The Sun. — London, England, 1832-09-26 00:00:00

4 ON FREE TRADE, CORN LAWS, AND CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR.,-Every man has an inherent right to his persona liberty, that is, to the advantages resulting from his men tal and physical exertions. He has a right either to con sume the produce of his own industry for his own use, or to exchange it f or th e pro d uce o f an y o th er person'sindus try. Those who are deprived of this right are slaves. It is impossible for any nation permanently to import manufactures without exporting manufactures or the produce of its own labour in some shape or other. The only reason for doing so at any particular period is, that more foreign goods can be had for a certain quantity of gold or silver coin, say 1001., than for as much home manufactures as can be purchased for 100/. ; for example, if an Englishman should want such a quantity of French wine as the Frenchman would sell him, either for 100 sovereigns or 901. worth of Birmingham goods, he would not pay in sovereigns ; b u t if 1101. worth of manufact ures were required, he would send the sovereigns. If sovereigns were continually exported because they exchanged advantageously for foreign goods, they would, by means of such exportation, in time become so scarce, that the contrary state of things would take place, and then the exportation of them would cease; were that not to happen, the sovereigns would be entirely sent away, and then, at all events, the further exportation of them would be discontinued. When men are allowed to exercise their industry upon these principles, they adjust such matters better than any laws can do it. All commercial laws are unjust in prin ciple and injurious in practice, for their effect is to compel people to buy dear and sell cheap. No laws are required, nor were ever enacted, to induce men to buy cheap or sell dear. Ido not recollect a single instance in which com mercial laws have not been injurious even to the parties they were intended to favour ; people cannot be made prosperous by Acts of Parliament. Farmers have been ruined by thousands, notwithstanding the Corn Laws, if not by means of the Corn Laws. There has always been more distress in Spitalfields than almost any other place, in spite of the legislative protection of the silk trade. The monopolies of the East India Company and the Bank of England are not supposed to have enabled those corpora tions to accumulate honest wealth, and there is much rea son to suppose they have been mainly instrumental in bringing about the misery which has shaken the fabric of society to the centre. There is great weight in names—commercial and agri cultural protection sound well—monopolies and prohibi tions are offensive to every ear; but protection to one is, and must he, prohibition to another. If prohibitory laws are good either in theory or prac tice, what limits should they be subject to? Should commercial intercourse be restricted betw, en nations, or counties, or parishes, or families ? The Worcester glovers are more injured by the fashion of wearing worsted and cotto❑ gloves made at Leicester, than by the importation of gloves from France. Should the Leicester manufacturers be prohibited from making gloves? When the English buy wheat from Poland, the Poles buy manufactures from England. To protect the English farmers, Polish wheat is, in fact, prohibited ; the Poles become not unwilling, but unable, to buy the English ma nufactures, the English workmen are thrown out of work, and the farmers are deprived of their best customers. Experience shows that a fall in price has invariably fol lowed protection : In 1814 the average of wheat for ten years past was 795. 5(1., a li beral system having existed for several years. In 1815 the farmers were protected by a new Corn Bill. In 18:22 the average of wheat for three years past was 545. 5(1., the ports having been constant}y closed. So that protection reduced the price 255., or about 30 per cent. Would the distress which now prevails in Warwickshire be removed by protecting- the inhabitants against the im portation of goods from 1-- orcestershire, Leicestershire, and Staffordshire? It is said, that so long as this country is heavily taxed it must be carefully protected. But we have found that p r otection by m eans o f restr i ct i on i s but a name. Having tried the restrictive plan till our capitalists are bankrupts, and our artisans beggars, let us, if it be only as a forlorn hope, try the contrary system of free trade. One-third of a man's income is taken away in taxes ; his only means to pay these enormous taxes are increased industry or more rigid economy. To prevent him from being ruined by excessive taxation, the Legislature wisely and kindly enact prohibitory laws, to prevent him from exerting his industry in various ways that would be ad vantageous, and, to complete the matter, compel him to pay a shilling for a bad article, when he could get a good one for sixpence. In a pamphlet just published by Sinmkin and Marshall, " On the Bank Monopoly, Deficient Currency, Excessive Taxation, and the Ruin of England," is the following pas sage : “ A Prohibition Bill they (the farmers) accordingly got, but the demand of the export merchants ceased, the manu facturers' stock was unsaleable, the workmen and labourers Were idle and without money. It is obvious the land. owners erred, but their error was based in knavery, and P rovidence, without a deviation from the natural order of t hings, involved them in the general misery !” By a statement made by Mr. Rooke, it appears that from the year 1688 to 1822, a period of 134 years, the Prices of gra i n a l ways rose upon i mportat i on b e i ng per rcitted, and fell immediately upo n res t r i c ti on t a ki ng p l ace . the unvarying experience of 134 years does not amount 4 " Proof, what does ? W. B. HAYDN.—The poet CARPANI once asked his friend RAYON " how it happened that his church music Was almost always of an animating, cheerful, and even gay description?" To this HAYDN answered, " I cannot make it otherwise : I write according to the thoughts Which I feel: when I think upon God, my heart is so full of joy, that the notes dance and leap as it were from my Pen; and since God has given me a cheerful heart, it will be easily forgiven me that I serve him with a cheerful spirit."— Christian Advocate. FLOODS.-On Monday evening we had a very heavy fall of rain, which continued incessantly till the following morning. The Findliorn rose to a great height; the passage boat at Cothall was carried away, and as the river was too deep and rapid to ford, neither the Defiance nor Star Coaches could get across, and the South Mail was also forced to stop in the evening. The guard and passengers, however, were ferried over, and the bags were brought into Inverness by the Defiance, which had re mained on the north side during the day. The Spey, Nairn, and other Northern rivers were flooded, and several fine fields of corn laid under water.—lnverness Courier. We are informed that there are at present drawn up, and ready to be presented to the Reformed Parliament, 350 petitions for the abolition of the Church of Scotland,—that is, for throwing the support of this Church exclusively on its own members. It would go far to neutralize the hostility of dissenters and seceders to this venerable establishment, the purest of the kind ever yet exhibited in the world, were patronage instantly and totally abolished. Nothing but this can avert or even protract its overthrow, under the searching eye and the liberal mind of a Reformed Parliament and an enlightened people.