The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-10 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. EMBARRASSMENTS of ENGLAND. (From the Debats of Thursday.) do not know whether England has seriously the imbarrassments which may befal her in the career of war into which a rupture with France would plunge her, but what she cannot have forgotten is what the first coalition cost her. She still bears the weight of it ; and twenty-five years of peace, of labour, and of continued efforts have scarcely done anything to diminish the enor mous debt which had been occasioned by fourteen years of obstinate resistance. While the yawning gulf is still there—while the wounds inflicted upon England by the Continental system are still bleeding—can it be sup posed that she should be inclined to lav before a new , coalition the credit of her public wealth? When in 170 the English Government, constituted the banker of all Europe, armed against us, it was, doubtless, far from foreseeing the immensity of the task it undertook, and the enormous subsidies in money and in blood which were to be paid. Lessons like these ought to be never lost upon a people ; and it is sur prising indeed that it should be necessary to remind them of it, after entertaining the idea for ten years of an indissoluble alliance between two grand nations—the simultaneous development of their in terests ; the association, in a manner, of their na tional prosperity. Let us cast an eye, then, upon this evil past, since it mast be so, not with the intention of indulging in recriminations, which would have nothing either dignified or advantageous in them, but of giving a warning against yielding to imprudent impulses. The sources from which we borrow the following calculations cannot appear doubtful ones, as they are furnished us by an English political economist, Mr. G. R. Porter. The chapter of his work on the " Progress of the Na tion," entitled " Expenditure of War," (vol. 2, p. 331), lays before us all the wounds and sufferings of the coa lition. In 1811 all the resources of Great Britain were exhausted—the misery of the working classes was at its highest pitch—the warehouses remained clogged with merchandise—a loan was impossible—the debt was more than 22,000,000 millions (of francs), and England, in apite of her invincible obstinacy, would infallibly have been borne down in the struggle, if fortune had not at last turned her back upon him who, till then, had been the ruler of nations. In twenty-two years, from 1793 to 1814, tlee sum total of the loans and subsidies paid by England to the Continental Powers amounted to 1,157 millions of francs. The two years (1813 and 1814) alone cost her 381 millions. In this enormous premium paid to the coalition, Rus sia enters for 218 millions ; Austria, 240 millions e Spain and Portugal, 363 millions ; Prussia, 84 millions ; S.vcdoe, 95 millions ; Sardinian States and Sicily, 80 H 'cover and other German States, 77 millions. It would he curious, after this, to follotv the increase of the national debt in England. In 1793, before the hostilities, the capital amounted to 6,000 millions. It then increased successively, and in such proportion, that in 1808 it amounted to 16,000 millions ; and on the Ist Jinuary, 1816, the epoch of its apogee, it amounted to more than 22,000,300 millions of francs. The pub lic expenses had increased in a still more considerable proportion. From 600 millions in 1793 they had risen iu 1815 to 2,675 millions, the interest of the debt in cluded, as well as the poor-rates, which were forced to b? increased from 100 millions in 1800 to 267 millions in 1811. If a continental war were to break out, France, strong in her immense interior resources, has certainly less to fear than any nation in Europe. She could at need suffice to herself, and find in the transactions and ac tivity of the thirty-three millions of men the aliment as well as the consumption of her trade and manufactures. tier public cri.dit is, incontestibly, the most solid in Europe. There is no disaster, however great, from which this fruitful country, so rich, above all, in its agri cafe productions, could not easily recover itself. Two successive invasions, the calamities which accompanied or followed them, the thousand millions' indemnity, the war in Spain—all this has proved the fact. Can we ' , sped a; much of England ? IF there be a nation whose prosperity is intimately connected with the peace of the world it is most as suredly tieirland. She lives only by her foreign com• mom! ; ever ything comes to her from without, as it is out of the country where she has to find a consumption of all her immense industrial production. England is a body, the members of which, out of all proportion with the head, extend immoderately from India to the An tilles, from China to Canada, and which, in order to live, needs all freedom of movement. flow, then, can England be thus eager to commence the adventurous career of war? Does she, perhaps, consider herself the only one of all the European nations that is exempt from those interior embarrassments which menace their political existence ? That would be the strangest blindness, England has her Chartists and her pauperism ; she has femiahed Ireland by her side, palpitating beneath the powerful h and of O'Connell ; she has a struggle with Canada, which is far from being terminated ; she has the limination of this colony to fix, a question in which, one by one, are lost all the means of conciliation between Great Bri pia and the United States; she feels the emancipated Antilles from her grasp ; she sees India Me naced-by Persia and by Russia, now Ler ally of fatal augury.; even her quarrels with China are capable of ecaling a hard blow to her interests. It is necessary for England to come off victorious from the contest with the Celestial Empire at any price, for to her it is a re veoue'ciii'estion—the question of the importation of tea. e were To a state of agitation enough, not long ago, about riAfeiir millions of which the competition of the tao sugars threatened to deprive our treasury ; but the tea is quite another thing to England ; it is a question of noticing less than a revenue of from eighty to ninety millions, which must be made to enter the Exchequer coffis at any price. • To SUM up. The political condition, the financial resources, and the public feelings of the people, and the direction given as welt to their national activity—all, in fact, has changed its aspect from 1813 to 1840. Be tween these two epochs is an i.nmense interval--a world. The anti-revolutionary enthusiasm, which in 1813 incised up from the soil of Germany such numerous le gions, is extinct, and cannot be revived. A profound elaboration is being carried on besidesin the heart of every State, More or less hampered in its action by some se rious ditliculty of interior policy. During the last twenty years the interests of nations have become major ones ; they would no longer place themselves in the suite or at the pay of the jealous passions of any Power. Have we beet!, in truth, the elements of a continen• tal war ? A continental war in the nineteenth century, in the midst of the great European family, whose ten dency is to organise itself for peace and labour, would be a barbarous arid anti-national act—an act which mi litates against all the views of Providence. For a time a conftet of the kind might paralyse the progress of in dustry ; the capital turned away from that channel will not wiliingly . come to the aid of a war of coalition. To excite it would be at once an act of barbarity and of ill f&aleulation. Will England take upon herself this tern-- Lie respensitility ? THE CON VOCATION OF THE CHAMBERS. SPIRIT OF THE FRENCH JOURNALS OF THURSDAY. (From the Constitutionne/ ) The. Cabinet has eourazeously engaged its responsibi lity, and will again engage in it, according to circum stances, up to the riteting of the Chambers. The Ministry has confidence in the Chamber, and with rea son. For in all that has been done, and all that it will be called upon to do, the Alinistry has listened, and will listen, only to the inspirations of its patriotism. It will pr. se nt diplrimatic acts, and at the same time will show France a-s it has re-organised it, that is to sly, ready to meet every eventuality. We do not doubt for an instant that the Chamber will ratify all the acts by which it has been placed in a condition to sustain the interests and dig nity of France. The members of the national repre sentation are now disseminated on every point of the territory, in the midst of a general population, which shudders at the idea of an attack upon the honour of the country. The Chamber will meet fully impregnated with those sentiments of dignity and energy, which have been interchanged by the electors and the elected. Let us but recall to mind the national feelings under the in licence of whi c h t h e present P ar li ament " as formed. At ' s .a.