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AVIMIN'G 11133111_014 which yield less than 400,0001.1 What writing and watching, what checks and counter-checks, what honesty in s ubalterns and vigilance in Com missioners, and what restrictions on the free actions of many hundred thousand people ; what trouble to merchants and ship-captains, what pains and penalties all who frequent the water are liable tot merely to levy such a driblet of the national re sources as 363,319/.1 Perhaps it may be taken as an epitome of the operations of Government generally, which, in its clumsy efforts to do a little good, too often crushes the welfare of millions. There seems to have been no defender of our tariff examined by the Committee, which is even more for saken than the Devil, who when the POPE is about to canonize some worthy of the Church is always allowed an advocate to show cause against the sanc tification. No person from the Board of Trade or Customs, no Tory Member of the Committee, un dertook to vindicate, or even to apologise for the preposterous system. In fact, the information on which the Committee is enabled to condemn it is derived from two very intelligent public officers, Mr. M'GREGoR, at present one of the Joint-Secretaries of the Board of Trade, and Mr. J. D. Hymn, who formerly filled the same office. Both of them have had ample opportunities of examining the system, and both agree that it is as bad as could be well devised. The description given by the latter of its origin is worth particular attention, and we shall lay it before our readers : " As regards the duties levied for the revenue, what alterations do you consider necessary ? (Question 1098.)—I think (replies Mr. Hume), that the table is infinitely more complicated and extended than it need be." " The plan has been to name, as nearly as pos sible, every article which the mind of man almost could conceive, with a parthallar duty attached to it ; and then, with a view to obtain a duty on any a: title which may not have been so named, the table winds up with two general charges, which are known by the name of the unenumerated duties. The first is a duty of 20 per cent. upon articles not enumerated, which have under gone any degree of manufacture ; the second is a duty of 5 per cent. on articles not enumerated, which have undergone no degree of manufacture. Not many years ago these two duties were, the first 50, and the other 20 per cent., the object being to secure what was deemed an adequate sum for the benefit of the revenue." A set of gentlemen, without the slightest regard to the possible wants of the people, put down every article they can recollect, and ordain a duty to be levied on it ; and then, lest that net should not catch every possible commodity, they order 50 per ilt. and 20 per cent. to be collected on all other imported articles. This is legis lation ; and legislation for a commercial country, the prosperity and increasing wealth of which de pend on the exchange of commodities ! Reason says that this ought to be as free as possible, sub ject to no restriction, except what may be demon strated to he necessary to the political independence of the nation, or to the national safety ; but our Legislators have set out on the principle that it shall not be free, and they have devised a compre hensive system of restrictions to embrace every com modity imported. To what extent such a system must have ope rated to check trade it is impossible to say ; but when we now see that the difference of price of 5 per cent. is sufficient to cause large importations or exportations, a wholesale duty of 50 or 20 per cent. must have crushed the opening blossoms of much fair commerce. Such a system of legislation must haveblighted to o an infinity of employment be fore it could well break into buil. Latterly England has exported machinery—for merly she imported it, and imported arts from France and Italy. Suppose such a machine as a Jacquard•loom to be in use in France, and our weavers wished to import it ; the duty, ordained in ignorance that such a machine existed, might be tantamount to a prohibition, and unless some great manufacturer could get the ear of the President of the Board of Trade, and so have the duty remit ted, England might for years remain behind her neighbours in consequence of this legislation. The object of such comprehensive enactments have been two-fold, to collect a revenue (to pension vice and knavery), and to protect our own produc tions against foreign competition. Mr. MAC GREGOR ascribes a great many of these duties to the desire to protect our own productions. Mr. J. D. HUME gives this picture of the unexpected ope ration of a duty : " There are a great many articles which originally were at a very low duty, and where no protection was contemplated ; but auringthe war, year by year, budget by budget, many articles had duties at last imposed on them which set people on the alert to make them before, and thus incidentally those became forestalled. First, revenue alone was the object, but parties made the goods here, and, in fact, intercepted the revenue." For this service they were rewarded by having the protection secured to them, or perhaps aug mented, and by that means they were enabled to tax' their fellow-subjects. We may refer to sugar and tobacco as illustrations, except in one point. Year after year, budget after bud get, the duties imposed on them were so enormous that people were put on the alert to grow tobacco and manufacture sugar in England, but their patriotic efforts to make the country inde pendent were not looked on with the same favour able eye as the efforts of those who were put on the alert to fabricate brass buttons or long cloth, and Acts of Parliament have been passed to root out the tobacco and put down flit sugar manufactories, which men were put on the alert to plant or erect by the Acts of the Legislature. The brass-button maker under such circumstances becomes a pa triot, entitled to public honours, and the tobacco grower is considered almost a rebel, and his fields are rendered desolate. The economical effects of such a system are extremely onerous, but the moral effect, confusing in men's minds right and wrong, good or evil, are still more injurous to the THE AX 13. OW. Co ln) Ia - 'E ENCYCLOPtEDIA OF SPORTING d . v°. illustrated with nearly 600 beautifully execute kN Rtigravinas on Wood, 50s. cloth, lettere.l, ENCYCLO PIEDI A OF AURAL ,SPORTS. By D. P. BLAINE, Erg 4' 4 13, , " ,, ok 1 5 a perfect library for all lovers of country i 't n ' r „ all country gentlemen, and for all persons w to i„ - is ` 4 e manly d h nlthy recreations which are afforded mtlit:t-Cua.bitants of and healthy recreations which are afforded t ts af no country e- in such perfection as to the in s of the British Isles."—Times. London ; Longman, Orme, and Co. i t 9, IS A , MAJESTY the EMPEROR of - ,-„wi t i-,sTßik having AUTHORISED and GUA -1106,,'„, sev eral DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY 4 ' l. .'",vrhiell (though they are NO LOTTERIES) --r P ossibiliti es of obtaining HEI LARGE FORTUNES. t bo`k RD, NE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, t !rsor ti d"LLING BONDS for the said DIST RIBU HON S. f) l 7,s,irous to purchase for the next Distribution, may , re -I.44ANaI"S to giving any order, the PROS EC IUS Mkji i: : to tiLAßS, upon addressing WITHOUT DE i,t/' „HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. Y the A'''AT DISTRIBUTION, managed and guaranteed TIN Vria.n Government, contains "IV-FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED DIVIDENDS, • Amounting to £954,888, £l5 The Dividends being 747 £6OO £7O 0 £37 10 3,50 0 300 50 0 37 0 200 42 0 36 0 l i2o 150 40 10 35 0 tio E lNg 100 39 0 C:: lAA% ; 111 9 0T HERS, having remitted, during a short / 3 6001., &c. &e. &c., to L9n tSti 3 • l tal-3 1'640°) . ° , 1 7 . 0 . 