The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-01 00:00:00

marched on Caboul to support the Persian army so unfortu-
nare at Herat. This intelligence, which is most probably
premature, has made a great impression at London, where, at
the same moment, it is said that the Burmese, stirred up by
Russian spies, are prepared to invade Bengal, and that the old
allies of England were attacked by the hordes of Nepaul.

" This combination of aggressive movements has been, no
doubt, prepared by Russian policy, with the hope that the
conquest of Herat would give it a place of strength and a base
of operations. Bat the instrument of this plan, the Shah of
Persia, having failed before Herat, it is not at all pro-
bable that he can recover from that check on a point
two hundred leagues distant, without provisions, with-
out allies, and in a difficult and inimical country. Whe-
ther the danger be imminent or prospective, the English
are prepared at every side. They send troops of observation
on the borders of Nepaul. Troops are assembled at the other
side of the Ganges to chastise the Burmese; and 5,000 men
from Bombay, and 25,000 from Bengal, march upon Caboul,
Candahar, and Herat, in concert with the soldiers of Runjeet
Singh, who has been associated with English interests by a re-
cent treaty. Whatever may arise, this confederation, which
is thus formed in India under English protection, is a great
event. All the Princes and Khans from Persia to the Ganges
will repel those Asiatic hordes that press at the instigatio❑ t,f
Russia on the north, the west, and east, while Russia advances
at the same time her army to take part at the decisive mo-
ment. The people who follow the English flag belong to the
several parts of that great empire, and they multiply its force
and its defence by the facility which they give of sending
assistance on the instant to any threatened point. England in
taking the offensive has a great advantage on its side, namely,
the striking the imagination of the Asiatic people by the vigour
of its operations, and convincing them that its power has as
much force as extent, she will demonstrate the weakness of
Russia, by marching against its allies, before Russia is in a
condition to sustain them. The day will come, no doubt, when
Russian policy renewing the prodigies of Tamerlane, can pre.
cipitate in India, its inexhaustible hordes which the desert now
conceals, but that day has not yet arrived, and the presence of
a European army on the road to Candahar, ought to revive the
impressions of strength and power which, we must admit, is
the safeguard of nations. As to Europe, in general—all that
it can see in this is war. Though England and Russia may
not come to blows this campaign, the rupture between these
nations is not the less assured. Diplomacy will do all it can
to retard the shock of these two colossal powers ; our convic-
tion is that it cannot long prevent it."
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There is no domestic news of general interest in
these Papers. Some sham republican plots have been
discovered, but we are assured that they are mere con-
trivances of the police.

We announced yesterday, according to our private corre-
spondent from Spain, that Maroto was proceeding to Villa•
nueva de Mina.

The Christino journals confirm this news, adding that the
Royalist General is preparing to besiege the fort, and for this
purpose he has had a numerous train of artillery brought to
Balmaseda.

The mail from Madrid has not arrived for these two days.
This delay is supposed to be owing to the presence of the
Royal Chief Forcadell on the road of Saragossa. He seems
to have 3,000 men under his command.

A journal announces that several distinguished officers of
the French navy have died of the yellow fever on board the
squadron blockading the coast of Mexico.
This deplorable circumstance proves how wrong it was in
the Ministry not to send at once to that Court the commanding
force which it has found necessary to send since. The proper
season for terminating the affair has been lost. It is utterly
unheard of that a power like France should not, after an in-
terval of eight months, yet put an end to a little difference
which, through the unskilfulness of our rulers, might be at-
tended with serious consequences.—Gazette de France,
Oct. 30.

The Grand Duchess Dowager of Mecklenburg will leave
Paris on the Bth of next month, to return to Germany. The
Duke and Duchess Mary of Wurtemburg will go to-morrow
to Fontainbleau, and in a few days afterwards to Germany.
We hear that Princess Mary is employed on a statue of Char-
lotte Corday, to be a companion to that of Joan of Arc, which
is also a work of her Royal Highness's chisel.
The Spanish Ambassador had a long conference this morning
with the President of the Council.—Le Commerce.
BRUSSELS, OCT. 28.—Mr. F. Debat, Prussian Consul at
Ostend, has just failed for a pretty considerable sum. A
banking house at Brussels sutlers a great loss by it. M. Dieu-
donne, employed in the Cabinet of the Minister of Finance,
and Mr. Dujudin, Secretary-General to the Department of
Finance, arrived at Antwerp on the 26th, on board the
Princess Victoria steam-boat from London. As soon as they
landed they set out for Brussels by the iron railroad.
OCT. 29.—We have been waiting with a mixture of cu-
riosity and anxiety for the Itloderateur, a Journal of Mons, hoping
that it would give us minute and authentic details of the explo-
sion of powder mills, at Hornu, and our disappointment is
great at finding only a small portion of the account of the
Brussels Journals. The following are the chief particulars that
we have received from Mons :

It is supposed that the explosion commenced in the manu-
factory, and was communicated successively to the two nearest
magazines. 20,000 kilogrames (40,0001bs )of powder, blew
up. 15,000 kilogrames were ready to be delivered to the Go-
vernment. Eleven workmen perished, parts of their limbs
were found at the distance of 509 yards. The establishment,
and even the-surrounding walls are destroyed, yet the steam-
engine is preserved, and the chimney standing, but shaken and
cracked.

In all the surrounding villages, the windows were broken
and the greater part at Mons, which is two leagues off.
The loss was estimated at 240,000 francs.

