The Sun. — London, England, 1840-08-15 00:00:00

iIIVPNING FRANCE, ENGLAND, AND THE, EASTERN QUESTION ( From tee a, .iies Parr' . ) The in. elligence from Constantinople brought by the Coeyte steamer, which reached Toulon on the fith itrit Cont(s down to the 25th ult. After the arrival of that ves sel rn the Ottoman capital, the Divan held frequent meet ings, and the friends of Turkey were in hopes at one time that through; the medium of Sami Bey, the bearer of the Vieerny's propositions, the two Governments would be able to come to an understanding. Thanks, however, to the intrigues cf certain A mbassadors, who were only acting in accordance with instructions from their Courts, the nego tiations completely failed. Sami Bey soon perceived that there was no chance of an arrangement with a Govern nnent which was entirely under the influence of England and Russia, the irreconcilable enemies of Mein met Ali, and he set out for Alexandria with a conviction that arms alone could deci2e, the question at issue in the East. The news of the pacification of Syria had created a con siderable s , nsation in Constantinople, where it became known after the departure of Sarni Bey. The Pepin steamer (as we have already stated) returned to Toulon on the Stb inst. from Alexandria, which she l eft on th e 27 t h u l t. T he Vi ceroy h av i ng b een i n f orme d b j his agent in Constantinople that a protocol, enjoining him to restore the Ottoman fleet and evacuate a portion Of Syria bad been signed in London by the representatives of the foreign powers, was continuing his armaments with redoubled activity. Great movements of troops were ob served in different parts of the country, theiNational Guards Were everywhere organizing and training , to the use of 11 ::!ns) and a large supply of ammunition, escorted by several a T 4 iPs-of-the-li ne w as t o l eave Al e xand r ia in a few days for Ibrahim Pacha. ' Mehemet Ali intended concentrating al l his forces in Syria, and assuming in that province a roost imposing attitude. Syria was entirely pacified—a skilful manoeuvre of B "liMan Pacha, who had completely surrounded the in surgents on four different points, and obliged them to sur render at discretion, after a short resistance. I Nothing had transpired respecting M. Perier's mission. thet would appear, however, that he had been sent to induce Facha to modify some of his conditions, in order that 'e French Govet nment might have to oppose to the tcmdon conference a counter-project. The Viceroy, how ever, could not be prevailed upon to acquiesce, and con stantly replied that he would tr,:-• . J.irectly with the Sultan. „Nevertheless,: on the a:rival z:f Sami Bey, when he was 'aid that Lord Ponsonby had, in the presence of his envoy, f li eelar e d to the Sultan that England was determined to t ee hint to restore Syria, lie hat changed his lon st/Ige. Ile agreed to return the fleet, but without assign eg an? period ' for its restitution. This was the only eon chession Perier and Cochelet could obta'n from the v 4114. The French war-steamer Etna arrived at Alexandria ji; . Pressing despatches for M. Cochelet, on the 26th of f,__ V he German Journal of Frankfort publishes a letter 17 Constantinople, which states that Lord Ponsonby 4 ePplied to the Porte fcr a firman authorizing fate Means of coercion against Mehemet Ali, in the event Mgrs rejecting the ultimatum of the European Powers. Pera is stated to be in great anxiety as to whether ra nee will remain a passive spectatress of events. A e, A:T ... er h as b een sent off to Shekib Effendi, the Turkish '"'wZ4ador in London, to state again that the Sultan * th eul d Come to no arrangement with Mehemet Ali, without Port o nuileurrence of the Powers. The coldness of the t rto tow ar d s M. d e P o ntois h a d increased, as all the 4 el lt dignitaries of the empire accused France of an cx egurated partiality for the Pacha of Egypt. 4Yhe Journal des Debats gives a letter dated Alexan ret'a, My 26, in which the writer says. that if the confe e44ainns t te 'ee atLondon decides contrary to Mehemet Al re- L hat a general war will be the consequence, p be eese on the first demonstration made from Europe a t o ne re' revolution would take place in favour of the Vice ty' R ho wilt proceed to extremities. He was too confi h a t In his genus and in his resources to yield to the in -B",,„ees,of Lord Ponsonby and of Reschid Pacha. On Rey'a return, the officers and marines of the Turkish ',` declared that they would not return to Constantinople 10've themselves up to Reschid Pacha, who has become d estroyer o f I s l a mi s m. fet, nie c hemet Ali was making energetic preparations for de o:. Asia Minor was reaiceroy, dy to receive Ibrahim, or any lieutenant of the V b!; Co nstantinople was not safe. Reschid's innovations b a d made many discontented persons, even in the army, so il Lst the reformer had been obliged to send for some Alba- Place and to intrust them With the podce of the city in Port, of th e regular troops. The Divan was without sup- I,The insurrection in Syria was completely appeased. , e mountaineers have surrendered their arms to the Emir ; tc hir. This Prince had arrested the aheicks who were 4 4 b p l ieated in the revolt, and sent them to the gullies at t • Jean d'Acre. The 16.000 men sent from Alexandria f_ .7 Syria were quartered on the coast from Ac r e to Latakia, ' 41 ( 1 would re main there until the solution of the Turco - E gyptian question. FRENCH PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. ( From the Toulonnais.) A telegraphic despatch has been received in our port, *filch orders the maritime authorities to hasten the arming 'the ships of the line the Souverain and Ville de Mar -411,1e, and to employ every means in order to urge on the I :ttvairs of the Ville de Marseille. This also orders the 114 fl'etliate arming of the frigates Iphigenie, Uraine, Inde -11,414`,..1‘11ce Melpomene, and the corvette Circe. The otT 7 L 4 g'm a war complement the corvette Circe, and one tivie --74 :1ge frigates, is to be effected with the utmost ac wa " ° rder that the two vessels may put to sea as soon Tb, • S t' o.'ders are to be executed, and if the dockyards of th e i v . ittttl.e arsenal have not sufficient workmen to satisfy ri 4 l.gencies of th e service, th e authorities are autho itpin( to chlistiog all those that are necessary, in order to , 1 , 4 ,.1) eta the repairs off-band, and also to reinforce the ~,1 . 1 , .( ir° 1 1 in the Levant. tue. same time that this despatch reached Toulon, the 1 , e ..` 44 de i a I,, el c . be fortified, Manche informed us that the frontier towns and that France was to be placed in !Von to resist the new coalition. t ! g iv ing a number of hands, in prop ortion to the a, ° ;,'ice of th e nature o f t h e work, the following vessels pc be soon ready for sea :—The Navarin, 100 ; the 14 41 ' 4 , 90; Sceptre, 90 ; Fontenoy, 90 ; l'Eole. 90 ; Li et °r, 90 ; a n d Castiglione, 90 the frigates Zeno -1 68; S)bille, 58; and Pursuivante, kit% , fter some repairs, the 74-gun ships Coronne and hatiyoriorasteaw.ell as the 60-gun frigate Pallas, might be 4 11 1'4 Ports of Brest, L'Oricnt, Cherbourg, and Roche -10 also supply their contingency, and our naval i t , " e s , when cons i dera bl y i ncreas ed, will be able to decide I , 4 :er ,r avour the great question which has been put for titi by - the foreign Cabinets. h e . 41 in order to obtain great events our ships must not s ca ttered about. On the contrary, they must be con -ntrated 00 the principal, on the very spot where the Z ll v vlt iot; will be decided, in the East, where all our naval Zbem; rat unite. t ra tbct union, that homogeneousness, which creates Power f the British navy. Whet, they are threatened P"e side they sand all their squ •drons. 7 Juook th e Levant. Oa the first communication from 7rtd Painters ton, Admiral Sir R. Stopford came with all rs%llll e speed to take command of the fleet, and, in con ile equence of the. number of vessels, he is enabled to carry ° ln the intentions of his Government if war is declared, 4 4 14 there is every reason to believe such will be the case tw een France and the alliance of 1840. t ,: r he Cherboury Journal states that the naval depart -11,-;11,1 of that , pert is unusually busy. additional workmen f ." 