The Sun. — London, England, 1839-11-20 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. against life or property. The prisoner said, " No, by no means," 1 said, " I hope you tell me the truth." He said, " 1 do, indeed ; for there has been a meeting of the delegates." I believe he sad fifty ; he did not say where. I believe be said at Duke's Town (in the hills). It was there de termined that the first man who did anything against property or life should be shot. He said, "He had promised to be at Newport by nine o'clock that morn ing," and he said, I believe, by this time Newport is in I ;o.ession of the Chartists. The poisoner declined saying anything in his defence at present. The prisoner was then informed by the Chairman that he stood committed for high treason and sedition. He appeared much affected by his situation. He is a person of respectable appearance, and is possessed of some property in the town. James Moode was placed at the bar charged with riot, and after evidence had been gone into, he was com mitted. TrlE MAYOR OF NEWPORT.—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to confer on the Mayor of Newport the honour of Knighthood, as a testimony of the Royal approbation for the promptitude, zeal, and courage, with which he acted in the late serious outrages of the Chartists in the town of which he was the Chief Magis trate, and by which, in conjunction with the efficient aid he received from the other Magistrates, and the great body of the inhabitants, backed by the cool cou rage of the handful of military stationed in the town, the lives and property of its inhabitants were, under Providence, saved. We understand that the honour thus conferred on the Mayor of Newport was promptly offered to that estimable Magistrate, but which, from a delicacy that will be at once appreciated, he was left at liberty to decline. After two or three days' deli beration it was accepted, with a grateful acknowledg ment of the honour it confers, and of the manner in which it was communicated. This correspondence w as in progress, and this gratifying recognition of the Mayor of Newport's meritorious conduct only kept from the public knowledge, in order to afford time for the subject of it to recover s ufficiently from his injuries in the con flict, and to confer with his family and friends as to whether this peculiar mark of her Majesty's high ap proval of his conduct should be accepted, while the Times was accusing the Government of coldness and insensibility to services which deserved and promply re ceived the most gratifying marks of the Royal pleasure. —Globe. MONEY MARKET and UITY NEWS. (TUESDAY EVENING.) J TIMES.—By the. advice from Hamburg the price of gold is 428 per mark, which at the English Mint price of ' 3/. 17s. 101 d. the ounce, for standard gold, gives an exchange! of 1:3. 61, and the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13.44., it follows that gold is i 0 94 per cent, dearer at Hamburg than in Loudon. Tho prem;ual on gold at Paris is 8 per mille, which, i at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. the ounce , - IVCS an exchange of 23.35, and the exchange at Paris i On !,ondon at short being 25.371, it follows that gold 1 i s . U. 1t) per cent. lower at Paris than in London. I An improved tone continues to prevail in the English Stock Market. The Foreign Exchanges are rather higher to - day with 1 the exception of Hamburg, which is a little lower than on Friday. The quotations were—Paris, 25f 35c to .4(;e, ; Amsterdam, 121 to ,i, short ; Hamburg, 13. 9i ' to 10, at three months. t By the usual official return, published by the Customs, I tile exportation of the precious metals from the port of I London to Foreign and Colonial ports, for the week 1 t rettng the 14th of November, is as under— t Silver coin to Hamburg 246,081 ounces. i British West Indies Moga4ere 2,400 2,500 An iinpudi:nt anJ silly attempt is making to defend i the garbling of the accounts of Mr. Biddle's bank, by 1 stat,,'r that the first publishe d i s a condensation of the se) ond, " by merely taking the balance of items which appear • 0 n both sides. and th row i n g others to g ether." i The extent of the engagements and transactions with other banks, and " branches" and " agencies," was a iu. , terial feature of such an account, and the mode de ' eised for first putting it forward to the public was ob i viouAly to present a more favourable aspect than the -ase justified. If the result was the same, why not p ... 1 .•e the true account at first? It was not materially long •r than the other, and is much more intelligible. It ii: L iomething, however, to have the admission that the large." account is the true one, and when the wind int,itio corm's on, it is that which must be referred to as a glitt,e •1 . The disclosure it makes of the extent of the I discounts on "personal security," and of the business 1 : tr :n.sacted with br a nches, without going into other items, will alone show ho 7411ifficult any liquidation must he of I ti such a concern. I POST.—The English Funt:.i were quoted at a frac tional advance to-day, but the i mp .rovement in the mar ket was more particularly observable .n the heavy secu rities (the New Three-and-a-Half per C,:nt., the Three per Cent. Itsluced Annuities, and others the same class), in which the transactions were cons!rlerable. Consols left off at 90a to for Money, and 904 to a fi,* Account. Exchequer Bills have fully maintained their recent value. The small bills were done in the c ourse of the morning as high as 4s. prem., and the Larger amoonts at par. For the former the final quota tion was Is. to 3s. prem., and for the latter 2 dis. to par. I Lank Stock left off at 178 to i• The transactions in the Forei g n Market were con / tined very much to the Spanish Securities. The Ac tives left off at 264 to for Time, and the Deferred at r _lli to s. The late sales are suspected by many to e been for account of the estate of Mr. Sims, whose melancholy death was recorded in the Morning Jost on Saturday. If Mr. Sims was so unfortunate as to h a ve embarked his funds in so despicable a bubble as the :::,l unt iish at an early period of its creation, we can scaicefeel surprised that his intellect should have been th'sturbed by the severity of the loss that must have accr,aell to him as a bona fide holder, hut we hope ant' believe that there is no truth I in the rumour that q actually did so. Had Mr. Sims been a holder of tii I bonds, it is hardly to be supposed that the realisatio7l .of them would have been so 'nastily resolved upon by his successors. It is still the more current opinion that the large sales of yesterday were made principally by parties in connec tion with the sporting clubs at the West-end of I:le town. It was rumoured in the City to-day that the ac: vices seat out to Captain Elliot, her Majesty's Superintet;- dent in Chief of the China trade, by the Ariel, are of a decidediy hostile character. Captain Elliot is said, though we are unwilling to place the smallest reliance on the statement, to have orders to make reprisals of Chinese shipping, and to blockade the Chinese ports, so as to cut off all c ommunications from without, until satisfaction for the dffiruction of opium which has taken place at Canton shall have been given. t __ SUN.—In the foreign exchanges there was not much alteration in the quotations of last post day—if we except the rate on Hamburg which was a shade lower—viz., at il 13 9to I 3 10. The rates on Paris were 251. 621 c. to 23f. 671,c. ; on Amsterdam 12 34 to 12 3, ; on Frank -1-ort 1361 i. ; and on Antwerp 1:2 31 I. The principal markets for Colonial and other pro duce were heavy this afternoon. Teas however ex cepted, which continue rather on the rise than other ( ultsc. The Wool and Indigo markets, too, are rather ( firm. Consols closed at 9O for money, and 9O for time, being a shade higher than in the morning. Exchequer Bil:s were done at 2 dis. to par, and the other stocks were without alteration. Spanish Consols rallied to 261 ; Portuguese New Five per Cents. to :32i ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. to 524. Belgian Stock declined to 1001 -Fl-• Tile Railway Shares were heavy. The Brighton at discount, and the New Great Western at 31 dis. