The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-27 00:00:00

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But so contradictory are the rumours in circulation among the organs of the several parties into which France is now divided, so unimportant in themselves are many of these rumours, and so brief is the time to elapse before all the details are made known officially, that it would be wasting the time of our readers to give them a place in oar columns. The war faction is noisy and violent as ever ; and as M. THIERS will have to justify to the Chambers the expense to which he has put the country, his first appeal must necessarily be made to the sympathies of that faction. Neverthe less, we are under no apprehension that he will be found the zealous advocate of their intemperate views. When the storm has blown over, he will be found as ready to resume office as he was on the resignation of SOULT'S Administration. While we are writing the Times has published in a second edition the summary of the news con tained in the Paris journals of yesterday, received by extraordinary express. Though the substance of some part of the intelligence from Syria ap peared in yesterday's impression of The Sun, the whole is so interesting that we quote it with some trifling curtailment We have received by extraordinary express the Paris papers of yesterday. The Moniteur contains a Royal ordinance proroguing the Chambers to the sth of No. ember. Another Royal ordinance appoints General Sebes tiani a Marshal of France, in the room of Marshal M'Donald, deceased. Ministers persevered in their resignation. M. Guizot was said to hate arrived in Paris yesterday. Our Constantinople letters are of the 7th inst. They state that an Austrian steamer had arrived with des patches, which the friends of the Divan represented as most menacing for Mehemet Ali. According to those statements, Soliman Paella had taken refuge in Beyrout after his late defeat, with only 1,500 men. The Allies had closely invested the place. Ibrahim Pecha was equally said to have thrown himself into St. Jean d'Acre with 2,500 men. These assertions, if well founded, would show (says our correspondent) that the military force of Mehemet Ali, stated at 60,000 men, was composed of a comparatively trifling number. This was not all, however. The defection of the troops, and the revolt of the people against Mehemet Ali, was general. Every means were resorted to by the Allies to bring over the regular soldiers of Mehemet AU, and to raise the people in insurrection. The en tire force of the Allies with which these matters had been effected is estimated at only 5,000 Albanians, 2,000 English, and 500 Austrians. The mission of Count Walleweki to the Porte had nevertheless partly succeeded. The mediation of France was accepted as respected Egypt, but refused in respect of Syria. The following is from the Smyrna Gazette 1 SYRIA. " CAMP OP DJOUNI, SEPT. 29. " From all appearances the affairs of Syria will be soon terminated. The insurrection makes the greatest progress ; already 14,000 mountaineers have joined the insurgents. The Turks behave nobly, and Admiral Walker leads them nobly on. " The desertion of Egyptian troops is very consider able, which has greatly weakened Soliman Pasha. " The Allies have their camp at Djouni, which con tains about 8,000 men, independent of the insurgents. " The Stromboli has disembarked the few marines which she brought from England. ALL THE COAST IS IN THE POWER OF THE ALLIES. _ " Tyre and Tripoli have been taken ; Sidon was taken after a battle of 10 hours. It was defended by 3,000 men, who capitulated, the greater' part of whom have enrolled at the camp to fight in favour of the Sul tan. The Turkish naval officers sent from Alexandria by Mehemet Ali have also been enrolled. " The Allies have established an hospital at Cyprus." " EGYPT, OCT. 6. " The British squadron at Alexandria, consisting of the Asia, Implacable, and Daphne, has been reinforced by the Dido and Ganges. " 'The French Consul bas informed his protege that the blockade will commence on the 16th inst." " INDIA MAILS. " Advices received to-day from Alexandria state that Mehemet Ali will allow the mails to pass through Egypt, and send them himself if the English are afraid to take them. " A private letter, dated Athens, the 9th inst., states, that the French fleet of eleven sail of the line was then anchored in Salamis Bay. " A Russian fleet of eighteen sail of the line, to be placed under Sir Robert Stopford's orders, was daily exp. ctcd." The prorogation of the French Chambers until the sth of November, so indignantly denied in the Ministerial Constitutionnel of Thursday last, is another triumph of the peace party. France can take no final resolution before the meeting of the Chambers, and every day gained by their proroga tion gives a fresh accession of moral strength to the Allies in Syria and Egypt. The adjournment is, moreover, signally important, as taking place after France was made fully aware of the rapid decline of MEHEMET ALI'S power in Syria. In stating above that we declined to publish the Ministerial rumours pro and con in the French Journals of Sunday, we intended to have excepted, which we do now, an account of the Ministerial crisis from the Journal du Havre, and an apology for M. THIERS in the Conslilutionnel, from the pen, most. probably, of that statesman, which will be found in another column. These articles appear to us to possess an interest apart from the mere cir cumstances under which they were written. A letter from Toulon of the 20th says that it was considered as certain that Admiral Duperre, having obtained a promise that the Levant fleet should be in creased to 15 sail of the line and 12 frigates, had con sented to take command of it, with Admiral Lalande for chief of the staff. Admiral Duperre is to hoist his fig on board the Ocean, and to have, besides the Ma rengo, the Genereux and the Trident, which, added to the 11 ships of the line under Admiral Hugon, will make up the number of 15. As for the frigates, there I are the Iphigenie, the Uranie, the Didon, and the Medee, besides the frigates that have sailed from the ports on the ocean, and are every moment expected at Toulon, without reck onin g those the equipment of which is proceed ng with all expedition. It remains to be seen whether Admiral Duperre would leave Toulon with the a dditional vessels to join the Levant squ a dro n , and winter in the vicinity of Candia, or whether the fleet would return to Toulon, so that the Admiral would not take the command till the whole fleet would be united.