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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE FRANCE. _2spondence of the Morning PARIS, MONDAY, Sept. 7, Half-past Four. 'rivate Co' morning has had all the appearance of a 'e being at hand. Several thousand work the plain of Ville Juice and Chatillon, and upied the Faubourg St. Antoine, and at- _..e attempt was no sooner a squadron of garde municipal nt the engineers of the barricade os. This circumstance had, how iusand reports were put in circula iris. The garde national beat to the line. horse and foot, were pa ,. Strong patrols were directed to the mob had attempted ♦iolence a ave bee❑ instantly made. The peo .s on hearing the drums beaten, and Thus the public ..;d those not acquainted with the _:eved that an insurrectionary movement 7.\:ot a shot, however, was fired up to four nerally imagined that the night will not riot. However, the government is so ll3uld think the riot must instantly be ',hors of it sacrificed without mercy. :11, no doubt, leave Paris to-night— , as I have had persons every ten collected, and up to this hour there mischief done. A regiment of cavalry are stationed near the Tuileries, and non arc paraded on the quays. Should take place I will despatch a courier. Faubourg St. Antoine had no offensive ks ; but they used their tongues pretty ly scandalised at the national guard it them. " What are these imbeciles ling here?" they exclaimed. " The ire amongst them." The day is par e well-dressed people of Paris are on lilies appear to have made a toilette me. amusement i is correct • MONDAY EVENING, Eight o'clock. ty is perfectly tranquil—not a single riot has oc-, rid the crowds have dispersed from the Boulevards is places. The alarm has gone down, but some pc°. nd that a riot will take place in the night. Ido not is now considered to have arisen from se, and the great indisposition of the so that any large seller or buyer can quotations two per cent. in half an Lang in the evening papers but a proclamation A of police, enjoining the people to keep order, ng official report of the day's proceedings : (From the Moniteur Parisien. signed to pleasure :ation of work continues ; . Antoine and of the Fan. filled wish masses of idle labourers, horn excited the uneasiness of the popula- Dne o'clock it was said that a barricade had in the Faubourg St. Antoine ; fora moment to believe that collision was imminent. Im the orders of Marshal Gerard, and according .v -arranged plan, the city of Paris was covered ordinavil gal guards, troops of the line, &c., the distribution carefully calculated, rendered any eineute impos o ensure its immediate suppression. No ; taken place. The barricades were de osition. The government has reason to 11 not be disturbed. The groupe which :d to raise the barricade, and which did not seem to ) the operatives, took the direction, after having been Marde and Vincennes. Strong detatch followed them." 1, of St THE AFFAIRS OF THE EAST. kIENCEMENT OF COERCIVE MEASURE* AGAINST IET ALl.—Tlie Paris papers of Sunday contain matter iderable importance. The Monitevir publishes the " Alexandria, Aug. 20. ier, on the 14th, summoned the Egyp icunte Syria. He issued_ several pro- e anressed to the Emir Bechir, who sent with new professions of his devoted- ' Malta, September 1, announce that the co, which left Beyrout on the 24th, and ith, arrived in Malta on the 31st. e from Beyrout Commodore Napier, not in obtaining the evacuation of that city by 'nchored farther out with his four ships. ;sh troops had not arrived. of Tur ral Stopford was before Alexandria with three ships ine, one frigate, and two British steamers, with two frigates, and a corvette. t Ali persisted in his refusal. Alexandria en most perfest tranquillity. Rifaat Bey was still ance," said he, " for not having signed the m. It is a consolation to me and gives me deeply affected by the service she has ren ig to make my rights prevail, and I If it suited her to oppose the four eten proud to fight at her side, and I ced my fleet, my army, and my son under a not do so, I appreciate her reserve. I should have I If she ( as are not similar, and perhaps our movements lam independent. Let France act as she pleases, ()just and violent treaty has been entered into !. I will not attack those who signed it. I shall ;ient and moderate, but I will shed the last drop of in order to preserve the empire which I have If the powers confine themselves to blockading of Egypt and Syria, I have the means of waiting, I wait without drawing my sword. But let them Jean d'Acre or Alexandria—let them endeavour to le insurrection of Lebanon, and I shall immedi rmy son to pass the Taurus. They wish to make in Syria. On the flank of my army I will make a Minor, where the population is at present ready my voice. I am the representative of Islamism. claim the holy war, and every good Mussulman range himself on my side. They think to frighten me coalition of the four powers. I shall know how to dis :it by marching on Constantinople. I will light such a is that Europe will have enough to do to mind her own •s, and the Ottoman empire will be saved. Whatever ens, I shall have done my duty, and I submit• to the rier concludes by stating " that Mehemet Ali is - tis moment of the peace of Europe, as he may pleases the Russians to the Bosphorus, and the the Rhin letter from Alexandria, referred in the Journal des , stated that " Mehemet Ali had forwarded to Ibra tructions to pass the Taurus, and march on Constan t but that, on the remonstrance or representation of Walewski (lately arrived on a mission from Paris), he ed counter orders." This statement was, however, red in Paris in the light of " a puff for the son of -proprietor of the Messenger, in this his ter fro dria, dated the 27th of August, given rce, states that Sir Moses Montefiore and M. e about to raturn without having succeeded in the Pasha having declared that done in the affair, without the of their is confirms the statement that the had addressed a note to that of France, .eaty of the 15th of July, and which was ratter (to France). !zette of the 2d instant announces, under ~ that Lord 13eauvale, in consequence of actions frou► his government, would not avail him- Abseilde he had obtained to proceed to of recruits lately ordered by the Em created much sensation at Konigswirth ; xas calculated that it would exceed by anatory of tt sfactory char lugsburg Ga. Kuss of preceding years. ais publishes a letter dated Milan, the ilces that a great movement of troops rough the province of Venetian Lom- At Ven ‘lilanto number of operatives employed at the 1, and they are working day and night nplete the Austrian squadron cruising ordinary levies of seamen are being :111.011;y-11mA the maritime districts of rusilia, mid Mestre. ma they work on holidays (which is a) at the fortifications of the city. the country is covered with troops, led with German and Hungarian bat- r.souncr.s OF MEHEMET ALI )9 men has just been decreed. 'ench nava(officer, attached to the per just been ordered to visit the coast, and sever a landing can be made. one - of which is armed with 100 cannon , h ave plain where the French army landed ; le Rosetta are defended by a numerous It is said that the Island of Pharos is to be for- 1 Boga be following be relied on as an accurate account of by Ibrahim Paella, at Ma- Men. 112,000 eel by Ibrahim Pacha, at 'Tripoli d by Abbas Pacha, at St. 25,000 rout, andiebanon. This corps by the troops from Mecca and i and I At Alexandria 43,000 35,000 6,000 5,000 8,000 [I troops of the line scattered over the 5,000 32,000 20,000 301,000 farseilles ILAN D INDIAN MAIL NEWS FROM INDIA, AND EGYPT. 'rivale Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) BOMBAY, July 23. st month China and the progress and prospects ;e expei:itien have furnished the leading topics the west of India. Sixteen transports, together esty's ships Wellesley, Cruiser, Algereine, and Atalanta, sailed from Singapore on the 30th of re shortly afterwards followed by her Majesty's the transports Fnttay Salem, William Wilson, h Ainstie. Considerable impatience for the f the admiral was manifested at Singapore, ►ors could be gathered of him up to the 9th of Carian, Capt. Pope, which had sustained damage e from Calcutta, so soon as prepared would in th.- tket nithout the least possible delay. ru►n Ceylon, with a detachment of her Majesty's wa , , at anchor in Singapore Roads at the date on, which reached Bombay on the ~r on the 10th of June ; spoke her lie, Rear-Admiral Sir G. Elliott; ps sent for China. By this intelli of all difficulty as to the cause of the [lice at Singapore, whither he is under mation of his intended route up to the [.ll received. By pursuing this route, !,,tior in the rate of his progress of rts, the admiral was expected to reach tame date with the Singapore convoy, n•ed to he about the 10th of July. Opera are in all probability commenced, and by [cation I may have intelligence of their ch interest, to convey to you. formation from China is meagre and unsatis iny thing very stirring expected, until we al of the fleet. plan o: operations nothing is definitively known. - neral opinion amongst those whose opportunities 'neatly qualify them to judge correctly, t favourable circumstances, at least one )se before there is any chance of the re and this from no apprehension of our lition suffering any defeat, but from the very nature of the peculiar genius of the Chinese government .er the 1, and t and pe,Dpie ; u even the battering down of Canton, the oc cupation of any of the islands on the coast, or the destruction of several of the seaboard cities, would have no influence whatever on the Emperor. It is only by entering directly on negotiations at Pekin that any good can be expected to re sult ; and this, even supposing everything were to go on as prosperously as could be desired, must be the work of time; meanwhile the protracted interruption of trade must be pro ductive of the most injurious effects both to India and Eng land. Already is the market of Canton swept of its teas, which were being bought up at most exorbitant prices, and the defalcation in the English revenue from ihe short supply of the present, and the entire stoppage of the next year, will be severely felt in England. Accounts from Canton to the 12th of May state that an edict had been issued, offering a high rate of pay