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROH THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Herald.) The late Mayor of Newport has, if the Globe be correctly informed, received the honour of knighthood, in acknowledgment of his services, during the Chartist insurrection. Our Ministerial Contemporary points to this movement on the part of Lord Melbourne, as fur nishing a proof th a t that most energetic and public spi those spirited Ministe r i s no t " insensible to services" szrch as We os rendered by the worthy Magistrate in question . suspect that the public will draw a different in ference f rom the fact mentioned by the Globe. We believe on thethat thepublic will r egard the " honour" con ferredlate Mayor o f N ew p o rt as an " after thought" — as acommunication attcmpt at atonement for the frigid in Which it pl ease d L or d N orma nby to the se acknowledge rvices o f M r . Philli ps , an d o f th e loyalists by whom he was ai l supported. But our Mi nisterial Contemporary e n g d e . s that a negotiation on pending th e subject has be en for " t wo or thr e e days !" Suppose the statementmg true, has not ca fort night elapsed since Mr. Phillips tardily did the State th a t ser y and so un grac i ous l y vice, which has been so a ac h.nowledged ? Lo r d Melb ourne and his colleagues have,. obviously, been compelled offerto some token it of Korai approbation to t he man J avm aided so ma t e rially to baffle the late all y o f the Frost. Ministers had no great devotio n to the — 4 l e r a which the Globe in sists on placing to thei r credit they really apprec i a ted the late Mayor of N ewport's' lf service's, as those services o u g ht to be appreciated; Mi nisters would not have confined their civilities to t h at gentleman--inasmuch as Mr. Phillips, nobly as he di s _ charged his duty, did not discharge that duty more nobly than did the military by whom he was supported. YPt no fitting acknowledgment has even yet been offered to the gallantry and discipline of the officers and soldier: of the small party of the 45th who saved New port from pillage and conflagration! The Whig Mi nisters ar,..!, obviously, much more at ease, when be stc,:ving hon ours on men lik e Frost, than in reward in g the loy a li sts w h o d epr i ve d F rost o f his power to do mischief. The Irish gaol-deliverer-general can scarcely be expected to understand the claims on public grati tude, which may be acquired by men who aid 1 in filling gaols with traitors. We shall be told, of course, that some months ago, Frost ceased to be an ally of the present Ministers. But did riot the Home Secretary, 1,1,h0 appointed Frost a Justice of the Pease, raise O'Connell to the Magis terial Bench ? Frost's crimes are venial, when weighed against O'Connell's ; and we have heard of no intention to depose O'Connell from the Commission of the Peace —that peace, of which, during his worthless life, be has been the cunning and the cowardly disturber! But why should we dwell on the fact, that O'Connell is per mitted to officiate as a county Magistrate? Did not the Whigs e'er to make him Chief Justice of Ireland ? And these same Whigs pretend to urge as a claim to public confidence, that they have actually st ruc k Frost's name from the roll of Justices. The wretched placemen who infest the purlieus of the Court, hav e , since they first crawled into office, thriven by trea son. They charged, let it be recollected, th e Con servative Government o f 1830 with direct responsi bility for the Swing riots of that period. Having failed in all their early attempts at statesmanship, the Whigs appealed directly to the spirit of sedition, as to the only power left by which they might retain their p l aces . They used the riots at Bristol and Nottingham as instruments by which to overawe the Conservative party into an abandonment :of its natural right to admi nister the affairs of the country ; and at this moment, the last resource which i s l e f t to t h e i r i mpo t ence , i s t o threaten Sir Robe r t P ee l, i n t h e event o f hi s accept i ng office, with a bloody re b e lli on i n I re l an d ! Wi t h ou t the aid of treason and sedition, the Whigs of 1830 eould not have remained in office for six months. Without the active aid at this moment of Irish traitors, they could not retain office for an hour. Each day proves more clearly the wide diffusion of Chartism amongst the labouring classes ; and all the causes that have aided in the promotion are proved, in like manner, to derive their efficacy from the principles and policy of the Whigs. A correspondent states, that in Essex, amongst the agricultural labourer:, the doc trines of Chartism have taken deep root. We fear that the statement is only too accurate ; but, of this, we feel, at the same time, assured, that but for the opera tion of the new Poor-law, Chartism would never have exerted the slightest influence over the agricultural po pulation. The new Poor-law is a direct embodiment of the vital principles of Whiggery. It is, emphatically, a Whig measure. The Ministerialists boast, it is true, that certain distinguished Conservative leaders have supported the Malthusian Act, in all its stages. The fact, undoubtedly, is so ; but the sanction which the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel have extended to the new Poor-law involves, we are sorry to say, a de viation on the part of these distinguished statesmen, from the principles of true Conservatism. The error into which the Duke and Sir Robert were betrayed in 1829, fatal as it has proved, was not more fatal than the error, into which they have fallen in regard to the new Punr-law. Until that Act shall be repealed, the spirit of Chartism will never, we fear, lose its activity and r power. (From the Morning Advertiser.) There is one grand axiom in political science of which, though its illustrations are of daily occurrence, the conviction seldom appears active in those assuming the guidance of public opinion. This axiom is—the impossibility of permanently imposing on public confi dence or credulity. Duplicity may succeed for a time ; the Tories may deceive some by their professing a desire to carry into effect all safe and practical reforms ; the advocates of physical force may mislead others by their assurance that reform can be effected only by san guinary means ; Ministers may deceive themselves in their imagining to strengthen their position by conces sions to Toryism ; Mr. O'Connell may deceive the people of Ireland by kaleidoscopic visions, and many other deceptions may achieve a temporary success ; but public opinion is as certain to rectify itself in respect to such delusions as is the traveller in the desert to discover, though perhaps when too late, the optical illusion of a mirage. Therefore, though we at present perceive all parties to be in a false position, and public opinion to be without any true and steadfast guide of action, yet we do not despair of seeing, before the as sembling of Parliament, the good sense, sterlin g purpose, and native love of truth and right, which characterise the people of Great Britain, triumph over all these de ceptions, and combine with even more effect than hitherto for the accomplishment of those improvements in our institutions so imperatively called for by the wants of the age, as to make their longer delay imminently dan gerous. All parties at present appear in a false position. The Reformers have been placed in a false position by the advocates of physical force—Ministers have placed themselves in a false position by not adhering more steadfastly to the principles which carrried them into office—the Tories are in a false position when they calumniate the Sovereign, and imagine by their vituperation to .force themselves into her councils, in opposition to her own more enlightened and philanthro pic sentiments, to her personal predilections, and to the feeling of the great majority of the people of whose Government she is the head. In such confusion of parties it is more than ever incumbent on the British people to make an effort to rescue the country from the dangers which on all sides beset it. Physical force is to be first of all suppressed beyond the possibility of revival ; next are the Tories to be convinced of the im possibility either of succeeding to office or preventing the staady progress of Reform ; then are Ministers to be made aware of the necessity of conceding and enforcing a respect for public opinion far greater than has been extended to it during their previous administration ; and in fine, the more prominent leaders of public opinion are to be taught in such manner as to admit of no mis take, the grand axiom which we have made the text of these remarks—" the impossibility of permanently imposing on public confidence or credulity." Hence naturally arises the question—" How is all this to be effected ?" The answer is—" By a peaceful, univer sal, well-organised, and energetic effort on the part of the people themselves"—and by this means only. To confide in anything else is to trust to the mirage in the desert. ( From the Morning chronicle.) The late charge of the Bishop of Exeter much more resembles a military than an episcopal charge. It is a continued assault ; a long war-whoop. The spirit of it less beseems a minister of the Prince of Peace than a priest of Mars or of Moloch. Dr. Phillpotts is a well known character. The public have not now to form their opinion of him, or of his fitness for the station which ht : occupies in the Church. Nevertheless, if he will keep L:imself and his peculiar qualities and temper before the eye of the public, the disgust which they produce must also have its prolonged or reiterated expression. Familiarity with 13,...ct proceedings may have long made them cease to excite sia7Prise ; but it does not thereby abate the nuisance. Con;!dered merely as a party pamphlet, the visitation charge which the Bishop has just published, would deservedly brand its author as a writer of most unseemly violence, as a thorough going partizan, a most unscrupulous c ontroversialist, one