The Sun. — London, England, 1840-10-17 00:00:00

EVENING EDITIONV some reported to be mad, and by others an ac:omplice in a conspiracy for murdering the KING, and plunging Europe into war, is DARBES, or DARNIES, a native of Marseilles, and in the fortieth year of his age. When seized,. he ex claimed that his purpose was to rid the world of a tyrant. The musket was overloaded, and, burst ing when fired, fractured the wretch's shoulder. The news of this attempt upon the KING'S life ran like wild-fire throughout Paris. The people were highly indignant, and invoked curses upon the assassin's head. The funds at Toulon fell from 72f. to 70f., but left off at 71f., being a fall o f 1 per cent, on the closing prices on the Bourse. We deeply sympathise with the constant state of anxiety in which these diabolical attempts upon the life of the best husband, father, and master in France, must keep the Royal family and all who are about lila person of the KING. Independently of the horror which every well regulated mind must feel at such attempts upon the life of an amiable man, an d , all things considered, perhaps the very best Sove reign that in a country so distracted as Prance could fill the Throne, it must be peculiarly distressing to the French people to know that their IC ING is the only Monarch in Europe exposed to a constant succession of such regicidal and parrici ' die el attacks. The same official organs of the French Govern ' ant have brought the following news from Syria and E gypt The Government has received this day the de ' li P ate hes brought to Marseilles by the last Levant "Packet, which left Alexandria, Sept. 26. It has not yet received those dated Oct. 3, and which ar rived the day before yesterday at Toulon. Those 26th contain no new fact. They confirm ' c h a t is known—that is to say, that the Lebanon If - as tranquil ; that Mehemet Ali was re-established, and perfectly calm and resolute. No news had been lec. eiv ed from Ibrahim Pacha, but it was known that he was concentrating his forces, and that his plan to surround the Turkish camp formed at the nort h of Beyrout. The coalesced fleet had can „ ° "ded Seid e an d Kaiffa. The insurgents who "has presented themselves at the Turkish camp Were, accordion to the rumours in circulation at b 4lexendri a , some f ew peasan t s of the Kesrouan ; . 1 1 , 1 t the mountains were tranquil, and the Emir Tvi esehir c onstant i n hi s fid e li ty to t h e Vi cero y. The ti4 t iesulrnans, irritated at the attempts of the Chris : It I ts, caused anx i e t y to th e E uro p ean merchants. Was said that they were everywhere disposed to 11:e in favou r o f M e h eme t Ali. I mpor t a nt events ar ! expected every momen t. S uc h was the news WhichA, circulated on th e 26th o f September at Ale xandria. To-morrow, or the day after to . Morrow, the Government will know the despatches of the 3d of October." More detailed intelligence from Egypt will be fo und in another part of The Sun. The departure of the British Consul from Alexandria had occa atoned great alarm and much commercial ember rraesment to the British merchants and residents 4 . Egypt, notwithstanding the repeated assurances MEHEmET ALI that no effort would be wanting " his part to afford them protection. Hitherto - .! the VICEROY has performed his part admirably, so far as regards the protection of Europeans. As we not believe that any attack is intended to be i::; 1 ", „ . 11 ile upon Alexandria, we strongly disappro v e of the injury which is done to commerce by the block -,ade of that port. In consequence of the unfavourable accounts Which reached the Porte of the state of the harvest, ”the exportation of corn has been prohibited for three month s . The French Government has given orders for discontinuing the works for the formation of a . ‘ atN) of 15,000 men a t St ras b urg . p:F l 'a Belle Poule f r i ga t e , comman d e d b y t h e n ee bE JOIN VILLE, was expected to arrive at Helen a about the Ist of August. The. Prussians had stopped on the frontier 650 °l.4. es which had been purchased by an agent of the French Government. M. THIERS at once sent a courier to Berlin with despatches, demand ing an explanation of this affair, and threatening reprisals. This Minister also despatc hed a courier to t he Court of Turin, to demand an explanation of t he military preparations at Piedmont. One might really suppose from all this that France is ti: lily Power that has a right to arm unques in-ned• With respect to the exportation of Ger man horses, we find the following paragraph in the e rs niPs of Thursday Go r man correspondent at Berlin informs us that the t i on man Diet is now engaged in discussing the ques take: w hether or no t a common resolution should be to a "Y the representat i ves o f a ll th e G erman States Prohibit t h e exportat i on o f h orses , w hi c h h ave b een tornntaY be purchased on account of the French Govern hinst It is added, that it is almost certain that a Ca ea der will b e i ssue d from Berlin, prohibiting the taPreb ation of h orses f ro m all the provinces of the mo no Y; but this measure is supposed to be suggested ta r ,., ln uch by political considerations as for the advati '; Or agriculture. was currently addition to the above very interesting news, it lift s currently reported on the Bourse on Thursday r "on that the Queen Regent of SPAIN had arrivedba at Port Vendres, and that the French Am- Al. MATHIEU DE LA RIDORTE, had pro teat.,l a 'm gainstthe appointment of a Co-Regent. Now we re ally cannot conceive what business the French A r lit bassad or h as t h us to i nter f ere i n t h e po li t i ca l o a irs of Spain. Such intermeddling, if carried far, may lead to the abolition of the monarchical P ri nciple i n t h e P en i nsu l a . R oya l ty i s at so l ow a ne bb, ~thanks to the treachery Of FERDINAND anti t he duplicity of CHRISTINA, that it requires ' ‘,:but the intervention of France to extinauish it 0 ‘: ‘4l-it°gether. Ihe feeling of satisfaction with which we ycster presented M. TRIERS' second note to our Je *lers is not diminished by the hours since al °well us for calm reflection. To comprehend fully the moder at i on o f t h e F renc h Minister, it is essen tial to form a lively conception of the difficult and , r eall y alarmi ng p os i t i on i n w hi c h h e i s pl ace d. M. e -ti n iE lls, at the present moment, can hardly be a" a ed a fr ee agent . S urroun d e d by t h e e l emen t s o t ms e° l ll and strife ; assailed by the clamours of a mob indulging in a thousand revolutionary all equally visionary and detestable; al 'list "It down by the obloquy of the Press, and :1 1, , x -rti b a tet i by several of his colleagues , he can nei advance nor recede without danger. True, he dr ought a ll t hi s d an ger upon himself. is inordinate vanity prompted him to as lime the direction of the councils of Eu- L ° Pe and Asi a ; and failing, as he d eserve d to d o , had • `.h e inconc e i va bl e f o lly t o invoke the swore o e f Revolationary France to uphold him, forgetfu that though s.a fool might draw it from the scabbard all the wisdoo of Europe might fail to sheath i w ithout carnage. B u t we are not di s p os ed to dwell upon the errors of a Minister who begins to manifest an inclination to retrieve them. Neither t w e thi n k i t qu i te generous or quite wise to follow the i example of some of our Contemporaries in as !ailing th e French Government with invectives the -I nstant it displays any return towards that mode , Ottian from which it never ought to have departed. A. f ortnight ago, when it was generally believed that 'nothing but fighting would serve France, the tone of the Times, the Chronicle, and the Post, • w as as mild as the roaring of sucking doves ; but now that it appears that war may be avoided, with out any sacrifice of honour or interest on either side, these ,Journals indulge in indecent sneers at • ,~~ i~~ THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1840. the