The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-16 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. • LA,TEST FROM SYRIA. Head-quarters, Beyrout, Oct. 12, 1840 . Commodore Napier having given up his command of the forces landed in Syria since the arrival of Sir Charles Smith, I hare the honour of transmitting a re turn of the respective forces and results of the opera flails in Mount Lebanon from the 10th of September to the 10th October, 1840, whilst the combined forces were under the command of Commodore Napier. I have, &c. EGYPTIAN ARMY IN THE LEBANON. From the 10th September to the 10th October. 1840. H. Ibrahim Paella, Commander-in-Chief. Oxman Paciw, Lieutenant-General, commanding a division. Hassan Bey, Major-General, commanding a brigade. Soliman Pacha, Lieutenant-General, Chief of the ge neral staff. Emir Massoud and Emir Chabil, ccmmanding the Drus,.‘s. Tho Emir Besehir, commanding the E;yptian par tis.,.;.ls in the Lebanon. DISTRIBUTION OF THE REGULAR TROOPS AND ALBA- NIA NJ. At S , .yda At Beyrout and neigh- 3,000 men Under Ibrahim bourhood ... 7,000 ( A! B,?tedd;n. Cormil, &c. 6,000 " ) and " Soiiman Pacha. At Beekfeya, &c. 1,500 " Hassan Bey. At Meruba . ... 2,500 " Osman Pacha. 20,000 " Armed Druses ...... 4,000 " 'rotal... ')4,000 is TtEMAINS CF TIIIS AIIMY AFTER THE BATTLE OF CALAT MEIDAN, OCT. 10. IS4O. R:troated to Zachle under Ibrahim Pacha, Soliman, Osman, and Has3,in Paella 4,000 men Prisoners and deserters, mostly sent to Cy prus and Constantinople Killed and wounded Syrians gone to their homes 5,000 " Total. `- , 0,000 Besides, the 4,000 armed Druses are either gone to their homes, or are now fighting against the Egyp tians under the Emir Beschir, Prince Cassia]. This total force of 24,000 men does not comprise the troops at Tripoli and its neighbourhood, forming a di vision of 6,000 men, nor a mixed force under Emir Me chid of 2,500 men at Ainetta, between Baalbeck and Tripoii. ARMY OF LEBANON.-10TH, OCT, 1840. His Highness Izzet Mehmcd Pacha, Viceroy of Syria and Egypt. Admiral Sir R. Stopford, Commander•in-Chicf. Commodore Napier, Commanding a squadron and the Forces of operation. Selim Ferik Pacha, Lieutenant-Lieneral, commanding a division. Jochmus Ferik Pacha, Lieutenant-General, Chief of the general staff. Prince Cassim Emir Beschir, commanding the moun taineers of Lebanon. TURKISH FORCES. Ist brigade, Major-Gen. Chalid Bey, Ist regiment (4 battalions), 2d regt. (4 do.) 4,500 men 2d brigade, Turkish (3 battalions), Egyp tian volunteers (1 do.) 2,000 „ Total 6,500 „ EUROPEAN FORCES. Royal Marines, Lieut.-Col. Walker, disem barked 2 battaiions Austrian roeLeteers 160 „ Total 1,660 Armed Mountaineers acting in a corps 2,500 men. Nn! e.—Besides 22,000 muskets have been distri buted to the mountaineers between Tripoli and Seida, who'remain in their villages, but act as guerilla bLnds. FLEET OFF SYRIA. (From the Malta Times of Oct. 37..) ARRIVALS OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS. Oct. 26. —The French steam-packet Scamandre, Lieut. Maffra, from Constantinople, Smyrna, and Syra ; and the French steamer Le Fulton, Lieut. Poudra, from Alexandria. Oct. 27.--Her Majesty's steamer Cyclops, Captain H. T. Austin, from Sidon ; the French steam-packet Le Dante, Lieutenant Pochet, from Marseilles, Leg horn, Civita Vecchia, and Naples ; her Majesty's steam packet Mwgara, Lieutenant H. C. Goldsmith, from Corfu, Patras, and Zante ; and her Majesty's steamer Hydra, Captain R. Spencer Robinson, from Beyrout. Oct. 30.—The Tuscan steamer Padre del Pellegrini, Captain L. Rossi, from Cyprus and Rhodes. Oct. 31.—The French steamer Phaeton, Lieutenant Laiderich, from Athens. DEPARTURES OF SHIPS OF WAR. AND PACKETS. Oct. 9.6.—The French steam-packet Lycurgue, Lieutenant Levaseur, for Italy and Marseilles ; and Ole French steamer Le Fulton, Lieutenant Poudra, for Toulon. Oct. 28.—The Tunisian corvette Talia, Captain M Caracolachei, for Tunis; and the French steam-packet Ninos, Licucenant Legoff, for the Levant. IN PORT. The Ceylon 6 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir J. Louis, Bart.); the steamers Hydra and Cyclops; steam-packets Alecto, Acheron, and Almgara ; the French steamer Phaeton ; French steam-packets Sca mendre and D inte ; the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-packet City of Dublin, and the Tus can steamer Padre dci Pelegrini. BEYROUT, OCT. 22, 1840. Since closing my last, Tripoli, Tortosa, and Latakia, lave been quietly evacuated by the enemy. The three castles of the first-named place were mined and fired, but one only succeeded in exploding. A report having reached thei Admiral that Acre had been evacuated, the Phcenix was despatched to ascertain the truth, and on the 20th, having communicated with the Revenge, at anchor off Kaifa, and taken on board Captain Wal degr tve, at 4 p. m., proceeded to reconnoitre the place, whic . : war very soon ascertained not to hare been eraeu atan, as on the approach of the steamer to within a miles of the toxn the whale of the batteries opened on her, to which she quickly replied, and after half an hour's smart cannonading, and the service having been fully performed, she return( d to this place yesterday tur.rning. Acre appears to be strongly fortified, as Strom fifty to sixty guns were engaged in firing on the Pl:cenix, and appear to have been well served, as many of tte shot passed over and near her, and, but "From her lownesa in the water, she must have been Luked repeatedly. The Talbot, and one Austrian steamer, arrived from Constantinople yesterday with swops, and the Hastings sailed for Malta; and this morn .inz the Vanguard arrived. 3,000 Turkish troops (part of which have arrived, and their crnirnander), on their passve here, making the that detachment of the 10,000 coming. The whole coast, from Latakia to Cape Bianca, sitar Ar:rc, is now quietly in our possession. The marines belonging to the ships arc all rc-ernhark: d, nod only the supernumeraries remain on shore, and are divided between this and Sidon. The squadron still continues very sickly. Lieutenant Penny, of the Gorgon, is dead, aura was huriod here yesterday with military honours : Lord Fredo&;k Kerr is appointed to the Gorgon in his stead. Sir C. Smith hzs established his head-quarters hne, aud ai.f are busily employed in organising the Turks. ildos tof the Egyptian prisoners are embarked In transports, and will shortly leave for Cyprus. The !uilo,rni.g isthe present distribution of the fleet : At Thyrout.--Princess Charlotte, Powerful, Edin- Lirgh, Bellerophon, Vanguard, Talbot, Gorgon, Waifs, Uydra (since. arrived at Malta), Phcenix, and Confi lPhee, Austrian and Turkish Admirals and squadron, a Russian schooner, and Brlllante French corvette. At Sidon.—Thunderer, Pique, and an Austrian -frigate. At Tortosa.—Carysfort. At Scanderoon, or thereabout.—Bn, , bow, Zebra, Ilagicienne„ and Stromboli. Off Acre. —Revenge. Off Alezandria.—Asia, Ganges, Imp!acaWe, Cam- bridge, Daphne, Dido. At Tyre.—Castor, Hazard, and an Austrian co-vette. Gone to Malta. —Hastings, Cyclops. On the sands outside Acre is a cavalry camp of ; l bout ],OOO strong, and from appearances they seem to be making additional works in the town. Ido not think it probable that any attempt will be made on it for some time, as the weather has a l ready begun to be some what boisterous. Ilothing is positively known of Ibra him's movements. ttER.--Durin the latter part of A TgETOTA arrived at t hi s w brig bEmperor,hanofd a S s t g o i c s k u t s 7 ;), with all Yes . last week, she port from St. Peters urg seas arriving from foreign parts, a custom-b ouse officer immediately went on board. The Captain of the b r i g , whose name is Holmes, has for some time been a pro fessed out-anti-out teetotaller and rechabite. He bad oc casionally displayed many an oratorical flourish in dep re . , eating all intoxicating drinks, and even on the public cross denounced them as pernicious, poisonous le , as a u n r d e damnable. lie always a ppeared to taste a p in enmotying the vials of his pe sh ip ' s on the bloa bloated . ~ manifest too he monster intemperance. In the h signed himself a teetotaller, anireven went so far as to seriously remonstrate with one of the officers on board for indulging himself with a pint of ale at dirtier. To another officer, who had shown him some trifling kindness, he politely presented a glass of pure aqua, ob serving at t h e time, " that it was the strongest liquor he bad on board." In spite, however, of all these outward professions, the officer proceeded to do his duty, and en rummaging the vessel, incredible to relate, he discovered under the very bed of this speechifying rechabite, and till then, to all appearance, rigid teetotaller, one small cask of gin, another of brandy, four casks of cranberries, and four cozen tongues, which were all seized as contraband 1 On ceing interrogated, the captain, much confused, acknow -1/4 dged the liquor to be his property. The captain, who bad been in custody since this untoward affair occurred, err s examined before the Magistrates on Thursday last, and tie charges against him being fully proved, be was fined ICOL, and in deault of payment, to be committed to pri. on, York Courant. INDIA. AND CHINA. CALCUTTA, SEPT. 18.