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

c),,y -tz !"- STIZEET.--(THIS DAY.) T LP ni, .., .., -- -----.2.----_ .101;e ph i -. ' r . 1,1 , NLo if a . —IMPORTANT To PUBLICAS 0 , It i a i` ; : l"- , • . ,"; re. . : t.c.e.' ed a respt-cta.ble mechanic, was the , . 3r . :1, 1 . . ti ; e r , c•,,targed with creating a disturbance. Si T ie .7 . , ~ _ee:toey. t h e • ' !t.'''' ,or v.rio epp ear ed for the prosecutor said zan: 713 1 ' l ' Jr er w.ti wiz!. to enter into his recogye. ,e.s.. t) 1 .e• 3 . „ be peace for six menthe, and that if that w I... rie !-, ... , +i el .., „,,,i-ed net enter into the ease. 1 't • t iAi' • 74 ' .ii-r;,e said he tenuld not bi n d any man to ! Itc eP tVe . . 13-.1 - , e A i;.l)c,ut going into e t ie cam i Tit,: s3lic ;!nr teen proceeded' v. I lit, from 0:e rri;ler.ce of Mr, ,ith the cose, and it ap- Herman, the landlord of the Ge-cf,:a .tif , e,, :rid ;het of J.ames Forsyth, his servant, ( that , . toe prv;J:..er. who is. a t a p. ses room customer, in ed " bcH " r 'e'l with beer on Friday night, , 4f t ; e:' t,he ~,"" '' 13 'd Elio'. tura led cut, at half-past eleven, the 1 44 a) Jour ef cl : -, s i .. 'eery , I Li I r 00 . oeing se :- e . g, •and on Mr. Herman refusing to 40 'e .id 'fig way into the parlour and insisted , ; 7 1 - • Ja being refused he said he would re_ he- h'il tc ;" 3 •`''' • a ' .3e.-ry on Saturday, and prevent any of ' ile P ariure cil' . P;mers being served. The prisoner PAcl ae:•ordin& I ' B. urn w4h a party on Saturday, who -Nrce;„a tbeir in 'tit • ow parlour, and by their cond'act 'and thrrateninv t ..,,1.-eag e forced all the custom to quit. T i'e prig, AC • !,2,1 c‘ent to the Fountain :Deposit; -a n d p ro . corer! .tae t. - , which he brought back to. toe Green i'' lll ' r •nd i' isigte-1 unon being permitted to (. .sink it there. ''' c Jris::.qt :race et' his the prisoner had %teen given into ete • 07.4. , In his . - .efer ve the prsoner denied m , shin, use of al'easi v e tillg tva ge ierie .tenn lh,, Satur say, and said '.hat on the Friday Le as - at being refused admt. -mace into the pa:lour. I Lockeey, who der th a t sit! Ti'e' ''` )riswie r then called, ,is a witness, ;;;•tizah e th J was passing hy the Green ' i flan . .- - , , in S.. the time . landl, ad eject 11,-7, t ad (Batt'', oanee took place., and saw the he r a prisoner from the house, in doing which • :de us e e lf a - ret'..‘ deal of unnecessar y violence. She s9lB 1 of tycintir rid with either of the ppAi es , the;v7:'. Br"):;t1r TON said be certainly should net call upon prisoner t , eater into recognizr.nees. Novvidence had 4 1 1)(' jil l e all (I •IK t 0 his cenduct e. 4 the Friday, and he be.'4 ' •"? th`:: • Aso f , 'lave been very much exaggerated by the I 7 7' 1 'esats tor I e reisecu*, - to n . The prisoner was well 1 --r`fe `:' a al 1 . •• esai rot understand why be had been t er' , .a?ti Ad .nitta. o : int , : the parlor. e•Q 11)Q 114 '::,le .i. said o.at the other pr,rlour customers uld l, ! :-the tae ,;' : ir ri t n i ii ,i g. )Ters'..mer were admitted, as she wes in improper compa•Aions with him, and 11# te e 140 gul 4 . e 13:: - LA' e _olgeti in was dirgusting to the parlour 1.1) " corn !I'S ' 4,1,, : 41r " V,. Jet. roN sail a ereat deal of unnecessary fas ..elous: la e , h ' i - h•.d a d A i -7 .: ucem exat i,c as re,,ar ed the prisoner. : 7 .. , b ' c ', " r 3 ,,,.. ;r.toxieited . on the Saturday night, he did I c f ; , 1) ., A t/ it! It'atil , td we a justified in refusing to supply li n , '' "' t ',1 0:10r, c , ipenislly as it appeared he was a regular e f,i s t 7, so vv r . 'l5 - rider .11 the circuurtances of the case, he fin e • - .is 'iuty tAiiNc ! ore: Jarge the:prisoner on his paying a thane. I . O m Ce 111.30 r ,; im esediat'iy pa dock, id the money, and quitted • th e e.A • • of • , , el' .0 '°l ‘P.: worthy Magistrate appeared to ex . - resent in 1 :11 : c ,„•, °16: 'l r' .010 surprise among the persons present 1 e Cis , e. )JON CASTER RACES. t o The attention of thercbole sporting world is now fixed y ,)on Doecoster, witta a degree of interest and anxiety 'Mich has be en ..artiv surpassed. That :;,e cr4o•,,etition of the approaching St. Leger will be of the mos', ~e tined character, evincing on all bands a de.• 0 ' • , wre ' l 1i ,; ' r e carry off the prize, and presenting, at one view, -- 'lt• ' ,n he accomplished by the most superior training I'; 3 ` ) .` l ti . t; most excellent jockeyship, there can be no doubt. '' '''(' usbury, th e winner of the Derby, will have to in 'lt' ater a lar:e number of determined and resolute op- P c nent s . T te: b est horses i n S cott ' s sta bl e — an d h e b - • .i s now upward, of thirty horses in training at Pigburn, a fe w miles (AT—will be opposed to that successful winn er ; and, unlike the race of last year, that stable, h owever numerous, or embracing horses of superior qualities, will not have all its own way. Hence the great struggle will b e o f t h e hi g h est i nterest . M any k now i ng ha nds, indeed, seem to be inclined to the opinion, 1 that towards the finish—that is, 'within the distance, htti ere will b e fi vl or s i x h orses h ea d t o h ea d, w ith h:e other competitors close at h a nd. If th a t opinion , • correct, and there are certainly ample grounds for I sis fo rmat i on, a race of the highest degree of interest i 'yin ensue, and a sight will be presented to the count less host of spectators which, rarely seen, is worth no mall sacrifice to witness especially to those who are de irons of s ee i ng th e English ho r se racer i n hi s mos t per fect and most ttractive form. Bloom s b ury, i ndeed, was successful at the late trial ; but he has a :greater, 4 more difficult trill to encounter in the St. Lozer race. He will have a larger number of opponents, whose cause will be advocated by 'las:ye tounselle tg o f t h e wh i p and the spur , 's p e ri r s 3 s ' e P 4 " 'g co:,, jurigment on all the points of the course, au:l 0„-i pal-,:e of conducting the defence in the most cfricient ao''. determined manner, in the presence of a countless host ofw i 4 tn s es f ses, and before an im phrtial Judsr : laid Jury. however, best h 0 r as e publicin the Purfor.nao',s go, Bloomsbury is the rect.. ant j, rei:,ing upon those performannes, which are far ore certata than any private trial s however smote ) r atlas may be tite stable in which thr - 4 tai e place, the pre &ability is that l'e will prove the winner, provided he is hot amiss at the time, and that no accident cceurs. 'But t his pnv.-ers, which are undoubtedly great, will have fleet put to their utme;st stretch, especially if some ven;yt c_utzider s.ionia tuddenly spring up and preve a muul,(ll.l,Zge.r.ous tv,,irpetitor. There is not, however, o ane 2 • T L'lthood. that such an occurrence will take p ro ; " If 1 3 1 eemsbury should be the victor, he -will of t' " liir118 '• , if a most extraordinary horse,—the winner , 1(1 -I' erby, an't the winner of the St. Legcr,—a dr ": ilst' mee whica has not occurred since the year 1800, Y' tie , . Mr. NVii..,ti's Champion, with Buckle upon his car k, carried off both prizes, to the astonishment of the ir _icing men, ;bid to the great delight, and profit, too, of 'th e venerable f ether of the English turf.—Doncaster Gazette. ER RA TUM.—in the advertisement headed, "To the Radicals et the Empire," which appeared in The ,e.,Sun. of Saturday, e. " This valuable add ress w ill b e b ac h e d,' r ead ~b ari,Td by the Contemporary Weekly press." ) Th;-: West Pectiard Cheese intended as a pre sent to th e Queen, wad made on th e ann i versary o f h er co , !hnation, is ereleul - eelly the largest cheese ever made— ere is every prospect of its turning out well. At the '2" iliSpectort •t N•+ai in most exceilent condition. It 7-igha semetbing more than 150 lbs., and is the produce '" a meels,r,el, (one milking only) of 740 cows, in the park% tyk:7 - .rds it. . "f West Peenard, every farm having contributed rec en t agsera,•et to a n A eommittee was lortn,:d who delegated the e individual. The malt;ng was so per_ The acurdto ; nine,/ ef no waste, and scarcely an overplus. 't 'en i - 1 •only two pounds, which was made i„totsn -la "" "as 1 th e ~,,s tsci ' ll t Cheeses; one was broken, the other is in knowe that ) , 4 ' r th e writer. It may not be generally Cam e publi c :7. C hedder cheese, now so much prized, be- A Lir,„ k ' 4 ' e,r cuatu'ance very similar to the present. e- ---fa e, •, ~ / ~. ' - -nted a co renae,„ co ~ •, Vet 000 weight, was Ares . . as sp a l e „ ot ~° I. P .her i to Kin , George the Third, was much lie we „ cp ' a d' , oil rivalled the Cheshire. The Cheddar, \a', .., :e e- i s ' ~,r threstened with a powerful rival in the two v ( 'eerd. whi ch, however, will not be ripe for nearly Fears..-..(] ronz A correspondent.) ‘ Au exatn.ll34ioll of a serious nature took place be . fer e the Nia . estrates of Bridgewater last week. A young ! glee vvito re- .de.l with her parents at Forton, near Taunton, eßille to 4 )- -. , .Cs .0 - 1 / 4 .ti daring the assizes to meet a young man Who 1 e •, • . ) %4 • Pau.. res -'dresses to her. On Thursday last they i tavelkee te,zea.h.r to Combwich, a distance of about 5 miles, taexis the Bri s tol Ch anne l , to see some large vessels 10,4 ' „T r'a ; her e soma dispute arose between them, and he I . _ , ft b ee it Public-hous, afters. Soon after so m e bargem ,n under a '4)rnintse to tbl,•: he r h ac k to Taunton, prr_vailed on her .-.. i to Fr) on ho. rd nee of their barges, wh'are they kept her t curing the ~if . c.. The following day a,. was seen i n a f desponding- _rate by some sailors iatteng. wood by di e s.lde et the rivet. , on a piece of without a bonnet, her clothes eery much disordere al (1. , and her head and neck aene. covered •vitb tar. On the following Sunday her I l' a l' F.1.:4 -uts, fite!i' a' thair daughter not returned, came in O - ch of lic, ~P .1 having ascertained the facts above Stated, the por eae received orders to make inquiries . re9peeting V , e unhappy girl. They immediately pro ! e' de 'Cry to ', , ,:c lairge, which had returned to this port, in t t ‘ bc. ' h'ai• of which they found a bonnet and parasol, which ii . ..?' a Peeved if . ) b,:ieng to the gicl; and two men, named , - :lnd Lom,ford, , :itu commanded the barge, were taken Aa, custody.. Officers weal; then despatched to Combwich • ,r) procure infor-aatinTi respecting her, but no tidings u e.lloriti what ..a, inane stated have yet been gained. The b ir l eri arc r . 