIEF FOR THE UNHAPPY.—The unhappy are indisposed to employment; all active occupations are wearisome and disgusting in prospect, at a time when every Yet thing, life itself, is full of weariness and disgust. the unhappy must be employed or they will go mad. Co mparatively blessed are they if they are set in families where claims and duties abound, and cannot be escaped. In the pressure of business there is present safety and ultimate relief. Harder is the lot of those who have few necessary occupations, enforced by other claims than their own harm lessness and profitableness. Reeling often fails. Now and then it may beguile ; but much oftener the atten tion is languid, the thoughts wander, and associations with the subject of grief are awakened. Writing is bad. The pen bangs idly suspended over the paper, or the sad thoughts that are within write themselves down. The safest and best of all occupation for such sufferers as arc fit for it, is intercourse with young children. An infant might beguile Satan and his peers the day after they were couched on the lake of fire, if the love of children chanced to linger amidst the ruins of their angelic nature. Next to this comes honest, genuine acquaintanceship among the poor; not mere charity-visiting, grounded on soup tickets and blankets, but intercourse of mind, with real mutual interest between the parties. Gardening is excellent because it unites bodily exertion with a sufficient engagement of the faculties ; while sweet, compassionate nature is ministering cures in every sprouting leaf and scented blossom, and beckoning sleep to draw nigh, and be ready to follow up her benignant work. Walking is good—not stepping from shop to shop, or from neighbour to neighbour; but stretching far out in the country, to the freshest fields, and the highest ridges, and the quietest lanes. However sullen the imagination may have been among its griefs at home, here it cheers np and smiles. However listless the limbs may have been when sustaining too heavy a heart, here they are braced, and the lagging gait becomes buoyant again. However perverse the memory may have been in presenting all that was agonis_ ing, and insisting only on what cannot be retrieved, here it is first disregarded, and then it sleeps ; and the sleep of memory is the day in Paradise to the unhappy. The mere breathing of the cool wind on the face in the com. monest highway, is rest and comfort, which must be felt at such times to be believed. It is disbelieved in the shortest intervals between its seasons of enjoyment ; and every time the sufferer has resolution to go forth to meet it. it penetrates to the very heart in glad surprise. —Miss Martineau. WOMAN.—Perhaps one of the most indispen sable and endearing qualifications of feminine character is an amiable temper. Cold and callous must be the man who does not treasure the meek and gentle spirit of a con fiding woman. Her lips may not be sculptured in the lines of beauty, her eye may not roll in dazzling splendour, but if the native smile be ever ready to welcome, and the glances are fraught with clinging devotion or shrinking sensibility, such must be held as far above " gold and ru bies." A few moments of enduring silence would often prevent years of discord and unhappiness, but the keen re tort and waspish argument too often breaks the chain of affection link by link, and leave the heart with no tie to hold it but a stern and frigid duty. RUSSIAN DISCIPLINE. —The following may serve as specimens of Russian discipline at sea :—ln the course of this summer a Russian frigate lay for some time off Swinemunde. One of the sailors, having drunk largely on land, failed to come on board at night. On ar riving next morning the captain ordered him to be beaten to death. The sentence was executed forthwith, and the culprit left lying for dead ; but a few minutes after he gave a sign of life, on which the captain himself seized the feud instrument, and finished him by striking a tremendous blow on his head. This same captain arpeared at a ball in Swinemunde, accompanied by an interpreter in the garb of a common sailor, but whose behaviour showed him superior to his external appearance. On inquiry, the in formation was given that this man was formerly the captain of the very same ship in which he now served as private; he had been degraded for having the ill luck of two men of his crew having deserted. Accounts from Bessarabia of the 4th inst. an nounce that the Russian fleet at Sebastopol was ready to put to sea, and had taken in a provision of water for four months. On the Ist a frigate sailed from that harbour for the coast of Circassia. The troops quartered in Sebasto pol and its neighbourh oo d were s adly sufferingfrom illness, particularly from an o p t h a l m ia which presented all the symptoms of the Ecsyptian disease. Upwards of 7,600 sick were lying in the hospitals. