The Sun. — London, England, 1832-10-04 00:00:00

CO VEIN T-GARDEN THEATRE. -----„.- SHERIDAN KxowLEs's play of The Hunchback, which has been going the round of all the theatres in the etnpire during the summer, and which has everywhere proved an unprecedented attraction, drew a full audience last night, and went off with nearly as much applause as ever. We were glad to see that the performances of it at the Hay market, and the recent repetition of it, probably for the last time, at Drury lane, bave not had the effect of weary ing the public. Independent of some novelties in the cast, it came upon us with that freshness which always belongs to the natural exhibition of passion and feeling, and which renders the piece delightful in spite of certain inexplicable incongruities in the plot. The principal changes were Miss ELLEN TREE for Miss KEMBLE in the part of Julia, and Mr. G. BENNETT for Mr. KEMBLE in the part of Clifford ; and although, of course, we cannot say that in ' either case the alteration was for the better, yet the act ing was at least sufficient; and had it been much wors., the situations and sentiments would still have told. In the scenes and passages of greatest force and character, no body knows better, or will acknowledge it more readily, than ELLEN TREE, that she fell short of Miss KE3I BLE but it is only just to add, that in the lighter parts of the play she excelled her predecessor : nay, even in the scene of conflicting pride and tenderness (in the second act, we think,) where she resolves to marry Lord Rochdale to revenge the slight of Sir Thomas Clifford, we are more than inclined to give her the preference : all the way through the strong tide of her affection was easily traced-- its set and power clearly visible, notwithstanding the counter-ripple of anger on the surface. The latter scene was most strongly marked by the approbation of the heave, but it failed to draw the tears we saw shed so abundantly when Miss KEatat.E sustained the character. Miss E. TREE'S " Do it, nor leave the act to me !" we are bound unwillingly to pronounce a failure, or, at all events, a failure as regarded the latter words of the sentence, to which, either from error or weakness, Miss E. TREE did not give the tone of resolution in which they ought to be delivered. On the whole, her personation was ex cellent; and we might have thought i: admirable, if we had not seen the original representative of the part ; to whom, let it be remembered, we are indebted for all the great points, which none of her successors have been able to improve. We are happy to have this opportunity of paying a tribute to Miss KEMBLE, whose talents many, now she is absent, are disposed to depreciate. We can say no more of Mr. G. BENNETT than that he was re spectable, and that as far as his abilities allowed, he was a discreet follower of C KEMBLE. Mr. FORRESTER had `WRENCH'S part of Lord Tinsel, and was very defective in the knowledge of his part ; the consequence of which was, that he did not play it as well as he can, and perhaps will, when the play is repeated. SHERIDAN KNOWLES was very cordially greeted by the audience. We hope that his employment as an actor will not interefere with his higher duties as an author, and we look upon his engage ment by LAPORTE as a sort of retaining fee to secure the pre-emption of his future plays. With some disadvan tages, his Master Walter has this strong recommenda tion—all he utters seems to come from the depths of his understanding, and not to he poured out merely from the mindless mouth of a sort of flesh an l blood automaton. Air. LAPORTE yesterday took possession of the King's Theatre, as lessee for the ensuing season, Mr. M. MAsos having relinquished his claim to the esta blishment. The amount of the rental is stated at 12,0001. per annum. Mr. Sec uirr, the active cater e r un d er b ot h lessees, was to leave town last night for Paris, to raise recruits for the ensuing campsign. The name of Mr. JERROLD'S new play is the Factory Girl, in which Mr. SERLE, the author of the new tragedy, will make his first appearance at Drury-lane. We also find that a new comic entertainment, to be called Mr. and Mrs. Pringle, is in preparation for next week; it is written by Don TRUEBA ; the principal characters to be sustained by FA RREN, Mrs. GLOVER, and Mrs. HUMaY; and Der Freischutz is to be revived, Mr. Bitarram taking his original character of Adolph. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.—A most sin gular correspondence is carrying on between the solicitor of a Noble Earl and one of the Government Departments, respecting a forged letter, purporting to come from a Mi nister of State, and sealed with a seal having a Viscount's coronet, with the letter G below it. The act of forgery has been fixed upon an individual whose honour has hitherto been considered as spotless. The Noble Earl is about to publish a full statement of the whole transaction. " We have good news to announce," say the French Papers of the 30th ult. ; " the price of bread, which bad been fixed for the last fortnight of August at Sid. for the loaf of four pounds, has been reduced to 71-d. fo; the last fortnight of September, and a new reduction has just taken place. The price of fine bread is fixed at 7d. the four-pound loaf, for the first fortnight of October, and that of Impel - Ad bread at 5, 1 ,-d." There will be no tumults in Paris, we predict, while bread is falling, or cuatinues ehesp. A singular meeting of a number of the non electors of Forfar was convened on Tuesday, by " tuck of drum," in the School-park. The object of the meeting was to pass resolutions expressive of their determination to withhold all custom from those in business who are to vote for Mr. Ross at the ensuing election.—lnverness Jour. Among the deaths which occurred here last week from the cholera was that of DONALD MACDONALD, II Gaelic bard. illacnoNALn was supposed to be one of the best Gaelic poets living. He had in view the pub lishing of a volume of poems and songs, when the pesti hence quenched his enthusiasm, and deprived him of the satisfaction of seeing his works honoured by the support of his Celtic countrymen. IllacnoNALD was a surgeon as well as a poet. His practice was extensive on the Merl:- inch, particularly in curing the toothache, for which he repeated some words, or used some spell, which generally Rent the patient home satisfied, if not cured.—lnverness Courier. MARYLEBONE ELECTION.