-:eession, it overt h rew t h e po li cy w hi c h b ecame feeble t we f ir nthe p resence of foreign powers. The Cham ber, ine o d, will be faithful to its or i g i n . The Tee 'n inepsgvoes further than the Constitutionnel, for it throws . out a hint that the Minis try il have come to a decision as to the casus belli and . the Chambers to gctNer tor tea purpos e of a rati fication 'c of that decision. We see," says this journal, " of in the convocation of Chambers, the indication the initiati ve satisfy n all the exi gencies of our honour and int erests in the present have crre s et l con juncture. Events d o not wait those ready taken place , and those w h i ch may r toree en before the 28th of October, require, in f act, that fro m the present moment c ertain resolutions sho u ld be come to by the Ministry solely upon its own responsibi In presenting itself to the Chambers to de n they should take their sha re of th e responsibility, ra 'd that Ministry will meet with warm a dvers arie s, it will at least have the . a dvantage of defending itself openly in a discussion in presence of the country. It will not call upon the Chambers for a policy, but for it the.ap probation df that w hich it has adopted , and will at the same time appeal to the jadgment of the country as to its acts. It will have no difficulty in proving to Eu rope that disinterestedness, moderation, and the sincere defence of the equilibrium of Europe, have been con stantly on the side of France, and that its Government has in E this question sus t a i ne d th e true principles of European policy." (From the Si ec l e .) There is no doubt but the Ministry has a plan of conduct ready, the execution of which will take place immediately after its having received the approbation of tl e r op rcsentativ es o f the country. A national system, well couce:ved and firmly decided upon, applied by the men w ho have most pled ge d themselves to the rcvolu ti,n of July, wall,we hope, prevail in the policy of • BE SITN, LONDON, SATURDA 1:1,OCTOBER 10. 1840‘ TH E NEW ORIENTAL ROMANCE. at all the Libraries, in 3 vols. post 8470., France. Hitherto everything has been compromised oppressed, and power to aid them against their enemies. 1 by hesitation and weakness. With boldness, frankness, " Since we obtained from the Viceroy flit; order for I Now rea d y ed to 'T H E CASHMERE SHAWL. By. .CAPTAIN 11 7 141 TE, "—New Monthly. overcome obstacles, the discharge of the prisoners, we have present 1 AuthOr of " The King's Page," " Almack's lleYsitecl," &c, and determination, we shall easily dangers, and resistance. Let the Government rells-on him a letter of thanks. Ie this letter we pray that is , the nation, and adopt whilst it directs its generous in- will abolish torture in judicial investigations, and thus .. The best of Mr. White's_produetions "—John Bull. stinets, tempered by a moderation of which it has given follow the example set to him by those States who have i their country this instru- , "We welcome the relgearanee of-t . his highly gifted author sufficient proofs for the last ten y..ars. Therein is our blotted from the records o. l: is the literary ranke,prOTt a great qccess for thiS strength, therein is our s alvation. `Will the Chambers, meat of a savage and barbarous age._ ..Full of talent, variety,and entertainment, "—New Cashmere Shawl'—thf ladies . espeei f Damascus, I, l airy should envelffe }heir leaving in isolation a few tremblers and intrigans full of "On the arrival of the news . fromhis Hi h.. ' minds for some hours with this visionary and . magnificent art', gall and rancour, set the example of calm and unity of with Mr. Wire and Dr. Lowe, waited upon g I - , cle of gorgeous a dornment. In these yolutogs the reader will Cairo), to design from which great results arise ?We think so. If ness (Monsieur Cremieux being gone to j find iti variety as charming as it is abundant; he will be re-. it were otherwise, and if the wicked babbling of those express to him the lively satisfaction and joy experi- minded by their .humour of Rabelais, and by their poetry of Thomas Moore with a troop of Pews who have already failed in action were to be listened to enced in Damascus at the deliverance of the prison"7 in kis imagination."— in the Parliament with more a ttention than the almost His Highness was much gratified, spoke much antk M etropolitan.i h Publisher, lfe r: /it it. L 1 Henry Col burn, -, -reat M ar lb oro u g h-stree.. unanimous voice of the coun t r y, we s hould despair of familiarly with me, and I left his Highness under fa- 1 that representative Government, to obtain which we vourable impressions towards the mission and towards shed so much blood, and made so many efforts for half a the Jews. century." " I cannot conclude this letter without saying that, The Currier Francais, which for some days past has notwithstanding all my privations, anxieties, and pains, been urging the Government to immediate action, ex- lam more than repaid by the success of our labours ; presses its alarm lest, in the short period that is to and that I shall never hesitate, when the cause of my , elapse before the Chambers meet, Ministers should brethren demands my aid, nor think any sacrifices too abstain from ac t s w hich would render all chance of main- great, if lam in any degree honoured in forwarding the taining the pe a ce of Europe hopeless. This journal purity of our holy faith—in defending its precepts—in says, " The Ministry must be free to act up to the vindicating its pure humanity—in asserting its horror of time of the meetinh of the Chambers. We must not blood, or in upholding its divinity. add to the time which we have lost. En g land has, in " I have the honour to remain, &c. " the machinery of its Government , a g reat advantage (Signed) MOSES MONTEFIORE." over us. There, what a Ministry desires to do it can do. Nothing is allowed to interfere between it and its duties. When it has the confidence of the nation, it disposes of all its forces until it is overthrown by a vote of the Parliament. Lord Palmerston can treat with Russia, change the alliances of Great Britain. send fleets, and bombard the towns of Syria, and all that, almost without asking for the concurrence of the Cabinet, for he has the approbation of the Queen." The Courriei proceeds as follows : " For two months past France ought to have de clared her ultimatum as to the treaty of London. This we are still waiting for, and public opinion in the mean time is deceived by the falsehoods of Lord Palmerston. If M. Thiers has not made his conditions, and at the critical moment is without the power of action, he alone will be responsible. The responsibility of events will, unless he be relieved of it by the Chambers, lie upon him only. The Government must not remain with its arms folded until the Chambers meet. There are acts which admit of no postponement. The Chambers will judge of the system—the executive must begin from the day when the system is decided upon. We make these observations with a severity which we are not in the • habit of using, but a deplorable series of errors has ren dered us suspicious. The intentions of the Ministers are now known to us ; the future will enable us to judge of their firmness." The Commerce is as warlike as ever, but still doubts the energy of M. Tbiers, and appeals to the extreme left of the Chamber to insist upon his asserting what it calls the dignity and interests of the nation, or, in :he event of his hesitating, placing the power in the hands of a man who will obey the voice of the country. The Debats and the Presse are without leaders on the con vocation of the Chambers. The National does not believe that the Chambers have been called together for the purpose of ratifying any plan of action laid down by the Cabinet, and insinuates that it is a mere trick to gain time. THE NEW NOVEL BY MRS. GORE. Just ready, in 3 vols. post Bro., GER; TO " DOWAr, the MODERN SCHOOL for SCANDAL. By MRS. GORE. Author of " Mothers and Daughters," .