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LONDON.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1E137.

conversation, and has produced a strong sensation in town,
we feel it our duty to make it known to the public :
An individual of highly respectable character, who was
appointed to the office of elder in Townsend-street meet-
ing-house, in this town, voted at the last election for Mr.
Gibson, M.P., who is also an elder in the synod cf Ulster,
to which that congregation belongs. No sooner was this fact
known than an outcry was raised by certain Tories in that
congregation, and a demand made that this excellent man
should be expelled from the eldership on account of his vote.
Having failed in their demand, they then resorted to a peti-
tion, in which they renewed their demand, and accompanied it
with a threat, unless he were expelled, they would withdraw.
This demonstration alarmed the minister, and he (the Rev.
Josias Wilson) prepared a document, requesting this gen-
tleman to sign it, and allow it to be read in his name, from
the pulpit. The purport of this paper was to affirm his
detestation of Popery, as a system of superstition and ido-
latry, his sorrow for having given a vote that seemed to
countenance that system, and to disturb the peace of the
congregation ; and it was proposed to add to it a pledge,
never to vote for the Liberal party again. This paper
was left with the elder for his signature ; but he re-
pudiates the proposal with scorn ; and his reply was a
manly and Christian letter, resigning not only his elder-
ship, but all connection with the congregation. We con-
sider this case to be one of a very serious description. It
may be taken as evidence of the crusade which is, at this
moment, in active progress in Belfast, against civil and reli-
gious freedom, under the auspices of men who affect an ex-
traordinary and singular regard for the interests of religion.
It may appear to those not acquainted with the state of
feeling which exists among us, to be a solitary case of ex-
travagant intolerance and coercion. But that is not the
fact. Others, quite as bad, have been occurring from time
to time ; and what is even worse than the occurrence of
isolated cases, a wide spread and reckless system of the
most hateful and unholy intolerance and tyranny exists
amongst us, and is acted upon to an extent which may ex-
cite the vigilance of the friends of political freedom, as it
must, assuredly, awaken the deepest sorrow in the mind of
every man who is solicitous about the preservation of any
thing like the spirit of genuine religion."

We have advices from Madrid of the 27th ult. To
meet the immediate demands of the army, the QUEEN
REGENT had advanced thirty millions of reals.out of
her own private funds, the bulk of which was imme-
diately handed over to ESPARTERO'S troops, who had
manifested a determination not to leave the environs of
the capital IA ithout receiving their arrears. Her Ca-
tholic MAJESTY is said to he immensely rich ; but
as she sets a high value on her money, we are confident
she was only induced to part with so much of it, from
an apprehension that an army which she had taught
the dangerous lesson of its own strength, was not to
be lightly trifled with. The army has learned the fatal
secret of its own political influence ; it knows on what
a slender pedestal the Government rests ; and no army
ever yet acquired such knowledge without abusing it.
The new Cabinet hangs together, but of its stabi-
lity there is but little prospect. MENDIZABAL is
said to oppose it with all his influence, which appears
to be much greater than opponents had antici-
pated. The QUEEN rather holds herself aloof, being
prepared to make the most of whatever may happen.
Should CALATRAVA triumph, she will be ready to
denounce ESPARTERO as an arch-traitor ; though it

is now well known that his late conduct was dictated
by her MAJESTY. On the other hand, were EsrAR-
TERO to prevail, CALATRAVA and MENDIZABAL
would be denounced to the nation as a pair of Royal
jailors, who on all occasions dictated the expression
of the Royal will. In fact, the QUEEN has lived
so long in an atmosphere of Court intrigue,
and diplomatic duplicity, that she seems incapable of
comprehending the possibility of performing the func-
tions of Sovereignty, without the usual accompaniment
of mysterious consultations with the Leaders of some
faction or other. It is, moreover, rather notorious
that she imbibed all FERDINAND'S ideas re.Tecting
the sanctity of the Royal word, and the convenience
on all necessary occasions of the plea of Ministerial
coercion. Hence the necessity for firmness on the
part of Ministers, and vigilance-on that of the Cortcs.
If either allow themselves to be duped by the intrigues
of the Camarilla, the country must suffer.
The officers stigmatised as traitors by General
SEOA NE have attacked hitn in an obscure Ma:lrd
Journal, charging him with permitting the murder of
the unfortunate QUESAD A. SEOANE defends him-
self in a long address, wherein he states, that had
QURSA DA remained in Madrid he would have saved
him ; and that he saved IsTriatz, tthom he kept con-
cealed for fifteen days in his house. He brands
EsrA RTERO'S officers with tilt epithet of cowards,
and declares them not entitled to the satisfaction de-
manded by gentlemen so Stigmatised, till they have
purified their honour with the blood of the enny.
This address created quite a sensation in the capital,
where it was not previously known to whom IsTuntz
owed his safety.
The following official account of the doings of that
" most ainable personage," I)on CARLOs—as the
Post sentimentally styles the Pretender—embodies a
striking specimen cf the " piety and humanity" for
which, according to the same journal, he is so greatly
dis.titTuished