—A meeting of the electors of this district was held yesterday at the Horse Bazaar, in King-street, Portman-square, to decide upon the pretensions of Mr. PORTMAN to represent them in Parliament. The meeting was tumultuous, and the result, as far as the issue of one meeting is concerned, was unfavourable to the prospects of that gentleman. Several questions were put by Dr. ELMOUR and others, to Mr. PORTMA N, with a view to ascertain his political principles; and from the answers they received it was evident that, though he approved of an alteration in the Corn Laws and t commutation of tithes, he did not approve of the total abolition of either. The meeting decided that 11Ir. PaitT ..uAN was not a Reformer to their taste, and came to re.o. lotions the very reverse of what he and his friends antici pated. They voted him unfit to be their representative, but he declared his determination to go to the poll It is well known that, of all the nations of Europe, Russia alone enjoys the privilege of keeping up a permanent establishment in the capital of the Chinese em pire. The right originated in the following manner : During the latter half of the 17th century the Cossacks, who subjected Siberia to the away of the Czir of Russia, pushed their conquests to a considerable extent in the East. The Sovereigns of China, considering the invaded country as their rightful territory, required that the Rus sians should evacuate it without delay. Their peaceable overtures to this effect being attended by no practical re sult, they resolved upon enforcing their claims by arms. Several strong places erected by the Russians on the dis puted ground were surrendered by eapitu!ation, and the Chinese took a great number of prisoners, who were brought to Pekin, and distributed in its suburbs. At the conclusion of the period of hostilities, and when peace was made (which proved very beneficial to both parties), it was stipulated between the two countries that the captive Russians should be allowed to return to their own country or remain where they were, accordingly as they were re spectively inclined. The greater portion of them had married native women, and had formed establishments near Pekin, and, not having it in their power to take their wives home with them, they decided upon be coming subjects of the Emperor of CHINA. Upon tbia the Court of Russia, conscientiously alarmed A the peril to which so many Christian souls would be exposed in a land of Paganism, required, under the treaty of com merce ratified in 1727, between Russia and China, per mission to build a convent and a church at Pekin, and to send there four monks under the jurisdiction of an Archi manderite to watch over the salvation of the expatriated Russians. The Emperor of Cum& constituted these men into a regiment, to which he gave the name of Russian Company, and which has been continued to this very day. It was likewise agreed on that the monks should be ac companied by four young men, who were to study the lan guage, in order to fit themselves for interpreters on their return. Since the establishment of the above convent, the succession of monks and students from Russia, every twelve years, has been unbroken, and it has been altogether through this channel that the intercourse of the two coun tries has ih r so long kept up, The Russians in China are paidcx tit/Mir/wintry, as well as by China; but t..k aok a I a si4Dir - tgAt4d, no correspondence with their ........; if . o).exdeEtSkablic every five or six sears a i g isael , gcomes ilr , fit could not b: easily prom ed tre. ekin, bringing money and "e'll* - our could to lb,. habits of the P t tioi t idAS o- er lils-i yti ' - '--1- g bi)isi '• - - --, - ---, -----... 4.1,,0ri,--- LITERATURE. ZOIJRAB THE HOSTAGE. THREE VOLS. LONDON, 1832. We will not compliment Mr. Morier by as suring him that this tale is equal to his " Hajji Baba," for it is many, many degrees inferior ; still, as a whole, it is pleasant and readable, and, in detached passages, evidences considerable vigour of description. The character of the Shah of Persia is powerfully drawn ; but there is too gratuitous an accumulation of atrocities about it. Good taste would have dispensed with, or, at least, briefly glanced at, one half of the murders which this wretch is made to com mit. They do not assist or improve the por traiture ; they only tend to deface it. The Shah's niece, Amima, is in a very different style of colouring. She is very gracefully and natu rally drawn, as if the author had a vivid recollec tion of some model before him. As for Zohrab the Hostage, he is a non-entity, occupying, simply a certain number of pages. The land scape descriptions display more local knowledge than graphic genius ; we, therefore, prefer selecting as an extract an incident which Mr. Morier has evidently worked up with great care. Its energy is its only redeeming feature, for it is defective in point of taste : " As soon as the chief huntsman appeared before the Shah, he made an awkward prostration of the body, and, without taking off his boots, which in fact is etiquette for men of his profession, began his speech before the King had even deigned to look upon him. " This want of respect put the match as were to the still active combustion of the King's mind, and set fire to a train of angry epithets, which burst forth in the follow ing manner : " Who art thou dog? whose cur art thou ? why lost thou stand before me with that head of thine, which ought long ago to have keen fond for a bomb? Must the Stali continue to partake of disrespect, as if he were a Jew or a Frank ! Am Ino one in my own dominions ? bearded by a Mazanderani boy—now butted at by a cow who would call itself a man ! Speak, Merdiki, speak ! wherefore standest thou there?' The rough forester, little expecting such a reception, stood like one impaled, with his tongue cleaving to the roof of his mouth, and at first could scarcely utter beyond his aizi mi kunum,' until after various at tempts, fear having almost paralyzed his senses, he ex claimed, The pillar is ready to kiss your feet ; it is ready ; the skulls have all been placed; there is only one skull wanting at the top—only one skull, by the head of the King ! only one skull.' 4 6 Whether acting under the influence of a eunuch's waywardness, or whether the King was struck by the coincidence of the chief huntsman's exposition, one skull, by the head of the King,' is not to be explained, but certain it is, that he yielded at once to the temptation of spilling blood which was circulating in the fullest vigour through out his frame, and exclaimed, ' One head thou wantest?' ' Yes,' said the huntsman, 'yes, one bead, may it so please your Majesty.' What head can be better than thine?' roared the tyrant, in savage merriment. Here, off with his head. Aye, Nasakchi, executioner,' he exclaimed to a man of bloody deeds, who was always in attendance, 'here, go complete the uninar."ritere was a hesitation among the attending officers in the execution of this atrocious deed. The man called upon to act went doggardly to work, and innocence spoke so powerfully in favour of the poor wretch, that every one present seemed to expect that so barbarous a❑ order would be countermanded ; but, no ! the animal was rife for blood, and blood it was determined to have. His horrid face broke into a demoniacal ex pression of fury when he saw that there was hesitation in obeying his commands. The ragged skin which fell in furrows down his cheeks began to bloat ; the eyes seemed to roll in blood, and the whole frame, from which in gene ral all circulation seemed to fly, wore a purple hue ; he would have darted from off his seat, and not only have executed the fatal sentence on his victim himself, hot would have extended his revengeful fury to those who had refused to he the ministers of it, had not the Nasakchi Bashi in person (worthy servant of such a master), who had just reached the scene of action, with a light and cun ning step, crept behind the victim, and with one blow of his deadly blick Khorassan blade, severed the unfortunate man's head from his body. The heavy corpse fell with a crash on one side, whilst the head bounded towards the despot, the eyes glaring hortibly, the tongue protruded to a frightful length, and streams of gore flowing and spout ing in all directions. The Vizir, who was upon the point of again endeavouring to allay the passions of his dangerous toaster, had bee❑ too late to stop the executioner's hand, but well was it for him that he did delay, for nothing but the appalling scene that now presented itself could have counteracted the violence of the King. The moment he saw blood he s.eetned at once to be soothed into quiet. In the most wicked of our natures there must be a revulsion from evil to good. Conscience will raise her voice, al though she may at first be refused a hearing. The lion gorged with his spoil, at once is tamed. This was the case with the Shah. He contemplated his work with a thoughtful look, his features resumed their wonted dull and leaden expression, and then, as if his wayward nature was not satisfied with tormenting him, he turned with asperity to the Nasakchi Bashi, and accused him in no mea•ured terms with having officiously interposed in what was no business of his. 