The Sun. — London, England, 1839-09-05 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. THE NEW BIRMINGHAM POLICE BILL. the cause of true liberty might as soon be expected from the dominions of the Grand Turk, as from the body of population in the districts under the surveil lance of the London police 2—(Loud cheers.) Upon the whole it was his deliberate opinion that a more dan gerous, unconstitutional, or uncalled for measure never emanated from the most corrupt Parliament that ever disgraced this country, and that it was the duty of every friend of the country and of the people, not not only to take no part in its administration, but peaceably and temperately to oppose its execution by every legitimate and constitutional means. Mr. Sturge concluded, amidst loud cheering, by proposing the adoption of his resolution. Mr. CUTLER most cordially seconded the resolution, of the justice and propriety of which he felt deeply convinced. Mr. SALT also supported the resolution. It was his determination not to pay any levy in which the police rate was included. He would offer no resistance to the law, but to pay it voluntarily he would not. Alderman LAWRENCE, one of the Borough Magis trates, said be should not feel satisfied with giving a silent vote upon the resolution, lest in doing so he might be considered as acquiescing in the sentiments which had been expressed. Although be regretted exceedingly that the control over the police had not been placed in the hands of the Council, yet knowing the great necessity which existed for their establishment now that the Bill had become law, he was bound to say that he approved of it, and he was extremely sorry to hear any member of the Council express his intention of resisting the measure. 4 (... ODE OWN CORRESPONDENT.) I BIRMINGHAM, TUESDAY. This morning a meeting of the Town Council of this borough was held in the Committee Room of the Town Hall, to take into consideration the Act recently passed " for the improvement of the police of Birming ham." The meeting was numerously attended, and the proceedings excited considerable interest. At eleven o'clock Wm. Scholefield, Esq., the Mayor, took the chair, and after some routine business had been gone through, the Town Clerk proceeded to read the Act referred to at length, after which Mr. Alderman STURGE rose to move the following resolution : "That the Act which has just passed through Parliament entituled ' An Act for improving the Police of Birming ham,' is in effect a measure of confiscation of almost the whole, and certainly of by far the most important of the municipal rights of this newly created Corporation. That the measure in question was introduced unsolicited and unsought by this Council, an assertion to which it will not be enough to say in answer that the Mayor had previously addressed a letter to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, suggesting the expediency of assisting the borough with a loan for the purpose of establishing a more efficient Police, since that letter was not, nor did It profess ) to be, written by the authority or with the privity of the Town Council, but was on the face of it merely a private inquiry as to the probable course of the Government in the matter to which it related, while the intimation which it contained, that if the answer were favourable the Town Council should be convened to consider the subject, told as plainly as words could speak, that as yet the Council had not expressed, any opinion with respect to the proceedings ; that moreover, so far was the letter in question from suggesting, or even in the most distant man ner hinting at the appointment of a Government Commis sioner, or the establishment of so odious and unconstitu tional a force as a Government Police, that it distinctly pointed out the Town Council as the recipients of the loan and the only proper authority for applying it to its intended purpose. That, however tine Government may now choose to put a different construction on this communication from the Mayor, it is plain that it was at first distinctly under stcod in this sense, and in this sense alone, by the Home Secretary, who accordingly brought a Bill into Parliament authorising a loan of 10,0001. to the Town Council ; nor was it until Sir Robert Peel, and a deputation from the Birmingham Tories, in perfect consistency with their known hostility to popular institutions and the representative principle, bad signified to him their wishes on the subject, wishes apparently too much like commands, that he abandoned his original measure and substituted in its place another, which if it were not contrived on set purpose, was at all events obviously calculated to afford a triumph to the opposite party by taking away the authority, and dispara g ing th e c h a r ac t er of the new municipal system. That the measure thus introduced by the Government, on i the suggestion of its political opponents, is obviously founded on false pretences. for though the reason for passing the Act, ( as alleged in the preamble, is, that doubts are entertained as to the authority of the Corporation to levy rates—doubts, be it observed, which never ought to have existed, and never would have existed had only proper caution been exercised in framing the Charter ; yet, instead of adopting Lord Brougham's suggestion of limiting the duration of the Act to the continuance of those doubts, it fixes for this purpose an arbitrary and unnecessarily long period of two years, and from hence to the end of the next Session of Parliament—words of an alarming import, end showing an already half formed intention to renew the measure on the expiratisei of the appointed time. That as a further proof of the disengcnuousness which has characterised the whole of thi,, proceeding, it is worthy of observance that svhen Lord Brougham proposed to vest the appointment of the Commissioner in the Town Council. rather than in the Government, the suggestion wan resisted by Lord Dun cannon, on the strange ground that the Town Council had petitioned for a police—a ground, as has already been shown false in fact, and, even if true, absurdly inconclu sive as an argument, since it is surely one thing to have a police, and another to base a Government Conunissrioner . at the head of it. That no sooner did the Council be come acquainted with the real nature of this measure than they indignantly repudiated it as a marked insult to the inteilie,ent burgesses of this town, than whom nowhere c< a men be found better fitted for the duty of self.govern- TTI, mt—as an outrage to the representative principle, and as it violatien of that system of municipal police which has cv( r been deemed, and by none professedly more than by the present Ministry, to lie at the foundation of, and to be the best security of national iibeety. That unless this usurpation be firmly resisted at the th eshold. this Council truly believes and warns the people of England to that effect, that the pre eedlent just created will not prove barren, hut that upon one, pretence or another all the municipal bodies through est the country will before long be stripped of their righttful privileges and authorities, and reduced to a state of slavish submission to thegereral Government. That for the above reasons this Council does now strongly and emphatically protest against the attempt thus made to en graft one of the most pernicious institutions of continental tyranny on the true English s3 - stem of popular representa tion; and hereby declares its conviction that it is in duty bound to avail itself of all just and lawful means to relieve this town, :And to guard the country at large from a mea- sure so despoti c and unconstitutional." Ifff The reading of the resolution was received with loud p applause, after which Mr. Sturge observed—He need i scarcely say that the document they had heard read (was drawn up by an individual more competent than himself, but he so fully concurred in the g-encrEil senti iments it contained, that he moved it with Brea t plea sure. Many of his fellow-townsmen were not an - arc of . the importance of' placing the whole of the fact •; con ) nected with this Bill before the public.—(Hear, :hear.) ( When the Deputation from the Town Council we re in ILondon. nothi ng struc k t h em mere f orc ibl y t h an t h e ig norance manifested by those who had legislate(' alpon i the measure, as well as the public at large.—(l-leor.) It had been artfully urged by those who passed the mea sure, that the people of Birmingham had asked for a loan, and that therefore Parliament had a right , tti dic tate the terms upon which it was granted ; and th , %3 this measure, while it took out of the control of the rate payers the application of their money and placed' it in the hands of a despotic and unconstitutional power.. was 1 justified, because they proposed to advance 10,0004% at .5 pe r cent., the principal and interest of which was , to be repaid in two years.—(Hear, hear.) He did, he • confessed, so fully participate in the feeling of in dignation at the wanton injury and insult inflict ad upon the representatives of the rate-payers in ti ,e town that he was a little doubtful at first whetbs r ) his :feelings might not have influenced his judgmen t upon the sulsject. But after looking at the ques%ion calmly and dispassionately, he confessed that all his 1 The Glasgow Chronicle says that the ba n k s i n views of its un j us t, unconst i tut i ona l , an d d anger ous Glasgow can at present well afford to make a few bad character were r a th er strengt h ene d t h an wea k ene d . etebts, as they are yet only giving 34-per cent. on deposits. (Cheers.) This h a d b een con fi rme d b y the opinions CAMBRDGE, SEPT. 3.