—Le Commerce. The Queen Regent of Spain arrived at Narbonne on the 20th ; the garrison was under arms, and paid her military honours. The Queen conversed for a long time in a very affable manner with the Commandant of the place, as well as with the Prefect. The latte r not having received any instruction, was not in his official dress. Though the weather was very stormy, a great number of persons want to meet her. Maria Christina was perfectly calm, and her face bore no marks of the sufferings which she has undergone. She was t o s l eep on t h e 20th At Montpellier, and go on y 111-11+ • LONDON : TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1840. has a , ior n ry ig Herald's Paris Corresponde 4 11: 4v "Va rded to th at j ourna l th e f o ll o wi ng copy of tt r i c e a ddress e d by Lord PALMERSTON to the raeold3ll AMbassad or a t Constantinople, rearm inFour g' On th e part of the representatives of the tio N ‘‘ers, an app ea l to the Porte for the condi- Proo rev ocation of the sentence of d e p osition 'la: 4 "d ag a i nst M EHEMET A L I. T h is note the b il°t take us b y surpr i se . In an article on +A Re et n stei n question, in The Sun, of the 9th inst., /tat ~P " ,a tic ally observed, in answer to a threat of k e l Au itionally uttere d i n t h e French Journ als A : triaj" for the d epos i t i on o f IVI EHEMET LI, kr i d 4 1th has not th e rem otest idea of enforcing vie "ntence. I n d ee d we b e li eve , th a t w ere the tlet (1 , 1 now to g i ve u p Sy r i a , th e B r iti s h Cabi kittiltil°,4:4 employ w h a t i n fl uence i t h as a t Con .uple to procure the immediate nullification tv e ,, he Imperial and Ecclesiastical decree, and Procur e a fi rman declaring the Government o,f. It t heredit ary i n t h e f am il y o f t h e PAcHA. em phatic statement o f ours was i n di rec t ly hied S t o rk - b y the Morning Chronicle, which with a *rh t i - ''''tchan ge arrogance o f tone , assure d t h e tith vr oth at our G overnmen t had no thi ng t o d o , an d have nothing to do, with the administrative p; of the S ULTAN . B ut w h at says L or d th i c :" "itaTox's note ? Does it not bear out to 8th -very letter 'the statement made by us on the tf de ln stant ? H ave not we a l ways d escr ib e d t h e act thl ° sition a s a mere menace — an d a very f oo li s h, l', 4 4laP ; vi sed m enace, too — an d d oes not L or d 441-.4481'0s admit, as directly as a Foreign otl i : l3t i e : r can do, th at h e never cons id ere d i t i n any :`' r ot L gilt? The Herald finds fault with the t=ry verbiage" of the Noble Foreign Secre erovr,,We do not see how, as a Minister of the tri,tter-i,"4 preserving the gravity due to that ch.a ehal.;:ie. C ould have spoken plainer, without being fre tt r o ' aute with a dictation incompatible with a ny i tpp e -41 ° f action on the part of the Porte. le . could 53 a mediator for MEHEMET ALI ; and vAti ould ft , no t , without trampling upon the Sim- Piet -' eat any other tone, in a note of which co ol „ .... vver e to he lodged in all the State Chancelleries tori t , t ur ope. Besides, his Lordship had no rea kornil 84 PP°se that a request would be less a itee Y attended to at Constantinople than a me ole that the final adjustment of the , ivera question h ad devolved upon the Four 1 " 14 Y. L lota 411..ird,--Her Majesty's Government having taken rived I , ,,, l "ration the act by which the Sultan de ekin.."a_ehetnet Ali of the Pachalic of Egypt, the qu e , ti r et that act upon the present state of pending 41 4 nia. and the course which it may be expedient to p ri rc ia% have invited the representatives of and Russia, at their Court, to submit is is. tb~ respective Governments that undoubtedly there 'd t )E .4 e:it.... f9l ;ee in the reasons which, according to your 4, 44 ; 1 : 4 7 s reports, induced the Sultan to take this 16 de vr . t hot while, on the one band, this measure in 4 11, FP Prevents the Sultan from reinstating Mehemet 8 04; ei no should speedily make his submission to hia • t l4 ‘r! On the o th er h an d i t may operate as a erfu t er illititlkstinrugmheint of moral coerc; on u p on M e h emet m aware that, if the contest between b m and his Sovereign should be prolonged, and if the issue of that contest should be unfavourable to him, he might loose everything by his too obstinate resistance. " That in this view, and in order to make the re cent exercise of the sovereign authority of the Sultan useful towards effecting an early and satisfactory settlement of pending questions, it is the opinion of her Majesty's Government that it would be expedient that the representatives of the Feur Powers at Con stantinople should be instructed to proceed to the Turkish Minister, and state to him that their respec tive Governments, in pursuance of the stipulations of the seventh article of the separate act annexed to the treaty of 15th July, beg strongly to recommend to the Sultan that, if Mehemet Ali should at an early period make his submission to the Sultan, and should agree to restore the Turkish fleet, and to withdraw his troops from Syria, from Mans, Candia, and the Holy Cities, the Sultan should not only reinstate Mehemet Ali as Paella of E:ypt, but should also give him an hereditary tenure in that paclialic, according to the condi:ions spe cified in the treaty of July, and liable, of course, to for feiture by any infraction of those conditions on the part of Mehemet Ali, or his sucussors. " Her 'Ma;esty's Government have reascn to hope that this suggestion will meet the concurrence of the Governments of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, and your Excellency will accordingly take the steps pdnted nut in this despatch, as soon as your colleagues shall have received corresponding instructions. " If the Sultan should.consent to act upon this advice tendered to him by his Four Allies, it would be expe dient that be should take immediate steps for making his gracious intentions in this respect known to Mehe met Ali, and your Excellency and Sir Robert Stepford should afford the Turkish Government every facility which they may require for this purpose. THE SUN, LONriON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, IMO. the 21st to Marseil!es. It is most probable that sill will go to Naple,: in one of the Mediterannean packets. The Emancipcileztr of Toulouse says,'" General Leo pold O'Donnell, late Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Centre, and Ex-Captain General of Valencia and Murcia, arrived on the 20th at Toulon, coming from Perpignan, where he had been wading for some days for Queen Christina, whom he preceded, and with whom be has gone to Narbonne. The account which the Banker's Circular gives of the power now possessed by " loan contractors" and " bill brokers" over the resources of the Bank of England cannot fail to be deeply interesting to the commercial and monied classes. The substance of the circular is that the loan con tractors and bill brokers can, whenever they please, and without any expense, bring theßank of England to a stand-still. Such a statement, which is calcu lated to excite alarm in many persons, does not cause in us the smallest uneasiness. We have, on two or three occasions within the last three months, pointed out to out readers, on the authority of Mr. LEATHAM, the Wakefield banker, on the authority of our Co:respondent, " A Commercial Traveller," and from several well known facts, that the circulation of the Bank of England, in consequence of the enlarged use of bills at short dates, checks, etc., has become of comparatively little importance in a national point of view. Bank-notcs have ceased to be the chief instrument, if ever they were, of carrying on commercial transactions. While the population and wealth of the country have been increasing at a very rapid rate, the capital of the Bank of Eng land has been stationary. To make it relatively of as much national importance as it was thirty years ago, independently of the economised uses of money which render banknotes less in demand, its capital ought at least to have doubled, whereas a large portion of it has been locked up in securities that are not immediately available, and the whole sum has not been increased. To make its circu lation now of as much relative importance to the nation as it was thiity years ago, it ought to be at least sixty millions, whereas it is not above seven teen. In spite of all the cockering and bolstering of the Legislature, in spite of the new Charter, and the legal-tender clause, the Bank