The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-17 00:00:00

THE BLOCKADE OF EGYPT AND SYRIA. (From the Malta Times, of Oct. 5.) " THERAPIA, SEPT. 24. " Sir,—l have the honour to enclose, for your Ex cellency's information, the . transcript of an official de claration issuers by the Sublime Porte fixing the day on which the blockade of Syr;it and Egypt is to coaummce. " I have, &c., " PONSONBY." " His El:cellency Sir H. F. Bouverie, Bcn., Malta." Mr. Brant. nor Britannic Majost3's Consul, I - Ps issued the' following circular to the body of English mae'riants:— British Consulate, Sm 3 ran, Sept. 21. "Gentlemen—. am directed by her Mcjesty's Con sul-General at Constantinople to inform you that Res chid Pacha, Ottoman Minister for Foreign Affairs, has notified to his Excallencv the Ambassador that the Sublime Porte has ordered the blockade of the ports of Egypt and Syria, which will be enforced as soon as the ships of war shall be assembled helore the ports to be blockaded ; and, moreover, that his Imperial Majesty the Sultan having requested the aid of the naval forces of her Majesty, and of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Austria, to carry into execution the above-men tioned blockade, their Excellencies the British Ambas sador and the Austrian Internuneio have given their consent to the demand.—l have the honour to be, Gen tlemen, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) " R. W. BRANT, Consul. " To Messrs. the British merchants, Smyrna." M. Challaye, French Consul, has also publicly nit flounced the order from the Ottoman Government to prevent the exportation of wheat for three months. ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 21.—The Consuls-General of England, Russia, Prussia, and Austria, and suites, em barked yesterday afternoon, in pursuance or their orders, on board the Tuscan steamer roe Constantinople, having first presented themselves at the palace to com municate /eicit accom pli of their own removal and the formal anntreciation of that of the Pacha to follow. Mehemet Ali (who receives intelligence of all these things from Constantinople a post in advance) received them and their notification of his own deposition with great sang froid, observing that such denunciations were nothing new to him ; that this was the fourth, and that he hoped to get over it as well as he had done the other three, with the help of God and the Prophet. The Consuls then returned, pulled down their flags, bade adieu to their compatriots, and put off to tho steamer Ferdinando. SEPTEMBER 27.—The evening previous to the de parture of the four Consuls-Generai, the British Con sill, Mr. Larking, received the following letters from Colonel Hodges. The instructions therein alluded to were brought from Constantinople by the Tuscan steamer Fcrdinando on the afternoon of the 22d inst. : (No. . . _ " Alexandria, Sept. 22. " nave just received the instructions of his ExcelLincy Viscount Ponsonby to suspend my functions as Coasei-Gcneral, and to embark in one of her Ma jesty's ships anchored off the port. " Yourself anti the other consular officers resident in Egypt will remain at their posts, but will strike their flag 5 and avivlit further orders. " You will please to communicate the purport of this despatch to the consular officers under your juris diction. " I have the honour to be Sir, " Your most obedient humble servant, " G. LLOYD HODGES. " J. W. Larking, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's Consul, Alexandria." (No. 2. ).. . _ Alexandria, Sept. 22. " Sir,—l have the honour to inform you, that I have just received from his Excellency Viscount Ponsonby a despatch containing the instructions made known to you in my previous despatch of this date. " His Excellency also apprises me that the Sublime Porte has thought fit to notify to ail the missions at Constantinople the deposition of Mehemet Ali from his post as Pacha of Egypt, and also the establishment of a bleckade of the Echelles of Egypt and Syria. " As I wait the orders of her Majesty's Government respecting the removal of British subjects in Egypt, it has been arranged that they shall remain pro vsiopially under the protection of a Power long united by ties of alliance and friendship with the British Crown. " The Consul-General of his Majesty the king of the Netherlands has undertaken to superintend the in terests arid safety of those who remain. You will give him every practicable assistance in the execution of the important task he has assumed. 1 recr.:est you to furnish the necessary information ilmt directions to all consular officers and others under your icriscliction. " Yon will also please to assemble the British mer, cbants and residents of Alexandria, to whom you will make known the substance of this communication. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient, humble servant, " G. LLOYD HODGES. ." J. W. Larking, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Alexandria." In pursuance of this notification, Mr. Larking as sembled the British merchants and residents next day at one o'clock, when he laid both the above letters be fore them. and it was agreed to send a deputation to Colonel Hodges to express their views on the commu nication he had made, and endeavour to obtain a modifi c,..tion-of his instruction to Mr. Consul Larking. The _following is that gent;eman's circular report of the in terview, which fully explains the points at issue, and rots the c,:se fairly on its merits:— " Gmtlerneo,—ln consequence of the many applies tons in ide to me for iniormation respecting the conver sotion that took place on the 2.3 d of September, at the Loose of Colonel Hodges, between that gentleman and a deputation appointed to confer with him on the sub ject of the ces:ation of British Consular authority in Egypt, ehe following is, as far as I can remember, a statement of what passed or. the occasion : " Preseri!.—Messrs. Terry (for Briggs and Co.), _Harris, Malin, Tod, Frazer, Stephenson, Joyce, Gallo way, and Vv%.igborn. " I 7.tatc(l to Colonel Hodges that I had made known to .tle Ba sh residents in Alexandria his instructions reit,ivo to striking the flags, and the consequent cessa tion ni Britiilt Consular authority in Egypt ; that this in Ti ; :eoce had created the greatest alarm and anxiety amot, B st all classes, but more r , articul•trly amongst tiase who, ()tying to their commercial pursuits, or 'tern other causes, are prevented front immediately leaving- this country ; that I was requested most t:11:141,it, 7 to Grail los atttintios to the iticale.uiable, 6uct , a measure would inflict on the British com reenity in Egypt, not only as regarded their property, but as endangering; the personal safety of themselves :is m ] fern lies ; and to entreat him seriously to consider the expediency of draseine a line between the political end commerciel relations of this country wi'.h our own ; Net the British residents of Alexandria were fully aware Ice , ' closely and intimately their ieterests are connected, eine of the difficulty of separating them under ordinary eireorastances, but that the peculiar and isolated posi tion of Europeans residing in the Turkish dominion s eenderei them en exceptiou to the general rule, end one which req'iired treating with the greatest caution and circumspection ; that there are at present upwards of , 21)00 Britise subjects in Egypt ; that so long as the ilrltiels flag flier, these are exempt from all Turkish ; but the moment that flag is struck they - eitieer become Reyahs, or at least would be placed in the equivocal position of proteges of some European Power, and as such they could hardly expect the representative of that Power would use extraordinary es rtion. iu procurinee redress for their Grievances, or risk a misunderstanding with the local aovernment in pro'..ecting persons over whom he would possess hut vague authority. and in whose welfare he could feel no real interest. At the same time they are fully awa:e that although the British flag was flying,. circumstances might occur tieet would render it difficult to procure re- dress through British authority, but they consider such a contingency preferable to the positive evil in which a 'cessatio n of British consular authority will involve them : that upon these considerations I was requested to make a list appeal to him (Col. Hodges) on the part of the British residents, who again most earnestly entreated he would reiset on their position, and, if possible, elle- Niate it by reminding the existing orders. " To this Colonel Hodges replied, that no one more than himself regretted the present posture of affairs, but that he knew of now' iieg he could do to obviate the evil ; that his instructio ns were definite ; that on ordi nary occasions, he never h e sitated to meet exigencies by the aaeuraption of some re,•oonsibility ' but that, on the present occasion, h e h ad ' no discretionary power whatever. " I then stated to Colonel Hodo.c.s . that I had given the British merchants and residents the assurance that no act of hostility would take place without. timely no tice having been given them, in order that dud proYiion might be made for the removal of th e i r property, and opportunities prosided for placing their persons a n d those el their families in security, more especially As rec'arde the British residents of the city of Cairo, w hi c h is situate at leme distance. Coieliel Hodges then assured me that no act , likely to coinerotnise the security of the lives and pro perty of British residents, would teke place without suf ficient 'mike ; and that in case of necessity .he would ,soon re tu rn f rom B e yrout in person to attain ql,isne jeet. J. W. LARKI.