to every one willing to join the celestial army. The women of the coast had been sent into the interior, and the paucity of our num bers was a standing joke in Siam as well as in China. Government have chartered a number of additional ves sels to convey troops from Madras eastward. The intelligence from the north-west provinces, if not more satisfactory than before, is considerably less loud and alarming. Colonel Wallace is administering very salutary chastisement to the ferocious Belloochies, in capturing their towns and blowing up their strongholds. The chief post of the rebel leader Marron has in this way been levelled with the dust, while his nephew remains a prisoner in our hands. Still the utmost vigour and caution are requisite, where not a store can be brought in, nor a company of men moved from one point to another, but they are watched, assailed, and harassed, by a force ten times as numerous as their own. At Herat all was quiet down to the 3d of June, and an excellent harvest of the crop just then ripening was speedily expected to be gathered in. Intelligence of the Russian de feat had reached them, but they were still doubtful of its authenticity. Dost Mahommed had at length beeu liberated, and his daughter received into the Harem of the Ameer. The failure of the Russian expedition, which would appear to have been for some time perfectly well known in Europe, begins only now to be believed in India, and seems only to have been conjectured even at Herat. Statements as to the advance of the Russian army, its numbers, strength, and ar mament, its route, its conflicts with and defeat of all its op ponents, and attending its final capture, subjugation, and de tention of Khiva and refusal to admit the Khan to the terms formerly offered him, had filled the columns of every news paper in India for months together, and turn out now, in every particular, to have been wholly without foundation. Alarmed, it is said, at so extraordinary a thing as the appear ance of vigour and determination in the councils of England, and assumed by our foreign minister, that any advance to wards our Indian frontier would be viewed and punished as sweet of aggression against England, the Czar. for the pre sent, has thought fit to arrest or withdraw his armies. (From the Times.) CHINA, MAY 19.—The intelligence from China possesses no peculiar interest. The English merchants continued un molested at Macao. This Americans were making every preparatiou to expedite their business before the arrival of our expedition. In the course of next month we may expect to hear at least of its arrival in China, if not of its doings. Prospects of the early resumption of the trade must necessarily be very doubtful. There are rumours of an intended expulsion of all foreigners from Canton, but we know not whether they deserve atten tion. It is now confidently asserted that an imperial edict, addressed to Lin, has been received, in which the imperial displeasure about some of his acts is made known to him. The taou-tae, or admiral, is said to have a share in this re primand, which probably is on account of the affair of the Bogue, and the false reports forwarded to Pekin regarding it. It is also said that the true state of the affairs of the Bilbaino has reached the Imperial ears. Lin is said to have been degraded three degrees in rank. A Chinese boat, laden with raw silk and silk piece goods, destined for Macao, has lately been seized by the mandarins, on the pretext that her cargo was intended for the English. Mr. Snow, the American consul, has left Canton, and ar rived at Singapore. Of late several vessels have experienced difficulties in en tering the Bogue, the Chinese refusing to allow them to pass, on the plea that they have taken in their cargoes at Tongkoo. In some instances these difficulties have been overcome, but several vessels are still waiting outside. The rumour that some especial utessen,gers are to be sent to Singapore, in order to institute an investigation into the state of trade, has given rise to many surmises. Still it might have been considered one of the'many tales of which Singapore is always full, if the Mandarins had not yet com menced operations. Two merchants dealing in silk were seized without any charge being brought against them, ex cept that of having traded. "We trust that this is merely a rumour. Considerable consternation had spread tar and wide among the native dealers, for none know whose turn will be next.• We hope to report soon more favourably, for after the assurances of the Provincial Government, it is not to be ex pected :that the short-lived tranquillity of the industrious people will be disturbed so wantonly. THE PLENIPOTENTIARY FOR CHINA It was at first reported that Sir George Staunton had been appointed by the Home Government to conduct the nego tiations with China. Afterwards it was said, that no less a person than Lord Auckland would go in proprid persona' in the Hon. Company's steamer the Queen. The most credible and natural report is, that Admiral the Hon. George Elliot, C. 8., will conduct both the coercive and diplomatic business. The expedition is to direct itself against China. BRITISH SHIPS OF WAR COMPOSING THE CHINESE SQUADRON (All these vessels are supposed to be already before China.) 1. At China, on the 19th of May, her Majesty's ships, Druid, 44 guns, Hyacinth, 18, and Volage, 26. 2. Left Singapore with despatches for :llacao, on the 19th of May, her Majesty's ship, Alligator, 28 guns, 3. Sailed from Singapore, on the 30th of May, with steamers and transports, her Majesty's ships Wellesley, 74 guns, (bearing the flag of the commodore,) Cruizer, 18, and Algerine, 10. __ _ 4. Was to sail on the 4th of June, her Majesty's ship Conway, 26, from Singapore. Remaining at Singapore, to take on the April mail at the same date, the Larne. 18. 5. Were spoken in the Anjeer channel, on the 10th of June, on their way to China direct, her Majesty's ships Melville, 74 (bearing the flag of the admiral commander-in chief), Blonde, 46, Modeste, 18, and Pylades, 18. 6. Undei orders for sailing from the Cape to China, on the 25th of April, her Majesty's ships Columbine, 18, Nimrod, 20, Blenheim, 74, and Orestes, 18. It does not appear that tke Herald, Pelorus, Favourite, Andromache. and the Pique, as 'Was originally stated, will form any part of the Chinese expedition ; the Pique, indeed, is now off Alexandria. The Pelorus got on shore at Port Essington, in a gale of wind. ADMIRAL ELLIOTTS SQUADRON FROM THE CAPE CALCUTTA, June 23, We have also the pleasure to advise you, that Admiral Elliott is probably by this time in the Chinese seas. The Modeste, 18, detached from his squadron, having delivered despatches for Calcutta to the Eudora, fro►n Hobart Town, arrived to-day, which vessel spoke the Modeste on the 12th inst., in lat. 12, long. 90 east. DEPARTURE OF THE DIVISION OF THE FLEET FOR CIII NA, UNDER THE COMMODORE, FROM SING ',PORE. On Saturday forenoon, the 30th of May, her Majesty's ships Wellesley. Cruiser, and Algerine, troop-ship Rattle snake, and the Hon. Company's steamer Atalanta, with 16 sail of transport vessels, got under weigh for China, present ing a fine and animating spectacle as they steered out of the roads in three divisions, with one of her Majesty's ships at the head of each. They were followed next day by the steamers Queen and Madagascar, into the former of which the staff from the Marion, which has been damaged, had been transferred ; of the two ships of war remaining in the roads, the Conway will, we understand, move forwards in the course of the day, the Larne waiting to take on the April mail, which may now now be expected almost daily to arrive from Calcutta, by the steamer Enterprise. No day has been fixed yet for the departure of the rest of the trans ports. THE DESTINATION OF TIIE EXPEDITION AND POINT OF ATTACK It has been very generally surmised that the preliminary operation of the expedition will be to batter down the Bogue forts ; and we believe there is no doubt that such are the in structions of Sir Bremer Gordon. But we understand the campaign to be ogened by also taking possession of Macao at the same time, we presume under some arrangements effected at home betwee►► the British and Portuguese govern ments. Lord Macartney's opinion was, " that the English should take forcible possession of Macao, because the Portuguese held it on terms at once useless and degrading ;" but an act of this kind the government will not commit. The occupation of Chusals and other places on the coast will be, it is thought, the next act in the drama ; but if effici ent garrisons are to be left at these places, will not the force be too much weakened to make an attempt on Pekin, which is considered by many to be in contemplation ? To occupy the islands, or some towns on the coast, will not, we feel perfectly assured, be sufficient to alarm the imperial court—nothing short of a march on Pekin will arouse the im perial government. We think the present force competent to this, providing we content ourselves with garrisoning Ma cao, and leaving a small naval force there, without occupying other positions on the coast. For the success of such an en terprise, however, it is absolutely necessary that our force should be at the mouth of Pei Ho or north river long before the approach of winter. - . (From the Bombay Times, July 22.) FROM THE NORTH WEST PROVINCES. The accounts of the conduct and condition of Schah Soo jah continue the same as formerly—that his habits are those of a haughty, silly, sensual, confirmed reprobate, totally un worthy of British countenance or protection ; who, the mo ment that our forces were withdrawn from the country, would become the deserved victim of his own outraged subjects, by whom he is held in equal hatred and derision. FROI.I lIERAT. By letters from Herat we learn that all was quiet down to the 3d of June, and that an excellent harvest was expected in the country around ; the grain had got into ear, and was be -ginning to ripen. Col. Stoddart continued to be a prisoner. Dost Mohamed had been relieved from restraint, and his daughter had been received into the harem of the Ameer. The Russian retreat was believed in at Herat, but had not been ascertained. No wonder, then, that we in Bombay know little of the affairs of Khiva. XHIVA The Delhi Gazette, July 8, says, that the halt of the Rus sians, if not their retrograde movement, continues to be con firmed by letters from various quarters. And this is authen tically said (we are almost afraid to use the word) to have arisen from the remonstrances of the British authorities, who, while they are using their most strenuous e ff orts to in duce the Khivans to give up their Russian slaves or captives, and by so doing to remove the chief cause of quarrel as set forth in the Russian declaration of war, have declared their determination to oppose any further advance of the Auto crat's troops towards British India. We are enabled to give a positive refutation to the reports of the ill treatment of Lieutenant Young Abbot by the Khan of Khiva. They seem to have had their origin in his move ments being closely watched : but, at the same time, he was treated with the greatest consideration. Lieutenant Abbott candidly told the Khan that the .Bri tish government could do nothing for him unless the Rus sian captives were given up ; and his journey to St. Peters burgh was merely to inform the British ambassador of certain facts connected therewith ; and if the Russians are deter mined to conquer Khiva, the British government is equally decided that they shall not hold possession of the country after the captives are given up. We are not able to give the reasons for Lieutenant Abbott's return to Khiva at the present, but we know his mission has established for us a friendly footing at Khiva, a place now become of v ery cons i derable importance. BOMBAY, JULY 23.