The Sun. — London, England, 1840-09-12 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. ,THE TREATY OF LONDON. In a Second Edition of The Sun last evening, we gave the substance of the communication made by the Consuls of the four allied Powers to Mehemet AU rela tive to the London Treaty. It appears that the Vice renY. being anx i ous to h ave the observations of the Consuls on the London treaty in writing, a document 1 / 8 1 drawn u p b y t h e four Co nsuls, Leaded " Reflections on the actual position of the Pasha, submitted by the Consuls -G enera l s of Austria, Great B r i ta i n , Prussia, apd Russia." Thi s paper i s di v id e d i nto t h e considera tion of the consequences arisin ; from the Pixcha'sac- Nitance or non- acce pt ance o f the treaty. After poiet- Lag out the advantage of the Pacha being recognized by th e Powers, it pro c e e d s t o s h ow the danger to which I .r will be ex p ose d b y t h e use o f coerc i ve measures It lays that he cannot singly oppose the Powers, and who would dare assist him ? What Power Would sacrifice its own interests out of pure sympathy for the Pacha? and if a general conflict should be pro voked, the Viceroy would be the first sacrificed. No ; leh an int ervent i on would hasten hi s ru i n , as t h e f our P owers Would bring forces into the field more than rs t he entiffiptcorine e:aity:ty, fight all who would oppose the execution of Upon Mehemet Ali alone would fall the of a war. Isle would have caused the in tervention and presence of European troops in Egypt r d in Asia. Wherever it was required su ffi cient forces would be se n t t o d es t roy th e P ac h a , and if Ibra 1° a wn ad vanced upon Constantinople he would never re turn, as his army would be cut o ff . The following arc the documents at length Their tublicatio n h as produced a strong sensat i on i n P ar i s : LETTIA FROM THE FOUR CONSULS TO HIS HIGH NESS TME VICEROY. o f ; T he undersig ne d h av i ng b een i n vited, on the part w • ! s Highness th e Vi ceroy o f E g ypt, to state to him in to ttng the r e fl ect i ons an d o b servat i ons w hi c h they have o m ake to hi m on t h e ser i ous occurrences o f the pre sent moment, hasten to conform to his wishes. and have the honou r to submit to him the following document on t he subject. The only abject of the undersigned is to withhold nothing from the knowledge of his Highness "bleb may tend to enlighten him as to his true interests sad t . O avert from hi m , if p oss ibl e , th e dangers to which 4'9 expose hi mse lf b y an a b so l ute re f usa l to accede b tile det erm i nat i ons come to b etween t h e Four one East . and t h e S u bli me P orte f or t h e paci fi cation of on East. The undersigned beg his Highness to accept this occasion the expressiou of their profound de votion. " LAURIN. WAGNER. Al " HODGES. COMTE 11IEDEM. e xitadria, Aug. 19. II RI ir gi'LEE TIONS ON THE PRESENT POSITION OF THE IC "°Y OF EGYPT, SUBMITTED TO HiS HIGH - NlBB 1 Y THE CONSULS-GENERAL OF AUSTRIA , G .EAT BRITAIN, PIIUSSIA, AND RUSSIA. July, B y the c onc l us i on o f t h e convention of the 15th the Plolitical position of Mehemet Ali is entirely "Pei I until the present moment he was in dissi ence, and i n a state of pass i ve h ost ili ty w ith the Sub- RbC Porte alone ; but by rejecting the conditions es _ le h have been o ff ere d t o him, he has become in a 'te of open h ost i l i ty w i t h hi s S overe i gn , as well as w ith Mehemet the G reat P owers w h o are part i es t o the treaty. ehemet Ali cannot be ignorant of the great force and imeortance of a solemn convention ; the political sys- S een of a:! Europe rests alone on the faith and religious execution of treaties ; it was thus that, in spite of the serious difficulties which surrounded the questions of Greece, Belgium, and Spain, the conventions relative thereto have received their complete exe eution and fulfilment, ulte.hough the interests of the kuropean Powers with regard to these questions have not always been identical. To believe still in the Possibility of a change or of a modification of the con ditions of the convention of the 15th of July. or of the s eParete act, will be to nourish delusive hopes. These stipulations are unalterable and irrevocable ; the pe remptory terms which have been fixed for their ac ceptance are an evident proof of the impossibility of 4 . l °Y ulterior change. Let us now examine the alterna tives which present themselves in the event of the ac ceptance or non-acceptance of the said convention by Mehemet Ali. In acceding to the arrangements which are A .1 p r oposed to him, the Viceroy will prove to Europe -a u to posterity that he has not only been a fortunate efteueror, like so many before him, but who have zlot known the time when to stop and consolidate their c onquests, but that he has proved himself What at the same time a statesman and profound politician. n be more glorious than to found a new sucees laoll, and to sec it recognised by his Sovereign, and by all Europe ? What a consolation, to be able to ex tt'aine at the end of a brilliant career, What I have created will be handed down to my posterity, to my child ren , from whom no one can tear it awa y I' In "r days, ' it is not the territorial extent of a state, nor e ven its material force, which forms its prosperity and Safe ty ; it is the more solid guarantee of treaties which vaiieonsttiiataiutes its integrity, by making it enter into t he system of Europe ; it is thus that by glancing r er g , r anP we find many small States without resources, watch:ss°tiv:el e;el 46 n alde ° ra i s e:l: e re powerful empires : they have, how ever' or oppression to fear ; all Europe such their honour and security. Guarantees ce obtained, of what advantage to Me some d. or to his descendants, is the acquisition of . tri s e e t s " the which have not hitherto been of . slightest advent e to him, and the posses -41" o f which has advantage only absorbed their own resources, but also the greatest part of those of Egypt ? The le; .ceroy knows greatest part of those of Egypt? Tbo Viceroy knows best In men and money which the occupation of Syria an what are the sacrifices d f Arabia has cost him. This •Is no t all. Instead of the differences .which have unhappily existed b between the Ottoman Porte and his there will e a sincere friendship • founded onidentity o Highness, of and a union, Political and . 'prosperity. erit • If interests and religious faith the Mussulman nation will regain its a ncient forcep p ever (which God forbid) the integrity of the Ottoan empire should be menaced from without, Turkey might reckon on the s upport of Egypt, and Egypt on that of Turkey, for the defence of their common country. The personal interest of Mehemet Ali, that of his family, the fate of the inhabitants of Egypt, and that of the Mussulman nation, his wishes for the integrity and prosperity of the Ottoman empire, of which he has always declared himself the most zealous defender —everything, in a word, dictates to the Viceroy the acceptance of honourable conditions, more advan tageous to him than the extension and precarious tenure of other territory. Mehemet Ali would still have a glo rious and brilliant career before him. Entirely at ewe as to the fate of his possessions, he might devote his energy and all his efforts to the consolidation of the fine institutions created by him in Egypt. The barren coon trice of Nubia, Soudan, and Senaar, present a vast field for the conquests of science and civilization ; it is thus that Mediernet Ali will acquire the name of regenerator of Egypt, the ancient cradle of science. Let us pass to the other alternative, that of a refusal to accept the conditions of the convention. An immediate conse quence of this refusal would be the employment of co ercive measures. The Viceroy is too well informed, and knows too well the means and resources of which the Four Great Powers can dispose, to flatter him self for a single instant of being able with his feeble means to resist one or another among them. It would be to repose in very fatal hopes if he were to count, under existing circumstances, on any fo reign assistance for stopping the decisions of the Four Great Powers. Who would be willing to sacrifice their °, l l interests to those of another, and to compromise their. own safety by pure sympathy for Mehemet Alt ? And, besides, what real advantages would result from it ? A. general conflict would be brought on, in 'Bich the Viceroy would be the first sacrificed, and Would inevitably succumb. Far from being favourable t° hint, such an intervention on his behalf would only hasten his ruin, which in that case would become cer tain. The four great Powers would develops forces more than sufficient to combat everything that might ° Pleose the execution of the convention. It is upon :M ph • emet Ali alone that the responsibility of a war Would lie ; it is he who would have been the cause of the intervention and presence of European troops in Egypt and Asia. The Mussulman populations will which Alias concerns entirely his own person. Mehemet '` l •!'