— Christian Advocate. - Music OF THE Ass.—Among the voca lists, the submissive ass ranks but as a rough and rude Performer. His meek and lowly look would indicate a gentler voice. Though coarse, his notes are pasting sweet compared to those of his brother mule, who, when he °Pens his hideous throat, puts every admiring friend to flight. In a less vulgar tone, Jack begins his bray with a modest whistle, rising g ra d ua ll y to t h e top of • his powers like the progressive eloquence of a well-adjusted oration, declining to an emphatic close.-- Gardner's Music of Nature. i;P IDE OF PAUPERISM.—It has been cus ,Z fr om time i mmemor i al, in a certain borough town the d a y te' to toll the bell at six o'clock in the morning of take " W hich th e f unera l o f any respectable inhabitant place, fo r which the sexton is entitled to a fee of 7s. ; and on the tolled at morning o f the burial of a pauper the bed i• eight o'clock, for which no fee demanded. The Paupers have on several occasions of late, when one of their grade has died, subscribed the sum of 7s. in order that the bell should toll at six instead of eight, so that the dis tinction between rich and poor should cease, as far as re gards bell. telling ! Is this the march of intellect or of pride ?---Bath and Cheltenham Gazette. ANECDOTE OF GEORGE IL—When his MAJESTY came to this country from Hanover, he brought over with him his cook, to whom he was extremely par tial. After some stay at St. James's, the cook grew Ire lanchely, and wanted leave to return home. His MA JESTY asked him why he wished to leave his service? The cook replied, " I have long served your MAJESTY with diligence and with honesty, and never suffered any of your property to be embezzled in your kitchen ; but here, the dishes no sooner come from the table than oue steals a fowl, another a duck, a third takes a joint of meat, and a fourth a pie, and so on until the whole is gone, and 1 can not bear to see your Ma'am so injured." The KING'S reply was, " Aly revenues here can afford this custom, and therefore, to reconcile you to your place, do you steal likewise, and mind that you take enough." The cook took his master's advice, and in a short time became the won adept thief of all the servants. COURT CIRCULAR. Sir JAMES GRAHAM arrived at the Foreign-office on Monday night, during the time the Ministers of the Five Powers were assembled on the affairs of the Netherlands, and bad an interview with Viscount PALMERSTON. The conference lasted till an early hour yesterday morning. The Dut c h Mi n i ster on a special miss i on visited Vis count PALMERSTON yesterday afternoon, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Russian Ambassador, the Prussian and French Ministers, the Austrian Miniscer on a special mission, and the Austrian Ch,rge d'Affaires, assembled at the Foreign.. office yesterday afternoon, to hold another conference with Viscount PALMERSTON. At 6 o'clock their Excellencies left for their respective residences. The Haase Towns' Minister transacted business yester, day at the Foreign-office. It has surprised the friends of Lord PAL NIERSTON that he never before thought of betaking himself for a seat in Parliament to his native county (Hants), where his paternal estate lies, and where Hs influence and claims are the most legitimate and safe. This would have been wiser policy in the first instance than submitting to a second rebuff at Cambridge, or trying his hand alter nately at Lambeth and at Truro.' The Noble Lord has, we perceive, at length taken this course by entering the lists against Mr. FLEMING, whose notorious enmity to Reform drove him from the seat which he is now endeavouring to regain ; and though we are no admirers of the whole of Lord PALMERSTON'S official career, we heartily wish him success when opposed to Mr. FLEMING and the Hampshire Tories, who, from the time of " Old GEORGE ROSE," have been the foremost and most uncompromising in ad herence to every species of public abuse.—Morn. Paper. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 23.—1 wrote this morn- ing in haste on account of time being limited. I have since been informed that MIGUEL'S squadron was driven southward of the Tagus by stress of weather, the first divi sion of SARTORIUS'S squadron went in pursuit ; the second resumed the blockade off the bar of Lisbon, to be strengthened by the London Merchant steamer, and other small vessels from the Douro. Two brigs of war received orders, and proceeded for the blockade of Figueiro on the 16th. An absurd rumour was circulated yesterday in the City, to the effect that Don MicuEL's agent was in treaty with the General Steam Navigation Company in Lombard .street, for the hire of four steam-vessels to be sent to Lisbon. Considering the state of MIGUEL'S trea sury, the chance of his obtaining steam-vessels from this country is, we should think, as slender as the probabi lity of his obtaining the co-operation of our Government. Private mercantile accounts from Oporto re present that the natives of Oporto have, on account of the bombardment, evinced much discontent. On the other hand, we can positively state, from sources which may be relied upon, that 40 forty-two pounders have been for warded from London to Oporto, with full 500 cavalry-- namely, 60 horses from London last week; 110 ditto, from Nantes, by the brig Jules ; 150 Hanoverian and Mecklenburg horses, from Bremen, per ship Emulous, of 350 tons ; 120 ditto, from Portsmouth ; 60 core from London—Total, 500. Besides these, 550 old soldiers frcm England, and 950 men of the Foreign Legion, paid off in Belgium, whom the agents of Don PEDRO contrived to secure on the frontier, so as to cause no umbrage. Three thousand muskets were shipped from London, with abundance of clothing, &c., provided by the first makers. Don CHAVIERE, the Aide-de-Camp of the Emperor, out does his 111A3EsTv's conduct and sang froid during the attack, as well as that of Don BERNARDO SA, who, con cealing his wounds, held his sword in his left hand, and remain Al an hour on the field of battle. The brother of Don BERNARDO SA was killed on the 23d August, al Vallango. A great deal of the wine at Villa Nova had been previously removed to Oporto, and was in perfect safety. SIR WALTER SCOTT.--The following pas sage from the pen of the gifted Baronet will be read with melancholy interest at the present period. It i s charac- teristic of the author:—" I must refer to a very early pe riod of my life were I to point out my first achievements as a tale-teller, but I believe some of my old schoolfellows can still bear witness that I had a distinguished character for that talent at a time when the applause of my compa nions was icy recompense for the disgraces and punish ments which the future romance writer incurred for being idle himself, and keeping others idle, during hours that should have been employed on our tasks. The chief en joyment of my holydays was to escape with a chosen friend who had the same taste with myself, and to alternately re cite to each other such wild adventures as we were able to devise. We told each in turn interminable tales of knigh... errantry, and battles, and enchantments, which were con tinued from one day to another, as opportunity offered, without our ever thinking of bringing them to a conclu sion. A.s we observed a strict secrecy on the subject of this intercourse, it acquired all the character of a concealed pleasure ; and we used to select for the scenes of our in dulgence long walks through the solitary and romantic en virons of Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Crags, Braid I fills, and similar places in the vicinity of Edinburgh ; and the recol lection of those holydays stills forms an oasis in the pil grimage which I have to look back upon." ANECDOTES OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.