0 5 / 1 0°° , to * Ed ' it'iburgh ; 3 600/. to Dublin "erley ; 3,600/. to Halifax ( Yor ' ltshire• 1,200/. tiStstc Harbour; 9001., 600/., to Liverpool ) ; ' 9o9/. an to . Tyne - 9001. to Hull ; 9001., 6001., to Man ' > Itideford; 6001. to Cork ; 6001. to Bradford , 'h' it4 )lll,,7 glad to remit many Dividends of the said Dis- Zset t ,r-ngla d Ireland, and Scotland. eLI,P,aI,-41,4 to e !,( . whi n ch' are no Lottery Tickets) . can be cashed at ' cetineetts4 with Germany in every mercaotile QY DE E ROYALCOV EN T GARDEN. ,R ,the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. Rill THIS EVENING, OCT. 15. repeated, Beaumont and Fletcher's Comedy of 1 4 110 11 , THE SPANISH CURATE. l it o . lque, Mr. Cooper; Don Juan, Mr. W.Anderso; hs,e4.','". Chas Mathews ; Lopez (the Curate), Mr. Ce * Air. Bartley ; Diego, Keeley ; Ama %lilt ' ,g ame V es t r i s ; J ac intha, Mrs. NI , . West. ' ,da me b e t ween the Opera and the Afterpiece will be oe- Cilu s' y copied 'e SCENE b e t ween Mr.CHARLES MATHEWS T o and Mr. KEELEY, entitled Oleo TWO IN THE MO . RNING. '4l l with ar. Original Comic, Romantic, Operatic, ttizt Caltatie, Fairy Extra - s.aganza, in Three Parts, entitled ~,TlPpi ld edc , on that popular Nursery Tale, 11 41 4 e 17,..1-REPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD.. J, b'l,ntipal Characters by Mr. Harley, Mr. J. Vining, C4i." l asitl Madame Vestris, Miss Rainforth, Mrs. C. , &c. ite; G,... 4114 f id ° LT he Bride of Messina, with Two in the Morning, ek Bo w . N)pn R OYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. '' ll THE MANAGEMENT OF Mr. BUTLER. ,u THIS EVENING, OCT. 15, "° , l ced a N ew M yth ological Musical Jrama, entitled A lslll VENUS A VESTAL. Miss M. Glover; Venus, Miss J. Mordannt ; Aga- H•"kra Beverley. To which will be added, )474. THE MOVING STATUES. k.t. - " o a KsPere S camp , M r . B a ll s ; H arry H ar d up, M r. i tnon Chisel Mr. S. Roxby. w hi ‘er whi 07114 h , r p atei a New Piece, enled the .11 ' N C;; 3e Y GRANDMOTHER'S ESTATE. 1. Lady Emily Bouchier, Miss J. Mordaunt. - ? e .Whole to conclude a New I3urletta, named 1 - ‘ 4 RAILROAD STATION. I. i r ra i kson Jones, M r . Samuel Roxby ; Mrs. W. Smith, 1 ELI T HEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LA . be ;, ASON begseaT I e most respectfully to announce that A',4oove Theatre I "the Grand Musical Entertainments, entitled ~ e ideTHE CONCERTS D'HIVER. 1.t, 11 - , lfons. NADAUD—C on d uc t or , Mona. MUSARD . r 'qRAMAIE FOR THIS EVENING, OCT. 15. PART FIRST. \ lg: 1 ;' La Gazza Ladra"—Rossini. e tt „l: -- - Quadrille (Dedicated to her Majesty the Queen Serment"—Auber. Nvne e } ru m quadrille—Musard. ',Vistoos 'ifs 01 era, ' Gddo et Ginevra," C 'met e'ote,,i,7' a ° ;:: ), Herr Koenig, arranged by Musard. ittlatt e Italiana," Solo Flute, Herr Frisch. A i o 'e n re s . , _ Quadrille, with Variations for the Flageo• s• Collinet—Nlusard. •i t ttir e _ .. „ PAST SECOND. N4to ear abo uillaume Tell"—Rossini. I?ir tirtu:oloncel'o, Mons. Filet. il'ot,qra.‘?,r, Preston"—Quadrille—Mu(ard., _ o,..'antasia, from Meyerbeer's Opera Le Hu ue -I'l. CoroeTe Solo—Mens. Barret, arranged by . I\_l . l\ i s s a ar rd g d .. : % e l • -o. n !. a Piston, Herr Koenig, arranged by 111 N achtvrandler"—Strauss. l l o t e ' ll s—C"al° Ps Solo, Trumpet--Musard—Herr Muller. N r ,",es Can only be procured of Mr. Mitchell, Royal ? 3 , Old Bond street, and at the Boa-office of the I ,4li,'age & i„ r ',es, 10s. 6d., 1/. Is., and 1/. I Is. 6d. Boxes f t tia 4 t .,"a Dress and Upper Circles may be secured on 11 4 i Parions at the Boa-office, daily, from Ten th, ek. and tho.'a in the Dress Crcle will be kept ole of the evening, if required. 'J ° PIe g RE OXFORD-STREET. —4l Theat re is OPEN EVERY EVENING with P ROMENADE CONCERTS, On an extensive scale. l lnder the Direction of Mr. WILLY. EV ENING OCT. 15.--PROGRAMME. ri lle -,---4auberdote Zampa, Oberon, Cheval de Bronze. ......" - Fi , iectgurante ' Venetian, Le Rubis, La Princessa. trh s Fieur, Andenken, Tanz, Recepte. Oenfe ur , k v and F -Slo on the Clarinet, Mr. Dale. A:r„ ° Hardy. iiil re A ! ) AY—Solo on the Horn, Mr. . Ntt Ad 2Promenade, ls. ; Boxes, s \-slict ° les, It. Is. and 10s. 6d: each, may be had at the an d of llr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street. Nttb ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. 114,tlie.'?"Vleled has crowned the production of the Wreck 11 % 4* 't„ o Y a l Ueor.-re and audiences crammed to the F ie ing i t - an t %-eased -=! ° II splendid Dioramic Induction is pro thr'o- " without ' g e • ' re-echoing cheers accompany la uFa Ainsw e rth's Original Jack Sheppard also tri u intsuant. I RLS EVENING, OCT. 15, 'tit t " acted the New Nautical Drama, entitled WRE CK GP THE ROYAL GEORGE; I ttit• ' !%l,,t OR, THE SEAMAN'S CHEST. 4 taiilc Grand ictzrial an Scenic Inductin, rere- ~,it hr a 'sea round the CGast, and d depicting the awful p Ca " the sinking of the Vessel, &c. To conclude with \jiem iti JACK SHEPPARD. t6--„,-.nt all Cruikshanks' inimitable Tableaux Vivans. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Thi '11161'1(1er her Majest's Imediate Patronage. Popul ar and interesting resort is OPEN DAILY tn i j " from Ten till Dusk. qkllt,,nagerie, which is unequalled in the number, variety, aftir, i q the specimens it contains, occupies several spa % t he e gant b u ildi ngs com f orta bl y heated, and arranged kr , i l L tlirti4 kr est possible assimilation to th e n a t ura l h a bit s of ra t . • The most important additions re cen tly rec eived ltit po i ta r t h e and beautiful black Leopard, le Mignon Elephant, ‘;%1: i t11 .4 IL'Zaree Curassows : called Cushew Birds, the Sacred ke t ,,ar"'" Cow Monsthe only specimen in Europe), a pair of k e -, the ter Boa (the largest ever seen in confine- IN}, t t ! I l ti , i • kl t „kh (4 ,1 -41 collection of Carnivora are fed at Four o'Cleck, '4 4 ; 4 % of ,r the f eroc i ous attr ib utes an d amaz i ng muscu l ar :,...fo.:Ailesieforest monarchs are displayed to the utmost ad ,- ,nnstion One Shilling. 1 1 4 , 11) °~nutca alt LON r 0i.,4 7%. G E ening s'!ttihnluOteltsllo o tt e r NV 5. '" of the Evening Edition of THE Sufi corn men-.:ed at 20 minutes after Three. - ~~ nn. LONDON: Tny, " uR SDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1840. , ---'.----- • • •to our - tal k — it ePort of the Committee to inquirein te vi -It duties, shows that our Customs ' duties, 11j1 1 " i ll the 3d and 4th of the late KING, ex -111: - ,,„ 11° I, fewer than 1,150 different rates of duty lec(1.1:ule 011 importd articles, all other corn- - ,riti iti ts, when imported, paying duty as un te 11'"ated. Seventeen articles produce 94i per kr ti t' L l °f the whole revenue, and twenty-nine other duties of the eei l lt es P r oduc e 3 9-10ths, so that 98 2-sths per , revenue are obtained by the Customs °ti l l :: 00 forty-s►x articles. The duties on all the `tier ant.s together only produce 363319 . 1. 111 " 14t nl . rn ense mass of vexation is comprised in tti e to on importation for a most petty r t : ! What books, and clerks, and tide-waiters,. pep te.quired to watch after the surreptitious . and thiPortation of more than 1,100 commodities, tONDON. ?Mirßgr/AY, OCTOBE community. Duties levied for protection are essentially erro‘ neous in principle, and the evidence given before the Committee contains some very striking illustra tions of their mischief. We shall revert to them at a future day, and content ourselves now with pro testing against the principle. Every such duty makes some other necessary, so that the consequence of beginning is that the Legislature has to adjust the various and conflicting claims of every trade and calling. Human talents cannot accomplish such an object, and those men must have been bereft of their senses, or thoroughly ignorant of the conse quences of their own actions, who first began the system of protecting one branch of the national in dustry by duties. "Is not every protecting duty," asked Mr. VILLIERS, " a misdirection of capital and labour ?" " Yes," answered Mr. J. D. HUNIE; " it is tempting parties to embark in a trade by f ic titious support, which, in the end, may prove a fallacious one. I have often wondered how any rulers could consent to incur the responsibility of' such a policy." But ignorant fools, called states men, have blindly incurred it ; and with this pithy observation of this old public servant, acquainted with all the secrets of the Customs and the Board olTrade, we will now leave the subject. If the d:n of war should not scare us from our peaceful labours, we shall return many times to the valuable evidence collected by the Imports Committee, and of that none is more valuable than the sensible and philo nhic remarks of Mr. I'. D. HUME. • In the Registration Court yesterday