The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-07 00:00:00

ETEN ING EDITION• ONE ITUNTiRED PnI7NDS REWARD. QTOLEN, from the VICTORIA TAVERN, LIVERPOOL- ROAD, ISLINGTON, oa Saturday Past. 5071., in Bank of England NOTES, GOLD, and SILVER. 1840. £2OO Note 10.005 f 10 April. 100 45,552 9 March. 30 98.734 8 January. 5 94,519 12 July. 5 5.. 90 5 5 .. to In Gold 641., and in Silver W. The above Reward will be paid upon the recovery of the ;thole property, and in equal proportion for any sum that is returned. THE ST. LEGER PROPHECY. ----•- ---,- THE ERA, the only Conservative Sporting London Weekly Newspaper, of SUNDAY, September 13, 1840, will contain (exclusively) in addition to its usual original anil general matter—Dorneati , and Foreign—the ST. LLGER PROPHECY, by " YATES." Note—The public are respecttully informed, that the Era Newspaper can be procured by giving an order to any respect able newsvender in any part of the United Kingdom, and may be received through the general post on the Sunday morning at any distance not exeeeding 300 miles from the metropolis. Office, 20, Catherine-street, Strand, London. ,' Early Orders for Papers of September the 13th are par ticularly requested to be given to the Country News-agents, to prevent disappointment THE HUE AND CRY POLICE REPORTER, Price ONE PENNY. (Published by Authority.) Out this morning. CONTENTS : —Police Offices, Bow-street, Hatton-garden, Marlborough-street, Mar) lebone-office, Guildhall, Mansion house, Thames Police-office, Queen-square, and Worship street; also Court of Requests, Middlesex County-office, Kings gate-street, Borough Court of Requests, Tower Hamlets, Guild ball7buildings, and Castle-street, Leicester-square : with cases o suicide, Murder, Seduction, Robbery, Rape, Manslaughter, Iftirglary, Prostitution, Embezzlement, Coining, Felony, As sank, Wilful Damage, Larceny, Abduction, Forgery, &c. &c. London : Published by Authority, price One Fenny. Sow ready, in 2 vols. Svo. bound, with numerous Illustrations, T HE THAMES AND ITS TRIBUTA RIES. By CHARLES MACKAY, Esq. " These two very amusing and very instructive volumes abound in anecdote, and form a mass of intelligence as to per sons and things connected with the Thames and its Tributary Streams, in which something will be found suitable to the taste of every reader. The book is written in a clear and ac curate style, and is ornamented with wood engravings which make it an elegant addition to the table of a drawing-room, as well as the shelves of a library."—The Times. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN, UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTP,IS '1 '.e Public is respectfully informed that this Theatre roil OPEN for the SEASON, THIS EVENING, SEPT. 7, Alien will be presented Shakspere's Comedy (with Music) 01 THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. _ _ _ _ _ . Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Bartley ; Master Slender, Mr. C. Ma thews; Ford, Mr. Cooper; Fenton, Mr. W. Harrison; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. _Nisbet t ; Mrs. Page, Maclaine Vestris ; Ann Page. Miss Rainforth, Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. C. Joncs. Previous to the Comedy " God Save the Queen " will be sung by the whole of the Company. To conclude with an Original Comic, Romantic, Operatic, Melodramatic, Fairy Extra - iaganza, in Three Parts, entitled and feunded on that popultr Nursery Tale, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD. The Principal Characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. J. Vining, Mr. J. Bland, Madame Vestris, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. C. .ones, &c. &.c. On Aiesday, Love, with the Sleeping Beauty. On Wednesday, The School for Scandal, with the Sleeping Beauty. On Thursday, Twelfth . Night, with the Sleeping Beauty. _ _ Dress Boxes, is. ; Second — Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, ; Gallery, ls. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and plat es for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxea to be had so'ely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller M 7, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Overpowering Novelty. Another New Demesic Drama, and Eighth Week of Haines' " Jane of the Hatchet." Upwards of 90,000 persons have already witnessed the grand Tableaux traction and military evolutions of the hundred Female War riors. THIS EVENING. SEPT. 7. Will be acted an entirely New Drama, entitled THE PEASANT JUDGE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Saville, Hughes, Neville, and Heslop. Mr.. Vining, Mrs. Daly, Miss Grant, &c. Aftpr which the Grand Historical Spectacle, of unequalled splendour, entitled JANE OF THE HATCHET. Supported by the entire strength of the Company, and One Hundred Female Warriors. To conclude with (first time these four years) the Nautical Drama of THE RED ROVER ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY ISIONDAY, TUESDAY, and THURSDAY. GRAND PROMENADES MUSICALES ET • CHAMPETRES, By Godfrey's unrivalled Band. Programme of the Concert for Sept. 7,8, and 10. Overtures—Zampa, Grand Overture and Marche Triomphale composed for the Musical Festival at Cologne, in 1832, by Ferdinand Ries. Quadrilles—Les Chaperon Blanca (first time), Le Neva. New Grand March, Ehrenbreitsteiner. Waltzes -1-1 ecla (compsed expressly), and Feenwelt. Pot Pourri of popular Rr..ian Airs (first performance in this country). Duetto—DoTe vai. Melange des Danses from "Le Corsaire." Grand Finale to Fidelio. And BEETHOVEN'S GRAND BATTLE SINFONIA, By the augmented Band, with instruments of novel construc tion, and 340 rounds of artillery and musketry, giving the most vivid realization of the events of the Battle of Vittoria. Die vast Panorama al Fresco of Iceland and its Volcanoes, b) Danson—Breaking up of the ice—Melting of the Snows— Release and Departure of the Discovery Ship. Carter's astonishing " Koniaphostic," or "Lime Light. Eruption of Mount Hecla, with increased magnificence. ADMISSION ONE SHILLING. Feeding Hour of the Carnivora, Five o'Clock. Concert at half-past Five. Eruption at Half-past Eight. The Last and Most splendid Flower Show or the Season The Grand Autumnal Fete des Fleurs, and Dahlia Show el the Royal south London Floricultural Society, will be held on Tuesday, September 15. Particulars of the various attrac tions will be shortly announced. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are inclined to think that the publication of the letter of •` L. C." on the treatment of Penny-postmen would not be .of any service at present. The letter from Sheffield, describing an attack made by a mob . .on certain parties at Yarmouth eleven days ago, comes too late, and besides, had the disturbance bees of the serious nature described, our Correspondent should have stated what further steps had been takea to punish the assailants. PUGH WATEIt AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. artilisg '33 minutes alter 11. I Evening 0 minutes after 0 'The Publication of the Evening Edition of THE SUN COM- menced at 10 minutes after Three. -,4" ...,,, A -... ~-,,,,,„, -- ... -. 7 : .4 .., c%• , S. (--,-...- •-•,......., - • . ../.. !1 .tial'lj f A i .., , , t : 6 ...,_ ?