The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-21 00:00:00

DAILY WEATHER TABLE

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
p;ace,s at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
Poona--Wind S.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
BA:arias—Wind "N., Irma breeze—rain.
Soumaamorz—Wind S.. strong breeze—partially cloudy.
FoLklisTorrk—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—overcast.
TUN BRIDGE— 'V.inn S. W., calm - overcast.
GREEN ICH— Wind S. W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
STl.ooD—Wind S.W , gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Swuenore—Wind W., gentle breeze—partially- cloudy.
CO LCHEST kis.—Wind S.W., strong breeze— cloudy.
Csatnzanc4E—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
Tat:mourn—Wind S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
The returns from the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Saturds.y morning at nine
o'ciocc,

LORRET ER —Wind S.E., strong breeze—overcast.
HoLTHEAD--Wind E., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
Dear.u‘GTori-Ivrind S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
sue--*;nd E., calm—overcast.
Bgarrocs.—Wind S., gentle breeze—cloudless.

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LONDON, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 18A2.

The prolongation of the captivity of ABD-EL-
RADER is worse then a dereliction of duty on the
part of the French Government, it is the abandon
ment on the part of the French people of all those
principles of honour which are most befitting the
country of BAYARD, the land whose sceptre has been
wielded by so many heroes—dating back from the
Emperor NAPOLEON to the Emperor CHARLEMAGNE.
It is an incident, indeed, whichcould not but have
sounded incongruously had it been possible for
FROISSART, without an anachronism, to have
em-
blazoned it upon the picturesque and gorgeous scroll
of his " Chronicles." Those who best appreciate the
magnanimity of the French character have awaited
viith the greatest solicitude, though, at times, also
with the most implicit confidence, the announcement
of that release of the illustrious EMIR which muse
have constituted, among all acts, perhaps its most
brilliant, and certainly its most generous vindication.
Litherto, however, these hopes have been doomed
only to continual disappointment. The circum-
stances which accompanied the capture of Aisp-EL.
RADER cannot be forgotten by the gene-
rality, It cannot be forgotten, for example,
that that capture took place at a moment
when it could have been least expected. The
glorious chieftain of the Arabs had up to that period
set at defiance the bravest as well as the most vigi-
lant of his European antagonists. He had evaded
their grasp with an adroitness that seemed little leas
than miraculous. Re had been to the conquerors of
Algiria what the phantom of the Flying Dutchman
had been to the earliest of ear nevigetors—a terror
perpetually appearing before them, and that when
least anticipated, and yet invariably and altogether
removed beyond the reach of their vengeance. Jr
became at last so remarkable—this evasion of French
arms by ADD-EL-
KADea—that it grew into the
happiest of all the jests directed against the councils
of the Tuileries, happier than any literary sarcasm in
the columns of the Charivari, happier even than any
pictorial sarcasm from the pencil of the inexhaustiblt
and incomparable PHILLIPON. ABD-EL-KADkR,
moreover, contrived to render the jest yet more
" telling" against his opponents by appearing
almost übiquitous in Algeris. Scarcely had he
been forced to retreat in one quarter by
reason of an overwhelmin superiority of numbers,
than he started forth at •
the opposite exfiemity of the
province—always free, always fierce, end always for-
midable. Hia perional influenceamong Hs wild
Arab fullowera was the more terrible indeed from
the enthusiasm inspired b „ ' '
yne iu wl.suee wins was
and
said to flow the sacred
royal blood of the
Prophet. France bad experienced
thority of this influence arid thlf
ury for years the au-
of this enthu-
6iaami Her anxiety, therefore, to
e
contest so painfully prolonged b-
put an end to a
length, of course,
proportionally to the
- ame enhanced at
Proiongatie Underextent of its
that n. these circumstances
the Command • . it Was,
became of her forces
became
in Algeria'
Bled
in
aaware,lveb of
1847, that the Eetut Was „Ann_
the vaguest ho difficulties that seemed to render idle
found himself p: of his extrication. ADD-zee-Ree:am
that aPon all •uddenly surrounded. He discovered
sides the French soldiery with their ba.

