The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-29 00:00:00

Now r at all the 1 . ibraries, in 3 vole., l'ilh afOltY OF UY A L FAVotTRITE, By Mrs. GORE. " No scandal about Queen E,izabeth, I hope ?"—The Critic. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 10, Great Marlborr.agh-street. By the AUTHOR of " HIGHWAYS anti BYWAYS." Immediately, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with Fine Portrait of the Author, MASTER PASSION, And OTHER TALES SKETCHES, By T. C. GRA TTAN, Lsq., Author of " Highways and Byways," &e. Hoary Co! arn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. WITH ki ILLUSTRATIONS BY LEECH; AND ALFRED CRONTQUILL. The SEPTEMBER Number, Price Half-a-Crown, of 41ENTLE Y'S MISCELL AN Y, Will contain TUE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS; A Romance of Old Paris. By ALBERT SMITH. With an Illustration by Leech. Chanter XXV.—Marie has Louise in her power—The lac'_ carousal. Coapzer XXVI.--Sante-Croix discovers the great secret scionar than —liattcrs became very Or a:: parties—Tile . and the A Curvet or two in the Career of Torn Vv ains. By Charles White head Othryades. By W. G. J. Barker. The Opal Set. With au Illuitration, by Lerch. Ennobled Actresses. By Mrs. Mathews. Cuuntc , v; of Craven—Laly Th To J:met on quitting the Vale of Llangollen. By .Miss Costello, A Dan„ Brous Character. By Paul Prendurgast. The Lady Thief—The Jew in reier.-nce to Society—The Gaol Cha- lar,n, or a Dark Page horn Llfe's Volume. A Press-gang llero. A Narrative I;nuaded oa fact. By Robert Postans. Early Years of a Veteran of the Army , f Westphalia, between 1805 and 1814. I'm not always Happy. By William Jones. The 44 , ,,d-natured Woman. Glimpses and Mysteries. By Alfred Crowquill. With Two Illustrations. Powerscourt. A Ballad. John Galt, Literary Retrospect of the Departed Great. By a Middle aged Man. The Death of the Youngest. OUTPOURINGS OF D. CANTER, Libation the Fifth. Fower—His qualifications for the Stage—his literary talents, and humorous descriptions of English theatricals in Paris—his penchant fur Nobility and Irish servants—tee Handsome Dragoon, &c., &C. Richard Bentley, Ne Burlington-street. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAIiKET. LESSEE, M.R. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated the Comedy of CAPTAIN TARRADIDDLE ; or, What will the World Say? Captain Tarradiddle, Mr. W. Farreu ; Pye Hilary, Mr. Hudson ; Mrs. Tarradiddle, Miss P. Horton. In the course of the Evening, Mr. John Parry will sing his New Song of " Young England.' To be followed by USED LIP. Sir Charles Coldstream, Mr. Webster ; Wurzel, Mr. J. Bland; Mary, Miss Julia Bennett; Lady Clutter buck, Miss Carre. To concludo w.th the Comedy of BORN TO GOOD LUCK ; or, au Irishin.n's Fortune. Pandeen O'Rafferty, Mr. Hudson ; Nina, Miss I'. Horton. Private Boxes, Two' G•inetis and One Guinea and a-Halt each. Twice. s And laces Cu be Lid of Mr. I. T. Archer at the I:cm-office. em Ten fill F ve THILATrcE ROYAL, ADELPHL NDEII.IIIE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELEST} THIS EVENING Will be performefl SWEETHEART and WIVES. Billy Lackaday, ; Eugenia, Mrs. Yates; Laura, Miss Woolgar. • wmv.l), wiil be repeated, B KING; or, Petite I'eecadd:o4. I.,•Lus Y:., 31adaune Celeste, De Lauzum, uiss Wool r. li. the eourio the piece, Grand Review of the lufantin. Lanny.,: _ _ - • tc. f,irooeti by a farce. in Or., Act, called MRS. CAUDLE ABR. At' 11U-siE. Mr. t,a,:t;!,:, Mr. tlilkinson; Mrs. c,azolv, Or. Wright. • To cOitaude with NOR3IA. Polio, Miss NVoolgar ; Norma, Mr. I3edioid ; Adalgisa, Mr. i',"right ; Oroveso, Miss Reynolds. e.,•,,iptcl, 2$ Prlllelptil Painter, Mr. Pitt; Leader of the );,,d, Mr. Medo,i. ti-tfar. IZUI AL, I tCEUSI I.IIE NIANA(=EMENT 0? MRS. KEELEY, BY ROYAL COMMAND, Fats EVENINt; Will be repeated a New Farce, entitled ENQUIRE WITHIN. Prlnc.i , a! tut a,. ers by Mr. r. Emery, Miss Arden, (ir v., :hi _lira. A. Wigan. To wi,icu w,ll 7x tale:, a Comb: Drama, in Three Acts, BY ROY \L C• 01.11 nelval cearaeters by Mr. inddear, Mr. Vining, Ur. , i Ilendtr, and Mr. Meadows; Miss Fairbro- Woodiuge, am.? , rs. he ley. ard Novel Grand Fairy i ,l VTR, entitled .CEES. In which Les dl appear. r ;!owed by A New and Orignal Comedy, to be called THE V . IWS W , with entirely New scenery, Dresses, ann l'nneilatl Claraeters by i,iddear, t. Jia.news, and o.llier, is.. i)awson and Airs. Keeley. wit, A AI , DEL OF A W [FE. Ch,rac,ers by 11es", s Xleadows, tVigan, I urn,f , Miss ,1 rir other, Irs. • HE. u.‘ • • Mil. J. M. .:,•!.Al)i)(iX The Last Night of the Company',: I,llbn - )ing this Season. •-., !:. Wi 1 .e repeated THE D::VIL'S IN IT. The Grand Duke, Mr. Ly:t..e; I,ert .iolsfeiti, Mr. Walter lacy; Dernard P.sanne, Mr. o• .CI P.IIIIIIEI Manley ow o ri JOIJS ...• • tS will -•:., .•: . .1) , t , .e.e.: ar I.,,norliar.l her Maiesiy's bail Cos t , the Ortgai,, kit r which, WHICH 1. , THE THIEF? The Marquis de ,o la !4:e,i, Lei .•h Murray; Jean •c, eattra;s. Mr. Walter Lacy ; Gibelia, Mr. Ox.,erry ; Adeline, Mis, L. • tawle . To concluL:e with TEDDY THE TILER. TE.Ny Mullowny, Lir. Collins. 's dot A.L. zt.l.l.etis nut Nlit. W. BAT 11'. Last Week of the Summ r Season—Last Week of the Grand Military spectacle. Tits, EVE.NINU Will be performed an entirely New Gu.and National i•pectacle, em bract:::.; the chief features of the heroic achievements of the British Arin. 6 Northern India, called Tlik; CONQUEST OF SCINDE ; or, Th;' of liyoerabad. Th..‘ SeCf:C3 in the Circle will be more than usually attractive, con s:s In; i.t the choicest chef d'oituvres of the unrivalled French F.gticztritns. 's - o co..clucie with THE WEAVER OF LYONS. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. DAVIDGE'S ROYAI. SURREY THEATRE Overflow—ite-engagement — of MadatneV;sirisaud Mr. C. .ZwLitt .ews--,econd Night of the Fairy Extrztv,„vranza of "Beauty 1)4; Wrorilled't; slarrP:—V2 f „'?r 1) , R. Homier, Neville, Heslop, Lewis, Fredericks, Mrs. R. kairuel,Ld Miss vtart:n. After which, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame Y,:sir,s; Beast, Br. D. W. King ; John Q-311, Mr. C. Mathew*. To conclu ,e with TilE Dit LAM AT SEA. and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box o t'ee, from Eleven toe our. A 1) lEFILREN EA:2I - I SEASON. - The Brilliancy of the Pyrotechnic Finale exceeds all imagination! The Day-light View of the Colossal Pictorial Representation, suggested By His ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, Is hailed with Universal Approbation. ROYAL SURREI LOvLOGICA L GARDENS. ON MONDAYS, TU&WAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURSDAYS, Will be presented a Magnificent MODELLED lik.rite.s , :NTATlu.Ni oF EDINBURGH, . The Pride of Scotland and f Scotchmen. THE .MA ;NIF'iCENr UODEL OF VENICE. HE PROMENADE CONCERTI, By :he unrivalled Band oftb e Establishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. At brisk will take place the most extraordinary EXHIBiTION eiREWORKS. EVER ATTEMPTED, And, as a Finale, a Grand, Royal, and Patriotic AQUA.TIC TABLEAU, . . . . . . . Filly-two feet in height will be exhibited in the Centre of the Lake of ilEtt AIA.iESTY and PRINCE A , ,BERT, -iurinounied by F line, and surroi:::Jed by Emblems and ner oevices will be introduced. . . with ih. Feux D'Artilice, the -'etltrte and Dlsch rge oi itt,ltetsfroin the _'astle a. d sacrolmding Heights wih Ibrn, ?hermit Pl'qt.):•E DISI - 1....11' EVER WITNE6SED, Ahe Tableau Igued and executed by Mr. Hanson. Pyre*, chnist, Mr. southby. .I,itnis3nnt, One Shnling. c - • armiv , r,t at Finw , Pelicans, &c., at Half-past Foie ; Sit ; and ryro , echnic Display at I. E iv EATHF.R.—SuN OFFICE, AUG. 28. , - .ItmoMETLx, LO .vest, 50; 64 ; Noon, 63, BilloNETElt, 30.3. W IND N.E., frrsli bret-ze, and cloudy. 1 • tit DUN. r)(4i, IHIS DAY. ~nix 41 -:= Let it , •• 0 minutes after 0 ,/ 0=, : :: 4 ..,77-i ~'(," : , 1, 3.it 4 4 ‘ , 1 p - ,x- _K .. ; • --.‘' : --. o,pif i g, 1 %4 4 - , , ,:- -.,•F,r--- i , ~.,•••1 . -,,e _ t ~ • . t•., , ,:. ,„ \ •• _, .....,.. t , lso ~•mov- , z,„ p ~,i trA -, ~... • I°. Vi A, Tull:a ; ith . Flffl) XT. AUG 29 I-,, thee times of Cidonial mismanagement, the lir, f attso f our distsnt, but noble trausmsrsis osssessioss, at al times harshly used, if not absolutely neg lected, is pecullsrly cruel. It seesos to be the condition of Lord STANLEY'S continuacce in office tha. ,- . such of those dominions az, krior to his in cumbency of the Colonial Secretsryship, had made 2srze and rapid advances in commercial, and conse quently in financial, prosperity. should retrograde in both respects from the moment of his Lordship' s i n . aosocious advent to power. The `Yost the Canadas, the Australian Colonies, Nsw Zealand, all seem to be on the same tale. Vexaticus . imposts are levied (like the pasturing licences for New South Wales) ztie sionisstic community of the Coh:aists, or their trade Is liar sssel and diminished t o a f earful extent hy injudicious duties on al imported entninodities. In every case the complaints of the colonists resolve thcm selres into this allegation, that the interference of Down ing-street is exercised to their absolute prejudice, and under circumstances of obtrusiveness and annoyance, ;for the most part as distasteful to the local authorities as ,to the people placed under their charge. Some day, it is to be expected, the country will be informed, in the usual course of Parliamentary disclosures, h sw it can have happened that results so discouraging and so little cre ditable to the administrative talents of the chief, within whose official jurisdiction, as it wore, they have occurred, can have been produced. Here we hare the graziers there the sugar-growers, —in one island the coffee planters,—in another the hide-curl rs,—to .day the fishers of Newfoundland, to-morrow the producers of cotton, and, all the year round, British emigrants, settlers, planters, farmers, cultivators in laith spheres,. north, south, east, and west, remonstrating -against what may be called organic grievances in the po;itieal or social condition to which the Colonial Govtsrament of the Noble Lord has reduced—or in w hi c h, if it found, so it will also leave them. For our own part, readily conceding to Lord STANLEY the