The Sun. — London, England, 1839-01-07 00:00:00

doar and go in e oarseice u• to go in. Read the Word of God, and tell me further whether the minister of religion—call him prophet, teacher, or by any name the most appropriate for him—tell me, having searched the book, whether there is one province of a Minister's duty more distinctly, unequivocally, and emphatically enjoined upon him to discharge than another? I don't say there is. I say a Minister's duty is whole and undivided—that he ought to give to each a portion of wheat in due season. I don't think there is one duty greater than another—or one attribute of God holier than another. The opinion that there is, may arise from ig norance and prejudice, vanity and pride. I don't hold that—but if there should be in your estimation, one part of a Minister's duty more emphatically pointed out than another, is it not that he should reprove sin where he finds it, and that he should reprove sin especially where sin has lodged itself, and where sin thinks it has a strong hold, and out of which it cannot be driven ? where the devil has be gotten himself to the fastnesses of power, there the minister of religion, like a true soldier of Jesus Christ, is to place . himself, a n d w ith his own arm to tear down the vaunting flag that floats from the bulwarks of oppression and deceit. Though he should leave his lifeless body there, be is to lead on, he is to harken forward the hosts of the Lord, in order to pull down them that sit aloft, and who from that vantage ground.mock the suffering and the defenceless people of God. The weapons of our warfare are not indeed carnal, but spiritual, mighty. - through God when rightly wielded, when rightly worked, when persevered in, to the pull ing down of strongholds, to the trampling under feet of sin an d S a t an , whether in the shape of princi palities and powers, or of spiritual wickedness in high places. I have not time this afternoon to Particularise. If begun at an, it would lead ,me to an enumeration of every single precept and every single passage that I have found recorded in the word of God, from Genesis to Revelations, where the Al inighty has communicated his will and given his messages to his servants the priests. How often do you read in this book, of God telling his priests to go to the poor —to the low —to the vile—to the wretched—to the helpless —to the defenceless—the filth, the scum, and the off-eeourings of mankind—to pour out on their heads the phial of God's indignation say, how often do you find God's message to his priests to that effect? Not very often. But how often do you find God bidding his priests go to the princes and the elders, and to the rulers—how often do you read of God saying, Go now to this King and to that Court—go now to this Council, and to that confederacy—go now to this class, and to that order—whether of High Priests, or of Rulers, or of the Elders, or o f th e Sh e ph er d s , or o f th e 'Priests of the People —and prophecy against them the Princes of Sodom, the Rulers of Gommorrah—the Priests profligate in their abandonment of the word of God, and the Rulers profligate in the usurpation of the power of God—a corrupt priest hood j o i n i ng hands with a profl i gate P r i nce, an d t h us , h an d in hand, arm in arm, and foot to foot, marching onward, com mitting devastation, and makingravages of the chosen heri tage of God ? How are those men to be met ? How are these wicked Rulers to be met ? How are these Priests of the land and Elders to be met? If they are to be met by force, I cannot help it. If they are to be met by force, from whence is that force to come ? If they are to be met by the sword, who is to wield it ? They are to be met. --(Several voices " They are.") That is clear, they must be met—that is certain—or God is to allow oppression, and deceit, and robbery, and fraud, and rapine, and cruelty, and murder, and every species of tyranny, to ride and lord it over his heritage, which would be a libel on religion.— (Cries of "It would.") It would be blasphemy against the attributes of God—but he will not, allow it to continue. The wickedness of the wicked is to brought to an end, and is to be met and watched, and to be overthrown. I ask by whom, and in what way ?—.(Two or three voices " Aye.") The only way that any good man would wish— that any good man would choose—that any man would advise and recommend, so long as there was any chance, any h o p e o f its being effectual, and that way is for the priests of the Most High God to come forward and discharge the duty of their office, and on the floor of the Senate House—in the camp of the armies—in the court if Princes—in the midst of the Rulers and the Elders, to say -unto them " the mouth of the Lord bath spOken it." Let the handwriting be written on the wall— let the Daniel conic to judgment, the prophet of the Lord, and the interpreter of Ins unfolder of his counsel —the denunciator of his vengeance, the proclaimer of his Providence and his grace—let the Daniel come forward and write on the wall—on the wall of the guilty land—on the wall of our guilty Senators—upon the wall of our guilty Court—upon the wall of our guilty palaces—of o ur mansions, as well as of our cottages, and much More than our cottages • let the Daniel write " e m _ e i n a e n tekel " they are weighed in the ce, and are found wanting. If ever there was a guilty hand —if ever there was a sinful nation, it is England, the People of England as a whole. The description which the prophet Isaiah gave of his own country it true of another " The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From th e sol e o f t h e f oot even unto the bead there is no so soundness in it' ; b ut woun d s , and bruises, and putrifying , r s." That' s t rue o f E ng l an d ; an d if you rea d that chapter,. e the I s t o f I sa i a h, you w ill fi n d w h a t th e pro pott, i his means by thi s fi gura tiv e a nd pi c t o rial representation s country. Y o u w ill find that their hands were full of blood, just as t h e hands of our gu i lty great men are at t hi s day—( Hear bear) ust as the hands of those who have robbed the Poor Lt-j — hOse who have trampled under foot the antt.l ess, and w h o have plucked the child from the breast, who hav e t ro dd en t h e w id ow ' s h ouse to d us t —just as the d hand s o f those who have kept back the wages of t h e i r lork l, re ea by fraud—just as the bands of those who have re used to give unto their servants that which is just and Jual—just as their hands are thus defiled with blood, so andwere the h an d s o f t h e peop l e o f w h om t h e prop h et spo k e ; if God is always the same God and unchangeable—if his works are one—if his ways are one—if his word be one— il hi al will be on e —if h e inflict a like punishment to a like J ews why th en , th e j u d gments , w hi c h G o d i n fli c t e d o n the uevvs of that period, will most inevitably be inflicted on the People of Engla n d a t thi s p er iod, unless by constitutional lPentance we proceed to a national regeneration ; and through national regeneration, God being merciful, obtain ro T i veness and re c o nc ili a tion. I pray God togrant the latter "'l_ pray G o d grant the latter. l am str i v i ng w h at li tt l e I ca lto b r i ng about the latter. God w ill not h ave us di e . God wills not that his children should die. " Who am I? the house of Israel. As .I live, I will not the death of a !Inner, and if not of a single sinner, not of a nation of sin piers, but ra th er t h at t h ey a ll repent an d return t o Hi m an d e v e But, my b re th ren , if th ese ev ils are to be averted, ' lle Clergy must blow the blast—they must sound it abroad izthe t rumpet must b low from one en d to t h e ot h er o f th e " Prepare ye the way of the Lord, and make his Path straight." Every valley shall be exalted, every moun tain and hill shall be brought down—the crooked shall be tu e la de straight, and the rough places be made smooth ; and • ns th e way shall be prepared for the Lord. If the W hole he a d is sick, and the whole heart faint—if from the !tile of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness ,1"le:1" it, but w oun d s , and bruises, and putrifying sores"—if national disease be spread through the national Consti utinne then the national healing can only