The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-27 00:00:00

~esx A• ca tion. e 1J e ?gi gy" slit i e sez ; King 'EVENING EDITION- COURT clitcuLAß. wiND, 1.8011., WEaIv,EDAY.—At seven o'clgyelc morning a serenavik) was performed on the t'e't:th 'terrace of the Castle., by Messrs. Mitchell, trench, and liarr2s, nail four cf the choristers ar • St. e's ha pel, and th e b an d o f the Ist Lire Guards, G under the C di reeticra of Dr. G. J. EirCy and Mr. Waddell, in honour Of Ode birthday cf his hoyal Highness Prince Albert. The first pieco was a hymn composed by his Royal -Highness the Prince, played by the band. The ncitt the Alorni ng H ymn sung ; the third, an instrumental Pieee ; the fourth, a glee, " Health to the Queen" (apofforth) ; the fifth, an instrumental piece ; the sixth, Q Thadrig-ai of Wilb y ' s ; and seventh, the National An. 'them. His Royal Highness Prince Albert came to and re mained at his window nearly all the time of the per formance. At half-past nine o'clock her Majesty and Prince Albert. the DeAchess of Kent, the Princess of Hohen lobe, the Princess Therese and the three children, and Baroness Spaeth, rode through the Little Park to Ade laide Cottage, and returned to the Castle at eleven o'clock, having breakfasted at the Cottage. The Wardens of the Goldsmiths' Company, accom- Panied by their Clerk, were admitted to an audience of Prince AUlert by appointment, when the oaths being tadrninist,:red, the freedom of that ancient Corporation, e ksee, in a g o ld b ox , were presented to his Royal I ghr ,ess. The Wardens was afterwards kindly en ter„,te'ined with an e l egant d e j eune. I .he Earl of Uxbridge and the Ladies Eleanore an ` I Constance Paget will have the honour of dining the Royal party this evening. Soon after five o'clock this afternoon the Queen Wad Prince Albert rode out in a pony phaston and 'Pair, the Prince driving, The Duchess of Kent, the Princ e and Princess of Hohenlohe, and the Princess Therese, occupied a carriage and four. Madame Hugel, with the children of the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe, the Viscountess of Falkland and her son, left the Castle at the same time. The Hon. Colonel Cavendish was on horseback. Several gentlemen of the Castle party went to Eg ham rams today. The Princess Augusta received visits yesterday from the Duchess of Gioucester and the Duke of Cam bridge. The foll ow i ng was t h e account i ssued yester day or. the state of her Royal Highness's health " The Princess Augusta has passed another disturbed ruivo, and her Royal Highness is not so well to-da;. " Clr.rence House, August 26." Sir Henry Halford and Sir Matthew T; eruey at tended the Princess yesterday morning, W . , M r . M oore w as in const an t a tte n d ance on h er P .oyal Highness, at C l ia•tence House, St. James's, thiring the whole of the day. om e of the Foreign l' . :7:inisters and many of the q'Jbility called to make 'their inquiries in the afternoon. 'mong them were th e Princess Lieven, Baron Munch- Ibausen, the Hraovcrian Minister, the Duchess of Inverness, thc Marquis of Normanby, and Count Reuss. The Duke o f S ussex i s staying on a visit with the Duke of Somerset, at his seat, Wimbledon Park. ...Lord Fi tzroy Somerset had an interview with the Marquis of Normanby yesterday, at the Home Office. UMINATLONS 1N HONOUR OF PRINCE ALBERT'S BIRTHDAY. , The most splendid illumination was that of tiv e Senior enti ' l ilted Service Cl u bh ouse, i n Waterloo•place, almost the re front o f t hi s b u i lding being one 'blaze of li g ht. Alan the portico extended a beautiful scroll, which en "ireled the initials P. A. Above these were oak leaves, laurel, and branches, supporti-Jg rose, shamrock, ana thistle, encircling a star of the order of the Garter ; to the left and right were a naval and military flag. The *hole was surmounted by a crown of large dimensions. All the devices were lit in gas, and had a most brilliant effect. The Albert Cl u b , Jermyn-street, was very tastefully W illu minated. In tiro rows of white lamps appeared the ords " Long live Albert ;" and projecting several feet opt the ho use was a union jack, formed of party-coloured lam ps. _oThe Guards' Clubhouse, St. James's-street.—The ha yal initi a l s , P .A., supported by festoons ; in centre a nd grenade, and surmounting the whole a gorgeous Brown. The illumination was in gas. The Alfred Club, Albemarle -street. Large laurel wreaths, supporrmg the initials P. A. and crown. Her Majesty s Theatre presented a very splendid spec tacle, many 'thousand lamps of various hues having been employed •./1 forming an exceedingly rich wreath, which en twineo2, the Royal ciphers and a crown of great size. COVENTRY-STREET. tialfielde, engraver to her Majesty and Prince Albert.-- A r.arge gas star with the Royal cipher in centre. Faulding, Strutton, and Wilson—The same. Gaffer, st a t uar QUADRANT. y—A. R. in white lamps. REGENT• STREET. W. and J. Sangster, manufacturers of whips and dress canes to his Royal Highness Prince Albert—This firm ex - bibited a rich transparency, the subject of which was Prince Albert on horseback, equipped as Colonel of the 11th Hussars, or Prince's Own. In the perspective appeared the Queen riding in a phaeton, escorted by a party of lan- Ve Su r ?porting the ab ove was t h e P r i nce ' s armorial t i o ari '..v i s, the co l ours o f t h e regiment, &c., the whole en _ 1)0 4 4 i, i a frame of the Louis Quatorze stele. The trans :ley was well executed, and excited much attention. '3aunders and Wooley, upholsterers to the Queen ; and 1 1 ,: re laY and Sons, waxbleachers to the Queen—These dignifieent contiguous premises presented two large ra 4Leti gas vars 4 irti!lton, hatte r . to his Royal Highness Prince Albert— zrkgeer m s t a a n r in variegated lamps, supported on either side Y the Royal initials P. A. in white lamps. Sporting Gallery—A variegated star. and Price and Co., Regent-circus, perfumers—Star -mu festoons in coloured lamps. c re w Mo rtlock's c hi na ware h ouse , R egent - stree t—P. A. an d u n ill vari egate d l amps . r • Mit c h e ll , b oo k se l ler an d pu b l i sher, Old B on d -street ti4l4 ptninificent radiated star in gas, encircling the ini. NEW BOND-STREET. 110Arrowsrnitli, paperhang e r t o th e R oya l F am ily—The n Yal initials P. A. in white lamps. perry and Co., lamp-manufacturers to the Queen—The ~Salythe and Nephe, perfumers to the Queen—The same. A j 4 rner. silversmith to the Queen and Prince Albert— perr,ge and brilliant gas star of Brunswick, with the hu crown. projecting from. the centre. Cattle and Peirce, perfi:aners—The Royal ciphers P. A. to white lamps. .1110a6 and Lavern], musicsellers—A gas star. adi?nd C. Gr , ve, fishmongers—P. A. in white lamp s . ero--wurY purveyors to the Queen—P. A. and in ga s • „. cli n'el• and Hunt, g old sm ith s an d j ewe ll ers to t h e ra ui , and R o y a l f am il y—An I ta li c A in white lamps, sur_ r., ntr -d by a crown. eughton, st a ti oner —Th e R oya l i n i t i a l s P . A ., and ~,gated star. 1-- a yne, wat c h ma k er to hi s R oya l H i ghness Prince Al. A star i n l amps . ""• ' 44 Y - col Boured ishop, golds s mith—P. A., crown and festo ons , i n lamp. ST. JAMES'S -STREET. or ThOlßaS bootmaker t o P r i nce Alb ert— P . A ., an d star oirunswick in gas. in• Willis and C o ., t a il ors to hi s R oya l Hi ghness—The ItTh iat s P. A. and crown i n gas. Bazaar—p. A. i n co l oure d l amps. pitz !'llners, eralers to the Queen—S tar i n gas . Jae,maur ; ,ee West (l a t e G. P a l mer), N o. I, St. ne s - s e- street, cut l er b y appo i ntment to his Royal High- With irri nce Albert—Di s pl aye d a sp l en di d radiated star, r. P . A. in the centre, in gas. printseller, Pall-mall—Exhibited a very que i llumination, viz., the Royal cipher, surrounded by / S . ,, t ars, being the number of years the Prince has attained. Th`laccock, Rixon, and Co., manufacturers of glass, Araßoyal initials P. A. on a large scale. and Co., saddlers to the Prince—A large gas star. Ahd a l. - rows and Co., military cap and accoutrement . p' er St 9, Pall-mall—P. A. in gold-coloured lamps.. —r ilacuel (Brothers), 5, ilanover-square, golds7, ll /h s _A ... % . 111 in gas. O r . F. Shoberl, jun., Rupert-street, printer to his °Yal Highness Prince Albert, P. A. wad a 11, 4 1 Dill, No. 3r.6, O x f or d -street, and biscuit- bread star. ill ": to her Majest &c.—P A. and a star, splendidly ulnin ated. y , . W Ybur t r. lomas, and Meller, Long-acre, large coach- U tldcr s la h o er M a j es t y and the Queen -Dowager—A A. an "e star o f var i eg a ted lamps, and the letters inch s "nl 'de, being ornamented with laurels in lamps. ee l ,: At CENSU S OF I s4l,—By an Act which re t i ; _,•l',/ received the Royal - assent, for taking the decehne rridue.ted by the „41,1 account of the pop , Aation, the whole census is to ac ne nit issioners, to 'OO appointed for the purpose, who d Re'gistrar-general and one or more control° Prepare V.,e necessary forms, and direct a!i tr ar the and they will divide . fors oils employed. In England the Regis heir d e • re t° sv perintend the inquiry, i nc , Istei ts tO e ,,.... ) . etY into sections of a convenient size, appoint- Pr oved c ‘‘., 4 a qualified enumerator, who is to be ap nler ati . I by the Superintendent Registrar. These enu nnd . ir% are to take account of the name, sex, age', a,. occupation of every person in their district, and to r.