THE gUN,

yonets bristled around him like a pallisade surmounted 1;
wish cheveux•de-frieze. D-sperate though his po-ition
was, however, it is nevertheless certain that still, had
he listed, ABD-EL-KADER might have escaped. i
Already he had been in straights apparently as fear-
ful,
and yet, in spite of every obstacle, he had con-
trived upon each occasion to effect his espape from
the closing grasp of his antagonists. Even then, in
1847, the EMIR might, had he so pleased, have i
tightened the folds of his burnoose, have taken the
reins of his Arabian warhorse between his teeth, and,
with his pistol in his left hand and his cimeter in his
right, have cut his way through the ranks by which
he was environed, and flown on " the wings of the
wind" to the freedom and the authority still awaiting
him in the depths of the wilderness. ABD.EL.KADER
might still have ventured upon this enterprise—but—
he was not alone involved in the trammels
—there were with him his wives and his
children. Solicitous for their safety, unwilling to
abandon them in the flight that held out to him its
temptation=, and unable at the same time to secure
their liberty while accomplishing his escape in the
manner already indicated—the EMIR at last came to
the determination to surrender himself upon certain
preconcerted stipulations. ABD-EL-KADER, we may
believe, was induced to consent to adventure upon
this step the more readily from his confidence in
French honour and magnanimity. As it proved,
however, the Emperor NAPOLEON himself WAS not
subjected to a more grievous disappointment when,
coming to England, "like THEMISTOCLES," he
found himself, not received with hospitality, but
" immolated." ABD•EI,KADER in like manner de-
livered himself up to France upon the understanding
that his personal freedom was to be assured—and
he was forthwith conveyed across the Mediterranean
and has been ever since in a state of incarceration.
History has already recounted the terrible manner
in which the unfortunate EMIa has been avenged,
even in captivity, by the awful dispensations of
DIVINE PROVIDENCE. The old KING, who was the
prime mover in the infamous act of turpitude, was
compelled to fly from his palace with ignominious
precipitation. His principal ministerial adviser in
the transaction was only enabled to save his life by
escaping
in the livery of a footman. The Prince of
the Blood, who had solemnly pledged the word that
was broken, found all his own rights destroyed, and
himself expatriated. Marshal BUGEAUD has since
then expired, and General DE LAMORICIERB, after
being imprisoned for a brief interval, has been driven
into a disgraceful banishment. Meanwhile, the
heroic victim of the men who have thus wit-
nessed already the " pride, pomp, and circum-
stance of power"—whether of war or of
empire—scattered irretrievably to the winds
of heaven, has languished in the Chateau
d'Amboise, where he still awaits that tardy fiat
which is to be the signal of his liberation. A veteran
soldier of England has more than once interceded in
his behalf—but unhappily success has not attended
the humane efforts of the Marquis of LONDONDERRY.
Hops can now only survive in favour of the EMIR
through the homage for justice cherished in the heart
.)f his Highness the Pats.ca-PRESIDENT. It will be
well for his fame and for the honour of France if that
august personage, the chieftain of a powerful Govern•
ment, shall so act towards the prisoner of Amboise,
that the story of the fate of ABD-EL•KADER shall
not form a companion narrative of the melancholy
history of the captivity and death of TOUSSAINT-
L'OVERTUEE. From the Alzbar of the 7th instant,
we observe with pain, that wishes are ex-
pressed in Algeria that the EMIR may be
still imprisoned for an indefinite period, rather than
liberated on his parole, with permission to reside in
the city of Mecca—and this simply upon the most
paltry of prudential considerations. It was not in
this miserable spirit that was said of yore the grand
old sentence—Fiat justitia, ruat ccelum. It was not
in this spirit that France acted in the days of
BAYARD. It was not thus that her history was
written, when her annalist was a FROISSAILT. No.
Let Louis NAPOLEON, then, so decide, in reference to
the fate of ABD-EL-KADER, that due consideration
may be had for the honour of the French people, and
for the dignity of the French Government.

