The Sun. — London, England, 1839-11-16 00:00:00

VI4INING EDITION - . I saw the wounded man with a pike in his hand, but I do not know how it came there. Frederick Thomas Percy Wells—l am a son of Tho mas Wells, of this town, I know the prisoner Henry Frost, I have known him about five years. I have been a member of the Chartist club ; it was held at the Prince r of Wales beer-house, in this town. It is kept by a man I of the name of Ebenezer Williams. I have left the club about three months. I was a member for about three I weeks. I left it because my father wished me, as I i ought to be at home at my studies. Charles Waters acted an secretary or clerk to the club ; there was a per son whom they called treasurer, but I have never seen him there. I have seen his name on one of the I cards. I had a card given to me. The card was I printed ; on the card was, " Newport Men's Working 1 Association. It is safe to do right." Ido not remem ' ber it all ; the number was written on the card. The 1 card I had I have lost. The card I have spoken of is a card similar to the one now produced. I paid one shilling at entrance to the secretary, Charles Waters. i On one occasion of my attendance at those meetings I saw Henry Frost there ; they used to read newspapers at those meetings. I heard one letter read from Mr. John Frost. About four months ago ,I had some con versation wth the prisoner at the bar. I do not re member what passed between him and me ; there were numerous meetings held in the town at that time. I know a person named Vincent ; I remember his being I at Newport. He held meetings there ; I attended two or three of them. I saw Henry Frost once or twice there. They were called Chartist meetings. I s aw a groat many persons that I knew at those meetings. I ' (lid not see John Frost there. I have had a great deal of conversation with the prisoner. They were about 1 private matters, such as young men generally have i among themselves. I saw the prisoner on Sunday, the 3(1. of November, standing at his father's door, about three o'clock. I think he was dressed in the clothes he inow wears. He had a blue cloth cap on his head. I , have not spoken to him for the last four months. I Iwas in Newport on I\,londay, the 4 th of November. I , did not go out on that morning. Cross-examined by Mr. Geach—l do not know i whether the ea? , is what is called a foraging cap. He I generally wears a cap of t hat kind. The 3 d of Novem her was a wet day. I have seen him sometimes in a great coat and the cap I have spoken of—the cap most always, and the great coat when it is wet. By the Court—l am son of Mr. Wells, corn factor, I whose name has been spoken of this inquiry. George Evans was then called and examined by Mr. Phelps—l am a banker of coals. On Sunday the 3d : of November I was at home at Pontaberpingham. Thomas Llewellin came t o me on t h at even i ng . H e i said that I was to come along with him ; that he had a place appointed for me. No other man came to me on that evening. Kept my house that night with about 1 fifty men. I came down the road to a place called Wae y-comar. We waited there about half an hour for other men. We then came along down to Harry 1 Charles's house. I did not know for what purpose we 1 came there. I was very wet. Charles's house is called the Royal Oak, about five miles from Newport. I i should think when I came there, I found 450 or 500 men there, mostly armed with guns, &c., and some had ; scythes stuck in sticks. I was forced to come. We I then went into the house to dry ourselver. It was be tween one and two o'clock in the morning. I did not know any one there. John Rapps was there ; he was brought along with me. We staid there about a quarter of an hour. We then went towards Newport. We overtook two men about a hundred yards on the road to Harry Charles's, and accompanied them along the road. I did not then know who they were. I asked them where they were going. Mr. Geach objected that this was no evidence against the boy Henry Frost. By the Court—The evidence is necessary to bring his case to this point. Mr. Phelps—l am prepared to prove that one of them was the prisoner. Examination resumed—l spoke to both of them. They said they were going on to Newport. There were then four of us together. I did not then know the prisoner. I asked Samuel Parsons what workman he was. He said a tiler and plasterer. He was one of the two men lam speaking of. He did not say where he lived. Samuel Parsons sworn—l am a tiler and plasterer. I live at the hand-post, that is, about three quarters of a mile from here, on the road to Risca. I know the Welsh Oak. Ido not know who keeps it. It is about five wiles from Newport. That house stands between I the tramroad and the turnpike-house, on slanting i ground. I was there on the Sunday night between the 3d and 4th November. I saw a great many men there ; I could not see how many ; I could not see the end of them. It was about one o'clock, morn ing. I did not go there of my own accord ; three I,hen came to my house and staid about a quarter of an 4 hocr. Most of the men were armed with pikes, ' scythes, and guns. I left them. I wanted to get away. I am net a Chartist. I never attended a Chartist meeting in all my life. I overtook the prisoner, Henry Frost, about one hundred yards from the Welsh Oak. I think he had blue clothes on ; but it was very dark. i Ido not know whether he had a hat or a cap on. I asked him if he was going to Newport ; he said " Yes." lam not quite certain which of us spoke first. We walked on together and met Evans. He overtook us, or we overtook him, I am not sure which. It was about 130 yards from the Welsh Oak, on the road to Newport. One of them asked—it was Evans—asked me if I was going to Newport. It was in the presence of the prisoner. Evans asked who it was I had with me. I said, Henry Frost. We met some men on the toad ; they were coming towards the Welsh Oak. They sopped me and asked where I had been. I said to the Welsh Oak. They asked if there were many men there. I said there was, and if they took my advice they would ge home. They made me no answer. I then came on. I do not think Henry Frost had any conversation with these men. He passed on with Evans while I was talking with them. George Evans came and called me, and I came away. I then went home. Henry Frost came in a minute, and then went out again. A roan named Thomas Williams came in also, but they did not stay two minutes, as I said I wanted to lock the door and go to bed. I have no doubt the pri snner is the person who was with me. It was three o'clock when I got home. I had scarcely a word of con versation with Frost on the road. I was talking to Evans about work. We had no conversation about who we had seen. I did not like to say anything about if, When we met Henry Frost, I asked him if he was g•ling• to Newport. I knew him directly. I was talk i.3g t o George Evans, saying it was a bad job, and about work. I can't swear that the prisoner did not speak to the man after we left the Welsh Oak, but I do not think e did. I did not see which way he went after he left Louse. My house is about a quarter of a mile from Turnpike-gate. I had not seen the prisoner for a l on g- time before that night. It was a very wet night. There is a footpath through the fields from my house towards the town. Henry Frost lives with his mother. I think a person could go down a path through the Six Acre, and get to the prisoner's father's house. I never heard the prisoner called by any other name than Henry Frost. I will swear I never heard the prisoner say anything to the man that came from the Welsh Oak. Cross-examined by Mr. Geach—When I overtook t h e ,'risoner he was walking along the road to New port ill his usual way. He made no noise or disturb ance atilt description. I saw many men armed that night. The prisoner had no weapon that I know of. I do not remember ever having seen the prisoner before on the road to Risca. If the prisoner had spoken to other men I should have heard what he said. Don't remember that be scarcely spoke all the way. If he did, I cannot remember what he said. If he had said any tking on a subject on which it is not usual for boys to speak, I think I should have noticed it. Cannot tell his age. He may be about fourteen. He is not a very frightful-looking person to meet at night. I was first examined about this yesterday. The prisoner was net one of the persons who forced me to leave my house. Did not see him with the persons who were armed near the Welsh Oak. George Evans was then re-called.