‘ Stolieshill Place," &e, Richard Bentley, New Burlington street, THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME YESTRIS, THIS EVENING. OCT. 10. Will be repeated the New Play. in rive Acts, written by James Sheridan Knowles, Esq., entitled "HE BRIDE OF MESSINA. John di Procida, Mr. Moore ; Fermndo, Mr. Anderson ; Guiscardo, Mr. Cooper ; Isoline, Miss Ellen Tree. The Interval between the Play and the Afterpiece will be oc cupied by A COMIC SCENE between Mr. CHARLES MATHEWS and Mr. KEELEY, entitled TWO IN THE MORNING. After which will be repeated a New Musical Drama, entitled THE GREEK BOY. Hylas, Madame Vestris ; Doge of Venice, M. S Jones ; Count Nlalveggio, Mr. Diddear ; Silvio, Mr. Keeley; Claudio, Mr. Binge; Bernardo, Mr. F. Matthews; Benedetto., Miss Cooper ; C o nstanza, Miss A. Taylor. The Three New Pieces of the Bride of Messina, Two in the Morning, and the Greek Boy, every Evening. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3t. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to commence at Seven e'Clock. Tickets and plat 03 for the Boxes to be taken of Mr.' Grogan, at the Box-ofßee, from Ten till Four, where .Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had so'ely of Mr.- Andrews, bookseller, :67, New Bond.street. A , EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS FROM PARIS. -- ~- (From the Second Edition of the Morning Post.) We have received by special courier the il4oniteur Parisien, the illessager, and Gazette de France of Thursday night, as also the Debats, Constitutionnel, and remaining Paris papers of yesterday (Friday). We give below the important news from Spain and Holland. The Paris press is unanimous in approving of the convocation of the Chambers. The Ministerial papers still breathe war and the Court organs peace. At Tortoni's on Thursday night the funds were im proving. Marshal Gerard, as Commandant of the National Guard of Paris, has issued the following order of the day, dated Wednesday : " A journal of this morning announcer that, relying on sentiments of patriotism by which they are misled, some National Guards intended to assemble and come in a body to their superior Commandant to express openly an opinion on the policy followed by the Government under present circumstances, and to demand the adoption of measures, the initiative of which belongs neither to him nor to them. This step, these manifestations, these dis cussions, by citizens armed for the defence of public order and liberty, and for the protection of her laws, would be not only a high illegality on their part, but also an at tack on the Commonwealth, the Constitution, and all those interests which are vainly given as the pretext. The National Guard of the Seine has, during the ten last years, given immense pledges of its patriotism, its .•cou rageous devot::.‘ l 3 to the institutions which the Charter placed under its mots ; its superior Commandant has always been proud in proclaiming the great services it has rendered to the country, and to declare the confi dence which he has placed in it, het these services and this confidence would be much changed if the National Guard were to think of substituting its force for the action of government, and its wishes for law. In that case the country, and the honour of the nation, would be really in danger, and its superior Commandant would repel with energy every manifestation which, after having violated the law, must produce such disastrous conse quences. In great political crises the country ought to rely on the strength of the Government, and the Go vernment should count on the concurrence of all the powers, and on the patriotic union of all citizens. If the latter have a desire to express any wishes, or have any rights to cl dm, they must do so through the chan nels pointed out by the laws, but it is not in their uni form or in a body that National Guards should come to address their chiefs, who, by thus receiving them, would misconceive their duty, and the Marshal, supe rior Commandant, will never sanction such acts by his example. " COUNT GERARD." (From the Paris papers of Friday.) The Toulouse papers state that the Royal cannon foundry of that town has been ordered to cast 600 pieces of artillery. By a decision of the Minister of War, the sehn braque, or housings, of the cavalry of the line and light cavalry, which have hitherto been in woollen cloth, shall henceforth be made of sheep-skin. A letter from Hagenue, in the Alsace of Strasburg says :—" A number of horses purchased in Germany have been presented for the examination of the Com missioners appointed to receive them. On the first day they were not so strict, but on the second day out of thirty twenty-six were rejected. We highly approved of this just rigour, as it will put an end to the false but commonly accredited assertions, that by giving a douceur of 25f. a horse, the dealers can always insure the reception of any animals they may present." Five journeymen carpenters were yesterday brought before the tribunal of correctional - Police,: on, charges connected wien the late:ll44w, “ Ec ,, To pO s cnr k e4, some to a Weel,6 4 s and some to . iini)sisournent.. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATR&, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Mr. BUTLER. During the recess the Theatre has been re-painted and re derpreed, and every attention paid to the comfort of the au. dieauo. THIS EVENING, OCT. 10, Will be acted, a Burletta from the French, entitled 31AISON A VENDRE, Versac, Mr. St. John Horton ; Madame Dorval, Mrs. H, Cumming; Lisa, Miss Crisp. • A Musical Piece will succeed, entitled MY IHREE BROTHERS. Pertinax Single, Mr. Balls; Peregrine Single, Mr. Balls Percival Single, Mr. Bang; Humphrey Grizzle, Mr. S. Roxby 'redline, Miss Sheersmith ; Emily, Miss Seymour. After which will be reyeaterl a New Piece, entitled the WRITINGS OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S ESTATE. Lady - Emily Bouchier, Miss J. Mordaunt. A Pas Saul by the youthful Zetella. To which will be added, A WIFE'S FIRST LESSON. :In which Miss M. Glover will make her third appearance, The whole to conclude with a New Burletta, named RAILROAD STATION. Mr. Sampson Jones, Air. Samuci Roxby ; Mrs. W. Smith, Mrs. Garrick. PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Olympian Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. Half-price—Dress Circle, 2s. ; Olympian Boxes, h. 6d Pit, J. (From the Tempt of Thursday.) A letter from Boulogne, dated the sth, says " For these two days past the chief conversation is the order which has just been given to put our port in a state of defence. An officer of engineers has ar rived here to superintend the works, which are to he begun this very day. " It is intended to erect some batteries along the coast, to arts the forts, and to place some howitzers on the jetty to the west." The Armoricain of Brest publishes the following statement : ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. The combinod attraction of Mr. Kenney's New Tragedy, en titled " The Sicilian Vespers," and Ainsworth's Original 0 Jack Sheppard," nightly fills this Theatre to an overflow, and audiences literally crammed to the ceiling loudly demand the repetition of these popular pieces. THIS EVENING OCT. 10, Will be acted a New Tragedy, entitled 111!E SICILIAN VESPERS. Supported by Messrs. Elton, Saville, Hughes, Neville, lies• lop, and Johnson, Miss