One unquestionable duty of journalists is that of
protecting the public from fraud and imposture, and
there seems to be every likelihood of a monster attempt
on its gullibility in the shape of a new Austrian Loan.
Those, indeed, who burnt their fingers with the last
may be a little chary of touching another ; but since
that time money has become more difficult of invest.
ment, and multitudes want a good 5 per cent. who
do not find it easy to obtain more than 3 on good, or
4 on tolerable security, and to whom, therefore, the in-
crease of 5 per cent. stock at 95 is very tempting.
Old dealers in these things well know the meaning
of " very favourable terms offered " quite as well as
every lady who goes shopping knows the meaning of
" tremendous sacrifices" and " great bargains," but
hundreds of respectable persons are not old dealers in
investments. They are recommended by some one
who is, and who is, therefore, perhaps a touter for an
Austrian Loan, to invest their savings or bequests in
ii; the stock, they are told, is already at a premium.
Any doubts as to security are silenced by the assur-
ance that a ROTHSCHILD is engaged in it, and also many
of the " first houses." Moreover, the young EMPE-
Ron is exceedingly popular ; even in his recent pro-
gress in Hungary he has been most enthusiastically
received, and the last year's income of the Aus-
'rian empire showed a considerable increase over
bat of the preceding year. By such a smooth
tale as this, if the talked-of loan should come
into the English market, no doubt numberless widows
and artisan., the classes we feel for most, and numbers
of persons also professing higher business attainments,
will be inveigled out of their money. Things are
altered for the worse rather than the better since Mr.
Conner; did such excellent service in exposing the
system by which " the first houses" secure them-
selves, and leave the stockholders in the lurch. That
system is neither better nor worse than the bubble
railway schemes,creators
couldconcocted t
: oncemerely
dispose to
ocreate stoclc,
which the
hand-
some profit, and leave the holders to wind up, or go
on at immense loss, as they deemed best. By a few
fictitious sales among .
themselves, or even real ones,
raise the stock to a premium, and
for
ow which
great
theyu
eastuld amply reimburse themselves,
,
then get rid of all in their own hands; a fall soon
occurs, the price becomes permanently lowered, an d
only for loan No. 1 to sink yet lower on the announce-
ment, in a few years, that loan No. 2 must ere long 1 e
brought
into the market. Soon it turns out that the
EMPEROR'S enthusiastic reception in Hungary, and
even in Vienna itself, was the enthusiasm of soldier
v. • m exhibited at the Word of 7
and police, enteustas con 1-
mend ; that even illuminations were ordered at ti
-
penalty of being numbered with the disaffectedrult
that Hungary is determined to regain, at least, sei
old rights and privileges, while the boy
more callous then a TALLEYRAND or a METTERNICH: ,
though but just out of his 'teens, is determined that
the constitutional freedom of some 800 years' growth
shall be assimilated to the bureaucratic despotism
of his German possessions. To retain Hungary on.
such terms is to retain a perennial necessity for fresh.
loans, while to lose it by civil dissension is.
to shake Austrian credit altogether. Ort
one condition only can investment in •ali
Austrian loans be safe, namely, that that Go-
vernment adopt a really noble, generous course w ith
Elting:try, and with Lombardy too. Thorough pc E-
rical amnesty, and even moderate constitutional co n-
c401113, followed as they would be by freer, if not
free trade, weuld snake these two nobl, st members of
this Austria f 1
Austrian CJL Pr.anu mines of wealth to its
treasury.
But, then,
the need of loans would pro-
bably be et
an end, Liberty can pay its own debts.
Despotism, on the contrary, is always needy. Not-
eithstandieg taxation has bsen strained to its utmost
limit, there is still
a deficiency ; and the military
establishment requ• •
mite to deprive twelve millions of
people of their just rights, and to convert them into the
mere slaves of the worthless and cruel House of
Hapsburg, will always more than exhaust the re-
venue which its tyranny can
raise.
We say little about the immorality of lending
money to crush the free and uphold the despot,
merely because we fear it is the argument which will
weigh least in the scales of the
money lender.
We only know that our laws
will not tolerate
certain immoral investments, such as gambling..
houses and brothels ; and if law prevents such abuse
of capital at home, we think conscience might, at least,

LONDOI,I9

give an ear to the supplications of down-trodden
freedom ab7oad ; 4i)d might hesitate to make heavier
still the barbarous foot now placed upon its neck.
Our chief argument is to the pocket. If the talked-
of loan be carried into effect, its course will assuredly
be one of premiums and commissions in the hands of
the " first house::," one of discount and uncertain
dividends in the ha,,ds of ulti;nat:,, shareholders.
Most persons think themselves as competent to de •
cide on the morality of what they purpose as a news-
paper editor ; we therefore leave each to settle that
question by themselves, or with the Peace Society,
if they prefer it, but we earnestly request them to
think twice before the usual talk about the "first
houses " beguiles them out of their fair inheritance,
or hard earni❑gs.