addicted to gross and bitter personalities, careless of con sistency, and capable of perverting whatever is most true and sacred—and should be most kind and gentle— to the purposes of faction. Nor would any but a reckless and desperate faction acknowledge such a writer as its advocate. But these characteristics assume an infinitely more offensive character as connected with a nominally spiritual function and religious occasion. Bad enough in the garret or pothouse of tha needy pamphleteer, who sells his soul to party for bread, they incur—when exhibited in the Cathedral, from the episcopal throne of a Christian Bishop—a moral reprobation which it is difficult to find terms adequately to express. Nearly twenty pages of this pamphlet relate to the wholly irrelevant topic of Colonial Government, In Canada and Australia the Catholics and Dissenters are not kept down sufficiently to satisfy the domineer ing spirit of this insolent Prelate. And be has un doubtedly, a right to argue that point in the House of Lords, where his spiritual function entitles him to a seat. But what can the Bishop and Clergy of the diocese of Exeter, at the triennial visitation, have to do with the Government of Canada or Australia ? By what authority are the Clergy of Exeter constituted a court of appeal from the Colonial-office, or the two Houses of Parliament ? The discussion of such topics has no tendency to improve the race of parish prieats in the west of England. It makes no cler gyman a better preacher, or a kinder visitor of the poor and afflicted, or in any way more fit for the useful discharge of his sacred duties. It is an im pertinence. It distracts attention from the proper business of the time and place. It involves in the fiercest contests of party, those who ought of all men to be most untainted by the spirit of party. It makes election brawlers. The cure of souls is swamped in the canvass for votes. Our churches and cathedrals were never raised for such purpses, nor ought the offence to be li g htly regarded, whB - n they are sub jected to such degradation and prostitution. That por tion of the publication which discusses the Church Dis cipline Bill may be p alliated as more legitimate in its introduction. It affo rds a singular specimen of the de• gree in which a nomina ll y Protestant Bishop may rival the daring pretensions of the Romish hierarchy i n its most palmy days of power. The claim of an inherent and independent judicial authority in Bishops is not only most ridiculous in itself, but shows the most con temptuous disregard of Protestant principles, and of all that is implied in the national establishment of a church, The monk Hildebrand had larger views and a purer , ambition than Dr. Phillpotts ; bu t he had not an' atom more of insolent pretension or domineering temper. By a letter from Mr. J. C. Symons, which we inserted a few days ago, our readers were apprised of the Bishop's having claimed that gentleman's autho rity f or an op i n i on di rect l y t h e rev erse of that which he h a d di st i nct l y state d i n t h e vo l ume f r om which the quotation was made. It is not every man who co uld hold p ' 'up his h ea d a ft er thi s d e t ex ti on . In the very same not e t h at conta i ns the quotation from Mr Symons's volum e , the 813 • hails the authority of Lytton Bulwe r " for it cited writer imagine als!i°milar position. Wh o se authority did the imagine h is rea d ers wou ld suppose h e had c He may say forthatsi it is not his fault if they take Mr. Lytton Bulwerr Lytton Bulwer, and do not Henryunderstand by it Mr. Bulwer; gild 4ey can THE SUN LONDON. WEDN ESDAY i OVEMBER 20, 1P39. only reply that his Lordship can be distinct enough as to names and persons when it pleases him to be so, or when it best answers the ends of his argument. A most vituperative fulmination, directed against a hypothetical clerical offender, and declaring that no words of man can exaggerate his baseness,' was understood, in the deliverp of the charge, to be meant for the Rev. Mr. Head, of Feniton. Had the Bishop been capable of abusing the privileges of his place, thus publicly to insult and trample upon an obnoxious individual, all the effect would have been produced which the supposed malignity had con templated. In a note to this passage it is stated to be unnecessary to tell the Exeter clergy that the Bishop would " not make a Visitation Charge the vehicle of particular remark on any one of them." We bow to the authority of the note, only remark ing that two pages further bring us to a distinct and personal threat of canonical penalties against this same Rev. Mr. Head, unless his conduct in certain ceremonial matters be satisfactorily reported to the Bishop by the Churchwardens of his parish. To do justice to the Right Reverend Visitor, his propensity to personalities sometimes flies at higher game. An Epis copal brother is accused of the violation of " a pledge voluntarily given in the House of Lords." The corres pondence with the Bishop of London shows that this attack was not unexpected, however unwarrantable ; it also shows not obscurely, the moral weight that attaches to Dr. Phillpotts' censures by those who occupy the same bench with his Lordship in the House of Peers. Even the Sovereign herself scarcely escapes an episco pal sanction of the foul-mouthed calumny in which 'Toryism has of late indulged. Her Ministers, of course, are pelted with abuse by wholesale. By the denunciation which we cited yesterday, it seems as if the Bishop were anxious for the honour of conducting an impeachment. How far the Bishop serves his fac tion by such visitation charges as this, the faction itself must decide. It should get something, for the Church loses much. Office ought to be a precious prize when, amongst the various biddings for its purchase, one is, that of the qualities that can alone uphold an established clergy i❑ public respect. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. (From the Globe.) The Bradshaws and the Robys, with their vocife rously applauding auditories, confine themselves to de nunciations of temporal penalties against her Majesty— the clerical incendiaries carry their fulminations into that world with which, from the peculiar spirituality of their functions, they would have it supposed they have most converse ; and intimate pretty plainly that her Majesty must expect no favour there! At a meeting of the Protestant (!) Operative Association, held in Manchester a few days since, the Rev. T. D. Gregg, of Dublin, delivered himself of a speech redolent of gunpowder, fire and brimstone, and all other sorts of combustibles temporal and spiritual, in the course of which he hypotheticated what immense advantages would be derived to thr riihurch, "were the Queen a Christian." It is not necessary to inquire into the qualities which this divine of the Protestant Church of England and e land deems essential to personal Christianity. It is enough to know that in his judgment the Sovereign of this realm, who is the Head of the Church of which he is a minister, is not a Christian. " Were the Queen a true Christian," things would be very different from what they are in Ireland. The Rev. T. D. Gregg has not left us in doubt as to the ad vantages which would accrue to the Protestant Estab lishment of Ireland were the Queen a Christian. "We should see missionaries sent out to all Ireland, at the nation's cost, to preach Prostestantism !" Truly Parson Gregg must imagine the Manchester Protestant Associa tion, an association of the veriest asses upon two legs, if he supposed that they could be induced to bray their ap probation of so preposterous a piece of humbug. What, then, is the prevalence of Popish error in Ireland caused by a paucity of Protestant Priests? Is the revenue of the Church of Ireland inadequate to the support of sufficient Protestant instructors ? Is the Church of Ireland poor in this world's wealth, and therefore unable to carry out the operations for which it was established and en dowed ? Yes : this preacher of sedition—this de• nouncer of his Sovereign as an infidel, would have it believed that the spread of Popery in Ireland results from the poverty of Protestantism ! The nation, forsooth, should be called on to support bands of Protestant missionaries of the O'Sullivan and Gregg school, to preach Protestantism in Ireland. (From the Standard.) We have inserted in our first page a form of a letter, addressed by the Rev. John Sinclair, Acting Secretary to the National School Society, to various clergymen who have asked his advice upon the subject of applica tions for grants, to the Committee of the Privy Council. To this letter we most earnestly request the atten tion of the public. It is clearly, temperately, and ably written, and brings the whole question of National Education distinctly under view. The National So ciety is a society of Churchmen. The Archbishops and Bishops of the Established Church are members of it, and constitute, as they ought to do, the part of its directing Committee possessing most in fluence. The society invites all to the education which it offers;' but fairly apprises all whom it invites, that the education