The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-21 00:00:00

E V 1-tINING EDITION. " WHO STOLE THE RUGS ?" " A manufacturing firm in Market Harborough has !lately submitted to seizure for the Church-rates. The sale stook • )lace amid s t tremen d ous uproar, the Churchwarden 'who had t seized, and a brother of the constable, being the purchasers of the two hearth-rugs that had been taken. " Wh o stole the rugs ?' was the popular cry, and it is not lik ( ly soon to be forgotten. The parson may preach at tket Harborough, and the clerk mat , sing ; but who stol e the rugs?' will nullify all the good of psalm or ser 111°,01. Nothing more can be said, after the question is ped.-1 Who stole the rugs ?' "—Morning Chronicle. " Who stole the rugs ?" No need to search, The culprit's known—'twas Mother Church 'Twas she that stole them, such the fact is, Just tq keep her hand in practice. C'Afty Dame, she's growing quite She soul of avarice, rage, and spite, Filching here, and bullying there, And mischief.making everywhere. Backed by persecuting laws, And sharp .Appropriation-claws, Nought cares she how, day by day, People curse her grinding s' : . ay , But, fixed her reckless cr,urse to run, Looks alone to Num'r,er One ! If a man withhold. '„i, pence , She steals his ri%g for recompense; If he strive to keep what's his'n,* She claps t'ne stubborn dog in prison; If he dev:ot her virtue, quick She cc nsigns him to Old Nick, Thor, cries with meek, uplifted eye, Vi i .iat a specimen am I, Of stcrling Christianity !" Pursue, old Dame, thy mad career, But an hour is drawing near, When, thy reign of mischief past, Right shall conquer Might at last; Methinks I hear the people roar, " Mother Church, thy day is o'er !" 'Then rudely pounce upon thee, and Despite thy look of high command, And cry of" Murder," " Rape," and " Thieves 1" Strip off thy mitre and lawn-sleeves, And leave thee—picture of distress ! Shivering in utter nakedness. Just so, o'cr meadows, woods, and rocks, Hounds chase a cunning old bag-fox, And each, with resolution grim, Helps to tear him limb from limb I " The thyme obliges me to this, sometimes Kir.ga are not more imi:,erative than rhymes," DOS JUAN. COURT_' CIRCULAR. 1, WINDSOR, TIIuP.sDAY.-:-- Her Majesty, P r ince Al and Queen the King and Queen of th e B e l g i ans , an d th e I -Nei:l ess of Kent, lunched at Adelaide Cottage this mor n i ng. The Prince and Princess of Hohonlohe and the Princess Therese went to Bushy Park this morning, to pay a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Their Serene Brxhnesses returned to the Castle this evening. At ha l ,f-past one o'clock th e T ur ki s h A m b assa d or , "I •o Eff en di , took leave. Monsieur Guizot, the Preneh Ambassador, also left the Castle. it The H on . an d V ery R ev. the Dean of the Chapel °Yal, St, George's, and his lady, the Rev. Lord W. Russell, and Colon e l H a ll, o f t h e I st Li fe Guards, will ine with the Royal party this evening. Sir James Clarke and Sir Edward Disbrowe are ex pected this evening. Tbe Duchess of Bedford, Baroness Spaeth, Madame Floogvorst, Count Arschot, and the Hon. Major /t -ePpel, visited, Mrs. Fox, at her residence, St. Anne's Her Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians rode n ut 'this evening in a phaeton into the Great Park ; I 'dzyrly all the visitors and suite accompanied their Ma '.ierties, the ladies occupying phaetons or open carriages, Whilst Prince Albert and most of the gentlemen were 'on horseback. Soon after the departure of the Royal party, his Majesty the King of the Belgians and Viscount Melbourne left the Castle an horseback, and followed the direction of the rest of the visitors. The Royal Dinner party at the Castle this evening, is expected to include the King and Queen of the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince and Prin cess of Hohealohe, Princess Therese, Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister, M. Van d.e Weyer, the Belgian Minister, Earl of Liverpool, Viscount Melbourne, Vis count and Viscountess Palmerston, Lady F. Cowper, Sir E. Di s b rowc, R i ght Hon. George S. Byng, Mr. Sir E. Anson, Hon. W. Cowper, Duchess of 17 (1 41 0rd, Madam e d e H oogvorst, Lady C. Dundas, l . °. Miss Pitt. Hon, Miss Spring Ri c e, Count L eb schot, M. V an Praet, Baroness Spaeth, Baroness drab en, Mairquis of Headfort, Hon. Colonel Caven- P 14 1; Yr.. Major Keppel, Colonel Bouverie, Mr. el s Seymour and Dr. Prcetorious. 111 A e Duke of Sussex paid a visit to the Princess .5.-?gusta yesterday afternoon at Clarence House, St. U lne s's• Sir Mathew Tierney attended her Royal _ i ghness y ester d ay . I n the forenoon the following a 'count of her Royal Highness's health was issued : The Princess Augusta has had some refreshing to"I), .and her Royal Highness is more comfortable t oday "Clarence House, August 20." The D uc h ess o f Gl oucester v i s it e d the Princess Augusta yesterday morning. t , he Marquis of Normanby left town yesterday for Isle of Wight. F ASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. / 3 Thomas Fortescue, Esq., M . P., of Ravensdale, at the peurlington Hotel; Count de Doudeville and suite, at li o lit°4 's Hotel ; Mr. Buck, M.P., at the Clarendon L t el; Mr. and Lady Anne Mackenzie ; the Earl of l evel "e ; Captain Robinson, 16th Lancers, at the Bur -1-" Von Hotel, from India ; Mr. Alston, M.P. DEPARTURES. Sit Thomas Thompson, Bart., from the Burlington Hotel ; Lord Harry Vane, from Fenton's Hotel, for Raby for Castle ; the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre and family, Heckfield Court ; Sir Warren Peacocke, for St. etinard's ; Mr. Hutton, M. P., for ditto ; the Hon. Mrs. nliffe Wiley and Miss Crewe, for Staffordshire ; Lady Matilda Wynyard, for Oxfordshire; Lord and Lady Nor -1:23'8, for ditto ; the Hon. Captain Bagot, M. P., for the Co ntinent ; Si r O swa ld an d Lady Moseley, for Rolleston pall, Burt on - upo n-Trent; the Hon. Colonel Greville, from the B ur lington Hotel, for Brighton ; Colonel and r s l . Maberly, for Cheltenham ; Mr. Baring Hall, M. P., 1 1 1 ' ditto ; Lady Pullen, for ditto; the Hon. Grantley G erke leY, M. P., for Berkeley Castle ; Sir John and Lady Ijr 4 rd, from Grillion's Hotel, for Warrington ; Mr. T 'chards, M.P., f or M er i one th s hi r e ; Si r Benjamin and l ' a dY Hall, for Hanover Court. ARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Tuesday last was married at Wilton Church, by the Rev. Mr. b Mo ntgomery, of Bishopstone, the Lady Georgiana Her t•daughter of the late Earl of Pembroke, of Leo Wilton House, to the Earl of Shelburne, son of the Most ' Noble the Marquis of Lansdowne. The bridal guests arrived at the church at 11 o'clock in the carriages of the 0 • ' , vager L a dy Pembroke, Earl Bruce, the Marquis of -14 4;Ansdowne, &c. , who, together with Lord Dunmore and Lady, the Hon. Sidney Herbert, M. P., Lord Somerton, • Lady Bruce, the Hon. T. D. Vesey and Lady, atteraled to 'witness the ceremony. From the church hatch to the altar was laid a costly drugget, and on each side were the • officers of the friendly societies of the town, with their new banners floating in the breeze, and in the inte 11°r of the church, on both sides of the aisles, were the aehool children, dressed neatly in new clothing alike, with garlands of choice flowers in their hands, which, on the h appy couple's return from the altar, were strewed on the Path over which they had to tread in rich profusion. A sumptuous dinner was provided for the labouring classes 'within the park, where an illumination was to take place in the evening, and a ball for the tradesmen of the town is to take place at the Abbey also this evening. The bells rung merrily throughout the day, and a band of Music paraded the streets. WW e have aut h or i ty to sta t e th a t there is no foun dation for the report that Sir C. Adam is to take the corn rnand of the Mediterranean fleet.— Globe. An accident occurred on the Brighton and Shoreham Railway on Sunday last, which nearly cost a • Poor fellow his life. It appears that the train bad stopped at the Kingston station for a supply of coke, which being supplied, the engi ne was aga i n starte d, w h e n the man's (his name we have not learnt, but we hear he was the foreman of the coke-house) cap was blo,vn off his head and in endeavouring to regain it his foot slipped and the Nine passed over his leg just above the ancle. The un fortunate man was conveyed to the hospital, where his leg was amputated, and he is now, we are glad to say 'tt doing well. Amongst the arrivals, during the last week, at the Castle Hotel, Richmond, are Lord and Lady Holland, Countess Bathyany and sons, Miss Costello, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Luttrell, &c. Lady Dufferin and Clanboyne, sister to the Queen of Beauty and the Hon. Mrs. Norton, is suffering from illness at Cobham Lodge. Lord Dufferin and his eldest son the Hon. Frederick Blackwood have arrived at Ballyheady, on a visit to Lordship's extensive estates. The Earl and Countess of Warwick, accompa nied by Lord Brooke, and Lady Caroline Neeld, left the Ship Hotel, Dover, on Monday, for Boulogne-sur-Her a en route to Paris and the south of Europe. Lieut.