‘tas threatened to spill much blood before yielding. The European Powers, en the contrary, have it at heart u to spare as much as possible the blood of the ,41:1 qsuloaans and the Christians ranged beneath the uners of the Sublime Porte. Wherever the case may require it, there will be carried thither forces sufficient to reader all resistance v in, and to destroy it At a single blow. Can it be doubted that the Viceroy so glory in falling by Will fall, and will it be with glory ? No ; for there is rity, glory anti wisdem and by engaging one's own fault, by a blind tome in a hopeless struggle. But there uld b e the vi.. force of circumstances. if Mehemet Ali falls, in yielding to necessity and Conquests his name go down to posterity ? No ; for his enquests have not shaken the world like those of History Genghis Khan, Tamerlane . , Alexander, and Nap01e0n..... ,,i raoud, a will say, ' There was, under the reign of 1 - and courage Pacba of Egypt, of great character, gemus, The , he had successes against his Sovereign. young successor of h dthe moment of e m nd eh i n e tt e h t e A th h ro ta n e o his ancestors, held out the hand raou , at ascending and offer him the highest honours of the Mehemet Ali empire, w oS it p h eace and concord. The Pacha rejected scorn ; Europe then declared against amongst in.ech±m. , and t —and he fell. His will be last those of so many name who other Paches who have pre cededw o revolted and were vanquished.' might perhaps delude Alt refusing accept the convention Mehemet himself with the chimerical hope that the Powers would not employ with vigour and a t r a e e a r t g j y o t f " the 15th J u l impossibl e meu Batter hie:serf es necessary t o carry i nto e ff ect t h e y. Admitting this even, whi c h i s what would f o ll ow ? C oul d the Viceroy that he would obtain the continuation of the status quo ? Where is the State which, with the 'sword of the pour Pow ers constant l y suspended over its Lead, w i t h it s commerce destroy e d, it s commun i cat i ons e intercepted, may uld sustain su c h a state of things ? Me lnernet Ali m Camay to hissacrifice the interests of himself and hi s unmeasured vanity, to his subversive views, The promptitude with which the repressive measures required by the recent events were executed must have been remarked by every one. The rapid and complete occupation by a military force of all the quarters where the public peace was disturbed, is dud to tne admirable strategic arrangements of the illustrious Marshal Ge rard—a plan of extreme simplicity, long ago conceived and matured. By this system Paris is divided into a certain number of strategic zones united with each other and with the centre of action by main lines, all supported upon one general Inse of operations. Each zone has a centre for its own partial opera tions. Advanced posts, with still further advanced guards and videttes, placed at each street, enable the partial centres to command the whole area of the circle in which they were appointed to act. Pa trols moving in every direction connect with each other the different stations of the troops, and keep them in constant communication with their particular centres of operation. These patrols are so combined as to permit all the strategic zones to give each other mutual support, so that when one point is menaced, the troops established at others can at once invest it by moving upon it at once from different directions. This system of defence in execution re quires the employment of only half the garrison and half the National Guards. Consequently on Monday, for example, there were only two battalions of each legion ordered out, and part of the garrison remained disposable for other emergencies. Thus there were strong reserves ready at any moment to double any station of the troops without weakening any others, and by these means any extraordinary event is immediately provided for." AFFAIRS OF THE EAST. (From Galignani's Messenger.) It is stated in a letter from Alexandria, 25th u published by the Quotidienne, that the French brig Maree, bound from Cyprus to Syria, was visited, while on her voyage, by a cutter, sent by Commodore Na pier, and that the captain of a French vessel of war on that station demanded an explanation from the Com modore upon the subject. The latter sent a verbal message, that he was not aware of the Maree having been a French ship. The French captain was not sa tisfied with the verbal message, and requested that the statement might be committed to paper, which Com modore Napier immediately did. The following circular has been addressed by Boghos Bey to the European consuls at Alexandria : " I have the honour to inform you, by order of his Highness the Viceroy, my master, that the insurrection of the Libanus has been appeased, and that having ac quired the certitude that it was excited by the intrigues of some foreigners, and being desirous of preventing the renewal of similar disorders, his intention is to exercise the greatest surveillance on all the coast of Syria. He has, therefore, resolved on ordering that the quarantines, which had been momentarily suspended on account of the last troubles, shall be re-established in all their vigour, and that ships, merchandise, and passengers, shall purge their contumacy at Jaffa and Beyrout. His Highness has also determined on pu nishing all those who may trouble order and public security, as soon as a certainty is acquired, and posi tive proofs are had, of their intrigues ; his intention being to have them arrested and delivered into the hands of their respective Consuls. His Highness has ordered me to communicate to you the present notice, and to beg of you to make it known to the agents under your orders. His Highness does not doubt that you will second him in kis views, in order to avoid new evils. " Alexandria, 18th August." Ths, squadron of reserve, which it was said bad been ordered to sail from Toulon for the Levant, was still in iliac port on the sth instant, and no orders had been re ceived. The Scipion is now completely fit for sea ; the Souverain and Vile de Marseille are short of their crews. The advices from Bessarabia, quoted by the Augsburg Gazette, state that as soon as the rivers in the Circas sian country shall become lower in their waters, which takes place every autumn, the Russian armies will com mence their operations against the native tribes. Scha mil, the chief of the Lesghians, had been harassing Ge neral Galatajew, and had penetrated into the country of he Tichetzenzes, tc try to excite them to revolt, General Grabbe is to act against the Circassians from the south-east, and General Rajewski from the north east, so as to meet in the middle of the country. According to the Augsburg Gazette, Austria is not only making no preparations ler war, but has allowed the soldiers , whose period of service has expired, to re turn to their homes. The expectations of Vienna were in favour of peace. The Augsburg Gazette states that the Diet sum moned by order of the Porte to sit at Topsidere on the affairs of Servia is altogether favourable to the return of Prince Milosch to the head of the Government, and that this arrangement meets with the approbation of Turkey and Russia. The Prince is considered as the only man capable of restoring and maintaining order in Servia. mbassador at St. Peters- M. de Barante , F rench A bu rg h, left that capital on the 24th ult. for Wiburg. ___—.... _ . The Countess of Clarendon and her infant daugh ter are going on favourably at the Noble Lord's mansion, in Wilton-crescent. to th e , vlsitea tea dea re was de, • _, Reis' 1 quie t olleS lii 011 . 11 'Wen 711; 0 e. at b u rs l, re be "(Cu c as tle, in go°,l B r e ill in 0 9 ' hoot* ove 111. inley het of teal w i m e pt' a(:10 by .mpAu iel , ring to Set; urnero 6, 185 ' [v oiced ite ,mane s ions Ivo (w hose for the iberlAwl wus a c '. co vered Club 43. t opet°llll ing the prince.; °trade: thstan d; grea ten er Roy , . Hoof! :0 jig" ibridg ° Et y ester' House,' en seen the i t r year' r 4/ fi e tams °, r r ne verpoo, sidin al F _sr uar ,,,elit" r'ra the retris b Nice took r, Van' e th a : one 10 4tura e ver of 4a !e theyo,, e for ;, ;01 iced ° Inas , with are 0 619 ' ono' tell° Nl~'x°~~'ti~%"~ and unbounded ambition—he may carry fire and sword into Asia Minor, desolation among the Mussulman people, threaten the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and thus provoke the intervention of the European troops ready to sustain It. He may make his son march upon Constantinople, but this will not be suffered to be done with impunity. Should Ibrahim Paella dare to advance, his retreat will be for ever cut off. He will meet in Natolia a certain defeat, perhaps his grave, and will involve in his fall that of Mehemet Ali and his whole family. Europe will not enter a war but with repugnance and regret, and from imperious necessity, The Powers who have signed the Treaty of London are too highly placed to be acces sible to either hatred or vengeance. The convention is based only on equity, suitableness, and stability for the future ; its only end was the consolidation of the Otto man empire ; it demands of Mehemet Ali nothing but what is just, conformable to his own interests, and com patible with his dignity ; but in return it demands what is adapted to the wants of a general peace ; this is a truth which the Viceroy cannot but perceive. Let him yield, then, to the empire of necessity, and accept with gratitude from the hands of his young and magnanimous Sovereign, and from all Europe, the glory of having founded under their tutelary aegis a new succession ; he will thus transmit his works to posterity, will be blessed by his descendants, and will see his name honourably magnified in the pages history. " LAURIN. " HODGES. " Alexandria, 19th August." WAGNER. COMTE MEDEM. STATE OF PARIS. (From the Moniteur Parisien.) • At six in the evening a crowd began to form in the Rue de Petit Carreau, and moved towards the Rue Mauconseil. It amounted to about fifty people, who with knives or poignards in their hands attacked the post of troops of the line in the last named street, near the Rue Saint Denis, and by the suddenness of the onset succeeded in disarming the sentinel and in obtain ing another musket. But the soldiers immediately afterwards came out of the guard-house, dispersed the assailants, and retook the arms. The authorities were