1 employed in fitting out the ship-of-the-line and two I : 1 01es it is to fornisif. The permanent workmen of the 41:1°11 are being organized ", s a Marine National Guard, to iv ! duty if required. An oeffer has been received for "d l i tiog ready for sea, by the end of the month, the frigate - to tt lYPso, which was built at Cherbourg, and it is expected z i Pitt to sea by the 20th. The Friedland and Reine : Itt che will be completed by the end of September. The 12flitie corve.te, on the stocks at Chanterene, will be j ehed a t t h e end of this month, and the other ships "tiumg at Cherbourg are to be advanced with the utmost iXPeditien. (From the Morning Post.) % 4 s to th e cours e France will adopt in the warfare which ,41 1 , ensue, the following is the plan which has beenc -lom nN'eatedto us as that of some great masters of military is 4 Atlitical strategic on the Continent , and that which it gebecally supposed France will follow :- 1 o ‘ , " Out of her present army of 350,000 men (exclusive of 00 of Guards National, tied of the 150,090 now or a. r e'd to levied), from 40,000 to 50,000 will be assem tl ae towards the Alps opposite Piedmont, and other vul 'lt'3le points of the Austrian territory. ft" From 60,000 to 70,000 men will be marshalled towards nhinen e frontier, no less vulnerable in point of opinion. th The champaign country in Africa will be abandoned, .t ma ritime strongholds alone preserved—for the latter tet the i n di genous troo p s an d f rom 15,000 to 20,000 di t t "Peans will suffice; 30,000 to 40,000 experienced soh will then be withdrawn, 10,000 being embarked *wi e .44 k the French fleets in the Mediterranean, and lilt the"iiirtard the Egyptian and conquered Turkish navy in the Iv -e "a's hands, to be manned with petty officers from , . t nelt vaaritioe service. ti ontt i ronilery and troois, both . of the line and of the s Na o _ f F Uards,`s are to be directed towards the coast n nlee • 1 •the nearest na vea Portshich are most assaila.) e , Th eervi are to be assembled the ,etearn-vessels of w t a 7 r en in . ce, so that in a space of time, from three to t 3r ho e;' war of heavier tnetai urs, gun...oats ane vessels o dot, , m aY be brought into th e E ng li s h seapone, to, spread sta tion then ein amongst the com mercial navy.' , " T he Fren e l proceeds our.," thus informant, kn !he advantme of being the first to attac.., 1 , and of " will Tir n ng when mid where the onslaught is to take place. e imprisonment of English residents, the embargo on English vessels in French ports, the seizure of steam- Pae kets and commerc i a l vesse:s plying across the Channel °r re turning fr,em distant colonies, may therefore take p l ace befor e any means of resistance have been prepared, r d the retali a ti on on t h e much inferior commerce o f France will only succeed when the credit and commerce `it England have received an irretrievable blow ; a war Must then follow, and be supported by a nation burdened It ith 80 0,000,000 of debt." 4.. ,CCIDENT AT ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. --- . 1 3n Wednesday evening last a singular and most serious accid ei It occurred at the above theatre to a performer named 1 l'lliott, who has been known for years in the me t rep o ii, a. la popu l ar pantomimist. It appears that on the eabove even ing that gentleman, who was engaged in the Performance of a spectacle entitled The Tournament, was crossing the s tage in a heavy su , t of armour, with a steel helmet on his , 'tead, when part of the m ac hi nery p l aced %hove gave „ y, and fell wtth immense force upon the un fortunate mania h cad. The helmet was broken, and a por tion of the iron w "lc perforated his skull. Mr. Elliott 1144 n nmediately r 'ai'd' and conveyed to his residence, Z o iler e every atte n ti o. p has beep paid h;m. The surgeon,w ever, by whom he was bicd, gives no hopes of his re aurforyi TIIE BOUL()GNE AFFAIR. BOULOGNE. AUG, 14.—Cepnor: Crow cad some of the men o• • .1:: Cit . re of Edlnb , :rgh have been retneved from the citadel, we:tee they ha, a...intberto been confined, under an esece tof gendarmerie. They will be ulti mately sent to Paris for trial there. The number of persons in custody amounts to fifty-six, independent of the crew of the City qf Edinburgh. Colonel Voisin is still suffering from the three bullet wounds which he received in the affray, but they are not deemed to be of a dangerous character. Three of the invading party escaped, and have not yet been ap prehended—viz., ae Vicomte de Querelles, Colonel Vaudrey, and Foestier. Among the prisoners are no less than twenty•two domestic servants, three Poles, and four people belonging to Boulogne. None of the latter. however, arc persons of any note or consequence. One is a shoemaker, another a mason, and'a third is a newspaper porter. Among the papers seized are some which arc said to be important. It is stated that a Boulogne pilot was on board the City of Edinburgh. It was under his advice that the party landed at Vimereux, This pilot has been fortu nate enough to escape arrest as yet. The Courrier Beige contains the following anecdote " Colonel Bouffet was the author of the buffoonery of the living eagle which accompanied Louis Bonaparte in his expedition against the Gallic cock. The captain was ordered to let out the eagle on a signal being given. This bird having been trained for several days to re ceive his food on the Prince's hat would have alighted on his head at the top of the pillar at Boulogne, where Louis Bonaparte was to have ascended before the popu lation and the troops, who would have accepted this augury borrowed from the Romans. A letter from St. Omer, in the Gazette des Tribe naux, gives tome particulars relative to Lieutenant Aladenise, who is so seriously compromised in the Boulogne affair. A battalion of his regiment formed the garrison of St. Omer. On the sth inst. he told his companions that a young English lady bad arrived at Boulogne to whom he was going to be married, and that he wanted a post-carriage, which the post-master gave him, fully persuaded that he was going to Bou logne on a love affair. Aladenise is the son of a mer chant in Paris, and fought bravely in Juiy, 1830 ; in reward he was appointed sub-lieutenant. Since then his conduct has been exemplary ; he was promoted to a lieutenancy, and would have received the first company vacant in his regiment. ARRIVAL OF PRINCE LOUIS AT THE CONCIERGE RIE.—On Tuesday night, at 20 minutes after twelve, a carriage containing Louis Bonaparte arrived at the Conciergerie, escorted by some departmental gendar merie and Municipal Guards. The prisoner was guarded in the carriage by M. Lardenois, Lieutenant- Colonel of the Municipal Guards, and several of his men. Tile prisoner, after his arrival bad been duly registered, was taken to the room which had been pre pared for him. " Prince Louis," says the Gazette des Tribunaux, " on arriving at the Conciergerie wore a light drab paletct, with military waistcoat and pantaloons. He was evidently much depressed In mind. His face was pale, and his whole person betra; ed great prostration of strength. Immediately on alighting in the court-vard of the Prefecture, he was conducted into the Con ciergerie, and placed in the room which five years ago was occupied by Fiesehi. He has three keepers over him, with orders not to quit him night or day." Workmen are already employed in preparing the Chamber of Peers for the trial of Prince Louis Napo leon. The arrangements are to he the same as those for the trial of the affair of the 12th of May. LIST OF PERSONS APPREHENDED AND KILLED FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE LATE AFFAIR AT BOULOGNE. (From the Gazette des Tribunaux.) Prince Louis Bonaparte ; General Moutholon ; Bout% set Montauban, calling himself General, arrested with the epaulets of a Colonel ; Jean Baptiste Voisin, a Co lonel of the Lancers, who in retreating received three wounds, is in the hospital ; Laborde, a retired Lent.- Colonel, ex-Commandant of Cambrai ; Charles Parquin, a dismissed Captain; Maisonnot, a retired staff-officer ; Galvany, a military sous-intendant; Alexander (Prosper), called Desjardins, born at Paris, a retired Captain, with a passport, signed at Paris July 8, 1840, arrested at Mar quise ; Lambert, a Lieutenant, and officer of the. Prince ; Aladenise, Lieutenant of the V.ltigeurs of the 42d of the line ; Corsy, a Lieutenant of the National Horse Guards ; Ornano, ex-Officer of the 13th Dragoons ; Bataifle, calling himself an engin'eer ; Dr. Conneau, surgeon to the Princ e ; D e P ers i gny, an attac h e o f t h e Prince ; Alfred Delombert, secretary to the Prince ; Bellier, valet de chambre to the Prince ; Meurisse, cook to the Prince ; Herbert Duhom, footman to the Prince ; Hippenmeugre, footman to the Prince ; Jean Marie Brunet, servant to the Prince ; Jean Louis Lietot, servant to the Prince, and a sPrgeant ; Andre Plasny (an Italian), courier to the Prince ; Hubert Louis Lambert (Swiss), an assistant in the house of the Prince ; Polycarpe Ancel, an ex•sergeant-major of the ex-Imperial Guard ; Pierre Jean Francois Kure, a commission agent, sergeant ; Louis Masselin, servant, sergeant ; Charles Telange, a forager ; Noel Michael Balilet, servant, sergeant ; Henry Craitigny, servant, corporal ; Henri Desfrancais, servant, corporal; Jean Francois Gresiere, corporal ; Joseph Bernard, servant, corporal ; Pierre Joseph Gillemaud, fencing-master ; Felix Vervoord Owinoski, a Pole ; Paul Vinque, a Pole, in the hospital ; Bernard Peffer, servant of Col. Montauban ; Marie Joseph Prudhomme, coachman to M. Faure ; Jean Egger, valet de chambre to Colonel Wasme ; Pierre Sellin, bootmaker at Boulogne ; Jean Marie Martel, called Lamarre, bricklayer at Boulogne ; Omer Richard, newsman at Boulogne ; Pierre Paul Bachon, a riding-master at Paris ; Stanislas Desire Jardin, servant ; Nicolas Brigeot, servant ; Xavier Suraskeroski, a Polish refugee, servant ; Benja min. Eugene Thevon, coachman in the service of M. de l'Espee ; Francois Guepard, servant ; and Jean