The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-29 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. SULTAN MAHMOUD'S LAST AP- PEARANCE IN PUBLIC, (Fom the Athenceunz.) MY PRINCE PUCKLER MUSKAU. I The serious illness by which the Sultan was at ' tacked, in the first week after my arrival in Constan e tinople, prevented my obtaining the audience promised me ; but I was indebted to a favourable accident for an opportunity of observing him pretty closely, and for • tolerable long time. I was rowing one day on the channel of the bril liant Bosphorus, on the blue mirror of whose waters were reflected innumerable mosques, and palaces and minarets, gardens and villas, wooded hills and dark cypress-shaded cemeteries, and the swarm of gondolas covering its bosom, when the sound of cannon from the vessels and the forts announced the approach of the superbly decorated barge of the Sultan. I made all possible haste to gain the Asiatic shore, where some troops drawn up round a mosque, and a small number of spectators, pointed out the spot selected by the Sultan for the performance of his devotional duties. I had only landed a few minutes, and had obtained, through the politeness of a Turkish officer, a place close to the steps of the mosque, when the swiftly-rowed bark shot past like an arrow. Little was at that time known of the nature of the danger ous malady which terminated so quickly the career of Mahmoud, and I had pictured to myself a robust, active, stately-looking man. My surprise was there -1 fore great, on beholding a feeble, emaciated figure, with a countenance noble indeed, but bearing already the stamp of incurable disease. Mildness and bene volence shone in the large speaking eye, which, like the rest of the features, announced too plainly the sear approach of death, and regardless of external i objects, seemed to look only within. On a heap of red velvet cushions, piled up in the bottom of th e gondola, beneath a gilded canopy, lay this image o f departed greatness—a melancholy contrast to the Her culean forms of the rowers, whose fine athletic propor tions were visible through the transparent silk shirts which formed the only covering of the upper parts of their bodies. The sick man attempted to rise, but sunk back ' exhausted, and two attendants springing towards him, rather carried than led him up the steps. A faint smile hovered over the features of the Sultan as he spoke a few words to those who surrounded him, but the marks of suffering on his fine face, which, the better to conceal, was, according to the custom here, covered with red and white paint, contrasting strongly with a short raven-black beard, betrayed how soon it must be forsaken by the spirit which still animated it. I felt ' so shocked at this melancholy sight„ and at the painful reflection that all who devote their lives to the cause of humanity, and to the realization of one grand idea, are sure to become its martyrs, that I completely forgot where 1 I was, and neither took off my hat nor removed my glass from my eye when the Sultan passed quite close i to me. This apparent rudeness, disagreeably remark. l able amidst the reverential salutations of the rest of the spesators, I afterwards found had given offence, as it naturally might : but the Sovereign, had he un derstood the cause, must have considered it as the most flattering compliment I could pay him ; for it is long, indeed, since the sight of a royal personage could so completely absorb me. When the Sultan again passed me, on his return, I did not, of course, neglect to make amends as well as I could for my transgression, by uncovering my head as long, and bowing as low as possible, but my previous absence of mind was nevertheless, the truest mark of respect. Oa leaving the mosque, lie descended the steps slowly and painfully, notwithstanding all the support he re ceived, and stood some time at the bottom to recover himself before entering a carriage which was waiting to r,.!ceive him. During this time he appeared to contemplate the asset:rib:A crowd with more atten tion than formerly, and perceiving a woman holding up a petition, unnoticed by any one else, he made a sign to have it taken from her and put into the car riage. He then seemed to express some fear that the nearest of the spectators, amongst whom were several ladies, would be injured by the unruly hones, nod motioned them to stand up on a raised place be hind them. I had all this time been contemplating, with the most earnest attention, the interesting physi ognomy betore use, and thought I could discover in is great susceptibility for both pain and pleasure— mere thoughtfu:uess than rigid firmness of will—good ness, candour, and a tendency to melancholy. Tnis was Nlalmaoud's last appearance before the world, and his last acLions, though of no great import ance, were indicative of a benevolent and pious spirit. History will assuredly do him justice, end accord him a place among the most influential men of his time, and the most distinguished rulers of his dynasty. THE FIRST APPEARANCE IN PUBLIC OF TILE NEW SULTAN. —The Meath of Sultan Mahmoud took place, according to the official report, on Monday, the Ist of July ; but it was generally said, on good authority, that this event occurred on the evening of the Friday before, and was kept secret, from fear or some popular disturbance, the dead man in the meantime not only performing vicariously all the functions of sovereignty, tint even smoking in his hours of recreation the usual number of pipes. Be that as it may, it was not till the Monday that the new Sultan Abd-al-Mes sind was proclaimed amidst the firing of cannon, sad without even as much remembrance of his predecessor as is contained in "Le roi est mort— " Vire le Roi !" Eight days afterwards, and before the cereenouy of girding on tne sword (equivalent to our cerronation) had taken place, came the news of the great defeat in Syria, and of the desertion of the whole fleet— a melancholy commencement of a new reign. In Con stantino*, however, as in the time of the Greek Em pire, a general apathy prevailed as to all external events ; and the only subject that appeared to excite any in terest was the question of the probability of another revolution in the costume. The only remark made on any of the late disasters seas " Mashallah—it is the wilt of God ;" after all, perhaps, the best thing one can ''' say when one can do nothing. IWhen the ceremony above alluded to took place, it appeared that the tasteless demi-European costume in troduced by the late Sultan was to be retained, but the extraordinary tranquillity of the immense numbers of people assembled on this occasion, who refrained from eommitting the smallest excess or offering the slightest affront to any Christian present, afforded a better proof of the effect of his exertions and of the deep root which the liberal ideas introduced by him have taken in the minds of the Turkish people. The corps diplomatique, all powerful as it has be come, was, notwithstanding, excluded from witnessing 1 the ceremony, and compelled to remain without the mosque, among ordinary spectators, with no other distinction than a tent, appointed for their use by the Government,—th e said tent being not only deficient in the covering or carpets usual in the East, but not having been even swept out, and so full of stones and dirt that the elegant dresses and thin shoes of the ladies suffered grievously. No Pacha or Minister of the Porte was present to do the honours, but merely a subordinate officer, denominated Tahir Bey ; and when the young Sultan, sitting on horseback as stiff as the stone statue in Don Giovanni, rode past, he did sot so much as bestow upon the Ambassadors a glance of his royal eye, though they were dressed out in all possible finery, and decorated with ribbons and orders, without number. The effect of the starry splen dour of these distinguished personages was indeed sadly marred by the crowding in of the people in ordinary dresses, and even liveries, as well as by the dirty floor and the few mean chairs and sofas with which the tent was furnished. On the wh o l e , it was h ar dl y possible to imagine any thing less imposing than the whole affair. The procession was opened, ominously enough, by a mis shapen dwarf ; the cavalry which followed resembled ill-dressed and disorderly European troops ; and the led horses of the Sultan, adorned with plumes of feathers and trappings embroidered with gold, looked less like steeds of Arab breed than cart-hroses in masquerade. The pachas, wearing blue frock-coats and th e simple fez, looked like so many soldiers in foraging caps, an d th e S u lt an hi mse lf was only dis glnghed b y a s h ort mant l e o f common cloth, with "r n 7.diamond s on t h e co il ar, and a diarrmnd agraffe Ina fez. The dress of the numerous body of attp nc i a. „, 1:, , ..,,s was detestable, and the colour seemed to b e e iGn e g our i ll t :Dre , Properly h t o t h e apot h ecary ' s shop tbon Soverei gn was bye person a l appearance o f t h e young ibeen led to blanee to those who made a good Ulemas, who mP na means so un f avoura bl e as I ha d o r h > . his fe atures bear some resem- wore tbliiurron the o ccas i on, were the f its long flowing robe s an d , I afterwards foll owed fath er ; b ut the only persons old r pictures que „, th e e en costume, with and gold t ur b ans . pie, where ecession thr oug h t h e streets of Constanti no every house and every booth was crowded with spectatorse,lu Is : and . where ladies by I had an opportunity of seein, thotisouds, since they were not rigid in ladles their veils. I was surprised to find keepingl down Jealousysi them with any pretensions to beauty. The:. among of the men perhaps induced them to conceal were handsome. I afterwards witnessed a such as tiful spectacle, in the return of the Sultan by w ;;;; from the magnificent bridge, which is one of the finest' of the monuments for which Constantinople ha s to thank the deceased Mahmoud—and I closed a day o f sight-seeing, by climbing the tower of the Seraskiers, whence the entire panorama of the city and its euviroas is visible —certainly one of the most spleniid prospects the world can afford. STRANGE IF TRUE.