It is said that an Englishman, two ladies, and two servants,
who left the Royal Hotel before 4 o'clock, and being on the
road in their travelling carriage, opposite the powder-mills, at
the moment of the explosion, disappeared, and that no trace of
them has yet been found. A postillion, who was time quar-
ters of a league of, was thrown off his horse into the ditch by
the road side, but was able to reach Mons in the evening. An
enormous beam was thrown above a league, and piles of iron
were found at the gates of Mons.

FRENCH FUNDS.—Paats, OcuSER 30.
Five per , 109 f. 90c. Kx... 95c.
Three per Cents., SIC 49c. 45c. 41:c.
Bank Actions, 2,669 E
A.crite sae Naples, 101 f. 30c. 50c. 6.;c. 70c. 60c.
Roman Five per Cents., 103%
Spanish Actives, IS 17%.
Belgian Five per Cents., 1034.
Belgian Bank, 1,4L0f. 1,417 E 50c.
Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 20%.
Haytiati Loan, 375 f
uactiallort ON LONDON.
One month, p,-.l;er, —f —e. : money, 25f. 40c
Three months, paper, :25f. 27bzp. : money, 25,. 2711,0,
LATEST PRICES.
Five per Cents. 109 f. 90c.
Three per Cents., gif. 40c.
Bank Actions, '2,060f.
Romans, 103.).c,.
Belgian Loan, 103.
Belgian Bank, 1,447 f. 50c.
Spanish Actives, 173,
Haytian Loan. :375f.

GUN-MAKER TO HER MAJESTY.—Since her
Majesty's Accession various have been the appointments made
among her numerous tradesmen, and certainly one of the most
novel is that of gun-maker—but so it is. Her Majesty, if not
exactly acquainted with the various arts and sciences, is pre-
sumed at least to be the patroness and promoter of all ; and,
acting on this principle of liberality, she has, quite unsolicited,
appointed Mr. Samuel Nock, of 43, Regent-circus, her gun.
maker. Though ladies do not sport such articles, no doubt
the hard-hitting Rangers of the several forests will take ad-
vantage of the best rifle. A wag has remarked that Mr. Nock
has been selected from among the other eminent gun-makers
because, in the event of a war with the Russians, his guns will
be sure to knock them down

THEATRE ROYAI:I3U BLIN.—On Saturday even-
ing the performance was by command of their Excellencies
the Lord Lieutenant and the Marchioness of Normanby, who
proceeded to the theatre in state. The house was exceedingly
crowded in every part, and numbers were unable to obtain ad-
mission. The tragedy of Macbeth was played, Mr. Kean
performing the part of Macbeth, and Mr. Calcraft that of
Macduff. The tragedy was followed by the farce of Catching
an Heiress, in which Messrs. Rees, Chute, and Miss Daly
appeared in the leading characters. The evening passed over
in harmony, and the Vice-regal party, greeted by the cheers
of the audience, retired from the theatre with the same cere-
mony as they entered.—Dublin Evening Post.
Yesterday morning at three o'clock, loud cries of
" Murder" were heard to issue from the roof of the house
No. 15, Eccleston-street, Pimlico. Inspector Moran, of the
B division, with two police constables, upon going to the spot,
discovered a man in a state of nudity, sitting on the parapet of
the house, and amusing himself by throwing the tiles about
him in all directions. The police immediately went into the
house, and it was then ascertained that the unfortunate man,
whose name is John Mackman, had lived there for some time,
and had latterly been suffering from an affection of the brain.
He had arisen from his bed and threatened to murder the whole
of the inmates of the house. He had afterwards made his
way to the top of the premises, where he fell among the
brick., and chimney-pots, bruising himself in the most dreadful
manner. The inspector and his men had the greatest diffi-
culty in securing him, and one of the police constables was in
imminent danger of being tbrown over the parapet. It was
not until his arms and legs were strapped down securely, that
he was enabled to he consigned to the custody of his friends.
A BOON AND:A We hail the reception
of a Charter of Incorporation by Manchester," says the Glas-
gow 'via, "as another step in the diffusion of local self_
government. Ministers, having thus conferred an undeniable
benefit on Manchester, are proceeding, in conformity with
their usual see-saw policy, to confer—something else upon it.
The Gazette of Tuesday last contains the announcement that
on the first vacancy cater in the Seca of St. 4saph or Bangor,
these Sees are to
.Le united, and Manchester erected into a
bishopric, within
tile province of York. Ministers' says
the Manchester Times, whenever they accede to a public
demand, have always some sop to throw to those who are on-
posed to it. They have an ingenious knack of displeasing
their friends without conciliating their enemies. Manchester
wants no bishop, and they know is,"
FATAL ACCIDENT IN A COAL MINE. On
Thursday last the roof in one of the coal-pits, belonging to
Mr. Knowles. at Darcy Lever, partially gave way, and -fe
ll
upon ?, man named John 13ullough, who was working near
t'7e place. His fellow-workmen got to him almost imme-
diately afterwards, but he was quite dead. —Manchester
Guardian.
TIIE CHARTISTS.—At Ashton-under-Lyne on
Tuesday evening last, the Radicals held a meeting, for the
purpose of adopting the best means for carrying the late de-
monstration at Kersal Moor into effect. The chair was occu-
pied semi after eight o'clock. It was, amongst other things,
stated, that money was required to carry on the war against
the Whigs and Tories.