Grant, and Mrs. Vining. To conclude with JACK SHEPPARD. Realizing all Cruikshanks' inimitable Tableaux Vivans. "'lle Journal du Havre, and some Parisian journals, have disfigured the facts which gave occasion to the order, no longer to grant to strangers permission to visit our port. Among the strangers who• went thither,' say they, it was thought that there were many Et glish whu attentively examined all the details carefully, made the most minute i nqu i r i es , an d man if este d a d egree of curiosity which is not common.' " ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN DAILY, from Ten till Dusk, with the Unequalled Menagerie in their commodious and elegant habitations. The recent additions include a rare species of Leopard entirely black, Le Mignon Elephant, the smallest ever imported, the. Monster Boa, the Bush Cow, The Wombat, &c. Admission One Shilling. Feeding Hour of the Carnivora and Pelicans. Four o'Clock. . . -... It was not these circumstances, which are mere fic tions, that gave occasion to the prohibition in question, but the facts which we are going to relate : The premission t 3 enter the arsenal was previously granted to strangers on a request addressed by their respective Consuls, not to the Director of the Port but to the Major-General, who sent is person to accompany the visitors or not, as he thought proper. About a fortnight ago, Captain Gordon, of the English Navy, who had applied for this permission, but had not yet received it, having in the meantime visited the bagne, was indebted to the civility of some of the officers for liberty to enter the arsenal. A report was soon spread that an English Commodore had penetrated into the port without permission, and there arose numberless comments, which induced Admiral Grivel to forbid the entrance of torcigners, a prohibition which the Minister of Marine appears to have extended to all the mili tary posts. _ HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW M .... - 4T minutes after 1 Evening l3 minutes atter .2. l'he Publication of the F.vening Edition of. Tno Sum coat , minced'at ,?.0 Initiates after Three. __ .4 1 ' t ...r. At : .7; - I.' ~M 991.) Eaw •R,. i f --.' ... ~ ( - -r - ,. ; , .. ~, -Au 3d 1i k -r A 4-:,; \ ~. ~.../ .\4 st , •, ; , - ,:i6 CA. '4.3', c • 4 .. , . ~) i ." 4- ....,,e by • , ..., ~.. .::19:.; aid, lapz ii i - IMPORTANT' NEWS' t'ltOM' . •, n LONDON: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1840 Captain Gordon, however, is an honourable man, who, if we were at war, would fight bravely for his country against ours, but who, in time of peace, is incapable of committing a mean and base action. He lost no time in making an excuse to Admiral Grivel for his involun tary imprudence, which was in a great measure owing to French politeness. As for the pretended number of English remarked before and after the affair, there were only two or three merchants, one of whom is settled at St. Malo, and a visit of one of those pleasure yachts, which the trades-people of the town would probably be very glad to see more frequently in our roads. One more correction—it is not true that the English prohibited foreigners from visiting their arsenals ; they could visit them (as with us) by permission, accompa nied, the bourgeois by a keeper, and the officers by an officer. (From the Moniteur Parisien of Thursday night.) A courier arrived from Valencia at Madrid on the morning of the sth, has brought the decrees signed by the Queen, which appoint the Ministers proposed by General &porter°. " The above intelligence," writes our Paris cor respondent, " reached the French Government by telegraphic despatch from Bayonne, where it was i ! received by courier from Madrid. It is cu r i o u s th a t I no mention is made of the French Ambassador, who I must have transmitted the news to the President of the Council. It appears, then, that the Queen Re- gent has been compelled to accept the list made out by Esparterci—a list in which figured the names of her mortal enemies Members of the Pro vincial Junta formed after the insurrection of Sept. 1. It now remains to be seen whether the Regency of Maria Christina has been crippled in any manner, or whether she is to return to Madrid a free agent. The next event will he the Convocation of the new Cortes, and the proclamation of a Manifesto explanatory of the system to be adopted by the successful Exaltados." The Debate of Friday denies that Espartero's Ministry will put an end to the intestine troubles, as there will still be a violent struggle for the suppression of the Juntas and the Regency. M. GUIZOT AND LORD PA MERSTON. (From a Second Edition of the Morning Herald.) We understand, from a very good authority, that 1 1 a note from the French Government has just been delivered to Lord PALMERTON. It is firm in its tone, but still conciliatory, and leaves the door open to an arrangement, if sorne concessions are made to the French Government. The Revenue Accounts, which are to be made up this evening, are not, we regret to state, so s satisfactory as we could wish th em . W e under sptralicide, and deficient d th efi e o Customs, offing chiefly , to the high of ugar, causing a defici ency in the sugar duties this quart e r, w h en they ought to be most productive, are not so favourable as they were expected to be. From a particular circumstance too, the Excise duties, we have heard, present a nominal falling off, while there is no actual deflcie ney. A s compare d to the corresponding quarter o f 1 838 there is, we believe, a considerable increase h ; (Alt as compared of 1839 there is no increase.withthe corresponding quarter ABDICATION of the KING of HOLLAND. We have received by express from the Hague the in telligence that the abdication of the King took place at the Chateau of Loo, the day before yesterday, Bth inst., with great solemnity, in the presence of the Prince of Orange, now William 11., the other members of the Royal Family, the Great Functionaries of State, &c. The Proclamation issued by the ex-King on this occa sion appears in another column. By another Proclamation, of the same date, the new Sovereign inaugurated his reign. In this he says that he will march in the footsteps of his father. By another Proclamation the new King confirms all the ratifications, civil, military, and naval. William 11. was expected et the Hal r . ue on Thursday. To-morrow (Sunday) public prayers will be offered up, to beg the Most High to afford strength and wisdom to the new Sovereign to rule over the destinies of the Netherlands. The convo ca tion of the Fren c h Ch am b ers on the 28th i ns t., w hi c h was anno unce d i n the After noon Editio n o f The Sun of yesterd a y, h as on l y increased the clamour for war s o mischievously raised by the French Ministerial Press. Even the Constilutionnel, the avowed organ of the President of the Council, all but recommends anticipating the moderation of the Legislative body by some mad a c t on t h e part o f t h e C a bi net, wh i ch shall render war i nev i ta b le. W e b e li eve t h e rea l f act to be th at M . T uinns does not want to meet the Chamb ers , an d see i ng t h at h e cannot avo id meet mg th em, after he w ou ld no t scruple to bequeath to his successor in office the legacy of a war which herr_ might supply him with a ladder for re-scaling the walls which will•shortly exclude him from office. Possibly M. THEI RS imagines that were the war but begun under his auspices, no other Minister would be found to take the conducting of it out of his hands. His game i s at present a desperate one. If peace be preserved till the meeting of the Cham bers, we have little doubt that he .will be forced to retire from office, and that France will abandon the hostile line of policy which she is now pursuing, to the absolute ruin of her commercial industry, and the terror of her peaceably disposed neighbours. But even if peace be preserved M. TRIERS will remain responsible for th e immense expense to which he has put France—for the revival of long forgotten jealousies, and fears, and hatreds between two great friendly nations, of them se lves disposed to live together in the closest bonds of affection— for unsettling and brutalizing the minds of the working-classes by app ea l s to t he worst passions and instincts of their nature. These are crimes of the deepest dye—acts of social and international sacrilege, if we may be permitted so to e xpress our selves, which are unpardonable in the Fresent ad vanced state of European civilization. Steam has all bit annihilated the channel which formerly se parated England from Fr a nce. The educated classes in both countries speak a common language; intermarriages are frequent ; and to the mercantile world idea tile world of E ng l an d P ar i s no more presents of a foreign capital th an D u blin or Edin burgh. The statesmen, t i me m en of letters, the chief officers in both services, all ti e distin guished parsons in the faculties of law and physic in England and France, are respectively and indi vidually known to each other ; so that a war be tween the two countries would partake more of the BOULOGNE, OCT. 7.