The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-21 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. !!TONE I MARKET and CITY NEW S. (SATURDAY EVENING.) TlMES.—lntelligence has been received respecting the state of the island of Tobago, by which it appears that indolence on the part of the labourers is not com plained of, but their secession from labour on the estates for other pursuits, sueh as the rearing of stock and provisions for sale on pieces of land which they rent or purchase, or, if they are unable to do this, the entering upon such pursuits as may enable them to reach a state of independence. Some of the planters have endeavoured to render this disposition profitable to their own estates, and have, therefore erected com modious houses, with grounds fit for raising stock for domestic consumption, making it a condition that the rent of these premises shall be paid out of weekly labour on their estates. CHRONICLE.—We have have received the fol lowingadditional particulars regarding the plan of COW) Lara Y. The arrears of Coupons due are 20 per cent., to be converted as follows :-101. in Stock, bearing 5 per cent. interest, the payment of which being guaranteed by the Customs and other revenues of Spain, a sinking fund of 2 per cent. will be established for the redemp tion of this Stock. The other 101. to be left a De ferred Stock, to be provided according to the amelio ration of the finat,ces of Split). Count Lara also proposes the issue of 7,000,0001. Stock ; one-half of whici to be applied to the conver sion of the Coupons, and the other half', tiz. 3,500,000/. to be deposited hire, to be ❑egotiated at a future period. Such are the outlines we have been able as yet to collect respezting the Count's propositions, which we have been informed may be considered as rejected by the Committee, the members he'll; much divided upon the subject. Our wonder is that persons can be found to lend their ears to such unsatisfactory arrangements, so in jurious to the interest of the bondholders, who have a right to:txpest and must obtain much better terms from Spain. Let us suppose, for a moment, that the proposition bad been accepted, and the Coupons converted as was intended, and let us examine the advantage that would result to the bondholders. The 10/. Stock, even calculating it at the price of 50 per Cent., will give only .51., and the other 101. de ferred, at the price of 10 per cent. for 201. arrears of Coupons, leaving the actual original bond in the same uncertainty as now as to the pument of the future di vidends to become due. We discountenance all plans based upon any princi ple of creating more stock or extracting money from the pockets of tke bondholders. Spain must provide 'the means of naceAng her engagement?, by remittances of revenues to Loudon on purpose, which she can well afford to do when the country is thoroughly pacified, her army plaged upon a reduced establishment, and her resources developed by proper fiscal and financial re forms, and by the completion of a commercial treaty with Great Britain. The plan of Count Lara, viewed in the most favour light, amounts to no arrangement of the foreign debt of Spain. It is merely an expedient for making some settlement of the aqsears, coupled with the ob jectionable proposal of a new loan. This is pitiful. Such a scheme might have been listened to if it had emanated direct from the Govern ment of Spain during the existence of the Carlist war ; but that being at an end the bondholders will reject all such make-shifts. They will refuse expedients, and look for payment. HERALD.--Accounts from Manchester state that the markets there are still dull, and trade heavy. This is to be accounted for by the unsettled state of the East ; several Greeks, and others trading to that part, having countermanded their orders ; in cons(- quence, both goods and yarns are a shade lower. The blockade of Alexandria, and the extra premium for in surance have contributed largely to produce this state of affairs. In the print and fancy trades, there is no reason to hope for improvement, for the demand seems to fall off, and therefore large stocks will be lett on hand. The late failures may now be considered to be arranged ; in the one case the creditors have ac cepted a composition of I ls, in the pound, and in the other 10s, is offered, which, although the meeting was adjourned until -Tuesday, will most likely be taken. notwithstanding the badness of trade at Manchester, the Liverpool Cotton nirket has been very brisk, and yesterday .19 sales amounted to 5.000 bales at the ex treme prices or American descriptions. The new crop, it is expected, will be much later than was anticipated, and the early supplies will be all wanted for the North ern States, the manufacturers there being totally out of stock. Although the importation of Cotton had in creased 311,565 bales compared with the corresponding period of. last ye,r (being 1,223,669 bales against 912,104), yet'the stock, by a similar comparison, has in creased wily 63,976 bales (500,395 against 436,419). ST.--The publication of the monthly report of the assets an'& liabilities of the Bank of England exhi bits a diminution of the stock of bullion to the extent of 107,00 , 01., 'but the circulation has been increased )35,000/. and the deposits are reduced 9.6,000/. There is, consequently, no material change in the appear ance of the assets and liabilities since the publication of the last runthly report, but it is important to be observed holy small a comparative reduction of the bullion has taken place, at a time when the foreign exchanges have been in an uninterruptedly unfa vourable position with all the continental ports. The exqhanges were even again rather lower in the course of yesterday, but, as the business is remark ably small at this period, an unfavourable exchange is not of so much importance with reference to the bullion in the vaults of the Bank. The duty on wheat and flour is rising rapidly, and the shipments of flour to England from the American ports is reported to have been generally suspended after the arrival out of intelligence of the better prospect of the harvest of Great Britain ; and this will tend to raise the rate of ~.schange on England, and prevent the exportation of gold to the United States. The season for emigration is also drawing to a close, and this will cause consider able sup* . s of bullion to be retained in England during the nexWx months—a circumstance of some import ance, as the emigrants have been unusually numerous in the course of the present summer, and these parties are observed very generally to take out gold to the Western World. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Times.) The Government people in what they just now say and write appear to be taking a great deal of pains to convince their friends that the Conservatives cannot make an Administration. They do not at all affect to deny that the existing Ministry would be utterly in capable of keeping office if Sir Robert Peel would construct a Government of his own ; but they com fort and cajole one another with a mutual assurance that its is impossible. We are far from questioning the Whig estimate of Whig capabilities, not merely because ten years of office have more than sufficiently exgesed the materials whereof Whiggery is made, but also because the incapacity of its administra tors gust needs be best known to those who see them nearest Therefore, in so far as the underlings of the Ministry attest the weakness of their own body, they nay be worthy of all credit ; but as they are not in relations of private communion with the Conserva tive party, and as that party has not enjoyed, except for the few weeks during which Sir Robert Peel was the Crown's first Minister in 1835, any official oppor tunity of showing its policy, under the great constitu tional reforms of our time, we must be pardoned if .we hesitate in deferring to the opinion of these peremp tory judges on the subject of the Conservative in clinations and capabilities for office. There is one great impediment which will always prevent these people from forming any 'sound judgment of what the Conservatives are Likely to do. They do not understand the principle by which that party is regulated. They see their own band of selfish intriguers .hungry for office, dependent upon its profits and patronage, and willing to sacrifice, no t onl y their. character s if they had any still left, b u t " the y good of ‘the Church, the safety , honour, of our Sovereign and her dornini Y o th ' os, and tne y infer, from the vicious specimens before thay th is . is the na ture of all political parties. But em thetruth is, that their own is not a pity in the sense in pro w hic h el that largely collective *ord is usually and pro p e r ly yunderst f ood ; sectionin Parlia ment, the that is, it represents the opinions of party at all, is but a part people, anti, if a not a party of the nation. The party s arreally a party : their foremen speak the sentiments o e f a great body of people, who el ect t h em to the Lemis lature and to local office expressly b ecause they bare Radicals. (From the Morning Chronicle.) The Times is labouring hard to convert the agitation which is now going on in Ireland for a Repeal of the Union, into a handle of attack against the Liberal Mi nistry. To read its articles one would suppose that political discontent was a thing unknown in Ireland un til the Whigs called it into existence, in order to serve their sinister ends. \Vas Ireland, then, so tranquil, so prosperous, so attached to the English connexion, under the Tory regime? 