—At the Billericay Petty Sessions, Mrs. Elizabeth Bridges charged a young man named Rush with attempting to upset her in her porlY chaise. The defendant admitted the fact, and excused himself by saying that he was employed by a young lady ; 0 friend of the complainant's, who is a very old lath', to turn her over in the road. H e was fi ne d t wo 1 wontb.—Cliel ni -" mi d i ten shilli ngs and costs, or to be imprisoned for a sji)rd Chronicle. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. 1 PROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The correspondence between the Bishop of Exeter and a clergyman (published in Woolmer's Exeter and Plymouth Gazette) curiously illustrates the Right Rev. Prelate's godly simplicity, accommodating spirit, and general friendliness towards national education ; qua lities of which some of our Contemporaries rather pre maturely thought they had discovered glimpses in his correspondence with Lord John Russell. We say pre maturely ; for although the Bishop " stooped," if not " to truth," yet to civility, the anguis in herba was, nevertheless, apparent. His Lordship's horror of Po pery does not extend to the alleged practises (in argu ment) of the Jesuits. His object was not to allow the question of National Education to advance, but to steal a march upon Lord John Russell. The proposition that the Bishops should be admitted to a conference with the Committee of Privy Council to devise mea sures for carrying into effect some plan of national education,!the Church being its " guardian and admin• istratrix," is a remarkably cool assumption. Its ten dency is at once to destroy the nationality of education. And how much of education it would leave, without the nationality, is very questionable. No Dissenter or Roman Catholic would confide the instruction of his children to such guardianship ; nor has the " National Society" borne such fruits as will dispose any real friends of popular instruction to concede a monopoly to its exclusive culture. If the proposed conference is to produce any satisfactory results, it must be much more 'comprehensive. Other sects have a right to be heard, and to watch lest the legal ized religious liberty of their members be :Infringed ; and the main interest of all, that of uni versal education, will assuredly need protection a mid such a council of jarring ecclesiastics. It will be much more satisfactory to the country for the Commit tee of Privy Council to pursue its own course, without calling in any clerical advisers at all. By the Bishop's last correspondence it appears that the " National So ciety" has determined against opening any of its schools to the Government inspectors. The utmost it will con cede is, that its own inspectors (if any) should be subject to the approval of the Committee of Privy Council, in those cases where the school has been " built or sup ported with aid from Government." We confess we cannot imagine how any party, disposed to deal fairly with the subject, should thus make a point of honour of resisting the right of inspection. If to a con- siderable extent the system be a dishonest pretence, the prevention rather than the diffusion of instruc tion ; if the scholars chiefly exist in paper returns and the :swelling arithmetic of reports and anniversary orations ; if the majority of the children leave what is misnamed school in a state of deplorable ignorance, and with no single attainment rendering them the better qualified for discharging the duties and reaping the enjoyments of civilized life ; if the proper work of early tuition be postponed to mere proselytism and the verbal repetition of forms without mental comprehension, then, indeed, we can very well perceive why un qualified resistance should be offered to the visits of inspectors, whose impartial reports must subject the futility and hollowness of the system to me rited exposure. The resistance then becomes per fectly intelligible and natural. But in a society sin cerely and zealously striving to do its part, and to do its best, in the great work of training the rising ge neration of a mighty empire, such resistance is as ut terly incomprehensible as it is obviously pernicious. The formal opinion of the Bishop, subjoined to the decision of the " National Society," by no means re moves the feelings which that decision is calculated to excite. He first limits the right of inspection to schools towards " the erection of which the Govern ment has contributed." Why the " erection" rather than the support ? Why should a shilling of public money be granted without evidence of utility ? There is no virtue in old walls to screen jobbery and ineffi ciency ; although the Bishop seems to think so. How numerous may be the class of schools which this reser vation would shelter, we know not ; but we cannot overlook the readiness thus evinced to limit the safe guard of instruction within the narrowest possible bounds. But still, it may be said, there are limits within which even the Bishop of Exeter has concetied the important point of governmental inspection. And so it does appear at first ; but we must not be too hasty. There is a " secondly" to come, in which it is contended that the report must include reli gious instruction. Of course it follows that religion will be the main object of the inspector's attention ; and from that it follows that he must be the delegate of the ecclesiastical authorities. By so simple a pro cess may a national security be transmuted into a clerical job. The Bishop is one of those who are determined, if possible, to keep down the amount of popular instruction. One of his objections to the pro posed report is, that they would stimulate teachers too much in the communication of " secular" knowledge to the children, and render them, as he says, " unduly eager to exhibit a good appearance before the world, in those particulars which are thus prominently brought into public notice." Now, is not this a worthy would be " guardian" of National Education ? What may not be expected from the co-operation of one whose grand objection to a measure is, that it would be efficient ? It is worse than idle to dream of co-operation from such quarters. They will yield no co-operation, but such as that of Judas with the Apostles. There can be no compromise with them but the compromise of the object itself. No concession will win their forbearance towards national education, unless it be the concession that the people shall not be really educated. The Bishop only speaks for himself in this " opinion ;" and as we see that he objects to the Bishop of Chichester naming an inspector, we trust that many of his brethren would hesitate to join in his avowal that, for the people, he loves darkness rather than light. Reports that should relate only to secular instruction would, according to the Bishop, produce an impression unjustly disadvantageous towards " the very best schools ;" by which he',explains himself to mean those " which shall make the Bible, and illustrations of the Bible, the foundation on which history, botany, and geography, &c., may well be a superstructure." The best schools for the Bishop's purpose, of preventing " secular" instruction, they must be undoubtedly. A more profane and de grading use of thefloly Scriptures, or a more barbarous, incoherent, and useless mode of teaching science in schools, can scarcely be devised. His plan is to tell children of the hyssop that springeth out of the wall in Judea, but say nothing of the grain that ripens on the broad lands of Britain ; expound the rude machinery by which, in Palestine, they watered their cattle and grounds, but let the steam-engine abide in mystery ; make them familiar with the genealogy of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, but pass by the Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Guelphs. The Bishop is not a fool ; he does not really imagine that modern