-trtain whether they were born in the parish or Al ntY ; also of the houses inhabited, building, and un inhabited, distinguishin g all places of religious worship. ,h le returns, when examined by the registrars and i.,.`3uperintendent Registrars, are to be forwarded to the t-t'ommissioners, for the purpose of arrangement and al). u r act• The attempt at first Fro posed to obtain a valua ,,f." of property is abandoned. It will be seen that the I's.lucers employed will be all under one control, acting u p o n an uniform system, and qualified by their previous i The nceupati ons, or selected for the duty. °le check e d and corrected, and, as the original returns Will be kept, an y f urt h er combination of particulars may to easily prepar e d. A s the registration system is not ex nded to Scotland the old machinery is to be used there. COMMERCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND. --We are assured that there is no foundation whatever for the state rnent which h as appeared in some of the London papers, t hat th e Di rectors of this Bank had commenced legal pro c eedin gs against a great number of its customers, The e truth • Is, that the cases in which it has been necessary to ash in th e assistance of the law have been hitherto remark. 4°l Y few ; nor has any difficulty or delay been yet experi _eri,ced.except su c h as are inseparable fr om t h e sudden ter. .. na tion of an extensive business, and the unexpected call ing in of advances, upon the continuance of which the ar tiii had every reason to depend.—Manchester Guardia p n. NE WS frolit 'Cue MEDITERRANEAN,. The Austrian frigate Medea, bearing the flag of Rear- Admiral Baron Waitleira. and the frigate Guerriere commanded by the Atehauke Frederick, left 'Smyrna on the 9th. Tho Admiral, it was expected, would shortly repair to Alexandria, to be present at the notification of the treaty of London to Mehemet Ali. Admiral Stopford was also to proceed to Alexandria for the same purpose. Two of the ;British ships now in Syria, the Powerful and Edinburgh, had been ordered to join the Admiral. The Rhadaman thus steamer reached Smyrna on tlto '9th from Constantinople. Admiral Lalande sailed on the sth from Vourla, in the Jena ship of the line, to return to France. The French' squadron still anchored in that bay coasis‘cd of the Neptune, Alger, Jupiter, and Suffren, ships of the line ; four others, the Montebello, in which Rear-Ad miral La Susse had his flag ; the Hercule, Santi Petri, and Diademe, were at Smyrna. The lighter Isere had just arrived from Toulon with provisions and stores for the squadron. The French steamer Lavoisier sailed on the 9th from Smyrna for Alexandria, with despatches received in the morning of that day from the French Legation in Constantinople by the Eurotas steam-packet. Count Oinfroy, who took an active part in the recent events of Syria, arrived at Smyrna from Cyprus in the Levant steamer, on his way to Constantinople. We have Perceived letters from Malta, dated the I6th instant. The ship Revenge, which arrived from Lis bon the 10th, sailed for the Levant on the 15th, having embarked at Malta a large supply of arms and ammu nition. The ships Implacable and Benbow, the sloop Hazard, the brig Zebra, and the steamers Con fiance and Hydra, had likewise proceeded to that destination. 5,000 stand of arms had been shipped on hoard the I Benbow in Malta. Another letter from Malta of the same Bete an nounces that Admiral Lalan?,e, who t!ad been ordered to return to France in Jena ship-of-the-line, had re ceived counter-orde:s just as he was quitting Voitria• and would acco - ,aingly remain in the Levatih The Mars e illes journals of the Nd thention that the treaty of:-;tuly 15 was brought tt Constantinople by Mr. Alor!re, who reached that capital on the 3d inst., after ( I .climring despatches to Admiral Stopford on his way. They add, that tl'.e Admiral had been instructed to com mence forti:,with the operations of the blockade of the coasts of Egypt and Syria, without waiting for the rati kzation of the treaty by the Powers. Private letters state that the French 'etluadron com manded by Admiral Rosamel was still lying at anchor on the 6th at Cape Carthago, awaiting the return of the Bey of Tunis, e , ho was then within a ftw days', march of that city. It was believed that the Admiral had received orders to proceed immediately afterwards to the Levant. NAVAL INTELLIGtINCE. The British fleet under the command of Admiral Stopford, was at Sigii Mitylene on the Bth inst. The Powerful and Edinburgh are ordered to quit Beyrout and join the Admiral. Captain Napier, in command of the former ship, has het% promoted to the rank of Commodore. The Rhadamanthnit, Alch left Malta on the 25th, arrived at Smyrna or, the 29th ult., proceeded to Con , stantinopie, and returned to Smyrna on the Bth inst., with ( I ('sPatehes from Lord Ponsonby having missed fallir.g in with the Admiral, they were transferred to :'no Bellerophon, which sailed on the same day for Mitylene. The Cyclops arrived at Smyrna on the 20th ult., from Alexandria. and left again on the 3d instant, on her return thither with despatches. Admiral Lalande sailed from Smyrna on the sth inst. for France on board of the Jena. We have advices from Tabriz to the 15th of •Suly. Trade was pretty brisk, and the dealers were making large purchases in expectation that there will shortly be a rupture between Persia and Turkey. The Schah was near Hamsdan, and expected to arrive there irrime4 diately to recruit his army. The silk crop in Ghilat has been very abundant, and none of the merchandise can be sent this way for some time to tonae. SYRIAN NEWS. (From the Eco de l'Orienl.) BEYRoUT, JULY 25.—1 f the success of the Insur rection appears to have been compromised by the treachery and incapacity of some parties, entire belief mast not be given to the false accounts published by the Egyptian Government. It is true that everything appears favourable to Mehemet Ali's wishes, but it is not less true that all the obstacles are not removed. The following are the facts ;—On the 14th of July Soliman Pacha and the Abbas Pacha set out at the head of 16,000 men, artillery, &c. Up to the time of marching, the Albanians continued to burn :he houses of the poor Christian families, who had never taken any part in the insurrection. On their passage the troops burned convents and murdered priests : the inhabitants of Beyrout could see the village of Emkallas burning, and afterwards Mansourie and the convent of Marocos. The priests belonging to the convents that were pillaged were burnt alive, and their vestments were smeared with grease to make them ignite. At Bet Men a number of women were treated with the greatest brutality by the soldiery, and even children were not respected. Unfortunately a difference of opinion existed amongst the insurgents, end the Druses, seeing that the Christians were not united, retired, so that this campaign was a mere march of pillage, the troops not having met any opposition. It remains to be seen whether the mountaineers will not rise more formid a bl e th an ever at the s i ght of their wives violated and their priests butchered. The result is, that the report of the pacification of Syria is prema ture. The feasts which the Egyptians announced in their excess of joy are countermanded, and they speak in a less haughty tone th a n th e y did some days since. For some days past the bazaars at Beyrout have been filled with all kinds of church plate. The feasts which were celebrat- e d in honour of the birth of the Princess Mewl - lil a . ' gave occasion to a most scandalous scene. Old. and young Mussulmans went through the bazzars, singing in the most obscene terms, "Christians, we have burnt your convents, profaned your altars, vio lated your wives, and massacred your priests." And the Christians were obliged to listen to the horrible songs in silence. About a week since some Albanians fired six shots at the French Consul as he was going out of the gates of the town, precechal by two Janis saries. Fortunately he was not struck. This is the result of the reparation offered to the French flag. On board the Ta?verede steamer, from Syra to Alexandria, Monday, Aug. 3,, We left Syra 'at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, having received on board Count George Capo d'lstrias, an involuntary passenger, very carefully delivered into our hands by King Otho's Gendarmerie, as we were getting under wei4h. The Count is a gen tlemanly-looking person turned of fifty, with silvery hair very closely cropped, and luxuriant moustache of iron grey. There is nothing of the pensive air of Sir Joshua Reynolds's " Banished Lord" about him. He holds his head as fiercely erect, and wears his throat as fear leskly naked, as the Greeks themselves. The morning of our departure from Syra another re markable personage arrived there from Athens in the Tanerede—old Pietro Bey, father of the assassin of the famous Capo d'lstrias (I mean Count John, the elder brother). Pietro's visit to Syra is connected with a proposed alliance of his daughter in marriage with one of the island eapitani— a prudent measure, consider ing how the family of the old Councillor of State has been thinned by revolutionary events. He has lost eight sons (twq of them paid instant forfeit in the street for 'one death of Capo d'lstrias), and five bro thers, .oesides kinsmen unaccountable ; he is past 70, - _.nd very infirm, yet he still wears his sword, and looks every inch a chief, notwithstanding his immense plaited white petticoats, and the sedan chair which they brought to the boat to carry him into town. He was attended by three boys (grandchildren), all clad like himself. Three young, women also accompanied him. Two were daughters (one is the bride elect), the third a daughter in•law, the widow of the assassin—a tall, dark, haughty, stern-looking woman, with a high aquiline nose and eagle eye, awakening associations both of Hyppolita and Lady Macbeth, more impressive than prepossessing. The air with which she wears her red military cap and travelling trousers is of itself sufficient to indicate the Amazon. ALEXANDRIA, AUG. G.