„:;tr ..3.. ', ;,, 7 - .1 „ . /...7 - § ,l • -1 4 .". o ~, '- • • ..plo :=, • - Zln alll. LONDON: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1840. The Committee appointed " to inquire into the statements contained in the petition of the merchants, bankers, and shipowners of the city of London, presented May 22, 1840, respecting the coloniza tion of New Zealand"—these are the words of the appointment—seems to us to have prcceeded more strangely than any Committee we ever recol lect. One naturally supposes that when a Commit tee is appointed to inquire into the statements con tained in a petition of merchants, bankers, and shipowners of London, that the petitioners should be examined, or at least persons deputed by them, and authorised to speak in their behalf. Now not one of the few names to the petition appears amongst the witnesses examined by the Committee, nor is there amongst them the name of a single nierehant, banker, or shipowner of the city of London. The following are the names of all the with nesses :—July 13th, EDWARD GIBB ON WAKE FIEL D, Esq. ; July 16 th , EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, Esq. ; July 17th, EDWARD G IB _ BON WAKEFIELD, Esq. ; July 22d , EDWARD GIBBON W A KEFIELD, Esq.; and July 24th EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, E sq . Out of six days that the Committee met, EDWARD GIB BON WAKEFIELD, Esq., was examined on five of them, and on three of them no person else was examined. " Him first, him last, him greatest.' , The other witnesses were SAGE BANISTER, Esq., who was Attorney-General of New South Wales thirteen years ago ; Mr. JOHN BLACK ETT, a mate in the Navy, lately returned from New Zea land"; JOHN WARD, Esq., Secretary to the New Zealand Land Company, and apparently a double of EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, Esq., a Director of the said Company ; DANDESON fOATEs, Esq., Lay Secretary to the Church Mis sionary Society ; the Rev. JOHN BEECHAM, Se cretary to the Wesleyan Missionary Society ; the Rev. SAMUEL HINDS, a member of the New Zea,land Association, got up by EDWARD GIB- B . Q.N WAKEFIELD, Esq.; Mr. CHARLES EN- DERBY, a person largely concerned in the South 1 1 Sea Whale Fishery ; Wm. HUTT, Esq.. M.P., a Director of the New Zealand Land Company ; and Mr. BUSBY, a resident in New South Wales, who has visited New Zealand on two occasions. These were all the witnesses examined by a Committee appointed to inquire into the allega tions of a petition from merchants and bankers of London. But the Chairman of that Committee, Lord ELIOT, and the minority who diligently attended it, thought these were quite enough, and that they had given sufficient information to warrant the Committee in recommending a whole series of le gislation on a most important subject, embracing questions of international law, and involving a di rect cause of quarrel with France. So ripe was Lord ELIOT, under the forced culture of ED WARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, Esq., that he laid the draft of a report before the Committee, of which that prodigious legislative genius, Mr. B HAWES, of Police Act notoriety, moved the adop tion, but which the Committee, as we stated on Friday, refused, and, as we shall some time or other show, most properly refused to adopt. A Sunday print, which has taken up this sub ject as warn: lv as EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD himself, states, we see, that that draft report was "an able document," " that it is strictly founded on evidence," the evidence, namely, of EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, Esq., and JOHN WARD, Esq., " that it embraces the whole subject, and suggests a complete plan of future legislation." It embraces, too, we are told, " the deliberate opinion of those members of the Committee who alone per formed their duty by diligently inquiring into the matter submitted to them, and will have as much weight with the public as if it had been re ported by the majority." Another Weekly print, engaged in the same trade of puffing off certain Land Companies and their schemes, pub lished on Saturday, after the Ttmes, Lord aka's rejected draft, as:" the Report of the Parliamen tary Committee." Is this blundering stupidity, or sharp dishonesty ? We are afraid, from the strong feeling which has been evinced throughout on this subject, that it is the latter. What, however, will our readers think of this Report, and of the case made out to the satisfaction of the Noble Chairman of this well-informed Com mittee, when we state, though the Committee was moved for by Lord ELIOT to inquire into the allegations of London merchants, and was granted on that ground, that the real object of in quiry, and the only thing actually inquired into, was a dispute between EDWARD GIBBON WA KE FIELD, Esq., or the companies amid societies he had formed or suggested, and the Colonial Office ? Under a completely false pretext and a deluding motion, this gentleman was summoned before a Committee to make out his own case ; and if some of the accused members of the Government sat as judges, and could cross-examine him, amongst the judges sat also a virtuous minority, who num bered themselves amongst the accusers. The Spectatcr confir ms this remark by endeavouring to make it appear that Mr. WAKEFIELD gained a great victory. We differ from that opinion. We only now quote the assertion of a fight, to show what was inquired into, as we have before shown who were the witnesses ; and beg leave to ask our readers if such inquiries, answered by such wit- messes, can possibly furnish a proper basis for " a complete plan of future legislation ?" The person who obtains a Committee conducts :s deliberations. Who induced Lord ELIOT to move for a Committee to inquire into a dispute be tween Mr. WAKEFIELD and the Colonial-office, under the pretext of inquiring into the allegations of shipowners, bankers, and merchants of London, which make no reference to that dispute, we know not ; but it must have been by his Lordship's own authority, if not by his device, that ED. WARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, Esq., was the first and chief person examined by the Committee. Wha induced the Chairman to summon Mr. WAKE' FIELD to give evidence concerning a petition o London merchants ? Whatever other places that gentleman may have visited, he is not known to have visited New Zealand, and could have no facilities for giving informazion on the statements of London merchants concerning it. All that he is asked about the petition and its statements is as follows : " CHAIRMAN—YOU have seen the petition which has been referred to this Committee ?—I have. You are acquainted with the subject to which it re !ates ?—I am considerably acquainted with it, having paid attention to it for some years past. " Can you give the Committee an account of the steps by which the p►esent state of things in New Z •a and has been brought about ?—As far as my memory vill enable me, I shall endeavour to do so." Thereupon the witness launches forth into a history of his connection with the subject of colo .,izing New Zealand, the Companies he had been connected with, and the quarrel which had grown up betwixt them and the Government. The re- suits of his evidence are even more curious than the nature and mode of the investigation. Into ►hem we shall hereafter enter, but we must now stop. We have confiaed ourselves on this occasion to a brief account of the ori gin of the Committee and its mode of in- quir y . The person wh o move d f or t h e C omm i ttee, and conducted its deliberations, was Lord ELIOT. and as we had formed an opinion that, as times go, l►e is a respectable young nobleman, we regret to see him lending himself to such a precious piece of delusion. As to the so-called Liberal Members who were engaged in the scheme, and the Liberal Journals who have upheld it, our readers will know wetter what to think of them when we have laid before them some of the evidence, which we shall fo to-morrow, on which was founded " the able Report." The last letter of SYDNEY SMITH to CHARLES JAMES LONDON, is a far more severe satire on the Established Church and the grasping Bishops, than any article, pamphlet, or book ever written by a layman. The reason is obvious ; those who are behind the curtain know what is going on ; and Churchmen, like thieves and pickpockets, when the plunder is not equally divided, naturally split and tell tales of one another. This is the case in the present instance. The pious Bishop of LONDON, with an income of 