be brought about by the' application of remedies to the entire poll , tical body of the country, and every man should do what he c an t o bring this to pass—but the clergy above all others. Go again to the Book of God, and look th oroug hl y, an d , a f ter you h ave looked, tell me whe ther you bare found a man from the beginning to the end from Moses, a man after God, who sent him florn the wilderness of Midian to thee Court of Pharaoh, down through the lapse of ages to John in the solitude of Patmos -- tell me, if limn Moses to John, not leaving out Ema %tie], God, who is the Son of God, man—can you find, one of these worthies who was not, in the strictest sense of the Jerr, a political teacher—a teacher of the political rights ®f the' people, and an instructor of political truths—a denouncer of God's anger on men politically wicked, and of God's favour in regard to men politically good ? When To came from Midian to Egypt, what did he c ome for ? preach deliverance. Of what kind ? Delivera nce to -theb capti ve -- to t h e b o dily ca pti v e and the politically "d• He came to set a nation free whom Pharao h held bondage, and what was that bondage ? Too much work --at least we are told so. That is the only account we have of it. The bondage was being ground downand burdened with to o much work, having task-masters put over them and their b urdens increased while their remuneration was diminished and thei r h app i ness consequent l y encroac h e d upon, their rights infri nge d upon , th e i r p r i v il ege s withheld, and their po liticalindependence d es t r oyed. God came to set them free from the bondage of Pharaoh and thbse men who had Passed a law that every male child should be strangled at its bi rth , and another that the mothers should throw their ' O Wn children into the streams, and destroy them, to prevent hem from increasing. That was a practical bondage—that fre e as a practical political bondage that Moses was sent tn l them f rom . He had God's staff put into his hand, and d ie Commanded with that staff, and when he touched the , e u ,st a the' earth it became lice in men and in beast, and ",flen. he t ouc h e d the borders of the earth they came forth abundantly ; and he brought locusts out of the land, and all the destroying plagues from God's storehouse of ven fianee. And Moses again stretched forth his hand, and then There th e fi rst- b orn i n every h ouse ; an d y e t God is merciful. • th lre is a i great deal of cant and whining sentimentalism to 'he present day about the evil of something that wicked m en eve beginning to apprehend, and which they feel to be 4 PProac,hing. There is a great deal of sickly sentimen talism,anul we hear that God willeth not the death deny e r's - but be can and will destroy body and soul in Hell of s ' t !se who obst. - uet his will. God would not have Pharaoh i 'Mlen his heel . , but Pharaah would not relent, and ' 41141 God destroyed him and all his host—his thousands nd tens of thona,!-1 for all we k ,Idr.fls S of thousands—his whole host in martial pride and gor geous array—his whole host were swallowed up in the Red Sea beeause they followed after the children of lerael, and refused to let them go. If God destroyed Pharaoh and his host—if he broke that iron rod, will he, think you, allow an iron rod to be stretched over you, and in the year 1839 of Christ's advent into the world ? But time would fail me to tell you ; run through the Book of God—from Geneses to Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Duteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Kings, Samuel, Ezra, Nehe miah, Esther, Job, Ruth, Proverbs, Solomon, Isaiah, Eze kiel, Jeremiah—run through the whole of the Prophets, and then take the Books of the New Testament and find one man—ene prophet, one priest, one messenger, one re presentative of heaven who was not in the strictest sense of the word a political teacher—who told Kings what they were to do and the people likewise—Nl 'no told senates and legislatures what kind of laws they were to make at their peril, and what laws they should not make ; or if they did make them contrary to the injunction of Heaven, it should be at their peril. Read the Word of God, and tell me, if you can, whether there is a single soldier of God from Moses to John, who did not carry his life in his hands—who did not say I am willing to lay down my life for it ? But the word of God, as Paul said, although I am bound, the word of God cannot be bound —it cannot be fettered—it cannot be chained—it cannot be tied—it cannot be concealed from hungry and thirsty souls. He who rained manna from Heaven will rain his word into your hearts—speak, Lord, for thy servant s hear. God speaks in the thunder of his power to his enemies, but in the whispers of grace to the penitent and believing heart. Is is a strange thing indeed that of all the duties which a Christian Minister has to discharge, that duty, which is em phatically his duty—which bids him to be a watchman in the night, to keep ward over the slumbering citizens— that duty which bids him to be a shepherd, and to walk around his flock, and to keep from them the thirsting wolves —that duty which bids him to be a guide and a leader in the right way—an instructor and a defender—strange that this one duty of a Christian Minister should in the present day be blotted out of his instructions—strange that it should be denounced so that no man should do it—more strange yet that such a man at once becomes a mark of public censure and odium—of avowed hostility and secret malice, in order to prevent the word of God being fully and fairly unfolded to the people. I think it is now about three years ago that I said we should live to see the day, unless this battle were fought boldly and fearlessly by the children of God, at all risks and at all hazards, even unto the death—you would soon live to see an Act of Parliament, called the Word of God Amendment Bill, brought into the House of Commons— you will live to see it yet—(Several voices, " Aye, aye") —unless the battle be fairly fought—unless every man buckle on his harness—guard on his loins—give himself to God, and go forward. The time is not far off when it will be forbidden to read—when it will be forbidden to have, and above all, when it will be forbidden to preach the Bible. When, if the Bible will be al= lowed at all in your house, in your bands, or in your Chapels, it will be under pans and penalties that you shall thus read and thus understand—thus preach and in no way else.—(Sensation.) Let our right hand forget its cunning—let our rght arm drop powerless at our side —let our tongue cleave to the roof of our mouth—aye, let our heart of hearts be plucked from our breasts, rather than surrender one jot or tittle of this blessed word of God, in whom is our only hope—our only power of delivery ; and yet methinks I see not far off a glimmering of light. Now, for some years we have walked under a cloud— it is breaking now, though for some years we have been unknown. At length we are beginning to be somewhat known. For some years we have been misunderstood ; but now now they are beginning to spell us out a little. For some years we have been misrepresented, wilfully by some— unwittingly by most ; but now it is beyond the power of any one much longer any farther to misrepresent our motives and pervert our evident intentions. And what will result from this ? They must fairly and fully know and under. stand that our object here in this house—from this holy place—that our object has been, •and sell is--only to make ourselves wiser and our neighbours wiser—only to make ourselves better and our neighbours better—only to make ourselves holier and our neighbours holier—only to make ourselves happier and our neighbours hap pier —and the moment this becomes known and under stood abroad, thousands and tens of thousands will flock like doves to the windows, to their own houses of prayer, to their own temples which they are in the habit of fre quenting, hungering and thirsting after knowledge. But if they find a scorpion instead of a fish, and a stone instead of bread, then they will leave the hous-r where there is no pastor, they-will leave the fold where there is no shelter or security, and sheep-like, look after their shepherd, and lifting up their hands and hearts, they