\ G. " Sept. 2.C. his flag, and await further orders ?" The bull and the dapeer were as annarent to C' ,l,-, r4 lintizes. RS to any 0.,e, out. nis • insiructions were u(finite," and " he had discretionary power whatever." What "post" was left to Mr. Larking if he" struck his flag ?" Independently of the diplomatic difficulties of the case, others which may be termed extra-official (or ex tra-officious) have been thrown in the way of attaining scurity for British property in Alexandria, the Pacha has been paying off his debts of late, and has delivered to the resident merchants, of all nations, above 5,000 bales of cotton. which they are, of course, exceed inely anx'ous to ship and send away to a place of safety ; but the British merchants find themselves com pletely counteracted by the policy pursued by the commanding officer of the British squadron, who sirtnally prevents British ships arriving here to be loaded. The following is a specimen of the way in which this is accomplished. It is a copy of an endorse w ment made by Captain Fisher on the certificate of regis try of the brig Active : " MEMORANDUM. " Her Majesty's ship Asia. off Alexandria, Sept. 22, 1840. " The English brig Active, appearing to be bound to the port of Alexandria, I have this day warned her master, Mr. Alexander Hutchinson, that I will not be answer able for the safety of his vessel if he enters the said port. I have also read to him the opinion of Colonel Hodges, lier Majesty's Consul-General, on the subject. " WILLIAM FISHER, Ciptain and Senior Officer, off Alexandria." Thus sericusly inconvenienced, the merchants and re sidents addressed the following letter to Mr. Larking : " Alexandria, Sept. 25, 1240. " SlR,—The undersigned British merchants and re. sidents of Alexandria request that you will represent, without delay, to Capt. Fisher, commanding the British squadron off this port, that in consequence of his re cunt communication to the, masters of several British merchant vessels, they have been and arc still deterred from entering it, thereby depriving British subjects in this city of the opportunity of removing their property, a large amount of which is now lying unprotected and exposed to all the liabilities of an impending blockade. •' The undersgned beg you will impress upon Captain Fisher the following facts : " First, that the subjects of no other power residing here are precluded from taking measures (by the charter of vessels of their own nation) for the safe and speedy embarkation of their property. " Secondly, that Admiral Stopford and Col. Hodges both assured the undersigned that sufficient notice would be given of the contemplated blockade of Alexan dria, with advice for their guidance under the circum stances ; and that in the meantime no impediment should be thrown in the way of the shipment of Briti2h property. " Thirdly, that they implicitly confided in these assu rances, harmonizing as they did with the considerate practice of enlightened Governments, and particularly with that observe? by France in regard to British pro perty previous to establishing the existing blockade at Buenos Ayres. ‘• The undersigned, perceiving the danger of their situation, daily increasing by the operations of the Four Gi- eat Powars on the coasts of Syria and Egypt, with out having received the promised notics or instructions for evading it ; and finding themselves also virtually debarred, under the restrictive measures of Captain Fisher, from availing themselves of the ordinary com mercial means of saving their property by shipment in British vessels chartered (or claiming to be chartered) by themselves, earnestly request that you will impress upon that officer the propriety of speedily providing transports under his own orders, or some other efficient means of embarking the property in qnestion, and thus redressing the grievances complained of by the under- , , :igned, of being exposed to a virtual blockade by anti.' cipation, directed against British merchants and British merchants alone. "J. W. Larkins, Esq." _ . (Here follow the si;naturei This appeal will most probably have to be forwarded to the fleet, perhaps to Constantinople, as doubtless, Captain Fisher is acting under orders—the orders of some one apparently not at all aware of the great respon sibility he is taking on his own head in thus impounding so much valuable property as belongs to British mer chants here. They are handed over in a body to the Dutch Consul, by no means pleased with the transfer, as everything went on most satisfactorily under the ma nagement of Mr. Larking, They have learned, too, that M. Lauzin (the Austrian Consul-General) was de cidedly of their opinion, that he and his three political brethren might withdraw, and leave the Consuls proper at their posts, and with their flags flying, too, for ordi dinary commercial purposes. He argued that Egypt was now the Sultan's own again, and that they might, if they pleased, leave Mohammed out of the question, or let him prove himself still more a rebel by tearing down their flags if he pleased ; but that it was a very bad compliment both to the Sultan and themselves to strike them for any insult a rebel could offer. But M. Lauzin's argument was out-voted and lost. lleanwh'.le the Pacha, rebel and outlaw as he is, as sures all the European residents that they may feel per fectly at their ease, that they shall have every protec tion that he can afford them, and that the Indian mails may come and go as usual, notwithstanding the English treat him so badly. When he saw Captain Lyons (the head of the East Indian mail department here) on the 23d in,tant, after the departure of the four Consuls- General, he told him not to be uneasy at the aspect alFairs were taking, for he might stay, and conduct his business just as usual, and added, " Well, even if you go, the mails may go and come all the szme." Captain Lyons did go on board the Asia next morn ing, having received a firman from the Pacha, per mitting him to leave the shore and visit the hos tile vessels. The Leonidas (French steamer) arrived on the 24th instant, and departs to-day with se veral British passengers. No interdict has been placed on its Iron communication with the inhabitants. A French military engineer has arrived in this vessel, en gaged to aid the Pacha in completing the fortifications of Alexandria, but, in mounting a fine horse which the Pacha had sent him yesterday, it slipped and fell with him at the door of his hotel, and seriously hurt his leg. Two regiments of veterans from Cairo, and 100 camels hearing their baggage, entered the city yes terday morning, and took up their guard at the palace and harem. . The Nile, has overflowed its banks to an unprece dented extent, and a great many villages in Lower Egypt have been carried away. The produce this year is immense, no less than 2,000,000 ardebs. The Jour nal de Swyrne is suppressed, and the I?eforme is pub lished in its stead. The suppression of this paper by th Ottoman Government is attributed to M. Dos,- champs' interviews with M. Thiers in Par:s." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE OF THE MEDITER- RANEAN. MALTA, OCT. s.—Tne Phoenix steam-frigate, Com mander R. F. Stopford, arrived at Constantinople on tie 24th ult., with despatches from Admiral Stopford. The Stromboli war steamer, Commander W. T. William!, which left Malta on the 20th ult., arrived off Alexandria on the 24th ult., and, after communicating with the fleet, proceeded to Syria. The Volcano steam packet arrived on the Ist instant from Gibraltar, with the London mails of the 12th ult. The Mara steam packet proceeded on the Ist inst. to the lonian Islands and Greece, with the London mails of the 12th ult. The Inconstant, 86, Captain D. Pring, sliled from Gibraltar, for Candia and Lisbon, on the 16th ult. The Beacon surveying -vessel, Lieutenant Commander Graves, was lying in B:shika Bay on the 27th ult. The Achcro❑ steam-packet may be expected to ar rive f•om Marseilles, on the 13th inst., with the London mails or the sth inst. Admiral Hugon, with nine French ships of the line was iyir.g at the Plialcre, Athens, on the 30th ut., and was in constant communication with Candia by a brir , of war. BOULOGNE. BOULOGNE, Oct.. Is.