—Sir John Milley of those who we re we ll k nown as the uncompromis in r Doyle left Cambridge last evening, after publishing a friends of cons tit u ti ona l f ree d om, and with the 1) f are well As a 3,4-per address. great many rumours, and some of mission of the C ounc il h e wou ld read two or threer these not the kindest or most charitable, were spread about e by the Tories, and h eve e n some l ill-natured and injudicious the short extracts from letters which he had received upon the subject. (Mr. Sturge here read, in the first in- panerasoangs theamong coad t uct of th a e s Gallant concerning General i retiremen t h as be en ; stance, a passage from a letter addressed by the Town and g all the circumstances into consideration, the reverse Clerk of the borough of Arundel to the Town Clerk takin g m bein selfish, factious, or uncourteous owards the of the borough of Birmingham, before the passing of t Liberal g party, it is but fair that his sentiments should be the Bill, in which he said, " Should any attempt be made• t known to the country, and his reasons for retiring. Hay 'unconstitutionally to interfere in the local government of ' ''.: ing, in the first place, he states, obtained from Mr. Gib. boroughs, the expenses of which were borne by local , son's principal committee an acknowledgment of the right funds, whicir, it was to be hoped, no Administration in , of his (Sir John Doyle's) supporters to a voice in the se- England would ever venture upon, the Town-Council 1 of Arundel, as he was sure every other municipal body in the kingdom, would, exercise all theirs,influence to prevent such a destruction of the liberties of English- , . lection of a representative, he f ealls on th t em, n now ls t i h th at t r et brothertics hasben done and to vote for s 6ib o so u n. ite „ :says Union," the Gallant Refo rmers, eneral, "is your duty. Your country, ;and your brother Reformers in ail parts of the United men."—(Cheers.) The next letter he would refer to ,Kingdom, expect it from you, and lam certain that was one from Joshua Walmaley, an active and influential y t to will not disappoint them. Let me, therefore, entreat Alderman of the Town-Council of Liverpool, and' who Ith, - me electors who are pledged to me, to enrol themselves had devoted much attention to the subject of police. at , once amongst the supporters of Mr. Gibson, the Liberal After stating some circumstances which showed the want can, lidate, and to rally round the banners of liberty, of inform a ti on u p on t h e su bj ec t, as we ll as counteract - civil and religious, in support of our gracious and beloved ing influences which prevented the Council from to king Qnee. o's prerogatives, and ll the . rights ,r an t d o independ t e . nce, th of up the subject, he observed, " I fear greatly, at id have the pe nple." of T B he arn fo eollwhinagveotbeoedevda veryins mreospeehctom cause system round-) k long done so, that this is only the commencement of a system of centralization, which will place the coon- the adhe sion of his little w p arty to the main body of Re try in the hands of a standing army. A letter ~ formers :. I should have b een base and ungrateful if I from au influential member of the Munches 1 C te r or- 'had abandoned the rights o f any one elector, whatever his station; recollecting that my position as member potation, concl u d e d as f o ll ows : for the county of Carlow, which enabled me to give my ; "We do toot approve of th e principle any me w e than vote i n f avour o f the Reform Bill, arose out of the in yourselves. I n fact, the Whi g Ministry, instead o f being vincible and incomptible independence of the frieze in the di sgrace f u l p li g h t not to be able to justify th• rir own coats of my native county. The round-jacket electors act under the sign manual, ought to have insisted u pon an ,of the borough of Cambridge are entitled to the same Act of Parliament to interpret your rate-pving clause and p raise, and equal respect. I felt bound, therefore, not oar's also, or else to have resigned. Butt hey will cling to to desert them while they thought I could be useful." 1 office, no matter what indignities accompany it." WATERFORD ELECTION.—Mr. Wyse, whose Tla next extract which he would lay before' them was apps ,1 . • ntment as a Lord of the Treasury has caused a new fro m a gentleman residing in a country district, but of elect on, arrived in Waterford on Tuesday. The Sheriffs Vary sound judgment, and an uncompromising fris .nd of h a ve 1 ppointed Friday next for th e election. The Water civil and rer ' ' Bill: igloos freedom. He said, speaking a f the ford L'itronick says that Mr. Wyse was appointed without any s olicitation on his part. " Mr. Wyse," says that jour. "The measur e w ciety in districtselikeill produce such a fearful state o,f so.. nal, "was ' about to leave London, when fhe Premier sent for purposes of resistance , and we are so entirel'y belulese; for him, and in the most complimentary terms possible, your's alone that we c that it is to commul shies like awarded him the o ffi c e to . which, as the great champion of the despotism which here by t US UV:Le, by a a w nl . o olt with hope for a n y. check to national education, he is eminently entitled." PARIS, NOV. 2.—The most absurd statements police constables' placed o ve r * Just imagine a host of . Magistrates. If you can cniti oppression, a course of lawful collection of funds for defra • unconstitutional for ce the theT ss r y Parson about Van Amburgh are making the round of the French aid of this new press. In a sort of biography of that gentleman . we are Passive resistanc eto the told that his favourite amusement in America was to walk png the expenses • intow oo ds a nd tame bears, which be left at liberty, ni en and the country. " , you will hay d of such " the ' the moral culture of your townsmen 1 It would be observed, contin ued '''' e one much Mr the last paragraph of the resolution whic.b his travelling bear, which he called Job, was, however, iwards and visited from time to time as old acquaintances. One Sturge, that , lompanion. 'Being overboard with an iron bar at sea with this bear, Van Am went to protest against the measure, alth oughh had read I urgh , saw a shark, tc and j h umped ns o te v r. The shark, however, not pledge the Council to say specific plan of 1. t did i t , his hand to He was fearful of public bodies making distinct t po is i tion, fgo ,': hold b of th. , b t a t r w a , s a n n 'eal of the g man who had volunteered e the e ha m v ( in let it drop to the bottom, of this nature, as he thought it much better P t e o l Iges act Am firmly when the time for exertion arrived.-:-(ch )11 nrgh .called to Job, who was quietly looking on, confident * t w h as e t: sk o t f to ci m vi a liz e ine - him ; when, in despair, Van Am- He had no hesitation to say the more he co nsi e d e eYed s the measure, whether the rate were thrown in to tite o n board as a docile pupil. Job obeyed the He imme. o f his master's ower, and expecting to see the sha c r a k ll co a m hd e poor levy, which he considered the most 01 in oxious ;ter round the ji 'Wiped overboard to assist the shark-tam o e n r. ti lately, says the biograp:ser, caught the m means of carrying it out, or whether it was n .ode a o f f his ah' hook breath oa s t .andTjbeb ,e sbarkwas w -slat and with or f rate rnal hug squeezed the distinct rate, he felt with his present views t hat itdrawninto the ship by mean would be right for him to refuse to pay the ' rate.— g of his valour, was permitted the o , as a r ew ard . his firs. s Cheers.) He would not, however, take the s course ti ' partake of soup which the crew made f rom without vino. it the ' _ n.ost mature re fl ection, I, Ind if he THE LATE SUICIDE IN GREENWICH PARK. Pdopced it, be should publish his reasons for so doing. _ The young man who poisoned biinsts .1f and was found T here Was one ground why he did not regret that the c i . ,,, td in the P ar k on T hursday last, was owne d l ast n i g ht, . polic e h a d been - ' Loud on i n t o t i le town. ~,t turns out t o b e John Jclieson, aged 23, a compositor, - ,in c i rc l es ma ie them i Nr-ln.t. t e h rs a , dbe".n in the empl o y o f M essrs . Clowes, the ' in Duke -str eet , S tamford-street. Hi s habits are f desp o ti sm ,— (Hear 0 1 1 ::, 7 ,: tr , have been very eccentric, arid be seldom or never . .here circles ? I a ;ociat.