—W e have, ADEN. four or rive sets of despatches from Aden, of since the 23d of May, had considerable importance being Mary Mitchieson, Junethat the only one by the t at which reached us the Arabs. This had bee l i ti i t s h o , lung informingthreatened, u s nf a t that t t attack h e b r y . rison began to hope that the threat would not be put into effect. Some 3000 were said to have w i th prepared themselves for the attack, which was repulsed e slaughter on the side of the enemy, and with some wounds lrat ad brur • only on that of the garrison. Sickne ss h a d prevailednesAden since the beginning of May ; and at present the garrison is excessively weakened by the extraordinary numbers on the hospital or invalid list. It is most sincerely to be desired that the rumour that about £50,000 is to be expended on the fortifications may prove true ; and that this may permit so much of a retaliatory system to be gone into as may prevent further attacks on the garrison, when the natives become as sured that they will always become requited in kind. We begin to consider that we may now hope that, in respect to the cession of Aden, and its retention by the Indian govern ment, the ridiculous European jealousies by which we have been Bo long tormented may disappear, and that we may be permitted to protect ourselves from injury and insult, by chastising in good earnest the barbarian aggressor, and pro curing that peace and tranquility, which, not more on our own account than for the benefit of the Arabs themselves, is so particularly desired. Then, and not till then, will Aden become of importance as a Red Sea trading port. THE GHILZIE COUNTRY We have no very recent copious or authentic information. The entire success of the affair between Cabool and Kelat-i- Ghilzie, on the 6th May, when six thousand of the enemy were dispersed by a mere handful of our troops, afforded them doubtless a very salutary lesson : on which the more recent operation of Col. Wallace in capturing and blowing up the principal - stronghold of Marro, the rebel chief, will be a valuable improvement. Sweeping and determined measures have been essential, and the carrying out of these have been intrusted to firm and vigorous hands. EGY PT ALEXANDRIA, AUGUST 20.—The Pacha is still " inflexi ble," and even " something more." On Monday he gave audience to Rifat Bey officially, and received the ultimatum of the four powers with his usual sang froid ; declaring that he had no other answer than that he had already given, and that if the envoy pleased he would give it to him in writing at the moment. The next morning a courier arrived at the harem with despatches from Beyrout, bringing intelligence that the English squadron, with 6,000 Albanians, 10,000 English muskets and artillery, &c., on board, were arrived at the coast of Syria, and about to land these formidable sup plies to rekindle the insurrection. ALEXANDRIA, AUGUST 20, quarter-past two o'clock.— Two Austrian frigates p ave just arrived, and anchored along side the Bellerophon, outside the reef. The Turkish and Egyptian fleet are all in motion, apparently putting them selves in order for " the last resort." The news of Com modore Napier's arrival at Beyrout with four men-of-war, a corvette, and a Turkish line-of-battle ship, is confirmed. Captain. Walker is said to he on board the last, but nothing has yet been seen of the Arnauts on that part of the coast. The despatch of Abbas Pasha, the Governor of Beyrout, states that Commodore Napier summoned the town to sur render to the Sultan, and ordered Abbas Pasha and his troops to acknowledge his authority, or evacuate Beyrout forthwith. The governor, who is supported by a strong force in the interior, replied, that he held the town for Mehemet Ali, and that if Commodore Napier attempted to land a sin gle man, he would consider it as the commencement of hos tilities, and would act accordingly. It appears that nothing further had occurred at the time the governor's courier came away, Commodore Napier being apparently content with having asserted the Sultan's authority, and probably also having discovered that he came a month too late to avail himself of the revolutionary tendencies in that quarter. So things remain till the declaration of the Pasha's answer to the ultimatum. • As far as I can learn from individuals of character and intelligence who have travelled through that district, both during and after the insurrection, there is not the least likelihood of an effective revival of the revolt. WEDNESDAY, Atm. 50.—Admiral Stopford arrived here, in the Princess Charlotte, on Monday, and dropped anchor beside the Bellerophen. lie is going through his quarantine. The force at present in the outer waters consists of these two men of war, the Daphne corvette, two Austrian frigates, and two smaller vessels. The Cyclops, Hydra, and Alecto, steamers, are also here. The first departs to-morrow for Con stantinople. The last arrived early this morning with the Indian mail from Beyrout, and will leave to-morrow for France. She might have sailed to-night, but the permission to take in coals from the Ariadne store-ship was not granted for some hours, and hence the delay till to-morrow in her departure. ' COMMODORE NAPIER'S SUMMONS TO THE GOVERNOR OF BEI - ROUT TO SURRENDER COPY OF A LETTER TO N. MOORSE, ESQ., HER MAJESTY'S CONSUL. AT BEYROUT Sir,—l beg you ;ill communicate to the consuls of the different powers, and the British merchants at Beyrout, that Great Britain, Russia, Austria, and Prussia, have decided that Syria is to be restored to the Porte. I have demanded that the Turkish troops be put under my protection, and that the arms be restored to the inhabitants of Lebanon. I trust the governor will not provoke hostilities ; if he does, the re sponsibility of uselessly shedding blood, must be on his own head.—l have the honor to be yours, &c, CHARLES NAPIER, Commodore. BEY ROUT, AUG. 23, 1810.—The Gorgon war steamer has been cruising under the orders of Commodore Napier, for the purpose of making reprisals of vessels belonging to the Pacha of Egypt. She has succeeded in getting a store-ship and a transport, with ammunition and provisions, and a very pretty cutter yacht. The town is quiet, and the Druses in the mountains. The civilians have all fled from the town, which is abandoned to the military. The British ships are so moored that one broadside would send thousands of poor wretches into eter nity. The Castor and Magicienne are cruizing off the port of Beyrout. _ MALTA, SEPT. 1, 1840.—The Sovereign transport, with 3,500 barrels, and the Index hired schooner, with other 2,500 barrels of gunpowder, loaded at the ordnance stores at Wool wich, arrived at Malta on Sunday last. The Phoenix steam frigate was despatched to Admiral Stopford this morning, with the London letters to 15th August, brought yesterday by the Acheron from Gibraltar. Not a word of local news. LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM THE LEVANT (From the Supplement to the Malta Times.) . . MALTA, SEPT. I. — The Alecto steam-packet arrived in port last night at a quarter past nine, having left Beyrout on the 23d. and Alexandria on the 27th, at half-past eleven, a.m. She brings a mail from India, via the Persian Gulf, despatches from Bombay on the 24th of July, and arrived at Beyrout on the 23d ult. The mail of the Ist of July, via Suez, had not arrived when the Alecto left Alexandria. The accounts from Egypt are of a very warlike character. Notwithstanding the French steamer Papin had arrived at Alexandria, conveying an official intimation " that France will not assist him by arms, and that there is no prospect of any misunderstanding with England leading to hostilities," Mehemet Ali was as inflexible as ever, absolutely refusitv , to listen to the terms proposed by the quadruple treaty, and re jecting them in tato, without even deigning to give an ex planation. He had intimated to Admiral Stopford, who had arrived some days previously, that he was then ready to give an official answer, and that he (the admiral) might act thereon, without waiting until the expiration of the full time allowed him for coining to a decision. Commodore Napier had issued a proclamation calling upon the Syrians to . rise in the cause of the Sultan, particularlitthat part of them who had gone over to Abbas Paella, and lie Wquld protect them ; but it does not appear that it hid the effegt, an ticipated. The following is a true copy transmitted by our correspondent from Alexandria : " Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, with the Sultan, have decided that the rule of Mehemet Ali shall cease in Syria, and I have been sent here with an advanced squa dron to assist in throwing off the yoke of the Pacha of Egypt. " Syrians, you know that a luau scheriff has been issued by the Sultan, securing the life and property of his subjects, which