—Did not hear the men that were armed say where they were going to. Arrived at the Welsh Oak about one o'clock. Have stated that I overtook two men ; one of them was the last witness, and the other Henry Frost. We walked , three or four miles from the Oak towards Newport before we met any one. We then met ten or twelve men, who spoke with Samuel Parsons. They spoke as if they knew each other, but I don't know what they said, as I was ten or twelve yards from them. I moved o n and left the prisoner and Parsonswith the: men. t I o t wus a quarter of an h our or more before they came n ee again. The prisoner and Parsons were then with t h men, as I had previo us l y left them. Did not hear 1 sa y anything to them, for ho came away from them. When I went ba c k f or Parsons the prisoner stood 00 the road, and we all came on together. The men cam , with us and we came on together towards Newport. No thin g was said whil e we were togeth er , of any cons equence. They turned off the Risca side of Parson's , i2ouse. I, Frost, Run en% and Parsons, came on till we came to Parsons' house, and then Sa muel Parsons and Frost turned off, as I supposed, to Parsons' house. They did not say where they were ving. We went on towards Newport, and Betaken into custody on this side of the Stow turnpte. There was a third person in sight when Frost and Par eons' left me, The man overtook me by Parsons' gate. The prisoner had on dark clothes and a cap. Cross-examined--I was in Thomas Pontin , s employ till Sunday, 3d November. Have been in custody since. W a s di sc h arg ed out of custody to-day. a examined by the M a yor on Monday morning before the riots. Was first examined about Frost yesterday morn ing by Mr. Phelps, and some other gentlemen. l'Y evidence was taken down. Never to my knowledge saw the prisoner before the night of the 3d November. Daring the time I saw him, he was walking along in a quiet way, and conducting himself with propriety. He was not armed, or taking part with those that were. Mr. Thomas Hawkins examined—l am Mayor of Newport. I was in Newport on Saturday, the t2d, and Sunday, 3d inst. I was not Mayor then ; Mr. Thomas y THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, PM. Phillips, jun., was. The whole of the special constables were summoned to attend that evening, and called out I on duty. Did not see the military on duty that evening. There was great alarm and excitement in the town the whole night, from six or seven o'clock in the evening. It was caused by reports that a large number of armed men were within a few miles, and were ex pected to attack the town at four or five o'clock in the morning. i On Monday, at between one and two o'clock n the morning, Mr. Thomas Walker arrived here on horse back. He had been sent out for the purpose of watch ing the movements of the armed men. The M.tyor and Mr. Brewer, a Magistrate, who is also a surge.n, went out to see Walker. Mr. Geach submitted that it was not evidence, unless it was intended to prove that the prisoner wounded Walker. Mr. Phelps said his object was to show the state of the town. The examination was then resumed. It was with difficulty he could get off his horse, he was ordered by Mr. Brewer to be sent home to bed. Special constables were sent out by the Mayor. The Mayor, in consequence of the information he received, sent to Bristol for troops, and orders were given to the special c onstables to apprehend all suspicious characters. C r oss-examined—The direction given was. that the constables were to be placed at the cross-stands. The Aiayor placed the instructions in my hand, and I con veyed them to the constables. By the Rev. J. Coles—The Mayor requested me to place the special constables. We gave orders to the special constables as to what thav were to do. The Mayor was not aware of what directions the exercise of my discretion gave them. The Mayor had enough to do, for prisoners were brought in every ten minutes. The Mayor continued taking depositions until Lieute nant Grey came for orders, which was within fifteen mi nutes of the firing being commenced in the Westgate. Mr. Phelps here made an application for the adjourn ment of the examination till to-morrow, as he had an other material witness, but who could not be produced till to-morrow. The Court, after holding a consultation, declined to adjourn the case. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Geach, on the part of the prisoner, declined calling any witnesses. The Chairman then addressed the prisoner in a very feeling manner, and said :—" Prisoner, the Magis trates have given your case the most serious considera tion, and it is with feelings of the most sincere pleasure that I state they do not feel themselves obliged to com mit a little boy for the serious charge of high treason. There is no doubt that you were out the whole of that night, and that you have fallen lately into very bad habits ; let, however, the escape you have now had be a warning to you, and let we most earnestly implore you to give up the habits which I fear you have fallen into, and return to your home. The Magistrates feel great pleasure in discharging you." John Bruen (aged 71), and Lewis Thomas, who had been remanded for the production of farther evidence from Glamorganshire, were then placed at the bar, and, after a suitable admonition from the Chairman, were discharged.—The Court adjourned at eight o'clock till ten to-morrow morning. MONEY MA.RKET and CITY NEWS (FRIDAY EVENING.) CHRONICLE.—The price of stocks was rather better this morning both for money and the account, par ticularly for money ; but in the afternoon the Bank of England broker appeared again as a seller, and the imprcvement vanished, prices leaving off the same as yesterday. Money has been less in demand to-day, and has shown a disposition to be abundant ; but such we apprehend is still the position of " the Bank," as the Morning Post terms it (notwithstanding that it may have rather less empty coffers A present, than it could boast of lately), that money cannot be allowed to become easy. We do not blame the Bank parlour for having kept money tight under their existing position. Obliged by the terms of their charter, which is now, however, draw ing onwards to its close, to maintain the circulation of the country at a specific value, we do not assert that the Directors could have adopted a different course from that which they followed after their bullion had been drained. But what we have always maintained is this, —that the people of this country are now suffering for the past blunders of the Bank Directors, who brought themselves into their present difficulties by former ex travagance, and are thus in a position where they ought never to have been. POST.—The arrival of her Majesty's frigate Imogene at Portsmouth, from the Pacific, puts the Bank of England in possession of specie to the amount of two millions of dollars in gold and silver. Several less considerable sums have lately come to hand by different vessels, and the exportation of gold from our shores having ceased, the position of the institution has become comparatively easy. Independently of the re cent influx from the westward, the actual amount in the coffers of the Bank bad already so far increased as to prove that the demand for the Continent was ex hausted. The returns which will be laid before the public in the course of a day or two will place the average of the item " bullion" at less, but we have every reason to believe that the actual sum held by the corporation, including the accession of the last few days, to which we have alluded, is not much short of three millions and a quarter. The exchanges are maintained at the improved rates quoted for them on Tuesday, and we think a general ameliora tion in the prospects of commerce may be looked for at no very distant period. A fear is, nevertheless, expressed lest, in the event :of a reduction in the discount at the Bank to much below the present charge of six per cent. per annum, the facilities of obtaining accommcdation may have the effect