‘ td with his fellow- , ,,orkmen, but he was remark- Bedar ise had at any boo rof the I a bly steady". Policeman Harding, 78 R, searched his box lodgings in Royal -street, Westminster-road, teh their santrn : found therein a box of percussion caps and a e xpense, to p r Act; the i at deceased's ion o o t i a a ss t o o f t s h e tip so - c dczen bullets, walich corresponded with the one taken from I l e a res. eesterday. arm . pistol found io the deceased's possession. .. say aid to ! the • Alderman BEALS, another Borotigh Magistrate, ex pressed himself in similar terms, although he never wished to see the principle of local Government abolished he must say that, the Act having been passed, he felt bound to obey it. Councillors Rodway, Weston, and other members of the Council, expressed themselves in strong terms against the Bill, after which the resolution was put to the meeting and carried, with only one dissentient, amidst repeated cheers. On the motion of Mr. WESTON, a resolution ex pressive of the opinion of the Council, that it would con duce to the peace and tranquillity of the town if the London police were removed, was put and carried una nimously. After which a Committee was appointed on the mo tion of Mr. Alderman STURGE, to investigate the cause and circumstances of the late riot. The meeting then adjourned. MANCHESTER DOUBLE ELECTION. We mentioned in ne Sutt on Monday that the She riff of Lancashire had first sent a precept to the Bo roughreeve and constables of Manchester, who had accordingly made a proclamation, and fixed the day of nomination for Wednesday (yesterday). Subsequently the Sheriff discovered that he had made a mistake, and that the charter constitutes the Mayor of Manchester the returning officer. Accordingly the Sheriff issued a precept to the Mayor, who appointed Thursday for the nominatieand Friday for the election. On this dou ble precept the Manchester Guardian of yesterday gives the following further information : As we stated last week, a notice of countermand, accompanied by an explanation, to the effect that the precept had been addressed to him in mistake, was served on the Boroughreeve, so long ago as Friday ; to which, however, he has paid no attention. Since then, we have reason to believe that a letter has been addressed by the Under-Sheriff, to Messrs. Oswald Milne, and Sons, as the legal advisers of the Borough. reeve and constables, in which the writer states that he is much astonished to find that the counter mand of the precept, an] the explanation of the mis take, under which its address to the Boroughreeve and constables had originated, had been entirely disregarded by those officers, and that they were proceeding to hold an election under that precept. He, therefore, thought it necessary to inform Messrs. Milne and Sons that he should not recognise any return to which the Boroughreeve and constables were parties. He added that he considered the Mayor to be ths proper returning officer for the borough of Manchester ; and that, after the decisions of both the Learned Judges, at the late Assizes at Liverpool, in favour of the validity of the Charter of Incorporation, he considered that it would be highly improper in the Sieriff, or any officer acting _under him, to do otherwise than recognise its authority. With a view to obviate the inconvenience, not to say the dangerous consequerce, that might result from such a state of things, we understand that a proposal was made by the Mayor to the Boroughreeve and constables, to hold with them a joint election, which arrangement would have involved the necessity of postponing the day originally fixed by the Boroughreeve and constables : but those gentlemen have chosen to reject that propo sal, and have resolved, in despite equally of it, and of the notice of countermand, and the intimation from the Un der-Sheriff that he would not receive their return, to per sist holding the election, and in holding it, too, on the day which they had originally fixed—this day. The electors of Manchester, therefore, by the adherence of ' the BorouOircere and constables to this course, will he exposed to all the inconvenience and loss of time, of having two separate elections ; one which we may term that of the Boroughreve and constables, in which the nomination is to-day, and the poll to-morrow (Thurs day); and the other, under the precept addressed to the Mayor, under which the nomination will take place on Thursday, and the poll on Friday. In this state of things, we understand that Mr. Greg's friends, after mature consideration, have deter mined not to incur the slightest possibility of risk, and therefore to vote at the election under the precept addressed to the Boroughreeve and constables. They have accordingly issued placards, in which they recom mend those of the electors who are in favour of Mr. Greg, to go to the poll un Thursday. To this we may add the earnest recommendation, that all true Reformers will hasten to the poll at its opening, at eight o'clock in the morning. Let every one this day take care to ascertain at which of the polling booths he is to record his vote ; let him repair thither, at eight o'clock on Thursday morning, and much will be done at the outset to place the victory beyond the reach of the Tories. i nelemotir very o i c lat4iiltz‘ ul ' ---; A c ' e " r 4 t u d .t.ircdfre, , ~.....arvi,... . t? of • • , • -., ~i.7.m, . .1 , ~ A p i, , I tr', • .'.. - ‘ •••,.., e n ic( r.f t•Z , 1 . 1,* ., 4 _, 4 . 1 1 1,-` , ?:: ti .; ...., ' • ... y ea n t ..pr. -4, - ;,.--1 , ,i . 1 • k s, 4 .. _ ,-= ~.2 . 1 ki..... / • , . . AL THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1839. AN APOLOGY FOR TOUR- NAMENTS. That Tournaments are barren as regards practica' results, and can only be viewed in the light of costl' pageants got up for the amusement of the great, we a' once admit. On that ground they are open to ridicule. like most things mundane ; nor has a portion of th, Press been generously abstinent in the exercise of it privilege of heaping censure on all it lists. Great faul has been found with the Earl of Eglintoun for squan dering his own and other people's money in idle show, by individuals who patronize the small in logic an( other matters—who have little sympathy with thew. and sinews of surpassing strength, dexterity, and sleight —who see no utility in the titled convened to dramatiz , Ivanhoe, re-enact the field of the cloth of gold, and offer to all who choose an exhibition never before witnesses: since the world began—Railroads bearing on Tourna ment attraction ! Well ; chacun a son gout, and th, censorious are welcome to labour in their vocation— " Pretty little Johnnies, Singing ninny nonies." The invention of gunpowder entirely re-modelled th( art of war ; archery and tilting were levelled at one fel swoop ; and if the one exercise is still practised, wh ) not once in a century the other ? There are man gy amusements as idle as Tournaments, which have beer in vogue almost since after the world began, and bi fair to be similarly favoured till the crack of doom. I is to be presumed the gentlemen at Eglintoun could well afford the money they spent, money which wil fructify better in plebeian than in titled pockets, whiel diffused in the first instance lots of employment, and ii) taxing curiosity, drew into circulation ten times th; amount of the original outlay, to the marked advantag, of Ayrshire and other quarters. Channels doubtlessl:, more directly profitable might easily be pointed out ; but you cannot make all men philosophers, and stil less the icicles that take the name of Utilitarians. And it is this word that lies at the root of the ridicule sported, the objections started, and the faults found. Give such men their full swing in a world which need many things to relieve its tedium and ceaseless tur moil, and they would reduce everything to the deao level of Quaker uniformity, to the extent even of— Hanging cats on Monday For hunting a mouse on Sunday." The turf, the theatre, the ball-room, and many other sports would be banished from the land ; the very bird of the air chided for singing ; war waged on conserva tories, green-houses, and ornamental gardens, upoi , which so much money is spent annually ; yea the ver) flowers proscribed, which, like the furze, bloom unpro fitably gay, and in their place substituted onions, leeks. beans, peas, turnips, carrots, cabbages, et hoc genus omne.—humfries Courier. UNROOFING A PRISON. We announced last week that the Newgate job had been defeated—that this enormous job, which would, if successful, have saddled the citizens with additional taxation to the amount of thirty or forty thousam. pounds, had been rendered impracticable in consequence of an order issued by the Privy Council against the re moval of the prisoners from the gaol. The Corporators, however, have had too much ex perience in the science of jobbing to be easily baulked in their attempts to secure so grand a prize ; and ac cordingly a new scheme was devised to accomplish the object. In the forenoon of yesterday a number of workmen, masons, labourers, &c., with ladders and scaffolding. and the necessary implements for unroofing, made their way into the prison, and commenced operations under the direction of the contractor, Mr. North. Mr. Smith, the Governor of Newgate, on being ap prised of this invasion of his castle, naturally became alarmed for the safe keeping of the prisoners entrusted to his charge, and demanded by what authority the work of demolition had commenced. Mr. North was prepared with his credentials, and exhibited to the Go vernor an order and instructions from a certain number to individuals called " the Board of Superintendence of Newgate," directing him to proceed with his contract. This Board is, it appears, composed of Corporator: selected from the City Grand Jury, who claim the ex clusive surveillance and management of the prison. The Privy Council, acting upon the report of three of" its members, Sir Edward Blakeney, Mr. Justice Perrin, and Mr. Blake, issued a peremptory order against the removal of a single prisoner, and by this means it was sup posed the jobbers had been completely foiled. But " their honours," the Board of Superintendence. decided upon persevering, despite of the order of thi Privy Council; and the contractor accordingly erected hi, ladders and scaffolding, and some portion of the prison War roofless before really minutes had elapsed. 