The Sun.
London, England, 1838-09-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1838.

SPORTING IN TELLIGEN CE.

D ONCA S TER RA CES.-CONCLUDED.

The list for Friday was so much. more promising of sport
than either of the four days preceding it, and the weather so
fine as naturally to induce an expectation of at least an average
attendance. Such, however, was not the case, the company
until after the first race being unaccountably thin ; as the af-
ternoon advanced matters improved a little, but still there was
a marked deficiency compared with former years. In the
Grand Stand there was a tolerable muster of sporting men,
and a small sprinkling of fashion, the proportion of ladies
being as palpably small as it was on the Cup and St. Leger
days. The meeting generally, as may have been collected
from our previous reports, was not so successful as could have
been desired by the inhabitants, the sport having fallen short
from the number of forfeits, and the town lacked a consider_
able number of its accustomed and most influential visitors.
It is but fair to state, however, that the liberality of the Cor-
poration, if it could not command success, at least deserved it,
and that every thing was done by the Messrs. Lockwood that
zeal and judgment could dictate. The Stewards chosen for
next year are the Earl of Chesterfield and G. L. Fox, Esq.,
than whom two more liberal or popular supporters of the turf
could not have been selected. We subjoin particulars of
Friday's races :

The Scarborough Stakes of 30 sous. each, 10 ft., for three years
old; colts, Bst. 61b; and fillies, Bst. 31b. The winner of the
St. Leger to have carried 31bs. extra. One mile. 13 Subs.
Mr. Parkins's br. e. Lanercost H. Edwaards 1
Mr. Bowes's ch. c. Appleton Lad
........ 2
sto 2 on Lanercost, who took the lead at a moderate pace, suf-
fered Appleton Lad to reach his quarters at the Stand, but kept
him there, and won cleverly by about three quarters of a length. -
The Filly Stakes of 20 sous. each, for three years old, Bst. 41b.
each. St. Leger Course. 5 Subs.
Mr. C. M. St. Paul's ch. Creeping Molly, by Percy ...... Lye 1
Mr. Osbaldeston's b. The Fairy Queen
2
Duke of Cleveland's Virginia (Pucelle filly)
The betting at first was 6 and 7 to 4 on Virginia, but on the dis-
covery that she had not recovered from the lameness which pre-
ventNl her starting for the St. Leger, the field obtained the call at
6 to 5, Creeping Molly finding backers at 2 to 1, and the Fairy
Queen at sto 2. Creepily, Molly made all the running at fair
speed, was never caught, and won easy. Virginia was beaten al-
most as soon as she started, and came in quite lame.
The Hornby Castle Stakes of 20 soya. each, with 50 added by the
Corporation; three yrs, ist ; four, Bst. llb ; five, Bst. 101 b ; six
and aged, 9st ; 31b. allowed to fillies and beaten horses of the
week, and the winner of the St. Leger to have carried 51bs.
extra. Two miles. 5 Subs.
Mr. S. L. Fox's The Doctor, 4 yrs Templeman 1
Mr. Bowes's Epirus, 4 yrs
6 to 4 on The Doctor, who made play throughout at a good
steady pace, and won cleverly by nearly two lengths.
The Victoria Handicap of 5 soya. each, with 25 added by the
Town, for horses beaten or which had not started. One mile.

7 Subs.
Mr. Dennison's b. c. Percy, 3 yrs, Bst. 41b ...... Templeman 1
Mr. Robinson's br. c. Melbourne, 4 yrs, 10st 2
. . _

The following also started :—Mr. Wormald's Fieschi, 4 yrs, 9st.
71b ; Mr. Cook's br. f. The Wonder, 3 yrs, Bst. 41b ; Mr. Wood's
b. f. by Humphrey Clinker, 3 yrs, Bst. 2b ; Mr. Eddison's b. f.
by Swiss, out of Lyndhurst'a dam, 4 yrs, 7st ; and Mr. Bowes's b. f.
by Langar, out of Tesane, 2 yrs, 6st. 21b. Betting-2 to 1 asst
Melbourne, 5 to 2 agst The Wonder, 4 to 1 agst Tesane, and 5 to 1
agst Fieschi. After two false starts Percy jumped off with the
lead, made all the running, and won nearly by two lengths.
The Town Plate of 100/., for three yrs. old, 7st. 51b. ; and four-
yrs., Bst. 71b. Maiden colts allowed 21bs., and maiden fillies
allowed 31bs. The second to receive 30 guineas. Two-mile