French Government, and affect to regard as quite treasonable and disgraceful the very shadow of a concession to France. We pretend not to un derstand such language on the part of a Journal pretending to support the MELBOURNE Ad ministration. It has a stock-jobbing sound, which altogether puzzles and displeases us. But on the part of the Tory Press, the riddle is easily solved. The Tories want war, and are growing fearful that there will be none. On war, and especially war with France, rests their only hope of overturning the Government. While, therefore, they considered war to be imminent and inevitable, they hypocritically clamoured for peace ; but now that the preservation of peace seems to be in good earnest probable, they are furious with rage and disappointment. The Post, with a naivete amusing from the breadth of its sheer absurdity, hinted yesterday at a project for the utter extin tion of France I Heaven help the writer in the Post stn.mld his friends take it into their heads to call in question his capacity to manage his own affairs. His project for tranquillizing Europe by striking France entirely out of the map, would save the mad doctors and the jury a world of trouble. It does not follow as a consequence that be cause France is unreasonable or mad that England should be so too. The most noisy in their expressions of resentment are those who commit faults, but want the greatness of mind to acknow ledge them. Indecent clamours indicate a con sciousness of weakness. Recriminations do not embitter resentments only—they sow the seeds of future hatreds. When, therefore, M. ODILLON BARROT insulted the Urquhart ite deputation from Birmingham and New castle in the person of its mouth-piece, Mr. CHARLES ATTWOOD, the French statesman was guilty of an act of folly, of which we only care to say that his lifetime may be too short to measure all the bitter consequences. What we think of the conduct of the Englishman who could place him self in so humiliating an attitude, and who so utterly failed to sustain the dignity of his mission, is a different affair altogether, and one which we cannot contemplate without some degree of painful vexation. Yet even in this case we deem it best to ab stain from all recrimination; firstly, because England, conscious of her power, and of the solid rock upon which her glory is based, stands in no need of such retaliations ; and secondly, because it would be doing injustice equally to France and England to suppose them fairly represented at an interview be tween two such men as Mr. CHAS. ATTWOOD and M. ODILLON BARROT. What Mr. ATTWOOD is, our readers on this side of the Channel require not to be told. M. ODILLON BARROT was a patriot when patriotism was common, after the " three glorious days," but he is now a candidate for a seat in the Cabinet, with his friend, IVI. THlErts, and already a placeman in expectancy. On all sides, then, we desire the adoption of a moderate and conciliatory tone. There is really so very little grounds at present for any serious dis• agreement between the two Governments, that no thing appears to us wanting but good temper, and a wish to appreciate matters justly, to banish every apprehension of an European convulsion. After twenty-five years' peace England and F ranee are again threatened with war, and anarchy at home. The repeal agitation in Ireland, inefficien t though it be: . ; the Chartist excitement in England, partially hushed at present ; the poverty, distress, and discontent, which are very extensive ; the late outbreaks, the incipient sedition, the number of po litical prisoners, to say nothing of a falling revenue with an increase of expenditure, indicate a condition of society in England which, for our statesmen, must be more awful than pleasing. The internal condition of France seems, however, still worse. There the half-maddened crowd already threaten the State, and writers are stirring up the people to deeds of violence by appeals to their worst passions, The Journal des Debats, the most careful, the most moderate, and perhaps the best informed of the Paris Journals says, " There is on every side the most furious excitement to insurrection, and the most incredible outbreak of unbridled passions. Who ever is suspected of being favourable to peace is denounced as a traitor, a coward, an enemy to France. The laws are openly set at defiance. The Ministerial Democrats declare their contempt fcr the Charter. The Crown they insult without mea. sure or remorse. The Chambers they threaten, and show them in perspective the vengeance of the peop!e." "By violence of speech they prepare for violence of action." At the end, then, of 25 years of peace, France is threatened by a worse anarchy than England. Such a condition of society is prima facie evi dence against the Governments of both countries. Of what consequence is.it to say that these Ministers have passed wise laws, and that the KING has governed vigorously, when the condition of society, so full of alarm, testifies against a Government ? For twenty-five years the two Governments have had nothing to distract their attention from their home concerns, and what have they done to improve the condition of the people ? Society has, in truth, in that time made considerable progress, but what has either Government done to calm the passions, improve the temper, or extend the knowledge of the people ? For fifteen of those years the elder BOURBONS in France, and the Tories in England, laboured, to the extent of their ability, to degrade and brutalise the bulk of the people, denying them, as far as they could, all moral knowledge but that which the priests deemed to be for their welfare, excluding them from all po litical rights, coercing them into obedience, and racking them with taxes to provide the means of coercion. Almost every useful reform was denied—every corruption retained. Nothing was done for the people—everything for the aris tocracy and the priesthood. All that was contrary to the course of society, and those two Govern ments were obliged to act throughout on a princi ple of violence. They governed by coercion, and set their people the example of gratifying their ambition and attaining their ends by violently over-riding and subduing the will of other men. What wonder, then, that, politically speaking, the condition of society was as bad or worse in 1830 tha in 1815? It was so bad that human nature coul endure it no longer. A revolution changed the dynasty in France, and the milder operation of a change of Ministry prevented a revolution in England. What has been done for the people since ? Almost as little as before. The hopes that were born of the Barricades expired almost before these were removed. Acting on a similar principle to the King he superseded, Lours PHILIPPE has for ten years continually laboured to coerce, while he has flattered, the people. He has done little more than add dissimulation and deceit, applied well firmness and consistency, to the violence which was the ruin of his predecessor. Emeutes and massacres, murderous engines, and executions have followed each other in rapid succession. To ex tend commerce , to im p rove education, to inculcate respect for the rig hts of each other, by the Go vernment showing respect for the rights of the people, seem scarcely to have entered the thoughts of Louts PIIILIPPE and his Ministers. They have been busy adjusting the affairs of Spain, or the still less important affairs of Turkey, while, month after month, and year after year, the materials of anarchy halve been accumula. ting with fearful rapidity under their feet. In one or two, but ordy the most trifling particulars, have the Revolutionary KING and his Ministers de parted from that arbitrary system of organized vio lence, miscalled government, which made the reign of his predecessor deservedly unbearable by his people. Again, then, France and the French Go vernment, are brought into a perilous condition, be