- Sir WALTER always disliked the acrimony of disputation; he never, like Dr. JonssoN, entered the lists as a cham pion for the palm of conversational honour; he never talked for victory, but rather as a relaxation from severer studies, and in order to amuse and promote kindly feel ings ; and he was always remarkably attentive to those who were diffident, gently encouraging them and drawing them on to take a share in the conversation, with a kind ness and consideration that was truly admirable. As a public speaker, he was graceful, easy, and fluent. He was in the habit of composing with singular ease and fluency, and he seldom altered his first ideas or language. He ge nerally finished about a sheet or sixteen pages of the novels per day, and the original manuscript is in a fair and legi ble hand, with scarcely any alterations. The most bril liant scenes and dialogues in " Guy Mannering," the " Antiquary," " Tales of my Landlord," &e. are written out in this manner with scarcely any interlineations, and apparently without any hesitation. The full flood of his ideas seems to have been poured forth from his excited mind with wonderful freedom and facility ; awl on one occasion, it is related of him, that when he was dictating to a friend (being unable to write from recent indisposition) one of the dialogues in Ivanhoe, in which Front de Bceuf is the hero, he rose up from his chair, in the animation of his fancy, and acted the scene which lie was describing, giving that part of the dialogue which belonged to Front de Bceuf with extraordinary force and vivacity, and with every suitable accompaniment of tone, gesture, and manner. He evinced the same fa cility in the composition of his poetry. Like many other great men he was distrustful of his own talents, and not at all conscious of their wonderful extent ; or rather he tried his performances by the severe test of his own exquisite taste, and was more humbled by the deficiencies which lie discovered than exalted by what he had actually performed. Sir WALTER SCOTT'S father was cut off by the same malady, and about the same age as his son, who, it is sin gular, had always a dread, which the event has unhappily realized, that this disease would overtake him in the de cline of life. Yet he was of a remarkably strong consti tution, enjoyed in gerwral robust health, was of moderate habits, and took regular exercise. It was his practice to rise in the morning about seven or earlier, and, with the interval of breakfast, to apply to his literary studies until one or two o'clock, when he went out to walk with his dogs for his companions, with whose gambols he was much amused, nor was he in the habit of allowing his valuable time to be much interrupted by visitors, who, though they were treated with extreme courtesy, were allowed after the first day to find their own amusement. He took great interest in adorning the grounds around Abbotsford, by planting, &c., and in the course of his walks he always carefully surveyed the progress of these improvements.— Edinburgh Evening Courant. The - popular author of" Stories of Waterloo," is about, we understand, to publish a work entitled," Wild Sports of the West," being the personal experience of the writer in hunting, shooting, fishing, &c. in the West of Ireland. This, it seems, is to be interspersed with legen dary tales, anecdotes, narrations of facts in natural history, descriptions of scenery, &c. &c. SCOTTISII CLANS.—So powerful at one time was the family of Nithsdale, in the neighbourhood of Dum fries, that no less than 70 gentlemen's seats, all MAXWELLS, might he counted between Cosincon and Caerlaverock ; shout one half of which still remain in the occupation of regslar descendants. A tremendous fall of the Dover Cliff, amount !rig to some thousand tom?, took place on Friday afternoon, just beyond the Castle; it made a breach through the road to th e sea. No accident occurred, we are happy to state, from the fall. CORONER'S INQUEST.-011 Monday evening an inqu est was held before Mr. CARTER, t h e coroner, .And a hi g hl y Last, Gr eenw i ch, on the bodies of RICHARD MEE, aged respectable jury, at the sign of the Ship. and tour years, and JosErg! AIRE, aged three years, the chil dren of JOSEPH MEE, a fisherman, many years a resident at Greenwich, and well known on the Thames, who were drowned in the Thames.--. Verdict, Accidental death. FINE ARTS. LANDSCAPE ILLUSTRATIONS to the SCOTCH NOVELS. PINTS 4 and 5. There are numerous striking engravings in these numbers, neither of which is a whit infe rior to its predecessors. The view of the Solway Firth, to which Sir Walter Scott throughout his poetical and prose works makes such re peated and such graceful allusions, is very ably engraved by Finden, from a painting in water colours, by Copley Fielding. The female por traits too, which we suppose are to be considered as landscape sketches, in accordance with the spirit of Lord Byron's description of one of his heroines, " Dudu was a soft landscape of mild earth, Luxuriant, budding," give a very felicitous idea of the originals, as we find them described in the Scotch novels. Flora Mac Ivor is the truest and best conception. LITERATURE. SARRANS' MEMOIRS OF LAFAYETTE. LONDON, RICHARD BENTLEY, 1832. We are not at all surprised at the report that this book has been suppressed by order of the Police at Paris, for a more complete exposé of the infamous juste milieu system, and the un worthy intrigues of its arch-advocate, Louis Phi lippe, was never yet published. The book takes up the biography of Lafayette, the original founder of that grand institution, the National Guard, at the period when he enlisted as a volunteer, under Washington, during the first American war, and carries it down to the last outbreak in Paris, at the funeral of General La marque. We have read Mr. Sarrans' Memoirs of this illustrious man with the attention they deserve, and though at times they are highly coloured, and bear strong marks of the enthu siasm of friendship, yet the facts themselves are quite sufficient to justify us in giving it as our opinion, that General Lafayette furnishes us with the purest and loftiest model of a patriot of any man that ever existed. Twice had he the destinies of France at his feet,—twice her Crown within his grasp, yet on both occasions lie had the magnanimity to resist the brilliant temptation. His conduct throughout the last revolution affords a striking contrast to that of Louis Phi lippe, who obtained power solely on the score of pledges, not one of which he has fulfilled.