The Sun. — London, England, 1840-03-09 00:00:00

EVJENENG EDITION COURT CIRCULAR. Her Maj'sty and Prilice Albert, and tEe Queen Dow ager, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Sermon was preached by the Bishop of Peter borough, from St. Matthew, chap. iv, ver. 1. The Les sons were read by the Rev. Mr. Povah, the Prayers by the Rev. Mr. Haden, and the Communion Service by the Bishop of London and the Rev. Messrs. Povah and Haden. The Chaunt was by Henley ; the Musical Service in F, Narcs; a.id the Communion Service, Sanctus, and Re fponscs, Hawes. The Anthem " God is our hope and strength" (Dr. Greene), the verses sung by Messrs. Wyld and Horncastle. The whole of the first part of the Service was accompanied on the organ by Mr. Cooper, Jun., and the Anthem by Mr. J. B. Sale. The Rer. J. Vane was the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. In the Royal Suite were Lady Barham, Lady Fanny Howard, lion. Miss Lister, Hon. Miss Murray, Lord Lilford, Colonel Wemyss, Colonel Wylde, and Mr. Seymour. Her Majesty and Prince Albert returned with their Suite in lour of the Royal carriages to Buckingham Palace Her Majesty the Queen Dowager was attended by Lady Frances Clinton,: [lon. Miss Mitchell, and Earl Howe. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg .Gotha, took an airing yesterday afternoon in au ,pen carriage and four. Viscount Melbourne and Lord Hill had audiences of the Queen et. saturd,y. "I tie Royal dinner party on Saturday evening included Viscount Melbourne, - Viscount 13,,ringdon, Lord and Lady Barham, Right Hon. George Stevens Bung, Hon. W. Fox Strangways, General the Hon. A. Upton, Colonel and Lady Macy F.sl, and Mr. George Edward Anson. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards at. tended during the evening at the Palace. Addresses of Congratulation to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on bi, marriage, were prevented on Satur day, at Buckingham Palace, to his Royal Highness, by the following gentlemen : Mr. How, Ma; or of Shrewsbury, accompanied by Mr. Harwood, the Recorder, and 1)3 Sir Richard Jenkins, G. C. 8., and Mr. Slaney, the Members for Shrewsbury, from the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Town of Shrewsbu ry . Lord Worsley, from the iklqor, Aldermen, Burgesses, and other Inhabitants of Grimsby. Easthope, M.P., and Mr. Wynn Ellis, M.P., from Leicester. Duke of Beaufort and Mr. Franklyn, Mayor of Bristol, from the Town Council of Bristol ; also from the Society of Merchant Venturers in the city of Bristol. H Right Hon. T he Sir George Grey, Bart, and M r . en l'utnell, M.P., from Devo n po r t. The Earl of Warwick, and Lord Leigh, from Learning tot,. . The Mayor, from Newcastle-on- Tyne. Sir John Rae Reid, Bart., from the Bank of England. The Marquis of Westminster, from Chester. The Right Hon. J. Planta, from Hastings, and St. Leonard's-on- Sea. The Mayor, from Winchester. Mr. Vivian, M. P., from Truro. Lord Morpeth, from Doncaster. The Mayor, from Reading. The Rector and Churchwardens, from the Parish of St. James's, Westminster. The Right Hoa. Edward Ellice, from Coventry. Lord Holland, from Kensington. Sir John Seale, Bart, M.P., from Dartmouth. General Viscount Beresford, from the States of the Island of Jersey. Lieut.-Colonel Paget, from Beaumaris. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was attended by the following Officers of his Household :—Mr. George Ed ward Anson, Treasurer; Viscount Boringdon, Gentleman 'of the Bedchamb• r ; Colonel Wylde, Equerry; and Mr. Seymour, Groom of the Bedchamber. At the Queen's Levee, on Friday, Sir Moses Monte fibre, F. R. S., was presented to her Majesty by his Grace the Duke of Norfolk, on his return from a tour in the Holy Land, and to accompany an Address of Congratula tion to her Majesty from the British Jews, and also to accompany an Address of Congratulation from the Inha bitants of Ramsgate and St. Laurence. The latter Ad dress was presented by the Rev. G. W. Sicklemore, Vicar of St. Laurence, Captain E. Hodges, Dr. Canham, Mr. R. Tornson, jun., and Mr. Austen. Mr. Laurie and Sir John Gibbons, Bart., presented an Address of Congratulation to the Queen at the Levee from the Magistrates of Middlesex. Addresses of Congratulation to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, on the auspicious occasion of the mar riage of her Majesty, were presented to her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, at Buckingham Palace, from the following places : From Wallingford, presented by Mr. Blackstone, M. P. From the Bank of England, presented by Sir John Rae Reid, M. P., Governor ; Mr. John Henry Pell y, Deputy Governor ; and Messrs. T. A. Curtis, and W. R. Robin. son, Directors. From Truro, presented by Mr. J. Ennis Vivian, M. P. From Newcastle-upon-Tyne, presented by the Mayor. From Shrewsbury, presented by the Mayor. From Chester, presented by the Mayor of Chester, ac companied by the Marquis of Westminster and Mr. John Jervis, M.P. From St. James's parish, presented by the Rev. Mr. Ward, the Rector, the Churchwardens, the Hon. Frederick Byng, and Mr. Maule, and a Deputation. From Winchester, presented by the Mayor. From Kensington, presented by Lord Holland, Arch deacon Potts and Sir James Macgregor. From Dartmouth, presented by the Mayor, accompanied by Sir John Seale, Bart. M. P., Mr. Stafford Carey, the •Recorder, and Mr. Seale. From Dartmouth Hardness. From Hastings, from St. Leonard's-on-Sea, and from the Queen's St. Leonard's Archers—presented by the Mayor of Hastings, Mr. Holland, M.P., and the night Hon. Joseph Planta. From Devonport—presented by the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart. M. P, and Mr. Henry Tuffuell, M.P. From Stonehouse East, Devonshire—presented by Cap tain Foote. From Coventry, presented by the Right Hon. Edward Ellice. From the Mayor, Aldermen, Council, and Inhabitants of the Borough of Beaumaris—presented by Lieut.-Col. Paget. 'Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was attended, during the presentation of these Addresses, by Lady Fanny Howard, Lady in Waiting, and Colonel Couper, C. 8., First Equerry and Comptroller of her Royal High ness's Household. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager rode out on horse back in the Parks on Saturday morning. The Duke of Cambridge returned to town at six o'clock on Saturday evening from a visit to the Duke of Rutland, at his seat, Belvoir Castle. The Duchess of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, on Saturday, at Marlborough House. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended Divine Service yester day morning in Grosvenor Chapel. Miss Kerr and Baron Knesebeck was in waiting on their Royal Highnesses. The Duke of Sussex visited the Princess Augusta on Friday at Clarence House, St. James's. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign office. The Council sat three hours. Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, on a special mission, had an interview with Lord John Ruesell, on Sa turday, at the Colonial-office. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from Sir Howard Douglas, the Lord High Com missioner of the lodm Wands. Sir John Scale had an interview with Viscount Mel bourne on Thursday. The Earl and Countess Minto received his Excellency Baron Bulow, Earl of Carlisle and Lady Elizabeth Howard, Earl of Shelburne, Viscountess flowick, Lord and Lady Seymour, Lord Boringdon, Mr. C. Wood, and a select circle, at dinner, on Friday evening, at the Admiralty. The opulent It ussian grandee, Count D'Orm doff, has arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Paris. Lord Prudhoe has arrived in Whitehall-gardens, from. Stant - , ick Park, his scat, near Richmond, Yorkshire. The Earl and Countess of Warwick, accom panied by Lord Brooke, have arrived at their town residence in Carlton gardens, from Warwick Castle, for the season. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downshire intend to remain in HiMho:oll , 4h Castle until after Easter, and then return to town for the season. The family mansion in Hanover-square is undergoing some internal improvements dur nig the absence of the family. The Marquis rind Marchioness of Abercorn, ac companied by the Duchess Dowager of Bedford and Lady Georgiana Russell ar exp,ted at their ❑ew maniiiin, Dudley House, Park-la -e, at the close of the next week, from Baron's Court, Tyrone, for the season. The Duke of Beaufort will leave Beaufort House to-morrow, on his return to Badminton, where the Duke and Duchess intend to reside until Easter. The Earl of Jer. , ev's fourth son, the Hon. Lieu tenaLt Francis Robert Villiers, of the 23d Fusiliers, has been appointed junior aide-de-camp to Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell, K.C.8., Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia. Lord BurOiersh and Lord Salconn will preside at the approaching dinners of the Melodists' Club. The Countess of Glengall has a soiree, this evening, at the family mansion in Upper Brook -street. . The Duke of Devonshire will give a grand en tertainment on Tuesday, the 17th inst., to his Royal High ness the Duke of Sussex. His Grace has invited a numerous circle to meet the Royal Duke. The Marchioness of Lansdowne hasissued cards of invitation for an assembly at Lansdowne House, on Thurs day, the 19i.h inst. Lord and Lady Lyndhurst had a disting u i s h e d Party at dinner on Saturday last, at their mansion in George_ street, Ilanover-Nuare. The Earl of Belfast, Vice-Chamberlain, has left town to join the Countess and family at Leamington Spa, where they have been residing for some months past for the benefit of the waters. Vi,eau nt and Viscountess HohnesdDle are pass ing th e season at his Lordship's hunting box, Wellesbourne, in W arwickshire. PRINTED PAPERS BILL (PRIVILEGE Q . UES- P"). —This Bill, w hi c h stan d s f or a secon d rea di n g this even ing, is intended to remove the obstructions that have arisen or may aris e t o t h e publication of Parliamentary Reports, Votes, ° r Proceedin gs , an d i s applicable alike to both Houses of Par liament. Th e Bill, after stating in the preamble the inconve nience to whi c h t h e H ouse of Commons had been subjected by the late proceedings in civil Cour , s, enacts that it shall be law ful for the defendant sued on account of the publication of any Parliam entary papers to deliver at the office of the Court of Law in which the suit has commenced, a certificate under the hand of the Lord Chancellor or the Speaker of the House of Commons, or of certain other officers of either House, stating that such proceedings have commenced for the publication of such papers ; and after the delivery of such certificate all pro ceedings shall be finally eoncluded'and superseded by authority of this Act. Th e Bi l l i s retrospective asre & ards the proccied ings against H ansar d an d Co., and provides that it shall not a ffect the privileges of Parliament. LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA. By the arrival at Liver Tool of the Rochester, Captain Woodhouse, we have received Nem York Papers to the 6th utt.