Mr. Co. VENTItY gave a decison, which will increase, we have no doubt, the zeal of the Bishops and all the Clergy in procuring new churches. By so doing they will get a number of additional votes for Mem. bers of the House of Commons ; and, as the Bishop of LONDON has lately told us that the in ferior Clergy dare not do what the Dean or the Bishop discountenances, the Bishop may by and by conic to nominate a respectable portion of the House of Commons. By Mr. Co- VENTRY'S decision all the stipendiary curates of the numerous chapels or district churches which have been or may be erected, though the . freehold of those chapels and churches is expressly reserved to the Church-building Commissioners, and though the right to recover the pew-rents isnot in the stipendiary curate but in the churchwardens and freeholders, Mr. COVENTRY holds that such a Pew -rent is a profit derivable from land, and that the stipendiary cu rates are raised at once to the rank of landlords. At the same time, Dissenting ministers are ex cluded, because they hold no office in the meaning of the Reform Act. This is no doubt a very legal decision, but it will astonish those members of the curates' congregations, who are not much addicted to legal niceties, to learn that pew rents which they pay, are a profit derivable from land, and are freehold. Such a decision must be more politically satisfactory than morally pleasing to the reverend stipendiary curates, inasmuch as it affixes no value to their preaching, and declares that pew-rents, instead of being paid for their services, grow, like turnips, from the soil. The Paris Journals of Tuesday publish, from the London Gazette, the official accounts of the Capture of Beyrout, without making it the ob ject of any original remark whatever. Now, in justice to the reputation of the British officers and seamen employed in that service, it was the duty of the French Press to have expressed regret at the atrocious calumnies to which their correspondents, through their instrumentality, had previously given currency relative to the capture of this Syrian for tress. They cannot have so soon forgotten that in their columns, the crews of the British ships before Beyrout were charged with the indiscriminate mas sacre of the innocent inhabitants ; whereas Admiral STOPFORD and Commodore NAPIER demonstrate that the preservation of the inhahitantswas, next to the capture of the fortress, the object of their principal solicitude, inasmuch as the town itself suffered very little from the fire of the ships. The French Journals were further called upon to denounce the vile trick of having recourse to forgery to blacken the character for humanity of British seamen, as in the instance of the pretended note from SOLIMAN PACHA to the British and Austrian Admirals, re counting, with various touches of melodramatic horror, sundry murderous exploits of cannon-balls, which wanted but until to make them tragical. The Journal des Debats is the only Paper whose tone is not decidedly warlike. The Abbe DE LANIENNAIS, who, like our own Doctor WADE, is never so happy as when he is fishing in the troubled waters of politics, occupies with frantic nonsense, interlarded with scraps of quotations from Gibbon's History f the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, more than a page of the A r ational of Tuesday, with a view to throw a few more maddening ingredients into the cauldron of popular fury. But the final decision'rests with the Chambers, and with them only. M. TIIIERS, who meets with little sympathy among the MOLE or Conservative party, who support the pacific views of the KING, is prepared to throw himself into the arms of the left and extreme left, whose organs are mad for war. It is expected that the first trial of strength will take place on tie election of Pre sident of the Chamber of Deputies. M. THIERS' candidate is M. ODILLON BARROT • The late President, M. SAUZET, will be supported by the Court. If M. TIIIERS succeed in this first step, he will next insist on the removal of the four members of the Cabinet who are for peace. Should he, on the contrary, be defeated, he will make an other effort to retire before the debate on the ad dress, in order that he may be more at liberty to proclaim war not only against the Four Powers, but the Court. By the extraordinary despatch, from Paris re ceived yesterday evening, we have been enabled to anticipate most of what appears in the way of news in Tuesday's papers. The following paragraphs have not, however, yet appeared : FORTIFICATIONS OF PARIS.—The wall of enclosure to the south of Paris is traced to commence from the last house of the Gate of Ivry. It will cross the roads of Ivry, Vitry, and Fontainebleau, will pass to the south of the Maison Blanche, cross the Bievre below Gentilly and the plain of Montsouris, pass to the south of the Petit Montrouge, to the west of Vaugirard and Grenelle, and terminate at the Seine opposite Auteuil, below Beau Grenelle. By mere chance the embankment of the Paris and Curbed Railway, on the left hank of the Seine, becomes a well.constructed and solid rampart, and is strengthened at the north by a very deep ditch. A great military road will be formed to the south of Paris, from the point of the Gare as far as Beau Grenelle, follow ing time line of the bastioned rampart. A new bridge will be thrown over the Seine above Bercy, opposite the ponts at which the two ramparts of the right and left banks are to terminate. All the Mayors of the communes which join the capital have just announced to the inhabitants, that they are to prepare to receive in a few days the troops which arc to be quartered upon them. Most of the contracts for the masonry and other works have been taken at prices varying from one to eighteen per cent. under the rates previously fixed on by Government. The works have begun in the Bois de Boulogne, at Charenton, and at Belleville. FRENCH NAVAL AND MILITARY SCHOOLS —lt ap pears that in consequence of the augmentation of the French military and naval forces, Government is . about to give great encouragement and facility for pupils to enter into the military and naval schools. At the Ecole Polytechnique, instead of 130 pupils, the usual number annually admitted, there are to be 165 received, and preparations are making for lodging the extra number. The naval school is to admit 120 instead of 60 pupils per annum ; and if there are not sufficient pupils who have passed their examinations to be sent on hoard ship, their places are to he supplied by the hest prepared of the sub-officers among the crews. At the school of St. Cyr, where 160 pupils are admitted every year, the number of admission is to be increased to 500, and 150 of the candidates for the Ecole Polytechnique have already presented themselves, in consequence of the notice which we mentioned the other day. Supple mentary examinations are to be made in the course of the year, for pupils not now prepared to undergo the general one. 'lle price of the pension is to he reduced at St. Cyr from 1,500 f. to 8001.; the inferior limit of the age of pupils is to be done away with, and they are not to be bound by the engagement of military service on entering the school. EXPORTATION OF HORSES.—The Cuurrier de la Moselle asserts that the Prussian -_The has in terdicted the exportation of horses from the 6th inst. A Frankfort paper mentions that considerable pur chases of horses are making for the French Government in Upper Hesse, in the Wetterau, and in the lower dis tricts of the Vogelherg. The animals from those loon• ties are well suited for the waggon train and artillery service. The Hanover Gazette of the 7th instant publishes a rescript from the Minister of the Interior, forbidding the exportation of horses under pain of confiscation of the animals, and a fine of fifty thalers for each horse. The passage of horses across the Hanoverian territory is also interdicted. We have received the following letter : " TOU LON, OCT. 9.