'The Governor, as may be supposed, was in a state o' great tribulation, but it was fine fun for the prisoners, 11,e saw with delight the admirable means provided for their escape durinc, the night. Mr. Smith," after considering the difficulty of his posi tion, determined to put a stop to the operations of the wreckers. He said—"l am bound in heavy securities for the safe keeping of the prisoners, and until measeres she!! be adcpted to satisfy me on that point, I will not alio , another slate to be removed." The contractor pleaded Li: authority under the letter of the Board of Superinten dence ; but the Governor was not to be moved from hi , determination. The pri: , oners could not be safe in a dis mantled gaol, and without an order from the Privy Council they could not be removed to another prison. But the workmen would not budge—they had received their orders, and were resolved to act upon them. The Governor, however, was not long settling the mat ter. All the turnkeys were summoned—the word of com mand was issued, and in less than ten minutes the intrud ers were expelled vi et armis, with all their ladders, scat folding, and implements of destruction. Thus the second attempt at the Newgate job was defeated. The Corporators talk of going to law, and of bringing their action for being turned out of gaol ! We are told. while we write, that the prison is guarded by a body of police, to prevent another incursion 1 The citizens should bestir themselves, for the jobbers are still at the gate.—Dublin Evening Post of Saturday. MOItE OUTRAGES ON BR]TISII SUBJECTS. (From the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. On Saturday we directed public attention to a grass outrage, accompanied by plunder, which French fisher. men committed on our coast on some of our fishermen. This day we have to notice aggressions more injurious, if not so audaciously outrageous, upon our fisheries in North America, by the fishermen of the United States, and to express our surprise that no protection is, in those waters, provided by our Government for British fishermen. We copy from the St. John's (N. 8.) Courier the fol lowing letter on this subject : " Grand Manan, July 19,1839. " Ma. EDITOR,—I beg leave, through the medium of your paper, to state how very much the inha bitants on this island are annoyed and injured by the fishermen from the United States of America, that a remedy may be applied, if possible. " On Sunday last there were in British waters from 150 to 200 sail of American fishermen, which number has never varied from June last, and exceeds any for mer year. The people from these vessels come ashore in force, throw down the fences in open daylight, and destroy the grass by walking thereon. Long Island, owned by Major Ingersoll which has been productive in grass to a great degree, is this season worth little or nothing, owing to the wanton acts of those aggressors. The depredations of these people have hitherto been confined to taking our fish, in our own waters, to our very great injury ; but, from our supineness, they arc emboldened to go a step further. " The inhabitants on this island form a part, though a small part, of the British empire, and they look for and expect protection from the ruling powers of that em pire, but more immediately from the local authorities. This protection is easy and at hand. Let an armed vessel be stationed at the island during the fishing sea son, and there will be no more trouble from our neigh. hours ; but a man-of-war occasionally coming here, ont stopping a few days, will never have the desired effect. for all her movements are known, and the parties, well knowing localities, immediately avail themselves of the absence of the man-of-war, and return, in numbers, to act their parts over again. trust the.above will meet the eye of tho se i n power , and the suggestion of having a vessel stationed her( may be acted upon. lam certain the good effects wIl. be immediately felt, and our rights and privileges en joyed without interruption from foreigners.: " Yours, &c. " A. F." TEMPTATION; OR, A WIFE'S PERILS.--ThiF new novel has created a sensation fully if not more that equal to that excited by the publication of " Violet" show two seasons ago. The New Monthly characterises it as " A first-rate production in its class, including many rare and sterling qualities, and displaying more thought, on_ nervation, and knowledge of human character—more in sight into the weaknesses and strengths of the huma.• heart—and more skill in adapting all these to a high and pure moral purpose, than any similar production that ha. come before us for many a day. This deeply considered and carefully constructed fiction," the Reviewer proceed, to observe, " depicts in colours and under forms the moss touching and the most true, the perils of a young. pure, sad lovely wife, who has in early youth bee. entrapped into a marriage with a man she cannot love. yet thrown daily and hourly into the presence of an other who is in all respects adapted to make her happy —who is the soul of honour and generosity, and who loves her to distraction. The reader may judge of the. danger and difficulty of the task which the writer o! Temptation" h as stt h erse l f, and, further, of the consum mate skill she has appli e d to i t, when we state that whil avoiding nearly all the dangers which beset her, she presented US with not only one of the finest and moat ef fective moral lessons that was ever penned, but one of the most entertaining fictions that this era of entertaining fic tions has pxduced. FORCE OF AFFECTION.—_“ Good mind to pinch you, Sal," said an awkward Josey, on his first visit to his rustic flame. " What you 'ant to pinch me for, Ze• kid ?" " Golly ! 'cause I love you so 1" " Now go along, Zeke, you great hateful ! I should think you might be bg enough to feel ridiculous I"—New York Paper. IMPROPER CONDUCT OF THE BANK. By the return of the l 1 th of December last it ap pears that the average amount of securities held by the Bank for the preceding three months was 20,707,000/. ; tnd the average stock of bullion for the same period .vas 9,362,000/. From that time to the present moment there has ,een a regular and steady increase in the securities, tnd as regular and steady decrease in the bullion, till It length, by the present return of the 20th of August, he securites have increased to 25,588,0001., and the mllion has decreased to 3,265,0001., and therefore it is nanifest that against 6,097,000/. of notes sent in and ancelled for bullion, the Bank re-issued 4,881,0001. on securities. Now, look at the conduct of the Bank Directors mtween August, 1838, and December of the same ;ear, because this was somewhat different. It was well known in August last that the crop of corn was deficient, and that there was no stock of old corn in the country. Of the truth of this the Bank Directors seemed also themselves to have been per suaded, and to have shaped their course accordingly by gradually diminishing the amount of their engagements, and so that their securities, which for the three months ending the 21st of August, 1838, stood at 22,747,0001. were gradually reduced, till at length, in December of the same year, they stood at only 20,707,0001. And the prudence and wisdom of this conduct then became nanifest ; for though, during the period from August :o December, there had been a very large importation of foreign corn, yet the reduction in the stock of bullion inly amounted to about 400,0001., and indeed, by the return of the month of December, it appeared that, as !ompared with September, there was even an increase of 69,0001. And therefore it is evident, that up to the month of December the greater part of the corn imported had ueen paid for by the means of British manufactures. But the Bank Directors, tired of a state of things which by limiting their securities diminished their pro fits, suddenly changed their conduct, and not only re sumed the practice which they had long discontinued, of making advances on Exchequer Bills, and all manner of approved sec urities, but they also actually bought Exchequer Bills and Stock in the market for the account if the Bank. They continued the same practice of flaking advances on Exchequer Bills, &c., during the shutting for the April quarter. The consequence of these proceedings was, that corn rose immediately, and that the advance in the price of cotton, in the space of about three months, was nearly 30 per cent., and then it followed that, by the rise in the price of corn, more bullion was required to pay for what we imported, and by the rise in the price of cotton a check was given to our exportation of manu factures. And so that, finally, we had to pay for all the corn we imported after December in bullion, where as if the Bank had not interfered in the same manner, that the greater part of the corn imported to the end of the year 1838 had been paid for by manufactures, would the importations after that period also have been paid for by