—two days later than the Journals brought by the South America, together with intelligence from Canada and Texas. The most important feature in these Journals is the message of Governor Porter to the Legislature of Pennsylvania, recommending that body not to pass an early resumption of specie payments' Bill, which was well received by the democratic party. The Governor had wisely made provision for paying the interest upon tile public debt at home and abroad, to the general satisfaction of the mercantile interest. We recommend the perusal of the Message to all who take an interest in the question of the monetary embarrassments of the United States. A measure for the consolidation of State debts was engaging the attention of the Congress at Washington. The Maine boundary question appeared for the moment forgotten. The Legislature of Ohio has adopted two resolutions which are sufficiently disgraceful to the boasted civilization and intelligence of that assembly. The first recognizes slavery as a domestic institution of that State; the second denounces as dangerous and immoral (I) the interference of the fanatical abolitionists of the north with the insti tution of slavery 1 These resolutions will not, we trust, escape the notice of the British abolitionists. There was but little business doing in *all -street in Bills on England, at the sailing of the Rocilester. The rate of Exchange was quoted at 8 and 81 per cent. pre. RATE OF SALES AT NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, FEB 5. 250 shares United States Bank sn w 70 10 ... do. Sb ... do. North American Trust and Banking C 0....... 40 200 ... do. 73 ... do. Delaware and Hudson.... s nxt wk 68 6 ... do. Merchants Bank 6l 60 ... do. Phenix Bank 79, do. Dry Dock Bank ...... ...,...... 37 ... do. American Exchange Bank 7B 25 ... do. Mechanics' Banking Ass 50 ... do. Kentucky Bank 5O 20 ... do. Canton Co., Baltimore 2B 35 ... do. Stonington R. R.. 50 ... do. Harlem Railroad.. 50 ... do. ...... ...do.. b 45 43 b3O 43 IMPORTANT FROM H ARRISBURGH. (From the Kiladelphia North American.) We received at half-past one o'clock this morning the western mail, containing the proceedings at thrrisburgh on Saturday. Below will be found the message of the Governor, in which he deprecates the passage of an early resumption bill. Several leading members of the democratic party in both houses ex pressed themselves in accordance wth his views. Immediately on reading the message in the house, Mr. M'Elwen offered a joint resolution, declaring that the holders of loans on which the interest has not been paid shall receive interest on the amount clue as interest and unpaid, at the rate of five per cent. per annum. On this a debate sprung up, in which Messrs. Hopkins, Speaker, Snowden, Chairman of the Committee on Banks, and others expressed their determination to sustain the views of the Executive. " GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. " To THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CO3I3IONWEALTH Or PENNSYLVANIA. " Gentlemen—l3y the provisions of the Act approved on the 23d ult., entitled An Act to Authorize a Loan,' the Governor is authorised to negotiate a permanent loan for $870,000. He is also authorised to negotiate a temporary loan for the same sum in anticipation of said permanent loan. As $600,000 of the sum authorised to be borrowed is re quired to supply a deficit in the internal improvement fund, for the payment of interest this day due, I directed the Secretary of the Commonwealth immediately on the approval of said Act (on the 23d ult. ) to write to the Banks of Philadelphia and the Harrisburgh Bark, inquiring of each of them whether they would agree to make a permanent or temporary loan to the Commonwealth of $600,000, or asiy part thereof, upon the terms specified in the said Act, the same to be placed to her credit in the Bank of Pennsylvania on this (lay. " Answers have been received from all the banks. The Bank of Pennsylvania purposes to lend on temporary loan $lOO,OOO. Some of the others offer to take proportional parts on certain contingencies, and several others appear to manifest a desire to meet the contingencies, but have not the ability. Copies of the correspondence on the subject are herewith transmits ed. " It will be perceived that, not having the means so to do, the interest this day due by the Commonwealth to her cre ditors is unpaid, a circumstance which the Executive, anxious as he has been for maintaining unsullied the credit of the Commonwealth, has been unable to avert. I cannot too often or too impressively urge upon the Legislature the paramount duty of maintaining at all hazards the public faith and credit. Whilst urging upon them the adoption 44 such wise and judicious enactments as may prevent the recurrence inevitable from the revulsion grov, ing out of the unnatural and exhausted system of credit with which our business com munity has been inflated, I beg leave to recommend, as the best alternative which can present itself, the passage forthwl th of a joint resolution authorizing the issuing of state stock for the interest falling due this day, to be delivered t i the holders of the stock for the amount due to them respectively, a s an earnest of our determination to make provision as soon as the necessary legislation can be had to meet the exigency and redeem the credit of the commonwealth. " I trust I may be excused in this communication for saying to the representatives of the people in the Legislature, that whilst they owe a duty to the wants and wishes of their imme • diate constituents there is a paramount duty to the common wealth at large—to maintain its credit, to meet its engagements —and to prevent its character for good faith from being sul lied. No man, were he concerned alone as an individual, would go further to fix an early day for the resumption of specie payments by the banks than I would, if by so doing the desirable results would be produced. But placed as I am, as the executive of the common wealth, to preside over her interests, I feel bound to say, re gardless of any denunciation which may be poured forth from any quarter, that I believe if too vigorous a system of mea sures be adopted to coerce the payment of the liabilities of the banks immediately, the credit of the State must and will be seriously and disastrously affected. Let an assurance be given that on a certain and fixed day, within a reasonable time, such resumption will take place, and that it will then be permanent ; let them understand that the indulgence to their debtors by the banks is rendered absolutely necessary by the existing pressure and the cumbrous public debt with which the State is loaded, and no one can doubt, but that in a spirit of patriotic liberality, they will waive the immediate exercise of a positive right, for the more certain and ultimate accomplishment of what we all so much desire. 1 refer to the message communicated to you at the commencement of the present Session for my views in detail ; and, aware of the responsibility I have assumed, I leave the subject to the calm and reflecting consideration of the Legis lature. '• When I took upon me the duties of the station assigned me, I assumed all its responsibilities also ; and having never shrunk from the performance of any duty, I have felt myself imperatively called upon to make this communication to Noll in the fullest confidence and belief that the patriotism and good sense of our common constituents will bear u 3 out in our honest and anxious endeavours to extricate the State from the financial difficulties and embarrassments encountered on entering upon the discharge of our public duties. " Feb. 1, 1840. "DAVID R. PORTER." (From the New York Star.) While on the subject of Pennsylvania banks, our attention has been directed to the Bank Commissioners' Report in this State. The most important fact that this report developer is, that since January 1, 1839, or rather since October, 1839, the loans of all the banks of this State have been contracted, to the amount of 20,000,000 of dollars, and in this city alone 9,000,000 ! Here we have the secret of the pressure—the severe distress—the many suspensions and insolvencies which have of late shaken our commercial prosperity to its centre. In 1837 oer banks suspended—were the first to suspend—and made all other banks in the Union follow. The Legislatm e, looking at the urgency of the case, allowed them to go on under a just protective policy. They discounted liberally—business continued brisk—credit was sustained—great part of our foreign debt was paid by our crops, and in time our banks resumed— too prematurely, we admit, but they did resume. When, from consequences of this premature resumption, the Philadelphia banks and other banks throughout the Union were compelled again to suspend specie payment, our money changers, to whom specie payments were valuable and available at that time, cried out, " No suspension," " Sustain the honour of the banks," " Take their charters from them if they sus pend—no matter whom they ruin—down with them if they suspend." These were not Locofoco cries,—they came from the bankers and brokers; those who applauded suspension in 1837 demanded resumption in 1838, when they had gold to sell, and would not permit it in 1819 and 1840, because it might hurt the sale of their stocks in London. 