aware of some such intended attempt, and several detachments of Municipal Guards were kept in readiness to act. They arrived as the rioters were flying, and having caught several of them, soon dispersed the rest. About the same time two Na tional Guards of the 7th legion were disarmed, as they were going along the Rue Brisemiche by another band, evidently acting in concert with the first. Several persons were seen traversing the streets, armed with fowling-pieces. These disorders, however, being thus repressed at the outset, were not renewed. , Nume rous detachments of Municipal and National Guards and troops of the line paraded the Boulevards St. Denis and Saint Martin, and the adjacent quarters, and by half-past nine all was perfectly quiet. Several of the most prominent actors and exciters in the disturbance were arrested in the course of the night and yesterday morning. A man on horseback, who was distinguished as a leader of the attack on the post in the Rue Mau conseil, was pursued by four of the light cavalry, but he made good his escape. (From Galignasi's Messenger.) This account from the Moniteur is followed by the report of the sergeant named Arcez, who commanded the post in the Rue Mauconseil. He evidently behaved with great courage and coolness. His men did not fire when they attacked the rioters, but used their bayonets, and wounded several. The Ministerial journals state that in consequence of his conduct on this occasion Sergeant Arcez has received the decoration of the Legion of Honour. The Correctional Tribunal of Paris continued yes terday to judge several workmen brought before it on charges of coalition. Forty-six men were condemned to various terms of imprisonment, from a fortnight to three years, with subsequent surveillance of the police of from two to five years. The men corn prised house carpenters, saddlers, weavers, cabinet makers, coach-smiths, and mechanicians. Nineteen persons were yesterday brought before the Tribunal of Simple Police for not having dispersed after the usual summons made by the Commissaries of Police to the crowds collected at the Porte St. Martin and Porte St. Denuis, on Saturday last. Four were acquitted, and the rest were condemned only to the fines prescribed by law in such cases. Two men who, from their suspicious appearance and violent gesticulations, had attracted the observation of the Police, were arrested on Tuesday afternoon in the court of the Sainte Chapelle at the moment when one of them was giving to the other a poignard•knife. On being searched, three of these weapons were found upon them. A partial strike has been commenced by the journey men jewellers and stamped ornament makers. (From the Messager.) be equally ready to act in a body against their Govern- • nent, if involved in distress, as they doubtless will be, in -he event of a declaration of war with Great Britain and consequent blockade of the coast—knowing, as they will, that the cause of their distress is the quarrel of their rulers with the English. The fear of such a contin ;ency as the population siding with foreigners will pro bably have some weight with the Government. The in feriority of the naval forces of China, compared with those of European nations, must he evident to every one who has given the subject a moment's consideration ; and the hopelessness of any attempt at resistance on the part of a Chinese naval force, when opposed by a European one, has lately been sufficiently proved by the result of the engagement in November last between aer Majesty's ships Volage and Hyacinth and a large fleet of Chinese junks, besides which, many instances in addition might .be noticed, wherein clippers on the ,:oast, manned only by Lascars, have beaten off an im nensely superior force of Chinese war-junks. In many of the coast instances the odds against the clippers have oeen, in point of vessels, guns, and men, ten to one but in all instances the Chinese have bad the worst of it. If such le the case when the Chinese are opposed to imperfectly disciplined Lascars on board a merchant-ship, what must be expected when the Chinese have to measure their strength with well-appointed British men-of-war ? The Bogue is generally believed to be the strongest and most extensive fortification in China, and is boasted of sy the Chinese as such ; but its inefficiency to with itand a European force has been frequently proved. I need only cite the last occasion upon which its force was successfully combated by two British frigates, the Andromache and Imogene, on the 17th of Septem ber, 1834. The assailability of the empire in a most vital part, viz, at Nankin, by threatening that import int and wealthy city, and by blockading the Keang and Great Canal, would cause an almost incredible Amount of distress to the Government and people gene rally. Tue blockade of Keang River and Great Canal, which flows into it a little below Nankin, would liatress the Government and people much, cutting off, as it does, the supplies to the interior of salt and grain, which find their way into the interior by that way (almost solely), for the supply, not only of the popu lation, but as forming a most material item of the im perial revenue. In conclusion I would remark, that owing to the mass of evidence detailed above, as to the weakness of the Chinese Government to resist any foreign aggression, and influenced also by the opinion that the Chinese Government dare not, for the sake of its own stability, engage in any protracted struggle, which would be certain to involve the whole empire in a greater or less degree of distress, the more espe ciallycio od tthoa bet a y! a rbdosd foreigners r are e b e y r no and means for e ignn traders as the Government is ; I have come to the e th s e o e p x e c e l p u i s e ire as to conclusion that the struggle will not be a protracted one, but that the Chinese Government will see that they are opposed to an enemy such as they never have had before, and who possess means of annoying them and distressing tht.m of which they never before had an idea ; and they will thus be led to see that the only means by which they can save themselves from further foreign aggression will be, to come to such terms as the enemy will listen to. The terms proposed by the English Government are likely to be moderate, as the trade is of such vast im portance, that too much time must not be thrown away by attempting to gain too much ; but contenting her self in the mean time with fair terms, will leave acqui sitions of greater value to follow in the train of a pre sent arrangement for a more liberal system of commer cial intercourse. I fancy that the terms proposed to the Chinese will be something of the following sort :- Ist. An apology for the insult offered to the English through their representative, Captain Elliot. 2d. Com pensation for the property (opium) forcibly seized last year. On this point I think it likely the British Go vernment will be easy with the Chinese ; an d bein g of opinion that the Chinese can not p a y in mone y for the opium, I think that Great Britain will take compensa tion in the shape of commercial advantages, which, I think, the fears of the Chinese will induce them readily to grant. 3d. The granting of a treaty of commerce, securing a trade more extended, and not liable to the sudden and violent fluctuations which have hitherto marked the history of our commercial intercourse with China. The Chinese will, I think, not be greatly adverse to grant such a treaty, as it will likely lead them to believe . r ll o a na t f b o y r e a g r n r e a r r s q h n foreign t t h r e a y d n l h t e a r v m e s some emanating . - - wil for replying to all future applications of foreigners for a further extension of trade ; and, in reply to all com plaints of foreigners, they will be able to say, " the terms are of your own making, and must be attended to without allowing further alteration of any kind." This would afford the Chinese, I think;,the satisfaction of supposing that foreigners, having bound themselves to terms of their own making, would manifest no further turbulence, and thus the Emperor would be freed of the fear of foreign aggression. Whiist I do not, on the one hand, think the struggle will be protracted, on the other, I do not imagine that the present troubles are to be quieted without striking a blow. I have not such a poor opinion of the Chi nese as to imagine that they will give in at once on the appearance of the British force ; but I do think that the destruction of the Bogue forts, the blockade of the coasts and principal ports of China, and the forays of the troops which are coming in fro= India, will in a few months frighten the Chinese so much, that they will tie willing to listen to our terms. Suppose that the force arrived there so as to begio active operations in June ; I am quite of opinion that by December of this year our relations with the Chinese will have assumed such a form as will admit of the resumption of trade, pending the anal settle ment of the question by the arranging of a treaty of port, at terms averaging about ,5400 to $450-1 said prices will fluctuate as the supplies come in in greater or less quantities, at Rs. 400 to Rs. 500 per chest. In India there is little fear but that handsome profits will be made in opium for a long time to come. At lower rates it is hardly worth the trouble and anxiety attending dealings in it, and the profit ought to be great to make up for the same. The prospects for opium speculations ought not, therefore, to be overlooked by those contemplating the best means of placing funds in China, for the purpose of operating on produce to En - gland. It remains to be noticed, that the supplies here this year, of tea suited to the English