—Yesterday the Pacha gave audience in his place at an early hour. Amongst others presented by Colonel Hodges were Sir l\loses Montefiore and three gentlemen who accompanied him from London, viz , Dr. Madden, Mr. Lenebe, and Mr. Wire. Sir Moses read an eddress in English, stating the purport of his mission, requesting, in the name of humanity and justice, that the calumnious charges which had beecn made against his brethren of Damascus should be investigated, and the accused and suffering in dividuals afforded an opportunity of proving their in nocence in open court. The address was immediately translated to the Pacha, who, in return, acceded without hesitation to the demand of an open inquiry, observing ; that he WU3 equally attentive to the applications of poor or rich who lequired justice at his hands ; that it needed no formal representations on the part of the British Go vernment to induce him to listen to the complaints of his subjects, but that it must be well understood he would not allow any interference with the form s o f th e system ofjudicature recognised in this country. Th e F renc h advocate, M. Cremieux, who yesterday f oun d hi mse lf unwell after his voyage, was similarly introduced to the Viceroy by his Consul to-day. I am sorry to find that RAU Menton has numerous partisans here, who hesitate not to support the position he has taken up, although not a particle of the condem natory evidence (if it be deserving of the name) has vet been published, even here. lam assured, that as f ar as the Pacha is concerned, he will not lend hims e lf to the per secu ti on , b u t on the contrary (if his dignity be not trifled with), w ill see the tri a l fully and fairly entered into sans arTicrepensee. The Duke of Newcastle has purchased the beau tiful estate of Abermaid, Cardiganshire ; the rent roll is about 1,1001, a-year, THE SUN, LONDON, TITUROAY, AUGUST 27, 1840. GREAT CRICKET MATCH AT EOiITRAMFTON. NINE GENTLEMEN OF HAMPSHIRE WITH LILLYWHITE, AND WENMAN MAWILE BONE CLUB AND AND, This nameh commenced on Monday, the 24th of August, tbe Southampton Cricket-ground, and great interest was excited throughout the county. The play was good on both sides, especially thb bowling and batting of Sir F. H. Bathurst, which were the admiration of the specta tor.% We need not say anything of the nonParen " Lilly," as every on e kn ow s h e is al wa y s a t the mark. His bowl ing and batting were much admired, as was the wicket keeping of Wenman. We cannot allow the batting of Mr. Huddleston to pass unnoticed. The bowling of Cobbett and Bayley was first-rate, and the batting of Sewell was greatly admired; he made 23 runs in good style. The ground was in beautiful order, and was most numerously attended. Hampshire, it will be seen, won by 34 runs. The following is the score : HAMPSHIRE. SECOND INNINGS. Hal* Runs. Cobbett lOB 32 Bayley Hillyer FIRST INNINGS. Balls. Runs, Cobbett lO4 29 Hiflyer ..... ... 32 13 Good l6 6 Bayley ...... .. 88 19 240 MARYL INNINGS. Palls, Runs. Sir P. Bathurst 96 27 Lillywbite 9B 21 EBONE. SECOND INNINDB. L Si i r ilY i: l t te athurst 146 6 1 6 815. l 2 duns. 194 134 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Bt:ightoiz Gazetie.) PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 27.—=Very active efforts are making to procure men roi. the navy, ;ind if necessity should Out-pensioners of Greenwich Hospital Will lid called on and surveyed for service. The great. , est activity is also manifest in the several dockyards. At Plymouth the Caledetlian ) 120, and Calcutta, 84, are ordered for commission ; and at Portsmouth the Pembroke, 72, and Illustrious, 72. The Britannia, 120, is being equipped with every possible .dispatch to take out the new Commander-in-Chief to the Mediterra nean (at j 3 resent not positively known), and several more large ships are in active progress for the pendant. The brig Pantaloon, 10, Li eu t. T ryon , h as b een dis patched to Belfast, to bring here volunteers for the navy. The Belleisle, 72, Capt. Nicholas, left Malta for England on the Ist instant, to proceed to Plymouth to have new capstans and other requisites, but will return as soon as completed. Tha Inconstant, 36, Capt. Pring, is ordered to pro. teed forthwith to Gibraltar with some companies o Artillery and their materiel. A. very large quantity of the munitions of scar hei been lately shipped to Gib raltar The greater portion of the Royal Marines and Ma rine Artillery- have returned from the north coast of Spain, and the remainder are on their passage in the /Etna, Salamander, and Comet. Commodore Lord John Hay will leave Passages in the Noah Star, 26, with the Savage, 10, about the Ist September, for Spithead. The Stromboli Oeamer, Commander Williams, is ready in the harbour for immediate service. Her equipment has been very rapid. Rumour states that the Lisbon command is in future to be entrusted to a Commodore: of the first class, who will hoist a broad pendant in one of the razce seventy-fours. We i however, disbelieve the report. The Athol And Sapphire, troop ships, are to convey froth Plymouth to Quebec the 68th regiment. The Apollo, troop ship, has sailed for Plymouth, Cork ) and Corfu. The steamer Vesuvius will shortly proceed foreign ; Commander 'thortias Henderson is appointed to her, it is supposed for the West Indies. The Vanguard, 84, Captain Sir D. Dann, will sail the moment she completes her crew, a draft of men being hourly expected from Dublin. The Lords of the Admiralty have Pot yet arrived, but are hourly looked for, on their annual visit of in spection. AT SPlTHEAD—Vanguard, 84. IN HARBOUR.—Britannia, Vietory i l xcellent, Royal George yacht, St ro w n b o li, E c h o , and flag tenders. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Ave. 27.--Wind thiS day at noon—W. to S. W., light airs and hey we a th er . DEAL, Art. 26.—Wind S. W. to W. S. W.—Ar riVed the Ocean Queen, Boyd, from St. Jago. LIVERPOOL, Ave. 26 —Wind W.N.W., moderate.— Arrived the S t . A n d rew , f ront New Orleans Warsaw, Mobile. ; Mobile. Sailed th 6 Tarn O'Shanter, Ellis, for New South Wales; Vesper, Lewis, Port Philip ; Johnstone, Spente, Demerara ; Palmyra, Croal, ditto ; Alfred, Chem, New York ; Patriot Henry, Delano, ditto ; Cin cinnati, Holbrook, Baltimore i Helea, Hunter, Quebec ; Alexander, Young Montreal.—Ofr port, the Fanny, Bar badoes ; Charles, Picton ; Pet, Miramichi. CuYir, Arc. 26.—The Hilda Charlotta, Hudtman, tom Stockholm to Rio Janeiro, which put in here yester day leaky, and has come Into the harbour to discharge. The Camilla, Wageman, prom Havannah to Antwerp, pro ceeded to-day without having discharged. VV. FRENCH CUSTOMS Jut).- , The,rePort of M, Martin on the projected custom laVe in Prance. which has recently beer published in the, Moniteur, has exc i te d some interest, trom the Probable effects of qc4 4 law on articles _el British merchandise. On the subject of coals, M. Martin regards the coal rnins asthe gl'eat source; of t nglish prosperity and en terprise, since they produce a material which is at Odd serviceable for the three great purposes of light, heat, and lecornotion. Regarding the position of France with respect to this article, he considers her adcipit'd to Pos.; sess abundance of coal by importation and production, but at the same tim e maintains that the protective system has been highly serviceable to production, for whereas there *ere only 2,250,1100 hectolitres (say 8,000,000 cubic feet produced in 1788, the production in 1838 ex. ceeded 31,000,000 (say 108,000,000 cubic feet). This supports above 26,000 families of the operative classes and causes an annual circulation of 80,000,000 f. An use d b y the amounts interior t o 6 Cl a , r o r equal amount b e i ng added to represent the circulation , c the t whole circulation t time M. Marti n cons i ders that the production is sus ceptible of much further increase, and that the work ing of the French coal mines is as yet in its infancy: Considering bow far the Government should go in attending to the wishes of the couplers for a low price on coal, so as not to compromffe native produc tion, M. Martin is of oplaion that:lite F:rench decree of 1837 goes far enough. Under that, he sate, the English supply the whole of the French steam na vigation, while their import in 1838 was nearly treble that of 1835. However, he says he would not oppose a further reduction of the duty on coal were it a sine- ple article of commerce. But he regards it as of far higher moment, and thinks that there is a disposition among nations to class themselves, with respect to their prosperity, and even with respect to their political influence, according to their wealth in this im portant material. By