Georges Howang , cook. A body has been carried naked to the hospital. COWES-ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN COTIRRPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE At a geheral u.eeting ef the Royal Yacht Squadron, held on Friday at the Squadron House, Cowes, present Thomas Hallitax, Esq., in the Chair, Sir G. E. Ham mond, K.C.8., the Hon. W: H. Hare, J. Lindegun, Esq., Colonel Sheddon, James Weld, Esq., the Hon. W. H. White, W. H. Saunders, Esq., Captain W. Herring ham, R.N., Jos. lleynolds, Esq., A. W. Corbet, Esq., the Earl of Ilehester, James Lyon, Esq., John Wore, Esq , Thomas Gibson, Esq., Charles Brett, Esq., Capt. A. L. Corry, R.N., the Earl of Wilton, Almon Hill, Esq., the Rev T. L. Lane, H. Robinson, Esq , Spencer de Horsey, Esq., M.P., John Bayley, Esq , George Ben. ti. , ck, Esq , Thomas Hallifax; jun., Esq., John Beard more, Esq , Viscount Exmouth, Colonel Petre, E. H. Chad, Esq., F. P. Delme Radcliffe, Esq., and Viscount Powerscourt, the following candidates were elected mem bers :—The Earl of Tyrconnel, Guilla cutter, 42 tons ; R. B. Sheridan, Esq , Crusader schooner, 127 tons ; F. S. Greville, Esq., Spider cutter, 33 tons ; Marquis Conyngham, Medina cutter, 42 tons. Mrs. Thorold was elected housekeeper, in the place of her late mother, Mrs. Kendall. The secretary has sold the Albatros, the property of the late Earl of Durham, to the Hon. W. 11. White. ARRIVALS. AUG, 7th.—Lufra cutter, Lod John Scott, M. P., from Leith and London, and sailed directly for Dartmouth. Light breeze E S. E., and fine. 911.—Aibstros yawl, late Earl of Durham, from New castle. Li:,:ht breezP W. N. W. loth.—Flower of Yarrow schooner, Viscount Exmouth, from Plymouth. 11th.—Harriet schooner, Jobn Beardmore, Esq., from the Western Islands; Zephyr cutter, Lord Cholmondeley, from Southampton. Light breeze W. N. W. 12th.—Therese cutter, J.is. Reynolds, from Hastings ; Phantom cutter, Sir Wm. Curtis, Bart., from Ramsgate ; Stormfinch cutter, E. H. Chad, Esq., from Lymington. Strt og bre, ze W. S. W., and squally, 13th.—Aricl schooner, Almon Hill, Esq., from Jersey. Free breeze W.N. W. Left the B:illiant, G. H. Ackers, Esq., in St. Aubin's Bay ; Dream cutter, George Ben. tinck, Esq., from Portsmouth ; Naiad cutter, William Delafield, Esq., from Hamburgh ; Emerald cutter, F. L. Symonds, Esq., in Portland Roads. 14th.—Nymph cutter, John Bayley, Esq., from Dover; Fanny cutter, F. P. D. Radcliffe, Esq., from the west ward ; Ann cutter, Hon. W._ll.__Hare, from Lymington. SAILINGS. 9th.—Therese cutter, Jos Reynolds, Esq., for Hast. ings ; Osprey cutter, Capt. George Keane, for Poole. llth.—Gem schooner, G. Tomline, Esq., for Ireland. 13th.—Pearl cutter, Marquis of Anglesey, for South ampton. Strong breeze W. N W., and squally. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Merlin, Flower of Yarrow, Janette, Hawk, Hussar, Ariel ; Waterlily yawl. Cutters—Phantom, Ariel, Nautilus, Ann, Lord of the IsleF, Therese, Hebe, Emerald, Petrel, Breeze, Reindeer, Naiad, Forest Fly, Phebe, Nymph, Dream, Sparrowhawk, Ganymede, Matilda, Midge. Zephyr, Stormfinch, Antelope. The Royal Yacht Squadron Regatta will commence' on Monday next, on which day her Majesty's Cup will he sailed for by the Reindeer cutter, 107 tons, John Moore, Esq., the Dream cutter, 104 tons, George Bentiiiek, Esq., and the Antelope cutter, 90 tons, Viscount Powers court. On Tuesday the Royal Yacht Squadron annual ball. On Wednesday the Royal Yacht Squadron Cc.p will be sailed for (1001.) by yachts above 115 tons; and on Thursday the itoyal Yacht Squadron annual dinner. The Duke of Beaufort has taken a house here for the season. The Earl of Wilton and several other fashion ables have arrived this week. ~, PARISH OF Si'. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS.- On Friday a vestry of the ratepayers of this parish was held, and a rate of 7d. in the pound for the relief of the poor was agreed to. Mr. Simpson urged the necessity of trying their right to rate the stables of the Queen Dowager and the private box of Miss Burdett Courts at Drury-lane Theatre. He and other parishioners referred to the enor mous item of 3,0231. iu the overseers' accounts for the sup port of forty-two policemen. Mr. Devonport said that the police cost the parish annually 8.0461., or 143/. 193. Oil. per man. The chait man ( Mr. Hutchins) observed that a deputation had waited upon the Marquis of Normanby re specting the great expense to which the parish was sub.. jetted by the police, and that his Loidship had stated that an equal:zation of the police rate would take place through out all the parishes. TITE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1840. LITERATURE. f ITALY AND THE ITALIANS, 2 Vozs. Colburn, London, 1840. : When Professor Von Raumer—a great name, F but a little authority—came over to this country a few years ago, and immediately afterwards pub lished his " Letters on England," be was thrown much into Whig company, and, in consequence, adapted a Whig tone in politics, and saw every thing through Whig spectacles. He has since rambled over Italy, and having, just previously to his setting out, had the good luck to be introduced to Prince Metternich, and be honoured by that astute Minister with a familiar conversation " of an hour snd a half,"—the delighted Professor spe cifies the time with the utmost exactitude,—dur ing which the Prince " discoursed away with the openness, clearness, practical good sense, and total absence of empty abstractions, which characterize the superior statesman ;"_havin g been thus highly honoured, and, further, having been furnished by this " superior statesman " with letters of recom mendation to various people of note in Lombardy and Venice, M. Von Raumer puts his Whig prin ciples in abeyance, and looks at Italy and the Ita lians with the Tory eyes of a Metternich. We hear nothing now about popular rights, and free dom of thought and speech, but a great deal about the Austrian system of government in Italy, which is represented as being tolerant, enlightened, and conferring inestimable benefits upon the country ; whereas, if the assertions of nine out of ten travel lers are to be believed, it is about the most grind ing tyranny that a nation was ever cursed with. But our weathercock Professor cannot—or rather will not—see this. The " hour and a half's con versation " has washed clean away all his Whig partialities, and he is completely Metternich-ridden. Allusions to the Prince and . his subordinates, oc cur in almost every chapter. Here are a few of them Wherever I come, Count S—, upon the strength of Prince Metternich's recommenda tion, has prepared the way for me, so that I every where meet with the most obliging reception."— " Without Prince Metternich and his trusty spi rits, my zeal and good will would have carried me no great way ; whereas now treasures come pouring in on me from all sides, and from the purest sources." We can imagine the purity of the infor mation respecting Italy, that springs from an Aus trian source I was just thinking about dinner, when I received an invitation from the Government Secretary, who knows Lombardy perhaps better than any other man, and is more communicative than the generality."—" I paid a visit to that able and learned man M—, who is a great partizan of Austria." From the spirit that pervades the above quotations, the reader will now be duly prepared for the following : " Prince Metternich acts upon principles diametri cally opposite to those of the French school. He sees in the maintenance of local peculiarities the strength and spirit of the Austrian empire, at the same time that he careluly removes all that is really morbid and obsolete." " In the year 1815 many Venetians entertained a natural and laudable wish for the regeneration of their country ; but the form of a close hereditary aristocracy was obsolete, odious, and unrestorable ; and who can say whether an infusion of the democratic principle would have given new lite to the institutions, or would have destrQ ed them altogether ? Was there a fairer prospect of prosperity and progress in a renewed isola tion of Venice, or in a union ra;tii the powerful Austrian monarchy ? Was it matter of surprise that. Austria should seek to retain what she had acquired by the ex ertion of her own force Matter of surprise ! Certainly not, with the Tory opinions that Von Raumer seems now to entertain ; but it must have been a matter of exceeding surprise to him, when a Whig, that Austria should justify her retention of Italy, merely because she had ac quired possession of it by " force." Mark, too, the Professor's discreet doubt as to whether " an infusion of the democratic principle would have given new life to the Venetian institutions." Is not this doubt conceived in the true spirit of Toryism ? Is it not precisely the same doubt that the Opposi tion expressed, when it was proposed to infuse more of a democratic spirit into the House of Commons by the Reform Bill ? Yet Von Raumer was an ardent admirer of that though now— when speaking of its application to Venice, the chief cause of whose decadence was its aristocratic Council of Ten—he doubts the feasibility