'Their cries were re sponded to at the seat of Government, men in power sustained them, and said to the banks, " Pay out, pay out." They did so--we all set up a shout of the honour of New York banks and the bankruptcy of Pennsylvania. 'The consequences are seen by the report of the Commissioners-20,000,000 cut off from the trade and commerce of New York, and the circula tion equivalent nearly to the specie in their vaults. This is hard money currency with a vengeance. Banks chartered to serve the people caking in their issues and contracting discounts to the amount of 20,000,000. When will this state cut loose from speculating politijans, foreign bankers, and mete money changers, who seem to have so touch weight and authority in public affairs ? UPPER CANADA. It appears from returns made to the Provincial Parliament, that the expenses attending the trial and imprisonment of the prisoners taken at Prescott were 2,1031. 15s. 4d. Besides this, there were various items of secret service mo ney, &c., to coniderzble amounts; and the House of Assem bly has passed a bi:l appropriating 40,0001. ($160,000) for the indemnification of parties who sustained losses in the rebellion and invasions. On the night of January 22, three soldiers deserted from Kin gston, and, after wandering for some time in the• woods, suppos ing- they had reached the States, entered a tavern where a picket was stationed, and were of course inAantly made pri soners. The tavern is in fact but a few yards from the line, on the Canada side. A letter from Port Sarnia, River St. Clear, dated January 21, and published in the Toronto Patriot, states, that on the night before a party of four privates and a sergeant of the United States army, from Fort Gratiot, crossed over to Point Edward, in pursu►t of a deserter. Findi►.g him in a fishing shanty, they seized him, and were about taking him back to the Fort, when they were arrested by the guard stationed at the point, who took them to P• - rt Sarnia, whence they were sent off prisoners to head-quarters. The officer commanding at Fort Gratiot sent to demand them, but before his messenger arrived they were already on their march. if this story is true we shall probably hear more of it. TEXAS. Galveston papers to the 21st of January have been received at New Orleans. A charter for a real estate bank has been introduced into the Texan Congress, and was expected to pass. Letters from Houston, of the 6th, disprove, or at least dis• credit, the report that Alatamoras had been taken by the Fe deralists and Texan volunteers.' On the contrary, it is now said that they had been parleying with the Mexican General, and so losing time, which President Bustamente employed in forivarding reinforcements and money to pay the troops, and in himself hastening to the rescue. The Texan navy is laid up in ordinary for the present. It is stated that twelve naval forthcoming, officers have resigned ; p er h aps b ecause the pay is not DEATH OF LADY WYNFORD —Her Ladyship expired at Leesons, the seat of Lord Wynford, near Chiselhurst, on Thursday last. Her Ladyship was born 25th March, 1763, wai second daughter of Jerome Knapp, and was married to Lord 11Tynford 6th May, 1794. DEATH OF LADY ALICIA HOPE. —We re gr2t to announce the demise of Lady Alicia Hope, at the v ill a of the Noble Earl, her brother, at Barnes, on 'I hursday even ing.. Her Ladyship was the eldest daughter of the late Earl of Hopetcun, better known as the distinguished General Sir John Hope, and was in her 18th year. Lady Alicia's sister, Lady Jane Hope ; media 1633, at the age of ten. LI TERATURE. THE PATHFINDER -_3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1840 In the character of the " Pathfinder," the hero of this tale, we recognize an old acquaintance, who figures as " Leather-stocking" in the " Pioneers," and as " Hawk-eye" in the " Last of the Mohicans." Mr. Cooper here represents him in love—a somewhat diffi cult task, considering the peculiar idiosyncracy of the rude, semi-civilized back-woodsman ; but instead of failing, as he seems to have apprehended he should do, he has acquitted himself with signal success. Inte resting as he is in all the phases of his character, the Pathfinder is especially so when under the influ ence of his passion for pretty Mabel Dunham, for it brings out the subtler, more refined, and recondite points of his nature—his perfect disinterestedness, his ucconscious magnanimity, and those habits of original thinking which have been fostered and matured by a life of comparative solitude among the American forests. At the opening of the tale, we find him await ing in a small log-hut the arrival of a party, consisting of Mabel Dunham, and her uncle Cap, a bluff dogmatical old English sailor, who has bean sent by the young girl's father to escort her to a sort of frontier-post or fort, where Sergeant Dunham , happens to be on duty with his regiment. Asso ciated with the Pathfinder in this errand, is a spirited youth, Jasper Western, with whom Mabel very soon contrives to fill in love ; it so chanced, however, that her father had previously designed her hand for his friend the Pathfinder, who had, on one occasion, saved his life when he was attacked by the Indian tribe of the Mingos ; but the noble-minded fellow, on being made acquainted with the girl's preference for Jasper, surrenders all his own claims, and insists on her mars) kg the man of her choice. Such is a slight sketch of the plot of this story, which is remarkably simple in its construction, and contains no one incident—how ever startling some of them may be—which we cannot easily imagine to be in perfect accordance with a life spent among the American lakes and forests, as in the case of the Pathfinder. The personages of the narrative are discriminated with even more than the author's usual clicity. 'I he obstinate, opiniated sailor Cap, who, from having so often crossed the Atlantic in storm and sunshine, treats with sovereign contempt the notion that Lake Ontario can be any thing better than a large mill-pond, and who doubts whether it. can - even show a billow twelve inches high ;—the drawing of this character evinces a nice observation of the foibles of human na ture as modified by particular pursuits ; nor are less skill and acuteness shown in the sketch—or rather outline—of the rigid, precise, and methodical Sergeant Dunham, who on all matters of mi litary discipline is qu it e a mart i net , scout i ng the idea that feeling should ever be allowed to interfere with duty. Between this kind-hearted, but somewhat stiff-necked old soldier, and his brother-in law, Cap, several amusing and pertinent dialogues occur, which have much of the archness and bonhommie of Scott. But the Pathfinder is the gem of the tale. He is kept constantly in the foreground—is sin gularly exuberant of speech, and ever in action ; yet we never tire of him ; but, on the contrary; feel that a light has vanished from our path the instant he quits the scene. The descriptions of American scenery are as fresh as if each had been penned on the spot under the immediate influence of the feelings it was so well cal culated to excite ; but still, able as these sketches are, we have ra her too much of them, and should have been glad, had they been subjected to a severe process of cur tailment. Of the incidents, the most striking and dra matically told, is the escape of the Pathfinder and his party by night from the Mingos, who are close on their trail, as they make their way through the woods to the fort on Lake Ontario. TRAVELS IN KOORDISTAN, 6 , c. 2 VoLs. Bendel', London, 1840. The author of these volumes of travels is Mr. Baillie Fraser, whose romantic tale of the " Kuzzilbash” which appeared about ten years since, attracted much atten tion by its oriental sketches, and the perfect know ledge of every-day life in the East which it displayed. In his present work the author travels over much of the same ground which he has already described in his Ro mance, and furnishes us with lively details respecting the least known parts of Koordistan and Mesopotamia, together with minute sketches of the character and manners of the Koordish and Arab tribes. He left Tabaeez, it seems, which is one of the principal cities of Persia, and of which he speaks in the warmest terms of praise, for the general salubrity of its climate, for the plain of Oroornia, and then setout for the countryof the Koords, passing in his road, at no great distance from the lofty and almost inaccessible mountains of Jewar, " where," he tells us, " there exists a population of Nestorian Chris tians, who have lived there for ages, and are said to be the descendants, of certain Christians of Mesopatamia, who fled to this difficult region for refuge from the per secutions of Jovian. They amount to better than four teen thousand families, who constitute a sort of com monwealth of their own, separate from the rest of the world, and who yield neither obedience nor tribute to any foreign authority, and though professing, as some say, a nominal adherence to the head of the Hak karee Koords, who lives at Julamerick, are, in reality, subject to none but their own chief or chiefs. The principal of these chiefs, who are patriarchs or bishops, resides generally