—lt is now no Imager a matter of report as to arming here. They are now putting all the coast in a state of defence, and that which has given a complete finish in the way of alarm is th into convert ing the Etablissement des Bains a fort. Workmen were engaged all this day in carting earth for a breast. work in front, preparatory to the planting of cannon; the consequence is that the City of Boulogne, which leaves to night, is crowded with families (old residents chiefly) taking their departure. The cry for war is universal, and must take place, or—revolution. DOVER, OCT. B.—Reports reached here to-day by the Boulogne steamer, which state that embankments are in progress at the sands to the right of the harbour (Boulogne), and that the National Guares had received orders to hold themselves in readiness to protect the fron. tier on a moment's notice. It is also current at Boulogne that 15,000 troops have been sent off to the theatre of war in the East. We have these reports from a respect able gentleman who left Boulogne this morning by the Dover packet ; but how far they are correct we cannot say. BEYROUT.—It stands on a rising ground close to the sea shore, and or i g i na lly named Berytus. It is enclosed with walls, and supplied with water by rivulets from the neighbouring hills. Taken from the Saracens by Baldwin, 1111, and recaptured in 1317. Ten years after wards the Christians took it, and it was frequently ravaged during the crusades, when it was a large for tified town, and depot for the costly merchandize of Damascus. It WAS distinguished by art institution for the study of jurisprudence, and had the honour of calling into public life sonic of the most distin guished civilians, whence it was named the mother and isi It ot sadde wasnvu ftemoehunl among idco i e ctinansohtptueortni captured rfr t at esy h m.d e hands aeebTssyThe oeRl ft oheogempernar onuTnfi Regenerator assrn t ti l l iosna,r e , meo a nD x n f u : t d r Ese us ; e g e t ey n: xp'ooa,twfnr. from o to d h rA m di e ,ti under nido w a ernhdy laws. ci m pn the eators are calculated at 100,000, their language pure Arabic. and they keep close together about M ount L e b anon. No Ma hometan is permitted to reside in their district. I saw their t faces,of t se verala walking about here. In the dres s o f f ema l es, many are distinguished with a large tant oura or horn, placed in ht position . and fixed over on er a cushion many veilto it passageso their forehead, e h u e p a r d i 4 , with la scarf thrown g ired a volume.strlktng commentary a en r t e m involved in on their temp l es, beforelved i n t h e grossest cEdgywithpt ; for the repre gilding, ~ the work of man's hands," is elevated rieeridinstpt idolatry, and it is a fact ther e ex i sts among them a s r e e n li t e at o io t n of a the an c c a tilet.it v mythology ofe r wood,covered which they prostrate themselves, and o ff er up solemn acts of adoration, thus changing the Glory of God into an image like to four-footed beasts, and robbing him of that homage due from his dependent creatures. At a small distance from Beyrout the field is pointed out where St. G eorge , i t i 3 fabled, fought the dragon; and this Sair,t or hero is fe rn ,us in the Holy Hand, and represe n t e d on horseback tilting a d ra g on at his feet.— T ravels in the Holy Land, by W. Rae Wilson. horrible and revolting features of a civil war, than of a contest between conflicting Governments. Viewing the question in this light, we cannot too strongly express our condemnation of the acts of the French Minister, and the language of the war Journals. They are aware of the mischief they ar,,• doing, and yet they basely sacrifice the intereP:ts of France to the gratification of a miserable i , ,dividual ambition, or some other passion stilt more detest able, Were the mischief confine( to France it would be bad enough, but the tn!sfortune is that it ex tends to all the States in Europe. While .France resounds with threats and preparations for war, it is impossible for other nations to remain un concerned spectators of her fury. She occu pies too high a rank in the family of nations to have her acts, of whatever nature, regarded with ind fference. By arming herself she imposes upon her neighbours a necessity of arming in self-de fence ; and from the fears and jealousies of armed nations soon spring plenty of pretexts for employ ing their weapons in the accursed work of mutual destruction. Moreover, the French Republican organs, and especially the National, affect no con cealment of the system of warfare which France would employ in a conflict with Austria, Russia, and Prussia. On this important question our readers have only to refer to the long article from the National, which appeared in our columns of yesterday. They will there find that the mitre and crown of sans culottism—the red cap of the first Revolution, is to be borne on the bayonets of King Lours PHILIPPE'S army. England laughs, as well she may, at absurdities swept away by the giant genius of NAPOLEON, and which can never be re vived ; but it is nevertheless quite natural that the bare threat of their resuscitation should create an alarm at Berlin, Vienna, and St. Petersburgh. But the success of the Allies on the coast of Syria inspires us with fresh hopes of the preserva tion of European tranquillity. We do not believe that King LOUIS PHILIPPE will suffer a blow to be struck before the meeting of the Chambers, and by that time the Syrian question will be settled by the triumph of the Allies ; M. Tx' zus will not venture to renew the pledges which he so foolishly made the PACHA ; and the latter, abandoned by France, will not surely be mad enough to risk the ruin of his family in a contest so unequal and so hopeless. Besides, the Chambers will not be car ried away by the declamation of Journalists nor the verbal misrepresentations of a Minister. They will call for documents and weigh testimonies before coming to a decision. The negotiations of the Great Powers on the Eastern Question, long before the Treaty of London was proposed, will be in quired into, and M. TIIIERS will be called upon to explain upon what grounds he abandoned the policy of Marshal SOULT—why the pledge given by France in the diplomatic note signed by Admiral ROUSSIN, in conjunction with the other Ambas sadors at Constantinople, was not redeemed—and above all what induced him to make a breach of faith on the part of France a pretext for quarrelling with the other Powers. The Chambers must see that it is the Four Powers that have a right to com plain, and not France. It is to them and not to her that an- insult has been offered, and it is they, and not her that have a right to complain of the con temptuous indifference with which they have been treated. The KING sees and knows this, and it is impOssible that it can escape the penetration of the Chambers. In fact, nothing could exceed the ar rogant and insulting bearing of France upon the Eastern question since the forrnation of the present Cabinet. 