One word to the head of one of the first money deal-
ing houses in the world, and now a Member elect for
?he City of London. Most heartily have we laboured
in the cause of Jewish emancipation, and shall con-
tinue to do so ; but if the name of ROTHSCHILD is
to be mingled up with a loan for rivetting still
more hopelessly the fetters of Hungary, we and
the citizens of London shall never be persuaded,
at another election, that the tool of foreign liberti-
cides is the fitting man to personify Jewish freedom
in the British House of Commons.

While General GODWIN and the forces under his
command have been resting quietly at Rangoon, a
very important step in advance has been taken by a
flotilla of light steamers under the command of
Captain TARLETON, a gallant and energetic naval
officer—a step which must materially influence the
proceedings of the British troops, and may possibly
open the eyes of the despot of Ave to the im-
policy of the course which he has de-
liberately sanctioned. Prome has fallen. Captain
TARLETON was not satisfied with merely
observing the force and position of the enemy ;
he clearly perceived the extraordinary chance that
offered, and took due advantage of the golden oppor-
tunity. With his marines and seamen alone he at-
tacked and captured the town, and that with the loss
of a single life—a seaman—two officers also being
wounded. The resistance was of the most trifling
character, considering the importance of the position.
Several guns and mortars (28 in all) were taken pos-
session of, and actually brought away.

This great success was achieved by a rapid
and unexpected movement in a direction where no
preparations had been made for defence. There
were two branches of the Irrawaddy river, one of
which, that by the left bank, is only navigable in
ordinary seasons. In that quarter the Burmese force
was concentrated, and several formidable batteries
were constructed, " stone bastions mounted with
cannon, which could entirely enfilade that branch of
the river." But while one route was so admirably de-
fended, another was left unnoticed and un-
cared for. The Burmese appeared to think
it a matter of perfect certainty that we
should remain inactive during the rainy season, at
which time alone the right channel would be avail-
able ; end also that we would attack the fortifications
rather than leave them in the rear. They were,
however, deeply deceived. The friendly natives on
the banks of the river gave full information as to the
impediments, and the means of avoiding them. The
river had been so greatly swollen by the fall of rain,
that ample depth of water was afforded for
the passage of the flotilla by the right
channel, and the main river was reached with but
little damage from the enemy. The garrison fled
almost at the first summons. A panic ensued the
moment it was ascertained that the British vessels
had escaped the obstructions prepared on the left
bank, and that a❑ attack on the town itself was im-
pending—not only was the town taken possession of,
the seamen and marines remaining unmolested for
more than 24 hours, but some of the saucy blue-
jackets made an expedition into the country, stra3 -
ing a mile and a half beyond the gates, without
meeting anything in the shape of an enemy.
This achievement, great as it is, however, is but of

trivial importance when compared with the prospect
it opens of bringing this unprofitable and inglorious
war to a speedy termination. it is reported, and we
believe truly, that Captain TARLETON declared that if
he were authorised by his instructions, and had a sin-
gle regiment with him, he could have reached Ava,
and have captured it as easily as he did Prome. The
Burmese would have been taken by surprise—the
danger would have approached from an unforeseen
direction. A decisive blow might have been made
that would have brought his Burmese Majesty to a
due sense of his situation and of the necessity of con-
ciliating his opponents. The opportunity was, how-
ever lost for the time being, but we trust not perma-
nently. However anxious General GODWIN may be
to conduct hostilities selon les roles, he cannot

ignore the new prospect that has been opened through
the enterprise of Captain TARLETON. The lives of
our gallant soldiers, to say nothing of hundreds of
thousands of pounds sterling, are not to be sacrificed

to a blind obedience to ancient traditions. A com-
mander must now be at least up with, if not in ad-
vance of the times, and if the rainy season should
prove best calculated for formidable demonstrations,
the rainy season cannot be passed in slothful inactivity,
although such had been the custom before steam
bad been used as a mode of propulsion to our vessels.
It is nearly certain that Ave is attainable by water
during the rainy season ; and it is in the metropolis
only that terms of peace should be dictated. The
lesson will doubtless prove a salutary one, obviating
the danger of further aggression from that quarter,
once regarded as so formidable.