in the monastery of Kojanues, and maintains great state. He exercises a p,rfect authority over his subjects, both in spiritual and temporal affairs. These people are represented as rich, and living in great comfort ; th e y are p art i cu l ar l y jealous of their freedom and very able to defend it, for they are brave and resolute, have twelve thousand capital musketeers, and a particularly defensible country, being a cluster of lofty mountains, intersected by deep ravines and frightful chasms." On the character of the Koordish tribes, Mr. Fraser enters at con siderable length, observing that they are probably the descendants of those who flourished in the days of Cyrus and Zenophon, of Julian and Heraclius. He was struck also with their resemblance to the Scottish Highlanders ; and adds, " like them, the Koords are divided into clans and septs, acknowledging the supre macy of chiefs, who are regarded with as much de votion, and followed with the same blind zeal ; and all on the same grounds, protection, and kindness in return for fealty and service. They are proud, haughty, and overbearing, exactly in proportion to their ignorance ; and, like our Highlanders of old, despise more or less all arts but those of war and plun der, all professions but those of arms." Few eastern cities fill a larger space in the imagination than Bag dad. It, is associated with some of our most cherished historical and romantic recollections. We think of it as the great seat of the Caliphate ; as the head-quarters of Saracenic literature and science ; and, above all, as the favourite abode of the im mortal Haroun Al-Raschid. the hero of the " Ara bian Nights." But, alas, . 4 how are the mighty fallen !" This famous city is now little better than a heap of ruins. Plague, pestilence, and famine ; the inundations of the Tigris ; and, worst of all, the ravages of war, and the exactions of tyrant Paellas ;—the opera tions of these combined causes have reduced Bagdad to a state of perfect insignificance, and when our author visited it—which was soon after the last great plague in 1831, which for some days destroyed upwards of four thousand people a-day—he found it, he says, " com paratively speakinc , , a ruin and a desert." We have been much gratified with the observant and good humoured spirit that characterizes Mr. Fraser's vo lumes, and particularly with the goad sense of his remarks whlie exploring the ruins of Babylon. GRANT'S LONDON JOURNAL. Conducted by the Author of" Random Recollections." Lonuon, George Berger. A press of Parliamentary and other matter has hitherto prevented us from introducing this new can didate for public favour, to the notice of our readers. The first Number appeared in the first week of the year, and the expectations of an interesting cheap publication, which we were then led to form, have been abundantly realized by every successive number. It bears some resemblance in its plan, appearance, and objects, to Chamber's Edinburgh Journal, but has several features peculiar to itself. Among these - we may mention, that each number, under the head of " Portraits of Public Characters," contains a sketch of some individual of eminence, written in the same style as the author's " Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons." The general character and objects of Grants London Journal, arc thus stated in the opening number : " It is because we regard a cheap periodical, when under the guidance of a sound judgment and right principles, as a moral ana intellectual engine of incalculable power, that we have ventured to add another to the number of these publicationg already existing. We aim at the ac complishment of high moral purposes. We seek to better the condition, mentally and physically, of the masses of mankind. We do not enter the field as t h e rival of any of the existing publications; we are only desirous of co operating with them in the effort to instruct the minds and improve the condition of our fellow-men. Even supposing our success should far surpass our largest ex pectations, it will not be at the expense of any other si milar periodical. Wo do not believe that our journal will displace a single copy of any of our contemporaries, Whatever expectation of success we may entertain, a rc grounded exclusively on the hope of being able in some cases to obtain access to new readers, and in others, to be received into favour, in conjunction with similar publica tions." In the opening Number there is an article, under th e head of " Cheap Periodical Literature," in which there is much information of an interesting kind. Speaking of the influence which the leading cheap publications must have on the public mind, and especially referri n ,, to " Chambers' Journal," the " Penny Mag az i ne ," and the " Saturday Magazine," Mr. Grant says— " One important feature has, from the fi rst up to the present moment, characterised the contents of each of these publications ; they have severally been conducted on strictly moral principles. They have also severally aimed at combining utility with amusement. Who can cal cu l ate the amount o f m oral and social good which must have been produced by the conjoint agency of three such powerful engines, operating on the public mind for nearly ten years, without the intermission of a single week; and extensively 20 . TR E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY . circulating in all quarters of the country, an 3 among all classes of the community ? 'l'hev must have essentially contributed to ':rise the public mind to that high tone of morals and intelligence by which it is at present characte rised, and which so strikingly contrasts with what it was even within the short apace of twelve or fourteen years. In attempting to form some conception of the salu tuary results produced on society by the publications in question, it is to be remembered that the num ber of their readers is not limited to the number of their purchasers. Every copy of these periodicals is eagerly and regularly perused by a greater or less number of individuals. In many cases—in reading and coffee. rooms, for example —they are severally read by from fifty to sixty persons ; and even in many private families, in cluding acquaintances who pay friendly visits, the number of readers is not less than twelve or fifteen. But, even taking the average number as low as five, see what a vast aggregate of persons are the constant readers of these pub lications I The 70,000 purchasers of • Chambers' Jour nal,' would in that case present us with no fewer than 350,000 readers. The readers of the Penny Ma„an zinc,' assuming that its present weekly sale is what it has been represented to us to be, namely, in round numbers, 45,000, v. ould, on the supposition we hare made as to the proportion the purchasers bear to the readers, be 225,000, or nearly a quarter of a million in number; while the readers of the Saturday Magazine,' if cur information be correct, that its present sale is 35,000, would amount to 175,000. This would make the aggregate number of persons who are in the habit of perusing these Journals zo less than 750.000. How great, then, must be the amount of individual and social good, which must be produced by the powerful influence, simultaneously and steadily exerted by these publications on the minds of 750,000 persons !" Taking a more comprehensive survey of the cheap periodical press, Mr. Grant, in the same article, further says— " Although we have confined our observations hitherto to three of the existing cheap publications of popular literature, we must not overlook the important fact, that there are several other weekly journals in the field, having, though of inferior circulation and influence, the moral and social improvement of the community more or less in view. They are of various prices ; some of them sell at two• pence, some at three•halfpence, and others at a penny. There are at least seven or eight of these publications with which we are familiar, but whose titles it is unnecessary here to introduce ; and we are sure we do not over estimate their conjoint sale when we represent it as being 50,000 copies, which on the assumption before made of there being five readers on an average to every purchaser, would give us 250,000 as the number of readers of these journals. If this number be added to the above 750,000, it will pre sent us with an aggregate mass of no fewer than 1,000,000 of persons w ho are in the habit of reading our cheap periodical literature. Who, we again ask, can com pute the vast amount of present good which must be pr!,- duced by such an extensive agency on the minds of the community? If viewed in its bearings on posterity, the mind is utterly lost in its efforts to estimate the magnitude of the good which must be accomplished through the con joined instrumentality of the various existing cheap pub lications which are conducted on enlightened and moral principles." This new Journal, which we ought to observe, is published in monthly parts for the convenience of read ers in the country, as well as in weekiy numbers, is got up in a very elegant manner. In this respect it need not fear a comparison with any existing periodical, weekly, monthly, or quarterly. The provincial press, we observe, has unanimously hailed its appearance, and we understand it has already obtained a very consider able circulation. We shall give occasional extracts from it, in order that our readers may form some idea of its varied contents. THE THEATRES. HER MAJESTY'S. Torquato Tasso was repeated on Saturday night, and drew a good but not a crowded audience. Although the Queen and Prince Albert were not present, the boxes were well filled by fashionable occupants, including the Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Princess Augusta, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duchess of Suther land, the Marquis of Normanby, &e. The