't . ', l :a -Astedy. Fry's face bears marks of having ! beer h e .' - x;°,tr. , !,eratched, and there cannot be a doub . , • the.. cop. . iigP - li,:ve become of the unfortunate girl, 1-,. . Ate* of tt , . 4t:lt LhAmet. that - '-sd men towards her has been of a most . . —..r'le ?nee tit Journal. II ingSweiaLT.LING ti A .talriVAN BODY. —A country-look- J. G. o,k s l,'„" t " the apothecary establishment of Mr. taTer e e f r ,,, ~.de' North Main. Street, on Saturday, and t h er apron, 0-, thf o nly of a male infant, which she had in we4sstolidl"y,. In .t.,ll.lcienifmteerdiately Mr. Oakshot gave her into noon of the same day an inquest i -.. •on the body in Bridewell, when the folioaing ak:s were elicited ;—Ma. Edward Hawksworth, church t! , 'ion "i the parish of Holy Trinity, had on Thura ulY ordered A Pdiin t o i nter the remains of a pauper f ema l e I who bad eafered the previous day from weakness and want of attee.ion subsequent to her aceeuchement. On the ;ottowio.: dsy her infant, about a fortnight old, was t'Lcen to hire, app :a y entl in a dying state, to be sup ' ported as a eeizeilling. H e t rans f erred the infant to the 1 I,Liiall nurse, who clothed it, and who then gave it to the erisoeer, Ja!i , eullivan, of Curragin to nurse, she h av i ng i producea n'si cen-lb!..‘ references as to character ; and having cautionee her :;;;;liii,t ea) ing anything that might be testi ! 4 "aY agniest h e r inquired if she had an) thing t o a ll ege i n de ''''nee? `l2 o this. e . he replied that the infant died in th e course [. nf Friday niot, and that when bringing the body into the c '' . t o ?lac it en to the parish nurse, she was met by a 4vonnin ~ c a ho r(n doct ors to imended her "to sell it to the t ' ak t= 03 - Ric, 0Q tlett was always what was done with dead ` al ' el n"s ' .t b , 'int , evident that the death was natural the , i Jury loud ateedire% accordingly, directing at the same time a prosecut;on far the attempt to dispose of the remains. In- f" m'°°as "ere 10 , 1ged at: the Police-office, and the prt ! aoner was roo,..,:itted to gaol to take her trial at the nest assize=.— C. or!: Constitution. t l A Cou:;:ry Paper, in which appeared last Week i " enpy ( , f a rerecniP orary's schedule filed in the Insolvent Debtor': Co e ; ; t , in the course of a long leafier this week. 4 '` . s ..- --`' W , I•ea. e i d well on first principles, and shall, " . ‘". '''' ' le' "nek, it miellt le.‘, ask tl, emo.igst the. _ . •• ' ... '- . • ' . .• • r Tina tliv nUrely • ~... A c t::r a..,,i4i f_, .Ani„t, , r pert' ate alt :IN .4 a contemporary into a dry political ques \ 1 n, and holding up a man's misfortune to derision? ar.....—_ LATEST FROM AME,'RicA. By the arrival at Liverpoolyester: i ay of the stearr.sh!p Liverpool from New York, from whence she sailed on the :les of American P a p ers to 24th ult., we have received that date inclusive, with late intelligence from the British Provinces and the South American States. The Liver pool made the outward passage in seventeen, and the I omeward in fourteen days. She has brought seventy passengers, and 120 ,i)00 sovereigns on freight. The fol lowing are extrae%s from the papers:— THE GRE fr ,T SEIZURES OF YORKSHIRE GOCJDS IN THE UNITED STATES. P HIWDELPHTA, AUG. 23.—Immense seizures ,of York shire Woollen cloths have taken place in this city, New Yoea, Boston, an d Baltimore. At first, when the cap. tr.res by the Custom-house were believed to be confined to one or twl transactions in New York they excited little titer,: than a passing notice. But new it is openly stated first by an immense Yorkshire speculation, broad . clott. 'ea the am oun t o f 500 , 00 0 1(2 , 50 0,00 0 d o ll ars ) were t h e course of introduction into the Atlantic eitiej,, , in such a manner that a part or the whole of the United States' duties have been, or are in the court of being, evaded by various fraudulent devices. Ti e amoun t s t ate d I fully believe to be correct, as I ''.,erive the information partly from an officer in the able importing C3ustoms, and partly from respect able in this city. The great-,,. par; of all these goods have been seized by the UP.,Aed States Custam.house officers on the charges of smuggling or fraudulent entries, and are now deposited iu the various Government warehouses of the four great Atlantic cities, where they are said to be " libelled," that is, taken pwsession of, until the matter is tried and deter mined by duo course of law, when, if the allegations on the nart of the Government are proved, the whole will be con fiscated, and the importers subjected to other penal enact ments. This, however, is not the worst part of the busi ness. In all cases where fraudulent entries are proven, the parties will he prosecuted for wilful and corrupt perjury, and probably condemed to imprisonment and hard labour. The cases, taken as a whole, certainly present one of the most gigantic charges of smuggling and financial fraud that is anywhere on record. One of the parties is now in prison in New York, charged with perjury. Three others were arrested on the arrival of the Liverrol. The quantity of goods seized in that port is enormous. The seizures in this city are im mense, and while I am writing the United States officers are not only engaged in prosecuting other searches in the neighbourhood, but a party of them are gone on to Balti more, where, 1 understand a seizure has been effected. I have applied to numerous gentlemen, whom I believe to be in the poss - miion of accurate information, all of whom agree as to the following results:— First, That the speculation altogether was about 500,000 t Secondly, That seizures have been made to something like the following amounts:- 1,900 cases or bales in New York and Boston, worth from 600 to 800 dollars per case, or bale, say In Philadelphia cases, bales and pieces, un packed, about _Baltimore as yet uncertain. D. 1,500,000 Thus you will see that most of the goods are already in possession of the Government, and from the figures before me, I am convinced that the above sum is a minimum as regards the value of the seizures, while other captures are fast going on. All the importing parties are Yorkshiremen, without I believe a single exception. It is but justice to state that none of the alleged instances of fraud are from Leeds. Some of the cloths are from Saddleworth. In this parti cular, I speak only as far as some of the goods seized in this city are concerned. Other property besides that which I have mentioned has been stopped at the Customhouse. INDIAN WAR -HORRID MASSACRE.-TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY INDIANS KILLED. (From the Burlington (Iowa) Patriot, July 25 ) We learn from Governor Lucas and another gentleman, who came passengers in the lone last evening, that two hundred and twenty Indi,,ns were killed in the upper coun try about the Ist inst. The facts, as they were related by a young gentleman who was at the treaty, are as fol low :—The ; Sioux had invited the Chippewas to meet them at St. Peter's, for the purpose of making a treaty of everlasting friendship. The Chippewaa assembled accor dingly, the pipe of peace was smoked, and they parted apparently good friends. A large party of the Chippewas was encamped at the Falls of the St. Anthony, and a smaller party encamped on the`St. Croix on their way home, without the least suspicion of treachery on the part of the Sioux. While they were thus peaceably encamped, they were surprised by the Sioux, who commenced their butchery. They immediately rallied, but before the battle terminated, the Chippewas lost 150 at the Falls, and 20 on the St. Croix. The number of the Sioux killed on the occasion amounted to about 50. We do not much wonder at the hostility that has been exhibited by the Sauks and Foxes against the Sioux, if this latter tribe has always been as treacherous as they were - on the above occasion. AWFUL CONFLAGRATION AT ST. JOHN'S. N. B. I Another fire has occurred at St. John's, N. 8., whin` stroyed about one hundred b __ buildings. . .ace out on - - Saturday night, about nine m l.gh Irvine and Brothers, o'clock, ; . uigs. It Ir - ' -- " e ~ a warehouse in Nelson street, occupied by Mr. ship-builders, and before its - e rogress was arrested it swept away all the buildings P ....., both sides of Nelson -street, and on Lawton's, Market whart,W:corbery's, Donaldson's, and the North together with three on both sides of Dock street (r`.um Market-square to Union-street) on the south !id':,, Union-street from J. and J. Lawton's new dwelling noose to the water, including all buildings and lumber on Black's, Crookshank's, and Walker's wharfs, and all the bridges on the north side of Market-square. The loss is estimated at 800,000 dollars. The last great fire, which destroyed 115 houses and stores, occurred two years and seven months ago. CANADA. The Quebec Mercury contains a report that Sir Join Colborne is to be relieved from the administration of the Civil Government of the Lower Province, leaving it op tional to him to remain as Commander of the Forces; and that as Sir John declines to remain on these terms, he will embark for England so soon as his successor arrives. Bill Johnston, the Canadian patriot, who was arrested in this city a short time since, arrived in Watertown last Thursday se'nnight, and held under 10,000 dollars. He requested perno!ssion to look after bail, which was granted. He gave them " leg" bail. and has not been seen since. (From the Montreal Herald.) . . The transport ship Buffalo has at length arrived at Quebec, and is said to be destined to convey the political prisoners in the Canadas to their destination—Botany Bay. There they will be indentured to the colonists and treated like galley slaves for life, made hewers of wood and drawers of water, wild branded with the infamy of felons. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, AUG. 23. The Money Mstket is in a singular position. The great body of jabbers. grocers, and regular merchants are in a comfortable position, and are not pressed to any ex traordinary d<•gree. This is emphatically the case with all those who are and have pursued a regular and steady bu siness. Bat in Wall-street the reverse is the case with Stock operations, and all these who have to raise large sums on Stocks, or on State or Post-note Securities, it is impossible to obtain funds, except at ruinous rates. To obtain money on Stocks, there is no other mode than to force sales at the present ruinous rates. It is impossible to place Western State Securities at any price; and Post-notes of the best Banks in Philadelphia are selling at 12 to 15 per cent. a month. Corporation Bonds bearing 7 per cent. interest, are selling at 97, which is 10 per cent. per annum ; and their Loan of 5 per cent. are selling at 85. The follow;: a g resolutions, relative to the days of ma turity on Post.notes ' have been adopted by the New Orledns Chamber of Commerce : " Resolved,—That the Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans consider the following rules as governing the ma turity of drafts, notes, bills of exchange, and bank checks or post notes, viz. : " That all notes, drafts, bank checks or post notes drawn payable in days or months after sight or after date, or drawn payable on a certain specified subsequent day, are entitled to the usual three days of grace, unless expressly specified to the contrary. " The bills, notes, or drafts, drawn payable in months or days after date subsequent to the date of the said bill, note, or draft, is due on the same day as if drawn the same num ber of days or months after date. " That any bill, note, or draft drawn a certain number of months after ddte, and dated the last day of a month having a greater number of days than the month in which it falls due, is due on the last day of said month without any allowance for the day or days short in the due month. " That all drafts or orders for money payable at sight are not entitled to days of grace, but are due and payable on presentation. _ _ " . Resolved—ln order to avoid any future doubts or dif ficulty on the subject, that a committee be appointed to draft a bill in conformity to the preceding resolution, and to urge the passage of the same by the legislature of this gide at their next session." RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EX CHANGE, AUG. 24. 20 Shares Mechanics' Bank 96 20 do. Bank of New York 106 45 do. North American Trust Company 69/ 150 do. Bank of Commerce cash 97i -25 do. Delaware and Hudson Canal Comp. cash 68 47 do. Ohio Life and Trust Company 97 100 do. Mechanics' Banking Asseciation, Sept. 1 81 100 do. Vicksburg Bank cash 36 100 do. Kentucky Bank s four months 77i. 15 do. Morris Canal Banking Company, cas h 29 7 do. Mohawk Railroad 10 do. Srotington Railroad.. cash 24 250 do. Harlem Railroad cash 48 1 10 do. Utica and Schenectady Railroad . . 116 l 50 dn. Long Island Railroad 30 do. Canton Company, Baltimore , EXCGANGE.-The transactions in bills on England were to a fair amount for the steam packet of today. The pur chases were principally made at 4.80 a 4.82 dollars (8 a 8A- per cent.,) the former rate for private, and the latter for United States Bank bills. The rate at which the latter is selling bills on Paris is sf. 25c. „,,,„SPORTING EXTRAORDINARY IN WNDSOrt PAaK_ Regiment F r id ay morning, just as the 45t h R e gTeiv_ t was leavin g t h e H ome Park, after a field day. a large hare started fro m b eneath some high grass, under the trees I opposite th e w i ndow in which her Majesty was witnossing the evolutions of the troops. Puss was several times caught, but as often managed to escape before she was properly sec ure d. H er Majesty appeared to enjoy the ” sport," and laughed heartily. The mob, thus em boldened by the " patronag e of royalty" (although it is a high crime and misdemeanour " to snare or otherwise take came!' in any of the Royal parks), again started eff in pur• suit, in full cry, and a working man eventually succeeded in capturing the hare, which he " bagged" under the folds of his jacket, and he was permitted to walk off with his prize unmolested. r ` J IA( )N DN. ?Ni PTEMB ei. ,9, 1839 SOUTII AMERICA. MEXICO. (From the New Orleans Hulkin.) Th. indications of a speedy pacification betweestXaS and Mexico are very flattering. .During the two Nea rs past, the war carried on by these beltigerents'h as been only nominal—the intestine dissensions in Mexico, and the qnar rel with France, forbade any offensive operatifyis, while the Texians were contest to remain within their oakn tehiro. ries so long as their enemies refrained from molesting them. After the difficulties with France had been am: : cably adjusted, apprehensions were expressed lest ;1,, p r id e and infatuation of Mexico might mislead its Covernrneiit into another hopeless attempt to ...etrieve her lost provinces. Sme encouragement was. given to this impression by the ridiculous boasts and menaces o f S anta A nna. T he good sense , h " - ever, of Bustamente, and other officers of state, re.i" . ,,ed the mad scheme of a second invasion. There is every ground for believing that the Cabinet of Great Britain feel it to be their duty and interest to inter fere in the matter. Mexico is a kind of protege of theirs, and the certainty of Texas becoming a great cotton growing region has made the English people very anxious for the establishment of commercial relations that must prove materially beneficial to both parties. Thu. it will be seen that a double motive incites England to net es mediator. Her intervention was gladly accepted in tl: quarrel with France, and the effort at reconciliation will no doubt be successful when backed by an influence upon which Mexico hangs dependent. But the fact is, that Mexico, whether willing or not to listen to overtures of peace, will soot. be compelled to submit to terms. She has not a single vessel of war afloat, and her commerce and maritime coast are left without protection. At the same time, Texas is rapidly augmenting her naval force. We are confident that the appearance of a Texian squadron before the port of Vera Cruz will greatly aid the friendly mediation of Great Britain; and, between the two in. flucuces of force and persuasion, a strong probability exists that a treaty of amity and peace will put' an end to this vexatious and prolonged contest. MARTINIQUE. (From the Baltimore Post.) " ST. PILERE, MARTINIQUE, Ace. 2, 1839. " I hasten to inform you that this morning, 'at twenty. five minutes past two o'clock, the inhabitants of this town were awakened by two very severe shocks of an earthquake, each of which lasted about forty seconds. It is impossible to describe the sensations caused by such an occurrence ; houses rocking to and fro, tiles, small stones, and 'mortar, falling all around, women and children screaming, and with the expectation of seeing the houses fall upon you ; I assure you our situation is far from being enviable. " We have not heard of any deaths, but several persons were much hurt in jumping from the windows. &c. The frequent repetition of these scenes has cast a deep gloom over the inhabitants; they imagine they are .no t sa f e i n their hous es , an d ret i re at night with fear and trembling. " Nothing die new here of consequence. Produce of the highland scarce and high. " PHILIP A. DE CRENY. U. S. Consul." NEWS FROM THE EAST. The Censeur de Lyons of the Bth inst., publishes the following letters, dated Constantinople, of the 2ist and 22d ult., or six days later than our last intelligence from. that capital. and which were brought to Toulon by the Castor steamer:— TIIBRAPIA, AUGUST 21. " Last evening the French steamer Castor arrived from Toulon in nine days, with an extraordinary courier sent to Admiral Roussin by his Government. The whole of the corps diplomatique was immediately in motion ; Lord Pon sonby waited on the French Ambassador, and was shortly afterwards followed by the representatives of the great Powers, with the exception only of the Russian Ambts. sador. who sent one of his secretaries. " The contents of the despatches brought by the Castor is kept secret. Some say that this vessel came to arthounee the formation of a Congress at Vienna; whilst others aver that an application is on the point of being made to the Porte to obtain permission for the French and British fleets to enter the Dardanelles. This naval force would be stationed opposite Constantinople, so as to be at hand to pro. tect the capital against the Egyptians or Russians, as the case might be, for the empire can do nothing of itself; its army scarcely consists of 10,000 or 12,000 men, and, such et they arc, these troops arc barely sufficient to man the forts. The navy, on the other hand, is completely at an end, since the defection of the Ca!,itan Pacha. There are now in the Bosphorus only a few frigates, corvettes, brigs, and steam. ers, but not a single ship of the line. " Efforts are in progress to re-organise a fleet, but can this be done ? This immense eastern empire is failing to ruins. Its dissolution is general, and nothing will prevent the Mussulman population from rallying round Mehentnt Ali, who has already numerous partisans even in Constan% tinople. If Ibrahim Pacha advance into the interior et the empire, the people en masse will join him, and there: ig little doubt but that he will adopt that con if tEu ropean Powers attempt any hostil the coast. Ilafiz Paella is r —.'w with him. remonstration along Yester'' CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG, 23. we saw successively arriving in our harbour ...0 English steamer Rhadamantbus, with Admiral Stop ford on board, and the French steamer Castor, which landed Vice-Admiral Roussin. These two packets were coming from Therapia. The French Ambassador had several interviews with members of the Divan, and this evening the Castor is to return to France with despatches for the Government. The Castor (says, the Toulon letters) announces that the squadron of Admiral Lalande was joined on the 24th at Tenedos by the ships of the line Hercules and Diademe and the steamer Pepin, which brought back the Prince de Joinville from Constantinople. The health of the crews had impraved. There were then few men labouring under scurvy. On her passage near Milo, on the 26th , the Castor met the three-decker Montebello ( Rear- Admiral Lasusse), who, having taken in a pilot, steered his course towards Tenedos. The French squadron there now consists of eight ships of the line ; the Santi Petri, which sailed to-day, will extend that number to nine ; there are with