—We may now consider it as a certain fact, that a Russian squadron will shortly arrive in the Mediterranean. Letters from Leghorn, dated the sth of October, which have been received this morn ! ing, announce that the squadron is expected every mo ment before that port, and that the house of Mospurgo has been ordered to supply it with provisions. This news, which comes to us from :the !best source is very important in the present state of things. "The Crocodile steam-boat ancl.ored in the Quaran tine road last night. This vessel left Algiers on the 15th with a great many passengers, among whom are— M. Bors-le-Comte, Aid-de-camp to the Minister of War, and M. Verdun, intendant of the Ai my of Africa, who is to fill the same post in the 10th military division (Toulouse). H e will be succeeded in Africa by M. Appert, Military Sub-intendant at Toulon." We have received the following letter from Algiers, dated the sth : " On the 3d the diligence from Dauera was stopped between that camp and that of Dely-Ibrahim, by a nu merous band of Arabs, who seemed to be conducted . i French deserters, for the leader spoke our language, advising the natives to cut the traces, force open the doors, &c. These banditti commenced their opera tions by making the driver and the passengers in the coupe alight. Among them was M. Massot, military Sub-intendant, who has been carried up the country, as well as the driver, and another individual, M. Picot, who has been killed, and M. Bousquet, who received a severe wound in the breast from a musket Shot. While the Arabs were busied in loosening the horses and forcing the doors of the diligence, which had six inside passengers, ineludinr , a priest and two women, the men condemned to hard labour at the port of la Borne, being informed by the gendarmes who escorted the carriage, ran to the spot, and though few in num ber, put the Arabs to flight, and thus saved a large sum of money which they had with them. " The enemy carried off 12,000 or 15,000 francs, three persons. An investigation into tiieafi lrs d m irw e i s, n wiil a be d two instituted:,_Le consiitutioloo. BO 1711SE.—PAtos, First Highest Lowest Last Price Pri c e. Price. Price Fara 107 50 h 5 per Cents OCT. 13. ... 107 ... 106 106 4% per Cents 95 " 98 4 ~er t env: o./ ... 92 50 3 per Cents 72 75 73 25 72 72 20 I.ok :Sank S 0 l O ,O ...1, 04 in( 0 I 00 5,000 f. Sit , ulgiart c liank Vent, 3 per Cents C4 ”. 04 64 61 iparliFtl ACLIVe Passive *,; ... 5 , 4 I ' B 2 7 ... SO 18 18 5 0 Roman ... 97 t 7 97 RAILWAY SHARES. S:. Germain 555 t 62 50 555 560 B :45 350 345 3 11 L.B. Arleatts ............... .....•••45.E •.. 11_41 ... 44e 5n 442 50 S:rAsburit to Bale :s3s 235 :t35 31a On the morning of the 6th inst. General ESl''A R- TER() left Madrid for Valencia agreeably to the summons received from the REGENT. His col leagues departed for that city at a late hour on the preceding evening. The following summary of the only news from Spain received to-day, is extracted from the correspondence of a Contemporary elated the 6th hist : MADatn, OcT. G.—No alteration whatever has taken place in the constitution or functions of the Juntas. The President of that of Madrid is Vice• Pr esident of the new Ministry. Affairs here in the mean time remain perfectly tranquil. The intelligence from the provinces, also pacific, offers some points of interest. Senor Sotelo, one of the .Perez de Castro Ministry—one of those who advised the sanc tion of the Municipal Law, has been just imprisoned in Alicante, where he was taken with a false passport. He will be detained for trial by the ensuing Cortes He is the only one of the Castro Ministry who has been arrested. Arrazola has escaped a second time into Portugal, from whence he had been brought into Spain some Portuguese :soldiers, but not being known to the Spanish authorities was allowed to escape. In C:adiz the Guarda-costa contract has been dissolved by the Junta ; in lladajos the derichos tie pucrtas (or ens• toms received at the wates) have been repealed by the Junta of that city. These acts of the Juntas, which many affect to blame, only show the absolute necessity of a total reform of the fiscal and revenue system of Spain. General Seoane had been sent for to Alicante to assume the duties of C a ptain-General of Murcia and Valencia, to which he has been appointed by the Queen. His nomination is one of those far-fetched calculations of the Camarillo which are now only laughed at. Ge neral Infante was promoted for somewhat similarly sage reasons. 'rue Funds have come down a little to-day, from the belief that the Regent would leave the country ; they were last quoted at •?5 13.16ths for cash. The Dutch and German papers received last night contain no news of importance. Accounts from Berlin state that the reserves of the Prussian army had been allowed to retire to their homes for the winter. DUTCH EU NDF,—ASIsTERDAM, OCT. 13, • Money. Rine. Actual Debt, `:.% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mot t S , lniic, , V , ,i per cent 82%, F 3 ,4 Ditto, ditto, *4 per cent C B'll 63% Commercial Company, 1 1 ., per cent 15 6%1 1 . 155% Ditto (1&35 and 8 537) 5 per cent. Loan 1637,, 5 per cent. OO 91)4 Exchange on London, One month._ ll 9714 Twin months ti Dutch Papers, Oct. 14 . 1n: l ir.; 11: nELGIAN k UNDS—BRUFALLS. OCT. 14. • e t Actual Del t, 2% per Cent. ............ ~,, ` Rothschild's Loan, 5 per C , nt ..................... tY3 ' 'r I Iv Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. — , ;fit , 3 per Cent. , -I --Thirty.seven -- , t 1 C2N ' - Loan of City, 1532, 4 per Cent, SD Society of Commerce, 454 per Cent lO9 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 7l National Society. Exchange on London (short) —Brawls Papers, Oct. 14. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, 0(T. 5 Five per Colts. Metalliques . ILN Four per Cents. Three per Cents. ... 7ti}.4 Bank shares ... •555 ....Allgenieine Ztiiting, Oct. Id. PRUSSIAN FUN W.z.— MALIN, OCT. 9. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4!., per cent. lO3 10214 Prit.,,ran Enghsh Loan, Is:lo, 4 per cent 100 1 ,i iixchange on London, three months.— 6 I6N —Prussian State Gazette, Oct. JO. THE INFERNAL Al A CIIINE.—Tho Times for weeks, wrote articles of great length and great solemnity about some mysterious engine, which, in the hands of any one who knew bow to use it, could destroy in a twinkling the most powerful fleet in the world. It pressed on Lord Melbourne the absolute necessity of purchasing the invention in order that England might not by one unforeseen blow lose the mastery of the seas, and when the lazy Premier took no notice of these timely warnings, and continued to dine at Windsor Castle and enjoy himself as usual, a furious outcry was attempted to be raised against him, and the First Lord of the Admiralty, as if they were traitors to their country. For many days not a word has been written about either impeachment or the infernal ma chine, and for the best reason in the world. The writer now knows that had been boaxed. We have just seen a letter from a Naval Officer of high rank, stating that the Solicitor by whom the Times had been de ceived, himself now admits that the machine wont work, and that the best way is to let the imposture dig a quiet death—regritescat igilur. COURT MARTIAL ON CAPTAIN R. A. REYNOLDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. beg leave to request that you will insert in your next Paper the foll ow i ng o b servat i ons an d com mands of his Majesty King George the Fourth, on the sentence of a Court-martial upon an officer of the 921, in the year 1824. What the senter.ce upon Captain R. A. Reynolds may be, no one yet knows ; but it it be dismissal from the service, as some persons have fancied, it will, of course, not be Approved nor confirmed by her Majesty. 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, A. B. ‘. That the Court have proceeded to judgment in this case ulider an entire misconstruction and a total mis conception of the meaning of the articles of war ; that these articles expressly describe a dismissal from the ser vice only in cases when an officer is charged with scan dalous and infamous conduct, unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman ;' and where, under a charge of that grave and serious nature, facts arc dis tinctly proved in evidence against such officer, cle ar l y giving him scandal and infamy , so that he is rendered unfit to associate with his brother officers as men of honour:l Pyrenees_v h i e ht they IFE.......Tnileext fo. _••—.--_._ —......