cause little or nothing has been done, not even by the removal of restrictions, during twenty-five years, to occupy and delight the people with the arts of in dustry and peace. England has not set a much better example. Why, even now, there is only a talk of negotiating a commercial treaty with France. Even now, though the Reform Ministers have been ten years in power, the bread tax—a more scandalous im post than the gabelle or the corvees which, before the Revolution, were the scandal of France—still takes bread out of the mouths of the people, and chains them back, though they hunger for them, from peaceful and profitable occupations. Par liamentary Reform aggravated the political depri vation and political injury previously inflicted on the lower classes by the strong and distinct line of demarcation drawn by the 101. suffrage. Their hopes were excited, only to be destroyed. Their exclusion from political power, though made more striking and more insulting, would have been of less impo!tance, had those who pos sessed it used it to do justice to the people ; but, with the exception of a little talk about education, and a little reduction of taxes, which have conferred little or no benefit on the labouring classes, the mighty heart of society, nothing has been done for the excluded. There has been some peddling about Church Reform, great assiduity in putting down slavery at a distance, considerable exertions in favour of Belgium and Spain, and now of Turkey; a great desire expressed to extend the Church and increase the number of the priesthood ; but nothing has been done to include the masses within the pale of the Constitution, and make them feel an interest , in the welfare of their brethren. On the contrary, things have become so perverted, that the wealth and comfort of others are insults to the masses ; and a more embittered hostility, we believe, now exists between the different classes, and a deeper discontent with the Go vernment, than ever before were known in England. The Whigs have unfortunately governed too much in the spirit of the Tories. When a Radical Re form was needed, a reform in spirit and in truth, like Louts PHILIPPE they have discarded only a very few cf the errors which brought the political power of their predecessors to a disgraceful close, and, by continuing to act on the same general system, the result is that the empire is threatened by foreign wars and internal anarchy. We deplore this " Condition of England," but frankly own we know not how it is to be remedied. There needs a new heart, as it were, in the ruling classes. They must set the example of bearing some of the burdens of society, and must cease to make laws to escape them all. They must lay aside their bad passions, their intense ava rice, their frightful rapacity, their continual dishonesty, their unceasing infractions of the right of property, before they can hope to see these pas sions regulated and subdued in the masses. 'They must cease to seek their own ends by violence and coercion, or they have no right to expect that the masses will repudiate the use of similar means, or not make it the study of their lives to ob tain wealth and power as they are obtained by the priesthood and the aristocracy. Above all, we should say, let them discountenance, both by their words and their conduct, the present sys tem of the law-maker, perpetually interfering with all the business and all the amusements of life, making himself responsible for all the evils man kind may Le doomed to suffer, and let them give a practical commencement to a more wholesome sys tem, by removing their most injurious restrictions on industry and trade. The Times of yesterday contained a letter, signed " A Land-owner," and dated " Lancaster, Oct. 13," which asserts, " the halcyon days of farmers are long past, and poverty and want are their chief attendants. Eighteen shillings per week (the pay of a policeman), beyond his rent and taxes, is a sum for which many a small farmer would be deeply thankful." Can this be true ? Is it the testimony of a land-owner ? Both are highly probable. The farmers, we know, are, i❑ many places, very badly off. They are ruined by the Corn-laws. We know, too, that, in a great number of cases, the earnings of industry are not equal to the wages given to those who are paid to protect it. Crowds of young men are eager to get situations in the police, or as letter-carriers, or as watchmen, in the several public departments, be cause they cannot by honest industry earn any thing like as good wages as they can obtain in the Government service. If this extend also to far mers, and they cannot get a good living by provid ing a good living for other people, there must be something radically wrong in society. When pro ductive labour is not equally rewarded with the la bour of protection—when the farmer gets less than the policeman, the agricultural labourer less than the soldier—it may be expected that produc tive labour will be left for situations of soldiers and policemen, industry will be without its reward, and the subsistence of society be endangered. If the halcyon days of farmers are long past, when did they prevail ? They have had Corn-laws for twenty-five years. Before the war terminated there were no Corn-laws of any importance. Had the farmers then halcyon days ? They got rich ; they increased their establishments; they improved their mode of living, and had halcyon days. If tradition may be relied on, they had halcyon days also before the year 1790. At least, the few years previous to that period are traditionally remembered by old farmers of our acquaintance as a time of great prosperity, and then there was a free trade in corn. However that may be, the statement that the " halcyon days of farmers are long past, and poverty and want are their chief attendants," while the other classes are doomed to poverty and ruin by Corn-laws, said to be enacted for the benefit of the farmers, is full of instruction. ANTI-CORN-LAW LECTURES.—We learn from the Sheffield Independent that the indefatigable Mr. Ac lard is delivering Anti-Corn-law Lectures in that town with great spirit and great effect. At Sheffield a Dr. Holland published several articles favourable to the Corn-laws, which made it necessary not to allow the people to be deceived. Mr. Acland has been very suc cessful in refuting Dr. Holland's statement. In the con troversies which have been invited at the close of the lectures—though Dr. Holland has not appeared in them—Mr. Acland has replied to objections with ex cellent humour, as well as powerful reasoning. We have not room for even an analysis of the lectures, with a copy of which we have been favoured, as reported fir the Independent. WANT OF CAVALRY HORSES IN FRANCE.—AC cording to the German and French Papers there is a great want of cavalry horses in France. Can this be owing to the extensive system of hand cultivation by small owners which now prevails in that country, and which system some of our well-meaning but not over wise schemers are anxious to spread over Engl an d ? The Chinese when they saw some English dancin g as k e d why they did not make their servants do that, and if they had once seen horses at plough, or a steam-engine tear ing up the ground, and then saw the same service per formed by men painfully tending over the spade or hoe, would they not ask " why not make your m ac hi nes d o that ?" In France the extensive use of spade h us b an d ry teems to have checke d the increase of horses, and to Lave weakened ‘ , re • ffieient arm of modern warfare, un- less horses can be obtained from other countries, THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Plants, 2s. to 2s. 6d. ; C e lery, 3s. to 4s. per doz. ; Onions, 3s. 6d. to 4 9 . 6d. p er sieve.; Carrots, 4 s. to 4 s. 6d. per dozen bunches; Brocoli, 4s. to 12 s. ; Turnips , 3s. per dozen bunches; Apples, 2s. to 12s. per bushel; Spinach, h. 6d. to 2s. per sieve. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. A good supply. Trade wns dull, and prices rather lower. English Eggs, 63. to is. 61, and French, 4s. to . p pe e r r l s 2 tr o m . e e ß f e B e i f b ,. 9 s. 4d. to 3s. 101 ; Mutton, 3s. to 4s. 2d. ; Veal, 3z. 4d. to 4.. Bd. ; and Pork, 3 s. to 45.65. d• d 6 10 WHITECHAPEL MARKET. There was a less supply of Meat at market than usual, but the demand not being large, the supply was sufficient. Prees declined a little. Beef, 3s. to 3s. BJ. ; Mutton s 3s. 4d. to 3s. 101 ; Lamb, 3s. Bd. to 4 s. 10d. ; Pork, 3s. to ss. WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKEL'. TLe market has been well suppli e d during the seek, an I there has been a goo d demand, and prices have been fully supported. Clover 41. 108. to 61. ; Meadow Hay 31. to 5/. ; Straw 1/. 13s. to 1/. 165. TEA MARKET. Prices were firm for free trade, and a good demand existed for both Black and Green sorts. For Company's Congou, 2i. 41 was asked for cash, but not many buyers. TALLOW MARKET. Prices were steady for Russian Tallow at 525. 33. on the spot, and 525. 6d to 53i. for arrivals, but the demand was limited ; both soap-makers and chandlers purchase with caution. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY.—There is not any improvement in the appearance of the market this week ; the demand continues very moderate, and prices may now be quoted generally at one-eighth per cent. lower within the fortnight for American descrip tions, particularly the inferior qualities. Surat go off steadily at previous rates. Brazil heavy of sale. No change in Egyptian, and Sea Islands rather inclined to improvement. Speculators have taken only 350 bales this week, and export buyers 140. The sales to-day are 3,500 bales, of all kinds. LIVERPOOL. SHARE LlST.—Eastern Counties, Bj-; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 902 ; Great Western, Half Shares,43 424, cx. 1-sth 45 46 ; Liverpool and Manchester, Quarter Shares, 422 ; ditto, Half Shares, 85 ; London and Birmingham, 157 155-4- 155 151 ; ditto, 32/. Shares, 421 ; ditto, Quarter Shares, 23i 23 ; South Western, 49g. Scarcely any business doing, prices worse. We hare received Buenos Ayres Papers to the 19th of July. This day (18th instant) completes the 884th day of the blockade. A Brazil Mail has arrived by the Delight, sailed 13th August, but it is of an old date. The quarterly average of the weekly liabilities and assets of the Bank of England, from the 21st July to October 13, 1840, both inclusive, have been published, from which it appears as follows : Circulation This quarter 17,231,000 Less this uarter....... 32,000 Deposits 7,675,000 This quarter.. 6,762,000 Less this quarter 913,000 Securities This quarter 22,782,000 Less this quarter 625,000 Bullion This quarter.. Less this quarter 308,000 THE FUNDS. Consols, left off yesterday at 671 for Money ; and 871 4 for the Account ; at present may be quoted 871 for the 26th November ; Money, 864 87 ; this decline may be attributed to the attempt to assassinate the King of France and the fall of the French Funds ; Ex chequer Bills, 2 4 prem. ; Bank Stock, 164 165 ; India Stock, 244 246. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active which left off at 221 4, may be quoted at 214 224 ; Deferred, • l 0 I 1 ; Passive, 51 1 ; Portuguese, 321 4 ; Three per Cents., 214 ; Colombian, 224 ; Brazilian, 73 75 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 491 il ; Five per Cents:, 944. SHARES.—Great Western Railway, 12 14 prem., ex-fifths ; London and Brighton, 12 111 dis.; Black wall, 4 31 dis. ; Birmingham, 68 70 prem. ; Southamp ton, 51 1 52 per share ; Croydon, 10 i 11 per share ; Greenwich, 6 7 per share ; Manchester and Birming ham, 15 14 dis. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New Gosprt Junction London and Brighton London and Birmingham 9O 154 Ditto 4 Shares. London and South Western 3Bs sos to 504 'fork and North Midland COURSE OF EXCHANGE—( YESTERDAY). Amsterdam CF. 12 4* I Gibraltar 4B Date, at eight 'l2 1* Leghorn . Rotterdam 2U. 12 b Genoa Antwerp Hamburg... ...... M.D. 13 10 Venice r. 4.... 47 Altona - . • 40:4 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto, 3 months 25 50 Lisbon 524,, Marseilles Ilourdeaux Frankfort on Maine ...1484 I Bahia Petersburg, 3 Us 37 1 Buenos Ayres Berlin !Vienna , efrecA• 3AI lO 2 Philadelphia Trieste, ditto lO 3 , PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ. Madrid 36 Portugal Gold(oin £0 0 0 Cadiz 36 Foreign Gold, bars 3 18 0 Bilboa Barcelona Seville ... ........ ___ .. 36 : Silver in Bars 0 5 ol i PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, OCT. 15. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 9ss ; Grand Canal Stock ...... ... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent... 85 Ditto Di tto : R Reduced e l d 83 0... : .. :: : : _ 9641 Ditto 4 per cent ... 53 3$ per Cent. Debs. ...... 88$ I Rosal Canal Stock BOURSE ---PARIS t THURSDAY, OCT. 15. Price Highest P Lo t r c e p st p l , ..a k s e t French 5 per Cents ............ 106 ... 106 53 105 95 ... ;06 4% per Cents ..... 97 ... 97 ••• 97 *" 97 3 per Cent 5..,...,..... 7.) 30 72 80 ... 71 C 0 ... 71 90 Hank of trance ............... 2850 _2BOO ... 2 , 50 ...29,0 I.Alitte Bank 1,0001. IMO OS ... 093 ... ¶ , 93 5,0001. Sh 5005 ...5010 ... 5005 ..5010 Belgian Bank ................. Bto ... 8(5 ••• 800 ..• 805 5 per Cents 93N ... 93 9314 3 per Cents 6l 64 25 ... 63 70 ... 64 '25 Spanish Active t2% 22 % ••• 22 % '-` 2 % Passive 5 ... 5% ... Don Miguel Neapontan OB 98 'JO ... 08 30 itoman 9i ... 97% ... 98 RAILWAY SHARES. i t . Germain Versailles, K. B . 340 ... 345 ••• 340 ... 340 LB. Orleans .. Strasburg to Bale ,. .30 .., 3:17 50 ... 330 ... 337 50 HALF-PAST ONE. The British Queen steamer, from New York, has ar rived off Portsmouth. No papers or letters received as yet. It is reported that the brokers interested in the late Hebrew failure have received some hopes of being paid in full in a few days. It is not expected that the intelligence by the British Queen will be of importa nce, bein g onl y o ne day than the Britannia, received yes terda y . The British Market , wh ich was he avy in the early part of the morning at 87* for the Acc ount, has since i m proved. The following are the fluctuatio ns d ur i ng B the Ba m 6 o r B n 7 i n i g is — . 87i i ; at present 574- ; for M one y, Exohequer Bills. 4 2 prem. ; Bank Stock, 163± 163 ; India Bonds, 13 14 dis. Spanish Active 22* ; In the Foreign Market very little has been done to o ; •and-a-Half per Portuguese, Cents. 49i. and shares are lower. Great Western 2SI i ; London tad t3h2elT present ;Dutch a Share e South Western Midland, 64±. Money 431 " fifths ; London and Brightman, Bi mingham, 154, a fall of 61; 6 1 .0 lower, 50,1 i- i ;York and North in t h e Consol Market only 3 per cent. hmorrauvvrrket inactive, REGISTRATION.