will say, " Lord undertake for us," and God will provide for and feed them. Even as Christ fed thousands in the wilder ness; even so God will feel the 50 times 50,000 in your country, and here a little—there a little—line upon line—precept upon precept—one on the right hand lifting up—there a great company of preachers, and a gathering of souls are to God. In this sense of the word, and in this sense only, I am a politician, and a political teacher. Beyond this, whatever theories I may have, I have kept to myself. I have never communicated any- to you, but I have told you, and I still tell you, that the word of God is a light to enlighten the Gentiles. Let that be as a light to your feet, and a lantern to your paths and steps. Take it, read it, and understand it. Love it, and let it lead you, and its leading, follow, and it will cause you to know the Lord more perfectly and fully. What you have got in yourself not only feed upon, but give it unto others, until all your friends and neigh bours throughout the country possess it. Let no man lead you from it—let no man take you away from this great work. First have the Book of God in your hearts—then in your lives, and then have the word of God in your hands, and run to and fro that knowledge be increased. If this will not save you, nothing will save you—if this will not do you good, nothing will do you good. All flesh is as grass, and the glory of man is as a flower—it withereth and fadeth away ; but the word of the Lord endureth for ever—and this is the Gospel I have preached to you. I shall not keep you longer this afternoon—l thought it right to say this much, whether our days together be many or few—whether our working together in God's work be long or short, - He only knows. I wish,!on this first Sabbath of the new year, to bring your mind and my own mind back again to the starting point, that we might ask one another what we have been 'about—whether we have been right or wrong ?—that we might see exactly where we are, that we might have the witness in ourselves that what we do is right. I believe, my brethren, it is right, and that it is well pleasing in his sight. For myself, I know it is right. I feel it to be right, and by God's help and blessing I will go on. I will this day before you, knowing that I am before God, give myself once again unto him and to his service, whether it be personally in a worldly sense for better or for worse, whether it be for life or for death. For the present then I shall tontine my ministry among you as usual. If any persons have come here this afternoon expect ing to hear from me anything at all relating to those recent events in which they may consider me to have been more particularly interested—l wish to inform those persons that they will not hear - a word on that subject from me for the present. I hope I know how to bear and to forbear ; I hope I rightly understand that there is a time for all things, and that every thing is beautiful and right only in its own season. I shall be very happy to meet you here and else where, in those places where we have been in the habit of assembling . together for the purpose of Divine worship ; - but for the present you will not see me at any of your pub lic meetings, or at any of the public meetings in the neigh bourhood or elsewhere ; nor will you for the present hear from me any thing at all relating to those events to which I have just referred. Let us discharge together our so cial, our religious, and our Christian duties in the fear of God ; and may God Almighty shed his blessing on the word spoken in his name. A collection was then made to assist in defraying the ex penses of defending Mr. Stephens against the prose cution. One of Wesley's hymns was then sung, and a prayer offered up by the Rev. Gentleman—after which the congregation separated. PRESENTA VION OF PLATE TO MR DASHWOOD. The Reformers of Shrewsbury have invited this gentleman, who was a candidate at the last election, to a dinner, with the intention of presenting him with a magnificent piece of plate, a beautiful specimen of art, and exquisite as a piece of workman ship. It is a fac-simile of " the Warwick Vase," of a nearly spherical form with a deep reverted rim. Two interlacing vines, whose stems run into and constitute the handles, wreathe their tendrils, with fru it and folia g e, round the upper part. The centre i:. composed of antiq ue heads, which stand forward in grand relief. A pantber's skin, with the thyrsus of Bacchus (a favourite antique ornament), and other embellishments, complete the composition. It is of very large size, and is one of the many proofs which exist in this country of the intimate union between the manufacturing arts and those who are con nected with the highest display of taste. It is mounted on a square pedestal, on which is the following inscription :-- PRESENTED TO FRANCIS DASHWOOD, ESQ. OF HALL PLACE, IN THE COUNTY OF KENT, BY THE REFORMERS OF THE BOROUGH OF SHREWSBURY, AB A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM AND RESPECT FOR HIS CHARACTER, AND ADMIRATION OP THE SPIRITED MANNER IN 'WHICH HE CAME FORWARD AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE REPRESENTATION OF THIS - EOROUGH, IN JULY, 1837. —.Shrewsbury News. .% ..L OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Revenue accounts exhibit an increase of 547,331/. on the quarter ended .sth January, 1839, and of 1,075,203/. on the year. On the Customs, the increase for the quar ter, amounts to no less than 331,110/. On the Excise, the quarter's increase is 36,326/. The increase or decrease on the other branches is trifling. The increase for the year on Customs is 328,445/. ; on the Excise, 69,7761. ; on Stamps, 180,774/. ; on the Post-office, 7,257/. ; Mis cellaneous, 16,0114 One important item swells the in crease for the year and the quarter, which did not formerly figure in the Revenue accounts—the Crown Lands. This source of income amounts to no less than 170,0001. for the year, and 40,000/. for the quarter.—Chronicle. We present to our readers elsewhere the usual tabular statement for the year and quarter just ended ; and not withstanding the late and still existing dullness of the times, it is a most gratifying statement. We question much, in fact, whether in any year during the last twenty, consider ing the immense reduction of taxes which has taken place, a more favourable quarter, or a more favourable year, has been known. The increase of the revenue upon the quar ter is no less a sum than 547,331/. ; while that upon the year exceeds a million sterling. The increase is also the more gratifying, inasmuch as it proves, on the one hand, that the external trade of the country is in a prosperous condition, and on the other that the industrious classes have not been without their share of enjoyment. In other words, there is in the Customs the enormous increase of 331,000/., showing that our foreign trade is upon the in crease—and, on the other, of 36,000/. in the Excise. Upon the year, as we have stated, the increase is upwards of a million sterling ;- and we - refer those of our readers who are sceptical upon the. subject to the facts stated in our Money article, in proof that there is at present no appear ance of that increase failiug off in the course of the present year.—Mornitag Advertiser. The official abstract of the revenue for the year and quarter ended on. the sth January shows an increase on both, periods, the former amounting to 1,075,203/., and the liter to 547,331/. The principal branches of the revenue —the customs, excise, and stamps—have contributed most materially to this increase; that on the customs for the whole year being 328,4451., excise 69,776/, and stamp du ties 180,7741. The last quarter gives the large increase of 331,110/. in the customs, of 36,3261. on the excise, but shows a deficiency of 23,2774 on the stamps. The as sessed taxes present a decrease of 22,9301. on the year, but have increased 7,661/. on the last quarter. The improve ment in the Post-office on the year is trifling, amounting only to 7,2571. while the decrease for the last quarter ex ceeds the whole year more than one-half. The crown lands, which formed no feature in the revenue of 1838, have added this year the sum of 170,000/. ; and the miscellaneous taxes present an increase of 16,011/. on the year, and 6,1661. on the last quarter. The most prominent feature of increase next to the customs, which it nearly equals, is that included under the head of " Repayments, &c," amounting to 325,870/., for the whole year, and to 160,3451. for the last quarter. The amount of Exchequer Bills required for the service of the current quarter is esti mated at 5,680,6731.