of involving the country in renewed difficulties. We quite agree in this anticipation. In almost every part of the world a high rate of inte rest is now obtainable on loans, and money natu rally seeks investment where it can be laid out to the greatest advantage, or rather that which seems to be so, for, unfortunately, our capitalists are, for the most part, too much dazzled by the attraction of a liberal dividend to pay the requisite attention to the securities of the principal invested. That such is the case has been attested in innumerable instances, and it seems to us to have at length become high time that something in the way of an antidote should be ap plied to this foible of our countrymen. In a nation where such enormous sacrifices are made to uphold the credit of the Government, and in which none of those lapses that disgrace other countries have occurred, the people may be said to be educated in that kind of finan cial discipline which is enforced for the fulfilment of the public engagements, and it is, we presume, upon this principle that an Englishman is less on his guard than he should be against the systematic attempts made upon his pockets by nations who are, by habit, little scrupu lous in this particular. In the event of a lowering of the interest by the Bank, whenever that measure shall be determined upon, we may be pretty sure, unless our export trade should materially increase, that the altera tion will be the signal for a resumption of the drain of the precious metals. SUN.—The contents of the private letters from New York, received by the Quebec packet ship, have rather increased confidence in the city this afternoon, and busi ness was brisk in the American trade. The Foreign Exchanges were stated this afternoon at the following rates :—Paris,2sf.62lc. to 25f. 671 c. ; Am sterdam 12.31 ; Antwerp, 12.34 ; and Frankfort, 1504. A Director of the Bank of England, we regret to state, committed suicide to-day. The party, we allude to is Mr. A. Sims. He was possessed of an ample for tune. Consols left off rather heavily at 90i II for Money, and 901 4 for time ; Exchequer Bills closed at par ; and the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. at 984. Spanish Consols, in consequence of the state of the account settled to-day, fell this afternoon to 278 ; and Portuguese New Five per Cents. dropped to 33 ; Brazil Stock closed at 721 ; and the other Stocks about the same as at Two o'Clock. The Shares were heavy, but without alteration. In consequence of the heavy rains, the meadows in our neighbourhood have been for the sixth time, e during the present year, laid under water ; so c on ti u ous a fall of wet has scarcely been ever known i n thi s part of Wilts.—Devizes Paper. The potatoe and turnip crops have been excel lent this year in England and Scotland, and are of the best quality. The latter is paqicularly beneficial to the feeders of sheep. Unfortunately , the reports from Ire land are not so favourable. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—A report has been brought us, which we have reason to be believ e to be too well founded, of the death of Mr. Sims, the chairman of the Great Western Railway Company, who, in a fit of temporary insanity, put a period to his own existence by shooting himself through the head. We understand that this melancholy event has not proceeded from any pecuniary embarrassment, nor from any thing connected with the affairs of the railway. in which he held shares to a very trifling amount. DOVER, Nov. 15,—The Princes Ernest and Albert of Saxe Cobourg, accompanied by Count Kolo wratb,,Baron Alvensleben, and Lord Alfred Paget, ar rived here, with their suite, last evening about nine o'clock, i n f our o f t h e R oya l carriages, and proceeded tPayn's Y or k H o t e l, w h ere th e p a rty dined and slept. by At half-p as t three o'clock this morning they left for Calai s , i n h er nded at Majesty's steam packet Swallow, Captain ! Sh er l oc k , attendeychael Calais i Majesty ' sssoen after oo'clock. Firebrand. k. Lord The party la Alfred Paget returned eeeime for me London.diatelyin the Firebrand, and proceeded about —LTalistEnFig the remains o u ht family FUNERAL OF THE DUKE the late Duke OFBOEfDßFeodfßourd. were removed from the amqrhe Duke o f B e df or d, mansion in Belgrave square, to Watford, Herts . Marquis of Tavistock, th e Lordsßssell Abercorn, &c., will meet th e f une ralu c , Marquis of distance from Chenies church. Lordwr7ertege a short th A esley Rus sell, Marquis of Abercorn , Lords Henry, and Cosmo Russe ll, leave town early thi me l r e e isan d er , mg, to attend the interment of their deceased relative. NEW WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " VALENTINE VOX." On the Ist of January next, Part 1., price One Shilling—(to be continued Monthly, and to be completed in Thirteen Parts, with numerous Illustrations)—of THE MODERN RAKE'S PROGRESS. By the Author of " Valentine Vox." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *.* Agents :—John Cumming, Dublin ; Bell and Brad fute, Edinbu rg h ; D uncan Campbell, Glasgow ; W. Grapell, Liverpool ; W. Byers, Devonport; H. Davis, Cheltenham. Orders received also by all Booksellers and Newsvenders throughout the U n i te d Kingdom. I - IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive, PRE VIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing. WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. 'P. S.—THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions of TWELVE THOUSAND, SIX THOUSAND. THREE THOUSAND, ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED, ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED, TWO HUN DRED AND FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED. ONE HUN DRED AND FIFTY, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS. THE DISTRIBUTING DAY BEING NEAR, and Shares clearing off most rapidly, A RISE IN PRICE will soon occur. LONDON : SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1839. We have received several letters, one of which we have published, referring to the causes of the present discontent, and the duties of the middle classes in relation to them. These are both very im portant topics, and we are glad to see a disposition to inquire into them. The middle-classes, and indeed all classes, can have no real interest in main taining abuses, or in oppressing their fellows, and if they both maintain abuses, and insist on some portions of the . community being oppressed, we may be sure that their conduct is dictated by igno rance, not by malevolence. We therefore are extremely anxious to promote the views of our correspondents, and inquire both into the causes of the present discontent, and the present duties of the middle classes. We are the more anxious to offer a few observa tions on these topics, because the Press, we observe, with regret, is generally occupied with personal and party matters, and little or nothing is done to gather the people round any one principle, or direct them in any one course of conduct. Should a change of Ministry, or any similar occurrence take place to morrow—should the bulk of the people, from auy circumstances, be called on to act and decide for themselves, they are so little informed as to what they ought to demand that they would be more likely, had they ,the most ample power, to injure than benefit themselves. The Tories have something like a rallying cry, " Extension of the Church, more power, more money and endow ment for the priesthood." But their policy is clearly impossible, and could only be prosecuted were they in power, to the ruin of the empire. When the very foundations of the priesthood are assailed, when the utility of the union between Church and State is denied, when it is openly as serted that an Established priesthood is totally un warranted by the Gospel, and is mischievous to the State, when conflicting sects, several of which are almost as numerous as the favoured sect, deny its assumed superiority, and when each sect is ready to do battle, or submit to imprisonment, for the truth of its own doctrines, it is, strictly and cor rectly speaking, contemptibly absurd, in any states man to risk the peace of the Empire in order to promote—and without the probability of success— the ascendancy of one presumptuous order of