market, have been very short, which has been caused, no doubt, as follows : Tne teamen and Hong merchants have been in the habit of sending large orders, about the months of May and June annually, for quantities of teas suited to the English market to the interior, but did not do so to the same extent last year ; owing, no doubt, to the equivocal state of the English relations with the Chi nese ; and it may also be expected that the same causes will operate this season, in preventing the same amount of teas for supply of season 1840 and 1841 being ordered by the dealers and Hong merchants. It must also be borne in mind that the system of European houses making contracts with the Hong merchants for a certain number of chops of tea, for the preparation 01 which tie European houses were wont to advance large sums of money to the Hongs, is now, owing to existing state of matters, knocked on the head ; and therefore the Hongs, even were we to suppose them willing, have not really the power to bring forward the usual amount of teas suited to the English market in season IS4O and 1841. So confident am I as to the correct ness of the foregoing observations as to the prospects of supply of tea for 1841, that I feel justified in assert ing that nothing but an earlier resumption of the trade than I look for will throw it out ; and of such contin gency I see little prospect, and even if I did I would still argue for a short supply of tea for season 1840 and 1841. It must also be borne in mind that the supply for season 1839 and 1840 was considerably short of the annual average supply. I have now placed before you fully my views as to the China question, the formation of which has, I assure you, cost me much attentive study and thought. Matters at Canton are still in a queer state, and al though the trade has been opened, none of the Manilla ships which have arrived lately have been secured. The Alabama, alluded to in the inclosed, has been pe remptorily refused admittance (by Lin, it is said), and her master has gone up to try to get her in, by telling, the Hong merchants that unless they admit him ho can not pay them what he owes them. as all his means to pay them arc on board the ship. There are still seve ral vessels from Manilla expected, but it is doubtful if they now go inside. I do not alter my estimate of maximum of Tea export for this season, being 25,000,000 lbs. PORTSMOUTH. SUBMARINE OPERATIONS. Spithead has been within the present week a scene of diversified exertion in sub-marine work. Colonel Pasley has been prosecuting his operations on the Royal George and the Edgar, Mr. Abbinett his on the Boyne, and Mr. Deane and Mr. Edwards their most interesting works on the wreck of the Mary Rose, sunk in the reign of Henry the Eighth. The Mary Rose lies in about eight fathoms of water, and not very far from the Royal George. Mr. Steele, of the County Clare, in the prosecution of his new princi ple of sub-marine illumination of objects in dark and muddy water, has been this week down on the wreck in Mr. Deane's water-tight dress and diving helmet, making some observations and experiments. A. di ling bell is, we understand, :preparing under Co lonel Paslcy's orders, to be used in his operations on the Royal George. TEMPERANCE. ---Let it be recorded, to the honour of the captors, that though Ghuznee was carried by storm, after a resistance stout enough to have roused the angry passions of the assailants, the Affghans were everywhere spared when they ceased to fight; and it is itself a moral triumph, exceeding in value and duration the praise of the martial achievement of the troops, that, in a fortress capture d b y assault, not the slightest insult was offered to one of the females found in the zunanu within the walls of the citadel. This forbearance, and these substantive proofs of excellent discipline, reflect more credit on officers and men than the indisputable skill and valour displayed in the operation. But let me not be accused of foisting in unfa irl y a favourite topic, or attempt ing to detract from the merit of the troops, when I re mark in how great a degree the self-denial, mercy, and generosity of the hour may be attributed to the fact of the European soldiers having received no spirit ration since the Bth of July [the place was captured on the 234 and having found no intoxicating liquor amongst the plunder of Ghuz nee. No candid man of aay military experience will dens that the character of the scene in the fortress and citadel would have been far different if individual soldiers had en tered the town primed with a:rack, or if spirituous liquors had been discovered in the Affghan depots. Since, then, it has been proved that troops can make forced marches of forty miles, and storm a fortress in seventy-five minutes, without the aid of rum, behaving after success with a for bearance and humanity unparalleled in history, let it not henceforth be argued that distilled spirits are an indispen sable portion of a soldier's ration. The medical officers of this army have distinctly attributed, to their previous absti nence from strong drink, the rapid recovery of the wounded at Ghusnee.— Captain Havelock's Narrative. 'IGEN CE, THE StlN‘ LONDON , SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1840. AFFAIRS OF SERVIA. The Augsburg Gazette states that the Diet at Tap sidore, with t ie approbation of Turkey and Russia,bas pronounced for the return of Prince Milosch to Servia, as the only one capable of maintaining order. The Paris papers of yesterday (Thursday) contain some strong articles on the late proceedings of Napier in S 3 ria. The Debats and the National (extrerne meet) are very angry at the conduct of the French Ca binet. According to the Courrier Francais the Paehs was very nearly putting an embargo on British vessels but.little doubt was entertained that he would stop the transit of the future India mails. SYRIA. TRANSLATION OF A DECLARATION OR MANIFESTO OF THE NATIONS AND INHA BITANTS OF MOUNT LEBANON AND SYRIA. A notification to all who may happea to peruse it. Whereas the incessant demands for money, the great losses sustained, and the impressment for hard labour which have lately befallen us to such a degree a, most of the people bad not even the mewls left them of procuring their own necessary subsistence, are wel; known and ascertained by all persons ; nevertheless for the sake of preserving our lives, our honour, and our families from violence, as well as for the sake of pursuing our daily occupations, we endured all these iniquities with patience, in obedience to the commands of our noble Lord the Emeer Besheer, out of gratitude and of loyalty to him for his protection to, and his domination over us, as well as for the sake of the faithful services he has rendered the present Government (of Mohammed Ali) while he, Emeer Besheer, on the other hand, from the goodness of hi , heart comforted and appeased us, promising at tin same time all safety and tranquillity, and no oppres sion or violence to us. But this government being treacherous, deceitful, and ungrateful, have alreacl considered the services of his Highness (Emeei Besheer) as good for nothing, and have even shown to him their malignity while lie was at Tarsus, when he tried to be excused and retire from them. Ever since that period they have, as most of the people know, commenced the system of intrigue, deceit, and intimidation, for the purpose of alienating and disuniting the people from each other ; demand ing at the same time the arms of some of our nations, then a general disarming, and afterwards a con scription and enlistment of our brave youths in the new plan of tactics ; thereby placing the whol, population under the bondage slavery, whose end is cer tain death, and preventing them ever uniting again with each other. But the nature and character of man are various and dissimilar ; some weak persons sun mitted and others resisted ; and these latter have bravely fought and killed immense numbers of his (Mohammed Ali's) troops, while the loss on their part was very small indeed. To these brave men praise is deservedly due; they and their fathers were the men who resisted and fought the French at the time they were asked to deliver up their arms and to be en slaved in this tyrannical manner. But no—they cried out in one united voice—" Death, death, death, is far pre ferable to us,' and by that courage they had routed 150 000 Frenchmen, while their own number was very small indeed. Tills is a true fact, and recorded in history. For these brave men we say more praise is due than to the French, because all of you know they were but undis ciplined Arabs. Our present wretched and oppressive condition, therefore, requires no philosophy or divina tion ; experience and the lapse of time are the best teachers, and the best guides ; treachery, deceit, and intrigues have been fully practised upon us ; discord and dissension, there,ore, amongst us are u certain cup o'• death to all of us. Let us, then, and all those who are placed under the same yoke of slavery, unite cordially and rise imme diately for our freedom, before we repent and lament our apathy and discord. Let an assembly of wise men be formed in a convenient spot and constituted into a council, upon whose advice and management to rely in every respect. These men shall be chosen from our different nations or tribes, say five or less from every town and village, as the case may be, according to circumstances ; and after the complete organization of this body of councilmen, let them haw the power to choose even ten thousand, if they like, out of the bravest of our heroes (who love war and death voluntarily, and who are renowned for courage and daring feats), and to form them as a permanent body a' defence and protection to our people and country, sup plying them with ammunition and arms instead of the forced contributions that are daily imposed upon us by that tyrant (Mehemet Ali). Then there will be no doubt that every one of those brave soldiers will exert and distinguish himself, like the heros of the ancient Mokbaeen (P) whose single men killed tens, their tens killed hundreds, and so forth ; and thus let the members of the Council cor respond with each other in every place ; and if a cala mity or distress should befal one nation of ours, let u, all share in it alike, binding ourselves sincerely to each other, and relying on the aid and the support of thi Almighty God, from all our hearts praying Him to guide and direct us with His Divine wisdom in this our just and equitable cause for deliverance from tyrannical sla very and death. We have cite example of the Greeks before our eyes—let us not despair, God being our help. CHINA. The following covvespondanco from China will be found very interesting. We recommend the concluding paragraphs to the attention of British merchants en gaged in the China trade :-- EXTRACT OF CORRESPONDENCE FROM MR THOMAS EDMOND, DATED MACAO, APRIL 17, AND 26,1840. MACAO, APRIL 17.