it, besides, two frigates and several lighter vessels. The Cayi R.elia has rublished :a justification of his conduct, in which.lic states the real motives which induced him to sail for Alexandria with the fleet under his command. The same courier which apprised him of the death of Sultan Mahmoud was the bearer of the firman of the new Sultan, raising Kosrew Pasha to the dignity of Grand Vizier. The latter had long been the personal enemy of Ahrnet Pacha, but had been obliged:to dissemble his hatred on account of the Admiral's influence in the Seraglio. It was accordingly natural to suppose that, become all powerful, he would seize_ an early opportunity of wreaking his vengeance on his inferior. It was not, however, for the sake -of saving his life that the Capitan Pacha took hi bold determination ; he was actuated by " a nobler consideration." Experience had taught Lim what that perfidious old man was capable of. K os . rew, by his influence, had entailed the greatest evils on the empire. It was Kosrew who, by destroying the har mony prevailing between the Sultan and the Viceroy, had plunged the nation into a disastrous civil war and prepared its ruin. Kosrew and Mehemet Ali were separated by an abyss of forty years' hatred. Thus would Kosrew, once ob stacle to at th t e he h oo c io a n d of h of t To e r Gve ke o yw rr i i t m h en E t be a Egypt, ypt,w n h e io te h rnl w a asso indispensable for the safety of the empire. Feeling thus, Ahmet Pacba resolved on accomplishing those two desir able objects—namely, the.overthrow of Kosrew and the union of Constantinople with Cairo. " Bound as he was by ties of gratitude towards the son of his benefactor, he conceived himself in duty bound to rescue Abdul Medjid from the fangs of this usurper; he might have sailed for Constantinople, and, with arms in hand, demanded the ex pulsion of the Vizier, but he was afraid to expose the capital to the horrors of a military revolution, to excite thereby the am bition of a powerful vassal, and afford a pretext to foreigners to impose on his country their dangerous protection. Be sides, in obtaining the removal of Kosrew, he would have achieved only one half of his object. What he wished above all was, to save the effusion of Mussulman blood, and bring about in a pacific manner the fusion of both parties. His plan being formed, he called together a meeting of the officers of the fleet, to whom he exposed his views, end the council was unanimous in urging him to sail for Alex andria." The remainder of this document refers to the conduct of the Capitan Pacha after leaving the Darcianellcs, his overtures to Mehemet Ali and Hafiz Pacha to aid him in overthrowing the Grand Vizier, and in conclusion trusts that this explanation of his conduct will exonerate him from the charge of treason and felony which had been so lightly and so wickedly directed against him. The France gives the following account of the armies of Russia in the Caucasus, on the coast of the Black Sea, and in Armenia, from a letter dated St. Petersburg, 24th ult. : —" The army of the Caucasus, commanded by General Golowine, at Tiflis, is composed of 3,000 infantry, 800 dragoons, 1,500 Cossacks, and a half brigade of artillcre. General Feet, at Derbent Boujnedki, occupies the coast of the Caspian Sea as far as Bacon, with 12,000 men and 36 pieces of artillery. In the fortresses of Cabasli dah there are 15,000 men in garrison, with their artil lery. Upon the lines of Tereke and the outposts there are 2,500 Cossacks of the line. The army of the Black Sea consists of 8,000 men and 24 pieces of artillery at Anapa, under General Grabbe; 12,000 men and 48 pieces of artillery en the line of Kouban, under General Rajewski ; 9,000 men and 36 pieces of artillery on the coast and lines of Sundja, under General , Suboleoski ; and 3,500 Cossacks of the line in the plains of Alazan, under the Hetman Winrzouline. The army of Armenia is composed of 20,000 men and 60 pieces of artillery, under General Ratowaki, at Erivan, and upon the lino of Udaxes." This account does not include the irregular and native troops, which are calculated at from 15,000 to 20,000 cavalry. THE GREAT WORCESTER DISTILLERY.— The sale of the great Malt Distillery at Worcester, inde. pendently of the Rectifying Distillery and the British Wine Trade, previously announced in our Journal last week, has caused a great sensation throughout the country. There is a feature connected with this exchange of pro perty that gives it a peculiar advantage—during 110 years it has been in one family, throughout this long period, up to the present time, the proprietors retired with a tine independence. It may well be asked—" Where is a cor responding case to be found ?"—beside which, Mr. Robins promises to all these who have high testimonials to their respectability, the opportunity to: investigate the books, and thus see upon record, a happy illustration of the cha racter so imperfectly awarded to it in his announcement. CONCERT TO MR. BISHOP.—On Tuesday evening a tributary concert was given to H. R. Bishop, Esq., at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. by the musical bodies and associations of that town. The theatre was crowded. The orchestra and chorus consisted of about two hundred performers, who lent their gratuitous assis tance, and the programme included selections from some of the best of Mr. Bishop's compositions. WAFERS.—The oldest letter vet found with a red wafer was written in 1624, from D. Krap, at Spires, to the Government at Bayreuth. Wafers are ascribed, by Le.bat, to Genoese economy. In the whole of the sevei:- tecnth century they were only used by private pers.ons ; on p u blic seals they commence only in the eighteenth cent u ry. —Fosbrooke. COURT Ciii.UULA Wrins'ott i , T. '8 ne aceerrpeniet • • by : the icing of dye Belgians, the Duchess l Keiat, and • the bake of 'SlkeCOhourg, attended Divine Beivice this morning in St...e.horge's The sermon was orcaehed„, hey. Mr. Marklum, from the 2d Enistl'e of St. Peter, chap. 2d, verse 20. The Rev. Mr. Knyvett ebaunted the. service. The Hon. and Very Rey. 'the Dean and the Rev. Mr. Markham, arliciated at the altar. The anthem was "In Jewry i s God known" (Dr. Clark) ; the verse was sung by Masters Foster and Bode ; Messrs. Turner, Weeks, and French. Mr. El vey , M. 8., pres id e d a t the organ. The musical service was King's in C, and the Sanctus and Commandments were the same. At half-past four o'clock this afternoon her Majesty came on the east terrace of the Castle, and for some time promenaded on that portion of the terrace imme diately under the windows of the Castle, the King and Queen of the Belgians walking by the Fide of her Ma jesty while slightly in advance of the Royal party, on either side, were the Earl of Fingal, Lord in Waiting, and the Earl of Surrey, Treasurer of the Household. The Band of the 2d Life Guards, and the Band of the 45th Foot, who were stationed in the garden enclosed within the terrace, played " God save the Queen," es her Majesty descended from the Castle. The Duchess of Kent,. accompanied by the Duke Ferdinand and the Princess Victoire of Saxe Cobourg, Prince Augustus and Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, end Viscount Palmerston, shortly joined the Queen. The military bands played alternately. At five o'clock, her Majesty, taking the arm of the King of the Belgians, the Queen of the Belgians being on the other side, came on the outer Terrace, where the public are admitted, and which was thronged with com pany, Col. Wemyss, an Equerry in Waiting, preceding her Majesty, the Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg fol lowing with the Duchess of Kent, and,the Princess Vie toire and also the rest of the Royal Ps'rty, including the Princes Augnstus and Leopold, Viscount Palmerston, Lady L3, , ttleton, Madame d'Hoogvorst, Baroness Fenye vessy, lion. Miss Spring Rice, Earl of Fingal, Count d'Arscbot, Earl of Surrey, M. Von. Praet, and Sir Robert Otway, Prince Augustus, and Priem Leopold of Saxe Coburg ; the Earl of Finizal,..Earl of Surrey, Sir Ro bert- Otway, and Colonel Wernyss, wore the Windsor uniform. After passing through the whole extent of the Ter. .race, between continuous Lnes of visitors, the illustrious pfirty returned to the Iriper Terrace. The Queen of thfii-BClgians anTi,Suite, the Princess Victoire of Saxe Cobotirg, and the Princes Augustus and Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, attended by the Earl of Fingal, • attended Divine Service this morning in the Catholic Chapel at Spittal. Her Majesty took her usual ride on horseback, yes terday afternoon, accompanied by King Leopold, the Dulie Ferdinand, and the two Princes of Saxe Coburg, Count MensdOrt, and Viscount Palinerston. Among the Royal suite were the Hon. Miss Spring Rice, Earl of UXbride, Earl or Fingal, Colonel Wemyss, and Sir Robert Otway. The Queen of the Belgians took a drive yesterday in an . open carriage with the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoire. of Sake Cobourg. Count Alexander Measdorf took his departure from the Castle last night. The Suite of their Majesties, the King and Queen of the Belgians, arrived at the Castle yesterday. The Royal dinner party o$ this evening, is expected to include the - King and Q ueen of the Belgians, the Duchess of dent L the Duke Ferdinand, and the Prin cess Victoire of Saxe Cobourg, Prince Augustus, and Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourg, Lady Lyttelton, Madame Hoogvorst, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Baron ess Fenyevessy, 1103. Miss Pitt, lion. Miss Spring Rice, Lady Harriet Clive, Baroness Lehzen, the Bel gian ,Mini.k.ter, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmers ton, Cella D'Arschot, M. Von Praet, Earl of Fingal, Earl of Surrey, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Sir Robert Otway, and Col. Wemyss. The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and attended by Miss Kerr and Baron Knesebeck, came to Cambridge House on Saturday mnrning. Her Royal Highness loft in the evening ; accompanied by the Princess Augusta, for ItelV. Oir gesketh Fleetwood had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby on Saturday at the Home Office. The Earl of Granville transacted business at the Foreign Office on Saturday. Sir George, Lady, and Miss Wombwell arrived at Farrancc's Hotel on Saturday from Leamington ; Ladies Macdonald and Malcolm arrived on Saturday from Wading House, Berks. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Prince Soltikoff, at Long's Hotel, Bond-street, from St. Petersburg, Colonel Ischclistscbcof, at ditto, from Lord Jersey's; Col. , and Mrs. Ogden, at ditto from Liverpeol; Mr. Prenrice, at ditto, from the Continent. DEPARTURES. Mr. and Mrs. James Mciklam, from Long's Hotel, Bond.street. for Florence; Mr. Wm. Mciklam, from ditto: for ditto ; Mr. Cobham, from ditto, fur Boulogne; the Rev. H. Montgomery, from ditto, for Paris ; Captain Custance, from ditto, for Western House, Norfolk; Dr. and Mrs. Haviland, from ditto, for Cambridge; Mr. O'Callaghan, and son, from ditto, for Ireland; Samuel Welles, Esq., of Paris, and Mr. Samuel Williams, from Portland-place, for New York : Lord Wharneliffe and the Hun. Stuart Wortley, from Curzon street for Wortley Hall, Yorkshire ; the Earl and Countess of Lovelace, for Ashby Lodge, Somersetshire ; the Earl of Pembroke for his hotel at Paris ; the Right Hon. Henry Pierrepont, for Conholt Park, Andover; the. Ladies Ashburnham, from Upper Grosvenor -street, for their villa, at Richmond; the Earl and Countess of Beverley, and the Ladies Percy, from Portman-square, for Orwell Park, in Suffolk; the Dowager Lady Cooper, for Isleworth House ; the Earl of Shaftesbury, tor St. Giles's House, Dorskshire ; the Hen. Mrs. and Miss Gosling, for Roehampton.grove ; the Hon. Charles Hope, M.P., on a tour; Mr. Pigot, M. P., for Patishall, S ta ff or d s hi re; J. T. Hope, Esq from Seymour-street, for Netley Hall; Lady Elizabeth Fielding, from Hanover Lodge, for Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham, Wilts ; Major and Mrs. Goldsmid, Upper Harley-street, on a tour ; Rear Admiral Moore, for Dover ; Lord Dinorben and Lady Gardiner, froin Bute House, for Kinwell Park, South Wales; the Right Hon. Richard Lalor Sheil, for Conflict, Ireland; Lady Charlotte Fitzroy, for Tunbridgc.wells; Sir James and s L q a u d a y re,fo w Fitzgerald , iliey pfrhormk, Broseley,Portm Portman square, for Armitage Park; Lord Foreste r , f rom Ch ar l es -street, B er k e l ey - Shropshire; the Hon. M. Fortescue, from Devonshire-place, for Mauor House, Beckenham, Kent; Mrs. Lane Fox, from Curzon -street, for the Marina, St. Leonard's-on-Sea; Lady Harriet Gardner, from Grafton -street, on a visiting tour. CHANGES. The Hon. and Rev. John Vernon, and Mrs. Vernon, at Buxton Wells, from Derby ; the Earl Orkney, from the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, for Edinburgh ; the Marquis of Westmeath, at Buxton, from a tour; the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, from ditto, for ditto ; Sir Robert Peel, at Drayton Manor, from the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool ; Lord and Lady Southwell, and the Hon. Misses Southwell, at Hiulip Hall, Worcestershire, from a tour ; the Hon. and Rev. Archdeacon Stopford, at Kingstown, from Dublin; Lord and Lady Sandon, at Leamington Spa, from a tour; the Honourable Frederick Bertie. and Lady Georgiana on a visit to the Earl of Abingdon, at Wytham Abbey, from Oxfordshire; the Hon. the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Lord Ebrington, and suite, at Summerville, county Wexford, from Dublin ; Admiral Sir Edward Hamilton and family, from Tun bridge-wells, fur Bath and Clifton. Her Majesty has been pleased to decide the Peerage of " Braye," also a Considerable time in abeyance, in favour of Mrs. Otway Cave. This most estimable lady iis.the mother of Mr. Robert Otway Cave, M. P. for the county of Tipperary. F9r.the Braye Peerage there were also other claimants. On Saturday a deputation from the body of sta tioners, headed by' Mr. Alderman Venables, and accom panied by Mr. Charles Pearson, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Robert Steuart, one of the Lords of the Treasury, at the official residence of the former Right Hon. Gentleman, in Downing-street. Al though the interview lasted for an hour and a half, and the able exposition of the desires of his clients, the stationers, by Alra considerable space in our columns. may be stated in a very few w ords. T h e deputation earnestly C. i we Person, understand r would stand that e cu ge substance of their demands requested that the points set forth in the Treasury minute of August 9 3 should be abandoned altogether. These three or four points having reference to the more secure and efficient execution of the stamped-cover principle, have already been published in the newspapers. Now, the sta tioners asked yesterday that this principle should no t b e persevered in; but that, instead of it, the public should be allowed to pre-pay the penny postage at the Post- Offices ; or that, at the option of the writers, the postage should be peid by the parties to whom the letters are addressed, on delivery. We need scarcely add, that th e arguments and represen t a tions of the deputation were received with sincere marks of attention and !-espeet, and that of course they will have all due consideration from . the prop er quarter. CHURCH RATES.—GOSPORT.--The hollow and empty streets of this almost deserted town were made to resound on Monday last, by . the unu sua l announcement, made by the common crier, of a sale of effects, siezed un der a warrant of distress, for the payment of Church -rates, said to be legally due by Messrs. John P annell and Lu ther Morgan (sturdy and independ ent yeomen cf the parish), and to defray the expenses att en di ng the sale of the same, and also some Cairn fees i ncurred at the recent bearing of the case, before Yates I Captain Purvis ! ! C3ptaiti S amue l s I Captain and MPage, r. Magis trates of the said tow n. At three O'clock t h e s - a t e com menced, after being delayed an hour for want of an audi tory. At length some tell or a doz en Persons assembled together—some from motives of curiosity —and some, perhaps, to puff! and a few others to purchase a bargain of a novel character, when a cart, a coal skuttle, a table or two, and some table covers, were kn oc k e d down, a monu ment of honour and praise to holy mother Church. 'l' li sacramental wine, which will be p urc h ased by the pro ceeds of this sale, will, no doubt, possess an enriched flavour in the mouths of all stern orthodox recipients. We understand that one of the Magi strates has dec l are d it to be his determination to issue his warrant nolens volens upon the traps of all similar transgressors against the law of the " land, boys, we live in." I t i s b e li eve d t h at Messrs. Pannell and Morgan. intend to m a k e th e i r appeal E against the legality of the nure and sale. NATIONAL CONVENTION The Coineniion, sai.on Sattirday Ett trledreti n'oldtk. n . Mr. FROST in th 6 Chan. . the Secretary read a letter from Mr. Fox Maulc., answer to one written by Mr. Frost. Mr. Fox Mauls , stated that he had been directed by the Marquis of Nor manby to state, in answer to the several communications that had been received at the Home Office, that the pri soners alluded to had been allowed sue' indulgences as was consistent with the ends of justice aud the regulations of the prison. Mr. FROST said he should undertake the task of return ing an answer to that letter himself. Dr. TAYLOR thought it would be advisable, id any answer that might be returned, to impress upon the Mar quis of Normanby, that the regulations of the prison were what they wanted to upset.—( Hear, hear.) A letter was also read from Mr. Richardson, requesting some remuneration from the Convention on account of the expenses he had been at in his mission. The letter was ordered to be referred to the Finance Committee, to report on Monday. A letter was also read from Glasgow, recommending the dissolution of the Convention, and stating that as they were the advocates for Annual Parliaments, so they thought there ought to be Annual Conventions.—( Hear. ) THE COUNCIL. Dr TAYLOR brought up the report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the powers and acts of the Pro. vincial Council. The Committee reported that the Coun cil had no power to 'delegate any person for general or Irish agitation ; and they should, therefore, disallow in some cases the whole, and in others a part, of the amounts furnished to Mr. Lowrey, Mr. Henessey, Mr. Stuart, Dr. Fletcher, and Mr. Burns. The total amount which had been paid was 801. 6s. 6d., whsle the amount which the. Committee felt bound to allow was only 491. The Report was ordered to lie on the table. Mr. O'CONNOR moved that it be taken into comidera tion on Wednesday. Mr. BURNS moved as an amendment that it should be considered immediately. After some discussion a show of hands was taken, which was declared by the Chairman to be in favour of the post ponement to Wednesday • but on its being suggested that it was moat likely that Dr. Fletcher would not attend if the subject was adjourned, Mr. O'CONNOR moved that the vote for the adjourn ment should be rescinded, which was agreed to. Dr. TAYLOR then moved that the Report be confirmed. Mr. CARPENTER observed that there were certain sums said to have been paid by the Council, which the Com mittee were of opinion ought to be disallowed. He wished to know where the evidence of the Council having raid those sums was to be found, and he would call upon Dr. Taylor or any other gentleman to show rrom the minutes of the Council that the Council had voted any sums im properly, or had voted any of those sums to which excep tion was now taken. Mr. &salty thought Mr. Carpenter had adopted.a very ingenious method for mystifying the matter. If the Coun cil had not duly entered the resolutions come to by them relative to the payment of money, it was the fault of the Council. —( Hear, hear.) Mr. CARFENTER—They have done that. The CHAIRMAN—I take it that the money of the Con vention was placed in the hands of a certain individual. It was fer that individual to show the authority by which be paid the money.