The worthless faction which have lately been so
busily and so characteristically employed in demo-
ralizing and brutifying the people of England are cut
to the quick at the failure of all their nefarious schemes
for wriggling themselves into the places of able and
honest, and therefore, to them, hateful statesmen. A
hint has been thrown out in a pamphlet just pub-
lished, and supposed to proceed from high authority,
that if the party opposed not merely to the MELBOURNE
administration but to reform in any s'-:ape and in any
degree, obstinately persist rejecting the settlement of
the Irish Church on the principle adopted by Govern-
ment, that Church may not improbably be left to shift
for itself, until its so-called " friends" return to a better
way of thinking. The following passage of the pamph-
let has most particularly alarmed then:—" Leave the
tithe question unsettled for a few years longer, and there
will be no Protestant church in Ireland worth making
any difference about. Those who wish to preserve
even what remains of that institution should consider
whether it would not be better on the whole to set up
the Church property to auction, and have the Clergy
paid out of the Consol:dated Fnnd, upon a scale gra-
duated according to the amount of duty which they
have to perform. If something of this kind be not
done it will be the duty of Lard MEr,nouaxr: not to
embarrass his Cabinet any further with this question,
but permit it to take its own Course. Attached as
he is by principle and sentiment to the Protestant re-
ligion, yet it is no par: of his functions to press bene-
fits upon persons who will not accept them. Upon
their heads, not upon his, will rest the consequences.'
The view here taken of the Minister;al policy with
regard to the Irish Tithe question has greatly dismayed
the Tory belligerents. What !" exclaim these sturdy
advocates of principle ( " can the Ministers be se
abandoned as to give up die appropiiation clause
Impossible. They are pledged to it beyond retreat."
The MELBOURNE Administration will never give up
the appropriation clause ; of that the opposition cla-
mourers may rest assured, if the assurance will give
them any comfort. They will never introduce a
Tithe Bill into Parliament without an appropriatieg
provision in it. To that they certainly are pledged
and bound, and from that they have no wish to be
released. But it is a very different question whether
they are called upon year after year to propose a tithe
measure which is resisted by the very persons who are
to benefit most by it, the Irish Clergy, and by the po-
litical party who take the clergy under their especial pro-
tection. We think they would be perfectly justified in
adopting the tactics of Sir 11. PEEL in similar circum-
stances, who, when he found that the Bill which he
proposed for the relief of the Dissenters was not sa-
tisfactory to that body, at once relinquished it. And
what would be the consequence ? Simply what
the author of the pamphlet alluded to states. There
would soon " be no Protestant Church in Ireland
worth making any difference about." The Tithes are
even now in- a dangerous state ; delay the settlement a
year or two, and they become matter of history. For
our own part, we hare always regarded Tithes as
national property, and have on that principle stood
up for their payment as a charge upon the land,
because to surrender them would be in fact to make
them a present to the owner of the soil. But we would
rather see the Irish Tithes entirely lost to the nation,
than that they should continue a source of contention
and irritation, civil and political, as they have been for
some years past.

