The Sun. — London, England, 1836-09-30 00:00:00

11 .....n..." ~. J."... .‘ FRENCH INTRIGUES IN SWITZER LAND. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE.I SlR—From a recent number of the Morning Chronicle I learn that the French Government is highly displeased with the Swiss Diet. What has the Diet done ? The Diet has listened to a report drawn up by a Commission nominated to report in the case of Cheli Conseil, the French spy. What does this report contain ? First, the result of a law-suit —namely, that before the legal authori ties, and by legal procedure, it has been proved and ascer tained that Cheli Conseil was a spy in the employment of the French Government ; that he was known in this qua lity to the French Ambassador, who received him in his cabinet, and ordered his secretary to deliver a sum of money and a passport to Cheli Conseil, under the supposititious name of Francois Hermann, commis voyageurde Strasbourg. It was a fact of public notoriety that the French Ambassador had officially and publicly designated to the authorities of Switzerland this very same Cheli Conseil as a conspirator, implicated in the affair of Fieschi and d'Alibaud, and had demanded his immediate extradition to the French Go vernment ; aryl it was a fact of public notoriety that the French Mibassador, pretending `the same Cheli Conseil to be in connection with the refugees of other nations residing in 3witzerland, had ordered the immediate expulsion of all the refugees from Switzerland, under a menace of a " her- Ineticar blockade of that country. From these facts, taken together, the actual proof of Cheli Conseil being a spy became certainly nothing less than a very severe attack upon the honour of the Duke de Montebello. But with whom was the fault? With the French Ambassador him self, and nobody else. The Diet stated the affair of Con seil as it was; Since when is it a crime or breach of in ternational laws to write history, and, what is still more, authentic history ? The report of the Diet, secondly and lastly, contained an exposition of the laws of France, drawn from the Code Napoleon, referring to persons who, knowingly and inten tionally, deliver passports under supposititious names. If the laws of France consider and establish such an action as criminal and punishable, with whom was the fault if the establishment of the fact of Cheli Conseil having received, by order of the French Ambassador, such a false passport was in itself nothing less than a proof that the French Ambassador had committed a crime punishable according to the letter of the French legislation itself ? The fault was again with the French Ambassador, who, willingly and wan tonly, had committed that crime. The Diet adopted the report of the commission, and resolved that the facts should be officially communicated to the French Government. And the French Government will send troops to Switzerland ? Will the facts be less true if French bayonets glitter on the soil of Switzerland? Is it not the Swiss Diet whicd has attacked the honour of the Duke of Montebello ; it is the Duke of Montebello himself who, by his actions, has forfeited either his honour, or the honour of the Government whose orders he executed. The all-important point is, to knew if the proof of Cheli Conseil being a spy was complete or not. It is for this reason that L who have been the principal actor in un masking Cheli Conseil, think it useful to lay these facts, through the medium of your Journal, before the English public. My name is Giacinto Migliari, native of Ferrara, in the Roman States. After the revolution of la Romagna, in 1831, I was obliged to flee from Italy. From the sth of February to the 29th of July I lived at Friburg, in the canton of Friburg. Having resolved to go to America, I set out for Berne to procure a passport. I lived at the inn, the Wildman, together with another Italian refugee, named Bertola. On August 6, we were, several acquaintances, mostly Italians, sitting in the common dining-room of the inn, when a traveller entered in a reddish blouse. Ber tola, upon seeing him, exclaimed, " Ah, Cheli Conseil !" Cheli Conseil then related to us that he was implicated in the affair of Fieschi and d'Alibaud, and that he was sus pbated of propagating the Societe du Families. As several persons were present in the room, I found the confessions of the stranger rather too open and imprudent. He took Men Bertola and me aside, telling us, with an air of mystery, " Beware of Boschi and Primavesi ; they are both spies." Boschi and Primavesi were present when Cheli Conseil arrived, and had then left us. The same day we read in the Nouvelliste Vaudois, that the French Ambassador had demanded the extradition of Cheli Conseil from the Swiss authorities. Notwithstanding this Cheli Conseil passed the whole day in our company, fre quenting public walks and coffee-houses, without taking the least precaution, excepting that he requested Bertola to go to the post-office and fetch his luggage. The luggage was brought • into our room. In the evening, when Boschi, Bertola, I, and Conseil were supping at our inn, I pro posed to take breakfast on Sunday morning at Eihler's, a country tavern, at half an hour's distance from Berne. When the breakfast was finished 1 addressed myself to Cheli Conseil, and, " You are a spy ; deliver to us your passport and the key of your trunk." He did so : Bertola took up the passport and examined it. Cheli Conseil, it must be added here, arrived for the first time at Berne on the 11th of July, On the 24th he was expelled the can ton. He said that he should go to France, procure himself a passport under another name, and return to Switzerland. On Saturday, the 6th of August, when he arrived at Berne, he said that a man of the name of Corelli had given him his passport at Besancon, where he (Couseil) was nearly arrested by ten gensdarmes, and fled. The passport was signed on the 4th of August, and it was evident that the so-called Corelli could not have given a passport at Besancon to a person who had already fled from Besancon. Conseil, moveover, had marked and singular features, a peculiar form of the mouth and nose, a dimpled chin, and a wart on his left cheek. All the features of Conseil agreed with the signallenient of Corelli ; it was evident that Corelli and Conseil must be one and the same individual. Oppressed by all these indications, Conseil was not able to say a word. We paid our bill, and went away, in order to examine Conseil's trunk in our room at home. Conseil, when he was alone with Bertola and me, seized hands, and said, weeping like a child, " Save my life, and I will tell all." " I guarantee to you," was my answer, " that nobody shall hurt you ; we are no assassins ; but speak the truth." The trunk was opened, and Conseil handed over to us a Papal passport of Ancona ; two lettres de change, one for M. Cheli Conseil and the other for M. Corelli ; three lists of names of the persons Conseil was charged to watch ; two