Duchess of Cambridge has changed her usual scat for a box next but one to that of the Queen Dowager. There was not the slightest variation in the cast of the opera; but the sing ing on the whole was better. The haVet was The Gypsy, in which Fanny Eisler made her first appearance this season. She was wel comed with great enthusiasm, and returned the compli ment by performing her part with great spirit and grace. DRURY-LANE. The Poor Gentleman and The Mountain Sylph were announced for performance on Saturday night. The house, however, was cicsed, and the followin g placard was stuck up:--" The public is respectfully informed, that from un avoidable circumstances the theatre will not be opened this evening." We know not what these unavoidable circum stances arc, but it certainly appears very improper that the public should be requested to come and see certain performances, and when they come be thus disappointed. A Sunday paper, however, attempts to explain the conduct of the Committee of Management in this way : On Friday night the Committee of Management met for the purpose of advising as to the best means of carrying on the theatre after the departure of Mr. Mac ready. They found that they had just been able to clear sufficient to pay the reduced salaries of the actors, and 1001., the rent of the theatre. Upon making this known to the general body, they with one consent resolved that the 100/. should be handed over to Mr. Macready, in tes timony of their approval of his manly conduct in volunteer ing to play without emolument. The . Committee refused this, upon the ground of a prior agreement with the renters. Thus the Com mittee and the general beiy joined issue upon these premises—the first alleging that they were doing justice to the whole body, and the last stating that they (the Committee) were looking to their own interests solely in thus supporting the interests of the renters only. It was suggested to the actors generally that they should go on till Easter with half salaries, hilst the renters should, at the same time, receive the whole amount of rent duo weekly. If such a plan anti proposed by the Com mittee, we sec at once a good reason for the actors'. dissa tisfaction, 'as surely they should not be the only and sole losers by the late unfortunate events. Why should not the renters participate in the misfortune as well as the prosperity of the theatre? Thus, through unforeseen mis fortue, this theatre will remain closed until some spirited manager comes forward with funds and judgment sufficient to meet the urgency of the case. STRAND. The Great Wizard of the North attracted on Saturday night, as usual, a great crowd of witnesses to his wonder ful performances, Since we saw him last the tricks have been much varied, but they still preserve their ori ginal character. They are performed with the most ad mirable dexterity and neatness, and though the numerous audiences watch every performance with the greatest at tention, and the utmost desire to find out how they are de. ceived, not one of them has been able to discover a flaw or a chink which will let them into the secret. The gun. trick has been prai'ed as the most wonderful of all, yet there are others still more astonishing. John Chinaman's operations are quite incomprehensible, so are the hide-and seek play of the guinea-pigs, and the oranges and lemons, with the rings and handkerchiefs just handed down to the Sorcerer, all coming out of the fruit as snug and compact as if they had grown with it on the tree. The house was crowded in every part, and though the performances lasted for more than three hours, the audience at the last looked anxious for another trick. A. FIGHTING PREACH R.—Daniel Vodry, a handicraftsman of the lower regions, a collier, was charged by Thomas Mountfeird with an assault. It appeared Vodry passed the complainant on the road, when he vociferated something about a certsin drinking propensity, which was taken in dud geon by his reverence, who, instead of displaying the meek ness which is expected from such an exalted character, lie jumped over the spars of Mountford's wood team, and laid about him most furiously, by knocking the body of 'his frail brother in the dust, and moreover seizing his whip and casti gating him on the spot, and lest he had not inflicted stripes sufficient, he revived the rod of his correction, and inflicted sundry and divers blows with the butt-end, to the no small annoyance of his erring brother.— Staff°, d Gazette. A GOOD APPETITE—O n Saturday last, at the Butchers' Arms public-house, in Exeter, a man, named William Webber, undertook for a trifling wager, to eat a roast pig of ten pounds weight, with a half-quartern loaf, and a quantity of potatoes. The pig was procured and dressed, and the fellow actually succeeded in eating all but l lb., but could get no further. A limited time was allowed for the accom plishment of the task, and in the intervals of eatingloVethsliido er amused himself by drinking beer and smokin g his pipe outside weightnntorio ( u n s l the door of the house, and ha vin g thus refreshed himself, he would return to the work with renewed vigonr.l- is in feats of this description , and cleared a pig of 8 Christmas eve.— Western Luminary. MARCH OF INTELLECT.—THE SCHOOLMAS TER.—The following is a copy of a notice which has remained appended, during the whole of the past week, to the two doors of the church of Barnham, a village within four or five miles of Windsor:— 44 Burnham, Feb. 29, 1840. The Inhabents is requisted to meat in The restery rnome on Fryday next at 10 o Clock To Inspiet the Mapp ad Plann Of the parish By requist of The rev. T. Carter Vikar." UN-ENGLISH PRACTICE.—The substitution of the knife and the da gg er for the fist, has bee n ga i n i ng in En gland ever since the Peace whe n "fights " e i t h er for fun or money grew out of favour. At the Essex Assizes just terminated, Sir John Tyrrell, the foreman, in delivering the presentment, remarked, that he was requested by the jurors to call his Lordship's attention to the fact that in most of the cases of common assault the offending l parties had had recourse to sharp instruments, which formerly was as of rare occurrence. They had deemed it right to notice that fact,. but thought it un necessary to make mention of P ntment.—Lord Abinger observed that " it showed the depravity of the persons using such weapons." No doubt this foreign fashio n i s a hun dred-times worse than the good old plan when fair fighting was he bold Briton's boast. THE WEATHER,--The weather of the last two weeks has been delightful, generally quite clear and of a season able temperature; the pressure as shown by the barometer has been remarkably high and steady, and is consequent on the easterly wind, from which quar ter it has not once varied s i nce the 16th of last month ; since the 22d of which the Zodiac .1 light has been seen on every line evening till nine o'clock. The Comet has been seen eveiy evening for some tim e , and is gradually increasing in brightness, being now n ear l y equal in size and distinctness to the Nebula in Andromeda, near which constellation it still is, but rapidly moving southward : with a moderately powerful telescope it seems to have a very minute stella nucleus, but when a powerful instrument is employed-it has not the pointedness of being stella, but still appears a very strong condensation of mist; it covers full t %VG minutes of space. MARCH 9, 1840. IMPRESSMENT OF SEAMEN. • TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Although my letter to you was not in tended for publication, but merely to convey you my thanks for the truly national cause you have espoused, the truths you had candidly expressed on the subject of impressment of our seamen, without respect to party spirit, and the hope that your perseverance might ultimately bring this important subject before the Parliament of this kingdom, still I am glad you have done so, and I look forward with bright hope to that early period when a just consideration may be given to a matter so eminently important. We have taught the world what navies can do, and we and they know that Great Britain is but as dust in the balance without the supremacy of the ocean. We ought, and must, if we intend to hold our own, feel as a gallant old admiral expressed, when in the South Seas Ili, forced a stranger to lower his top-gallant sail in passing, who remonstrated on such injustice in so distant a sea, the admiral dipping his finger in the sea, said, " Sir, the water here is salt, and as such the British flag claims and commands respect." Session after Session of Par liament has passed on, the agitation of many su!)- jeers has almost frensieu the imagination—even individuals have claimed the time of the House, but while all these things are passing and occupy. ing the mind, not one man in our House of Com mons has nerve sufficient to bring forward the great subject of justice to our seamen, though by doing so we can alone secure our existence as a nation. The seaman has been, and still is, the only Briton who stands an outcast from our commu nity. In case of war, no other individual can be furiously dragged from his home, his wife, and children, without any infringement of even a sha dow of the law, sent on board ship without either bounty or privilege, perhaps not to see his native land for ten years after (I speak from knowledge), being obliged (and nooly he has done it) to de fend those shores he is not allowed to pnt a foot on perhaps till the war may be ended, to defend laws which, in him aloneare vio►ated, and defend the honour of that country, which keeps no honour with him. These arc all facts, which I defy any man, or set of men, to refute, and though grievous and of long standing, they are capable of amelioration. They must be attended to; another war, and then it will be too late. Has the Naval Commission been instructed to look into this matter ? If so, all well, for I know some of its members, who have the naval service truly at heart. Finally, Sir, I assert, give the British seaman the just privilege of a Briton, encourage him as he merits, and the world will continue to fear and respect you. But, Sir, I see in your comments on my letter a mistake which it is my duty to rectify, in justice to myself and the brave officers and men I had the honour to command in the Macedonian in action with the United States American ship of war. You say " nominally the Macedonian was a 38-gun frigate, and so was the United States." This is the mistake I have to rectify, and that all may know how this matter stood, I give you and my country men an exact copy of the comparative force of the ',lvo ships : MACEDONIAN. Complement of Officers, Petty Officers, Seamen and Marines Landsmen Boys Weight in Pounds. 