-General M Nair, C. 8., died at his resi dence, near Southampton, on Friday last. He was one of the Gen era l Offi cers rece i v i ng reward pensions for ditin - guished services, and for many years commanded the 90th Light Infantry. The Duke of Rutland, at his own cost, has caused a road to be constructed from Matlock to Bake_ well, w hi c h a d ds greatly to the beauty and convenience Of the town, which is now full of visitors. Among the latest arrivals are L ord and Lady Beresford and the Hon. Messrs. Colborne, sons of General Lord Seaton. AFFAIRS OF THE EAST. From the Constitidi6nrcl.) CONSTANTINOPLE, J'ITCY q9.-A degree of in quietude has for nine time been apparent among the members of the Divan. The power of Reschid Pacha and Ahmed Fethi Pacha:was saidto he on the ivenAa and that they had received a check from the Fl.erta a himself, by a refusal to comply with a Aenietal from them fcr the exile of the ex-Minister of War, Halil Pacha. It was affirmed that a powerful party prevailed in the tlas. lace, and that Khosrew Pacha and Halil Pacha would be restored te their places under the inituenee of Russia. The public was in a state of great uneasiness. On Sa turdar, Sunday, and Monday, consecutively, the Divan helti sittings, and the Government steam-boat., the ' Esseri bad been sent off in '6,11 haste out rfebody knew where. To-day iso learn that tiro 'exile of Halil Pacha has never been thou g ht of, na that all this agitation has arisen `from the dis , covery of a plot, of which old Kl_lZarew Pacha pttlled the strings, and the object. of whi c h w as th e re-esta , Olisiament of the Janissaries, an ins'arreetion of the pc , pulwo, the overthrow or d., present administration, and the forcing of a ethtviction on the mind of the Sultan that the people were averse to all reform, and that Khosretv ?acha was the only man capable of ruling the country. Fortunately the present Ministers were on their guard. Twenty persons have been already arrested. Among them is a Khodja, who has taken a chief part, and whose examination has thrown a great light upon the viewsof the conspirators. Several persons of high consideration, will, it is said, be arrested to-day. No doubt of the part which has been playing by Khosrew Pacha remains, and the Esseri Khair was sent on Sunday to Rodosto, with a detachment of troops, to form a close guard round his house. All his papers be seized and sent to Constantinople, and he and his confederates will be brought before the Grand Coun• cil of Justice. It is, however, believed that he will not be made to appear in person, but a commission will be sent to Rodosto to take his examination. Halil Pacha has remained a perfect stranger to this attempt. Haider Pacha, Governor of the Dardanelles, a satellite of old Khosrew Pacha, having involved himself in the plot, was yesterday dismissed. The Greeks mingled with the Raya population, whose religion they profess, and whose language they speak, have hitherto been admitted into the corporations, and allowed to carry on trade in re tail ; but the Turkish Government, in recollection of the etoaspiracy discovered in Athens five months ago, ':;nich had its ramifications extending as far as the Moroa, where it wished to excite an insurrection, has felt the necessity of subjecting them to a strict surveil lance. Besides, Greece carries on a coasting trade, hich does great injury to the mercantile marine of Turkey. All these considerations have induced Reschid Pacha to present to the Greek Charge d'Affaires at Constantinople the following note previously communi cated to the three protecting Powers, France, England, and Russia ;—"The undersigned Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Sublime Porte has the honour to inform the Charge d'Affaires of his Hellenic Majesty, that in order to guarantee the interests of the commerce and industry of Turkey and its local security, his Imperial Majesty the Sultan has adopted the following re solutions :-1. From the Ist of October next, the coasting trade, whether in native or foreign pro duce, will be interdicted to the Greek flag in all the ports of the Ottoman Empire.-2. From the said Ist October all the wine, oil, and tobacco imported from Greece into the Ottoman Empire will be subjected to an ad valorem duty of 20 per cent.-3. All Greeks shall henceforth be excluded from the corporations esta blished in the Ottoman Empire ; neither shall they carry on any retail trade. Orders shall be given to the com petent authorities to enforce this restriction.-4. Every Greek subject convicted of smuggling shall be liable to a penalty equalling in amount four times the established customs' duty.-5. Every Greek subject accused of a crime or an offence shall be tried by the local tribunal." Two Persian Ambassadors, each furnished with letters of credence to the Turkish Government, are here at the same time. A grave discussion has arisen between them, as to which of the two ought to bs received officially by the Turkish Government. This very strange occurrence has greatly embarrassed the Divan, and a commission composed of a delegate from each embassy accredited to the Porte has been appointed to decide upon this singular question. Ibrahim Bey, an officer appointed by Mehemet Ali to make enrolments in Albania, who had been arrested by the English on board one of the two vessels taken by them on the coast of that country some time since, has, after being detained in one of the ships of the British squadron, been sent here in the steamer Hydra, and was on Tuesday last delivered up to the Porte by Lord Ponsonby. The Divan intends to send him immediately to Mehemet Ali. We (Galignani's Messenger) arc in receipt of intelli gence to the same date through the medium of the Ger man Papers. One of them, the Leipsic Gazelle, magnifies the rumour of a conspiracy, and asserts that the plot had been actually attempted to be carried into effect, the Sultan having honoured one of the conspirators with his presence at dinner, and having had only just time to call on his guards to escape from the conspirators. This is probably incorrect, not being confirmed by other ad vices. The Count de Pontois, according to the same paper, had received satisfactory despatches from France, and had openly expressed his conviction that the Eastern Question was in a fair way of being settled. Permis sion had been given to 300 Greeks, notwithstanding the decree against them, to remain in Constantinople, on the demand of a French Catholic Bishop. The Jews of Rhodes had petitioned that 150,000 piastres, spent by them in the legal proceedings which have just ter minated in their favour, might be reimbursed by the parties accusing them. The Divan had recommended them to address the representatives of England, Aus tria, and Sweden, on the subject of that part of the reimbursement which would concern the Consuls of those Powers at Rhodes, who were among the ac cusers ; and it is said that Lord Ponsonby has written home on the subject. The National mentions a rumour of Marshal Vallee having received intelligence from government, that in case of a war, the Balearic Islands (Majorca, Minorca, &c.) would probably be occupied by a French force. Amongst other wild rumours which agitated the Bourse yesterday, the Commerce seems to attach some importance to one, which states that a traveller, recently arrived from the frontiers of Persia, has informed M. Thiers that a large Russian army was moving towards the country of the Upper Euphrates, and that the officers who were assembled i❑ great numbers at Tauris did not dissimulate that the object was a descent upon Syria. We will only remark on this report that it is highly improbable, first, that Russia should have resolved on sending an army to Syria whilst the treaty of Lon don is in an incomplete state, and without the concur rence of the other power ; and, secondly, that the officers of the army should know what the intentions of the Emperor of Russia are, whilst the diplomatists of Europe have received no intimation of them. PEACE OR WAR.: (From the Gazette de France.) Are we to have war—arc we to have peace ? Are we to arm, or are we not to arm ? Will M. Thiers be the second of Mehemet Ali, or will he offer himself as arbitrator between Europe and the Paella ? What orders has he given at Toulon? What has been the result of the mission of M. de St. Aulaire to Vienna ? Can we at the same time fit out naval expeditions, under take canals and railroads, carry on speculations, build, plant, and set up factories, without fear of block ades, coalitions, and invasions ? If we consult the pe riodical press, we find it full of contradictions on all these questions. The Ministerial Journals themselves offer no fixed point upon which public opinion can repose. Men cannot make up their minds either for peace or