education can be thus conducted. He does not suppose that when the Bible shows how the Israelitish youth were trained in the history, laws, and sciences of their time and country, any respect for the Bible is evinced by excluding from education those of our own country, and deriving all from those of Judea. The Bishop knows better,but he perceives that this singularly ineffi cient and preposterous method of " secular" instruction would not inspire any undue eagerness in teachers, and hence his preference. We suspect the devisers of this notable plan would, were it established, speedily find that they had outwitted themselves. The Bible is the guidance to another world, but it was never meant to supersede all secular knowledge in this world. The children taught to find it in their geography, astro nomy, and history, might reasonably think of finding other things also, and of imitating those Puritans who, more than any other body upon record, realised this modern educational theory. They took the field, with the Bible in one hand, the broadsword in the other, and soon lopped away all such rotten branches as Bishoprics of Exeter. For religious knowledge the Bible may be all-sufficient, notwithstanding the Oxford doctors ; but for peace in this world, and making the most of its good things, there must be the admixture of secular knowledge. Any evidence of sincere approximation towards union in the fleet public duty of a state we should welcome with cordial gladness. But hostility is most of all to be dreaded when admitted into counsel, and entrusted with administrative power. Much better is it to rely on an efficient plan, gradually extending itself as its worth is understood, than to set up an imposing and hollow system, one in which the reality of Na tional Education is evaporated into the smoke of pub lie delusion. (From the Morning Advertiser.) We adverted at some length on Saturday to the dis creditable conduct of the Church of England, in incar te.”ating Mr. Thorogood in gaol for refusing to pay a few shillings of Church-rates. Is the Church the only blameable party in this matter ? To the Church alone attachev 3 the odium of having instituted the prosecuti on, which teiminated in the imprisonment of Mr. Thoro good ; but ,after that imprisonment took place, another party comes io for its share of the blame. The moment Mr. Thorogood was consigned to one of the cells of Chelmsford gaol, it was The duty of the Dissenters to have " moved heaven and eartli"—we do not like the phrase, but in the present case we have particular rea• sons for using it—to effect his liberation. Have they done this? Have they done anything at all ? To their shame be it spoken, they have allowed Mr. Thorogo o d to su ff er an impr i sonment o f e i g ht mon th s ' r d . ration w i t h out making any ef f ort to procure hi s release. If they h a d b een true to t h e i r principles a, l_ Di ssenters they wou ld h ave ma d e th e walls of Parliament rive- again with their remonstrances against an act o f such flagrant oppression, an d w ould have de manded, i n fThehomrseoglovoecsi a v lve . oies-.of thund er , th e lib erat i on o f Mr. 'the of being biash to think d kt e h sc a e t n m da en nt i s vh o o f t c h la e in p i to Pu ritans of th e honourseventeetb century-- a body of men who were inspired by the noblest feelings, and actuated by n o who,f /Ths the loftiest principl es ,a body who were an ho tour to the human race, a w orth, have never be en surpassed in we point blush, nt of moral we re peat, to think that the descendants Of such men should be so craven-hearted, and so indifferetit to the • principles THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1839. which they profess, as to witness in silenze and in inac tivity the living martyrdom of Mr. Thorogood, Where is the use, let us ask, of those societies, the avowed object of whose formation is to afford protec tion and relief to those persons who may be doomed to persecution at the instance of the Church, when Mr. Thorogood should have suffered so lengthened a term of imprisonment for having the honesty and the hardihood to assert, with the horrors of a dungeon staring him in the face, the right of the Dissenters to resist the payment of a tax to support a corrupt Church ? We have two societies which profess to have this object in view. We have the " Society for the Protection of Religious Liberty," and the " Religious Freedom Equal ity Society." The first association has been in exist ence for upwards of thirty years, and the latter institu tion has, phoenix-like, risen within the last twelve months from the ashes of the " Church-rate Abolition Society." Considerable sums have been contributed, and are still being contributed, towards the support of both Socie ties ; and yet we hear nothing of the exertions of either in the present most montrous case of oppression. How is this ? For what purpose, we should like to know, do they receive the free-will offerings of thousands of honest Dissenters—many of them very unable to afford the sums they contribute—if not to enable them to take some energetic and decisive steps in such a case as that of Mr. Thorogood ? How they can reconcile their in difference to this martyr's case with their receipt of con siderable sums for the promotion of the purposes of religious equality, we cannot tell : it is a case for their own consciences, and to their consciences we leave the matter. All we shall say is this—that if those who are ambitious of being considered the leaders of the Dis senters look with indifference on the continued impri sonment of Mr. Thorog ood, we cannot conceive a case which would be entitle to their consideration. But let Mr. Thorogood be of good cheer. Parliament will meet in two or three months, and we are grievously in error if the oppressiveness of his case be not brought be fore it in a way which shall ensure his immediate libera tion from prison, and he will have the satisfaction till the end of his life of reflecting that he has done more in his own person for the abolition of Church-rates than any other man alive ; ay, more than even societies themselves which have been formed for that exclusive object. (From the Morning Herald.) The Attorney-General has been visiting his consti tuents, and regaling them with a speech of the true Whiggish pattern. Sir John Campbell is a singularly sneaking sort of person. As a debater, he is dull, in effective, vulgar beyond, perhaps, any other man in the House of Commons. The Edinburgh people, however, find him useful. His powers of jobbing are stronger, we dare say, than his powers of oratory. This miserable creature, it may be recollected, swaggered before his constituents, in the most ludicrous fashion, shortly after the restoration of the Melbourne faction to office. He talked contemptuously of the Duke of Wellington ; and dilated on the urgent necessity of peerage reform! Now, the Right Honourable Gentleman's tone is somewhat humbler ! The following is a portion of his appeal to mercy " But we are taunted by our opponents—and certainly with a bad grace—that we have done nothing by way of legislation. From whom do these complaints corn, ? From those who prevented all further improvement in uur institutions, by a determined resolution on their part that legislation should not succeed. They destroy our mea sures, and then complain that measures are not carried into effect for the improvement of our institutions. Now, really those who hold this language—the leaders of the Tory party who bring forward such charges—seem to he such persons as might massacre your children, and then taunt you with being childless. There was a very long list of measures which passed the House of Commons, and were then sent to the House of Lords. But what became of them there ? Why, they were smashed by those who, at the end of the Session, say the Government have dune nothing.-. 