letters from Paris, written by M. Jacobin, whom Conseil described as attached to the Ministry of the Interior, and as the person who had sent him to Switzerland, with a mission to watch the persons mentioned in the lists, and to make himself to be transported, together with the other re fugees, to England : and lastly, Conseil was ordered not to present himself at the French Embassy ; and a billet or confrontation, a ticket by which spies make known their quality to their brother spies, and to the authorities. The papers found in the trunk were unimportant in them selves, but they were a proof of the truth of the confes sions which Conseil made. The confession was complete. He confessed that when he arrived at Besancon he pre sented him se lf t o th e P re f e t, w h o i mme diately wrote to Paris. On the 4th of August he was called before the Prefet again, who gave him money, the above-mentioned passport unde r th e name o f C ore lli , an d an or d er t o pre sent himself at the French embassy at Berne for further orders. Mark again : Conseil had been driven away from Switzerland by the authorities of Berne, at the request of the French Ambassador, and, after having been driven away, he was, by an order from Paris, sent back to Swit zerland. Was he mu c h wante d there ? He was ordered to present himself at the F renc h E mbassy. Why ? That though the Swiss authoriti es s h ou l d not know who Con seil was, the French Ambassador should at every moment know where to find h im, w here to have him arrested, not withstanding his false name of Corelli. Lastly, Conseil confessed that the day before, on Satur day evening, he had an interview with the Duke of Mon tebello at his hotel ; and that he ha d been or d ere d to pre sent himself this evening , at nine o 'cloc k , a second time. At nine o'clock Bertola and I accompan i ed Conseil to the French Embassy, waiting for him till he came back,ltesr chi and Primavesi following h im at a di stance. A three. quarters of an hour Conseil returned, showing , to us a small packet with money, and a new passport with the name of Francois Herrmann, commis voyages dv Strasbour g , and a new list of persons to be watched. The passport, as well as a list of names, were in the handwriting of Bellevalle, first secretary of the French Embassy, and are in the hands of the Diet. Bertola was in possession of the papers which Conseil had taken from his trunk. Bertola, I knew, had taken an engagement with M. Bandelier, one of the editors of " Young Switzerland," to come and see him at Biel on Tuesday, the 9th of August. I calculated at Berne that the private affairs which I had to settle at Friburg would detain me at Friburg until Tuesday night, but that on Wednesday afternoon I could be at Biel and meet with Bertola. I found M. Bandelier at home, and explained the affair to him. M. Bandelier took me to another Swiss, M. G ro s, first redacteur of the " Young Switzerland." M. Bandelier then brought us to the hotel where Bertola was lodging. Bertola had the papers with him. At four o'clock we were at Nidau. A private .room in our hotel was bespoken. Messrs. Bandelier and Gros went through the town. to fetch M. Schneider and two other Swiss patriots of Nidau. When they were all five assem bled at our hotel, Bertola related the whole of the affair, and produced the papers mentioned above. I myself wa s in my room with Conseil at suppe r, not telling him what was in preparation. When we had finished supper a waiter came in with an invitation to both of us to coma to the other room. I brought Conseil thither, and before the persons mentioned above Conseil repeated, word for word, all the confessions which lie had made to us. -S\ ‘•..% ~r _a PRICES OF STOCKS Tin Rank Stock. 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons , 8 , 1% 8% 9 3% per Cent. Ditto Red. New 336 per Cent 98 7% New 3 per Cent — Bank LongAnnuitiestoexpire Jan. 5, 1800 Oct 10, IMO Jan. 5, 1800 Jan. 5, 1880.... April 5, !SAO Jan. 5, 1870 01nnium — pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds PAgian Bonds lOl% Ditto Account. Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Bl% Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account Chi:linn Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian }lords, :824 9 5 4 3 4 Ditto Account ....... Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1 iii2s Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. ...... Ditto Account Neapolitan Arrived. 1 America 0 1 Brazil II Buenos Ayres 0 n cLathagena I 1 Flanders South Sea Stock When the question was to be debated, what was to be clone now, M. Schneider and the two other inhabitants of Nidau, one after the other, left the room. Soon after wards, at nine o'clock, P.M., three Swiss police officers en tered the room, and asked for our passports. Cheli Conseil was arrested immediately. Bertola and I received back our passports. Bertola was then requested to produce other papers he was said to have. Bertola managed to pass the papers to me, who sat on the sofa, and I secretly handed them over to M. Bandelier. Bandelier afterwards delivered the papers to the Swiss authorities. MM. Bandelier and Gros had brought the whole affair before the public in the newspaper ; public opinion was roused, and the Diet forced to investigate the affair. Cheli Conseil, before the Judge, repeated all his former statements. It is true that the whole affair reposed upon the confession of Cheli ; but the papers of Bertola proved that he was a spy, as he confessed Conseil's connection with the Prefet of Besancon ; and the letters of M. Jacobin proved his connection with the Ministry of the Interior at Paris. The interview between Conseil and M. de Belle valle is proved to be the passport and lists of suspected foreigners which he wrote for him ; and the preceding in terview between the Duke of Montebello and Conseil is proved by the perfectly correct description of the rooms and their furniture which Conseil deposited in the minutes. There can be no doubt the proces of Conseil was an at tack upon the honour of the Duke of Montebello ; if the whole be an invented story, the French Government has a right to send troops into Switzerland ; but if the whole be true, and proved to be true, the French troops might just as well stay in Paris, and arrest M. Jacobin, Nib) was the instigator of these infamous proceedings. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, GIACINTO MIGLIARI. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. India Stoek _ — Ditto Bonds Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 1 3 pm, Ditto 500 1 3 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised - pm Mink Stock for Account 2O?. 