'Dog and villain,' he exclaimed, why did you slay my chief huntsman ? what demon im pelled your officious hand in this deed? well is it for you that there is such a feeling as compassion, and that the Shah can spare as well as he can spill ! Go, go ! clear up your work, and finish it by wiping your own self front our presence.' " MILITARY TOPOGRAPHY OF OPORTO, The city of Oporto, upon which the eyes of all Europe are at present fixed, is situated near the mouth of the river Douro, and contains about 70,000 inhabitants. It is built o❑ the declivity of a mountain, the height of which is from 35 to 40 wises, and occupies the inclined plane that extends from the summit to the very edge of the water. The Douro is both deep and rapid, and about 300 yards wide. A bridge of boats connects it with the suburb of Villa Nova. The city, from its locale, is extremely narrow. A convent (de Serra), which commands the fau_ bourg and the city, occupies a mountain equal i❑ height to that on which Oporto is built. Three routes blanch off from the city ; one northwards, to Broja ; a second to Arnarante, eastwards; and the third to the southward, through Coimura, to the capital. All these are bad, hilly, and rocky, and unfavourable to the evolutions of cavalry and artillery, Oporto is undefended on the north and east sides. On the south it is covered by the Douro, and on the west by the ocean and by the forts constructed at the mouth of the river, The present line of defence is much more contracted than that occupied by the Portuguese in 1809. It extends from t: , e Seminario to the Torre da Maria on the left. There are thus a position of 50 pieces of artillery, and some mortar batteries, besides a train of 15 field pieces, ready to move at a moment's notice. Barricades are erected at the head of each street, defended by a trench externally, with a platform for a gun on the inner side, and a breast work for infantry. On the Villa Nova side works have been erected, and the convent de Serra is placed in a pos ture of defence, Videttes on this side are thrown forward as far as St. Ovidio, Don Pedro's force consists of about 14,000 men, one half of which are of the line ; but his defences would offer no material obstacle to a regular at tack. Miguel has about 16,000 or 18,000 men on the north side of the Douro, and about 6,000 on the south side. This latter corps has some very heavy artillery. On the other hand, every thing that could cover the ad vance of an enemy in front of Oporto has been levelled and the population disarmed. Vallcnga, the scene of the affair of the 23d of July, is a small villa, about three leagues from Oporto. Amarante, the head-quarters of the Miguelites, is a very strong posi tion ; it is a small place, fortified in the ancient manner, but possesses a double tete de ponte from the Tamegan, a small river that disembogues itself into the Douro.— General St. Martha, unable to make any attempt by the Coimbra road, because he would have been obliged to cross the Douro, and nut being master of t be sea, he could make no demonstration on the west, seized Amarante, while the reinforcements advancing from the capital would menace the city on the south side. Don Pedio's position, in a military point of view, is extremely critical ; for if he only executes a day's march, either to the north or the south, he leaves Oporto unco vered, and abandons his communications with the sea, by which he draws all his supplies. His only resource would be to ascend the river, and attack the Royalist po sitions, but they are uncommonly strong, and it took Loi son's corps of 7,000 men near an entire month to master them. If Dun Pedro is allowed to take up his winter quarter at Oporto, and to organise his resources for the next cam paign, he way yet succeed. Magazine. COURT CIRCULAR. His AIAJESIT, attended by Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, ar rived at the Palace, at St. James's, about half-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a travelling chariot and four, escorted by a party of Light Dragoons, from the Palace at Windsor. The KING gav e au di ences d ur i ng t h e d a y to the Hano verian Minister, Vi scount P ALMERSTON , Sir JAM ES GRAHAM, Lord HILL, Sir J, CocKEORN, the Field Officer iu Waiting, the Earl of MUNSTER, and the Earl of EitßoL. The Duke of CUMBERLAND and the Princess SOPHIA visited his MAJESTY. The KING left town a quarter brfore six o'clock, on his return to dinner at the Palace at Windsor. Mr. BURGE, the agent for Jamaica, transacted business at the Treasury yesterday. The Military Secretary to the Commander of the Forces transacted business at the Colonial•office yesterday. FALMOUTH, OCT. I.—Donna MARIA's schooner of war, Graciosa, Lieut. FILDEN, has arrived here, with the Portuguese brig Caroline, from the Brazils, as a prize Lieut. FILDEN captured her on the 19th ult., off Villa Conde ; she is laden with sugar, and of about 200 tons burden. The Commander reports that one of PEDRO'S ships has gone to the eastward, also with a Portuguese prize. His Majesty's ship Nautilus has brought letters from Oporto of the 26th ult. For several days preceding there bad been no regular attack on the town on the part of MiGuEes troops, and the can nonading, except by an occasional shot or two, had wholly ceased. They, however, retained possession of Villa Nova. The cause of thus abstaining from further attack was understood to be the want of proper balls for the cannon, which were too small, and consequently did little execution. They were expecting a supply daily, when they proposed, according to the best information which had reached Oporto, to renew their attacks on the town. In the mean time the delay had been productiv e of great advantages on the side of the Constitutionalists. The Britomart, which arrived on the 23d, had brought out a most seasonable supply of ammunition and warlike stores. LIE COUNT PEYRONNET.—Th e Quo! i dienne states that on the 23d ult. the Count de PEYRON NET was suddenly seized with pains of such extreme vio lence, that in a few minutes they paralysed all his limbs, and probably would have been fatal, if he had hippened to be alone, as he is accustomed. Two days after the Count had another attack, less dangerous, but of longer duration than the former. He is now out of danger. These suf ferings are attributed to rheumatism, to which he was for merly subject, and which has returned with greater violence since he has sojourned at Ham. Lieutenant-Colonel DEL FIRE, the Commander of Ham, did every thing in his power to afford timely and efficient medical assistance to his prisoner. A meeting of the friends and admirers of Sir WALTER SCOTT, who reside in the vicinity of Abbotsford, was held on Saturday last, when it was agreed to erect a monument to his memory, on some conspicuous spot near Abbotsford.