manufactures. And, therefore, it is clear as light that the p resent Ntate of things, and all the mischief that has hoppened, , s to be attributed entirely to the conduct of the Bank Directors. As regards the entire paper currency of England and Wales, that is what may be said on the matter By the return in the Gazette of the '2d inst , it appears that the average of the country circulation for the three months ending the 30th of June last, was And the average amount of the circulation and deposits of the Bank of England for the three months ending the 25th of June, was £37,943,818 This was, then, the total amount of paper money in England and Wales for the three months ending in June of the present year. On the other hand, the average of the country circulation for the three months ending the 29th of June, 1838, was... £11,745,503 And the average amount of the circula tion and deposits of the Bank of England for the three months ending the 26th of June, 1838, was 29,473,000 £41,218, 503 And, therefore, by comparing the three months ending June, 1838, with the three months ending in June of the present year, it should seem that there is a decrease of 3,274,685/. in the total quantity of paper-money in England and Wales ; but in reality there is an increase, for it must be recollected that in so far as the paper rests on bullion, this is precisely the same thing as if the bullion itself circulated, and to all this extent, there fore, we must abstract from the quantity of paper. Now, the quantity of bullion in the coffers of the Bank for the three months ending the 26th of June, 1838, was 9,722,0001., which, deducted from 41,218,5031., leaves 31,496,508/. for the quantity of paper money in England and Wales, which had no foundation in the precious metals. On the other side, the bullion in the coffers of the Bank for the three months ending in June of the pre sent year, was 4,344,0001. which, deducted from 37,943,8181. leaves 33,599,8181. for the quantity of paper-money in England and Wales, which has no foundation in the precious metals. And therefore there is an increase in the quantity of paper-money ; and if we bring the comparison down to the present time, the case will appear still stronger. As it is pretty certain, we believe, that there has been no considerable varia tion in the country circulation since the last return of the 2d of August, we shall not greatly err in putting it £ down at the same amount of 12,275,818 The circulation and deposits of the Bank of England by the last return, amount to £38,273,818 Deduct for bullion Remains £35,008,818 And therefore the quantity of paper money in the present month of August which has no foundation in the precious metals being 35,008,818/., while the quantity in June, 1838, was only 31,496,5031., it is evident that there is the enormous increase of 3,512,3151. in the quantity of paper money. Now, this is the true way to consider the matter, for as by the Act which makes Bank of England notes a legal tender, the private bankers and joint-stock banks are relieved from the necessity of paying their notes in specie, so it is evident that the entire paper currency of England and Wales has no -other foundation in bullion than the quantity which exists in the coffers of the Bank of England. And then it truly comes to this, that the paper being 38,373,818/., while the bullion is 3,265,0001., the pro portion which the bullion bears to the paper is about Is. Bd. in the pound. A pretty state of things. This , comes of making Bank of England notes a legal tender. Precious quackery I—Times. THE FASHIONABLE APOTHE- CARY. A The apothecary of the present day is a differet., iicharacter from the apothecary of Shakspeare's time, and he recomm...as himself to the public by some thing more attractive than " an alligator stuffed, and beggarly account of empty boxes." You may know him by his black suit and white neckcloth, and the handsome equipage which he sports. He is gene rally ,in a hurry, and the seats in his carriage are covered with notes, pamphlets, and books. He has a half-clerical air, and his countenance is a com pound of sobriety and cunning, with a slight dash of the vulgar. Every muscle of his face is subdued imo a forced repose, but his eye is restless and o bserving. In his manners the apothecary is haughty and overbearing to his inferiors ; to his superiors and enose by whom he lives, he is all servility and affected solicitude. Nevertheless, he has an inward scorn of the wi'tole human race, —looking upon all ranks as asses, ant.d all made for his own especial purpose ; viz. to be ph) sicked ! When he is called to a case his first thought is, how much he shall make by it ; how much physic he may put in, and what connection he may gain through it. The apothecary is all things to all urea ; he fosters every prejudice and popular delu sion,—all of w hi c h h e turns to hi s own a d vantage . hew doctri nes w i t h hi m are an a b om i nat i on, — the more especi a ll y if they tend to diminish his profits ; for his business is to sell physic, and the more he can manage to make his patient swallow, the more satisfied does; he feel with the progress of the case. If in spite of every effort on his part to prolong convalescence, the patient feels himself so well as to ask for his bill, that is not his fault, but his misfortune. But if he can manage to make him keep the house, and take six draaghts a day for a twelve month, the interesting nature of the case is as obvious to himself as the patient. The parties calculate from different data I It sometimes indeed happens, that doubts arise as to the propriety of his practice ; but here the apothecary is doubly armed. He immediately names a fashionable physician, whose business of course is to swear all is right. A sham consultation takes place ; that is, the tw o worthies retire to a private room, talk about the weather, compare notes abut the existing sick ness, and deliberate about the number of visits their patient's finances will stand :—the number he requires has nothing to do with the matter. Nor is this all " Instead of the simplest, rno3t efficient, and cheapest prescriptions, which a ould be most suitable to the pa tient, the physician must consider that the very reverse is most suitable to the apothecary. Accordingly, the inure fully 3 ou renounce all principle, the better you will succeed in London as a physician."—Advice to a young Physician from the Lancet. If it should happen that, in spite of all this double advice and double attendance, the object of ! , their solicitude should slip through their fingers, that is not their concern, but the undertaker's whom they re- commend. The price of the carcase varies with the amount of the funeral expenses that each case can stand ! The apothecary has little fear of being called to account for any particular mortality consequent upon his practice ; for, first, he is a licensed practitioner, and can show his privilege ; and, secondly, he has treated his cases secundum artenz—that is, according to the best ascertained mode of making the most of them ! Sir Anthony Carlisle says, " The birth of a child is not a surgical operation." The apothecary differs from him upon this point toto ccelo, and no wonder, for he gene rally gets into a family by being called to an aceouche ment. His interest leads him to magnify the dangers and difficulties of the case—he talks learnedly of the forceps and vectis; the unusual presentation ; and then modestly alludes to his own skill. Having once brought a child into the world, he may reckon upon every mem ber of the family as his own. The apothecary recom mends the nurse ; the nurse talks in high terms of the apothecary ; whispers away for him the reputation of his rivals in trade ; and lauds himE or his grea piety and self-denial. When consulted about the fee to be paid for his attendance, the nurse names the sum which herself and lie have previously determined on. The term " monthly nurse" is familiar to all ; her business is to keep the patient confined to her room for that period, whether the case require it or not. The capa bility of the husband to pay a handsome bill, obviously points to this as the proper course. Flattery, intimi dation, and hypocrisy, are powerful weapons, and when joined with a little collusion, invincible. " A man," says Dr. Parry, " shall be grossly ignorant of the whole science of physic ; yet, if he has a certain degree of assurance, aided by an adequate number of fashionable phrases, some specious ness in decorating mystery, with a determined resolu tion of flattering his patients by an appearance of great zeal and attachment, and by confirming the good opi nion which they entertain of their own discernment, in the choice of the medicine and diet which they most like—Mat man shall grow popular and rich under the ' hourly dereliction of every principle of truth, honour and conscience, and become accessary to the daily de struction of his fellow-creatures." Such, too often, is the Fashionable Apothecary, and such he will continue to be, till the better ranks test his pretensions by the rules of common sense, in stead of by those falsest of all signs, " custom" and " opinion." People are every day murdered for a fashion !