IpossessiOn of great powers. , if signsl talents and (the =ore homely but very important praise of) good inten tions, we- are at, a loss to accossc for the discrepancy that is thus fatally palpable between his capacity and hia acts ; for aptitude for business, and his ingenuity in zassuaging it. Jamaica protests against him as the *ot her of her apprese , •ded ruin ; and cries, loud and d eep,. ,are wafted hither trom the Southern Ocean and the Paig,'-i6t: in deprecation of his measures. He, himself, seems to b e at once the child and champion of incon sisctency.. .He is priso.rats the tt sesss.t, w West Mit depresi 'lit )1 ! to be, the incr....so- s; issficiency of Tl 3 ri STTN, I(NnON, i'-rt 1 1)- A- Y - MO RN 'N Cr AITG TT I' 20, I$l4K, agrastie..air--qateii, on ti'e great measure of 1834, for Negro Ltnancipation. Yet his vir tual reprobation of, or cold assent to, the importa tion of free Coolie labour from Bengal into Jamaica and other islands, has left them in a state which has already paralyzed their trade, and threatens at no distant day to destroy the entire property invested there in the land and its cultivation. The same Noble Lord spoke and wrote of New Zealand, as if, after having stipulated for and established certain conditions on behalf of the rights and authority of the Home Government, he meant to take it under his peculiar protection and patronage. But New Zealand had twice already nearly expired under his etebraces, when, as if disgusted with his pro tegee, he handed her over to the persecutions of the na tive chiefs, and the barbarous impetuosity of Joliet Haar. Just before the rising of Parliament for the recess— that is to say, on the Bth of this month, a Bill was brought into the House of Commons by his Lordship's " Mae-Friday," Mr. G. W. Ileee, entitled " a Bill to amend an Act for regulating the Sale of Waste Land, belonging to tee Crown, in the Australian Colon:es, and to make further provision for the management thereof," which does not solve the problem we have above al luded to—the discrepancy between the capacity to do and the mode of doing—so remarkable in his Lordship's official career, but further illustrates the singular notions which the Noble Secretary appears to entertain of the means most available for developing and cherishing the native resources of a valuable dependency. The reason or exigency for the Bill is declared to be that— " Doubts have arisen whether, under that Act, her Majesty, or any person acting in the name and on behalf of her Majesty, can convey or alienate any waste lands of the Crown in any such colony by lease or demise, reserving an annual rent or payment fur the same." And it is in the first clause declared that as to the 5 and 6 VICTORIA, c. 36 " Nothing in the said recited Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to prevent her Majesty, or any such per son acting in the name and on the behalf of her Majesty, as aforesaid, from demising for a term of not more than seven years, any waste lands of the Crown in any such colony, at an annual rent payable to her Majesty by the lessee for and in re spect of such lands. Provided always, that all leases so to be made and granted shall contain clauses of forfeiture and pro vises for re-entry for non-payment of such rent, or for under letting or assignment of the whole or any portion of such lands by such lessee without licence in that behalf first obtained from her Majesty, or such person acting in the name and on the be half of her Majesty as aforesaid, and shall be offered by public auction to the highest bidder for the same, after due notice of such public auction given as in the said recited Act is directed, together with a specification of the lands intended to be de mised, and of the duration of the proposed term. And pro vided also, that during the continuance of any such lease it shall not be lawful for her Majesty, or any such person acting as aforesaid, to sell the reversionary estate expectant upen the determination of such lease, without the consent in writing of the lessee or other party to whom the lease may then belong." The limitation of these Crown leases to seven years is very good; but surely the disabling Crown tenants to undeliet, without such licence, is at once an arbitrary and a most impolitic restriction. Arbitrary, because one can readily imagine how small a chance a tenant of the Crown, who may have seen reasen to oppose the measures of the colonial authorities, will possess of pro curing such a licence, however advantageous a contract he may have entered into with third parties for under letting his lands. Impolitic, because it' it be his interest to transter, or rather delegate, his holding, it is not less that of the colony and the Colonial Government ; the natural presumption being that he underlsts at an advanced rent ; and that his sub-tenant paying more fur the rent, will invest more in the cultivation or im provement of the pr..perty. The Crown officers cannot— it even they be disposed to do so—exercise as much vigi -10 tee.. and caution in imparting this beneficial character to original Crown leases. The same spirit of interference produced all tla-e mischief, and that long depression of the natural energies of Canada, which the home Go vernment itself has rep.- atedly denounced as cons, quen t on the absurd encumbrances of the " Clergy reserves ;'' blocks of laud whose tardy/reclamation long prevented the clearing of the lands adjseent to, or in the midst of clic% :hey were situ-aee. In our colonies, the primary !einem of impa.veu valee in e%ery property is the 1113• rovemen: (the clearing or tl,e cuitivation as the case be) of the adjoining lands. Claus-, 2, which re.ervws to the Crown, or rather authorises the reservation to it, of all minerals in any such leases of waste land in Atistralia, is also, in our judgment, v. ry unwise, and behind the enlightened spirit of English legislation generally on these points. We all know how many years had elapsed be fore the Crown either discovered or dreamed of improving any former discovery of metalliferous districts in New South Wales. We have only to con trast the recent accounts received of the astonishing success and extent to which mining operations have been pushed by private British capitalists in the colony, or resident British agents there, to see all the short sighted folly of the Crown's proposed reservation of added to the coal treasures of our Australian pos. sessions. What more legitithate or reasonable course can be taken with the private adventurers who find and work the veins, or smelt the ores that contain them, than to give them every benefit which they have merited by their industry, skill, and spirit. The Crown or tha public is sufficiently enriched by the indirect advantage derived from the realising so large an accession to the capital and the staples of the colony. To the power given by clause 4 to the Governor, to grant licences for the occupation of waste lands, we do not object ; but the terms of clause 5, inflicting penalties fur the un authorised possession of Crown lands, are much too sweeping. Great tenderness should always be extended to the hard-earned homes upon the waste acquired by the enterprising squatters" of the colony, against whom this clause is as much directed as if they were mere vagrants or bush-rangers. We have other remarks to submit on the remaining clauses of the Bill, but these we reserve to a future. paper. It is some time since we first endeavoured to impress upon the public our own conviction that the " Woods and Forests" department of the Government, under the chief commissionership of the Earl of LINCOLN, required to be narrowly watched. Tne successive specimens it had afforded of incapacity, vacillation, bad taste, and misapprehension of the public feeling and sentiment with referea ce .t o th e erect i on of the NELSON column in its present 1-cality; the difficulties thrown in the way of axecuting that beautiful work according to the original lesUn of the architect ; the insulting reason assigned .or reusing to allow the long-pi omised banquet to be ..owl; at its base to the aurv:ving veterans of Trafalgar that the festive re-union of so many lincieNt tars might comprinnise ate peace!); the UlUtlStrtiva paexilities perr.etratt.d niftier the Departmen"s expieso iatronage and encouragement, in the .shape of the tiny fountains which disgrace, and the enorrn us bacons olich encumber, the finest sire in &tripe" (the one - tearing to the other much the same re!ation a.s Falstaff's , alfpr - anyworth of bread to ell his gallons of sack); the noels , teinhalie p of the great, starrini, deso late plafonde or rea, already . disintegrating., and .I.Al:tiding into unsightly hollows and patches ; hese were so many accumulated evidenc , .s of Inveterate Vandalism in a public board which (by an extravagant official fiction) is supposed to be specially competent to the direction and supt-Tintendence of such of our national edifices, s: reefs, parks, &c., as come within its ample jurisdiction or statutable commission. But the volunteer crusade undertaken by the Earl of LINCOLN against the hereditary rights, at common law and by custom, of the poor of this country in common and waste lands, we have, as often as the matter has been brought under our notice, denounced, as about the most untist and unpopular measure which a member of any Government, professing to act in a generous and popular spirit, ever set in motion. By dexterous management the Commons Inclosure Bill, after attract ing in the Lower House a great deal of abstract con demnation, and being impeded in its progress by the practical obstacles of a few stout divisions, was adroitly dawdled on, through all its preliminary stages, till, by reason of the very weariness excited in those who had resisted it by reiterated postponements, explanations, &c., it slipped through a third reading and passed, with out disturbing the slumbers that Lord LINCOLN'S eloquence had succeeded, as usual, is producing. In the Lords" we did, at one time, confidently hope that it would have met with that repu diation which it so richly. merited. We were de ceived. It was put into the multitudinous division of the Bills composing