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—.The Belle's Stra tagem, and Mrs. Planche's Ransom, last night, afforded Miss Ellen Tree an opportunity of oisplaying the versa tility of her histrionic talents. She played tirat Letitia Hardy, in Cowley's comedy. In the first she kept the house in a roar, whilst her Pauline appealed powerfully to the tender sympathies. She was loudly applauded in both characters. and was efficiently supported by Mrs. Glover in Mrs. Racket ; and MesSrs. W. Farren, Phelps, Walter Lacy, and Cooper, in Old Hardy, Sir G eorge Touchwood, Fl u tter, and Doricourt. 14 house was crowded. THE WEATHER.—Within thest ew days a favourable change has taken place. The mercury in the barometer has risen gradually about 5 degrees, and now stands at 30, showing every appearance of continued fair E r weather. STATE K ENT , --(From a nt. destroction on seve ra l fi e ld, of rye in the OF THE CROPS reapers havel N K alNeaTy. commenced theirC rreworksp o n dtf neighbourhood of Erith end Greenhi t h e. The corn seems obe to good condition. In the direction of Cobham and days The more oats, of ba sun Maidstone w o wtb a bs i erved someveci;a fine fi e ld s o f standing wheat, which, be ready for the very fewle. b e an crop promise to be an a b un d ant one, and strongwerlarecy'maond will soon sick st happy to be enabled to give a favourable account of the great Kent staple, the hop. Notwithstanding the severe damage which the pines have received from the windy weather of last week, they are well up the poles, and look very vigorous. CARGO OF W 11.1) BEA STS.—On Tuesday night the Swallow schooner was towed into the London Docks, on her return from South America, having on board a number of rare and curious animals consigned to several scientific and zoological institutions in the metro polis. Amongst them there are a full-grown male tapir or South American bog, from the Gulf of Mexico ; a curious species of the racoon, and a beautiful tiger cat. The i ship has been visited by a great number of persons. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There is a good return of English IVheat and Flour this week, but very small of Barley and Oats. Of Foreign Grain the quantity is considerable. The weather being fine, there hilt been a dull trade for Wheat, and 2s. to 3s. per quarter lower, pcices hove been taken for tender parcels. Other sorts of Corn firm in valite, ssitl► little doing. Flour does not meet a free sale at the late advaticY. F;. , u Oau, ARRIVALS Wheat. Barley. ktrglish 3,62 iqrs 700 Ir. Irish - Foreign 2V3O s 0 SMITHFIELD. Trade very dull, although the supply was but an average one —prices underwent a marked decline in most instances, of full 4d. per stone on the prices of last Friday. Beef was dull, and 2d. lower. The inferior sorts of Mutton declined Bd. per stone. The better sorts barely maintained 4s. Bd. ; Veal and Lamb underwent an equal decline, but the price of Pork did not vary. Beasts 531 ; Sheep and Lambs 7,020 ; Calves 123; Pigs 493 ; Beef 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Veal 4s. 2d. to ss. ; Pork 4s. 6d. to ss. Bd. 9,440 acks 1 is. 7,60 I - br BILLINGSGATE MARKET. The supply good, and prices lower; trade brisk. Turbot, Bs. to 20s. ; Cod, 2s. to 101. ; good Salmon, ls. 6d. to 2s. per lb. ; Lobsters, tid. to 4s. ; Grey illullets, •2s. 6d. ; Oysters, 12s. to 40s. per bushel ; Whitings and Haddocks as last quoted. TEA MARKET. More life in this market than there has been 'lately, and more disposition to purchase. The holders, however, gene were undecided as to what prices they should ask. MONEY AND COMMERCIALNEWS. CIT}, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, THURSDAY.—WC have had only a moderate demand for Cotton this day, without change in prices. The sales are 2,500 bags to the trade. The New York packet ship Independence is detained by contrary winds. We have received Halifax papers to September 3. Extract of a letter from Shediar :—" On the morning of Sunday last were found on the shore at Reedish, in this parish, 64 whales, one 23i feet in length from which were taken about 350 barrels of oil." Her Majesty's Commissioners appointed for the ex ploration of the boundary between the State of Maine and New Brunswick, we understand, will at once pro ceed to their investigation. We wish them every suc cess, and hope they will be enabled to make such a re port as, with a friendly disposition subsisting between the two general Governments, will trod to a satisfactory adjustment of this important question. It is gratifying to state that the merchants and trades men who were sufferers by the late awful conflagration at St. John's have mostly resumed business. His Excellency the Governor has, in accordance with the address presented to him in this city (New Bruns wick), on Wednesday last, promptly issued his proclama tion, calling the Legislature to meet for dispatch of bu siness on Tuesday, September 10, inst.