-MIDDLESEX. (THIS DAY.) The Learned Revising Barristers resumed their sittings this day at the London Coffee-house. (Before Mr. COVENTRY.) Mr. COVENTRY revised the lists for the parishes of St. Andrew, Holborn ; Saffron-hill, Linco!n's Inn, and Gray's Inn. Dr. John Brereton, head master of the Bedford School, and who claimed for a freehold life-interest in portion of rents of houses in Harpur-street, Red Lion. square (part of the Bedford estate), was• objc - Tted to by the Reformers. Mr. Coppock submitted that Dr. Brereton's office was not one which entitled him to vote. It could not be considered an appointment for life, as he was liable to be removed for just and reasonable cause. Mr. COVENTRY, however, held that it was a free hold office for life, in right of which he was entitled to vote, and the claim was therefore admitted. The Rev. Henry Le Clerk Mesurior, the head Usher of the school, was also objected to by the. Refor mers on the same ground, but was retained on the register. Charles Brereton, John Furze, Charles K. Hall, John Moore, Edward Swann, and William Swepson, under-ushers of the school, were expunged from the list, Mr. Coventry considering that they had not a freehold appointment. Mr. Jacob Jacobs, whose qualification was stated on the register to be for a freehold house, No. 6, Sweeting's alley, was objected to by the Reformers. Mr. Coppoek said that the house had been pulled down and excavations made in the ground for building the new Royal Exchange. Although Mr. Jacobs had, perhaps, a right to be retained in the register, yet he could not vote without subjecting himself to a pro secution, for he certainly had not the same qualification as was described in the list. Mr. Jacobs was much obliged to Mr. Coppock for his hint, but as he was himself a lawyer, he would exercise his own judgment. The fact was, his lessee, to whom he had let the house for nineteen years, had suffered it to be pulled down without his consent, and he thought it would be very hard if he were deprived of his vote in consequence of an act to which he was no party. The name was retained on tha list. (Before Mr. SHADWELL.) Mr. SHADWELL revised the Parochial Lists of St. Sepulchre, St. Giles'-in-the-Fields, St. George, Blooms bury, and the Liberty of the Rolls. Result of the day's proceedings— St. Andrew, Holborn, and St. George the Martyr. Liberal, taken 33, sustained, 20. Tory, taken 16, sustained 10. Saffron.hill. Liberals, taken 4, sustained 2. Tories, taken 1 sustained :. Lincoln's-inn. Liberals, taken 1, not sustained. Tories, taken 4, sustained 2. Gray's-inn. Liberals, taken 1, not sustained. St. Giles'-in-the-xiel3s. Overseers, taken 15, sustained 15. Liberals, taken 15, sustained 13. Tories, taken 8, sustained 5. St. Sepulchre. Liberals, taken 2, sustained 2. Tories, taken 10, sustained 2. The Liberty of the Rolls. Overseers, taken l,not sustained. Liberals, taken 1, sustained 1. Tories, taken 4, sustained 2. The Learned Barristers will resume their labour on Monday next at the Sessions House, Westminster. LLO YD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 17.—Wind this day at noon, moderate, north-w , :stery breeze, and hazy weather. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 16.—Wind, N. \V.—Sailed the Sir Charles Fo, bes, Bacon. Port Philip, with the wind-bound. FALMOUTH, Ocr. 15.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Merlin. Richards, labia. BRISTOL, OCT, IG.—Arrived the Duke of Gloater, Farr, from Cuba. SCILLY, OCT. Ig.—Arrived the Honor, Barker, from Denia ; Marmora, Burkes, Constantinople ; Dart, Denia. DOVER, OCT. 16.—Arrived the Atkinson, M'Donald, from Newcistle. after having been on the Goodwin Sands, and sailed for Monte Video. OFF THE START, OCT. 13.—Arrived the Cornet, Ifalslop, from Rio Janeiro. Stirfir.ns, OCT. 15.—Arrived the Clio, Brodie, from Halifar ; Meanwell, Sims, Quebec ; Princess Victoria, Fcrgusson, ditto; Grenville Bay, Taylor, Davis' Straits, clean. SUNDERLAND, OCT. 15.—Arrived the Jubilee, Giant, from Quebec. CRooKHAvEN, Ocr. 13.—The Velocity, Jones, from Limerick, struck on a rock in the Shannon, and having been hauled on the beach at this place, the fore part of the keel was found to have been carried away. SCILLY, OCT. 13.—The cargo of the Flying Fish, from Liverpool to Syra, has been discharged, very much da maged. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The General Brock, from Africa to London, 4th instant, let. 50, lon. 10 ; Comet, Rio Janeiro to Liverpool, lat. 49, lon. 9, by the Jean Bap tiste, arrived at Falmouth. Athol, Crawford, Clyde to Quebec, 9th ult., off St. Ann's, by the Triton, Wilson, ar rived in the Clyde. Caroline, August 7, lat. 34 S, (cm. 27 E. ; Inglis, 9th ult., off Cape of Good Hoge; barque No. 8,943, standing eastward, 11th, lat. 34 S., log. 24 E. ; Orwell, outward bound, 16th ult., lat. 12 N., lon. 26 W. ; Nautilus, with loss of mizen and maintopmasts, cff the Cape, 26th, lat. 21, lon. 35, which had spoken the Orestes, Liverpool to Bombay; Vibelia, standing East sth instant, lat. 48, lon. 27 ; John Knox, Bombay to Liver pool, 6th, lat. 48, lon. 17 ; Warsaw, Sumatra to Genoa, July 27th, lat. 28 S., lon. 41 E. ; Pekin, bound to the Clyde, 13th instant, off the Mull of Kintyre, by the William Sharples, 11I'Lelland, arrived at Liverpool. Brig Wellington, of Bristol, sth inst, ; John Bell, of New Ross, from Quebec, 9th; Mary Anne, of Leith. 13th, off Cape Char, by the Britannia, arrived at Liverp-01. Countess of Wilton, Liverpool to Leghorn, 29 h u t , lat, 27 ; Lord Castlereagh, Ist inst., lat. 37, by the Mil ton, Alexander, arrived at Cork. Endeavour, Hull to Mirimiehi ; Andrew Ponder, Bri_tol to Quebec, 14th inst., tat. 47, lon. 36, by the John Romilly, Kenstall, arrived at Newfoundland. Moffat, Gilbert, and John Bull, Ormond, both from Bombay to London, 14th ult., lat. 12 N., lon. 25 W. ; Generat Kyd, Jones, China to Lon don, 26th, lat. 38, lon. 40; Drornio, of Boston, 27th, lai. 38, lon. 10, by the Bucephalus, Small, arrived in the C yde. E YEN IN G FRATRICID C U _ ,I ESA • . ; (From the G aze • 77.rditints410:3 Annet Piotte, aged 85, a m• ( ran - 511;e difier of two children, was clisrgcd w hi the murder of his brother. 'File station aml high reputation of the pri soner made it difficult to comprehend the motive he had for the commission of the crime. His mother gave him on his m arr i age the sum of 1,000 francs. Wishing, it appears, to behave in equal manner to her children, she placed her second son, Jacques, in the military service, and bought him a com mission, to complete which she . borrowed money. Annet was irritated at this liberality, and when his mother died, and he came to take possession, his angry spirit grew with the difficulties that surrounded him. He was obliged to go to law, and, doubtless, a faval thought was already germinating in his mind. In the night of the 6th or 7th of June last he went to the dwelling-house of his brother. He knocked at the wilidow of the chamber where his brother and his young wife slept. Jacques awoke ; he opened the window, and his brother informed him that he had received a letter from Theirs relative to their affairs, and said it was necessary they should at once leave for Paris. Jacques refused to take such a journey in the middle of the night, and went to bed. Annet then complained of being fatigued, and asked for sbme broth ; his brother called the servant, and desired her to get up and prepare it. Annet said he woald not give them so much trouble, he would tie satisfied with a glass of water, and asked his brother to bring him one Jacques, to do this, got out of bed again, and had not made many steps when a loud report was heard. He fell, crying " I am killed !" His wife directly rushed to the spot, call ing for help. 'When assistance came, they found the unfortuaa:e Jacques weltering. in his blood, which was flowing fast from an extensive wound in the ab domen. They carried him to his bed, a physician was called in, but all was of no avail. Jacques was mortally wounded, and he died, after enduring hJurs' suffering. Who was his murderer? E - very body pointed at the accused. His very victim had charged him with the crime. ; he cried," It is my brother, it is Annet who shot me." At the time, too, when the accused had appeared at the window to call his brother, his wife saw his figure by the of the moon, and also recognised his voice. The servant and a workman had likewise heard the conversation between the two brothers. Annet, alive to the terrible accusation against .hint, endeavoured to avert its consequence by producing evidence on his own behalf. He attempted to suborn two persuns—he dragged one of them to the house of the Mayor, after having made him drunk—to de clare that they had passed the night together ; after wards he went to the bed where his brother was lying in the last agonies of death ; he offered him his :- hand, the band that had given the fatal blow! the dying man refused it, and accused him of being his mur derer. Aunet then threatened him that he would indict him before the tribunal for