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. Prilserfittli thought Mr. Carpenter had shown pretty clearly that he had paid very little attention to the duties for which he was paid. He (Mr. P.) had protested against paying those sums complained of, when called upon to do so. Mr. O'Connor had told him that a certain re solution had been passed by the Convention, and that he was bound to pay the money. After some brow-beating he did pay the money, and he had the receipts. • Dr. TAYLOR—The authority under which the monies were paid was in the minutes of the Council. Mr. CartriorrEtt—That is all I ask. Mr. O'CONNOR—WiII Dr. Taylor sit down and let somebody else speak? Dr. TAYLOR—Let me answer the question Mr. Car pent,r has put to me. , Mr. IllarwELL—l hope this will be discussed with temper. The CHAIRMAN—I think the better plan would be, if Mr. Pitkeithley has paid the money that he should show his authority. Dr. TAYLOR—I was going to say the easier way would be to take them item by item, as they come in the minutes. Mr. O'CoNNou said that could not be done, because he would show Mr. Pitkeithley had objected to pay more than 2/. a week to any person. Mr. Carpenter, Mr. smart, and Mr. Burns, were members of the Council, and were there. Mr. Pitkeithley endured more than he ever saw any man endure in his life—because he would not pay the money. He (Mr. O'Connor) referred to the Minute Book, and stated that he could find no kind of minute in the Convention Book obliging Mr. Pitkeithley to pay more than the V. a week. What had led to all the error was the Resolution dated the 6th of August, but which ought to have been dated the last day the Convention sat in Bolt-court. Mr. Burns and Mr. Smart were the only two persons the Conventioa bad now to deal with, because they stated it was an under standing in the Convention, from the vote passed, that the payment of Members of the Council bad no reference to the payment of missionaries sent into the country. Lie then desired a recognition of the vote come to by the Con vention. Mr. Burns said he was the Chairman, and that Smart was the Secretary on the day the vote was passed—that le had a perfect recollection of it— and that it was written on a bit of paper, which bit of paper was then looked for for two hours, but could not be found. Placing as he did, and would do, the utmost reliance on the veracity of a brother delegate, he then in sistcd on the resolution, for Mr. Pitkeithley's justification. being again drawn up ; and then that resolution which bad been referred to so often was drawn up, not on the resolu tion of the Council hut on the resolution of the Conven tion sitting in Bolt- Court.—( Hear, hear and laughter ) Mr. BussEv—Yes, ten days after the Convention had broken up.—( Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNOR begged that he might not he interrupted. He thought the statement he bad made did away a good deal with the mystery of the resolution. Mr. Burns drew up the resolution and signed it as the Chairman, and Mr. Smart signed it as Secretary. He (Mr. O'C.) then said, " Now Pit. you cannot go against the Chairman and the' Secretary of the Convention." He was not in the Conven tion on th.e Saturday that resolution was come to; and it was for Mr. Burns to say whether the resolution then before the. Convention contained the spirit of that which was come to. _ _ Mr. CARPENTER rose to order. This would give rise to an interminable discussion that would lead to no good. Mr. PITKEITIILEY.—You began it. Mr. .CARFENTER—And . I mean to go on with it. He wished gentlemen would keep their temper, although he did not care for Mr. Pitkeithley throwing in his teeth that he was paid for business he did not dis charge. What he wished was that they should go to work properly. Mr. O'Connor had been telling them about certain conversations that had taken place be tween individuals—now, what he had asked for was this— The report rend by Dr. Taylor charged the Council with paying certain moneys, and he (Mr. Carpenter) wanted the pro , ,f, . that the Council did pay those monies. The conversations or acts of individual members of the Council could not bind the Council as a body at all. He knew that the Council never ordered the payment of any such moneys as were complained of. Mr. O'CONNGR said that was just what he was stating. He was disemangling the acts of the Coun cil from the acts of the Convention, and was showing that they had to deal with the act of the Convention, and ot with the act of the Council. Now the resolution come to was this—" On a re-consideration of the rote of ycster. day, appointing the salary of the Delegates going into the country, it was resolved such vote did not affect the mem bers of the Council, but that they should receive the same amount of salary as had been paid them by their constituents." That was the resolution they had to deal with The CHAIRMAN—Where is the vote of yesterday ? Mr. O'CoNNna—The vote of yesterday is the vote come to on the Frid.ly by the Convention. The CHAIRMAN—h that vote inserted? Mr. O'CONNOR—It is in the minute book. I foresaw that this would be locked on as the act of the Council, but it is the act of the Convention, and you must deal with the Chairman. Dr. TAYLOR said the vote of yesterday, as entered in this book was as follows :—" The Financt! Committee re tired, and on their return reported that the Committee hsd decided unanimously that the Delegates sent down to their respective constituencies should bo allowed their coach faro to their respective destinations and the sum of 2/. per week each ;" and, on the motion of Mr. O'CGNNorc, seconded by Mr. PITKRITHLEY, that re port was confirmed. The CHAIRMAN—Then that was• the act of the Con- vention. Mr. BURNS said that Dr. Fletcher came to him the same evening, and asked if that vote applied to the members of the Council. He replied it would make tio difference to him, because he would get the same from his constituents that he had always received. Dr. Fletcher said that he had received 701. from I3crwick, which he had paid to the Convention, but that he and his family could not remain in London upon 21. a week, and that he would insist on being paid the same amount as his constituents had allowed him ; and that if the vote came to be applied to the members of the Council, he would go away immediately. On the next day, Dr. Fletcher brought the subject forward, and he ( Mr. Burns) had procured a sufficient attendance of Members to enable him to do so—(Laughter)—and the Convention then agreed to the resolution that had been stated by Mr. O'Connor. Mr. DEEGAN disputed the validity of the resolution altogether. There was no regular meeting of the Con vention on that day. ' Mr. J. TA vtoa—l was present when it was agreed to. Mr. DEEGAN—We were only ordered to meet on that clay to receive the money that had been voted to us the previous day. Mr. SMART—Although my name appears as Secretary of that day, I was not in the Convention the whole of the day, for I was employed in paying the money.—( HeLr, hear, and laughter.) After some further discussion the whole of the mem bers having resolved themselves into a Committee, Mr. O'CoNNoR moved that the resolution in ques tion be entered on the Minute Book as part of the pro ceedings of that Saturday, under the proper date. Mr. NEESOM expressed his regret that if the resolution passed it was not entered on the minutes. His opinion was that it was an act of the Council, and not of the Con vention. He was present on the occasion, and his impres sion was that the . resolution was not passed on the Se turday. Mr. PITKEITHLEY was quite positive that no resolution was come to upon the remarks made by Dr. Fletcher, which were made in an excited state. Even if it was an act of the Gouventien, there was no notice given of the motion, and of course it was not legal. They were bound to give up the resolution of the Convention, and the money ought to be refunded ; if not, then every member who went inn the country toiling should be paid as much. a thole wino sat Lefidoti..4 their eate. Mr. BURNS said M. 1 4 itheittrIey was arrder an erroneous impression, and confounding two separate days. Why ihould Gentlemen take, from the Convention less vaF,es than That allcmved by theii constituents. He would move that the money be repaid ; and leave the Delegates to ap peal to their constituents. Fie Wanted none of the Con vention money—his constituents would take tare of him. Mr. RICHA RDS was in the Convention on the Saturday, and recollected all that had been mentioned as having passed orr that occasion, and he bad no recollection of any such resolution either being proposed or agreed to. Mr. CARPENTER suggested that the dismsion was wholly irregular. It would be better to take the Report item by item, and discuss them aepavately. The first item of the Report said the Council had no power to send a delegate to Ireland. Dr. TAYLOR moved, MI Mr. PITKEITIILEY teeondtAl that the item be affirmed. , _ Mr. F. O'CONNOR was astonished, far none more stre nuously supported the motion in the Coyne l'err sending Mr. Lowrey to Dublin, than Mr. ritkeithley. Either ilsa Coun cil had power to send delcgsttes to Ireland, or they hat no power to do anything. . If they bad power to send any one to any part of Loudon, and pay 4i. ed. for his expenses, they had equal power to send to IrelarA, where they thought agitation would he beneficial. He hoped the Council would receive support from those who belongesl neither to the Council nor the Committee. M. BURNS said Mr. Pitkeithley had 4. ne all in his power to give every facility to Mr. Lowrey's delegation, and said it would be the best thing that had eve; been d9ne. Mr. PITKEITIILEY said the charges made against hint were most unfair and unfounded. 'rlirtg he had said it would be the best thing in the world to htife ireland with us—in saying so he spoke the feelings of every die:they of the Convention, but he had never agreed to the sendi'rg of Mr. Lowrey, for he had no pr,war to do so. If the Council had the right to vote away so ittuvit money, they might, on the same principle, have divided the: whole mo ney of the Convention among them. He contended Awy had no power to do so, and the motion of Dr. Taylor ought to be agreed to. Mr. BUSSET said the real question was, what powers the Council had; he contended they were tliipinted merely for doing those acts which the working clas6 - 0, might decide upon. Had they decided that a delegation einTiel be sent to Ireland? Mr. O'BRIEN supported the acts of the Council, which had arisen from the loose wording of the Res9lutions of the Convention. At'tera few words from Dr. TAYLOR in explanation, Mr. CARPENTER said he was rather surprised to hea:' Mr. Bussey objecting to the sum of money sent to Mr. Lowrey to Ireland, when the resolution to transmit a sum of 201. to him was moved by Mr. Bussey himself. After the transmission of that money there was another resOintlen, moved also by Mr. Bussey, that Mr. Lowrey be continued' in Ireland for another month.