—New Bruns wick Observer. Accounts have been received at Havre from Guaya quil, of the 16th of June, stating that the last news re ceived from Peru was that the Chilian squadron was still in the roads of Callao, and the Chilian army had returned to Lima. It appears that General Bulnes was waiting for payment of eight months' arrears due to his army, after which he was to embark his troops and retire to Valparaiso. We have very few arrivals this morning, consequently no intelligence of importance to communicate at present. In the course of yesterday afternoon the monied in terest and bill brokers were much agitated, as well as the members of the Stock Exchange, owing to a very general report that the Bank Directors were going to raise their discounts to 7 per cent., yesterday being their usual weekly meeting, which did not break up until three o'clock, causing a stronger suspicion that they were going to adopt the above measure. At length the public were relieved, as no notice to the above effect appeared. Towards the evening it was ascer tained that the long discussion in the Back Par lour chiefly related to an application having been made on the part of the agent of the United States Bank for the temporary assistance, in behalf of the Bank of the United States, of about three hundred thousand pounds, and the cause assigned for the application is that the house of Hope and Co., of Amsterdam, have not thought proper to confirm the arrangement lately entered into between them and Mr. Jaudon. It is un derstood that the Directors of the Bank of England declined acceding to the application in a direct form, but intimated that if the gentlemen of this city and of Liverpool by whom it was backed, both bankers and merchants, were disposed to take upon themselves the responsibility of guaranteeing the reimbursement of the sum applied for, it should be afforded for a limited period, namely, for one month, so as to give time for the return of the Liverpool steamer from New York. The above affair has caused some excitement, and it is the general topic of conversation this morning in the City, and various are the opinions on the subject ; no doubt when it is known at New York it will have the effect of causing a remittance of specie to this country instead of bills of the United States Bank. THE FUND 3. The British Market has a rather firmer appearance this morning. Consols, which closed heavy yesterday at 90} for the Account, Money 90i, opened this mornieg at 90a 1 1 , Money 90i ; Exchequer Bills 1 discount, 1 prem. ; in India Bonds nothing done ; Bank Stock for the opening 186 188 ; India Stock 248 2.50. In the Foreign Market very little doing as yet ; Spanish, which closed 31i I, may be quoted at present 31 f ; Portuguese 35/ 36/, same as they closed ; Three per Cents. 24k ; Brazilian, 75f 76k ; Colombian 31f 32 ; Mexican 28i / ; Belgian 102/ 1031 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 531 54 ; Five per Cents. 1031 104. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock S per Cent. RN!. . _ DAY AT OYE O'CLOCK. India Stock .......... ........ 2 9 $ Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 3 Y., per Cent. Ditto Rest. ............ —.....- ... New 3%, per Cent 97%;t% New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Jan. 5, ......... . ••• Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 l4 1-10% Jan. 5, IMO April 5, 1100 Jan. 5.11:70 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, I7fil Exch. Rills, £l,OOO 2 d s. Ditto I dis Ditto Small 2 l,m. Ditto Commercial — tits. Ditto Advertised pm. Bank Stock for Account ... 185 7 India Stock for Account Consos for Account... 90% Sy yy THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds -' Ditto Account Belg ian ,tto Account ß°nds .. —: Portuguese Bonds Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds ... Ditto Amount —l Ditto Account .... Chilian Bonds -,, Prussian Bonds Ditto Accuu. t Columbian Bonds 3 l. Ditto Account Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1824. ...32 IX Spanish 80nd5........ 211% % 303, Ditto Account — , Ditto Account ........81,0.% Danish Bonds Ditto Account i Deferred 14%% Cheek Bonds.. Ditto Bonds, 1825 —.-- 4 per cent....... —l..—c. Ditto Account —l -- 3 per cent....... —f. —c Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent 23% ' --- Exchange. —f. —c Ditto Account Dutch, 2X, per cent. 53% Ditto, 6 per Cent. 22 8% 30 Ditto Account — Ditto Account Neapolitan. — Ditto Account ...... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Union Bank of Australia ... 