'She not only abandoned the most solemn engagetnents, but threatened with military exter mination the Powers refusing to join in her apos !icy. She would neither keep faith herself, nor suffer others to keep theirs. This tyranny could not be borne, and we trust to the justice and the patriotism of the Chambers to mark, with their heaviest censure, the conduct of a Minister who would seek to impose it upon Europe. The Gazette of last night contains despatches from Admiral STOPFORD with official accounts of the landing of the Allied Forces at Beyrout, the capture of that town, and the occupation of some strong positions adjoining. On reading the diffe rent letters, we expected to find some satisfactory reason for reducing the town to ashes, as we had been led to believe by the French telegraphic des patch that it had been utterly destroyed, but not a word is communicated on the subject, and we must therefore infer that the reported conflagation was a pure fiction of some party or another, to create a prejudice in the minds of the French people against the English, and incite them to cry out for war against this country. The French telegraphic despatch stated that, " after a bombardment of nine days, which reduced the town to ashes, it was evacuated by the Egyptians in the night, and the - Allies took possession of it." Admiral STOP FORD, on the contrary, declares that he opened a fire upon the Egyptains, " taking care to avoid injuring the town ;" and after receiving an unsatisfactory answer from SoLIMAN PACHA, he continued it in another quarter, directing it against the forts only, and principally " against one having mounted guns." We will leave the Captain of the Prometheus and the director of the French telegraph to account for the story of a bombardment of nine days, and the reduction of Beyrout to ashes. It appears from the despatches that the landing was effected in the most admirable manner, that all parties conducted themselves with skill and bravery, and that the inhabitants of the town and the mountaineers were enthusiastic in the cause. The steam-boats were found to be of the greatest service. The total number of troops landed was about 7,000 Turks and Allies, and the Egyptian army in the neighbourhood was said to be 15,000 strong. The return of killed and wounded, on the part of the Allies, has not. been forwarded yet, but from all accounts the loss was very trifling. We were in hopes last night that we should be spared the necessity of again adverting to the late election, and might spare our readers any further remarks on a subject which is now getting stale. But the Times yesterday made a severe personal attack on Mr. HARMER, indulging in the foulest insinuations as to his early life, and in scandalous charges against his subsequent career, which com pels us once more to direct attention to the unprin cipled conduct of the Times. While the contest was going on, and for some weeks before, nothing w as whispered against Mr. HARMER'S private charac ter. The only offence with which he was then charged by the Times, the . only circumstance which was then said to incapacitate him for the offic e of Lord Mayor, was his connection with the Dispatch. The head and front of his offence was the making a profit by the opinions of that Journal. The de claration of the Livery and the leaders in the Times said nothing about Mr. HARMER having been an attorney, and having chiefly practised at the Old Bailey ; they were wholly taken up with extracts from the Dispatch, and comments on them, and the Liverymen were induced to re ject Mr. HARMER on the express ground of the disloyalty and irreligion of the Dispatch. Yester day the tactics were changed, and after the contest is over, when it might be supposed that the defeat would have been considered penalty enough to satisfy the most virulent enemy, the Times published a most bitter, a most venomous, a most unrelenting perso- , - - . .... .. . . ... .• .-. nal attack on Mr. HARMER. We arc not about to defend hire,--..w e think it quite unnecessary ; for this attack, wholly uncalled-for on public grounds, —tire election being over, and no other purpose to serve by it but to wound the individual—is for us an unanswerable proof that the whole of the bitter animosity of the Times has originated in private and personal malice. The public press has been prostituted, then, by that clever, but unprincipled Journal, and the Livery have been beguiled in or der to gratify its unchristian vindictiveness. Let the reader mark its cunning. While the elec tion was pending, it dwelt solely on the public grounds—the connection with the Dispatch, and the making . a profit by certain opinions, because it knew that if it made personal attacks its motives would be seen through, and the Livery would then have pro tected Mr. HARMER from its malice. Amongst the traders of the metropolis, the standard of mo rality is somewhat different from that laid down in novels, and sometimes said to prevail at Courts ; it is not an ideal, but a practical standard, formed from the conduct of the general run of prosperous men in the City, and the personal attack which may now be so injurious to Mr. HARMER, might have . . received a practical refutation by his triumphant return. It would have been favourable to Mr. HARMER. Success in his business as an attor ney—(we do not defend the business;and still less the defective state of the law, which makes it one . . . of the most lucrative)—would have recommended him to the Livery; and had they been then re minded that Mr. HA um ER had risen from low beginnings, and that he had, at the commence ment of his career, many difficulties and misfor tunes to struggle with, would have . probably en sured his election. The very soul of City great ness is wealth acquired by industry. The Times waited till the election was over before it dealt this blow, when it could serve no public purpose, and when the indignant L very could not shield, by their votes, Mr. HAR MER from the attack. It was sure to go unre riled over the whole empire. The hustings were down, and the Alderman could not reply publicly to the public accusation. The malice of the assault is fully equalled by its cunning and its cowardice. It would be charitable to the Times to suppose that it has become ashamed of the manner in which it lately pandered to low and disgraceful pre judices, which it is not known to share ; and that it now seeks to hide its own disgrace behind the blackened character and distorted figure of Mr. HARMER. The personal attack is to enable it to retreat from the untenable position . it occupied when it joined the hypocrites in excluding a man from a civic office on account of the opinion of a Journal. It seated itself on a barrel of gunpowder which might blow, not only the Times, but the whole press into shreds, when it denounced as unrighteous the profit that is made by the sale of published opinions. The opinions it now denounces, it knows from experience may hereafter become profitable and fashionable, and it was treading on dangerous grounds to appeal to vulgar prejudice to destroy the property of a Journal, or exclude a man from civic offices, on account of the presumed tendency of its opinions. It might, perchance, reflect that there is one Journal which has continually laboured to excite the poor against a law which, by the majority of the electors, both in boroughs and counties, is considered most beneficial ; and it might discover that, by an appeal to certain mischievous opinions of the Times, its proprietor might be as effectually barred from a seat in Parliament—for what constituency would elect the anti-Poor-law incendiary ?