4 Hear, hear. )" The meaning of all this is—that the Conservatives in opposition, ought to be held responsible for all the blunders of the Whigs in office! A convenient doc trine—but scarcely orthodox ! By Sir John Campb,2li's admission, the Whigs are unable to carry those mea sures which they deem desirable. The fact of their in ability in this respect proves the Whigs to be unable to govern the country. What course is, in such circum stances, pointed out by the Constitution to the holders of office ? Undoubtedly, to resign their places ! Such a course does not, however, suit the purposes of states men like Sir John Campbell. No : he and his lcity minded associates find it more convenient to stick to place—and to rail at the naughty Con servatives who prevent the Whigs from governing the country ! If the Conservatives when in office /IA descended to such meanness, would Sir Jelin Campbell ever have held the office of Attorney-Geae ral ? When, besides, this puling personage adverts to the feebleness of his faction, does he forget that it was not always so feeble as it is at present ? What has be come of the Whig majorities of 1835 ? Then, Sir John Campbell could strut upon the Edinburgh hust ings, and direct his vulgar gabble against the House of Lords. Will the worthy functionary venture to as sert that the opposition of the Conservatives is at the present moment, unnecessarily violent ? Has he I.)r -gotten his own threat in 1835 to move, in the House of Commons, a stoppage of the supplies ? The lieese of Lords " smashes" (to borrow the choice phr .e -°logy of this feeble bully) the measures of the r' ...s -hunting faction to which he belongs ; and no coin; of remonstrance is raised by any but the place-hie ers themselves. Does this fact convey no moral to 'he apprehension of the Learned Gentleman ? Doc- he not perceive in it, the sentence of his party's disco ;sal from office ? The only title of the Whigs to place e n s derived froM popular clamour. Popular clamour us tains them no longer. Their title, therefore, is extinct. They are, on their own principles, intruders, interlopers, usurpers ! The labouring classes abhor them. Tbe Middle'classes are sick of them. The aristocracy ;,as always held them in profound contempt. They concus s that their opponents render it impo,,sible for them to govern the country—and yet they are mean enough to shrink from the abandonment of places which they have long been unable to fill with dignity! Alas ! for " uldin John Campbell," and his associates! FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY* (From the Courier.) The meetieg at Liverp oo l f or " The Formation of a new Protestant Association" cannot but be regarded as a remarkable sign of the strong feeling which is rapidly spreading, in respect to the activity of the Roman Ca tholic Church for the advancement of its doctrines and the increase of its proselytes. It is with pain and alarm that those who have the opportunity of watch ing the insidious encroachments of this domineering Church, regard the op en encouragement wh i ch has been afforded by her Majesty's Ministers to the Roman. Catholic ;Church, and the almost undisguised dis,ou ragement which has been inflicted on the Protestant Establishment. Their course has not been toleration, but something approaching to partizanship ; and it is of this that the Protestant community complains. Relying on the trust that the Ministers of a Protest ant Crown would uphold the Church which the Crown had sworn to defend, the celebrated Catholic Relief Bill was consented to by the country as a great act of practical toleration, with the view to conciliate and tranquillize the Catholic portion of the population. If was never intended that the Roman Catholics should mAke such increase of their civil rights and privileges a p!at form from which to assail the Protestant Church. Nor would the Roman Catholic Hierarchy have been abl e to convert this concession into the means of damag ing the Established Church, had the Government done it's duty to the Crown and to the country. But instead of toleration the Government has allowed the Roman Catholic Church to assume a possession of equality ; as if its doctrines were of equal purity, its forms of equal merit, and its supremacy a matter ad. mitting of debate. The Government has acted towards the two Churches as towards two rival Churches of equal pretensions, the predominancy of either being to the Government a matter of indifference. Of this the Protestant community justly complains ; and much more do they complain, that, not content with maintain ing a cold neutrality, the Government has travelled out of it's way to encourage the one and to discourage the other. It is because her Majesty's Ministers have so betrayed their trust, that the Protea taut community have felt themselves compelled to come forward, as .the young men of Liverpool have so nobly done, in support of the Protestant Church ; not with any desire to depart from the prin ciple of toleration on which Parliament acted when the Catholic Relief Bill was passed ; not with any desire to encourage religious lauds or prejudices ; but with the determination to uphold their Church against the open attacks of it's eoemies, and the covert sappings of its pretended friends. (From the Globe.) We do not share the apprehensions of our Contem poraries, whether ecclesiastical or anti-ecelesiastic.:?, as to the evils of compromise, which they anticipate on one side or other. We d o not see what compromise can possibly take place, which shall not place pnblic in struction on a better and more liberal footing than at present. The only considerable means for promoting that object are at present in the hands of the Chu, ch party. It is impossible they can make overtures to the Government to obtain an extension of those me ins i without, at the same time, making concessions as to ti , eir i application, and extension to other parties. We are hot disposed to be too sanguine as to the practical benefits to lie derived from a better understanding with the hitherto hostile Church party. There are other jea lousies not less watchful than theirs of every etep of administration. There is some truth in Lord Brougham's statement, that though Church Lien may wish to promote education, they wish to keep down Dissenters a little more ; and though Dis senters may wish to promote educ a ti on , t h ey w i sh to attack the Church a little more. It is moreover er tain that every additional call which may be made on the public will re-awaken whatever jealousies exir,:. as to the distribution of funds. Religious questions, mixed up w i t h money quest i ons, are terribly long-lic ed. There will be difficulties, between the opposed parties, at every step of our progress. To the rational and moderate of all parties we must make our appeal. Every overture towards discussion -such as that contained in the late correspondence—every shape which that discussion may assume, whether conference, charge, or pamphlet—must tend to clear off the prepossessions of well intentioned minds on this subject—to show us who are our friends, who are our enemies, and what is the ground of conflict. (From the Standard.) The " hospitalities" which France knows how to afford "to an unfortunate Prince" are still continued to Don Carlos ; nor is his bondage to cease until Espartero has gained such an advantage over Cabrera as is likely to lead to his ultimate submission. The excuse for his detention is, that he addressed letters to Cabrera, and the Count d'Espagne, entreating them to hold out to the last, add ing, what was the simple fact, that he had been cen quered, not by the superior valour or number of Espar tero's troops, but by the atrocious treachery of Maroto It would have been wiser had he reserved these instruc tions until he had passed the confines of France, but if his conduct was imprudent, surely that of the Count d'Espagne, who published his letter in his Gene ral Orders, was still more so. It i s no t i m p oss ibl e th a t this declaration of his opinion may have been provoked by the misrepresentation of the French press, which has repeatedly assured us that he had written to Cabrera to command him to lay down his ar ms . M ean ti me , th ere i s nothing but dissension in the Spanish Cabinet ; one party desiring one thing, and the other insisting upon its op posite. The discussion on th e f ueros appears t o h ave been postponed sine d i e. If the war be delayed until the spring, it is likely to last during the greater part of next year. The Count d'Espagne has 15,000 determined men in his train, and Cabrera a b ou t as many more . Altogether Queen Christina's affairs appear to be as far from settlement as ever. The Basque pro vinces are far from satisfied, an d th e N avarrese are still on the qui . whilst th e t roops o f C a b rera appear determined to hold their position to the last. The Sentinnel des Pyrennees describes the measures taken by Cabrera for his defence as most masterly. He has caused all the roads to be intersected or barri caded with huge masses of stone for several miles round, so as t o preclude the possibility of bringing up heavy artillery. Everything, considering the great disparity of force, promises well for Cabrera, and a good deal of fighting must take place before he can be reduced to subjection. MEETING OF AGRICULTURISTS AT BUCKINGHAM. The Duke of Buckingham, according to his annual practice for the last seven years, dined with his neigh bouring farmers last Saturday at the Two Swans in the town of Buckingham. We select from the speech with which his Grace edified his guests, the richest morsels, and the more clamant characteristics. The following are the more prominent passages of the Duke's " protective' proclamation :—An organised attack has been made, and is still kept up, against the agricultural interests by short-sighted persons, who do not see that if the farmers are deprived of the protection of the laws they must be injured, and so must;in like manner be the manufacturers. There is an anxious desire on the part of the manufac turers, daily growing stronger, to injure you by a repeal of the Corn-laws. There is another party equally de sirous of injuring you : I mcan the advocates of a fixed duty, who consider it better than a total repeal of the Corn-laws. Any repeal, no matter how partial, would be injurious to you, and the notion of a fixed duty is practically absurd. The Corn-laws, in their actual shape, are the very best that could be framed, and I urge the farmers never to give away any portion of them.