—The period is now approaching close when a trial of strength will take place between the English and the Chinese, which must terminate either in our being excluded altogether from intercourse with the Celestial Empire, or our being obliged to con tinue our trade under any restrictions they choose to dictate, or else that we shall have a definite and settled arrangement for the future conduct of our trade with China, which will increase the value of our commerce with this country to an almost incalculable amount. It is a matter of the utmost importance to parties in terested in this trade to ascertain, if possible, not only the probable ultimate result of the struggle which is just about to begin between a great, but semi-barbarous na tion, and the most warlike, most highly civilised, and most wealthy nation in Europe. The authority I shall quote from, in support of toy , arguments in favour of a speedy settlement of the pre sent difficulties, is Mr. Davis, late her Majesty's Cuief Superintendent of Trade in China, who has published a work on China (" Davis on the Chinese," in two vo lumes, published by Charles Knight, 22, Ludgate-street, London), which is decidedly the best I have yet seen. Whilst noticing the authority from which I quote, I may also mention that I give these quotations—say refer ences—as beicg quite in accordance with what I have had an opportunity myself of seeing in China. The first thing to consider is the power of resistance to an invading force possessed by the Chinese. Great weakness of the Government is to be argued from the fact of its tolerating the existence of an inde pendent race of natives in the provinces of Knucllow and Kwangse, called the Meawtse, which have at various periods given the Government much trouble. Another and most important evidence of the weak ness of the Chinese Government is the fact—a Go vernor of a province is never forgiven in allowing a dis turbance to arise within his jurisdiction. It matters not that Government do not place at his disposal force enough to keep all disturbances down. The Govern ment, in event of a disturbance taking place, care only whether the officers on the spot manage to quell it with little inconvenience or alarm to the Emperor. So great is the fear of any commotion or excitement among the people, that the occurrence of such in any of the pro vinces is almost sure to ruin the Governor of said p ovince. Ching-she-Wong's and Roslinja's extensive piracies, which were only at las t su pp ressed b y conferr ing honours on the grandson of Roslinja, offered also an important evidence of the weakness of the Chinese Government, and that too at a period when the ruling power was more warlike than at present ; and shows also the serious light in which the parties were looked upon i by Government, by inducing them t o ado p t the most vigo rous measures for their destruct . o n. An i nfin itely smaller European force than the native one pos sessed by Roslinja would strike with terror the Go vernment, owing to its immense superiority in point of arms, discipline, tactics, &c., and would force the Government into an early submission to the terms dic tated, as the only means of salvation from foreign ag gression. That the Chinese, as a military power, are utterly contemptible, is a fact which must become evi dent to every one who has an opportunity of judging of their military material, viz., their arms, equipment, dis cipline, and tactics ; and whilst it must be granted that the foreigner at Canton has but limited means of has;Lle an:dn, f t t hatitoees elit e seeing et C a t t t : 1 111 7 ) 1 l e ce i province ol military,ivnifenr scoeem a r my,ii st t generallyhm t he stft a rc h e w e tsoropo believedobp c o p r s t u oh i r i en i opportunities snc foreignerohm contain C ti picked men of the army. Among some of the most important proofs of the in security and weakness of the Chinese Government may be instanced the fact of the existence of the numerous societies, having for their aim the subversion of the pre sent Chinese dynasty, of the existence of which societies the Chinese Government is perfectly aware , b ut unable (or more pro b a bl y afraid) to adopt anv con tinued energetic me a sures to remedy the evil . I s it stretching probability too far, to urge that the Go vernment fear any prolonged contest with foreigners may encourage the leaders of these societies to ava il themselves of the opportunity to carry their &themes into execution ? The people of the northern province in the neighbourhood of the Canton province, arc dis tinguished for their turbulent character ; and although this feature has for many years past only exhibited it se lf in private broils and feuds among the various clans o r i families of the inhabitants, t is not improbable they may SPORTIN commerce. As regards imports from India of the great staples, cotton and opium, the prospects are, I think, very en couraging on the re-opening of the trade. The total import of cotton this year, say since the foreigners quitted Canton in May last, and including all the cot ton which was in ships outside (which had arrived just immediately previous to, or after the imprisonment of, all foreigners, and which, iniconsequence, could not carry up their cargoes to Wharapoa), amounts only to 164,819 bales, which consists of the following :—Bom bay, 113,599 bales ; Bengal, 38,220 ; and Madras, 13,000—total, as above stated. The whole of this quantity (with the exception of 15,000 to 28,000 bales, which will remain in deposit at Macao and Manilla), will have reacted the market before the port is clased, and will, Kith the stocks now in Can: ton, be worked off before the re-opening of the trade. The supply of the season, you will notice as stated above at 164,819 bales, has been very short, in conse quence of which very high prices have ruled throughout the season. The same arguments that apply to the prospects of advantageous results of shipments of European manufactures, which reach the China market on re-opening of the trade, apply also to prospects for cotton. With regard to opium, I must remark that the prudence of embarking in it at all will vary much de pend upon the course adopted regarding it by the British Government, and the force which is coming here. So :ong as the British Government refrain from taking any active steps for putting down the smuggling of opium on the coasts of China, the opium trade will continue to flourish, and continue (if it be managed with prudence) the most lucrative branch of business here. The Chinese cannot, I am now quite convinced, put the trade down of themselves, and I see no reason why (nor do I think it all likely to happen) Britain should interfere, and be come the preventive-service men of China. It comes to be a question, if the force coming here will interfere with the operations of the opium ships on the coast (this point will, I fancy, be ascertained in India), in the event of a general blockade being established. To prove to you the fact that the Chinese have not has been 19,000 chests. This themselves the power to put down the opium trade, I that have gone to Manilla ; but must only state that I have ascertained that the quan tity=ported to China. From the of opium imported (including the quantity that was not delivered to the Chinese, in April last, and that as it is all destineladllcfoaaronsthcloenlylCecheti,,.nidfseenen: sent to Manilla by the Portuguese) since the Ist of f ke o t, vo l r think it J fn u e n hi e d l e a s st m u a p ny til e l a n rg o o w e , s delivery since Jung last of 11,000 appear at first sight market, I am led to believe ibutast fair information to include that the stock at present in China is about 8,800 chests, whichche sthesis. . will TheB li ow a present large ; but its being so large may be accounted for by stock may o_ last year tiie supply Up to December f was so li mited, the demand so great, and the parties engaged in the trade so few, that prices were very high, say as other means, than high as $ 8 00 or $9OO per chest, f and in some instances as much as $1,400 was got for small quantities sold in single balls at Tong 1(oo and ff. Hong Kong. Since De cembei , however , the importations have been very large ; in fact, the greater part of Manilla !ib ove-named importation has arrived here and at while, owing to the limited number of vessels on the coast and the few parties engaged in th e t ra ffic, the me nus of quitting the drug have been much below the w a nts of either the supply of the drug or the demand on the coast. In cons equence of the supp li es h av i ng co me in since December last., all in lumps as it ware, much opium has beep store . at Manilla and Tong Koo, which would, had th on pl pies be t e o vela i extent coma on gradually, have long e re this o ridetivered to the Chi nese. The consequence f such large supplies beim; thrown into the market at l once, and the carelessness of parties to bold, seeingbt let they could easily quit at an enormous profit, has roug it prices down. quotations I have seen are as follow The last quota : Patna and Mehra on the coast $ far 600 to $650 ; Be nares, not salea ble, except to the northward, where small quantities went at same rate \ as Patna ; at Macao, $5OO, and Lieber,. $5OO. At Tong Patna $49 to by $lO than at Macao. Prices on Koo prices lower sou expected to go down to $5OO, the coast were on acco unt of conape taion. Consid er i ng th e nu tter altogether, I see r eason to think that even under the pre sent severe restrictive measures adopted by the Chi nese Government, t he people will m a nage t o take off about two.thirds of former average annual im- CAUTION TO TRAVELLERS.