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
Gross traffic receipts for passengers
and goods, week ending Sept. 18,
1852 ... £19,644 9 7
Ditto, Sept. 20, 1851... ... ... 19,632 10 7

Increase in 1852 ... ... Xll 19 0
Total amount from the commencement of the pre-
sent half-year on let August, 1852 :
Seven weeks ... ... ... £136,119 13 3
Ditto, 1851 ... ... ... ... 142,326 17 4
Ditto, 1850 ... ... ... ... 117,229 410
Decrease under 1851 ... £6,207 4 1
Increase over 1850 ... 18,890 8 5
London Terminus, Sept. 20, 1852.

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAYe.-.Traffic for
the week ending Sept. 18,,1852 :

Passengers (25,812), goods and
parcels, horses and carriages.. £4,278 17 3
Corresponding week in last year 4,177 13 1

THE CORPORATION AND THE DUKE OF WELLING-
TON.—Mr. John Wood has given a notice of motion for con-
sidering, in the Court of Common Council next Thursday.
what mark of respect should be paid to the memory of the
great Duke.
Yesterday a large meeting of the most influential
inhabitants of Hull was held in the Mansion-house, the
Mayor in the chair, at which it was resolved to observe the
day of the Duke's funeral by an entire suspension of business,
and by religious services in the churches and chapels of the
town.

M. Bruloff, a distinguished Russian painter, whose
" Dernier Jour de Pompeia" was much admired at the French
Exhibition a few years ago, died recently at Nanciana, near
It"le, Where he was drinking the waters for the recovery of
hie health.
ladAly received RS' S. C. HALL.—We regret to learn that this
a severe accident while at Killarney, having
usprained her ancle in the Gap of Dunloe ; she is, however,
ably.c the cars of Dr. Kennedy, and is progressing favour-

The Bishop
of Exeter has instituted the Rev.
William James, 11
, to the vicarage of Plympstock, with
T nruchapei annexed, near Plymouth, on the nomination of
ti le Dean and Canons of Windsor ; and the Rev. F. E. Long,
A., to the rectory of Priors Portion, Tiverton, on the no-
Cambr minati n of the Provost and Fellows of King's College,
oidge.

s has instituted the Rev.
, in
the same
Pembroke-
.tirceoemkenhturonf.
Bart,
The county, ren-
dered!The Bishop of St. David'
IV. C. Bowen, M.A., incumbent
Rev- H. Nathan, on
Pembroke-
shire, to the rectory ofJordanstown
The chaplaincy to the British residents at Coch'n
Malabar coast, South Indis, has been c-nferred u Chapel,;'
1 thenomvaincaa
ntitonbyofthSeirrj
Rev. T. Whitehouse, M.A., curate of Well-walk
Hempstead.
Toe Lord Chancellor of Ireland has appointed
Richard C. Pratt, Eqi., of Kinsale, late 95th Regiment, to the
commission of the peace for the county of Cork, at the re-
commendation of the Right Hon. the Earl of Bandon.
THE MAGISTRACY.—THe Lord Chancellor of Ire-
]: x:n.d has been pleased to appoint Marcus Goodbody, Esq, of
In •hmore House, Clara, to the commission of the peace for
the King's county.
L henry Vereker, Esq., brother of Dr. Vereker, of
LSrna rick, succeeds Mr. Bigger, who died suddenly, as ballast
m, tate r and comptroller of light duties, at the Irish Ballast
Bo ard, Dublin.
(401. d John Manners, as first Commissioner of
Woods and Forests, with the concurrence, as a matter of
course, of the Board of Works, baying determined on re-
moving the unsightly buildings on the Royal dairy-farm at
Frog more for the preparation of new buildings on the same
site, the works have been already commenced by the con-
tractc rs for completing the new Houses of Parliament. The
new plans comprise an extensive range of agricultural
builds iga, with apartments for farm labourers with their fa-
milies, but no farm hens%