" FRiM THE GOVERNOR OF THE rnoviNcr: OF TERUEL, TO

THE MINITEIt OF IVAIL

" Your Excellence,—The Pretender has gone with the
mass of the faction towatds Rio Martin. lie was yester-
day at Olvino and Oliett, leaving here in our neighbour-
hood Forcadoll, Tallada, and Esperanza, who penetrated
with their bands to the villages of Rio Anambra, and the
other districts, committing dreadful ravages. The Vicar-
General goes over the province collecting tithes and all ec-
clesiastical dues, and the chiefs send all the booty they find
to Cantavieja. The Pretender himself, in contempt of
humanity and of his mock title of King, gives an exzmple
of ferocity to his followers, ransacking the population, and
shooting the muncipal councillors whom he thinks hostile
to him. In Hinojora, on the 16th, he ordered the Alcalde
and Secretary to he shot ; and upon the Alcalde demanding
pardon, Don Carlos merely deferred his execution to the
following day, because he said it would be a fete."
The closing act of grace is worthy of the Pretender's
piety. He delayed the murder of the Alcalde for
twenty-four hours, in order that the execution might
take place on a day set apart by the Church of which
he is a member for the especial worship of the God of
mercy and peace I The Royal butcher is cried up
as a pattern of piety by the Tories, because he affects
to be. content with the murder of the body. He tem-
pers the keen edge of the dagger with the hopes in-
spired by the confessional. In this respect he but
follows the example of the Spanish banditti of ancient
and modern times ; and as he is neither a King de
facto nor de jure—as he is neither recognised as a
lawful Sovereign in Spain nor out of it—he has no
more authority to put a Spaniard to death, on any
allegation, than has the humblest footpad that ever
took to the road.

We extract the following account of certain pro-
ceedings arising out of the late election at Belfast,
from the Northern Whig. Had we not the greatest
confidence in the statements of our able and respected
Contemporary, we should hesitate to believe it possible
that Dissenters of any description could have so far
forgot the fundamental principles of civil and religious
liberty, and could have so utterly disregarded the great
maxim of the Christian religion which enjoins all men
to do to others as they would wish others to do to
them, as to have been guilty of an act of persecution
towards a fellow Christian for the conscientious asser-
tion of his political sentiments. We are particularly
sorry to see the Minister of a congregation involved in
this disgraceful transaction. Had Mr. WILSON acted
as he ought to have done—had the true spirit been in
him—he would have set the menace of these intole-
rants at defiance, and not have made himself a party to
proceedings of which he did not approve
The following case has been known to us fur so!iw
days ; and as it has now become the subject of general

Accounts from the north of Spain state that General
Count MIRASOL, fearing an insurrection at Santan-
der, had sought protection on board a British vessel of
war. On the 29th Major ATKINS of the British
Legion, received a musket-shot in the neck, while
heading a foraging expedition in the vicinity of St. Se-
bastian. His recovery was considered hopeless on the
30th. Tranquillity was restored at Miranda—the in-
habitants having raised 20,000 real: to meet the im-
mediate wants of the army.

We have received assurances from a quarter worthy
of some degree of confidence, that France has protested
against the occupation of any part of the Neapolitan
and Pontifical States by the troops of Austria ; and
also that this protest has excited a good deal of unea-
siness in the official and diplomatic circles of Vienna,
Naples, and Rome. We trust such is the case, though
we must be allowed to express our doubts upon the
subject. So to protest would be the duty of France ;
and we need not observe that the Cabinet would be
strenuously supported in such a proceeding by the
Duke of ORLEANS, who has an old but delicate ac-
(—tint with his Roval Cousin Naples on
his own part, and that of a Princess of his Highness's

TI HE SUN,. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1837.

family. But would Louts PHILIPPE take a step that
would give such umbrage to the Great Northern
Powers ? We would answer in the affirmative if we
could, but we cannot overcome our incredulity.

We have advices from Switzerland of the Ist inst.
On the preceding day the Diet discussed at great
length the question of a revision of the federal corn-
pact. The majority were clearly in favour of such a
revision; but as they disagreed as to whether such re-
vision should be the work of the Diet, or of a Select
Committee, those who declared themselves opposed to
all change obtained a triumph, which sets the question
at rest for another year. The Catholic and Protestant
constituencies have settled their political differences
amicably for the present. On the 25th ult. six Eng-
lishmen were arrested for disorderly conduct, while
drunk, in the streets of Berne. As they grossly in-
sulted the Authorities, and violated the peace of the
town, the British Ambassador has refused to interfere
on their behalf.