war. There is a suspension or check upon every interest. If there is to be a war, whose idea is it ? Is it the King's? Some say yes ; others no. If it be, why not declare it ? Is it the wish of the nation ? The journals of M. Thiers pretend that it is ; but we shall declare the contrary, until the nation shall have been called upon to declare itself. Is it the desire of Parliament ? Tha Parliament is not sitting, and the country is ignorant as to whether it approves or disap proves. Until the Parliament shall have declared itself; public opinion will float on an ocean of doubt and un certainty. Now, it is not the Royal intention, for the Royalty of July says nothing, and even if it were to speak, we should not be more advanced, as it reigns and does not govern. It is not the intention of the Parliament, for the Parliament is in the fields, in the vineyards, on the high-roads, every where but where it ought to be, and it will only come, when war shall have been decided, to furnish the men and the money which shall be required from it. Whose idea is it then ? That of a single man, who, like Louis XI., takes counsel only of his night-cap ; it is the idea of M. Thiers, separate from the nation ; which has no rights; from royalty ; which he has despoiled of government ; from the Parliament, which is not together, from even the Council of Ministers, which is composed only of his clerks. It will be by M. Thiers and for M. Thiers, that the conscripts will be made to march, seamen be pressed, ships be fitted out, and millions be made to leave the Treasury. If war is to take place, all the interests engaged in peace-speculations ought to be informed of it, and this decision ought to be sanctioned by the nation, or at least by the Cham bers. It is proper that we should know what sacrifices we are to be called upon to make, whether it is to be a war purely military, or a revolutionary war, which would expose the country to the most grave dangers. We do not think M. Thiess is willing to hazard his head, but we will say that he would be guilty of high treason if he were alone, and without the concurrence of at least a majority, to undertake the propaganda with which his journals have menaced Europe. If peace be maintained, which is highly to be desired, what will have happened ? Under the parliamentary regime, and without the concurrence of Parliament, M. Thiers will have expended seventy-six millions of supplementary credits ; he will have called out 100,000 men who were destined to remain at their homes ; he will have fitted out ships uselessly, and in curred, without utility, a heavy expenditure for materiel. He will have created doubt and anxiety, compromised TILE SUN; LONDON, FiIIDA Y, AUGUST 21, 1840 public credit, attacked manufactures and commerce, oc eitsloned numerous failures, weakened public confidence, and have introduced general confUsion and perturba tion, for the dread of an evil freluently flt6ducrs fliore effect than the evil it2elf. We accommodate ourselves to a cAl'...tnit'y that is certain, but wo cannot do this where there is a chaos of ideas, We can easily con ceive that 'f biers, left to,himself, helth';',r ban nor will explain himself ; but as he is a Par• liamentta4;- ,mister, his duty is to convene the Parlia- Malt, and to demand that light may be thrown upun the question by discussion. IMMENIE PLOOD-BROCKHO LES I3RIDGE WASHED DOWN. (From the Blackburn Standard.) The fine weather on which we took occasion to con gratulate our readers last week, disappeared about the time our publication issued from the press, and for se veral days we had a continuance of cold showers, which increased in intensity until Monday last. This was a thoroughly wet day, and in the afternoon and evening torrents of rain fell, and a perfect deluge of waters, ac companied by a strong westerly wind, kept pouring down till long past midnight. The consequence was that the waters in the neighbourhood rose to an extraordinary height. In many parts of this town the streets were flooded, and the lower parts of the houses filled with the overflowings of the brooks. In the Ribble the body of water which rolled down was perfectly immense ; indeed, so large a flood is not within the memory of man, and the damage which has been done i s p ro p or ti ona t e ly grea t. W e have heard of cattle and large trees in considerable numbers being washed down the stream, and of the destruction of crops on the river's banks, but as we have not been able to ascertain the details of such mishaps we decline alluding to them more fully. The greatest injury, however, which has been done, is the partial carrying away of Brockholes-bridge, on the Blackburn and Preston new turnpike-road. The reader is aware that this is a wooden structure, and that fears have often been felt that the calamity which we now have to record would occur. It seems that the event took place about three o'clock yesterday morn ing, at which time the river was at its highest point ; it rose upwards of a foot above the path over the bridge, and the long level on this side was covered for nearly half a mile. Three of the arches on the side next to this town are quite carried away, and it is un derstood that the immediate cause of the accident was the lodgment of three large trees against the bridge, which were at length forced underneath one of the arches by the immense body of water pressing upon them. A man who was fishing with nets was on the bridge just before the accident, and it is said he had a very narrow escape : he describes the catas trophe as presenting a very singular appearance, the upper part of the structure having been forced upwards into the segment of a circle before the actual crash took place. The whole of the woodwork was of course carried off by the current ; some of it has made a voyage to the sea, but there are several large pieces of timber scattered about in the ditches, which had been entangled in the fences on the retiring of the flood. Three of the bays have made their way to Cuerdale Hall, and we understand have been floated in the farm-yard there, havin g passed through several gateways in their course. Such of our readers as know the situation of the building, may form a pretty correct notion, from this fact, of the extraordinary height of the flood. Of course, travelling between this town and Preston by the new road is suspended for a time, but we under stand that arrangements are in progress for the tempo rary reparation of the accident. LITERATURE. A YEAR IN CIRCASSIA. 2 VOLE. iburn, Lonch;:, Ise). The frequent and—fortunately as yet—fruitless efforts of Russia to bring the hardy mountaineers of the Circassian proVinees under her iron yoke, have of late attracted public attention in no ordinary de gree ; and numerous are the English travellers who now find their way to Circassia, the chief ob ject of Russian hostility, which a dozen years ago was, comparatively speaking, untrodden ground by foreigners. Not long since we noticed at some length in The Sun, Mr. Spencer's interesting account of the habits and customs of the inhabitants of thie mountain region ; and here ate two volumes by Mr. Longworth on th e same su bj ec t, w h o h av i ng re sided a year among the Circassians, at a time when they were engaged in active warfare with the Rus• sians ; and having mingled in familiar council with the chiefs, and dwelt for weeks together in the huts of the peasantry, is well qualified tel give a sound opinion respecting them. And this opinion is, on the whole, favourabl e to these primitive Mr. Lon gwor th re p resen t s them as mountaineers. mle hardy, courageous, frank, and devotedly at tached to their country, trust-worthy in an emi nent degree, and so hospitable, that to almost every private dwelling, a " guest-house" is at tached, which is exclusively set apart for the ac commodation of the passing stranger. Moreover, the Circassians are—and have been from time im memorial—so proud and jealous of their independ ence, that they will endure the severest privations, and submit patiently to the most cruel sacrifices, rather than forego it. This is a feature in their character which Russia has not now to learn for the first time, inasmuch as she has been defeated in most of the attempts she has made to break down the national spirit ; and notwithstanding all the hordes of brutal, ignorant soldiery, which she has from time to time poured in upon the country, she has been able hitherto to do little more than gar rison a few mud forts scattered along the borders of the Black Sea. When Mr. Longworth spoke to one of the chiefs on this subject, at a Council at which several of the leaders of tribes were present, and expressed apprehensions respecting the issue of the struggle with Russia, the high-minded patriot made answer—" Be under no alarm on our account ; we have warred with the Muscovite ten years at least, and if England in the end befriend us, will war ten years longer. We have lost indeed, many of our bravest warriors, but as you