— It was Lafayette who helped him to the throne, and stood his friend when he most needed assistance, and it is the same Lafayette who is now one of his most strenuous political op ponents. Mr. Sarrans gives us some edifying particulars respecting the intrigues for putting Louis Philippe on the throne, which were en gaged in by men who were for the most part in active during the three days, and shows us how the patriots of the revolution were, owing to their too great confidence in the Citizen King, tricked out, one by one, of all the advantages that were promised France. He scrutinizes also with a curious, searching eye, the public conduct of the Citizen King down to the present critical period, and proves incontestably that Louis Philippe, ever since he felt the Royal diadem clip his brow, has had but one object in view,—the enlisting himself among the legitimate monarchs of Europe, and sacrificing the dearest and most sacred interests of France to further this great end of personal ambition. Mr. Sarrans more over shows us how Lafayette and the movement party are striving to counteract this mischief, and closes with the following significant comments on the injuries that have occurred to France from the juste-milieu system : " In compensation for the loss of her recognized rights, the system of the 13th March offers France a ruinous re pose, an infamous peace, projected canals, the formation of roads, the construction of monuments. France re quires only liberty, honour, honest ministers, and all the consequences of toe revolution of July, let them be popular or monarchical. " The system of the 13th March has destroyed trade and commerce ; because the prosperity of trade and com merce is either consequent on a state of peace with a security of its duration, or on a state of war with pre sumption of victories. But we have neither war nor peace; and France cannot exist without trade and com merce. " The system of the 13th March has deadened the spring of the arts, stifled the scienc.±s, frightened away poesy, deprived life of all its blandishments ; its cupidity ills dried up all the sources of pleasure and happiness. France did not fight at the harrica,fes in order to conquer a cloister. " The liberty of tie press is consecrated by a law of 1830 ; but the prisons gape before it—thanks to the laws of the republic and the empire ! But France has read, in the pages of Alontesquieu, that one of the principal tyrans vies of Tiberius was the abuse he nude of the ancient laws, the off s p r i ng o f t h e c i v il di ssens i ons of Rome. France repudiates such a monstrous imitation. " The patriots are the objects of your raillery, for hay -I,g flo c k e d to the barricades under the fire of the Swiss. They are now compelled to hide their scars, and to fly the signals of their glory, in order to escape the police-ser jeants, or the clubs of their hired ruffians. France is weary of the impunity of these hangmen this reign of terror must also have its 9th Thermidor. " Either France, or the system of the 13th March, must then perish. " France will not perish ; because she possesses for her defence the union of all the interests of a great people, whilst her enemies have only weakness and pride to over :mite her with ; and because, whilst they gain over to their side th e d eput i es, the electors, and the juste -milieu of all denomi nat i ons, t h ere i s left for her only t h e feeling of the rightfulness of her cause, the spirit of liberty, and the hatred of her enemies. " To say the truth, France likes not the juste-milieu, because she knows no juste-milieu between the ancient and the new dynasty—between the hereditary and the non hereditary institution of the peerage—between the rejec tion and the acceptance of Belgium—between war and peace—between the liberty and the censorship of the press—between the freedom and the monopoly of com merce—between re li g i ous lib erty and St. Simonianisin— etween natural independence and the chains of the Holy Allia:ace—between the hatted and the friendship of free men—between glory and shame, honour and infamy. France thinks, in truth, that the juste milieu means nothing when applied to questions of actual policy. The juste-milieu round which France would have rallied, was a popular throne, environed by republican institutions: this has been denied her. " The doctrinarian system, the juste-milieu, are then condemned to perish. But must they necessarily drag along with them, in their downfall, all that is propped up upon their unpopularity? Ido not think so; for I state the extreme limits of possibility. The very nature of a representative government opens an extensive view of hap piness to the monarchy of the barricades; and offers the probability that th a t monarch, giving way before the con dition of huma n ity, w hi c h is to change, will avow to France that it h as b een the dupe of false and interested re presentations ; th a t i t h as rece i ved bad councit , , com mitted faults; that th e t erm o f all the usurpations whicwhichparalyzed the revolution is arrived; and that it feels the necessity of marching with the events, if not with the men, of July. " France deserves to hear such language as this, and to recompense it b y o bli v i on o f t h e past an d con fidence in the future. " But if the monarchy is not inclined to reject any of the councils it has received ; if France is condemned to bow in silence her forehead to the dust, it should not be forgotten that, in the event of a violation of the couotitu tional compact, the refusal of the taxes is the literal, the complete interpretation, an'l, in •mne sort, the dogma in full vigour of the representative system. " And, then, what comes next? Ordinances ?—Coups d'etat ?—..or, if they are not strong enough to play that game— " We must await the judgment of Heaven !" FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 24. 7th Regiment of Foot—Major -Gen. Sir E. Blakeney, K.C.B. to be Colonel, vice Field-Marshal Sir A. Clarke, G.C.8., de. ceased, Sept. 20. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Lanark. Royal Lanarkshire Militia—H. H. Vaughan, Esq., to be B r evet Captain, Sept. 6. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. GEOGRE ASHBY and THOMAS ASHBY, Derby, linen. drapers. BANKRUPTS. GEORGE WILLIAM ATKINSON, Fenchurch-street, gro cer, to surrender Oct. 5 and Nov. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Parker, St. Paul's Church-yard; Whitmore, Aus tin-friars, official assignee. THOMAS HOLLINS, Salford, Lancashire, saddler, Oct. 8, 10, and Nov. 6, at nine, at the York Hotel, Manchester. Ad lington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London ; Claye and Thompson, Manchester. GEORGE WATSON, Liverpool, publican, Oct. 13, and Nov. 6, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, LiverpooL Snowball, Claren don-rooms, Liverpool; Johnson and Weatherall, Temple. HUMPHREY MAY FR EESTUN, Monkton Coombe, Somer. setshire, dealer and chapman, Oct. 2, and Nov. 6, at twelve, at the Three Cups Inn, Bath. Jones, Crosby.square, London ; Hellings, Bath. WAITS LEES, Greenacres-Moor, Oldham, Lancashire, cot ton-spinner, Oct. 10, 11, and Nov. 6, at ten, at the King's Arms Inn, King-street, Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Temple, London ; Atkinson and Birch, Norfolk-street, Manchester. CHARLES SHEAM, Widcombe and Lyncombe, Somerset shire, barilla.manufacturer, Oct. 8, and Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Castle and Ball Inn, Bath. Drake, Vine-yards, Bath; Dax and Bicknell, Lincaln's-Inn-Fields, London. JOHN BRITAIN, Ripon, Yorkshire, grocer, Oct. 4, at six, 5, and Nov. 6, at eleven, at the Falcon Inn, Micklegate, York. Williamson, Gray's-inn-square, London ; Blanchard and Richardson, York. DIVIDENDS. G. Keene, Union-street, Southwark, victualler, Oct. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. D. D. Davis, Fitzroy-square, Tottenham-court-road, boarding_ housekeeper, Oct. 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. A. A. Fry, Great Ormond-street, dealer, Oct. 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. Steel, Berkeley-street West, Edgware-road, stable.keeper, Oct. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. A. Stokes, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, bookseller;Oct. 19, at one, at the White Hart Inn, Hartlebury, Worcestershire. A. Reid, Bishop Auckland, Durham, draper, Oct. 16, at two, at the offices of Messrs. Marshall, Durham. T. Hewitt, jun.. Kingston-upon-Hull, merchant, Sept. 28, at eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. L. H. Brough, Neath, Glamorganshire, grocer, Oct. 20, at one, at the offices of Messrs. Gregory and Smith, Bristol. E. Devin, Liverpool, music -seller, Oct 31, at one, at the office of Messrs. Topham and Son, Liverpool. T. Wood, jun., Clayton, Yorkshire, worsted-manufacturer, Oct. 17, at twelve, at the Yew Tree Inn, Robert Town, Yorkshire. J. Browne, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, silversmith, Oct. 18, at twelve, at Radenhurst's New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. H. M. Robinson, Walbrook-buildings, wrought-iron-tube manufacturer, Oct. 18, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. CERTIFICATES, OCT. 16. E. Halsall, Bristol, watchmaker. R. Smith, Salisbury, haberdasher. W. Talbot, Cambridge, watchmaker. J. Lucas, Cromer-street, Brunswick—square, builder. H. Stephenson, Lombard-street, banker. T. V. Holmes, Gloucester, corn merehant. J. Montague, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, jeweller. Dunsdon, Worcester, pastry cook. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Dodd and J. Earnshaw, Liverpool, printers. W. Jones and W. Baucutt, Soho-square, drapers. T. Williams and J. Hardwick, Worcester, glove manufacturers. T. W. Monteath and T. Sutton, Liverpool, wine-merchants. J. and T. Lockitt, Congleton, Cheshire, grocers. M. and J. Tyzack, Sheffield, die-sinkers. B. Bewley and J. Brier!, Liddington, Wiltshire. A. Latham and S. S. Gair, Liverpool, merchants. C. Swain and T. Dewhurst, Manchester, booksellers. R. Hendrick and S. Brownentt, Liverpool, chronometer-ma kers. S. Young, W. S. Young, and T. Elliott, Parliament street, Westminster, attorneys (so far as regards T. Elliott). P., J. S., W., and H. Kenway, Bridport, Dorsetshire, twine manufacturers (so far as regards H. Kenway). J. de Smedt and M. Boulme, Nottingham, lace commission agents. - W. Brown and H. Cosier, St. Albans, Hertford, auctioneers. W. Watson and J. Waltham, Skidby, Yorkshire, millers. W. Booth, J French, W. Wilkinson, T. Turnbull, and W. Ferry, Deptford, Durham, flint glass.manufacturers. G. Nixon and J. Chorley, Macclesfield, grocers. I. J. and J. Weatherley, North Shields, wine merchants. J. J. Quane and T. W. Kirkbride, Nantwich, Cheshire, brewers. I. Stephenson and W. Boulton, Manchester, corn.factors. New York Papers to the 2d instant have been received, but they do not bring any foreign or domes. tic news of public interest. The cholera was on the de cline at New York, the cases averaging under 30 per day. We understand, from a source worthy of con fidence, that the French Government have given the most positive and satisfactory assurances to our Cabinet, that, in the event of the French army entering Belgium, the occupation shall cease as soon as the citadel of Antwerp is evacuated. The French Ministry have also announced officially that a fleet has been advised to hold itself iu rea diness to co-operate with our ships, if coercive measures should be resorted to against the King of HOLLAND. The several members of the Conference as sembled for a second time the same day at the Foreign office shortly after 10 o'clock on Monday night, and con tinued in deliberation until nearly 3 o'clock yesterday morning. Notwithstanding the late hour at which the members separated, summonses were issued the same morning for assembling at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at which hour another Conference took place, and the sitting lasted until nearly 7 o'clock in the evening. Nothing particular transpired as to the result of this last meeting ; it is said that the return of despatches from the Hague and Brussels are awaited for before any active steps are taken by the British Government. A Belgian journal furnishes the following anecdote:—" The Duke of ORLEANS, in making an in • spection of one of the hospitals of Paris, recognised in one of the wards a soldier who had greatly distinguished him self in NaroLEoN's campaigns. My brave fellow,' said his Royal Highness, approaching and taking him by the hand, I hope to hear shortly of your recovery. The country cannot spare the services of —' My Lord,' interrupted the veteran, when I was at Jaffa, sick of the plague, the Emperor condescended to take me by the hand ; but he did not wear gloves.' _ _ The Duke de GUICHE, brother to the Coun tess of TANKER viLLE, and an adherent of the exiled Royal Family of France, is expected to arrive to-day at Gau• LON'S Hotel, Charles Street, Gro , venor-square, from the North. The Duke left Edinburgh on Thursday, and on his way to town intended to pass a few days with Lord and Lady TANKERVILLE, at their seat Chillingham Cas tle, in Northumberland. The Brron St. A ÜBIN, Count de BOUILLE, arrived at GRILLON'S yesterday from 114- rood, and several other French Noblemen attached to the suite of the Ex-King will reach London before the end of the week. The Duke de GUICHE will remain in London a month before he proceeds to the Continent. Tie Count de BOUILLE sets out for Paris immediately. We under stand that the Duke de GRADDIONT, father of the Duke de GUICHE and of Lady TA NKERVILLE, does not intend leaving France, where it seems he has not made himself obnoxious to the existing Government. THE REV. EDWARD IRVING.—We some time ago noticed that the Annan Presbytery had trans mitted to the Rev. EDWARD Invina a list of queries re garding certain doctrinal points of Scripture, and as test ing the alleged peculiarities of that gentleman's religious faith and views, requiring within a certain specified time distinct and categorical answers to these catechetical queries. We understand that Mr. IRVING has, within the last few days, written to the Presbytery, praying for a delay of his case for two months longer, and promising, at the end of that time, a respectful and minute answer to the questions of the Presbytery. From the tone and style of the Rev. Gentleman's letter the Presbytery have con sidered him entitled to the indulgence, and granted it ac cnralingly. It is strongly believed, by those best acquainted with Mr. IRVING in his native burgh and distri c t, th a t h e will reply to the queries of the Presbytery in propria per sona. —Scotch Paper. DOUBLE MARRIAGE.—THE BITER BIT. --(From a Correspondent.)