The Paris Papers of Monday bring no news of any
interest from Spain. They publish details innu-
merable of the defeat of BUERENS, the revolt of Pam-
peluna, and the assassination of General SAARSF I ELD,
and the capture of Pencerrada by the Carlists under
URANGA ; but in none of them do we find any fact
of importance not contained in the reports which ap
peered in the London Journals of yesterday. Pam-
peluna is, however, tranquil by this time, for, accord-
ing to a despatch received by the French Government
from Bayonne, the Viceroy of Navarre entered it on
the 30th ult., and was instantly joined by all the troops,
save the Tricadores, who continued to demand a de-
claration of the independence of the province. The
same despatch acids that General ESPARTERO left

Morocco. Abd-el-Bader pretends that he has not yet sent
a Consul to Oran, because he is embarrassed in the choice
of an Arab to fill that important post. Meantime he is
putting the Muhonar in a good state of defence, and, with
the works executed under the able direction of Commandant
Ca‘aignal, it would require an army of 10,000 or 12,000
men to take the citadel, if its possession was disputed."
" ALGIERS, AuG. 26.-The same uncertainty respecting
our fate still prevails-the same fears of what is to become
of us. We arc at peace, but the Europeans and the allies
of France are robbed, and we -cannot visit our estates in
safety. Weda and Colead have been ceded to us, and we
do not dare to go and take possession of them. The Emir
remains passive in his town of Tlemecen, caring very little
about the execution of the clauses of the treaty, at least as
far as our province is concerned."-Le National.
inuNulf FUNDS-PARIS, SF.FT. 4.
Five per Cents.. 110 f. SOc. 85c. 75c. 80e.
Four per Cents., lO2f.
lime per Cents., 79f. 20c. 25c. 20c.
Bank Actions, 2,420 t
ilente de Naples, 9tsf. 95e 97.
Roman Five per Cents., 100%, 101.
Spanish Actives, 00 20)(04.
Spanish Passives, 4!4.
Itelgian Loan, Five per Cents, 104.
Brussels Society, 1,872 f. 50e.
Belgian Bank, 1,142 f. 50c.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents, 251 j.
kaytian Loan, 136<f. 110 c.
EXCHANOR ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 25c. 40,4 c.; money, 25f. 40:
"Uhrce months, paper, 25f. '27 ; money, 251.25 c
-fours Authentioue.
LAST PRICMS.
Firs per Cents., 110 f. 90c.
Three per Cents. 79f. 40c.
Bank Actions, 2,430 f.
Ilentc de Naples, 97f. 9"c.
KOMAR Five per Cents , 101.
Belgian Loan, 104.
Belgian Bank, 1,442 f. 50c.
Portuguese Three per Cents ,
Haytian Loan, Mt 5Cc.
Spanish Actives, 2014.
Spanish Passives 4
npanish Difreres 7;A.

Madrid on the 27th, and proceeded at the head of the
main body of the army in the direction of Jadraque.
General ORAA had no engagement with the Carlists
near Daroca, as was stated in the French Papers of
Sunday. When he had marched his men within sight
of the rebels, they refused to fight until their arrears of
pay was forthcoming. The General did all he could
to provoke them to engage the enemy, but found threats
and intreaties equally unavailing. The remnant of
BUERENS' division followed their example, and in an
address to their commanding-o►ficers refused to mcve
without money. Thus matters stood with the central
division of the Constitutional army on the 27th—ano-
ther effect of the combined military and political in-

fluence of ESPARTERO in the councils and adminis.
tration of Spain.
The following are extracts from the French Journals