15 151, HALF-PAST ONE. It is the general opinion that the Bank Directors have acted very liberal in giving their assistance to the agent of the United States' Bank, which, no doubt, will prevent serious difficulties in the commercial community. In the early part of the morning the British Market had rather a firm appearance, since which it has taken a change, and Consols have receded from 908 -I- to 908 i for the Account, with a heavy market. Money conti nues very scarce, and is in demand, at 9 per cent. on Consols. Out of the House, for commercial affairs the rates are, according to the paper, offered for discount, for first rate Bills 6 per cent. is readily given. It is reported in the City that Messrs. Denison, Mo rison, Baring, and Huth, are the guarantees to the Bank for the Agent of the United States' Bank. Consols are at present 90i for Account ; Money, 90i ; Exchequer Bills 1 discount, par, 2 discount ; India Bonds, 2 to 1 discount ; India Stock, 249 248. _ _ In tho Foreign Market, Spanish Active receded, 30i ; Portuguese Three per Cents., 24 ; Mexican has im proved to 30i ; Colombian, 31 ; Brazilian, 76 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., ; Five per Cents., 1031. No further arrivals. E VENIN EDITION CONSTANTINOPLE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) SEPT. 6, 1839. The death of the Sultan, the defeat of the Turkish army, and the defection of the fleet, have so completely changed the features of the affairs of the East that it is well to examine what ought to be done to preserve the Turkish empire. It is. said the affairs of Turkey are to be settled by the Ministers of the Five Great Powers at Vienna, and as a preliminary step nineteen sail of the line, French and English, are collected in Basicha Bay, at the entrance of the Dardanelles, and a proposition has been made to Mehemet Ali, to guarantee to his family the Pachalick of Egypt , on his giving up the Government of Syria, and restoring the Turkish fleet. To this proposition Mehemet Ali demurs, and demands the hereditary Government of Egypt, Syria, and Arabia, the dismissal of the present Ministers, and a full amnesty to the Capitan Pacha and the Turkish officers ; and threatens, in the event of any attemp t being made on Alexandria, to march his army on Constantinople. It is supposed these demands will not be admitted ; Mehemet Ali is already in possession of what he demands. The question is how is he to be dispossessed. The combined fleets, without troops, cannot get possession of Alexandria, unless the Five Powers send a m ilitary force there—if so, who i s t o f urn i s h i t ? England has no troops now. Will P ar li ament l a y on taxes to raise them ? W e w ill certa i n l y no t allow France to occupy E g ypt. R uss i a i s , I p r esumes out of the question ; and Prussia is too distant- We must then look to Austria ; and supposing the' Five Powers consent to this arrangement, how 13 it to be executed ?—to be suc ce ssf u l it must be secret ; and secrecy is totally impossible. Meh" met Ali has declared he will march on the I3 0 s" phorus, and block up the harbour of Alexandria, if we move, and we have no right to doubt his word ; his character for decision is well known. He is now twenty days' march from Scutari, and it is clear he could arrive there (if Russia remained quiet) long before an Austrian expedition could leave the Adriatic. Russia is bound by treaty t ° assist the Porte if attacked, and no doubt would d° so ; and, a secret article in the treaty of Gnkiar Skelessi obliges the Porte to prevent foreigu.shiP s ' of war passing the Dardanelles on any preleL l whatsoever. Russia cou ld b r i ng a fl eet an d 10,0 Si°',ll men to Constantinople in l ess t h an a wee k, an t. " would most certainly enfOr ce th e t rea ty.. would save Constantinople from Ibrahim Pacli,2, ° doubt ; but would she save it from herself ? W e cannot suppose for one moment that Russia low' consent to strengthen the Turkish empire withou t being amply rewarded for her trouble. If we ar e quite satisfied that Russia merely wishes to presel the integrity of the Turkish empire, a fleet of 1 9 s al of the line in Basicha Bay is quite unnecessa r y' and if we aro not satisfied, a fleet in Basicha B a y is quite useless. • The current runs down the Dardanelles in Iraq places at the rate of three or four miles an hour , and nine months in the year the wind blows dow n . also ; it is therefore evident that a Russian fleet!, from the northward can arrive at Constantin o p le when they please, but the combined fleets esim °t get there without a strong southerly wind, and if b ßussia holds up her finger, it is doubtful whe ther „ they can get there at all ; and, if we may judg e, _ the manner the Turks are at this moment streng th " ening their batteries, Russia has already bee n work. The fortifications cannot be against INlehee. met Ali, because we are here ; they must the!' fore be against us, at the instigation of Russia',; It may be asked what ought to be done ? question is difficult, and before I answer it I will show what ought to have been done. For mail , h a ve years past a French and English squadr° h a v e been kept every summer in the ne ighbourh" slit y the Dardanelles, I presume to prevent the 11--- th ' e of Russia again interfering in Turkish affairs; squadrons were, however, never p be recollected to enter the Dardanelles. But it must that a vigorous Sultan then reigned, po ssessing both a fleet and an army. That Sultan i s dead, and a boy reigns in his stead ; that boy , go verned by Ministers supposed to be under Russian Witt; ence, the army destroyed, the