—A few days since a young woman calling herself REGAN, on the point of confinement, applied for relief to Nit.. W—, the relieving Overseer of St. of It appeared that she had a legal settlement by servitude in the parish, and according to her own statement, the father of her child was one Taos. PETTIT, a cooper, front Birmingham, who would marry her if he had the means to pay the expenses. The pa rish authorities snapped at the bait. Fearful lest the parish should be burdened by the woman and her child, they had the parties married as quickly as possible. A wedding ring was purchased, and two sovereigns were given them, that they might start to Birmingham, and com e upon the husband's parish there. The chagrin of . the aut h or i ties may be imagined when it is stated that i n -• formation was brought to them the following day that the Parties had been already married in October last, at St. Philip's, Birmingham, that the " family appearance" of the woma n was on l y assume d, an d that the two sove reigns were spent in a " jollification. " t i MEAT ROASTED BY COAL GAS.--. A patent apparatus is in operation at t h e G as Offi ce i n Old square, belonging putorpothseeof Birm Birmingham and Tipton Gas Comp any , f or the applying g as to culi nary an d other uses i n manufactor i, s, i nstea d o f coa l fi re . This novel d es id ire um n scienee will supply us with combos- tion in th e most co - n - veriient form, as the required ten;pe rature may be regulat,d by thermometric admeasurement, and the consumption of gas limited to the duration of time the process is in action. , ..•Nottinghatn Review. BOROUGH OF LAMBETH. Yesterday evening a meeting _ of electors of the Borough of Lambeth, chiefly composed of those favourable to the return of Mr. Tennyson, took place at the Horns tavern, Kennington. Mr. PALMER in the Chair. The meeting was appointed for 6 o'clock precisely, but business did not commence until nearly 7. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings by stating, that the present was one of a series of meetings held in that borough, for the purpose of enabling Mr. Tennyson to make himself better known to the electors, and of de claring the principles upon which he solicited their suf frages, and he hoped that the impression made upon their minds was calculated to produce the utmost satisfaction. The gentleman who that night stood before them as a can lidate, was most anxious to be questioned upon any points respecting which there might exist the slightest uncer tainty respecting any matter at all affecting his character is a public min. It was well known to all whom be then addressed, that upon every occasion Mr. Tennyson had proved himself the friend of the people, and hid always stood forward to maintain popular rights. If they re turned such a man to serve as their representative in Par liament, they would do themselves infinite credit by such a choice, and at the same time confer a lasting benefit upon the country; they would also show, that in the choice of a representative, they had been actuated alone be a regard t i principles. On the present occasion they would learn with much satisfaction, that the Right Hon. Gentleman who would now address them had at length become a con vert to the expediency of having all votes at elections for Parliamentary Representatives given by ballot.—(Great applause.) He had at length become convinced that un less the poor man was borne harmless through the con flict, they could have nothing like purity of election. It was a truth but too obvious to all of them, that the middle classes were falling fast into decay, and that the State must soon enlarge the work-houses and the gaols, or the peo ple must be allowed to enjoy the benefits of an improved system of government--they must have cheap govern ment and cheap justice, and untaxed materials of indus try, and untaxed knowledge. They had been told that one of their candidates would remove their turnpike-gates to the boundaries of the parish—that might be all very good, but Mr. Tennyson would apply himself to the great work of obtaining for them relief from the great tells of the State. Before he sat down there was one circumeance t 9 which he wished to call their particular attention. It had gone forth to the public that a coali tiun between Lord Palmerston and the Right Honoura ble Gentleman then in the room had been agreed to. On the part of Mr. Tennyson's friends, he (the Chairman) had thought it right to call on Mr. Hawes, and altogether to disavow any such intention. Mr. WARBURTON moved the first resolution, which went to express the great satisfaction which the meeting felt at the recent declaration of Mr. Tennyson, contained in the placard posted throughout the Borough, in which he had disclaimed any intention of coalescing with Lord Palmerston or any other candidate. Sir WILLIAM INGILBE next addressed the meeting in support of the resolation, pronouncing a warm eulogium upon the character and conduct of Mr. Tennyson, strongly impressing upon the meeting the urgent need in which the country stood of the protection which the mode of voting by ballot could alone supply. He rejoiced to think that some of his Majesty's Ministers had at length begun to see a little day-light ; but, unlike them, lie (Sir Wm. Ingilby) did not fnd it necessary to be driven into a hole for the purpose of becoming favourable to the vote by ballot—he had not remained ao anti-ballotter for more than a week; for he had scarcely taken even that short time to reflect upon the subject, when he came to the conclusion that the protection of the ballot was vitally essential to the free exercise of those rights which the Reform Bill had just conferred. The people could never be free from the Aristocracy and the parsons, unless they were secured in the exercise of their franchise by the ballot.—( Hear.) Mr. TENNYSON then got up amidst great applause to address the meeting. He had been invited to stand for the borough upon public grounds, and he had not pro ceeded to a personal canvass both from the state of his health, arising from long-continued Parliamentary labours, as from the fact that he understood such canvass was neither expected nor would be generally acceptable ; but be trusted that his not proceeding to canvass would not be imputed to any want of respect to wards the electors of Lambeth. Nothing could be more remote from his feelings than to treat with even an ap proach to disrespect a body of electors who had received him so cordially, and nothing could afford him greater satisfaction and joy than the honour of being returned to serve in Parliament for such a borough as Lambeth. In addition to the printed declaration which he had put forth upon the subject, he begged then once again to declare, that nothing could have been further from his mind, than to enter into any coalition with his Noble Friend, Lord Palmerston—he called him his Noble Friend, for both in public and in private be regarded him in that light. He assured them that the idea ofd coalition never once entered his mind—be looked upon coalitions under such circumstances as most unwarrantable—as one of the grossest frauds that could he practised upon any place possessing the right of returning Members to serve in Parliament. It just amounted to this, that when two Members did not find themselves strong enough to stand upon their separate claims, they clubbed their imbecility for the purpose of forcing upon the borough or county some candidate whose services the borough or county did not require. Oa the subject of the ballot, he begged to call their attention to some circumstances connected with 'iris declarations on that subject. When