the " arreur business from th e Commons," and so, in the last moments of the expiring session, was passed—(pitch-forked, rather)—in the mass with half a hundred companions, through its final read ing, and receive 1 the royal assent. Tuesday's Go:tele gave emphatic expression to its vitality. The country was then apprised that Mr. Danes', M.P., and Mr. BLAMIRE had been nominated by her MAJESTY'S Com missioners under this inauspicious Bill. With good salaries attached to their offices we may well presume, for without these what " motive" power could hare removed out of their previous positions, a county Mem ber and a Tithe Commissioner. Is there no chance of drawing off, from his present " holding" at Whitehall, the tenacious Earl ? Is there no other snug berth, by the offer of which he might be detached from a post iu which his opportunities are so great, and his will ap pears to be so good, to commit serious mischiefs ? We see that, if not tho Noble Earl. some kindred spirit is now at work in Greenwich Park. Some official authority or other, delighting in those stealthy infringe. ments on the elbow •roorn of. ale people whose fate it is be denizens or this d.o.issily populated metropolis, which were a little while ago atteaspted ou a small scale in the CXteildLu ;• .t, • Green Park, immediately adjacent to the houses of the aristocratic residents in that quarter, and which are now to be pushed on a much more gigantic scale throughout the country, under the powers of the Waste and Corn mons Inclosure Bill—has already commenced the dese cration of one of the most beautiful spots in Greenwich Park, in impudent defiance of the implied pledge gi*en in the House of Commons but a few weeks ago, that the work which had been begun here should be abandoned. Just behind the Ranger's house, a vast circle is in pro cess of " scalping," prior to the excavation of a huge re servoir for the supply of Greenwich Hospitei ; a purpose that can be infinitely better accomplished by laying down a main and some length of leaden pipe in the town itself, at a very inconsiderable charge to the magnifi cently endowed foundation in question. Those of our readers who remember the beautiful expanse of lawn in the Park between the upland glades that run at right angles to the Blackheath-wall, will at once appreciate the execrable ofi'ence of the eye-sore which is thus about to be produced on one of the most perfect features of a sylvan retreat, the equal of which few European capitals ea boast, whether considered simply in relation t o ti l e b eau fnl contrast it presents to the busy city from which so shortly removed, or in respect of the variety and ctf. et of its mingled glimpses of woods and water, its hospital palace, and the incessant transit of its shipping. A re servoir in such a spot is a perfect abomination. The Park of Greenwich is a national as well as a royal de mesne, and it is an ill return to the people who annually contribute whatever is required for its maintenance, and attest the pleasure they derive from their free access to its healthful enjoyments by the eagerness with which they resort to them at all seasons of the year—to cut up one of the finest expanses which the Park comprises for a purpose so inadequate to justify such spoliation —so easy to be better answered, in the town itself, by other and quite unobjectionable means. We are quite sure that the new Ranger, the Earl of ABERDEEN, cannot be aware of what is being proceeded with, during his absence in attendance upon the Sovereign abroad. But since it is evident that the design is to put all reclamation and protest, whether founded on the pledge we speak of as having been given in Parliament, or on any other grounds—out of date—by making the quickest pos sible progress with the excavation, we do trust that the inhabitants of Greenwich will adopt the promptest possible measures, by memorial or protest, or petition, as may be agreed upon at any public meeting to be convened for the purpose in their town, to induce the authorities under whose orders the work has been undertaken, to desist Yrorn all further proceedings in it. At the re-assembling of Parliament we hope to find some spirited Member,— Mr. NEWDEGATE for example, who lives in the neigh bourhood, or the borough Member, calling for informa tion as to the parties with whom this unseemly business has originated. If Government value the reputation of their own promises, they can scarcely refuse to afford such information upon demand. Accounts from Constantinople of the 7th have been received. These accounts announce a most important change in the Turkish Ministry. The Seraskier, RIZA PAcHA, who fur five years has been all4Krwerful at the Turkish Court, has been dismissed, and SULSYMAN PAcRA has been appointed Grand Vizier in his room. This is it change with which all the friends of progress and civiiisation must be delighted. RIZA PACHA was a bigot ; SULEYMAN is a man of education and liberal views. He was President of the Council of Justice, and has r. , centty proposed the adoption of a scheme of public education, and the establishment of something like re prestlitative government by the convocation of delegates from the provinces at Constantinople. The change is attributed to the advice of Sir STRATFORD CANNING and M. DE BoURQUENY. The following is the substance of the note on the affairs of Lebanon, which the Porte has presented to the ambassadors of the five Powers, as stated in our impression of yesterday. It an nounces in this note that, in order, if necessary, to enforce the execution of its orders, and to re-establish a peace promptly, the commander of the army of Arabia, Namick Pacha, will quit the neighbourhood of Aleppo, where he is encamped, and advance towards the mountain with a force sufficient to keep down the contending parties. The note then proceeds to fix the internal government of the Lebanon, by confiding it, as has already been stated, to two Vekils, viz., one Druse, the other Maronite, for each district, and a Moukotadji, who is specially charged with the interests of the government, and is to serve as the medium be tween the district and the authority of the Porte. The superior authority is represented by two Turkish functionaries, via., the Caimacans. By thi s l as t note it i s d ec id ed that the Maronite Vekil shall be the judge in all contestations between Maronites, and the Druse Vekil the judge between the Druses. Differ ences between a Druse and a Maronite are to be decided con jointly by the two Vekils, with the right of appeal to the two Camaicans. The Moukotadjis are exclusively charmed with gas carted upon the ambissidois . to communicate to it the in.. structions which they are to send to the consuls of their respec tive nations in Syria. -..... Intelligence has been received from Madrid to the 21st inst. At eleven o'clock that morning M&NUxL Gu., a young journeyman tailor, was shot outside the Toledo gate, having been sentenced to death by the court-martial, for stabbing an officer during the disturbances. The tran quillity of the city had remained undisturbed. The shops were in the same state as on. the previous day— the doors being only half open. This plan of passive resistance was spreading. Several provincial towns had followed the example of Madrid, and the conductors of the Andalusian diligence complain that it is im possible to purchase anything along the road. According to the Tiempo, several eminent com mercial men had given official notice to the Chamber of Commerce of their intention to retire from business. The municipal authorities have laid iu large stores of provisions, so that the inhabitants may not wail for food by the closing of the provision shops. The Minister of the Interior had opposed a proposition made in the Council to declare Madrid under martial law, and it had been accordingly rejected. The coachmen of Madrid met on the 20th to petition against the tax of six dollars yearly imposed on them by M. Mon. The Three per Cents. were done at 31i cash, and 314 at 60 dap ; 8.800,000 done. Only tow operations. The other securities are not quoted. We have r , ?ceived the Paris papers of Tuesday. The IVationd state , that " on Sunday evening, at seven o'eliiek, was signed a treaty of fusi:in between the Gireptiv I).coti-Letieuf told die Live other companies already- united. For price of this abdicktion th ci•deeant company receives 41,000 shares, or 20,500,0001" Tuesday was the last day for submitting tenders fer the concession of the northern line, and no tender had beer, received except from Baron RoTilseninn, the re presentative of the coalesced companies. Aecording to the Co' stituiionnel the treaty concluded between France aid New Grenada, on the 29th October last, has been ratified by the KING. It is anneunced in the Semaphore de Marse-E,:s of the 11th, that the squadron of evolution, commanded by A lrniral PARCEVAL DESCHENE6, which we'; then lying off the Ilieres Ishands, would sail for Marseilles towards the close of the month. The squadron consisted of the three-decker Ocean, bearing the Admiral's flag, the ships of the line-Inflexible, Triton, Diademe, Jemmapes, Neptune, and Alger, and the steam-frigate Asmodee. Little business was , done in the Stock ai.d Share Market of Paris on Tuesday ; but the promises of the new lines had been in considerable demand. The Three per Cents. closed at 841, 25c. ; the Five per Cents. at 1211. 70c. ; Orleans Railroad shares, 1,313 f. 75c.; Rouen, 1,120 E ; Vierzon, 817 f. 50c. ; Havre, 915 f. ; Avignon, 1,077 f. 50c. ; Basle, 2831. 75e ; Spanish Active 36 1 / ; Spanish Three per Cents., 3894. , The following are th e quotations for the new lines Orleans and Bordeaux, 222 f. 50c. premium ; Boulogne, 1401. premium ; Troyes and Montereau, 52f. 50c.; Paris and Lyon; ( Laffitte), 371 50c. ; ditto (Calon), 101.; ditto (Ganneron), 171_ 50c.; Northern Line (Laffitte), 801. ; ditto (Rosa ' mel)r, 37 a 1 nsdoc.N,• Nantes s o (Pepin),Aaeke ((.Mackenzie), e 2dittoof. f.so u c ii. ; 'fours lard), 3f. ; ditto (O'Neill), 101. ; ditto (Jacques Lefevre) 4f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe), 22f. 50c. ; ditto (Talabot), 451. ; ditto (Coinpagnie Meridionale), 13f. 60c. ; Bordeaux (Mackenzie), 2f. 50c.; ditto and Cette (Espe leta), 151 ; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), 6f. 50e- ; ditto (Carette), 9f. ; ditto (Colbert), 2f. ; Paris and litrasbonrg (Ganneron), 151. ; ditto (Bechet), 6f. 50c. ; ditto (Hinguerlot), 171: 50c. ; Dijon and Mulhausen, par; Dieppe, 421 50c. ; Charleroy, 60f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT TIIE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Ana. 27. Boulogne and Amiens.. 