heats.
Mr. St. Paul's Creeping Molly, 3 yrs Lye 6 1 1
Mr. Bowes's Jagger, 3 yrs
Mr. Vansittart's Smollett, 3 yrs 1 3 3
Mr. Powlett's bl. g. by Velocipede, 3 yrs
Mr. Folis's gr. f. Eaglet
Mr. Heseltine's br. c. Slashing Harry, 4 yrs .. 3 dr
First Heat-5 to 4on Smollett, sto 2 agst Jagger, 3to 1 agst
Molly, and 3to 1 agst Slashing Harry. Won by a length and a
half. _

Second Heat-5 to '2 on Smollett. Won cleverly.
Third Heat-5 to 2on Creeping Molly, who won cleverly.
The following is a more complete list of the company than
time permitted us to give in our former r: ports :
Prince Esterhazy, Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, Prince and
Princess of Oldenburgh, the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland,
and the Marquis of Westminster.
Earls—Spencer, Rosslyn, Wilton, Scirlacrough, Chester-
bald (and Countess), and Mexborough.
Lords—Castlereagh, Kelburne, G. Pentinck, Jocelyn,
Dundas, Newport, Hawke, W. Powlett, Maidstone, Hatha-
ton, Tenterden, and Seymour; Lady Seymour, Mr. and Lady
Mary Thompson, Lady M'Creagh.
Counts—Zavadousky (and Comtesse), Malstaff, Zinsky,
Zichy, and Tolstoy.
Sirs—John Lister (and Lady) Kaye, Tatton Sykeq, John
Duckworth, Edward Dodsworth, Maxwell (and Lady) Wal•
lace, Thomas Whichcote, D. Baird, Charles Kui.htley, W.
Daniel, Richard (and Lady) Vyvyan, T. Wright, Thomas
White, Wm. Milner, W. W. Dixie, and R. King.
Honourables—Colonel (and Mrs.) Anson, J. S. Wortley,
J. Macdonald, W. Fitzroy, P. Arden, J. C. Westenra, Edwin
Lascelles, Watson, Captain Spencer, S. Herbert, Mrs. Bland,
Mrs. C. Ramsden, Arabella Arden, and Mrs. Edmunds.
General Marriott.

Colonels—Peel, England, Thompson, Cranford, Hancox,
O'Meara, Copeland, Synge, Hawkins, Fullerton, Cradock,
and Shubrick.

Captains—Hunter, lye, B. Taylor, Bowles, Freeston, Ful-
larton, White, R. H. Lowth, Potts, Burke, Macleod, Fitzroy,
Dunlieve, Elmsall Quentin, Kaye, Stretfield, Thompson,
Granet, Sutton, Lumley, Codlington, Futterby, Pettat, Gard-
nor, Holland, Smith, Pitts, Little, P. Williams, Wilson, Lut-
ten, Fairlie, Higgins, and Vyner.
Messieurs—Christopher Wilson (father of the turf), Payne,
P. C. Maxwell, J. A. Taylor, T. H. Cookes, Wentworth,
G. L. Fox, S. L. Fox, G. L. Fox, jun., Carnegy, D. Car..
negy, E. Buckley, F. Charlton, J. Bowes, M.P., H. Clive,
Scott, Childers, Elwes, Elwes, jun., Thornhill, Tarleton,
S. Stanley, J. P. Somers, M. P., Aston, Haythorn, Ilderston,
Rolland, Legard, Irving, Erikine, F. Craven, Angerstei.;
W. Angerstein, Philipson, Dolphin, Fountayne, Wilson, Cra-
dock, Vansittart, Portman, Maynard, Combe, Pendergast,
Calvert, Yarborough, St. Paul, H. S. Thompson, C. Turner,
E. Dyson, J. Dyson, Bosville, Broadhead, Worrall, Farsyde,
H. G. Knight, M.P., Gully, J. Peel, Foljambe, Shafto,
Ricardo, Ordc, flungerford, Crommelin, Trebeck, Tasbur g
Stapylton, Petrie, Langdale, E. Peel, &c. &c.