—We have received news of the expedition to China. There is no doubt that the plan is to take possession of the island of Chusan, from which place it will be easily practicable to make n descent en the rich city of Ningpo, and command the great lines of internal water communication, which extend through the richest provinces to the capital. If the naval and military operations are conducted with vigour and promptit u d e , an d prece d e a ll attemp t s at negotiation, the dispute may be quickly terminated. There are not wanting, however, symptoms of a con tinuation of the same weak and variable policy that has characterized the proceedings hitherto ; for Captain Elliot on the 28th of June published a proclamation to the inhabitants of the province of Canton, in which an attempt is made to persuade the Chinese that the con duct of the High Commissioner Lin has not been ap proved of by the Emperor. This, in any case, would have been a vain attempt, but after the promotion of Lin to higher dignities, and the promulgat;on of a rescript written by the vermillion pencil, recording the Emperor's approbation of the conduct of his Lieutenant, it seems to class among those ridiculous attempts at , finesse that deceive ne one. The presence of the squadron on the coast, and its provess to the north-east, by driving away the war junks, will no doubt give increased activity to the smuggling operations, and opium will find a ready sale. Toe Indian Government has not decreased the culti vation of the poppy in the least, and the prices of the drug have not declined since the last Government sales. Our relations with Ave remain unchanged ; they are neither cordial nor friendly, but there seems to be no chance of hostile collision. An opinion gains ground among all well-informed people, that war with Nepaul is inevitable, and will be commenced the moment that the cessation of the rains and the setting in of the cold weather permit. The object of the Ghoorkas will be to gain time, but if (as there seems little reason to doubt) the ultimatum of our Government requires them to receive and pay a subsidiary force officered by English officers, and disband the rest of their troops, the sword may be considered as already drawn. The news from Affghanistan and Scinde is of a most unsatisfactory character. Not half the requisite forces are employed in either country, and the troops are dis gusted and harassed by perpetual marches and skir mishes with ignoble foes, who are only formidable from our weakness. The obstinacy of persisting in making war with inadequate means is beginning to lead to those serious evils which all military men apprehended. The late intelligence of Government having supported in Parliament the scheme of exporting our Hill Coolies to the Mauritius, and eventually to the West Indies, has caused deep feeling and excitement here. The report of the Cooly committee will be forwarded by next mail, and, founded though it is on evidence of fered voluntarily, and by parties not likely to give a dark or unfavourable view of the business they were engaged in, it is amply proved that the Cooly trade only differs from the African slave trade, in fraud being the means employed in carrying on the one and force the other, vehilst the effect on the individuals them selves and their families is pretty nearly the same in both. Commercial affairs general.) , are in a prosperous con dition. The tardy act of justice to India in equalizing the duties on some articles of her produce with that of the other colonies has given an extrardinary impetus to the trade and cultivation of sugar, and, if followed up by a reduction of the duty on rum, it may be expected to become speedily the grand staple of India. As it is, in this year at least 40,000, and very probably 50,000 tons will be exported from Bengal. The greatest export in any former year was 26,000 tons. In the other great staple, indigo, the crop has been a par tial failure. The monetary affairs of the country, from the strength and solidity of the banks, are in a most sound and sa tisfactory position, money being plentiful, and no over trading. THE EMIR BESCHIR. The secession of this Prince from the party of Ibra him is likely to be productive of great effects, as he is, without doubt, the most influential man in Syria. The terms which he solicited were merely that he might re tain his private property, consenting willingly to with draw his claims of sovereignty in favour of his nephew, lately appointed to supersede him. These terms, I be lieve, will be allowed him. The history of this man is rather extraordinary. I shall enter shortly into its detail, as I believe it has not hitherto been made known. He has for nearly fifty years been Sovereign Prince of the mountains of Lebanon. In that period he has been mixed up with most of the important events that have occurred in Syria ; indeed, it may be said that the late troubles which, by popular discontent, sprung up in this country, are in a groat degree the result 04 his agency. He is a member of the Shebals fa mily, who for centuries have possessed the exclusive and acknowledged right of sovereignty in these moun tains. He has all along managed to purchase and re tain the friendship of those around him in Syria superior to himself in authority—of the Pacha of Acre, to whom be was in several functions subordinate whilst under the dominion of Turkey ; and of Mehemet lat terly, to whom in character he is much allied. He has, moreover, with every change in political events, ma naged to shape his conduct successfully for his own safety—his late conduct at Sidon being but a part of he feature of his whole life. Nor is his past history ( t ree of suspicion, which, if true, would stamp him with stains of a deeper hue. The sons of his brother, who stood in the path of his ambition in the early part of his career, died suddenly, and nearly at the same pe riod of time, most opportunely for his personal in terest. For many years after his accession he ma. naged by intrigues, as well as by force of army, to in crease in riches. He was long the despoiler of neigh bouring tribes, purchasing impunity of conduct with a share of his plunder and exactions. About the year 1827 his energies took a new direction. At that time he had a powerful rival in the person of a Sheik (of the family of Gam Blott), then highest in command amongst the Druses, and who pursued with the Porte a course in direct rivalry to his own. He signally defeated this Sheik in a celebaated mountain action, and the result was that he came into possession of absolute authority amongst the Druse sect, so much opposed to his own in religion, in habits, and in territory. A still greater spi rit of discontent and hatred became in consequence en gendered between the Druse and the Christian than had ever before existed ; yet the Emir found means of shifting the obloquy from himselt, whilst at the same time he secretly encouraged the causes of the evil feelings. In this is seen the greatest proof of the crafty and politic skill of him whose course it is here attempted to depict. In the years 1834, 1835, and 1.836 the Emir furnished large subsidies to Ibru t iat from amongst the Druses, in produce and in men. Not less than four thousand men were drafted in one year. At the revolt of the Kisruons in June last, and which was occasioned as much by the tyranny of their Cl iA as by the exactions of the Egyptian Paella, the Druses, as is known, were readily prevailed upon by the Emir to join him in bringing his own tribe again into subjectioo. The above is the real explanation, as far as my own observation has served me, of the late other wise inexplicable to.iduct of these tribes. The Etnir has reached his 86th year ; he has three sous, the youngest of whom was associated with him in his government. The extent of the principality feiong tog to the Shelia() family reaches from Tripoli to Sidon seaward, and inland along the anti. Lebanus, including the valley of the Boccah. PROSTITUTION