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Due I France 0 0 Lisbon 1 0 Co mi. &JersQy 0 II Malta 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexlco 0 0 Holland 0 Jamaica 0 0 Swedeo 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 0 J yy LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1836. Advices from Lisbon to the 24th inst., received by express at the Times Office, have just been published in a Second Edition. The Constitutional Govern ment proceeds with energy, and a degree of dignity which we were not prepared to expect from it, in the reformation of acknowledged abuses. Numerous em ployments about the Court, which only entailed ex pense upon the country without any corresponding advantage either to the Crown or the people, have been abolished—the pensions of Honorary Secretaries of State have been reduced to 2001. a year, and a regulation has been made to grant no such pensions to future retiring Secretaries without the consent of the Cortes—all the Counsellors of State have been dismissed as incompatible with the Constitution—the offices of Administrators-General of the Customs have been suppressed—and a Royal decree of the 19th inst. ordains that parochial Juntas shall be formed, to levy a tax on the people for the support of the clergy, now reduced to a state of utter destitution. Nor is this all. Ministers have already contrived to pay 10,500/. due to the Bank by their predecessors in office ; and the operation of the mea sures of retrenchment which they have already adopted will effect a saving to the amount of 350,000/. a- year to the country—an immense saving in such a poor, impoverished country as Portugal. Of this sum 100,0001. a year was nominally paid to the Clergy as a compensation for the abolition of tithes ; but in point of fact nearly one-third of it was pocketed by the officers charged with its distribution. Notwithstanding the open hostility of the Court to the new order of things, all the great towns in Por tugal have already proclaimed the Constitution. There is therefore no appearance whatever of a re-action having taken place, either in the acts or the opinions of the people. On the 14th the PRINCE ROYAL resigned the C o mmandership-in-Chief of the army : and at the same time communicated the fact to the troops by an especial order; but the citizens appeared quite indiffe rent upon the subject. The following is a copy of this document " It is with the most profound regret I find my se lf placed under the necessity of resigning the command of the Portuguese army, and this day to acquaint the general officers, subalterns, and privates, of my r etirement. a ccepted the It was with the greatest delight that I honour of commanding this brave army, which so freely spilt its pure blood in obtaining the constitutional Charter —this Charter emanated freely from the Crown, and whi ch offered to the nation guarantees of the greatest security— this charter for which the Queen's father, the Hero of Oporto, died so gloriously—this Charter, which acted a s a watch wor d , to ra ll y toget h er t h e f r i en d s o f lib er ty in the hour of misfortune and actual conflict, and which was invoked by the dying martyrs of the Azores, Porto, Almoster, and Assenceira, and which inspired them with courage and f or titude, wherewith they crowned with triumph—b y their splendid deeds of arms—the just c ause of th e Queen, over tyranny and oppression, —this Charter was trodden under foot on the evening of the 9th instant,. and sub s ti tuted by the Constitution of 1820, by means of force, on the very eve o f t h e meet i ng o f t h e Cortes of the nation's clmice. I do not ta k e upon myse lf to decide on the relative merits of the different Constitu tions, but my heart feels a sense of repugnance in believing that the charter of Don Pedro, so d ear l y c h er i s h e d u p t o the present moment, i s insufficient to insure the happiness of the Portuguese. " I shall, therefore, await the future sentiments of the nation thereupon, and will not return to take the command of the brave companions in arms of the Empero r — o f t h ose heroes who, in Oporto and Mindillo, covered themselves unitedly with him with glory and laurels, which ought t o remain unsullied and immortal—until good discipline, obe dience, and order shall be restored to the army, and when it shall act upon the lessons given it by Don Pedro." It is impossible to glance over such an " Order" as the above, without commiserating the QUEEN, if her TM MAJESTY have no wiser head than that of Don FERDINAND to direct her. There is neither dignity nor force in the sentiments with which the PRINCE clothes his resignation. With the exception of the last sentence in the second paragraph, it is throughout the splenetic effusion of an overgrown spoiled school boy. The PRINCE resigns the command of the army —how long will it be supposed ? Till the Cortes shall have abolished the Constitution ? Till the Cortes shall have decided upon the respective merits of Institutions upon which the offended PRINCE modestly confesses his incompetence to pronounce judgment ? Till the Cortes, on bended knees, shall have implored his Highness not to withdraw the powerful protection of his warlike name from the Portuguese army ? Till the soldiers themselves shall have deprecated his wrath by re-establishing Don PEDRO'S charter ?—Why not exactly till any of these periods, though the last is clumsily insinuated. The PRINCE resigns the com mand of the army till .the restoration of discipline ! This is truly a novel reason for the voluntary resig nation of a Commandet-in-Chief. If the Portuguese army lack discipline, whose fault is it ? And when discipline is restored, may we not suggest the propriety of conferring the rank of Commander-in-Chief upon the Regenerator of the army rather than upon a scion of Royalty, who quits his post the moment the country seems in want of his services ? Prince FERDINAND has certainly much to learn, if we may judge from the tenor of this very foolish " Especial Order " to the army. The following is a list of the principal resignations that have taken place since the proclamation of the Constitution in Lisbon : Jose da Silva Carvalho, President of the Supreme Tri bunal of Commerce. Viscounts de Banho and de Laborim, Counsellors of the Supreme Tribunal of Commerce. M. M. Perreira Continho, and J. C. da Paiva Perreira, Members of the Supreme Tribunal of Commerce. L. C. M. de Carvalho e Aboim, Secretary of the Su preme Tribunal of Commerce. Jose Ferreira Borges, Supreme Magistrate and President of the Tribunal of Commerce. J. M. C. Silveira Matta, Supreme Magistracy of Corn• merce. A. B. F. Vasconcellos, President of the Supreme Court of Judicature, Lisbon. M. M. de Augiav, Judge of the Supreme Court of Ju dicature, Lisbon. J. B. Felgueiras, Attorney-General. F. S. Saraira, President of the Supreme Court of Judi cature, Oporta. A. L. de Scabra, Solicitor-General. A. M. da Cunha Rosa, Secretary of the Supreme Ma gistracy of Commerce. This list is numerically formidable, but it is not so in reality. CARvALIIo, who is worth all the rest put together, has voluntarily offered to render the new Finance Minister all the assistance in his power. The people are very orderly in their conduct, nor has