prieSts The demand of the Tories, therefore, their sine qua non of more Church, as the remedy for the national evils, is a mere piece of impos sible humbug ; at the same time their opponents have no similar bond of union, no one. demand about which all are agreed, which they can or ought to make the rallying cry of their party. In fact, the Liberals, not having their course directed by any ultimate and great principle, as they have achieved their several successes, now lopping off a few rotten boroughs, and then carrying municipal reform, have many of them become contented with what they have got, and they have refused to assist others, who have got nothing, in gettin g what they require. Every little success has separated some persons from the Reformers, and, still leaving the bulk of the people thoroughly unsatisfied and discontented, has also left, we are afraid, great ignorance both as to the causes and the means of removing the dis content of the people. It is now necessary, though it may perhaps be somewhat irksome, for the newspaper press to en gage in this serious investigation, because that p ress is daily growing in importance, and has charms of its own which enable it to make almost every other species of press comparatively unimpor tant, not to say obsolete. Who can remain igno rant of the events of the day ? Almost every man reads some part of some newspaper or other, while millions never read anything else. Books are few in the United States, but newspapers are extremely numerous. Other countries are following that ra pidly-growing people in this point as well as England. Journals are multiplying in France and in Germany, though slowly, and will necessarily continue to multiply, overshadowing other species of literature on the plain and certain principle that the realities of the present time must be infinitely more interesting to living and intelligent beings than the unrealities of the imagination, or the doubtful and uncertain facts of past ages. The as it were , seen d u ty to a i t nkf makes c o t h r h l de their discuss such important questions as those we h ave peculiar position al adverted to on l through te th affairsem , ofm t h e highest p r i nc i p l es of political being,indispensablewspapers are placed, science. Besides the discontent which is avowed b y the Chartist Convention, nnr.i br. - ‘,,rAk!. nut in in- surrections, as at Newport, mire is a deeper seated discontent, of which those a-e only the surface eruptions. Mr. MACAULEY, at Edinburgh, a few months ago, supposed it to be advisable to employ a large portion of a long and eloquent speech to re fute some new notions about property. No incon siderable number of writers—one lately appeared in our own columns—have thought it expedient to defend the claims of capital from the heretical tacks of some modern writers. Mr. OWEN is by no means the only author, as out correspondence con vinces us, who now attacks tie very foundation of revealed religion ; and if we have not amongst us many men as learned and as 2atient as STRAUSE, there are several, we are told, who have jumped to conclusions not dissimilar from his. The utilit \ of every species of punishment yet invented to repress crime and retain men in obedience, is nol merely questioned but openly denied ; and state - men, by successively abolishing capital punishment in many cases, condemning t own schemes of transportation, and giving up their plans of whip ping and imprisonment, have admitted the jus tice of the objection to their scheme. The Monarchy and the Peerage, the union of Church and State, and even the system of represen tation itself, have all of late been severely attacked, and nothing in politics, nothing in human institu tions, nothing in tradition, seems any longer hallowed or sacred in the national mind. This general state of doubt, this almost universal attack on some of our institutions or most accredited principles, is at the bottom of those discontents, the causes of which we are now called on to explore. We may perhaps hereafter pursue this subject in detail ; but we stop now by remarking that those will never reach the " height of this great argument" who are disposed to acquiesce in the doctrine that discontent is natu ral to man, and that his nature must be changed or subdued by an artificial system, which, to say the best of it, is the offspring of the weakness or the wickedness of that very human nature it is to model and reform. The Currency and theCorn.laws occupy a con siderable portion of the public attention, as the com munications we receive fully prove. So many weighty and extensive matters, however, will pre:s on the Legislature for consideration when it meets, that body having for three or four sessions wasted—irredeemably wasted—most precious time on factious disputes, that it will be quite unable, meet when it will, to settle all the questions which will be brought before it. The Corn-laws will undoubtedly be again discussed, and we see enough to be convinced that the attention of Parliament will also be called to the Currency after a fashion which will not allow of its giving, that subject the go-by. Alen of all parties are dis satisfied with its present state. Nobody says it works well, and the only justification of it is the assertion of a few self-sufficient, self-satisfied theo rists. The time is not yet come, however, for the national welfare to be sacrificed in order to spare the confusion of the author of PEEL'S Bill, or save from mortification the parents of the Corn-laws. The interest which these subjects excite has called forth a long and able letter on them, which ap pears in another part of our Journal, and which, for the novelty of its views and the ability with which they are enforced, deserves to be read. The latest accounts from the Spanish capital are calculated to awaken apprehensions of the recur rence in the Peninsula of the popular outrages of 1836, and probably with consequences still more disastrous. Not only are the people generally greatly dissatisfied with the Prorogation of the Chambers, but even a considerable portion of the army at Madrid has already menaced the REGENT, in the event of any further attempt to render the Constitution a dead letter. Colonel MENDiviLLE, selected as the organ of that powerful body, found himself compelled to represent to the Spanish Go vernment on the 3d instant, that political distrust in the honest and liberal intentions of the QUEEN was not confined to one section of the Army, but teat it pervaded the whole of the troops, and that if the Cortes were dissolved, and the former enemies of the Constitution placed at the head of the Royal Councils, the loyalty of the soldiery could not be depended upon. This declaration is reported to have thrown the Court into great confusion. But who were the men that the REGENT consulted on this occasion ? The answer which we must give ; has astonished ourselves. Not OLOZAGA, or CALATRAVA, or any persons enjoying the public confidence; but ISTURIZ and ARRAZUELA_ ISTURIZ, so abominated by the Liberals, that to escape personal violence he is compelled to steal like a thief in the night, disguised to the Royal presence, We are further given to understand that TORENO, MARTINEZ DE LA RoSA, but above all the King of the FRENCH, are at the bottom of this conspiracy, the object of which is to abolish the Constitution, and re-establish the Estatuto Real. It such an attempt be made it will be the prelude to the most deplorable excesses ; for we feel assured that great as may be the influence of ESPARTERO over the army, the bulk of the troops will fight only under the Constitutional standard. Besides, it is not to be expected that the people will be con tent with the simple expatriation of indivi duals who first enriched themselves by pub lic plunder, and twice sought to betray the liberties of their country. In the meantime, a de termination not to pay taxes should the Cortes be dissolved before or at the expiration of the period of prorogation, is openly manifested by the citizens of Madrid and the inhabitants of nearly all the large towns south of the Ebro. This determination, if persisted in, must bring the question to a speedy issue. Such is the political aspect of Spain, inde pendently of the war in Catalonia and Arragon ; and we