which they are to expect is a Christian education according to the tenets of our pure Apostolical Church. Such a society may or may not deserve public support in the estimation of men, accordingly as they concur with or dissent from the doctrine of the United Church ; but it is plain that if it deserves such support, its claim stands upon its being in the strictest sense a society of Churchmen—that if it does not deserve support, the want of merit is assignable to the Church, not to the constitution of the society. The Committee of Privy Councillors may say, and, if they dared to insult the nation by giving expression to the commands of their masters, would say—Your so ciety is evil, because it is a Church society ; it of fends the consciences of Romanists and sectarians, and displeases Atheistical philosophers, and we cannot aid it. This is intelligible language and fair dealing, but we submit that the Committee plays a dishonest part when, pretending to respect the claims of the Church, it says—We will aid 3 ou, but only on the con dition of your submitting to terms to which no conscien tious Churchman can listen for a moment ; you must subject your schools to our inspectors, to officers ap pointed by us, who may be Papists, Socmians, or Infidels, and who, in fact, are dependent for our political existence upon Papists and Infidels, and you shall participate in the grant, nineteen-twentieths of which is contributed by Churchmen. The National Society rejects these disgraceful terms ; and what man, who feels as a Christian or a free citizen, can doubt that the Society is right in rejecting them ? ( From the Courier.) The subject of the best and most speedy means of communication between this country and the East Indies is of so great importance to all classes in this country in their mercantile or social relations, that we have no doubt the British public will, for this object, rouse itself from the usual apathy which it exhibits in respect to colonial questions. The first point to be gained is to ascertain which route, under all the circumstances, poli. tical and otherwise, is the most easy and expeditious. A few days since we called the atteltion of our readers to a pamphlet on this subject, written by Mr. Curtis, the Chairman of a Committee appointed in London for the Purpose of promoting quick communication with India. Since that pamphlet appeared, we have received a publi cation written by Captain Barber, which contains much useful information on the plan which, it seems, is gene rally desired by the inhabitants of British India, and by parties most interested in this country. This plan is called the " comprehensive plan" in distinction to the plan cf partial communication at present in practice, of which, in fact it is an extension. It is proposed by this " comprehensive plan" that a direct communication by steam should be established from the Red Sea to Ceylon, Madras, and Bengal. At present the communication is by the Red Sea to Bombay, whence letters are carried by a tatlious route across the country to Calcutta. The difficulty mid expense of thus conveying communications overland between Bombay and Calcutta, it is urged, acts as a restriction on communication, by the limi tation of weight and quantity which such a mode of conveyance necessarily imposes, and which, although it may serve for the conveyance of Government des patches and a few letters, does not afford accommoda tion for the intercourse which is desired between the vast populations of India and of this country. It is further urged in the pamphlet before us, that in es tablishing a steam communication with British India, the Presidency of Bengal stands first in importance, and has a paramount claim to consideration. We have received from a foreign correspondent, on whose information we repose much confidence, some important particulars in reference to the present state of the negociations on the Eastern Question. The de spatches by the last packet from Alexandria, represent Mehemet Ali as quite disposed to accede to the condi tions propo4 to him by France with the full approba tion of Austria. These conditions are the recognition of his sovereignty ov& g g ypt and all Syria, with the exception of the district of Adana ; the possession of the Island of Crete during his life and two pachalieks for his sons in Arabia. Our correspondent adds, that it is confidently asserted that Russia has manifested recently a disposition to support Mehemet Ali ; and that the Russian Envoy at Paris has stated his opinion that the terms thus agreed to by the Pacha are per fectly re asona bl e , an d that be is ready tojoin with France and Austria in recommending ; their adoption. WILLS OF SHAKSPEAggo MILTON, AND IV ...qpLEoN .—The last wills and testaments of these three great men are tied up in one sheet of foeisaap, and may be sees at Doctors' Commons. In the will of the Bard of 4.von is au i n t er li nea ti o n in his own hand writing, " I give unto city Wife ray brown best bed, with the furniture." It is proved by Buyde, 22d July, 1616. The will o f t h e Mi nstrel of • Pkrittlise is xilncupative one, taken by his daughter, the poet being bli n d. The will of . l% . lapole on is signed in a bold style of writing ; t he coof.au,9!l e contrary, wr itten shortly before his dea th, exhibits - the then wenk state of his body. CHICHESTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—The great struggle for the municipal election for 'town Councillors for the city of Chichester, pre sented such dreadful scenes of bribery, intimidation, and all those acts which Toryiini, whvre‘er it r..ars it head, is > ut-e to carry along with it—that I am anxious, through our highly-talented and wide-spread Journal, to lay the truth before the British public ; and sure am I, when the tale is told every true friend of his country will feel indignation rising in his breast, and shame will it be if, with those facts be fore them, her Majesty's Government any longer bold back, and do not give us the only protection, the only safeguard against this overwhelming tyranny—the The Duke of Richmond, from his residence being within three miles of the city, has great influence. His party, viz. the Orange, now the Tory, have made an open coalition with a new party, just now formed, viz., the West Sussex Conservative Association, and Mr. Free land, the Duke's agent, announced at a public dinner, that the trial of strength for the future Parliamentary elec tions was to be made through this Municipal struggle. His Grace's steward and his tenantry canvassed the tradesmen, who were told their custom depended on their votes. Working men were threatened with their discharge (an instance has occurred in the case of a car penter of the name of Heath). CluLs have been formed in the neighbourhood, of the working classes; drunkenness has been going on in these clubs for the last twelvemonths; and it is said more than three thousand pounds have been expended to corrupt the poor voters. This is only one of the means resorted to. Chichester is a Cathedral town, and its numerous clergy must have great influence. Now, Reformers, read the acts of these men I. After the last municipal election a letter, signed by the Dean, Dr. Chandler, and all the clergy of the dif ferent parishes, was addressed to Lord A. Lennox and John A. Smith, Esq., the two Representatives, ex pressing their abhorrence of the drunkenness and other vices so prevalent at contested elections. Mr. Smith responded to the call. A correspondence took place (which was afterwards publi s h e d) di sc l a i m i ng, on h i s part and that of his agents, any participation in such acts. Lord A. Lennox passed it over in silence. Mr. Smith and his agents, to show their sincerity, used no means to excite the electors, and they remained quiet. Not so the Orange party. Now, Reformers, how did these clergy act ? Did they step forward—did they use their influence to stop it ? No ; as the period drew near Mr. Smith requested an audience. He begged of them to come forward ;he asked them then, as Christian Ministers, again to raise their voice ; to be the medium of reconciliation—to be what their sacred character ought to lead them to be, the Ministers of Peace. They refused, and not only re fused, with one or two exceptions, but voted, canvassed, intimidated, and persecuted one of their body, the Rev. Mr. Watkins, who is Secretary to the National School (to be). A poor man of the name of Forrest, who had been training as a teacher, was forced to leave because he voted against his party. How dreadful is all this! Yet they say the Church is in danger If so, is it not from men like these within her bosom ? Chichester is now one scene of oppression and avowed op pression. Tradesmen deprived of their custom—ser vants discharged from their employ—working men driven from their work—proceedings against creditors, and the iron hand of the law brought to bear against pour and unfortunate men. It almost requires a Spartan virtue to stand up against the horrid iniquity brought into play. Where are the mild and humble clergy ? Not one word, not even a gentle whisper is heard. No, no ; to a man almost, they are