18 pounders, long guns, 28 32-pounder carronades, 16 12 pounder long ditto, 2 Long boat's carronade, 12-pounder, 1 l2 Two French brass field pieces, only fired once, being disabled, 8-pounders Total UNITED STATES. Complement of Officers, Petty Officers, Seamen and Marines Landsmen none Boys 479 Weight in Pounds. 768 966 24 Long 24-pounder guns, 32 42-pounder earronade!, 23 HOViitzers in tops, 8-pounders, 3 1,758 It is here shown that the American had the ad• vantage of 217 men mote than the Macedonian, and in weight of metal 690 pounds of shot, or 345 weight at each broadside. The masts, yards, and tonnage of the American ship was nearly the sante as our small 74-gun ships, and in their weight of broad side there was not the w e i g ht o f one s hO t dif ference. One more anecdote to prove the then dzsgust (nor am I aware that it .has subsided) of our seamen to their nativ e country Observing on board the American ship, two of her guns were one named Nelson, another Victory, I asked her Gallant Captain how this came ; his reply was, To prevent a serious quarrel between . the crews of those two guns for the prior name he was obliged to interfere, and as all of them had served with the great Nelson with his flag in the Victory, he gave the privilege of Nelson to that crew, two of whom had been Nelson's bargemen." This fact I am ready to attest at any time. When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war; but I believe few were aware of the tearful odds I and my brave fellows had to contend with ; I envied each and every one of my brave 105 officers and men who fell hors de combat on this occasion. Near 60 years I have been in the service of the Monarchs of Great Britain, near 52 of which in the naval service. I am privileged to have an opinion, and I tell you, and my country through you, it is their fault if ever again British seamen arc found in array against their native land. I am, Sir, your obliged and obedient servant, JNO. S. CARDEN, Rear-Admiral. Cheltenham, March 6, 1840. STEEPLE CHASING.—This modern and not particularly humane form of racing, appears to be very popular. We cannot take up any country paper without seeing in it some thing about a " steeple chase," that either already has or is to " come off." Cockfighting is justly enough condemned, but steeple-chasing is perhaps scarcely lets cruel. In the latter, however, the cruelty is redeemed, nay, is lost sight of alto gether by the courage of the riders, who charge brooks scarcely less narrow than a canal, and dash ever towering stone walls. CORN-LAWS (IRELAND).--..Meetings in favour of the food tax, or Devil's laws, we See have been got up in some parts of Ireland. We view these disgustingly dishonest proceedings on the part of a selfish section of the Irish land lords with but little surprise. Let them, however, persevere in opposing the substantial " Justice to Ireland," which is de nied to the starving masses of their countrymen by the acursed Corn-laws, and the very name of landlord will be odious. The feeling in favour of a repeal of the landlords' tax is about mani festing itself in Dublin, and Mr. Crawford, to whom an invita tion to attend apublic meeting, has been sent by the National Trades' Union, has addressed to them the following letter : " Crawfordsburn, February 26.—Dear Sir,—l forgot to reply to that part of your letter which respected. the Corn-law meet ing. I could have it in my power to attend a meeting on that subject, if appointed any time after the 9th of March ; but I could not expect that your arrangements should be made to depend on my particular convenience. I should certainly feel it my bounden duty, as a landed proprietor, to do my utmost to release my poor countrymen from this intolerable addition t,, their other causes of suffering.—Yours, SHARMAN CRAM - I:ORD.—John O'Brien, Esq." CHARTIST FUND.—On Sunday evening the box containing the Chartists' funds, amounting to SOL was stolen from the Brewer's Arms, as well as a quantity of plate and jewellery, the property of the landlord, Mr. Reeves. A coun tryman has been apprehended on suspicion of being concerned in the robbery, and was brought before the Bench on Tuesday, and again on Thursday, when Solomon stated that a warrant signed by the Lewes Magistrates was also in force against the prisoner, for another offence, and he applied for leave to take him to Lewes to be examined on the charge. If this was not substantiated, he should still pray for his detention on the warrant charging him with the robbery at the Brewer's Arms. The necessary permission was given by the Bench. The police are on the look-out for a econd party suspected. Brighton Herald. CAMBRIDGE.—In compliance with a requisition the High Sheriff has appointed a meeting of the inhabitants of this county and isle far Tuesday next, at the Shire-hall, for the purpose of voting an Address of Congratulation to the Queen upon her marriage. The Constilutionei, which is becoming eminent for typographical and idiomatical eccentricities, when it touches on English affairs, gravely informs the public that Mr. Liddell was opposed to the pension of Sir John " Nicopert !" It fur ther enlightens its readers by telling them in a bracket that Lord •• mattragle" is no other thin '• Sir" Spring Rise. USE OF THE TOES.—The natives of Aus tralia have a power of manipulating with their toes, so as to do many things surprising to men who wear shoes. This power they acquire chiefly by ascending trees from infancy, their mode of climbing depending as much on the toes as on the fingers. With the toes they gather fresh water muscles from the muddy bottom of rivers or lagoons, and the heaps of these s hell s beside their old fire-places, which are numerous alon, the banks, show that this shell fish is the daily food o f at least the theire beard f'e t the women and childre n. In their attemptsr between steal, are much employed. The y will tread softly on any article, seize it with the toes , p ass it u p the back, or bet ween the arm and stir, so as to conceal i t in the artn-pit, or and throat.—,Australian 808 THE BURGLAR.—That notorioust u r r it ai s i C ac a e l : Bob Alexander , was ca p tured on Wednesday a town. Alexander was at one time transported for fourteen years, but contrived to make his way home again ; and he was o utlawed. at last Glasgow Autumn Circuit, for an extensive w. shop.breaking affair in Dembartonshire. He is , manse,likt lse, it is thought, tonnected with the robbery at Erskineas well as several other robberies of wrigitts' tools, &c., which have been committed in the West of Scotland. PERTHSHIRE _ELECTION. (From the Second Edition of the Perthshire Advertiser of Thursday.) NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES. The nomination of candidate s took place on hustings erected at the County Buildings, at twelve o'clock to-day. The multitude assembled could not have been less than from four to five thousand. A little before twelve o'clock several bands of music, belonging to Perth and the neighbouring villages, marched into the square, and took up a station at the end of the hustings, appropriated to the Liberal candidate, and played a number of na tional tunes before the proceedings commenced. Mr. G. D. Stewart, the Liberal candidate, on making his appearance—accompanied by the Honourable Fox Maule, MP. ' R. Steuart, Esq.. 1‘1.1). for the Haddingto n B urg h s , R. Stewart, Esq. of Ardvolich, J.M. Nairne, Esq., of Dunsinane, W. L. Campbell, Esq., of Glenfalloch, Mr. Bowie Stewart Campbell of Cloich foldich, Mr. Sandeman, Tulloch, and other gentle men of his Committee, and a numerous body of the tenantry and electors of the county—was received with deafening cheers, which lasted several minutes. Mr. Maule also received a tremendous peal of cheering, which was renewed from time to time, till the opposite. party made their appearance. Mr. Home Drummond was accompanied by Mr. Campbell of Monzie, John Ri c h ar d son , an d ot h er gentlemen of his Com mittee, and was greeted with groans and hissing, and cries of " the Spy System," " Baird and Hardie," and like allusions to the political trials with which his name is so intimately connected. The Sheriff having read the Writ of Election, and the Act against Bribery and Corruption, and in quired whether any one had a candidate to propose, The Hon. Fox MA ute presented himself, and pro ceeded to address the meeting, but the cheering was so loud that he was obliged to pause for several minutes—amtafter he had subsided, he spoke to the fol lowing effect : Fellow-Electors of Perthshire! The Sheriff has asked whether any one has a candidate to propose as worthy to represent the interests and opinions of this great county in Parliament, and I have now to nomi• nate to you for that purpose, my esteemed and valued friend, Mr. George Drummond Stewart.