lowering the duty, and thus discouraging the native production and rendering English coal a matter of necessity, he thinks it puts it in the power of England to shackle the pro gress of French manufacture, and that directly the English began to feel uneasy at French improvements, they would probably levy a heavy export duty on their coals, and thus deprive the French of the power of com petition, by obliging them to charge a higher price for their articles. Considering that the importation of coal should only be just enough to supply the deficiency of produce, he is of opinion that the time is not come for a further reduction. The French journal the Commerce, in examining the doctrine thus laid down by M. Martin, while admitting that the decree of 1837 to which he alludes wag a pro gress,towards free principles of trade, questions whether it really goes so far as is desirable, since under the working of the present system Nantes, Havre, and Rouen, have to pay more for their coal than Bordeaux. A doubt is also expressed whether the importation of English coal is ready injurious to production, for, al. though it is certain that. the importation has become very great, it is just as certain, according to M. Mar tin's own showing, that the production of French coa increased at the same time. • Another important article is cast-iron, the frontier duty on which was fixed at 6f. by a law of 1822. To ; this regulation there are two exceptions ; one for the ' extremities of the line touching the shore of the Chan:- nel, the object of which is tol prevent iron coming by sea from receiving an advantage which was not contem plated , • the other was designed to benefit the works of two northern arrondissements, which can only he sup , plied with Belgian iron, and was by a law of 1835 (confirmed in 1836) extended to nearly the whole of the Belgian frontier. According to this law, the duty on the Belgian frontier is only 4f. M. Martin consi ders that a sitnilar privilege may be conferred on the Swiss, German, and Sardinian frontiers, especially as those countries could not send iron to France at to cheap a rate as Belgium, The merchants of Havre had requested that the coast duty, which is now it:, should also be reduced to 4f. With this request M. Martin is dot disposed to comply, from a fear of compromising native production, the duty on conveyance . by land being merely made lower, because the difficulty of conveyance forms of it self a protection, which is taken into the account. Ex. aminitig the restilts Of the presetit system, he finds a further reason for not altering it in this feopeeti since ; with a tariff that seems so favourable to Belgium, the importation of iron from that state has in three years diminished from 9,300,000 kilogreitmes to 3,191,000, while in the same th ree years the importation from Englandincreased from 8,449,000 to 11,521,000. The subject of iron necessarily involves that of en gines; fol., of CoUrsa, accordingly as the trench haVci pay more or less for their iron, they are so much the more or less in a position to compete with the engineers of other nations. Here a point of difficulty presented itself to the Commission which 11. terssents, for while encouragement was to be given to the construction of machines by French en gineers, care was to be taken that the international navigation should be equal to that of other countries. At present there is a protective duty of 30 per cent. which is levied on all for.ign steam-engines without dis• tinction, This protection was found advantageous as far as regarded the construction of the smaller ma chines, but those of greater power it was found neces sary to obtain from the English, so that it was impoi sible to compete with foreign navigation. The Govern ment, to solve the difficulty, bad proposed to reduce the duty on foreign engines to 10 per cen t., allowing b es id es 15 per cent. to the native constructors i n the shape of a drawback. M. Martin, considering the importance of the navigation, would admit, duty free, all foreign en gines designed for international navigation, while on other engines the duty of 30 per cent. should remain. These will serve as specimens of the manner in which the French customs' duties are likely to be regulated under the new arrangements. The report is too long to examine in full, but we may revert hereafter to some of the principal articles of commerce between the two countries. BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE RE FORM and REGISTRATION ASSOCIATION. Last evening the Quarterly General Meeting of the Reform electors of the borough of Marylebone, mem bers of the above excellent Association, took place in their spacious rooms, Warren -street, Fitzroy-square. James Baphaw, Esq., the late Member for Sudbury, and President of the Assocation, occupied the Chair, and was supported by Major Revell, J. B. Bacon, Esq., Joseph Drake, Esq., Captain J. Neil, and a large body of the most affluent and influential Reformers of the borough. The Chairman having explained the object of the meeting, Mr. Allen, the secretary pro ceeded to lay before them a statement, showing the good which had resulted from the efforts of the Association, now in the third year of its exist ence, in aid of the cause of Reform, by the course they had adopted, in taking up the cudgels against the Tories in the Revising Barristers' Courts, the two years preceding the present one, and which was as follows :—ln the year 1838, although in its infancy, the Association succeeded in getting claims allowed, 83 ; objections sustained, 101 ; total, 274. In , defeati ng Tory objections, 117 ; Tory claims, 36 ; 153 ; making a difference to the register in favour of Reformers, of registra. itte 427. In 1839, through the sole advocacy of the As. sociation, the claims allowed were 61 ; objections sus tained, 360 ; total, 421 ; Tory object i ons failed, 89 Tory claims failed, 37 ; making a difference in the re gister in favour of Reformers, 557 ; and a total dif ference in two years of 984.—(Cheers.) Mr. All en also added that be had received some inf ormat i on doubtrespecting t their shnu l d o opponents, neennatbsie enabled that the en tt he had but ll tion to reduce the ranks of tho Tories by several hun dreds.—( Hear, hear, hear.) The report havin g been received, the Chairman proceeded to congratulate the meeting upon the recent accession to the members of the Association in the important portion of the he r0...17h, in which they were then assembled, and which he hailed with the liveliest satisfaction, as it was an of the good feeling and union which would exist amongst all classes of Reformers at any public election. If that feeling continued, he was confident, after the ensuing registration, that the electors of the borough might prepare themselves to say good bye to the present colleague of the respected member, Sir Benjamin Hall, and that they would be enabled to retur n a second good and honest Reformer to keep him company.— (Cheers.) Messrs. Bacon, Bishop, and several other gentlemen addressed the meeting. I t is gratifying to state that the above Association consists now of nearly 800 members, and is the only one in the metropolis that continues its operations throughout the year. „ --Ott Monday of last March, morning an inquest was held at the Infantry Hospital, VERDICT OF Windsor, before T. FELO DE E . vv. Martin, Esq., the Coroner for the ni r s -i in ed oe Ja a m s e t s ho O 2 ve s r t y h , , who attempted Borough, upon the body of a private in the first battalion to o f s t h h o e ot Rifle him soi Brigade, f as i 0 and who lingered until the morning the inquest was held. the e vidence that aft - r he had It appeared fromgone to bed on the night in question, and about half -past eight o'clock, his comrades in the same room heard the report of a rifle, and, upon lights being brought, deceased was discovered in bed, l y i n g on his back, and a discharged rifle under the clothes, with a string tied to the trigger looped at one end, which enabled him to discharge the piece with Isis foot. The ball, which had passed completely through his lun g s, came out at the bladc.bo ne . M r . Fowler, surgeon of Windsor, who attended the deceased, in conjunction with Dr. White, of the Rifle Brigade, stated that death was occasioned by a disease of the lungs, brought on by the wound. The Adjutant deposed that as soon as the man was discovered to have shot himself he called his comrades, who slept in the same room, around him, and thus addressed them :—” You see what I have done through vice and folly. I would have you take warning by me and obey your officers." The Jury re turned a verdict of Felo de Se; and the body was in. terred at eleven o'clock, the same night, in the new burial-ground at Windso r, without the performance of any funoralrite,— L Worse eases than this occur every day, and the Jury invariably return a verdict of " Temporary de rangement." Why this poor soldier should have been made an exception, we cannot discover.) NOTICE TO MARINERS BOUND TO THE UNTED STATES. A new 'anthem has been put on Cape Henlopen Light house, lighted with 18 lamps and 18 large refleetors.—Ex tract from Detatvare Gazette. Masters of vessels having to pass on the Bahama Banks are hereby notified that there is a fixed light on the Double-head Shot Keys, descernable 18 to 20 miles dis tang-a in the night, and 1b in the day. Several vessels having nearly been lost in taking the above light for one on the Florida shore.