IN BIRMINGHAM —The So ciety fur the Protection of Young Females have lately sent agents to Birmingham to make inquiries concerning the extent of prostitution in that town, and the desirability of establishing a branch of their Society in the district. The Society's agents state that " they find, from statis tics which have been laid before them, that in the town and neighbourhood of Birmingham there are upwards of seven hundred infamous houses, in each of which from one to twelve young females arc kept for licentious purposes, and in many 6 f which juvenile, and even infantine, prostitution is carried on. They find also that, in addition to these, there arc numerous houses of assignation, where boys and girls, from eight to fourteen years of age, are encouraged to spend the whole night together, the boys being thus trained to a course of immorality and crime, the girls to degradation and ruin. They have also ascertained that there are in Birmingham procurers and procuresses, moving apparently in respectable speres of life, who, though os tensibly living by trade, are, in reality, mainly dependent for subsistence upon the numbzr of thoughtless and inno ceot girls they trepan, to feed the mortality of the bag nice, where the average of human existence, after enter ing upon their dark scene of pollution, is, at the utmost not more than seven years. These evils, though (being usually wrapt up in their own dark shadow) they do not obtrude themselves at every turn upon our notice, are not on that account less real. The sadness of the desolate hearth, robbed of its fairest hope; the deep and harrow ing pangs which parents feel whose child, long perhaps the joy of their hearts, has been seduced from a home of peace and virtue to the haunts of vice and degradation ; the broken hearts of unhappy victims, who lured as they thought, to a life of pleasure, fi n d, instead, a life of wret chedness and woe I—these loudly cry for the interference of all who ,us yet have not tasted of their bitterness, but who k w e h o o w l i n v o e t b b y o t w li e so t o re n p , a t r b w ro in u g gh o f t h e in m n o a c c e h n in c a e, tio t n h s ey o , f t w o r o c , t c ni h n e y s be made to share in pangs which no tongue can describe.".— Staffordshire Examiner. We understand that it 'the : Duke of Buckingham to commencels winter season of i t i n erant humbuggery on Saturday when bis Grace will attend the Georgenext, the 21st instant, Inn, in this tow n , and address the gapi n g crowd of farmers on the i m p ortance of preserving h i g h rents and dear pnces.—A y l et b ury News. . intention of the his While we entertain the happy confidence that there will be no war with France, it gives u s pro tection to the maritime tow ns of e g i v e this ever y necessary country. This, faction to learn tha t Government is fully pre p are l to satig trie assure the p ublic, we sta te from a th u 0 .. rity.—Brighton herald. Colonel Sibthorp, M.Pi, it is reported in Lin coln, is so seriously ill in London that alarm is felt for his life.—Stamford Mercury. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMRER 16. 1840. WAR IN FRENCH AFRICA. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCHES. " TOULON, Nov. 6. " BELIDAII, 2d (arrived by the courier.) " MARSHAL VALLEE TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. " The Medeah expedition has succeeded completely. Abd-el-Kader has not dared to oppose our march, and we have therefore not had any serious engagement. We have had 32 men killed." " TOULON, Nov. 7. " THE MARITIME PREFECT TO THE MINISTER OF THE MARINE. " A razia was executed on the 22d ult., with the greatest success upon the tribe of Beni Yacoub (pro vince of Oran). Twenty men, women, and children have been taken, among whom are the wives of differ ent chiefs, and a much venerated marabout. Nine hundred and forty-three oxen, 2,600 sheep or goats, 60 cavalry horses, 30 camels, 40 mules, 300 asses, 90 sad dles complete, some arms, money, &c., have fallen into our power." The Minister of War has received several despatche i s from Africa, the main purport of which has been a - ready made known through the telegraph. Gen. La rnoriciere, in a report from Oran, dated 26th ult., gives an account of the razia, or foray, made by him on the 22d, among the tribes of the Oued-Aly, and the Ga rabas—a petty expedition, which affords another in stance of the cruelty, and, it may be said, barbarity, with which these marauding expeditious are conducted : womea having in this case been attacked and slaugh tered by the French soldiers. The column was mus tered outside of Oran, on the afternoon of the 21st, with provisions for two or three days. It consisted of 3,000 infantry, 80 miners, six mountain guns, 700 African mounted chasseurs, 400 Spahis, and 500 allied Arabs, under General Mustapha. The report then pro ceeds to the following effect : At six in the morning the army arrived at a league from the enemy's encampment. The first African bat talion, being in advance, crossed a deep ravine in front. This passage presented several serious obstacles, but the African battalion was followed with great readiness by the Douairs, who were eager for the booty which they considered to be in store. General Mustapha soon arrived on the right, preceded by his standard bearers. Captain Daunias and M. Coqueret, another officer, had placed him between thorn, and supporting him over, he went forward with all the ardour of a young man. The tents of the tribe of Ben.Jacoub, which were the first fallen in with, were taken posses sion of by the allies ; a portion of the inmates were able, as it was hardly yet light, to escape ; some few who attempted resistance were killed or wounded. Se veral women, who received the Douairs with the cry of Vuila les baptistes!' met with the same fate. The tents and everything in the encampment except a few horses, on which some of the enemy made their escape, fell into the hands of the attacking party. The Aga Ben-Jacoub had set out tw o days before for Mascara. His son was among the killed ; his daughter, two of his daughters-in-law, the wives of four interior chiefs, a marabout, and others, amounting together to 20 per sons, men, women, and children, were taken prisoners —lO men and 6 woman were killed." A despatch from Marshal Vallee, dated Blidab, 2d instant, states : " That he had formed there on the 26th ult. an ex• peditionary corps of 6,000 men, with 500 horses and 10 mountain howitzers. On the 27th this corps passed the Chiffa. On the 29th, at 11 in the morning, all the corps were assembled on the Col, and an insignificant skirmish took place between the Zouaves and a de tachment of the troops of Abd-el-Kader, who were in an inaccessible position. Only a few men were touched by the enemy's tire, but an Arab squadron, having ap proached the Zouaves, was routed, and lost a great number of men. When the convoy arrived at the Olive Wood, 1,200 regular Arab troops attacked the rear-guard ; they were vigorously attacked by General Changarnier, but the approach of night suspended the operations. At eight in the evening all the .roops were under the cannon of Medeah. On the 30th, the Mar shal having learned that Abd-el-Kader had taken up a position iu the valley of the Chiffa, quitted Medeah. Abd-el-Kader had established his camp near the point where the Chiffa enters the gorge to penetrate into the Metidja, but as soon as he saw us he abandoned his posi tion. The Kabyle contingents dispersed in all directions, and the regular battalions also separated. I caused the Emir's camp to be burnt ; we saw by the traces that tour battalions had been there. On arriving at the position occupied by the artillery in the affair whieh took place on May 12th, the tirailleurs of the 17th con cealed themselves behind a bend in the ground, and when the enemy was within reach, charged him with the bayonet. !'i►e Arabs left 40 dead on the spot, and the rest threw themselves into the ravines, and never made their appearance again. In the different engage ments of the expedition against Medeah there were 32 . men killed, and about 200 wounded, most of them slightly. The losses of the enemy are supposed to be much more considerable. According to the reports of Arabs who deserted,loo regulars at least were killed or mortally wounded in the affair of the 29th October." BELGIUM. BRUSSELS, Nov. 14.