— (Cheers.) The persons who are now in power remain in power solely for the sake of emolument,and they will concede anything and everything to the parties who keep them there.—(Groans.) These men show the duplicity of their characters and policy in the way they treat the question of the Corn-laws. They show the truckling and trickery of their natures in making the question an open one, and thus court votes they would not otherwise have a chance of obtaining. I would rather see Lord Melbourne standing for a repeal of the whole Corn-laws than making it an open question, and dividing the members of the Cabinet one against the other. Th:t was not the way a great question should be handled by honest statesmen.—(Hear, hear.) I hope we shall soon have a better Government—(Cheers, and cries of " That would be no difficult matter")—and I know that those Peers who have hitherto been in favour of the Corn-laws will, under all circumstances, remain the same, and suffer no change to take place In them.—(Cheers.) THE CROPS OF SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. During the first four days of this week it rained almost incessantly, the wind ranging from S.E. to E.N.E., blowing strong. The rivers Dee and Don were much swollen, and from the quantity of timber, hay, turnips, &c., which is coming down, it is plain that some of the lower districts have been again flooded. On Thursday, the sky cleared a little, but the weather is still very un seasonable, and we few has completely destroyed the outstanding crops.—Aberdeen Herald. In the early part of the week the weather was favour able, and on Monday a great impression was made on the grain that remained out. A greater part of the potatoes have been got up, and a few, though but a iew, patches of wheat sown. Tuasday, Wednesday, and Thursday were so wet, th It little was done. Many farmers have found it necessary to turn over their grain stacks, on account of the wet state of the stuff when built. Though there will be some loss from heating, the injury is not expected to be extensive, and prices have this week fallen considerably, not less than Bd. having been taken off the stone of oatmeal.—Paisley Advertiser. The operations of the roaper have, except in a few patches of late land, been n'aw brought to a close, and the grain for the most part housed in a tolerably good condition. The general res Lilt of the season is said to be at least an average in point. of quantity, but the quality of the corn is on the whole inferior, more especially in regard to wheat and barley. The abundant quantity of the grain will of course operate upon the markets. The potatoe harvest has already commenced, and the crop, we are happy to say, is as good in point of quantity as all must know it is in point of quality. The heavy rains which continued to fall during the week have done considerable damage, but we hope that a continuation of fair and mild weather will prevent so much injury being sustained as is as wesent dreaded.—Berwick Advertiser. In the Dublin Evening Po st of last Saturday, it is stated that the wheat crop in Ireland will not be a fourth of the average. " We had said that wheat will not be more than half an t iverage. We are now per suaded, from the inquiries we! . made, and the information received from various quart er s, that in Ireland it will not be a fourth. At our C. or Exchange yesterday, the samples exhibited were so v( !1' •y bad that they were almost all taken by the distillers. I' here will be more wheaten whiskey made this year in Ireland than ever before. Good wheat fully maintained its price ; but little of such grain was exhibited. We ne ed not add, that the im mense amount of the damaig ed wheat thus necessarily thrown upon the market, ant I sold at so low a quota tion„ has necessarily depres, sed the general average. Accordingly, we find that the • duties have jumped, at a single spring, from 10s. Bd. to 16s. Bd. ; and this, be it remembered, when good whea tis looking up. The fact is, that we are now, in Dublin, for the most part, eat ing Dantaic and British brew 1. But, for some time to come, operations in foreign co rn will be suspended. The weather continues fine, and t hough a great breadth of oats is still out, the hope tha t this, at least, will be an average crop, has not been dir ninished. It will, we fear, be the only average crop in Ireland. The exportation is pretty brisk. Our appreh , en sions for the potatoes have rathe r increr,sed—and we 5 1 c ,ould fear the turf-cutting will be most grievously imr pe ded by the flooded state of the bogs." POST OFFICE DE SPATCH.—The London night) mail of Tuesday, w hich reached Kingstown and was landed at the jetty at seven o'clock on Wednes day evening, was detained there for the space of twenty - six minutes for want of I a train, and was then so slowly transmitted that it was eigl at o'clock before it reached the Post-office. This is a scan dalous neglect of duty in some quarter, and we are very ur twilling to ascribe the blame to the conductors of the railro ad. Complaints of similar de layshave before reached us, and they occur, we understand in the morning as well as the evening. The infliction, suffered by the proprietor s of evening papers in this city by the present transn fission of newspapers is quite sufficient, without their being subjected to the addi tional penalty of a delay of forty minutes, and for no reasonable cause. This r etarded the publication of our second edition on Wednct ;day evening, with the contra diction of Lord Brougham's death, just one hour.-- Dublin Evening Mail. AIM HIGH.—A hit, I standard—an elevated aim—this i s t h e safeguard r ' character, and the main spring of excellence. This in akes the skilful mechanic, the enterprising merchant, the useful citizen, the learned jurist, the eloquent or ator, the wise statesman. —Dr. Hawes. An Irishman, observing a , dandy taking his usual struts in Broadway, steps up to him and inquired, "H ow much rent do you as k f or t h os c houses ?" " What the devil do you ask me that for ?" " Faith, and I thought the whole street b e l onge d to 5 e," replied the Irishman. —New York Paper. Yesterday morning, Mr. SI telton, a master butche, , residiog in Marshall-s - treet, S' , o l ners'"town, whilst h e was purchasing cattle in Smith& VI market, had his po c k et picked of his pocket-book, „ o r staining Bank of England notes to the amount of 94( ) I„ with which the robbers effected their escape. The Siecle contains a letter from St. Petersburg, stating that the ill ness o f the Empress of Russi a 1 1118 taken so alarming a char; toter that little hopes are en tertained of her recover y. The Emperor, whose attachment to her Majest yis exemplary, is so much afflicted that he refuses to see his Ministers or transact public business. Linen, which is the s taple manufacture of Le land, was first made in Er, gland in the year 1253, end was only worn by the luxe ,rious—the generality of per sons wore woollen shirts. INTELLECTUAL RESOURCES OF LONDON. There are in the metropolis no less than forty-one Societies devoted to scientific, literary, and colla teral pursuits, meeting periodically during the Ses sion, which with the great majority commences in November, and terminates in June, and this distinct from the literary and scientific institutions of which there is one in almost every district. The Royal Society, the parent of the whole, founded in 1663, extends to every department of natural knowledge, but so numerous are the ramifications which have sprung from it that it now confines its atten tion to the more abstract departments of each. For the study of antiquities there are two— the Society of Antiquaries, founded in 1717, for the study of the antiquities of this kingdom, and the Numismatic Society, a flourishing As sociation, which, as its name imports, is confined to coins and medals. For Natural History there are eight. The Linnean Society alike for the objects of botanical and zoological investigation. In zoology two, the Zoological and Entomological Societies ; and for horticulture and botany five, viz., the Royal Society of Horticulture, the Horticultural, Royal Botanical, Metropolitan, and Botanical Societies, each of which, with the exception of the latter, hold periodic public exhibitions. For astronomy there are two, viz., the Royal Astronomical and Uranian Societies ; and for objects of specific investigation in mathematics and natural philosophy, the Mathe matical, Meteorological and Electrical Societies. The Society of Arts, which stands alone prominent for the encouragement of the useful arts, was founded in 1754, and objects formerly con fined to it are now embraced by the Institutes of Civil Engineers and British Architects, and the Architectural Society. The Geo graphical and Geological Societies are, as their names import, addressed to the study of the ex ternal characteristics and structures of the earth. One body only, the Royal Society of Literature, is exclusively devoted to objects of literary research. The Royal Asiatic Society takes the wide and ex tended range of the science, language, and litera ture of the Eastern Continent ; and the Statistical Society, dealing with facts, embraces the details of all sciences where numbers are concerned. At the Royal, London, and United Service Institutions the lectures and conversaziones are of miscellaneous character, taking the wide range of literature and science. The English Agricultural Society, having scientific objects, meets periodically in London ; and the Camden Society may be added, and which, although not holding periodic meetings, advances literature by the choiceness of its publica tions. Devoted to the reading of papers, and to practical discussions on medical subjects, there are eight, viz.