—The foi!owing is an extract of a private letter, dated Boulogne, Thursday : _ . The douaniers were in a state of excitement this afternoon. If report was to be believed war had been declared by England against France. At a distance from the heights a nondescript vessel was seen, to all appearance a washing-tub, wiuh a tobacco-pipe (fuming and spitting out tiny volumes of smoke) in the centre. What can the object of this strange craft be ? was the general inquiry. No one could answer the question. The Custom-house gentry took the alarm, and de spatched a pilot-boat to reconnoitre. All was anxiety. The little steamer neared the harbour. Anxious in quiries were made, and from one of the four men on board the answer was given, " From Daver." Question—" Your tonnage ? Answer—One ton. " Your steam-power ?—Two-horse. " Your object ?—An expersmental trip." The last reply was not believed, so the douaniers went on board, disbelieving the statement, expecting, at least, to discover some important despatches of an in tended invasion of France, or something of that sort ; but, in so doing, the official nearly capsized the little bark, and to save himself caught hold of a rod heated by the steam ; and " Sacres Anglais !" followed. To encourage men in the pursuit of scientific objects, the Custom-house authorities immediately levied port fines on the little bark to the amount of 305., it being unde niable that there were no secret despatches on board, nor any smuggled goods, or anything else contraband, still the 30s. must be paid, I suppose for the excitement occasioned to the authorities. The war-cry is subsiding here and at Paris. War is at a discount already, as receipts are slackening. Steam-boats go out full from hence, including carriage folks ; whereas steam-boats arriving come in comparatively empty. Pocket influence is likely to do more than diplomatic notes ; as the notes the French people want are those of the Bank of Eng land, else our sovereigns. By-the-bye, don't believe that bank-notes are at a discount ; they are most readily taken here, as I can prove, and the chances of war are becoming more remote." BRITISH INDIA AND MANCHES TER. A Deputation from the British India Sugar Corn r pany has visited Manchester, and is now, we believe, in Liverpool endeavouring to interest the friends of free labour and free trade in favour of their project for grow ! in; and manufacturing sugar upon a large scale in In dia. A/any of the Society of Friends and other ardent abolitionists take up their object with spirit, as the best practical means of defeating by competition slave labour and slave products ; but we think there are other rea sons why Manchester especially should feel interested in their success. It is clear that British India might be the best market for manufactured cottons in the world, and nothing has, till lately, so much prevented it as the monopoly of the East India Company, and the absurd and prohibitory discriminating du ties on East India products. Now, however, that the East India Company is prevented by Act of Par • liament from 'ergagit ' er in trade, and th e d ut i es on East India aria West India sugars are equalized, those obstructions no longer exist ; en the contrary, the East India Company have stated through their Secretary, Mr. Melville, that they shall give every encouragement in their power to the investment of British capital in the products of British India. With these altered and cheering circumstances, in addition to the main fact that the labour of the Hill Coolies can be had for two pence per day, while that of the negroes in the West In dies fluctuates from two shillings to four shillings ster ling, there cannot be the least doubt of the practicable and profitable character of the British India Sugar Company. There is no occasion, however, to theo rize on the subject, the fact is proved. During the last few years a quiet snug little Company, called the Dhobah Sugar Company, have been growing and manufacturing sugar in India (which sugar is esteemed by the trade as among the best in the market), and it is said that this Company is now realizing no less than 150 per cent. per annum upon their capital. That their success will lead to similar investments is as sure as that there are masses of unemployed capital ready to be advanced in anything in which not 150, but 5 or 6 per cent. prefit can be assured, and that such in vestments will lead to a corresponding demand for our manufactured goods is equally certain. Mr. Larpent, in his evidence before the House of Commons says— ' .‘ The consumption of British manufactures in India is believed to be limited only by the power of purchase. They are spreading all over the country, particularly the goods of Manchester and Glasgow, and have sup planted the use of native manufactures. Mr. Tre. velyan also, in his evidence before the House of COM. mons says—" Within a few years native manufactures have been extensively displaced in India by those of Great Britain. A taste for British manufactures, and even British luxuries, is springing up, and has extended far into the inter;nr. The cotton goods of our country are in general s.se. They are found at places man) hundred miles from the nearest English merchant ; at the town of Perlee, in the centre of Raipootaria, great quantities of Manchester,goods,are stored- and sent,fer ward." What the consumptiod of Manchester goods might be by the 120 mill'ons of our Indian subjects may he better conceived than described. Mr. Syms, another enlightened writer, and a great grower of sugar, says—" The limit of the consumption of British menu. factures by India could be only its power of paying for them by the produce of the soil. At present, however, the consumption is only at the rate of about sixpence per head ; in British North America it is 3/. a head in the West Indies, 4/. Jos. per head ; in Australia, 81. per head." We trust that, with these facts, we have made out a strong case why Manchester should feel a more than ordinary interest in the promotion of this British India Sugar C mpany :—that all friends of India—of employ ing the poor Hill Coolies at home instead of trans planting them to British Guiana and the Mauritius—of the competition of free labour against slave labour—of the reduction of the price of an article now more a necessary than a luxury—that all such persons may feel the same, we need only quote the following from the Patriot of Thursday last : The practicability and profitableness of sugar cultiva• tion in India are no longer matter of disputable specula tion. The latest commercial accounts received from Calcutta, contain, among other encouraging information, the following statement : " Since the British Parliament performed that tardy act of justice in equalising the duties on East and West India sugar, the production of this article in Bengal has increased to a very great extent. Instead of seven thou sand tons of sugar exported five years ago, the export this year will reach forty thousand. In Calcutta, no thing but sugar meets the eye at every turn. Out of a hundred boats which arrive there freighted with the agricultural produce of the interior, forty of them are sure to be laden with sugar. And all this arises out of no bonus offered by the Government for growing sugar—not a cowrie of the land-tax has been remitted —but simply b:.:cause, after half a century of oppres sion, the discriminating duties on sugar have at length been removed by the British Parliament. In as far this, and unfortunately only this, article is concerned, t'lis country is placed on a par with the West Indies ; a n,l, to use the words of a Bengal paper— . . Tiae resources of India, no longer depressed by the authority of Parliament, have recovered their elas ticity, and Bengal will this year have the happiness of supplying England with one-fifth of th e sugar she will consume. Our supplies will progressively increase. Capital is crowding into this department of agricultural industry. Sugar factories are rising up on every side ; the cultivation of the cane is spreading rapidly through the country. The removal of these protecting duties, which were designed to depress the scale of free labour, and to elevate that of slave labour, has led to the dis covery, that the objection raised against our sugars, that they did not contain the same quantity of saccha rine matter with the West India sugar, was altogether a fallae. Thus (If) the delusions which commercial jealousy and injustice had conjured up vanish away. Our sugar; already rival those of other colonies in quality, and beat thein in price. We are gradualiy advanc:ng in the discovery that India is well able to supply all England with sugar. It is now certain that 2(10,000 tons of sugar may be raised without being felt as an encroachment on other crops." We regret to learn that Sir Francis Burdett is confined to his room at Embercourt, Thames Ditton (where he has been residing for some time past), by a fall from his horse on Thursday. He is, we believe, much bruised, hut the injury he has sustained is not of a dangerous cha racter, although sufficiently severe to render the applica tion of 24 leeches indispensable. • A royal ordonnance just issued prescribes that the perpetual annuity of 6,000 f., granted to the family of Chambors, by letters patent dated Ist of March, 1757, shall be inrcribcd in the name of the Countess de Polignite, the sole surviving heiress of the Count de Chambots, her father, who died on the 7th of February last. The Dauphin, son of Louis XV., bad the misfortune, while out shooting, to kill the father of the Count de Chambors. The Prince never ceased t. lament the accident, and from the day it happened renounced the sport for ever. This annuity was the least portion of the benefits con forred on this occasion upon the family of Chambors.