---- ROBBERY AND Loss OF L lowing is extracted from the Memorial d es " On the night of the 3d instant a man and woman, in the absence of the owners of the forgo at tirdos, introduced , together with themselves into the garden attached to the house, and carried off a large quantity of vegetables. They ceeded to the sheepfold and caught a sheep, thrust alive into a sack. The plunderers, decamping w i t h their booty, endeavoured to cross a canal adjoining the garden. For this purpose it was necessary to pass over a very narrow plank, and their feet slipping under their heavy burdens, they fell into the water and were drowned. On praying for hop duty. to the Treasury, growers was held at 'rice tthheeAfsotolmllo,,weneirittrignopgdoaryzoytfropb.odies were found burst on Thursday, for the purpose of hearing the answer tao postponement p m on em em or e i r a a l duty. and d he room was crowded with Loi.-growers from Sussex e Kent, by whom the greatest anxiety was shown en b i subject. Sir S. B. P. Micklethwaite, Bart, baying 11 the motion of Lord Nevill, called to the chair, proceededth October, to read the copy of a Treasury minute, dated -._ refused. After 1840 , in which the o re i c t e h n o tl h y o request of the memorialists is ading of which After a discussion on the above minute, there ein the produced a great sensation, a conversation arose, course of which Mr. d that the different hop. Darby suggested Tcasury on the effect par i s h es should memorializ e the effect which the oduce failure of the hops would pr t t on the labourers, if the were. no pos poned, pay .Went of the duty a point on which a silent. On the • the above minute was E. Fuller, E motion of Mr. Noakes, seconded by A. which sq., this suggestion was embodied in a resolution,.was put and carried ; was then appointed to prepare the me and a Committee morials,—Brighton GaZtile. . Cambridge Advertiser states that the Re- The formers of that borough hav ß e c a majority of thirteen upon the recent Parliamentary_ gistration, and that inde pendently of the cases w hich came under the cognizance of the Barristers, the new lists may be considered as highly favourable to the Liberal party. ok , T EN IPER —.ANCE.— PROGRESS A Ballinasloe correspondent infor ms us—and h c has taken pains to be ac curate—that the entire consumption of whiskey, at the recent fair of Ballinasloe, heretofore onlyeight gallons. The average consumption .was from eight to twelve puncheons.—Dublin Paper Th CATTLE TRA.IN S cl . b thee public curiosity has beets very much attracte any Thursdays an d ...,atur- ' 13, which are often drawn by three and four engines, sad contain more than fifty carriages laden with oxen, sheep, and pigs. REGISTRATION.-MIDDLES7EX. (TIM DAY) The BARRISTER this day revised the City Parochial Lists in alphabetical order, down to the letter L. No case of interest occurred before Mr. COVENTRY up to the time of our going to press. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL MARKET. Tlie public sales were unimportant, and by private treaty there was little business done either for home use or ex- port ; prices, however, were firm for all the leading ar ticles. The arrivals keep light. TEA MARKET. Tht-re was no material variation in prices ; there was a amount of business done in all kinds. TALLOW MARKET. Prices did not give way, but the trade bought with cau tion both on the spot and for delivery. We quote fine quality 525. to 523. 6d. per cat. SPIRIT MARKET. _ _ The Rum market was dull, and prices on the dcelino B:andy rather lower. HAY MARLET. A good demand and the supply was moderate. Clover 41. to 6/. ; Meadow, 3/. to b/. ; Straw, 11. 13s. to U. 16i' LLOYD'S SHIPPING-('PHIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 15.—Wind this day at noan, light west.south-westerly airs. DEAL, OCT. 14.—Wind N. W.—Sailed the Grecian, Richards, for Hobart Town ; Zenobia, Owen, Calcutta; Charlotte Wylie, Walker, Sierra Leone. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 14 —Wind N. E.—Arrived the Elizabeth Keith, Walker, from St. John's, New Brims wick ; Ann, Alexandria ; Otez, Barbarina, Galatz ; Hot spur, M'Moritray, Odessa. Sailed the Betsy, Hamilton, Monte Video. STARCROSS, OCT. 14.—The Swallow, Wilson, from Stockton, which was on shore near this port, came off on the flood after throwing part of the cargo (coals) over iioard, and has come into the harbour with apparent little damage. BKIDLINGTON, OCT. 14.—The Siren of Lynn, and two other vessels belonging to the same port, ran on the rocks near Flamborough Head yesterday, the two last got off the same tide, the Siren remained during last night, het is not to h^ seen this morning. It is supposed she got off early in the morning, and proceeded northward. TRADE WITH PERU. Copy of a letter received at Lloyd's, dated " Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade. Whitehall, October 14, 1840. _ . Sir,--With'reference to Mr. Le Marchant's letter to you of the 7th instant, for the information of merchants trading with Peru, as some difficulty appears to have arisen as to what is to be understood by the word " Calicos." The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade deem it proper to state to you, for the guidance of mer chants, that the word translated " calico" is the Peruvian Decree is in the original Toceryos " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, (Signed) J. NIACGREGOR. To W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary to Lloyd's. Note.—The letter of the 7th instant referred to in the above, appeared in the morning papers of the Bth. NIONEY and COMMERCIAL NE WS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. - - , LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—The demand for Cotton to-day has been to the extent of 3,500 bags, chiefly American, at about Friday's quota LIVF.RPOOL SHARE LtsT.—Only one bargain has been done, that of Eastern Counties, without any re in ark s. (From the Journal of Antwerp, Oct It) BOURSE OF AMSTERDAM OCT. 12.—Our prices are not so favourable to-day, and in consequence of some sales being effected, they did not maintain the prices of yesterday. The Integrates, which were yesterday even ing 48.„, fell to 478, and the Actions of the Society of Commerce, which were 157, receded to 156 ; there was no particular cause to which this reaction can be attributed, although there prevails a great incertitude respecting the opinion in politics, which in general is favourable to peace. Ardoin's Spanish, in consequence of the news from Spain, which is considered as unfavour able, closed lower ; after 'Change hours they were 18 7-16ths. The Pilole of Calvados says :—" We are assured that several English families who inhabit our city and it s environs are preparing to le ave France in a few days." Orders have been received at Bayonne to commence immediately the armament of that place, as well as to arm all the military points of the `?oth division. They also write from Abbeville that all the English families who have been residents there for several years are pre paring for their departure. Accounts from Constantinople state that the Govern ment is occupied in organising an army of 60,000 men, and that Count \Valewski remains inactive at the hotel of the Ambassador of France. The Porte has not en tered into any relations with him. THE FUNDS. This is pay day in the British Market, and we hear of only one person, of the Hebrew persuasion, who has not paid his differences, which amount to about fifteen thousand pounds. Consols, which left off yesterday at ‘7l 4 for Money, opened this morning heavy at 864 and for the 20th November 1 per cent. lower, 87* 4 ; Exche luer Bills, 3 5 prem. ; Bank Stock, 164 k 165} ; ndia Stock, 2441 24.53-... • . - In the Foreign Market,- Spanish Active left off 21 : i , 22, at present 214 ; Deferred, 10 ; Passive, 51- ; Portuguese, same as they left off, SI 824 ; Three per Cents., 204 211; Colombian, 22} ; Mexican, 20 : ti ; Brazilian, 73 75 ; Russian, 108 110 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. left off 491, at present 481 49 ; Five per Cents., 93 94b SHARES—Great Western Railway, 151 IG. prem,; London and Brighton, 12 11:1 discount ; Blackwall, 43 discount ; Birmingham, 70 72 prem. ; South ampton, 51 52 per share ; Croydon, 101 11 per share ; Greenwich, 6 7 per share. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 90 ...... 