he was fast in terrogated relative to the ballot, he gave a direct and honest answer, dictated by the condition of his sentiments at that time. He stated that if the Bill did not operate according to the wishes of its promoters, and that in con sequence of that the electors did not enjoy the full and free exercise of the privilages which that measure imparted to them, that he for one should give his most cordial sup port to a measure introducing the vote by ballot. lie was, he confessed, at that time most anxious that the Bill should have a fair trial, at the same time be declared he did not see how they could avoid voting by ballot ; but between that period and the present hour, he had seen abundant rea son to satisfy his mind that the protection, which the ballot alone could afford, ought no longer to be withheld. He need not seek for any instance beyond that which had been af forded to him in the county of Lincoln. Ile had lately accompanied his friend, Sir W. lugilby, on a part of his canvass of the northern division of that county, and though there could be no doubt of the return of his lion. Friend, yet such instances of intimidation on the part of landlords bad come under his observation as left no doubt on his mind that the ballot would no longer, with any safety, be with held. He begged his friends to bear in mind that he did nut mike these observation , ' from any fear that exception would be taken to hint in the borough of Lambeth on the ground that he was not a supporter of the ballot—on the contrary, he had never heard the slightest objection against him urged upon that ground, and he now came forward to make the declaration which be had done, not in conse quence of anything which had arisen amongst the electors of that borough, but in consequence of the solemn convic- tions of his - own mind.—(Applause.) He now stood before them to be interrogated once again in such manner as they might think proper. The country had by the Reform Bill been redeemed from a position into which he trusted it would never again fall—and thus its liberties had been placed upon that which he Loped would prave an everlasting foundation. He would ask them in what state had the Reform Thu found the Law—the Church—the Taxes—the Monetary System—the Public Debt ? Just in the state that might have been expected from the then existing state of the representation ; but now, after the Reform Bill, it would be the fault of the people themselves if they permitted things to remain as they were. He had once sat for a rotten borough, belonging then to that class who had so long been the masters of the people, and he, if he had been so inclined, might too hive aimed at being one of them; he should now, however, be happy iu oc cupying the place of one of the servants of the people—a service, in which he should most cheerfully and zealously apply himself to the task of restoring the Constitution to its original purity. Mr. CHURCHILL desired to know from the Right Hon. Candidate his sentiments on the subject of Church Re- form—whether Church property was not public property, and whether it might not he applied to the relief of the national burdens ? He also referred to the observations made in Parliament by Mr. Tennyson on the subject of a new creation of Peers, and desired to know if the Right Hon. Gentian in had any explanation to give of the speech he had then made. There was another subject upon which be desired to have some explicit statement from the Candidate: be alluded to the taxes upon knowledge —it was a grievance in redress of which they bad just as lit tle to hope frosts the present Government as from any Go vernment that ever existed. They were as great enerni:s to the diffusion of khowledge as Castlereagh or Sidmouth. For his part he did not hesitate to say, that no indepen dent community should support a Candidate who did not pledge himself to the repeal of all taxes that impeded the e i spread st s o upon information . pon knowledge did The revenue not t de exceed 600 r fromv o e o d ol :ay e tal and it would be very easy to find means of making such retrenchments as would countervail that reduction of the revenue ; or at all events, by means of a sound and ex t,usive Church Reform, find the means of making good the deficiency. For his part, be was an advocate for uni versal suffrage and annual Parliaments; at the same 'me. he was glad to accept the vote by ballot at one instalment of the &tat due t the people of England. ft svas a disgrace to the hotough of Lambeth that they could find no better man to represent them than such c one as Lord Palmerston, the man who had supported Castlereagh and the Manchester Magistrates, the frequent suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, and every other measure which a Tory Ministry could propose.—(Cheers.) Mr. Lucattics wished to know from Mr. Tennyson what he intended to do with that abomination of all abo oinations—the Church of England ? He wished to know Irons the Right Hon. Candidate then in the room, whether ,r not he would support a measure for abolishing all pro lerty qualification as well in the elector as in the elected ? ,le complained of Air. Tennyson's not having supported 'he motion of Mr. Ruthven, for relieving the tenants of wo acres in Ireland from the burden of tithes—would he •upport Mr. O'Connell in his measures for the improve nent of Ireland ; would he agree to the abolition of the sw of primogeniture? Mr. ARNOTT (as we understood) appearing on behalf of he friends of Lord Palmerston, assured the meeting that 'oalition was as fir from the mind of the Noble Lord as t could possibly , be from that of the Right lion Gi•ntletnan. Mr. TENNYSON again stood forward to address the neeting, observing that to most of the questions which iad that evening been put to him, he had given ans vets in former occasions. He was a friend to Church Reform ; to considered the property of the Church, as lie did all lie institutions of the country, the property of the State, risting only for the good of the people; and especielly lid he think that church property was the property of ti e Mille. He was a member of the Church of England, rut be had not the slightest difficulty in s tying, that if that church no longer administered to the wants and vishes of the people, it ought no longer to exist. But he ieliev, d that it could be so amended as to administer to hose wants and wishes ; and, therefore, no man desk, d nore earnestly than he did to see the abuses of the church • .eformed, and no man would more strenuously ex, rt hint. elf than he should to promote that species of Reform ; but fby Reform were meant a total confiscation of church property, for the purpose of applying such property to the iurposes of the State, all he could say was, that if, upon nvestigation, it should appear that the property of Vie ttrurch was more than enough to defray the expenses of tl.e hurch, and adequately to remunerate the working clergy, end that after that there remained a surplus, then lie hould have no objection to apply that surplus to the purposes of the State. He was a member of tire church ,f England, and friendly to its institutions ; 'le hail never professed himself otherwise—he hail never rei n a Dissenter—he had never gone fur tiler than to de ;tare that he wished to see its gross abuses reformed. 