—(Cheers.) Under ordinary circumstances I should have felt dis posed to leave the nomination of a candidate on this occasion to others ; but, considering my Parliamentary connection with the county, and, considering that I was, perhaps, the means of causing you to lose a Liberal representative, I feel that I hare a duty to perform at this time, and that I am more than justified in urging you as I now do, electors and non-electors, to come forward, boldly and fearlessly, and rescue the county from the domination of the Tories.—(Pro digious cheering.) I know that I shall read in next week's Constitutional—( Laughter and hisses)—an attack upon me for behaving as I now do, and accusing me of acting an unconstitutional part—that, as a member of the Government, I ought to abstain from taking any share in th •se proceedings. But I have yet to learn that because •I am a member of a Government which is approved by, and satisfactory to, the people, that I am to be disqualified from exercising my rights as an elector.--(Prolonged cheering.) But leaving such Constitutional objections—(Laughter)—l come to the business of the day. There are two candidates for your suffrages —my friend, Mr. Stewart, and Mr. Drum mond, of whom we have only heard by a printed address from him, and at one meeting which he courageously faced in the George Inn on Friday. —(Laughter and cheers.) This is the fifth election since the passing of the Reform Bill, and the Tories have uniformly played the same sneaking and cowardly game.—(Cheers, and .cries of " Yes, they have.") It is part of the system of Tory tactics—it is a remnant of the old system, when the Member used to be snugly elected in the Court Room behind us, the public know hag nothing of his sentiments, or indeed anything about the matter till it was all finished, and he took his seat as representative for the county.----(Loud and long con tinued cheering.) Now, Gentlemen, mark the different conduct pursued by the two candidates ! Mr. Stewart has been in every village and district of the county, has met publicly with the electors, and freely and openly expressed his opinions on political matters, while his antagonist has cautiously abstained from all such practice.—(Great cheering.) But, Gentlemen, this should lead us to inquire a little further into the tactics and principles of Toryism. With us, it is necessary for our candidate to face the electors, and meet with, and explain his opinions to, them ; but with the Tories it is quite sufficient to get a man to stand, to get an ad dress of some kind or other from him, and then drive their tenantry to the poll to vote for him.—(Tre mendous cheering. Sonie person in the crowd cried out," Why don't you give us the Ballot ?") Mr. Maule continued: Gentlemen, the disgraceful and unconstitu tional interference of the Tories with the freedom of election has made me a convert to the Ballot —(Great cheering.) Now let us inquire into the character and principles of the two candidates. Like myself, when I became your representative, Mr. Stewart has, pro perly speaking, no public character' to point to ; but as you took me without one, trusting to the professions which I made to you, and which, I trust, I redeemed —(Cheers)—so I ask you to take Mr.'Stewart on the, same terms—to take him on trial.—(Cheers.) Re . member, Gentlemen, that he was chairman of my elec tion committee—that he has ever given his services to the Reform cause—that he has voted for, and supported every Liberal candidate in this county, since the passing of the Reform Bill—and on these grounds, and as you took me untried, save in a similar way, I call upon you to take Mr. Stewart.—(Great cheering.) But the opposite candidate has a public character ; he has been in office, and in Parliament ; and while I really enter tain the greatest possible respect for Mr. Drummond as a private gentlemen, I feel bound to make some ob servations respectin g his public career—(Great che e rs) —and with this I shall now deal.—(Renewed cheering.) When I heard that Mr. Drummond had offered him self as a candidate for your suffrages, I asked if there were not, upon the records of the country, transactions in which he was prominently concerned, and which were impeached in Parliament by a Member of the House of Commons.—(Great cheering.) I referred to the Reports of the State Trials in :817, and to the subse quent motion of Lord Archibald Hamilton in the House of Commons, and tne facts which I thus learned, I shall state in the presence of Mr. Drum mond.—(Tremendous cheering.) But first allow me to contrast, shortly, the conduct of the Tory Govern ment of 1817, with that of the Whig Government of 1839 ; and it is not long since I did so in my place in the House of Commons. In 1817, disturbances and conspiracies occurred, though I do not doubt hut the latter had more existence in the fears of the Go vernment than anywhere else.—(Cheers.) Disturb ances have taken place likewise during the last twelve months, and which no honest man can justify, because they were attempts to give effect to political opinions by violence, inconsistent alike with the laws and Con stitution, and with the security of the most important interests of the whole community.—(Cheers.) Of at tempts like these the law is wisely compelled to take immediate notice, and with respect to those of 1839, I hesitate not to say that the law has been made to take its due and proper course.—(Cheers.) But how has it been made to do so? By relying upon the people to support it, es they will ever do when they are rightly and constitutionally appealed to.—(Loud cheers.) The Government sought no extraordinary powers they did not come down to the House of Commons, and ask the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act.—(Great cheering.) They did not send men through the country to make and prepare cvi &nee against individuals tried for their lives.— (Vehement cheers.) No. We have trusted to the sensc , and patriotism of common juries—permitted the law to take its usual course—and thus we have carried the people with us.—( Loud and continued cheering.) By simply appealing to their reason and right feeling, we are completely extinguishing the spirit of violence and revolution.—(Renewed cheering.) Now, let us go back to 1817. As I have already said, I lately contrasted_ the two periods in the House of Commons, and I then little imagined that soon thereafter I should do so in the presence of one of the principal actors . in th e events that 'marked the former. It was alleged at that time that. conspiracies existed—they existed chiefl y , however, in the imagination of Ministers; and it w as necessary that somebody should be tried for t some thing.—(Load cheers.) Ineeviduads were tried a t t h at time, and I now conic to the case in point., to the trial of Andrew M'Kinlay in the High Court of Justiciary, for, I believe, a dministering unlawful o iths.—(Renewed cheering.) Those who placed him at the bar of that ' Court found it necessary to get stronger evidence against him than they could well procure, end they selected a man of the name of John Campbell, said to have been engaged in the illegal proceedings thet were alleged to have been then carried on : they placed him under the tutorage of the Procurator -Fiscal of Glasgow for a time ; they afterward s brought him to Edinburgh, kept him in the Castle there, and still further prepared him for being a witness, against Great cheering.) They threatened himself with prosecu tion, if lie would not give evidence against 111•Kinlay. They prepared him for giving evidence, and then put him into the witness's box. Among other preliminary questions put to a witness in Scotland, is (we to the effect, whether the witness has received, or heed pro mised a reward for giving testimony ; and, upon this question being put to Campbell, he at first declined to answer ; there was a struggle in his breast whether he should sacrifice the prieoner, and at last he replied that be had been promised a REW ARD for giving his evidence.—(P ro di g i ous c h eer i ng , zeal „roaniugr a Naul . tl A Drummond.) It i s unnecessary, continued Mr. t e, to detail what Campbell subsequently stated in conse , - . quence of thi s a d m ission. The Crown Lawyersult if wen • forced to abandon the case Campbell had been —thi s was the personal srotee simply p ro mised perso tion, I sh o uld not have brought the matter forward at all ; but he swore that premises had been made to get him i n t o the E x cise, to g ive him %cans to carry him out of the country, &c., and with th k, that after receiving these promises, • - said he hail been wou ld have been guilty_ a. promised no reward, he EVENING EDITION.t,' perjury, and that the prisoner wouls l have been, there. fore, convicted on perjured testimony—with the knowledge of all this, the Public prosecutor pro duced the man as a witness.—(Great cheering.) Twenty-three years have elapsed since this trial took place, and it is truly painful for me to recur to it, as it concerts Mr. Drummond ; but he having:, come out from private life, and solicited a great public . trust, our minds are naturally, and irresistibly, driven beck to it ; and it is unnecessary for me to say that the Advocate-Depute engaged at that trial is the Tory, Candidate on this occasion.—(Prodigious cheering.) I now dismiss this part of Mr. Drummond's conduct, and leave you to form your opinions respecting it. There are many important questions regarding which I should like to add ress you, h ut t h ere i s one i n particular now agitating the whole country—l mean the independence of the Church, and the prevention of the intrusion of unacceptable Ministers into the parishes.—(Cheers.) I have already, on these hustings, spoken en this sub ject. I have always declared myself as opponent of patsonage, and I have done so on principle, for I can see no possible advantage to the people. in a system; which gives to patrons, who may be Episcopalians, Cs tholies, or Infidels, or anything else, the power of regii lethal; tlieir most impo-tent religious concerns.