think it must be allowed to be sufficiently gloomy to warrant great fears for the future. New York Papers of the 26th ult., and Canada Journals of the 19th, were received this morning by the Garrick, which arrived at Liverpool yester day. The news, though of a date only three days later than the accounts received yesterday is highly important to commercialists. As it will be found very fully detailed in the subjoined extracts from the New York Papers, it would be a waste of time and space to recapitulate it here. Great in convenience was experienced by the labouring classes in New York by the want of small change. Many poor persons found it impossible to procure absolute necessaries for their families, being unable to procure change for the smallest denomination of notes tendered them in payment of wages. The reception of the new Governor by the in habitants of Quebec appears to have been more en thusiastic than was expected. His first Proclama tion, of which a copy will be found below, is alto gether a very sensible document: — COMMERCIAL REPORTS AND RESOLD- , TIONS. On Tuesday evening, the 22d ult., a number of busi ness men assembled at the City Hotel, " to consider the present situation of affairs, and devise the means for such aid to the mercantile community as the exi gency of the times requires." The meeting was ad journed to 'Wednesday evening, when nearly 500 of the principal business men assembled. The following report was made by a Committee appointed at the former meeting : " That, after such inquiries and deliberations as the limited time would allow, they have deemed it expedient to present the f o ll ow i ng vi e ws and resolutions for the cons ideration of this meetin g " When the suspension of the Philadelphia banks was made known in our city, the whole community wil lingly put forth their energies to sustain the wholesome position of our institutions , w ith a f u ll h ope o f recipro cal good feeling in return, at as early a period as the common safety . would admit. " That period having now arrived, it becomes the -,vhieh will tr:;.inner ti - ZLT protection and benefit. They therefore recommend the following resolutions : " Ist. Resolved, that the time is now at hand when the abundant crops of cotton, tobacco, and bread stuffs, will effectually relieve the present embarrassments, and that assistance is required only for the next few months. " 2. Resolved, that a Committee of ten be appointed by this meeting to call upon the several banks, to urge the necessity of extending their discounts ; and that the said Committee ascertain from the hanks, in writ ing, and report to the meeting to-morrow evening, such banks as will, and such as will not, comply with this request. , loty of all +r, ',non some cour,7 3. Resolved, that the banks be requested to re ceive in payment for debts, and pay out for notes or bills discounted, the bills of such safety fund banks this state as they may designate, aid that the Cam mittee ascertain and report to-morrow evening what banks will, and what banks will not, comply with this request. 4. Resolved, that the presidents of the several banks be requested to call a special meeting of their di rectors to-morrow morning, for the purpose of taking some immediate action upon the requests made in the foregoing resolutions. "5. Resol% ed, that unless some effectual measures of relief shall be immediately adopted, we see nothing that. can avert the prostration of the mechanical, manufac turing, and commercial classes of the city. " 6. Resolved--That a Committee of three be ap pointed by the Chair to retire and report the names of gentlemen to compose the Committee of Ten, under the .econd resolution ; whereupon " Messrs. John M. Leavitt, Archibald Gracie, and Robert Jaffrey, were appointed said Committee, who reported the names of the following : " Thomas Denney, P. H. Schenck, J. Amory, Jo :eph Tucker, Charles Wardell, Gabriel P. Disosway, D. A. Cushman, A. G. Stout, 0. Thompson, and Ro bert Jaffrey. " 1. Resolved—That this meeting adjourn, to meet it the City Hotel on the evening of the 24th instant, at seven o'clock. to hear the report of their Commit tee ; and that the proceedings of this meeting be pub lished in the daily papers, signed by the chairman and secretary. " PETER H. SCHENCK, Chairman. " J. AMORY, Secretary." A Sub• Committee was appointed to wait upon the banks this morning with the foregoing resolution, and to obtain their decision thereon, consisting cf Messrs. Amory and Denny. On Thursday evening the merchants, brokers, &c. ; assembled to hear the report of the Committee ap pointed to wait on the banks. The report of the Com mittee was then read, which stated that they had ad dressed a circular to the banks, asking if they would extend their line of discounts, and take safety fund mo ney at par in payment of debts, and pay it out at the same rate on discounts. To this circular they had re ceived written answers from the principal banks, of which the following is the substance : Bank of New York.--This institution will extend its 'liscounts from sto 7 per cent on its capital, if the other banks will do the same, and take safety fund mo ney at par, if all the other banks do so. 'Phcenix Bank.—Their discounts now exceed their receipts ; they desire to increase their discounts as soon is they can see it safe so to do ; and will co-operate with the other Banks in receiving safety fund money at par. Bank of the State of New York.--This Bank, as a matter of delicacy, must follow, not lead, the other Banks in relation to safety fund money. It will ex tend its discounts as far as possible consistent with its safety, and the continuance of specie payments. Union Bank.—Will not consent to take safety fund money at par. Wishes to extend its discounts pro rata vith other Banks. Merchants' Bank.—Will not take safety fund money at par ; will increase its discounts five per cent. on its capital if the other Banks will do so ; will afford all possible relief to the merchants, consistent with its duty ,o redeem all its liabilities in specie. Mechanics' Bank.—Feel great sympathy for the mer !hants, but does not undertake to do anything definite for them. Manhattan Bank.—Will do all they can to give relief consistent with engagements to the public to maintain specie payments. North American Trust and Banking Company.— iympathiv , considerably, agree to do all they can, bu promise nothing definite. National Bank.—Will go as far as they can, without stopping specie payments. The line of their discounts sup to the limit of the law. Must consult the other Banks about taking safety-fund money. Bank of America.—Do all they can, but must con tinue to pay specie. Safety -fund money they can't touch it present. American Exchange Bank.—Will extend ten per cent. on its capital, receive safety-fund notes, and do anything the others dare do. Bank of United States in New York.—Had no board of Directors ; but the Cashier thinks they will do all they can to give relief. Leather Manufacturers' Bank.—Will do anything the other banks generally do. Dry Dock Bank.—No quorum ; but the Cashier thinks they will do as mu ch as they can, if the others do the same. City Bank.—Willing• to relieve, but must pay all its obligations in specie. Can't take Safety-fund money. Merchants' Exchange Bank.—Will do all it can con ,istent with its obligations to pay specie. Can't say anything yet about Safety •-fund money. North River Bank.- —Will extend its line of dis .ounts five or ten per cent. on its capital, if others do A:o ; thinks it would be safe so to do ; will do what the others do generally about Safety•fund money. Commercial Bank—Viill co-operate with other banks ; but thinks the small banks must do what the large ones direct. Bank of Commerce.---Its Directors lived a long way )ff, but when it could lbe got together it would give such an answer as it thought was best. The Fulton, Seventh Ward, Butchers' and Drovers' Banks, and Mechanics' Banking Association were not prepared to give an anstver. The Chairman then told the meeting the sum total of these letters was, that the banks said they had given all , he relief they could ; :sod is was for the meeting to say if that relief was sufficient, The Committee now re signed their trust to the meeting. The report was then accepted, ordered to be printed, and thanks voted to th e Committee. The following resolt itions were then passed : On the motion of Lewis Tappan, Resolved, that e Committee be appointed to make in immediate request to the banks that they will take measures to hold a convention of all the banking institu tions of the city in the! course of to-morrow, with a view , A:o increasing their di ;counts, and affording such other 7elief as the exigenci t.s of the crisis requires." Which resolution being unanimously adopted, Messrs. 