'What effrontery is it for the men who, on l y twe l ve years ago, came f orwar d t o conce d e Catholic Emancipation against the convictions and pro fessions of their whole lives, and avowedly from the sole motive .oss of fear --.fear of ag it a ti on —f ea r of the Catholic iatien—fe ar of O'Connell—now to turn round upon the W hi'°s, and accuse th e m of treachery and pusillanimit y , stiThe the vo i ck f because th e y d o no t a tt em pt to . fre e ' discussion in a free country, by the exploded violenCe. Ministers are of arbitrary and ihegal charged with culpable conniv ance, because they arell Mr. O'Connell to make speeches, organise a society, and collect a rent, for the repeal of the Union. to know, is their guilt of a deeper "sPPet, rvo should like w. 40 all:Lper dye than that of the Duke of Wellington, w•cd him to do the very THE SUN, LONDON, IVIONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1840. same thing for Catholic Emancipation? It is impossi- ! • ble to draw a distinction between the two cases. The repeal of the Union is a question which, as long as they (From the Times.) confine themselves to the constitutional modes of discus- , The following important letter has come into out sion, the Irish have es good a right to agitate as they ' possession ; we have no doubt of its authenticity and had to agitate for the repeal of penal laws. True i therefore publish it : the discussion may be disagreeable, even dangerous ; I 4. Whitehall Gardens, February 23, 1835. the Government may disapprove of it, and anxiously I "My dear Bishop of Durham,—That public busi wish to see it -removed, but what of that ? Is the ness must be of more than ordinary and pressing im- Government to interfere by brute force, in order tot portance which I did not set aside for the purpose of silence all discussion, and put down every expression reading with earnest attention, a letter from you, and of opinion of which it disapproves ? Such may be that letter too on a subject of such vital importance as the maxim and secret wish, as it was long the avowed the one on which you have addressed me. and recognised practice of Toryism, but, once for all, " 1 will, with your permission, refer to the political the Whigs have studied in a different school. The sue- and the religious considerations which it involves. eessors of Hampden and Py.n, of Milton, and of Locke, "Itis a matter of extreme difficulty to determine of Somers, of Chatham, and of Fox, will cot, if they had when it is the duty of a Minister of the Crown to under the power, consent to sacrifice the permanent blessing take the interference with ancient usages and venerable of free discussion, for the sake of gaining any institutions. If he determines to do nothing, he may temporary advantage, or escaping any temporary in- incur the risk of insuring interference by ruder and convenience. What does the Times want ? Does it more hostile hands. If he advises and undertakes in want gagging laws and military proscription ? Does it terference, he appears to the unthinking to be need want suspensions of the Habeas Corpus, and all the lessly departing from principle, to be unsettling what it stale resources of the Tory Governments of olden may be very dangerous 'o disturb, end to be establishing times? Are these the means to which it would have a precedent which may be appealed to a.sainst himself Ministers resort, in order to silence the voice of British by those dangerous innovators whose intervention he subjects discussing a constitutional question, in a con- wishes to avert. stitutional manner ? Does it suppose that any Go- " I know no other guide that he can take to vernment of the present day could be found weak or regulate his course amid such difficulties, but his wicked enough to adopt a system reprobated by the deliberate and conscientious conviction of what may voice of humanity, and abandoned by the Tories them- be ultimately the best for the security and permanent selves, on account of its recognised insufficiency ? interests of the establishments he desires to protect (From the Morning Herald.) and serve. The "protection" which the Czar of Muscovy is " The important question connected with the Church about to afford to the Sultan is, it must be admitted, on which was forced upon me, and which required imme no niggardly scale, if the accounts be correct, which diate decision, was this : state, that an army of 30,000 Russians are assembled " Is it prudent and safe on that part of the Crown to d in Bessarabia, and that the troops concentrated on the decline all interference with the state of the Church, and to leave that question to be disposed of as may Turkish frontier amount altogether to 100 , 000 men. If the other three Powers of the " quadruple alliance" seem best to the House of Commons, trusting impli were to supply their contingents in proportion to this citly either to the forbearance and caution of that amount of Russian force, there certainly would be small House, or to the power of the House of Lords to rc chance of Ibrahim Paella capturing Constantinople, or ject what may be injurious ? being able to remain there long if he did. But the fact " I cannot .cith a safe conscience answer that ques is, the game of " protection" is in the hands of Russia, tion in the affirmative. and she will so play her cards as to take care " I entreat you to look with me at the constitution that her' "allies" shall have no other part allotted of the present House of Commons. We have a dcci to them in the eastern drama than to be the in ded majority of the representatives of both Ireland and strumente of her ambition both for the chastisement Scotland hostile to the Church, and I fear no incon of the Viceroy of Egypt, and the subjugation of siderable number of the representatives of England Turkey. When we read, as we do in the correspon- either unfriendly or indifferent to the interests of the deuce of the ..Vational, that " all the reserves of the Church. • House to On the first discussion that takes place in the House artillery and of the troops of the line had left Warsaw to join the army on the Turkish frontiers," we cannot of Commons, after my appointment as Prime Minister, evoid being reminded of the 17le cl Pam I, w h ose on the proposal to replace in the chair the late Speaker, bloody catastrophe was the result of that sort of pro- who has served the House for 18 years, and during tection which Russia is ever willing to afford to her seven successive Parliaments, I find myself in a mino feebler neighbours. Beir.g reminded of the fate of rity of ten. Po:and we are inevitably led to anticipate the doom "Itis in vain for me to disguise from myself that which impends over the Ottoman empire. Warsaw very few of those who voted in that majority will is now a mere barracks for the troops and a Prove themselves on the day of trial friends to the depot of arms for the military ambition of Russia, Church. which threatens both the east and the west. From " The minority is composed in great part of mem the gates of the capital of a nation which Russian hers professing the utmost attachment to the Chula, " protection" has blotted from the map of Europe but all, with few exceptions, requiring the correction pour forth armed " pacificators" to extend the sceptre of whatever can justly be called an abuse in the Este- of Siberia to the Bosphorus, and erect the throne blishment. of a Calmuc chief within the ramparts of the "In that minority Lord Stanley and his friends ancient Byzantium. To this "eventuality" is England voted, increasing of course to the extent of their corn an assistant and an accomplice. The Foreign Sucre- hers the force we could bring into the field. At his tary of a Whig Administration binds his country in late election for Lancashire, Lord Stanley, a declared the chains of a new " Holy alliance." Palmerston lays friend of the Church, who sacrificed his office in main at the feet of Russia the resources of the British em- tenance of the principle that Church property in Ire pire. Shall not the indignation of the people land should not be applicable to secular purposes, deli. of England pursue the delinquent Ministers who vered these opinions on thesubject of Church Reform : hava so betrayed their Sovereign and their coun- "' I know also that ecclesiastical reform must come, try, and break the bonds of this enslaving and that it is certain with regard to two great branches, connection ? We care not that some Tories go with namely, both as to the temporalities of the Church, and all the Whigs in this sacrifice (f English interests to a also as to her internal discipline. I too, like my Hon. Russian ascendancy in Europe. We arc convinced that Friend, would not be a consenting party to abstracting when the people of England become aware of the extent one farthing from the revenues of the clergy, who, I be of the mischief which a Russian faction in this country neve in my