—(Much laughter.) He thought it was unnecessary to say a single word more. Mr. Prreerrnev said the real question wes, whether the Council had the authority to send Mr. Lowrey to Ire land. He contended that they had, and that the subse quent acts of the Convention recognised that power. Mr. O'BRIEN would move, as an amendment, that the report of the Committee on that item be not confirmed. Mr. O'CoNNoR seconded the amendment. The question was then put, when there appeared, For the resolution of the Committee 6 For the amendment l3 -Majority for the amendment • The resolution was consequently disallowed Dr. TAYLOR said the nexi resolution of the Committee was—" That the Council had no power to delegate a person not a member of the Convention to agitate, or to apply the funds of the Convention to the payment of his expenses." Mr. LOWREY explained that Mr. Hencssri expenses would not have exceeded two weeks, if money had been sent when he (Mr. Lowrey) had written for it, which had not been done. Mr. O'CoNivon said the principle of employing persons not members of the Convention had been acted upon be that body in many cases, where it had been considered advisable to employ local agitators in Yorkshire, Lanca shire, and other places, rather than send members from London at a heavy expense. The CHAIRMAN Said it appeared to him that the Con vention had adopted a similar course in other cases, and the only question was, whether the Council had authority to act in the same way ? The question was then put, when there appeared— For confirming the resolution .. Against it . The Chairman gave his casting vote against the rest- lotion. Dr. TAYLOR said the next resolution was—" That the Committee were therefore compelled to disallow the sums paid to Mr. Lowrey and Mr. fienessy." After some discussion it was agreed to postpone that resolution until Mr. Lowrey's accounts were sent in. Dr. TAYLOR said the next resolution was that the Coun cil had no power to add to their number, and that the ap pointment of Mr. M'Crea was informal. The resolution was agreed to without a division. The next resolution was that the Council had no right to pay Mr. M'Crea a sum of 9/. All the members of the Council, Mr. O'Connor, Mr. Smart, and Mr. O'Brien, disclaimed having any knowledge of the money being paid. Mr. O'CoNtion—There is no minute or resolution of the Council authorising the payment. Mr. PITKRITIILEY merely had the receipt of Mr. M'Crea for tnz money which he said had been ordued to be paid by the Council. The resolution was then agreed to. The three following resolutions were, that the Council had no right to pay Mr. Burns, or the other members named, more than 21. a week. _ . A long and desultory discussion took place, which ter minated in the resolutions being struck out of the Report. The rest of the resolutions were then agreed to, and the Report, as amended, was confirmed, with only one dissen tient voice, that of Mr. Deegan. Mr. O'CoNivoa moved that Mr. Cardo sliould bo paid the account he had delivered in for his mission into Corn wall. Mr. Boass seconded the motion, thinking Mr. Cardo had been very badly dealt with. Mr. PITKEITiILEY thought it premature to settle ac counts before they bad been looked over, which the Corn mitte had not yct time to do. He moved, as an amend. rent, that the account should be examinod before it was Mr. FIIOST said the Committee had not done its duty to Mr. Cardo in not examining his account. After some discussion, the Committee were directed to report on the different accounts before them on Monday next (this day.) Mr. HARTWELL hoped his account would be among the number, as he had waited as long as Mr. Cardo. The Convention then adjourned till to-day at eleven o'clock. ELECTION OF TIPPIERA RY.—The election has been fixed by the High :Sheriff, Count d'Alton, to take place in Clonmel, on Monday, the 16th inst. The local Orange Journals—the forgers of threatening notices--are talking in a very confident tone, of a Tory candidate ; and a notification, coined for the occasion, is put forward, pro mising that " a fellow of the right sort" will be ready at the hustings," and poll to the last man. If there should be a contest, the faction will be defeated "in their attempt to mulct Mr. Shiel. We learn that the people of Cariiek on- Suir and other districts have already determined on re-• electing him free of all expense.—Dublin Evening Post. THE HANGMAN TO THE JUDGE.—Did your Lordship ever attend at killing time at Old Bailey ? If not, pray favour me with your company ; nut on the gallows, but staying in the street, amidst the crowd that always assembles when I am at work for you and the Sheriffs. Perhaps it. will .add to the zest if you cnme when I have a young woman to stiffen, supplied by yourself. Will the fluttering of her petticoats, as she swings in the wind, produce a pleasant sound in your ears, my learned master? Fail not to watch the people—the men, women, and children, good, bad, and indifferent, who have gathered to behold the sacred majesty of the law. You will see such flashing of eyes and grinding of teeth ; you will hear sighs and groans, and words of rage and hatred, and fierce curses on yourself and me; and then laughter,such as it is, of an unnatural kind, that will make you start; and jests on the dead that will make you sick. You will feel—no—why should you feel any more than your faithful journeyman ? We should go to our breakfasts with good appetites, and a firm conviction that every han , Ting-bout changes many sneaking pilferers into robbers, 'fit for murder. A few years ago I was called out of town to hang a little boy for killing, with malice aforethought. If guilty, he must have , been in the habit of going to executions. Ten thousand people came to dabble in the poor young creature's blood. That was the youngest fellow creature I ever handled in the way of our business; and a beautiful child he was too, as you may have seen by the papers, with a straight nose, large blue eyes, and golden hair. I have no heart—no feelings : who has, in our calling ? But those who came to see me strangle that tender youngster have hearts and feeling, as we once had. Have ? No—had I For what they saw was fit to make them as hard as your servant or his master. They saw that stripling lifted, fainting, on to the gallows ; his smooth cheeks of the colour of wood-ashes; his little limbs trembling ; and his bosom heaving sigh after sigh, as if body and soul were parting without my help. This was not a downright murder; for there was scarce any life to take out of him. When I began to pull the cap over his baby-face, he pressed his small hands together (his arms you know were corked fast to his body), and gave me a beseeching look, just as the calf will lick the butche r ' s hand. But cattle do not speak : this creature muttered,— " Pray, sir, don't hurt me." "My dear," answered I, " you should have spoken to my master ; I'm only the jour neyman, and must do as I'm bid." This made him cry, which seemed a relief to him ; arid I do think I should have cried myself, if I had not hear d shouts from the crowds :—" Poor lamb !--shame !--murder l" " Quick," said the Sheriff. " Ready," said I. The Reverend Gentleman gave me the wink, the drop fell, o ne kick, and he swayed to and fro, dead as the feel ing of the Christian people of E cgland Th e crowd dispersed—some weeping with passionate while they cracked ex clamationsblack- some swearing as if hell had b ro k e me and the d ang li ng cor p se . l g o u o a s red— jaonkde s s o o m n e y 0 u a n laughin g, d They had come for the sight : they would -have come to see an angel murdered. They bad come to get drunk with strong excitement : they went back reeling and filthy with the hot • debauch. They had come to riot in the passion of tear and pity : they went back, some in a fever of rage, some burning with hate, some har dened in heart like me or you—all sunk down in their own respect, ready to make light of pain and blood, corrupted by the indecent show, and more fit than ever to make work for us.—the judge, and the hangman. 0 wise law-makers ! who think to soften the hearts of the people,—to mart gentle and good.—to give them a feeling of respect for themselves and others, by showing them sights like this ! Gateshead Observer. [47, VEN IN G EDIT t: ON. METROPOLITAN POLITICAL SUMMARY. _.. The G'abe of Saturday coeseksdes a spirited article, enposing the absurdity of the protest of the Portuguese Minister against the Slave Trade Suppression Bill, with the following remarks :—" This protest by the Portuguese Minister, founded, as we have shown, in falsehood, and designed as an apology for perfidy, ventures to insult the common sense and common justice of Europe by an ap peal to ' imprescriptive • rights I' Every principle of Justice and humanity opposes the claim. The policy of the British G overnmen t an d th e h onou r of the British Crown alike require that Portugal should be compelled to a compliance with her solemn engagements. To enforcer a requisition that she shall do so is not an interference witlr her independence, nor with the rights of her sub- jectn. Independence is not comprised in a power to enslave, nor do the lawful tights of any people con sist in their ability to invade the natural rights of 1 ethers. When Portugal, therefore, takes refuge from het infraction of solemn treaties in her independence 1 of the Dritish Legislature, let her remember that Africa's independence has beets trampled on by her for the , gratification of the basest pnesions ef which &prayed his nindity is capable; that she has ; , :crpetratcd the wrongs open a weak and defeneelees people by the employntent of both fraud mid force ; aed has tenaciously clung to the . guilty and gainful trace in the f a ce of treaties by witicb str h ate besusuinnddulciee herrself to silence, toitsexti ift extirpation. Let these eon y fail to e x to r t an acknowledgment of her guilt, and a repu.iiation of claims as ridiculous as their assertien is insulting !" it The courier remarks as follows upon the late changes ill the Cabinet :---" Reformers would undoubtedly have I beet! much better satisfied had further changes been an nounced a: the close of the. Session; and they even now confidently hopes to see Mr. Macaulay, and one or two • other distinguished advocates of an enlightened and un flinching policy, ranked among the members of Govern- 1 g ment before Parliament shall be again assembled. But, in the meantime, they cannot behold with indifference — they cannot indeed view without feelings of gratification i and confidence—the improvements already efiected, arid the proofs of courage and coustancv conveyed, esptcfsily in the Appointments of such men as Mr. Wy=e an 3 Mr. Spoil to lioenurab:e posts in the Go vernment. If the experience wllie All Reformers have had of the merits cf these gentlemen as active and ac• Complished promoters of the best ends of education and ennistitutional liberty, did net suffice to ote'ain is fed and hearty Approbation of such appointments, the disoust and derision affected by the organs of Toryism wheetever the Ministerial selection of those Honourable Members! . is re furred to, would be sufficient to guarantee the adva ':ltag:se tsfriels the Liberal cause acquires by it." 