We understand that the Rev. Thomas Cornthwaite
has resigned the vicarage of Crich, Derbyshire, after hold-
ing
it thirty-six years.
Government has offered 1001. reward for the disco-
very of the murderer of Mr. Orchard, landlord of the
Woolstaplers' Arms, Stourbridge.
Miss O'Keefe, the orphan daughter of the dra-
matist, has for some time resided at Southampton, subsist-
ing entirely on a pension of 501. a year from Government.
Owing to the smallness of her income, she had become
involved with her tradespeople, and this circumstance
having been made known to our kind-hearted Oueen, her
Majesty, through Sir H. Wheatley, presented Miss O'Keefe
with a donation of fifty pounds, every farthing of which
was instantly appropriated to the discharge in full of Miss
O'Keefe's debts in Southampton.
As a compliment to the distinguished composer,
F. Mendelssohn Bertholdy, the Sacred Harmonic Society
intend performing his oratorio " St. Paul," previous to his
leaving town to attend the Birmingham Festival.
The Adelphi Theatre opens on the 29th inst., with
Power, who takes the character of Rory O'More, in the
dramatic version of that truly beautiful Irish novel, fur-
nished by Mr. Lover, its author.
Notwithstanding the vexatious and frivolous objec-
tions made by the Tories in this borough, we have pretty
good authority for stating that the Liberal cause will receive
a considerable accession of strength at the next registra-
tion.—Hertforcl Refwmer.
The regulation of the dock-yard, which allows the
workmen to leave their work an hour earlier on Saturdays
than on other days, a rule which has been in existence
since the reign of Queen Anne, is now altered, and the
workmen will in future remain at their Work on Saturdays
as on the other working days.—Devonport Telegraph.
IMPORTANT POST-ODFICR ALTERATION.—We
are glad to be enabled to state that, upon the suggestion
of a commercial house in this vicinity, the Post-office
authorities have agreed to despatch, from the Halifax Post-
office,
a second bag to London, every day, at 12 o'clock,
by the Manchester mail, and thence by the Grand Junction
Railaeiy to Birmingham and London, thus affording to this
town and neighbourhood an additional period of an hour
and a half, at a most important part of the day, for com-
munication with the metropolis and the south of England,
as wall as the Continent. It may not be generally known
that a second delivery now takes place in London at twelve
o'clock, after the arrival of the railway mail, of the previous
evening, from Liverpool and Manchester ; and the letters
despatched by the second Halifax bag, will be included in
that delivery.—Halifax Exp-ess.
The new Day Mail started yesterday morning ; it
is called the Birmingham, Chester, and Holyhead day mail.
It left the Bull and Mouth at eight in the morning, and
was expected at Birmingham at 45 minutes past six. From
thence the passengers and bags will be forwarded immediately
by the railway to Hartford, in Cheshire (161 k, miles from
Chester). A mail-coach will wait there for the arrival of
the train, and on receiving its freight proceed direct to
Chester, where it will arrive at half-past 11 at night, thus
forming- a conveyance for passengers to Chester in one day.
At 12 it continues its route through Holywcll, St. Asaph,
Conway; and Bangor, to Holyhead, at which place it will
arrive at 10 in the morning after its departure from Lon-
don. The jour,:ey will b thus accomplished in 26 hours,
and the mail-packet will proceed without delay to Dublin,
• which it usually reaches about five the same afternoon.
Harewood Hall is at present without visitants, hut
the Noble Lord and his Lady have invited many of the
• neighbouring families of rank to a series of entertainments
intended to be held in the course of the next month.

The. Aladrid Journals of the 27th contain nothing very
interesting. On the 26th, the Cortes resumed the debate
on the Reform of the Clergy ; but no article was voted,
there not being a sufficient number of members present.
Don Rafael Perez, late Political Chief at Barcelona, is
appointed to the same post at Madrid, in the room of Count
del Assalto.—Commerce.

The illessag„er quotes a letter of the 2Cith from Madrid,
stating that General Evariste San Miguel azd M. Bardaxi
had given in their resignatiOns to the Queen, and that M.
Calatra‘a had been sent for in haste to the palace. The
hotel of the French Ambassador, according to the same
letter, was filled with persons of all ranks, seeking refuge
there from the popular fury ; and at the. residence of the
English Minister frequent meetings were held of the De-
puties of the nraltado party. The contents of tiiis letter
are not, however, confirmed by any intelligence of the same
date from the capital. The same journal asserts., on the
faith of another letter from Madrid, that a military revolt

has occurred at Z unora.
The Monde publishes a letter from Bayonne, in whieb
is stated that Commissioners have been sent from the i