—The Inventors Advocate. LETTERS FROM A GERMAN RE NEGADE IN THE SERVICE OF ABD-EL KADER. Now the northern part of Africa has, in consequence of the French acquisitions, become an object of interest, the following, which has been translated from the Mor genblattfur gebuldete Leser, may prove amusing. In the German periodical it is prefaced by these lines :—" A young German renegade, who returned from the service of Abd-el-Kader a short time ago, sends us the following information respecting the lives and manners of the Arabs :" LETTER I. In the December of 1837, I arrived at Oran, when a bold idea illuminated the chaos of my plans, and I speedily formed the resolution of uniting my fate with that of a young hero, and of serving Abd-el-Bader, who is so great as a reformer, so great by a mind which elevates him above his companions in religion, and renders him the dreaded opponent of a powerul nation. I commu nicated my plan to his ukil in Oran, Sidi-el-Haidsch-el- Habib. He joyously approved of it, and sent a courier to the Emir to acquaint him with my offer. His answer promised me a friendly reception, provided I embraced the faith of the great Prophet. On the 2d of February four Arab horsemen appeared, who were sent by Abd-el-Kader to conduct me to his brother-in-law at Mascara, the Chalifa Sidi-el-Haidsch Mustapha, and I spent the evening of that day at the ukil's house, in the company of the four emissaries. The meal was prepared in the Arab style, consisting of coscus,# roasted mutton, and boiled acorns, for Haidsch el-Habib, although surrounded in Oran by the fascinat ing enjoyments of Europe, honours the simple manners of his people with remarkable strictness. While we were eating, the emissaries measured me with searching eyes, and the sight of their stern forms, wrapped in their white bernus,f t heir black sparkling eyes, and the expression of the wild features, which was sometimes fearfully gloomy. and sometimes unpleasantly smiling, awakened in me the strangest emotion. When the table was cleared, the rtkit made an interpreter translate for me the letter of recommendation which I was to take to Sidi Mustapha, and in which he lauded the power of the Prophet, and congratulated himself on being the in strument in leading a young Christian from the bosom of infidelity to the arms of the truly faithful. The following day was the most important of my life. I felt deeply moved at the moment when I was to bid adieu to the soil of civilization, to Europe's arts and literature, and finally to Christianity. The Arabs, who urged my departure, cut short my meditations. The uki/ threw over my frock—a relic of my student days—a white bernus, wrapped my head in a turban, caused to be buckled on we an Arabian sporen three feet long, and in a few minutes I was sitting quite metamorphosed on the stamping Arab steed which was to bear the young Mahometan into the region of the faithful. Arrived at the gate, we set our horses in a gallop, that we might cross the bounds of the French territory as soon as possible. When we had passed the block-houses, from which I had most to fear, one of my conductors returned to tell the Consul that we had reached the Sultan's dominions in safety. Being now beyond the reach of danger, I flung back the cape of my bernus, and my glances wandered freely over the extended plain of my new country. The distant hori zon was bounded by the gigantic Atlas, behind which a new world was to open and to decide my future destiny. After riding for three hours on a marshy heath, overgrown with low bushes, we reached the noble plain, which with luxurious magnificence unfolds its green carpet between Oran and Mascara. What ideas, what hopes filled my bosom as I saw my companions fly along on their foaming steeds ! The red of morning was reflected on their bright weapons, and the bernus, flung back and fluttering in the wind from the rapidity of their course, displayed the warlike sons of the desert in a most picturesque form. When our spirited horses carried us more slowly along, I considered attentively the fields which were smiling around me in rich fulness. Numerous herds of cattle were every where grazing, and not unfrequently we met little caravans or solitary horsemen. Some inquired the cause of the unusual ap pearance of a Christian, but my companions gave evasive answers to their questions. When the sun began to sink, and but faintly illumined the landscape, we reached the aduar which was destined for our night's lodging. We had ridden 25 leagues without once alighting, and had during this time eaten nothing but a little barley bread, which my comrades had brought from Oran. The male inhabitants of the aduar were on our arrival assembled round their Schiek to end the business of the day with consultations. When they saw the uniform of their great and powerful Marabut the circle opened, and the Scheik came forward from the centre to greet us with hospitality. On alighting from my horse I flung back my bernus, upon which the Arabs gazed on their European guest with astonishment. After the Scheik had learned the object of my arrival, he invited me to take my place by him on a carpet of plaited reeds. The Arabsseated themselvesaround us,and when they learned that I wished to enter the service of their Prince, and to embrace their faith, they stormed me with requests to repeat their creed, " La illa el Allah Sidi Mohamed ressul Allah." One after another handed me his rosary, that I might repeat the usual prayer of the Mussulmans, " el hamdu lilla," &c. ' At the conclusion of every one of my prayers the fanatical children of Islamism uttered a wild shriek of joy, which filled one with irresistible horror. At last I was relieved from the pious frenzy by the appearance of some bread and milk which was presented to us by the women. When the meal was ended I made some pre sents to the Arabs, having procured at Oran a few pocket-mirrors, knives, phosphorus boxes, &c., for that purpose. The mirrors passed from hand to hand, and every one viewed his face with the greatest self-compla cency. A brush was used by all, in turn, to arrange the male ornament they most prize—their beard. But the fire-box excited the greatest astonishment, the ignition of the match by friction surpassing all their notions, and the hissing of the phosphorus causing unrestrainable de light. Some hundred matches were sacrificed at once to their curiosity, and they would, without hesitation, have exhausted my whole stock, bad not a horseman of the Emir's repeatedly called out " Barka, barka," (enough). The group lad in the meanwhile considerably in creased, by the arrival of all the women and children of the aduar, who gazed with curious eyes. When night began to spread her sable veil over the earth, the Scheik rose, and gave the signal for all to retire to their tents. He conducted m e to his own, and pointed out my couch, which was composed of carpets woven from dwarf palms, and some skins of beasts stuffed with wool as pillows. The women Iron ght dry twigs, and a cheerful fire was soon sparkliz . a t which they prepared supper. The Scheik sat opposite to me, dancing on his knees his two youngest sons, an, it his long silvery beard descending low upon his breast, and his venerable countenance, on which was depi, !led the tenderest paternal love, gave him the appearance of a patriarch. As I observed his play ful caresses, dr( !atm flitted before me of my own child hood, and I ih. )ught of my distant parents, until the pictures of my , fancy were dispersed by the serving up of the supper, which consisted of coscus, dressed with butter and i .aisins, and roast mutton with milk. The only implement used for eating is a large wooden spoon. After our meal ', my host talked to me about reli gion, and the po ver and wealth of the Sultan and his Chabffis, giving es, necial praise to Sidi Mustapha. He assured me th a t I should get from him beautiful horses and women, besid es magnificent arms and powder ; "and after your death," he piously added " the Prophet will conduct you to the paradise of the faithful, where you will receive sti ill more beautiful arms and horses, and in the arms of i he ever-virgin houris grow young to all eternity." The women, who had seated themselves round the fire, asked if I had parents, and brothers and sisters in the great desert—Europe, and when I answer ed in the affirmative, said, with an expression of aston ishment and abhorrence, " And have you been able to leave your mother ?" This reproach, at a place where I least expected it, awakened painful feelings in my breast, and I was forced to collect myself before I could reply " La illa el Allah Sidi tlfohanzed ressul Allah, and in Ben Sahara (i. e. Europe) they know not the Prophet. Therefore I have left my relations." This explanation perfectly satisfied them all, and greatly pleased the Schiek in particular. In the meanwhile midnight had approached, and the male inhabitanti of the tent went through their prayer, with their faces turned towards the east. Their soft murmuring lulled roe to a sweet sleep, and in dreams of hope I anti cipated the pleasures of the paradise promised me by the Scheik. The horses were ready saddled at about 6in the morning, and we took our departure. After a few hours I could perceive Mascara, the former residence of Ahd-el-Kader. Several Arabs who belonged to the regular spahis of the Emir were exercising their spirited horses on the plain, and then accompanied us to the city. When we arrived at the palace of Abd-el-Kader, which had been destroyed by the