the slaves of Toryism, and its fruits are seen in the debased ignorance of the people, particularly in Cathedral towns. Witness Mad Thom, near Canterbwy, and the speech of Bradshaw, about dethroning the Queen. Believe me, there is no want of a congenial feeling in this town. Toryism is the same in every part. Yet, to the honour of the Reformers, we carried two in one 'Ward, and in the other, which is the sulk-hold of corruption, the Chichester Ward, the) were only in a minority of four. List year the majority against the Liberals was seventy. Toryism has received such a blow that it will never rise again in Chichester, if there is complete union of Reformers, and a bold spirit in the poor and honest voter. Men yet without organization kept back, in the hope that the clergy would have acted right, a twelvemonth, trusting to the Richmond interest, new coalesced with the Tory Association—only eight days to arrange for the struggle, and under all these disadvantages we have a Liberal Mayor, a majority in our Council, none of •ur power gone, and within eight votes of returning five out of the six seats. Now, Sir, it is for you and the Liberal press, and all and every Reformer, to help and to support these brave and honest men. Every Liberal Nobleman and Gentleman of our county ought now to come forward. The Tories have their associations, ought not the Liberals to have theirs ? They said the battle was to be fought in this muni cipal struggle. The people have done their part nobly ; and now, Sir, urge every good man, and every man in influence, not to leave the poor and honest man at the mercy of their cruel persecutors. I am, Sir, your's respectfully, AN OLD REFORMER. Chichester, Nov, 16, 1839. INSURRECTION AT NEWPORT. The Merlin, a paper published at Newport, sensibly suggests a preventive to the recurrence of insurrection, and offers some judicious remarks on the necessity of rigidly inquiring into " what were the principal and actuating motives of those who ranged themselves in hostile array against the law's supremacy in the late entente. It could not be to better their condition a, workmen, because their wages are higher, speaking generally, than those of any other operatives in the kingdom. If, then, it was in consequence of art and scheme working upon deplorable ignorance, it is the first duty of those who possess the power to have that ignorance removed—to have sound information conveyed to the mind, now unlettered, and ready to receive the worst impressions. Till that be done, away with hope of permanent improvement. S,curity, indeed, there may be, but it is the security guaranteed by force, and not by persuasion, and can only last as long as we are enabled to guard it by our disciplined battalions." The Silurian, a Welch paper, says :—" Peace, lately so violently disturbed, reigns again on the mountains of the Principality, trade is fast finding its way back into its usual channels, and we hope that it will be long ere we are again called upon to record scenes of tumult and bloodshed. " We are happy to find that the insurgents preserved the national character film one stain by paying for what they drank, and by refusing refreshment where it was offered gratuitously ; but we trust that the conduct of the party at Aberbeeg, is sufficient to convince even themselves of the impossibility of maintaining order in the absence of law, and that it will prove to them that it was well even for their own sake that the mysterious a,.-ency of Providence prevented the success of their designs." • Ma ST no introduced JAMES'S toT THEAT R E.---Th Monday night L ght o o rd of the young and lov e vo ly cal debutantepower s are nan calculated edCo rai t he tndi character ,something of Sophia. tn Her the strength of the company, while her naturalness of manner and of execution is striking. A little more of study and practice will render her delightful. The house was fashionably attended. I uesd ly night we had The Mountain Sylph, Allen for the first time taking the part of Donald, and Miss Cooper that of Eolia. They were both applauded. Stretton eclipsed himself, and Miss Wortley, Mrs. Garrick, Davidson, and the other ladies and gentlemen exerted themselves with effect. La Fille oral Garde' e, and afterwards Lefevre, concluded the evening's performances. Among the causes set down for hearing before the Tribunal of Commerce of Perigueux is one whicn, from the rank of one of the parties, will excite much no tice. On the arrival of the little court of Don Carlos at Perigueux, the Princess de Beira, whose wardrobe had been reduced or deranged by her flight from Spain, applied for some articles to a dress-maker of that town, who had the good fortune to please the taste of her royal customer. Anxious to retain the custom of the Princess during her stay in France, the dress-maker prepared an extensive assortment of articles of dress, which she forwarded to Bourges for the choice of her Royal Highness. After some time the cargo was re turned to the dress-maker in such a state as to be un saleble, " soiled, spoiled, and rumpled," the Princess keeping only a few trifles, to the amount of twenty francs. The dress-maker has therefore brought an ac tion for damages. BEET -ROOT SUGAR.—A refinery of sugar from the beet -root has lately been erected at Thames Bank, Chelsea. In the vicinity of the metropolis, during the past summer, a great many acres of land have been put of process a of- p into cu l t i vat i on with the roo t—at Wandsworth and other pl aces . Th e mac hi ner y will be principally on the plans of th e vacuum pans , f o r pure refined sugar will be o r producedotion afteri t h from t,,hse simply juice by undergonethe first processthe discolourization. Another part of the premises is ap propriated to the manufacture of coarse brown paper from the refuse, in which it is e xtensively used in France. In case the Government do not interfere, and, by ren dering the product exciseable, retard or prohibit its ma nufacture, several individuals have it in contemplation to establish refineries in different parts of the kingdom, for purifying sugar, which may be P re 'Nocci in agri cultural digtricts, fe r domestic or individual use. A refinery h as lately been established at Belfast, i n t h e vicinity of which town upwards of 200 acres of land have been put in cultivation with the beetroot, for the manufacture of sugar. 111 ES Fqp N p.—The Bolton Canal was drained on Sunday Morning lait between the whack and ;,he flaulgh Bridge, and on removing a portion of tiie rind the workmen found eighteen pikes of about sixteen in le.nolli,—Yorkshireman. L ‘TEST FROM AMERICA. By the arrival yesterday of the packet-ship Scot land at Liverpool from New York, we have re ceivtd American Papers of the ?.9th nit. inclo,ive —hci:ig four days later than tl list journals re- eeived via Portsmouth. The only news, other than commercial, which they bring is an announce ment of the death of General JACKSON, reported in letters from Louisville to a commercial house in Philadelphia. Although the Philadelphia Gazette says that no reasonable doubt can he entertained of the authenticity of this report, which only reached that city on the morning of the 28th, the general impression in New York was, that it was un founded. Indeed one of the journals contradicts it in express terms, though without giving any authority for so doing. There is no news of the slightest interest from Canada in these jour nals. The facetious Editor of the New York Morning Herald says, that the Canadian " Loafers and Furiosos," are greatly annoyed by " Mr. TURPENTINE THOMSON'S" declaration, that he will do all in his power to administer justice promptly, and draw forth the agricultural and com mercial resources of the country. These gentry, adds our Contemporary, " are opposed to anything like a quiet life or an honest living, and who want to o a sogering' a little longer, and dislike going to work, or doing their duty like decent citizens. They now clamour for an indiscriminate and total extermination of the French party there, and des pairing of a fight with Americans, want to get up a small civil war to pass away the winter. Such scroundrels would not be satisfied with the angel Gabriel for a Governor. Mr. THOMSON is, per haps, about the most sensible man they coulu have for Governor. He will make no idle display, but dispatch business like a true tallow-chandler, and if the loafers find any more fault with his having no p to his name, he had better grease their heads with soap fat, drench them with sperm oil, and send them on a voyage of discovery for a country that will suit them." We regret to state that there was no improvement in the commercial aspect of the United States, when the Scotland sailed. She brings no specie to relieve the pressure here, but she has brought about 760 sacks of flour. The New York and Boston Banks were still hold ing out against the suspension. But of the state of the Money Market in New York and Philadel phia the most ample accounts are given below. They are highly interesting, particularly the ad dress of the Philadelphia Banks to th e citizens of Pennsylvania, in which the causes of the suspension