—M0rning Herald. The account of the receipt of revenue for the quarter was made up to Saturday night last, and the official tables, presenting a comparative view of the national income for the 3 ear and quarter ending on the sth instant, appear in another part of our paper of this day. The statements would seem to indicate that the revenue is progressively in creasing, which is the more gratifying, that an opposite an ticipation had become very generally prevalent. We are not of the number of those who habitually endeavour to ex plain away the effect of official statements, on the face of which an improvement of the revenue is apparent. Nor can we refuse to acknowledge, that in a series of comparative statements periodically produced, all that official artifice can do to brighten the aspect on one occasion must necessarily, and exactly in the same degree, darken it on another. But in the present instance there is a peculiarity calculated to excite suspicion that extraordinary efforts have been em ployed, towards the end of the quarter, to swell the aggregate amount of receipts ; and this peculiarity is that only a very few weeks ago some at least, if not all, of the journals supposed to be connected with, or patronized by, the Administration, expressed their appre hensions, and thus prepared the public to expect, that the statement of the approaching quarter-day would be of an unfavourable character. We cannot doubt that our Ministerial contemporaries had access to sources of correct information two or three weeks ago, when their language upon the subject of the revenue was certainly not too cheerful. It follows either that there has been an extraordinary influx of revenue since that time, or that our Ministerial contemporaries then made a show of poverty for the purpose of treating the public, in due season, to an agreeable surprise. For our selves we can very sincerely say that the state of the re venue is a surprise, and an agreeable one. Tie aggregate improvement upon the whole year amounts to 1,075,2031., to which every department of the revenue has contributed, with the exception of the assessed taxes, under which head there is a diminution in the comparative statement for the year of 22,930/. Tile increase in the quarter, as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year, is 547,3311., and to this increase every head of taxation has contributed, excepting the 'stamps and the Post-office, the former of which exhibits a decrease of 23,277/., and the latter of 11,0001.. in , the . comparative statement of the quarter.— Morning Post. CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-Our sentiments being congenial in general, though of late not always, on the important. subjects of your excel lent Journal, I trust you will forgive the freedom of this aidress from a personal stranger, but by no means sd to your conspicuous merits in every department as a Liberal and an independent politician. I now propose to commu nicate my ideas on capital punishments, as I can lardly conceive they ever are productive of any benefit to man kind. To those persons who think otherwise, I would pro pose some mode of execution less brutalizing, less sangui- nary, and not so abhorrent to the feelings of humanity as hanging, beheading, shooting, burning, &c., which have existed to the eternal disgrace of rational creatures of all creeds and colours, Christians not excepted, in these days of our boasted civilization. The horrors of a recent banging scene in Australia are more than enough to explode this beastly, cruel practice, even in that country, for ever. In France the scaffold resembles more a butcher's shambles than a so lemn sacrfice of a miserable criminal to the laws of his country ; but, so far from preventing murders, assassina tions, or other atrocious crimes, they appear daily increas ing, and the eyes of the people thus become familiar with bloodshed, and the whole of its appalling consequences ; not one of the least is often the sang froid with which the male factor braves death amidst crowds of demons in the guise of females, who gloat over those dismal spectacles. The gladiators at Rome, the ferocious bull fights in Spain. and the unmanly dog fights, bull baiting, &c., in England, have done more to convert men into monsters and savages than even religion ever effected by making them saints, especially when we recollect the millions of martyrs, in all ages and countries, who have suffered for conscience sake alone ; to say nothing of the innumerable slain in battle all over the world, to gratify the ambition of murderous kingcraft and priest craft, always combined. The Grecian mode of taking away life by poison, so long as this must still be done, is so far worthy of adoption, under judicious regulations for a certain num ber of relatives or other witnesses being admitted to the awful ceremony, thus far in private. In short any practice, such as dis iding the spinal marrow, instantaneous strangu lation as performed at Madrid, a dose of prussic acid, or any other device for quick termination of life, would be IA:- finitely better than the hangman's noose or the headsman's , chopping knife, until we learn that extinction of existence by violent means may be safely laid asti a of which I for one have not the smallest doubt, and I believe you think as I do on this deploral le theme. We differ, however, on some other points,viz.,without Uni versal Suffrage and the Ballot no nation can be free. I do not wonder, therefore, at the working masses of the people claiming their birthright on rational principles, while I deprecate, of course, every appeal to physical force, now that the mediocracy have become a species of ten pound noblesse, and look down on the real democracy as slaves to the two orders lately raised above them in every thing sacred to a freeman. Until the House of Commons ad- rnit real representatives of the people, chosen by the demo cracy only, the Lords never will be forced to annul the Devil's Laws, as you justly call them, by any Aristocra tical House of Commons whatever. I conceive you really are putting the cart before the horse. Get the requisite Suffrage, and the Corn monopoly must cease. Ido not alit) my name to appear on the side of Liberty, even in a British journal, while I am in a land where the thing is unknown. Believe me, dear Sir, your's sincerely, Paris, Dec. 24, 1838. COLBURN's NEw LL MONTY MA GAZINE F O R JANUARY.—In this number appear the two latest pub lished poems of Miss Landon—her latest, and, with a deep and reverential grief we write it—her last. One of them is " Night at Sea," the other " The Polar Star." Her death so shortly after she wrote them, attaches a most me lancholy interest to the latter poem. In it she mourns, in a str a i n that seems like the lamentations or an Eolien, her absence from " those beyond the sea," who were dear to !r, but whom an " omen in her heart," she tells us, assures her she shall meet again. Alas! that it should have been a false omen. Alas! even for us who were only among the million who loved her for her poetry, but much more to the sorrow of those who were associates in her native place, and o f h er a b senc e from whom this poem is so beautiful, so tender a lamentationl—Court Journal, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1839. FRAN CE. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, FRIDAY, JAN. 4. THE ADDRESS. At two o'clock M. Dupin, the President, took the chair, and shortly afterwards the Deputies entered the hall. The whole of the Ministers were in attendance. After some preliminary proczedings the President rose, and read the draft of the address,' which was to the following effect Sire,—The Chamber7of Deputies congratulates itself with your Majesty on th e p ros p eri ty of the country—that prosperity must develope itself more and more in the enjoy ment of that peace which we have maintained, and of which a prudent and firm policy can alone insure the duration. Undt r a Giyernment jealous of our dignity, and acting as a faithful guardian of our alliances, France shall always hold in the world and in the estimation of nations the rank which belongs to her, and from which she does not mean to descend. " Your Majesty hopes — tl;atthe - conferences resumed in London will give new pledges to the repose of Europe and to the independence of Belgium. We make sincere vows for a people to whom we are allied by the conformity of princi ples and interests. The Chamber will await the issue of the negotiations. " You announce to us, Sire, that in virtue of engagements taken with the Holy See, our troops have quitted Ancona. We :have given signal testimonies of our respect for treaties, but we regret that this evacuation did not occur under more auspicious circumstances, and with the securities that a wise and provident policy should have stipulated. " A dissent manifested itself between your Government and Switzerland. We wish it may not have altered the relations of old friendship which united the two countries, and which had been drawn still closer by the political events of 1830. " his with profound grief we behold Spain wasting herself in the horrors of civil war. We hope ardently that the Go vernment of your Majesty, in continuing to afford the cause of Queen Isabella 11. the support becoming the interests of France, will employ, in concert with its allies, all its influence to put an end to sucheorae excesses. deplorable _ _ _ The Chamber, deeply affected by the misfortunes of Po land, repeats its constant wishes on behalf of a people whose ancient nationality i 3 placed under the protection of treaties. " Outrages and spoliations suffered by our countrymen in Mexico demanded a signal satisfaction. Your Government was obliged to require it. The Chamber trusts that it will have adopted, in order to obtain it, prompt and decisive measures. " We congratulate ourselves with your Majesty on the satis factory state of our African possessions. We firmly hope that their situation will daily improve, thanks to the discipline of _ . • the army, to the regularity of the administration, and to the beneficial actien of an enlightened religion.—( Hear, hear.) ‘, Your Majesty had announced to us, in one of the former Sessions, that propositions relative to the reimbursement cf the public debt should be presented to us as soon as the state of the finances would permit; the situation, every day more favourable, of the public revenues, gives us a right to hope that your Government will ere long concur in this im. portant measure. " The wants of our Colonies and navigation shall be the object of all our solicitude. We will s e d u l ous ly endeavour to reconcile them with the interests of our agriculture, of which the developcment is of so high an importance to the prospe rity of the country. .‘ The Chamber will examine with the same care the Bills destined to realise the promises of the Charter, and to introduce new improvements into the general Legislation, as well as in the different branches of public Administration; we also wish, thst the project of law relative to the organi sation of the general Staff of the army be submitted to our deliberations. "We deeply participate, Sire, in your hopes and fears, your joys and pains. The entire of France saluted with its ..cclamations the birth of the Count de Paris. May Heaven avert everything calculated to disturb such sweet emotions. We surround with our homages the cradle of the younr , Prince granted to your affection, and to the dearest wishes of the country. Brought up, like his father, in the respect of cur institutions, he will appreciate the glorious origin of the dynasty of which you are the head, and will never forget that the throne on which he is one day to sit is based on the omni potence of the national will. 6 , We shall join, Sire, as well as all F renc hm en , i n t h e sentiments of fa m ily affection and piety which that fortunate event inspires in you, both as a father and King. " We are convinced, Sire, that tile intimate union of powers, circumscribed within their constitutional limits, can alone in sure the security of the country and the strength of your Government. A firm and skilful Administration, resting on generous sentiments, causing tole respected abroad the dig nity of your Throne, and covering it with its own responsibi lity, is the surest means of obtaining that support which we have so much at heart to grant you. " Let us confide, Sire, in the virtue of our institutions ; they shall, beyond all doubt, assure your rights and ours; for we arc intimately convinced that Constitutional Monarchy gua antees both the litelty of nations and the stability which con stitutes the grandeur of States." The President having concluded, consulted the Chamber respecting the day on which the discussion should commence, and it was agreee to open it on Monday. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARis, JANUARY 5. Five per Cents~ 11-9 f. 90c Four per Cents 101 f. 70e Three Per Cents., 73f. 60c. Bank Actions, 20,1 ..... A( n c Fie Naples, irJf. 25c. lioniai. Five per Cents., 100 L:, Spanish Actives, 17 Belgian Five per Cents., 9 ,% Ditto 100 Belgian Bank, s'of. POrtutriese, 'lines. tier Cents. `L'O, ilxvtian Lran. 4(.0f, EXCHANGL Oh LONDON.— 'inc month, parer, 25f. 15c; nvinag, 25f. 15v; . rcc months ; paps:4'2:si. —c ; 'money. 251...._, HOLLAND AND BELGIUM. THE HAGUE, JAN. 2.—Her Royal Highness Princess Albert of Prussia is expected here shortly, on a visit to the Kir,g her father. This evening there was a grand ball at the Palace of the Prince and Princess of Orange. BADEN, JAN. 2.—His Highness the Prince of °tile arrive:l here yesterday, and, set out this morning for Rotterdam. THE HAGUE, JAN. s.—The Stoats Courant of to-day con tains a numerous list of promotions in the army. BRUSSELS, JAN. s.—Very alarming accounts of the health of the Duche?s of Wirtemberg were received yesterday, in consequence of which the Queen set out immediately for Paris. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JAN. 4. Money. Bllls. Actual Debt, 2)4 per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A wort Syndic, 454 per cent.— ............ Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. 79% 79A Commercial Company, 4 :.; per cent 175% 175% Ditto (1832 and 1833) 5 per cent. ..... Loan 1836, 4 per cent. Ditto 1837. 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 05 Two months ...... BELGIAN 1. UNDS—Bausiomo, JAN.S Actual Debt, 2)4 per Cent. Itothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant. 98% Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. -- 3 per Cent. — Loan of City, lsn, 4 per Cent — Society of Commerce, 4 %per Cent l3O Bank ot Belgium, 5 per Cent 67% —Brussels Papers, Jan. 5. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vixxivs, Dec. 30. Five per Cents. Metalliques Foor per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares .. 1491 —AligemeineZeitung, Jan. 2. 'HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, JAN. I. Bills. Money. Austrian Metarique3, 5 per cent. DIP° ditto 3 per cmt. Ditto ditto 2, per cent ... — limo Bank Shares 1475 1..73 Anglo-Russian Loan wag 11.6% Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Paper Inscription. 6 per cent L.2% 102% Russian Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4 th 0814 Os Series Ditto, Certifi cates Portuguese Regency Bonds, 5 per cent — _ Ditto, 3 per cent. Dutch i.'), per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents 99 Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets 15 4 1% ; 154 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents .... 7l 7l iii Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per cents. Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents — Cortex Loan, 5 per Cent — Greek 4 per cents. 1833, guaranteed by Franca EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Hasiuttno, JAN. 1,-13 5 3 4 ; twomenths, 13 Ci• —Varnbur, Papers, Jan. 1. 