French, any which is now used by the Chalifa as a hall of justice, Sidi Mus tapha was informed of our arrival. Shortly afterwards, thn Caid El-Hadi-Bukari came from the house to re ceive me, when taking him for the Chalifa, I alighted from my horse, and hastened towards him. The pre possessing gracious air of this man made on me an ex ceedingly agreeable impression, which was still heigh tened by the refinement of his manners. With the mildness belonging to all the higher orders of this people, or which, at least, they affect, with the most extreme civility, which he had acquired by travelling to Gibraltar, and with a warmth which was a masterly work of art, he seized my hand and bade me wel come. I gave him the ukirs letter of recommen tion, and now first perceived my mistake. He led me by the hand to the Chalifa. At the entrance-doors, which were open, stood the Chaons (Janisaries), who had the office of keeping back the assembled multitude. Here I was obliged to take off my boots, which I left on the threshhold ; and when I returned, a quarter of an hour afterwards, they were gone—probably stolen. We entered a room, more like a barn than a Prince's hall of justice. The ground was covered with rich car pets, and opposite to the diior, on a seat formed of soft cushions, I perceived the Chalifa, surrounded by four scribes and several officers. Above him, in a niche lined with scarlet cloth, hung his magnificent arms in valu able cases ; behind him stood several coffers, which, as I was afterwards informed, contained his treasures, and before him musk was burning in an earthen vessel, shaped like an urn. (To be continued.) * A certain mess made of flour. fi A large Moak v ,ith a hood. CIRCASSIAN DOCUMENTS. THE RUSSIAN GENERAL'S LETTER FROM SEMEZ TO THE PRINCES, NOBLES, AND INHABITANTS IN GENERAL OF NOT QUHATCH. Our Sublime Emperor, whose armies are infinite in number, has placed me at the head of a portion of them, and ordered me to take possession of Toaps, Shapsigna, and Semez, which I have done. He has likewise ordered me to construct a fort at Semez, and an arsenal (or yard) for his fleet. lam about to make a road to Anapa, from Anapa to Aboon by the Bachan, and from Aboon to Pyadoog. Let those who live on that route retire. Let those who live on the left toward the sea remain in their houses, if they choose to be at peace with us, like the people of Kaburda, otherwise let them retire ; and of those of Shapsuk who live on the route, by the Bachan to Aboon and Pyadoog, let them who choose remain in peace, and the rest re tire, like the people on the Luba. Our sublime, mer ciful, and puissant Emperor, although possessed of in finite power, has ordered me not at first to resort to force, but to endeavour to induce you to make peace among yourselves by mild means, and if these prove in efficient, then to employ arms. If, therefore, you be agreed among yourselves to make peace, send to me the persons of information and talent, and I will com municate to them the orders of our sublime Emperor. If you determine on not making peace, assemble all your force and be prepared, and you shall experience the hollowness of your confidence. Persons who have abandoned their houses, families, and country, faithless and fugitive, have for four years deceived the people of Notquhatch with hopes of assis tance from the Queen of England, the King of France, and the Sultan, while our sublime Emperor is at peace with all these three. But even if thcy were at war with us, they could never think of aiding you. When our sublime Em peror captured with his armies Anapa, Erzeroom,# and Akhalzik, why was not aid afforded to the Sultan? And if the English and French did not then aid the Sultan, how can you suppose they will afford aid to the people of Notquhatch ? The Jews, weak and credulous, believe that a giant is to appear on the earth, who will destroy all the Chris tians and Mussulmans, and though for 2,000 years this their hope has been deceived, they still indulge in it. As the weak Jews are deceived by false prophets, the people of Notquhatch, who believe themselves strong, have been deceived by fugitives and false ambassadors. If any one should tell you the will of our Sublime Emperor may change, he will deceive you. If any dra goman should tell you any thing beyond the translation of what. he may speak to you, you must not believe him, nor have any confidence in him. There are persons who come from among you pretending to be sent by you, to be of great influence, and to have it in their power to effect peace ; but in them I have no confidence ; and in like manner you should place none in my dragomans. As I am Commander:in-Chief of the army, and have all affairs placed under my direction, send to me your men of influence and talent, and all things shall be ar ranged between us. If you agree to make peace, I will treat you mercifully, and as true friends. lam unwil ling to make war, but if it be necessary, it shall be a fierce one ; you shall have the cause of regret, and on you will lie all the blame. If peace be made between us, our peace will from day to day be more firmly cemented—if war, it shall in like manner increase in implacability. Lieutenant-General RAJEVSKI. CIRCASSIAN ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING. TO THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS OF RUSSIA, AND GENERAL RAJEVSKI SERVING UNDER HIM-THIS IS OUR REPLY. For twelve years you have boasted everywhere that you have gained the country, but you have spoken falsely. By sea and land, everywhere, you report the boast, saying " the Padisha made over to me this coun try, and as he has given it to me, it is mine." Con stantly you report these falsehoods to all the nations, " that the country is mine, its inhabitants my subjects, and I have taken possession of it by forts." If you continue to do so, the truth will at length become known, and your honour will become lost. But even if the Padisha rendered you the country, it was never his either by purchase or by the sword ; and for twelve years that we have been at war, he has never balmed our wounds, and on our parts we have never paid, nor has he on our account ever received, any tribute. How then had the Padisha power to deliver us over to you ? If friendly to you, he might have given you some of his own territory, but he had no power to bestow ours. Such a gift could be of no benefit to you. Generai Rajevski, all the forts you have constructed ate but as the ancient tombs in our woods—neither of detriment nor benefit to us ; and the words you address to us are alike harmless, but their falsehood will here after become known against you. He who but speaks to no purpose loses by so doing. God knows that we will never become subject to you ; and with the aid of Him who is King of Kings, we may be enabled to resist you. Till the last child among us perish, we will, with the Almighty aid, never submit to you. You have likened our people to the Jews ; you have also spoken of the English as having, like Jews, deceived us for four years, and that we still hope in these English. If you will come but an hour's march from your fortress, you shall know our opinion on these subjects. My friend, General Rajevski, we know that, at first, Russia was but a fisher, and we see, even by your words, that she has no pretension to be an ancient em pire. My friend, if you had the heart of a man, you would not have spoken so much ill of two strangers. You speak so vauntingly because you have abundance of cannons and powder. In the sight of God all things are apparent. H e i s all-powerful. He is supreme above all earthly powers ; and with his aid to the last we will resist you. Sultan Shahan Ehui surrendered to you the Crimea, and what benefit did you return him ? His fate is known to all the nations. them, o Noner any of these person m nations ak e esteem Russia, and if any of friend ship with her, they have at length cause to repent it, appealing to be saved from her hands. If you wish to make friendship with us, write to your Emperor to withdraw h;s armies and dismantle his forts —from Soo. koom to Anapa, and from Anapa to Karatchai—and then we may arrange affairs, otherwise all is in vain. the The family of Sultan Achm et Ghai is under have placed compel hi placed hi m ittm to labour ranks your contr oul ; he went among you to receive the h er i tage of ' we evenh a i m s o ü b ig r .o o r t y h ao e um r rr , but ssoeild ioe y fr o s u b, r ea hanad ! Say wh a t you please d% will never make friendship with yo u ; an d may the' all powerful God aid us. 1254, 21st day of Radjab. CIRCASSIAN LETTER TO ENGLAND. TO THE CROWNED MAJESTY OF ENGLAND, SUPREME, POWERFUL, AND HONOURABLE-THE SUPPLICATION OF CIRCASSIA. For 12 years we have incessantly made war with Russia, and the Russian armies have, in like manner, attacked us. Every year the Russians have come in great force against us, and every year they have been forced to retreat ; ae4 still we are firm against our * Erzeroum happens to belong to Turkey, being situated a great way from the present Russian frontier. BIRTS. On the 3d i ns t. , Mrs. Alexander Black, of Wellington-st reet North, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., at Tottenham, the lady of William lif °°r4 Esq., of a son. On the 3d i- ns t .Lat R ot hl ey Temple, Leicestershire, the 114 of James Parker, Esq. of a son. On the 3d inst., at ' Hertford -street, Mayf a i r , the lady °- f Graham Johnston, Esq., of a son, On the 4th inst., at Tottenham-terrace, the lady of JO' Morgan, Esq., of Broad-street-buildings, of a son. On the 4th inst., in Cumb er l an d- p l ace , R egen t' s -park, M il. G. Marshall, of a daughter. MARR On the 4th inst., at St. M lED. r artin's-in-the-Fields, •-• 2 4 ) d Charles Stuart, of the Grenadier Guards, nephew of Tte Stuart de Rothsay, to Georgiana, eldest dau g ht e r of the Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore, and Maid of Honour to bkgr jesty the Queen Dowager. Ed - On the 3d inst., at Oddington, Glocester s hi r e, the Be a ',_„.. ward Bankes, Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty, preu.