—The King came this morning. to the Palace at Brussels, and here he received the de putation of the Senate. g. 7. de Schiervel, the Presi dent of that Assembly, presented to his Majesty the address voted by the Senate, in reply to his Majesty's Speech from the throne on opening the session. Our rivers are beginning to rise. The Lyes, espe cially, has risen rapidly to a great height at Deynze, and co7ered most of the meadows on its banks. The Seinne, swollen by the continual rains that we have had for some days past, had risen to such a height the day before yesterday, that it was feared it would over flow its banks in the environs of Brussels. The inha bitants of the valley of Curraghorn were greatly alarmed, but the river happily began to subside in the afternoon, and is still falling. AIX-LA-CIIAPELLE.—Afew days ago an English man, lodging in a private house, was robbed of 40,000 francs, partly in gold and partly in notes. The exer tions of the police have succeeded in discovering the guilty party, who is one of his friends, a foreigner, who has been long settled here. He is already in prison. SPAIN. (From the Madrid Gazette, Nov. 5.) MADRID, Nov. 7. " THE MINISTER OF FINANCE TO THE PROVISIONAL REGENCY. " The Minister of Finance, deeply impressed with the serious nature of Lis position, proceeds to submit to the Regency the means he has conceived for meeting the obligations of the State during the six months which the present ten:porary Government of the country is to continue. The just and equal distribution of the resources in my power, I consider one of th e b es t and surest m eans of securing order and regularity in all the branches of the public administration, anti more particularly so in the difficult one with which I em charged. ‘. In pursuance of this principle the payment of the army and navy in actual service ; the maintenance of the prison system ; of the preventive service, out of the extraordinary contribution decreed by the law of the 30th of last July. I am persuaded, even from the lowest calculations upon this subject, that the means stated will prove equal to the objects intended ; but should they not do so, it will then become necessary to have recourse to such other means of making up the deficit as the Government and individuals interested agree upon. " In coining to consider the contracts entered into with the Government, and containing a clause for the admission of certain proportions of outstanding bills of the State, of the coupons of the consolidated debt, and of any other species of credits against the nation, it is not to be inferred that I am about violating the prin ciples 1 have just laid down. At the same time, and without meaning that these contracts should in the slightest degree be altered or infringed upon, I wish and propose to proceed to a settlement of theta, in or der that the rear amount of these documents be ascer tained and made known to the public, because they perhaps at this moment seriously affect the national credit in the monov market, and should be liquidated as soon as possible. To this course no party can justly object. For the purpose of being able to give the guarantees for these contracts, the Government obtained the authority of the law of the 21st of July of this year ; and whatever may have been the uses made of that authority up to the present period. I propose to annul henceforth all the bonds of the creation of the 700 millions of reels which remain dis posable. Indeed, I propose to go further, and ardently wish to take in, in proportion to the payments effected, all the paper of this description granted as guarantees for contracts, and to destroy them, giving timely notice to the public of their destruction. By this proceeding, I expect to see public confidence restored, and the path to voluntary and mutually beneficial contracts with the Governimilt facilittved. " All these measures revolve within the limits of the ordinary resources of the country. Insufficient, how ever, as they must be to meet all the demands to which they may be applied, and inore particularly to those of the public service at present, it is neither necessary, nor is there time to descend to minute calculations with respect to the difference between the income and ex penditure of the nation. Convinced of the existence of I such deficit, I have to apply myself to the legal means of meeting it. The means which I consider best for this purpose are of three kinds : " Ist. To suspend in the treasury of the Havannah the payment of all orders which do not properly belong to that tr e asury, with the view of creating there a dis posable resource. " 2d. To obtain at least 50 millions of reels during the period of the next six months, upon the security, or grant, of one of the revenues of the State, not coming under the heed of Custom-house revenue. "3d. To provide for immediate necessities 60 millions at least during the same period, making use of the au thority granted to the Government by the law of the 17th or April, 1838, and foreign creditors, and admitting no proposal that will not be as advantageous as the best mode in this respect since the year 1820. " Whatever may be the result of my plan, I should despair of its success if not accompanied by another powerful auxiliary measure, the centralization in tlic public treasury of all the income of the State, without exception whatever, removing at once all the minor or particular administrations of whatever kind or origin ; and the invariable rule of making no payment in the na lion unless ordered by the Minister of Finance, and communicated for ex:_eution by him to the Director ; General of the Treasury. " Another most important point, which, if not im mediately connected with the subject in hand, forms a part of my plan, is the restoration of all the taxes, re venues, and contributions of the kingdom to the state in which they were on the first of last September. Considerations more or less prudent ; circumstances more or less fortuitous, which it is not for ma to cha racterise, have disturbed to an extraordinary exteet the fiscal system of the country since that occasion. The remedy I propose—the observance due to the ac tual estimates and the principle of never altering the public imports without the sanet:on of the Cortes—is of absolute and indispensable necessity. " The observations I have just made, and the mea sures I propose, are intended to refer only to:the period of six months already alluded to. The reason is ob vious. The organization of a perfect system of finance and fiscalization are the work of much talent, of much time, and of great labour, conditions which it is clear my circumstances do not permit me to command. " 1 cannot, however, conclude, without observing that the Regency should not lose a moment in proclaiming to the world that the obligation most sacred and imper ative is that of the Spanish nation to pay all the in terest of its debt, either due, or to arise from that debt ; that this obligation, constantly acknowledged in all the misfortunes which a war of seven years afleted U 3 with, and as constantly recognised by all our Govern ments and Legislatures, shall be attended to as fully and earnestly as it may be in the power of the Re gency to do, taking care to render effective all the guarantees which have been conceded to the national creditors. Ira this Castilian integity and good faith are interested ; in this are concerned the credit of the whole nation and character of the Government. In this duty likewise our real interest—the strengthening of our institutions—the - increase of our national wealth —the extenslon of our political relations—in short, in this obligation are involved our own peace and prosperity. " Based upon the principles and observations just stated, I have the honour of proposing to the Regency the drafts of the six following decrees, which I consider necessary. " A F. GAMBOA. " Madrid, Nov. 4th, 1840." LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA The Royal mail steam-ship Acadia, Captain Miller, arrived at Liverpool yesterday, having left Boston on the Ist, and Halifax on the 3d inst., and has been, in cluding the stoppage at the latter port, thirteen days and twenty hours on the passage, the latter halt of which was extremely stormy. She has brought fifty three ptasengers.