1 UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 5. —Mr. Babbage has resigned the Lu cassian Professorship of Mathematics. The Trustees of the Estates bequeathed to this University by the Rev. John Hulse have given notice that a premium of about 1001. will this year be given for the best dissertation on the following subject :--" The Christian Scheme cot.si dered as a Discipline of Humility." The Rev. Joseph Staines Banks, B.C. L., was on Thurs day, the 27th ult., instituted by the Lord Bishop of Ely, to the rectory of Boxworth, in this county, vacant by the death of the Rev. Robert ,Pointer, upon the presentation of George Thornhill, of Diddington, in the County of Huntingdon, Esq., M. P. The Rev. T. Westmoreland, 8.A., of Sidney Sussex, Col lege, in this University, has been presented to the perpetual curacy of Chapelthorpe, near Wakefield, on the nomination of the Vicar of Sandal Magna. On Tuesday last the Rev. William James Copleston, Oxford, was instituted by th r e A LO rd Fe ß ll i o s w hop of of O G rie lo l u C ce o s l t i e e r g a e nd Bristol, to the rectory of CJrnhall, in the county of Gloucester and diocese of Glou cester and Bristol, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Woolcombe.—Patrons the Provost and Fellows of Oriel Col lege. Oxford. OXFORD, JAN. s.—Dr. Sandon, Provost of Worcester College, died on Saturday last, at his son's, Bathcote, Wor cestershire. The vacancy thus occasioned is not, as at other Colleges, filled by election by the Fellows, but by appointment of the Chancellor of the University. At a convocation holden on Thusday last, W. Miller, of New College, was elected Esquire Bedel, in the room of the late T. ti. Bobart. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. H. Bliss, Fel e, to the rectory of Hope Mansell, l ll ow ere o f f or ‘ d V s o h r i c r e e s . ter College, The Rev. N. K. Sweetland, of Worcester College, has been appointed Chaplain to the New Union Workhouse of Newton Abbot, Devon. The following are the days appointed for holding congrega tions for conferring degrees, &c., in the ensuing term, which commences on the 14th inst.:—Monday, Jan. 14; Thursday, Jan. 24 ; Thursday, Feb. 7 ; Thursday, Feb. 14 ; Thnis day, Feb. 21; Thursday, Feb. 28 ; Thursday, March 7 ; Thursday, March 14; Saturday, March 23. IMPORTANT FROM CANADA AND MEXICO. PATIOTS IN CANADA, OPPOSITE DETROIT! MORE PLUNDER! MORE BLOOD! Detroit, Dec. 4,_1838. This morning, about two o'clock, about 250 " Patriots" made a landing a few miles above Windsor (town opposite)— marched down to the village--attacked the militia stationed there, and after a short skirmish set fire to the barracks, and a steam-boat at one of the wharfs, and dispersed the loyalists, killing seventeen and wounding six. The patriots lost one man (a captain) and had three wounded. The three wounded were brought to this side—from them I have gathered this story. All the communication with the other side has been cut off by our Governments. Our city is in a most intense excitement, and full of a thousand rumours. This invasion was effected by stealing a steam-boat from one ol our city wharfs ! " Where were our authorities, civil and military ?" you will ask. They were asleep, literally and figuratively—deceived by such a contemptible ruse of the patriots. They suffered the authorities to take some hundred or two stand of arms—set afloat a rumour that their leader bad abandoned them, and that their intended expedition was at an end ' • and, lot under this flimsy, shallow rumour, they, unmo lested, take a steamboat from our wharfs, landed at a town opposite our city, burn houses, and murder citizens, connected with us by the ties of kindred blood, and a long peaceful, so cial intercouse. For this tragical gullibility our authorities should be responsible. General Brady, in command here, is a veteran and efficient officer. Under the. last Act of Congress he is, however, but an agent of the collector, in enforcing the neutral laws; and, as such, he has his small force here in continual motion ; and every night till the last has kept a steamboat cruizing in the river. Last night he: was told by the Collector, that the ice would prevent the possibility of boats crossing. This fact, with the Patriot ruse has undoubtedly lulled the vigilance of our officers, and led to disgraceful and fatal consequences. The Patriots made the attack at daylight this morning. I am told this morning that the Loyalist militia were taken by surprise, but made abrave defence. lle saw the Commander shot a few yards in advance, and his horse immediately mounted by the leader of the Patriots. The latter did not attempt to hold the village of Windsor, but setting fire to the barracks and steam-boat, marched off towards the St. Clair, following the banks of the river. It is said that they are in possession of same windmills on a point of land two miles above. A large number of waggons with regulars from Mal den have conic up, and we shall doubtless have a re-enactment of the Prescott scenes. There are 600 regulars at Malden, and a heavy battery of cannon. Two P. M.— A report has reached us of the rout of the Patriots. SIX. P.M.—The above is confirmed—The " Ritriots" are routed. I have seen a gentleman who was on board the Go vernment steam-boat Erie, lying off the scene of action. lie says the Patriots occupied the woods—made a good defence against the militia that reached the ground first. The regu lars charged at once, and the Patriots broke for their canoes. My informant saw many killed in the canoes, and one boat cut in two by a cannon shot. The steamboats toak several canoe loads of prisoners. Some were found wounded. It is impos sible to ascertain among the thousand rumours the number of killed or wounded. A man just from the other side says there are at least sixty killed of the Loyalists. This is, doubtless, exaggeration. The Detroit papers of ►he sth and 6th give accounts of the defeat and dispersion of the whole patriot force. The British loss at the attack upon the Barracks is reported at eighteen, and several wounded. Patriot loss one (an officer), and three wounded. It was reported that Colonel Prince ordered two of tre Pa triot prisoners to be shot in cold blood after the skirmish of Tusday was over, and that such would have been the fate of some dozen others, had not the commanding officer at Mal den, put a check upon his bloody design. 'flie whole patriot force, amounting to 250 men, were dis persed and routed by seventy militia men and six regulars. Not a Canedian resident joined the Patriot invaders when they landed in Canada! THE LAST OF TILL BRIGANDS. " The Commander-in-Chief,"after the manner of General l3irge, is great on paper. Ile entered Canada with the fol lowing : ADDRESS OF nin COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE PATRIOT FORCES, PREVIOUS TO THE BATTLE CF SANDWICH. " Soldiers,—The time has arrived that calls for action— „.. _ the blood of our slaughtered countrymen cries aloud for re venge.. The spirits of Lotait, and Matthews, and Morreau, are yet unavenged. The murdered heroes; of Prescott lie in an unballwA «I grave, in the land of tyranny. The names of the ill fated Caroline's crew can only be appetu.ed by the bleed of the murderers. " Arouse, then, soldiers of Canada ! - Let us avenge their wrong,s. Let us march to victory or death ; and ever as we meet the tyrant foe let our war-cry be—' Remember Prescott.' " (From the Toronto Patriot, Dec. 7.) We stop the press to announce that we have just received intelligence that the Brigands, to the number of about 500, crossed on the 3d inst., from Detroit to Windsor, about a mile and a half above Sandwich, and directly opposite the former place, in a steam-boat, where they landed, and under the direc tion of their officers formed. They were immediately attacked by Colonel Prince, at the.head of the militia, and alter a short engagement they were thrown into confusion, and with the exception of a few Who escaped to the American shore, were driven into the woods. There were killed of the pirates 25, and none of the gallant militia. On their landing at Windsor, they burnt the British steamer Thames, and bat racks occupied by the militia, in which, we regret to say, there were two of the militia burned. We are also infbrined that Assistant Surgeon Hume, who is attached to the Staff, supposing the Brigands were a portion of our Militia, rode up to them, and was immediately killed, and his legs and arms broken after he was dead_ We have also heard that General Brady conducted himself in a highly creditable manner. He pursued the Brigands in an armed steamer, and fired upon them several