slander. However, justice be came acquainted with the facts, the King's Procureur ar rived. Annet preseets himself to bins. Ile counted, no doubt, upon the disposition of the witnesses whom he had suborned to nullify the accusation brought against him. However, he was arrested, and confronted with the corpse of his brother. The falsity of his alibi was soon discovered. He became agitated, and his frame appeared paralysed, end at last the terrible secret which had remained in his breast was divulged —he made a confession to the gendarmes of his crime.. it was hatred, he said, prompted him to the commis sion of the crime. lie also said, that finding himself alone on the 6th of' June, he loaded his gun. with projectiles of different species ; that he went into his cellar, where he " drank a good draught to give him courage ;" and that he walked with all possible speed the two leagues that separated his brother's dwelling from his own. The rest is known. This confession he repeated before the Magisterial authorities with the same details and same circum stances. He indicated the spot where he left his gun after the crime had been committed. He also showed his ammunition. Such were the heavy charges brought against the accused, At the examination of the witnesses was present the widow of the murdered man, a young woman who is not more than 18 years of age. When the President proceeded to interrogate the tic. cured, his sobs prevented his articulating a word in reply. The President then took his seat closer to Annet and proceeded to ques:icn him. He then pre— sented a penitent and grievous appearance, that of a mart quite eperdit, gasping and struggling against the facts, the evidence and danger of which he perceives, catching eagerly at the last chance of safety which seems ever to elude him. Tots horrible struggle lasted more than an. hour. He then withdrew his confession, maintained; that he had kited his brother by accident when he carne to the window by making a false step, which brought his gun in contac with the window sill, and accidentally discharged it, and that he regretted above everything this misfortune, for he was very fond of his brother. This line of defence was of no avail. M. Jallon, the Advoc.,te-General, easily proved its improbability by all the circumstances of the case, showing likewise it was incompatible with the situation of the place where the crime was committed. The defence was powerless. Toe Jury, after tl - ..ree quarters of an hour, gave a verdict of guiity on ad the - - charges. Annett Piotte was condemned to death. He ap peared plunged into a state of insensibility, and was led. away in a state of unconsciousness. THE JOCKEY CLUB.—At a meeting o f the Jockey Club, held yesterday, to consider the propriety of abolishing the first October meeting, a proposal to that effect was negatived by a large majority. lG th H e L H A ig li h D la S t . l -- ds Ord toterrilisEoften E a A L i e ! E settled m H o E n t in the present seems destined to be no ex cept i on to the'rtaile. n Warm sunny weather now prevails in th e north, and the concluding portion of the harvest will b e gathered under highly favourable circumstances. A gentleman in Bade_ nosh complains of partial damage from frost, and conti nued rains, up to the middle of last week ; but we have more cheeting accounts from Ross shire. One fanner staics that he has got his crops in, and instead of twenty stacks, which he had last year, he has now forty. vr t know another in the immediate nighbourhood of this town, whose crop is alio doubled.—lnverness Courier. WINES IN FRANCE.—PARIS, OCT. 12.—Th e , vintage has terminated in every part of France, with the, exception only of the districts of La Brie and the Gate uais. The wine is throughout of very fine qualty, and may be considered equal to the produce of the year 1838„ and likely to realize the sample prices then obtained. FRAUDULENT DEBTORS.—A paragraph ap peared in the papers of Thursday, stating that-it was in tended to bring forward the subject of remanded insolvent debtors before the Court of Common Council, with the view of stndin,g the prisoners remanded for fraud to the county prisons, and not to allow them, as at present, to mix with the unfortunate debtors preparing to appear be fore the Insolvent Court. It is impossible to carry such an intention into effect without a statutory authority. Neither the Insolvent Debtors' Court nor the Court of Common Council can alter the custody of a debtor. PARISII OF ST. MARYLEBONE.—Yestaraay a general meeting, of the Directors and Guardians of the poor of the parish of St. Marylebone, took place in the Board-room of the Workhouse, New-road, for the purpose of considering a proposition, of which notice had beeni given, for raising the salary of the Rev. P. Moody. the chaplain to the Workhouse, 50/. a-year. Mr. Nisbut moved that the salary of the chaplain be raised from 1501. to 2001. a-year, which was seconded by Mr. Grange, a n d after a long discussion, in which considerable asperity was: dis p layed by the speakers, the motion was lost by a majority of three—the numbers being, for the motion 9, against it 12. GUILDHALL.-(THIS DAY.) THE MAN WITH THE CARPET BAG.—A middle aged man of gentlemanly appearance, who gave his name John Gough, was brought before Mr. Al derman WHITE, on a charge of robbing seve ral hotels and taverns in the City. It appeared from the evidence of the waiters at the King's Head, in the Poultry, that the prisoner, a few nights ago, walked into the coffee-room of that hotel, with a carpet bag in his hand ; he had supper, cigars, and wine, ordered a bed, and went to it without asking for his bill. la the morning he walked out, with his carpet bag well filled with sheets, pillow-covers, shoes, and some stray spoons. The next night he paid a similar visit to the Woolpack, and in the morning was walking off with as little ceremony as he had obseeved at the King's but the waiter laid an embargo upon the well-staffed carpet-bag, and finding that it c ontained several pairs ' of shoes, some waistcoats , and o ther articles of dress, belonging to gentlemen who were sleeping in the house, he gave the prisoner into custody. From iLquirits which the waiter made, he had ascertained that the Woolpaek and the King's Head were not the only hotels in the City which the prisoner had favoured with his custom, and Mr. Gough was remanded to Wednesday next, in order to give an opportunity of bringing forward other evidence against him. BRIGHTON IN CASE OF A WAR. The question has been started,—and it is a critical one,--What would be the situation of Brighton in ease of war ? Would it not be helplessly exposed to the rami,res of the destructive engines, shells, rockets, Ste., used in bombardments, and of the power of which in levelling' whole towns to 'the ground, we have a striking example before us in the fate of Beyrout? We have still visible proofs (on the walls of our Ofd Church) that the town has not always escaped the assaults of an enemy ; and what claim to immunity does it now pos sess, when become of so much importance, and possess ing as it does public property in the shape of a Royal Palace, and a battery to protect it ? This apparent means of defence alone would prove an ample justifica tion of a hostile attack, from which private property similarly situated is otherwise generally considered exempted in civilised war. Besides, if the assailant, whoever he might be, wanted a plea, might he not find it in our own treatment of the city of New York in the last American war ? If, then, we cannot find protection in the charac ter of our town, can we in the nature of its de fence, or situation ? However this might be the case in former contests with Powers possessing vessels of war (though the instance alluded to above shows that it has not been so entirely), the application of steam to the purposes of naval war makes it folly longer to rest upon it. An armed steamer could at