73 Bristol and Exeter 50 251..... to .....,.... Eastern Counties Great Western Ditto New ... London and Brighton London and Birmingham 9O IS9- to Ditto New Sharec London and South Western 3B; SIA to PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, OCT. 13. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock..... 94 Grand Canal Stock — Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. t per cent — Ditto New, 1630 ...... 963 Ditto 4 per cent 3i per Cent. Debs. HALF-PAST ONE. To-morrow being settling day in the Foreign Market, the brokers and jobbers are busy in arranging their accounts. Consols have fluctuated during the morning for No vember Account, 87i-1 87 ; at present may be quoted 874 ; for Money, 87 1 3 / 4 86i Exchequer Bills, 3 5 prem. ; India Bonds,lo 14 10 dis.; Bank Stock, 1641 ; India Stock, 2441 2451. In the Foreign Market little doing, except in Spanish Active, which is rather better at present, 21+ ; Por tuguese, 32+ ; Danish, 724 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 48/ ; Five per Cents., 941 /. Shares much the same as yesterday, it being settling day in the above market. Birmingham and Glouces• ter, 73 ; Bristol and Exeter, 2.51 ; Great Western, 80 ; New, 441 ; London and Brighton, 28 t 5 ,- ; London and Birmingham, 1591 ; New Shares, 44 ; South Western, 51 CITY, HALF-PAST TWO. The following has just been pasted at the Bank : Bank of England 15th Oct.—" Until' further notice the Bank of England will not discount bills of exchang", or notes having more than sixty-five days to run." In the course of an inquest held at a very late hour on Monday night, before Mr. Wakley, at the Western Dispensary, Nlarylebone, on the body of a man who had accidentally fallen from the top of a house in Lisson-grove, the Coroner, in adverting to the withdrawal by the Mid dlesex Magistrates of the fees formerly given to summon ing officers and beadles for summoning Coroners' juries, w.tuesses, &c., observed that such a proceeding was not o ily fraught with the grossest injustice to the constables themselves, but in a great measure tended to defeat the et ds of justice. Since the withdrawal of these fees by the Mid Ilesex Magistrates, constables had greatly relaxed their endeavours to obtain information relative to the death of parties ; and no fewer than twenty-five cases had come within his own knowledge where inquests ought to have been holden, but which the constables had never troubled themselves about. He could not blame the constables ; such a state of things ought not to exist, and he should use his best endeavours in the next Session of Parliament to procure POMC alteration in the present law. The beadle remarked that he believed Mr. Baker, the Coroner for the Eastern Division of the county, still paid 11;3 beadles. Mr. Wakley— Yes ; and I understand he will hi.vo up wards of 401. disallowed in his account. Addresses have been issued from Sir Robert Price, Bart., and K. Hoskins, Esq., the two Libe ral Members for the County of ereford, to their constituents. These have been drawn forth by the joint address of Messrs. Baskerville and Bailey, jun., as candi dates in the Tory interest at the next election, and the advertised determination of Mr. Foley, of Stoke Edith, not to offer himself for the county again, is in turn the ostensible inducement to this avowal of their design on the representation of the county. Sir R. Price and Mr. Hoskins complain with considerable justice of their taus early introducing the discordant feelings engendered by a party canvass, when a dissolution may not take place for two or three years. It is rumoured that in consequence of this injudicious attempt on the part of the Tories, the Liberals will start a fourth candidate, and Gen. Sir J. K- Money, of Horn House, is pointed at as the man. If an inference may be drawn from the result of the election U in 1834, and if unanimity prevail in their camp, the e. formers may surely succeed in electing the three repre sentatives for the county.— Worcestershire Chronicle. The ballad of " Gondolier Row," as sung by Madame Vestris in The Greek Boy, the new drama at Covent -garden Theatre, meets with nightly encores. 1.6.111) j'ALMER'SVON'S EA§fERN POLICY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,--I much regret to fi3d that the very able and independent editor of The Sun not cnly withholds his unqualified support from Lord. Palmerston in regard to the Eastern question, but seems, by his article in Tuesday's paper, to imagine that Minister a dupe to Russia! A little reflection will convince you, Sir, that Russia has no distinct interest in the plan of the Treaty of July 15. The tffect of that Treaty is to increase the power of the Sultan, and of course renders him a less easy prey to Russian ambition. Moreover, it deve lopes and concentrates a great British and Austrian force to balance any force of Russians employed in carrying the Treaty into effect. And if it be necessary to use the latter, such force is diverted from the Cir cassian war, and the weight of Russia pro Canto dimin ished. The obvious policy of that Power was, to leave Mehemet undisturbed ; that while he distracted the attention of and rnenaced the Sultan, Russia might, unopposed, proceed in crushing Circassia, and then fall on Turkey. France so fully felt this, that she courted Russia in Mc first instance, having, doubtless, a secret wide:standing with Mehemet, who was to be a French tool. The skilful diplomacy of Lord Palmerston dis arranged this pretty plot. He united Austria and Prussia with England to protect the Sultan, and Russia deemed it better to join the league, ostensibly, than lose a voice in the arrangement, or throw itself into a war which it could ill afford to wage. In effect England and France aimed at opposite ob jects—the fcrmcr to strengthen Turkey as a make weight in the balance of Europe—France to weaken it, that she might have an useful tool in Mehemet, in her favourite object of making the Mediterranean a French lake. Lord Palmerston has beaten Thiers—the good cause has prevailed over the bad, and Franco is enraged. Here is a short explanation of the whole matter. As to the humbug of being affronted because, after having fifty times refused our offers, we got tired, and did not sly on the fifty-first, " Now, if you don't accept what you have so often refused, we shall act without you," it is all humbug ! France knew we should so act, and is wroth that four great Powers don't bow to one. She is altogether wrong, and must fight or leave it alone, as she pleases. Yours ever, Oct. 14, 1840. R. M. ST. PANCRAS PARISH. TO 7'llE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Sia,—A letter relating to the affairs of this parish having appeared in your impression of Monday's date, I trust you will allow me, in the spirit of fair play, as "One of the directors of the poor," to reply thereto. Surely it is benesth the dignity of a just cause to de• scend so low i❑ petty invective ; and it truth cannot be sustained without the application of scurrilous epithets applied to men by one of their own hod), such charges, to reflecting minds, must rest but on a very sorry foundation. It is perhaps a curse or a blessing that the men who have been elected annually by their fellow rate-payers for the last seven years, and who really conduct the affairs of this great parish, have been for a considerable time without a leader ; that is, in plain terms, a cunning man, working for himself: The directors have, accord kg to their ability, used their best efforts to promote the general good of all parties concerned, steering be tween the extremes of party, yet adhering strictly to principle—working out that great principle which finds an existence in our laws from the earliest period of our history—l mean the great principle of self-government —yielding to all who may feel disposed an easy access to their meetings—holding no private assemblies—and publishing half-yearly accounts of their expenditure, which are supervised by rigid and honest auditors, who, for the last seven years, have been faithful servants of the public trust. Under these circumstances, I blush for that man who could apply to men whom be knows arc honest, and with whom he sits down to dinner (for I must pre sume he has done so) in the cordiality of friendship, such insinuations as he has made use of in his letter. How is