are very clearly and briefly indicated. Copious as are our extracts from the New York papers, they include none of the thousands of nostrums for supplying the want of a specie currency, which fill the columns of the American Journals. We are half inclined, from a glance at many of these " sovereign remedies," to pronounce the greatest poets as less imaginative than men of business. (From the New York Herald of Oct. 29 Monday, Oct. 29, 6, P.M. A heavy further depression took place at the Stock Exchange, to-day. Sales were small, and prices have again fallen. United States Bank declined 2 per cent. ; Delaware and Hudson, 1 per cent. ; North American Trust and Banking, 2 per cent. ; Ohio Life and Trust, 2 per cent. ; New Jersey Railroad, 3 per cent. The appearance of the market generally is better to-day. All safety fund and red back money which is not re deemed in the city is purchased at 4 to 5 per cent. dis count. The amount in the city is not large. The lingering hopes of the speculators, that a suspension could be forced upon our banks, have vanished, and regular dealers begin to feel the ground firm under them. The Commercial Bank of Columbia, S. C., continues to pay specie. The Banks of Indiana remained firm at the latest dates. The mails bring us the news, somewhat unexpectedly, of a suspersion of the New Orleans banks. The measure seems to have been hastily adopted by the banks in convention, in consequence of the receipt of letters from heretofore creditable persons in this city and Phi ladelphia, to the effect that the New York banks had suspended. The rumour of a suspension here was, no doubt, started by those who hoped such would be the result, but they will, however, be entirely defeated. The banks of our city have their means entirely within their control, and cannot be reached, for the simple reason that they are possessed of more immediate means than there are immediate demands against them. The banks of New York City are at this moment in a stronger position than ever before ; rather more so than at the period of their resumption. The Bank Commissioners are now here examining them, preparatory to their an nual report. The following is a statement of the New York City Banks, at the period of resumption, as corn pa red with their present state : NEW YORK CITY BANKS. May, 1837. Oct., 1839. Decrease. Loans, &c 28,210,628 26,000.000 2,230 628 Specie Circulation Depo4its This shows, in point of strength, a condition much improved from that on the strength of which they took the lead in a resumption, and carried it through in spite of the opposition of the whole south and the wishes of the United States Bank, and thereby forcing that insti tution into the measure sooner than she otherwise would have come into it. The strength of the banks is much greater than even the fi4ures evince, from tile change of character of the discounts. A large proportion at the time of the suspension were the notes of large jobbing and auctioneer houses, who could not pay then, but entered into an agreement with the banks to pay instalments of 5 or 10 per cent. until the whole was settled. This the banks were, of course, forced to accede to, and hitherto the arrange ment has been fulfilled on both sides ; but in getting clear of that old paper the hanks have, although acting separately, followed the same policy, and refused dis counting any more such paper, confining their move ments to bona fide business paper. This has exerted a healthy effect, and has gradually narrowed down those who depended on the former policy of the banks, until that greatest curse of our merchants, the auction system, is nearly crushed, and will soon be so effec tually. The greatest check on the ability of our banks to extend their discounts is the position occupied by the United States Bank in New York, acting as the agent of the Philadelphia institution. According to the East report of the bank in this city in July last, the discounts to merchants in this city were near 30,000,000 dollars. These discounts are now falling due, and as the institution has out of its own notes only 50,000 dollars, and the bills of the Philadelphia in stitution are not received, payment is made in the bills of our city banks ; a balance is therefore, constantly accumulating against, them, which is immediately drawn in specie, and .ent to Philadelphia. While this disposition prevails on the part of the Philadelphians to take advantage of every attempt on the part of our banf(s to extend themselves, in order to exhaust them of their specie, it cannot be expected but that they will remain close. The state of things cannot last long, the irredeemables must soon entirely explode, and our re gular merchants cannot be made easy until the auc tioneers, jobbers, and speculators have followed the United States Bank to destruction, and have lose the power to do harm. RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 29.-500 Corporation Bonds, 90f ; 50 Shares, U.S. Bank, 75 ; 5 do. Bank of Commerce, 90i ; 175 do. Delaware and Hudson, 53 ; 80 do. Farmers' Trust, 72 ; 5 do. N. Am. Trust, 40i ; 12 do. Bank of Kentucky, 64 ; 60 do. Mech's Banking Asso. 58 ; 30 do. 0. Trust, 71 ; 25 do. Vicksburg, 301 ; 12 do. Illinois, 50 ; 10 do. Howard, 90 ; 10 do. B. anti W. R. R. Co., 101 ; 15 do. Canton, 26 ; 20 do. Mohawk, 48 b3d ; 29 do. Boston and Wor., 94 ; 10 do. New Jersey, 78 ; 25 do. Stonington, 17s. 3d. We publish the comparative closing prices of Satur day the 19th and 26th : Oct. 19 Oct. 26. Corporation Bonds United States Bank 74 78 North Am e ri can T rust 4 94 41 American Exch ange B an k ..... Delaware and Hudson 54-1 53,f Bank of K en t uc k y Harlem Railroad 394 361 Mohawk ditto - 51 Utica and Schenactady ditto Our foreign circulating medium is still very much deranged. The brokers are buying the following bills at the rates annexed : Canada Suspension Bridge Ohio (generally) . 8 Michigan, Detroit „, 8 Do. branches Pennsylvania.„ . lO United States Cincinnati Indiaaa Illinois .„„„ lO NEW YORK BANKS. (From the Journal of Comnzerce.) MEETING OF MERCHANTS, MECHANICS, AND MANP:Cr. pJ!tEttS AT TUE qTy meeting foo place ou atuT y evening, pun, scant to adjnarnment. waS 04110 to the Chair, and W. Y. Mill er a pp o inleo secretary. The 4nania;otis ie6ag of the meeting appeared to be I 2:: distinctly and dectiodly in favour of the con tinuing specie payment, happen what would in con. sequence. Mr. T. PLIELPS made the following remarks, which wprt• loudly cheered by the meelinsz- have e,4i-y assuraoce, and I bell ve there is eve! I - disnositioa the part of the Banks, to do a:i they cla fur us, com patible with their paramount obiigatiod to main tam specie payment.—( Loud cheering.) I was uh.cly considered hostiir to the 8a.,k,, butt the present time it is most decidedly our duty to sustain them, and it is their duty to sustain the mer chants lam glad to see so dccidA a disposition on the part of the community to sustain specie p tyments. It is far better to sustain a sound currency. even though some of us should WI. But perhaps none of us need fall. Without specie pay ments we are l'ke a ship without a rudder. I there fore hope that we shall do all we can to sustain the banks, and that the banks will sustain us. And I be lieve that the banks can stand, and will sand, with their present prospects. But, come what will, they can not, under any circumstances, suspend specie payments. If we fall, let us fall singly and like men, but there must he no suspension.—(Cheers.) I trust, however, that there will be no necessity for any of us to fall. 1 see everything to encourage and stimulate us on our way, and I think at the end of one or two months all will, be well." The Committee appointed to wait on the Banks re ported the following resolutions adopted at a general meeting of that body : " At a meeting of the officers of the several city hanks, held on the evening of the 25th of October, Cornelius W. Lawrence was called to the chair, and W. M. Vermilye appointed Secretary. " The chairman stated that the meeting had been called at the request of a Committee appointed at a meeting of merchants, manufacturers, and mechanics, held at the City Hotel, on the evening of the 24th inst. " Whereupon the following resolutions, offered by Mr. Edmonds, were adopted ; the first unanimously and the second with two dissenting votes : " Resolved, that the banks of the City of New York must and will maintain specie payments; and that it is with unfeigned satisfaction they have noticed the cheering and sustaining voice of their fellow-citizens in reference to this measure.' Resolved, that the necessity of a further diminution of their loans and discounts does not now exist ; but that it would be unwise and imprudent to pledge them selves to any particular course which might be rendered futile by events over which they may have no control. And that, in the opinion of this meeting, the views of the several boards of our city banks, as expressed in their recent replies to the Committee of merchants, me chanics, and manufacturers, give the fullest assurance to the public that every assistance will be afforded that is compatible with the paramount duty of