—Edinburgh Advertiser. CANVASSING IN TlME.—Early yesterday morning, Mr. F. WEGENER, the Vestry Clerk of St. John, Wapping, who has filled the office nearly twenty years, died, after a long illness, and in less than eight hours afterwards there were no less than six candidates in the field, canvassing for the vacant situation, and in the afternoon a seventh was added to the list. The office is worth 2501. a year. The Leipsic Gazette of the 25th ult, states that CHARLES X. has chosen the Castle of the ancient Dukes of STYRIA, chiefly because the country abounds in game of every kind. The Ex-KING will proceed to his future residence by Saxony and Bohemia. That pleasing actress, Mdlle. L EONTINE FAY, was married at Paris on Saturday last, to M. VOLNYS, of the Vaudeville. WILD SPORTS OF THE WEST.—We are requested to state that this new work, by the author o f " Stories of Waterloo," was published this day by Mr. BENTLEY, New Burlington•street, and may be had of all booksellers in the United Kingdom. Agents for Scotland, Messrs. BELL and BRADFUTE, Edinburgh ; and for Ire land, Mr. .101124 CUNIMING, Dublin. _ _ The Mayor of Monmouth has declined call ing a meeting of the inhabitants to consider of the best means of celebrating the triumph of Reform. The fact has been of great service to the liberal candidate, Mr. HALL. REPLY OF THE BISPOP OF DURHAM TO THE MEMORIAL OF THE CLERGY ON CHURCH REFORM. -The Bishop of Duititam has replied to the clergy who incinorializA him on the subject of Church Reform. The reply is addressed to the Rev. JOHN SANDFORD, vicar of Chillingham, and his Lordship corn inences—" As you have taken upon yourself to be the medium of communication to me from a cert sin portion of my clergy in Northum berland, it becomes necessary that I should address to you a few lines on the subject." His Lordship expresses his regret that any portion of his clergy should think it expe dient to agitate questions and bring forward propositions during the present excitement respecting the Church, far snore likely to embarrass its friends and encourage its op ponents than produce any substantial benefit. He then informs them that an ecclesiastical commission is now in operation, to examine the revenues and other circum stances of the Church, and he says it might have been expected they would have seen the propriety of suspending their judgment till the result of such investigation was made known. He considers that no accurate knowledge of the matter can be obtained without reference to such information.— Tyne Mercury. CREDITORS OF THE LATE DUKE OF YORK. - - ----- -The usual weekly meeting of the creditors of the late Duke of YORK was held yesterday at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. It did not appear that any fresh fact had been elicited since the last meeting; but several additional communications have been received on the subject of claims on the estate of his Royal Highness, some of which appear to be characterised by extreme hard ship. The committee will again meet on Wednesday nett, and continue their exertions, without intermission, until the commencement of term, when more decided operations will take place. The several members of the Conference have had, within the last few days, a considerable and impor tant subject to augment their diplomatic labours, without any reference to the existing difficulties upon the Dutch and Belgian question. Since the receipt of important de spatches from Madrid, M 'Lea 13ERMUDEZ, the Spanish Minister, whose diplomatic functions have, fur some time past, been almost in a state of abeyance, has been in daily and almost hourly communication, not only with Lord PALMERSTON, but with the other members of the Con- ference. This renewed activity on the part of the Spanish Minister is said to be caused by his Excellency's Govern ment having demanded, through his medium, the senti ments of the Great European Powers with regard to the future succession to the Spanish Crown upon the demise of FERDINAND VII., which is viewed in these despatches as almost certain of immediately taking place. It is adled that the Spanish Government has demanded a categorical answer, as to whether the above Powers would recognise the sovereignty of Don CARLOS, which it is dis tinctly hinted is likely to be assumed, to the prejudice of the young Princess, MARIA LOUISE ISABELLA. Upon the subject the Conference sat i❑ deliberation until a lat' hour on Tuesday moaning, and before eight o'clock the same day summonses were issued for another meeting, which was held in the afternoon. A difference of opinion is said to have arisen with more than one representative of the foreign Powers upon this delicate question. The British Government, with that of France, it is added, have openly expressed their determinatio n to adhere to the same policy which has regulated their proceedings with respect to Portugal. Prussia and another Power (or rather their representatives) take a contrary view of the question. Despatches were subsequently forwarded to Berlin and Madrid, to which much importance is attached. Yester day was a dies non with the members of the Conference, as the first time fur some days past, without a meeting being held. 'the stint subscribed for SOMERVILLE, the dragoon, amounted altogether to 3301., of which 2601. have been paid into his bands. We have to record a most distressing acci dent, attended with loss of life, which occurred in the vi cinity of this place on Saturday evening last. As Mr. SCHRODER, a gentleman who had for years been in the habit of visiting Brighton, and had been recently staying with his family on the Marine Parade, was returning from town by the Comet coach, on arriving at Patcham the coachman wished to make some slight alteration in the reins. Mr. SCHRODER, who occupied the box, offered to alight and perform this office ; and though the coachman begged him to keep his seat until the coach had stopped, the unfortunate gentlennau instantaneously proceeded to alight, and, missing the step, fell, and was precipitated under the fore-wheel, which passed completely up one side of his body from the knee to the shoulder. He was promptly raised from the ground; but the injuries in fl.cted were of a mortal nature. Ile never spoke more, and expired within half an hour from the occurrence of the accident. No blame is attributed to the coachman ; the mournful catastrophe was occasioned solely by the anxiety of the deceased to afford assistance.—Brighton Guardian. FRENCEI PAPERS. (From the Journal des Debuts.) PARIS, OCT. I.—.TRADE OF MARSEILLES.