is in full operation throughout the Turkish territories, in addition to which the allied powers have agreed to recom mend to the Sultan to render your condition happy and pros perous, _ " Inhabitants of Lebanon, you are more immediately under my eye ; I call upon you to rise, and throw off the yoke under which you are groaning. Troops, arms, ammunition, are daily expected from Constantinople, and, in the meantime, the Egyptian ships shall no longer insult your coast. " Soldiers of the Sultan, who were treacherously led from your houses to the burning sands of Egypt, and have been since transported to Syria, I call upon you, in the name of the great powers, to return to your allegiance. I have placed two line-of-battle ships close to the Lazaretto where you are encamped : put yourselves under my protection, and should a single soldier of the Pacha approach you, he shall be annihilated. _ " All past events will be forgotten, and your, arrears of pay discharged by the Sultan, as also the arrears of any soldier who may join the Sultan's standard. " Syria." " CHARLES NAPIER, Commodore. It is but right that we state that the highest naval autho rities in Malta affect to discredit this proclamation, and to consider it very doubtful. _ _ . _ It is also said, upon unquestionable authority, that Capt. Napier has taken some fifteen Egyptian vessels, most of them small ; there was one, however, a frigate, used as a transport, having troops on board, but only four guns were mounted. It is thus seen that the communication between Beyrout, on the coast of Syria, and Egypt, is entirely cut off. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MISCELLANY, The Senlinelle of Toulon says, that a camp of 30,000 men is about to be formed in the department of the Var, and that notices to the inhabitants of numerous villages to be ready to lodge troops have been issued. A letter from Schiedam informs us that about half-past nine o'clock the Exchange was suddenly perceived to be on fire ; in spite of every effort the flames spread so rapidly that in a few hours that fine building was reduced to ashes. It is supposed that it was struck by lightning.—Dutch Paper. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort says :--" There is now living at Moscow, the widow of a dealer in skins, who has attained her 157th year. When 123 she married her fifth husband. All her alliances have been prosperous and happy. She is still in full possession of all her mental faculties. She has never been attacked with any dangerous illness." ST. PETERSBURGH, AUG. 25.—News has been received from Tetlis, that at the end of June the whole of the upper part of the celebrated mount Ararat, in Armenia, had sunk down. For sonic days before the phenomenon a hollow noise was heard in the interior of the mountain, which was clearly perceived in all the neighbourhood of the settlement on the extensive periphery of the mountains : it is said that only a large village and an Armenian monastery, dependent on the celebrated Etschmiadzin, are buried with their in habitants. We have not received the official accounts. PIRATES AT THE HAVANNA H .—We learn that the pirates who attacked and captured the Vernon had been tried and sentenced to death at the Havannah prior to the sailing of her Majesty's ship Comus, which vessel arrived at Port- Royal on Thursday. They were to he shot the day after the Comus sailed : the reason why they were sentenced to so honourable a death is their having been, as is understood, deserters from the Spanish marine service. The Comus saw a suspicious-looking craft on her passage to the Havannah, but, having the mail on board, was unable to -give chase.— Jamaica Despatch, July 24. HURRICANE AT PORTO RlCO.—Whilst the Spitfire was at Porto Rico, on the night of the 16th, that place was vi sited by a very severe hurricane, which obliged Capt. Win nett to get out of the harbour, and stand out for sea. The flashes of lightning were so vivid and frequent, that they en abled the captain to get out the steamer with safety, which otherwise would have been a very precarious attempt. Our readers must, no doubt, recollect that about the time men tioned there were some very strong breezes to windward, and, to experienced eyes, the scuds which were seen from Port-Royal towards that quarter plainly denoted bad wea ther to windward.—Jamaica Despatch, July 28. A FEMALE USURER.—We find the following amusing anecdote in one of the Bordeaux papers :—" A low stock jobbing usurer lately lent a young man of family 600 francs, at 50 per cent, interest—i. e., he gave his client 300 francs in hard cash, and received a bill for 600 francs, payable at 12 months' date. The usurer's wife, who had been haggling at h r a u hn s e b d ca on nrd ahis of ps t os h su e ac, c c a ei s p ri s i s tal f t u e l ad r o g of bargaincc i o a t n the market for h a lf a pound o f b utter, was informed by her congratulating replied, ad l j ‘r u A s an t md c i o ay n bo c lue l u wh d ue e d rs fool enough to give him 300 francs ! Imbecile! why did you not make him sign the bill for two years at 5O per cent., aud then you need have given him nothing !" THE BLEEDING IMPOSTOR.—A curious case of impos tore has been disclosed before the correctional tribunal at Paris. A man was waiting, not many days since, in the court, to be tried on a charge of assumed epileptic debility, in order to extort money from the charitable, when he sud denly fell down on the floor, went into strong convulsions, blood copiously gushed from his mouth, and, on his becom ing tranquil from exhaustion, he was forced to be removed to the infirmary of his prison. There, on being closely watched, it was found that he had acquired the faculty of retaining in his stomach a considerable quantity of blood, which he could at pleasure eject by the throat, and produce all the symptoms of an involuntary rupture of important blood -vessels. His arms had usually supplied him with blood, the veins being all scarified with marks of innumerable bleedings, and he had last resorted to his nose, an instrument being found concealed on his person for scarifying the interior of that organ, and which, it appears, he had made use of on the day in question, shortly before being taken into court. He has been brought up again, and condemned to one year's imprisonment. Dr. Shuttlewortb, Warden of New College, Oxford, is to be the new Bishop of Chichester. DONIESTIC INTELLIGENCE Col. Thompson and his eldest son are avowed candidates for the borough of Leicester at the next general election. — Leicester Journal. The Corn-law Repealers have oppointed a deputation from their body to meet with an equal number of the Chartists, in the hope of electing a reconciliation.—Scoltish Guardian. It is generally understood, says the Lincolnshire Chronicle, that the Solicitor-Gent ral will not return to Newark. The election bills are not paid: It is decided by the Poor-law Commissioners that guar dians of unions have no right to visit poorhouses when they please, and that that right is vested alone in the board col lectively.—Lincoln Mercury. Mrs. Eliza Walsh, proprietor of a large pawn-office in Cork, was sentenced, by the recorder of that city, to two months' imprisonment, for receiving in pledge two dozen pair of sto len gloves. It is decided by the poor law commissioners that guardians of unions have no right to visit poorhouses when they please, and that that right is vested alone in the board collectively.— Lincoln Mercary. At the bazaar held at Shrubland-park, the seat of Sir W. F. Middleton, in aid of the West Suffolk hospital, £lBl9 was received and paid over to the funds of that institution.—Essex Herald. Mr. Gould, the eminent ornithologist, has just returned from his excursions in the interior of Van Dieman's Land and New South Wales, having been absent from this country for a period of two years and four months. It is perhaps not generally known; that persons of either sex who are engaged as domestic servants under the royal fa mily, take an oath not to divulge anything connected with the private habits of their master or mistress. So says a book lately published. There has been for some time in agitation amongst the influential members of the episcopal church of Scotland, a plan of collecting an episcopal college in Edinburgh, where a course of study similar to that pursued in the English uni versities will be adopted. We arc informed that a poor woman named Vincent, who is 85 years of age, residing at St. John's-common, has re cently come into possession of £B,OOO, being a legacy be queathed to her by a relative. She had for many years sub sisted chiefly on charity, but she now talks of taking a farm. —Brighton Gazette. One evening last week, a boy about 14 years of age, the son of Mr. Lockwood, corn miller, in Shude Mill, Sheffield, accidentally fell into an old coal-pit in the Pondi. The pit is about 14 yards in depth, and it was naturally expected that the poor lad would have been seriously, if not fatally injured. A collier was let down, who brought the boy up in his arms. He was quite insensible when brought out, occasioned by the foul air in the pit, butt was othertvise free from injury, and on the following morning was as well as usual. The Attorney-General is proceeding with rigour against the warden of Mere College Lincoln, for the recovery of £13,000 and interest, which that rev. gentleman has received for the renewal of the Mere estate. This property is 800 acres of land, left to be divided among 12 honest men and their families, together with a chaplain and reader. The land is valued at £1,200 a year, and the warden has let it for £32 a year, has appointed six poor men at £4 a year, and £7 a year to a chaplain, and has taken £13,000 for the re newing of the lease for his life.