—the Royal Medical Chirur gical, the London ann the Westminster Medical, the Physical, Hunterian, Harveian, Phrenological, and iVledico-Botanical Societies. There are also three societies devoted to conversation on the fine arts, viz.—the Graphic, Artists', and Amateurs' Societies. The total number of meetings occupied by these societies, distributed over the session of 35 weeks, is 623, making the average of 18 per week, or three each evening. The number of members in the last session is estimated at 17,000, the names of many of whom are however en rolled in more societies than one. The total incomes, or sum raised last year for scientific ob jects was nearly 41,0001., and the funded property possessed by these societies, estimated last June, was 81,5001. Only four, viz.—the Royal, Anti quarian, Geological, and Astronomical Societies, receive aid from Government in public accommoda tion ; and one other only, the Geographical, is as sisted by grants, from the same source, in the pro secution of its objects. There are twelve Mecha nics' Literary and Scientific Institutions in the im mediate circle of the metropolis, which average 4,510 members, and an income of 7,500/. ; and, unaided by any grants from Government, the total annual amount raised by voluntary contribution for the diffusion of scientific and literary knowledge may be stated as little less than 50,0001., in addi tion to the income derived from a funded property of 80,0001. This too is independent of the re sources of the many provincial societies scattered throughout the kingdotn, the incomes of some of which are very considerable. THE LAST OF THE BRUCE FAMILY. (From the Land of Burns.) Most of the admirers of Burns will have fresh upon their minds an interview with which he is described, in Dr. Currie's memoir, as having been honoured at Clackmannan in the course of a short tour, by a Jacobite lady, of venerable age, who conferred on him the honour of knighthood in sport, with a sword which had belonged to King Robert Bruce. For the sake of those who may not remember this adventure distinctly, the account of it given by Dr. Adair, the poet's fellow-traveller, is here subjoined : " A visit to Mrs. Bruce of Clackmannan, a lady above ninety, the lineal descendant of that race which gave the Scottish throne its brightest orna ment, interested his feelings more powerfully (than the sight of the romantic scenery of Glendevon, which he had just been visiting). This venerable dame, with characteristical dignity, informed me, on my observing that I believed she was descended from the family of Robert Bruce, that Robert Bruce was sprung from her family. Though almost deprived of speech by a paralytic affection, she preserved her hospitality and urbanity. She was in possession of the hero's helmet and two handed sword, with which she conferred on Burns and myself the honour of knighthood, remarking, that she had a better right to confer that title than some people. * You will, of course, conclude, that the old lady's political tenets were as Jacobitical as the poet's, a conformity which contributed not a little to the cordiality of our reception and entertainment. She gave, as her first toast after dinner, Awa' Uncos, or Away with the Strangers. Who these strangers were, you will readily understand. Mrs. A. (Charlotte Hamilton) corrects me by saying it should be Hooi, or Hooi Uncos, a sound used by shepherds to direct their dogs to drive away the sheep." It will not be; we trust, without interest that the reader beholds a genuine portrait of this fine old country gentlewoman, engraved from a painting executed in 1777, when she was eighty-one years of age, and which is now the property of Robert Scott Moncrieff, Esq., of Edinburgh. Catherine Bruce was the daughter of Alexander Bruce, Esq., of the family of Newton, and in early life became the wife of Henry Bruce, Esq., of Clackmannan. the acknowledged chief of the family in Scotland. It is a pity that her superb boast as to ancestry is not supported by historical antiquaries. By these scrupulous gentlemen, the descent of her father, husband, and other landed men of the name, cannot be traced farther back than to a Sit Robert Bruce, who lived in the age following that of the restorer of Scottish inde pendence, and whom King David 11., in a char ter bestowing on him the lands of Clackmannan, and others, styles as his cousin. Douglas, indeed, in his Baronage, states that this first Bruce of Clackmannan was descended of John Bruce, a younger son of Robert, usually styled the Com petitor, and consequently uncle of King Robert ; but this, being unsupported by any authority, has been dropped by Wood : nor, even though proved, would it make out the King to have been less than the Chief of a race, of which the house of Clack mannan were cadets. There is little reason, how ever, to doubt that from Sir Robert, first of Clack mannan, were descended the families of Airth, Kennet, Kinnaird (of whom came the Abyssinian traveller), Kinloss (of whom are the Earls of El gin), Kinross, Carnock (of whom were the Earls of, Kincardine), and many ot h er h onoura bl e h ouses, productive of eminent, historical men. On the death of Henry Bruce of Clackmannan, July 8, 1772, without surviving issue, the main line of family became extinct. His widow con tinued to reside in the massive old tower of the family, situated on a hill at the west end of the town of Claekmannan, where she kept the sword and helmet said to have been worn by King Robert at the battle of Bannockburn. The vigour of body and enthusiasm of mind, which she retained in old age, are strikingly indicated in the fine erect car riage of the accompanying figure, and by the white rose planted in her bosom. She survived to the 4th of November, 1791, when she had reached the age of ninety-five. The sword and helmet then passed, by her will, to the Earl of Elgin, whom she had regarded as the chief of the family since her husband's death, and who still preserves these curiosities with great care at his seat at Broomhall. The tower where the family flourished so long, and where Burns was entertained, has, since the death of Mrs. Bruce, fallen into ruin. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY in RUSSIA (From the Courrier Francais.) The Church of the United Greeks, who reside principally in the governments of Kief and Wilna, are a million and a half in number. Separated from the Greek Church since 1439, a year after the Coun cil of Florence, they had joined the Latin Church, without entirely adopting their rites and ceremo nies. The Patriarchs of the East and the Russian Governments have, it is true, protested from the be ginning against this separation ; but in spite of these protestations—in spite, above all, of the efforts and intrigues—mild at one time, brutal at another —of the successors of Peter the Great, to bring the Church of the United Greeks to recognise the spiritual power of the Autocrat, the latter still re mained up to this time faithful and obedient to the Holy See. The attempts of the authorities ended in making but a few conversions of no importance. The Russian Government, seeing that with its dumb propaganda it could do nothing for the submission of the Church of the United Greeks, thought conve nient to do it by force. After the lapse of four centuries, since the se paration of the United Greeks, the Czar as sembled the Holy Synod, and ordered to be proclaimed their voluntary return into the bosom of the Church, called the Orthodox Greek. This was the affair of a moment ; it was not even thought necessary to take the advice of the consistories and vicarships of the provinces, inhabited by the United Greeks, nor that of the archbishops or bishops placed at the head of the diocese of this communion. General Count Pro tassol, Aide-de-Camp of the Emperor, and who, in his quality of Imperial Procureur, chosen by his Majesty to direct all ecclesiastical affairs, is now President of the Holy Synod, read a very short report, in which he showed the political and religious necessity of the measure ordered, and, on being read, it was unanimously decreed immedi ately. There was no one, save the Metropolitan of the Roman Catholic Consistory, who ventured to make a few observations ; but an imperative glance from General Protassoff having immediately shut his mouth, he gave, with the other members, his approbation of an act which he could not pre vent. And this is the act which the German papers devoted to the Czar have dared to present to us as the result of a voluntary adhesion. GLAUCus.