—The Garde National de Marseille, of Sept. 25, contains the follow ing:—" Never during the Restoration was the commer cial activity of Marseilles carried so far as at present. The Customs during the first eight months of 1832 show a re ceipt of 17,520,832 f., which is more than for several years which have been regarded as years of prosperity. In 1820 the receipts of twelve months amounted, on imports, to 12,871,5051. ; those of 1825, to 19,505,715 f. ; in 1832 they will amount, according to the proportion al ready received, to more than 23 millions. The bounties o❑ exportation during the same eight months amount to 8,259,378 f., of which nearly seven millions were given for refined sugars, 400,0001. for soaps, the rest for cotton yarn, cotton cloths, straw hits, sal ammonia, and salted provisions. There entered the port during the first eight months of 1832, 5,036 vessel, and there left it 4,650. The proportion for the whole year will be, ar rivals 6,714, departures 6,200. During the year 1826, the epoch of the greatest commercial prosperity during the Restoration, there arrived in this pot t only 6.458 vessels, and left it 6,458 ; in 1827 the arrivals were 6,510; in 1828, 6,294.; in 1829, 5,096. The departures were in 1826, 6,207 ; 1827, 6,210 ; in 1828, 5,985 ; and in 1829, 5,001. But the re sults are still more gratifying when weight and measure are considered. In 1829, the guagiug duties were, for the whole year, 97,655 f. ; the measurage duties, 32,708 f.; while already, for the first eight months of this year, these two duties amount to 313,985 f. It is said that the same augmentation is observable in the Octroi duties, and that they exceed the duties of last year by 35,000 f. These are facts, and they answer many declamations. The prosperity of our town cannot do otherwise than increase under mi Government of order, peace, and liberty. (From the Constitutionnel.) PARIS, OCT. 1.-When the law of elections, which fixed the qualification at a contribution of 300 fr. direct taxes, was proposed, the aristocracy raised a loud cry against this demagogical project. To believe them, the electors plying 300 francs of direct taxes would expose France to fire and blood, or, at least, to pillage. Men of great property were indignant at seeing trade and industry exercising political rights. Nobody has forgotten with what contempt they spoke of those who voted by right of paying for licenses. They made so much noise that they succeeded in inducing the Government to require a modi fication of the law, and the establishment of the double vote, for the bent fit of men of property. Eight years after the law of the double vote had been passed, they found it not aristocratic enough, and they wished to overthrow it by a coup d'etat. To satisfy them, it would have been necessary to have no other electors than Prefects, Re ceivers-General, Chamberlains, and Court Bankers. The Revolution of July put an end to these aristocratic extra vagancies. The times are now changed. Men of great property are no longer the arbiters of our destiny, and the I public would not hear of the re-establishment of the great colleges for them. The writers in favour of the legiti mates no longer advocate the necessity of placing the in terests of France in the hands of a rich aristocracy. They now desire that political rights shall be given to every hu man being. The Gazette de France writes daily against our Election Law, which it considers as a monopoly, and declares that France will not be faithfully represented Ror well governed till universal suffrage shall be established. In comparing the wishes of the legitimates under the Re storation and since the Revolution of July, we might be lieve that there was between them a manifest contradic tion. When the thing is closely examined, however, we see that the partizans of the ancient aristocracy always tend to the same point. What, in fact, were the senti ments which animated them when they atticked with vio lence the election law of 1817? Envy, jealousy, and ha tred, inspired by the middle classes. They were humiliated by being governed by the middle classes, and they cared less for the monopoly of political power than the exclusion of people whom they considered as part enus. Not hays ing been able to despoil the middle classes of their poli tical rights for their own advantage, they are now anxious to despoil them for the advantage of the lower orders.— They imagine, probably, that if they can succeed in throw ing society into disorder, they might effect, by means of foreign arms, a third restoration. Perhaps they flatter themselves, either by means of the clergy, or by their own means, of being able to exercise some influence over the classes to whom they would give the right of voting, and that by means of such an influence, they might obtain that power which directly they cannot reach. Whatever may be their secret views, they ought to inform us how they will carry their plans of universal suffrage into effect. Do they propose to give the right of voting to women as well as . . men? If they mean to confer - electoral rights on the females, they will doubtless also declare them eligible to public employments, subject them to the conscription, and allow them to command the army, Rights being equal, duties and burdens must also be equal. The Saint Simo nians, who are in search of the freewomen, have not yet demonstrated to us the necessity of forming regiments of women. We do not suppose that the Gazette de France would go further than them. Thus the system of universal suffrage must begin by excluding the half of society from the exercise of political rights. Will the partizans of this system give a share in the elections to all the male population ? When Paris is to elect its Deputies, will they open the jails, that nobody may be prevented from voting ? Will the prisoners at the Bicetre, at Poisoy, on board the hulks at Brest, be led to the hustings? They will carefully avoid such an extravagance. Not only they would exclude cri minals and madmen, they also would not allow school- masters to compel their scholars to vote. At least we cannot believe this, unless they shall positively declare such to be their intentions. But the system of universal suffrage excludes children, women, criminals, and mad men ; and if it only allows men arrived at mature age and of sound mind to vote, it loses thereby the character give❑ to it, and it no longer merits the pompous name of universal. If we are not in error, the partizans of uni versal suffrage require that, for the exercise of political rights, an individual shall be endowed with a certain de- gree of intelligence. Besides, they require of the electors a certain degree of independence. Now we do not hesitate to say that we have never required other conditiocs than these. It is only necessary that we should under stand each other as to intelligence, independence, and morality ; and on them points there can only be question as to facts about which no disagreement will long con. tinue when the disputants are sincere and honest. A vote given by an individual does not influence his destiny merely ; be ex erc i ses hi s i n fl u ence over every mem b er of society. All, th ere f ore , h ave a r i g ht t o d emand that eachvotes oirrn tiet se or onesntloy,i t v t s ooi l i i o a dus l see l emf, h uayhal voteis d u t i l i i ai e vy ee c fro o sra t c o l uintre the gsnreatngneeericanel intelligence,. a ilig r lo y ed n.o t o enel,yi e f ingatilavhl give ho grity, and independence to make a good choice, we shall be of their opinion. We shall be of their opi nion also, if the reproach which they cast on our elec tion law is limited to saying that it excludes from the Electoral Colleges twiny citizens who are well worthy of having votes. For example, we have long condemned the t p i r i e a c l t i i e c e e n s o i f n g excluding . t h u e u l t i i e f r a t l h i p s ro is k s s a r i n w s i o c t h su t b h j e e y c t r o . e quire, they should not use language which is full of terror, because it reminds us of disorder and anarchy. They ought to point out clearly which men our laws unjustly exclude, and not speak of universal suffrage. Above all, it is necessary to speak of our actual institutions with less contempt, unle-s they wish to provoke reform by other means than the law. They ought not to forget, moreover, that the present electors, come what may, shall remain electors. (From the Quolidhnne.) BORDERS OF THE RHINE, SEPT. 22.