the slightest outrage been perpetrated wherever the Con stitution has been proclaimed—and the list of towns include all of any importance in the kingdom. A Royal Ordinance by the new Government abo lishes the barbarous and inhuman sport of bull-fights, as incompatible with the character of a free and civi lized people. It is very doubtful whether this decree can be strictly enforced with safety to the Government. The Duchess of BRA GANZA has solemnly assured the QUEEN that she was totally unacquainted of the existence of the conspiracy for restoring the Constitu tion of 1820. Her Imperial MAJESTY signed a paper to the effect that she would accompany the QUEEN if forced to leave the kingdom. The Madrid Papers received this morning—though not of a later date than the advices from the Spanish capital, which appeared in yesterday's Sun—contain a quantity of important details respecting the defeat 0 GOMEZ—the efforts made by the Constitutiona lists to restore public tranquillity—the energy and firmness displayed by the Government--and the zealous support which Ministers receive from the QUEEN, in their endeavours to extinguish the flames of civil war throughout the country. These details will be found at length in another part of this journal. General ESPARTERO has been appointed Com mander-in-Chief of the army of the North. His ap pointment has taken place at the instigation of General RODIL, who, in a Council of Ministers, declared him self unable to perform more than the duties imposed upon him by the command of the Army of the Centre, and the direction of the War Department. On leaving the capital on the 21st for the Army of the Centre, General RODIL was accompanied by a number of experienced officers. The following extract from a letter, addressed to a Tory Contemporary, proves that the New Government is proceeding with a proper de gree of vigour against the enemies of the Constitu- tion : The Government continues to show much activity and determination in the various decrees issued by them, as well as by their other measures. On last Sunday a man was taken up for attempting, by scattering money among some of the troops on their passing out of the gate of Alcala, to induce them to re turn to Madrid. He had undergone several examina tions in order to find out his accomplices. It is ex pected that he and the men who te❑ days ago shouted for the republic will be soon executed as examples. The constitutional corporation of Madrid has presented an ad dress to the Queen-Regent, praying that no society such as those that in 1821 and 1822 did so much injury to the cause of freedom should be permitted in this country. Several of the most decided patriots have withdrawn their names from the lists of those who wished to form the new Patriotic Association. Within the last few days upwards of 60 Car lists and foreigners, who wished to cause confusion by pro claiming the republic, have been removed from Madrid by the police. This is a severe blow to the projects of the Carlists. The elections for the new Cortes are going on favourably to the friends of freedom. WEDNESDAY EVENING.---AD extraordinary Gazette has been published, which I enclose ; it contains the news of the defeat of Gomez, although not officially. Gomez, as it was officially known, was unable to pene trate into the small town of Requena, where he and the Valentia bands were repulsed solely by the National Mi litia. I enclose the official account of his repulse. _ The news from the Army of the - North is, that the rebels are not only dispirited, but divided among them selves. Villareal is, as it seems, anxious to pass the Ebro. So little are the Queen's troops said to fear him, that 6,000 have been offered from Oraa's army, and 3,000 from Evans's force, in order to proceed to Valencia, in case of necessity. The Government has made a requisition for horses, in order to equip cavalry, which may be useful in the plains of Castile. There is, as I have already stated, the greatest wish to have the news of Gomez's defeat confirmed officially. The courier starts immediately, although no further in telligence has reached this city. The Paris papers of Wednesday, received this morning, contain no news of any importance. They reiterate the report of the attempted assassination of the Emperor of R USSIA ; an d ex p ress a belief in the existence of a dangerous and widely-extending conspiracy among the Russian troops. For extracts we refer our readers to another part of The Sun. The Tory hacks or hounds—they may take their choice of the terms—are quite ra bid a t th e masterly .speech of the Lord Lieutenant of Waterford, and are scattering not a little of their venom on the Liberal Press for giving it circulation. We can easily account for, and as easily forgive, these insane exhibitions. It does not suit the policy of the faction, who are strain ing every nerve to stave off Peerage Reform, to have it known that that all-important question ismaking any progress, except among what they call the rabble, mean ing by this opprobrious phrase the great body of the in dustrious classes throughout the country. They therefore cannot conceal their rage and disappointment when AY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1836. they see such meetings as those at Waterford, Wick low, and many other places, where men of rank and fortune come forward in numbers, and advocate an or ganic change in the constitution of the House of Peers. The higher the station and the greater the influence of those who thus give the true tone to public feeling, and encourage others to follow their example, the more, of course, do the scamps of the Tory Press bespatter them with their filthy abuse. Mr. VILLIERS STUART, as was to be expected, has came in for his share of such treatment ; but the scavenger who plies his trade with so much earnestness, may be assured that he is losing his labour. He may, perhaps, be earning better wages from his unprincipled employers, but he is advancing the cause which he wishes to retard. Peerage Re form is gaining ground, and will gain ground, in spite of all the puny efforts of such slander-mongers as he is. The Conservatives are again congratulating them selves on the extraordinary popularity of their politics. At a late dinner at Stroud, a gentleman, named HALE, said, " if they read the daily Papers, they would find whole columns of them filled with accounts of Conservative meetings that had taken place in vari ous parts of the country. These constitutional prin ciples were not confined to the higher classes, but were gaining ground among the more humble, but equally independent, classes who supported themselves by their labour." The absurdity of these observations bears unequivocal evidence of their having been put forth after dinner. Mr. HALE, we are sure, would never have hazarded them in a cooler and more unclouded hour of judgment, for he cannot hut be aware that the recent attempt to get up Conservative Associations among the operatives