may see," he continued, casting a glance round the assembly, "we have men and lads to replace them yet. The worst of it is, our rifles are become nearly useless to us for want of powder and lead ; yet while we have swords to wield against them, never will we surrender to the Giaours. If deserted by the whole world, if driven to the last extremity, we will slaughter, with our own hands, our wives and children, that they may not fall into those of the infidel ; we will then pe rish, to a man, in avenging them." A people hold ing sentiments like these are, and must ever be, in vincible, no matter how vast be the resources that tyranny may bring to bear against them. In a simi lar spirit the Circassian chiefs replied to the inso lent Manifesto which General Willemineff, on the part of Nicholas, addressed to them. This Russian Bombastes Furioso having said, " if you will be come faithful subjects of the Emperor, you may obtain peace. What is it you look for ? Are you not aware that if the heavens should fall, Russia could prop them with her bayonets ? No country ever waged successful war against her. Russia is the most powerful of nations. If you desire peace, you must be convinced that there are but two powers in existence—God in heaven, and the Emperor on earth. If you desire peace, you must restore all you have plundered, and acknowledge no other authority than that of the Emperor." General Willeminiff having addressed the Circassians in the above swaggering style, their Gall an t Chi e f ma d e hi m t hi s reply—" You speak too loftily when you talk of destroying this country. You seem proudly to imagine you can do all you please ; but though we be but a small nation, with God's blessing and the succour of England, we will resist you still. Think not we write to you through fear of your cannons and your powder ; we would not do so, but .for the orders of England ; and if men should fail us, we would rather than submit to you, seek for them in the mother's womb to arm against you the infant not born." It is impossible not to sympathise with a nation thus nobly resolved to struggle to the last gasp in defence of their liberties ; and as impossible to refrain from laughing at the ridiculously arro gant pretensions of their would-be oppressor. We close our notice of Mr. Longworth ' s entertainim g volumes with a sketch of a Circassian conveyancer, who seems to have been a striking exception to the generality of his countrymen : In person he was tall, dark, and grave as a Castilian, a man of few words, but whose sad and serious counte nance interested me greatly. On the first day of my arrival, as I have already said, he kept himself most re spectfully aloof, and it was only by dint of much persua sion he could be prevailed upon to sit down. But on the next day, having established himself in the suburbs of my good graces, he ventured on a nearer rcconnais ance, and gradually edging himself towards me, squatted at length close to my couch. Here, though he continued to say nothing, he looked a great deal, and I sympa thised with what I tcok to be his patriotic sufferings. But when, on the third day, he grasped my hand, and sighed repeatedly, I could almost have wept for one whose heart I thought was inwardly bleeding over the wrongs of his country ; in short, I telt I could do any thing, or make any sacrifice, for so good a man. The reader may judge, therefore, I felt rather surprised and disconcerted when, through the intervention of the Hadji, he all at once begged as a particular favour that I would give him my telescope, the possession of which, he said, would make his hamlet the happiest in Circas sia. The telescope was a large and valuable one ; yet, though I began to have my misgivings of the man, I desired the Hadji to tell him that he should have it when I left the country, but that in the meantime I bad occasion for it myself in my travels. In answer to this, he suggested, that as he intended to accompany me i n all my peregrinations, he would carry it for me. I con sented to this arrangement, and he accordingly attended me on my route for three days, at the end of which time he begged I would give him a pistol, which b e i ng flatly refused to him, he immediately disappeared with the telescope. It is needless to add , that though I now saw clearly through the one , I was never destined to see through the other again. The following notice has been issued by the Post-office authorities : " NoTICE TO THE PUBLIC. Tahnedprwacetaitceloafdiseesa,linagndletotethrserpas:,ainrgintoelaimndatfersomvrtihthe " General Post-office, August, 1840. E:t wax, is attended with much inconveni ence , and frequ, with with serious injury to the letters, in consequence of the melting of the wax, and adhesion of letters to each other, " In the case of a mail, recently arrived from India, ndi a , considerable delay was occasioned at this office, and, letters,not withstanding which t heg owingr cs. t t c o s caretthe causewas takenalralready n separatig the Y mentioned ad hered closely together, many were much damaged and torn ; the public are, therefore, recommended, in all pos sible cases, to use wafers in preference in sealing their let tei s sent to India, or other warm climates i and also to advise their correspondents in those countries to pursue the same course. damage sustained by him in conse quence the theatre, and for which a (By command) "W.L. MA BERL y, Sec." CORK THEATRE. —The application of Mr. 111 4 Donnell, proprietor of the Theatre Royal, for compen sation Sergeant Jackson stated the case sciparateei:nencneftomerfenlottshsewaanbsdurfenfiunsged by the cess-payers at special sessions, was tried at Cork. The amount of loss was est i i will with 11 m a u c e c h o m ability, p a n accompany Ai Princer. Francis Se}- lost 1,000/. by the burning of the Glasgow mour stated he f m or ate N d lr. Theatre, and 900/• by the burning of *the Waterford Theatre. Several other witnesses were examined, and the at A 4 1 , , 0 D 0 0 0 a / n . nenewn It was not a malicious burning." Jury returned that— I Albert on his It is still reported, we know r.ot with how much truth, that the Queen approaching visit to Bright on ; and a l so t h at the King and Queen of the Belgians will embark a t B r i ghton, on their departure from this country.—Brighton Gazette. It is said that Prince Albert will review his regi ment at Brighton on the 4th or sth of September. The ground chosen for the review is situated near the race course ; and Tuesday last the whole of the troops pro ceeded to the s pot, where they went thro ug h t h e i r fi e ld movements. Previously to the review, the troops will be drawn up i n Harveys cricket-gr oun d in their new clothing, and i ns pected by their commanding officer, the Earl of Cardigan. . , Paris quitted Lady Bulwer , on Monday, for Geneva, on her way to Italy. Her Ladyship travels with a large party of English and French f as hi ona b les, includ ing the celebrated_Chateaubriand ; and Venice is the ulti mate destination, where Mrs. Trollope will join them. SIDNEY wisE ,A private letter from Syd ney mentions the culture of the vine as an object of great attention. From thirteen acres of vines, of which only one-fourth part were in full bearin g, it is said that 3,600 gallons of wine were produced. If some of the vines at first planted had not been changed for better varieties, it is supposed that the quantity would have been still greater. Four years are requisite, it appears, t o ma t ure th es e wines, of the quality of which (a most material point) we at present know nothing. MR. ALDERMAN HARMER AND THE TIMES. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. SIR,—I inclose you the copy of a letter which I yes terday bent to the Times' office ; but instead of insert ing it, as in candour and fairness the Editor of that Journal ought to have done, he, in the " Notices to Correspondents," says, " We have received a letter, signed James Harmer,' but the style is so incorrect, that we cannot suppose it to be the production of the Alderman." I rely, therefore, on your liberality, to insert my letter, and thus afford the public an opportu nity of forming their opinion on the excuse offered by the Times' Editor for refusing to give it publity. August 21, 184 0 . JAMES HA ic RMER. Sir,—ln one of those Leading Articles with which you have lately so continually favoured me, I see you are pleased to state that " The Corporation of Gravesend re member with gratitude the geese and turkeys of Ingress Hall," and that " hundreds of the Livery have recently been drawl!, and are still daily being carried down, to In gress Hall, there to hear the praises of the host descanted upon by hired advocates, and to be entrapped into pledges of their own and their relatives' support." The whole of this Is false. The Corporation of Gravesend have never dined at Ingress Abbey, nor have I ever had the honour of entertaining that body, or any member of it, at home, or elsewhere. During the last six months my dinner parties have been two in number—one upon my birthday, to the Common Council of my Ward, as I have been accus tomed to do annually, and to which I invited four gentle rilcn i4ho had been their colleagues, the whole party not exceeding 20 j arid one of less than 20, which I was pledged to give my eo-Directors of the City of London Commercial Club, the Directors of that Club having en gaged to give their brethren d dinner in rotation. This, Sir, has been the amount of tht; hospitalities .of Ingress. I give you this explanation, because y . ..?ur article is an in_ suit to my private friends rather than myself.; and because I can have no objection that evety thing I do, Situ._ public or private, should be proclaimed at Cflarifig-efoK How far it is right that a humble individual, like myklf, should be dogged in private life by any part of the Press; is a point upon which I shall make no observation. I am, Sir, yours, JAMES HARMER. Aug. 20, 1840. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. "' in SlR—Your paper of yesterday mentions the growing progress in Ireland of the agitation for a repeal of the existing legislative union with Great Britain. I know nat what may be the precise views of Mr. O'Con nell in seeking that repeal ; but this, Sir, know full well, that if Englishmen would turn their attention to the evils and the inconveniences necessarily consequent to the having but one single legislature for three to tally different kingdoms, they probably would call for even more than does Mr. O'Connell ; who is looked upon as a revolutionist, because he demands the repeal of only one of the two treaties of union ; whereas, for the general good of the entire kingdom, the repeal of both treaties is required. By the consolidation of three separate legislatures in a single one, we have got a House of Commons far too numerous for the transaction of public business in a sober and orderly manner. Hence, instead of a ma jority of the entire House being required as a quo rum for business, even less than a sixteenth is suffi cient. Accordingly, the Members present in the House are changing constantly, whereby those who vote upon a Bill in one of its stages may not be the same as those who have heard the debates upon it ; nor even caring a straw about the merits of the mea sure. For what can an Englishman know about the local wants of Ireland ? or an inhabitant of Caithness about Sussex and Cornwall ? As regards Ireland, Englishmen are no better than aliens, as we learn from that great authority, the late Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst. Hence, the most important questions are carried or rejected by majorities totally ignorant of the real drift of the measures upon which they pretend to decide. . The above, and many other evils in legislation are the inevitable consequences of our national vanity ; for that has led England to suppose that she can ac complish what has never yet been attempted else where; namely, "to legislate in one assembly for sundry different countries, having each of them widely different interests and wants." Everywhere else (not excepting even the small region of Swit zerland) each separate State or Canton has its local Legislature for its own local wants, and then a general (or collective) Legislature for the consideration of such matters only as may regard the entire Confederation. Acting, then, on that sage principle, we require for the good government of the British Islands as many as four separate Legislatures, viz.—three local ones ; and a fourth for the aggregate whole, denominated " The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland." Perhaps, Mr. Editor, both you and your readers will stare with surprise at my suggestions ; but before long we shall be compelled to adopt them. Catholic Ireland will soon liberate herself from the nursery leading-strings of Protestant England, while Presbyterian Scotland will spurn the continuance of her present submission to Episcopal England and Ireland, whose Bishops now legislate for the Scotch Church, without allowing to that Church any authority in return. That arrogant supremacy assumed by the English Hierarchy is, how ever, on the decline ; and our Church dignitaries feel it as sorely as do the Romish clergy the gradual sub version of their former influence by the progress of edu "cation: You arid 1, Sir, may, not live to witness the legislative tihanges'whieb have been recommended ; but those persons , who are alive fifty years hence will most assuredly see changes which will outrun the Reform Bill, even - more than has that Bill outrun the borough mongering system, so fondly cherished by Pitt, Can ning, and their disciples. I have the honour to subscribe myself, Mr. Editor, your most obedient servant, London, Aug. 19, 1840. BRITANNICUS. MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. A meeting of the Magistrates of the county of Mid dlesex was held yesterday at the Sessions House' Clerkenwell, for the despatch of county business ; Mr' B. Hall in the chair. A letter was read from Mr. Sergeant Adams, the chairman of the Court, regretting his inability to attend the meeting, being engaged as counsel in an important trial at Warwick. The minutes of the last Court were read and confirmed. CORONERS' INQUESTS. The report of the committee of accounts was read It stated that Mr. Baker had sent in a bill of 2531. 17s. 10d. for holding 86 inquests, and Mr. Wakley a bill of 3781. 13s. Bd. for holding 178 inquests, and recom mended that both accounts be discharged. After some discussion the report was received. THE RIVAL STEAMERS. The success of the steamer from Liverpool to Bos ton, by way of Halifax, has caused considerable atten tion to be directed to that route ; and the Boston steamers seem likely enough, not merely to divide the trade in passengers with the New York vessels, but to obtain the greater portion of it. The advantage ob tained by the Britannia over the British Queen, both in the outward and homeward voyage, is not owing entirely to her speed, but to the smaller distance which she had to cover, as will be seen from the following statement which has been carefully taken from the best charts, and may probably interest some of our readers : NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL. MILES. To Cape Clear 2,748 Cape Clear to Tuscar... Tuscar to Skerries Skerries to Liverpool 6O NEW YORK TO BRISTOL. 3,048 To Cape Clear 2,748 Cape Clear to Bristol 275 ----- 3,023 NEW YORK TO PORTSMOUTH. To the Lizard Lizard to Portsmouth ---- 3,162 HALIFAX TO LIVERPOOL. To Cape Clear.. Cape Clear to Tuscar l5O Tuscar to Skerries 90 Skerries to Liverpool - .-----• 2,500 Boston to Halifax :.4.50 2,850 The advantages of the route by Halifax and Boston are not confined to the smaller total distance ; for in a steam voyage across the Atlantic, it is a matter of no small consequence to have an intermediate station, at which, if the progress of the veesel should be retarded by unfavourable weather, a fresh supply of coal can be obtained, and the chance of missing the voyage greatly diminished. DUTCH MAIL. TIIE HAGUE, AUGUST 17.—1 t is thought that the section of the Second Chamber will finish their exami nation of the thirteen projects of law introducing modi fications of the fundamental law. It is probable that the report of the proceedings of the sections will be immediately published and distributed among the Mem bers, and this is to constitute the report of the central section. The day after to-morrow there is to be a sitting of the Second Chamber. If, as is supposed, the report of what has passed is not to be communicated to the Government, the report of the central section on the pending project of law may be shortly ex• petted, and the debates in the Chamber will immedi ately follow. THE HAGUE, AUGUST 18.—It is affirmed, that in consequence of the fears of a war breaking out in Europe, several Insurance Companies in our country make great difficulties in insuring at present. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, AUG. 18 Money. Bill , . Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Amort S,ndic, 4% per cent . 90% lON Ditto, ditto, 334 per cent — Commercial Company, 4% per cent 167 168% Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per tent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month ll 90 Twomontha ...... Dutch Papers, Aug. 19. BELGIAN k UNDS—BaussEts, AUG. 19. Actual Deist, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent lOO Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 93 --- 3 per Cent ----Thirty.seven------ .., 6941 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent Society of Commerce, 4 yi,per Cent lO9 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent Eli% National Society. ... ..... --..•— Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Aug. 19. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, AGG. 11 By per Cents. Metalliques - 104% Fonr per Cents 99 Three per Cents. Bank :Shares --..Allgemcine Zcitung, Aug. 16. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, AUG. 15. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares Anoo-Itussian Loan lt,9 1( 8% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Certificate 04 Inscription, Ist Se:ies Russ s i c a r n ie s , per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4 t h 98 971Ai Ditto in Certificates Dutch Actual Debt, 2% pee Cent 51% 51 Ditto 5 per Cent 9B - Polish Bonds New ticket Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent 75% 75% Norwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per Ccat....... Spanish, New 3 per Cents —..31 PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Auo. 15. Bills. Money, St. Schuh'. Sch., 44, per cent lO4 103 i s Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 103% 101% Exchange on London, three months 6:17 —Prussian State Gazette, Aug. 16, SEIZURE OF THE STEAM SHIP BRITISH QUEEN BY HER MAJESTY'S BOARD OF CUSTOMS, FOR SMUGGLING. The British Queen arrived at Blackwall from Ports mouth between four and five o'clock last Sunday after noon. Giles and Keefe, custom-house officers searched the vessel, and found a cask buried amongst the coals containing American manufactured tobacco. The offi cers prosecuted their search, and in various parts of the vessel, but especially in the engine -room, amongst the machinery, and under the coals, they discovered a con siderable quantity of tobacco, the amount of the duty payable upon it amounting to between three and four hundred pounds. The ship was seized, and will continue in custody until the affair is formally brought before the Board of Customs. There is scarcely a steam-vessel trading to a foreign port enters the river in which smugglin g is not more or less carried on by the engineers and fire men. One of their most successful tricks is to conceal contraband property among the machinery ; by doing this they defeat the vigilance of the Custom-house officers, who, if they attempt to search the machinery, are prevented by the engineers, on the ground that they may disarrange something, In the course of yesterday, two firemen belonging to the British Queen were brought to the Thames Police office, charged with endeavouring to convey on shore ai lbs. each of negrohead tobacco, and were both fined. HOUSE OF CORRECTION. The report of the visiting justices of the House of Correction was read, from which it appeared that there are at present confined within its walls 718 males and 270 females ; total, 988. The report further stated that such was the very healthy state of that gaol that there were at present only two prisoners in the infirmary. NSW PRISON. The report of the visiting justices of the above prison was read. It stated that there were at present confined within its walls 83 males and 37 females ; total, 12.0. ABOLITION OF THE NEW PRISON. The next business in the paper was to receive the report of the justices appointed to communicate, jointly with the visiting justices of Westminster Bridewell, with the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on the subject of recommending that the New Prison, Clerkenwell, should be relinquished. Atter disposing of some routine business the Court adjourned. SALE OF THE FURNITURE OF PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Yesterday a large quantity of furniture, the property of Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, in pursuance of instructions left by him previous to his departure from London, were sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their rooms, No.B, King-street, St. James's square. This furniture consisted of a casket of gems, of pictures, books, plate, linen, glass, china, and a bust of Napoleon, when Consul, by Canova. At one o'clock the sale commenced, and after a large quantity of plate, glass, and china, had been disposed of, the suits worn by the Prince at the Eglintoun tournament were in like manner sold in twelve different lots. Amongst a large collection of miscellaneous property, several articles of which were sold at very high prices, there were sold a gold pin, with a pearl set in brilliants, which had been worn by the Prince, for 161.55. 6d., and two silver cups, with the eagle and initials of Queen Hortense, for 51. 10s. A casket of cameos, formerly the property of the Empress Josephine, was next put up in 22 lots. Amongst them were sold gems with the following devices : Prometheus bearing off the heavenly fire, a magnifi cent cameo of large size, for 36/. 15s. ; Diana in a car, a beautiful onyx of many strata for 8/. Bs. ; a Vic tory in a biga, an onyx of three strata, for 9/. 9s. ; a pair of earrings, the top of one an exquisite bead, the drop a head of Minerva, the top of the other a young bust, wish a bust of Julius Caesar in the pendant, for 46/. 4s. (this pair of earrings had been p r esented by Pius VI. to Josephine during the first campaign in Italy in 1796 ; a Ganymede (a cameo in high relief),. mounted as a bracelet snap, for 13/. 15s. ; a head of Medusa, the companion snap, for 10/. 10s. ; the head of Alexander, a Greek fragment, mounted as a ring, highly esteemed from the resemblance to the Emperor Napoleon, for 141. 14s. Thirteen beautiful picturesh were next sold at prices varying from 201. to 1001. ! with the exception of one, a portrait of St. r , by. C. Dolce, which was bought at 106/. Is. rile . original bust of Napoleon, when Consul, by Canova, inscribed with the date IWI4, on scagliola pedestal and black marble plinth, was then sold for 232/. Ils. It was a very fine piece of sculpture. We observed in the auction-room during the day Mr. Bernal, Mr. Easth o p e , and other members of the Legislature. There were also present several gentlemen of the French n a ti on , who seemed to regard with particular affection each , relic or memorial of the Emperor. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. (From the Times.) Wlaether for the advantage of society or otherwise, we cannot exactly undertake to say, but the fact we believe is indisputable, that what is commonly called humanity, or rather a spurious imitation of it, has of late become one of the most forward and fashionable Par liamentary virtues. Even the Legislature's noted in difference to the wants of the destitute poor is compla cently spoken of as a philanthropic expedient, not for making them thieves and vagrants, but for improving their general condition, by impelling them to habits of provident industry and self-reliance. Accordingly, while the members of the House of Commons, with a very few exceptions, are resolutely opposed to every species of Legislative beneficence that happens to involve an outlay of money for the relief of starving families, it is curious to observe that their passion for humane law making (pocket untouched, mind) is everlastingly dis playing itself in all manner of capricious projects which, though professing the deepest possible concern for the moral and physical well-being of the lower orders, will generally be found, on strict examination, to infer an unwarrantable abridgement of their rights, or a serious diminution of their comforts. Of this description are your Beer Bills, your Police Court Bills, your summary jurisdiction clauses, besides a multitude of others too numerous to be specified ; and, although we have la boured hard to induce the Conservative party, on every ground of principle and policy, to separate them selves from the monstrous conspiracy whereby Whigs and Radicals, nay, even the nois i e st clamourers for d mocracy, are leagued against the poor, we lament to say, that with the reservation we have already made in favour of a few honourable individuals, all classes of politicians seem to vie with each other in sporting a new style of humane legislation, whereby numbers of 'lestitute (both parents and children) are inevitably the e. e ' and driven to the commission of crime. detriefaaz.e.., we adhere inflexibly to the opinion, Deny it eltu tway, .. . if of '' enders. New Poor-law to that it is the clitef.lt tenth...7J augment the number of inter/De ~... endeT‘,sle.. (From the Morning Chron... 