—as Mr. HARMER has been excluded from the civic chair. It would be charitable to the Times chits to account for its cowardly and malignant personal attack, but that, without abating one jot of the malignancy or the cowardice, would brand it with insufferable meanness. Mr. HARMER, we presume, will defend himself—we make no pretensions to undertake such a work—we only condemn the mean, malignant, virulent, and cowardly conduct of the Times. At the present moment, it is said, the cost of four pounds weight of bread, of the same quality, is six pence in Paris, and tenpence in London. The people are now obliged, therefore, on four pounds weight of bread, to pay fourpence to thel andlords for their super-eminent services in owning the land. More than a third of the whole price of a loaf is on this showing paid to the landowners. Their pay, out of the taxes, and independent of their just rent, which is a great sum, must be at least four times as much as is paid to the nary and army for the protection they afford us, and the con quests they achieve. The services of the land owners ought therefore to be four times as useful to the community as the services of the army and navy. We were not before fully aware of the immense and costly benefits conferred on us by preserving and killing game, by administering the Game-laws, by dining well and drinking hard in the country, and by keeping splendid equipages and gay houses, and giving parties in town. The virtue which resides in landowning, we are ashamed to say, had hitherto wholly escaped our observation ; we shall hereafter be sensible of it, and, seeing that the community is obliged by the undoubted wisdom of Parliament, to pay such an enormous price for it, we shall treat it with becoming reverence. On reflection, however, we doubt very much whether the four-pence in four pounds of bread, a penny a pound, represents the whole tax laid on us for the benefit of the landowners. We are of opi nion that bread ought to be, and would be cheaper, in London than in Paris, but for the Corn-law ; and to ascertain exactly how much each loaf is taxed to reward the angelic landowners, we must know how much lower, without a Coin-law, the price would be in London than in Paris. Let us look, then, at some of the circumstances which may be supposed to influence the price of bread in the two countries. In England we have a gold, in France they have a silver, standard, and, according to the most approved calculations,' that circumstance should make the cost of bread, measured in money, about 5 per cent. less in London than in Paris. In ten pence that would amount to one halfpenny, and on that ground we say that the sum now paid to the landowners on a four-pound loaf is fourpence half penny. But the whole of the cost of any commodity is reducible to the labour required to bring it to mar ket. Now, considering the comparatively little labour employed in making agricultural tools in England, the goodness of our roads, the great skill of our peo ple, their steady habits, and the facility England possesses of water conveyance, we hazard nothing in saying that, bushel for bushel, bread corn can be obtained in London by one-third less labour than at Paris. We shall do no injustice, we believe, if we say that this would amount to one penny per four pound loaf, which, therefore, but for the Coin•laws, would sell for fourhence•halfpenny in London in stead of tenpence. On the principle, however, of cost being exclu sively measured by labour, we must estimate the cost of bread to the manufacturers by their own labour, not by the labour of our agriculturists, and what it would purchase in all the markets of the world. " The t ra d e o f L ancas hi re ," sa y s the Anti-Corn-law Circular, " under the stimulus of universal foreign com petition, is the most perfect in the world. Enter our mills; and you sec machinery and skill brought to the THE JEWS AT DAMASCUS. The following is the copy of a letter from Sir M. Montcfiore, describing the successful result of his mission : " Alexandria, 17th Sept., 1840. " To the Committee of Correspondence. " Gentlemen—My last communication will have in formed you of the state of the proceedings relative to the mission, up to the date of the departure of the last packet. We had then obtained the order for liberation of the nine unhappy prisoners at Damascus, which we had dispatched to that city, and yesterday we had the unspeakable satisfaction of receiving the happy news that all had been honourably set free, and had returned rejoic!ng to their wives and families. _ WiT send with this some extracts from letters, dated Damascus, 6th and 7th September, which have reached us, describing the joy which had filled the hearts of all, at their deliverance, and the gratitude of the Jews to Mehemet Ali for his generosity and mercy." After adverting to the many and unforeseen difficul ties against which the mission had had to contend, Sir Moses continues Day by day the reports varied as to our success, and as to the calumnies uttered against our religion, the latter became softened down and almost abandoned, un til at list it was merely whispered that a murder had been committed, and that not from religious obligation, but from a motive of revenge. " Notwithstanding, however, all reports, we steadily pursued our object, and endeavoured, as much as pos sible, to divest our mission of a political character, and to place it upon the grounds of humanity and justice alone. 6' We, therefore, placed in the hands of the Viceroy our demand for justice—for a new investigation, at which witnesses should be protected from torture and bodily fear. We demanded a revision of the judgment which h id condemned innocent men to torture—four of whom died under their sufferings, six fled to avoid fur ther persecutions, and nine were, at our arrival, in pri son, after having undergone sufferings too horrible to relate. We desired that this proceeding should take place before an appointed Judge, in open Court, thus daring the accusers of our brethren to produce wit nesses if they could, to prove their wicked accusations. " We waited from day to day the Pacha's answer ; until the news arrived of the treaty between the Four Powers, and of the insurrection in Syria. " The road to Dam iscus, by these two events, being effectually closed against us, and a new trial having been denied either at Damascus, or here, we then toought it desirable to obtain the unconditional discharge of the prisoners, rather than let them remain lingerine, in prison, until political events should favour us in ob taining a trial. The discharge of the prisoners was offered as an act of grace, but refused ; ultimately it was obtained as a matter of right ; and with it per mission for such as had fled, to return to their homes un molested, and for all to receive the same protection which others, whether Christiansor Nlusselmans, enjoy. " At th e t i me t hi s order was g i ven to us, t h e P ae l la gave a fi rman to us to proceed to Damascus, but he ad vlsed us not t o go, 4 . This advice saying he could no t a nswer for the c onsequences. iwceliovit confirmed by a ll official persons, and by th ose :iv therefore cou n t ry an d t h e f ee li ngs o f the inh a bi tants. NV imen refo ad ren t d e t h te u r s rn o i n u e r d n n n o fo t r t i o u n p a r pro ceed, e ceed, but we sent the brethren we re saved. order,Nine owe their lives to your generous sympathy, and h and co-religionists i n the East,ey, w ith t h e i r f am ili es, will e ver remem b er with gratitude the nobl e e ff orts behalf. you have made i n th e ir " If nothing further had been done than savi ng n i ne p e rsons from a lingering and cr ue l d eath in prison, th e a proceedings of the mission would form bright pa g e the history of humanity. But the indirect influence in the mission has been g re a t, i n demonstratin of , r G overn ors of the East that enlightened humanityo the knows no distinction of clime or creed, but that where there is oppression, there will be found sympathy for the EVENING EDl'i'lON•t ~i ' a latest state of perfection ; set foot on our farms. an' you suddenly find yourself driven from the world of th`, 3 ; ii nineteenth century. into the scenes and habit s of otll great-grandfathers." It is the case of the Corn-law men, that could be i m p or t e d f rom Odessa, a nd vari ous "' other places, at 225. per quarter. That is an eor geration ; but it could undoubtedly be brought fr °lll there cheaper than from Paris, and, by th e exchange of our manufactured goods, the Pr °d " ce of our unrivalled machinery, m i g ht be ob tained from various pl aces by an almost incredibly small quantity