—Lincoln Mercury. The corporation of Welshpool are now at issue with the magistrates of Montgomeryshire upon the subject of the rural police force. The magistrates declare that they have the power, and will enforce it, to abolish the local police at Velshpool, and will compel the inhabitants to be assessed to the country police, and to have no other officers. The magistrates have got up a case upon the subject for the opinion of the law officers of the Crown. The Poole town council have expressed their determination to oppose the magistrates to the last. The following distinguished officers have been selected for the Good Service Pension, consequent on the abolition of the sinecure office of Lieutenant-General of Marines, held by the late Admiral Sir Sidney Smith, the pensions to com mence from the Ist of July last :—Admiral—Sir David Gould, G.C.13. Captains—Thomas Searle (1808), C.B. ; Richard Arthur (1810), C.B. ; Charles John Austen (1810), and Jeremiah Coghlan (1810), C.B. Major-Generals of Marines—George Elliot Vinicombe, and Sir John Boscawen Savage, K.C.8., K.C.11. The marine pensions are in ad dition to those already bestowed upon officers of that gallant corps. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—Last week a most impudent rob bery of bank-notes, amounting to upwards of £:500, was committed at the Victoria public-house, in the Liverpool road, Islington, kept by Mr. John Lowe. Mr. Richardson, who had recently retired from keeping the Hare public house at Hackney. was lodging with Mr. Lowe, and had the money in question, with other property, in a hair trunk in one of the upper rooms. Some of the swell mob had got scent of the property and made several attempts to sleep at the house, but were told that there were no beds to spare. They were not, however, to be easily frustrated in their de . sign, and on Saturday Mr. Lowe received a forged letter purporting to come from Messrs. Whitbread's brewery, re questing him to call there. Unfortunately, he at once com plied with the request. Mr. Richardson also was out at the same time, and the coast being now clear, the thieves carried off the money, one of the party having crept up stairs while the others busied the servants in cooking mutton-chops. THE WEST PENNARD CHEESE.—The Queen's cheese has been removed from the place where it was made, and is now in the care of Mr. Dunkerton, a respectable farmer of West Pennard, who has assigned a neatly furnished parlour for its reception. It took 16 men to safely convey it to its present situation, where upwards of 1100 persons of every grade have been to see it, and have recorded their names in a book kept for that purpose. The cheese is_protected by a wire gauze in . . a mahogany frame, surmounted' by a handsome crown ; it measures 3i inches in diameter, and is 9 feet 4 inches in cir cumference; and when presented to Her Majesty, which ceremony is not expected to take place for the next twelve months, it is fully anticipated it will weigh half a ton. It is now as sound as when first removed from the vat, and has perfectly retained its octagonal shape.—Dorset Chronicle. A CURIOUS FACT.—It has appeared in the public papers tbat a hop-grower at Ash, near" Canterbury, had sold seven aefes of hops to a London factor for Is, but it should be re collected the purchaser will have to pay the expence of pick ing, drying, &c., and also the duty; which together may amount to no mean sum. We frequently hear how fickle Dame Nature is at times in dispensing her favours. A small i grower near Ma' stone, for some years past has grown such scanty crops, t , after paying the expense of cultivation, duty, picking ';, ., he has been paying 10s. per cwt. for his own property, ?Which has kept him hitherto extremely poor. This season he fortunately has a singularly luxuriant crop on about eight aces, which it is calculated will realise about £5OOO. A SINGULAR CIIARACTER. — Compton, who was for seve ral years one of the keepers of the New Forest, and had a house near the spot where Rufus was slain, was a most tin gular character. He was continually shooting, until he lost his right-arm by his gun bursting; after which accident he took to " bird-fancying. " At the rear of his dwelling was a long garden, where he built an aviary. It was his habit every morning to go with his breakfast-cloth, and shake the crumbs from it, which brought various birds to the spot, when the gentle creatures would rest on his arm (his only one) and receive front his mouth their food. His " whistle' was so familiar to them that they would come when they heard it, and rest on his shoulder as well as his arm ; and it is most extraordinary to record, that when he died (about three years ago) several of the feathered tribe, of various co lours, were found lifeless in the garden. AFFECTING INCIDENT.—On Saturday evening, a dis charged soldier, of the 65th regiment, of the name of James Yool, arrived at Kilmarnock by one of the Glasgow coaches, after an absence of nearly seventeen years, having been dur ing that period in the army. He was in indifferent health, and sought his native town after enduring the fatigues of a military life, ten years of which he had passed abroad, ex pecting to recruit his shattered health under the roof of a widowed mother. On making inquiry for her residence, he was told she had died about four months ago, which intelli gence so affected him, that he sat down at.the door of the inn in a state of complete exhaustion. The inmates of the house gave him a glass of spirits to refresh him ; and having no where to go, it was thought advisable to convey him to the police-office until some connection of his could be found. In the course of the evening, the house of a distant relation was traced out, whence the way-worn invalid was conveyed ; but . only to survive until the following evening. The deceased had just a few days before received his discharge at Chatham, and was entitled to sixpence per day of pension, which he . was fated so briefly to enjoy.—Kilmarnock Journal. THE ROYAL NURSERY.—Upwards of a hundred work men are actively employed in the left wing of Buckingham Palace, preparing a suite of rooms for the royal nursery. The splendid drawing. , room, breakfast-room, luncheon-room, and wardrobe of Prince Albert, are appropriated to this all-im portant purpose. The suite of apartments, of which the above form a part, were fitted up but a short time ago in a most costly and beautiful style for the reception of the prince; but the ruthless implements of the artizan, "who weighs not matters such as these," are crashing away through ornamen tal ceiling, gilded festoons, and papers of the most varied beauty and richness, for the accommodation of the expected little stranger. His royal highness personally inspected the alterations on Thursday last, and expressed himself to be highly gratified with the rapid progress already made in the furtherance of this desirable object. Similar alterations are being carried on at Claremont. DEATH FROM DESTITUTION.—On Saturday an inquest was held at the Royal Free' Hospital, London, before Mr. Wakley, on the body of Eliza Wilkinson, a domestic servant, who was admitted into the hospital in the last stage of exhaustion, under the following circumstances :—Eliza Jupp, nurse in the hospital, being sworn, said that the deceased came to the hospital in a cab, on Saturday, the 29th ult., at the same time as the other out-patients, and was admitted by Mr. Gay, the surgeon. She told witness that she was single, and 21 years of age, and that she had, about a fort night since, left her service, because the work was too much for her health. She went home to her mother's, but her mother was on a sick bed, and hersister lame. The deceased not only could not be attended to there, but expended what little money she had in her pocket to buy food for them, and at last, having pawned the only thing on her back that she could spare to procure them nourishment, she was obliged to leave, in a state of great feebleness, to seek a refuge else where, and obtain medical aid. For this purpose, being very ill, she went first to Guy's Hospital, and then to St. Thomas's, and afterwards to,the London Hospital, in White chapel, but wa s re f use d me di ca l aid or admission at all of , thoseinstitutions, receivin. , in answer to her applications that she was incurable, and could not therefore be taken in. It appeared that when she was dead the officers of the hospital sent to the regular beadle and constable of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, in which the death took place, but the beadle declined to pay any attention to the information, and refused to convey notice of the death to the coroner, because, as he told the applicant, the magistrates had recently taken away from the beadles. an d con stables in :Middlesex all remu neration for their troubl e i n giving notice to the coroner, summoning the jury, collecting evidence, and attending inquests. The consequence was, that, after a delay of four days, a porter at the hospital was sent to the coroner's office, with notice of the death, accompanied by the above statement. The body by that time was in a high state of decomposition, and in alluding to the circumstance, after viewing the corpse, the coroner stated that such cases were occurring continually in the metropolis, and that the poor were, in conseque nce o f th e proceedings of the magistrates, daily losing the protection which the inquest formerly afforded them. Hannah E vans , a p a tient in the hospital, confirmed the statement of the nurse. The deceased was very ill, and in a state of the utmost feebleness, apparently from destitu tion. The surgeon stated that when the deceased came she was in the utmost dread of being turned away, and pleaded her illness and weakness in the most pitiable manner. She had slight disease of the lungs, but, without doubt, want and exhaustion caused her to sink beyond the power of recove r y. The coroner said to th e j ury , t h a t in finding their verdict they must be guided by the opinion of the surgeon as to the ca use of the death, and the f act t h at t he deceased did not impeach any one on account of the state to which she was reduced. It was true that they hail it on her own statement that she was, while in an almost dying state, refused admission into hospitals, two of which had incomes of at least £40,000 a year each, and therefore, apparently, ample means of pro viding for the care of sick and diseased applicants, bat the power of-deciding against her admission was given to the governors of those institutions by law, and their refusal could not form a poi n t o f cons id era tion in deciding on th e i r verdict. The jury, aft er a f ew m oments' consideration, re turned a verdict that " Eliza Wilkinson died from disease of the lungs, and that her death was accelerated by destitution and want of sufficient nourishment." 