20,0001. a-year, and something more, and the " attenuated Prelate" (as the fa cetious sinecure functionary of St. Paul's describes the Archbishop of CANTERBURY) with 30,000 1 , a-year, being afflicted at the sight of such vast masses of fellow-creatures living without GOD in the world, resolved to reform the Church, and began with the drones in the cathedrals. This, of course, brought a hornet's nest about their ears, and, to the credit of the leading drone in the hive, he has buzzed and stung admirably. The Bev. SYPNEY SMITH, indignant that the idle Prebends and Canons should be robbed while the idle &shops are allowed to escape, has stuck to the Bishop of LONDON ;or the last four years, and has clearly proved, with the assistance of the Bishop, that of all the systems by which mankind have been de luded, that which is called the Established Church of England is the most nefarious. He and the pious Pre late have proved that while petitions are presented to the House of Lords from the Clergy, as containing their spontaneous sentiments, they are only emana tions frorn the Archdeacons and Bishops ; that the Clergy of the Church of England are the most monsatmenes slaved of the human race, that they put t heir to doctrines which they deny ; and that while the THE SUN, LONDON. MONDAY, SEPTEMI3ER 7, 1t440. heads of the Church are constantly crying out about " spiritual destitution," and the deplorable conditioh of the vast masses " living without GOD in the world," they are rioting in weal , I), making a gain of godliness, and laving on men heavy burdens, which they will not touch even with their little fingers. This is a frightful description, given by one of their own body—one who knows them well, and whose authority, if we had not other sufficient reasons, we should take for Gospel. Will the people of England submit longer to this system of oppression? SYDNEY SMITH thinks not. They are good scholars, and can easily see that if Prebends and Canons are curtailed of their fair pro portions, there is no reason why the rule should not be made general, and 60.0001. per annum be levied on the Bench of Bishops for the " spiritual destitu tion of the Church." There is only one part of this admirable letter with which we disagree. " You are fast hastening," says the writer, " with the ac clamations and gratitude of the Whigs, to Lambeth, and I am hastening, after a life of seventy years, with gout and asthma, to the grave." The Whigs would not be such madmen, even if the am bitious Bishop would give up his present immense income for a paltry 15,0001. a-year , and a vain title, and we confidently believe that SYDNEY SMITH will defy gout and asthma till he sees the same measure meted out to all the drones of the Church that has been meted out to him and the sleepy functionaries of cathedrals. There was one remark made by Dr. SMILES, at the Leeds meeting, (Sun of Saturlay) to which we are anxious to attract the attention of the middle classes who are hostile to the Corn-laws I ant satisfied that it needs only that the middle classes should come forward and prove themselves in earnest to excite the cordial aid and co-operation of their working-class brethren." We entertain the same opinion, but we regret to add that the middle classes have not shown themselves in earnest in pro curing any reform since the year 1832. Notwith standing the noble exertions of the Manchester League, and of a few individuals in most of the large towns, we are compelled, by our sense of what is due to truth, to assert that, the middle classes have not shown themselves in earnest in procuring a reveal of the Corn-laws. Never was a cause more proper to call forth the enthusiasm of the bulk of the nation than that repeal. It in volves the pecuniary prosperity, the physic and moral well-being of all. The life and death of multitudes, the honesty of the society, the con nection between the different classes, the con tinuance of a decent respect for the Legislature, are all deeply concerned in the continuance or repeal of the bread-tax ; and yet the middle classes have been lukewarm or supine. London, to its eternal disgrace, made no stir that is at all remark able. Had one-tenth part of the earnestness and sincerity been exhibited in this great cause which was called forth for the aboli tion of slavery, the Corn-laws would before now hare been abolished. In our estimation the latter deserved to excite as much enthusiasm as the former, and is, in every way as great, as moral, and as religious a question. The middle classes have thought otherwise, and they have been neither sin cere nor earnest, much less enthusiastic, in getting rid of the giant evil. Why is this ? The supineness of London may enable us to answer the question. The wrong doers are the landowners,. and they are largely con nected with the money dealers. The landed aristocracy are yet very generally looked up to by the middle classes with a kind of feudal reverence, which ought to have ceased when the warlike vir tue, and the protection from which it originally flowed, were at an end. The middle classes tremble to be honest if the landowners invite them to sanc tion their plunder. In other towns, as in London, but them to a great extent, many tradesmen arc tic pendent in part on the expenditure of the :and. owners, arid they are averse from defending them selves against the legal exactions of their employers. Unhappily, too, the middle classes have had a horror and a dread of the lower classes preached up to them ; and many of them would rather uph(ild the dishonesty of the bread taxers than in any way excite the hopes and the enthusiasm of the multi tude. From reasons like these, we believe, but we speak under correction, the middle classes have riot shown themselves in earliest in demanding a repeal of the vilest tax—not even excepting the Poll -tax, which excited a rebellion—that ever crushed the industry and happiness, arid nourished the discon tent, of a free people. Many bitter consequences will flow from this, and amongst them may be reckoned the continued estrangement of the different classes, which has induced the lower classes to elect leaders of their own, and has made them perse veringly demand an immense change in the Consti tution, which, whenever effected, will produce one of the most exteesive revolutions in our political society which have ever taken place since the inva sion of the Northern tribes destroyed that Govern ment which Imperial Rome had established. France relaxes none of her preparations for war I❑ proportion as the tone of the Tory Press has he come moderate, has the Cabinet;assumed a more de cidedly hostile aspect. The KING, the principal hope of the peace party, has been Compelled, by the impru dence of Count MOLE 'and his friends, to make a display of what his M AJESTY really does not feel —approbation of the Oriental policy of the Presi dent of the Council ; while the disaffection of the working classes, which in . England would militlte against war, is in France the most likely thing in the world to precipitate it. The bubble glory, to be acquired by the extinction of races of their fellow-creatures who never offended them, offers an easy and a sure remedy . 