11 Orleans and Bordeaux 12 1 A Bordeaux & Medi t erran - !Over Yssel ......... A P Bordeaux and Toulouse --Paris& Lyo ns (Lafitte) 3% Do. and Cette - Ditto (Ganneron's). 2:! , 4 Central of Spain - Dendre Valley .. 2 Paris and Rouen ....... Dieppe & Paris Junet. - :Paris and Strasburg Dijon and Mulhouse - 1 (Ganneron's)... ...... 2% East Indian Grt Northern of France :Paris and St. Quentin. - (Laffitte's) is Ditto (Rosaniers) ... 3% ltiiuen and Havre 3l Great Paris and Lyons. 2 1 4 Royal North of Spain 2% Jamaica Junction....... 5 !Sambre and Meuse Do. North Midland... 3% !Strasbourg and Basle - Louvain and Jemeppe,. 5 Tours and Nantes ,eons and Avignon.... 2 (M'Kenzie's) Luxembourgb.. ......... Do. (Lefebvre' s ) is Namur and Liege....... 7 Verona and Anemia.... 3 1 / 2 Orleans and Vierzon .. 22 'We-4 Flanders We learn from the New Zurich Gazette, of the 28d instant, tliat the Session of the Diet had been brought to a c!oie on the preceeding The folloveine: is the President's Sprech : " Gentlemen,—The business of the ordinary Diet for this year is terminated. As far as reg ar d s t h e Government and the care of the ordi nar y affairs of the Confederation it has fulfilled is task, and has innie r e for ir its position. There remains much yet to be done, for in an assem blage of so many independent states it is impossible to proceed rapidly. Several questions, therefore, remain undecided, and cause uneasiness to the public mind ; but this has been unavoid. able from the state and circumstances of the country. Let all friends of the country, and particularly the magistracy, occupy thems , lves energetically to accomplish this duty, which will alone give strength to the confederation.," AMERICAN NEWS. ARRIVAL OF THE ASHBURTON: LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—Tho New York packet ship Ashburton, C4ptaiti llowlai,d, arrived here about eight o'clock this morning. She sailed from New York on the 6th inst., and brings papers and other advices from that city to that date. When the Ashburton sailed all was quiet. The negotiations about Oregon were in progress, an the acquisition of California was in con temp:atiot.. The Ameri..ans had turned their attention from emigration to Oregon to California. The soil of the further place bad not given Satisfaction, so that in,.;ny who had emigrated there had gone to California, the . •• land flowing with milk and honey." " That parailit-e," - says the 1V(:w York Herald," will soon be more inhabited by Americans than an) other stction on the continent, out el the twenty Unit&l States, and must, of course, be suortly annexed. The impetuosity of the people of the Great West for the acquisition of ail the territory to the Pacific is irresistible. fornia may be the test question at the presidental elec tita of 1848, as Texas was in 1844." The news from Mexico is considerably later than that brought by the steam-ship Britannia. It does not appear, however, that the Mexicau authorities.have made any decided or war like movement against the newly -annexed state, Texas. except to send 20,000 men to the frontier of Texas, and covering the house-tops in Vera Crux with sand. The following is from the New Orleans papers of the 24th ult.:— (From the New Orleans Bulletin, July 24.) MAZATLAN. AT RIL 23,--On the 18th instant consider.. able excitement was caused in this place, occasioned by a body of artillerymen marching through the principal ' streets towards the custom-house. On their arrival at that place, the officer in command received orders from the collectors of the Aduena Teresrte, to accompany one of the clerks of the said office, with Sestigos, and lay a forced embargo, at tee point of the bayonet, on the property of the only two American houses in the place, Parrott and Co., and Mott, Tal'eet, and Cu., to satisfy a demand for du ties caused by a law of the state of Sinoloa, 1834, which law was annulled in 1'337 by the tariff of that year, and from that date up to a few days previous to the date of this the Custom house bad never demanded from any house such duties. The house of Parrott and Co. of course, was embargoed, on pro perty to the amount of 45,000 dolls., to satisfy the claim, only amounting to about 4,000 dolls. ; after which the troops were marched to the house of Messrs. Mutt, Talbot, and Co., with the object of la./Aqui embargo on their property, but Captain Hope, of H.B.M. frigate Thalia, interfered, , and prevented the embargoes t ring( said, one of the partners of the said firm being a British .übject. Mr. Parrott, who for many years had been our refesul at Mandan, suffered with much pa tience the ie. 'ignity to his person, and as the di plomatic relati .es between the United States and Mexico are suspended, ne has no resource in seeking re dress from t'.,., Mexican Government, and very pro. perly called in tee :Tench consul to witness the proceedings, which • are it gat and unjust from the commencement, as no judge or emepetent authority in the place had passed sentence or ju tge.ent, in any shape or form, on the proceed ings. Mr. Pars ott has gone betore the French consul and 'made out his piofest, and will submit it to his Government, to be settled with .i 2 s ether difficulties pending with Mexico. (here are at Alaz..tlan nearly a dozen importing houses, and notwithstanding not a single demand has been made by the col sector' against then. for duties, he having, as it appears, deter. mined to take i,ia revenge out of the Americans. Many re spectable citizars, seeing these scaridaldus proceedings, have used their iiilluenc-t to conciliate matters. - Amu. Pref e cto of the Pert has addressed a letter to the Governer of the State, complaining in strong terms against the vie;ent and unjust proceedings against the Ameri cans, and very le operly pointed. out that they were caprices of the collector, and from the conceurse of people who were pre sent, it was sufficient to disturb the peace of the port and bring on the country a war. Aran. 25. —The embargo on the property of the American consul had not been raised, notwithstanding a meeting has taken place to that effete. The consul is determined to resist the payment and stiffer his property to be sold. A military ce was again demanded for laying the embargo on Mott, ; &Hart, and uct.'s property, but it was wisely refused. Over .ures have been made to the comer!, that if he would address a letter to the Gefe . Superior de Hacienia, his property would be released, but he has refused. avid is determined to let the mater take its course. Other outrages will follow. General Rangel has been sentenced by a court-martial—for his late revolutionary attempt in the city of Mexico, in which et' eated the President and his cabinet with such indignity— o ten years' imprisonment, without the loss of his rank—a zulv Mexican punishment for treason. Another authority, but usually not so well informed, rays he is stripped of rank and all employment, and banished for ten years. The ire of the Mexicans was a good deal aroused, apparently, at seeing him get off so easily. The Ocean house, at Newport has been entirely de ,troyed and some lives have fallen a sacrifice to the fury of the flames. We take the following particulars from he New York Tribune of A ugust 3 " NewroaT, R. L. SUNDAY, 4 O'CLOCK P.M., AUGUST 3.—We arrived here on the Massachusetts this morning at four o'clock, and were very greatly chagrined to find the Ocean Ho..e full and overflowing with peoyle.—more,than a hundred irelsa - 021'n loco .r.cat sour or nive [ lours In trying to gain admission to a private house. At length we were lodged in tolerable comfort at Townsend's Hotel. " Probably no watering place in the Union was ever so crowded as Newport is the present season. There were over three hundred and fifty strangers in the Ocean House alone, and every place in the city full. " But it turned out that our regret at being excluded from the Ocean House was foolish and wicked. At about one o'clock to-day, while the fashionable- throng were dressing for dinner, the cook-house, a small building adjoining the eastern wing of the hotel, caught in the ceiling, from a dish of lard which took fire, and blazed from the floor where it fell to the roof. " In an instant the cry of fire was given, and such a scene of confusion and distress ensued as no man could wish to see twice. The boarders were running from room to room, screaming for their friends, brothers, husbands, wives, and children, and all inquiring with white lips the cause of the alarm. There was a most pitiless lack of water, and the flames seised with fury upon the extremely dry and combustible mate fial of which the cook-house, as well as the whole building was composed. The bells rang the alarm_ the whole city hurried to the spot, and the opinion already became general that not a timber of the whole of this grseeful and airy, but light and unsubstantial edifice, could be sa red. The work of carrying out baggage now began in great ea: so* ; and fair aristocratic hands, albeit unused to the r wiling mood. performed incredible tasks of porterage. The I rge and magnificent parlour of the hotel, occupying the whole the north end, was now stripped of its costly furniture, and t-.e field directly opposite and to the northward of the hotel '•eettrae speedily filled with trunks, boxes, furniture, &c., while no street was lined with elegantly attired ladies, lamenting the isa of their dinners or their dresses. " Water, water, water !. was the unanswered cry of the fire :sea and the eitieens who had rushed to the spot to render their ssistanee, hut none could be procured. The fire department ,)?eared to 'be efficient and well organised—ambitious and aring— but what good were their half-dozen fire-engines ,it ,out water It was now clearly seen that the building sx.r,,i not be saved, and in two hours the whole pile was a mek.rig ruin. " The Oceaai House was built by the ' Ocean House Com pati. winter before las', and finished la3t winter. It was r. at 36,000 dolls., and insured in Providence and Boston h& I 8,0110 dolls. It was r-nied by John G. Weaver, of New port, who paid 8 per cent. on the value. The building was in th.. toren of an L, running north and east—the northern wing 22d feet long, and the eastern wing 125 by 30—four ales high. It contained 208 rooms, its situation was beau i.ttitl and commanding, and its loss is a heavy blow to Newport, as well as an indescribable, inconvenience to the boarders 'a great mane of who m were f ro m N ew Y ork. , " But the saddest portion of this calamity is the death of Samuel Fowler Gardiner, Esq., one of the oldest, wealthiest, and most estimable citizens ot Newport. He owned a lame amount of prope r ty h ere , an d vies the a gent an d part proprir tnr .of the extensive Newport cotton mills, the Coddiugton, Perry, and Newport Steam Mills, and another of which he was exclusive owner. He leaves a wife and ten children. " The body of Mr. Gaediner was found in the ruins, more than hall consumed—a key and a pencil lying on his chest. . I also feat that Thomas R. Hazzard, Esq., residing in the beau tiful country seat of Varclo , e, has perished. You will re member him as the author of some political tracts, published in 1844. "P.S.