any moment station itself within a short distance of the town, with• out any fear of batteries, and do irreparable damage in a few hours. The night might be chosen for such an attack, and the slumber of the inhabitants might be broken by the bursting of shells, the roaring of cannon, and the rushing of rockets. The opposite port of Havre, or even Dieppe, which extensive improve mepts made by the French Government have reniered capable of receiving vessels of considerable size, alight furnish out steamers which in six or seven hours would reach this coast and find it utterly unable to resist any attack. There would be no waiting for the wind, or fear of not regaining the protection of its own port. It might sally forth, do the mischief, and be back again safe in harbour before the intelligence could be conveyed to any Government maritime stations. Should not, then, some steps be taken against this danger in which thousands—nay, millions of property may be involved, while yet there is time ? When every moment may bring a declaration of war from Paris, should the extent of coast from Dover to Portsmouth be left unprotected, and not only Brighton but Hastings, Worthing, Shoreham, and other places, be left to the chances of war.—Brighton „ .. h e - LITERARY PHENOMENON.—Our Thursdays Contemporary assures us that ” within these few days were congregated here (and some still remain) the fallow ing persons of note in literature and the drama :—Sir Charles and Lady Morgan, Mr. Poole, Dr. Croly, Messrs. Young, Liston, Jones, \Vallack, C. Kean, Mrs. Davison, Mrs. Liston, Mrs. Coleman, (formerly Mrs. Gibbs), and Mrs. Mountain ; Messrs. Morris and Bunn, (ex -managers), and three of the most eminent of the Loudon pub ishers, Messrs. Murray, Colburn, and Longman. So here were LS--Report on 3 ` tfi T A he Pi. u i s l ual hoursoft page ok materials at the head of- the Chain Pier tot managing a playhouse, writing a play, and acting it better than at any theatre in London—to say nothing of the rival publishers, Milis lB4 a o nd —A Facto- eaer to contend for the honour of ushering it through the tr,o; . ,erg A s: C j E . ordered li to Saunders, b e E sq.,printed says,l press."—Brighton . Herald. are, abaut Nottingim, TWENTY, hours a day II " w J ht when the lac e - machinesare at Mr.r:. In allusion to the refusal by the Government of 72 an d 75, says, Ithe memorializing hop-grower's taquest to ba allowed the Bury, pc,. .children are up at all hours of the ig ? ii at workuse of the public money, the Kent Herald remarks that r genera. y TWENT Y " few of the planters will be disappointed at this result They hours a day II 1 The They a e•l5 years of children, floin 9 to whole • age, are abliged to be in they could hardly expect any other, as they are already the mills during the night, and the day too. They favoured beyond any other class of tax-payers, and the get out till t ver seldom en or eleven o'clock, and where failure of the crop in 1840 has little relation to the duty theylaee.mills are workat d. TWaNTY - FOUlt hours a day, the imposed for the crop of 1839. Besides these gentlemen children roust be, t h eu r r o l m i sa whole of that twenty-four (nee actually petitioned against the abolition of the hop hours, either on the p I , r . the s ' Or whPre they can be called duty in order to preserve their monopoly." out of bed, where Yare wanted !! t,, DOVER.—A gentleman who has been a visitant AIILITARY ACAD ROYAL ENty,_Thirteen of for a few days in Dover, placed 50/. in the hands of a cadets: the senior gentle mer ! in e t , o II - of this institution have been friend residing here, to be distributed to such charities in removed to quarters a opal Arsenal for greater con- Dover as might be considered to be most in need of assis venience in pursuingtho theirinstruction studies. It is intended, in tance, only requiring that the donor's name should be future that, before ted, i sructien of gentlemen cadets is withheld from the public. The !money has been dis!ri c°luP e manner they must acquire a thorough buted as follows :—The Dispensary, 101. ; Humane So consideredknowledgeof the of making the various compost- ciety, 10/. ; Loan Society, lot. ; Lying-in -Charity, 51. ; Cons used in the ordnance service, and for t ha t purpose they must go throu g h a practical course in the departments Mariner's Benevolent Society, at. Some boatmen were appropriated to tiler workss. in the Royal Arsenal. This on Friday last brought before the Magistrates, and fined addition to the previe:u instructions requisite for gentle- 165. each, including costs, for ov:.rehbargiag passenger, men cadets, who ultimately would become officers of the la di. g fiem ti e French pocket. Royal Artillery, will render prove of this branch of the service A CIRCASSIAN MAIDEN.--The maidens of most efficient! and . I p , o great v a l ue t o tho s e who are Circassia arc allowed a latitude in their behaviour which appointed to 1 r! o ig e on the station,. In cases c f e mer gency an i s elsewhere unknown; not only do they tails and dance officer's knowledg .. nature and composition of corn- with the other sex, but when they please, they exercise bustibles of this description must prove invaluable to him their blandishments to an extent that to a stranger is no sad to his country. ' less perplexing than agreeable. Guechimaf, however, was Great complaints, according to the Augsburg, a girl of spirit, and properly resented this invasion of her Gazette, are made by captains Of vessels navigating the privileges, giving us all to understand that she was rrady Lower Donube, of the neglected state of the Sulina to elope from the paternal roof with the first of us that Mouth, which the Russian authorities take no pains to i chose it. to Stamboul.—Longsteorth's Year among the c l e ar from sand. '‘ Circassian& THE EGYPTIAN FLEET. As a preliminary to real operations, the Paella has held a Council of War, and resolved to permit all the Turkish officers who hesitated to fight against the Sul tan to return to Constantinople. Above 200 have availed themselves of this permission to retire, and a ship is now fitting out to convey them on their return. The Pacha retains only four in his service in offices of high trust and dignity. One of these is Achmct the Admiral who brought the fleet from Constantinople. The Pacha still keeps all the sailors. Great exertions are making to complete the equipment of the best ves sels of both fleets, and he boasts that to-morrow he will have 18 frigates and 8 line-of-battle ships ready provi- sioned and watered for their voyage. The number of Turkish officers and sailors that be longed to the fleet when brought into Alexandria by Achmet Pacha, was 21,000, of which nearly .5,000 have died. 4,000 are employed as soldiers in Syria, and about 1,000 deserted, making the number at present rc maininl to be about 11,000. These vessels are (like the Pacha's own fleet, equipped with crews nearly half Turkish and above halt Egyptian. They consist of tvvo line-of-battle ships, four-deckers, and six line-of- battle ships, three-deckers, 12 frigates, one corvette, and two brigs. These are still commanded by Achmet Pacha. The Egyptian fleet is under the orders of Mustapha Pacha, with the title of Meer Meeran, equivalent to Admiral or General. His force, considered sepa rately from that under the command of Achmet consists of-- 11 Line-of-battle ships, with from 90 to 108 guns each. 5 Frigates - - - 54 - 68 5 Corvettes - - '22 - 26 6 Brigs - - - 14 - 18 2 Cutters - - 12 1 Steam frigate, the Nile, two 85-pounders, and four 32-pounders. 