—.. Merchants Transcript (New Or teans). STEAM-BOAT ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF The steam-boat Chester, which left port on Wednesday, at 10 p.m., for St. Louis, when about 20 miles above the city collapsed two of her flues with a dreadful explosion. Three men were thrown overboard, of whom the mate and one deck hand were drowned ; the third (the second cook) swam on shore and was saved. Four of the deck hands were badly scalded, but having received the best attention will probably recover. None of the passengers were in jured. The inspector was on board the Chester previous to her leaving port, and pronounced the engine and boilers in good order; there must, however, have been some de fect, as an examination showed there was plenty of water in the boilers, and the boat was running with less than her usual quantity of steam, we cannot see how any blame can be laid to the engineer or to the other officers managing the boat. Captain N. 0. Truard, of the steamer Ajax. came to the assistance of the Chester, and towed her back to the city.—Merchants' Transcript (New Orleans). A BRITISH VESSEL BOARDED AND PLUM. DERED BY PIRATES. The following is an extract of a letter received at Lloyd's, from the master of the Shirling packet, arrived off Falmouth, from the Cape of Good Hope, which place she left on the 28th of June, and St. Helena on the 13th of July Spoke with the Windermere, Brown, from Calcutta, sailed on the 4th April, from St. Helena, Bth July, bound to Liverpool, in lat. 23 40 N., long. 35 W., which had been boarded in lat. 5 N., long. 23 W., by a Spanish brig, apparently Baltimore built, with her head and stern covered with cloth, and armed with six 18-pounders and one long 32, on a swivel before the foremast, and manned by about 100 men, thirty of whom boarded the Win dermere in a large launch, who were covered with flannel frocks, which, on a sign from their officer, they all took off, and underneath which each man had four pistols and a sword. The officer told Capt. Brown that as he had lost his bowsprit he must have his (Capt. Brown's), and with that they drove every one below and cut at every one that came; in their way. At 8 P.M., left the ship taking with them the bowsprit, jib-boom, a quantity of rope and canvass, the watch and shirts of Capt. Brown, and sundry other things of his, as also the sea man's clothing, and told Capt. Brown not to proceed till they hoisted a light, which they did shortly after getting on board, and then steered to the westward, and was out of sight next morning. The pirate vessel appeared to be about 300 tons burthen, and sailed very fast. The pirates several times asked if there were any ladies on board. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Peruvian, bound to Liver pool, Bth inst., lat. 34, len. 43; Kingstown, , Demerara to Dublin, 14th, lat. 44, lon. 35 ; Canada, of Greeneek, and Euphemia, St. Domingo to Cork, 16th ; Carthage, 22d, off the Head of Kinsale, by the Lancaster, arrived at Liverpool ; Malabar, 22d inst., lat. 50, lon. 9, by the Charles Jones, arrived at Falmouth; Mary, Ray, from St. Jogo de Cuba, and Hooton, Madras to London, by the Chieftain, arrived off Falmouth ; Quoen Victoria, lat. 46, lon. 59; Symmetry, Sunderland t o Q ue b ec , 17 t h u l t ., Ist. 45, ion. 57; Mary Ann, Billon, for St. John's, New Brunswick, 26th, lat. 48, lon. 46; Eliza, Richardson, Torbay to Quebec, 30th, lat. 48, lon. 33, by the Ythan, Pullinger, arrived at Shields ; Seringapatam, London, to Madras, and Calcutta, 18th ult., lat. 12 N , lon. 20 W., which vessel had parted company with the John o'Gaunt on the 15th ; Emerald, of Liverpool, 25th, lat. 13, ion. 25; Victoria, Monte Video to London, 28th, lat. 19, lon. 14 ; Ocean, Gambia to London, 2d inst., by the Hin dostan, arrived off Lymington ; Sherbourn, London to Brazil, 15th ult., lat. 10, lon. 23; Elvira, Calcutta to Liverpool, making thirty inches water, Bth inst., lat. 40, lon. 40 ; Christina, bound to Cork, 12th, lat. 43, lon. 39 ; Chevalier, Liverpool to Portland, same day ; Liverpool to Rio Jancira, 20 , h, lat. 50, lon. 11, by the Rothschild, arrived at Liverpool; Mohawk, and Warrior of Irvine, 15th inst, lat. 47, lon. 27, by the Kent, Elder, arrived at Liverpool. LOUIS PHILIPPE AT BOOLOONE,-...Amo n , the incidents connected with Louis Philippe's visit to Boub logne, the Boulogne Gazette states that Mr. Mullaney, wine merchant of that town, who was on horseback, over _ took his Majesty and suite at Mont de Pierre, where his Majesty had alighted from his carriage. On seeing M r . Mullaney, his Majesty crossed over the road and entered into conversation with him in the most affable manner. Atter some time the King expressing a desire to despatch an aide.de-camp to Boulogne, Mr. Mullaney promptly offered his horse, which was politely accepted by his Ma jesty, who proffered in return a seat in his own carriage to convey Mr. Mullaney to Boulogne. This offer, however, was modestly declined, but the King still insisting, M r . Mullaney accepted a seat in ono of his other carriages, which was occupied by general officers and ladies of dis tinction, I THE LATE DISASTER ON THE EA STERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. "" T OUEST. ADJOURNED' C0M314/Prlt's Yesterday evening Mr. LeWis, the 61;f4er, arm Jury already empannelled, resumed their inquiry at roe . Fleece Inn, Brook-strcet, Brentwood, on the bodies of John Eastman, George Richard Ebsworth, and George Austin, the stoker, who perished in the terrible acci dent we have' already described, and upon whose bodies the proceedings, as far as identification went, succes sively took place in the order of their deaths. The inquest was now extended to George Foster, the en gineer, to wt 0,16 temerity the calamity has been eriz tircly attributed, and ivhd died ern Monday morning, after intense bodily and mental sufferings: The Coroner and Jury assembled at fotir o'clock at the White Hart Inn, in Brentwood, and pfocCedeii to view the body of Foster, at his house in Back-street ; and then they came to the Fleece, which is in a hamlet about a mile from Brentwood, and about a mile from that part of the railway on which the accident happened. The Court was crowded with the friends of the deceased and the surviving sufferers. There were also present several gentlemen connected with the railway, accom panied by their solicitor. The first witness examined was John Meek, a youth, living at 63, nlackfriars.road, London. He said : I tr4s6lied on the Eastern Counties Railway on the night of Wednesday, the 19th inst. We were going up by the seven o'clock train, and I was in the last open car riage from the engine. I ani not accustomed to rail way travelling. My previous railway ti*outsions Wete confined to three or four trips from London to Croy don, and from London to Greenwich. At first ; on Wednesday evening, I noticed nothing particular, but we soon went so fast that I said to those in the car riage with rile, " We are going at a desperate rate." I stood up, but there was such a current of air that I could hardly keep my hat on with both my hands. I next observed a strange motion in the carriage, and in about two minutes more it fell off, rolled over twice, End then lay in the valley. When it ceased to move I got out. I had no other hurt than a slight blow on one eye. Water was flowing into the carriage where it I.iy. As soon as I could look around tne, I saw car riages broken. I did not attempt to assist those who were injured, as there Was plenty of help already. I had never been on this road before. Mr. Stephen Brown, of Colchester, examined—l was on the Eastern Counties Rai/way on Wednesday the 19th, and was going up by the seven o'clock train, in the first-class carriage, Which was the second (roan the engine. I was sitting with ray face to the engine. About a minute after we had left the station I observed how rapidly we were going. The rate of speed alarmed me, as I could not count the beating of the steam as it passed through the slides or valves of the engine. I considered we were going at a very rapid rate, but. I am not sufficiently acquainted with railways to speak of the exact speed. The pace continued to increase, and the steam appeared to me to be on the whole of the time. The carriages rocked before the accident took place, but I did not observe anything about the engine. cannot say whether the breaks were used or not. The stoppage of the train was instantaneous, and I was thrown out. I knew nothing of what became of the Unfortunate persons who were killed, I think the acci dent was in consequence of the rapid rate at which the train proceeded, and not owing to the defective state of the raild. By Mr. Dunonri,, solicitor to the Company—Not withstanding this accident, I should trot hesitate to travel again by the railway the first time business re quired me. A number of my friends have since been down by the railway, and have returned to London by the same conveyance. By Mr. Hall, the manager—l am not a shareholder, nor am I acquainted with any of the directors. Mr. Henry Corbould, of Crescent-place, Burton crescent, London.