of England has dwindled in relative importance at least two thirds; and on that plain principle we consider the statement of the Banker's Circular as no proper subject of public alarm, whatever it may be to Bank Proprietors. The very statement, in fact, is a decisive proof of the relative decay of its power. When its capital and circulation, in relation to the whole wealth of the country, was two-thirds greater than at present, it could easily defy the whole con clave of bill-brokers and loan-jobbers. The lesson which this teaches to the owners of Bank stock we are not interested in enforcing, though it may suffice to explain the dwindled im portance of their monopoly and their lessened pro fits. It will inform them also, that it is idle for them to expect, with a stationary amount of capi tal, an increasing quantity of business, and the pre servation of the power of the Bank. But we wish to draw public attention to this additional proof of the folly of the Legislature, against which most sensible men proteSted at the time, in making the notes of the Bank of England a legal tender ; and the equal folly of the Bank in grasping at that with its relatively diminished resources. Just in proportion as its circulation and its power be came less in proportion to the whole community, was it foolish in the Legislature to confer on the Bank of England paper such a general and legal character ; and just in the same proportion was it foolish in the Bank to incur such a responsibility. But for that other banks would share the task and the danger of providing gold for the paper in circu lation ; now it is confined to the Bank of England, and by that privilege, with its weakened resources, it is exposed to danger from the operations of bill-brokers and loan bankers; and by that privilege, and that alone, can the public suffer from the Bank of England being drained of its gold. That the cu pidity of the Bank Diieetors should have blinded them is less extraordinary than the ignorance and want of thought of the Legislature. Neither appears to have been sensible of the relative decay of the Bank of England, though the fact must have been apparent to sincere and careful inquirers in 1833, as well as in 1840. We are absolutely overwhelmed with letters con cerning the case of Captain REYNOLDS, only a se lection from which we can publish. We have no recollection► of an individual case exciting such a ge neral, not to say universal feeling. The army, and the honour of ,the army, are dear to the public, and they show their profound respect for this branch of our national defence by the inte- rest they take in the case of Captain REYNOLDS. In addition to the general desire of Englishmen to see fair play, and not to allow an individual to be trampled on by an overbearing, arrogant Noble, they are convinced in this case that the national safet will ultimately depend on a proper spirit being nourished in military men, and they step forward to rescue Captain REYNOLDS from oppression, and the army from degradation. The subject has now become of great national importance. If the Court-martial had been a fair one, if its sentence had been lenient, or even just, if the Commander-in-Chief had weighed the long services of Captain REYNOLDS against the petulance of the Earl of CARDIGAN, and repri. manded him, while he recommended Captain REY. NOLDS to that mercy the stern regard of the Court to its duty did not allow it to show, the whole matter might have quietly gone off as a mete squabble between two officers, at which the public would have laughed. But as 'the Court-martial was not a fair one, as its sentence has been most un meritedly severe, as it went out of its way to pass a heavy censure on those officers who, being called as witnesses, thought that Captain REYNOLDS must have been grossly provoked to commit an act of insubordination, and as all its con- duct has been approved of by the Commander in-Chief, acting, no doubt, under the legal advice of the Judge-Advocate-General, and has been confirmed by her MAJESTY, it is no longer a squabble between two officers, but a serious difference between the authorities at the head of the army and the public at large. Lord HILL, and those who govern the army, expressly say, by approving of all the finding of the Court, that under no circumstances of private irri tation—neither under insults nor blows, must a sol dier violate in the least the strict rules of military dis cipline. The Tory Judge Sir W. BLAcKsToNE, declared the military code in his time to be a law of slavery, unfit for free men ; but that code had not then been pushed to the extreme of crushing all generous and honourable feeling in order to gratify a personal favourite or a vindictive superior. It is invariably held that the outrages of slave owners go far to justify even the great crimes which their goaded victims sometimes commit ; and shall it be said that no insults, no outrages com mitted by a Colonel, can justify an officer for de manding satisfaction ? If that principle be to lerated now that it is propounded, adieu for ever to all that can rescue military men from the deep degradation of being the hired and brutal instru ments of a vile system of slaughter. They must have no convictions, no feelings; they must he pas sive tools in the hands of men like the Earl of CARDIGAN. The welfare of the army, and the defence of the country, require the public to interfere. It ought to profit, we think, by this oppoltu nity, to demand a ievision of our military code. By that the Sovereign is empowered to make laws for the army ; and the laws that he and his mili tary advisers have made, from time to time, are cruel and unjust. The House of Commons will not be warranted in passing the Mutiny Act, un less the military code be corrected. It is the duty of the Legislature to draw up a well-defined code for the army, or to h ave th a t w hi c h i s drawn up by military men laid b e f ore i t f or approva l. If it contain an enactment that no provocation what ever shall justify, excuse, or sanction an infericr from resenting the insult of a superior, it must be abrogated. A military life must by no means be made by absurd or cruel regulations more onerous and painful than it is of itself ; and the best of ot.r population must no longer be terrified from the defence of the country by a code of laws only fit for slaves. A reform of the Horse Guards, and a revision of the Mutiny Act, ought to be the fruits of the trial. From the treatment of Captain REYNOLDS we may infer the treatment of the privates. A Brighton paper alludes to the number of them belonging to the 11th who have been imprisoned at ... ievves since the regiment has been at Brighton : and no doubt they are treated, without the means of mak ing their case known, with severity and injustice still more harsh than Captain REYNOLDS. For the sake of the privates, as well as the officers, the servile code must be revised. The character of our army when on active service is by no means such as to satisfy those who would make war, when they are obliged to wage it, a source of as little misery as possible ; and much of what is immoral in that cha racter is due to our military code, which at once keeps respectable men from entering the army, and degrades those who fill its ranks. The Commander-in-Chief, by giving his sanc- tion to the conduct of the Earl of CARDIGAN and the Court-martial, has made this question one of fearful importance. Tyranny is no longer e unauthorised act of a violent man, it is au- thorised by law. The . law to