— Paris paper. HASTINGS.— ‘Ve understand that a person from the Board of Ordnance has been sent down, prepa ratory to the battery and Martello Tower in our vicinity LITERATURE. THE FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. L I. In the first article of the present Number, on " Ranke's Lives of the Popes of Rome," we miss a full comprehension of the theme M. Runke treats. The Popudom, like the Republic of Venice, is a corn pletcd fact. Whatever controversialists may say, the power of the Pope, as the infallible head of a religion, is completely extinct. Nobody any longer defers to it, All the Catholics appeal to a higher authority. They arc not succe ssful, but they now appea l , throug h the press, to the public reason and public sentiments for support. What is now required, th en , i n a ree i ew o f the history of the Popes . is, not a cata l ogue o f t h e i r names, or even a sketch of their efforts to restore the purity of the Catholic Church, but ala exhibition of the great principles in human nature, and in the papal institutions which, for so long a-period adapted them to the wants of mankind, established and prese rve d t h em i n power h doomed age esand fi na ll y ren d ered them thempower less, to destructio n . M. G u i zot h as clearly principle of thei r power, b ut we nee d l. ro u a g nhd traced many t b the philosophic history of their duration and their de cay. The Reviewer has had no such conception. In the article however, there is a con d ense d % i ew o f t h e effects of the Reformation on the Roman Catholic Church, which deserves approbati on . Tne second article is a notice of Swedish Ballads, which will he much relished b y t h ose who like to trace the analogies of the Northern families, and, not being al ready acquainted with the Swedish, wish to increase their knowledge of poetry. 'file writer properly calls it a panorama of Northern ball a d li terature, too long for those who take no interest, and too short for the many who do. The Antiquities of the Sclavonic Race is the subject of the third article, and is a notice of an elaborate work published at Prague, on this subject by an enthusiastic Selavonian. M. Safarick demonstrates that the Scla vonians are members of the Indo-European family of nations, and are of the priraitiv e races of Europe. With all respect for M. Safsrick, we Must take leave to remark that European civili zat i on b e l ongs w h o ll y to the Latin and German tribes. The Sclavonic races ap pear to have no peculiar civilization of their own, and to have been forced as it were onward by the other European families. In truth, they have been almost absorbed in them. The civilization of Russia, if we class her as belonging to the Sclavonic family, is borrowed from the West of Europe. The remote an tiquities of such a people are more interesting than their modern history, and is that light the article, which contains a succinct view of M. SAfarick's remarks, is a useful con.pilatioo. NVe looked for more the we have found in the fourth article on Herder's " 'Noughts on the Philosophy of the History of the Human Race." Thera must be a natural history of man, as well as other animals. In fact,:a place is assigned him in all works which classify the animal kingdom. But that is confined to the natural history of man, as of other animals in space; and there is also of him a natural history in time. What is usu ally called history is only the exploits of warriors. The. history of arts and inventions is more akin to what we think of, bat, as generally written, it is deficient in a guiding principle. It generally supposes that successive in ventions, instead of growing out of one another, and from the circumstances of mankind, are the result of happy accidents. It is usual to call civilization artificial ;we consider it natural and were its history as a natural phe nomenon written, we should have what we desiderate— a natural history of man in time. A History of Printing, foreign and domestic, is full of fragmentary facts, rather concerning the origin and progress of the art of printing than its present state. M. Laborde's works supply the staple of the article, which may be consulted with advantage by those who are studying the progress of the art. Chinese Literature takes notice of a Chinese novel, translated by Mr. Thom, which gives a good insight into the interior or domestic manners of the Chinese. Its title is " The lasting Resentment of Miss Kcaon Loran Wang, a Chinese Tale, founded on fact." We recommend the analysis as a pleasing story, which is at the sametime full of information of Chinese manners. M. Alfieri, zealous for the honour of Italy, has under taken, in his " Life of Catherine of Medicis," the ce, lebrated Queen Mother of France, to rescue her me mory from much of the odium which was heaped on her by the Protestants as the authoress of the Bar tholomew massacre, and by the French as basing stained the annals of their country with an Italian crime. He has fully succeeded in showing that Ca therine could import neither vice nor cruelty into the French Court, and that massacre and bloodshed were in those days too common in Paris to make any in structions from her or any Italian in those arts neces sary. Taking into consideration the manners of the age in which Catherine lived, and the peculiar condition of France, M. Aiberi has also rescued Catherine from much of the odium which clings to her. Of M. Alberi's work the seventh article is a summary, and the Reviewer con. eludes by this favourable character of a lady hitherto considered in our country as little better than a monster in human shape : Such was (to eater into M. Albert's views) Catherine de' Medici, whose grand and terrific figure rises above the crowd of minor actors in the long drama of the French Reformation and of the League, by the virtue of a lofty !ntelligence, and of a sovereign will, commanding the course of events, by which the others suffered themselves to be blindly and passively driven. Serene among the passions of an age of contusion,—secure among incessa:,t scents of peril and strife,—active, vigilant, indefatigable, she knew how to turn to her purpose the very designs of her adversaries. Her mission, for the space of thirty years, was to preserve her children's heritage from the designs of her rebellious vassals, and from the encroach ments of envious neighbours. That mission she accum. plished. Perhaps, in her eagerness to obtain her end, she was not always scrupulous about the choice of her means. Perhaps, with her anxiety about the peace and security of France and the rights and privilegel• of the crown, she mingled personal views of an unbounded and jealous am bition. She has been, perhaps not unjustly, accused of attaching some belief to 'supernatural agents, and dealing in superstitious praetices of divination and sorcery. She has been reproached with cunning, simula tion, and perfitly ; but she possessed even less of those arts than her position demanded, even less than could pro tect her against her numerous and not less astute, though more powerful enemies. She is slid to have stained her hands with private and public murder s , b ut none h as ev , r been bl s than one i nstance, h er a b horrence of useless effusion of blood. a manifested, provedin more against her, an d s h e unquestion y _- - Had Catherine de' Medici been gifted with a less crafty, less resolute, less ambitious character, Catholic f...rocity would have prevailed in her kingdom, and the fair days of Henry IV. and of the edict of N antes would never have darned upon France; wir would then Philip of Spain, sure of the support of the Guises, have been so easily arrested by the rebels of Flanders ; nor, perhaps, was Protestantism quite safe even in the heart of England and Germany. Sparke's Life of Washington is an abridged analysis of that work, which, as the hero is so well known, scarcely requires further remark. We cannot compli ment the Review at the expense of truth, by saying hat all the articles are well written ; on the contrary, there are sundry slovenlinesscs of style in almost all of them which are unpardonable in a production of such distinct recurrence, and of so much pretension. The best parts of the Review are the critical sketches, and the brief notices of works at the end, rhich are full of novel and interesting remarks. This part of the Review alone must recommend it to all lovers literature. A useful a THE BOOK OF FAMILY CRESTS. of its class, W nd ash c b o o m ur p iz r e e , h L el o l n s d k o .e n, v% %B4 ric o. comprising nearly every family bearing, properly blazoned and explained, accompanied with several thousands of engravings illustrative of the crests of all the peers and baronets, and almost every family of the United Kingdom. The -whole is alpha betically arranged, for the convenience of reference, and an appropriate essay on the origin or arms and crests is affixed to the work. ODESSA, SEPT. 24.