it, permit me to ask him, that these crimes were not discovered long ere this ; the authorities of St. Pan ' eras have had innumerable opponents to contend against, but never, by the most determined of those opponents, were they ever assailed in terms like those he has in his wisdom thought proper to make use of. Admitting the parish to be in debt (say in round numbers to a sum amounting to nine thousand pounds), would it not have been but fair in our honourable and highly gifted colleague to have brought to our credit the outstanding amount of the present rate now in the course of collection, as an asset likely to produce up wards of twenty thousand pounds ? No ; this would not have answered his purpose ; his object was to vilify and asperse better men in every respect than himself. I do not mean in worldly wealth, but I mean in conduct, in morals, in fact in every attribute that distinguishes the HONEST MAN FROM THE KNAVE. Let Ili compare the present expenditure of the parish with the amount actuAy expended the first year of the adoption of the Vestries :pct. In the sear ending 31st Dec., 1832, the gross amount was 71,066/., and at that period we were indebted to the banker 9,5001., with a rate on the inhabitants amounting to nearly double the present one. The annual expenditure for the last year, 1 1 ending the 24th June, 1840, amounts to 58,4531. with a loan due to our banker of 2,000/., and a balance in his hand to meet this of 2,734/. 125., and which loan was liquidated prior to the directors going out of office for the annual election ; and I trust we shall be able to pro►e to the world a like result when we shall retire from office in May next. 1 beg to band you, for your perusal, the accounts of the last year as a verification of the facts I have stated. I think, Sir, this will be, to every candid mind, an entire refutation to infamous charges preferred against the directors, and I will venture to assert that, on a comparison with our neighbours, no other parish, as re gards management and finance, presents so favourable an aspect in their affairs. In conclusion, as regards myself, I will thus publicly declare that I entered not the 'Vestry with a view to ' any private emolument—that I never supported any in dividual from interested motives—and that but for the letter under discussion, and the charges contained in it, I do not think I should have ever entered it again, as personalities and quarrelling are alike repugnant to my nature. 1 am, Sir, Your most obedient servant, RICHARD FRESTON BRETTINGHAY 69, Uunion-street, St. Pancras, Oct. 14. GERMAN Y. BERLIN, OCT. B.—lt may be interesting to you to learn on unquestionable authority, that the Prussian Government is much displeased at the news of the out lawry of Mehemet Ali by the Porte. The Ministry has expressed its dissatisfaction without reserve, and with the observation that it could have wished that the good will of Mehemet Ali to make concession had been made use of, thus opening further am'cable negotiations. The Prussian Ambassador at Constantinople is said to have received a sharp reprimand for being led to accede to this extreme measure of the Porte, instead of doing its ut nsost to prevent it. We hear that the Austrian Cabinet fully coincides in this opinion, and it is therefore hoped that fresh negotiations will be entered into, and some means found to revoke the decree of deposition issued against the Viceroy. The Prussian Government is said to be not averse to acting as mediator. Lord Ponsonby, the originator of the decree of deposition is said to ex cuse his conduct by saying that he believed the Allied Powers had not the right to commence hostilities against Mehemet Ali till be had been declared a rebel, and de posed from his Viceroyalty ; and the first condition of the execution of the treaty of July 13 has been fulfilled• BELGIUM. BnossEt.s, OcT. 11.—We are assured that orders have just been transmitted to the competent authorities to put the citadel of Namur into a state of defence. Tnis useful and important measure cannot be a solitary fact ; it is probable that similar orders have been sent to all parts of the kingdom. OCT. 12..—His Excellency Baron Van Zuylen Van Nyeveldt, Minister of State and Envoy Extraorklinat y from the King of Holland, had to-day a solemn audience I of the King, to present the letters ratifying the acces sion of King William 11. The Baron arrived at Brus sels yesterday evening, and will proceed to Paris on a similar mission. General Willmar is gone to Germany, to be present at the ceremony of doing homage to the new King of Prussia, which is to take place on the 15th of this month. BRUSSELS, OCT. 13.—The Journal of Louvain is astonished that the students of the Catholic University have been forbidden to go to the theatre. "'the execution of this order," it says, " which is already a subject of ridicule, will embarrass many per sons. What, for instance, will the Professors of the University do, who last year used to go to the play with all their families ?" Several now detachments of horses from Hanover and Mecklenburg, which have been landed at Antwerp, passed along the Boulevarde of Brussels yesterday and the day before on their nay to France. , I CAPTAI N WHITE.—W e h eart il y welcome toe re-a p pearance of this highly. gifted auth or i n t h e l i terary ranks, the more especially as in the present work, " The Cashmere Shawl," he fully vindicates the high station that he has attained by his former publications. This ele gant and most lively fiction is a brilliant picture of the manners and conversations of the East, and even the very bias of the oriental mind is vividly displayed. ~ The Cashmere Shawl " itself is a very ingenious instrument, quite in the Bagdad style, for introducing the various tales which compose these very amusing volumes. I n t h em the reader will find a val iety as charming as it is abundant. He will be reminded by their hum our o f Rabelais, and_h); Jtheir poetry of Thomas Nloore, with a troop of Penis in 1 " imagination.--Metropolitan. EVPANTING, P3DITION, COURT CIRCULAR. WI N DEOR, WEDNESDAY .--ne Queen a n d P r i nce Albert left the Castle about half-pat arc° o'clock this afternoon in a pony phaeton, attended by the whole of the Royal suite. The Royal party returned to the Castle from their chive soon after five o'clock. Prince Albert, attended by the Earl of Aboyne. Mr. G. E. Anson and Colonel \Vylde, rode in Swinley Park, this morning, to enjoy the sport of pheasant shooting, His Royal Highness afterwards returned to the Castle. Viscount Palmerston, Sir G. Shee, and Sir A. Foster, departed to-day, and Lord John Russell and Baron Dedel arrived on a visit to her Majesty. Baron Van Cappellen (who was expected yesterday) also ar rived to-day. The Earl and Countess of Uxbridge and the La dies Eleanora and Constance Paget are expected to join the Royal Dinner party at the Castle this evening. Viscount Palmerston arrived in town yesterday after noon from Windsor Castle. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived at Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square, yesterday afternoon, from his residence Bowood Park, Wilts. The Solicitor-General had an interview with the Mar quis of Normanb3, , yesterday, at the Home•office. Lord John Russell left town yesterday morning on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Baron Dadel left town yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty at 'Windsor Castle. ELLAR, THE HARLEQUIN. It has, unfortunately, repeatedly fallen to our lot to be called upon to render our humble efforts to awaken public sympathy towards individuals that once had merrily administered to our amusement in the hours of recreation, and the festive seasons, but who from age or misfortune had been reduced to a necessitous state. Eller remained unassisted and unopposed as the Harle quin of the Garden for twenty-five years, but he has not been engaged there for the last three years. It is neither from improvident nor expensive habits that ho has been reduced. The Theatrical Fund would not admit him, because be was liable to accident and pre mature old age, from the danger and severe exertion consequent upon his performance. He had amassed a little money at one time, but was induced to invest it in the hands of a shipmaster, and either by misfortune or dishonesty he lost his little reserve for age and want, and that formed the precursor of a series of misfortunes and several obstinate attacks of ill-health, insomuch that he was considered not fully capable of doing as well as he had done as a performer, and conse quently there arose a difficulty in his procuring en gagements. He has, nevertheless, struggled to get a living by his own exertions, and he has taken a room at the west-end to open an academy for dancing, but for which lie will require the command of a suns of money to start him respectably. We would, therefore, call upon his brethren to aid him, and show a good ex ample to the public. Let actors take up the ‘eteran's cause, form a committee, and get a benefit for him to enable bins to eat his bread comfortably in his old days. Ellar's name always stood among the first in lists bf sub scriptions and acts of benevolence when he was in pros perity; which gives him the better claim upon others now that he is in adversity. We hope the hint will not be lest.