which we look for refuge and protection is become the oppressor, and the law must be reformed. To sustain Captain REYNOLDS, which we rejoice to Eee the public are enthusiastically doing, is to defend the national liberties, and to cherish feelings of honour in the army. By way of keeping up their spirits during the recess, the Conservatives are, as usual, having re course to public dinners—a pleasant mode of passing away time, which just now, we should con ceive, must hang somewhat heavy on their hands, full of regrets, as they must be, for the past, and distrustful of their prospects for the future. On Friday last a fragment of this disheartened faction dined together at Newton in Lancashire, in a " splendid dining hall," whose " fittings-up" and " banners with appropriate inscriptions" have had such a bewildering effect on the senses of the Pro vincial journalist, who records the particulars of the ovation, that, like Mrs. Malaprop, when she m eant to be more than usually eloquent, he has lost sight, in his acstacies, of all method and meaning. Of course there was a small sprinkling of par sons in attendance at this party dinner, to whom, as Churchmen, the Chairman, Lord Siermore, addressed a variety of such compliments as were hest suited to their capacity. The Church, in deed—the whole Church—and nothing but the Church—was the main burden of his song ; which we regret to add, was more of an elegiac, than a sprightly, character. His Lordship was spe cially plaintive on the subject of the working clergy, who, be observed, " carried on their la bours with the meanest pittance of subsistence on which any gentleman can be supported." This is .true, and .being a truth, why .dos ; not, his Lordship take up the matter,' with —a view to proiide a remedy ? If ''he really commiserate the destitute state of the . in• ferior clergy, why does he not show his faith by his works, and insist on a reduction of the ex orbitant salaries of the hierarchy, and the other high Church dignitaries ? A few thousands de ducted from the unapostolic incomes of some twelve or fourteen of our Bishops, and distributed among the hard-worked objects of Lord SAN DON's sympathy, would produce all the good effect he could desire, and enable him, at the next Newton dinner, to exchange the song of lamenta tion for that of rejoicing. But no ; his Lordship, rneerointling willienacgbce etsissloit, actively bestow h oion e fn ctt sort. ilheeui:rvcbohe K r it,edfg: wordsthis we )Nr,:eiondubi ICabundance dos stirring Re form, of which, as a staunch Conservative, he en tertains a pious horror. The Noble Chairman next went on to panegyrize the immeasurable tole ration of the Church at large. "To whom," he asked, "do we owe the tepee] of the Test and Corporation Acts, which excluded Dissenters nom their rights as citizens ? To whom do we owe the repeal of the laws which excluded Ro man Catholics, but to the Church of Eng. land ? While we have these facts to appeal to, he Church dwe y in particular —m us t hat a shaking of f at I think we may safely affirm that benthercehisonfoi3Cilstiumrcpl equal to ours for toler ation." What exquisite Bishops — i roono y r is fa h e e o re or l ite H p ow n t i h L e po gl T io wiT s s t ! obstacle to th ese reme dial measures for years. I t was the Church that occasion Test Acts the great—indeed r ee The f chuckle episcopal ti o le n sides r r e e a p m ding t it o i t f not o t the Church favour Catholic Emancipation; Wh y , i t Church y li t a h t e s w o a l s e ‘ m va ig s h t t h a e lm C o got up all the popular clamour against them; that thundered and a g ainst them from the pulpit in the senate ; that pronounced them to be devices of the Devil ; and denounced as Atheists all who dared to support them. If the manacles were at last struck from the limbs of the Dissenter and the Catholic, the righteous deed was done i n spite of the Church, not with her concurrence. But perhaps the vindictive old Dame mayhave been taught toleration by experience. Indeed I How comes it, then, that JOIN THeutocelop has been lan guishinggaol years in for two ali ve-and-sixpenny Church-rate? Having sufficiently flattered Mother Church, Lord SA NDON, by "3' of variety, proceeded to abuse Ministers. " The only reason," he said, " they have a ma jority in the House of Commons is, because they have no principle." A Tory talking of principle always reminds us of the Devil quoting S c ripture. For what is a Tory ? A man who has no principle, save such as furthers his own party interests—whose only notion of duty is that of g etting into office, and maintaining himself there at all hazards—who opposed the repeal of the Test Acts—who opposed Catholic Emancipation _— who opposed Reform in the Church, the law , and the representation yet who nevertheless conceded them all, in defiance of every article of h is political c reed, rather than run the chance of being extinguished as a public man That there are some exceptions to this charge, among the Tories, we admit ; but, speaking of them as a body, they have of late years been dis tinguished for n othing so much as their flagrant political inconsistency. Henceforth, we would advise Lord SANDON to say as little about Whig want of principle as possible ; for he may rely on it, the accusation will be sure to recoil on the heads of his own party. Hcr Majesty has been pleased to confer the two va cant Garters on the Duke of Sutherland and on the Marquis of Westminster, and to appoint the Earl of Thanet to the Lord-Lieutenancy of Kent. PRISONERS FOR POLITICAL LIBEL.—A Return, by the instrumentality of the indefatigable Mr. Hume, has been laid before the House of Commons, of " the name and designation of every person confined on charges for printing and publishing seditious or blas phemous libels, or for uttering seditious words, or ' for attending any seditious meetings, or for conspiring to cause such meetings to be held, or for any offence of a political nature, from the Ist day of January, 1839, to the Ist of January, 1840," with a variety of particulars concerning these prisoners. By this Return, it appears • hat there were confined for the above-named offences, in the year 1839, no less than 665 persons-665 priso cars for political offences! What a mass of misery in flicted in the 'name and under the pretext of promoting the public welfare ! Of these, 380 were confined in England, 63 is %Vales, I in Scotland, Ind 221 in Ireland. Their treatment is different in different gaols, but we have frequently adverted to the kind of treatment political prisoners receive. Many of them are to be confined for twelve, eighteen, or twenty four months, a length of incarceration sufficient to wear down the mind to idiotcy. and render the body feeble and diseased for life. Some few of them were dis charged without a trial—some others suffered a very short imprisonment—some were pardoned, but the ma jority were imprisoned for a lengthened period. We feel no pleasure from contemplating such a record of the consequences of political disputes, and of struggles for political power. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. The transactions were upon a very limited scale, but prices were well supported. British Plantation Sugar sold slowly, but the buyers were obliged to pay stiff prices. In the Coffee Market the sales were confined to the good qualities for home consumption, which brought former prices. Pepper is in fair request at the rates of last week. Pimento dull, but not cheaper. TEA MARKET. The market dull, and the largo public sales were going off ♦ery heavily, but lower rates were not accepted. TALLOW MARKET. The demand wag dull, and to effect sales the holders were obliged to submit to town prices. P. Y. C. on the spot, ale. 9d. per cwt. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET. The supply was good, but trade rather dull, and a good deal was unsold. Clover. 51. to Si. 15s. ; Meadow Hay, 3/. 103. to 41 10s. ; Straw, 283. to 303. per load. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY). LONDON, OCT. 27.—Wind this day at noon, light breeze from the N, W., with rain and hazy weather. DEAL OCT. 26. —Wind N. W.—Arrived the British Queen Victoria, from Miramichi. Sailed, the Argyle, Gatenby, for Port Philip ; Isabella, Geales, Demerara; Lady Hilda, Rounce, Barbadoes ; Ranger, Dring, Cape Coast Castle; Juliana, Welsford, Gibraltar; Albartina, Muritra, Tunis. LIVERPOOL OCT. '26.—Wind N. N. W.—Arrived the Robert Fulton, Proeti-r, from New Orleans ; Majestic, Mustard, Mobile; Lemena, Firman, Nassau. Sailed, the Rook, Wilson, for Rio Janeiro; Salem, Nulord, Savan nah. Off port, the Gardener, from Charleston; Mary Muir, Quebec, _ _ _ _ DOVEII, Ocr. 26... Arrived off port the Emerald, Tooker, from the Cape of Good Elope ; George Canning, Cruys, River Gambia ; Queen Victoria, Chambers, Mira mictii Kelme, Astrope, New York. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 25.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Mercator packet, from New York. COWES, OCT. 26.—Arrived the Daring, Miller, Xabia. BERWICK, Ocr. 24.—The Esker, Crawford, from St. Pctersburgh, bound for Kirkaldy, was towed in here to-day, with loss of boat, round-house, &c., and five of the crew washed overboard, having been struck by a heavy sea on the 19th inst. STROMNESS, OCT. 21.—The Vesta, Shearer, from St. Petersburgh to Liverpool got on shore at the mouth of the harbour, on the ltith inst., but came off the following morning without dainage, with loss of an anchor and cable. HARWICH, OCT. 26,—The Fame, :Melia, from Bjorne berg to Marseilles,. has been assisted into this port very leaky, and with part of deck-load thrown overboard, having been on shore on the Leman Sand, and must dis cha-ge to repair. CALAIS.—The Lese Chevil, Lenoir, from St. Peters burgh to Dunkirk, was on shore near this port, yesterday, dismastcd. PLYMOUTH, Ocr. 26.—Wind N.E.—Sailed the Malay, Young, for Constantinople. KaLmourir, Ocr. 25.—Wind N.E. to N.W., fresh breezes and squally.—Arrived the Arno, Hicks, from Odessa. Off port, the William Henry Angels, Thomas, from Honduras. Sailed the Ann, Tandrew, for New foundland. _ . GLOUCESTER, OCT. 26.—Arrived the Salug, Ruttridge, from Richebucto. HULL. OCT. 26. —Wind W.N.W.—Sailed the Carl Johan, Gurlansen, for Pernambuco. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH —The Abeona, 21st inst., off Cape Finisterre, _by the Montrose, arrived at Falmouth. Lord of the Isles, Trinidad to Brunswick, 19th ult., lat. 68; , Blisabeth, Demerara to London, out 32 days, by the Hope paCket, arrived at Falmouth. Ocean, Hamburgh to Valpiraiso, - Ist August, lat. 24 S., lon. 41 ; Rio, Rio Grande to Lisbon, 224 ult., let. 34, lon. 35 ; an English brie showiiig a white flag with a black star, 29th, lat. 41, lon. 22; Columbine of, and for, Gr ee nock, Ilth'inst , lat. 47, lOn. 23, by the Garryowen, Dupen, arrived at Falmouth. General Hewett, of London for Quebec, 30th ult., by the Llan Rimney, arrived in the Downs. Queen, M.l), Liverpool to Calcutta, 3d ult., lat. 12, lon. 26, by the Lady Combermere, arrived at Liverpool. Golden Fleece, Liverpool to Singapore, 31st ult. lat. 12 N., lon. 25. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MONDAY.—The sales to-day' arc 4,000 bags; prices a shade higher- LIVRRPOOL SHARE Lisr.—Eastern Counties, 9 deb. 9 75. 61 ; Grand Junction, 208; ditto, Half Shares, 89; Grc at Western, Fifth Shares, 62 ; Liverpool and Man chester, 183; London and Birmingham, 150; North Union, 74; Bank of Liverpool, 19 ; Borough, 14. Our Market exhibits symptoms of improvement. It appears that the Belgian fortressca arc being fortified with great activity. From Ostend, Oct. 20, the accounts state that the ram parts of that town having been without cannon since the signature of the 24 ,articles, are again to be fortified, and all the cannon to be replaced. The Journal of Charleroi states that the above place is to receive 3,000 men (infantry), two squadrons of cavalry, and two battalions of artillery, and a company of Miners. At Vienna it is stated that Prince Esterbazy is going to Paris with an extrordivary mission, which is of a pacific nature. Advices from Ilavannah of a late date state that the currency is the principal feature of discussion. There is a considerable party which desire to introduce a system of banking into the financial management of Cuba, but the Government is averse to the project, and it cannot suc ceed. The island is now prosperous to a degree elsewhere unknown. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the leaving off prices of yesterday for the Accour.t, 87 ; Money 87i with scarcely a bargain done to the present hour. The specu .ators are anxiously waiting to hear the result of the forma tion of the French Ministry. The intelligence this morning from Paris is contradic tory—the French papers arc warlike, while the private accounts are entirely pacific. Exchequer Bills 2 discount par; Bank Stock 160 162 ; India Stock 243 244. In the Foreign Market Spanish 211 -;1, rather better than they left off; Deferred 10i i; Passive 51 I ; Patin ,,tiese 321 33 ; Three per Cents. 211 ; Colombian 22i ; 73 74; Mexican. 26} 27; Dutch Two.and-a -' Ilalf per Cents. 491 50 ; Five per Cents. 941 95. SIIARES.-Groat Western 12 13 prem. ; London and Brighton 13;1 a dis. ; Blackwall 5 1 dis. ; Birmingham 65 67 prem. ; Southampton 1 , 0 51 per share. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto Fifths North Midland JOINT STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster HALF-PAST ONE. By the Hamburgh Mail, which arrived late yesterday afternoon, the Exchange on London comes schilling lower, 13 1k Time ; short 13 3 ; Gold same as last post, 427. From the Quebec papers recently received :-- FUR CONIPANY'S OPERATIONS.--The value of the furs and peltr:es obtained by the Company the last year, con sisting of beaver, buffalo, otter, deer skins, &c., is about 250 thousand dollars. Their operations have been very much circumscribed recently, on the wea', by the Hudson Bay Company, who possess the great advantage of intro ducing the goods required for carrying on the trade free of duty. In the Rocky Mountains expedition, undertaken two or three years since by the American Fur Company, they sustained a loss of sixty thousand dollars, being unable to compete with the Hudson Bay Com pany for the reason before • stated. The Hudson Bay Company now extend their trade on the side of the mountains even to within 50 days' travel of this city, and many of the fur hunters who were formerly in the service of the Americans have found it necessary to apply for employment to the British Company. . _ • - _ _ Consols which were 87i in the early part of the morning, have since declined to 87i for the November ac count ; Nl o acy, s 7. Exchequer Bills par, 3 dis. ; India Bonds 10 12 dis. ; Bank Stock 162 for Account. In the Foreign Market very little doing. Spanish Ac tive 21} ; in Portuguese nothing done; Brazilian 74; Rus sian 110 111; Dutch Two.and.a. Half per Cents. 50 ; Five per Cents. 