in the North has signally failed—as much so, indeed, as Lord RODEN'S endeavours, a few years since, to convert the Irish Catholics to the Pro testant faith. A few well-intentioned, but misguided operatives, were, it is true, inveigled, by those specious promises which the Conservatives are always so ready to make, and so much more ready to forget, into join ing their associations ; but what was the consequence ? Why, that counter-associations were instantly set on foot among the great manufacturing towns in the North, which completely eclipsed their rivals in wealth, numbers, intelligence, and all that con stitutes influence and respectability. If we ex cept a puny Conservative confederacy, consisting of some few dozen dependent operatives, that holds its sulky: meetings occasionally in Newton and its neigh bourhood, not one association, worthy to be called such, have the Tories, with all their zeal, been able to get up in the North. In the South they have been equally unlucky; and we can regard Mr. HALE'S boast, therefore, in no other light than as a good humoured sample of post-prandial waggery. The same lively spirit characterizes the remarks made, at the same feed, by Mr. HALLIWELL. This airy and sportive Tory, after talking of " the steady and gradual increase of Conservative feeling"—gradual enough, God knows !—" throughout the kingdom, an increase that had taken place among the rural as well as the town population," proceeded to comment on the secession of the Derby Dilly from the Cabinet, and added that the " Administration, after having thereby had its brains knocked out, could not last long." Mr. H A LLEWELL evidently means by this that Govern ments devoid of brains must of necessity be short lived, forgetting that the Liverpool Administration, which no one ever accused of possessing more brains than an Essex calf, lasted for the best part of twenty years ! Having concluded his " Lecture on Heads," this sprightly gentleman commenced another on "Tails," asking, " What was the majority in the House of Commons ? It was not respectable in point of num bers, and composed, as it was, of O'CONNELL and his Tail, it was not respectable in point of character. It sanctioned the introduction of injurious mea sures in order to propitiate DANIEL and his Tail." Well, and is there no Tail in the House of Lords, as well as in the Commons ? What are the Tory Peers, but so many rattling joints of the LYNDHURST Tail ? Do these men, like the Re formers in the Lower House, presume to have an opi nion of their own ? Nothing of the sort. They blindly follow in the wake of the " Whig-and-some thing-more" Ex-Chancellor. We have paid more at tention to the Stroud dinner than it deserves, for it was a miserable affair ; but our object was to expose the fallacy of the assertion that the Conservative Associa tions are increasing in influence throughout the king dom. Our Wigan correspondent clearly showed, the other day, that in the North, at least, they are decreas ing in precisely the same proportion that the Reform Associations are increasing. It is but a few months since a Monthly Journal was set on foot at Wick, in the county of Caithness, and was hailed as a sign of the times, John-o'-Groat's being looked upon by many as the ne plus ultra of civilization. The periodical Press has, however, con tinued its progress northward, and now sheds its in fluence over " Thule's utmost isle." We congratulate the inhabitants of this distant quarter on the establish ment of the Shetland Journal, which, as an instrument of improvement, where (if we may judge from the tenor of some of the articles in the Number before us), improve ment is much wanted, seems well calculated to answer the ends proposed by its conductors. The Paper is got up in a business-like manner. An article from it, which we have inserted elsewhere, will give our readers a good idea of the spirit with which this hyperborean periodical has been commenced. There still exist, we believe, among the Shetlanders many of the peculiar customs, habits, and supersti tions of their Norwegian ancestors. Occasional sketches of these could not fail, we think, to be inte resting to the readers—the Southern readers at least— of the Shetland Journal. Perhaps this hint may be worth the consideration of the conductors. A paragraph recently appeared, stating the death of Mrs. Anthoine, at Jersey, occasioned by drinking perry im pregnated with arsenic. The poison, it appears, was intro duced into the bottle in its manufacture; it was a stone bottle, and this sort of bottle is glazed within with a camposition in which is arsenic, and through carelessnes, the fatal drug was badly mixed up in the glazing matter, and the effervescing of the perry dislodged it and caused the deadly mixture. The weather during the past week has been more favourable for harv es t wor k than many of the preceding ones, having been comparatively mild and dry. We hope the pre sent fair weather will continue, and thereby enable the farmer to house his grain, which we fear is much injured by the late heavy rains. —.Kelso Chronicle. Lord William Bentinck is expected to be in Glas gow before Parliament meets. It is said his friends are to give a dinner to the Liberal Members of the West of Scotland, to which his Lordship is to be invited.—Glasgow Chronicle. CHILD MURDER.—Yesterday morning the police man on duty picked up the body of an infant child, and con veyed it to the station-house, Marlborough-street. The child was apparently several days old, and, from the decomposition which had taken place it was difficult to determine whether violence had been used or not. WALSALL.—We are authorized to state that Mr. Stubbs Wightvvick, the late candidate for this borough, has expressed his determination to offer himself again for the suf frages of the electors, whenever an opportunity shall occur,— Wolverhampton Chronicle. RAMSGATE, THURSDAY. —It iS now arranged, that their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria shall arrive here to-morrow afternoon. In consequence, however, of their intention to perform the whole journey in one day, they will not pass through this place, but proceed immediately to their residence, near Pegwell Bay. Every preparation is making to give them a hearty reception. Six brothers, named Edmondson, lately dined to gether at Barnoldswick, in Craven. The youngest is 55 years of age, and the oldest 75 ; their united ages amount to 389 years. • SUN, LONDON, FRI RAMSGATE-THURSDAY. His Majesty's packet Firefly, Capt. Sherlock, and La Poste, French steam-packet, from Calais, also the Ferret, Capt. Hamilton, from Ostend, put into this harbour this afternoon, about six o'clock, and landed their passengers and mails, not being able to get into Dover on account of the wind blowing strong at W. S.W. As soon as it was ascertained a few days since that their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and Princess Vic toria intended again to honour Ramsgate with their pre