—Morning Advertiser. LOSS OF THE BARQUE G AILLAR DON, OFF POONEE, ON THE COAST OF COROMANDEL. Extract of a letter from one of the passengers, dated April 18 1840 : " Oa the 21st March last, about ten o'clock at night, on our passage from Hobart Town to Calcutta, I was aroused from my sleep by the fearful cries of some of the female passengers. I ran on - deck as well as I could, and found, to my indescribable consternation, the ship had struck and fallen on her beam ends. Our horror at this moment may be more easily imagined than de scribed. The Captain, however, and his officers, dis • played at this trying moment that cool intrepidity and presence of mind which so nobly characterises the con duct of our British tars, aud, notwithstanding the danger which surrounded us, our alarm was considerably allayed by their great exertions to save the ship. In an hour after the ship had struck the mist cleared oil', and we fouud ourselves within half a mile of the main land. At daylight a sail was descried in the horizon. The chief officer, Mr. Whitaker, was immediately despatched with the gig, and five lascars, for assistance. After three hours hard pull they succeeded in reaching the ship, and we had the satisfaction to see her bear down towards us. She proved to be the Dampier, bound for Calcutta. The passengers and most of the crew were soon put on board, and humanely treated by the commander. In the after noon it came on to blow a hard gale, and the ill-fated Gaillardon drove into the surf, which ran so high that no boat could venture alongside. The captain, who had gone with the passengers on board of the Dampier, forwarded a communication from the vessel (by a cata ' mar:zo) to his chief officer, Mr. Whitaker, who was left on the wrack with part of the crew, stating that the Dampier's anchors and cables were bad, and that they had very little water on board, and he thought it advisable to proceed immediately to Calcutta for as sistance, inquiring of Mr. Whitaker whether he would remain by the wreck, to which that intrepid nWeer re plied in the affirmative. At seven p. m., the barque Dampier set sail, leaving the chief officer and 12 lascars to their fate on board the Gaiilardon. In the course of five or six days the captain returned with a steamer, and found the Gaillardon had still kept together. " Every exertion was now made to get the wreck off but in vain. Fifteen days after the ship had struck the. chief officer and the 12 lascars left the wreck and re turned to Calcntta. Mr. Whitaker was, after remain ing one day on shore, sent back to the Gaillardou by the owners for the purpose of rescuing all the property that could be saved. The Gaillardon subsequently went to pieces. " The cause of the loss of this vessel was in conse. quence of the chronometers being out 30 miles, a cur rent setting a mile and a half to the west, and thick foggy weather. She was lost .200 miles from Calcutta, and about 40 miles to the northward of Pooree, on tho coast of Coromandel." • A catamaran is a species of boat used by the native Indians on the coast of Coromandel. It consists of only one plank about five feet long and two wide, on which the intrepid Indian kneels, and by means of a paddle propels himself along through the most terrific shurf, bidding de fiance to the warring, of the elements and the overwhelm ing seas which often hurl him from his perilous position, but which he as quickly and dexterously regains, and thus these amphibious beings afford communication with ships in distress when no other boat could possibly live. SIR WC M. GArtßow.—The mortal remains of the above venerable ornament to the profession of the law were interred on Sunday, at Ramsgate, with a privacy be. coming his unostentatious mind. FATAL ACCIDENT.—This morning, at about half-past nine o'clock, as a poor woman of the name of Bretton, who resided at Star -court, Cross-lane, Newton street, and who kept for some time a fruit-stall on the opposite side of Holborn, was crossing the road, she was knocked down by an omnibus going to the City, the pole of which caught her basket. Both wheels passed over her body, and she was immediately picked up, but life was extinct. The unfortunate deceased, who was a sober, well-conducted woman was a widow, her husband having died last March, and left a family of seven children, five of whom were dependent on her for support. No blame was attributed to the driver of the omnibus. The venerable Lady William Gordon is staying at her marine villa at Kingstown. Her Ladyship, we understand, has received an intimation from the Crown that the mansion which she holds under the Crown in the Green Park, opposite Queensberry House, shalt not De pulled down during her lifetime for contemplated improve- ments in Piccadilly. The permanent rails on the line of railway from Gloucester to Cheltenham are now laid down within a few yards of the whole distance between the latter place and the temporary station in course of erection at Gloucester. It is understood, therefore, that this portion of the line will be opened to the public without further delay. The Presse announces the death of the Duke d'Harcourcat Paris. TURN-OUT OF FACTORY HANDS AT BLACK BURN.—We learned yesterday, that the whole of the hands in fve of the principal factories at Blackburn have struck work, in consequence of the masters insisting on making a reduction in wages to the extent of 10 per cent. It is stated that the bulk of the workpeople offered to submit to an abatement of 5 per cent. ; but this half-way proftr was refused by she masters, and their mills are now in copse quer cc closed. It is expected, that the whole of the fee. torics, almost without exception, will be closed to-night. The streets of Blackburn present a scene of great expite ment ; the poor factory bands having, since they left work, continued to parade the streets from morning until night. They have, however, exhibited no symptom of a desire to disturb the peac e .—P res t on Ch ron i c l e. 'rhe Hon. Mrs. Henry Cavendish we have the pleasure to state has rallied, but she still remains extremely i unwell at the m ans i o n o f th e G a ll an t Colonel, in lurof the nobility The Duke of Leinster and many othf ,3. h nobility in town made inquiries, yestrday, ad when the passeda answer returned was, that Mrs. Cavendish h good night, and was better. Dr. Locock on the invalid, who is the only sister of tikseinlaatteteEndaarineoef Durham. Thy ower will be. removed to-morrow from tookC 1 His Horace was i n his a6rsidth\yvelarrd.. Brook-street, where his den . David rlsh e S t. m l o 'a r u t Paul, Bart.,rema remains n o t f o f t family mausoleum at Euart, near last, for interment in the lam s ' ) the_lieo uH. late pso:ay; i‘eß Sir iloom on tan Horace etnpsdirac; and Jl. P. for Bridp "t eated a Baronet in 1813, and in and 1820. lie was created al licence to accept the title of in the Parliaments of 1812, 1818, I: 8 e 1 ,,v 2 c [Newcastle-upon the..y ne.) Roman empire. Sir Horace married Count of the 1 daughter ho ll ). Augusta, ded in 1837, he has left issue one son, by whom, w St. Paul, M. P. for Worcestershire, and Sir Horace now four ug ht e rs. The late Baronet was also one o f t h e senior daColonels in the army. 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