of the very principle on which it was founded I , See what it is for a German Whig philosopher to have "an hour and a halt's conversation" with a Ger man Tory statesman I Again, our distrustful Pro fessor—distrustful, by the by, only when free in- , stitutions . are concerned—asks whether it would not be better for Venice to be dependent on Aus tria, than to remain an independent State ; wholly overlooking the fact • that it was to her indepen dence, and the bold spirit of enterprise it fostered, that that great republic was indebted for a flourish ing existence of nearly fifteen hundred years, and at last fell only in consequence of the corruption and despotism of her oligarchy, which paved the way for the success of the French arms. Now, a really liberal and enlightened politician would have inferred from this the propriety—not of substituting one form of tyranny for another, a foreign for a domestic one, but—of restoring to Venice the originally free institutions under which she grew and prospered, modified according to the spirit of the times, and the peculiarities of her present po sition. But this, perhaps, would have been too much to expect from a man who could allow the convictions of years to be changed in less than half a day, by a few honied phrases from an Ans. ! trian Premier. We resume our quotations " Under the present intelligent and paternal Govern ment of Austria things are improving again, though but slowly ; and Venice is recovering its ancient habits of discretion and activity : I can sympathise with the dreams, hopes, and wishes which many, in their well-meant enthusiasm, en courage in favour of a total independence of Italy from foreign influences ; I can respect them also, provided no recourse be had to criminal means, for the attainment of ends supposed to be laudable; but, in sober truth, the unprejudiced observer can scarcely resist the convic tion that, all things considered, Lombardy has never been so well governed as now under the paternal sceptre of Austria ; that she has never been so wealthy, popu lous, and truly Christian. The Austrian Viceroy is easy of personal access to all, and shows on such occa sions the intelligent affability and sympathizing condes cension by which so many members of the House of Hapsburg have known how to win the hearts of those who approached them." So, then, it seems that none but dreamers and enthusiasts wish for Italy's independence I Un prejudiced observers—such as Von Raumer, for instance—think it better for her interest that she should continue to languish in chains ; that the Argus eyes of Austria should keep watch on her every movement ; that she should have neither freedom of thought, speech, nor action ; that the sole chance of forming a manly national character should be denied her, by the suppression of the strongest and noblest impulses of the human 'mind ; —in a word, that that " paternal" system ofGovern ment should still be kept up throughout Italy, which consigns such high-minded, patriotic spirits as Silvio Pellico for years to the filth, solitude, and darkness of an Austrian dungeon, for no worse crime than having spoken the truth of a tyrant power, and expressed a wish for their country s emancipation ! Our author, we repeat, is of opi nion that these things should still continue to be, though—generous and considerate creature I—he can sympathize with those who think otherwise, provided that they will content themselves with merely thinking upon the subject, and make no practical effort to shake off the Austrian shackles, which—we quote the Professor's own words—would be having recourse to " criminal means for the at tainment of ends supposed to be laudable !" And these are the sentiments of a man who once called himself a Whig, and still hopes to be considered one ! This mean truckling to, and arrant flattery of, arbitrary power, merely because it is powerful, and has, in his, case, been complimentary, is exhi bited by the very same individual who, in his " Letters on England," advocated and shouted for reform with the lungs of a Chartist ! Alas, that air " hour and a halt's" conversation with an Aus trian Prince should have wrought such a change in the mind of a German Professor of Liberalism ! We proceed to quote some more of the results of this ninety minutes' conversation " The Austrian Government has, indeed, reserved to itself the contro of communal affairs, and the right of confirming elections; but I have been assured that this confirmation is scarcely ever refused." Assured ! Of course the Professor has been as sured that Austria scarcely ever refuses the con firmation of an election. The class of people among whom Prince Metternich's letters of intro duction threw him, and whom he seems to have pinned his faith on, as though they were so many inspired oracles, would never have been fools enough to say aught against the Austrian system of Government. But cannot M. Von Raumer see the monstrous injustice:of a foreign state presuming to control communal affairs in Italy ? That it seldom refuses to confirm elections is nothing!; it is its power to interfere at all in such matters that is the crying grievance. On the subject of education our author is unusually prolix. He strives hard to show that Austria is generous and enlightened in this instance, but, notwithstanding his solicitude to make out a strong case in her favour, he is com pelled to admit indirectly,—for the recollection of the " hour and a half's conversation," prevents him from boldly speaking the truth—that " the geo graphy and history of the Austrian monarchy are among the chief studies insisted on ; and that " Greek is thrown too much in the back•-ground." Of course, because it is the language of manhood and republican freedoin, and therefore unsuited to the interests of a despotic government. In order to verify his assertion that the principal Italian sea ports, Trieste especially, have thriven under Aus trian surveillance, M. Von Raumer enters into several statistical statements—conceived in the pettiest spirit of Utilitarianism—to prove that a few more ships seek that port now, than sought it ten or twelve years ago. And these small chand- lees-shop details, he thinks, are conclusive of the matter ! The social welfare of the peasantry ; the spread of intelligence among the influential classes ; the advantages of good laws, and well-regulated in stitutions ;—these are questions which he scorns to discuss while treating of Italy under Austrian domination, but is perfectly satisfied that she is happy and thriving, because some of her ports con tain more ships now, than they did in 1830 I \Ye- here take leave of M. Von Raumer, and care not how long it be ere we again meet with him in print. His volumes are penned in a spirit wholly unworthy of a liberal-minded man, and are utterly at variance with all that preceding travellers have told us on the subject of Italy. The spirit suggested by the " hour and a hail's conversation " pervades every portion of them, except when the subject of the Fine Arts is discussed, and then, ceasing to be political, the author becomes simply shallow and prosy. BROTHER JONATHAN; or, THE SMART EST NATION IN ALL CREATION. Cunningham, St. Martin's place. We have received the fourth number of this series of professedly impartial, but evidently exaggerated, if not actually burlesqued pictures of American so ciety and manners. The illustrations by Robert Cruikshank are clever and comical, and the edito rial notes of " Paul Patterson," contain some cu- rious and interesting matter. The adventures of Mr. Hugo Playfair (the author's Pickwick) are, it is said, founded upon facts, and his observations those which have really been made by an impartial traveller. Making a large allowance for the con stant efforts at drollery—sometimes very happy and humorous, ?out often overstrained—there is much internal evidence throughout that the statement is not untrue. The author seems desirous of main taining the character of " Fairplay, and, notwith standing his obvious prejudices on the Bank ques tion, the '6 workies,” pourtrays so me of th e more amiable features of American character and society with warmth and sincerity. We find a remarkable and pleasing instance of this in his de scription of American courtship (first page of No. 4), which concludes thus—" Here lies the founda tion of that domestic quiet,virtue, and harmony which generally prevails in families over most parts of the United States." The description of the President's Levees at Washington, and of the Debates in the Senate, although, we must think, considerably over ably over drawn, are interesting as well as ludicrou s ; an d t h e sketches of the most prominent statesmen a nd ora mtoursc,ha allowancend their for party prejudice—are drawn, and instructive. The number is, on the whole, a de cided improvement on its predecessors ; and if the author keep a little more within bounds in his ca ricature, we may look for much useful information as well as entertainment in the sequel. THE NELSON PILLAR. Oa Friday the Duke of Northumberland, Sir George Cockburn, W. Berries, Sir Peter Laurie, and other members of the Nelson