'for every social and politi cal evil complained of by the fickle, unreflecting populace of France. An unscrupulous Minister need only plunge the nation in war—no matter for what object—to silence the clamours of noisy de mocrats and starving artizans. The operatives of France have yet to learn that war is a game played at the expense of the industrious classes. The men with the horny hands and the stout hearts must supply the waste of treasure as well as the waste of 1)10 id. Kings fight not now-a-days, and Cabinet Ministers, in the depth of their anxiety to maintain untarnished le national honour, pocket their salaries without e shadow of an apprehension of falling before the fire of the enetn, or suffering the deduction of a penny to supply the deficiencies created by war itt the State Exchequer. war is a game wh ch, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." But we tear it will be long yet, before the popular wisdom which shall prevent an indulgence in the game of war be genetally diffused through the work ing classes iu France. It is to them what the bottle is to the drunkard—a source of wild, exhilirating ex citement, to which they would have recourse o n every occasion of discontent. Whatever be the evils they suffer they invariably trace them to others, and never by any chance to themselves. They look everywhere but at home. If they find the Government oppressive, they discover the cause in the proximity of I RLasian, Prussian, and Austrian despotism, and are I ready to march in hundreds of thousands upon the Rhine. If bleed be dear, the Austrian tariff is blamed ; but not a word is said about the tax amounting to a prohibition of Guinan beef im posed by the Chambers to protect French corn growers. If the price of manufactures be too low for the remuneration of workinet., the aufferings of the people are boldly attributed to the com mercial rivalry of England, upon whose shoulders are visited the natural cons , luences of the bad laws, the inferior skill, and the want of enter prise which combine to render French labour pro fitless of gain. We are here speaking of the great mass of the French operatives. Exceptions we know exist in Paris, and among the workmen of Lyons ; but ninety-nine out of every hundred arti zans see no evil in their physical or political con dition which they do not at once attribute to some Power with whom they are eager to be at war. Our Government is not inattentive to this state of the public mind in France, and by no means forget ful of the unscrupulous character of the Minister who now sways it at his pleasure. Without noisily responding to the warlik e preparat i ons o f our ally, measure shave been silently adopted, which, when made public, will diminish all fears professed by cer tain Tor) oracles fur the safety of Old England. We learn with pleasure that our wooden wails are by no means in the. crazy condition represented by the Times ; and that, even without the aid of Rus sia and Austria, we are still in a condition to cope with the boasted navy of France in the Mediterra nean. It is not long since the National demon strated very clearly, that a fleet to be higlik effi cient ought not to exceed twenty-five ships, and that the greatest naval victories were obtained by a still inferior force. If victories depended solely upon numbers and weight of metal, an im. mediate rupture would give a slight preponderance to France, which preparations now making for the speedy augmentation of our squadron will remove ; but those best acquainted with the naval aim of England know that such is not the feeling that pervades the stout hearts constituting its glory and its strength. It is a question of men no less than ships. Let those who think otherwise, look at the magnificent fleet of the SULTAN riding in the har bour of Alexandria. Havi►►g sta:ed this much for the satisfaction of our readers, we will, after the example of our Ministerial Parisian Contemporaries, calmly awa►t the development of events. When great nations prepare for war, it would be presumpitious to plead against the possibity of its occurrence—the non-existence of a reasonable ground of quarrel. The Allgemeine Zeitung just received brings the following important news from the Turkish capital. If the note of which it professes to contain the substance, was actually addressed by the Freuch Ambassador to the Porte at the instance of his Government, we have certainly no reason to com plain of any want of moderation on the part of M. THIERS. The advance of a Russian army of protection upon Constantinople would startle Eng• land as much as it can do France, and is certainly not contemplated by many of the staunchest sup porters of the object proposed to be realized by the Treaty of London : CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 17.—M. de Pontois has at length received new instructions from Paris. Pro bably in consequence of this he has addressed a note to the Porte, reproaching it for having entirely ne glected France, and concluded a treaty with the other great P.)wers, which appears definitely to fix the futur..: relations of the East. France, he says, cannot but see with regret that it has been passed over in such an im portant question ; yet on this occasion it will still show its moderation, and " not throw any obstacle in the way of a blockade of Egypt and S)ria ; but France will be obliged to renounce the part of an' inactive spectator as soon as events shall have proceeded so far that a Russian fleet shall enter the Bosphorus, and a Russian army be employed in the defence of the Otto man capital." If this note is really founded on M. Pontois's in structions from Paris, which can hardly be doubted, and if the Cabinet of the Tuileries is firmly resolved to act accordingly, we may coriclude from the expression which M. de Puntois uses what the future conduct of France will be. Any arguments wil be superfluous. -The foreign intelligence which will be found in our columns of this day is Wighty importani. From Pari s , from Madrid, from Lisbon, accounts of revolutionary movements pour in upon us, heiphren the gloom with which the prospect of an European war has already overshadowed the political lior:zon. The Paris Journals of Friday and Saturday, the whole of which we have re ceived, treat the strike of the workmen of the me tropolis rather lightly ; but, in the suddenness and the unexpectedness of th:s event, we can only dis cover the greater ground for alarm. One Journal states that several of those taken had gold in their pockets, thus showing that it was riot want of bread that compelled them to turn out ; but here, again, we see the greater cause for serious apprehensions on the part of the Government. It may be that dis tress first prompted the working classes to me ditate a turn out,but everything seems to indicate that they will not now be content with work and a higher rate of wages. They regard themselves as not represented in the Legislature, and, setting their rude wits to work, plan Utopian schemes for the re presentation of trade interests. They naturally enough fall into the errors of those who have hitherto claimed the sole privilege of governing them, and find a panacea for every evil in the Parliamen tary representation of rival interests, instead of taking the higher ground, and reconciling them one with the other, and each with all. The insurrectionary movement in Madrid was the consequence of the promulgation of a Rojal decree appointing a new Moderado Ministry. The QUEEN REGENT, who remained with her daughters at Valencia on the 28th ult., was fast losing all the popularity which she acquired three years ago by proclaiming the Constitution. Among the crowds assembled to witness her arrival in that city, not a voice was raised in welcome greeting. " Down with the Avuntamientos Bill, arid dissolve the base Cortes who passed it," were the only shouts that reached the Royal ear, as her MA :LT.:STY passed through the city. Even the civic authorities prepared no welcome for the REGENT, and the influence of General O'DONNELL was re quired to obtain for the Royal family the civic box at the theatre. Still her MAJESTY, with an infa tuation for which we cannot account, persists in setting the will of the army and the populace at defiance. Al ready the embers o f a R evolution, which may hurl h er augus t daughter from the throne, ar e ki n d led at Madrid; nor shall we he sur- • prised to hear that one of the first steps of the Ultra _ Lberalparty will be to deprive Queen CHRISTINA of a Regency, the duties of which she has proved _ . ing u.schar ( . o betNelf incapabl