140 men. 1 Steam brig, the Boalac, (formerly the Tuscan Generoso,) two brass 10-pounders. The equipment of the Turkish portion of the fleet is as follows : 2 Line-of-battle ships, four-deckers, 120 and 132 guns each. 6 Line-of-battle ships, three-deckers, with from 64 to 100 guns each. 12 Frigates, with from 52 to 72 guns each. 1 Corvette, 26 guns. 2 Brigs, with from 18 to 22 guns each. The quota of Egyptians in the crews of both fleets is 14,500, total about 25,500 ; but the present state of ransition of allegiance in which the crews of the Turkish vessels appear at this moment, renders all at tempt at ascertaining with accuracy the number of bands on board a hopeless task. It is, however, gene rally believed, that the Pacha will strengthen his fleet by this permission to the loyal or disaffected (call them which you please) to depart in peace. To these we must add the old frigate burnt down to the water's edge, named the Giafferia, now fitting up as a floating battery, besides a great number of gun-boats. Then the Pacha has in the river Nile two iron stearners —Egyptian and Ibis. One is furnished with an engine of 45 horse power, made by Napier of Glasgow ; the other with two engines of 10 horse power, made by Maudslay If London. The steam-frigate, the Nile, is furnished with two of Bolton and Watt's engines, of 110 horse power each, ;:nd was built by Fincham of Blackwall. Her 84 pounders traverse in a circle at the bow end stela, on the plan of the Medea, and will carry three miles. 'lle Buulac steam-brig was built in Alexandria, with ,wo engines of 60-horse power each, constructed by \'Vinw•ood, of Bristol, fitted up as a packet for IV Rosetti, and first started under Tuscan colours as I Genereso. The latter two vessels, however, canno' avail the Paella in case of hostilities at the present moment, for their engineers are all Englishmen (two Messrs. M'Alpin, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Allen), and, of course, will not set a paddle in motion against their countrymen in the offing. The stokers are natives, and stand fire in their own way very well, but know net how to open or shut a valve. The Turkish ships are for the most part framed of oak, and stouter built than the Egyptian, which are princi pally composed of Syrian fir, so badly put together that the planks start and yawn with each salute, so that the guns and pumps are kept going in unison. They sound the leak after a broadside. It is no wonder, for the majority are put together with tre nails ot cast-iron brought from England as a great im provement in the at t of ship building by the Pacha's ar chitect, who had a handsome per tentage on the pur chase, whereas he could have nothing in the way of commission if the Paella's carpenters in the arsenal had been employed to shape them out of oak. Then they arc badly caulked, and altogether such rickety concerns (being got up in haste to frighten the late Sultan), that it is feared they will net bear hauling up on the inclined plane which the Pacha is building. In the present era ot naval architecture they are just tolerable to look at in their status quo, as floating batteries, being kept very neat, and fully manned with hardy, active crews, whose daring, perseverance, and fortitude are undoubted ; but the moment they are moved out into proximity with British line-of-battle ships we shall see sad havoc made of them. In the first place, only five of the large Egyptian and three of the Turkish liners can sail out with their guns, water, and provi sions in, the reet is so shallow at the harbour's mouth. Unless favoured by a very accommodating wind, the Asia and Implacable would suffice to cripple them singly as they came out, and put each and all hors (it combat in the old Curiatii style. Their knowledge of naval tactics is in its infancy, and their ideas of naval di sc ipline in its schoolboyhoo d. Ever y man in the ship talks as loud as he p leases, and g ives his own, opinion on things in general , w hatever is g oing on. Ihe neis e in the fleet may be heard distinctly every day a ll along the shore. Imagine what a buzz there Would be in the hive if one of their many-hooped masts came down with a chain-shot ! The confusion created would be irretrievable . As it is, 1 know not how they get through their daily labours, for all the decks may be seen strewed with good Musulmans on their kne es an d noses , occupied at all hours in their orisons, and it i s tinful for the boatswain to start them, though he cannot I avoid stumbling over them. Major-General Sir John Jones, Bart., of the Royal Engineers, has been erdered by the Master-Gene ral - of the Ordnance to embark forthwith for Gibraltar, to inspect the fortificetions of that station. Sir John was staying with his family at Cheltenham, when he was unex pectedly ordered on foreign service.— Glebe. The Police have at last succeeded, aided by the inhabitants, in suppressing the slumber of disorderly houses: which exieted on the Skinners' estate, in the immediate nriehbceohoed of Burton -crescent. The names of three of the most notorious streets have been altered to Hastings, Thanet, and Sandwich -streets. The Sheriff of Carroll County, in Louisiana,. Mr. J. Colman. was shot on the 20th ult. by a negro-. stealer, whom he was pursuing. The villain waited unte_g the Sheriff came up t o hi m , w h en h e fi re d, an d the Sher/ fell dead ; but i n f a lli ng h e di sc h arge d his piece, an wounded the thief mortally. The Journal tht Havre quotes a letter which. Marine by parties has been received from the Ministe d r f o o f r lttersofm P arq: —Thegreat foot -race GREAT FOOT-RACE. - in ease of war breiline• our. Tie ma I Minister merely au-- for 50/ came in that town, replying to his de se and states itres al Slade and Nelson, ~ -erne off yesterday. tween being warted - note ' has been 1- •• of it in case of its , to The place selected Slade . ta sea ground, St. John's-wood. is well known as a C. refer to. destrian of the first order, and has accomplished great I•nowledges the receipt of the demand, of the trustees of the Bah, Nelson may be considered a novice ;heis a gentle- From the last report i.other item!, that a mongs. the aa... feats. •t it a ) ,csrs, man's servant, who has done two or three private wagers rough Mirk,. t f 11 of the market amount to 605/. ; the weekly r are r satisfactorily. Indeed, the fact of his being matched nual to' let tradesmen slid others, to 1,04fq ee -, to against Slade speaks volumes in favour of his pedestrian casual s landir to 601., and the pitching stands to 115/: acquirements. A great number of sporting men assem- the cart stands to steriels of the old Grammar School were; bled by half-past three o'clock, and at four the start took annually. l, for T e; z. 1 A new school is to be erected in theak sold . late ~ a p l a ce ; betting being 6to 4 on Slade. On the signal being given Slade took the lead, his opponent being v icinit y . ers a yard behind him. At h a lf t h e di stance he was st i l l t h e STATUE OF JOSEPH STRU TT , E sQ. --- v sw, el same length in advance and maintained it. Slade WOO 2 eV ned uneerstand that an a Jour .meeting of the woriiiir reld on Monday evening last, for by two yards, accomplishing the distance in eleven seconds classee wasl CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Yesterday Cateaton- o f Vi street, from Basingball-street to King-street, Guil Joseph . was, y order of the Lord Mayor, closed against cars rt.. of byelcrtions preparatory to the houses on its . ne . . ern side beieg pulled down, for the purpose_ o._ bets; SO t a ki ng into consideration the er • erection of a statue toe ' I hail, Strutt, Esq., as a token of gratitude for his munifi-si iages cent gift Q f the Arboretum. A committee was appointed b and ail address to the public, which s f widening in g, was agreed to.—Derby R eporier. The veteran Reynolds, vas read to th e mee's4 - ... the street. This is an alteration long desireeat each L oth er, \ narrow that two vehicles could not will render the communication between Lothbury much more safe and convenient, and pass King.street and . ber of dramas, whose onvenient, as city. author of a great Immo. first play, called Weriet, wail well as add brought out sixty years ago, has 4 a new piece accepted 8 4 Covent-garden Theatre. 1 to the improvement of that part of t he