'F. Dent2y. W. P. Miller, 0. Thompson, P. H. Schenck, G. P. Disosway, J, Amory, R. Jaf fray, F. S. Lathor7), A. G. Stout, and C. Wardell, were appointed a Co mmittee to carry the same into effect. It was then, on rnotion, " Resolved, tha t this Committee report on Saturday evening, at 7 o'clock." Atter some rem arks by the Chairman, Mr. Denny, it was " Resolved, that in the opinion of this meeting, .here is no alternative—if the banks do not afford as. stanee, there must be an almost universal bankruptcy.' The meeting Caen adjourned to Saturday evening, Oct. 26, at 7 o'clock. RATE OF SALES AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. 1000 Corporation Bonds 951- 253 Shares United States Bank, cash 30 do. Bank of Commerce 92 350 do. Del. and Hod. Canal Co 53.1 175 do. North American Trust Company 46, 50 do. Dry Dock Bank _ _ 10 do. Merchants' 'Exchange Co lOO 30 do. Farmer's Trust and Banking Company 74 10 do. American Exchange Bank 10 do.• Ohio Life And Trust Company 50 do. Vicksburg Bank 50 do. Bank of Kentucky . 66; 00 do. Haarlem Railroad 36: 70 do. Stonington. Railroad l7 20 do. Morris Ca.nal Company 20 do. Mohawk Railroad 5O 50 do. Boston and Providence Railroad 40 do. New Jersey Railroad Company 20 days 83; 20 do. Canton Company, Baltimore PHILADELPHIA MONEY AND COMMER- CIAL NEWS. OCT. 24, P.M.--There is but very little news of in terest going on in our city to-day : the premium on specie has declined somewhat, and the rates of exchange on your city is generally giving way. It is a fixed prin ciple with our merchants to suffer protest on notes and draughts from your city, whenever payment is demanded in specie or New York funds. Such has been'the case within the last two days to a very heavy amount, and on Come of the best houses in the city. STOCKS.—Sa'tes have been extremely dull, and prices in most cases have given way :—At the 2d board 46 shares United States Bank, 85 ; 1 ditto, 851 ; 1 ditto, 85 ; 30 Bank of Kentucky, 84 ; 2 ditto Wilmington, 461 ; 102 ditto, 46 ; 6,003 State Fives, 1859, 93; 100 Vick s burg, 34 ; 15 Kentu c ky, 73- ; 9 Commercial, 56. CANADA. (From the Montreal Courier, Oct. 21.) QUEBEC, OCT. 19.—This day, at a little after one, the steam-boat British America, having on board his Excellency Sir John Colborne, was announced from the telegraph, and a guard of h onour i mme di a tely marched to the Queen's-wharf, to receive his Excellency on landing. At two o'clock all preparations being made, his Excellency came on shore, under a salute from the Citadel, and was received by the guard of honour, with the compliments due to his rank ; he then mounted his horse, and proceeded to Payne's Hotel, where apart ments have been prepared for his reception during his staff at. gaebee. Sir John IN atter :I by a I staff, by the heai!3 of ;'"•• Montreal, and by the field officers of the garrison, with the officers of staff and departments here. His Excellency was loudly cheered on landing, and repeatedly during his passage through the streets, to the hotel, and again on his way to the Ca'tle. At three o'clock his Excellency the Right Hon. C. Poutett Thomson disembarked from the Pique, toe yards of the ship being manned, and salutes fired from the ship and Citadel. He was accompanied by the commander of the forces, Sir Richard Jackson, and attended by the officers of his suite and three of the General's personal staff; carriages were in waiting, in which the whole party proceeded to the castle, and Sir John Colborne shortly arrived, the ceremony of swearing in the new Governor took place, the commis sions being read as usual. So far as we could ascertain they are essentially the same as those held by the Earl of Durham, but the room was an erowded that it was not an easy matter to catch the exact tenor of each sentence. utter the ceremony was over the Magistrates waited upon his Excellency with their addresses of welcome on his arrival. They were received with great courtesy, and the answer was in all respects satisfactory. The Magistrates were then, at his Excellency's request, severally introduced to him. The Governor. General, after the ceremony proceeded to Schlup's Hotel, in Saint Lewis -street, where his Ex cellency remains to-night, and in the evening- will en tertain his Excellency Sir John Colborne arid a large party at dinner.--Quebec Mercury. FIRST PROCLAMATION TO THE CANA DIAN PEOPLE BY C. P. THOMSON. (From the Official Gazette.) C. POULETT THOMSON. By his Excellency the Right Hon. Charles Poulett Thomson, one of her Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, Governor-General of British North Ame rica, and Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Island of Prince Edward, and Vice-Admiral of the same. A PROCLAMATION. The Queen having be en graciously pleased to appoint me to be Governor-General of British North America, I have this day assumed the administration of that office. In the execution of this high trust it will be my desire no less than my duty to promote, to the utmost of my power, the welfare of all classes of her Majesty's subjects, to reconcile existing differences. to apply a remedy to proved grievances, to extend and protect the trade, and enlarge the resources of the colonies entrusted to my charge ; above all, to promote whatever may bind them to the mother coun try by increased ties of affection and interest, will be my first and most anxious endeavour. In the pursuit of these objects I shall ever be ready to listen to the representations of all, whilst I shall unhesitatingly ex ercise the powers confided to me to repress disorder, to uphold the law, and maintain tranquillity. The suspen sion of the Constitution in Lower Canada places in the hands of the Executive Government powers of an ex traordinary nature, the necessity for which is deeply to be deplored, and which can be justified only by the cir cumstances of the province. One principal object of my mission will be to determine in what manner, at what time, this state of things may be brought to a close, and the full benefits of British institutions be re stored to her Majesty's Lower Canadian subjects. In Upper Canada the loyalty and courage of the in habitants have preserved the Constitution, and main tained the powers of the law through difficulties of the most trying nature. Their exertions during the last two years have been viewed by her Majesty with the highest satisfaction, and have commanded the applause and admiration of all classes in the mother country. It would appear, however, that in that province causes of embarrassment are not wanting ; her trade is said to be cramped, her finances deranged, and the develop ment of her resources impeded. To devise measures by which these evils may be removed in a manner satisfac tory to the inhabitants will be one of the objects to en gage my earliest attention, and I shall rely upon the pa triotism of the people and the wisdom of the Legislature to aid me in the effort. Animated by the most anxious desire to promote the welfare of these important provinces, to uphold the rights of the Crown, by whose confidence I have been ho noured, and to advance the true interests of the people to whom I am sent, I confidently call on all those to whom the prosperity of British North America is dear, to unite with me in the work which I have undertaken, and, laying aside all minor considerations, afford me that assistance and co-operation which can alone enable me to bring my task to a sucussFul issue. Given under my hand and seal at arms, at the Castle of St. Lewis, in the city of Quebec, in the said province of Lower Canada, this 19th day of October, in the year of our Lord, 1839, and the 3d year of her Majesty's reign. By his Excellency's command, T. A. C. MURDOCH, Chief Secretary. His Excellency the Governor. General has