e o of Spain. b for the welfare of The disa irction i n P or tugal is equally deplor able and di sastrous. There i s t h em a faction be hind the Throne whose baneful influence is robbing the QUEEN of the affe(lions of her people. It is supposed th a t t h e ch i ef of th i s conc lave of intriguers is no less a p erson than Ki ng FER DI NA ND, who is not content with the regal title w ithout having a share in the di rect i on of pu bli c affairs. At all events the QUEEN and the Government are alike unpopular, au d the nation gloomy and dise onten ted. Money scaice, and the little talerrs possessed by the officials is employed in humbugging and over reaching th e F ore i gn cred i tors . Thus, look in what way we will, dark clouds overspread the poll- tical horizon. On the Eastern question we find leading articles in all th e P ar i s J ournals of Fr id ay a nd Saturday. The Con a lit ut i onnel of Sattn d a y morandum o f says that The Sun attempt e d to prove the correc tness of the me the Five Powers, but advanced no conclusive argument on the subject. This is a very easy way of dispos►ng of our proofs. The Con stitutionnel would not have ventured to adopt this free and easy style had our article been transferred to his co'utnns. The Marseilles Journal Of the Isf S^oternber pub lishes iw tV S from the Lo,ant, of which the following !s tit. Sib:a:lnce From Constantinopk to Alexandria, and in Syria, sass the Sod, a dangerous ferment ,tion against the Christians appears, and seems to justify the expectations of Mehemet Ali. Aibania is in ..00tion, and the people of that province openly declare for Mehemet. The Greeks are resolved to profit by the embarrass ment of Turkey to endeavour to extend their bounda ries. If their proposals on this subject are not accepted hostilities will probably commence between King Otho and the Sultan. —Gazette de France. BIii.7SSELS, SEPT. .s.—Mr. Hector Wel!rock set out yesterday tor Wiesbaden, with despatches trom the Go vernment to his M +jesty. These despatches are sup posed to relate to the affairs Of the East. The Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxem bourg has just published a second edition t+f its tariff of customs corrected and considerably enlarged. In the second e+:ition the regulations for the transit of goods, which vv-e,e omitted in the first edition, have been in serted. In general :dl articles are charged with a transit duty of 0,871 florins for 501b5., which is a high duty. 1 - IOURSE.—PAftis, SATEIRDAt, SEPT. 5. irst Highest Lest last Prire Price. Pricy. Price French 5 per Cents ll3 fio 113 r 0 ... 40 113 50 tnerl ents lO2 75 2 75 - 192 75 ... 102 75 79 0 ... 79 f's —let 5 ...1065 3 per Cents 79 25 . 35 ... 'ant , of e'rance Atitt 06 ...) 0f35 5,0001. sh 5llO ..:5145 ...5!40 ..51:2 50 (,ig,an Bank 5 her Cents 3 er Cents , nanish Ac ode Psonye 6 ... 6 ... 6 ... 6 Old Deferred 6 ... 6 ... 6 ... 6 Nea,olit.v. Portuguese 3 per Cents 22 ... 22 .. 22. ... 24 kililart RAILWAY SHARES, s:. (;erina, ersatlles, It B 4511 ... 4 - 0 ... , 50 ... 45n LB. irlean , . S rastairg to Bale 255 ... 255 ...:352 50 ... 3& 50 The crafty old Pacha of Egypt, as the Morning Chronicle calls M,hernet Ali, has written to the new Grand Vizier, Raouf Pacha, in which he says that he has the most profound respect for his lord and master the Sultan, who has not a mere devoted subject than himself. "I am resolved," he adds," to defend myself to the last extremity, for the defence of Islamism is con cern,d. It is possible that I may fall in the conflict, nut I shall at least have the consolation of dying for the cause of religion and the Prophet." The old gen tleman evi , lently und.lstands the art of " bam" quite :is well as any of the It•verend Theban who practise it daily amongst ourselves. EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS FROM PARIS. COMMENCEMENT OF COERCIVE MEA- SURES AGAINST MEHEMET ALI. The Paris Papers of yesterday contain matter of considerable importance. The Moniteur pub lishes the following bulletin : " ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 20. " Commodore Napier, on the 14th, summoned the Egyptiao authorities to evacuate Syria. He issued several proclamations, which he addressed to the Emir Bechir, who sent them to Mehemet Ali with new professions cf his devotedness." Advices, dated Malta, September 1, announce that the British steamer Alecto, which left Beyrout on the 24th, and Alexandria on the 27th, arrived in Malta on the 31st. On her departure from Beyrout Commodore Na pier, not having succeeded in obtaining the evacu ation of that city by the Egyptians, had anchored farther out with his four ships. The convoy of Turkish troops had not arrived. Syria continued tranquil. Admiral Stopford was before Alexandria with three ships of the line, one frigate, and two British steamers, with two Austrian frigates and a corvette Mehemet Ali persisted in his refusa►. Alexan dria enjoyed the most perfect tranquillity. Rifaat Bey was still there.— Times. S S Ptn G—(THIS DA LONDON, SEPT. 6.—Wind this diy, at noon, fresh south-westerly breeze, and fine weather. DEAL, SEPT. s.—Wind N. W.. mo 'erste. 6.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Nourmahal, Kir ktp, from the Cape of Good Hope ; Ide, ditto; Duke of Bronte, Harris, Ja.. inaica; ERIa (barque), westward; Buckinghamshire, Nloote, Bombay; Planet, Freeman, alls,maica. Sailed the " w- 17,7;sta:. m o'r., d aer. 5 and 6,—Wind moderate. the Label Shaw, from Antigua. sailed en the Ist ; the .lane, Roberts, and Lady Ann, Pam, from Newfoundland : Queen, Mobile; Dahlia. Si. John's, New Brunswick; blinder Quebec; Britannia (steamer). Woodrulle, Hsli tax ; Dennison, Jones, Rio Janeiro ; E-k, Adamson, Per aartibueo; Albion, Duly. Demerara; Minehester, Hinter, Newfoundland ; Black, Bitavra ; Eozib , th Wood, CrGsb, J, , ntaiea ; St. Lawrence, Glover, New York; Heuch. 14 . 1(erzie, Piotou ; Catherine, Evans. Otl port, the Al. zaoder Grant. Savannah. PLYM .UTH, SEFT. 6 —Wind variable.—Sailed the Dumfries, Thumps , n, for 6) dovy, New South Wales. FALMOUTH, SEPT. W S. W. to N. W., fresh oreezes. 5 —Wind variable.—Arrived the Royal Tar (steamer). Brooks, Gibraltar, le t 27th ult., Cadiz, 28th, Lisbon, 31st, Oporto, Aug. Ist, and Vigo, 24. Sallee the Lapwing (picket). for Madeira, &c., and Brazil. Off port, the .Liati Hall, Elliot. 0 Tessa. MARGATE, SEPT. s.—Off port, the Lord J. Russell. Brock, from Pugwash. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SATURDAY.—The sales to-day are 3,000 bags, chiefly American, to tilt trade, at 3esterday's (polar ons. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, SATURDAY.—We have had es dull market this week for Railway Shares, but we not, find much stock pressing for sale. The Direc tors of the Eastern Counties Railway have come to the resolution to create new shares of 251. at 18 discount. or 71. per share, to be paid by easy instalments. The amount they expect to raise through this scheme they calculate will finish the line to Colchester, when it is supposed it will become a profitable concern. The registered proprietor of one old share will be entitled to one new share. The new shares in the Great Western Railway, about to be issued, have been sold at 34 to 3i premium, and New Eastern Counties at 31 3i prem. We have received the Journal of Antwerp of yester days's date. THE MARRlA'S.—(rlifs DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. Last week's arrivals IA ere small of Grain. but considerable of Foreign Wheat :Ind Oats; and there w,s a short fre , ,h supply of English Curn. The new Wheat COPTS chiefly tenth r, and %Nag .01c1 at 2a. per qu.irter re duction from last Monday's prices; foreign met some de mand at the terms of Friday. New Barley sold at 3to. to 40:. ; old unaltered. • Beans and Peas as last quoted. There was a slack demand for Oats at the terms of last week. hi the Flour trade there was little done at last quotations. The duty on Foreign Wheat is expected to be 6s. Bd. on Thursday next. PRICES ON BOARD OF SFIP Wheat, Red (old , 56, 70s Beans, Small, new) c —..