—lt is certain, I am told, he is dead. " George Burrows and Hobert Coxall were on the ladder with Mr. Gardiner when the eastern wing came down, and they fell outward, while lie fell inside the burning walls. The two former were seriously injured, and it is doubtful whether Mr. Cozen will survive." " The furniture of the house was worth 25,000 dolls.—two thirds saved, 9.01' dolls. insured. Mr. Weaver, the lessee of the Ocean House, 'tas already taken a house which will accom modate fifty, and which he will open to-marrow. There's en terprise for you. " It is said that there was a gentleman in the second story of the east wing who was lost, but of this nothing is certainly known. Rumour also gives three or four other victims to the I dames. " Some fresh riots have taken place at Philadelphia, arising out of the stoppage of some allowances to fire companies, which have again kept that once peaceable city in a turmoil for some days. Philadelphia is becoming from its di sor d ers a bye-word i n o th er c i ties. " The advices carried out by the steam-ship Cambria had a favourable effect on the cotton and provision markets. Exchange on E n gland was quoted at from 109} to 110. TEN DAYS LATER from AMERICA SAFE ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT BRITAIN AT NEW YORK. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA AT LIVERPOOL. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. The Cambria steamer, Captain JucIIWIN arrived at Liverpoeol yesterday morning in nine d.vs and a Lalf from Halifax. The Great Britain steamer arrived at New York on rntg accomplished her pas sage f rom een days and twenty- one h ours . bring s a d v i ces from New York to the L t r e vrehr l ep O oc t o h Al , innh h rf a oi having 15th, from Boston to the 16th inst. inclusive, together with New Orleans .papers to the 7th inst., and advices from Vera Cruz dat,.d 21st July. All official intercourse. between Mexico and the U& ed States had cuased. Th., Washington Goveroment organ announces that the United States troops wtiieh had 4(j vaneed to the Texan frontier would not be withdrain, .and that General Taylor had with the infantry advanced to Corpus Christ?, and c 4,1. Twiggs, with the cavalry, had penetrated beyond Austin to the neighbourhood of Alamo. Th e elections for the different State. - ; are proceeding, but great apathy appears to exist. There is nothing now from Canada. ' Inc teileseieg ase ixtracts rro,n Life ;air:, (From the New York Herald of the 16th.) The last advices from New Orleans inform us that the Mexican Consul at that port had received official instruc tions from the • Mexican Secretary of State, in forming him that the relations between that Go vernment and the United States had reached each a point as required the immediate cessation of all official intercourse ; hat their frie-nd:y relations were at an end, and that all Mexicans were to be dirtett d to take such measures for the security of their per sons and property, as they might deem expedient. This intelligence comes, however, merely in_ the shape. of a private communication, and, as no such intimation had been conveyed to the Mexican Consul in thie city; it is to be received with caution. Still it is quite certain z hat in New Orleans the general opinion was that war had been declared by Mexico ; and the intelligence which pours in upon us from all quarters, confirms the belief that the crisis which we: have been awaiting for some time past, has at' length:. arrived. We should not be at all surprised to hear, in a few days, of some decisive blow having been struck ley Mexico, and that the war had indeed commix& d. The Government organ.: at Washington, in referring toe/tertaiii various and contradictory rumours relative to the disposition of the United States troops sent to the Teian frontier, declare§ iu positive terms that these troops are not to be withdrawn, and that it exp cted to hear by the next arrival that General Taylor had ad vanced, with the infantry under, his command, as far as Corpus Christi, a n d p er h aps penetrated the country farther from the Gulf coast Colonel Twiggs, in com mand of the dragoons, had advancedthrough Austin. farther. west, to the vicinity, perhaps, ...Of the Alamo. We have also reason to believe that the Texians them selves are now moving. for the purpose of co-operating with our troops. This is, we perceive,- stated by the Odom . • The instructions issued by the United- States Go vernment to their troops on the Texian frontier, re striet them entirely to defensive course of action, so long . as Mexico . remains • But from . all. present appearances it is very ev id ent. t ha t Meiico will forcibly resist the measure adopted by our government; to main tain the boundary line .as claimed by Texas. The demagogues in Mexico who now manage her affairs, are stirring-up with the greatest activity the belligerent feel ings of the people. Each is trying to out-herod his rival in this business. The Mexican people, themselves, ignorant, vindictive, and misled and excited by Bris tish agents, are in a very fitting condition to be operated upon by these ambitious and violent leaders. Thus, then, stand at this moment our relations with: Mexico. We do believe that war is nearer than many imagine.. Of course, we cannot have any fear for the issue. lint the puhlio voice' begins to call louder and louder Upon the President and his Cabinet to summon Congre.4 to gether. Oughethey not at once to:take this step.? CANADA.- - there is a project talked of •at preeent connecting Lake Champlain and Lake .Ontario by rail road, which nifty be 'regarded as a held stroke towards diverting from Montreal and Quebec. alarye share of the trade of Western Canada. It ever this :is effected„lles great results expected to proceed from the Welland Canal, in favour . of - the Canadians, . will be ,much neutralised. . Hardly any commercial operatiens.are taking place in Canada now ; several attempts have been lately made to . force off goods at auction, but' to no purpose. We observe the weather has been very warm at Quebec—the thermometer last week ranging from 90 to 95 there. A trial which caused much excitement has ended in the acquittal of two young men charged with murder in the last electi , in disturbances. Party feeling was keenly at work to procure a conviction, anti also to secure an acquittal. Since the notorious verdict of the jury in 1837, acquitting Jobin of the murder of the lamented Lieutenant. Wen, it is quite common in Montreal to assail the.hitegrity of juries, and we .fear it is not always done without good ground. In the case just tried, the prisoners were acquitted—a regular triumph for the po pular cause. • The 71st Regiment had subscribed 301. 4s; 6d. for the relief 'of the. Quebec sufferers. The sum promises to exceed 30,0001 in Great -Britain and Ireland alone. • A strong rivalry exists between steam-boats on the • • St. Lawrence this season. AFFAIRS OF MEXICO. . (From the New Orleans Picayune, Aug.'7.) It is confidently stated that Senor Arraogoiz, the Mexican Consul here, has received orders from:his Go vernment- to` close his business in this tits., and further, that he will sail its. two or thre day=s for Vera Critze . One report has it that his departure will be the signal .for the publishing of a non-intercourse eet, sad` another - that a formal declaration of w e r is to fellow. A few days will tell the story. . . Since - the s,b ,re was written we hear it stated that the declaration of war by Mexico is really in towni grid tha; it will be published by some, one or more Of the city pi pers this morning. if this be' erne, we shell see. what Mexico will do after taking a step - so rash.. That she will issue letters ot' marque and reprisal —attempt to turn loose a set of foreign privateers upon our commerce— has been hinted at, and with good show of - reason.