been pleased to make the following appointments : To be Secretary to the General Government,—Mr. T. W. Clinton Murdoch. To be Military Secretary, and principal Aide-de-Camp —Major George D. Hall. The following is his Excellency's answer to the address of the Magistrates, presented immediately after his Ex cellency had been sworn in : " I thank you for your address of congratu l atioa on my arrival in this province. " The preservation of the public peace and the firm admi nistration of justice are the first wants of a state, and the first duty of a Governor. You may rely with confidence upon receiving from me the most active support in the discharge of your Magisterial functions. " I fully appreciate the political and commercial im portance of the city of Quebec. It will afford me sin cere satisfaction, at all times, to contribute to its pros perity, and, when circumstances permit, by residing within its walls, to cultivate the good feelings and re gard of its inhabitants. " I receive with confidence the assurance of your co operation, and that of the inhabitants of your city, in aiding me to promote the peace and happiness of her Majesty's subjects in this province, by cementing its permanent connection with the other dominions of the Crown ; all my efforts will be directed to that end, and it is with that object that I have accepted the trust with which our Sovereign has honoured me." THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, Nov. 16, 1839, Will be repeated the New Original Play, in Five Acts, tenwr by James Sheridan Knowles, called LOVE. Duke of Carinthia, Mr. Cooper; Sir Rupert of Lorch, Mr. J. Vininz; Noon, Mr. Anderson ; the Countess of Eppen stein, Miss Ellen Tree'; Katherine, Madame Vestris. After which, THE COUNTRY SQUIRE. Squire Broadlands, Mr. W. Farren ; Horace Arnalius Sel wood, Mr. Chas. Mathews ; George Selwood, Mr. Fitsjames Sparrow, Mr. Meadows ; Fanny Markham, Madame Vestris Alice, Mrs, Humby ; Temperance, Mrs. Orger. On Monday, Love, with The Beggar's Opera. Dress Boxes, 7s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles. ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, 25. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The production of Ainsworth's " Jack Sheppard," has attracted complete overflows, and been pronounced to be the greatest achievement ever yet attempted, it will consequently be acted every Evening. THIS EVENING, Nov. 16, Will be acted, Ainsworth's celebrated Drama of JACK SHEPPARD. Illustrating all Cruikshanks' inimitable Tableaux Vivant. Character; by Messrs. Saville, Dale, Heslop, Laws, Smith, Ross, Neville ; Mrs. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss Martin, Miss Grant Mis. Laws, &c. To conclude with an Extraordinary Drama, in Two Acts, entitled THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTERS; OR, HELL'S BELLES. Astaroth, Mr. Neville ; CerberUs, Mr. Cullen ; Diavoline. Miss Martin ! Robert, Mrs. H. Vining; Polycarpe, Mr. W. Smith ; Tambour, Mr. Ross. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Middle Class Chartist" is as disloyal as Mr. Brad shaw, and he cannot, therefore, be serious in askiag us to give publicity to a letter containing sentiments which be knows we so strongly condemn. HIGH-WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO. qORRO W. Morning...—. 16 minutes after 10 Evening 49 minutes alter 10 41.% • • , 47 : fi 1 :41144 . % •V- -1 • ~~~~~ ~~~~~v DEPARTURE OF SIR JOHN COLBORNE. (From the Montreal Herald of Oct. 19.) Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, the Committee of the citizens appointed at a public meeting to frame an address to Sir John Colborne, on his retiring from the Government of this province, and to procure sig natures thereto, accompanied by a number of gentle men, waited on his Excellency, and presented an address expressing their gratitude for the admirable and efficient manner in which his Excellency had at a period of un paralleled difficulty conducted the civil and military affairs of the colony. Sir John Colborne made a suitable reply, and ap peared much affected while delivering it, particularly so when the Committee and other gentlemen present ad vanced to shake hands with him and bid him an affec tionate farewell. The number of signatures to the ad dress amounted to about 8,000, which is about the whole made adult population of this city. Yesterday morning the public were taken by surprise in learning that his Excellency Sr John Colborne was to take his final departure from this city at five in t h e afternoon. It was not generally known, how ever, until near that hour, otherwise something more than a merely crowded wharf would have honoured the gallant veteran. As it was, nearly *he whole of the British inhabitants of the city, male as well as f - male, assembled to pay an affectionate tribute of respect to the man whom they delighted to honour. A guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards was formed in front of the steamer British America. Cheering continued during the whole line of march to the steam-boat and was acknowledged by his Excellency repeatedly bowing and uncovering his venerable head. A considerable number of gentlemen were on board on purpose to bid his Excellency farewell. He seemed deeply affected at the voluntary manifestation of feeling which was tendered him by the British inhabitants of this city—the Cana dians, of course, kept quietly at home. The vessels in the harbour displayed their gaudy colours ; yet , amid the joyous appearance, many a heart throbbed quick, and many an eyelid acknowledged an uncon scious tear. When his Excellency embark the band of the 71st Regiment played " Auld lang syne," and as soon as the British America was fairly under way, the crowd on the wharfs gave three cheers, which his Ex cellency, who wa s on t h e upper deck, politely acknow ledged. Bombay papers to the 7th of October, and Ben gal papers to the 25th of September, both inclu• sive, have been received to-day, bringing highly interesting news from India and China. As the accounts from China have no necessary connection with the intelligence from India, we propose giving the substance of them in a separate article. The Aff g hanistan expedition has" Been crowned with the most complete success. For the following complete summary of the news from India we are indebted to the Bengal Correspondent of th e Morn ing Post . in details w hi c h requ i re to b e condensed form th an th e y a pp ear in the given a more Interesting r e sting Bombay journals are reserved for next week:— BOMBAY, O. 7 .—The campaign in Afghanistan being now considered at an end, and Shooja-001-Moolk once more seated " on the throne of his ancestors," the army of the Indus has received orders to return to India. Astrong force, however, of Bengal troops, consisting of one troop of horse artillery, one light field battery, one regiment of light cavalry, a detachment of local horse, one regiment of her Majesty's and two of na- FY4 NING EDITION. ivc infantry, 1-1 een detaile ii)r t is sere ice liac eeyray foe., „, auk; ere re.girre.e. by t:a tive i infantry are to remain at Cendahar, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Stacy. Two regi ments of native infan ry are also to remain for the pre sent at Shawl. This division is to remain at Cabool, under the command of Brigadier Sale, for the purpose of consolidating the power of the Shah ; the fortress of Ghuznee is to be garrison. d by his own troops. The remainder of the Bengal army has received orders to , prepare to return to Hindostan in the month of Oc tober., and those of Bombay, it is expected are already on their march back to Candahar. Letters have been received from Cabool to the 7 , h of September. There is no chance of the capture of Dest Mahorned Khan. It is supposed he would suc ceed in reaching Bokhara. The party who were sent in pursuit were twice within seven miles of him, but , owing to the treachery of the guide who accompanied them he managed to escape. Shah Shooja, by are latest accounts, was busily oc cupied in establishing an order of the Dooranee e mpire in three classes. Tire first is given to Lord Auckland, Sir John K acre, Sir Willoughby Cotton. Mr. iNleNaugh ten, and Sir Ali :tender Burnes ; the second to Major- Generals and Brigadiers, to the Adjutant