---I was travelling in the up train on the Wednesday evening. I was in the second-class train, second carriage from the engine, my face being towards the latter. At first, on Wednesday evening, there was nothing to alarm me, but I certainly re marked that we were going very fast. I soon felt a most extraordinary motion in the carriage, which rolled from side to side, describing a serpentine line, I might say. This gave me the idea that there was something wrong, for I had never felt the like before on any rail Way. After the rolling motiou I heard two of three loud knocks, probably caused by the working of the wheels of the carriages off the rails and over the iron. I cannot say whether the steam was on or off. I cannot say how the deceased persons cattle by their death. I knew one of them by sight. A Juror-- , -Were you thrown out ? Witness—l was pitched out, I presume, into a earn-field, but I have no recollection how I got into it. I suppose I was made insensible by the first blow. I cannot say that there was anything on the road which caused the engine to run off. There were several other passengers, including rhy son, in the same carriage with me. A jurer. , - , it is unfortunate for this inquiry that Mr. Corbould says he nester knew the carriages to travel so fast on any other line. Witness (to the Coroner)—l had no time to take precautions ; indeed I was not sufficiently alarmed. I expected every moment that the alarming noise and mo tion would cease. A Juror—Should you, Mr. Corbould, hesitate, after this accident, to travel on a railway again ? Witness— Far a little while, I dare say I should—(Laughter)— but this may wear off. William Foster—l am brother to the deceastd i George Foster, who was 22 or 29 years old, and had been an engine -driver between three and four years, and had been employed on the London and Southampton Railway. I think be was two years on the Southampton line from first to last. He left the line in consequence of the ballasting being over, and the ballast-master hav ing nothing more for him to do. lam not aware that my brother was employed as a train-driver on the Southampton Railway. After he left the Southampton ' he came to this, and subsequently returned to the Southampton, but was ultimately again engaged on the Eastern Counties Railsvay. Mr. HALL said this witness was not aware how his brother was employed all the time he was at the South• ampton Railway, but be would produce a letter that would explain this part of the case. Examination resumed—l came to Brentwood on Thursday to see my brother, and I left this place on Saturday, and returned immediately after his death on Sunday morning. When I saw him last week, he asked me if I thought he would recover, and I said I did not know. lam not aware if he knew the danger he was in. He said there was something the matter with the wheels of the engine. The witness here underwent a long examination as to some unfounded statements he had made that were calculated to be highly prejudicial to the Company, and the truth of which he now denied. The CORONER severely reproved the witness for his misconduct, and observed to the Jury that very little reliance could be placed upon his evidence. Mr. Hall—l now propose to put in the letter re specting the character of Foster. The CORONER then read as follows: " London and South-western, heretofore London and Southampton Railway, 25th August, 1840 —Locomotive Department, Nine Elms Sta tion. " Sir—ln answer to your letter to Mr. Reed of yesterday, which has only just reached me, in con sequence. of absence at Southampton, I have to in form you that the engine -driver, George Fos ter, who met with so unfortunate an accident on your line, was engaged under my direction as train driver for about three weeks only, and was pre viously employed by Mr. Brarry, a contractor, as bal last-engine-driver, and conducted himself with so much propriety in his service as to induce me to employ him ; and during my knowledge of him, he proved himself a useful, sober, and steady driver, and left in consequence of a quarrel with some fitters. " I am, your's very respectfully, (Signed) "JOSEPH WOODS." " To the Secretary of the Eastern Counties Railway." The CORONER observed that there were several wit nesses in attendance, for the purpose of contradicting the false and prejudicial statements which the last wit ness had circulated but he considered it was unneces sary to call them, as Foster had himself denied the ac curacy of them. At twenty minutes past two o'clock this morning the Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death," with a deodand of U3l. in each case, or 500/. in the aggre gate. The whole house was filled to the last moment with persons anxiously awaiting the issue. A man named William Masters, one of the po lice constables of the V division, was brought before Mr. Fitzgibbon, a Magistrate of the County of Middlesex, re siding at Staines, on Saturday last, under the following circumstances. It appeared from the statement of Brooks, a police sergeant of the same division, who is stationed in the neighbourhood of Sunbury, that the defendant Masters was one of the men under his orders, and he was employed in doing duty in that neighbourhood. On the preceding night the Sergeant went his rounds as usual, on horseback, to see that the men were all upon their duty, and upon meeting Masters he had an impression that he was tipsy, and lie challenged him with being in that state. Masters, upon this, became very abusive, and the Sergeant got off his horse, and finding he was drunk, he ordered film to leave his beat and go home. Masters then drew his truncheon and was about to striko the Sergeant, when the latter tripped him up, ; and with the assistance of another policeman, who luckily came up at the time, the staff was taken from him, and the se rgeant told him that he must accompany hint to the cage. asters.walked along with the sergeant and the other constable .quietly for some distance, when the former heard the click of the spring of a knife, and on looking round he saw Masters in the act of opening a clasp knife, which, after a struggle, they succeeded in taking away from him, and he was eventually secured in the cage at Sunbury. The next morning he was taken before Mr. Fitzgibbon, to in answer the charge of misconduct in his capac it y as a police con stable, and the above facts having been proved evidence, the Magistrate committed him to the House of Correction for twenty-one days. The C om missioners of Police, upon their being made acquainted with the circumstances, dis- I missed Masters from the force. SYICIA. LETTER ADDRESSED BY THE INHABIT ANTS OF MOUNT LEBANON TO HIS EX. CELLENCY THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR. r• TRANSLATION FROM 7" ARABIC. t l , LITE-14...- After the usual compZ e nis : The painful news that have reached us by the news papers have struck a terrible blow to Syria—they have torn the hearts of men, women, and children, now menaced to be exterminated by Mehemet AU, to whom France has deigned to grant her powerful pro tection. Can she possibly be ignorant of the evils this mate has made us suffer since fortune has made him master of Syria ? They are innumerable ;—sufEce it to say that the roost distressing vexations and the most cruel oppressions hate driven us to despair, and have renewed in us the ardent desire of returning to the pa ternal government of our august sovereign Abdul Medjid. is not this a legitimate desire from a loyal people ? France, a nation so great, so magnanimous —that has extended liberty everywhere, that has for ages spilled so much blood to establish it in her own government—refuses us to-day her powerful influence to obtain the enjoyment of the same good. The French press says, " that France will not admit of any arrangement that has for basis the restitution of Syria to its legitimate Sovereign." Can it be so ? The Syrians cannot believe it ? The French nation, [so generous, so civilised, cannot desire to see us crushed by a systematic oppression which alone distinguishes the Egyptian Government from others. We wish but to be allowed to return to the protec tion of our legitimate Sovereign, whom! we have not sensed to obey for the last 400 years. We demand but to participate :A the privileges and rights of the Hatti Scherig w;:ich our gracaus Sovereign has granted to alibis faithful subjects without exoption—without distinction. We appeal to the justice of the French Government. We supplicate the French nation at large to assist us to obtain our demand. The most atrocious tyranny has compelled us to take up arms for the defence of our lives and the honour of our families from the brutality of the Egyptian soldiery, or to bury ourselves in the ruins of our country. Our cause is a just one, and as such we sincerely trust that the French Government will not abandon us in a moment so dangerous. It is with this hope we submit to your Excellency this our prayer, begging that you will be pleased to lay it at the foot of the Throne of your august master, the ally of our gracious Sovereign Abdul Medjid. Signed—(L S) Prince Faris Shehab, (L S) Prince Jooseff Shehab, (L S) Emir Haidar, (L S) Sheik Francis el Hazen Leratkier (L S) Sheik Faris Habeish. Nations.