—(Private COD respondence.)-1 am convinced that it is necessary to study local p „l it i c ., in the places themselves, ana I have studied the Dutch -Belgian question on the banks of the Scheldt and the Maerdyk. I must take another means of inform ing you, as I should like to do, how much admiration 1 feel for the heroic Dutch. What a people !—What a King ! Their Royalty is sacerdotal. William, the father of his country, has not got an enemy. In the canal boats —in the coffee-houses—in the farms —on the high roads—.l have spoken to people of all descrip , ions. All of them spoke of "our William" with tears in their eyes, and told me a multitude of moving anecdotes, such as that the King reads whatever is sent to him, and sends every memorial to the proper Minister, with directions in the marg i n —that every Wednesday he gives audience to whoever asks it—that there is not, perhaps, an un fortunate person in the kingdom whom the King has not aided with his purse—that at the last ser mon the Clergyman having requested the congregation to offer up their prayers for the King, and having spoken of the ingratitude of the Belgians, suddenly great tears rolled down the wrinkles with which the weight of the Crown has covered his venerable countenance, and soon. Looking from France, where Royalty has made itself a subject of mockery, where Louis Philippe has not inspired one affec tion, see Holland, where Royalty is worshipped, and though l a t lvan were eil as be hsaairdd that ta the principle a l e defy e haifmA Aristotle le u n i m s o ve d cor rect. Royaltyahis principatus divinissimus, when it has for a e r representative Germany, which such a man as Father William. As for northern Gm ich the Constitutionnel represents as all in a flame, you must not believe it. Agitation may be on the surface, but it has not penetrated into the Imes. I was present at the meetings of the society of the press at Frankfort ; a pitiable parohy, without the smallest in fluence. The famous protests against the decisions of the Diet have only received a very small number of signatures ; partly apothecaries, and partly students of law. I was at Cassel on July 28th, alter the dissolution of the States. A banquet was prepared for Jordan, a la Odillon Burro!. The prudent professor avoided the dangerous honour ; and receiving, at the Hotel of the King of Prussia, where I was living as he was, a deputation of students, he said to them several times, " Gentlemen, do not let us compro mise ourselves. Our enemies desire nothing more than to see us guilty of such follies, in order that they might de stroy us. Reflection and patience ought to be the motto of the Germans." But we know that, when a German reflects, he has enough to do for half a century. The ab sence of centralization—the physical pleasure which these people enjoy—the admirable Municipal Institutions which all the States possess —are, in my opinion, so many causes prohibiting Revolution. (From Galignani's Messenger of Tuesday.) PARIS, OCT. 2.—The Ministerial arrangements occupy almost exclusively the attention of the papers. The non appearance of the new nominations in the Moniteur is generally attributed to the circumstance of MM. de Broglie and Humann, who are intended to replace MM. Sebas tiani and Louis, not having given their final answer. In the case of AI. Humann, the delay is occasioned by his ah t.ence from Paris ; in that of M. Broglie, it is attributed by Le Temps to his requiring the admission of M. Guizot into the Cabinet with him, to which there is no objection in principle, except so far as it would render the retirement of one of the other Ministers necessary to make room for him. Le Journal des Debats is quite silent on the sub ject, and La France Nouvelle merely renews its general defence of the system of the 13th of March, without refer ring at all to individuals. The opposition papers, in ge neral, express their conviction that an Administration founded on doctrinaire principles can have but an emphe meral existence ; and Le Constitutionnel, after complain ing that the Journal des Debuts, in announcing that M. Dupin was not to form part of the Administration, said not also state that it was because he had peremptorily refused the offers made to him, thus characterises the doc trinaires :—" It was they who, under the Restoration, undertook to conciliate legitimacy with a set of semi-libe• ral semi-aristocratic institutions, imitated from the English, which contributed to weaken and ruin the restored dy nasty, without any profit to liberty; it is they who, per petually pre-occupied with English traditions, saw only in the revolution of 1830 a parallel to that of 1688, in the erection of a popular throne, and the creation of a Royalty springing from the national sovereignty—a mere deviation from the hereditary principle, and a transmission of the crown from the direct to the collateral heir: in a word, it is they who have invented quasi legitimacy. The word alone has been fatal; still more fatal would be the thing itself. "A letter of the 21st ult. from Ancona, states that a re port was current that the officers of the French garrison had signed a petition to be submitted to the Chambers on the opening of the next session, and that it had been sent off to Paris. It is said to be a protest against the proceedings of the French at Ancona, as being at variance with the principles of the revolution of July. A contest had taken place between the young men of Minerbi, near Bologna, and the Pope's carbineers ; fire-arms were discharged on both sides ; two carbineers were killed, and two wounded. The contest arose from an opposition to the young men's singing the Marsetllaise. The Patriote du Puy de Dome states, that serious disputes having arisen between the inhabitants of Mont- ferrand and the Spanish refugees, the latter have applied to the Government for the removal of their depot to ano ther town. The same piper announces that an associa tion in favour of the liberty of the press, has just been formed at Clermont. " The Duchess of Angouleme, accompanied by Made moiselle de Berri, arrived at Cologne on the 24th ult. " M. Ulric Pelloutier, an advocate, was arrested on the 28th ult. at the residence of Madame de Coutances, near Nantes, whe❑ a pocket-book, with some important papers, was found upon hint. He is charged with having carried off the documents relative to the case of Aubepio and others, from the register-office of the Royal Court of Rennes, in conjunction with M. Clemenceau, an advocate of Nantes, who was lately set at liberty, but for whose apprehension a new warrant has been issued. " The Propagateur du Pas de Calais contains a let ter from Bethune of the 27th ult. stating that a plot, formed in the company of engineers stationed in that town, broke out on the 26th, whilst the company was exercising. Sixteen of the men suddenly rushed out of their ranks, seized the drum, and proceeded towards the frontiers of Belgium, amidst shouts of Vive le Roi !en Belgique !' It is added that they have already passed the frontiers, which appears rather extr 'ordinary, as they had to traverse a part of the department du Nord.' " The Nuremburg Correspondent of the 27th ult. has the following, dated Frankfort, Sept. 24 The Presi dent of the Military Commission of the Diet, General Count Latour, has been recalled from his post. He is one of the best engineers in the Austrian army, and is to be appointed Chief of the Engineer Department, in the room of the Archduke John, who retires from public af fairs. His successor at Frankfort is not yet named. The victualling of the federal fortress of Mentz is now almost completed, and, according to a decision of the Diet, it is to be maintained in that state.' The same paper says : All the elections for the Second Chamber of the States of Electoral Hesse are concluded, excepting about six. Not one of the Government candidates have been stle. eessful.' " FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, OCT. 2.