and Quarter Master-General ; the third to all field officers. Ho has already lord the die of a handsome medal cast for the capture of Gireznee. Sir Alexander Burnes has been appointed Resident at Candahar, but to remain for the present in Cabool. S.r John Keane has tendered his resignation of the comm and of the " army of the Indus"—and it his Ex cellency's intention to accompany the Bengal troops as far as Lahore, and thence to proceed by dawk to Sim lab, for the purpose of having an interview with o ur worthy Governor-General. At which interview Scinde and Hyderabad matters will be fully discussed—and should it be resolved upon to humble the pride of the Ameers, our Bombay friends may yet be employed against Hyderabad, in which fort some twenty crores of rupees are said to be lodged. The 15th Hussars have arrived at Bombay in the Herefordshire. They are to remain here till a reply is received from the Governor-General as to their ultimate destination. The accounts from Karrock are not very favourable. The Sepoys were healthy, but the European troops wer e very sickly, and numerous casualties had taken place. Major Todd, the Envoy to Herat, and officers of the mission, had arrived there, and were busy making out plans and estimates of the expense necessary for the repair of the works, which are described as one mass of ruins. Mr. Stewart Mackenzie, the Governor of Ceylon , continues very ill of fever. It was expected that he would be obliged to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope for the recovery of his health. Mr. Justice Stoddart, of Ceylon, and Mr. Dinwoodie, one of the Colombo District Judges, have died. It is said that Lord Auckland proposes to be at Calcutta in the course of February next, and to return to England at theexpiretion of twelve months from that date. Great anxiety exists here to know what the home Government will do in the matter; and, by the last accounts from Trincomalee, Admiral Sir F. L. Mait land, with her Majesty' s s hip s W e ll es l ey , F a vourite , Al gerine, and Larne, w as a b ou t to procee d t o Medras' to wait instruction s ex p ec t e d b y t h e S eptem b er mail from London. It i s t o b e h ope d t h at no party f e eling will be permitt e d t o s t an d i n t h e way o f a d van t a ge being taken of th e l a t e cr i s i s to esta bli s h our re l at i o ns with the Chines e em pi re on a l ess h um ili at i ng basis than they have hith e rt o b een . There are no appr e h ens i ons enterta i ne d o f a rupture with the Burmese, at least this season. Married at Madras, H. Chamier, Esq., Chief Se cretary to the Government, to Mary Elizabeth, second daughter of his Excellency Sir Jasper Nichols, K.C.80 Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army. The news from China brought by the overland mail from India it to the 18th of July, the trade continued stopped, and a numerous fleet of mer chant vessels were assembling at Hong Kong Bay, awaiting regulations about discharging their cargoes. There was not a single British ship of war there to protect them—a fact which reflects no credit on the vigilance of the Lords of the Aduai ralty. Captain ELLIOT had converted the Cain bridge merchant vessel into a guard ship, and the merchant crews had formed themselves , into battalions, ready to repel any attack upon them by the Chinese. A special edict by the Governor LIN had appeared, date d the 23d of June, in which his Excellency ordered all merchant vessels, before entering the " inner seas," to be measured by proper officers, to ascer tain their draught of water, and to be again meg' sured at Whampoa, and if found to draw less water than before to be condemned as smugglers. The edict further directs Chines e guards to be stationed on each side of every vessel during her stay on the coast, for the purpose of rendering smuggling impossible. But the most remarkable performance of the Celestial Commissioner, was the addressing a letter to the " Royal Barbarian VICTORIA, Queen of an ob scure Island called England," lecturing her on her folly and wickedness" in not compelling her bar barian subjects to respect the "sacred laws, and the Ordinances of himself, the Shadow of the Mighty EMPEROR. The letter, however, was judged so little respectful to his SOVEREIGN, that Captain ELLIOT was compelled to decline takin g charge of it. We regret to state that a disgraceful outrage was, committed by some drunken English sailors on the inhabitants of a Chinese village near Hong Kong Bay in which one Chinaman lost his life. His countrymen took a curious mode to revenge hi death. They carried the dead body to the shore in view of the shipping, and there ex - posed it naked. Captain ELLIOT hearing of the circumstance came from from Macao and paid 2,000 dollars to the friends of the deceased to have the matter hushed up. Some Mandarins, however, he and of it, seized the money, and reported the affair to the Im— perial Commissioner. It was feared ) . that this affair would lead to serious consequence s, as LIN would lay the rnatter before the EMPEROR, The French Journals of Thurschav have bee" receit ed, with letters from Constantinuple and Alex andria, both of the 27th tilt. It wa 5 believed that the Oriental question was on the ev e of a pacific adjustment. The accounts from Ma .dr id a re of 1 " , .4 7th inst. ; they are uninteresting. There is no domestic news of any interest in ti' ie Paris P"ape rs ' save that Count de LosTANGF is, editor. of the Quotidienne, prose c ut e d f ur lib e l, on t'ae Duke of ORLEANS, was ac qu i t t e d b y t h e C ou):t o f Assizes of Paris o n th e prece di ng d ay. 'l' h e f o llowing paragraph from the Commerce cot it ains the latest news from the theatre of war in Spa it i : The Journal of the Western Pyre noes repeats the report of an approaching asrangernen w i t h t h e new commander Segura. Meantime r sin forcements are sent to the army in Catalonia, to pu .t sin end to th e contest in another manner. The t b ree principal bat talions of Bojalance, Logrono, a o.d Oviedo, with a squadron of cavalry, w ill Come t"o oin it, and Wig I be followed by 10,000 men who ha., /e been destined for the same purpose on the urgent ap plication of the De -. puties of Cataloni a to t h e Goverrirt eat at Madrid. DO division of Gener a l C ar b o, Comre.ander-in-Chief in, th e province of G erona, h as likewise re ceive d re i n forcements , and there i s t o b e a development of force on the frow tier, to t a k e t h e Carlist troops in the rep.r when they shall be attac k ed. Measures a.rc alreac'sy taken with this vie w in Cerdagne. Blllr , R rol I , 0 ....• .. ...., .6. . ... ... aAR I S , THURSDA r, Nov. 14. first Higtsest _Lowest Pri c e . L4! Price Pr ice, Price. , tench 5 per Cents lll 5 ~. 111 10 ... 111 ••• !,,Z 50 4% per Cents lO5 75. ... 105 75 ~.. 115 50 ••• 1 I"' g o 3 per Lents Bl 90 ... 8/ go ... 81 85 ••• e lq,, Bank of ' , ranee 2940 ...Wu) • "„,'," Latritte Bank I,ooof. Sh lOBO ...Moo ~..1080 ..... 1 ' I"' 0 5,000 f. Sh 5217 50 ...5.217 50 ...5217 59 ...521 7 5 Belgian 5 per Cents lO2 y k i .... ioU ... 1024 ... T, 3 per Cents 7l 30 ... 7i 45 ... 71 30 ••• L,Q.: Spanish Ac ive 28% ... 28i ... 23 't ••• -"'",' Passive l. 74 ... 74 .... 7% ••• ~„,.-• Portuguese 3 per Cents Nea, olitan Roman lOl% ... 101% ... 20.% ... INS RAILWAY SHAREti. Versailles, R. B 482 50 ... 485 ... 457 ... 490 `L•B• •92 50 ... z9'; 50 ... u9O „.. S9l H tvr - A 7i9:l 75 ... 993 7',, ... 993 75 ... 993 75 Orleans .. HAMBURG BORiEN HALL);, Noy. 12. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares An 10-Russian Loan 1 1 .6., 106% iinssian --- i)ei Cent. Ist series, Cert/ lies .te ION 11;2 Inscription, Ist Series lu2.. 112 Russian 5 per Cent. Hop and .o. t'sil and 4th Se is s .................................... ... .......... 7 34 Ditto in Certificates Dutch dual Debt, 2y i va Cent.... 5014 50 Ditto ' per Cent l'ol i,h, icket ßond . . - :1 1 - 5 New 34 152 Anglo...aid...li Loan, 3 per Cent. SN:,)arnwlesgl:',"Nel;a3"; e i r '4 C 34 e . ii Is per ............. .. ............. . 1 2 0 3 1 t 7- EX CEI A NGES 0 v LON Doi*. HAMBURG, Nov. 1.2.-12 -14—Two months, 13. 3%. CIA RISTIA NIA, IN ov. 2.—Three months. 112. The Earl of Rossl3n has been on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbano, at Taymoutb Castle, Perthshire.