„ The Royal mail steam-ship Britannia, Captain Jud kins, which sailed from Liverpool on the '2oth nit., ar rived off Halifax on the 31st ult., hut owing to fog, did not reach the wharf till the Ist inst., after a passage of twelve days and twenty hours. She left in the evening for Boston. By the Acadia, we hale received New York papers to the evening of the 31st ult., and Boston of the Ist, and Halifax of the 3d inst. The prominent topic of the American papers, next to the presidential election, was the alleged elective frauds, respecting which, amidst the mass of crimina tions and recriminations which filled the New York papers, it is impossible, in the present stage of the in vestigation carrying on before the Recorder of that city, for a person at a distance to form an opinion. The friends of Mr. Van Buren were far from de sponding as to his ultimate chance of re• election. The rate of the exchange on England remained at 108! to 109. The demand for bills on the Continent had been considerable, and the supply short. This had been chiefly owing to the state of European politics. The French houses in New York had, it was stated, under the apprehension of war between France and the Four Powers, refused, in most cases, to draw, which had sent the rate of bills on Paris up to sf. 10c. At this rate some of the houses came into the market, and bills ruled at sf. 124 e. to 51. 14c. The demand for specie had, in consequence of the mentase in the rate of the exchange, increased. The banks took the alarm, and caused them to call in mapy of their loans on stock. A fall in the " fancy" stocks particularly followed. Money, which a few weeks before could have been ob tained on stock at 5 per cent., was on the 31st ult. dif ficult to procure at 7 per cent. The New York papers state that Mr. Jaudon, Mr. Alsop, and Mr. Brown, all of the United States Bank, were returning to England in the Acadia. We do not, however, observe the names of any of these gentlemen in the list of passengers by that vessel. The shares of the Bank were quoted at 66-1, The Halifax papers do not-contain any news of inte rest. They mention the (I‘.ath, on the 2d instant, at the Government-house, of Edward Ross, Esq., Private Secretary to his Excellency Lord Falkland. (Correspondence of the Boston Mercantile Journal.) THE BOUNDARY QUESTION. BANGOR, OCT: 21.—Two of the young men who accompanied the Boundary Commissioners have arrived in this city. lam informed that the whole ground has been carefully examined, and that the Commissioners are on their return. Their report will probably come to us by the way of Washington ; and, until we get it, we must put up with such information as may casually fall from those connected with the expedition, Lam informed that there is not a doubt upon the minds of the Commissioners that the line claimed by the Americans is the true hue, and that no person who makes the examination with the intention of asccrtsiuing the truth can arrive at any other conclusion, (From BicA:nell's Philadelphia Reporter.) THE RESUMPTION MOVEMENT.--The banks of Phi ladelphia had a meeting on Friday night, when the movement to assist the Bank of the United States, by affording her facilities to resume specie payments, was finally agreed upon, and the amount of assistance fixed at $5,000,000. A committee was also appointed to proceed east ward and endeavour to obtain a loan there—a loan in money at from one to two years being deemed much better than the post-note form hitherto adverted to. Should this committee fail in obtaining such a loan, and the chances are against them under existing circum ttances, it is probable that the post-note plan will be 'esorted to. Funs! JAMAICA.—By the Northumberland, at Bal timore, we have Jamaica Papers to Oct. 9. (Front the Morning .Journal.) We lately published an account of the debts and as sets of the Coluaial Bank to the close of the year 1839, together with the circulation during each month of that Year. If we are to judge from this statement, the bu sates ! ef the bank has been gradually and steadily in creasing, and in December of last year had nearly dou bled what it was in January. In the latter month the circulation was $397,055, and in the former $610,990. Should the increase have continued at the seine rate, or in the same proportion, the circulation must now be about $1,081,110. The account also shows that the 'moun t of gold and silver coins invariably exceeded by a very large amount the circulation. Thus, for ex ample, wh en i n January the latter was $317,055, the Bank h a d i n gold coins $461,657 and in silver $513,173, and in December, when the circulation had in creased to $610,900 the amount in gold coins was $448,383, and in silver $732,987, exclusive of other assets. (From the Baltimore American.) LATEST FROM MONTE VIDEO. The bark Canton, Gibson, from Rio Janeiro, whence she sailed on the 14th of September, brings interesting advises from Monte Video to the 20th of August, which will be lotted in the following extracts of letters " MONTE VIDEO, AUG. 24.--We are happy to say that matters now begin to look as if our troubles were coming to a crisis. On the 3tl instant General Lavelle landed his army of 3,000 men at San Pedro, 40 leagues from Buenos Ayres, and was joined by many of the country people, w h o supplie d hi m abundantly with horses, and on th e s t h he had an en counter with the Buenos Ayrea t s G enera l Pacheco, i n which troops tir of the latter g ave way an d di s persed, leaving he horses and artillery. After that about 400 of Pacheco's men joined Lavelle, and Colonels Legas ( s econd to Pacheco) and Borda (Commandant of the department of St. Nicholas) bath declared for Lavelle also. " Oa the 14th, by the last accounts, Lavelle was at Art6les with 4,000 men, and in march towards Buenos Ayres, whence he had received communications urging hi-u to advance. From the south he also received en- Ceti reeling communications. " By the last accounts from Buenos Ayres Rosas was making great efforts to stop the progress of Lavelle by concentrating his f orces at t h e Sapioles, four leagues from the city. He was also dttchiag and fortifying the ends of the streets. " Lavelle's movements and the expected arrival of Admiral Baudin have combined to affect this market considerably. Hides have' fallen from 42 to 30 reels ; salt has risen from 9to 20 reels, and so on. In gene ral, however, there is an a b sence of transactions, as all await the result. " By the packet we shall be able to give further par ticulars. " All the smaller French men-of-war that were here have gone up, and all the foreign men-of-war also. The large French vessels Atalanta and Fortune alone re main here, and the Cuirassier just arrived. It is Paid the latter will also go up, and that they will anchor irr the inner roads. It is also said that the foreign mere. of-war have been requested to haul out of gunshot of ! ILTIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of 1 the line of blockade. AUSTNA AUTHORI:si-Z,J) " Trade here is iC ; siderably, and holders of imports refuse to sell at DIVIDE:ND which (tbongh they are NO LOTTERIE'S) ;Rel. many possibilities of obtaining present. p LARGE FORTUNES. " The French brigs Cassard, Cuirassier, Cygne, and HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, ZAra have arrived here from France." , Are now SELLING BONDSfor the saidDlST RIBU NEW YORK MONEY MARKET AND COM- Persons desirous to purchase for the next Distribution, may re- MFRCIAL NEWS. ceive, PREVIOUS to giving any order, th e PROS -3 ECTUS (From the New Yo r k M orn i ng H era ld.) and PAR r.CULARS, upon addres s i n g WITHOUT DE- Saturday, Oct. 31, 3 P.M LAY, a line to . HE1.7.1E, BROTHERS, at lIAMBURGH. Fancy stocks have taken a fall to-day. Stonington I THE NEXT DIsTRtuuTION, managed and guaranteed and Dry Doch, which have been the principal babbles, by the Austrian Government, contains • kave gone dov,n 4 prr cent. each ; Delaware and Hudson, TI.VENT Y-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED ; 4 1 per cent. ; Vicksburg, 4 per cent. Sales of bills on DIVIDENDS, Philadelphia, 3 a whicii is a decline ; bills on Haiti. Amounting to £954,888, more, 1 a 14. E The Dividends being This has been exchange day for the packets, which sail 1:600 70 0 300 50 0 on Tuesday from Boston, and Monday from this city. The 200 42 0 dennutd fur bills on the continent has been considerable, 150 4u 10 and the supply short. This has been chiefly owing to the 100 39 0 influence of the t,tate of politics in Europe. The French houses here very generally apprehend war, and have refused, in most cases, to draw, which has sent the rate of b;lis up to sf. 10. /it this rate, some of the houses came into the market, and bills rule at sf. 12,4. a sf. 14. 