—The following would not be worth notice had not the reporter seen the g, same trick on travellers played at least twenty times durin g the last six months. A gentleman, the other evening, had got out of a cab at the corner of Euston-square ' and (about a quarter before eight) was protesting strongly against the rascality of the cabman driving him to the Bir mingham instead of the Great Western Railway station. The cabman, knowing that the gentleman's object was not to miss the train to take him horse, and that he could not punish such gross imposition without a journey from the west of England for the purpose, was excessively abusive. He, however, modestly proposed for a fresh fare to gallop his horse to the Great Western, and be in time, if the gentleman would pay for five miles. It is barely two miles and a half ; but the reporter advised the gentleman (whom he recognised as the prin cipal manager of a large concern in the Vest to submit to the imposition as one of the annoyances of life, knowing that although there were at least fifty cabs close to hint not one cabman would take him. The trick is almost universally with these cabmen, to drive a stranger in the dark to the wrong railroad station ; to delay on the road to the last moment, and then, when the unfortunate traveller finds himself on the point of losing the night, to extort a high fare for carrying him to the proper destins tion. They dare not play these tricks upon persons re sident in town ; they only play them upon travellers— strangers ; and it is to be hoped that they will be, some of these fine days, caught in their own trap. The only advice that can be given to gentlemen so annoyingly situated is this—take the number of the cab, and on your next journey to town go to Somerset House and find out the proprietor of it. Lay an information against him. The police Magistrates will have no mercy on such nefa rious practices. THE LAW RESPECTING GAME CERTIFie ekrits.—At the Uxbridge Petty Sessions, on Tuesday, Mr. G. Newman, jun., the son of a farmer at Hayes, ap peared before the sitting Magistrates, to answer an infor mation preferred against him by the Earl of Berkeley, for having used a gun on the 15th of August, without having previously taken out a certificate under the 52d of Geo. 111., cap. 93, according to the 12th section of the schedule of which he had thereby rendered himself liable to a pe nalty not exceeding 20/. It appeared that, although the defendant, at the time he had used the gun, which was in one of his father's own fields, had not obtained his certifi cate, he had actually paid for the amount of it to the col lector of assessed taxes, and had the receipt. Several gentlemen here said the greatest difficulty had of late been experienced in obtaining certificates, and that in consequence the course adopted by Mr. Newman of paying the duty to the assessor was frequently Fur sued. Mr. Woodbridge (who is clerk to the Magistrates as well as assessor) observed, the certificates had not been sent down from the office of taxes in time to enable per sons to shoot this season. Even the complainant himself had several times applied before he could obtain his. Sir W. Wiseman remarked, it would perhaps have been better had not Mr. Newman, jun., commenced shooting before he got his certificate. The Bench said they were called upon to execute a painful duty. They would do all they could in favour of the defendant, which at that moment would only be to inflict the lowest penalty—viz., of 10/., in addi tion to which they would join in a recommendation to the Board of Taxes to remit even that penalty, as they were convinced the defendant had no intention to deft aud the revenue. The defendant immediately paid the morey. TRICKS OF HORSE DEALERS.—A person, who gave his name William Pitt, applied to Mr. Rawlin son, at the Marylebene Police-office, for his advice and as sistance under the following circumstances :—Applicant stated he attended Barnet fair, and being in want of a horse, purchased one which he thought would answer his purpose for twelve sovereigns. The animal was warranted perfectly sound and free from blemish ; but, after he had got it home, he found out that it was broken-winded, and was likely very soon to be a " dead 'tin." Mr. Rawlinson— On making this discovery, what did you do? Apphcant —I tried the next morning to find out the man as I bought him on, but afore I got as far as Finchley the poor cretur died. Mr. Rawlinson—What do you think I can do for you? Applicant—l've been reg'lar done, your Worship, that's quite clear; and it's likewise certain that the horse had summit given to it as was wrong. Mr. Rawlinson— How do you know that ? Applicant—Because hc'e been opened, Sir, and a large quantity o: lead was found in his inside. They gives it often to the broken-winded 'tins; there's nothing like lead for stopping the lights from blow ing, and thereby deceiving the purchaser. After some further conversation, the Magistrate granted a summons against James Golding, the seller, for "fraudulently ob taining twelve sovereigns from the applicant by selling him a horse warranted sound, but which proved unsound, and soon after the purchase was made died." By the barque Sancred, Batten master, from St. Lucie, in forty-tour days, arrived off Fahnouth, we have had letters, of little importance , however, as to detail, in co nsequence of the recent arrival of the West India p acket. A proclamation had been issued by M. Everard, Esq., Acting Governor, by which a current sterling value is placed upon the colonial coins. Mocoes and semi marques as fol lows :—the moco to be equ ivalent to feud to 10d. stcrl the ; the two mocoes piece to Is. 83. ; t a e 2s. 63. ; and dog, or sous marque, id. sterling. From a Correspondent of the Morning Post.) If I am to believe atl I hear, the horses engaged in the St. Leger are every one of them amiss. This is very disagreeable intelligence to one who, from personal obser vation of the horses, their running, and the betting, under takes to supersede the judge in naming the winner. The betting on this great race has been favourable to bookmakers. In the absence of competition, the two or three have been enabled to regulate the market. Had Cr. e fix stood her ground we should not have seen 8 to 1 taken about a Galen or a Broad wath. Launcelot opened the market at 3 to 1. He then re ceded to 11 to 2, the greatest odds ever bet against him, and has very gradually attained his present honour able position. Crucifix was backed at 3 to 1, sto 2, and 4 to 1 previously to the declaration of her being amiss before Goodwood. She then was dead, at least so . surmised by what took place at the last-named course. She has been backed, nevertheless, to win thousands upon thousands. Alas, for those who have backed her 1 It was announced on Thursday that she had broke down, and, consequently, would not go to Done is ter. The highest odds bet against her were 25 to 1. Gibraltar was backed first at 10 to 1, then in the Liverpool Meeting at 20. finally ns high as 7 to 2. where be is sta. tionary as old Time. Galen, immediately after the Derby, was backed at 33 to 1, rose to 25; in consequence of his lefeat at Newcastle receded to 50 to 1, offered; for the same reason, and no other, was backed at Goodwood at 8 to 1!! Oh you foolish public 1 Broadwath also first ap peared at 30 to 1 : be never ran a race in his life, but was so heavily backed for the Liverpool Cup that 8 to 1 was taken freely about him for the St. Leger; he ran last, but bas since been talked of at 15 to 1. I never would, ►►or will I now, hear of him on any terms whatever. The Shah was fancied from 20 to 12 to 1 : since his defeat by Dr. Caius 40 to I has been taken to a small sum. Maroon, after being beat at the Hippodrome. was at a 1,000 to 15—he was then amiss : by Goodwood he had risen to 25 to 1 ; in the mid dle of last month as little as 12 to 1 was taken about him, lfter which 20 to I was offered in vain. He has been backed for a great deal of money at various odds. Here ends the lot up to 20 to 1, at which price Welfare, Theoa, And Dr. Caius have been quoted, but scarcely backed for 300 the trio. From this to 25 to 1 we have beheld Con federate, St. Andrew, Calypso, and Drayton. St. Andrew was backed to win a great stake at Liverpool, but this did not affect him in the odds : he has been at New market. Calypso, without being backed for an old shoe, rose in two days from 50 to 1 to 20 to 1, taken, and this speaks more for her merits than her public running, which, without being first-rate, is, however, good. The Young.un was backed