95. Sh a res very little doing, the prices improved—Great Western 784 ; North Midland 7 7 } ; L o udon and West. minster Bank 224. both tbP i3Jitish and Foreign Markets at present heavy, DAY), CRIMINALcourt OLD COURT. (Before the COMMON SERGEANT.) The Court was occupied, during the early part of the morning, in the trial of cases of larceny of no inter_st. NEW COURT. GROSS, OUTRAGE AND CONTEMPT IN COURT.—Mr. Ser geant Arabin presided in this Court, and was occupied the whole morning in the trial of cases of indecent assault, the details of which are of course unfit for pub. lication. At the conclasion of one of the cases, the most extraordinary scene occurred that perhaps was ever witnessed in a Court Of Justice. A man named Christopher Caller having been convicted of an assault upon a married woman, named Watling, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and hard labour. Immediately on sentence being pronounced, cries and screams, mingled with the most disgusting expressions end vociferations, were heard proceeding from that part of the Court behind the witness box. Mr. Sergeant Arabin and Mr. Alderman Harmer, who was also on the bench, and the whole of the barristers in Court, rose, and for a moment everything was in confusion. A woman was taken out in a fainting state, and a ruffian-like looking fellow, dressed in a pilot coat, was, by order of the Court, taken into custody, and placed at the bar. He gave his name Philip Cellar, and turned out to be the brother of the prisoner. The woman, who had in the meantime reco. vered, was placed in the witness-box. She stated that she was the sister of the prosecutrix, and that, as her sister and herself were leaving the Court, the prisoner pushed against them and assaulted them, making use of the most disgusting expressions, and asking them why they had not recommended his brother to mercy. She became so terri fied that she fainted away. Mr. Sergeant ARABIN said that, considering the place in which the assault had taken place, one of her Majesty's superior Courts of Justice, a more gross outrage had never been committed. The prisoner must be committed for trial at the ensuing Sessions, and must give 48 hours' no-. tice of bail, if such be tendered. He trusted that the worthy Alderman would see that the City Solicitor should draw up an indictment, and prosecute the prisoner. Mr. Alderman HARMER said that he would certainly see that the suggestions of the Learned Judge should be carried into effect. A more gross contempt of Court be had never witnessed. COMMITTAL OF CALLAR FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT,— At the conclusion of the day's proceedings, Mr. Sergeant ARABIN directed that Philip Collar should be again placed at the bar. He was accordingly brought up, and the Learned Judge addressed him as follows :—" Philip Cal. far, since you have committed the contempt for which you were given into custody, the Court has reconsidered your case, and as the prosccutrix and her friends arc poor peo ple, we feel disinclined to give them the trouble and ex pense of going before a Grand Jury, as the law empowers those to whom is committed the administration of justice, to Funish persons guilty of such contempt as that of which you have been guilty. This is the Supreme Criminal Court of the kingdom, and you have committed, under circum stances of gross aggravation, a great contempt of Court. A young woman had given evidence against your brother of the commission of the most serious offence, an attempt to commit a rape under aggravated circumstances, and the Jury, after having given every consideration to the case, found your brother guilty, and the Court, in the execution of its duty, passed upon him the sentence of the law. The moment it was over you, who stood below there in the body of the Court in the place where the witnesses in a case usually stand, flew at the prosecutrix's sister, using a low exclamation which I will not repeat—coupling this with the expression, " Take that for not recommending my brother to mercy." This was accompanied not by a blow, to be sure, but by a violent shove, and the poor woman in consequence tainted. This was done within the precincts of the Court, and was an act of so gross a nature that the Court could not permit it to go unpunished. I therefore gave you into the custody of the Governor of Newgate, in whose custody you now are, and gave directions that the City Solicitor should prosecute you; but as the witnesses in this case are poor people, we do not wish to inflict upon them the inconvenience and expense attending upon a prosecution. We Lave, therefore, reconsidered your case, and shall, as by law we arc entitled to do, act upon our own sight and upon the oath of the prosecutrix, who was sworn immediately after the occurrence, and pass such a sentence upon you as will operate for the future as a warning to you and to all others similarly circumstanced. The sentence of the Court upon you is, and under all the circumstances of the case, it is a most lenient sentence—that for this your contempt you be im prisoned in the Giltspur-strcet Compter for two calendar months." The ixisoner was then removed in custody, and shortly after, the Jury, having received the thanks of tile Court for their attendance and attention, were discharged. GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) TOR MARQUIS OF WATEKFORD'S WAGER.--Two young men, who gave their names as George Slade, and John Lear, were placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Mao- NAY, charged by Mr. Field, Inspector of the Mint, with distributing stamped pieces of brass, in imitation of the gold coin of the realm. The prisoners have made them selves remarkably conspicuous for several days past, in the most crowded thoroughfares of the city, where they have posted themselves, surrounded by a small gang of confe derates, and pretending to be employed by the Marquis of Waterford to sell one hundred sovereigns at sixpence each, within one hour daily, fora certain number of days, in some public street of the metropol's. The fellows wore the ap pearance of the greatest anxiety to get rid of their genuine money, representing that a large wager depended on the result, and that the Marquis was in the greatest danger of losing, as they were unable to persuade the public that their sales were bona fide. One of their tricks being occasionally to " sell" a real sovereign to a confederate, who immediately exhibited it to the bye standers, thus succeeded in making a vast number of dupes, and complaints without number have been lodged at the offices of the Mint and the police stations. Mr. Field having produced some of the pieces, it did not appear that they could be brought exactly under the denomination of counterfeit coin, as they were not •• imi tations" of any coin of the realm. The Magistrate, there_ fore, could wily punish them for the obstruction in the street, for which he fined them 10s. each. directing the officers at the same time to take immediately into custody any one whom they found similarly offending. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) John Derrick, a respectable tradesman, residing in the neighbourhood of this office, was charged with assaulting George Woodrift. The ccmplainant, who described himself as a die-sinker, residing at No. 3. Conduit -court, Long Acre, stated some particulars of the alleged assault. Police constable No. 141 C Division, said that on the accused being informed of the charge against him, he readily gave his name and address, professing his indig nation at the imputation on his character, and expressed the greatest willingness to meet the accusation; at the same time giving the caution that his accuser should not be allowed to go away, but forced to come forward and make his statement. Inspector Bcresford said the statement just made by the accuser differed essentially from that which he made at the station-house, and on being interrogated by the Magis— trate, the complainant so grossly prevaricated, that Mr. LONG ordered him to retire from the witness-stand. The Police constable again stood forward and stated that after the accused had bee❑ locked up at the station-house, he noticed the complainant dodging him about on his ' beat, and at length he came up, and, addressing him, said, " I know what sort of men you policemen are ; this man (alluding to the accused) is a gentleman ; we shall get a sovereign at least to stifle it, and I'll give you half." After some further inquiry, the Magistrate and every one present were convinced that there was not a word of truth in the wicked accusation, and the wretch was ordered to leave the office (in the words of the Magistrate) "with perjury and infamy attached to his name." The accused, at. the close of the inquiry, was so over come by his feelings that he burst into tears, and was with difficuly prevented from fainting. He afterwards left the office surrounded by his friends. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT QUEBEC (From the Quebec Mercury of the Gth instant.) FOURTEEN HOUSES AND STORES BURNT.—ESTI MATED Loss 30,0001.—1 t is our painful duty to re cord the occurrence of a fire which, in destruction of property, is the heaviest calamity which Quebec has been visited with during the last four years. Between three and four o'clock this morning, the whole of the upper story of the extensive premises of Messrs. J. H. Joseph and Co,, wholesale tobacco merchants, and Mr. D. Fraser, West India fish and oil-merchant, on the south side of the Napoleon wharf, were enveloped in flames. The wind was blowing stiffly from the north-east, and the fire being fanned by it, rendered unavailing any attempt to stop its progress to the adjoining store oc cupied by Messrs. Masson, Strang, Langevin, and Co., wholesale dry-goods merchants. In the meantime some of the flakes of fire, carried by the wind, had set fire to the hay, with which a batteau, I;ing in the Col de San, was loaded, and the tide being out, four other small craft lying close to this batteau were soon also in 1 flames; several of the flakes of fire, which were carried by the wind to a great distance, also alighted on the shingled roof of a large house connected in the re ar w i t h the Victoria Hous e, and setting fire to the shingles, all attem pts to arrest the progr e s s of the fire in that direc tion were found to be unavailing. The Victoria House was a handsome three story cut-stone buildi ng , and was er ected by the proprietor, Mr. G. Arn o ld, four years ago, at great expe nse. N o rthward of Messrs. Masson, Straw*'and Co's. s t ore (i. e., along St. Peter-stre e t) the firewas com municated to Miller's (the old ) St. Lawrence Hotel, and again fr om that to the o pposite o I • Mr. Julien C houinard, an d occupied bytlse,s, owned by tavern -keeper, and Charles Williams, rigger 1 irmin Bois, sail maker. The most serious apprehensions ter tained for the safety of the are now en whole. of th e lower town. The fire has passed ov er precisely the same track as was marked by that which the 10th of September, . ,occurred four years ago, on same number of 163 , has . de . stroyed . nearly the buildings, and _originated in the same I spot, and from a similar cause, viz., the sparks from the funnel of a steam-boat. • HIGH STEWARDSHIP OF C 4~IBRIDGE. We understand that Lord Lyndhurst is expected in town in the course of this day or to-morrow. His Lordship's election to the office of High Steward of Cambridge University is considered certain. We believe that the members of the legal profession have'determined to give his Lordship their united and active support. —Morning Post• EVENING 141DITION. COURT CIRCULAR. WIND2OR, MONDAY.—Prince Albert inspected the First Regiment of Life Guards this morning in the Great Park. His Royal Highness was attended by Colonel Wylde, and other Gentlemen of his Suite. The Queen and Prince Albert took their customary drive in the Park this afternoon, in a pony phaeton, attended by most of the Castle party. Lord Hill, the Commander of the Forces, arrived at the Castle this afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. The Earl of Uxbridge will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner party this evening. The Hon. and Rev. Robert Eden, took his leave and left the Castle this morning. Her Majesty again honoured Mr. Herbert Smith with a sitting for her portrait to-day. The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Glou tester yesterday at Gloucester House. ;loesieur Gaizot, the French Amba•sador, had an audience of the Duchess of Kent on Saturday afternoon at Ingestrie House, Belgrave-square, to take leave o her Royal Highness, on his Excellene)'s return to his Court. Despatches from the Governor of Malta were re ceived on Sunday at the Colonial-office. Despatches from Sir C. Metcalfe, Governor of Jamaica, and from the Got ernor of Upper CKnada, were also rccehed on Sunday at the Colonial-officc. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. MONDAY. Mr. Pettit's Langolee, Bst - 31 . b (Robinson), beat Mr. Goodman's c by Agrceable, out of Antelope's dam, Bst 71b. Betting-6 to 4on Langolee. Won by three lengths. Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each, for three-yrs-old, &c. D. M. (3 subs ) Mr. Boyce's Scroggins, aged, 93t 81b (Rogers) 1 Lord Exeter's Rudest°, 3 )rs, 7st 131 b Mr. Wright's Folly, 3 )rs, 6st 3lb (carried 7st Mb) 3 - _ Betting . -6 to 4 on Scroggins, and 2 to 1 agst Folly. Won by half a length. Mr. Greville's Pickwick, Bst 121 b (Nat). beat Mr. Shel ley's Hellespont, 7st Mb, A.F., 50, h ft. 6t05 on Pick wick. Won by a neck. Mr. Treen'a Fitzroy, Sit 71b (Robinson), beat Mr. Gre vale's Perseus, 7.t 111 b, A. F, 100, h ft. 5 to 4 on Per. sous, who was beaten a length. Mr. Ilyng's Garry Owen (Nat) beat Lord Exeter's Scutari, Bst 61b each, T. Y. C., 100, h ft. 6t04 on Scutari. Von by Irilf a length. Mr. Goodman's Mungo Parke, Sst (Butler), beat Mr. Shelley's Hellespont, Bit 31b, T. Y. C. 25. 5 to 4 on Hellepp-nt. Won by a neck. The Cambridgeshire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 100 added by the inhabitants, &c. The winner of the Cesarewitch to carry 71b extra. The last mile and a dis. of B.C. (64 . subs., of whom 39 declared.) Mr. Graydon's Roscius, 4 yrs, ist 31b.......