—This celebrated and symmetrical stallion, for which Tattersal has refused 3,0001., excites a good deal of attention " round the Corner." On Sunday his box was as full of visitors as that of the most distinguished personage at the opera in the height of the season. THOROUGH DRAINING.—A farmer in this county tried the effects' of thorough-draining on a small field of four acres. Two acres of this field were drained in every furrow, the upper soil was unfavourable to the growth of green crops. The other half was allowed to remain undrained, as the whole had been, until the winter of 1837. In spring, 1838, the whole field was worked for, and planted with potatoes. The potatoes were sold, and the result was, that the thorough-drained half yielded 451. an acre, whilst the undr a i ne d on l y realized 131. an acre. The drained land th us y i e ld e d about three and one-half times the undrained ; and, supposing that the draining cost, at the utm os t s t retc h 10/. an acre, the first crop , notw ithstanding, not only repaid that cost, but left 22/. an acre more than the whole crop per acre of the . undrai ne d l an d . W hat an en couragement does this simple fact and single instance of profit hold out to farmers t o s p are no expense, and indulge in no hesitation, in thorough -draining retentive bottomed land ! Although 451. is a very large sum to obtain for an acre of potatoes, yet the crop was very deficient last year, and good potatoes were scarce ; but it must not be supposed that that amount was all profit, for the expenses of raising- and driving the crop to mar ket fall to be deducted from the value of the gross pro duce ; still 45/. and 13/. give the relative values of pro duce obtained from drained and undrained land. It is worthy of remark, that drai n in g renders strong soil ca pable of raisin g a l arge green crop even i n a wet season , whilst soil in want of draining is comparatively materially injured in a wet season. It is obvious that the soil here spoken of only requires draining to render it eminently qualified to raise green crops ; and there is abundance of soil in the country.—Levicaster Guardian. EVENING EDITION.. PARTS COMMERCIAL NEWS, OCT. 2. WINES AND SPIRITS.—TiIe vintage has been tole rably good in Champagne ; the quantity that of a❑ ordinary year ; it is thought that the quality will be superior. The first quality bring at Rheims 290 fr the 2 hectolitres ; Montpelier Brandy, 7 tr to 73fr the hectolitre ; Armanac Brandy sells at Bordeaux for 115 fr the hhd, and in Paris 160 fr ; Cognac (new), 230 fr the hhd ; Spirits of Wine, 190 tr the bbd in Paris, and 160 fr in Bordeaux. COTTON.—Bengal, lfr 13c the kilo. (21b) ; Pernam buco, 2fl- 13c to 2 fr 18c ditto. OPlUm.—Egypt or Smyrna, 28fr the kilo. (21b). SUGAR.—M utinique or Guadaloupe Raw, 120 fr the 100 kilo. (2001 b.) TEAS.—Congou, Bfr 15c ; Gunpowder, 1 Ifr 15c ; Im perial, 12fr 15c. INDlGO.—Madras, 17fr 10c ; ditto, superfine Violet, 30fr. CORN MARKET.—The rise in prices is still main tained, and the exportation of Corn from Belgium pro hibited, in consequence of its dearness in that country. GOLD.-20fr and 40fr pieces are at 71 15s the 1,000 discount. The Leipsic Fair has terminated, but the results have not been so favourable as at first expected, though in other respects good. Cloths were not so abundant as prices of former fairs, but not a yard wa s left ; the of ordinary and middle qualities advanced a little, whilst first qualities scarcely fetched their former prices. Manufactured Woollen and Cotton goods were in great demand. French and English merchandise had a tolerable share of purchasers, but the German was all bought up. Silk goods and articles of fashion were the most in demand. The sale of Leather was brisk, sole leather espe cially, all of which was quickly disposed of at an ad vance of five per cent. German Leather and Skins were more in demand than those of America, with the exception of Stag Hides. Furs, particularly those of Russia, were much sought after, and produced a large sale. Fox Skins offered no variation, the price of Hare Skins from 20fr to 40fr per bale. But little was done in Bristles, there being no orders from England, they were consequently sold at a r educed price. _ Smoked articles were little called for, the Germans not wanting any, and the English buyers being absent. Wool of the ordinary and middle, qualities sold at 187 fr 10c per cwt., and even rose slightly above former prices, but the first qualities fell from three to fire thalers per quintal. Jewellery was in great demand, and was old at ad vantageous prices —Morning Herald. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTEL—The dema n d f or a ll descriptions or goods and yarn continues to be extremely limited, and prices are gradually declining, The gloom which en" velopes the market was a little increased yesterday by the announcement of the failure of a spinner and manufacturer, whose engagements are said to be about 14,0001. This, notwithstanding the extremely unfa' vourable state of business, is, we believe, the first con siderable failure that has occurred in this town for some weeks, with th e except i on of the parties i nvo lved wail the Imperial Bank.—Manchester Guardian. THE MARKETS.-(YESTERDAY.) PRICE. OF The highest price of Bread in th Leat, Good Bread may be hail at PRICES 01 rer Cwt. New English Red C10ver...555. 90s Old Ditto Ditto New Foreign Ditto 565. 30s. Old Ditto Ditto.. —B. —s. BREAD. te Metropolis is 10%cl. for the 41b. id, 7 SEEDS. Per Quarter: St. Foin —s. 491 66. Rye Grass —s. 40s. 440 racey Grass --s --s. Li - - feeding—s. 4ns. 52, . ._ .....inseed, for feeding -• 5 , 1 , New White Clover ...50s. 65 5 . 70 s . Dit to, f or sowing - - s• 545 ' Old Ditto Ditto ...... ...-s. -s. -s. Ditt o , f or crushing -s - ao -'• 465. ,i. New Trefoil --ii llia 30a Canary -s 70s- °"'" Old Ditto -s lc); '22s Hemp -s 3 3, 40 4 Trefolium -a 25, 36s Per Bushel. English Carraway -s. b:s. 565. White Mustard...lls. (hi. 143. od (c i Foreign Ditto -s. 50s. 56s Brown Ditto .....,15s. Od. 1 114 ,,, Coriander -s 20s. 255. Tares Si. 6d. 7, o _''''' Rapeseed, English One 'per L a st) 28/. 311. F ore i gn 261. L . 1 ' PRICES OF LEATHER. , . Per lb. d. to d Per lb. d. to ~,,,d' " Crop Hldes,3o to 401 b. each 11 In Horse Hides, (;ermara.,, 12 r',..„ _.-- 40 50 l2 16 ----- Spanish 13 l", 51 ---50 60 ..... Bull Hides Butts, V-triol ... - ..... 21 - English .. 15 24 -- 70 100 ...... ..„ Is' 22 - Foreign °reign Hides ...... ~ - I 111 12 -__, 5m „11 ,........... 20 :. -02 Dressing Hides ... - - -Shaved... 13 17 I Basils.„ .. Bea . Saddlers' Hides... 15 16t Bellies *7' 1 2 } . Horse Hides, English ... 11 I , Shoulders 9 Call Skins, if rounded 2d. to 4d. por lb. more. PRICES OF HOPS. Farnham rockets (per cwt,) 0: Os. 0/, 6s. to 01. 03. East Kent Pockets... 4! les. Si. 15, to 61 os. Ditto Bags 3l. lus. 01. - Os. to 41. 4a. Mid Kent Pockets 3/. 10s. 44 - 10 s. to 5! 12 ' . Ditto Bags Sussex Yearlings Ol. Os. 31. 3s. to 3/, 10.. Old Olds 3 5 ' l. - I () W s , 0 0 1 1. • 0 °5 5. t t o o 3 4.. r! Old Duty estimated ol a . t C 1215,0 0 1 0 1 4. 15S. PRICE OF OIL. napeOil,brown, per ton, 361.108.-Refined, Wes-Linseed oil, 211 ',.. 1 P ' Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (two), 134 Os.-Rape ( like, per tons"' PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, Bcc. per 1121 b. Town Tallow sss. 6d. Yell ow S oap„, _, esl. , Yellow Russia 51s. 6d. Mottl e d .... ... ed. , , White - 3 s• W. -s. Od. Curd -S. 'Od. Soap Ditto . .... Melting Stuff ...~ Ditto Rough "RICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81i>. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ..... &J. IM A '' PRICE OF CANDLES. , The price of good Store I andles in the Retail Shops is as follows Candles, per dozen, Bs. Od. ; inferior,•7s. Od. ; Moulds, 98. ed. Sixpence per dozen discount for cash. COAL MARKET. s, d Adair's Chester Carr's Hartley 2O 0 Holvwell Main 2l f Ord's Redhugh Tan Red' Moor Butes 2l 0 West Hartley 2l Willington 22 0 Wylam. 2O Walls End Bell and Brown 20 C Walls End Gosforth Walls r'nd Heaton 22 0 Walls End Hilda 22 Walls End llotspur Walls End Killingworth Walis End Newmarch 2l 9 Walls End Northumberland 21 9 Walls End Perkins 6 Ships arrived sinec a. 6. Walls End Belmont .......... 23 6 Walls Endßraddyll'sHettOn 24 0 . Walls End Hetton Walls End Kelloe 24 . 9 Walls End Lyons 0 4 Walls End Lambton Walls End Stewart's 24 9 Walls End Barrett 23 Walls End Tees 9 Walls End Seymour Tem.