— White kohl) (Ch. 76: (01(1) ...... .. 46 50s. Red 11.14.11 sls. vO , . Tick (new) -- Fine f"ls. 6:— • —.----. (old) Superfine ifs FS,. ---- Harrow (new) --N. , White (184 , )....58( 65,. ---- ((Ad)... 44 , 41411. -- Fine l 6 ills. firank ... s. -- Superfine 7, 74, Oats, Feed 24.. Bs. --Foreignfree CO. 74 , Ryt. 'iss 4ns Poland 2,'1,.3.5. Barley 3os. 38-, New s. Grinding 30s 3ls Potatoe :12 . 3 !s. Malting 38s. 4Cs. Malt 565, 65s Scotch ;, 3.1.5. ,--- Fine New tki, 745. Irish 255. ... 27 .. NJ, Pease, Grey, New ...40s. 425. Flour Town ;per -ack)....m. r •:s. Maple New 4.ls. 46, Seconds '6 .5 - 6. White 40s. 425. Ns.rth Country.... 52 f,5 . Boilers 43s. 455. Bran ll . 12t. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. fl% heat. I Barley. k)aus. , Flow -5,642 qrs. 978 qrs. 1.495 qrs. i 4,7,7 SACK. ' 5 1,266 i English Irish. Foreign I 55,534 1,~- 2ft,7~9 320.u5, SMITHFIELD MARKET. Buyers acre numerous, and although the supply of Beasts was large, and of Sheep and Lambs an average number, all was sold. Beef maintained the advance of Friday, and prime Devons command an advance of 2z., but other descriptions of mutton were unaltered ; Lamb did net realize the advance noticed last market day by 4d. per stone ; for Veal and Pork a fair trade; Beet 3s. 2d. to 4s. 61 ; Mutton 4s. to ss. ; Veal 4s. Bi. to os 6d. ; Lamb 4s. 4d. to 5s 6d. ; Pork 4a. 4d. to 5,. 6d. ; Beasts 3,381; Sheep and Lambs, 24,540 ; Calves. 132 ; Pigs, 534. Hay, 41. 4a. to ss. ss. ; Clover, 51. to 6/. 6s. ; Straw, 1/. 18s. to 21. 2s. HOP MARKET. The price of all kinds of H.ps continue on the ad vance, and a large business continues to be done, prin. cip4lly by speculators. The duty was backed at 30,0001 Thee price of the fine new Kent Hops ;vas 161. 16s. 10d. per cwt. TEA MARKET. There was very little business done in this article, aid the tendency of prices was doamward. Company's gou sold for cash at 24. 21 pt r lb., and common free trade description rated at sbout the same price. TALLOW MARKET. The prices of Russia Tallow were supported with mu-h firmness, but the trade still buy cauti,usly, an 1 a small amount of business was done. The price of P. Y. C on the spot was 52.. 91 to 534 per evit. EVP,NTINTI PimTitr' ano-ion to the hilutnous crorhAn or, ri a ril nisi bon n,orluis pion 'it tut .tas,s th,tt "great and man+fild :IF bet .ere," s h e trratit. tilt' pity 80cl e cAnnpsicri,tion of the 4,un,tni:l.ity it thu whr;',; events 0 1 , her domeitie file w ere h i:oi ls,. v EXTENSIVE ROBBERY. On Saturday afternoon about four o'clock, proper,' to the amount of 507/. in Bank of England notes, gold. and silver, was stolen from the Victoria Tavern, Liver pool-road, Holloway. The money belonged to Mr. Law, who formerly kept a public-house at Hackne). It was placed in his trunk, in his bed-room, preparatory to his leaving London for the north. The parties who committed the robbery had been aware of this, and laic a deep plot for obtaining the booty. On Saturday Mr. Law, the landlord of the Victoria Tavern, received a note purporting to come from Messrs. Whitbread and Co., on business, but en his arrival at the brewery he found no such communication had been sent. On his retort, home he learnt that four men bad come to the house, one ordered a mutton chop, another called for a particu lar paper, and the third sent the servant and lacdlady in various directions to distract their attentian, while on, of the thieves, it is supposed, proceeded to the bed-room and carried off the money. There were watches, plate. and other valuable property in the room, but no thing else was carried off. The party, one o! whom took a glass of brandy before he left, shortly afterwards quitted the house, but the robbery was not discovered till Sunday morning. On examining the trunk, it was found that the lock had b.-en forced, the various articles tumbled about, and !he above large sum abstracted. Mr. Richardson has strong suspicions agdnst one person, of whom he has a slight acquaintance, and who for some time had been about his place, with the intention, as is supposed, of making himself acquainted with his movements. The notes have been all stopped at the Bank this morning. Information has been given to the police, a reward of WO!. offered for the recovery of the property, and Arcing hopes are entertained that the parties will not escape with their booty. WILLIAM LOVETT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slid - Th.ld, Sept. 6. SlR—The following is a copy of a !titer received Irom Mr. Win. Lovett in reply to an invitation sent from Sh,ffi2ld, requesting him to attend a Public Diu ner " Newlyn, near Penzance, county of Corn mai " a,ar Sir-lhave just rei•eiv ed ;our kin Working Men's As sociation of Sluffi,lci to attend a public dinner, also a paper expressive of your smp-ithy towards me under my late incarceration. Yin may probably not b., aware that owing to the great reduction my health sustained by that confinement, I was recommended to visit my native place for a short season, as a means of record ing my health and strength ; in compliance with th t advice I intend to stop here some weeks longer, and am it present undecided as to the exact time I shall re. turn, But even when I do, my habits rendering roe un flt for every kind of missionary agitation, as well as nu domestic necessities, will prev. nt nif- complying with ti Idnd inv;tation of the men o' Sheffield, as well as of a number of kind friends in differetr parts of the enuntly by whcm I have been invited. Bat though I shall not tie able to attend their dfliner, let it nor. be supposed that am the less grateful for their ki.:dness, nor th I shall be less devoted to the great Catae than I have in times past. Hopinv you will convey my best thanks to the Working Men's Association, " I remain your affectionate fellow-citizen, WM. LOVETT." We also deputed Mr. Warden to invite Dr. Nl'Dituall and Mr. Collins, but their time was so fully occupied that they could not possibly attend until after their re turn from Scotland. Trusting you will insert the above in your really useful journal, I remain, vourq, "ONE DEVOTED TO THE CAUSE THE LATE MRS. HENRY CUTTS OF CARBURTON. It is with feelings of the most painful nature that we gain recur to the appalling death of this female. Evers. circumstance connected with . the brief but eventful life of this depraved woman, far exceeds those detailed in fiction. Young, handsome, accomplished, and of the most captivating manners, apparently artless and inge nuous, her heart appears to have been " deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked." The cool and sys tematic manner in which she for months kept adminis tering poison to an affectionate husband ; the pleasure with which she witnessed his daily and nightly suffer. ings, the gradual wasting of his frame, and the total deprivation of the use of his limbs, appear too monstrous for belief. But yet these are, unhappily, facts beyo n d the possibility of a doubt. Nor does it appear that her murderous efforts were confined to her unsuspecting husband, for it has been also ascertained that poison had been administered by her to the household servants and farm labourers in his service. We feel it necessary to make this preliminary statement lest any of our reader. might be ignorant of the facts stated on oath upon the inquest held in October last upon the mother of her husband, when the corpse of the old lady was disinterred, in order that the charge of having poisoned her mother in-"aw by means of small doses of arsenic might be in vestigated before the Coroner. Mrs. H. Cutts bad been placed at that time under the surveillance of the police at her husband's residence, and inforrcation was brought to the inquest-room that she had effected her escape from their custody. No thing was heard of her until July last, when Mr. Cutts had intelligence of her at intervals. She was known t o be in the habit of taking exciting drugs. During her residence at New-ferry, she had represented herself to be the Hon. Miss Count?, and at other times as the Hon. Miss A. Cooper, of Watnall-hall, Notti ng h am - PRl eat C sways shire. We are i n f orme d t h at she had previously lodged ES PTaid.HIS DA Y Per A S T hare.ONE. at two places bef ore s h e went to Miss Sankey's, and . OF SHARES 50 ...... 