7Ltbrrpool &tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1840. We have received a copy of the Hamilton (U. C.) Gazette of August 4. It does not contain any news of importance that has not been anticipated by previ ous arrivals. We have received copies of the Sydney Commercial Journal and of the Sydney Gazette to the 7th of April, inclusive. The affairs of New Zealand form the chief topics of discussion in these papers. The Journal stoutly maintains that the purchases of land that have been made from the various chiefs of New Zealand are invalid, inasmuch as they have been made without the consent and approbation of the respective tribes, all of whom possessed a common right to the territory. We have elsewhere given copious extracts from the papers and correspondence brought by the overland mail, which left Bombay on the 23d of July. The news from the east is highly important. The first part of the expedition against China had sailed on the 30th of May, and the remainder on the 2d of June, under convoy of the Wellesley, Cruiser, Algerine, and Con way, and the Queen and the Atalanta steamers. The Melville, the Blonde, and two ships of war, passed the Straits of Anjeer on the 10th of June, for China. The English merchants still remained at Macao. The Americans were preparing to leave Canton. It is probable that the united forces of the expedi tion would reach the Chinese seas about the 20th of June. The naval force consists of the following ships —viz., her Majesty's ship Melville, 74, bearing the Ad miral's flag; the Wellesley, 74, bearing the Commo dore's flag ; the Blenheim, 74 ; the Blonde, 46 ; the Druid 44 ; the Alligator, 23 ; the Volage, 26; the Conway, 26; the Nimrod, 20; the Hyacinth, 18; the Cruiser, 18 ; the Larne, 18 ; the Modeste, 18 ; the Py lades, 18 ; the Columbine, 18 ; the Orestes, 18 ; the Algerine, 10 ; besides which there are the East India Company's steam-ship Atalanta, the troop-ship Rattle snake, and 19 sail of transports. The amount of land force is not stated. Additional transports had been taken up at Calcutta, and fresh troops were ordered to be embarked from Madras for China. A. correspondence had taken place between the Ame rican merchants and the Governor of Kwang Tung, from which it appears that Lin treats with utter con tempt the rumours of an English expedition being sent to China. The American merchants preferred a peti tion praying that their ships might be permitted to proceed directly to Canton, to discharge and take in cargoes, previously to the arrival of the British men of-war. In reply to this request, the acting prefect of Canton ridicules the idea of a blockade of " the celes tial dynasty's ports and harbours," on the part of Eng land, as " analogous to an audacious falsehood," and as "an egregious mistake." The petition was re turned to the merchants, without being preserved in the archives of Canton. The latest accounts state that everything remained perfectly quiet at Macao. The British merchants were living there without molestation. Captain Elliot had given them the most confident assurances that the sus pension of trade would not be of much longer dura tion. The majority of the commercial body, however, attached very little importance to these assurances. A partial resumption of the trade only was contemplated by the most sanguine. The plans of operations against China are not de tailed in any of the papers. Many conjectures were prevalent on the subject. It was thought at Macao that the first and principal --3 object of British policy would be to disabuse the Chinese government of their ideas of security and power, by several simultaneous and successful attacks upon their forts and other de fences. The fort at the Bogue, and other external points of command upon the Canton river, would pro bably form the primary objects of attack. After these operations, it was imagined that the next step would be to demand immediate liberty of trade, on a satis factory footing, pending the negociation at Pekin for its final settlement on a safe and honourable basis. The apprehensions entertained, at the commence ment of the yar, in England, of a short supply of tea, are not likely to be realised. Instead of 16 or 17 millions of pounds only, we are likely to be in the re ceipt of 22 millions, and, if there be available tonnage in China to receive it, perhaps 24 or 25 millions may be shipped before the commencement of hostilities. It is stated that a Russian embassy was on its way through Tartary from St. Petersburgh to Pekin. Its arrival in China may lead to important results —results which may be altogether unexpected and unprovided for by Lord Palmerston. The news from India is highly important. The re treat of the Russian force from Khiva is fully confirmed. It was probable, however, that another attempt would he made to organise a Russian force in that quarter. The object of Russia, in her invasion of Khiva, is to establish Russian influence on a firm basis in that country, as a check on the influence which England has obtained in Cabul. There can be no question as to the ulterior designs of Russia in her aggressions on the northern frontiers of our Indian empire. Cholera had made its appearance in Bombay about the middle of May, but not under a very fatal type. In the neighbouring town of Panwell 600 are said to have perished of this malady in three weeks, and at Mahar it swept away 300 victims. The news from Egypt will he found under its prpper Lead. We announced, in our second edition of Tues ay, the commencement of operations on the part of !ommodore Napier. The Malta journals inform us that there was very little probability of the Paella's agreeing to the terms proposed to him by the four iowers. A courier extraordinary from Beyrout, with lesliatches from Abbas Pacha for Mehemet Ali, had •eached Alexandria on the 19th of August. These .despatches announced that several ships of war, Turk ish and English, had arrived at Beyrout, with 6,000 Albanians on board, and that Commodore Napier, in command of the squadron, had given Abbas Pacha notice to quit Syria immediately, and withdraw into gypt. He had demanded a respite of ten days to ask nstructions of Mehemet Ali. The Viceroy replied immediately to Abbas Pacha, that if the English should attempt or favour a landing, or should proceed to any act in the least hostile, he was to fire upon them. The ultimatum of the four powers was presented to the Pacha, on the 10th ultimo, by the four consuls of the allied powers. The reply of the Pacha plainly intimated that he had determined upon taking his stand in oppo sition to the demands made upon him. He told the consuls that he had not seen any reason to change his former determination—that he would cede nothing — and that he was ready to defend himself against every attack. his preparations for resistance were still going on. He was strengthening all the fortifications and supplying them with ammunition. A letter, dated Alexandria, August 26, states that the Pacha had given a definite answer in the negative to the first proposition of the allied powers, and that his affairs were daily assuming a more warlike appear ance. The same letter states that Commodore Napier had actually commenced hostilities, by stopping two of Mehemet Ali's transports—one containing ammuni tion, and the other provisions for . the army of Abbas Pacha. It is also said that he Lad detained a brig of war bound with despatches from Alexandria to Syria. The conduct of Commodore Napier is described as rash and precipitate in the extreme. Such had been the confusion and distress, produced by his proceedings, that the greater part of the Christian population of Beyrout had fled to the mountains. The Turkish ships had been placed across the har bour at Alexandria, so as to answer as floating batte ries. The Pacha is said to have expressed his deter mination to blow up every one of these vessels rather than surrender. The Journal of Saturday last contains a very singular article in reference to the late trial of Hearne v. Stowell. We allude to those portions of the article which relate to the practice of the Romish Church, and the authority of her priests in imposing penances. The writer does not venture to call into question the statements which we recently published respecting the penances imposed upon "penitents" at the " stations" in Ireland; but he very strongly asserts that these statements have nothing to do with the merits of the case under consideration. Nothing to do with the case ! Why, they corroborate, to the very letter, the statement put forth by Mr. Stowell. They chew that such practices as crawling upon the bare knees on the high road, are matters of constant occurrence in the Church of Rome. They prove that the tale related by Mr. Stowell, so far from being " incredible," was strictly in accordance with notorious facts. They elucidate the whole case, and prove the relevancy of Mr. Stowell's remarks, while speaking of the abomina tions of Maynooth. The method by which the Journal seeks to prove that the practices to which we have alluded have nothing to do with the case of Hearne v. Stowell is extremely curious and original. Such penances may be all very well, as the Journal remarks, in " the great metropolitan cathedral of Catholicism at Rome," on the floor of the holy sepulchre at Jerusalem, or by " the springs which gush from the ruined shrines" of Ire land ; but it does not follow that it would be right— that "it would be decent, or edifying, or orderly, to kneel amid the scoffs of the unbelieving, or unsympathi sing, in the mud of a large town, in a Protestant country." Here is a direct acknowledgment from the organ of the Popish priests of Liverpool, that such degrading and " incredible" practices as those de scribed in the statement which was put into the hands of Mr. Stowell are actually imposed by the Church of Rome. How are we to reconcile;this candid admission with the jesuitical and evasive answers given by the Romish priests who were examined on the trial. What are we to think of their solemn denial, upon oath, of all knowledge of such humiliating and deba sing practices ? Rome is truly " semper eadem." She carries her discipline into effect, to use the emphatic words of the Journal, " rudely among the rude, courteously among the polished." Where she obtains the supremacy, she treats her deluded followers as slaves, imposing upon them " burdens grievous to be borne ; " while she consigns her enemies to the stake or the horrors of the inquisition. Where the Church of Rome is under subjection to the civil power she adopts a more con ciliating policy. Where she does not dare to fulminate her anathemas, . she endeavours to gain her ends by fawning and flattering. How admirably does she adapt herself to circumstances ! Among the heathen she multiplies her idolatrous practices ; among the superstitious she imposes her degrading penances ; and among the enlightened and civilised she puts on the plausible mask of liberality. The present position of Great Britain is eminently critical. We are already at war with China, against which empire a large proportion of our naval force has been despatched. Russia is menacing the northern frontier of our Indian empire, where the recent territo rial acquisitions of this country have tended to weaken our power, and to multiply our difficulties. There is a strong probability that we shall speedily be embroiled with France and the Paella of Egypt. Our West In dian colonies, goaded as their inhabitants have been by the cruel neglect and indifference of the home Govern ment, are in a very unsatisfactory state. The boundary question is likely to involve us in a serious and pro tracted quarrel with the people of the United States. The rebel factions of the Canadas are still panting for an opportunity to throw off the yoke of Great Britain. While our foreign and colonial relations are in this pre carious state, Ireland is all but:in a state of open rebel lion—thanks to the guilty connivance shown by the present degraded administration towards the miscreant who has obtained such an ascendancy over the irascible race across the channel. Thus surrounded by difficulties, what are the present ministers doing to avert the consequences of their own infatuated policy ? Literally, next to nothing. Our navy—the grand source of our strength=has not been for forty years past in so crippled and inefficient a condition as it is at present. This is far from being the condition of foreign pow ers. Even the Pacha of Egypt has about 300,000 men in his various armies. France has her armaments on a gigantic scale. She is in a state of efficient and acknowledg9d preparation for any emergency. Russia, with her population of 50,000,000, has every means at her disposal for carrying into execution her long che rished schemes of aggrandisement. Why is England in her present difficult position ? Is it not owing to the glaring imbecility of her Govern ment ? How much longer will the people of this great empire tolerate this state of things ? It must be a source of great consolation and en couragement to the Christian philanthropist to wit ness the annually increasing interest excited by mis sionary enterprise, and the efforts made for the diffu sion of the Holy Scriptures, and for the spread of reli gious instruction. A few years ago we remember that St. Andrew's school-room, or the Institution in Slater street, was found large enough for the purposes of pub lic meetings in connexion with the various auxiliaries to the religious societies. The Music Hall then became requisite in order to accommodate the increasing audi ences. But latterly even the Amphitheatre has been found inadequate in its diMensions to hold the thou sands who throng to these meetings. Already one crowded meeting has been held in that building this month—that of the friends of the Naval and Military Bible Society ; while three others are announced to take place in the same place in a few days—one in aid of the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews, another in aid of the Diocesan School Society, and the third to promote the objects of the Collegiate Institution. We are happy to add that these truly en couraging " signs of the times " are not confined to Liverpool, but are witnessed in all the large towns in the kingdom The .11 - orning Herald of yesterday contains a state ment of the most startling character, and one which, if true, is likely to involve Lord Palmerston in difficulties of a most serious description. Our metropolitan con_ temporary states that the quadruple treaty contains a clause of which the following is the aubstance " In case of need a Russian army will be directed on Asia Minor, and placed so as to cover and secure the capital of Turkey : BUT THE DARDANELLES AND THE BOSPHORUS ARE TO BE CLOSED AGAINST VESSELS OF WAR OF ALL NATIONS WHATSOEVER This arrangement amounts to a complete surrender of Turkey to the tender mercies of Russia. • Lord Pal merston, in acceding to such a stipulation, has either been bamboozled and over-reached by Russian intrigue and finesse, or he has been guilty of wilfully and trai torously compromising the honour and safety of this country. In another column we have given a report from our own correspondent, of the committal of the man, Misters, for an attempted murder at Ludlow. We allude to the subject here, only to caution our contemporaries in that neighbourhood, not to fall into the error which caused the postponement of the trial of Bolam at New castle. The anxiety to publish news is very praise worthy as a matter of business, but when it has a tendency to engender prejudice against an untried pri soner, it is little less than criminal. By the laws of England, every man is presumed to be innocent till he is proved to be guilty. MOORFIELDS ScnooL.—We understand that a sermon will be preached on Sunday next, at St. Nicholas's church, in behalf of this excellent institution, when the Mayor and other members of the council will be present. FANCY BALLS.—AII that the imagination can pourtray of the graceful and beautiful is no where so vividly realized as in the fancy dress ball. When promenading the ball-room, and making the acquaintance of high-born dames, gallant knights, and noble cavaliers, we feel transported to fairy land, with fancy wandering amid the enchanting scenes and gorgeous display of the regions of romance. It appears from an advertisement that some of our townsmen have deter mined to enliven " the good old town" during the winter season with a series of these balls. THEATRE ROYAL.—We direct the attention of our readers to the advertisement of the Theatre Royal. Very conside rable attractions are announced. PICTURE OF ADAM AND EVE.—We strongly recommend an immediate visit to this exhibition. It will amply repay the trouble. LAIDLAW'S PANORAMA.—This magnificent exhibition continues to attract crowds of visitors. We are not surprised to find that it has given universal satisfaction. The " burn ing of York Minster " has been pronounced by competent judges a first-rate work of art. CHURCH PASTORAL-AID SOCIETY.—The committees for the months of August and September voted grants for eight additional clergymen and one lay assistant. The society now aids 275 incumbents, having under their charge an aggregate population of 2,025,456 ; or each, on an average, the chat= of i,365 souls, while the average amount of their incomes is only £162; and 135 of these incumbents are without par sonage houses. Previous to the aid of the society, only 309 clergymen were engaged in the pastoral care of the above stated population. The existing grants are to provide stipends for 290 clergymen and 45 lay assistants, at a charge to the society, when all the appointments shall be made by the incumbents, of 26,106 per annum. 221 clergymen and 40 lay assistants are now supported in their important labours by the society, at a charge of £20,341 per annum. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE JEWS.—It will be seen from the advertisement, that the twenty-first anniversary of the Liverpool Auxiliary Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews will be held, on Monday evening next, at the Amphitheatre. As a great number of eminent ministers are expected to attend, to address the meeting, the proceedings will be of a highly interesting character. The annual sermons in aid of the society will he preached, on Sunday next, in several of the churches in Liverpool and its neighbourhood. THE CHESTER AND BIRKENIIEAD RAILWAY.—We are informed that several of the directors of this railway, and their friends, purpose to make a preparatory trip from Ches ter to Birkenhead this day, and that they will probably arrive at the latter place about three in the afternoon. The general opening will not take place for some days. A fine station house has been built at the terminus in Birkenhead, and the whole of the works on the line are on the eve of completion, in a style not to be surpassed by any other line of railway. ADMIRABLE CONDUCT OF THE CAPTAIY OF A RIVER STEAMER.—A few evenings ago, as the Birkenhead steamer, the " James," belonging to Mr. Willoughby, got to this side of the water, and the passengers were making their way across another steam-boat to the slip at George's pier, an elderly man, apparently a farmer, and his wife, of whom he had hold, fell together from the plank between the two ves sels, into the water. A strong tide was running at the time; the night was very dark ; and they got under the paddle wheel, to the great alarm of the passengers. The captain of the boat, Thomas Bennett, a tine-looking, tall young man, who was standing at the gangway handing out the passengers, immediately, and at great risk to himself, got into the water, and succeeded after great exertion in saving the parties, who but for his prompt assistance would have been drowned. They were hauled up through the paddle-box, to the great satisfaction of all who were present, and who loudly cheered Bennett for his praiseworthy conduct. He received a con tusion of one of his legs in saving them ; and though the cir cumstance, which he makes no boast of, and the particulars of 'which we derived from another party, is some days old, its authenticity can be vouched for ; and *e trust thc-rTitmane Society will give it their best consideration, with a view to the encouragement of similar exertions in future on our river, in which human life is often almost unavoidably placed in peril. DREADFUL MURDER NEAR BRISTOL.—On Tuesday last an inquest was held at the Dolphin, Marlborough-street, on the.body of James Pearce, employed as a watchman at a gar den at Upper Easton, who met his death from injuries re ceived at St. George's, where a prisoner was rescued from him by four men not yet in custody.