times. One or two shots passed through the pirate steamer. EXECUTIONS AT KINGSTON. Colonel Von Shoultz, the Pole, was hung on Saturday week. He was aged 31. His father was a major in the Po lish army at the battle of Warsaw. The prisoner also rose to be major in the Polish service. In 1836 he came to the United States, and settled at Salina as a chemist. Was induced to join the " Hunters" or " Patriot Masons" by Mr Stone of Salina, who also presented him with the flag that was taken at the Mill. lie was told that the people of Canada would receive them with open arms, and even that the British regu lars would join them on their landing. Trusting to these re presentations he embarked with others in the United States at Oswega, took the two schooners in tow laden with men, three cannon, and munitions of war; was baffled in the at- tempt to land at Prescott, but finally he landed at the Wind• mill with 180 men. Ile soon discovered bow he had been deceived, as no aid came t' them, nor did any join them. But as he. had no means of returning to the States, he strengthened his position as far as possible, and made the best defence he could. Dorephus Abbey, a printer, and second in command, was also to be hung on Saturday ; aho Daniel George and Charles Smith, officers in the same expedition. Gorernor Arthur o•- ders the execution of all the prisoners convicted, and a number more were sentenced to be executed on the 12th. A brass piece used at Prescott, marked S. N. Y., No. 54, evidently came from a New York arsenal. FROM HARRISBURG. (Correspondence of the National Gazette ) Harrisburg, Dec. 13. Quiet and order having been in a great measure restored, leave was given to about one-third of the force on duty to re turn to Piiladelphi a . The House of Representatives is not at present transacting any business—they are awaiting the decision of the Senate on their case. The pseudo House meets also, lam informed, and daily adjourns without doing anything. The most important business done in the Senate this morn ing was the appointment of a committee - under the resolution offered by Mr. Fraley!, of the city. The resolution gave rise to a lengthened debate. It is in the following words:— Resolved that a committee be appointed to inquire into and report the facts so far as they can be constitutionally ascer tained in relation to the two bodies claiming to be the House of Representatives, in order that the Senate may have before it such evidence as may enable it to determine whether any body is now holding sessions with which the senate can com municate as; the House of Representatives, and that such com mittee have power to send for persons and papers. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 28 to 3. MEXICO. The New Orleans Papers received yesterday bring us the important news, that the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, which commands the entrance of the port of Vera Cruz, had been captut ed by the French squadron. The details of this event will be found in the extracts we give below. We do not see, if the Mexicn Government remains firm, of which, by the by, we entertain strong doubts, that this success will neces sarily bring about an immediate termination of the difficulties hew een France and Mexico. The French squadron is evi dently not provided with sufficient troops to make any im pression on the interior of the country, and unless this take place, the possession of the castle will prove but a barren conquest. I here is a statement in the following extracts, which we cannot give without remark. It is this—that the Mexican Government acceded to all the demands of France before the attack on the Castle, save that of allowing Frenchmen to carry on a retail trade in the Mexican republic. This is clearly a question of domestic policy, with which no' foreign nation has a right to interfere. Do the representatives of the people, now in Congress as sembled, arid particularly those representing the commercial interests of the country, intend to allow this Mexican question to pass unnoticed? We want to know, and the people gene rally wcnt to know, whether our neutral rights have been pro perly upheld, or basely sacrificed amid the miserable din of party politics. ( From the New Orleans Commercial Bulletin of Dec. 8.) IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.—VERA CRUZ TAKEN. By the French steam-ship Meteor, arrived last night in GO hours from Vera Cruz, intelligence is received that the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa was taken by the French fleet, after a bombardment of three hours, with a loss of only four men by the blockading squadron, while from 400 to 500 Mexicans were killed. In the same ship came a messenger, who has hurried on to Washington, king the bearer of important dis patches. From the Courier we take the following particulars of the bombardment : " On the 27th of Novemter, the French Admiral, Baudin, sent word to the Mexican General, Rincon, that he was abo to attack the castle of St. Juan de Ulloa. About two o'clock the same day, thre e French frigates, a sloop of war, and two bomb ketches, moored between the reef, within gunshot of the castle, and so well directed were their bombs and heavy artif lery, that in less than four hours they had silenced the fire o 160 pieces of Mexican art'llery, demolished all the outworks including the famous redoubt called El Caballero, and killed and wounded 600 men of the Mexican garrison. " About six o'clock in the afternoon of the 27th, the Mex ican commander in the Castle hung out a signal for the cessa tion of hostilities, and begged to be allowed time to withdraw his wounded from the ruins of the fortification. Admiral Batt din replied that he could consent to no truce, but would allow the Mexicans to retire from the fort if they capitulated. To this the Mexican General agreed, and withdrew his troops from the Castle, which was immediately occupied by the French soldiers and marines. " The Mexican army near Vera Cruz was 5,000 strong, but their officers did not consider themselves able to hold the town, commanded as it was by the guns of the castle, until the French Admiral consented that 1,000 of the Mexican troops should remain in the city to preserve order. " It was believed that negociations had been commenced between the Mexican Government and the French Admiral for the re-establishment of peace, but some time may elapse before the result is known. " The French Admiral, it was thought, would no longer hinder the vessels of all nations from trading to Vera Cruz." We have here given all the particulars which have reached us. Of the ulterior designs of either the French or Mexicans, we are ignorant. At a late hour last night, we were put in possession of the following highly interesting particulars of tne attack and capture of the Castle of St. Juan de Linea, for which we are indebted to the polite attention of an officer of the United States' rcveuue cu t r Woodbury. " United States Revenue-cutter, Woodbury, Dec. 7. " Having been an eye-witness of the engagement between the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa and the blockading squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral C. Baudin, at Vera Cruz, I have penned the following account of the same, and which I have directed to you for whatever purpose you may think pro per to make use of it. The 27th day of November was fixed upon as the final issue of the message to the Mexican Govern ment from the French Admiral. According to reports, in the morning a courier had arrived, bringing their answer, which was War to the blade, and from the blade to the hilt.' During the morning the French squadron proceeded with three double-banked frigates, four sloops of war, as many brigs and bomb-vessels, and took their :position abreast of the Castle, without any interruption, at about one mile distant, the weather being very fine, and perfectly calm. " At half-past two P. . , the bombardment from the French fleet commenced I at that instant the Mexican colours were heisted on the Castle, and the fire promptly returned. " The fire was continued by both sides without cessation till between the hours of 4 and 5 p.m., when the bombs from the French fleet having taken effect, two severe explosions took place in the Castle, which for some time completely