—Since the 12th of this month above twenty ships have arrived here fr,m Sebas topol to take in troops, artillery, and ammunition. Two or three ship s con:inue to arrive , (kik% 18th ,onstantinop An uncon fi rmed report say s th at the first division of the R uss i an fl eet had sailed on the for l e; perhaps the depar. tare of the ships from Sebastopol to our port may have given occ as i on to this report. The first division was to be followed in a few days by a second. The troops of the Asiatic are said to have likewise received orders to be in readiness to march. NO CORN.L AW —( From a Correspondent. After m onths of preparation this dißcussioa • Hol land, who, so far, has thought - . will fall to the ground, as the preliminaries cannot be settled; but Mr. Acland is facing the dang er DISCUSSION AT DONCASTER. by lecturing night after night to crowded audiences, in the town of She ffi eld, where a - chair is reserved for Dr. himself. Sending a challenge is one thing, and meeting an opponent is another. it most prudent to absent , - DEATH op LORD ARTHUR CHICHESTER. — We have to record the death of Lord Arthur Chichester, who died on, the 25th of June last, in the Maurit ius, wh y r e His Lordship, wh o was the third son o f t h e his Lordship was s erv i ng with his regiment, the 87 th Foot. Marquis of Donegal, and brGther of the Earl of Belfast , Vie''' . eh"' berlain of the Royal Household, an d the Very R t verend the Dean of Raphoe, was barn the 30th of S e p tember, 1808. The date of his commission, as Lieutenant was the 9zll of June, 1825, an d b e was gazetted chase, the 6th of Dec em b er, 1827. a the twelve mo n ths We understand t h at d ur i n preceding the 9th September last, 15 as Captain by pun. 155 individuals have been brought before th e J ust i ces of Peace for this county, , I at the instance of Mr. Cl ar k, t h e i nspecto r of weights and measures, and amerced in various sums for having d , ticient eight for deficient weight s and Inea-ores' weights, measures, & c ., i n the i r possess i o n —viz., l'rtY illegal weights and mea sures; f orty -fi ve for false berms forty- six for and saes; weights eight for d e fi c i ent and ill e gal weights and measures; few for defi c i ent weights an d f a lse beams; and four for illegal weighs 311 a false be ams. ..Edinburyh - - CPurant. LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK ELECTION OF A DIRECTOR. A Special General Meeting of the Shareholders in the London Joint Stock Bank was held this day in the Board-room of the establishment, for the purpose of till ing the vacancy in the Direction, occasioned by the death of the late Mr. Alderman Venables. At twelve o'clock the room was crowded, and the business com menced. The proceedings, which did net last ten mi• nuts, were strictly confined to the election. Sir George Carroll and Mr. Dixon are the candidates for the vacant seat at the Board of Directors. These gentlemen having been respectively proposed and se conded, a sho;v of hands was taken, and declared by the Chairman to be in favour of Mr. John Dixon. A ballot was then demanded on behalf of Sir George Carroll, and ordered to be taken forthwith. The result, however, had not been declared at the hour we went to press. EVENING EDITfON. THE FRENCH FLEET. ATHENS, SEPT. 30.—The French fleet is still at Nauplia, though it is daily expected to anchor in Salamis Bay. As much has been said about its force, I have been at some trouble to obtain it, and the follow ing was given me by one of the officers : Montebello, three•decker, Rear-Admiral Lasusse. Triton • - - 86 guns, Rear-Admiral Hugon. Le Santi Petri, 86 L'Alger - - 86 Le Neptune - 86 Le Jupiter - 86 Le Diadcme - Le Suffren - 90 Steamer Lavoisier. Goelette La Messange. They expect, however, to be joined by four other line of battle ships. On inquiring how it was they came here when the last squadron had been so ill-treated, he replied, they had positive orders to keep as far as possible from the English fleet, until it was settled whether war or peace should be the order of the day ; and they cannot well go to Smyrna, it being a Turkish port. The Lavoi.aicr sailed from Nauplia with despatches for T ou l on ; should, however, there be no fear o f war fcr the winter, one-half of the French vessels, it is said, will be snot to Nauplia, and the remainder will remain is Salamis-bay. EEDLEWORK IN THE TIME OF ELIZABETH. —At no time was ornamental - or in greater request in the _ needlework more admired, bein g -; To the British Merchant' andfurnished with guns. At present we have not a article of concerns of life, than Residents in Alexandra, ' ." now. Almost every itiurneddown and fringed, and which cannon to fire for hostile, . or, . what is still better, for festal Even 1 IL of dres9, male and female, leather, e w a h t i h e e h r ,a were e re t h is worn time 4f i i w . .., a 4 s jadorned _withtops purposes. Our sapient Ministers, instead of following the Thls p is on a very singular proceeding upon the part Lordexample of France, by fortifying the sea coast, and con subject sonby. He knows that by treaty, Britis,b I were " ; commonly made of rusasyethtneetlobvte3h:atsr fine cloth (of which structing harbours as places of refuge for armed steamers, or E gy-sptalwebailf_re_,e and a self-governed people in Turkey I que , s l; - 00 a t n a d the ornamental have entirely neglected these important objects ; and there and thus expo s , , Lamy. own flag floats. He pulls it downwas used to make a shirt) , ii by some exquisites of the d o t u e ld h cost from is nothing to prevent a French ri steam-frigate from visiting them defaneeicis, to be saves if the t in gold nd were embroidered 1 3 .2cha pleases." b or silver, or in various•coal i t t r . r or , Remembercat ch i ng t h a l) ! i t! reflect- Consul m pious oured silks, i n th e our coast at day-break. r o .. n so_n a nding the reveille from the c lie hands them over indeed, to the I 1 ,. protection of a y rag stit a ched cannon's ne:uth.—B , right . G zete. were severally of birds, animals, or anti onsul, whose son and whose Vi c e- I kt- u .d r i e e s -rork alone of a pair of these natives not long insulted, nay, were beaten by : f i n o c ul- to ' ten pounds. The making of a single his being able to pro _with en the young attretdwould ing C images hi Childhood rj f o r e d m is al i l A : e ou a nd in d cure them any adecote' with out !nay orcrate redress. Then every body heart like 3 careless spray of water thrown „reqt.,.e.nit,layoerci),set l o o t. /. s , iik s e o , ri a c n h d ly s w o cr c e u t r h i e !us o l w!th •or profane thought, littere by a parent's lip, asked and no body couulttleansvver wi i4 - i nem., 4- Coon- , upon p olished steel, staining it wi:h rust which no after tiering Mr. Lurking to remain ~ t was meant by or- I other kn.wkes."— The Art of Needlework, batched at h is post, but to strike ; less of WiZ'On• ! scouring can efface. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17. 1840. MILITARY INTELLIGENGE. ROYAL ARTILLERY. " GENERAL ORDER, OCT. 9, 1840. " The Master-General and Board have been pleased to signify by letter, dated Oct. 2, 1840, M. 353, that, ia conformity with the fifth resolution of the Naval and Military Commission, they have directed that the offi cers of the Royal Artillery in future be relieved from payment of the fees hitherto charged on their com missiori. (Signed) "H. D. ROSS, Colonel, " Deputy-Adjutant -General." The non-commissioned officers and men recommended to be pensioned were examined at the hospital on Mon day last by a commissioner and surgeon from Chelsea, and were discharged on Thursday. The regiment is now upwards of 100 below the establishment. Gun and ricochet practices were carried on in the marshes on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, by the companies un•?er orders for home and foreign service-- captain James's, for Maita ; Captain Rowland's, ~or Jamaica ; and Major Grey's, for Ireland. " GENERAL ORDER, OCT. 14, 1840. " Her Mijesty has been pleased to approve of Brevet Major Higgins, of the Royal Artillery, having the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, on a particular service, whilst engaged on the service upon which he has been ordered in the Mediterranean. (Signed) " H. D. ROSS, Colonel, " Deputy Adjuiant•General." Lkutenant•Colond lii2gins was recently stationed with his company at Gibraltar, from whence he pro ceeded to Syria, and was present at the attack on Beyrout. After the bombardment and taking of that town, he lanied along with his detachment, and they are ene,%;ped with the Turkish troops. It is not pro bable th..t the above order would have been issued, had a speedy settlement of the differences on the eastern question been anticipated. There is a vacancy on the retired list of captains, occasioned by the death of Major Amherst Wright, who was placed on the list only a few months aga. Surgeon Chisholm, of the Ordnance Medical De partment, has joined from Canada, and