—Andrew Gough, jun., son of the proprietor of the garden, deposed—Chi Sunday, the 16th of August, about two o'clock in the morning. I caught a man named John Thomas, a brickmaker, who lives at Easton, stealing apples from my father's garden ; having taken him, 1 procured the assistance of the deceased, who was a night constable in the neighbourhood, and we went to St. Philip's police station, where they declined to take him in, as the offence had been conmiitted in the county of Gloucester, and they had no room. Intending to take him to the Hanham station, we proceeded that way, the prisoner, not handcuffed, walking between us. 'We were near the school at Redfield about four o'clock, when two men, James Porter and William Thomas came up. Porter took up a large stone, and struck the deceased several times on the back of his head, saying, he would dash his brains out if we did not let him go. William Thomas also struck the de ceased with his fists about the head. The deceased was twice knocked down by the blows. Then the prisoner's father came up and took the deceased away from the prisoner. Witness continued to hold him, and Porter, who had kept the stone in his hand, came up and struck him ou the facet as-did Thomas also with his fists. They continued to beat them till they were near the George and Dragon, when Henry Fussell and George Underhill came to their assist. , ance, and drove away Thomas and Porter ; the deceased then again took charge of the prisoner, but the prisoner's father came up and dragged him away and he escaped. The pri soner's father then caught hold of the deceased and threw' him on his back, beating his head repeatedly against the ground. Deceased was then in a very sickly state, but did not bleed. On the following Tuesday I saw him again; he was then very ill, and continued to get worse till he died.- - Several other witnesses having been called, the Jury re turned a verdict of WILFUL MURDER against John Thomas, the elder, William Thomas, and James Porter, and a ga inst John Thomas, the younger, as an accessory. The parties are not yet in custody. THE WELSH AUXILIARY BIBLE SOCIETY.—On Friday last, the annual meeting of the Welsh Branch of the Liver pool Auxiliary Bible Society, was held in the Music-hall, Bold-street. The Rev. Robert Davies, M.A., the President of the Society, in the chair. The proceeeings were wholly in the Welsh language. The spacious room was quite full- The chairman, in opening the business of the meeting, re ferred to the peculiar obligations of the natives of the princi pality of Wales for their high advantages ; he considered it as peculiar to that nation, that they were more thoroughly furnished with copies of the Holy Scriptures, than any other people on earth, for a supply of copies of the Holy Scriptures commensurate, or nearly so with the number of the inha bitants, had been obtained. In round numbers the inha bitants of the principality amount to 800,000. The Bible Society has printed 441,479 copies of the Welsh Scriptures in the course of 36 years ; if to these is added the number published by the Christian Knowledge Society, and by pri rate printers, and when it is borne in mind that a large number of the inhabitants of the principality are provided with the English Scriptures, the conclusion may be fairly drawn that the inhabitants of Wales are more fully and cony' pletely furnished with the Holy Scriptures than any other nation on the globe. This is a ground of lively gratitude. It, therefore, was the duty of a people so honoured and so blessed to spare no exertions to communicate to others the advantages they have themselves abundantly possessed• The chairman then called upon The secretary, Mr; David Lewis, to read the report, and the treasurer, Mr. David Davies, to read a statement of the accounts. The report was highly interesting in its general character, but what was most gratifying was the fact, that this branch, in the last year, had collected £422 17s. 5d., and after paying £62 17s -5d., for Bibles and Testaments, to supply the immediate wants of the Welsh in Liverpool, and for incidental expenses , the society was enabled to remit to the Parent Society, for its foreign purposes the sum of £360. The adoption of the report was moved by the Rev. Jeffrey Davies, the Welsh lecturer, at St. Paul's Church ; and seconded in a most effective and instructive address by the Rev. Thomas Phillips, one of the secretaries of the'Parent Society. The other resolutions were moved and seconded'by the Rev. Win- Thomas, Henry Rees, Daniel Jones, John Hughes, Danie 4 Griffiths, and Mr. Hugh Jones, in most interesting and exciting addresses. CHAitnE OF RAPE.—At the Borough Court, Bolton, on Monday last, George Jackson, an engineer in the service of the trustees of the late Ellis Fletcher, Esq. at Clifton, was charged with having committed a rape on Margaret, wife of James Lever, Fairfield-street, Manchester, a married woman, 36 years of age. According to the statement of the prosecutrix, on last Saturday three weeks, her husband was absent from home on a drunken spree. She had some business to transact at Worsley, and for that purpose went there by the two o'clock train. llaving finished her bu' ness, she went in search of her husband to the Spindle-point public-house in Kersley, and there found him in compaq with other men, in liquor. He escaped, and five or 511 others went off along with him. She went out after them' and saw the prisoner, who asked her if she knew the men that had gone with her husband, and she said she did not: The prisoner then told her, that they were gamblers and robbers. She said, " Then they will rob him ; where etc they likely to come out at.?" The prisoner replied, "At the Red Cat." This is a publi,•-house on the road betwee? Manchester and the Lane Ends in Bolton. She said , " Where is that ?" and the prisoner pointed out the ri d across the moss. She said to him that she was amongs t enemies, and she wished she had a protector. The prisone r then said he would protect her, and go with her to the Re u , Cat ; and, about eight o'clock in the evening, they set • on, across the moss. On arriving at the Red Cat, she trea te d him to a glass of rum and water, but could not meet wIL" her husband. He then proposed to see her back again oU t ° , the Manchester-road, and, as they were returning, threw r down, and injured her side (she being pregnant), by falbs4 against a piece of rock. He then, whilst she was in Ol t helpless state, committed the diabolical act. The prisoner was committed for trial for the capital offence. The case not heard sooner, on account of the weak state of halm " Mrs. Lever. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. FITZWILLIAM, And her Last Appearance in Liverpool previous to her return to the United States, to fulfil her American engagements. Fifth Night of Mr. MACKAY, of the Theatre-Royal, Edinburgh, who is engaged for a Fortnight. Third Night of Mr. PAUL BEDFORD, of the Theatres- Royal, Covent-garden, Drury-lane, .and the Haymarket, who is engaged for a limited period. A. 1 111 S. present FRIDAY, September 11! 1840, will be performed, a Comedy, i n th ree ac t s , iXined BOLD STROKE FOR MIUSBAND Don Caesar MrOlackay. Don Carlos. Mr. Stuart Don J[tlio Mr. W. Howard Don Vincentio, Don Garcia Donna Victoria.. , Mr. Chaplin. . Mr. W. H. Bland .. Miss Cleaver. Donna Laura.. Mrs. Baker. Minatte.. Mrs. Clarke Donna Olivia Mrs. Fitzwilliam. At the end of the Play, a favourite SONG, by Mr. Paul Bedford. After which, the celebrated Monopologue, written expressly for Mrs. Fitxwilliani, by J. B. Buckstone, Esq., called WIDOW WIGGINS; Or, MUSIC MAD. In which Mrs. Fitzwilliam will sustain her original charac- ters. To conclude with the New Drama called the LADIES' CLUB. MRS. FITZWILLIAM IN THE CHAIR. On MONDAY, Sept. 14, will be repeated the Opera of ROB ROY. Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Mr. Mackay ; Major Galbraith, Mr. Paul Bedford.—After which, the Drama of MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS. Sandie, Mr. Mackay. THE LIVERPOOL EXHIBITI'ON rrHE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION of the LIVERPOOL ACADEMY of WXKS of MODERN ARTISTS WILL OPEN on INIoND next, at the ExHI BITION Rooms, in Postoffice-place. SAMUEL EGLINGTON, Secretary to the Academy. Postoffice-place, September 9, 1840. EXHIBITION. WILL. SHORTLY CLOSE, 7 „ CAPTAIN SIBORN' S MODEL OF E BATTLE OF WATERLOO. 'THE celebrated MODEL OF TI; BATTLE OF 1 WATERLOO is NOW OPEN r EXHIBITION at the GALLERY OF THE UNION ROOMS, Slater street, Bold-street. Open from Ten in the Morning till Ten at Night. Ad mission, One Shilling each. MOVING PANOAAMA IS NOW OPEN, in the large New Brick Building, erected on purpose, Newington-bridge, near Bold-street, and next door to the Clarendon Hotel, Liverpool, LAIDLA I rS celebrated PANORAMA of a Sail up the Bayiind a Visit round the City of NEW YORK ; also a View of the Ship H UDDERSFIELD saving the Crew of the USKISSON STEAMER, and the late Fire at YORK A. NSTER. " The views of the Bay of New York ad ',ready to the in terest of those of the interior of the city, and the stay-at home traveller is conveyed, as if by a magic wishing cap, or another Aladdin's Lamp, to the entrance of the Bay of New York, and on his way up meets a fleet of outward-bound ships of all nations, and after witnessing the entire city round and round, returns to his friends as if from a bright vision of the sun-lit city of the far west."—Bristol Mercury, Jan. 8,1839. Day Exhibition punctually at One o'clock ; in the Even ing at Seven, and again at Half-past Eight o'clock. Boxes is Gd ; Pit s ; Gallery 6d. ZOOLOGICAL .GARDENSio THE GRAND BOMBARDMENT of will take place THIS EVENING, (Friday anti MONDAY next. To be repeated EVERY MON Y and FRIDAY during the Season, weather permitting. An excellent BRASS BAND in attendance every day. Admittance, One Shilling. , i T HE First of a Series of PUBLIC FA Y DRESS BALLS will be held, in the TEMPLAR. HALL, Great George-street, on MONDAY, the 12th Octo r. The number of Tickets are limited. o money will be received, or Tickets sold, at the Doors , and no Masks or Plain Dresses can be admitted. Tickets, Refreshments included, Single, 55., Double, is. 61.1., may be had at the Standard and Mercury-offices, and at the prinpipal Music Shops. Dancing to commence at Nine o'clock. an I), th Co 1 3li N I f4l te4 Pr tip 4w Po lii Ve