-.. dart' of Glocester and Bristol, and Rector of Corfe Castle, Donrd setshire, to Miss Maria Rice, third daughter of the Hon' Very Rev. the Dean of G'ocester, and niece to Lord pre'''. DIED. On the Ist inst., at the Cottage, Trafalgar-street, W a lvrortht Miss Martha Medley, aged 29. On the 2d inst., at Camb r id ge - street, Connaught - sl ug-r "' Cecil Fitzroy, son of Colonel C ec il BishoPp, C. B ,of th 4 11th Regiment of Foot, aged 15 months. • UNG 0 1 London: Printed and Published by 111URDO YO No. 112, Strand, tE The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand.. it the county of illitidlesex.—Thursday, September 5,18314' EVENING EDITION. enemy, even although, in the depth of winter, we be forced to send our families, our children, to the hills and forests for shelter, lighting great fires to preserve their lives, and although our property be destroyed. But it is the will of Him who is supreme over all earthly powers that we should thus suffer in defence of o ur country. The same condition of things remains as formerly incessant war with Russia. May this be known in England. This your Russian army under General R.ijevski attacked Notquhatch by land, and its fleet by sea. We were invaded in the month of Shabani Shiuf by land and sea, for the erection of a fort at Se mez (Soudjouk-kale); and till the end of the month of Ramazan, when the enemy retired, the war was in cessant ; but after they had effected the erection of the fort, they had no power to effect anything further, and were forced to recross the Korban. Yet after every annual invasion they boast of having conquered the country, and promulgate similar falsehoods among the nations. But their falsehoods are known, and are as apparent as the light of the sun. We write at the same time to the Padisha, and what we state is truth, that the Russians have again been forced to quit the country in a wretched condition. Sefir Bey is our chief Ambassador, and all that he does as our plenipotentiary, both in England and Tur key, we will ratify. You may know by these letters, and the statements of the Bey, our real state, and the falsehood of the Russians ; and we entreat of you to assist us—our true condition is now before you, The praiseworthy Yakoob Bey assembled all the Tamatus, and spoke with them, saying, , 6 F or two years have I been here. I have seen fully the state of the country, and my presence at Constantinople would not be of more benefit to it. If you choose, give me letters, and I will go to Constantinople and ex plain the state of the country, both the cruel atrocity of the Russians and your great sufferings, I will ex plain all. When the Russians have nearly crossed the Kaban, they told everywhere that they have conquered the country, and came for the good of the Mussulmans ; I shall see the Prince, and narrate to him their true state, and I shall also to my own Government testify the same." To the Government of England, high, puissant, and honourable, we begged Yakoot. Bey to remain here, for the strength he inspires into us by his encouragement. His presence is of the greatest benefit, and he has also constantly attended the sick, and healed the wounded , so that the very children love him. The letters sent by Hasish explained fully our state, and all that is in these letters we firmly adhere to. (Seals of Chief Judge and 60 Elders.) 4th day of Yilkadaz, 1254. THE MARKETS. COAL N ARKET. s. d Bell, Robson Co. Hartley IS Cores Hanky 2l 5 Holy well Main 2l 6 Ord's liedhugh original Windsor's Pontop 2'i 0 Tanfied Moor Butes 2O West Hartley Wvlam. s End Bell and Brown 21 9 Walls End Hilda Walls End Killingworth 21 6 Walls End Belmont Walls Endßradtlyll'sHetton 23 01 Wal s End Haswell Walls End Hettou 6hips arrived since 1: d• 6 a. Walls End Lambto n .,3 6 Walk End Pemberton Walls End Russell's Hetton 'A sa' Wall.; End Stewart's 23 " 1 Walls ..nd Wh i t we ll walls End Hartlepo o l 23 6 i Walls End arr i ng t on T ees 20 0 6 i Walls End Clarence Hettmi 29 0 I W. e:.Richarckon's Hartley 1 8 6 i Walls End South Durham 2i 6 I Walls End Tees 22 I Walls End T ees Hetton .....' 1 5 II Blythe l7 ° I Hartley .. ifloward's Nethe r t on M a i n 19 0 last market-day, 1. COUNTRY MARKETS. Wheat. ' Barley. ` l Oats. Beans. I Pease. -- --- --- Per Quarter. s to s. ' s. to :.s. to S. a. t o 8. sto t Banton Bramttee 6O 72 27 29 -- B ighton 66 73 30 40 16 22 3.3 ""''' Thmhridge — 65 32 125 Chiche.ter Dunmaw 56 70 26 30 26 30 46 Grantham Grimsby - Hai.sham Hitchin 64 70 32 42 28 34 56 Ipswich 64 70 36 40 26 32 3 5 40 34 40 Lewes 64 74 32 34 122 29 34 40 "- Lynn Maidstone 66 75 30 4426 32 40 50 4 Norwich Pet worth Rom ford (l4 74 35 22 32 40 -.. ''....,) Sandwich O5 75 28 321 17 28 40 "` Thetford Wishech - Witham 6-1 72 21 22 35 Yarmouth 65 69 134 36 28 132 38 40 40 - LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET.—Sept. 3. qd. WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. lls. 6,1. to 1 1, •• Red Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, Whit e 9 3 10 -2 -- Red 8 3 8 ' Foreign OATS, English, Welsh, and Scot c h, per 451 b. 4 3 ': Irish - Foreign 38 40 _pt. 3, I Is, 6it, ...., 10 6 9 3 9 3 Forei 9 OATS, English, Irish ... Foreign MARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 3B 0 Scotch and Irish, per tiOlbs Feeding 4 3 EFANS, English, per imperial quarter 43 0 Irish, &c Foreign PEASE, Englisn, per Imperial quarter 46 0 _Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. Irish OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 3.5 0 INioIAN CORN, per 4801 b. —.• 0 0 RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter HULL CORN MARKET. Wheab White (per Quarter) Red s ,s. E2s. 645. Foreign s6s. 60s. 638. Barley, Mal ing —B. —s. --,- Grinding Oats, British Foreign (in bond) Beans Pease, Grey...... Blue and White - 8. -s. --Oa Linseed Flour (per sacks... R ipeseed (per i 0 quarter s ) 22 1. 2 1 1. 251. to 111. 94 ' 11 9 9 10 ' 0 8 1 4 1 6 4 4 3 0 .4 1 43 0 5 4 5 47 0 43 0 44 0 4R 0 46 57 a 56 0 87 0 0 41 0 70 We understand that the Rectory of Bath has been accepted by the R ev . Willi am J o h n Brodrick, son o f the late Archbishop of Cashel, and nephew of Viscount Middleton, and that be will enter upon his rectorial dKtiel the first week in October.—Bath Journal. THE WEATHER IN IRELAND.--The weather since Friday has been most disastrous, and the barometer indicates no favourable change. Were we inclined to croak, we could utter the most ominous vaticinations of the harvest ; but we have been so long and experimental!). taught to rely upon the bounty of Providence, that to de spair were to sin against our better convictions. The se" counts from the provinces are not so dispiriting as m i g ht have been expected. From the south we learn that, with the exception of wheat, which has suffered most damage , the crops will be abundant, while hay will be deficient. le the west, particularly about Sligo, the rain had fallen for the last week in torrents ; but, by the latest accounts, OEI wexther had taken up, and no material injury to the crops was anticipated. —Dublin Evening Mail of Monday. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 3.—The Royal Adelaide steam-packet has just come in from London, bound to Dublin. She has on b oar d t h e crew o f the schooner Gil Bias, which vessel she unfortunately run down off Dove r on Sunday night. Sh e struc k t h e schooner midshll* The crew, consisting of nine men and a black boy, vier' all saved, with the exception of the latter. Th e captai n was landed at Cowes. The Gil Blas was laden vo th ivory, pal m o il, an d go ld d ust, b ound from the coast o f Africa to London. ANTE-CHRISTIAN NOTIONS OF THE 1111- NITY.—The foundation of the Pythagorean and Plato! speculations on the nature of the Deity was a pre-suppose triplicity of character__a mystery which, although having conceptions on the question more lofty and true than their predecessors, or in the ratio which intellectual bear over material conceptions, w e may b e quite sure that they did not in the smallest degree illustrate—in other words, that they did not anticipate the Gospel revelation ; and we mai be equally certain that every attempt to prove the cow trary, or even to gain any fixed result from data to un: certain and contradictory, must, to use another geological illustration, be just as satisfactory as would be a theory 07 ; the earth, deduced from the " mundus subterraneus" of Athanasius Kircher, to geological inquiries of the present. day; and hence, th at all speculations _ founded on those of Pythagoras and Plato must end where theirs did, in nothing' —Frazer's Magazine. 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