- 2 Walls End Tennant 24 3 Walls Eud New The 29 Walls End Tees Tanfield Walls EnilWestlietton 23 0 Cowpen .......... .............. 0 Hartley 2O 6 Llangennech Coal ..„.. 26 8 Stavely Main l9 last market day, 206. More than forty persons have become bankrupts in consequence of the stoppage of the Imperial Bank of Manchester. Mr. S. Crawford says, in a letter to the Mail, alluding to " a gross falsehood" put forth by the War der—" The question of Repeal was never even de bated during the period I was in Parliament. I never voted on the question when in Parliament ; and in whatever I have written on the subject, whilst I have supported the principle of a domestic body for loca l legislation, I have uniformly stated the necessity which appeared to me to exist for imperial control." WILL OF THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL Silt W. BLACKBURNE, KNT.—The will of the late Maio' General Sir William Biackburne, Knt., has just 'bee ° , proved in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop 0 ' Canterbury, by his brother, Blackburne, Esti' The amount of property has been sworn under 45,000 v the principal part of which has been bequeathed to his widow. Amongst the different bequests, however, 15 one of 1,0001. to Lord Glenelg, which is in the follow ing words I bequeath to Lord Glenelg, late Secre tary of the Colonies, 1,0001. as a mark of my hig h respect for his public conduct in the East India Colo nial Department." Sir William entered the East India Company's Madras Establishment in the year 1782, where his zeal and talents soon recommended him t ° the respect of his brother officers, and he rose from post to post, and was ultimately selected, at a period of con siderable difficulty, to fill the station of President of the Court of Tanjore. After forty years spent in the ger; vice of the country, and having received the thanks_ c,'_! the different India Governments, he returned to h t. ! native land. Sir William expired at his house in Po.r ..a . land-place on the 16th inst., after a painful and ling?ri l l illness, at the age of seventy-six years. The val dated on the 18th of June in the present year. 511.1.1" HE NEW PORTABLE ALARU M 'Z size of a small Snuff Bog, can be piaced on the Dressing - ;; and set to ring at any hour that may be required. Prise it Guineas. T. COX SAVORY, 19,41 Goldsmith, Watchmaker, &cc., 47, Carnhill, London t.- 1 doors from Gracechurch-street). N.B. A pamphlet, containing a detailed list of the rico; of Silver Plate, Pl a t e d Goods, Watches, Clocks, 1 46 •5 be had gratis, er will be forwarded in answer to a rgt-r— -application. B IR THS. On the 24th inst., at Snaresbrook, Essex, the lady of Charl et; Tebt, Esq., of a son and O bu n the 25th inst., at Bridport, Dorset, the lady of f. f i r * Prior, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter. On the 26th inst., at the Parsonage, Lamborne Woodlancisb the lady of the Rev. John Bacon, of a son. vAwara On the 27th inst., at Great Russell-street, Mrs. Tribe, of a (laughter. On the 27th inst., at Highgate, Mrs. Francis Rivingtoo, of a daughter. MARK /ED. On the 21st of May last, at Maitland, New South Wale'' °1 Ellis James Gilman, of the Island of Singapore , se cond son John Gilman, of Vassal-road, North Brixton, to Amelia Chris tiana, second daughter of the Rev. George Keylock Rusde°' M.A. On the 19th ult., at St. George's Church, Dublin, Thomas,. Ward, Esq., of Belfast, to Harrie tte, y oun g est daughter 01 General Hojel, Aide-de-Camp to his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange. On the 26th inst., at St. Anne's, Westminster, Mr. Morton, of Fenchurch-street, to Sarah, second daughter of Mr. Mark Warwick, of Carleton, Cumberland. ------ DIED. On the 13th inst., at Codford St. Peter, Wilts, the Be!. John Dampier , for 52 years Rector of that parish, aged VS. m w id it a e le o s f e :i 3 ll l i r s . rji c i , b a v r : On the • , qd inst., at Berlin, Agnes, rence, Esq., of Brompton, London. On the 23d inst., at Southall-green,. toping. Baxter, aged 53. On the 23d inst ., at Se y mour-str eet man , affed 70. i 'Airs, Margaret Mast,er" On 'the 25th inst., at Charl tt it.N ., t. .s -street, Bedfor d-5411are, L i eu t e nant, J. P. Campbell, ~. ___........ve ablisbed by MURDO YOUVGO, of 4 r S in tr t a e n d d, an, :i i , The P Sun Office, No 112, Stran d '_ Tuesday, Octobei 29;" 11339; ' .' London: Printed THE PRINTER'S DEVIL. The extraordinary probity of the printers' devils —like many other virtues of the humble—has not been sufficiently wondered at. Be it our task to awaken the attention of the world at once to the beautiful confidence in human nature as daily il lustrated in the literary character, and to the sur passing rectitude of devils in general. That the riches of the mind outvalue to an inconcevable de gree all tangible wealth, whether in gems or metals, is a truth preached from a thousand pulpits—a truth we emblazon in our copy-books—a truth that even men of ten, twenty, forty thousand a year are in a condition to very placidly admit. How often, if we search the archives of the police, shall we find gold smiths' porters—jewellers' shopmen—nay, the clerks of bankers—how often shall we find them wanting I Plate has been stolen--diamonds carried off— moneys embezzled ; yes, men in trust have suc cumbed to the blandishments of the baser wealth, and become naught. But when—we put the ques tion with a thrill of triumph at our heart—when was a printer's devil ever known to embezzle his copy ? When did he ever attempt to turn an article into money, and escape to France or America with the fruit of his wickedness ? We answer him— never. We call upon all the Police Magistrates, the Lord Mayor, all the Aldermen, and with them, of course, Mr. Hobler—we call upon these gentle men to confound us if they can. No ; our printer's devil, entrusted as he hourly is with valuables to which the regalia of the Tower—whatever Mr. Swift, the keeper of the same, may say to the contrary— are as paste and foil stones ; made the bearer of thoughts more brilliant and durable than virgin gold ; a carrier of little packets outvaluing the en trails of Golconda ; nay, single sheets, in which all the Mogul's dominions are, at least in the opinion of one man, as a few unprofitable molehills ; the devil, freighted with this inconceivable treasure, dispatched trustingly by its producer with this im mortal wealth, goes unerringly to his destination ; and with the innocence of a dove, the meekness of a lamb, gives up his precious burthen. He never betrays his trust, not he. The printer's devll takes not the mental gold to unlawful crucible— offers not the precious paper to the felonious money-changer—seeks no loan upon the copy from the pawnbroker; but, with a fine recti tude, with a noble simplicity of purpose, gives up the treasure to the hand appointed to receive it, as though it were rags or dirt. The oyster that breeds an union for the crown of an emperor, is not more unpresuming on its wealth than is the printer's devil on his costlier copy. And, now, gentle reader, does not the printer's devil present himself to your admiring imagination, despite his ink-stained hands and face, in colours of the brightest radiance ? Jostled in the street, or it may be, triflingly bespat tered with mud from his mercurial heels, how little do you dream that the unoffending urchin, the hur rying devil has about him "something dangerous." You know it not ; but innocent, mirthful as he seems, he is loaded with copy. He may be rushing, gam boling, jumping like a young satyr, and is withal the devil to a newspaper. His looks are the looks of merriment ; yet the pockets of his corduroy trowsers may be charged with thunderbolts. He would not hurt a mouse; and in his jacket slumbers light ning to destroy a Ministry. Perhaps for the whole Mint he could not compass a sum in addition ; and yet it rests with his integrity whether to•morrow morning the nation shall be saved from a bankruptcy ; for, deposited in his cap, is an elaborate essay ad dressed to the ingenious traders in the Money Market ; an essay setting forth principles, which, if adopted, shall in one fortnight transform beggared England into El Dorado. If the printers' devils, as a body, knew their strength, what darkness might they for a time bring upon the world. A conspiracy among the gas men might be a matter for a jest, compared to the Cimmerian gloom pro duced by printers' devils, sworn to simultaneous destruction of copy. We own this a dangerous suggestion ; but had we not a great faith in the natural goodness of our devils, we might assure our selves in their want of combination.— Heads of the People. The following is a statement of the imports and exports of the four chief cities and towns in Ireland, viz., Dublin, imports, 4,400,0001. ; exports, 2,600,0001. Cork, imports, 2,750,000/. ; exports, 2,900,000/. Waterford, imports, 1,572,0001. ; exports, 2,660,000/. Belfast, imports 3,750,000/. ; exports, 4,400,0001.—. Thus it appears that Belfast is by far the most flourish. ing town in Ireland.—Belfast News Letter. ktkv 1 -.1 \.