is doing duty at Woolwich. Surgeon Simpson, of the Ordnance Medical Depart ment, has joined at hgad-quarters here, from Gibraltar, and is about to proceed to Ireland, having the rank of assistant-inspector conferred on him. Mr. Simpson is the senior surgeon in the department, and has been much of his time on foreign service, and was present with the ordnance corps on the field of Waterloo. MEETING OF WESTMINSTER MAGISTRATES. A meeting of the Westminster Magistrates was held yesterday at the Guildhall, for the despatch of the City business. Mr. Sergeant Adams in the chair. Alter disposing of some routine business, the Court heard applications for music licenses. The Court granted licenses to Mr. Thomas Martin, for the Han over-square Rooms ; Mr. Blake, for the Lowther As sembiy-rooms ; Mr. Braham, for the Prince's Theatre (late St. James's), King-street ; and tlla propticers of several taverns in Westminster. Every one of the ap plications was granted. The Chaplain of the Westminster Bridewell made his annual Report of the state of the prison, from which the following is an extract : " In remarking upon the moral condition of the pri soners, the chaplain cannot help noticing with regret the effect of an Act of Parliament, which came into operation last January. By this Act the system of svaration largely adopted in this prison, and with mani fest bcm.fit, has been broken up, and association re sumed with regard to untried prisoners, which is at tended with the most demoralising effects, particularly to the younger criminal and first offender. The chap lain cannot conclude his report without again acknow ledging the valuable assistance he has received during the last sear from that excellent institution, the Itluge for the hestitute, in providing for such of the juvenile prisoners on their discharge as had previously expressed contrition for their past misconduct and a.desire to re :arm ; and, also, from the visiting tidies, by whose means situations have been provided for many females who, during their imprisonment, had given an evidence of a similar disposition. (Signed) " G. H. HINE, Chaplain." The report was received and the Court adjourned. UMVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE, OCTOBER 17.—The election of Chan cellor for this University, in the room of the late Mar quis Camden, will take place on Wednesday next. It is not expected that there will be any opposition to the return or the Duke of Northumberland. CAMBRIDGE, FRIDAY, OCT. 16.—A most respect ably attended meeting of the resident members of the senate was held this morning in the great Combination room of Trinity College, at which the Vice-Master, in the absence of the Master, presided. It was proposed and carried unanimously, that " the meeting considered Lord Lyttelton, from his distinguished talents, his known attachment to the ecclesiastical and academical institutions of the country, acd the integrity and un blemished purity of his character, to possess the highest qualifications for the office of High Steward of the University, in the event of its being vacated by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland." Tile following is a list of the gentlemen appointed University Officers, at the Congregation on Saturday last : Paocroits.—Rev. Charles Henry Maturin, M.A., King's College ; Rev. James Edward Dalton, M.A., (;),:lcen's College. AlonEKAToas.—Senior Moderator to be appointed at. a future Congregation ; Rev. Elwin Steventon, M.A., Corpus Christi College. SCRUTATORS.—Rev. James Burdakin, M.A., Clare Hall ; Rev. Henry Arlett, M.A., Pembroke Hall. Taxons.—Rev. Alexander Thurteil, M.A., Caius College ; James Pulling, Esq., 8.A., Corpus Christi College. AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS.—Rev. William Hodg son, D.D., St. Pet6r's College ; Rev. Joseph Shaw, M. A., Christ College; Wm. Nathaniel Griffin M.A. St. John' s C o ll ege . , , At the same congregation the following degrees were conferred : MASTER OF ARTS.—Wiliam Mtrcer, Trinity Col lege. - BACHELORS or ARTS.—Charles Mortlock, Caius College ; Frederick Stewart, Pembroke College ; Hugh James Wilkinson, Catherine Hal ; William Bateson, Qieen's College ; Robert Matthew Sharpe, St. John's College. The congregation fixed for Wednesday last was post poned until the 21st inst., in consequence of the death of the Chancellor. The Hon. Alberie Drummond Willou2hby, son of Lord Gtvydyr, is admitted of Trinity - College. The Rev. William Plue3, M.A., of Trinity College, in this University, Master of the Ripon Grammar School, has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of Ripon to the Perpetual Curacy of North Stainley. The Hen. and Venerable William Towry Law, M A., of St. Peter's College, in this University, has been presented by the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, to the Rectory of Weston-wper-Mare, and to the Vicar age of E Brent, both in the county of Somerset. The Rev. George John Deipuis, Fellow of Eton Col lege, has been instituted by the Bishop of Norwich to the consolidated rectories of Creeting St. Olave's, Creeting All Saints, and ,Creeting St. Mary's, in the county of Suffolk. Patroas, the Provost and Feilow of Eton College. On the 13th inst., the Rev. Edward Robert Butcher, D.C.L., wits licensed by the Lcrd Bishop of Peter borough to the perpetual curacy of Hartwell, near Northampton, vacant by the death of the Rev. W m , Butlin, on the nomination of Win. Castleman, E.A., of Wimhorne Minister. '[fie parishioners of Burton Coggles, Lincolnshire, were hignly gratified on Tuesday last by bearing that their late very excellent minister, the Rev. Joseph Huzill, was pres(nted, by the Society founded by the lire Rev. C. Si meon. fO r purchasing adv ovvsons, to the rectory of Darlaston in the county of Stafford. HORRIBLE AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—We have to record the melancholy death of Mr. Barfield, land lord ci the Lop: a Head Inn, near Crewkerne, under cir . eurnstances which render it peculiarly awful and distressing. I The di ceased atkndcd our mailet on Monday last, aril did not leave until a late hour. He had scarceloe a • mile when h e f e ll from his hors e , but miraculously re ce ived no injury, azd again mounted the animal; but are he reached another mile he again fell heavily, and reccii.ej a severe b ru i se on one side of high and one ear, from which the blood flowed c o pi ous l y. It was rot, however, so severe as to prevent his re-mounting his horse, and, for the third and last time, he attempted to get on, when, just as he arrived o;)posite the hoz.:;:u of a iariner Davis, at Peasemarph, kc fell with tremendous force on his head, and tr.ctured his skull. He was carried into Davis's house, in a senseless state, and several surgeons were soon in attendance. The poor man never once moved, looked. or spoke; and after lingering in the same unconscious condition mail Wednesday morning, death finished Weer! COURT CIRCULAR, 'I , Y mAE.Eit, competent to take chaige of a Fa-bri` ---. 0 -- - in the North of Ireland. IkNTA NTE T.), on experienced DR___E ,.. . s .: . Busines3 in a populous Town WINDEOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince able Apply - by letter, ' addressed A.B ,at Mr. Scruttons, Static'n er ' Albert walked to Adelaide Cottage to-day, and from No, 111, F . ore•strcet City. . , thence, attended by the Royal Suite, her Majesty and his Royal Highnes s ro d e i n a pony p h aeton to see t h e A NEW VOLUME BY SAM SLICK . coursing. Lord John Russell arid Viscount Ebrington' A NEW VOLUME OF E R (who arrived last even i ng w i t h Vi scount M e lb ourne ) , l CLOCK MA K Just ready, in po s t Sen., with numerous Illustrat ions, H E and the rest of the Royal Visitors were also present at Or, SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF the coursing. SAM SLICK, OF SLICK VILLE. The Commander of the Forces, Lord Hill, is ex. Third Series. rented to-night at th e C ast l e on a v i s i t to the Queen. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Prince Albert, attended by the Hon. Charles A. Murray, took the diversion of shooting in the Home Pa , k and Slopes this morning. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Charlotte Dundas and Colonel Wylde, rode out on horseback in the Park this morning. Lord Alfred PagLt succeeds the Hon. Lieut.-Col. Grey as the Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty. Sir James Clark arrived this morning at the Castle, and will return this evening. The Earl of Erroll took his departure this morning for Richmond. The Chairman of the East India Company had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence, in Downing-street The Secretary to the Postmaster-General had also an interview with the Riglit lion. Gentleman yesterday. The Russian Minister transacted business yesterday, at the Forvien Office. Mr. Hanbury Leigh had an interview with the Mar quis of Norman by yesterday, at the Home Office. Viscount Palmerston left town on Thursday cvening on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Despatches from the Governor of the Canadas, and also from the Governors of Nova Scotia and Now Brunswick, were received yesterday at the Colonial office. Sir Henry Parnell has arrived in town. The Hon. Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie left Farrance's Hotel, lio.lgrave.strcet, yesterday, for Scotland, where she intends remaining until the return of the Governor from Ceylon. Viscount Ebtington left town on Thursday on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. Mr. Spencer and Lady Louisa de Horsey, in Grosve ner-:.!rea, from Cowes ; the Earl of Ponsonby, at Co ventry-house ; -- Weld, Esq., of Salworth, at the Burlington Hotel ; Mr. and Mrs. Power, at ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Baskerville, at ditto ; Lord and Lady Lang dale, in South -street, from Templetown•houae, Roe hampton ; Count Pisani, at the Burlington Hotel, from Leamington Spa ; the Hon. Colonel Henry Fane, at ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt, at the Honourable Co lonel CavendisYs, Burlington-street, from St. Leonard's hill ; Sir John and Lady Raeßeid, from Hatelivvorth-pack. DEPARTURES. The Honourable Mr. and Mrs. Henry Westenra, for Wilton House, near Cheltenham; the Dowager Countess and Lady Laura Waldegrace, for Brighton ; the lion. William Edwardes, from the Burlington Hotel, Burling ton-street, on a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Knatchbull, from the Clarendon Hotel, for Provender-hall, near Ashford; Major-General Sir A. Pakington, for St. Leo nard's-on- Sea; Sir F. and Miss Hankey, for Brighton ; Lieut. Cathcart, 10th Hussars, for ditto; Tysden Hodges, Esq , from the Clarendon Hotel, for Hastings; Lady Lub bock and family, for St. Leonard's-on. Sea ; Hon. Mrs. Charles Ashburnham, fur Sussex ; Mr. Qaintin Dick, for Copt Hall, Essex. CHANGES. The Earl of Moray and the Ladies Stuart, at Camway Castle, N. 8., from Inverness; Admiral and the Hon. Mrs. Henniker, at St. Leonard's-on -Sea, from Brighton ; Major Noel H!ll, on a visit to Sir Rowland and Lady Hill, at Hawkstone Hall, from Nenagh ; Sir W. H. and Lady Fremantle, at Brighton, from Englefield-green, Berks; Lidy Jodrell and family, at Cheltenham, from Dover ; General and Miss Bradshaw, at ditto, from a tour ; Lord and Lady Bridport and the Hon. Miss Hood, at Brighton, from Pricket House, Somerset. f_TIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR o f . A. AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED a nd GUA RANTEED RA NTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONE,I, DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTT ERIES) a:er many possibilities of obtaining. LARGE FORTUNES. HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. Are now SELLING BONDS for the said DISTRII3I.ITIOO Persons desirous to purchase for the next Distribution, renra. ceive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROS and PAR I'l CU LA RS, upon addressing WITHOUI 11 LAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAAlBURGliteed° THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION, managed and guar ° by the Austrian Government, contains Pe TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DIVIDENDS, Amounting to £954,888, The Dividends being - £15,000 £6OO £7O 0 £37 I, 7,500 300 50 0 37 v 3,800 200 42 0 3 6 0 1,800 150 4j 10 35 0 1,200 100 39 0 s O r/ HEINE., BROTHERS, havi n g r emitted, during I,oo' time, 18,000/., 9,0001.. 5.0001., 3.6001., &c. &c. &c. , W o; don ; 3,600/., 8001., 7001., to Edinburgh • 3.600/. to D i a vo k 3,600/. to Beverley; 3,600/. to Halifax (Yorkshire); ;. to to Portleaven Harbour; 900/., 6001., to Lit erpqol ; 1% - iowt . Newcastle-upon-Tyne; 900/. to Hull; 9001., 600/..., t s af o rd; Chester ; 6001. to Bideford; 600/. to Cork ; 6001. to Jir. d pis 'hey shall feel glad to remit many Dividends of the sal :ribution to England, Ireland, w..n , 1. Scotland. 1 , ea st The Bonds (which are no Lottery Ti c k e t s ) can be er s ila ?very Banker's coonecte , l with Germany in every In''' ,.st pkce in the world. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GA RDE., I4 „*TRIS. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME Vr"". THIS EVENING. OCT. J 7. of Will be repeated, Beaumont and Fl e t c h er ' s CoMe'? THE SPANISH CURATE m oo; Don Ilenrique ; Mr. Cooper; D on J uan , Mr. An"„ fr , Pt. Leandro, Mr. Chas. Mathews ; L opez ( t h e C ura te), " 1 „ : 0 3 s. Farren ; Bartolus, M r . B art l ey ; Mew), Mr. Keeley ; " rante, Madame Vestris ; Jacintha, Mrs. W. West. -' or' The Interval between theiPlay and the Afterpiece cupied by A COMIC SCENE between Mr. CHARLES MA and Mr. KEELEY, entitled TWO IN THE MORNING. After which the popular Farce of THE RINGDOVES. w a ge" Sir Harry Ringdove, Mr. F. Matth ews ; H a rr l . -1 ,„ •Cr Mr. Charles Mathews; Miss Longclackit, Mrs. Urg e ' cilia, Miss Lee. f ir On Monday, The Merry Wiv e s o f Wi n d sor , with r" . .. volo. Obi Ir On Tuesday, The Spani s h C ura t e , w i t h T w o in the , ing. and The Greek Boy. On Wednesday, The Riv a l s , w i t h Th e B egga r's Ope l‘ . osii Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Seco n d P r i ce , 3 s . 6d .; Fi rs t ,mod N e er 04 41 Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Secon d • 25. ; Gallery, Is. .teei to Doors to be opened at h a lf- pas t Si x—t h e perforres' - tommence at Seven o'Clock. 4aor Tickets id plate. Mr- Ci....„1-sta ickets and pia( C 3 for the Box,: to be taken of -- Tieig , at the Box-office, from Ten till Fou r , where Sea s . ll ` may be had uon application. Private Bo p xes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, boo° . tier, :67, New Bond-street. _;-/i ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. ~r r ~ UNDER THE MANAGEMENT O F Mr. Bu';;:4 rri" The New Piece of Ve nus a V esta l h av i ng been rec_ni rapturous 01 THIS EVENING, OCT. 17. e a Will be repeated a Ne w M yt h o l og i ca l M us i ca l D r aw* VENUS A VESTAL. Air Apollo, Miss M. Glover ; Venus, Miss J. Moraauot' pets, Mrs. H. Beverley. To which will be added, THE MOVING STATUES= )Ir. Mr. Shakspere Scamp, Mr. Balls ; Harry Baker ; Simon Chisel, Mr. S. Roxby. • t g e d thr re After which will be rereated a N ew Pi ece , ent.,, , JP• WRITINGS OF MY GRANDMOT HE R'S Lady; Emily Bouchier, Miss J. Mordawit. The while to conclude with a New Burletta, n ag ' RAILROAD STATION. N ir . Mr. Sampson Jone s , M r . S amue l R ox b y; Mrs. W. Mrs. Garrick. , Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Oly mp i an B oxes, 3 s . 1 ;:64 1 ; Half-price—Dress Circle, 2s. ; Olympian 13 ""' Pit, ls. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. _,4asst Mr. ELIASON b egs l eave most respect f u ll y to an notTv N - i piCk the above Theat re i s now OPEN EVERY EVE with the Grand Musical Entertainments, entitled THE CONCERTS D'HIVER. Leader, Mons. NADAUD_Conductor, Mons. .‘" /7. a rb y PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, PART FIRST. Overture—" La Gazza Ladra"—Rossini. the 0 0 " Victoria"—Quadrille (Dedic a t e d t o h er m a jesty of England )—Niusard. Overture—" Le Serment."—Auber. " Polichinel"—Quadrille—Musard. ~ 'Con et Romance from Hale y's Opera, Guido et Ginevrs , a Piston Solo, 'Herr Koenig, :rranged by Mused. " Souvenir a I'ltaliana," Solo lute, Herr for tlae Herr Fri s ch. „ea' " Quatre Heures"—Quadril;6, with let, by Mons. PART SECOND. Overture—" Guillaume Tell"—Rossini. " Tote Carabo"—Quadrille—Musard. Fantasia, Violoncello, Mona. Pilet. "Le 13rass , ,•ur de Preston"—Quadrille—Mugard. g ar First Grand Fantasia, from Meyerbeer's O era Les nots," Obo e S o l o —M ons. Barret, arranged by Solo, Cornet a Piston, Herr Koenig, arranged by g" --- Valses—" Die Nachtwandler"—Strauss. 0 11 7:5 " Camille,"—Galop, Solo, Trumpet —Musard—gerr 1 Prices of Admission :—To the Promenade, 15 * ; Circle, 2s. 61 ; Ur Boxes, ls. 6d. Visitors to the B p o pe xes have the privilege of passing st from the Promenade. Doors-open at half.past Seven o'Clock, t o Comm' mes' Eight precisely. te Private Box es can on l y b e procured of Mr. Mitchen, rite Library, No. 33, Old Bond street, and at the Box-el ce 130:_ d ef Thea:re, Price s , 10s. 6d., 1/. Is., and IL I Is. 6°' t d 07, and Place s i n the Dress a n d Upper Circles may be se c— ni . application to M r . P arsons, at the Box-office, daily,,,crobe : kep t ill Four o'Cl oc k, an d those in the Dress Circle will the whole of the evenin g, if required. PRINCESS' THEATRE OXFORD-STRL G I4 This splendid Th eatre is OPEN EVERY EVE NING PROMENADE CONCERTS, Oa an extensive scale. • Under the Direction of Mr. WILLY. .1 300 5. THIS EVENING, OCT. 17.—PRoCRANI1 193. Overtures—Z a uberflote, Zama, Oberon, Coeval de Princes Quadrille s —Fi gurante, Venetian, Le Rubis, La Pr i o Waltzes —Mille Fleur, Andenken, 'fanz, necepte- Galop—J ugen dfeur.Dsl' THURS DAY an d FranAr —Solo on the Clarinet, Mr* SATURDAY —Solo on the Horn, Mr. Hal** the Admission—Pr.menade, Is. ; Boxes, 23 • ha d a t Private Boxes, U, Is. and 10s. 6d. each, may b e Box-office, and of Mr. Mitchell, Old ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. I ,OV Success unparallel e d h as crowned the production of t" is; Atiwu of the Royal George, and audie nces cram med to th e pro; have wit nesse d it. The slendid Dioramic Inductio°, pot nounced to b e without eq ual; re-echoing cheers aec al .rd. O ig it through ou t. Ai nsworth ' s Original Jack SheP P continues triumphant. THIS EVENING, OCT. 17, Will he acted the Nevr Nautical Drama, ent ''iz: THE WRECK OF T HE ROYAL GEORG.