2 '''' ems elves, People now in great measure cease. to ask e...." 1n e yes, this will there be war ? It is now undeestood in country, and not denied in France, that the object of the treaty of the Four Powers—the preservation of the Ottoman Empire—is just and proper, and that the French nation have no cause for taking offence at the mode in which it is proposed to effect the object. The French were at liberty to join the other powers ; they were fully cognizant of all that was in contem plation, but they refused to pattieipate, and the treaty was entered into, but not withoet their knowledge. So long as the Four Powers ficeestly seek to give effect to the treaty, the French earl have no ground for quarrelling with them. They seek nothing which calls for the opposition of France. No French interest is injured, and neither the security nor the honour of the nation is affected. But it may be said the Four Posers may act dishonestly, and in that case France will be bound to oppose them. No doubt, should the Four Powers, or any of them, seek to avail themselves of events for the furtherance of their separate interests, then France would be justified in interfering, We are not, however, entitled to make any supposition of the sort. The alliance would at once be dissolved by tiny such attempt at self-seeking ; and France would not be the only power which would, in such a case, endeavour' to support the good cause. But France may have sinister objects of her own, and in seeking to profit by events, she may come in collision with the other powers. Till ere have evidence of any such dishonest intentions on the part of France, we will not believe in them. It is not ne cessary, therefore, to speculate on what might follow from the adoption of a policy which we are not justi fied in assuming as possible. We well know that France, from her position, the character of her popula tion, and her immense resources, must always possess a great influence in Europe, and her conduct can never be a matter of indifference to other nations. In a na tional cause, in which the national interests and national honour are compromised, the French need fear no enemy. But we trust no nation of Europe is sufficiently powerful to invade the rights of others with impunity. War is a great calamity ; but the balance of power of Europe has hitherto been preserved by the prevalence of a belief that the loss of national independence is a still greater calamity than war. (From the Morning Post.) We bad recently occasion to insist that " the duty of every subject of the realm, be he Protestant or Pie pist, is not merely to obey the law, but to co-operate to the utmost of his power in promoting the objects which the law has in view." It might have been expected that in such a sentiment the organs of Ministers, who profess to be the servants of a legal and legitimate throne, would not have found much ground for censure. The sentiment was advanced by us in rebuke of a crotchet which has entered most unaccountably into the heads of some of our Conservative brethren, that the Protes tants of Ireland are not only at liberty, but are bound in duty and conscience, to embarrass, to resist, and, if possible, to frustrate the operation of the Irish Municipal Corporations Bill. It might have been expected that the friends of the Irish Municipal Corporations Bill, and of the Ministry who are its authors, would not have thought such a sentiment as we have quoted, when uttered for such a purpose as we have described, deserving of their unqualified reproba tion. Yet so it is. To inculcate reverence and obedi ence to the law seems to be an offence in Ministerial estimation. Ministers, and the Journals which reveal and support their opinions, having no respect themselves to the dignity or a uthority of the law, very naturally regard with jealousy, suspicion, and ill-will, all who con tend that the established law of a country, merely be cause it is the law, ought to be respected and obeyed. In reference to the above sentiment a Ministerial Journal of yesterday says : " The Post avows the doctrine not merely of absolute submission to, but of hearty co-operation with, whatever may be the law, whether good or bad. According to its statement, if persecution characterise any unrepealed law, it is the patriot's duty, every man's duty, to be a persecutor in heart and disposition. This is a step beyond the old High Church tenet of passive obedience and non-resist- I ance. It terminates in utter slavishness." There needs no stronger evidence than the above passage to prove that the party of the existing Govern ment of Great Britain consists of the class of politi cians whom Burke characterised as the class that would convert the extreme medicine of the State into its daily food. We have beard among politicians of this class of the " sacred right of insurrection," words which in their use of them plainly imported that insurrection must always be right, and always sacred, Are we to under stand from the Morning Chronicle that every individual is at liberty to disobey, and to frustrate by every means in his power, whatever law he, in his wisdom or his folly, may think a bad one ? This we take to be the meaning of our Contemporary, and the conduct of many of the party to which he belongs corresponds with it (From the Morning Herald.) After all the threats of war and invasion—after all the boasts of armaments prepared and preparing— after all the pompous announcements of campaigns about to be opened, and heroic exploits about to be achieved, we are favoured, on high authority, with a solution of all this Gallic fire-eating and fanfaronade, which reminds us of the ancient and memorable distich— " The King of France, with forty thousand men, Marched up the bill, and so marched down again." The high authority to which we allude is no other than the King of France himself —no, not of France—that title was too old for " young France." and so has been revolutionised into " King of the French." We have it, then, on the authority of the King of the French, that " while he lives we shall have PEACE. " It must be exceedingly consolatory to the " English lion" to find that the " Gallic cock," amid all his loud crowings and flapping of wings, and shril challenges to battle, meant nothing more than to frighten him a little by way of a joke, and to enjoy the terror which he knew such notes of martial daring must inspire to the Whig-ridden animal—enervated, drooping, and forbidden by its dastardly keepers to , place itself in a " decen t p osture of defence.' Truly what the Roman satirist said of the still Gallicac people, nearly two thousa nd y ears ago, is curately characteristic of them. " Natio coniceda est," says Juvenal ; and surely the interview between the Frenchillustration. or a ti s i s It is comic interlude to Thiers's mock tragedy, is an English man,in England, where h e , fi so x m ed sometime, the least, an w sst o t O eb e d yclf with birhtibs such;but we suppose , though fate nativity brilliant success the Thes pian muse, c hoice has demi-naturalised him on the French soil, like shoals of his patriotic countrymen, who best enjoy life and liberty under the protection of the gendarmes of the " Citizen King." But an optimist can see in the residence of this gentleman at Boulogne, along with h is ha ppy p roficienc y in th e French lan guage, we daily in see tidv aroundertise ) From theus, r. as well as in French loyalty , a fortunate circum stance for England. (From the llforri we almost d e spair of some people ever learning common sense from experience. Of our own we countrymen, notwith standing occasional aberrations, entertain some hope ; but of our Gallic neighbours, absurd to expect that their eccentric it would appear movements will ever submit to the guidance of common discretion. SO excessive in France is the love of display, that a revolution is regard e d more in the light of a successful theatrical exhibiti on th an o f a movement exercising an influence for good or evil on the destinies of millions of people ; and accordingly, the first excitement of a revolution being passed, the performers congratulate themselves on their success, and rest in the apathetic satisfaction of having deserved well of their country. 1 Fresh excitement, however, becomes necessary. Though good the " piece," the public will not always be satis fied with its performance, and as a revolution is regarded as a theatrical "hit," so are theatrical displays made to supply the place of revolutions. The recent insane exhibition at Boulogne was a most opportune diversion for Louis Philippe. It has, to a great extent, relieved EVENING EDIVON. the Minister of the necessity of keeping put,'ll9 atten tion morbidly excited in absurd expectation o f a war with England. Louis Philippe himself,l,‘owever, thinks fit to complete the melo-drama by visiting,. after a hair breadth escape from the perils of the deeo, and 'other most exciting incidents of flood and field, the scene whereon the invader had but just attempted t 'o deprive him of his crown. His Majesty was congrolulated very properly by his faithful subjects on the o:Etsgers which he and his dynasty had escaped, and thus it completed a little coup du theatre, which will serve kb entertain a great part of the French people for the next. six months. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS'S. (THURSDAY EVENING.) TIMES.