of labour. To form a carte l opinion on the point, we ought to ascer' tain by what quantity of labour our Ion ! . facturers could buy bread under that free-trade e system, menti one d by th e Circular, less th an t h e agriculturists o f F rance can produce it, a to; Parisians can buy it. We cannot even guess i the amount, but if we were t o say that it would be another penny on a four-pound loaf, we s hould no t exaggerate. On this reasoning, but for the CO O , laws, three-pence halfpenny would be the pric e the four-pound loaf in London, instead of te ll ' pence, and with that glorious reduction bring"3g plenty to al!, commerce would extend raPi dl Y e i and peace and good fellowship would be ens° with all the nations of the earth. • e t to But we have not done y e t. Coals are su h i e a heavy tax in the Port of London, and to a Mil ' tude of noxious local regulations which enhal uv cos l .:" the price o f th e . coa l s . Fl our an d wheat are so b s' ject to no suc h t ax . Th e tra d e in them le frig and the tr a d e o f th e b a k er i s f ree . It is not 5% ip Paris. The t ra d e i n fl our an d gra in there le s ject to a n ox i ous se t o f regu l at i ons , like trade ; the bakers are obliged to Conform tu'e ert4 A rules ; and a ll gra i n an d fl our, we b e l i eve, th °l3 ! ,, fs , ' ,we hav e no b oo k at h an d to ver if y our belief ti subject to an oct ro y e , or * tax , on, 01- 0 ; ing the City of P ar i s . A small ought to be deducted on this account from ther 6e of the 41b. loaf i n P ar i s , t o arr i ve a t what wO l4 OO .- the price of th e 41b. l oa f i n L on d on were the re Corn-laws. Our whole statement r uns thus Present price of a 41b. loaf in Paris 6d. In London Deduct from the Paris price en ac count of the different standards... On account of less labour in od pr uc- t , a Pi • p i+ ,1 °lfr/ ing corn in Fagland than in France 1 On account of the less labour by which English manufacturers might buy corn abroad Say for the o..itro3e 4 3f Price of the 41b. loaf i n L on d on w i t h free trade . .... •,,... Sum lost to the labourers, if net all paid to the 1511(1- owners, on every 41b. loaf ............................ Or, the price o f th e l a b ourer ' s bread is Ilearly . • trebled by the bread-tax. thst We see, by th e A n ti-Co at -l ate Circular , the League recommend more p e t i t i ons to be Ou r up ; we hope th a t w ill b e zea l ous l y se t about, b we fear it will no t b e . If t h e m iddle class e t ei the towns were a s e arnest i n t hi s grea t cause as t . are about shutting up public-houses, and other lar means of annoying the bulk of the P"P le ' a „ t h: increasing their h os tility, t h ey wou ld in one frighten the landlords from their rapacious T o ruinous injusti ce . B ut t h e m iddl e c lasses of towns, it must be stated, are not hearty in cause ; they do not care ab ou t the bread -tax, an d -1 0 as in their hands is the po we r, on their he ads the evil of continuing this unexampled and 1 174 .1i0 4 ruinous system o f pl un d er . so • • dg -00:40 We charitably believed that the proposal° the Bishop of LONDON, backed by his fiftr iltre " I° b ! • ,; ‘ , n Thames Cler l' gymen to stop the navigs- - River on Sunday, w as th e perf ec tion of abstituoirir but we have b een wo f u lly m i s t a k en , they have e far outstripped by another body of Clergymen North, who, c l a i m i ng f or t h e M se l ves and th tir countrymen the exclusive merit of keeping I,,be bath after the fashion of the ancient Jews, ari termined .at all events to outstrip them, and e V. ' stop--on Saturday as well as Sunday--to navir Lion on the open seas. A motion, with this °I r . ', ject, was made and unanimously carried at the li . meeting of the Wi g t own P res b ytery. The ( 0 110 0 - ing account of the proceedings adopted by this Inquisition is furnished by a Correspondent of 1 Dumfries Courier : • The Rev. Mr. Forrester brought under the o slid t ri, ration of the Presbytery, the desecration of the Sabbasi caused by the sailing of the Cotintess of Go ll° : s t steamer at a late hour on Saturdays, so as to arr' v Z by Liverpool,on Sabbaths, an d b e i ng o ft en driven bao` (iv stress of weather cau se d muc h pro f anat i on o f the I : (it pE Day in his neighbourhood ; he moved the adopli jr ti; a memorial to the Directors on the . stibject. chardson, of Pennin g h ame , c o ncurre d w i t h Mr. Ferrel in his observatio ns , but sug gested that the matte r Ib l At lie over till th e i r next tnee g tin as he understood t—of the matter would lik e l y be b rought under the not i r the Directors in a few days. Mr. Muir, -of K d C op . breck, supported the adopti on o f t h e memorial, ito d ered the circumstance stated by Mr. Richard oP 'gba . an addition a l reason w h y i t should be adopted r b l th . o se Presbyt er y, i n or d er to strengthen the h an ds 0' Directors who may feel anxious for the removal atO , crying an evil. Th e memor i a l was u l t i ma t e ly sgr ee , l ‘ , .: unanimously, the Moderator being authorised tp• scribe it in name of the Presbytery. ing Now, if th e reasons urged against this el es evil" are f oun d e d on anyt hi ng bearing a.reserubisnf to common s ense , an d if t h ese gent l em en ha l e .a n o er. regard f or one o f t h e great comman d s o f thel * whom they profess to obey, they ought to ej°e vi i i ,;:o I `. l :l 11 ; their prohibi t i on , and order the port of Garliest° b., and all th e ot h er ports w i th i n the i r i ron rule, t° na . shut up at o nce an d f or ever. W commerce compar e d w i t h t hi s cryinghat areevil,tari d; n1114‘,.:1 can prosperity attend them if they lead. t° ';•1; desecration of the Sabbath ? The vessel starts on Friday, taking the weather into seet(Zpot!o 0 °psi to (one of th e i r i tems o f ca l cu l at io n ), will rua . or risk of reaching Bristol on Sunday; One ths ___„ t t si on Thursday will desecrate the Sabbath at Faharl :t e ,!, i t!!" / a third leaving this sacred place on Wednesday. ~a scandalise the Sabbath worshippers . at P0rt0 0 14. ) , 4 . , 1 f No place, in short, is safe 'against these skippers ; and if the Reverend Fathers,wish t° unto others as they would be done by, let thell o s Ao l) , o 4 about the business on a grand scale, was . 1 t he hands at once of this crying evil, and blodruP d}. ft harbour by sun k en vesse l s an d c h a in s . The d 'i l e e*::,,tl commandments will not:admit of partial obediC°-.iii,- He that sinneth in one point, is guilty of all ; o f as the Eul of GALLOWAY is a frequenter4o.: Exeter Hall, and Consequently a pious mall , Set 1 worldly gain at nought, whenever it interferes w ithe ff ; religious duties, he will, unlike the heather'!'. ". n • Corporation of London, forego all his emu bone l rather than be the means of desecrating the Lora day in any one nook of the United K ingdo m ' This is a subject, however, too serio us treated altogether in jest. To reason with s° byte r P men as the majority of the Wigtown Pres s. ' 10 3 is, of course, out of the question. lhey ° but be • ans wered according to their folly ; i g oes' these is ano ther party interested n toe the' r tion—the unfortunate people subject t O . t tyrannical dominion. We receive Mules ship s complaints frOm Scotland of the grievous har d a ti. / i inflicted upon the religious people of tha t co reed in g by the new race of inquisitors. They are sP h i, o ver the land like locust s i n ev ery direction , P llsr°, • of biting one of the most so l emn r ites, the hu . „ the dead, on Sund a y ; di s t ur bi ng , with their m e interference, th e d omes ti c peace of families; tie n°o"e' at .! 4 ' 3 .0 1 a nd y ing from the pulpit private individuals ; , wa s , ever • al i o ing inflnitely more spiritual ower than claimed by that Church whi ch . they modestly c ai ttoe t ldre - ° firehran the " Whore of Babylon." Since _these d th s I "- 01 4° —the offshoots of the CH A L NIERSES. f o vi, he district ° C A NDLlSllES—obtained a footing in I Galloway, the quiet church-going peoPi d e is q' se e n re : : b li a lt l l e 4!"42l4l°l influenced formerly either by bigotry or . .~.a , ~