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The following fashionable parties have been entertained in
he neighbourhood during the race week

At the Earl of Scarborough's Sandbeek.—Prince Ester-
hazy, Pfince Nicholas Esterhazy, Earl of Rosslyn, Lord W,
Paulett, Sir John Kaye, Bart., Lady Kaye, Captain Kaye,
Captain Vyner, Captain Williams, Mr. Erskine, Miss Erskine,
Mr. and Mrs. Joy, Mr. Legard, Mr. Irving, Mr. Powell,
Mr. Angerstein, Mr. W. Angerstein, and Mr. G. F. Hol-
combe.

At Earl Spencer's,Wiseton.—Lord Dundas, Sir C. Knight-
ley, Bart., M.P. ; Hon. Captain Spencer, Boa. Mr. Watson,
Mr. Elwes, Mr. Elrses, jun. ; Mr. Rose, Mr. Cook, and Mr.
Walley.

CORN-LAW FALLACIES, WITH THE

ANSWERS.

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to no less than 1,000,000
quarters, at the low duty of
Is. per quarter, a very great
decline in the price of that ar- to a personal interest in the
tide was naturally expected fraud. If we are to deal
to follow, when such an enor- hardly with the conspirators
mous supply should be thrown of Jack's Coffee-house, the
upon the market. But the Lord have mercy upon those
holders of that grain have been of St. Stephen's. How is it
beforehand on the alert to de- that the full price, which
vise measures to prevent such
would be " a public benefit"
a public benefit, fearing that
private
sue if forced from the traders of
a serious sacrificA to them- Mark-lane, would not be
the same from those at the
meeting o
selves.
Accordingly,wo uf 1 necessarilytdhe
a
principal corn- bottom of Parliament-street?
factors (about 20 in number), Since the above was writ-
was held in the subscription ten, the letter in the Timeshas
room of Jack's Coffee-house, been declared a piece of ficti-
Mark-lane, to take into con- tious history. Like many
sideration the present position other works of imagination,
of the trade, and the steps ne- it is not the less a specimen
cessary to be pursued with or ,
the reasoning of its party.
the. prospect before them, to
check any serious decline in
the price of foreign wheat.—
. - .

Times, 19th Sept., 1838.
50.—1 t was absolutely ne-
cessary they should unite for
self-protection.—ld.

A.—Heaven shield us
only from those who unite in
an Act of Parliament.
A.—The landlords over
again ;, with the difference,
that what one set of men at-
tempts by the means at the
disposal of men in trade, the
other executes by pointing
the public six-pounders on
the community.

M.—" Union is strength."
Let them one and all make
common cause ; let them hold
their wheat stiffly at a certain
price, not budging a single
inch, and the buyers must ac-
cede to their terms. —ld.

62.—He conjured them to A.—Hehad better conjure
y in another quarter. The
ab,:inarset of
co corn monopolists.--,
mpuobnloircoliosutst./
public will turn its outcry
Id. against the wolf, and not
against the flea.

53.—He should be inexpres- A.—Only catch the right
sihly sorry to see any one of men, and the pillory might be
his wcrthy Colleagues pilloried. wholesome. But " Lord,
—ld. - methinks," (as Pepys would
have said) it will empty the
dock-yards if every bead that deserves it looks through a
wooden cravat.

54.—Mr. HEWITSON re- A.—Mobs are grown
minded the meeting of the wiser. They will not at-
time when the corn-factors tack the corn-factors now.
were glad to make their escape
Thistlewoods have made a
from the Exchatwe when
in-
furiated mob, led on by the
news was brought that an n-
, ' march in intellect like other
i
noted Arthur Thistlewood, People; they will dub the
.
right " rogues" noxt. A di-
was on its way to inflict sum- rect intimation to the mob
mary vengeance on the to attack the corn-factors, is
" rogues in grain," as they justly answered by a hope
were pleased to dub the fac- that the mob will be more
tors. Business was soon discriminating.
brought to a stand on that
day.—ld.
55. —To tell the truth, he A. The " Corn-law
was fearful the meeting might Rhymer" is too old a bird
provoke the wrath of the Shcf- to be caught with chaff. He
field Corn-law Rhymer.—ld. will throw away none of his

pearls upon the corn-factors.

56.—1 t now remains to be A.—lt has remained to be
seen whether the bread-con- seen for one-and-twenty-
suming public is disposed to years, and is remaining still.
submit tamely to the grinding Only let nobody flatter
exactions of a junta of corn themselves, that the pub-
monopolists.—ld.
lie, when it comes to its

senses, will mistake its men.