conscience, are not overpaid, but as a body is working, they will take the proper means to relieve arc hardly adequate to supply the religious wants of this country from an influence which inflicts on it such the people. But I do say that it is absolutely neces danger and degradation. They will shake off the incubus sary to have a different distribution of the revenues which paralyses the nation a l energies, an d res t ore the of the Church, to afford a more equal distribution of the ancient " land of liberty" to its natural independence means of religious instruction ; that the abuses of non and freedom of action. residence, the abuses of pluralities, and the abuses of (Frothe Morning Post.) the present appropriation of chapter and cathedral pro. m -, perty shoul be got rid of, and threvenues of the The crisis in Spain i s o f serious momen t. Espar- Church should be so disposed of as at to le sive the people taro's manifesto, published in Saturday's columns, of England the greatest amount of benefit from the ex is a compound of insolen c e a n d selfi s h ness , b u t it wou ld ertion of competentiy, but not overpaid, ministers.' be worthy of little notice if it merely contained the con " Now, looking at the majority and at the constitu ceited phrases of the military charl a t an . H e i s but a puppet, but they who pull the strings are a powerful tion of the minority, what course is it prudent for us party, and, under the mask of not claiming an absolute to take ? Shall we leave Church Reform in the hands dictatorship, this Sussex protege puts forward the right of the House of Commons, or shall we make an honest of a military sway in Spain. Because Espartero, ma- bona fide attempt to reserve to the Crown, and to ad naged, in conjunction with the miscreant Maroto, to visers selected by the Crown, the cautious and delibe achieve by the foulest treason and treachery what he ! rate review of a question of such extreme delicacy and was not able to achieve in the open field, he exacts importance " simply that he shall be regarded as the prote c t o r o f the Beiieve me, my dear Lord, that lam acting under Government ; he demands—this modern Cromwell, the deepest impression that the effort I h a ve mad e so t o reserve that question affords the best (I h a d a l mos t sa id without the redeeming political and military talents—to the only) prospect of any safe and satisfactory adjust the always consulted as the Commander-in-Chief of riae:: , it of it. the army ; be is to be permitted to interfere with So much for the political considerations that are the Executive by his counsels, forsooth, for the general connected with this subject, good ; he is, in short, to be the Regent de facto, the political prospects of an administration, but on the Christina the Regent de jure, and the Ministers are to vital interests of the Church. be reduced to seven military clerks without the Cabinet •• May I presume now, with the utmost deference for responsibility. This most impudent manifesto is per- your superior knowledge, and with un b oun d e d res p ec t hips the most unconstitutional document that has ever for your high and venerable char ac t er , t o sa y a wor d to emanated from the very constitutional rulers of Spain. you on much higher concerns—on th e i n t r i ns i c mer it s The confusion of ideas and principles indicates clearly and their bearing, not on m of the measure I have advised, and its relation to the the march of modern Liberalism—the basis of action spiritual welfare of the Establi s h men t ? is disobedience to authority, and loyalty is most loy a l " I admit the force of your observations as to the in resistance to power. What ! the Commander-in advantage of cathedral dignities, their tendency to Chief of an army, the very first who ought to set the elevate the general character of the profession, their example of strict discipline, in arms against the utility (if honestly applied) as retreats for, and eneou- Crown, its dignity, and prerogative ! What ! the ragement to learning, and I should be the last person army arrayed in opposition against the solemn to propose any harsh measures of confiscation, or the act of the Cortes, sanctioned by the consent of the suds en appropriation of the revenues of D eans an d Crown ! This is a noble school, certainly, of consti- Chapters (in the absence of all friendly and confidential tutional Government, and yet this is the work of an consultation with them) to objects foreign to their English Minister abroad. May we not conclude what original destination. would be his labours at home if he was in opposition " But I do earnestly advise a comprehensive and im instead of being in office—if the Crown had to be re partial consideration of the whole position of the sisted and not to be sustained? The Morning Chro- Church, and that our anxiety for one branch of the aisle has told us that the claims of the Exaltados are Establishment should not divert our care from other moderate. Revolt against the Crown, the Cortes and objects of most important and pressing concern. Ido the Government, is but moderation. We should like to earnestly ask whether it be fit that the great manufac be told what, then, is anarchy. The British Perlin luring towns and districts of the country should be ment has passed an Irish Municipality Bill which dis left, as to the means of spiritual instruction, in their pleases a portion of the Conservatives. Would it be present state ? Is it right—l ask the question on moderation to resist the execution of that Bill, sane purely religious grounds—that such a place as Notting tinned by the Crown, by an insurrection ? Spain is ham, for instance, should remain as it has hitherto re revolutionising because her ancient municipalities are mined, with no provision for the maintenance of the destroyed. Would Ireland be justified to rise because ministers of the Church of England, excepting the scanty her old corporations are annihilated ? What is to be means which they can collect from pew rents or Easter the end of this new phasis in Spanish revolutions ? Our dues ? private letters from Paris, dated Friday, mention a ru- rnoer in the political circles that the Queen had yielded, Is it right that the two parishes of St. Margaret and was to go to Madrid to submit to her fate. As a and St. John, Westminster, with a population of necessary consequence of this resolution, it was added 50,000 souls—parishes dependent on the Dean and Chapter of Westminster—in the immedi a t e v i c i n ity o f that M. Mathieu de la Redorte, the French Ambas the Cathedral Church—under the daily eye of Pasha seder of M. Thieres choice, had been recalled. If moot, should remain without, in either case, a decent this news should be confirmed, and we have no reason to doubt it, for its probability is great, it r ema i ns t o be provision for even . a single mini s t er o f th e Ch urc h o f seen what extent of liberty will be conceded to Christina. England ? In these pari s h es th ere are a dditi ona l churches subscribed for, but not built, because there is (From the Morning Advertiser.) no endowment ; and Dissent is increasing, not on ac- As events develope themselves in reference to the count of hostility to the Church, but because there is a Turco-Egyptian treaty, the accuracy of our opinion religious feeling which the Church of E ng l an d w ill not from first to last—that G rea t B r i ta i n and France conciliate towards herself. would not be brought into colli s i on , w h ere the chief " Apart from all popular clamour, from all political object and policy of both must be incidental—becomes considerations, is it better for the Church of England, more and more apparent. By the latest accounts from for the interest of that faith the prop aga ti on an d ma i n- Alexandria it appears that, as far a s E g ypt i s concerned, tenance of which is surely the primary object of her the Pacha is perfectly satisfied with the treaty of Lon- establishment, to continue the old method of disposing don, and as to Syria, he would be content with its pos - of all the Prebends of Westminster as sinecu r e di gn iti es, session for his own life. This proposition he requested or to make a certain number of them instrumental in Rifaat Bev, the Envoy from the Porte, to communicate removing such a scandal from the Church, as that which to the Sultan, of whose assent he appeared to entertain two great neglected parishes in the heart of the metro so little doubt, that when asked by the Consuls of the polis, and in immediate connexion with the Chapter, are Four Powers what course he intended to pursue in case of exhibiting at this hour ? the Sultan's refusal, lie declared he would not have made such concession were he not certain of the assen t o f the ' Let me take another case—that of Comae, a parish Porte ; and he also refused to accede to th e ro osal of in ' Lancashire, the centre of a large manufacturing dis trict.. It contains about 18,000 inhabitants, has one the Consuls, who observed, "in that case pp j.ou minister with a stipend of about 1601 . a year, 100/. of and, above all things, to give up th e fl eet. Highness ought to direct Ibr a him t o retrograde,r which is raised by Easter dues, paid with the utmost It could not be expected that such a wily