for the Liverpool St. Leger, but was beat a distance by Dr. Caius, a horse in the same stable ; 30 and 40 to 1 have been booked to a small sum about him. Viceroy, Drayton, and Amurath complete the division under 40 to 1 ; the two former I really believe are amiss ; the latter is one of those bene ficial investments that can run but won't. Ho was tracked in consequence of his dead heat for second place with the Melody colt at Ascot, when St. Francis won the Vase. I perceive I have omitted Trustee, the only other horse backed under 40 to 1. A pony or reuleau has bee❑ occasionally thrown away on the following, but they have, none of them been what I term backed :—Alonzo, Muley Ishmael, July, Mountain Sylph, Christinetta, Fitzroy, and Gambia. Twenty-five, therefore, is the number of horses and mares in the betting for this great race. I have usually been enabled to give you a pretty accu rate list of the horses and their riders on the Saturday pre viousto the great race : the following is as nearly correct as I can make it, but changes of jockeys will occur at the eleventh hour : Launcelot Holmes. Maroon W. Scott. Gibraltar Dr. Caius Tommy Lye. Calypso Cartwright. Trustee Darling. Broadwath (doubtful. ) Fitzroy Trenn. St. Andrew (doubtful.) . am aware my selection will be considered singular, but shrewdly suspect that the field will not exceed the above number, being but two more than started in Don John's year, although there are ,nearly double the;number of no minations. If there is any outsider I fancy it is the Doctor. Cru cifix will not go for the St. Leger. Theon has been amiss so recently that he has not the shadow of a chance. St. Andrew, Fitzroy, Trustee shall win no St. Leger for me. Gibraltar must occupy the same position in the race he does in the betting; he will undoubtedly get second place, unless, as has twice happened within twelve months, my first and second horses should choose to run a dead heat. It is my firm and deliberate conviction that Launcelot, well, and fit to run, would give any horse likely to start for the St. Leger 7lbs. and beat him. I opine that Laun celot is not himself. Under such circumstances, this ce lebrated horse is out of the question, and for a variety of reasons too long for present explanation, I must select Ma roon and William Scott to carry off the Great Doncaster St. Leger. Sept. 11. JUDEX. ARRIVAL OF HORSES AT DONCASTER. (From the Doncaster Gazette.) The period of the arrival of the respective competitor► for the ensuing races, by the very general adoption of the van system, being rendered somewhat protracted, prevents the list of arrivals from being large ; but there is every reason to believe the number will equal former years. The horses arrived for the ht. Leger tip to the time of going to press, are : Mr. Mosty's br c Trustee, by Sir Gray or Birdeatcher Mr. Dawson's br c The Young- un, by Satan—Miss Branch Mr. Meiklam's ch c Broadwath, by Liverpool—Albany ' Mr. Powlett's b c by Liverpool, out of Miss Fanny's dam Col. Synge's b c Polydorus, by Priam, out of Rose Duke of Cleveland's eh e by Langer, out of Emigrant's darn Mr. Harrison's br f Tornado, by Liverpool, dam by Wanton. Beside. these, are expected Gibraltar, Diderot, Fitz roy, Confederate, Pathfinder. Doctor Coins, Calypso. s and others. The string of horses from Pigburn, including Launcelot, The Shah, Maroon, Gambia, Sleight of-Hand, The Morning Star, Satirist, Chris tinetta, and many others, will, as usual, arrive an Sunday. Those under the care of Heseltine, Johnson, Cooper, and J. Day will be here either to day or to morrow, as well as some others of Dawson's, and several under the care of private trainers. The horses now in the town for the other stakes, are— Lord Eglinton's br h St. Bennett, by Catton, 6 yrs Mr. Fairlie's ch h Abraham Newland, by Malek, 6 yrs . . , Lord Eglinton's b f Cbivalry, by Muley Moloch, 2 yra Col. Craufurd's br c Ermengardis, by Langar, 2 yrs Mr. Powlett's b f Kedge, by Sheet Anchor, 2 yrs Duke of Cleveland's b c Sampson. by Cetus—Pucelle, 4 yrs Lord Kelburne's b c by Muley Moloch—Actaeon, 2 yrs Lord Kelburne's b f by Jerry, 2 yrs Mr. Maifleet's br c Lothario, by Lambtonian, 2 yrs Mr. Milner's b c Humphrey, by Sandbeek, 5 yrs Mr. Richardson's ch c Kingston Robin, 3 yrs Mr. Allen's b f Orelia, by St. Nicholas—Peter Lely, 4 yrs Mr. Allen's b f Antigua, by Mulatto, out of Alice, 4 yrs Mr. Allen's ch c Belgrade, by Belshazzar— Alice, 2 yrs Mr. Brooke's ch f Moonbeam by Tomboy—Lunatic 2 yrs ABINGDON RACES--THURSDAY, The Produce Sakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft ; for three yrs old ; colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b ; untried horses and mares allowed 31b. One mile. (2 Subs. ) Mr. I. Day's f, by Nimrod, out of Busk (Chapple) 1 Mr. Forster's f, by Bizarre, out of Maria Won easy. The Cup, by Subscriptions of 10 sore. each, far all ages ; three yrs old, Gst 121 b ; four, Bst 31b ; five, Bst 12Ib ; six, 9st 31b; and aged, 9st 51b; mares, &c., allowed 31b; winners of a Cup or of 100 sovs. this year, 71b extra. Heats, about two miles and a half. The winner to be sold for 500/., &c. (11 Subs.) Hon. S. Herbert's Clarion, 4 yrs Mr. I. Day's Tamburini, 4 yrs 9 Mr. Corbet's Jenny Jones, 4 yrs A fine race, and was won by half a length. The Old Berkshire Hunt Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for horses that have been hunted ; three-yrs-old, 9st 21b ; four, lOst 51b ; five, I Ist ; six, llst 51b ; and aged, I Ist 71b ; tho rough-bred horses 101bs extra, and a winner of 200 sovs. 71bs extra. The second horse to save his stake, and the win ner to be sold for 1001. Heats two miles. (Nine subs.) Mr. B. Wrought= nd Harkaway, 6 yrs (Mr. Hussey) 1 1 Mr. H. Palmer nd Cerebus, 4 yr. Won easy. The Holme Park Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 15 added; three-yrs-old, 6st 131 b ; four, Bst 31b ; five, Bst Illb ; six and aged, 9st 11b. The winner to be sold for 1001., &c. Heats, the Abingdon Course. (Nine subs.) Lord Barrington nd bc by Longwaist, (Chapple) I 2 1 Captain Pettat's Caliph , a g ed Mr. Osbaldeston's Auburn , 4 y rs Mr. I. Day's Science , 4 yrs The first heat xas won by half a length; the second by half a neck ; andthe third by a neck. The Witham Stakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft; for three-yrs-old, ist `)lb ; and four yrs, Bst 71b ; mares, &c., allowed gibs. Two miles. (3 Subs.) Hon. S. Herbert's Clarion , 4 y rs !NORFOLK AND NORWICH RACES.--WEDNESDAY. The Norfolk and Norwich Plate of 501. Heats, two miles ar d a half. Mr. J. Turner's Fitzambo, 4 yrs (May) 1 1 Mr. Horner's Powick, 6 yrs •••••• •••••••' 3 2 Mr. Land's Foxhunter , 5 y rs ...................... 4 3 Mr. Reynold's harlequin, 5 yrs ..................... ... 2 4 Fitzambo the favourite. Won both heats easily. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, and 40 added. Mile and a (puler heats. Captain lye's Folly , 2 y rs, Bst (E. Edwards) 1 1 1 Mr. Bircharn's Di ana, 3 y rs, Bst 2b Mr. Abel's Luther , a g ed, 9st 3lb Mr. homers Clift on, 6 y rs, Bst lnlb 4 4 Won by half a length. The Licensed Horsedea' threes of 3 tot s. each, and 30 added, &c., NVCI e won in heats by Mr. Smith's Daniel, beating two others easily. . _ RADCLIFFE BRIDGE RACE ) S—WEDNESDAY. (CONCLUDED. The Ladies' Purse, with a handicap of 2 SON'S. each, added, a ged, 9st. 121 b. (owner), b ea ti ng Lady bless'.ngton, twice retol d and a dis., was won in two h ea t s b y M r. smith ' s Mischief, g s t., and Bravo, Bst., easily. The Back Stakes, with 5/. add e d, were won in two heats by Mr. Parkes Felt filly (owner), . ; THE ARCHINIEDES.—This vessel, which has excited so much attention from her being propellc d by an Archimedean screw, was on Thursday hauled into the King's Dock, at Rotherhithe, to undergo repairs. It ap pears that during her recent voyage off the coast of Hol land she struck a shoal of rocks, which caused a large breach in her keel, from which she was got off with great difficulty, and the hole temporarily secured with canvass. The repairs will only occupy a day or two, when the Ar chimedes will bo again ready for sea. BRIDGEWATER.—At J. R. Ward, Esq., of Brid g i ve n to his late deliverance from an unparalleled prosecution, billin I Leveisha, of Stogursey, near that town gewaatperu,btoliccodnignrialteurlat him on i 1 with a loaf of bread weighing upwards of 30IbPsrl .„ a man of 0 , inustice tends, and often aims, to depri s t of producing bread, it has in this instance had the effix presented for its object an unusual allowance. EVENING _EDITION. ONL.IMA IT Y . NEW (FRIDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—The remarkable feature in to-day's Money Market has been an improvement in the prices of the Railway Shares, in spite of a depression in the oublic securities, It will be remembered that the great fill in the Share Market was oeeasicned by the intelligence of the failures at Manchester. It was soon ascertained that the extent of those failures had been overrated, and a consequent change of feeling having taken place, per sons are found willing to buy .at the reduced prices, several orders to purchase having coma up from Liver. pool. Hence a movement is occasioned which is en tirely independent of the political relations of the country. Consols opened in the morning at a low price, but showed a disposition to improve, when the expresses from Paris caused a fall, from which, however, Consols slightly recovered before the close of business. Tile fall of the continuation shows that there is still an inclina tion to speculate further for the fall. CHRONICLE.