0.1 London, the rate is 51. a 9 per cent., or ,54,b3 a 4,84 the pound sterling; Amsterdam, 404 a4l ; Hambur; h, 364 a 37 ; Bremen, 78,-; a 78/. At these rates the demand for specie for shipment has increased. The rates are as follows : Spanish Dollars, 54 prem. ; Mexican ditto, l to 2 ; American Haifa, 4 to : 1-; Five Franc pieces, 95 to 95,15; Spanish Doubloons, $l6 45 to $l6 55 ; Patriot ditto, $l5 70 to $l5 75. sous. par. At these rates the demand upon the banks reached an extent which has caused them to call many of their loans upon stock. This is one cause of the downward ten dency of the Stock Market. Money could a few weeks since be obtained on State Stocks at 5 per cent; it is now difficult to procure at 7 per cent. This has had its effect in depressing their prices. The most recent quotations are as follow : PRICES OF STATE STOCKS. F 1,5 000 7,506 3,500 1,500 1,200 £37 10 37 0 3G 0 35 0 THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTP,IS THIS EVENING, NOV. 16. Will be rerived Shakipere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. Theseus, Mr. Cooper; Quince, Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr. iTarley ; Flute, Mr. Keeley ; Snout, Mr. Meadows ; Snug, Mr. F. Matthews ' • llermia. iMrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Madame Vestris ; Titania, Mrs. \V. Lacy ; Puck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Rainforth. To conclude with the Petite Comedy of SIMPSON AND CO. Mr. Simpson, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Bromley, Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Simpson, Mrs, Nisbett • Mrs. Bromley, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Madame La Trappe, Mrs. Orger. To-morrow, The Critic, with Fashionable Arrivals, and The Beggar's Opera. cress Boxes, 7a. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second ureles, ss. ; Second Price, t2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to .•:) , nrnence at Seven o'clock. Tkskets and plat 93 for the Bon: to be taken of Mr. Grogan the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tic tats may no had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely •of Mr, And. rws, bookseller :67, IQew• Bond-street. PRICE New York Canal Illinois Indiana Corporation Ohio New Orleans bonds ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Mr. BUTLER. Mr. Jaudon, Mr. A ltop, and Mr. Brown, all of the United States Bank, it is understood, return by the A"adia to London, to resume the agency of the Bank ttn.re. The hopes entertained that a resumption would be effected in January next, are again dying away. The three commissioneas who went to Boston to negotiate a loan in aid of the Philadelphia banks, have not yet been able to effect it. The impression in Boston is, that the bank is insolvent, and they are not willing to loan her money wiihout the guarantee of the solvent banks of Phi ladelphia. The Governor of Illinois is about to assemble the Le gislature of that State two or three weeks in advance of the usual time, to take into special consideration the means of meeting the interest due on the stock of th a t State in January next. Last year, it will be remem bered, the interest was actually protested in this city, and subsequently settled. THIS EVENING, NOV. 16, The entertainments will commence with WALDBOURG. Waldbourg, Mr. Butler ; the Countess Waldbourg, Miss J. Mordaunt. After which, THE LOTTERY TICKET. Wormwood, Mr. Roxby ; Susan, Miss Shearsmith. To conclude with a New Drama, entitled PAUL THE BRAZIER; or, the IIEIGN of TERROR. Paul, Air. Balls. Dress Boxes, 4s.—Olympian Boxes, 3s.—Pit, 2s. —Gallery, Is. Half-price—Dress Circle, 2s. ; Olympian Boxes, ls. 6d ; Pit, is. STATE OF TRADE. As we are just on the eve of a most exciting election, but little attention is paid to trade generally. The eh. e tions in all sections of the country take place at about the same time. Those, therefore, who have been here have hurried home to attend the polls, and those who have been preparing to come put it off until after the election. This causes a stagnation in the market. We may, how ever, look for a short period of activity previous to the closing of the canals, but dealers from a distance will not risk the possibility of being caught by a setting in of the frost. Already snow has made its appearance in the north ern part of the State. Many dealers look forward to a large spring business, and as the stock of imported goods here is very small, importers have been induced to send orders to some extent by the steamers. Open policies, to considerable amounts, have been made binding at the in surance offices. COTTON TRADE. —There is very little doing in cotton at any of the leading ports. In the Atlantic ports the purzhasers are waiting for a further accumulation of the stock before operating. In the southern ports, the orders from abroad, particularly from France, are limited at prices below the views of holders, who pretend to place great reliance in the shortness of the growing crop. At Mobile the prices are one cent. higher than at other ports, and the speculators throughout the south seem to be actuated by the same fallacious ideas that led to the disastrous speculations of 1839. Tie mere fact that the crop of 1839 was less than that of 1838 was made the basis of a rise, without considering that the crop of 18325 might have been superabundant, as turned out to be the fact. The crop of 1840 was 2,175,000 hales, and it is generally allowed that the growing crop will be 1,900,000 bales, or 100,000 larger than the immense crop of 1838; yet became it will be 30,000 bales less than last year, dealers arc speculating for a rise. Their hopes are based, in J., c great measure, upon ttio largo kin.r.titiog taken for consumption in Liverpool this year. The pro bability is, that spinners laid in their stocks when prices were low, in anticipation of a return of activity. This has not taken place. The exports of yarns and goods from England have been unusually small, an indication of which is the low str:te of exchanges on the Continent. If. there. fore, there is a continuance of peace and the crop does not go above the lowest estimates, there is but little probability of a rise in prices. Tho following is a table of stocks, sales, prices, and remarks, at the leading, ports, for the week previous to date : Stocks. Sales. Prices. Remarks. New York, Oct. 31, 12,000 3,000 7 : 1 0111 decline a New Orleans ... 21, 48,528 10,300 Bal I firm ,li bile ... 22, 4,955 500 71a101 fading Augusta ... 22, -- 300 7a 9 do. Savannah ... 23, 1,789 1,100 71 a9i do. Charleston ... 23, 4,300 2,300 7a 94 :do CORN TRADE.—Within the past week Flour has ad vanuti fully a shilling a barrel. Sales of Western brands take place at $5 to $5 12. Small shipments only are making. The receipts are fair, and the stock in the city is accumulating for the winter wants, but not very rapidly. From present indications the arrivals from the west and north, for the remainder of the season, will not be very great—not much larger than last year. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the RoyL: Houiehold, arended divine service yesterday morning, in Buckingham Palace. The Rev. Dr. Short, Deputy- Clerk of the Closet in waiting, officiated. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace, on Saturday eveding, included her Royal Highness the Duchess .of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dandas, Earl of Erroll, Earl of Belfast, Viscount Melbourne, Lord John Russell, Colonel the Hon. - Henry Cavendish, and Mr. George Edward Anson. The band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards attended at the Palace during the evening. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked for some time yesterday, and on Saturday, in the gardens of Buck ingham Palace. Viscount Melbourne bad an audience of the Queen on Saturday. His Roial Highness Prince Alhert, attended by Co, 'cool Wylde, rode out on horseback. The Duke of Cambridge visited Prince Albert on Saturday. at Buckingham Palace. Tt“? Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service yes terday morning in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Stead), and the Service was read by the Rev. Messrs. Barham and Parkrria. Lady Charlotte Duodas was in wait ing on her Royal ILghness. Baron Muncliausn. the Hanoverian Minister, had an audience of the Duchess of Kent, on Saturday, at Ingestrie House, Thlgrave-square, to take leave. The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester, on Saturday, at Gloucester House. Bonjarnin Rush, Rig , Uaited States' S:!crotary of Legation at this Court, arrived in town on Saturday from Paris. llopatches from the Governor of Malta, and from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Hands, were received yesterday at the Colonial Otlice. Mr. and Lady Jane L3wrance Peel have returned to Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave•street, from Canterbury. Much anxiety having been expressed by the holders of the notes of the Guildford Bank sincethe sui cide of Mr. William Sparkes, the principal partner in that establishment, it was at length determined to call a pubic meeting of the creditors, which was done by ad. vertisement, and held on Wednesday, at the Angel Inn, Guildford, Mr. Hitch in the chair. The business corn_ maneed by a discussion as to the necessity for the attend ance of Mr. Lee, the remaining partner in the firm ; that gentleman, however, declined being present, but deputed a Mr. Blackmore to represent him, and he, in reply tc, questions as to the estate of the deceased, stated that there was a deficit to the bank creditors of 34,000/. ; but from the present state of the books, it could not be ascer tained whether or not the bank was solvent, particularly as the deceased had dest ro y e d a ll t h e documents relative to the sale of stock. It was then moved and seconded, that a fiat of bankruptcy should issue against Mr. Anthony Lee, and that such other steps should be taken as Counsel might advise. This resolution was conveyed to Mr. Lee, who replied that he would cheerfully acquiesce in the wic . hos of the creditors. Per sons were then appointed to issue the proposed fiat, and a committee of the creditors to assist them. From a state ment made by Mr. Hitch, it appeared that the total amount of the state of the deceased eras 82,3721 :19s, an ' l the Feeuri `ies , cash, &c due to the bank, was 125,4001, making a total of 207,7721. 193., while the liabilit.ea, as f,r as they could be ascot tamed, were about 184,600/. The general opinion at Guildford is, that the liabilities far exceed that amount, and this is strengthened by a belief, that on the morning of the day on which de ceased destroyed himself he sent to Messrs. Masterman securities to the amount of 40,000/., and that they required further security before they would take the notes of the deceased. Many of the holders of the notes have ofLred to take five shillings in the pound for them. It is ex appear in the Gaz e tt e o f peeled th a t the bankruptcy. will Tuesday. It was stated at the meeting that a bill had been filed in Chancery on behalf of the legatees or the late R. Sparkes, Esq., uncle to the deceased.—ob server. Mr. J. S. Buckingham, the Oriental traveller, has arrived at New York from his tour through Canada and the British Provinces, and has taken passaga for him self and family, in the steamship President, which will leave on Monday next for Liverpoul.--aßoston Transcript, Oct. 31, TEETOT.ALLEJIS r►nd CHARTISTS TO THE EDITOE: OF THE SUN. Sift—ln your Paper of this day, Saturday, there is a paragraph, in which I am. introduced, and which pur ports to be from " The London Correspondent of the Northern Star." All that is worth my notice in it here is, that the same charge which was urged against me as to what passed at a public. debate between Teetotall ers and Anti-teetotallers at the Mechanics' Institution,Circ us street, New-road, on Frietay, Nov. 6, by a Correspond ent in your Paper, is there again advanced, but without irny notice of my contradiction and answer to it at length, which appeared in year paper of Thursday, Nov. 12. I shall send my reply to the Correspondent of the Northern Star, to the Editor of that Paper, for inser tion next week.—l ;Ani, Sir, your most obedient servan 6, THOMAS MACCONNELL.. Saturday eveninc,-, Nov. 14, 1840. [ln justice to our Correspondent, who gave act ac count of the meeting at Circus -street, we state that on referring him to Mr. Macconnell's Letter, complaining of the report, he returned for answer that lie adaered to the report, and also gave the names and addres' ;es of nine dersons, who were present at the meeting, and who vouched for the correctness of his suitement.Since the above was in type we have received anothr.r letter from Mr. Macconnell, con';aining a Certificate. signed by eleven persons who were present during the whole of the meeting, who lil;ewise give their 'James and ad dresses, and who declare that Mr. Mac , aonnell made no such proposition, and gave no such recommendation as that imputed to him. This must end the correspon; deuce, as it is evident the Teetotallers and the Anti- Tee•tota!lcrs cannot agree.] "THE CONSPIRATORS," A NEW ROMANCE OF MILITARY LIFE BY EDWARD QUILLINE.N, ESQ.-The writer of this very interesting work will no doubt be re cognised by many as the bold officer vi dragoons who years since wrote a satirical poem, which made a great sensation at Canterbury, called " Ball Room Votaries," and who, in conjunction with certain other unruly spirits of the same corps, thought of nothirig so much as making love and fighting duels. Since th'a period above alluded to, however, the gallant Captain bas founded other and more solid claims to attention, Connected by marriage with the family of an rid English Baronet—the intimate friend of Southey, Wordsworth, and other eminent poets of the day__a poet himself, and one of our best Spanish and Portuguese scholars—these and other qualifications entitle his new work to a most favourable reeeption. But, truly "The C onsp i rators " nee d no adventitious aid to po pularity. It presents us with some nf the most stirring pictures of military adventure that have for a long ti me been placed on record, and will no doubt take i ts p l ace among th e b es t o f th ose sterling literbry productions for which we have to thank the gallant officers of the British army. Lady Lyndhurst and Miss Copley left Paris on Thursday morning for Boulogne, They are expected to arrive in town to-day. THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE. Mr. ELIASON begs leave most respectfully to announce that the above Theatre is now OPEN EVERY EVENING with the Grand Musical Entertainments, entitled THE CONCERTS D'HIVER. Leader, Mons. NADAUD—Conductor, Mons. MUSARD PROGRAMME FOR THIS EVENING, NOV. 16. PART FIRST. Overture—G us tavus—Auber. Walses—Les Fusses Volantes—Strauss. Overture—Francs Juges. Quadrille—Zanetta—Musard. Grand Duo from Guillaume Tell—Mve Vai— Cornet a Pistons and Ophielcirle, by Herr Koenig and M. Pospere—Rossini. Solo Violin by Mons. De Loffre. L ocke's celebrated Al usic in Alacbeth. TO CORRESPONDENTS ' 7 ' , from Do',Les, ve v , w :te that his plan is super seded by that actually embraced by the Anti.C , laA -League. The pub;ieation f his letter would answer DO purpose. PART SECOND. Grand Overture to a M.S. Opera, the compositicn of hib Royal Highness Prince Albert. New Quadrille—Rendezvous de Chasse—Musard. Fantasia Clarinet by Mr. Lazarus. First Grand Fantasia from Les Hugenots--Solo Oboe, Mr. Barret, Solo, Cornet a Pistons, Herr Koenig. New Quadrille--L'Anglet.rre—Musard. Galop—Une bonne Fortune. . . . . Prices of Admission :—To the Promenade, ls. ; Dress Circle, 2s. (3d. ; Upper Boxes, ls. 6d. Visitors to the Boxes have the privilege of passing to and from the Promenade. -1-44 Mr. Eliason, in compliance with numerous applications, begs leave to announce that the Lower Gallery will ter the fu ture be opened at the admission of Is. to each person. Doors •pen at half-past Seven e'Cleck, to commence at Eight precisely. Private Boxes can only be procured of Mr. Mitchell, Royal Library, No. 33, Old Bond•street, and at the Box-office of the Theatre. Prices, I Os. 6d., I/. Is., and I/. I Is. 6d. Bo xes and Places in the Dress and Upper Circles may be secured on application to Mr. Parsons, at the Box-office, daily, from ".I en till Four o'Clock, and those in the Dress Circle will be ept during the whole of the evening, if required. PIIINCE,SS' THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. This splendid Theatre is OPEN' EVERY EVENING with PROAIENADE CONCERTS, Under the Direction el.lllr. WILL Y. THIS EVENING, NOV. II3.—PROGRAMME. vertllvon- VIdel;0, Ilaensel's Fantasia, introducing ftiolos for the principal In stru- - • ments. Selection from the Mountain Sylph, introducing the I 3rie.al Chsrus, Farewell to the Mountain, and the Fortune-t ell'ing Scene. Solo on the Trombone by Mr. Holt. Solo on the Horn by Mr. Hardy. Quadrilles—Jack Sheppard, Astoria. Waltzes—Themis Strahlen, Iris. To conclude with Beethoven's Grand Battle Symphony, for which an addition has been made to the already nu . snerous: and efficient orchestra. Promenade, Is.—Diess Circle, 2s.—Upper Boxes, 13. 