(Chapp1e) 1 Colonel Peel's Dey of Algiers, 4 yrs, 8A 61b 2 Mr. Herbert's Clarion, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (and 71b extra) 3 Mr. W. Ridsdale's Diderot, 3 yrs, 7st. Lord Mbernark's Janus, 3 yrs, bit 71b 5 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Sandiland's eh g Nubian, 5 yrs, 7st 81b; Capt. Gardnor's 10, 4 yrs, 7st 81b; Mr. Beresford's Bob Peel, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b ; Lord Exeter's Stamboul,3 yrs. 6st 91b ; Lord Strad broke's Hesione, 4 yrs, Est 71b; Lord Exeter's Silistria, 3 y ra, 6st 21b ; Mr. J. Day's f by Nimrod, out of Buck, 3 yrs, 6t ; and Mr. Eddison's The Ruler, 3 yrs, bat 101 b. Betting-9 to 2 agst Clarion (taken); sto 1 apt Ruler; 6 to 1 agst Diderot (taken); 7 to 1 agct The Dey ; 10 to 1 agst Bob Peel (taken) ; 12 to 1 agst Janus (taken); 20 to 1 agst Hesione ( taken); 25 to 1 apt Nubian; and 33 to 1 agst Roscius (taken). Won by a length. The Criterion Stakes of 30 soya. each, 20 ft., for two-yrs old; colts, Bst 7lb ; and fillies, Bst bib ; the winner of the July, Clearwell, or Prendergast Stakes, 7lbs ; cr of any two of these Stakes, 91bs extra; all other winners 2lbs extra; the second to save his stake. From the turn of the lands in. (36 Subs. ) Lord Albernarle's ch c Ralph Mr. Etwall's Thistle Whipper 2 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. J. Newton's Yaratilda, Fulwar Craven's Benedetto, Duke of Grafton's Mosque, Lord Exeter's f by Sultan, out of Marchese, Colonel Peel's Cameleon; and Mr. Ford's Young Quo Minus. Betting-5 to 4 on Camelcon ; 7 to 2 agst Thistle Whipper (taken); 6to 1 agst Benedetto (taken): 10 to 1 agst Yaratilda; and 12 to 1 agst Mosque. Wou by a head. Match—Mr. Pettit's Nicholas, 3 yrs, 7st 71b, received forfeit from Lord Lichfield's Feather, 4 yrs, Bit 71b, T. M. M., 100, h ft. DOVER, OCT. 25.—The warlike preparations making at our fortifications have created some sensation in the place, and recal to mind days of yore, 'when the pomp and circumstance of glorious war used to enliven thi s breast. work of the kingdom. We have as yet received no;;;: forcement of troops ; but the 34th regiment from Canter. bury will march for this place on Tuesday. Arrived here yesterday, by the Royal George, Captain Swaffcr, from Boulogne; among other pa s-ngers:—G. R. Smith, E-q. ; R Gage, Esq. ; Edwards, Esq. ; R. Biker, Esq ; Miss Ward; Messrs. Coats, Cox, Lennox, Smith, Sce. By the Widgeon, Captain Hamilton, from Caiais :7-Lord _ . and Lady Burghersh, Lord John SomerEct, Mr. and Mrs. Vaughatn, Mr. Warring, with despatches, Messrs. Epps, Minuet, Delmar, &c. This day, from Calais, by the Courier, Capt. Langlos; Dr. .Macauly and other distill- guished passengers. Also Mr. Deudny and Mr. Glover, by the Ostend packet. We have daily a more than usual number of passengers from the Continent ; and the Bou logne and London boats are also crowded with passen gers, carriages, and other moveables for the metropolis. There is no concealing the fact, that our countrymen and countrywomen are being driven across the channel from an apprehension of war or revolution. B 1 LE FOR THE BLIND.—The Lords of her Majesty's Treasury have just awarded the sum of 4001. towards printing a Bible for the blind, under the of a committee at Glasgow, and which was to be finally completed this month. It will be contained in fif teen volumes, large super royal quarto, and in all there will be 3,300 volumes printed. There will be in each 2,470 pages, each containing 37 lines, and will consist of 1,160 reams of paper, weighing 9,860 lbs. The New Testament has been already completed in four volumes, and contains 42 lines in each page. No fewer than 10,850 volumes have already been published by the Glas gow Society for the Instruction of the Blind. MILITARY ADVENTURE —NOW that war is so exclusively tl.e topic of all thought and all conversation, nothing can be more apt than the republication (under the universally available form of a volume cf " ('olburnss Standard Novelists") of Mr. Glcig's popular work en titled " The Chelsea Pen , ioners"—a work which includes more of the excitement and interest arising out of military adventures than almost any other of its kind, to which the late protracted contest gave birth. Mr. Gleig's is, per haps, the most graphic and spirited of all the military pens that have illustrated the exploits of our army; and theme cannot be a more fitting moment than the present for re producing his stirring military pictures to the public eye, " The Chelsea Pensioners" partake so intimately of the joint character of truth and fiction, that it includes the at tractions and will command the popularity of both. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT-GENERAL SIR JOSEPH STRATON.—By the death of this Gallant Officer —one of the " Spirits" of Waterloo—which took place on Friday, in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, the Co lonelcy of the 6th, or Inniskillen Dragoons, which he held since April last, becomes vacant. Sir Joseph en_ tered the service in December, 1794, in the 2d Dragoon Guards, in which corps he served two years and three months. He purchased a troop in March, 1797, in the 13th Light Dragoons, and the majority of the same corps in August, 1801. He studied at the Royal Military College, High Wycombe, in leo4 and 5, from whence he obtained on his examination a diploma of the first qualification, and was appointed to the Staff of the Duke of Gloucester. He accompanied his regi ment to the Peninsula in February, 1810, where he served, partly in command of the regiment, and partly as second in command, for three years, and was in all the affairs and engagements in which it during that time bore part. In June, 1813, the Com mnander-in-Chief gave him, without purchase, in reward of services, the Lieut.- Colonel-y of the 6th Dragoons, of which regiment he died Colonel. In April, 1815, he embarked with his regiment, and commanded it in the commencement of the battle of Waterloo until the fall of the gallant Ponsonby, when the command of the brigade, consisting of the Ist, 2d, and 6th Dragoons, devolved upon him. This brigade, with the brigade of Life particularly menti o distinguished n ed by th e Duke uke themselves. o f\\'ei Guards, Blues, and King's D ragoun G uards, formed the asbav o i f na Cavairy tir brigades g t Towards the close of the action Sir Joseph Straton was wounded, and his horse wounded twice. Ile received for his services the Order of St. Vladimir, of the 4th class, from the Emperor Alexander of Russia, and was appointed a Companion of the Bath. In 1816 he took the name of Suwon, his previous one being Muter. Hie ast commission of Lieut.-Gener a l bea rs d a t e J une , 1838. 1111 S morning, at seven o'clock, the mortal re mains of the late Lord Holland were removed from Hol land House, Kensington, for interment in the family vault, at Amplitlell, Pcdf rdshire. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF TWO (TWIN) SLSTERS.—A paragraph with this heading bas appeared in several of the papers, stating that two girls of the name of Robinson, aged 19 years, had thrown themselves into the Thames from Waterloo-bridge on Sunday night. The same paragraph was sent for insertion in this Journal, yes terday. On inquiry no foundation for the statement could be traced. None of the toll-keepers or watermen about and the bridge had hard of the " Melancholy Suicide," therefore we conclude there is no truth in the statement. , This morning, between se v e n and eight o clock, a number of horses were shipped on board a large steamer at the Custom House quay, for Boulogne, being the first draught of a contract enter ed into with the French Go. Collins, the extensive horse-dealer of ver nment, by Mr. 1,200 by the Ist of December n ext. , Lambeth, to supply They are intended for the French cavalry and artillery, GUERNSEY, OCT. 22 .—Her Majesty s pac ket Cuckoo, which arrived this morning, brought infor mation that Gover nment have issued ord ers for the inns.- diate arming of the Post-office steamers. The Dasher is to go to Portsmouth on Friday for this purp ose . W e understand the packets on this station tall each be armed with two 32-pounders, and that their crews will be ade quately increased.—Guernsey Star, THE DIFFERENCE IN IL r, LINDS. A pac bounds costs John Bull to keep, in England, 20,000 dol lars per annum. A pack of hounds costs Uncle Sara to keep (in Florida, for irieterkee) about 5,000,000 dollar per I annum,