surgents at Pampeluna to certain Spaniards at Pau, re•
questing them to enter Spain immediately, and to orgenise
the independence of Navarre.
The chroniquc de Paris gives some curious details of
the intrigues of Dan Carlos and his agents in the different
capitals of Europe. " The Pretender," says this journal,
" was unusually o, copied in the lines of Ilernani with the ter-
rible activity of Evans, who, whate‘er has been published
against him, was a man of great tact. The English, in short,
gave serious uneasiness to Don Carlos, who often said, Why
does this war exist, since theEnglis'n look upon the affairs of
Spain only as naatt,:rs of business. As a contracting party, I
am at least worth inure than Mendizabal. Palmerston is not
al:liking of conquests, for lie is no fool. Affair for affair,
mine is the best.' His lengthy, serious, asel meagre,. but
ah.vays calm, countenance, assumes an expression of tie-
wonted vivacity when he speaks of a certain menareb, his
neighbour, and powerful relative. ' I have had some rela-
tions with him,' said the Pretender, which tray be eetn-
pared to a slender thread not quite broken. My cause has
assumed consiclerahi importance—l shall at lest qifle this
volcano of juntas, patriots, and revolutionists. My cousin,
who has also sonic reason to dread the tail of the clubs,
auerehists, and assassins, has, after all, no other obj,tet in
view than mine. A family compact would be the safeguard
of the interests of Spain and of France, as a pledge of
security for Europe. My cousin is a man of sense and
prudence, ate gusto /a piritura (pie lam !echo de la quadruple
allianza, no abuelo y tres cbiquillas. None of our agents
trouble themselves about our recognition in Paris, and yet
there lies the pith of the question. Palmerston will have
nothing to do with us ; that's clear. I am unquestionably
more impeded by the chivalrous incapacity of my friends,
than by the capacity of my enemies." The liffssager,
noticing this subject, dwells particularly on the Pretender's
allusion to " the slender thread not quite broken," and con-
ceives it to be impossible that Don Carlos should have no
agents in Paris, charged to urge on his interests with the
French Cabinet.
The Swabian .111-ercuiy of the I st inst. states that, ac-
cording to the latest accounts from the frontier of Servia,
the plague was raging at Nicopolis, Routschiouck, and
Silistria, as well as along the Bulgarian bank of the Danube.
The Duke of Modena has published a Decree, com-
muting the punishments of political offenders as follows :
All prisoners whose terms would expire at the end of 1838
are to be immediately released, but arc to remain under
the surveillance of the police. Ail such as are under sen-
tence of imprisonment till 1843 may have it, at their option,
commuted into banishment for the same periods. Such as
are under sentence till 184 k may pass the last five years
of their term in exile. Those whose terms of imprison-
ment extend beyond 1848, may pass the last seven years in
exile, or be immediately released on condition of banishment
for life. 'The penalty of all such as arc condemned to hard
labour at the hulks for life is commuted into the same pu-
nishment for twenty years, including the period already
passed. All exiles who may return without express per-
mission, before the period of their banishment is expired,
are to undergo the remainder of their original punishment,
without reekoiling• the period of their absence, and also pay
a fine of three hundred francs. This Decree concludes
with a declaration that the commutation it grants are. not
to preclude further lenity which may be warranted by
marked proofs of repentance, or by such useful and lauda-
ble conduct as may make the offenders worthy of consi-
deration.
The Journal des Debals contains a private letter from
Warsaw, of the 21st ultimo, which states that the Em-
peror Nicholas was at Wilna, where he received the Mar-
shal of the Polish nobility, and several citizens, with great
kindness. The relatives •f such Poles as are exiled to Si-
beria, or beyond the Caucasus, presented positions for their
being allowed to return, which wore received by the Go-
vernor-General Dalgoroueki with assurances that they
should be attended to, and with hopes of clemency. It
was even believed that a general amnesty would be pro-
claimed. It was reported that the Emperor would go from
\Vilna to Kiew, by Volhynia, but come to Warsaw after
the review at Wosnesensk. The typhus has diminished at
Warsaw, and the cholera has almost entirely disappeared.
The sanitary state:of Dantzic was also very much improved.
The German Courier gives the following of the 26th ult.
from Vienna :—" The Emperor has decided that his coro-
nation as King of Lombardy shall take place in August,
1838. At the same time the oath of allegiance will be
taken in the Tyrol. The Emperor has expressed his de-
sire that the people of Milan will not put themselves to any
extraordinary expense on the occasion, but apply their
money to purposes of public utility. Prince Charles of
Lichtenstein is appointed by the Emperor, to convey his
congratulations to the Duke of Orleans on his marriage."
TOULON, AUG. 30.—Two corvettes are fitting out with
all expedition ; they have been visited by a Commission.
The fitting out of the two frigates, Arnzid and Thetis, is
also proceeding with great activity. We have not yet
received any news of the squadron under Admiral Lalando
and Gallois. It is reported that they are cruising on the
coast of Tunis. The Rainier has arrived to-day from Al-
giers, with the mail. The Rainier has brought us the
following letters :
" ORAN, Aua. 14.—Captain Allegro, who was sent to
Tlemecen with a letter from General Bugeaud, retuned on
the 1 Ith with the Emir's answer. He affirms that he has
thrown no impediments in the way of the trade in woe',
and promises protection to those who shall go to purchase
it. We knew, however, that he sends large quantities to