diploma- reluctance and ill will, each cottager having to pay 51d. a head, and frequently resisting payment until after fist as Mehemet Ali would accompany a prop os i t i on which he regards as a concession with a conditional an order of a magistrate, which increases the charge promise of further concessions, in case of that proposed tenfold. being refused. This, in fact, would be offering a bonus " I have mentioned three examples of parishes—one to the Porte to withhold its assent, and it was nothing in the metropolis, one in a large town, one in a great less than puerile in the Consuls to urge such proposi manufacturing district ; and they are not unfair instances tions at such a time. It is not for us to anticipate the of the miserable provision made for divine worship in decision of the Porte, but the fact of such terms having very many parishes similarly circumstanced. Can we been proposed by Mehemet Ali, is sufficient indication reconcile it to ourselves in a religious point of view that that he knows his own interest better than to incur the these things should remain as they are ? If we can eiifywtoeamndust admit that they are wrong, dignitiesm not,er can utter aimihilation of his dynasty, by braving the hostility shadow of a hope that Parliament will be content of the European Powers. The stipulation for the pox- is there the session of Syria during his own life may Ise regarded as supply eath e the d ra l revenues deficiency—will pr gc ~s e 1 leave y n n their cathe pre cededr a the qualification under which the Pasha would re sent footing, and make provision out of the public funds from a position which he knows it would be im for the increase of all livings inadequately provided for ? possible to maintain. But as the European Powers have S now interfered, we think it far safer and better that Suppose there w ere a vacancy to-morrow in the deanery whatev er arraneement be made shall be final, than that of Durham, wou ld i t b e prudent for me, either as a Minister or as a consc i ent i ous friend of the Church, to the question which now th rea t ens t h e peace ' o f the world ith e. to fill up the appo i ntment, l eav i ng it w should b e reserved for future agitation ; that Syria advise the Kin e its present emoluments of 9,000/. a year, an d w i t h no should b e l e f t in doubt of the authority to which she mus , t ., gi l a li n s ee d ' ea a th in other spiritual functions than those which belong properly his m e l , a a y n d all at e kindl e a to the Dean 9 Th • would certainly be, on the one hand, prey . to Mehemet Ali during onff'strthernictadherence to the letter at least torch to live, more ardent, and the hands of his more ac niverseiqually despotic successor—a ( of the statutes the . conflagration. Such an ar- chapter, there would be the gain rangement as this would a be to flit Minister of a great aristocratic appointment which man atrocity, and to E to Syria one of most inhu- I . e - I might possibly be well bestowed crastination, affordin Europe an act of imbecile pro- 1 ' • on some man of pre: i eminent worth and ext • to tfhe aggressive and despotic , extraordinary learning ; but would powers the opportugnit their organization agaiistoth preparint , and perfecting 1 such advantages compensate far the alienation of constitutional states, when e rights and interests of 1 thousands from the Church, who would witness this a vigorous d emonstrat i on appointment , with all its emoluments i n t ac t, d evo l v i ng would now extinguish such in iquitous ambiti on . I t i s on an indivi dual, and at the same tithe populous di; much to be regretted that France with the other Powers in the has not co-operated tricts in the neighbourhood of Durham overrun with wh ..erein the interests of all not influencedadjustment of a question by Dissent from no other cause than that there is no ado. provisson for the performance of : the intentions, aggressive the rites of intentions, indicated the same arrangement. qu ote u..hnrn il n f England ? "If the deanery of Durham were retained with all : its functions, and with ample emoluments for the station, and if at the same time some mode could be devised for making a portion of the revenues (surely the excessive revenues) now attached to the deanery THE CHURCH. SLAVERY IN FRENCH COLONIES, --The Go vernor of PrlartiLigue, by th.erees of 21st .flay and June, enfranchised 134 slaves ; and the Governor of Gua deloupe, by a decree of 6th July, enfranchised 35 slaves. instrumental in panting a new bishopric in the north of England, and relieving the See of Chester from some portion of labours above human strength, could it be truly said that this would be undermining the found 1- tions of the Church ? Would a measure of this kind, or the attachment of a prebend of Durham to such a rectory as that of Newcastle-upon-T; . ne, or the application of the emoluments of a prebend to the spiritual improvement of immense masses of population (selecting, if possible, those which are connected with the chapter by vicinage or local ties) —would such acts be any greater violation of rigid principle than the sale of the property of the chapter for the purpose of endowing an university, or the attachment of prebends to the professorships in that university ? " Does any reasonable man complain that a prebend of Lichfield has been attached to an unendowed parish in Birmingham, or doubt the advantage to the Church, to the temporal as well as the spiritual interests of the church, of such an application of it? " Under any circumstances, I should say not, but under the present circumstances the practical question for decision is this—shall these precedents be cautiously acted upon by friends of the Church for the &maple purpose of extending the influence of the Church, or shall Church Reform be left to reckless innovators and undisguised enemies ? I have written this letter amid so many interrup tions, and so hastily, that I ought perhaps to apologize to you for an apparent abruptness and peremptoriness in the manner and tone of it —perhaps for its uncoil ; nectedness and want of clearness. " I have been obliged to have it recopied, that I might not inflict upon you the double penalty of a te dious and an illegible letter. " I have the honour to be, my dear Lord, " With the greatest esteem, " Most faithfully yours, " ROBERT PEEL. " P.S. I omitted to state in my letter that I en tire!y concur in your opinion that it could not be politic or just under any circumstances to contract the means of the Chapter of Durham to give effect in the fullest degree to their wise and liberal intentions in respect to the university which has been founded under their auspices." MALTA. The Malta Times of Aug. 31 concludes an article on " The Execution of the Quadruple Alliance for the Pacification of the E ist," as follows : " With respect to the reported act of Commodore Napier summoning the surrender of the town of Bey rout, we have to affirm that this is the necessary result of the Quadruple Alliance, and has nothing what ever to do with Mehemet's answer to the propositions of the Four Powers in concert with the Sublime Porte, which merely refer to his having ceded to him the go vernment of the Pachalic of St. Jean Acre . for life, and Egypt as an hereditary vassalage for his family. The other provinces which Mehemet Ali now holds, in spite of all international law and obedience to his Sove reign the Sultan, he will not be asked a question about, but, as in the reported case of Commodore Napier, hls agents will be summoned to surrender them forthwith upon the pain of being forced with all the might of war. This, at least, is our view of the question." ATROCIOUS MURDER IN STAF FORDSHIRE-APPREHENSION AND COM. MITTAL OF THE CRIMINAL. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, SEPT. 19.—A Coroner's inquest was held this afternoon in the Magistrates' MOLD in the Police-office, before F. S'anier, Esq., and a Jury, on the body of M'trtha Keeling, an aged woman, who was found murdered in her bed in Church-street on the morning of the 17th instant. John 'Fonse, a cabinet maker, deposed that he was at the house of the deceased on Monday night last. She told witness she had a lodger, and while speaking the man came in. [Matthew Fowles, the prisoner, was brought into the room and identified by the witness as the perion he had seen.] The prisoner told witness that he was a Northwich man. Hannah Urine, wife of John Urine, butcher, said that she was niece to the deceased. During the latter end of last July Mrs. Keeling resided with witness. She told witness that she had saved 201. in service. Sne wore a ring similar to the one produced. Had seen in her possession a pin like the one produced.