Testimonial Committee, met at the National Gallery, on the subject of the magnifi cent pillar now rapidly rising in Trafalgar-square. The brick-work appears above the railing, and will soon be very conspicuous, and the Committee expressed their warm approbation of the energy manifested by the con tractors, Messrs. Grissell and Peto. It appears from what has recently taken place before the members, that the altitude of the pillar is not to be so great by thirty feet, as Was at first contemplated. Mr. Bailey is at work upon the figure of the naval warrior, which is to be of Portland stone, and for the execution which the scu lptor is to rec , •ive the sum of 1,000 guineas. It is calculated that Portland stone will retain its colour and polish upon being strongly saturated, better than bronze, and Mr. Croker instanced the Nelson monument of Dublin as a proof of the superiority of the former. Mr. Lough is to execute " the Lions" at the pedestal, but they are not to be commenced until the near ap proach of spring, when it is expected the subscription will receive numerous additions. A Committee of the House of Commons reported a little while ago, that the Nelson Pillar ought not to be raised ia Trafalgar-square. But the House having taken no notice of the suggestion, the work will pro ceed without a check to completion, very much to the satisfaction of the public, who began to apprehend that it had some of the Royal Exchange quality of procras tination about it. The project of a new site would not, it is conjectured, be very kindly received, as Government gave the ground, and contributors gave their money, expressly for the purpose of raising the latter on that soot, to this great naval hero of England. COMMISSION OF ASSEMBLY. EDINBURGH, AUG. 13.—The stated meeting of this body took place yesterday, when, owing to the un usually important matters to brought before them, a very large number of members were present. The number of persons interested in their proceedings was also, on this occasion, greater than we ever remember to have before witnessed. It was at first intended to meet in the Tolbooth Church ; but as the hour of meeting drew near, and the church began to fill, while crowds still pressed forward, it was resolved to adjourn to the Tron Church, the usual place of meeting for the Assembly. Soon after twelve o'cllek, Dr. Makeilar, Moderator of last Assembly, took the chair, and opened the pro ceedings with prayer. The Commission then called for the Strathbogie case, and the remit from the Assembly was read. On the parties being called, Mr. Peterkin, agent for the majority of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, gave in a packet, which he said he had received faun those gen tlemen. The Commission ordered the officer to summon the seven ministers at the door, who did so, and reported that there was no appearance. _ .. ... The statement given in by Mr. Peterkin was then read : " inute for the Rev. John Cruickshank and other s . « M r. Peterkin, as agent for the m a j or i ty of the . Presbytery of Strathbogie, stated . to the Commission that lie had been instructed by his constituents to inti mate to the Commission, that i they did not intend to com competent iCniv'il I C eg o ' u li rt an h d avi ng found pear at this meeting of the Commission, or at any o f i ts other meetings to be held under the authority of the last Assembly's resolutions and sentence r.lative to the last I: e ol a c ffe p .n r t oc t e b e e dings ; of; them. This declinature did . not proceed from any dis respect towards the Commission, or any of the Judica toriesn a nne o r f . the u n t C I t i h u e r c h s nape:en:lige that General t l the A resolutions ssem bly, ma j ority of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, are illegal and unwarrant able : and the Special Commission . appointed at last Assembly having failed to establish the legality of t h ese proceedings, although an ample opportunity was afforded to them of doing so, the majority of the Presbytery cannot, without acting inconsistently, recognize or sanc tion any part of the proceedings which have been sus pended as illegal, and the carrying of . which into effect by the Special Commission .has been interdicted. The n a ll s d th . vv e agent for the majority of said Presbytery further pro duced, and deposited in the hands of the C l erk of the Commission, a certified co py of the note of s uspens i on and interdict upon wh ich the decision of the Supreme Civil Court referred to had proceeded, and of the several interlocutors by the Court thereon. ~ ALEX. PETERKIN, 4 Agent for the Rev. J. Cruickshank and Others." The PROCURATO R f or the Church, then a ddressed the meeting at great length, and mov e d, " T hat a libel for contumacy be pr e p ared against these . g en tl emen, and that a small comm itte e be appointed to d raw up the libel, to be submitted either to this or some other meeting of the Commission. Dr. Coox moved as an amendment that the Commis sion do not see just grounds for proceeding against the Presbytery, and that they report the whole proceedings to the next General Asse:nbly. On a division, the num bers were— For the motion .............................. 180 For the amendment _ 66 Majority - for the Procurator's motion —ll4 The Commission at Half-past Eleven adjourned till next day. CULTIVATION OF COTTON 1N INDIA. MANCHESTER.—A special general meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held on Thursday to re ceive the Report of the Directors on the measures taken by the East India Company for promoting the growth of cotton in India, and to confer on the prospect which is held out of increasing the supply of this important raw material. There was a numerous meeting. J. B. Smith, Esq., the President of the Chamber, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, alluded to the importance of increasing the supply of cotton, and stated that the Board of Directors had thought it necessary, in consequence of the interest excited by the ' steps recently taken by the East India Company, to call the members of the Chamber together, and to lay be fore them all the information they possessed. There was nothing in the. course pursued by the Chamber to afford ground for jealousy on the part of their brethren in the United States. The Chamber deprecated the idea of dealiug with our colonies in preference to any other coun try ; they wished to see the growth of cotton promoted wherever it would flourish, and above all things, to see the existing colonial monoplies abolished, and that the people of this country might no longer be taxed to pay for the government of the colonies, and at the same time be obliged to pay for the produce of those colonies double the price at which the same articles could be purchased from other countries, as was the case at pre sent with regard to timber, coffee, and sugar.—(Ap plause.) He hoped the time was approaching when our industrious and rapidly increasing population would have the world thrown open to their exertions. Mr. Hoole, the Vice-President of the Chamber, then read the Report, which was principally confined to a statement of facts that have already been laid be fore the public in the papers. It noticed the fact, that the importance of cultivating cotton in India had been felt in this country for several years, and in 1837 had been pressed by the Man chester Chamber of Commerce upon the Chambers of Commerce of Bombay and Bengal. The Chamber of Bombay had, shortly after, forwarded to this country one of the chircas, or machines used in India for the cleaning of cotton, for the purpose of experi ments being made thereon, with a view to its improve ment. The attention of mechanics in this country was publicly drawn to the subject by advertisement, and the result was, that several improvements had been effected. In 1838 a deputation from this Board had suggested to the East India Board the abolition of the land-tax in India as a means of promoting the culture of cotton; and though there were difficulties in the way, the depu tation had obtained the promise that the subject should be taken into serious consideration—a promise which it was not likely would be suffered to remain a dead lett , ..r. The Hon. Court had recently authorised his Excellency the Governor-General to offer rewards to persons exhibiting specimens of cotton well cleaned by machinery. The transit duty on cotton had been abolished throughout the Presidencies of Bengal and Bombay, and it was hoped that the same boon would be conferred on the Presidency of Madras. A modification had also been made in the land-tax. By accounts re ceived from India last week, it appeared that the Go vernor-General had offered three prizes for the growth of a certain quality of cotton, of 2,0001., 1,0001., and SCOI. The earnestness of the East India Company was further evineed by their sending over Captain Baylis to the United States to engage skilful persons to proceed to India, there to superintend the growth and cleaning of cotton. While in the States Captain Bay lis had provided himself with a quantity of seeds of the best kiiids of cotton, and with the saw-gins used