-Five per Cents., 951. 70c. 65c. 60c. 50e. 55c. 60c. 55c. 50c. 45c. 95f. 40c. 55c. 45c. ; Loan of 1832, 96f. 60c. ; Three per Cents., 67f. 75c. 80e. Ze. 70e. 50c. 95c. 55c. ; National Loan, 95f. 85c. ; Rente de Naples, 81f. 801. (Sic. Rente de 1' Etat Romain, 80 3 4 iY ; Rente d'Espagne, F 2% ; Royal Spanish Loan, 77 3 % 78; Rente Perpetuelle d'Es pagne, 55% 3y ~,;; lA, ; Belgian Loan, 77 5 4 ; Ilaytian Loan, 200 f. Exchange on London, one month, money, '23f. 80c. ; three months, money, 25f. 65c.-Cours Authentique. PARIS, OCT. 2. (From the Morning Herald Private Correspondent.) The journals of yesterday will have prepared you for the appearance in the Moniteur of this day of a Royal Ordinance for a reorganization of the Ministry. None such, however, has been published. The rumoured arrangement of the Ministry was to this effect :—Marshal Soult to he President of the Council, i❑ the room of M. Casimir Perier, deceased. The Due de Broglie to be Minister for Foreign Affairs, vice General Sebastiani. M. Humann to be Minister of Finance, vice Baron Louis ; and M. Thiers to be Minister of Public Instruction, in the room of M. Girod de l'Ain. General Sebastiani has, it is said, been promised the next baton of Marshal that shall fall in. Baron Louis has long been anxious to retire into private life. M. Girod de l'Ain will ag tin, of course, become a candidate for the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies. Marshal Soult will have thus attained to the eminence at which he has been so long solicitous to arrive. With talents of the very first order for the War Department— with coolness and courage not surpassed—with a well earned reputation for decision, promptitude, firmness, and a recklessness of the consequences of any movement upon which he shall have determined—Marshal Soult is better calculated than any man in France to crush sedition, sup press emeutt's, punish revolt, or anihilate armed factions. Marshal Soult's attachment to his country is, moreover, unquestionable. No man would be listened to for a mo ment who should insinuate that he meant to betray France, or even to make the sliehtest genuflexion before the Is reigner. Notwithstanding these necessary qualities in a man placed at the head of the Government of this coun try, Marshal Soult is, nevertheless, not supposed to pos sess other indispensable requisites in a Prime Minister of France—extempore oratory and command of temper in debate. The Duc de Broglie is a pure Doctrinaire—the eleve of Royer Collard--next in rank to M. Guizot. His hesitation to accept office is ascribed to his desire to con suit his party, or, to speak plainly, to have the consent of the said NI. Guizot. The latter being in Paris, no delay ought to have occurred in the formal submission of the Duke to the King's commands. Yet has the Moniteur appeared without the expected Ordonnance. It is true that the non-arrival of M. Hutnann's acceptance of office is given as another reason for the non. appearance of what you would term the Gazette of his appointment, and that the distance at which he is from town precluded the pos sibility of its r eac hi ng P ar i s y es t e rday. A few words will suffice, however, to place this matter in its proper point of iew Humana i ace A i l s sa s ce tr , a l s 2 bo Cl or l g e : g a u nd esfrom town : the capital from Strasbourg a telegraphic despatch might rea c h P ar i s i n vu ann f is Al i 18 or 20 minutes. The resolve of the King to call NI. Humann to his Councils must have been formed on Satur. day. Instructions were forwarded to transmit the reply of M. Humann by telegraph—yet his answer has not reached the Tuileries, or has been a refusal of the offered post, for such only is the alternative suggested by the si!ence of the Muniteur. M. Humann would have been an inoffensive member of the Government. His principles are moderately liberal, but inclining rather to the juste milieu than to the gauche party. His capacity fur directing the financial department ap pears, however, to be admitted on all hands. With the Due de Broglie and M. Humann must have ori ginated the delay that has occurred in Gazetting the new Cabinet, for no man was more docile or submissive to • the Royal will whi‘ch recalled or appointed theta to office than is M. Thiers. No coquetting—no mock modesty— no party ties or party delicacy have raised in that quarter ny difficulty. The hitch is, therefore, I repeat, with the Doctrinaires, or with M. Hurnaun. M. Guizot may be —M. Bertiu de Vaux evidently is—in a buff. The for mer wanted the Interior; but " the King—(mind these are not my words)—." the King would not relinquish the Interior with the Presidency of the Council—while M. Guizot aspired to both." The latter, disappointed, is no doubt sulky ; M. Benin de Vaux, "thrown over," is ob viously so, for his own Paper, the Journal des Debats, is silent on the subject today. M. Human!) possibly par ticipates in the pretty general feeling of yesterday, that a Ministry such as that contemplated would not have been able to cornea nd a majority in the Chambers. The result of all this is, therefore, the production of an impression that the Doctrinaires are not satisfied with, or that moderate men like M. Humann see no principle of permanency in, the proposed arrangement. The impression to which I have just referred is that of the public—the conviction on the minds of the Members and partisans of the coil; gauche is, that such a Ministry as that in question would not endure for five days after the opening of the Session of the Chambers. The opinion— and perhaps the determination—of another and very im portant party, remains, however, to be stated—and you shill have it in the very words in which it has been com municated to me from a very well-informed quarter (re marking, by the way, that it is only a repetition of an article in one of the Journals) -64 The King entertains nn doubt of overcoming the modesty of the Duc de Broglie. M. d'Argout would take the Finance Department, should M. Humann peremptorily refuse it. M. Thiers would, in such case, take the t Commerce and Public Works,' and Girod de l'Ain would remain at the head of ' Public Instruction.' Be assured, therefore, that the affair may be regarded as finished—to be able to obtain a majority in the Deputies the King is confident." After all this mass of undecided matter, all that can be done is to assume as true the appointments so often men tioned, or others of a precisely similar nature ; and to re peat the prediction of a violent collision of parties in the Chamber. To fortel the issue of the conflict