— (These articles were found on the prisoner when taken into custody.) Sarah Skellor, waitress at the Castle Hotel, stated she believed that the pin produced was the one the de ceased was accustomed to wear. Richard Lathberry Dudley, surgeon, stated that on Thursday last he was called to the house of the de ceased. He found on the right side of the body a lacerated wound about three inches long, and from one to two or more wide. A complete abrasion of the skin, evidently inflicted by finger nails. The wound on the right side was moist and covered with blood. On the left side there were three and four, and two on the cheek. Was of opinion that her death was caused from strangulation by the hands. He found the lungs per fectly healthy, but darker than usual, and more col lapsed. There was a considerable effusion of blood about the muscles of the throat, the cartilages of the windpipe were completely flattened and pinched, instead of being circular. A great number of other witnesses were examined. It appeared that a dressed fowl was missing from the shop on the morning of the murder, and a labourer of the name of Howes proved that on Thursday the pri soner took shelter in his house during a heavy shower, and pulled out a part of a fowl and some bread. He also pulled out some money, and began to separate it. Williams, a Northwich constable, arrested the prisoner on Friday, about two miles from Northwich, who pro tested his innocence. On his person were found 1/. 10s. 6d. in silver, Bid. in copper, a ring, and pin. One of the witnesses compared the ring with the third finger of the left hand of the dece ase d, and found an impression corresponding with the breadth of the ring. The Jury returned a verdict of .1 Wilful murder" against the prisoner, Matthew Fowls The prisoner was brought into the room, when the Coroner informed him of the verdict what he had t o sa y. and asked him The prisoner held has head down, but did not say a word in his defence, and was fully committed to Stafford gaol for trial. THE ELEVENTH HUsSARS. TO THE EDITO1? OF THE SUN. St n,— Itis moat deeply to b e regretted, for the sake of the army at larp, that such persons as the Earl of Cardigan should be allowed to retain the command of any regiment in the service._ One might have naturally expected that, after what happened in his former regiment, his Lordship would have behaved in the manner /coat likely to bring his conduct in an odious light again before the notice of the public. In England, generally speaking, those not personally concerned in the military profession, interest themselves little about army questions, or army aquabbles ; but to the service itself, it cannot but be a matter of disgust to see a person, who formerly was forced to quit his regiment from the fact of having embroiled himself with all the officers in it ; not only put at the bead of another cavalry regiment, but to see that this person unfortunately so completely gains the ear of the Com mander in -Chief, as to get him to condemn (unheard, and upon his own cx parte statements) the officers of his iliew regiment, who are again obliged to appeal against u nwarrantable abuse of power, as a commanding officer. It must operate as anything but an incentive to good conduct and unanimity of feeling in the service, to see a superior officer not only supported and uph e ld i n hi s arbitrary conduct, but even favoured and caressed ; who has been the means of creating more ill-blood in his two regiments, than any other who • has served much longe r than himself, • Thu C ommander-in-Chief shou ld cons id er that there are other requ i sites fora good commanding officer of a cavalry regi ment than the being e i t h er a goo d j u d ge of uniform, o r even a good parade- d r ill ; two qua li t i es of which no one wishes to deny the possession by t h e Noble`Lord. But it seems that the other very serious dis-qualifications for such a command arc completely overlooked by the Commander-in-Chie f. It surely must b e as much the d u ty of the latt er t o protect the j un i or braches of t h e se rvice over whi c h he presid es , f rom any arbitrary condu ct of their supe riors, as i t i s to uphold proper • disc i p li ne• by suppo r ti ng on every f a i r occasion, the legitimate au thorit y of a com manding officer. " B. Z.' Itaangate, Sept. 20 , 1840. ri,..I,FICEW INDIAN into the Atlantic. This language _ -,----- , L ., orders from Napoleontab s e i‘r:gsucipaoryiaGcetn, General" that when 111assena was sent against Sir Arthur Wellesley, his and others? Above all , Lord Harr is, r e i r S it o d i r t i v i e s was natural and not inappropriate in an enemy but it comes with very bad grace from an officer. What were Lord Clive, Lord Lake, what was the Duke of Wellington? THE A RmY.—The left win g of the 19th Regi ment, under the command of iMaj(7r Hodgson , embarked at Cork on th e 16 h i nstant in her , Ni a jcsty's ship Rodney, They will touch at Lisbon and Gibraltar, and finally dis embark at Malta, should their services not be required on the coast of Syria. EXTRAORDINA RY ELOPEMENT. —A few days ago the daughter of a respectable farmer in East Lothian was induced by one of h er f at h er 's shearer s, a disre p utabl e character, who , has been already twice convicted of theft, to elope with him. Before leaving the house he broke open a strong chest belonging to her fa ther, in which was contained bank receipts to the amount of 234/ , and c-ish to the amount of 121. In the course of a few hours the , police succeeded in discovering the fellow and his unhappy dupe in a low loiging.house in the Nungate, Haddington, where they had just arrived. The money was recovered, , with the exception of about twenty shillings , with , which . the male prisoner had purch a sed a sccon:;-gaud , u it of clothes, and the nest day the bank receiptf, were found in a field near the scene of the elopement. Both parties i have been committed for trial.— Caledonian Mercury. i THE LITURGY. " The whole Liturgy, and n.thing hut the Liturgy." In the preface to the Liturgy of the Church of Eng land is this passage :—" The particular forms of Divine Worship, and the Rites and Ceremonies appointed to be used therein, being things in their own nature indifferent and alterable, and so acknowledged; it is but reason able that upon weighty and important considerations, according to the various exigencies of times and occa• sinus, such changes and alterations should be mad• 2 therein, as to those that in place of ,authority should from time to time seem either necessary or expedient." Is it not obvious that in so many hundred years since the Reformation some alterations must have become necessary ; and, it so, why not made There stands marked in our calendar not fewer than 100 days for Saints or Martyrs, whose deaths are to be commemorated in the course of a year. These have at times undergone examination by the authorities, and 29 of them have been selected to be kept as " Feasts,'' a'id all Sundays in the year ! Wnat kind of feasting not specified. Then there are 16 days enumerated to be observed as Vigils before Feast. Days. How ? Then there are Daya of FASTING!!! (i. e.) 1. Forty days in Lent. 2. The Ember days at the The first Sunday in Lent, four seasons, being the Wed- Pentecost, nesday, Friday, and Saturday Sept. 14, and Dec. 13. aficr 3. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Holy Thursday. 4. All the Fridays in the year, except Christmas Day. Do the Protestant Clergy of the Church of England observe tlicse Ordinances ? And arc these tne per sons to express frantic fears at the rites of the 11,,mish Church?—Correspondent of the Brighton Herald. THE EASTERN QUESTION. ANSWER OF FRANCE TO THE MEMO RANDUM OF THE FOUR POWERS. The reply of M. Guizot to Lord Palmerston's note, communicating the signature of the Convention of the 15th of July, has been the subject of much curiosity and speculation ever since the appearance of the latter in the journals. The document so anxiously desired is at length given to the world. We find it in the Augsturgla Gazelle of the 14th inst., and hasten to lay it before our readers : "MEMORANDUM DELIVERED BY M. GUIZOT TO LORD PALMERSTON ON THE 24TnJULY, 1840. France, in the affair of the East, has always been desirous of acting in accord with Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia. Her conduct has been in fluenced only by the interest of peace. She has never judged the proposals made to her in any other point of view than that of the general interests, and never with a view to her own interests, for no Power is more disinterested in the Eastern question than she is. Judging in this manner, she has con sidered as ill-conceived all the proposals, the object of which was to tear from Mehemet Ali, by force of arms, those portions of the Turkish empire of which he is in occupation. France does not conceive that this will be for the good of the Sultan, because it would tend to give him that which he could neither govern nor keep. She does not think it good either for Turkey in general, or for the maintenance of the balance of power in Europe in particular, because it would weaken, with out giving any advantage to the Sovereign, a vassal who may give powerful assistance in the common defanca of the empire. Nevertheless, this is a question of system on which there may be many diverging opinions. But France has particularly declared herself against any project the adoption of which might bring on the em ployment of force, because she could not distinctly see the means which the Five Powers could dispose of. These means appeared to her to be either insuf ficient or more injurious than the state of things in tended to be remedied. What she has thought on this subject she still thinks, and has reason to be lieve that this opinion is not exclusively hers. Under later circumstances no positive