—It will be remembered that on the arri val in London of $60,000 from Chili about a month ago, the more cautious speculators did not allow their expectations to be too highly raised, notwithstanding a temporary excitement on the Stock-Exchange, w was produced by the arrival. Recent occurrences have shown that their caution was right, for at the time of that remittance the Minister told the agent for the bondholders in Colombia that further remittances 1. ould be sent in April and May. Now nothing is heard of these further remittances, but the last communication. received from the Minister merely states in general terms that payment will be made when the state or finances renders it possible. Parties acquainted with Chili well know that there is more a want of the will than of the power to pay the dividends, and a statement confirmato"y of that opinion may be found in a work re cently published on foreign loans by Mr. Sutcliffe. Ac cording to this statement, which is for six successive months during the campaign in Peru, the receipts and, disbursements of the treasury of Chili were as follow : Receipts. Disbursements. Dollars. Dollars. Aug. 31, 1837, 234,909.0 f 206,517.4 - Sept.3o 404,479.71 374,801..72 Oct. 31 ~. 197,618.5 1§5,494.7,f Nov. 30 ... 193,803.3 ... 176,779.4 Dec. 30 ... 349,546.01 317,278 7k Jan. 31, 1838, 135,553.24 104,585,.5q Thus, for every month during this period the receipts exceed the disbursements, and exhibit the republic in a perfect state of solvency. The object of the author of ihe riamphlet is to show that it is not the fault of the: chifianb- in general, but of the Spanish faction called the " Faroleros, that the interest on the Chilian loan: has not been poctu I y paid. At the same time, to make out this poitn: it exhibits the existence of re sources generally, and v.:bile it would def:lnd the Chi bans themselves, serves w exhibit that there must have been a want of good faith somewhere. A dis cussion between the Chiliae Minister and the re presentative of the bondholders in Chili on the settlement of the arrears has been in circulation in the city ; but it appears that it was a mere conversa tion, and that there was nothing official in the proposals of the Minister, which are, therefore, to be reg,lrded as little more than suggestions. As for the proposals by the South American Government, made throug h the medium of their agents in London, it seems now t,l he pretty generally believed among the more sagacious ob servers, that the preposterous offers, which are brought: forward every now and then, are not even meant to be accepted, but are merely designed to gain time, since in conveying a refusal to the Government, and bringing back a new offer, to be rejected in its turn, nearly a year is consumed as a matter of course. The course. lately adopted by the Colombian Governments very much bears out this opinion, and the only difference be tween their conduct and that of Buenos Ayres and. Peru, also non-paying states, is, that the latter do not even hold out this vague pretence of coming to a set tlement, which, perhaps, if we adopt the general belief that the deception is systematic, is the honestcr course of the two. POST.—The funds were rather disposed to improve in the early part of the day. Some importance was at— tached to the complimentary language of Louis Phi— lippe to poor Mr. Coates at Boulogne, but which ap-. pears to be really entitled to little or no attention, as it is hardly to be expected that his Majesty should have entered into any bona fide explanations of the policy intended to be pursued by France towards England, with respect to the East:gm question, upon the staircase of a tavern, especially with a gentleman so eccentric as Mr. Romeo Coates. The quotations came considerably worse from Paris, and by no means favourab!v from the other principal cities of the Continent. A . re;'rograda tion was consequently experienced with us at a later hour of the day. HERALD.—Some considerable sales of stock to day made the market feverish, and although later on what is called a " pigeon" buyer or two, came in and effected some purchases, but not ov a large scale, yet Consols did not recover, and closed at 90 to 90 for account. From the appearance in ti:e market of the pigeon people referred to, it may be supposed that . prices were brought over rather better from Par:a. The previous sales excited the sore interest from the strong suspicion generally entertained by those best conversant with the movements of parties in thL house that in reality they were for the account of the Jew party. It is well known that the policy and inclination of this party always lead the, m to operate on the opposite tack, and that they are sehfour or never found " bears" or sellers, except in consequenoc of the receipt of some extraordinary and exclusive in telligence, or a strong conviction of something really portentous in the state of political or monetary affairs. The private advices from Paris represent that accounts had been received there of the failure of St. Aulaire qn the principal objects of his mission to Vienna, which: were to gain over Metternich and procure the accept ance of the mediation of France for the arrangement of athnecedsiffne otherwiser c e differences b e t c w o e n e t n i n u T e d u r k a e l s y o an t d o b E e g3 a P s t. war A li P k P o " as r. p l l o t e w e a 3 s s s o a , i o d o t o o o b t e th i o n N co a n ti t o e n m a p l l G at u io a n rd t s o i: a m ci o r. h y ic hi i e f c o . r . service. The Susan, private ship, is reported at Leith, last from St. Helena, which she left June 27, and sailed from the coast of China on the 31st of March. She-. brings reports that the Guesachan . was still on the coast with her itrsa , d cargo on board, and that the .11oyal Saxon, Eliza Stewart, Asia, and Arabian, were loaded and heavy for sea when she left. The General Kyd and Glowlg had considerable progress.in taking in cargo. The Frances Anne Hay and 3fanga/orc were partly loaded. The following is the tonnage of these vessels loaded and taking in cargo, which may be expected etc long : Royal Saxon Eliza Stewart 42l' As'a Arabian General Kyd Gienelg Frances Ann Mangalore Total 4,447 SUN.—The importance of extending our trade with South America, in which direction our rivals, the Ame ricans, are pushing theirs with so much spirit and enter prise, induces us to direct attention to the follow mg fact :—A short time since a vessel of a very !arge tonnage left a port in the United States with I ~500 packages of dry goods, three-fourths of which were.ct American manufacture for the Pacific. The owner of this ship is connected with an establisher' Mexican house of great wealth, by which means tht new trade about to be opened will be conducted or: an extensive scale. The cargo of this vessel Iva! valued at 150,000 dollars. An active and large busi 'less is carried on by land from St. Louis to Santa Fe. By some this is confounded with the commerce existing with California, but the two are entirely disconnected. The Americans are sanguine as to securing to them selves, in a few years , almost a monopoly of the South. American trade, but we trust that the Pacific Steam Company will enable us also to have e fingT e h r e in ß r t i he t is tp h: ie ae securitiesVienna, were na, a n and depressedd more so orego or r od condition l e to-day, os being sfitnhet n Stockost o, a l\ fr la ec rk te e d ts b 2t . the fact, o b t o h % e v r e principal ‘ er, appears t o b e t Continental h at c the ities. e r e T n h sim ple s are acting one upon the other. The football of declim is kicked from London to Paris, and thence to Vienni, and the German towns ; and by the same rule, when rally occurs here, we may expect the same thing else where. The Market was heavy to-day. Consols fo.• present transfer at 90 to I-, and for Account 90 to 20i1, closing for both at 901 only, owing to an express said to have been received by the pigeon-men with the in telligence of a fall of 2 per cent. in the French Rentes yesterday. The duty on foreign grain admissible for home consumption being now reduced to 6s. Bd. per quarter, it is probable that a large quantity will be re leased from bond, and this has caused money to be easier to-day, as our merchants will then have,,a large additional fund available to other purposes. Exchequer Bills were 23 to 0 5 premium, and East India Bonds par ; Bank Stock remained at 1664, but India Stock declined to 248. Spanish Bonds, and, indeed, most of the other specu lative securities, improved a shade to-day. The Actives were at 25' to I, Portuguese New Five per Cents, wer e steady at 35, and Colombian at ; but Dutch Two-and - a - H alf per Cents. dropped to 51i, and Belgian to 102. The Railway Shares were not generally higher. Blackwall left off at b, and South Eastern at 16 7 1- die count. Great Western were at 24i premium. .r. Yesterday the the General Steam; ‘ , to#Nym, paD y's packet the Ocean, J. Fife, alii in , c...tictos, 11 %, after a favourable passage of 24 hotly '' - k . (psi.-4n Dutch mail of Wednesday, and paat -ofsloqimif-ai Yesterday morning artiveoVo' ' e4loWer_ thft steam-ship Antwerp, Captain lapis, , ffkiirrahl . passage of 20 hours. Sir Gore _i . ..44V1 di*" ... , 11 It were amongst her numerous pass 4 ; 34 - 1 •: - :/ / v..'": 1 -W '' ' —9 The Earl of Munster, after ':invialio bp , l a fortnight, from an attack of the go .. b.gt l blvirtge" His Lordship has resumed the occupancy of his mansio n i elgrave-street. , 0 11