—The Consol Market has wain relapsed into an unsettled state. Consols for the Ac count, which closed at 88, opened this morning at 81 to but some of the Bears showing themselves buyers, the price advanced to 87i to 4, at which quotation, however, some large sales were effected, which caused a gradual decline to 87 sellers. From that point an im provement of about 4 per cent took place, the price advancing to 87-4-, again declined to 87, and finally closed at 871 to being a fall of about per cent. on the closing quotations of yesterday. This depression was caused by a further fall in French Rentes on Wednes day. The Paris prices, however, published in this morning's papers, on being compared with ac curate private accounts, proved to be incor rect, the fall having been 3 per cent. on Wednesday, and the real quotations of the French Three per Cents. on that day for the Account 73 50 instead of 7 4 50. Notwithstanding the partial improvement in Consols which took place before the close of business here, as noticed above, it was understood that those connected with the French expresses had received in telligence of a further fall having taken place in the French Rentes, besides the decline to which our pre ceding remarks bear reference. The Share Market is much firmer to-day, and an improvement has taken place in the leading lines. The prices from the country came better this morning, and it has been generally believed for the last two or three days that the reports of the failures in Manches ter throwing so large a quantity of shares upon the market were exaggerated. Instead of the house of Forth having engagements for 300,0001. or 400,0M0/., or anything of that amount, their debts, as we stated at the first, exclusive of shares, do not exceed 60,0001., if they be so much ; and it is sAid that theit connection with the Share Market is less extensive than was represented. At all events, the market here Las rallied. The Liverpool and Manchester people are known to • be largely engaged in railway speculations, and when any adverse news affects mercantile or manufacturing houses in those places. an apprehension is immediately felt here as to the effect upon shares, and a flatness is thus produced, sometimes, perhaps, without cause, and generally beyond what the occasion may really warrant. Private letters from Madrid of the 2d inst. give an interesting account of the state of that capital which re mained in apparent tranquillity, and much credit is given to the Liberal party for the peaceful manner in which they have conducted affairs, in effecting the establishment of a provisional directory. M. Ferrer, who is nominatA the chief, is represented as a man of the greatest respectability. and as one who enjoys public esteem. He has been several times spoken of as Minister of Finance, but has hitherto uniformly refus.l to accept office. Great apprehensions, however, prevailed in Madrid that Gen. Leon or O'Donnel might appear to dissolve the provi sional government by force, in order to prepare the way for the arrival of the Queen Regent. Diego Leon is one of those fortunate men who have risen rapid;y to mi- litary rank, and who, for the sake of ingratiating him self with those in power, may, it is feared, be induced to commit some rash act. We learn as a positive fact that agents have been sent by the Provisional Government to all the principal towns in Spain, to request their Cor porations to support their views ; and should the Queers Regent persist in the same line of policy, very serious, results are expected. Under those unfortunate eireuvr,_ stances the value of Spanish Securities could not he ex pected to improve at present, even if the affairs of Eu rope were in other respects satisfactory. POST.—The fact that the political state of the times is pregnant with danger to the peace of Europe is one which few persons will longer deny or even at tempt to conceal from themselves and from others. The funds accordingly continue to fluctuate violently, the tendency of the market being decidedly a ownwar a . A. failure of considerable magnitude bas occurred les. the Hebrew connection. i The party had b een specu lating for the rise, and s understood to be compro mised to the extent of but little short of 400m0u The event is greatly regretted in the City on account of the very great respectability and tried integrity of the individual, who, however, is not a member of the Stock Exchange. _ The quantity of foreign wheat entered in British ports for consumption during the last few days is estimated at about 900,000 quarters. The produce of this to the growers abroad, at the average net value of fifty shillings per quarter, including the. charge for freight, which goes into the pocket of foreign shipowners, would be two millions and a quar ter sterling. The money has, we may suppose, been for the most part remitted, but whether such be the case or not, the clearance of so considerable a quantity of foreign g rain at our Cusbm-houses is a matter worthy of every atteationon the part of the regulator of the currency, as . room is ther e by ma d e f or the introduction of a like proportion of the present year's harvest from abroad, and which, if ordered, would of course speedily have to be paid for in one shape or another. The English farmer is believed to have been completely jockeyed by the leading earn speculators, as it. can have been only through ari exten sive cotni,ination of interests that they were enabled to carry up the price of wheat to the high average e. has recently attained. AN ith the certainty of an abundant and excellent harvest at home, it is considered quite impossible that it could have been ma naged by any other means. Probably the issuing banks in the country have contributed to such a result more than the public are aware of. The competition which exists among these concerns has enabled the farmer to obtain accommodation to an extent that has proved inju rious alike to himself and the public Enabled by such accommodation to hold his stock of wheat for higher prices, and for almost any length of time, the average has been unnecessarily run up to a high figure ; taking advantage of which the speculator clears the whole of Lis foreign importations at a nominal duty of 2s. Bd. per quarter, and gluts the market. It may be yeas be fore an opportunity is afforded him of playing the same trick over agsin, and, as we do not think that any substitute could be found for the present Corn laws that would, upon the whole, work so well, we should be sorry to see them disturbed but a more vigilant attention to the manner of striking the weekly averages seems to be called for, and there is certainly no good reason why the public should be made to buy their wheat from the foreign grower rather than from the English farmer through the mischievous intervention of banks, the num ber of which is become so greatly disproportioned to the wants of the country. But for the existence of this evil the year's produce would be promptly brought to market and sold at fair prices, instead of being left to deteriorate in our granaries, mato eat itself up with expenses. HERALD.—The funds continue on the decline, and Consols, after falling to 86/ recovered only to 81 for Money, and 87k to for Account. Exchequer Bills were 10s. to 12s. premium. The depression was in some degree attributed to the necessity of soiling out certain bull accounts, of which, as usual in such cases, advan tages were taken by some of those possessed of the se. cret, which do not seem at all reconcileable with fair and honourable dealing, although, so far as the Stock Ex change and Stock gambling, where a peculiar coda of morality takes, they may be considered as all in regular order. Fore'gn Stocks followed the lead of the home market, and were all more or less depressed. Private letters from Paris received to-day refer to the strong revival of the war fever, owing to the extraordinary and apparently hasty and unjustifiable proceedings of Commodore Napier (the former fiery Admiral of Don Pedro) on the coast of Syria, where, without waiting for the decision cf Mehemet Ali, within the two terms of the delay granted him by the powers who arc parties to the quadruple treaty, he had , t once commenced hostilities by summoning the f Ee n3 bardroent ; and lik e wise in the Pedroite sty 1 ). tiatl commander to surrender Beyrout, on paidic'ail been Paella endeavourin g to insurrectionise Syria against the rovo by incendiary pinclarnatione—all without be frightened by th , _!se Bobadil doings of th eb een.o 79 iand Sent tion. The Egyptian commanders however7‘ov3e,.:lPtenuntetli: however the Portuguese might have and they him word that he might begin at t t pleasure esure. As to the Syrians not a man had stirred, all this is sad and sorry war with contempt. Really would find him cause to re p r e e i d it v.: beyond that of irritating effects no object . work, and which before was gradually ' but ' treated i the paper the breach with Fran ce dthe renewed apprehensions of healing. So much time to 69f. 90c., although at o ßourse that the Three per Gouts. were driven down the porch sex of a leading. capitillist the close througl; back so far as 73. In fact, hew they were broug it war affected the susceptible was the market that operations to e ver so suscep partties, the extent o f 12,000 francs of Rentes were hardly prac ticable, or ‘ , in course of being effected would violently agitate prices several per-centages. 'Ns itD• possibility of making large and gainful speculations for the fall may perhaps influence certain statesmae to tip the other tack and labour lustily for peace as the basis for a rise in the Funds. The Great We tern steam-ship leaves Bristol till's day for the United StateF, and the intell;gettee eh* privY ir y o f 11) , of Lord juced uecn , ono'. it the to her ,cil is after• ice S t privY ora' .nsint indsor Good ice. 7boTo cs ,t toms pale' fe°