24 ..... to that she was in the habit of geteng so intoxic ited and Bristol and Exeter .... ... 3 ... .. 10 Eastern Counties to 9 1 excited that the people of the houses were obliged to 65 Great Western London and Brighton London and Birmingham London and South Western 3Bi 531 to 53 this fatal propensity caused her death. When she lived London and Croydon (Trunk)... MI lll— .. to —. with her husband she was guilty of this practice, and she North Midland to South Eastern and. Dover JOINT STOCK BANKS, in Ler room at night. National of Ireland MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo Mexican Mint was burned t o d eat h she was intoxicated, and had 10 ...... to not undressed, as the cinders of a stocking and garter HALF-PAST ONE, were found on the leg. The British market has still a heavy appearance, al- Miss Sankey delivered to Mr. H. Cof though i n th e ear l y part o f the morning about 70 Shares • letters from noblemen and gentlemen with whom amass the and Consols wer e purchised. The d epress i on of the guilty woman had been corr esponding ; some of the Funds may b e a t tr ib ute d to some unfa vourable com- were very cur i ous, containing highly-inflated affectionate 1 mercial accounts having been rect iced from Manchester , assurances. To some o f t h ese admirers she represented this morning, sa id t o b e extensive failures. We do not I herself as the victim of a treacherous guardian, to others bear as yet that news by the Overland Express from I that her husband had obtained possession of her property, China has reached Londo n , but intelligence is hourly leaving he r w i t h out f unds. By these artful schemes she expected. • obtined from ti to me considerable sums of money, Consols h ave rece d e d from 89i to 89 for th e onea man of high me ti rank making he d r era frequent remittances. Account, at present 89} ; Exchequer Bills, 16 18 In some letters she is addressed as s. My dear Mary prem.; India Bonds 5 3 dis. ; Consols for Money, 89i, Anne," and th e cop i es o f her rep li es b reat h e t h e spirit s of 23iIn the F ore i gn M arket, Spanish Active, very heavy, 1 youthful fervour and affection. From delicacy ir to t io e ; Po r t uguese, also very heavy, 32k ; Thre e per j who would suffer from the exposure of theimpu d re Cents. 21/ ; Colombian, 23k ; Dutch Twe-encli- I connections the names of these writers aSr'eeeslupprnedssnot Half per Cents. 5l k ; Five per Cents. 101 k. Mrs. Cutts' molder) name w" Mar y Share market heavy. Bristol and Exeter, 54, fall 1 Mary Ann ; she was born at Palte H rti e m r near e' B a olsover, of 11 per share ; Eastern Counties, 10 04. tail of 1 per . in the county of share ; G.. at Western, 831, tali of 3 pounds per 'an opulent roan, and highly esteemed share ; London and B ng h ton , 25 241 ; London „d hours. She was married to Mr. H Cutts ors the 14th Derby, in 1819. by 'la a t i f l , t h a iiss e enrei: . ha: Biro) njiani, 162 156, fall of 6 I minis per s h are ; Lnuary, 1838, and died or , tile 14th eitie. South W estern, &It .53 ; North Midland, improved, 8.5. 1 The .Lkrbyshire (Atielqt deprecat es ro!. we see, all BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 4.—At the opening of the Bourse there were several sellers of Integrales, which caused a fall of per cent. The other national funds followed the same course. This reaction is attri bLted to the fall at Paris and London. Ardoin's Spanish bas also fallen, and remained after le Bourse at 22. Till FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of Saturday 89 Money ; tor Account, 89i j , but soon after the market turned heavy, and Consols re ceded to 89k -a for Money, and 891 for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, 16 18 prem.; India Stock, 249 250 ; India Bonds, 5 3 discount. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, heavy, 2.1 i 4, owing to th , t disturbances at Madrid ; Deferred, 11i ; Passive, 5:1 6 ; Portuguese also depressed, caused by the untavottrable intelligence from Lisbon, left off at 344, at present 334 ; Three per Cents., 214 22 ; Brazilian, 794 805 ; Colombian lower, 234 ; Mexican also re ceded, 274 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 511 ; Five pe:. Cents., 1015. Shares—Great Western Railway, 21 22 prem. ; Lon don and Brighton, nothing done ; Biackwall, same ; Birmingham, 73 75 prem. ; Southampton, 53,} 544 per sh ; Croydon, 1l 4 4 per share ; Greenwich 6 7 per share. MILITARY IN TELLIGENCI-3! ROYAL A RTILLERI.—Cavain Carter's comPaqi 4th battalion, has b een re li eve d from Purfl..et, 2 " (1 embark for Malta in a fevv dells. Second Captai n Burnaby proceeded to Portsmouth on Wednesday last, to take charge of Major Colebrooke's company, 2d bat talion, and relieve second Captain Lake, who is sr pointed Adjutant to the sth battalion, and is to remote Re' at t hat station until the arrival sceow C l ,ptair bertson from Canada. Major Colebrooke is still 00 sicik leave. N o arrangements h ave as yet been maul to enable the met, to rcceiv, their letters free of expense, ,0 that the soldiers of the Royal Artillery continue to pay 50 per cent. more than their brethren of the line; the latter having been recently relieved of this impos t by a mem oran d um f rom t h e H orse Gusrds. Lord Bloornfioltr has gone on leave, and Coionel Sir He w , Dalrymple Ross, K.C.8 . , h as assume d t h e command of the garrison dur'ng the absence of the Li e utenant-G7. nerd'. Pr e vi ous to hi s Lordship's departure the , f ,!... 4 lowing genera l or d er was issued by the comman d of big Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge : " General Order, August 30, 1840.—The Comm an ' dant with great pride has received Field Marshal big Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge's command s to xpress to the R o y a l A rt ill ery, i n all its branches, It / Royal Highness's entire satisfaction, as well as the high gratification he experienced from the very great Pe, rfec i tion this impo rtant b ranch of the service has attaln e: His Royal Hi g h ness was particularly interested i n the share taken by t h e company of gentlemen c tdets in t".." exercises of th e d ay . T ile C ommandant begs to a sst" the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, 12°W much he feels the zeal and intelligence with talcb the several dutie s o f 3estercLy were pe r f orme d. The Co' mandact also Leas to retur n t h in k s to Mjor Sintroot and the 60th reg i ment f or t h e i r assistance in keepist tur ground." Major Gray's company, sth battalion, was reli eved from field b attery duty on Tuesday last by CdPt:l, ,i Eyres' compa n y, 7 t h b attalion ; and the following VI — son order was issued in consequence The Commandant having so often lately witn els°4l ,4 the cffi c e n t state o f M ajor Gray's field battery, 0 :k -- having also r ece i ve d f ront Colonel Cleaveland a gratul, ing report of t h e i r behaviour, does not feel it necessi tr, :; to call for any f urt h er i nspection, but desires M S Gray, the non-c omm i ss i oned officers, and men, to cept his thanks for their several exertions during t"; twelve month s o f i nstruct i on. Major Gray's corps he.