no man living is capable. The Presidency of the Council being vested in Soult would give to the fabric more solidity than would the acceptance of it by M. Dupin. Never theless, and notwithstanding the steady, untiring, and in exhaustible fluency of hi. Thiers, which is to be put in requisition on all occasions, the probability is that the Liberaux will, now that they may be looked upon as thoroughly united, prove too strong for the Ministers and their supporters. Paris is tranquil : but much excitement prevails in some of the departments. The Chouans are not yet down, and their friends every day display more audacity. A very tolerable emeutt% would have occurred here yesterday, had an attempt been made to execute Cuny, condemned, as you already know, for firing on the troops in the revolt of last June. The sentence of death pronounced against him has been commuted by the King. The convict is to be imprisoned fur life in coalition with the Ministers of Charles X., the saving of whose lives (as was remarked at the time) having, for ever, terminated the practice of punishing political offences with death. At Toulon and Havre disturbances have occurred of rather an unpleasant character, but not likely to be at tended with any very serious consequences. From Mar seilles all the accounts received speak with delight of the improvement of commerce in that city. The vintage is proceeding every where, and promises to rival in qual,ty and abundance the harvest with which Divine Provideace has blessed France. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. (RECEIVED Tills MORNING.) BRUSSELS, SEPT. 30.—General Marbot (in the French service) passed through this city yesterday, coming from Paris with despatches from his Majesty the King of the French to King Leopold. The American General Worlf, who accompanies his Majesty to Antwerp, is commissioned by the Government of the United States to make a report on the organization of all the armies of Europe. Al. de, Muelinaere is still at Brussels. Tne King and Queen and the Duke of Orleans, accom panied by General Desprez and several other superior officers, arrived at Malines yesterday, at 11 o'clock, and were received by the authorities amidst the acclamations of the people. " It was reported yesterday at Brussels (says the Courier Beige) that King William had finally declared to the Conference that he would treat no more ; that ac cording to his declaration of the 30th of June, he abided by the 12th protocol, that is to say, the decision which separated the Belgian from the Dutch territory only with respect to the internal administration. We shall wait for farther information before we give entire credit to this report. " P. S. Despatches from London have just been brought to Brussels, by a courier who was enjoined to use all pos sible speed. These despatches were immediately forwarded to the King at Antwerp. We du not know their contents." BRUSSELS, OCT. I.—Two Cabinet messengers, one Austrian, the other English, passed through Brussels yesterday, both from Vienna, with despatches for London. The four squadrons of Cuirassiers, which came from Tourney, are gone to Louvain. The courier whose arrival we announced in a P. S. yesterday, wes a Belgian courier, and nothing has yet transpired of the contents of his despatches. Soon after wards, the arrival of M. Nixon, an English courier, from Vienna, excited equal curiosity. Sir R. Adair forwarded him at 2 o'clock with other despatches for London, and the English Ambassador was heard to say in the afternoon, that front all he had beard during the day, there was not the least doubt that all the apparent preparations for war in France and here, were but a vain show. Our. 2.—Their Majesties, and the Duke of Orleans, arrived at Laeken at a late hour yesterday evening. The review between Herenthout and Liene was brilliant. There were about 10,000 men under arms. The Duke of Orleans arrived at Brussels at 11 o'clock at ;night, and set out almost immediately to return to France. His Royal Highness is expected to breakfast at Valenciennes this morning, and will immediately pro ceed on his way to Neuilly. M. Boismilon accompanies the Duke. M. Delaneuville, Intendant-General of the army, of the north, arrived here yesterday evening. It is said that he is come on a mission. General Prevost de Verinois, of the engineers in the French army, also arrived last night. Colonel Caradoc, attached to the English legation at Paris, set out this morning for London, with despaches. The night before last there was a Council of Ministers, and another yesterday. The journals contain long details of the visit of their Majesties to Antwerp. There are likewise accounts of the reception of the deputations of various towns, retiring from Brussels with the standards of honour. At Ghent there were some serious disturbances in the evening. Some persons were arrested.—Brussels Papers, Oct. S. NAPLES, SEPT. 15.—The King, who lett Naples on the 12th, is gone to visit the districts of Lanceano and Vasto, in Hither Abruzzo, on the Adr.atic, which he did not see in his last journey. The disturbances at Note were a were giv en o f t h em , cl,mheorset frg n t o and o t c te o n, . ,t j a a t l di e c a t s o t ry little e. a u attention t we. paid t 0 th e in when the arrest of monk Antonio Pelusio yesterday even ing reminded us of them. This affair may appear of no greatconsequence in a country where the content of the go verned with the Government is nearly universal, a circura c:ance by which all such plots are most surely baffled. As the monk, who was the chief actor in this drama, was discovered and arrested yesterday evening in his convent, where he had concealed himself, it must soon appear whether there was a dangerous plot, as some people affirm, or a contemptible attempt without a foundation, and, as it were, still-born. I should be inclined to the latter opinion, if there is any truth in what is related of the conduct of this monk in and about Note and Sarno, which is so ab surd that it looks like the behaviour of a madman. The American frigates, the United States and Brandywine, arrived here on the 10th in four days from Mahon, and have, it is said, brought despatches for the American Chargd d'Affaires. VIENNA, SEPT. 19.—The Emperor and Empress were yesterday at the theatre, after their tour, and the King of Hungary, for the first time since the attempt on his life. Their Majesties were welcomed with the loudest acclaim tiuffs, and were greatly affected. The day after tomor row there is t o b e a grand review of da y garrison and other troops, who have been quartered here for some days. The vintage in Austria has failed. The accounts from Hungaty are better. Corn is abundant, and of good quality, and the prices continue to fall.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Sept. 27. The COMA DE SURVELLIERS (JOSEPH BONAPARTE), who was expected yesterday at the public dinner given by the Lumber Troop, in honour of Reform, alleged as an excuse for his absence, that he had received communications of an afflicting :nature from Italy. lay this he was supposed to allude to the death of his mother, Madame LETITIA BONAPARTE. Attempts have lately been made at Dunkirk to pass forged Bank of England notes, and a person upon whom they were found has been committed to prison. ney are lithographed instead of being engraved, and both the paper and impression differ considerably from those of the genuine notes.