— There are not sailors enough, put . them all together, in her contemptible marine to man a single sloop of war effectually, and we trust that . our Govern ment will at once declare every vessel engaged under Mexican colours, without the lawful complement Of na tives on board, a pirate, and string up every foreigner to the yard-arm. The pages of Vattel may not afford ituth.rity, but Vs,t64 knew but little of wheu ne evareote. and strong eas e s rpqiiire prompt end 0.,,,,tu1e argum e n ts . On laird, the course of the United States is plain enough. With the regular troops now in Tezas, and the volunteers ready to start at a mo ment's warning, we hive a force sufficient to crush any miserable apology of an army Mexico can concentrate between. San. Luis Potosi and the Rio Grande for three months.to comee-it would be an act of charity to take the entire army of our gasconading , neighbours prison ers to save them from the starvation - that has long been preying upon them. Possession of the harbours of Cali fornia—% matter which a frigate or sloop of war could easily efr'eaa-might also be taken, and if all these plans are carried out, we shall have the enemy at our gates cueing for peace before a year is over their heads. (From the Acre Orleans Rep Irter, Aug. 7.) The schooner Relampago, which recently arrived at the Belize from Vera Cruz, came up to the city Oil Tuesday evening.. Our previous accounts by this vessel were very liinited, based as they . were upon verbal owe ments, and a short extract from one of the f ew l etters . which rea c h e d t h e c i ty in company with the dispatches for the State Department. ' , lt - was not until a late hour yesterday that we received the letter, an extract from which follows, containing- the official commu ; ; o.cat.ons, a translation of which. is subjoined. The letter is from a friend and correspondent . in Vera Cruz, and enclosed the communications, which are from the Minister of War and Marine of Mexico. It appears .by these, that the preitions intimations ef the intention of Mexico to declare war against this country have assumed a positive and .determinate shape, No simple . non-intercourse, It appeara, will give sufficient veet the pent-alt inilignatiou e.f . our nlex!cati 0' o , •oo Nothing short of a wer—a war of invesi an to„-- , ;....t contemplates among the least of it; triumphs the, e. conquest of Texas—will 'appease their beilieecent f Cl ings and heal their wounded !lunette. Well, ii it is to ere we must prepare ourselves for the strugele. We hove by this time that our fleet. is in the Gulf —we know that our little army is at its peat. The Water Witch, widish may be looked for every thy, will bring us full par ticuhars. We have reason to believe that the despatches to the Department of State at Washington, brought by the Relainpago, communicated the fact of war having been declared by the Mexican Government. In a still. closer . view of a war with Mexico, we take occasion to repeat what we :.aid the other day, as to the course which shetild be,purstied in such an event. If we are to be embroiled :in a conflict with Mexieo, we hot* that the Fettle upon which the contest will be prosecuted by us will bear some relation to the power and dignity of this nation. Let the wsfertion of our might as, well as of our right be so complat.e, that among. the other results ore brilliant campaign, no vestige of Eurepeau-influence will remain in Mexico to tempt her into a repetition ef the fatuity :of going to wat with us. The following is the letter and &mu inents referred to:— Vera Crux, July 21, 18 45. Dear Sir e -a• .* • • • • I have only one moment's time to hand you the enclosed, to which I refer you. We are 'momentarily expecting to receive the declaration of war against the United States, from Mexico. Every one is making prepa rations to leave this place and move into the interior. The Water Witch will sail for your port on the 28th or 29th inst. Tours. OFFICE OF WAX AND MARINE. —SECTION OF OPERATIONS. (Circular.) .The United States have consummated the perfidy against Mexico, by sanctioning the decree which declares the annexa tion of the department of Texas to that Republic. The in justice of that usurpation is apparent, and Mexico cannot tolerate such a grave injury without making an effort to Irmo to the United States the possibility of her ability to cause her rights to be respected. With this object the Supreme Government has resolved upon a declaration of war against that power, seeing that our forbearance, instead of being received as proof of our friendly disposition, has been interpreted into an acknowledged impossibility on our part to carry on a successful war Such an error on the part of the United States will be ad• vantageous to Mexico, because, suddenly abandoning its pacific a•titude, it will to-morrow communicate to Congress the declar a ti on et war, and excite the patriotism of its citizens to sustain the dignity of the nation and the integrity of its territory, now treacherox4 attacked, in utter disregard of all guarantees recognized in this enlightened age. You will readily appreciate the importance of this subject, and the necessity of preparing the troops under your command, to march towards any point which may require protection against these most unjust aggressions. I am directed by the provincial President to enjoin upon you, as general-in-chief of your division, and as a citizen of this Republic, to hold yourself in readiness to repel those who seek the ruin of Mexico. The Government is occupied in covering the different points on the frontiers, and in collecting the necessary means, so that no thing may be wanting to those whose glory it will be to defend the tamed rights of their country. have the honour to communicate for your intelligence and to direct your conduct. God and Liberty.—Mexico, July 16, 1845. ONDE. This circular to the au th or i t i es subord inateG AßClA to this C office. Most Excellent Senor —As my notes of the 30th of March and the 7th of April of this year, concerning the deserters and recruits for the army, have not produced ;he effete wnich his Excellency the President ad interim desired, as the Goser nors have not been able to gather a number of men by env means adequate to the wants of the army, his Excellency has ordered your Excellency to provide the material, to enable the different departments to furnish their quota and complete the contingent of troops required by the decrees of 29th of Decem ber. 1843, and the 2d July, 1844; for although the Supreme Government has not evaded with punctuality the compl,ntent from these departments, she now sees her-elf under the neces sity of doing so, for the war which she wages against the United States, the perfidy and treachery of which power has put her in possession of a part of this Republic. His Excellency the President ad interim requires that your Excellency inform the Governors of the necessity which exists, of detailing the number of men so highly necessary to locie to be prep , i.reo. alto LP , , , the ut,mn,.,t > • • , • rin f n., ges and (.:.'rer v ,re.• and o urgent ti.e ()Jilt!. •:t !; ~ nent patch of these warlike ;. 4 1 et.'n .rit'o mte d tot workmen at the N avy - ) and Nil' be at work ail day to inoiTonv, although it wily be Sunday wouli to . indkce that the Administration are convinccd titers is to be no joking, but an actual bonii. j ide war. A letter in the New Orleans Jeirersonian, Trift , :n a gentler - min in that city, says— VEIZA CIRCZ, JAN. 13.—1 have to. conclude this ter in.:. hu-ry, as the news Is jlt.4t in town that 'war been declared against the Americans, and the ve.,sos are going off immediately, to prt vont being seized." The New Orleans Bee, of the 4th, has the rumour a postscript : tt were intl , rmeti. Tact evening. that the Mexit•nn Government had come to the conension to stop all t{-t•- course with the Unled Stites, anti has is.sti-d orde , ‘s• - o her vgteons Government oqi , ..ers to that eff—t." 'P•e same paper, of the 5.h, nrntain- followinz " We, were inform-d yesterday that ;an inion'i , tor. honse in cur city had applied to the Mexican Consul to know whether he (mild. clear a ve , ,sat . for one g,t Mexican ports on Thursday next, and that the re, , l ) of the Consul was t hat a.ter Wednesday he would be unable to attend to any such buciness. As the duty nt the Consiu in sach cases is to countersign the manife is rettisol look.; us if there were some truth in the raw ~ .rs of war now so prevalent." • . • The Trlpic of th e s t h says of the same sublect : " The only rumour w_dch appears at present to he well authenticated, is one, that the Mexican Consul has re ceived orders from h 7 s Government to withdraw imme diately from this c..untry. What the exact nature of the Consul's instructions are, we are not advised, but we are informed, on what we believe to be excellent autho rity, that that-functionary-wid close his office to-morrow, and cease to exercise hiss duties." And the Courier of the 4th has the following post- Since the foregoing was written, we have seen letters from Mex'co of July 22, which say war was inevitable. The Senate of •Mexico had assemt,led in order to discuss the quests:,,, of peace or war, and the issue depended on their deliberations. Until the result was known, the Me .icaa ports would continue open as usual to American trade." ;; The Picayune also learns verbally that the opinion at Vera Cruz was prevalent and decided, that war would he- sp , Tedily declared, and also that Mexico is making strenuous efforts to borrow 12.000,000 dols. to carry it on. Vera Cruz was said to be very healthy. They were landing shots and shells from the Castle of San Juan de Ulioa, on the wharves. Two light shucks of earthquakes were felt at Vera Cruz on the lath ult., and between them came a severe tempest of rain. The following: extra , :t of a letter to a commerci.d house at New orleanS is'pliblk;ied in the P.tayutie:— MA.TAlnnails, jui.ir 17. 1845.-1 write, u. aguig thus B,on. fearing that. war wiii be d, Clare by Alexis,, agaims the United zitthes, and all commu;lication us interrupted for some time. From the present manifestath 43 of feel ing towards the Americans we fear we may be expelled from the country at fifteen days' notice, in which case I shall have the pleasure ef seeing you s o oner than I ex prot.ed, although at, a grievous loss in a pecuAary poini of r view. 13v toe present trouty betwe,,, th e u n ited States s and Mexico, w e arc p erm i tte d to remain ix menths to settle up our business affairs, but I am apprehensive they will pay no regard to it. Troops are this place from various quarters, and oot r remains in my miad of the of =lent to declare war, although it will be Jr them to push it w ith vigour, or the leas success. Should they, however, be si..ippt requisite funds from England, although able to make any powerfutdemonstration t side of the IL. , Grande, their rbttfo%ai ohsti) duet tbein For for a long tine tOly al) ; wards'a peace ..i7feiting their alleged rif : fi ts of Texas. FROM ST. DOXINGO.---Capt. Robinson, of the schooner 'cach , , firmoz, iUS Govern I fill she rai:'..