—(Cheers)i But since I first addressed you on this subject, the! question of Non-intrusion hag made a great march, and so strong is now the feeling respecting it, that I am coevinead that no Government, whatever its character,' will be able to resist givin g it, full ff ect. —(C r i es of " Hear, hear," and cliee •s.) I have just learned that Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Colquboun, the ode r night, put a question respecting it in the House of Commons I to a Minister of the Crown, and I wish to proclaim his answer, so that you may know the stage at which it has arrived. In reply to the question, the Minister stated that the subject was under the consideration of the Cabinet, in the hope that a measure would be got pre pared of a satisfactory kind.—(Cheers.) The queetion of Non-intrusion is simple in its nature, and cannot be misunderstood, unless you wish to mystify yourselfrespeet ing it. The Tories endeavour topersuade Dissenters that it is a question in which they have no interest. But if you look back to the history of the Churcladoyou notfind that it was for the sake of this very principle that Dis senters left the establishment ? That for this very prin ciple was that mighty limb—the Secession—shorn from the Church ?—(Cheers, and cries of " Yes.") Do - Dot tell me, then, that this is not a Dissenters' question. We , are told, too, that the clergy wish to erect a sort of Po pery within Presbytery ; but what are the facts of the matter ? The clergy do not wish to be constituted judges of the acceptability of a presentee. This is the Tory doctrine of Lord Aberdeen, and of the gentlemen on the opposite side of this hustings.—(Cheers.) The real , friends of Non-intrusion simply wish that the clergy should judge of the moral character, and the literary and theological qualifications of a presdotee ; and that the • clergy having found these sufficient, the congregation_ should declare whether he was acceptable to them, and fitted to edify them ; and if they declare that he is not, then that the Church Courts should be bound to reject him.--(Great cheering.) These are my opinions, and they are exactly those of Mr. Stewart. Are they not also yours 7—(Cries of " Yes, they are.") See that ye b ( - rive proper effect to them, then.—(L ou d c h eers.) I only desire to say a fe.y words in conclusion. I tins attacked in the House of Commons by a gentleman who was once a Whig, but who is now a Tory—l mean Sir James Graham—and accused of " indecent haste " • in moving the writ for this election. Now, mark how these Tories " change their tune " when it suits their purpose. Sir C. Blunt suddenly died the other day ; and within twenty-four hours after his death, Sir Thomas Fremantle moved a new writ of election for the place he represented, while I did not move the writ in this election for three whole days after the demise of Lord Mansfield. This is my answer to the Tories, and I now make them a present of their charge of indecency. —(Cheers.) I have now only to urge you to do your duty—to vindicate your consistency—to give free ex pression to your opinions —to support the cause that I know is dear to you, which is hound up with; the wel fare of your country and with the liberties of you all.— (Tremendous cheering.) Reject the Tory, then, and • place Mr. Stewart ut the head of the poll by a trium• pliant majority.—(The Hon. Gentleman concluded his speech amid loud and continued cheering.) Mr. W. HARRIS, Inchewan, in seconding the no mination of Mr. Stewart, said—Gentlemen, I have known Mr. Stewart all my life. While acting for his brother, he has always shown himself most kind to the tenantry.—(Cheers.) I have great pleasure in second ing the nomination of one of a family under which I have so long lived ; and more especially, when I find I can do so on the great question of' Non-intrusion, in which, as an elder of the Church, I am deeply inte rested.—(Great cheering.) I need not allude to his political opinions after what has fallen from - the pro. 1. poser.—(Cheers.) Mr. CAMPBELL, of Monzie next came - forward to propose Mr. Drummond, and was received With a storm of hisses and groans, which 'yore continued with greatei or less vehemence, and with little interruption, throughout his speech, so that we could only catch a word in a sentence here and there. Mr. Campbell commenced by abasing the Ministry, and 'repeated the stale stuff' that forms the stock in trade of the Tories. He seemed to be particularly enraged at the introduee tion of Mr. Owen to Court. kle denounced the Minis try as feigning attachment to the Church, while they dealt heavy blows and great discouragement to Pro testantism. lie was specially offended because they had not propo , ed a grant for Church Extension, while they bad succeeded in getting a sum fur a system of Naticnal Elucation of the most abominable kind. After saying something about the College of Maynooth and Scriptural Education, the exact purport of which we did not catch, he went on to explain his sentiments on Non-intrusion, and the position respecting it in which be had been placed by some Reverend Gentlemen in the county. The noise and hisses were so constant, however, that we only heard an occasional word. W(: understood him to adhere to the opinions contained ;n his letter to Mr. Drummond, and to coincide exactly with those of that gentleman. Mr. SMITH, of Deansten, seconded the nomination of Mr. Drummond, amidst almost constant hissing. Mr. STEWART then proceeded to address the meet ing, and on the occasion of no election here have we seen a greater degree of enthusiasm manifested in favour of the Liberal candidate. Mr. Stewart said :—Fellow Electors of the county of Perth, I feel indebted to itt' friend, Mr. Fox Mau!c, for the manner in which he hai introduced ale to you. He has spoken of me as an early friend, as a Reformer, and a supporter on every occasion, of Reform principles ; and I ant 'proud that Ito has nominated me for your suffrages, and that my na mination has been seconded by a respected aler of my parish church. I have told you in my printed Address that I have come forward on Reform principles. These I have endeavoured to promote at all times, and by every means in my power ; and if I :hall he so fortu nate as to be raturned to Parliament, I have no hesi tation in declaring it to be my intention to give my support to the general policy of tne present Reform ing Government.—(Great cheering.) I :Iris sure that if the whole people of Scotland could freely speak their sentiments, they would not object to any Parliamentary candidate who boldly avowed these opinions and inter:- tions.—( Cheers.) I need not detain you by pointieg out the benefits tint helve resulted to the country from. the measures of the Liberal Ministry. The Reform Bill put political power into the hands of the great body of the people who possessed it not before ; and since then many great public benefits have been gained. —( Loud cheers.) But there is still much to be accom plished ; and if the Liberal Min;stry hare been ins peded and defeated in their measures, the fault is to be ' attributed to an Opposition, mad at their exclusion from power, and who, for that reason, and actuated by such • motives, obstruct the Government in all attempts to legislate for the good of the people.—(Cheers.) There are several questions of great importance at present be fore the country, and to the chief of these I shall now shortly allude. I stated, before the address of my •' Honourable Oppon en t a pp eare d, t h at t h e question of intrusion Non- ought to be settled as speedily as pos sible—that the opinion on the subject was too gene ral, and too strong, t o b e res i ste d —an d that, in my opinion, the power of determining the acceptability, or the reverse, of presenters, ought to be given wholly to the congregations.—(Cheers.) My opinions were still further explained in a correspondence which I had with a respected proprietor in the county, and with an emi nent minister of the church, Principal Dewar. It is still represented, however, by the friends of Mr. Drum mond, that the opinions expressed by him are the same as my own on this subj , et. Than this nothing can be more untrue.—(Cheers.) We differ most completely. —(Renewed cheers.) Mr. Drummond would give the I veto to congregations, but they must state reasons of objection, and these he would leave to be dealt with by the Church Courts as they may think proper. This is not the old law of the Church, that " no mmister shall be intruded on a congregation, contrary to the will of t h e people.''---(Cheers.) That such is the original and fundamental law of the Church has been (dearly proved the able men who have r ecently defended an d stro2,gled for the principle which it contains ; hut , though it were not, the aspect of the question would not be intrinsically, materially altered, for I maintain that the people are entitled to possess the power of the plevent • se ttlement of unacceptable i e i n i s t ers .—(L oo d mg - • an d prolonged cheering.) The great and powerful body of Dissenters separated from the Church on this ground alone, for, on points of doctrine, there is no matetini difference between the evaronlical Dissenters and the I Church, and I am sure that D;sF,enters are too much at- tached to religious, as well as civil freedom, to rc•fusc to :lid the Church to obtain her rights.—(Cheers.) Is there nut, a great difference brAwcen Mr. Drum mond and myself regarding this scLject ?—(Cheers and cries of" Yes, no doubt of it.") If re!urned to Parliament, I shall be glad to give my vote that the demand of my countrymen for an effectual control over the appoint ment of their passers is just and proper.—(Cheers.) Noble evicLneo ha,; just been :,fforled in this county that the clergy will not have the arbitrary and inquis:- tcrial power which Mr. Drummond's Flirty woulct give to them,—(Caeers.) conduct is high-Laindeil.:44,