'I he text topic to which he applied himself was, the notice taken sf the observations which fell from him in the House if Commons repecting the creation of Peers, lie con eased he thought the country had enough of Pe rs, and hat we had every reason to be grateful to the King fur nanaging to have the Reform Bill carried without thet creation. Respecting the taxes on knowledge, lie wes , ery sensible of the value of a Free Press, but he thought it might be hard to tie up the hands of Alinisters tto closely—it would not, perhaps, be indulging them too far if they were allowed to take off lea the tax in the first instance, and the other half as circumstances allowed. As to Jim qualification of electors, he had ever been au ailyoca . e or the scot and lot suffrage ; and in proof , f his sentiments referred to the motion be had made reNsectingl3irtninghain, in the proposed disfranchisement of East Retford ; hut lie lid nut think that the property qualification of Members iught to be abolished. He was in favour of a graduated pro nisty tax ; and with respect to the question put to him, whe ther or not lie would withdraw in the event of differing from iris constimente, he had only to say, that he hoped the lectors of Lambeth would not seek to introduce a new lemeat into the Constitution of such a nature as that ; hut for himself individually, Le had only to observe, that should he have the misfortune to differ from the great hotly of his constituents, and to have that difference uticqiiiye (tally established, he trusted he should act as the delicacy if such a situation required ; of this he fe:t perfectly as stated, that, under no circumstances, would lie forfeit the confidence of any body of electors ; it was impossible that lie should ; but he protested against making ie.) , fur ther declarations upon the subject.—(Applause.) The resolution was then put and agreed to. - _ Mr. B. WOOD moved a resolution pledging the electois then present to give Mr. Tennyson their warmest support. Mr. BARROW seconded the resolution. He begged tiost heartily to congratulate Mr. Tennyson and his friends upon the successful canvass of the District Committees. When called upon to engage in that work, they ceruainle .ould not have anticipated so noble, so triumphant a re ult as that which had awaited their labours...-.Resolution agreed to. Mr. D. RICHARDSON moved that a subscription be en , red into to defray the expenses of the election ; which was seconded by Mr. WARBURTON, and agreed to. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meet ing broke up. The occupiers of houses required for the opening of the new street from the Strand to Long-acre have received notice to quit—some at Michaelmas, and the •emainder at Christmas —preparatory to the commerce :tient of the preparations for the completion of the plan, and the erection of the new English Opera flouw. We are enabled positively to state that one of Are principal agents of Dan PEDRO iu this country has 'teen fortunate enough to secure the services of the whole Foreign Belgic LegiGn, which will be forthwith convcyrd to Oporto in steatn.vessels from Ostend. The agent, having obtained information that the Belgic Government could dispense with the services of that body of troops, immedistely set off for Brussels, and succeeded in engaging rh e m for the cause of Don PEDRO previous to their dis.. ;torsion. This reinforcement, together with those which hjve already been sent, and are about to follow, are likely bring the struggle in Portugal to a termination. The Britomart also, which had on board :3G pieties of heavy rdnatice, must have reached Oporto at a most seasonable 'iine—that is, by tie 18th or 20th instant ; while the other vessels, which carried horses and men, would arrive Portly after.—Morning Paper. OPORTO, SEPT. 14.—Two Captains of merchant vessels in the river, whose names or those their ships I abstain from giving, were last night educed by some Syrens to 1 and low down upon the south side of the river, near the Lazaretto. They .vere very speedily picked up by the guerillas, and brought .aifore the commanding officers at Villa Nova. They were accosted by Sir Jcnli CAMPBELL, who cursed then: for fools o think of landing there, swore that but for the sake of the merchantmen in the river, lie would have blown Don ]'lntro's ships stationed there out of the water, and reviled Lord GREY and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, on :hose heads all ilat now occurred would fall. TLt s has proved to us the -rut4 that reinforcements have gone to that side, and lisiM gallant tGene r beingral'who abuses n eu t r d, r l l i s e o g s , l , i v o e s r v i n , u t ,e h n e t lo o g f ic b o i f , tohtev g uritry fo n .chile he is in warm and acrid hostility towards one of the contending parties. Self-interest does much, arid they say acre, that this CaMI'BeLL, it he be one, which 1 much, doubt, only works to hard, because he was uncanny euougli , r) lend Don MiouEL a large sum of money.— Times. Extract of a letter dated Oporto,Sept. • At last the Miguelites have been roused from the state of inaction in which they have so long continued, 4ird now they have begun operations they seem as much ,sleep as before. Instead of making a vigorous attack :it 11 points, and endeavouring to pour on us at once all their. ialses, they are gatitfied with bringing 5,000 men ttga:libt was, point t.:sp,oBssoe ih osysoi possession however rn9co..oulodfhoauv ren important ibeenenwaevr eai t fl o oa üb U lne s d , ;I doub t omffithcei whether merin.to Atl t heir repeated attacks, and drive them from the field ; the tire kept up on the other points being as harinles., as it was i•ontemptible. It is my firm opinion that, if the lliguel, 'tes persevere a few days longer in the system of attack they have adopted, not only will they become too weak to keep their ground, but they will lose the flower of their army in the partial struggles to get an ontpii,t, or some .uch insignificant position, 1,000 of them having already !4llen. That their army is thinning we have every rca -on to believe from the well-established fuct of the de,er tion of the militia, who form a great proportion of their atny ; while it will be impossible for t6rn to continue , ncamped much longer, the weather growing rather too c 'ld for bivouacking. Some 30 or 40 bomb-shells have been thrown into the town without cau.ing any damdge to persons, and but little to the houses. There is no fear tLe enemy will be able to do us much harm in that way, as every attempt of theirs to form new batteries is sure to be defeated. So confident do the people feel of this, that no- 1,0,1 y has thought of quitting the town. The enthusias m 01 our troops, which, of all arms, amount to 16,000, so far from abating by the constant labours in which th,y are ngaged, increases, and there is no chance that th ey w i ll iliocb should a better combin,d attack b e a tt empte d tiy [Le. Aliguelites, which, h o w ever , i s ver y d ou b t f u l , as tt.eV , 110 out appear to hav e a G enera l o f any abili!y of character among them. With respect to naval affdirs you will probably be as well, if not better, informed than our s !Ives. But, from the accounts which have reached us, tiatt s,:ct,nd sortie of the Miguelite squadron is likely to prove to them more unfortunate than the first, having alre,dy hit their only steam vessel, which has foundered with 150 a tillerymen, heavy artillery, ammunition, and he is Tejo disknasted in a gale of wind."