fleet in possession at Mehemet Ali, and the Porte in consequence e%O posed to attacks both within and without. The se events were quite unforeseen, and neither Arobas' sadors nor Admirals had instructions to act u nder the change of circumstances ; but they ought Oa' nimously to have taken the responsibility on.the! r own shoulders, and brought the fleet to Constants; nople. Turkey might have been frightened . ; b v % would not have dared to fire ; Russi a would., ha stormed, and the Ambassador would probab l Y n ave would have departed; but the Turkish empire w - been safe, and the remaining Ambassadors .0011;d e. have settled the affairs of the East at their !eon s Such a measure would have been dangerou a ins _ some years ago, because Russia had a strong fleet in the Baltic, and might have instantly acted - England : and there is no doubt but that fleet was kept for the express purpose of preventing us a cting with vigour in the affairs of the East. Thing s , are now changed ; thanks to the force 0 ' public opinion, the English Government were forced to increase the Navy, and we have now sail of the line on the home station amply sufficient to keep Russia in check. Besides which the sea- son is now far advanced, and Russia would not trust her fleet out of the Baltic all winter. To bring the fleet to Constantinople now is m ore difficult ; the Ambassadors having so long delayed it will not take the responsibility on their own shoulders ; and the French and English Govern ments will not take that step without consulting th e other Powers. It appears to me clear that the combined fle et : have a right to he placed in the same sitii2t lo towards Constantinople that the Russians :h . ?: they can get there when they please—we cannot' it ought, therefore, t o b e notified to the Turkish Government, that during the time negociations s al r a e going on, a n equa l num b er o f E ng li s h, French , Russian ships should take up a position off C o° ; stantinople, and if they attempted to fire nnt.lla " ; they must t a k e th e consequences . If the Powers have, with th e consent o f T u rkey, °gr e t , to settle the affairs of the East, they ought to tg''' to their own method of doing it. If Russia refuses, er consent she cannot b e s i ncere , and the sooner " Ambassador tak e s hi s d eparture t h e b e tter ;`a ct o r step would at once bring the question of peac e d, war to a point ; and she dare not meet Engl e° France, and Austria combined. to The Turkish G overnment w i s h h a lf the fleet go to Alexand r i a an d t h e ot h er h a lf to reell °1 !:,; this would be absurd ; MehemetAli would not g t way ; and if h e marc h e d, R uss i a wo uld most e. el et dediy be c a ll e d i n , an d wou ld most d e cidedly ohi e l to our coming up, an d our sq u a dron would r eturn from Egypt disgraced. Since writing th e a b ove , i t i s sa id t h a t the Earn lish G o v ernment pro Alexandria t o d em and the Tu ru , - 1 1 , s at squadron. This they very properly declined. 1 1 ' 7- to sticie ue atpreservesdrhoen otordered et peace, rileed mw toeo mouth :Lot Constantino t act at nh te l is next to be done is yet unknown. If we "; i6 : l I e t s h h e e eh ai) must t e d r i o s w ith wn a li vigour, the Russia ships there are now in France, and thep t • e h of Russia, and sooner or later she will plant f flag on the tower of St. Sophia. rm ac . cid l en f accidents will bneotinals:7°ll"jerr otHhp Humber, e v m , g h a o e i u r i the je l o et THE MEDIiEIiitANEAN FLEET• (From the Devon port Independent.) We have received letters from H.M.S. Powerful, 64,' Captain Napier, up to the 27th of August, at whine date she was off the Dardanelles, having arrived tl!eei, and joined the Admiral on the sth. The Powerful I.le' Cork on the 30th of June, arrived at Gibraltar M alta 12th of July, sailed on the 13th, and arrived at ~. on the 24th, remained there till the 29th, when asbei; sailed for the Dardanelles. She bad a very fu" ur il passage throughout. On arriving at the Dardane' files they found a splendid united fleet of seven Fret ch liners, together with ten English sail of the line, and small craft. The Powerful made a distinguished addition to the English force. The prospect of he , e f fairs of the East being pacifically arranged, although 13; vourable in a national point of view, has, it aPPea:rs, Produced some disappointment in the fleet, the set's" spirits of both officers a n d men being aroused by, the preparations for hostilities , and sonic r egret is el pressed that all should at last " end in smoke" oolY• Though things at present appear to be pretty cairn! et it is considered not at all improbable tha t t ifferences will yet break out, it being scarcely Bible that the Ambassadors at Constantinople can be accord, while their interests are so conflicting. Mahornet Ali keeps safe possession of the Turkish fleet at Alex e ,,, dria, and threatens to burn it if any attempt is ma de wrest it from him. Whatever may be the result of his