proposition has been addressed to her upon which she could explain herself. The determination communicated to her by England, no doubt in the name of the Four Powers, cannot, there fore, be imputed to refusals, which she never had an opportunity of making. But further, without insisting on the question to which it might give rise, France again declares that slib considers as inconsiderate, and not very prudent, a conduct which shall consist in coming to resolutions without the means of carrying them into execution, or with means of execution insuffi cient or dangerous. The insurrection of some of the people of Lebanon is no doubt an opportunity which it has been thought right to seize for finding means of ex ecution which had not before been presented. Is this a means avowable, or above all so useful, that the Turkish empire ought to act upon it against the Viceroy ? It is de sired to re-establish some little degree of order and obe dience in all parts of the empire, and yet insurrec -tions are fomented. New disorders are added to that general disorder, which all the Powers already deplore as contrary to the interests of peace. Will they succeed in subjecting these people to the Porte, after exciting them to rise against the Viceroy? These questions have certainly not been resolved- But if this insurrection is repressed, if the Viceroy be• comes again the assured possessor of Syria, if he thereby becomes more irritated, more difficult to persuade, and he answers to their summons by a positive refusal, what are the means of the Four Powers ? Certainly, after having e niployed a whole year in seeking for them, they cannot have discovered them recently, and a new dan ger will have been created more serious than before. The Viceroy, excited by the means employed against him—the Viceroy, whom France has contributed to restrain, may pass the Taurus, and again threaten Constantinople. What will the Four Powers do in this case ? In what manner will they enter the empire iii order to give succour to the Sultan ? France conceives that thereby there is prepared for the independence of the Ottoman empire, and for the general peace, a dan ger much more serious than that with which they were threatened from the ambition of the Viceroy. if all these eventualities, the consequence of the conduct aoout to be adopted, have not been provided for, the Four Powers will be engaged in an obscure and pe rilous path ; if, on the contrary, they have been foreseen, and the means of meeting them agreed upon, then the Four Powers ought to make them known to Europe, and, above all, to France, who has always taken part in the common object—to France, whose moral concurrence they still claim —whose influence at Alexandria they invoke. The moral concurrence of France in one common con duct was an obligation on her part, but it is no longer so in the new situation in which the Powers seem to wish to place themselves. France can henceforth be no longer directed but by what she owes to peace, acd what she owes to herself. The line of conduct she will hold under the grave circumstances in which the Four Powers have placed Europe will depend on the solution which may be given to all the questions that have just been indicated. She will always keep in view peace, and the maintenance of the present balance between the States of Europe. All her means shall be conse crated to this double object." The same number of the Augsburgh Gazette contains also the following document, which will be read with interest, inasmuch as it sheds light upon the progress of the Eastern negotiation 1--- " MARSHAL SOULT TO BARON DE BOURQUENEY, " Paris, Joly 17, 1839. " In the important crisis in which the Ottoman empire was precipitat e d by th e d ea th of Su::!in moud, in the midst of the events which signalised tn. latter months of his reign, the union only of the great European Powers could offer a sufficient guarantee for the maintenance of peace. The communications which have been exchanged for some weeks have happily proved that that concord is as perfect as it can be. All the Cabinets wish the integrity and independence of the Ottoman empire under the present reigning dynasty ; they are all disposed to have recourse to their active and influential means to insure the maintenance of that element so essentially necessary for the political equilibrium ; they would declare without hesita tion against' every combination whist' might en danger that equiliboium. Such a concord of 'bpi= nions anti resolutions (for nobody can doubt them) must suffice not only to prevent any attempt against those high interests, but also to dispel uneasiness, the simple existence of which produces already real danger, on account of the irritation which it imparts to the mind. The King's Government believe that the Cabinets would do something that would be essential for the consolidation of peace if they confirmed the expose of the above.mentioned intentions, in written documents, which they might communicate to each other reciprocally, and which, as necessity might arise, might be published more or less completely. As for what concerns us, we declare formally that these inten tions are invariably our own, and I authorise you to transmit to Lord Palmerston a copy of the present despatch, after having communicated it to him orally. I doubt not that the British Government, in the reply which it will think fit to give to the Istter, which you I will send together with these despatches, will adhere in the most formal manner to this conftssion of faith, which is in accordance with the assurances, so often reiterated, of her line of policy. If, as I have rea son to hope, the Cabinets of Vienna, St. Petcrsburgh, and Berlin, reply in tile same manner to similar com munications which I will let you know of, the object proposed by the King's Government will be attained." BRUSSEL,t3, DUTCH, AND GE 11. MAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, SEPT, 17.—W0 are assured that the Elng is expected to return from Wiesbaden in the course of next week. The Queen, the young Prince and Princess, will leave Ostend and return to the Palace of Laeken, on tl - w day of his Nl3jesry's arr;vill• On the other hand, a letter film) Wieilmden, th:ted the tith of this month, giving some details of th e mode of life, sup,'" It is said that the King will stay here six weeks to drink the waters. He will I begin to-morrow to take the baths and to drink the i waters. "The Magistrates of this City yesterday posted up tic programme, which they have drawn up in concert with the Minister of the Interior, for the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the days of September. " The inhabitants and landowners of the Polders of L;11o, have just addressed a petition to thel(ing, in which they endeavoured to prove that their dispos sess on was effected for the public interest, and that it would be contrary to justice and humanity to refuse to indemnify them." _ _ A letter from Amsterdam in the Organe des Flanders, says—" At this moment, when fears of war are every where spoken of it may be interesting to state, that letters have been received from several of the under- Writors of London, offer:n4 to insure Dutch ships, in cluding sea risk—rivqqcs de mer (it is probable that, eqpture is here meant) without any increaseof premium. The same underwriters ask an increase of premium for French ships, but it is very trifling." BRUSSELS, SEPT. 18.—General Prise, President of the Commission for fixing the frontier line, which meets at Maestricht, left Brussels yesterday for the Hague, to treat on some points relative to the object of the Com. miss:on. The Ma-quis de Rumigny, the French Ambassador, is to set out for Paris on Sunday, to take his seat in the Court of Peers, which is to judge the attempts at Boulogne. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 19.—The Queen and her children arc earcted at the Palace of Laeken this afternoon. HANOVER, SEPT. 13.—The last bulletin relative to the Crown Prince that was published yesterday is as fol lows : " The time which was of importance after the opera tion has passed over happily, so that it is not considered necessary to publish any more bulletins. (Signed) " Dr. F. JAEGER. " Dr. SPANGENBERG. "Dr. STREGLITZ. " Hanover, Sept. 12, 1840." His Majesty went yesterday to Brunswick, on a visit to the Duke. We learn, from very good authority, that his loyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge will soon arrive at Hanover, and stay here some weeks. His Royal Highness's aid•dc-camp, Captain Von Knesebeck, has been here a long time. HallovEtt, SEPT. 10.—It is reported that Mr. Vander Wisch, Minister of the Interior, who was for merly, for a long time, in East Friesland, where ha was highly esteemed, has been sent by the Government to A uriche. HANOVER, SEPT. 13 —(From a letter in the Ham burgh Corrcspondeat) : " Entire hopes are cntaned here that the operation performed by Dr. Jaeger on the Crown Prince will re store his sight. Dr. Jaeger himself is said to have held out very satisfactory expectations, and their Majesties clearly appear to have the greatest confidence in the final result. Persons who wittn-ss the interest with which our citizens consider the health of the Royal Family, and the eagerness with which they converse about the operation, and the anxiety with which they now watch the success, must be persuaded of the good feelings and cordial sentiments, of the Hanoverians, though some Correspondents of well-known Journals, purely by their false statements made us suspected in foreign countries. In about twelve days the bandage is to be removed from the eyes of the patient. The joy of the citizens, and of all good subjects, will be boundless if the operation should prove to be successful." STOCKHOLM, SEPT. B.