•: , of thi- any, and to -..t.,:i.:' , ,:e- .o);:' ~.,,i : , - • inn of the authorit ies , t h at their prepiraii• es :,h.:11 .e .if- i tual, so as to tultil the desires of die Government, and pre -1 vent the dignity of the nation from being in any measure com promised. I have the honour to communicate to your Excellency the following, to be used as occasion may r quire. God and Libery !—July 6, 1845.—Garcia Conde. \ lost Excellent Senor, Mioister of Foreign Relations and of Po:ie , ... Transmit to the authorities depending upon your nepartincot. 31usi , F2caLLsNT SENOR.—It being necessary that the troops of the line should cover the frontiers of the repubho, and march towards Texas to conquer that department. now usurped by the United States; His Excellency tio- President ad Interim has commanded me to transmit. you this note, to excite the zeal and patriotism of the Governors, that they place under arms, in their respective district- , all the force whi c h c - n be collected in defence of the laws, to be reedy to serve as a safeguard of their respective departments, accordins to the de cree of the 4th of June of this year, and the regulation of the Ith inst. . Your Excellency will communicate to the Governors this supreme resolution, and will inform them of the elvigations under which the citizens are to contribute to the defence of their country, and to sustain rights, violated by a nation which refuies •to acknowledge th em , an d obli g es Mexico to maintain therti . by force, which it most undoubtedly will or fall in the struggle:-.. She will rot cons en t to g i ve up one half of her territory, 'from the base fear of losing the other. Hoping that your Excellency will furnish me with information as to the number of men which can be devoted to this important object, your Excelleney will please to aces pt my most high con sideration.' Cod and Liberty ! Mexico, July 16, 1845. To the . mess Excellent Senor, Minister of Foreign Relations and Police.. (Frog the New York Courier and Enquirer.) LATER FitpAt TEXAS.—Gatveston dates to July 30 have been received at New Orleans by the packet Alabama, which arrived on the 2d. We find a summary of the news she brought in the Picayune. The steamer Monmouth arrived at Galveston on the 31st ; she was to effect needed repairs, and leave the next day for Aransas. The Texan:. Convention seems to be progressing rapidly with its business, and will probably adjourn by the middle of this month. . The seat of Government will probably be continued . at Austin. The N a ti ona l R eg i s t er : contains the following AUSTIN, Juttlg;lB4s.—There is but little of interest going on here: the members of the Convention are be coming a little more excitable as time progresses. Yes terday there was a flare-up between General Davis and Senor Navarro. Davis, in advo2ating some .measure, introduced into his remarks a comparison rather die..., paraging to the Mexican nation, at which the " deputy" from Boxer took fire, and demanded if the remarks were intended as personal ' • to which Davis r e j o i ne d, b y de nying that he had s a id what was alleged. The Seat of Government question, I think, i s d es ti ne d to ra i se a row, the " West,' having divided upon it between Lagrange and Austin. The various Committees in the Convention have re . ported different previsions for a State Constitution. They are publishertat length in the Galveston papers. The Bill of Rights declares that no religious test shall ever be required ; that no persor; shall ever be imprisoned . for debt ; that perpetuities and monopolies shall never be allowed, and that no bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or any law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall be made, nor vested rights be divested unless for purposes of public utility, and for adequate compensa tion previously made. The Executive power is to be vested in a Governorchoson for four years. The .sth section of that part of the Constitution having reference to the "Judiciary" department of the State is as follows : The Governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the Senate. shell ap point the Judges of the Supreme and District Courts. The editor of the Civilian is of the opinion that th;s section will become a Jaw, thus taking the eleetien of the judges from the hands of the people. The first section of the " Legislative Department" provides that " every free white nestle citizen of the United States, who shall have resided in Texas one year preceding an election, and the last six months it, the country or been n which he ()Hera his vote, shall be a qualifled elector. fe'iians not taxed, and Africans and descendants of Afreans ex cepted." Isle Minister of the Gospel or Priest shall be a. mem ber of the General Assembly. The first election to be held on the first Monday and the following day in November, 1846, and the election Shall be held on the same day in November every two years thereafter. -. The Civilian remarks, that " it ap pears to be • underitood that a majority of the Conven tion are in favour of. inserting a unitise in tlo:, tion t . p The r _llfmjpg extract of a letter from Captain Gric.-. .of the Undifie;. - gives en account of the landing of the . United Statesar:ttips in Texas, It is dated ARANsAs BAY.. JULY 28, 1845.—Mn Satiit.day.- the 26th instant, tbe Anerictsti flag was first plant: t Texxs • by authority;tipen the south end of St. Joseph'e. Is!asnl, upon which I am landing the t roops f rom t h e Alithams, inside the bay. There are now. 500 men encamped here, and thescene is full of interest. The other ves sels with troops are not expected to arrive for several days. _ . br. D. A. Pony, of Washington county, was murdered recently by a negro, formerly the property of the doctor. The negro was suspected, accused, confessed the deed and has been . hying. According- to the Civilian, the health of Galveston continued remarkttlAy good. The weather had been dry, and ruin was mach needed. - A sew:: b..en established. between Washington and Austin, to continue during the season. Every thing on the trontiQr is quiet.. The Georgetown D. C. Advocate has the following perngraph " Rumours .were plentifully rife yesterday, as to the nature of a dispatch said to have been received on the previous evening by the Government, from Texas. From- all that we have been able to learn, we suspect that there is growing up in W. , stern Texas, a state of affairs as much the more serious than the Florida war, as the field of action ;Ind the numbers and powers of the Indian enemy there.-are greater than was the else in Florida:" FROM WASHINGTON.—We have not space this morn ing for the entire letter of our Washington Correscon dent. We give merely the following', which he senels.es a po4tscrift Of , he authenticity of its stateznentc we have no fr.le-ins of judging, citeept from the chara , ter of tht. writtr WASHINGTON, Aria. 9, 1845.--I have learned s‘itt,e news have an exei.edingly Wfiriike apoi- moan , . and would appear t, in,licate that th f Aa.roinistro." 1. has hvome pos,eB7ett , nf infornittri , ti, ot t' 0 d,,i, igs to ;E it . Mexicans leading thi,m to exi.Y , et r< deelqrafion and active -hostiliti , _.s. 1- aril that this - morning weredispatoho from th e Navy 'rani here, one hm ,, lrP(.; and fifty boxes of muskets by 'the Southern beat, to go through by the mail route to Orleam, and NH hundred boxes in Addit , ,,l have been ordered to by rent after them at (joiek they can pot , sibly be Pre pared. . Pe ( - II 31s, BRUSSELS, AM 25,—Oer journals contains long itc counts of the fetes at Cohourg, in lioni.ur of Queen V!etoria, who, as some of them sad•. is expected to pro long her visit to Sfptennher 30. DUTCH FUNDS.—AmsTERDAM, Arlo. 25. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. ••.••• • • • • 63% 64 Ditto, 3 per Cent . . 77% Ditto 4 per Cent.......... ......... 100% Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent......... y99k oo Ditto, 3% per Cent.............. Commercial Company, 4% per Cent • • 167% 165% East India Loan, 4 per Cent......... Exchangeon London, at sight ••• • 12 20 Two m0nth5......... ••• • • • 12 Ir On Hamburgh, at sight .... Two m0nth5............. On Paris •••• • • • • 57 50 Two months..... —Dutch Papers, Aug. 26. BELGIAN FUNDS.—liavi:us, Axis. 26. Actual Debt, 23% per Cent ........... Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •• •• .. Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• .. -- Ditto Threw per Cent.... .............. Ditto Thirty-seven:lElll°ns, ditto Ditto, ditto, 1840 .... Ditto, ditto, 1842 ••• . • • •••••-• • • • • • • • 101 % Ditto of the City - , 1832 • Ditto, 1543 ••••••••• •••••• • • • • • • 01% Bank of Belgium ....• • . •• • • • • • • • 646 --Brussels Papers, A ug . 26 . AGSTREAN FUNDS.— VIENNA, Atio. 22 5 per Cent. Metalliques— • • ••• • • 112% per' ent. dii ..... ... ••••• • • • • 101% ,' • 3 per rent. dmito.• ••• •• •••••• ••••• • • • • • 78. • Loan, 1534 ..... • ••••••• • • • • • • •• • •• • • 159% Ditto, 1839 ••• • • • •••••••• • • • • • • • • 129% .m Bank shares Esterhazy's Loan ........ • • ••• •• -Allgemcine Zeitung. Aug. 23 CH A it IN G-CROSS SUSPENSION IeRIDGE COMPANY. The Half-yeerly General Meeting of the Shareholger e : hi this Compeny way 'held yesterday, at their office, 9 Villiers -street, Hunger:Ord-market. Mr. William-Haw o ' Chairman of the Cempatiy, presided. The advertisement calling fhe meeting haying been read, the Secretary. read the report, of which the follow' ~itvw is an abstract : The Directors propose the pavntent of a di v id end, for tbi lave three months, of nine shillings per share, being at the rate of seven p e r c en t. p er annum on the capital of the CompseP and also to retain a surplus. of 43.51. 