— OR , SEAMAN'S CHEST- r epr Preceded a Grand Pictorial and Scenic Incl uc tion.,_, s' sentirg Cruise r oun d t h e C oast, and depicting the avilt" amity, with the sinking of the Vessel, &c. To conclude with Realizing all CruiksJACK PPARD. hanks'S HE inimitable Tableaux "°. ► ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS._ Under her Majesty's Immediate Patronaze..,- This highly popular and interesting resort is OPEN. from Ten till Dusk. The Menag er i e , w hi c h is unequalled in the nutriber, and beauty o f t h e spec i mens it contains, occupies sever_ i r so gigi cious and el egan t buildings - comfortably heated, an 4 with the nea res t poss ibl e assimilation to the natural 1 ived the animal s . Th e most important additions recently ~r`t int; are the ra re an d beautiful black Leopard, le Mignon Pe rel a pair of th e scarce Curassows, called Cushew Birds, ibe .ut i r • • Ibis, the Bu s h C ow ( t h e only specimen in Europe)l,' 1:;fi Cossowari es , th e M onster Boa (the largest ever seer. cots ment), &c. The splendid collection of Carnivora are fed at Four c or at v , hich ti me t h e feroc i ous attributes and enazing; mkt ad' powers of the se f orest monarchs are displaye,l, t o the ut° l " .. • vantage, Admission One Shilling. FIIGH c n a L tu r??l;l 6. :3 n : g t ,n f i g n - GE icwinotes_ ttlflor& I,t Publication of the Eve , :;th s - Edition of THE me-need at. 1(1 minutes after Three. Uniritnamma.... - • • , 4 .. • • )4,%,, ----Fr.„ ea). 'az), • • • .! Zfn, ,431174+ LONDON : SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1840- ----- pri. ••• ATTEMPT TO AssAsINATE T fird KING OF THE FRENCH' f The Moniteur Pa r i s i an an d t h e Messager Thursday night have been received by ex lra°rii • i ; nary express. Th e y b r i ng t h e f o ll o wing c ' ffici s account of anoth er accurse d , b ut, w e thank ven, unsuccessf u l attempt upon t h e life Of I CI P LOUIS PHILIPPE : " PARIS, OCT• •4 5, . " A mu s k e t• s h ot was fi re d at t h e Kifird;, . at SI e o'clock this evening, at the moment when. 7 jesty wa s pass i ng a l ong the quay of lila Taile rie on his r e t urn to S t. Cl ou d . Dy " Neith er t h e Ki ng nor any o f t h e persons whom h e was accompanied ,were hurt. " The assas s i n was arres t e d. " e. He avow e d hi s crime." 1 s ,i'; i! twalfit: 1)5 The name of thg assass i n , who W 95 EVENING EDITION. IRELAND. We have authority to state that there is no truth in the statement of the Lord Lieutenant's custom having been withdrawn from Mr. Luke Dillon, in consequence of his having joined the Repeaters. In 1839 some cloth was purchased from him to make servants' liveries. It was found more convenient afterwards to give the entire order for material and making to the tailor. This was done as far back as March ; and not one word was said to Mr. Dillon re,peeting Repeal, nor, indeed, was was it known that Mr. Dillon was a Repealer.—Dub. lin Evening Post. The temperance movement, combined with good go vernment, is producing the most wonderful results upon the state of the country. COUNTY OF GALWAY.—At the Sessions of Cliiden and °tighter/ad, the Reformers registered 229, the Tories but one. COUNTY OF KlLDAR E .—Reformers, 15 : Tories, 14. COUNTY OF LiNtseacK.—Reformers 4 ' • Tories, 1. . COUNTY OF KERRYReformers, 10 ; Torics,2. Mr. O'Connell arrived in Clonmel on Tuesday, and was escorted into the town by a considerable multitude, whom he addressed on the subject of repeal from the balcony of the hotel. He was entertained at a public dinner in the evening. Yosterday Mr. O'Connell arrived in Kilkenny to at tend the Leinster Provir.cial Repeal Meeting, at which there was a very numerous attendance. I shall send you a report of the proceedings to-morrow. Mr. O'Con nell is to arrive in Dublin to-morrow. He starts for Drogheda on Sunday, to attend the repeal meeting there on Monday. PARISH OF S PANCRAS. -~--- TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV. SIR,—My attention having been directed to a letter which appeared in your Paper of Monday last, relating to the Directors of the Poor of St. Pancras, and con taining falsehoods of the grossest nature, I feel called on to assert, that during the four years I have been associated with the gentlemen who have been Vestry men and Directors of the Poor during that period, I have never seen, known, or heard of the slightest grounds for your Correspondent's gross assertions and insinuations. For myself I treat them with the utmost contempt, as I am well aware your readers are of too intellectual a class not to kr:ow and feel that truth merely requires to be plainly asserted, and that " pot boy" eloquence can have little effect on them. Mr. Brettilighatn's letter of yesterday has my most he a rty concurrence—there is nothing. in it but what is true ; and as he has evidently a strong suspicion of who and what your anonymous Correspondent is, your readers will be able to at least picture in their " mind's eye" what kind of a personage he must be. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM SIMPSON, A Director of the Poor of St. Pancras. 110, Guildford street, Oct. 16, 1840. THE WATE rtm EN'S ASYLUM.—A building has just been covered in at Penge, near Sydenham, short distance from the Croydon Railway station, which is intended for the reception of thirty aged and decayed watermen and lighterrnen of the river Thames. The new almshouses are in the Elizabethan style,. This Institution has been established by the Watermen's Company, who at the outset subscribed 500/. from their funds towards its support, which was followed by a rote of 5001 frem the Corporation of London in aid of the endowment fund. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager is the patroness of this Comity, and has given a donation of one hundred guineas. The total amount subscribed by the nobility and gentry and waterside people amounts to 11,000/. At a meeting of the Committee of Management, held en Friday at the ancient hail of the \Vateimen's Company, it was proposed and agreed to that seven alditional alms.. houses should be erected, in addition to the thirty already ce,itracted for, and the Watermen's Company voted another grant of 500/. Mr. John Dulin Brown, the senior warden of the Company, presented the Company with * 3 501, and Mr. Charles Hay, of Rotherhithe, one of the Court of Asiistants, in addition to a donation of 60 guineas, presented nig!. teen months since, when the al lum was first projected, said he should feel great pleasure in contributing 20 guineas a year to the Endowment Fund. Mr. Brown ha given in hard cash 5651., and presented the Watermen's Company with two acres of freehold land, land-tax redeemed, as a site for the almshouses, in Rddition to which he has settled 1,000/., payabl e at his death, and a liberal annual sebseription, the amount of which was not made known. The members of the Court of Com pany individually have subscribed 1,200/. At the meeting held yesterday it was agreed upon that another appeal should be made to the public on behalf of the Endowment Fund which is to be raised for the support of the inmates I f the almshouses. WILL OF THE LATE BISHOP OF ST. DA VID'6, —The will of John Banks Jeukinson, Doctor in Di vinity, Lord Bishop of St. David's, has just passed under the seal of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, in Doc . tor',; Commons, to Frances Augusta Jenkinson, widow of the deceased, the sole xecutrix named in the will. the deceased was related to the late Earl of Liverpool. P..te petspnal property of the deceased rlithin the jur*.sdiction of the Court of C4nterbury has been swr.: en under f :i the v.,!ue of sevcray thousand pounds, i-Pri ..ependent of property out of the jurisd!ctian. The of the deceased is dated in May of the prcsent, - year, and the property is given to the wife for lifer tannia, and after h er d eat h to h i s ehild ren.—Bri- SiIROPSIIIRE FARMER'S SOCIETY.—The first anniversary of this society, and its first agricultural show, took place in this town on Tuesday, and attracted many landed proprietors and practical farmers from all parts of the county. The President of the Society, the Right 113 n. the Earl of Powis, assumed his seat as Chairman as soon as the company was in some measure accommodated. lic ass s" ,- rounded by Srißaldwin Leighton, Bart., Sir Rich li d J enkins, M. P., the Hon. R Clive, M. P., Mr. O. Gor's, M. P., Mr. Slaney, M. P., Mr. Lloyd (Aston), Mr. St. John Charlton, Mr. Burton Borough, Mr. Law_ I LY, Mr. °alley. and a great number of other gentlemen. Sir Rowland Hill, 1.3.3 rt., M.P., and J. A. Lloyd, Esq., acted as Vice-Chairmen.— Shrewsbury aimicie. Mr. Charles Keinble i i 4s , arrived in London, froa. Italy, I , c, meet his daughter, Mrs. Butler, and t o un ! der g9,?, s'Argteal oPc-ation by Mr. Liston. 'Hiss Adelaid e gymbl g rema i ns At Mi lan, where s h e i s the prima donna.