—The Maronite—The Druse—The Mu- tuwalie, LETTER ADDRESSED BY THE INHABI TANTS OF MOUNT LEBANON TO HIS EX • CELLENCY THE ENGLISH AMBASSADOR. (TRANSLATION.) After usual compliments : The humanity which so eminently distingujles the acts of the British Government—the readiness vrith which it steps forward to the assistance of the op pressed—the anxiety that it displays to make the people of the East share in the benefits enjoyed by that portion of their fellow-creatures that are blessed with happier Governments—embolden the Syrians to appeal to England for her mediation to rescue them from the de struction with which Mehemet Ali threatens them now. Since the invasion of Syria by Mehemet Ali, he has trampled us under foot by an oppression which knows no bounds, and by a tyranny the most atrocious and cruel. For the last eighi years we have acceded to all his demands, and because he has left Ili nothing more to give him, he menaces us with extetrninatiou ; nor will his unbounded rapacity be satisfied until he drill:0 the very blood of our children, and satiates the licetitious ness of his soldiers with the honour of our families. Driven to despair, we have taken up arms for the de fence of our lives, and to guard our dwellings from fire, and ourselves from the sword, with which he threatens td erase us from among nations. Abandoned by the world, we implore the protection of Great Britain. In the humanity of her government, and in the generosity of one of the greatest and most powerful of nations, rest all our hopes in this cruel crisis. All that we demand is to be allowed to return to our legitimate Sovereign, Abdul Mecljid—a natural desire coming from loyal subjects. Why should two millions and a half of his Highness's subjects be sacri. ficed to the personal ambition of one man, who, him self forgetful of the benefits conferred upon him, has turned his sword against the bosom of his own Sove- reign ? We have but one prayer—we seek but to be allowed to enjoy, in common with the rest of his Highness's subjects, the rights and privileges secured to them by the " Hatti-Scheriff ;" and it is in this hope that we submit our petition to your Excellency, praying that you chill, be pleased to lay it before the " Divan" of Great Britain, the ally of our august sovereign Abdul Medjid, with a request that we may be honoured with speedy glad tidings before. we are utterly destroyed by the Go vernor of Egypt. May the Almighty prolong the days of your Excel lency with happiness to the end of time. Signed—(LS) Prince Faris Sheehab, (L S) Prince Jooseff Shebab,(L S) Emir Haider, (L S) Sheik Francis el Hazen Lcratkier, (L S) Sheik Faris Habeisch, Nations—The Maronite,—The Druse,—The Mu tu walis. THE PARISH CHURCH OF Sr. GEORGE, flAtvovEß-sQuAae.—The above edifice being about to un dergo a repair, an appeal has been made to the parishioners for the purchase of some ancient painted glass, which it is intended to fix up at the east window of the church. For this object the Dean of Carlisle, the Rector, the Earl de la \Varr, and the Right Hon. George Robert Dawson, the Churchwardens, have commenced rt subscription, the cost of the glass being estimated at about 1,0001. It formerly belonged to the cathedral of Mecklin. The subject is the genealogy of Christ, usually termed the root of Jesse. Among the subscribers already announced, in addition to the Rector and the Churchwardens, are the Duchess of Gloucester, the Marquises of Westminster and Down shire' the Lord Bishop of Durham, the Earls of Harewood, Wilton, Grosvenor, Darlington, Eldon, Howe, Maccles field, and Amherst; Lords Cowley, G. Quin, R. Gros venor, &c., &c. The glass, which has been universally admired, es at Mr. Willement's, Green-street, Gros venor-square. FOUNDLING HOSPITALS.—Now is it not a mis taken principle of philanthropy—is it not a most immoral act of charity to offer in this way a public encouragement, not only to unmarried, but also to married parents, to enter upon a career of sin ?—to throw upon the others a dut3 imposed by nature, and to blunt the heart against all the impulses of parental affection? The ostensible motive is to prevent the murder of children ; but can any one imagine that there would be, under any other system, as many children murdered as now die of neglect in the found. ling hospitals ? Is it to be supposed that in the Venetian rural districts 10,62 b women could be found to part with their children if the wheel of the foundling hospital did not present itself to them as a wheel of fortune ? Let the whole execrable institution be abolished at once, and rely on the experience of other nations, that man has not yet sunk below the level of the beast, which feeds and cherishes its young 1 When we say. " The child is an orphan," we intend to express a condition of the deepest misfortune; yet how happy must the orphan feel, in reflect ing on its deceased parents, compared with the deserted foundling, whose parents, if it have any, must be criminal ones ! How can a child grow up in a feeling of gratitud , to laws that enticed his parents to abandon him? How can he confide in social institutions that have torn from his heart all confidence in the simplest and most natural tics of nature ?—Raumer's Italy and the Italians. THE THAMES TUNNEL.—The process of what is termed " driving the piles" in this undertaking is pro- ' ceeding rapidly. The total number of feet from the en trance at Wapping to that on the Rotherhithe shore will be exactly 1,300, when the tunnel is completed. The workmen, having reached the Middlesex side of the river are now engaged in carrying the extent of the tunnel as far as the Wharf-wall at Wapping, to reach which only 35 ft. more are required, and then the whole distance will be ac complished. The average number of feet which the men are able to finish in a week is three ; there is every proba. bility, therefore, of the tunnel being completed in between three and four months from this period. The whole of the premises which it was requisite to remove for the purposti of forming the entrance at Wapping have been pulled down, and the expenses attached to purchasing the property, which was very valuable, and remunerating the occupiers of the houses, will form no small item in the Company's accounts; as it is, however, the tunnel will be completed at a cost of less than half a million of money. SUPPOSED INCENDIARISNI.—AII inquisition was taken at four o'clock yesterday afternoon, which lasted about three hours, before Mr. Payne, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Mary Campbell, aged 40. It peared from the evidence that the deceased jumped out of the second floor back room of the house No. 6, Field-lan p b r o e n m e i s s on Monday fortnight, in consequence of an alarm of fire e o ee t, d v ou t d t e l :l p nil in t io7th e a o t f ti t ]: being raised. She was taken up and the c a o n n e v i e e. y witnesses were gave a n above hospital, and it was found ao t t:leanyleoftf the e t es were wilfully set fire to. Tne Jury found that de ceased died by jumping out of a window, fl the b u g there was no evidence as to w was ho through fright, the cause of the fire. PROJECTED GRAND STEEPLE..CI-IASE. The grandest steeple-chase ever yet proposed was set can foot at the late great Horncz.ql,-2 horse fair. The Lincoln men , who last season gave extraordinary evidence of their taste for steeple-chasing, being necessarily brought in con tact with the two greatest promoters of steeple-chasing in the vicinity of London, Mr. J. Anderson and Mr. J. Elmore, led to a discussion of the merits of the different horses that had appeared in public, and a stake was imme diately opened, in order to test the opinion of each party, of 100 soya, each, 25 forfeit, for any horse in the world ; (bar the reno we d L ottery), to carry 12st. over four Marketnk- ri of a fai r h unt i ng country, within twenty miles of Harborough, t o b e su bj ect to the usua l steeri)ilne;chasieconA ditions; the groun d to b e c h osen by J. T sum of mon e y w ill b e a dd e d, contributed is by would promote such sport. The stake closemtothose g. w E on t neoxntt._j3eav , h andthela ve. ce . to take place on th 3 226dtohfatlio Novembersame month.--Bell'sLfa. EVENING EDITE` STATE OF TRADE. (From Our market ket the yesterday Manchester ws i u pretty Gua rdia n.) nearly the sine state as on the prec e di ng T ues d ay — a f a i r amount o f business being done, th oug h at very moderate price.'. The lower counts and inferior qualities of yarn are im good demand, and sell freely at previous rates ; whilst. tuperior qtolities of 40's are worse to sell, and in some easel a a li g ht r eduction has be en su b m i tte d to . I n th e goods market thetzl is an improved demand for very slight and thin calicoes;but other ar ti c l es rema i n with out alteration. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MAR;: ET, MONDAY', AUG. —We have had a decided improvement in the ,lernand for flannels to-day, and considerably more business has been done ; but there is no material Advance in the prices. There is another failure this week of a small manufacturer, and, as usual, the chief sufferers are the woolstaplers. The wool market is much the same that of last Monday. HUDDERSFIELDMARKET, TUESDAY, AUG. 25. There is little or no change to note in the state of this market this week, unless it be that there was Dot that appearance of activity which has obtained for some weeks of late. Perhaps this may be accounted for on the ground, that great caution _marks the conduct of the manufacturers, who are mostly working to orde...i so that very few new goods are brought into the mart et.. Prices remain steady, unless it be a partial rise in some sorts of wools. In the warehouses, a fair business is doing ; but in no department of trade is there any cause of exultation. Middle and low-priced p;ain and. fancy woollens are most in request ; and in light fancy roods the demand is pretty good ; but in superfines there is little doing. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURN.4I I FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.. (From the Gl o b e .) Amongst nations, as amongst individuals, it is cu ions to mark the modes of expression which teelita i ls of p i que ,:uggest for the annoyance of the parties who ,lx cite them. Now that the horizon looks more like fa it weather hew: en France and England, there is , sorne• ii,iituement in rejewing the sort of civilities lately ex changed with our nr.l; s libours. On the one side, the Journal des Debats to:' the nonce turns English Tory, embarrasses the " m'derate'and goveromental party of Conservatives" with its praises, and marvels at the ingratitude of the Whig Ministerialists, who won't s•-2e that the tolerance of the Tories alone permits them to govern! [We may perhaps have a word or tw oto say upon this text presently.] On the other ha ud, a Contemporary twits the Orleans dynasty and juste milieu party in France with the assurance that they cao not and dare not make war ! All this must be taketr with some grains of allowance. The party that inspires the Debats will desist from their efforts to oust the Whigs, and coax the Tories in hopes of finding softer negotiators 1 On the other hand, :iio somewhat dangerous taunts on our side will be discontinued, which are just the most I:Le I Y to goad the present ruling classes in Franee to rash m=a sures. Let bygones be bygones ; we can forgive . as easily the assaults on Lord Palmerston, which ha .'O i )e , 2 n made by the Constitutionnel, and the war on the , kVhigs waded by the Debats, as our neighbours may forgive the detrh:tions from the warlike powers of their present government. We arc not at all afraid that the press of Paris can effect our part,v-overthrow ; and our neighbours need not fear detriincit to their national honour from that of London. (From the Standard.) The Globe, following the lead of the & c orning al . "' isle, criticises the few observations with which we ac companied Mr. Handley's letter in Monday's .Standard. We have but one objection to supporting the' contro versy tt; which our Contemporaries thus challenge us, and that is, a conviction that the country is pretty well wearied of it ; the minds of nearly all, as the failure of tiw late attempted agitation proves, being made up es to the equal interest of all in maintaining the protection.' of British agriculture. Nevertheless, while fully aware, of this objection, we think it right to expose, though in few words, still more clearly the fallacy of the Anti- Corn-law Journal's reasoning Th e Standard, in an article designed to advoclNte the Corn-laws, employs facts and arguments subversive ot . their claims by demonstrating the temptation they hold ou t to capitalists to speculate in corn, as they do in other articles of trade." This is what the Globe says for us, but this is not what the Standard said for itself. We were not so ig norant of the principles of trade as to doubt that capi talists would, if they could, " speculate in corm as they lo in other articles of trade," or as to suppose that capi .alists want the'` temptation" of the Corn-laws to urge• :hem in the direction of their natural tendency. On the other hand we argued that the effect of the Coro-laws is to impose restraint upon this disposition to specula tion in corn as in other articles of trade, and we think ,that we employed an irresistible argament in showing that even the qualified relaxation of the laws in question lets loose at once the:whole s pirit of rapacious gambling, which certaisly has slun. , e hered while the blessings of favourable harvests permitted to the laws their full operation. Nothing, indeed, can more strongly illustrate the contrast between the safety of the home supply, and the danger of ad.- witting the supply from abroad than the new and ex traordinary impetus given to the gambling 'spirit by the even partial opening of the latter. Farther on ; the. Globe tells us, that " the purchases made in foreign markets are evidently made in anticipation of a deficielit harvest." This we take leave to deny. They ate: made in the hope of anticipating the produce of the ! British harvest, in which, thanks to the Giver of all. good, there is as yet not the least reason to apprehend. a deficiency. The purchases are made becauze capital must be employed, and made in the hope of realising a profit on successful gambling. (From the Courier.) A pamphlet has made its appearance, entitled " An Appeal to the Government and People of Great Britain, against the proposed Niger Expedition ; a Letter ad dressed to the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, &c., &c by Robert Jamieson, Esq.," a respectable Liverm;l merchant, which, rather late in the season as it may be,. is well worthy consideration, if viewed only as a record of sound opinions, and a formal protest against what w e cannot but consider a very heedless outlay of the pub lic money, for an undertaking of more than problema tical success and based upon principles entirely un tenable and unjustifiable in a government. We can well understand the application and allow even far too liberal an allocation of public funds for the purposes o_ colonization and the encouragement of emigration on a large scale, by which, economically and politically, the mother country would be benefited in the corresponding extent of territory planted, of commerce enlarged, and of surplus population provided for, whilst the advan tages in which the colony would participate need not be enumerated. But in a scheme such as that of the. Niger expedition, to be carried on at the public expense, we can discern the symptoms of no such profitable re turns, in the national sense, present or prospective. If the enterprise were one purely of a joint-stock character,. embarked in by an association of private individuals with the intent of carrying out the philanthropic objects said alone to he contemplated in the Government scheme, we should be far from desiring to interpose objections or to create discouragement ; for the conjunction of trading pursuits then would have nothing in it incongruous with the grand aim sought to be accomplished ; but on the contrary such an alliance and coadjutorship might be rendered beneficially auxiliary to the great primary purpose, however unproductive in the profit a ,lceptation of commercial speculation. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL, EXTE:NSIVE ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON IN A HOUSE OF ILL FAME.—Mary Stephens, a forbidding looking woman was placed at the bar, charged by Thomas James, a Cornish drover, with having picked his pocket of bank notes to the value of °OW. From the prosecutor's statement it appeared that Ire had arrived in town from Norwich on Tuesday, where, he had received the money in question. That about nine o'clock he met the prisoner on Ludgate-hill, who induced him to accompany her to a house of ill lame, and where the robbery had been com mitted. The notes were in his purse, and in the other end of the purse there were some sovereigns. The notes were for 10/. and .51., the number of each he could not tell, but they were either of the Norwich, the Banbury, or the Dorset and Wilts Banks. After he had been in the house ten minutes, on putting his hand into his pocket he discovered that the purse and sove reigns were safe, but the notes were gorse. He immedi ately accused the prisoner of havingtaken them, which she denied ; he, however, told her he should not lose sight. of her until he met with a policeman. 6he left the house, the prosecutor following her. They vent into a public-house, and had a pot of porter, and ale prose cutor told the landlady he had been robbed by the pri soner, and desired her to send for a policeman, which she refused to do. They then left the public-hou.,e, and the prosecutor who had never lost sight of her, gave her in custody to the first policeman he met. • to custody in Shoe-lane, last evening. Sire prisoner in City Police Constable Thomas H arris, took tkle : stopped and said she would fetch the woman of the house. She then leant forward in a manner which be gave her a slight push, and at her feet, he took thtra up, I l n i s n p g ector at the station-house. t a ; o x nu c dn i t gd e adali, rolle i them suspicion s : to) i o c tt i he o es n Inspector Lloyd produced the notes gi ven hi m , b y the last witness. There were twelve 10/. notes Rua sixteen 51. of the banks mentioned by the prosecutor. The prosecutor, in answer to a question from prisoner's some r e cei ved commit fromthe prisoner s olicitor, said he had (10 marks on t h e notes b y which to identify them. He had recei ve d t h em all in Norwich M arket a s ll o l n r e . r for Stepi tr e i n a s i: and in the meantime you must endeavour to find Mr. identify Stephens, to see if he canthe fir j. ; e owA N he i. had shall notes. MANSION -ROUSE. A young woman, of respectable appearance, the Wit of an industrious young man, a clerk, was brought bt T I . ____.... r r 01 bat e , , •do - , Me It ! cry ,. 1 of W' nee i° a jo: q er' •is, ( se t° eaBll6° I teo" in ll° L os iga t h ° tan , ser' ,int, cl ri del col''' . Osca fl es ri 4 tied lee: , c 1), on,