% rejoined the sth battalion. The offigers' servants b gl a .' been exempted from mounting guard with their no;,. tors, i n consequence of the present strength of the g e rison." rdo f The following lett'.r from the Honourable Boa L i. Ordnance, d a t e d A ugust 21, 1840, is promulgated ti: ;lay, Sept em b er 4, 1 840, for the information and 01a. " aice of com man di ng o ff icers of artillery rat the several foreign stati ons , w h o are di rected to r e p o rt to the puty Adjutant-G enera l t h e rece i pt of this or d er by tb , first opport un it y , s i gne d H . D. Ross, Deputy A dj u tant General:— " Office of Ordnance, Aug. 21, 18 ,,t d , " Sta,—The B oar d h av i ng decided, with re fer to certain c l a i ms f or travell i ng in Canada, that no cek, personal allow ance s h a ll b e pa i d to officers who ttaY u " in the rec e ipt o f command pay, when travelling wi th); the dist r i c t s compr i s i ng the i r commands, suc h command pay having been granted to cover all expenses of tr r vellin,g, except a s regar d s t h e means of conveyanc e P re vided for officers travelling,' " I am directed by the Board to communicate same for your information, adding, that the regule ti : i d is to take effect i n C ana d a from January I, 1 840. f at other foreign stations from the date of their receiP t l ° , q this order, whi c h th e B oard requests you will call n e ` ke officers of the Royal Artillery at each station to tit the first opportunity of transmitting. " 1 have. &c. (Signed) " G. BULLER, for Secretary' " Deputy -Adjutant-General of :he Royal Artilleri. THE SABBATH QUESTION• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU N ',, v to Sett,—ln di scuss i ng this q al uestion, i t i s nece ss a r y premi se t h at 1 am pleading ley for the labour class es ; for b e i ng myse lf possessed of a hanclooor c1:0 come, I can ta k e an excursion on any days a!'tbere. command a sabbath when 1 please ; the P c)°r ' t b ou gh fore, I s a y, are most i nterested in this discuss iop. a extent it has an influence on all classes, and that to far gre a t er th an t h e unre fl ect i ng are apt to iul s a h e in. t - h e, ri OP Let us fo r a moment grant that the Sar: e • t i on of shippers a re r i g h t i n suppos i ng that it is the o il the Deity th at t h e seventh day shall now, as in the " ot Moses, be kept holy. How, then, ought we to.. r as ration a l and consistent beings ' ? Accordi ng to MO A ; the 3/venlig day was tn , t apart as sacred, and no manoe° ot work was permitted on that day, either by a ma stery ter hi s st , rvant, or his ox, or his ass. So binding, indeeao did the Jews consider thi s comman d t h at i f a person wrf teund gathering sticks on a S, , nday he was stoned to death , not a fire was suffered to be lighted, nor w us . i" thing cooked on that day. But how do the modern Pt" . . risers keep this command, which they say sam e 600 Gal, and thurefore ou g ht t o b e obeyed ?—by subs° . tut:n4 the fist day for the seventh, and by 00; ing their servants and c a ttl e to d o all wooer ' I . w or k on t h at d a3. Away with such hypocrisy, 1 y mby wh a t authority hove they ch ange d t he seven th e day to the fi rst ? If i t i s rea l ly a Divine command,if t . it: with ou t d e l ay ca ll pu b lic meetings all over :Pr kingd om, draw up resolutions, retrace our step'' t " 0,-.ly begin to keep the Saturday, or seventh ol truly holy ; and h um bl e ourse l les in sack-c l ot h as ,at ashes, for batin g so l ong v i o l ate d the Divine coam'and; I When our Priest s an d Bi s h ops have done t hi s , they may with more plausibilEy try to shut up ,F ve p innocent arnustlnent from the labouring ola sii" ,,p : that day, an d pro hibi t b y pains and penalties A pe e p into th e b o t an i ca l gar d ens, or the enjoyment of a Pura breeze -- upon a railway, with the sight of God works. Let them first cast out the beam from t b. own eyes before they arrogantly meddle with the 05 cent recreations of otht rs. The truth is, hoWever7--6133 many of these gentry know it—that Christ abrOill te s• this along with the rest of the Jewish ce remonie s 4 : o4 circumcision, the observance of the full moon, soc riil i n &e. It is thus understood by nearly all Christeml%;, both Protestant and Catholic ; and on the Cooti l r:d the Sunday is kept as a holiday, as it w a s i n •Eoga l ; until tho time of the Puritans. There is ro SeriPt l ! e authority, therefore, whatever for our present Pr 4c-i d e or Archbishop Whatley had proved. But the 50u..4 perstit t l ii v e is now made subservient to the purposes of su or of vice ; for, by attempting to force the L OY °rid , t oo lively to the church or the conventicle, they 81. '"Thes frequently drawn to the alehouse or the gin shop* A 11 Sunday is the property of the labouring classes, an d e ls glom them b eware h ow they ever give it up. EverY should em pl oy i t according to the dictates of his it).,ty conscience. L e t t h ose who believe that it is their "d,. st. to fast a n d pr a y, an d do no manner of work, ac t actor ingly ; for they will no doubt do it with alacrity , ag o all should : b ut l et t h ose who think they best obeY t i , Deity by i m p rov i ng their minds, elevating their t as t e d advancin g th e i r ! . ora l s, invigorating their health' din thus benefiting all around them, not be rimPe a d e " let their endeavours, but " l e t every one b e per sua_ ed his ow n m i n d." I am, Si r , y our constant reader. ENC I. A FRIEND TO CONSIST— THE MURDER O►F ` COULT(°.. The four men, Anderron, Rowe, Hague, and At?itla; -.vho h ave b een f or some time inCustody on soP T le fi v , ,d murdering Mr. Jolla Coulso n , on th e 26th or - underwe nt a fourth examination on Wednesday la st ' Tnc Arlag strates did not come to any deeiiiion hP on he thee%ulene e , th ere b e i ng yet a slight breach „% chain ; but th e requ i s i te w.tnesscs ; ill be foitheorl% on Saturd a y, unt il which time the Magistrates lie' adjourned. An examination has taken place respecting thre r e e obberie s , i n w h ic h Anderton, Rowe, and Hague I'd i:oncerned, as well as some women, w h o are ch ar h tt ,,a with receiving sonic of the property, knowing lt t ° " - 0 1 l been stolen. We believe six wome n ;Lod two row Manchester, are in custody orl the latter c" . ' e. Tile c,ise was adjourned. ESCAPE OF ANDERTON.--This notorious e t h :,; ractcr has just escaped ( iday niorniug. q'eloek) from his confinement in the To-Al He w:,s chainedby one l eg , an d h do dnufre ( , ! den one arm, to an iron Isar which s upports the "°„,,cl division th a t runs across tic Magistrates' room► two policemen were on duty in the place at the soak time ; o ne o f w h om was espec i ally instructe d t° filed after the p r i soner . Th e c h a i n h ad b een evidentlY t,t off from the ring, and the prisoner had wade his fl i t with that remnant of his shackles stili upon him• handcuff by which his arm was fastened has, undoii, he edly, been opened with a ke3, and is left behind. t . 0.„ prisoner has escaped th roug h t h e window on to the ("it ionnade, in front oldie hall, and from thence let hitu7 e. )wn into the stre e t b y t h e ass i stance of a re,pe whi llb was suspended from t h e pal!sailes. A private ", te , man, named Siam, was stand i ng near the Tow n'B ng a:ong with anoth er man , at the time, and heari Act.- noise, as of som e b o dy j ump i ng, they re-N3gnized An ton descending by the rope into the si„treet. They Or r sued him do wn t h e H ai l gate ; but they stateOha t be :d outstripped th em i n runn i ng, and ther e fore discontintl-6. the chase, after following km aftueast as far as the * us tory-gate s . Offi cers have been despatched in " ri° directions in search of the fugitive.—lFfgan d B Gazette. ,arnet NT, which commenced on Saturday, ‘,-hich is i‘nc w the best in the ncighbourhood of the : le i troputiA, wit.k very Vk eI 1 attended, ;IA the lib" bot h ( t .' • +ttle acid I , orsts was equal to that of many yeel• - .::,, "'de "a. hr and 4,e 51,031 atte. dance of 3.1)0 4 1_,v .- ... gf great s.,uree of attratetton to the neighbouring of the twine, i~ ~ A t W. to I a 1 V OT