maintaining a sound currency.' " C. W. LAWRENCE, Chairman. " W. M. VERMILYE, Secretary." .. . These resolutions being approved of by the mer chants present, the following were put and unanimously adopted : " Resolved, that having confidence in the ability of the banks to sustain both themselves and the public, by extending their discounts, we earnestly recommend a spirit of mutual forbearance and accommodation among the banks, and among all classes of dealers, during the present temporary difficulty. " Resolved, that in the opinion of this meeting it is the duty of all honourable men to sustain our banking institutions in the present determination to support the honour of the country by maintaining specie payments ;' and, " ' That, in the opini:n of this meeting, it is perfectly consistent with the avowed objects of the banks, by concert of action, essentially to enlarge their discounts.'" Resolved, that while - we cordially approve the de termination of the banks to maintain specie payments, we confidently rely upon their disposition and intention to increase their discounts, and otherwise to afford the most effectual aid in their power to this commercial com munity at this distressing crisis.' " Resolved, that as the interests of the merchants, manufacturers, and mechanics, and the banks, are identical, reciprocal confidence and assistance are abso lutely necessary to preserve our monied institutions from disaster, and the trading community from still greater distress, if not ruin.' " • Resolved, that we deprecate all hostile feelings to wards any sister city, or between any banking institu ti.ins in our city, and that we look forward with sanguine hope that the Government, the people, and the monied institutions of this country will cordially unite in placing the currency and financial affairs of the country in a sound and permanent condition.' " Resolved, that we recommend to every merchant, manufacturer, and mechanic in the city to afford to each other the most liber I assistance and generous confidence, and that it be the determined resolution of every one present—so long as it be practicable to sustain his credit and meet his engageMents—not to give up the ship.' " The following was also unanimously adopted : " Resolved, that the thanks of this meeting are due to the Committee for the f; ithful manner in which they have performed their duty.' " The meeting then adjourned. " SILAS BROWN, Chairman. " \V. P. MILLER, Secretary." THE PHILADELPHIA BANKS. At an adjourned meeting of the Delegates from the Banks of the City of Philadelphia and adjoining dis tricts, held on Wedne , iday evening, October 23, 1839, the Committee appointed at a previous meeting to pre pare and report an address to the citizens of Pennsyl vania presented the following, which was read and una nimously adopted, and directed to be signed by the Chairman and Secretaries, and published in all the daily papers : " TO THE CITIZENS OF PENNSYLVANIA. " The Banks of Philadelphia having decided to sus pend for a time the payment of their notes in specie, deem it their duty to explain to the citizens of Penn sylvania the reasons of that measure. This they will do frankly and briefly. " In May, 1837, the Banks in New York suspended payments in specie, and the rest of the Union followed their example. This just and necessary measure was required by the commercial relations between this country and Europe ; all the Banks of the United States immediately directed their efforts to assist the country in the honourable discharge of its Foreign debts, and to prepare for the resumption of specie pay ments. Tiles,• operations were procecuing in a manner easy for the country and satisfactory to its Foreign cre ditors, when the progress was disturbed by a preinature effort for a general resumption of specie payments. The Banks of New York were unfortunately constrained by law to resume on a given day, whatever might be the state of the country ; and they naturally end, avoured to induce all the other Banks to do voluntarily what they were compelled to do. This purpose was eff.cted, aided as it was by the impatience of the public, by the competition of political parties anxious to appropriate to their re:pective sides the popularity expected from hastening the resumption, and by feelings of local pride, which prevented many from declining to do what in reality they disapproved, and accordingly a day of resumption was named. " The banks of Philadelphia were quit: , as ready to resume as those who were most anxious to be&in, for they had greatly reduced their r a bili t i es, ,I , ;tig one of their number had nu less than 7 3 , 7)7,000 dollars in its vaults. But they believed teat the country at large had not yet sufficiently recovered from the violent shock to be ready for resumption. They recollected that under similar circums'ances the B..ink of Eneland had continued her suspension for upwards of twenty years, and they avowed their apprehension that a re sumption in the unprepared state of the country must be followed by a relapse. Overruled in this judgment, and obliged, at the hazard of greater evils, to unit e in the resumption, they sincerely co operated in it ; and, being satisfied that the measure, in order to be useful or permanent, must be general, they made great efforts and large advances to the southern and south western States, who were thus enabled, almost exclu sively by the assistance of the Philadelphi a banks, to unite in the re sum p t i on B ut the ine ffi cacy of the ea sure soon became obvious. " The southern and south-western states, placed by the resumption too much in advance of the crops, which alone could sustain them, gave way at the earliest de mand for specie, thus breaking the general line of re sumption and weakening the Atlantic banks by the amount of the advances made to support them. Nor was this all. The delusive appearance of the resump tion worked injuriously on bath sides of the Atlantic. In this country it cau se d t h e b e li e f that all danger was over, and individuals rushed into new enterprises, and states undertook new improvements, relying on the enjoyment of the old facilities of credit. Abroad, the extraordinary an d h onoura ble efforts made to di sc h arge its debts exa l te d t h e c h ar acter of the c ountry, and merchants h as t ene d to sell on credit, and capit a li sts to lend on the public securities of a people who had been thus faithful to their e ngagements. "It was then that the anticipat ions under which the Philadelphia Banks gave their reluctant assent to the _ measure were realised. And now, after little more than a year of nominal resumption, the southern and south- foremost in the rank of modern fictions, _is ne 7 gu i t . western states are mere embarrassed than ever. The ! Mrs. Trolope, whose Widow B a rnabY:_ s _ t u a t il l; dire r e. Atlantic banks are weakened by their fruitless ended- ' Alas! what " preposterous c onclusions,"and produce a new novel, quaintly this single vouri to aid those states—the commercial debt to I suits, may be attributed to one fault. By blasted' Europe is larger than at the resumption—the debt of i defect, virtue may be undermined, happinesse Ho d. the states in Europe much larger, and th • industry wasted, e specie moans .• temper perverted, charaete n . ° 6 „, i9 . designated "O of the country TAO diminished. The one's friends and relations rendered miserable,oaned ,auat sumptiou 9.f speoie premature re- made hateful. ,_ ..... r . „ 0 .„ nosition'full of kindly payments, the refore ~ has left the 1%1, , greater misery than m any I n i"?_,,,, country in a state of exhausti on indeed engender which has prevented its that by its very unity it. is more being able to stand the new feCt 3 ions, seeing L. she elik which forms the more sins to victim, and more tormenting to his ._ e nn recent and direct ca , use 0, 4 the resent suspension—the sing its her other works Mrs. Trollope has , l u draw drain of • specie t ... 1 a q itAgianu. tions. In her o benefited society ; but she can never or. 1 1l our . 1 c '• L -7. 1 .N a loos watt Lld h ' 1 gely and slig ht dc . ree ' course a •l • bare the en tan in laying ng an se is ar in a better babitatill • i• , - .Y ' 1 ( 4e(- :tor Lik , lal other creditors, she is her Pe" i arisen ,, from " one fault." wil4 n , I: i . • L ' . n i t i„, f requ ant y rulaY' • r.l "' 4 tY more and to lend more while her own '' •. S o ltykoff left Mivares Hotel on Mo , 9 %it ' . • 44 "a1l Is perfectly eas •b • when she is herself Prince route ii p .i . . , . . . ,• . 2 a f e vi 001 y , IA Q $ p n r ris. Att. r stay in tor Dace., ... pie cod she ceases to lend, cczu;.4 to buy, and pro-; n the French capit al, the P • ••••will sauce rinc..., pr coeds at once to eJkic.4 payment. Thus, in. or - ditlArY 1 . I ___ r tersburg. times, she ec.eives payment for goods in, our Qwn pro- e ..,. COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY POLICE. —....