enveloped it in smoke. Upon clearing away, we perceived that the ob servatory, which was situated eta the highest battery, from which the warmest fire was kept up, was entirely demolished. The other explosion took took place in ;he low battery, bury ing in their ruins upwards of 200 men, and dismounting up wards of 170 pieces of artillery, according to the accounts I received frcm town. The firing from both sides conti nued until eight o'clock ; at which time that from the Caste ceased. " The next morning, by a despatch from town, we were in formed that the loss in the Castle was 400 men killed. and wounded, among whom were thirty-five officers. The second in command of the Castle, Colonel Cela, of the battalion Aldama, being among the number killed. " From the French squadron, no authentic information has been received of their loss ' • yet you may form an opinion, when I assure you that the frigate Ephiginic alone received upwards of 100 round shot, according to the report of an offi cer of the United States sloop of war Erie, who visited the French Admiral on the morning after the action. During the night, a flag was sent from the Castle to the French Admiral, demanding a cessation of hostilities, for the purpose of ex tracting the bodies of those killed and wounded from the ruins caused by the explosion. The same morning, between the hours of ten and twelve, a number of boats left the squa dron, and proceeded to the Castle. The French having pos session of the Castle, the town must either capitulate or be de stroyed : nevertheless, it is well fortified in all its passages, every street being barricaded. The troops are numerous, and appear to be in good spirits. " An officer of a French vessel of war informed us that the Castle bad capitulated, and that at twelve o'clock, the French flag would be hoisted, which was accordingly done at two o'clock, under a general salute from the whole squa dron, consisting of twenty-seven vessels of all classes, includ ing two steam ships. " The capitulation says that the French are to remain in pcssession of the Castle, the Mexican authorities retain full pcssession of the City, exercising all their functions as be fore, 1,000 troops only to remain, the balance to go into the interior. " I was given to understand that the French Admiral had issued circulars to all the Consuls, opening the port to all flags. " The interior of the Castle, and almost all the lower bat teries, are destroyed by the explosion, and the effect of the bombs. The bursting of a single b 'nib of 82 lbs. destroyed the Observatory, as before mentioned, burying a number of troops in its ruins. " The Prince de Joinville, in command of the sloop-of-scar Creole behaved in a most gallant manner, which came under my immediate observation, as I was within pistol-shot of the French fleet when the bombardment commenced. " Thus has this celebrated Castle, heretofore deemed im pregnable, yielded to a petty force, after five and a half hours' bombardment. The number of shot fired from the French squadron is said to be upwards of 5,000, and Gom the Castle about 1,700. . - I am unable to give you any further details, as we sailed the same afternoon, at four o'clock, for this place." (From the New Orleans Bce of December 8.) We are told that the English Consul had requested Admi ral Baudin to spare his house, if he attacked the city. The Admiral promised to observe his request. By a curious fata lity, the only bomb that reached the town, fell and exploded near the dwelling of this functionary, carrying away a portion of the roof. The French squadron now consists of 23 vesselF. FROM MEXICO.—The consignee of a Mexican essel which arrived at New Orleans on the 4th instant, from Campeachy, has communicated to the editor of the Courier the following items of Mexican news : " General Piedras, with 300 Mexican troops, had re-taken the fort which commands the bar at Tampico. General Cos was in Puebla Viego, with 800 men. General Canolis was in Almiras, at the bead of 1,300 Mexican soldiers. It was thought that all the troops in the interior who had pronounced for the federal system would give up, and join the Government party. A great scarcity of provisions existed at Tampico." We have been favoured with a copy, which we annex, of the treaty concluded between the French Admiral, command ing the squadron which bombarded and took possession of the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, and the Mexican officer com manding the troops in the city of Vera Cruz. It is of a most singular character, and affords another proof of the utter im becility of the Mexican Government, and the inefficiency of her military power. We needed not the destruction of the Castle of St. Juan to convince us of the great proficiency of French artillerists in the exercise of that particular branch of military science to which they belong, but we must have some other instance than this before we can believe that the wooden sides of ships of war are better calculated to resist the effects of a cannon ball, than the sodded or stone walls of a fortress. Had the guns from the Castle been served by French artillerists, we guess the result would have been very different. We regret to observe from our marine news, that the French frigate Ilermione, with Commodore Bazoche on board, who till lately commanded the station at Vera Cruz has been to tally wrecked off Bermuda. _ _ _ (Translation.) " Treaty between his Excellency Vice-Admiral Charles 132 U. :din and his Exe:llency Gen 2ral Don Manuel Rincou. " Article 1. The city of Vera Cruz will retain but a gar. rison of 1,000 men ; all above that number will leave within two days, and not approach within ten leagues. General. Rincon will retain his authority in the city, and binds himself in honour, that the garrison gill not exceed the limited number of 1,000 mil, until the differences between France and Mexico have been completely adjusted. " 2. As soon as the present treaty is signed by both parties the or of Vera Cruz will ,be open to all flags, and the blockade will be suspended for eight months, expecting that an amicable arrangement will take place between France and Mexico. "3. The Commander of the city of Vera Cruz 'will strictly observe that no difficulty is placed in the e,ay of the French t:oo1s occupying the Fort of St. Juan de Ulloa providing themselves with fresh provisions from that city. 4 " 4. Vice-Admiral Baudin binds himself to cause the evacuation of the Fort of St. Juan de Ulloa by the French troops, and return it to the Government of the Republic, together with the utensils of war received, with their corre sponding inventories, as soon as th e ac t u al differences with France are settled. " 5. The French citizens who in consequence of hostilities had been obliged to leave Vera Cruz, will have full liberty to return there. Their persons and property shall be respected, and any damage their property may have sustained during their absence, shall be repaired by a competent indemnification on the part of the population and the Mexican authorities ; the indemnities due to the French citizens will be arranged ac cording to the decisions of the tribunals of the Republic. " Th e pr e sent treaty is made by duplicate, one in French for Admiral Baudio, the other in Spanish for General Don. Manuel Rincon, and after having been read by the contracting parties, was signed on board his Majesty's frigate Nereide. " C. BAUDIN. V e ra Cruz, Nov. 28, 1838." " M. RINCON. ADMIRAL BAUM—This veteran officer is as courteous u he is valiant. The American cutter Woodbury, Captain Ru dolph, lay v.ithin pistol-shot of the Nereide, the Admiral's flagship, wl,en the attack commenced on the Castle of St. Juan de Ulloa, and consequently her officers had a fine view of the action. Captain Rudolph speaks in the highest terms of the gallantry and seamanlike manner in which the French moved their vessels towards the fortifications, end of the weight and terrible efficiency of their fire. The Admiral treated Capt. Rudolph and his officers with marked politeness before and after the engagement. ARRIVAL OF TILE REVENUE-CIiTTRR WOODRVIIy..—The Woodbury, which was ordered to this station for the purp ose of transporting Government despatche s and private letters, arr:ved at Belize on Friday last from \ era Cruz, which she