for cleaning the article. On his return he had come to Manchester to seek personally such information relating to the cotton brought to this country, and to the im provement that might be made in the means of prepar ing it, as would best enable him to effect his object. While here he had visited several houses, and had had pointed out to him the deficiencies in the Indian cotton, both as regarded its quality and its staple. In the meantime the saw-gins brought over from America had been set up in Liverpool, and a deputation from this Board had been present at the experiment tried upon them on the 17th ult. They had since witnessed their operation in Manchester, and the result was, upon the whole, highly satisfactory, as proving the practica bility of cleaning Indian cotton by means of the Ame rican saw-gin, though, no doubt, experience would be necessary to adapt the gin to the species of cotton which had to be operated on ; and there would also be some difficulty in India in providing the power neces sary to drive machines of that description. It was, therefore, a wise measure to send over to America to olicain experienced persons to superintend the process ; and the deputation wished to record their grateful sense of the zeal and energy displayed by the East India Company in promoting this national object, and of the manner in which their views had been carried out by Captain Baylis. The saw-gins commonly used in America produced from 1,000 to 1,200 lbs. a-day, while by the chirca, the Indian machine, only from 3S to 401bs. a•day could be produced. The board confidently expected that the mechanical genius of Manchester would be able to produce an improvement on the Ame rican gins. The machine which had hitherto produced the best cotton was one built by Messrs. Fawcett and Co., of Liverpool, under the superintendence of Dr. Jones, the patentee. The board were confident that if the efforts of the East India Company were per severingly followed up as they ought to be, for the mutual, interest of England and India, no doubt need be ontertained of their success. _ _ -Mr. Edmund Ashworth, of Bolton, moved the adop tion of:the B.eport, and in so doing remarked on the advantage of our dcriving a supply of cotton from a eountrywhich'would take our manufactures in return. Mr. T. linty, jun. (Boroughrteve of Salford), se conded the resolution, which was unanimously adopted. Mr. Holland Hoole, Vice-President of the Chamber, moved—" That this chamber must ever regard it as most desirable that a constantly-increasing quantity of the raw material upon which the capital, shill, and la bour of the surrounding population are employed, should be derived from as numerous and diversified sources as possible, so that the danger of any interruption to its regular supply, whether from the vicissitudes of season, war, or the speculative operations of individuals, should be, as far as practicable, prevented ; and these views are especially applicable to the lower qualities of cotton, upon which the greatest quantity of our machinery is employed." Mr. R. Gardner seconded the resolution, which was also unanimously adopted. Mr. Alderman Shuttleworth moved—" That from the experiments lately made this chamber feels con vinced that cotton may be produced upon the soil of British India of a quality suited to the wants of the majority of the spinners and manufacturers of this country ; and whilst it views with the most cordial satis faction the steps already taker by the East India Com pany to effect this object, especially in sending out to India persons from the United States experienced in the cultivation of cotton, this chamber begs to express its earnest and respectful request that the Directors of the Hon. Company will follow up their enlightened undertaking with a zeal proportionate to its importance to the best interests of the people of Great Britain and India ; and that any regulations or impediments which may exist in the way of a rapidly augmenting production of cotton in our Eastern possessions may be entirely re moved." Mr. J. Brooks (boroughreeve of Manchester), in seconding the resolution, aliuded at some length to the oppressive nature of the land-tax of India, and cited several authorities to show that, until very recently, it had been in lull operation. Mr. J. Adshead also addressed the Chamber on the same subject, and cited a number of authorities. He contended that this was the greatest impediment to the increased cultivation of cotton, and ought first to be removed. The resolution being passed, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. JOHN RICKMAN, ESQ. On Tuesday, soon after noon, died at his residence in Duke-street, Westminster, in his 70th year, John Rickman, Esq., the second clerk at the table of the House of Commons. Mr. Rickman was of liberal edu cation, and enjoyed the society of some of the first scholars and ablest men of the day, amongst whom Dr. Southey may be named as an instance. He was the author of the prefaces and the arrangements of the po pulation abstracts and returns, and various other valu able statistical Parliamentary returns, also of the " Life of Telford," the engineer, &c. His labours in such de partments were invaluable, giving an interest to, and making those matters readable and comprehensible, which v:ere apparently of the driest and most forbidding character. As an instance of his powers of applica tion, it may be mentioned, that after the returns of the census of 1830 bad been got ready, he was en gaged in preparing the prefatory abstracts or results, and that so intent was he upon those labours, that he never quitted them for six weeks or two months pre viously to their completion, until he bad each morning heard the Abbey chimes announce that it was three o'clock. Before being appointed to the table of the House of Commons, he was private secretary to Mr. Abbott, when that gentleman was Secretary for Ireland in 1801. When Mr. Abbott went to the House of Lords, Mr. Rickman prepared and printed, but for private circulation only, the different addresses of the Speaker, on delivering the thanks or the reprimands of the House, preceded by an exceedingly interesting preface. He also prepared, and delivered before the Committee oa Parliamentary Printing, a highly interest. ing sketch of Luke Hansard, the father of Parliamentary printing—an admirable piece of biography, which was reprinted in the Morning Herald at the time, pointing out the extraordinary habits of business, the industry, precision, and accuracy of the individual with great force. Mr. Rickman was a relative of the n otorious Clio Rick man, but he was at no pains to make that fact known. Ho had attended closely to his duties till within. about the last six weeks. His illness was a swelling or gather ing in the neck, which rendered his breathing extremely difficult, and he could not for some time lie down, but was obliged to be bolstered up in his bed, He died, however, with calmness and resignation, an exemplary member of the Established Church, of which he was a most meritorious member. His salary was 2,000/. a year, fixed by the Treasury on the revision of the offices. He is, as a matter of course, succeeded by W. Ley, Esq., heretofore third clerk, and brother of John Ley, Esq., the first, or rather " the clerk at the table." As it is a patent place, John Ley, Esq., has the appointment of the third clerk, the salary of which is 1,5001. ; and it is supposed that he will appoint thereto one of his own sons. Of Mr. Rickman it may be added that his urbane Tanners and mild intelligence made him a universal favourite. He was one of those fortunate individuals of whom every body spoke well. THE WEATHER AND CROPS. Around us in all directions we now hear the whet of the scythe, and mark the progress of the busy sickle, while the sound of gladsome voices, the crack of the whip, and the creak of the harvest waggon, proclaim that active labour is gathering in the reward of its twelvemonths' toil Arad indeed the husbandman grasps no niggard handful. The wheat sheaf, we are assured, is everywhere full and heavy, and much of this crop, the staple support of the population, has already go. .e to the stackyard or the barn in the finest condition. A good b;eadth of barley and oats, too, has disappeared from the fields ; and the pea crop, deficient we regret to hear, has also been carted. Indeed throughout last week the farmer was undisturbed in his harvest opera tions by cloud or shower—all was ripening sunshine— no storm arose, big with the forked bolts which " Flash from its bulging sides, where darkness lowers, In fancy's eye a chain of mouldering towers"— and the labours of the field proceeded therefore with great activity. This week a few showers have occa sionally suspended the progress of carting, but they were welcome to the uplands, which began to assume a barren hue ; and while we write, the husbandman is vigorously continuing his toil—the gleaner paces the stubble, " Gathering by cars, as rnificrs gather pence"— and a silent feeling of gratitude is strong in a million hearts to that Power who has thus bounteously pro vided for the nation's wants.