—Count Pape has now ob tained his discharge, and M. Von Torneblach is ap pointed provisionally Minister of Justice, Baron Von Stjerheld, Minister for Foreign Affairs, who cannot ob tain his discharge till the accusation against him and the late Minister shall have been examined by the Supreme Tribunal, has obtained leave of absence for an indefinite time, and M. Thre has taken the department of Fo reign Affairs. Baron Stjerheld is gone to his country seat, and will probably not again sit in the Council of State. The Stadslidning of yesterday announces the death of Count Wedelg-Jarlsber,g, formerly Governor of Norway, who died at Weisbaden on the 27th of August, after a severe illness, highly extolling his great services, to which our opposition papers also do justice. KONINGSBERG, SEPT. 7.—We have just received information that the principal Assembly, in its sitting to day, has taken a most important resolution, and that a memorial founded on it will be presented to the King.— Letipsic Allgemeine Zeitung. The memorial in question is presumed to relate to a resolution adopted by a great majority, respecting the introduction of representatives of the whole kingdom, ac cording to the law of the 22d May, 1815. An appli cation, which it appears from the rescript dated 9th Sep tember, addressed to the Assembly, was refused by the King.—Hanzburgh Correspondent. HAMBURGH, SEPT. 15.—Their Royal Highnesses Prince John Duke of Saxony and the Princesses Au gusta and Amelia, with their suite and servants, ar rived here yesterday from Dresden.—Hamburgh Paper, Sept. 15, THE HAGUE, SEPT. 15.—His Majesty has granted to several companies in North and South Holland, North Brabant, Guelderland, Zealand, and Ovcryssels, considerable sums for building or repairing school. houses, a great part of which sums is from his Majesty's privy purse. This week the smacks from Scheveningen . are to go sea for the herring-fishery. They are fifty-six, which is two more than last year. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 6.—His Majesty the King of Wurtemberg, is expected to arrive here about the '2sth of this woiith. The baptism of the young Prince will probably take place at the end of the month or the be ginning of October, in the Palace of his Royal High ness the Hereditary Prince of Orange. We understand that the budget for the next official year is already prepared. In the War Department there is a reduction of a million of florins. BESSARABIA, AUGUST 27.—Count Woronzow, Mi litary and Civil Governor of New Russia and Bessara bia, who had obtained leave of absence to drink the waters in Bohemia, where he intended to remain till the middle of September, has returned to Odessa by the Emperor's command. We understand that the Empe ror, who was at Kiew on the 22d, where he intended to go and visit the veteran Field-Marshal Wittgenstien, and then to proceed to Germany, has changed his plan, and will make a longer visa to the southern provinces to Nicolajeff, Sebastopol, and inspect the troops col lected there. Every thing indicates preparations, not indeed to occupy Constantinople, as is every where af firmed in Russia, but to be so prepared as not to be surprised by events in the East. There is to be a camp of cavalry this autumn near Bender. TURKISH FRONTIERS, SEPT. 2.—The Governor of Bosnia has occupied the revolted capital, Serajemo, with his Arnauts ; the details are not known, but it is certain that this is a death blow to the insurrection. Some of the rebels have fled to the Herzegornine., Some who evacuated the capital are still a few leagues from it. Some fugitives have arrived in the Ragusan territory, where they are performing quarantine. Among them is the Sub-Inspector of the Mosque of Serajeva, with his attendants. The chief of the rebels was killed in his tent by the Vizier himself, and betore the occupa ti3n of the capital eight or ten of the principal inhabi tants who were taken in the action of the 18tH were executed. The Vladika of Montenegro has ordered 3,000 men to be got ready to attack the Turkish fortresses of Spiax and Bcdgorazza. PREPARATIONS FOR WAlt. Tile Report of the Minister of Marine on the aug -tation of the list of naval officers is stated by the have been delivered into the hands of the Temps . -• -- to this project the number of capi- King, Accorat.,, be increased to 100 ; the capi taines de vaisseau is to ':st are to be promoted to tely transferred to taines de Iregate now on the e va:sseau to capitaines de vaisseau, and immeco.: the retired list , and the new capitaines be taken from the capitaine s de corvette. J CL: Promo tions of lieutenants de vaisseau to be capitaines cie O r " vetto are to be about 60. It is said that twenty battalions of tirailleurs, the same as those recently sent to Africa from Vineet,nes, arc to be formed. _ _ - 'the Havre Papers mention that a small battery is being established on the Rondpoint Nidame, opposite the Tour de rrahatis 1., at the entrance of the port. The Commerce street that the 2d regiment of Engi neers is shortly to arrive, and will be quartered at Saint Denis and Vincennes, in order to aid in the fortifying of Paris. _ _ The Sentinelle de l'Arniee having aSZerted that the late General Lamarque nad been opposed to trk: idea of fortifying Paris, the Ministerial etching paper, the Mu- - hitt:to' Parisien, contradicts the statement by quoting a pamphlet of the General's, in which the opposite opinion is expressed. " Prudence," it adds, " commands the precaution of fortifying Paris, which a foreign army may reach in eight or ten days' march, without having to make a single siege. All are agreed upon this point. The capture of Paris has twice decided the fate of France." The fortifications ordered to be made at Loon, on the north , eastern frontier, will be extensive enough to hold a gartiAon from 5,000 to 4,000 men, and will completely command the foWhi The Mcssagcr has a reply to the article of the Natiohal, in,,inuating that the project for the fortifica tionsrt.o, of Paris is chit fly for the purpose of , F i e r c .. ' i n a o t eighteen bastiLes round the capital, and obtsheersitrt that " there . are other works to undertake u ontier, if it is intended to tear up the treaties.pfiootc:ll3:ls;"w jheill e Aiess(!g" again declares that the fortifications of such a nature that they cannot be Vrance has against the inhabitants of Paris' and says, she has no intention to tear up the trcatics degree ; but orders acknowledged, and does not en tertain the project of convulsioni towns on a re have been given to place 9 u3 spnctable lopting defence; , letter frein Buss„.l.4l;a, n f theorti Europefifortified slightest Trw ihgsburg l2 ' Ga zette I- ob a We learn that the of the otitu ult., which s a y s Emperor, who was at, View on the 22d, has given up his EVENING EDITiON". - proposed visit to Germany, and will remain in the southern part of his States. His Majesty proposes to inspect Nickolajeff, Sebastopol, &c., and to review the body of troops concentrated in the Crimea. The great military preparations which arc making at. this momen t have not for object the immediate occupation of Con stantinople, but are intended as a precaution against eventualities." The Moniteur of Saturday promulgates a R o y al or donnance, dated 10th inst., opening to the Munster of Public, Works a credit extraordinary of six mil:ioe s °f francs, for the portions of expenses caused by t he for &- cations of Paris, to his department. FORTIFICATIONS IN PARIS.—The Debats observec, —" It appears that a Council was held on Wednesday when the fortifications of Paris were taken into consi deration. The works were divided between the Royal Engineers and the Pouts et Chaussces, so as to allot: to the military engineers such parts as come more es pecially within their province. The engineer; of the Pouts et Chaussees are to undertake that part of the line which is to run between LA Villete and the Lower Seine, and that between Charonne and 13erey- They will also have to raise the tort of Ivry, and a road circumscribing the position from Nogent to Rotnain ville, which is to be begun immediately. The ill' tary engineers will form the inclosure between La Aril' lette and Charonne, and on the left bank of the Seine the fortifications of Charonrre, the Peninsula of St. Maur , the forts at Nogent, Fontenay-aux-Bois, Rost: y, Rotnatn viile, Noisy, and Pantin ; the canal and for, ress of St' Denis, the forts at Mont Valerien, Meudon, Yontenor, aux-Roses, Arcueil, and Bicetre. Forts do l'Npine nna Garches are not to be executed. The Minister , Works has created a special office for expediting tlse exPr °- priations, to which several members of the Council of State will be attached. AU this branch of the ,business will in consequence be transacted without any entermedia r y • and, it is hoped, be accomplished within foatY da ? l ,. The King, as has been stated, has authorised 11'eri.. mediate opening of the ground in the Bois de nl logne and the Park of Neuilly, and it is hoped that' t"I., august example will not be lost, and induce ) 11 I' n ' landowners to treat by private contract, and on real able terms. Two companies of engineers from A!). 