6.1. Private Boxes, 1/. Is. and 10s. 6d. each, may k ) e had at the Box-office, and of Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-stye et. ROYAL SURREY THEATF.E. Unprecehnted Novelty—Another New Pir ce—Continuation of " The Wreck of the Royal George"—Re-engagemi!nt of the Negro Melodists, and Revival of " he Ladye of Lam bythe. THIS EVENING, NOV. 16, Will he acted, a Caledonian P.omance, entitled THE REIVER'S RANSOM ; OR, GILDEROY THE BONNY BOY. After wllich, THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE; OR, THE SEAMAN'S CHEST. Preceded by a Grand Pictorial and• Scenic Induction, repre senting a Cruise round the Coast, and depicting the awful ca lamity, with the sinking of the Vessel, &c. To be followed by the astonishing Negro Melodist, Yankee Smith, in a celebrated Extravaganza, called JIM ALONG JOSEY, In which he will introduce his " Long Isl and Break Down," and also the Mississippi Melody, " :Zip Coon." In this part of the performance, the e xtra or di nary Picca ninny, Colman, will appear in the Old Kentuckian Grape Vine Twist. To conclude with THE LADYE OF LAAI'dYTHE. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGI CAL GARDENS. Under her Majesty's Immedi ate Patronage. This highly popular and interesting r . esort is OPEN DAILY from Ten till busk. The Menaget'le, which is unequislled in the number, variety, and beauty of the specimens it c,ontairis, occupies several spa cious and Elegant buildings corafortably heated, and arranged with the nearest possible ass'imilation to the natural habits , of the animals. The most inroortant additions recently recei.red are the rare and beautiful blatk Leopard, le Mignon Elephant, a pair nf the scarce Curassovts, called Cushew Birds, the Sacred Ibis, the Bush Cow (the only specimen in Europe), a pair of ~ .3ossowaries, the Monste r Boa (the largest ever seen in confine nent), Sze. The splendid collection of Carnivora are fed at Four o'Clock, it which limo the ferocious attributes and amazing muscular powers of these forest monarchs are displayed to the utmost ad vmtage. Admission, One Shilling. EVENING EDITION. MAP OF CHINA. AT WAR WITH CHINA-WHE RE . IS CHINA ? VFRY FEW CAN TELL. The Sun Newspaper will soon answer the question by publishing a Beautiful, Large, and Highly Correct MAP of CHINA, with a Complete` History of that Extensive Empire, and its Singular People. THE MAP will nearly occupy a page of The Sun. It is got up under the special Superintentien ce . of the celebrated Mr. JAMES WYLD, GCOgraPher to her MAJESTY the QUEEN. It compreh ends also a large pot Lion of I n di a , from the 111.7uths of the Ganges--the Islands in the Bay of Ba'ag al.- : Birmah —Assam Thibet Nepaul C" hin d China—Canton, and the immense Islands 911 - Bays along the coast of China to PE KIN ; situated One Hundred and Twenty mejles from the confines of the Yellow Sea. The next News from China is expected to /5 ceedingly interesting and decisive. • 1: 11 ° 11 , 1 h 1 of CIIUSAN, th e fi rs t p o i n t o f a ttack by e , Expedition, commands the great Bay oflV. ail ' kl o f ‘ from which the Imperial Canal comm ` ice with Pekin, the Capital of the Empire. C qlts° ' is about half way between Canton and ORDERS FOR . THE CHINA S U 11.14 Tre at to May be given to all News-agents, or sent ' rher e the Sun Office, 112, Strand, London an i, prompt attention will be paid t o each co altl" cation in the order it is received, and the duly forwarded. Parties sending Orders should write V ci- roo f dresses distinctly, to p reven t m i s t a ke. 011f° occasions several letter s h a d b een ree7ir ed4 out either Name or Add ress . The Price of the CHINA SUN will °I) IS`gs SIXPENCE, which can be s ent by FREE. ;Air' N.8.---No EXTRA Charge to Itegt" rs. be scribers, who will rec e i ve their Pape ' n usual course. Sun Office, 112, Strand, London, Nov.. 11, 1840. 0 PIO 111 1 8, MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE n afte r Morning 9 mi'autes after !S Evening °C) The Fublication t e Evening Edition of THE SUS menced at 50 minutes after Thre e. ...... 5g rainutes -v-t t lik 0* a • , lot / e": 2 # , • ( - Cl3 )t LONDON: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1840. s The Anti-Corn-law League has now tG .nn,arefl_ which is in forward anti CO- Se , which its members are pledged. They bay° to solved to appeal to the elector:sof the matr a f a cttr.rwo and commercial towns to return no "Nlemberfi tti Parliament who are not favourable to a repeal of Corn-laws. If they make it an electoral questil and can induce the electors to m erge a ll m i nor oe party differences, and elect Members solely on count of their hostility to the Corn-laws, they // 0 speedily procure such an Anti-Corn-law party the House of Commons as will compel the Co: law men to show some better reason for plunt leii the public than their mere will. , 120 The League has begun by making an aPP ee I s' Bolton, the electors of which, like those of Lan ter, Stockport, Preston, Macclesfield, rtrh o and other towns, send Members to Parliament dr vote for a continuance of the Corn-laws• By icb. culars, the League called a meeting at Bolton , ; 1 ; was held on Thursday week, and was attende( ‘ 1 •011 0 large number of persons. To no place CO' Ili' to appeal be more properly made, for none art' es°' suffer more by the Corn-laws than Bolto:i. 10 0 INTarrinp " The rental of Great Bolton," said Mr. 7 4 1, " was 80,0001., now, it had been ascertained by t u - s . la ' a, that, in July last, when the 2s. rat e n a il. 1, 10 ,;; there were no less than 1,083 empty hous e , g ' d when occupied, a gross rental of 10,000";bich oe p r . leaving an eighth part of the 80,000/. frct - t he( g rates could be collected. But this was net forgi seers had been going through the 9.5. rate , e- de tyl those who were unable to pay through P e ' - o f poi 1 , 1 7 0 as far as they could ascertain, the occuPie," less t' the gross rental of which would not ° , ° , l , C z n 10,000/. more, were so poor that none 01 s pay a farthing of rates, and, consequentlY , ri n - a , jog V. no rents either. Many hundreds of those b e A --. distant townships were living on 2d. per bee" i / n - Clre e Here, then, was one-fourth of the proPeT t l i4i ; o riel; Bolton destroyed, not by the Chartists, but b / trace—(Cheers)—by those whom Mr. Cobe .en,ue; bee g described as plunderers of the people.' Iti b i tt ; o r.' c o ' his opinion for the l as t t en y ears t he'. theA r ' s t ,:teo were so much afraid of a union tP' g plite t3 a brio% a th b e ot m a id a dl r e c a p n ea d l th o e f la th b e ou c ri o n r g n c . l l .:s l ; s: :: wn in h d ic ir,a h; a r tob ' t - h o _ forms, that they were reso' gvec i die class to poverty." ands ;11 The appeal was eminently successful, ot be equally so, we hope, at Stockport, t he cer place to be f .ried, and all the other boroUghs • to bring dew t ainly if the people will not help themsel ves : oc to can e-,, Tect no help ; if they prefer succurnbli"., if the: 'aristocracy to living in peace and A len allu' ° the , / would rather that the priesthood should lo os ill ill-gotten wealth, than that the labouring c wo old °.hould have an abundance of food ; if t he l e an d wish to see other nations rising into opule nc alo ot power, on th e ru i n o f G reat B r i ta in, they c c o rr do better than r e j ec t t h e appea l o f the An t ' w ho law League, and return to Parliament Ineri jt will vote for the continuance of the Corn - l ells .ii re is not so that th e l an d e d i nteres t a cts.. It Is turn to Parliament none but Corn-law O en : vo te does not tolerate a tenant who gives an h ones tors for a Repealer. It was not so that the Dissd the obtained the repeal of the Test Act , a l ed Catholics won emancipation. Those m en ' j ey le themselves, themselves, and it is by imitating the ir e° that the electors of the different boroughs wh , j ,c) h e i sire a repeal of the Corn-laws will succeed• so d must disregard the cry of Whigs and Tor ies ' w ill elect men, of whatever political party, w ho , devote themselves m ost zea l ous ly to the repe s ' . tio. Nor would w e h ave t h em stop at merely c lec . , sturdy Corn-law R epea l ers ; t h e y ought to inst a ft their representatives impeding all business, a s p as they can, till t hi s enormous grie van ce be dressed. Th e po ll -tax, w hi c h d ro ve `V AT Yxr and his followers into rebellion, was not so De l !' ous an exaction. That was for the State, a bove . the bre a d- tax i s f or t h e l an dlords ; and , ' for Irish landlords—for absentee landlords--f°tri' worthless landlords—who compel other men o Suci that they are of no use whatever to society. i s ono °' enormous grievance, inflicted by a pa rt y , very o pp re s s io n s which the State is cons t t o i t prevent. It is a denial of prote cti on a lf bread-eaters, and strikes at the root o f allege - We know not that any rebellion wh i c hver u out had a juster cause than the sweeping , Se ti ll► ~~c► ssl~ th ey: ao ce ‘ br A i e jog