—Chelmsford Chronicle. The wheat harvest commenced hereabouts rather more than A week since, and from the fineness of the weather has been carried on with much rapidity. A heavy thunderstorm, of two hours' duration, on Friday afternoon, proved very acceptable to the turnip crop without injuring the corn. Between this and Exeter, about half the wheat is already carried, whilst to the west and north there is as yet scarcely any ripe ; should the present week prove fine, there will not in the best corn districts in Devonshire be scarcely any uncut. All accounts concur in representing the wheat to be unusually well kerned, although in some poor soils it is thinnish in the ground, whilst barley and oats are stated to be of good burthen, and considerably more than an average crop is expected of them.—Bath Chronicle. From all parts of the country, reports similar to the above have been received to-day. IRELAND.—Although we have had occasional and heavy showers at intervals since Monday, yet the rain that has fallen has not been of a nature to injure any of the crops ; and we indulge in what we trust may turn out to be well founded hopes, that the change in the moon which takes place to-morrow will restore us to heat and sunshine.—Mall of Wednesday. Since we last addressed our readers there have been some warm and sunny days, almost equal to the summer of a tropical climate, and the crops have made astonish ing progress. Everywhere tha fields have exchanged a green for a yellow appearance, and wave luxuriantly in all the promise of an abundant harvest. The oat crops look highly promising in the Northern counties, and the same remark applies to the whole of Scotland. Last week we were as far south as Dumfriesshire and Gallo way, and the universal remark of the farmers was, " We never had a better prospect of a plentiful harvest, but it will be fully three weeks later than usual." The hay crop has been generally good and well got in. In Ayr- , shire it is delightful to witness the effects of tile drain ing, now rapidly extending over the west of Scotland. Since the date of our last visit, two years ago, many fields about Kilmarnock, which were said not to be worth 4s. an acre, produce excellent crops, and bear witness to the efficiency of drainage. Some of these we observed literally covered with hay, recently cut and stooked in the field, the amount testifying the productiveness of the land, lately little better than mere waste. Within the last year or two the description of oats called sandy oats has been introduced into Dumfriesshire, and thrives as well there as in Morayshire. In a field belong ing to Mr. Lawrie, Terregles-town, the sandy oats look excellent ; and as they ripen eight or ten days earlier than the Angus, Hopeton, or potato oats, this advantage is of great consequence in a fickle and uncertain climate. A correspondent in the county of Caithness states as follows :—" The corn crop was never more abundant than at present ; the hay crop equally good ; the pota toes and turnips looking fine, without any blanks in the former. Altogether this county, with its cheering pros pects of harvest and fishing, its immense export of pave ment stones, and the high price of cattle and sheep, never was in so thriving a state." A gentleman in Morayshire seems to have been electrified by the late weather. "It would almost seem," he says, "as if Italy had tumbled out of its place, and arrived in the province of Moray. Such a delicious two days—the sth and 6th—l never enjoyed before to the northward of 62. Here I am writing with open windows at cloven in the evening, the air soft and warm, and not a puff of wind disturbs the taper." In the west coast the weather has been equally propitious. There has been no rain, and warm suns aro fast hastening on the grain to maturity.—lnverness Courier. PUSEYISM. one" TO THE EDITOR OF THE WILTSHIRE INDEPENDENT. SIR,—In my letter of last week, I stated that one of our clergymen (the Curate) bad preached a ser mon in opposition to the doctrines of Puseyism. It is affirmed that the Rector has since applied to the Bishop, praying that the Curate may be forbidden to , preach in Devizes ; but it appears that the Bishop has not acceded to his request. Circumstances like these cannot fail to awaken the attention of every man whose religion is not a mere sound without meaning. Two appointed pastors so lemly announce that they and their flock are miserable sinners, who have gone astray like lost sheep, and in whom is no health ; yet they are in utter discord as to the means of health and safety. Authorised teachers of the doctrines of the Church of England, they are not agreed as to her very first principles ; alike procl.aiming a message from God to mankind, they are totally at variance as to its meaning. But I do not wish to confine myself to these indivi duals, nor are my remarks intended to be personal. The hector and Curate of Devizes are representatives of two very large sections of the Church of England. The Rec tor has the learned Dr. Pusey, the eloquent Mr. New man, the poetical Mr. treble, and a great many others on his side ; perhaps I might add the Bishops of Exeter and Ripon. With the Curate are the Bishop of Winchester, the Bishop of Calcutta, Dr. Shuttleworth, Dr. Arnold, &c. &c., and the whole evangelical clergy. Both par ties can boast alike the support of immense numbers of regularly ordained ministers of the Church of England, all taking shelter under the wing of the Apostles—all inspired by the Holy Ghost—all empowered to absolve from sin ; but to this hour divided in opinion how, or by what means sins are forgiven—all alike heralds of Christianity, but not yet agreed what Christianity is. I may probably resume this subject in a future letter ; at present I shall restiict myself to a statement of THE DOCTRINES OF PUSEYISM. First. Eternal salvation is to be obtained by the Sacraments of the Church, that is, Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Second. These Sacraments can be validly adminis tered by one order of persons only ; and the clergy of the Episcopal Church constitute that order. Third. This peculiar power, descending to them in unbroken succession from the Apostles, they receive at their ordination. Fourth. Persons not it union with the Episcopal Church have no such pow.- ; consequently, all who are without the pale of the English Episcopal Church and the Church of Rome—all English Dissenters—all Scotch Presbyterians—nay, all the Protestants of Con tinental Europe, have no Scriptural ground of hope that they shall not perish e verlastingly.* I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Z. Devizes, Aug, 11. * See Dr. Vaughan .. On Religicus Parties in Eng land," 1839. 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Agents for Scotland, Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, John Cumming, Dahill', FIRST IMPORTATION OF GROUSE FROM SCOTLAND THIS SEASON.—At noon on Friday the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company's steam-ship Lon- don, arrived at Hore'a wharf, \Yapping, from Dundee, which port she left only on the Wednesday afternoon. She brought a great num b er o f bovs of grouse, being the first '° legitimat e " i m p or t at i on i n t o London from Scotland this season. The London also brought 150 boxes of salmon, a consid e r a bl e num ber of lambs ; and 41: Cl'7ensivo cargo of manufactured goods; _EVENING- EDITION. SECOND EDITION. THE FU/NDS-(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... 1681 India Stock ••• .. 3 per Cent. Red 9Ol : Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons ...... .. 90 Ditto Old Annuities 31 per Cent Red........ 99* Ditto New Annuities BBi New 31 per Cent New 5 per Cent ... ; Ditto 50 01......... 22 m Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 29 p m Jan. 1650 Oct. 1859 l3 5-16 India Stock for Acct...._ Jan. 1860 — Consols for Acct 9o* FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent... Portuguese, 5 per cent — Belgian, 5 per cent lO3 Ditto, New Ditto 34 Briailian Bon's... .. .. 79] Prussian, 5 per cent.... 13uenosAyres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent .-n. ...}s Ditto, 1824 Danish, 3 pei• c‘nt. ... French,s per cent... —f. —c Greek, 1825, .spercent. Exchange —f. —e Mexi,:an, 3 per cent.... French, 3 per cent —f. —e. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. 28 i -t, Dutch, 2i per cent 521 Per uvi an , 1823, 0 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent..... 1021 SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway Great Western Railway .. Ditto New Shares soi London and Brighton Railway London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway ... 169 Ditto Quarter Shares London and South Western Railway ... 57 London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) lli North Midland Railway Ditto New Shares ...... .. South Eastern and Dover.. 