sence, a public meeting was convened to take into consi deration in what manner their Royal Highnesses should be received on their arrival, when it was resolved to address a letter to Sir John Conroy, stating the feelings of the meet ing, and requesting to be informed if it was the intention of their Royal Highnesses to pass through the town on their way to West Cliff (about half a mile from Ramsgate), as the inhabitants were anxious to receive the Duchess and her Illustrious daughter with similar marks of respect to those with which their arrival was greeted here last year. Yes terday morning the following communication was received from Sir John Conroy, addressed to the Deputy of the Town, Richard Tomson, Esq. : « That her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent wishes that the inhabitants be assured that their Royal Highnesses are most grateful for the expression of their feelings on this occasion, and their Royal Highnesses know how to appre ciate such loyal attachment. Their Royal Highnesses will arrive at Ramsgate on the 30th, but as they will make on that day a long journey, and will only be able to arrive at the close of the day, they will proceed at once to West Cliff by Pegwell, where they hope to arrive before 6 o'clock, otherwise the Duchess of Kent would have felt it to be a most agreeable duty to have proceeded to West Cliff through the town." We understand that their Royal Highnesses will perform the whole of the journey to-morrow from Claremont to this place. The house which the Duchess is to occupy is at West Cliff (half -way between Ramsgate and Pegwell), be longing to J. A. Warre, Esq. The Marquis of Conyng ham and family have just quitted it : it makes up about forty beds, having a sea view in front, with beautiful shrub bery and grounds behind, and on each side ; and, from its standing apart from other houses, is well adapted for a Royal residence. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) UNION-HALL. An old man, named Gunning, was this morning brought before Mr. TRAM, charged by the parish-officers of Rother hithe with having refused to make an allowance towards the maintenance of his wife. From the statement of Mr. Walker, one of the parish officers, it appeared that the wife of the defendant had been chargeable to the parish of Rotherhithe for twelve years, in consequence of insanity. The parish-officers discovering that the defendant was now in work, and earning 30s. a week, they applied to him to make some allowance, which he refused to do, alleging that all he obtained for his work was expended in the maintenance of his children. Mr. TRAILL, after hearing the case, ordered the defendant to pay 3s. a week. TOWN-HALL. NON-ATTENDANCE OF ALDERMEN.-Up to nearly 10 o'clock no business whatever was done in this office, in consequence of the non-attendance of an Alderman. Mr. Alderman Venables, the Alderman in attendance for the week, we are sorry to say was suddenly taken ill yesterday, but surely, among the many worthy members of the Court of Aldermen who have passed the Chair, one might be found to attend at a much earlier hour than one o'clock. The inconvenience experienced, no doubt, must be very great, the police and other parties having orders to attend at half-past nine o'clock. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, SEPT. 29.-LWind S.W., squally.—Arrived the Sea Bird, Crutchfield, from Vera Cruz ; Scainfield, Tucker, from Jamaica ; Eliza, —, and British Merchant, —, from Hon duras ; and Ranger, Dring, from Africa. Arrived from the River the Ann Wise, Ranger, for Hobart Town. The Ann Wise, and the Melantho, for Cuba, have since proceeded for Ramsgate Harbour. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 29.--Wind S. E. to W. N. W., squally, with rain and lightning.—Arrived the Matilda transport, from Quebec. Sailed the Flora, Seveque, for Jamaica. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 28.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Star packet, from Rio Janeiro—sailed the 12th ult., from Bahia 24th, and from Pernambuco 31st ; Breseis packet, from Hali fax—sailed 7th inst. ; Liverpool (steamer), from Malaga— sailed 17th inst., from Gibraltar 18th, Cadiz 19th, Lisbon 23d, and Oporto 25th. No sailings. The Star packet, arrived here, reports having exchanged colours with another vessel, which showed No. 8,541, on the 14th September, in lat. 20. N., long. 32. W. BRISTOL, SEPT. 29.—Arrived the Ada, Fair, from Cuba. BEACIILEY, SEPT. 29.—Arrived Jersey, Picot, from Quebec. The Pantaloon, Pill, from Africa to Liverpool, was totally lost at the mouth of the Cameroons—crew saved. The Zephyr, Hughes, from Donegal to Quebec, went on shore at Cape Breton 30th ult., and bilged. The Helen Marr, from Goole to Miramichi, went on shore at Cape Breton 31st ult.—crew and materials saved. The Pandora, from Demerara to Liverpool, N. S., was on shore near Brouget Ist inst. The Florida, from Havre to New York, has arrived at Halifax, leaky—cargo discharging. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWEAVE 0' GL 0 CK. Our arrivals this morning are the French, Dutch, and Flan ders Mails ; also Mails from Brazil, by the Star—sailed from Rio Janeiro on the 12th of August ; a Halifax Mail, by the Briseis—sailed on the 11th of September ; and ship letters from Lisbon, Gibraltar, Cadiz, Vera Cruz, Honduras, and Rio Janeiro. THE FUNDS. Consols opened at 894 for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 1 3 ; India Bonds, 4 6 ; Bank Stock, 2071 2083-; India Stock, 255. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, which closed yes terday in our Market at about 24, may be quoted at 26i ; Passive, 73- 8 ; Deferred, 11 4 - ; Portuguese closed at about 57 ; at present they are 521 i 53i ; Colombian, 24f ; Mexican, ; Dutch, 52i This day is the settling of the Foreign Account, and the most important and extensive one f or some ti me p as t, parti cularly in the Spanish and Portuguese Securities, which have fluctuated to a great degree. The extreme fluctuation of Spa nish Active has been from 29i down to 24, about 9 per cent. ; Portuguese Five Per Cents. is from 63 down to 48-- 15 or 16 per cent. It was generally expected that the im mense fall in the two above Stocks would have caused serious failures in the market ; but up to the present hour we do not hear of any, which may be attributed to the sudden re-action which has been occasioned this morning, by accounts from Paris of an improvement in the Spanish Stocks of about four HALF-PAST ONE. Consols may be quoted at present 89k foi the Account, and 89 for Money ; Exchequer Bills, 1 3 prem. ; India Bonds, 8 6 prem. ; India Stock, 2551. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active is buoyant, at 261 4 ; Portuguese is not so good as in the morning ; it was 521, re ceded to 511; Three per Cents. were 35, at present 33i ; Colombian, 25 244; Mexican, 24i; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52- 53. We do not hear of any failure in the Foreign Market. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 89%. per cent. Colonel Thomas, the Gallant Member for Kinsale, is, we understand, about forming a matrimonial alliance in England. The lady, Miss Taylor, is descended from an an cient and respectable family in Staffordshire, and possesses, it is said, a fortune of 50,0001.—Dublin Post. Arrived at Falmouth the Briseis and Star packets ; the former from Halifax in 21 days, and the latter from the' Brazils, being nearly a month before she was due. The dates of her sailing are from Rio, the 12th ; Bahia, the 24th ; and Pernambuco, the 31st of August, with a freight of about 10,0001. Exchange at Rio, 39 4 1 ; had been higher a short time before, but declined to this quotation. SMITHS.—So common is the name of Smith, that a humourous writer observes, " throw a cat out of every other window, from one end to the other of this metropolis, and it would fall on the head of one Smith. Rush suddenly round the corner, and knock down the first man you meet, he is a Smith ; he prostrates a second, the second a third, the third a fourth, the ninth a tenth—they are all and severally Smiths." The weather has been remarkably favourable in the past week for completing the late harvest on or near the moor lands, where crops are reported to be very good. Cattle on Dartmoor and on commons are reported to be looking well, where grass is said to have been plenty; but owing to the drought in the past summer, and continuing even to the au tumn, grass is scarce, so that fat beef does not come to market plentifully. The turnip crop is said to be only partially fair, especially the late sown. Swedish turnips hold on better than ordinary, but they are not generally of so much weight as ex pected, nor is mangel-wurzel so well cultivated as heretofore in many districts.—Devonport Telegraph. Such is the flourishing state of the iron and hard ware trade in the North, that a respectable tradesman of this town a few days since received a printed circular from a firm at Sheffield, intimating that, from the great extent of their orders at home, they were compelled to abando n this y ear their accustomed practice of sending round travellers, and would feel obliged, should anything be required, by an order through the post, although such was their situation they could not in that case promise immediate attention to their favours, but only the very best attention in their power.—Taunton Courier. MAJESTIC THIsTLE , There is growing in the garden of Mr. Benjamin Sykes, of Bradley Mill, near Hud dersfield, a ponderous Scotch thistle. It is now at the height of its perfection, and it measures in circumference round the stem seven inches; in height it is nine feet three inches; it has 27 branches upon it, and 647 pods of seed. It is two years since it was sown; and nine months ago it was not larger than a fair sized cauliflower plant.—Sheifield Iris, COURT CIRCULAR. Sir Evan Murray M°Gregor has been appointed Governor, of Barbadoes, St. Vincent, Grenada, Tobago, Demer ara, and Berbice, vice Sir Lionel Smith, appointed to the Gove rnmeat of Jamaica. M. Wallez, the Belgian Charge d'Affaires, transacted buss' ness yesterday at the Foreign-office. Lord Holland arrived at Holland-house, Kensington , 011 _ Wednesday evening, from a visit to Viscount Melbourne, 11! Broket-hall, Herts. Lord Ebrington has also left Brocko Hall. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have arrives, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Wilton, at Newton Pall' near Manchester, where their Graces will remain during the races. The Dowager Duchess of Beaufort and Lady nary Somerset are visiting the Earl and Countess of Galloway, Culloden, North Britain. The Marquis Graham has left town for West Drefe Park, the seat of the Field-Marshal Viscount Beresford. Noble Lord's marriage to the daughter of Admiral Sir J Beresford, Bart., will take place in a few days. left Mr. Robert Montgomery and Major Ryder town yesterday for Gordon Castle. Lord Braybroke still continues the improvements at his splendid seat, Audley End, near Saffron Walden. Note'' from Vietinghoff has returned to Mivart's Ho"' from a tour. Sir Robert and Lady Peel were expected to arriveat Prince Talleyrand's chateau at Valencay on the 25thine";; and, after remaining a few daya the guests of the veneraTe diplomatist, they will return to Paris, where they will malta short stay on their return to England. • • Admiral Grieg, of the Russian Navy, arrived 1n , town on Wednesday from Cronstadt, for the purpose of takinf charge of the large steam-vessel just built for the Envero The Admiral is an Englishman, but entered the Russian nary,at an early age, and rose to command the fleet. rkt Mr. Abraham Robarts and family have passed nes the whole of the season at the villa of the Earl of Besborong ' at Roehampton. Mr. Thomas Carrol Worsley arrived at the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, on Wednesday last, from a tour.. Lieut.-General Sir John Colborne, K.C.8., havinhge received the brevet of Lieut.-General, is to command tab forces in Upper and Lower Canada ; head-quarters, Montre Aide-de-Camp Captain Philpotts, R. E. ; the Earl of Gesfar. Governor of Canada (Civil) ; Aide-de-Camp Hon. CaPtaeirr, Clements; Sir F. B. Head, Lieutenant-Governor of VW Canada (Civil). The Manchester steamer, besides bringing despatcb H from Lord Howard de Walden and Rear-Admiral Sir W. Gage, commanding the squadron in the Tagus, broughtlette.. from the British Envoy for the family of the Duke of Portlael, Lord Seaford is expected home in the Liverpool steamer, 1/1" Gibraltar and Cadiz. Baron Kondener, late Russian Minister at Washing" ton, left Grillon's hotel yesterday for Paris. Baron IVlaltLf.t* it is said, will succeed him in the Embassy to the United Stieb— M. Ole Bull and Mr. Bochsa gave a most brilliant concert at Canterbury on Monday to a numerous and n tinguished audience. Last week the fair ground of the manor of Boll'llo7 ham was perambulated by the bailiff and a number of liorseele being the first time his Grace the Duke of Northumberlo.4 claimed the privilege of the boundary, having lately porehc it and other commons from the Commissioners of GreetlWl Hospital. The Worcester Festival commenced on TuescW, some of the innkeepers were very extravagant in their chergad• for beds, demanding so much as a guinea a night per 'hew, At one place, with two small rooms, in an obscure stmet, sum of 10 guineas for four nights was actually demand ip The innkeepers in some instances have endeavoured, to obtoB, a guinea per night for a bed, but have not succeeded. s°bt. landlords have still the modesty to ask half-a-gwlma per Ingo Even at the Manchester Festival, at the first hotels, eLecti3O shillings was the extent asked for a bed, arid at Norvvieu,i,s, charges were but little raised. There is no kind of justrt-be tion for the extortion attempted to be practised ; and if '" not discouraged, the future festivals must suffer. the Sir Charles Metcalfe, G.C.8., has accepted ,roe office of Governor of the Western Provinces of India. Court of Directors have sanctioned the continuance to bees. the allowances of a Governor of Agra, with two secretarld, The ceremony of investing Sir Charles, by Lord Aueltilll the Governor-General, with the Grand Cross of the Bath, ,90 place at the Government House on the 14th of March. rap BENEVOLENCE OF MALIBRAN.