'fins Tory Standard thus congratulates the Tory elt`e tors of Manc h ester on the rejection -of the Tory candidate,.. Sir George Mere)) , :—" The Conservative electors of Manchester have, nevertheless, geed reason to be sefisM with the result of their exertions, which have done squat honour to theros:elvee and the cause which has caller! them forffe. They have sown seeds, which will bring forth good frutt.ein due .season. They have shown that even on one oC these large manufac turing towns, to which Minintern have been accus tomed to turn as to " clew boroughs" fur refuge for their colleagues, they can no longer place any dependence ; for that it was only by disclaiming the perty to which they belong, and fighting under the more attractive colours of Radicalism, that even the paltry majority Of on one day, and 127 on another, could be secured." [All this, we 5b,.711d suppose, is Puler cold com!'ort for the gallant hero of se many political defeats. Neither close nor open boroughs—nsither the electors of Perth nor of Manchester, will have anytieieg to say to Sir George Murray.] nnenin Tl►e Eatl and Countess a Warwick have been entertaining a distinguished party 3 Warwick Castle during the week. , I . , ENGLISH APPLES.—The home crop Ors sea son is uoon a general average favourable. It' was believed that in Kent a::d other counti e s the growth or opp.'es ' R i a d ! much beli4w the average crop, and it was feared it .vl l at he what is termed a blighting se son. It now apperta t _ d in the vicinity of London the crop has not been surp.ok for some years, and in Berkshire, Oxfordshi,e, Cambridgt. '- shire, and other counties there is a vary good supply. Con. siderable quantities of the early apples have al: Cady ap peared in the markets, and at low prices ; and it is quite certain that the demand this year for the foreign ange will be %cry small, compared with last season. FIRE ON BOARD A STEAMER.—The 1t yal Adelaide Leith steam ship, during her last voyage from London to Scotland, bad a narrow escape from uest7a4 l l tion by fire. When the vessel was about one hundro, miles from Leith it was discovered that a fire was raginre in the bold, which was caused by the ignition of a box of lucifer matches, stowed away among the carga. The en gine-pumps on board communicating with the machinery were immediately brought to bear on the flames, which raged for some time, and caused great alarm. Fortu nately the fire was subdued before it reached any part of the ship; but the cargo sustained great damage. The carpenter was nearly suffocated while directing the water from a bralich.pipe into the hold. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A YOUTH. —The family of the Rev. Mr. Warner, of Rochester, have been plunged into great grief owing to the sudden and sterious disappearance of a little boy, named Daniel Warner, son of the Rev. Gentleman alluded to. It ap pears from information communicated yesterday to the po lice that he was suddenly missed from hic, home on . the 3d inst., and that, from inquiries subsequently made, he ar rived on the same evening in London, by the Mercury steamboat, from Gravesend; since then no tidings what ever have been gained respecting him, and, in consequence of his tender years and the fact of his never having been in town before, the worst fears are entertained, more espe cially as it is supposed he had no companion in. his flight. lie is described as being short for his age, and having light hair. Ile had on a blue cloth jacket, blue cap, and a Mac iotosh cloak. Letters from Malta of the 26tli ult. announce the arrival, in the Leonidas steamer, of Talat Effendi, the Turkish Charge d'Affaires - , in France; and of the French Dr. Barachin, who was appointed Secretary of the Otto man Legation in Paris. Count Jaubert, the French'cle puty, was also a passenger in that ve.vel. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AND Loss OF LIFE AT HERNE, BAY.—(Futther Particulars, )—Saturday afternoon this fashionable watering-place was thrown into consternation by the circumstance of the bodies of three persons being brought on shore, who had net their death by the upsetting of a boat, in which they were sailing for pleasure. The sufferers were Miss Waite, Miss Fielder, and Mr. Binks. It appeared that these unfortunate per sons, with a youth, brother of Miss Wade, had taken a boat and been to Reculver, having on board a boatman named Presley, and were returning to Herne 13(14 with clos;y-reefed mainsail end foresail set, when the foresheet broke adrift, and Presley immediately made fast the mainsheet, whilst he got an oar to prevent the beat from coming up in the wind ; • but the boat immediately upset on her larboard side, and all on board were precipi tated into the water. They had ju-t been passed by a Margate boat, in which were some ladies and gentlemen, and a boatman named ilenimcond i'daxted, who, looking back, missed the boat in which the deceased were, and believing some accident had occurred. immediately put his boat about and made for the place where he had last seen her and soon perceived the hands of a LY:rson held up out of the water,_ who, on being taken on boar d, proved to be the man Presley, much exhausteti. He, however, directed Maxted to the spot where the other sufferers were, and he first saw the young lad, whom he took on board, and whose life was thus saved. He next caught the clothes of Miss Wade. which tore asunder and the boat passed her ; bat he immediately saw Miss Fielder, whom he succeeded in ' getting on board, vs also, subsequently, Miss Wade and Mr. Balks, all of whom he believed to have been alive at the time; but they almost instantly expired. An inquest was held by Mr. De Lusiaux on the bodies on Monday, when the foregoing facts being given in evidence, a ver dict of " Accidental death" was returned in each case. The conduct of Maxted, the Margate boatman, was beyond all praise, to reward which a liberal subscription was made for him at Herne Bay.• It appeared also that he received great assistance from one of the ladies be had on boar] his boat. The bodies of the unfortunate sufferers were interred in the burial grovnd of Herne church.— Kentish Observir. _ _ FRENCH' BOBBIN NET TItADE.—It may per haps not be uninteresting to our readers to know, that the attealpt to establish the manufacture of bobbin net by ma chinery at Lyons, is considered a failure in that country. A dispute arose some time since concerning wages between the English workmen in that city and their masters. The consequence has been that the greater part of the machines remaining idle have become rusty, and they are now re moving to Lisle to be set to work, by Englishmen drawn from this vicinity.—Noltingliam Journal. INGENIOUS SIUGGLING.—Mr. Ready, Cus toms'-gauger, on Friday made a seizure on Brewers'-quay of six casks, entered at the Custom House as vinegar and eider, but which contai ned twent y -four g allons of brandy. They were landed from the Navarino, arrived from Guern sey, and vinegar and cider are free of duty, as the produce o! that island. Upon gauging the casks Mr. Ready dis• covered in each a tin case (artfully placed at the ends, out of the reach of the bun..-rod), containing about four gal lons of t.randy. The whole has been placed in the Queen's I warehouse. 13nussm.s, SEPT. 7.--We learn from good au thority that France has renounced their intention of making any change in the Tariff with respect to flax and linens. The provinces of Flanders are indebted for this benefit to Mr. Canin-Cridaine. Missive; TO SMOKERS.--My next is itnpera tive, and commalids that smoking and snuff-taking shall be abolished, without respite or reprieve, as filthy and disgusting practices. injurious alike to health, elegance. and cleanliness. Cigar smoking is an acquired habit assumed from aff.Ttation, after the smoker has made him self sick for werks together, merely for the - honour of making a chimney of his throat. " Oh, but we are so used to it," say the furncrs, " that we cannot now leave it off." Not leave off snuff arid cigars ! Why, I would back a 'full grown turkeycock (a bubble-jock, as they say in Scot land), against a whole divan of dandies, who should tell me that. they could not command sufficient " resolution" to submit to the dictates of ordinary cleauliness.—Fraser. We can distinctly contradict the statement, made by more than one contemporary, that the Colonial Secre taryship has been offered to Mr. Charles Buller and Mr. Ward, and declined. —Evening Paper. The first Italian vocal performer that made a dis tirtguishe3 figure in London was Valcntini, a true, sensible singer at the time, but of a throat too weak to sustain those melodious warblings, for which the fair sex have since I idolized his successors. However, this defect was so well supplied by his•action , that his hearers bore with the ab his first part of Tarries, in Camilla, other character was sung and a su u rd in ity ith o l f ia h n i ! s w s i i l n ife in e g very recited to him itt English.—Musical World.