4e. 11d. t o be carried fee wird to assist th e next or w i nter half-year. The Directors d es i re to ca ll the attention of the Shire" holders to the loan of 26,0001., which was obtained in 1842 v the mortgage of all the Company's property to" the Eiebetqle' Loan Commissioners, and a portion of w hi c h (7701.) WOO conchae! of the agreem en t is to be paid off next year; buts. there can be no d ou b t t h at a loan may now be raisd sta much lower rate'of interest than five per cent, per enamel they propose to advertise for loans on debentures, to be issu ed under the pr ov i s i ons o f t h e new Act, for five, seven, or t ea years, the interest thereon to be secured on the tolls of the .bridge; and resolutions authorising the issue of such debetla tures will be submitted to the meeting. . Your Directors were anxious to have closed the capital OP count by thi s m eet i n g , b ut not having been able to accoinp li e",. this, they can n w only repeat that which they have stated O P, firmer oeca.sioes, that the estimate published in the prospeetee of Id ;8, will be a nearly •as possible correct. On the other hand, it is also very satisfaetory to your Directors to find the trail- far .-zeeeds the expectations of the original projectors of this beeatiful structure ; fOr in the prospectus above referred to. the daily traffic was estirnatect at 41,000 persons, where O' e during the period th e b ri d ge h as been opened, nearly 14,011 0 persona daily have used the bridge. Your Directors cannot conclude this report without calling the attention of the shareholders to the increasieg desire of the public to concentrate the railway traffic of the metropolis in the neiehbowhooe of this bridge, it is also stated in the report . that the purchase of properti for makmg approache s i s d e f erred until something certain ship he known abeut the proposed railway schemes, and that the Te.tto: have not been able to come to any agreement with the Huegerferri Ala ket Company. The CHAIRMAN, in a short address, adverted to the state' moots embodied in the report, and added that he had that morning had an interview with the Provisional Committee of the Central Terminus Railway Company, and they offered for the'eonsideratton eef the shareholders in the Charing -cross Sue' pension -bridge to lease it for a number of years at 160.000 1 .. being double the amount originally subscribed, and also to advance 26,0004 for the liquidation set the debt due to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, reserving the rights of the market, and also alowing the bridge shareholders to take in the proposed arrangement, a motel in sviares and a moiety in money. This arrangement WA •• however, contingent upon the Central Termieus Railway mpany receiving their Bill, and the approval of the present meeting. lie should not detain them further, but proceed et once to move that the report be received. . The motion being seaonded, was unanimously carried. Resolutions were then reed and agreed to—" That a dividend of 9s. a stare fur the last three. months be declared, beieg at the -' rate of 7 per ccitt. on the capital of the company, and that the same be paid on the 1 ith of-September nix.." • 0 That the Directors be authorised, when they see proper, r to raise an siitint,nal capital of 10,00 a, in 3,2'0 shares of 31. 2s. 6d. each, to form approaches to the bridge ; and also 'that the Directors he authorised and empowered to take such steps as they might think necessary to complete the arrange meet. with the Central Terminus Railway Company f o r the lease of the bridge for a numbe r o f y ears , reserving the rights of the market and of the Shur-holders " Thanks were t:.en voted to tee Directors, and the meeting adjourned. - - - .\IELANCFMLY )i-!Ai ii OF A CLER.GTMAN'S DAUOIfr VCR. —airing the whole of Wednseday a feeling of regret pre vailed in the s•eighbourhood of Clap Lam at a fatal accident which happened to a daughter of 'he Rev. Benjamin Hoe, of Cure- lane. It appears that at the back of the house is a small fish-pond, and after dinner the children were usually taken to play in the garden. and the deceased among them. On this occasion the deceased child got away from the servant, and whilst running on the bank of the pond, unfortunately stepped into it. The servant used every means to get the child outs which she succeeded in doing in a few minutes, and conveyed it to the house, when a surgeon was sent for, who promptly at-• tended. Every means were used to restore animation, but, as the child had been in a sickly state of health, all his efforts were • useless. The Rev. Mr. Hoe was at York at the time, bet was expected home on Wednesday night. Or ST. LEONARD. SHOREDITOFf.--WedoeS. day au adjourned Vestry meeting of the inhabitants and rate payers of this parish was held in the vestry-room adjoining tie church, for the purpose of elect.ng four trustees under the local Act, 42d of George 111. , cap. 13, called the Four Rates Act. At the previous -Vestry the Church party proposed Messrs. Long, Hopkins, and Toplis as trustees for the Holy well dia'rict, and Mr. Warr for the Hoxton New-Town dise tlict ; upon which the Opposition and Anti Church party, with a view to test their strength, proposed a Mr. Lawson for the Holv well, and Mr. P;ekford for the Hoxton New-Town die' trice. A poll was then demanded, which closed at four o'clock yesterday. At the dose of the poll Mr. Bewley, churchwar den (the chairman), declared the result of the poll to be in the - 11011 well district—Fur Long, 173; Hopkins. 170; Toplisie 171, Lawson, 103; majority for Hopkins 67—and declared ilea ri. Hopkins. Long, and Toplis duly elected trustees for • that district. For the district of Hor on New- Tows: the nem-, tier& were— For Mr. Wert., 175 ; Pickford, lt , '6 ; majority for Mr. Warr, 69, who was also declared duly elected. I4.:LEcrites; OF A. JUDGE.---A Rep , itie of the Corn-- mission-rs of the Westminster Court of Requests was held at the Court on Monday, to nominate the candidate for the Ales ot Judge or Assessor to the Court, agreeably to the provisions or the Small Debts Act. .There was a full attendance of com missi..l-er-, ehen Mr. Green, of Soho-seuare. was elected chat, • ae ; a .d Mr. Cuff, the clerk, proceeded to read over ibe pp; 'i o'+` %r - I.IA the various barristere and solicitors, e.andie , ter- ior ti.e appointment. Most of the candidates were backed ley a hog list of testimooiala from judge' and gentlemen of the legal ,erofestion. Among then were Mr. Keane, barrister, sirs iari, Mr. Horry, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Campbell, all bar wesn,. The solieitors are Mr. Le Breton, clerk to the parish St. Martes-in-the-Fielde ; Mr. A'Beekett, of Golden • and Jonday next Mr. Howarth, of High-street, Camden-town. iS !hit day for the election. 'lle contest will be 'he number of commissioners for the nine parishes r is 288 ; but not more than half her, qualified them to ery etose. Westmin .0 his Royal iTizh .f e tf one wal 10 _;:eisen'e cabi n , on 6oard th l6ed e Ele rom hant, cu a ti t tha n , WO I Copenhagen.— Cambridge Advertiser. ;eranium, Cue Hay ha,, re' turned to the Capf--that Va:aintner was left 40 miles east of the Cape, waitii,g an assault ; but lila Haytian soldiers refused to nefaek au , ! returned, leaving the Domini,: 14,h. 1 4 ° —,i• • • v.,t, •he (' 1 . 1 ) .•• (Into',, in move' rn,.•hi of t.. says th' • e.,•11 as other weasore , -, whi o h fr,s beef, reeeivea that. tine It .--e sending a force across the Rio (11. - ande. W - th rgarti v• the fact , that Texas does not extend to the Rio Graude, but oolY to the Neucis, the ofiie!%l paper se.:),s— -" Let . it not be said - that M,.xico hab el:timed the. country to the east of the Rtn Grande ; Lat ti.ev have 5 post a t Santiago •, that they have a few troop, at that post, at the mouth of the Rio Grande, and anotlyr small post higher up the river. We di. not rr.e n, tinles.,- they eArnpel us. by ~O ERC at of violelice, t, ,, tiisp-ass theta of these positions. We stand upon the defensive, so far es relates to the force they have already at these post Tili us not, howevel., of the 45,000 inhabitants they have settled on that river. The population on the river, until you ascend to the neighbourhood of the Santa Fe • i very small —not more than a few hundreds ; and most uf these very Mexicans have recognised the laws of Texaf, by uriting with the Texians in electing from that country a reiresentative to the Textan Congress." THE OREGON EMIGRANTS..—The St. Joseph Gazette, published in Missouri, has news from the Oregon eml• grants. Another company is lost, which contain' , fifteen men and thirty five women. They were about 800. miles above Council Bluffs, on the Missouri river they had despaired of getting on this season, and are planting buckwheat with the expectation of obtaining provisions .on which they ruay resume their journal next spring. DUTCH AND FLANDERS MAIL. THE HAGUE, AUG. 24.—The following particular , are sent us from Bois-le-Duc :—" We have received here further details of the ravages caused at Zevenberger, bf the dreadful hurricane on the 19th of this month; - The, roof of the new church f e ll i n, and in its fall carrie d away the ceiling. Eleven houses are wholly destioietio 66 very much injured, and 60 others damaged, though is a less degree. Three persons lost their lives ; thesis: mage done to effects and furniture, and to the front el the Castle is very great. GRONINGEN, Ana. 21.—We learn that orders have beep given by his Majesty's Government topurchase in foreigs countries large quantities of potatoes,and tc distribute theft for sale in the kingdom at a certain - fixed price, in ordef.' to alleviate as much as possible the distress arising ffol* , the failure or that product. BRUSSELS, AUG. 24.—Colonel Fitch, and Mr. G. L. rapor, architect and civil engin, er of London, have bed an audience of the Minister of Public Works, as repro— sentatives of an English Company which proposes 03 , make a railway from Termonde to Chatelet. We have much pleasure in stating that accounts frog' , different parts of the kingdom agree in announcing that, in spite of the leng continued reins, the appeal-twee of the crops is satisfactory ; the corn has not suffered much, and fine weather having set in, the farwers have hastened to profit by it, and expect th atl the harvest will be fine and abundant. Eft-ctual remedies have been employed to check the disorder in the potatoes, and they, too, pro' raise to be abundant.. S'( 11 ~~ 111.0] P ItICEs "'Rik Si per C Qper C c ew. ' 4l 'ng At Ditto Ditto I ndia s' , B n t.t; 1 Ditty l Acheol Ditto, P aICES C_OlaL o Ortti ' B PIL Dit ..•/' Di:. Frenc ielgii