1°- cennes have been sent to Bellevil:e, and will into °. diately begin the works on the site of the former fce4 Des Toureiles, which already belongs to the State, The line on the right bank of the Seine has been r e '" connoitred by General Valliant and two superior ow' cers. It encircles Beres-, La Grande Pente. the two Charonnes, the Park of 'Sr. Fargeau beyond Belleville' La Villette, La Chapelle, Clignancourt, Batignoll es • Themes, Passy, and Auteuil. Thirty battalions de° men each, making a total of 24,000 men, are abous " be employed. They will be lodged in temporary bar racks near the points at which they are to work, so' that no time may be lost, The Havre Journal says that eat activity pres'ailii, p among the engineers sent to restore the fortifications ei that town, and preparations for forming several ne vi batteries are making. The Courrier de la Moselle says that orders have bee n received at the foundry of Hayarh - e to prepare ..soopoo Biscayens, and 1,600,00011;s. of ea.enon-balls, mortars' shells, and howitzer-shells. Some aiditional workshoPli had been opened in consequence. Count Woronzow, according to the Frankfort" T°l42: nal, has been ordered by the Emperor to return cart,nit„'- diately to Odessa. There is to be a camp for c art, U 1 manoeuvres formed at Bender this autumn. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SEPT. l9.—The weather during the early part of the week had been cold and broken, and We" rain has fallen. As a large portion of the crops , esPe i cially Oats, is still standing, and generally b a ckwar ' this alteration in the weather was calculated to o p grat° t very unfavourably, and greatly to retard ripening. nu a very fortunate change took place yesterday , and 0- day the weather has become exceedingly fine. 1131. bulk of the crops, in most districts, has bee n reaget" twd the new Grain is coming to market in fai r supply' Owing to the prevalent, and, indeed, well-founde.ai opimoa of the great abundance of the Oat crop, till grain had fallen considerably in price. Not a single outrage in the Evening 'Vail last nigh t y : but, in lieu of the " State of the Conan', we district ba another long affiir about Pallaskenry, the on he ly Orang e in Ireland which can now furnish a topic to t press. W ing It has turned out just as we anticipated—the Fv ainSt Mail has discovered that the charge promulgat e cf,'"; the the Lord Lieutenant on Wednesday, resp ecti % the commutation of the sentence of assizes'transportatransportation°- of Ribbon leader, Magrath, passed at the late Longford, was " all a mistake." • to hiss The Lord Lieutenant will proceed on a v isit venerated father in a week or two. His absence from' Ireland will be about the same period as last year. t We perceive be the Dublin Gazelle of last night that application has been made to the Lord Lieutena° from the following towns, praying that his Exaclie nc l will be pleased to authorise the carrying into c%e C A li : tion the Act of the 9th George IV., intituled " P" Act to make provision for the lighting, cleansing, arm watching of cities, towns corporate, and market-townll of Ireland, in certain cases " Kinsale, Airdce, Athy, Callan, Tralee, New floss► Naas, Portarlington, Navau, Twin), Kells, Athlone, Carlow, Cashel. The Mercantile Advertiser gives a deplorable count of the whiskey trade in Ireland. The falliog i : er in the consumption of the a r ti c l e i s ass i gne d to ft' g Mathew. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY'. CORN EXCHANGE. rate' Last week's arrivals of English Grain were ow- e we s. and of Foreign Wheat good. The fresh su pplies heat middling, of all kinds of corn. The best parcels o f go ld rather exceeded last quotations; other descriptiontdio, slowly at their former value. The maltsters wer e r k e t, clined to purchase Barley, and not having much at 1112 ;j e cl. its last terms were supported, Beans and Pease tor ia ." - rt er Old Oats sold slowly, and New were full Is. per qt1,,,-604 lower. In the Flour trade there was a moderato de7, 41 1, at late prices. New Winter Tares not being Plen supported their last value. PRICES ON BOARD OF WI? .... O. ~,'4 . Wheat, Red (old) LG. 70s Beans, Smali ,new) ......... ,ii Dv -- White (old) (Os. 76. - 0 41 --Red I 84) Ns. 60s . -_- Tick (new) ...• 4 ., o w -fine ' - . 6.15. 6bs. ----- Superfine Vs. (Ss - Harrow (new) ...... Lor' - White (1841) 39s. 655.. _ 5. „..-e• , ---- 'ine (6s. iirs. Brank ....................... .....7is,,tBP Superfine 725. 745. Oats Feed .................... „.00. -.--Foreign free 60s. 746 . ' New . ............. 7;.565. Ryt 38s. fills. - Poland .................. r,•5,10; Barley 30s. 38s. New .......... M . si • Grinding 30s, nas, - potatoe .............. .....006.,„..0. - Malting 38s. 44:5. r,.. so . Malt , it's, 655, - Scotcn ................. 12;4:000• --- Fine New 65 ' 6 8 s- - Irish ............ 253. .. 80 00' Pease, Grey, New 40 s . 42 5 . Fl our T o wn (per Each) •••• ‘6. ,..M0• - Maple New . 435. 465. - Seconds ............... 2 2 , : 4 - White 40s 425. --..- North c ou ntry...: l i .„141.! - Boilers 4Ss . 455. Bran .......................... vvoti. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING I,ASTFor.,O* IVv heat. I Barley. 0.1 S. 1 A al 6." English Irish -- 60 2,637 8, 16 Ll . '" Foreign 17,791 3,142 5,91 i The supply of Beasts, SMITHFIELD MARKET. sod the demand heavy ; the inferior and middling I r bet set Beef, and choice descriptions of Mutton comman de " c l 4a; Sheep, and Lambs was la r g es s of prices by 2d. per stone, but inferior Mutton deebt e t oaf Coarse Veal did not realize the advance of Frida),.' '„,, u b de young meat remained steady at former rates. l' i - 4d. i dined 4d. Pork unaltered. Beef 3s. 2d. to : g : 4d. t Mutton 3s. Bd., to 4s. 10d. ; Veal 43. 6d. tn A y sto bs• Pork 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d.-Beasts, 3,914 ; Sheep an d Clo ver' 27,650; Calves, 119 ; Pigs, 614. Hay, 41. to 5.. 4 --'' 41. 10s. to 6/. Straw, I/. 16 s . to V. 2s. ~. HOP MARKET. , 0 , "Kt There was a brisk request fur all kinds of i i c bu lk to which came to market slowly, the condition of tu e .. o uldi which was not so good is was anticipated, being 5 1 ; 0 10 and otherwise injured ; there are, however, stn e , ut they in the market in as fine condition as ever seen , : l' h a les were so few that the owners held them for very big 'prin' -say 191. to 201. per cwt. The business done o's of last cipally in the good and fine coloury descripeon crop. p rescl o l ei. year's growth, as was the good sort of the The pr,ces for such have ranged from 10/. N s ' per cwt. :B ' . !..." Holders of Free TTEraAdehdlAispßlKEedT. firmness, and f o rnle 4 r rates were fully supported, but ay there was . In business do,: c e re • mT l a ' A h i t e lLtu. t:) speculativemarket dw,for i AuiuzsKs i was trrn ii • °' tic Prices w , t he demand was limited both u. l the spot a Ea n nT d .T to 3ll ; w r i.Yeb-u'rib° stock continues on the increase. —........—......................... 1/,) LLOYD'S SHIPPING—CI'.IIIS DA •- ,lea'e LONDON, SEPT. 2l.—Wind this day at noon, Cst nw"- ana pleasing breezes from the Southward and Ward, fine clear weather ( DE A L, SEPT. 19. '.,ciiiii Wind N. N. E., strong brerze 17,'„,°: Ili. 20, W. S. W.—Arrived the Spherical, W a ' e„ - • from Sc., Vincent. Sailed the Mount Stuart KiPhingto° , Biddle, for Calcutta ; Woolsinrrton, Pearson, CeYl.°;; ' Waist' American, Pritchard, St. ' John's, New Brunsol,,,,t, tini,oik, Blampied, Cape Coast Castle ; Edinburg h, s o r uth tison, Calcutta; Orient, Taylor, Sydney,runsvrick New • Wales ; 'Topaz, Strange , S t . John's, New B ....... LIVERPO;)L, SEPT. 10. —Wind N. N. E. 20th 1 4 . N,j ec ,i Arrived the Asia, front Sinyrni; ; Hibernia, Cobb , '' .. York. Sailed, the British Merclant, Birnie, for Bombay; Uriana, Ogilvy, do; Pandora, Crowthay, C;pe of G (s) , El o pe Thomas Worthington, Paine, Laura, and Bonanz.! Craig, dm ; Lady Harvey, Reed, Monte %%deo ; Morel, Rio Janeiro ; Livia°, Gvevecho, floa"",„„ Gl.ibe, Oliver, St. Thomas's ; Wellington. M`1t1:),,,(1, New Orleans ; Sheffield, Porter, do. ; Now F' 1 1 4 ; 1 1 - fa,..t. Croaker, Boston ; Coled.nia (steamer), Cleland, fi" ' , r, and Boston ; Renewal, Wild f, Afrie.l ; Calista, 31'1'1;1' Honduras ; SEPT. Bainbridge, Halifax. from COWES, SEPT. tlo. Arrived the Lyra, Swan, Trinida do Cuba. 10' FALMOUTH, SErT. 18.--Wind N., fresh brecze. 03 N. to N. E. and N. W. do.—Arrived . the 13r1 1 8 3 diy (steamer), Lewis, from Gibraltar. left 10th insTd`: „ tho I Ith, Lisbon 14th, Oporto and Vigo 15th. Sal % w i c k. William Hammington, BallASt. John's, New 1 3 ; 1 ` 1 , n r - ypo rt, KINGSTOWN, SEPT. 18•---The Ellen, of. here with Adon h s; bound to Strangford Lough, has been towed in , !tails 9)14. , o N'''''' I' lzmourti, SLPT. t --The Richare ana .1. : i _..atoill‘ castle, ssow, E - - ; ran 911 shun? this InOrning near NI ni. Crow safe. Am 1