—A poor Pad • chorus singer, in the King's Theatre, had lost his voice his, severe cold, and had applied to Madame for pecuniary elite ante, to enable him to return to his native country roe truth of his destitute condition being ascertained, Isfe'!d to gave him five sovereigns, stating that his passage was PIT {el, Leghorn, and from thence to his native place. The pf°oo, low, upon hearing these glad tidings, exclaimed." Oh, Yle_Au foe mi avete sempre salvato"—(Ah Madam, you have 90'104 for ever). With a beneficent smile she immediately rePiso; "No ; Dio solamente puo fare quello. Dite nessuoo"--k tho Almighty alone can do that. Tell no one.) *es A HARD CASE.--A woman, whose flusbAsi".ao it in the Penitentiary, enumerating his sufferings, said, " allowed no visitors on Sunday ; and, worse than that, I:eee. obliged to go to church, which the poor fellow has never accustomed to I" Tr lice Yesterday information was received at the ',l°ol4' Offices that on Wednesday afternoon a private of the. streom regiment of Guards, whose name it is ascertain,. Atia' Evans, went to the Vernon's Head public-house, Nntrits°' ley-street, and said that he had been sent by Mary Of' the barmaid, who had left her situation upon the previell;pr for her box, which contained the whole of her weiairlg, i e* rel. It was immediately delivered to him, and in a,Tjusar_j hour afterwards the barmaid herself came tothe landla';/ demanded her property. The box contained a number li dresses, besides 4/. in cash. It appears that the 50'7:„atil* been in the house on the day previously, and had over"-, tlO/ conversation between the barmaid and her mistress tll/°„, subject of her leaving. He has since absconded 01".... regiment. 3 001; LIEUT. BELLAIRS.—The Court yesterday ing was unusually crowded by the military and gentribe neighbourhood, who evinced much curiosity to hear jjlear soner's answer to the charges brought against ilia. sem: Bellairs addressed the Court at considerable lengtl3ole'r after the examination of First Lieutenant Thomas P• closed his case. The Court then adjourned. t" A HIGHLAND FUNERAL.-011 Friday vvee eisto remains of Miss Macdonnell, youngest daughter nt ta O f!'" Glengarry, were interred in the family burying-group vergarry, on the banks of Loch Oich. The present v tab; Glengarry officiated as principal mourner, dressed in P.,13x land costume, and preceded by the clan piper', Pa. :et t,(l coronach or lament. A cousin of Glengarry (a 9,(lgb?- late Sir William Forbes) was present, also in the '`,.ilattl dress, with Chisholm of Chisholm, M. P. and nther.,',"ea°„ and friends. The body was brought by the Rob 8°Y.,,,-0,1-#; from Glasgow to the Crinan Canal, and from thenee,iie tie"), veyed by the Helen Macgregor to one of the locks "t of .61 donian Canal, near the burying-ground. The enieconfellig scene, after the coffin was taken from the, vessel, ana.fder h)to by the clansmen, amidst the wild mnsic, and the wi • olt/ c), Itb and glens of that country, was highly impressive, esilee felts the English ladies and gentlemen, passengers in %a who, for the first time, witnessed a solemnity of the '. Highlands.—lnverness Paper. tv of Af; KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON—The io tie thecaries has lately enriched the various collectiunmi ler.ro.‘ medical school of this institution by the presentation ?ct,, bek and beautiful series of specimens of the materia Ap0t..,51 duplicates of those selected for their own collecti Jri at flu:, caries' Hall. As much care is required in choosing t'"nroetuii and best specimens, many of which it requires time werrfect it is not expected that the collection will be quite *Pi coll., many months. A new room has been opened in 00,es•o, for their now extensive museum of materia meclica'aantlf 'llO mitories for the students, fully furnished, and abendioint the tilated, a new medical reading-room, as well as a atno or refectory, to be opened early in October, are toff newest improvements in the college. Coritillne SENS RE-AcTioN..---The grea,, -01-1;o0 ed NapoleonlßLE Bonaparte, when galled and checked bY„the Os, power of Britain, characterised our countrymen thisbef of shopkeepers ;" and persons are not wanting •9154 t, s§ the channel who have great difficulty in recoil° ittign't selves to the most distant contact with things s°,,iss a" Ist' trade and commerce. The late Sir Walter Scott sot Pori, norant of the aristocratic feeling which existed fer of goo suits that have done so much to consolidate the Pfsvorldis; p o 9 tain as the general emporium and workshop Of 'the, 13.0woele, hence the depictment of the high disdain with rrP'ai,ing,pes' received the proposal of reclaiming his sons, 131.113601 e P.. 300 apprentice operatives, that they might become Inf. an oie`/lek merchants in place of hangers-on in the catnl3,_°, dtbe e,gToo' who, as Wordsworth said, or rather sung, resemuief,ord who are Lords above, while he by violence was atore de , But a change in this respect is coming more alp., colic thP the public dream ; and it is now very ge.nel:a ..jentlidti4 that it was the steam-engine and the spinne.l,4 subs' jrtiilf, fought and gained the battles of Europe, "I oi,e /cry the pennyless mercenaries of the Continent, aration 'id CO evils of the most appalling character—Pr°stCoolll the genius of a great, but despotic military dof es. When in the West of Scotland lately, we be ardsonle ge*J. ronet who is building on his own estate a han v 0011 con mill which will cost as near as may be twenty his 913 tIIC pounds, as the best inheritance he can leave, -(;•pr, el if son. The eldest, as heir, is already provideu Of _ father remarks very justly that the law, army► es pto_l_.e or, now next to nothing ; that fighting men, in tint:ler peace, have few opportunities of acquiring "' thi?ecnre, fortune ; that the crop of clients has been greatlyt,b cants the progress of moral cultivation; and that n aNrig still exist in Church and State, he has no wish te_. .„ pfLeter ne consumers ef nail.his battened With these sthe v ipeuwbsl i canidn tenaniglic ht'lheloibtingel3:os ore, mined to set up his son as a cotton spinner ; an et of le may blame, the majority, we suspect, will a to tpp h ;0 e Poier . which bids fair to become contagious up coo 01, ducing many to go and do likewise.—marlfzesfrora SMOKING IN AMERICA.—it appear: res 6 thP,:eo, t submitted to the American Cu, the year 01) sury report importationing the th millions seven hundred and sixty-one t o Off °ltapr:e.flinlbtoert,hle&Ysn,itwedas Cuba. wards of seventy-five millions came from Snthoatie:sisszthoilroffew;