14i 42 LATEST FROM AMERICA. The following arc extracts from the American pipers, received to the Ist of August, by the Britannia : CUNARD FESTIVAL. (From the Boston Post.) The Cunard Festival, at East Boston, on Tuesday af ternoon, passed off well, and to the general satisfaction of the subscribers to the dinner. The pavilion was constructed by extending canvas from the principal front of the Mave rick House., to a distance sufficient to accommodate 2,000 persons. By this arrangement the piazzas of the house were converted into galleries, and beneath the lower one a temporary gallery was erected, and the whole were occu pied by ladies, immediately in front of whom were the dig nit2ries and guests, whose privilege it was to sit above the salt cellar. Col. Greene was Chief Marshal, and acted with great ease, promptness, and efficiency. The company were seated at the tables punctually at the hour appointed. Colonel Josiah Quincy, Jr., officiated as President of the day, and was, as ever, exceedingly happy in his contri_ buti.mstu the enjoyment of the guests. The blessing. of Divine Providence was invoked by the Rev. Mr. Stone, of Charleston. After the cloth was removed the President made a short and felicitous speech, which he concluded with the following sentiment " Health, happiness, and prosperity to Mr. Cunard, May he weet with the success and enjoy the honours which are Lip due in both of the countries which he has now united." Mr. Cunard was formally introduced to the company by the President of the day. He was long and loudly cheered, He slake a few words expressive of his gratification at the reception he had met with, and apologised for being so brier by acknowledging that he was not a " speech maker." Mr. Quincy remarked, with ready wit, that if Mr. Cunard was not known by words be was better known, for " his works did praise him." The following sentiment, must enthusiastically received, was then offered from the Chair : " The Sovereign Lady of Great Britain and the Soy°. reign Ladies of America—the one governs all English men collectively, and the others govern all Americans ow l by one." The President then announced " Mr. Grattan, the I.lri. tish Consul," who responded in a speech of florist, elo. quence, and which iCt'med particularly to delight tho " dress circles." The follo‘ting sentiment was then offered by the Presi dent of the Day.— " The Firit d of the Regular Line of Steam Ships—We will say nothiiig about the empire of the seas; but while, Captain Woodruff makes such passages as the la4t, every Yarl:re will say, The steam-ship Britannia :ties the waves.' " ilird ! ' l .l% 7 Lbger, being loudly called for, arose ar,d spoke at leugtb upon the results of steam. He concluded with the following toast : " The Pace of the World—May it long be preserved y th , .; i:alticucc , of evil zation and Christianity, and by the power of all independent nations to defend themselves." By a volunteer : " Justices of our District Court—Fitting guests on deck or dinner table as by statute they have jurisdic tion over all men " half seas over.' " Ills Honour Judge Story responded to the sentiment, and concluded by giving— The me►rory of Watt and Fulton, whose combined geniu; united all nations, abridged distance, ani turned upward the streams of rivers, for the purposes of com. Dance." Ctotain Josiah Sturgis. of the rt , venue Cutter ilamil. ton, the busiest maa alive, gave the following " good "'rile Hon. Slmuel Cunard—the only man who has darcd to beat the Queen." The President then offered the following " Historian of A merica"—a collector of the deeds of the daughter, and rorthy of the deeds of the mother. sir. Collector Bancroft (the historian alluded to), re. spoaded to this complimentary sentiment in a speech of unrivalled clquence. It was beautiful—beautiful—beau. tiftt!. Ile concluded by proposing the following son. " Old England"--she relinquishes the ambition of striving to rule the sea, and effects the nobler purpose of connecting sentiments. By a volunteer. " Our Mother Country"—Unlike ether old women, the older she grows, the handsomer she is. _ , • W. S. Skinner, Esq., Government Agent for the Brit. isb 11Izil, gave the following:— _ _ The prosperity of Mr. Cunard's family —may it be as unbounded as their enterprise and industry." Numerous other sentiments were sent to the table, as maby of which were read as time would allow. The company gave three cheers for the Britannia and quietly retired about eight o ' c l oc k. , (From the Baltimore American of yesterday.) COLLISION OF STEAM-BOAT S .—L oss OF STEA 24.130 AT NORTH CAIIOLINA.—From J. Chapman Huger, Esq., of South Carolina, who reacted this city yesterday morning in the Norfolk steam-boat, we learn the particulars of a fearful collision which occurred at sea on Saturday night last, between the steam-boats Governor Dudley and North Carolina , and which resulted in the loss of the latter beat, together with the passengers' baggage and the U. S. mails for the south. Providentially no lives were lost. These boats both belong to the Wilmington and Roanoke roA Company, and at the time of the collision, wh: te h tour: place at sea, about sixty miles south of Wilmington. the North Carolina was running towards Charlesto n with the northern passengers and mails, while the Qovernor Dudley was on her way towards Wilmington. The collision took place about one o'clock, A.M., of Saturday night last, on a beautiful starlight night, with a pet fcctly calm sea. The boats were going at the rate of twelve or fourteen miles an hour, and were seen by each other for a mile or two before they came together. How they managed to run into each other is not known ; day. captain of each boat was in his berth at the time—havi•tig stood his regular watch—and the mate of each had charge of his respective boat. In the collision which took place the Governor Dudley's bow struck the North Carolina between the ladies' and gentlemen's cabin. The shock was terrible, and its violence. may be inferred from the fact that in ten minutes after it took place the North Carolina had sunk to the water's edge. The passengers of both boats were all in their berths at the time, and had barely time to escape with their lives. The great coolness and self-possession manifested on the trying occasion by the captain of each boat, were doubtless the means of preventing any loss of life. The small boats were immediately manned, and the passengers of the North Carolina all conveyed in safety to the. Governor Dudley. In about ten minutes after every one was transferred to the latter, the North Carolina, theta down to the water's edge, heeled over. passengers r i n e s the_ o ne o N orth f Carol ina whom, General were lost $15,000 in his trunk. Other 3 '.4C : a s Ac s ' e r7sa n olo g n e g : l s oeftrnh a G l eb s ee o Prosar l gs ,: oi s caf t i: considerable sums of money, and some were losers of their little all, The aggregate loss of money was largo, The Goveruor Dualey, had a bole of about four feet square knocked inhet bow, and at fi rst l ea k ed b adly, but th e ; aperture was In a measure closed with blankets, tar pLulins, C. She laid by all night, and the next morn. j ug picked up two or three floating trunks, which were all that was saved from the North Carolina —everything else, ha7ing gone to the bottom in her. The p.lisengers of the North Carolina were all tenon bßck in the Dudley to Wilmington, and while on, the way thither some of the passengers of the latter ge:teriusly raised a subscription to aid those who had lost Owlt all in the sunken boat. The conduct of the captains of the brats is spoken of in the highest terms of praise by the pr,sser.gers. (From the Albany Evr,:ting Journal.) TIIE TROT."..-.Our Troja n neighbours have added to the fleet o f " fl oat i ng pa l a ,, es, ” which already crowd the waters of the Hudson. ' a perfect leviathan steam.b . oat. Much us we had beard their new boat the " Troy" ex tolled, it was nr..t until we had fouro, ourself on her decks yesterday a f .iernoon, in company with about 1,200 ladies and gentlemen from Troy and this city, who had been iu ♦ited to unite in a pleasure excursion to Hudson, that vvei iecame convinced how much reason our sister city bas to be n . ...0ud of her. 'the Troy is unquestionably the largest steam-boat erer launched. We obtained from Captain Tupper the follow ing note of her dimensions. Length on deck, 294 feet ; 28 feet beam ; 61 feet extreme width ; length of !mime.. nade deck, 212 feet ; ladies' saloon on deck, 44 feet ; ladies' cabin, 45 feet ; w ladies' saloon beh deck, 31 f e et ; j dining cabin, 39 feet. Msxrco.—The brig Helen Maria, Sweetser, arrived yesterday from Tobasco, having sailed on the 7th instant. We have a report from the captain of the state of things there, but it is scarcely intelligible. The f or t an d fortifi cations, i appears, are in the band s o f an o ffi cer of the Central Government, the town in that of its opponents, tAbmyetr the ean Central brig S p ea ar r t , y l , lying and it was supposed the latter ould eventually o bt a i n of the been whole. e o I was obliged to drop down th e r i ver. An American ship rjf war was espeeted to ar r i ve t h ere. possession 'rOb s a i° snco o, The .13 - 41iimore America:.; says The creature would h". a curio s ity, Re .s l , - ,ould suppose, anywhere, fro* its enormous size, but it is certainly a rarity in our water's. Its weight is supposed to be about 1,000.b3.7.