A contemplated matrimonial union, which excited
much conversation toward.; the close of last season, between
a young Marquis and one of the most distinguished beauties
of Almack's (a debutante since Esstcr), is stated to be
broken off, in consequence of the discovery, on the part of
the lady, of a former liason which existed between the
Noble Lord and a fair but frail sister of the Thespian
corps, and which had been discontinued for some length of

Last evening, about six o'clock, a poor woman,
accompanied by her three children, were walking along
Blackfriars-road, v.hen one of the children, a little boy
about four years old, happening to stray from his mother's
side, encountered a cab, which was driving furiously along,
and was immediately knocked down. On being picked up
it was found that the wheel had passed over the hand and
arm, which were frightfully lacerated. The promptest
attention was afforded at a neighbouring surgeon's, but the
cab-driver effected his escape, without the number of his
vehicle being taken. The unfortunate mother was in a
state of intoxication at the time.

The Poor-law Commissioners have issued the fol-
lowing Circular :—" Sir—l am directed by the Poor-law
Commissioners for England and Wales to forward to you,
for the information of the Guardians, the following resolu-
tion of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
That union and other poor-houses be allowed to purchase
Bibles and Common Prayer-books at ten per cent. less
than the Society's present cost price ; and other books and
tracts, from the permanent catalogue, at 26 per cent. less
than the price.'"
CHAIN DROPPING.—On Friday a servant girl on
her way from Portobello to Edinburgh was persuaded to
give 10s. for a ring, which was valueless ; and on Saturday
a simple lad from Cumberland was actually persuaded to
part with 111. for a chain and two seals. In both cases the
means of imposition were the same, being found in their
presence, they became, of course, entitled to half their value,
and a professed jeweller joining the party just when he was
wanted, gravely informed the victims that the articles were
worth double the money which they gave for them. It is
to be regretted that in almost every case these scoundrels
escape the bands of justice.—Edinburgh Courant.
A scene occurred at the Court of Requests at Tat-
tershall on Thursday the 24th ult., which for the credit of
humanity, it is hoped, will not have many equals. An
apothecary of that place, was summoned by a creditable but
unfortunate female who had borne him a. child, for 2/. 65.,
the balance of an account due to her on a contract for the
child's maintenance. This the defendant met by producing
a bill of 21. Is. 6d., for attending her in her confinement,
and for medicines furnished to her during the first three
nzonths of her pregnancy. The Commissioners did not ap-
prove of the doctor's making work for himself and then
charging for it, and ordered that he should pay the full sum
with costs ; and they likewise fined him ss. for swearing in
Court.—Lincoln Gazette.
A man of the name of Anderson had procured
some poisonous mixture, strongly impregnated with whisky,
to wash the feet of some cattle, and carelessly left the bottle
partially concealed on the way-side. Two unfortunate
men, named George Armstrong and Watson, discovered
the bottle, and drank the contents. The sequel is already
told ; the one died 24 hours afterwards, and the other about
the middle of last week.—Dumfries Courier.
Yesterday afternoon a coroner's inquest was taken
before Mr. Carter, at the Wheatsbeaf, Elstead, near Cob-
ham, on view of the body of Wm. Kemp, aged 61, who
committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor, under
the following circumstances. The case excited considerable
interest, in consequence of the report that the deceased de-
stroyed himself from having, while a pauper in the Ham-
bledon union, been discharged from receiving parochial re-
lief. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased,
who was a labourer, and had a wife and family, was in the
receipt of 2s. 6d. a week from the union. He was a man
a very desponding disposition. During the last few days
lie was observed to be particularly melancholy, and he was
closely watched by his unfortunate widow. On Saturday
last he had been missing for some time, when, on account
of his continued absence, some persons went in search of
him, when he was found with his throat cut, and by the
side of him was a razor. A medical gentleman was sent
f ):, o used ruothoJ3 for the r,eovery of the de-
ceased, but without effect, and in a few hours death put an
end to leis miseries. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."