--. cis The following communication was sent by the Marg o of Normanby to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayer or the appointment of Mr. Daniel Whittle Harvey a 3 C° missioner of the City Police force : A . " Whitehall, Nov. 9, 1-3 d 0 "MY Loan, — l have the ho nour to ackno Vile 'if' ity the receipt of a letter of the 2d i ns t an t from the on erol`" ' Remembrancer, intimating that th e Mayor, Ald and Commons of the City o f L on d on, i u Comm"' G°u fi ri. el cil assembled, in p ursuance of an Act of t h e s econd 9- g 4, third year of the r • eign o f her present Majesty, caP,-.. lt y intituled ' A n A ct f or regulating the Police o f the ti of London,' have appointed Daniel Whittle Harvei,Y; Esq., of Raleigh-house, Brixton, Commissioner 0f t ._, Police Force of the City of London, and the Libertte; thereof, and requesting me to lay the said appointtne° before the Queen, for her Majesty' s a pproval. at ``l hav e now t h e h onour to info rm y o ur Lordsb i Kitt le th I hav e su b m i tte d the appointment of Danie', SiVlio Harvey, Esq., to the Queen, and that her DAajestY there been gr ac i ous ly pl ease d to s i gn ify her anrova l y in pursuance of the provision of the sairl, Act. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your Lordship's obedient Ser vant . (Signed) " NORMA N DY " To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor." EV ENT! 'dice, or in our osn funds, and rarely rr quires, bt'tlat''' she rarely needs, specie. But a sudden trouble h,:S come upon England, which raverses the whole of our i relations. Her crops have failed, and she is forced to pro- ' p. °tile ag , :n !, fatnind by purei.,,,sing awl ut,r iri,:zt furnish a nisi ket r er.p,, hat hoar het c 4;11 ,tour ), who can furnish Hi caper can ; as these arc comparatively must pay . with it - tier loud. Accordingly, the Ba di of England al tie has been ouliged to furnish more than 35,000,000 dollars in specie to be shipped abroad—a drain that has threatened that Institution with suspension. By the .alest statement of her affairs, it appears that wish int in, dice demands for which she is liable of 25,742.0004, the whole stock of specie is only 2,800.0001., and this after borrowing from the Bank of France 2,000,000/. —so that without this extraordinary aid her position wauid have been extremely critical. " The consequence is, that, money has risen t o twice or three times its ordinary value ; that the staples of this country are unsaleable except at ruinous sacr ifices ; that the stocks of this country sent by the State s, or by the banks, or by individuals, are wholly i ncon vertible , leaving, as the safest and the favourite mode of p a r uct ! t the exportation of specie. The demand for this articie, is still further increased by the efforts made in En g liu ! to produce relief at home. The manufacturer, passed by some urgent want, empties his warehouse into the packets, and selling his goods here at a small sacrifice for notes which are discounted at a second sacrifice, be ships the specie, which reaches England in time to re lieve him, leaving this country flooded with goods with out any regard to its wants or its consumption. " The result is, that the coin of this country is wanted in England to send to the Continent for 10 that a very large portion of it has already gon e, and r that the rest will prob a bly follow. The Banks of Philadelphia have already contributed many millions, one single bank of their number having, since the sumption in August, 1838, paid out no l less lb 8,712,000 dollars in this city alone, and the dentato seems to increase instead of subsiding. Opt " U n d er th ese c i rcums t ances , th e y have had to a d one of two alternatives—either to force the community by sacrifices of its property to pay its debts he t o the banks in gold and silver, to be shipped forth with an . , England, or else to resort to a temporary suspension until the community, as well a s the banks, could have time to recover from the effects of these foreign troubles. They have not hesitated to prefer the latter the most conducive to the true interests of the state ; , r 4 be and they confidently rely that their motives duly appreciated by the public authorities of the com monwealth. To that commonwealth they owe their ex istence, and they regard her prosperity as a paramum! consideration to which they have always sacrificed their own merely pecuniary interests. Every loan wan". for the service of the State, every great improvement; for the development of its resources, has always found as being a constant and liberal contributor in the banks ; 13 " it an exaggerated statement that four-fifths of the funds for the internal improvements of the state have been contributed by the banks. " On the whole, the views whi c h the banks of Nile delphia wish to present are these. " That they were reluctantly obliged to unite in the resumption last year, declaring if it were postponed fotr farther dreparation it would be general and permute° to ha ve " That events hav e p rove d th e resu mption been premature, weakening the Banks and the couotry. "'chat in this exhausted condition they have to eir counter a fresh demand for specie, to buy food for the people of England, whi c h th rea t ens to drain the his t dollar from their vaults. " That every moti ve o f p ru d ence w hi c h caused the suspension of 1837 appli es w i t h muc h grea ter influen ce at the present mome n t ; an d t h at t h e B a nks of Phila delphia have thought th emse l ves justified in re sortiug ec to it, as the only rem a i ning protection for the in terest's intrusted to their care. " In adopting it, howev er , th e b an k s would not e ast the remotest censure on those i n stitutions which pur sue a different course. They desire only tr, ex plain the m , selves, not to criminate others. Th e y t hi n k that it °- impracticable for them to contin ue s p ec i e Pigm ents without sacrificing the community aro un d them. " Their own proceedings they th us su b m it to tue people of Pennsylvania, who are the b es t judges Of their correctness ; but the banks confidently p ledge themselves for the sincerity of their views in adopting it, their honest anxiety to protect the interests o f the state, and to husband its resources from being swe pt away by this current to England, and they now respect fully but anxiously wait the opinion of the Legislature of Pennsylvania. " JOHN WHITE, Chairman. " WILLIAM WELSH, " JAMES S. NEWBOLD, Secretaries." (From the New Orleans Commere;.al Bulletin, Oct• 19') SUSPENSION BY Ting NEW ORLEANS BANKS. . 11 At a meeting of the P res id ents o f a ll t h e Banks I n this City, held l as t even i ng, t h e follow i ng res olution s were unanimously passed : " Resolved—That in the opinion of this ment i rg: o l : l suspension of specie payments by the Banks o f L0 05 ; a 0 ,, is inevitabl e ; an d that, therefore, the immediate au b r st don of su c h a measure is ur gent l y ca ll e d f or by the e interests of the community, nks " Resolved—Th at i t b e recommended to t h e ma to suspend sp ec i e payments until the Northern Ban ks shall have resumed their payments in specie. " L. HERMANN , " Secretary to the Board of Presidents. SPECIE PAYMENTS. Tile Banks in the interior of Ohio, as also those of Indiana, have not yet suspended specie payments. CAPTURE OF A SLAVER. (From the New York Herald of the 29th ult.) ANOTHER SLAVER ARRIVED : On Sunday tu L e schooner Butterfly arrived from Si erra L eo ne, in tb . irt e r r two days' passage, in ch arge o f M r . Th omas , ran officer attached to her Britanni c M a j esty ' s b r i g Dolphin. Sh e was captured on the coast of Africa, near the same Pla ce where the Dolphin fell in with the Catherine, and she , ,. was bound to the same po r t on t h e coast with a cargo of tobacco, and for a supply of negroes. When boarded she had her original cargo in, but the slave deck, Sec., were found on board, and her papers signified her busi• ness. In May last she was owned by Nathan Farris' worth, of New York, and her register was taken out at New Orleans by him. He proceeded in her to Hoar nah, and to all intents and purposes sold her there. He r American register was dated New Orleans, May 1839. After she was sold her papers were endorsed over as follows : " Consulate of the United States of Amer"ie Havannah, June 17, 1839. , " Isaac Mor r i s h as ta k en t h e oat h requ i re d by 10% is at p resent master o f t h e w i th i n-named vesse l , i n Plane of Nathan Farnsworth, late master. (Sig=ned)..J. A. SMITH, Vi c e-Consul. " t Captain M orr i s i s an American, but the balanee 0' those composing her crew were Spaniards and port guese. She was built at Baltimore, but at what time not known to us. Motu INDIAN MURDERS.—FLoamt. -- -Thg Key S ou th Fl or idi an, of the 7th instant, b r ings 1 1- ; lot 'nation that on th e 27 t h u l t. two soldiers levo negro interpreter were killed by the Indians e n ut , River, two miles from the fort occupied hy. e to Tompkins. The Indians, it appears, had darnon, wh:ch they invite;', Lieut. Tompkins and anal' gn il t he e t but none w'.,nt except the three. It was suPP" b q ,en if the il - ivitation had been accepted all w ould h ave a t HarneF , , Lieut. Tompkins sent to Colonel a tt,acii A.ey Biscayne, ,for a reinforcement, fearincr ,"• t Sloan , and a detachment was sent to him, under s4teu • of the marine corps.