57.—We have copied from A.—Have not they corn-
this morning's Times a cu- bined? Have not they been
rious account of the proceed- combining these one-and-
ings of a number of persons twenty years, in the most
engaged in the corn trade, theall
effectual
ofways, an Act
result of which meeting was,
of Parliament ? Have not
a resolution to keep up the
they usurped the power of
price of grain. If a number
of landholders and farmers the State, by decreeing that
were to combine for such a none but those personally
purpose, there would be no interested in their fraud
end to the outcry raised against were capable of sitting in
their cupidity ar,cl cruelty.— the Legislature ; and was
Standard, Sept. 19, 1838. not the Legislature that now

sits or is to sit, elected under

this very rule ? And with
this they compare the operations of a few traders in a
coffee-house, to keep up their prices if they could. They
might have conspired long enough, if they would only have
conspired in coffee-houses.
58,....-The respectable re- A.—What ancient or mo-
grators bought their corn in dern term cf reproach is be-
order to make a profit by it, fitting those other respect-
and morally, if not legally, abler, who have the right
they have a right to make the legally, but not morally ?
most they can by their specu- But the corn-factor is the
natural enemy of those who
feed their dogs upon the
bone and muscle of the working men.
59.—There are two points, A.—The gentlemen at
however, in this case, to which Mark-lane may do their
we think the public attention worst ; so long as they keep
may be usefully direct off the foul play of making a
afforded
first is the testimony
.d. d law to raise their prices.
that the present pri"ce of gta.in,
And when they say they are
though called a famine
by aw not remunerated, they mean
pnsea't' is not considered a they are not remunerated
a'Ptors
remunerating price by the im- for keeping their corn for
recTters of foreign corn—from half-a-dozen years to coun-
wp hich it seems to follow, that, teract the operations of the
though the Coln-lames were " rogues" in Parliament.
repealed tl-morrow, bread
would be nothing the cheaper.
The British landlord would be ruined, the British farmer
would be ruined, but the gentlemen at Mark-lane would find
it necessary to keep up the price. —ld.
60.--Tbe second, and by far A.—Try them. If corn-
thema
sa
d selllgthey.
the respectable combiners to
most important point, how: factors can keep the prices
e%er, concerns the power of up, the landlords
deai:cshoronuldasnowtetlhe
y iny e
l
govern the market. This Why
power was freely spoken of at us with the experiment ?
their meeting as a thing about
vehich there could be no ques-
tion ; the possibility of other
importers disturbing prices was never once hinted at ; the only
pp ehension admitted respected the British farmer, and the
apprehension
seemed sus think themselves strong enough, under
pension of the Corn-laws, to contend
the even temporary
with him.—ld.

(TO DE CONTINUED.

THE ROYAL SOCIETY.

RETIREMENT OF H. R. H. THE DUKE OF
SUSSEX FROM THE PRESIDENCY.
The following letter was read to the Council at their last
meeting. The Council deferred the consideration of so im-
portant a communication until a more full attendance of mem-
bers could be insured, than is possible at this season of the
year:—
" Gentlemen—As it has ever been my rule te take no step,
connected with the interests of the Royal Society, without
either consulting the members, who form the Council, did I
want their advice, or without informing them of any determi-
nation to which I may have thought it right to come in con-
nection with their concerns, it now becomes my painful duty to
make to you the following communication, previous to my de-
parture for the country.
" Circumstances over which I have no control, and which I
did hope to have seen remedied (when once fairly represented,
and properly explained to those whose duty it was to have
noticed and to have considered them), force me to absent my-
self for awhile from London. This naturally must prevent my
regular attendance and appearance amongst you and them, as
often as I ought to do, and as you and they have a right to expect
from the President of the Royal Society. With this impression,
I feel myself under the heart-rending and distressing neces-
sity of returning into their hands that trust which they have
confided to my care for so many years, and of tendering to
them the resignation of an office, which, under any other cir-
cumstances or consideration, would be the summit of my am-
bition, and my most anxious wish to hold. But, for the pre-
sent, Gentlemen, I cannot fill it either with credit to myself
(being unable to do the honours of the situation in a manner
suited to my rank and the station I occupy in the country ), or
nith advantage to the character and dignity of the establish-
ment itself. I trust, Gentlemen, that I hare performed the
duties imposed upon me faithfully. Zeal, I venture to affirm,
has not been wanting on my part, my sole desire and anxiety
having constantly been to forward to the utmost of my power
the best interests of the Society, and to uphold the recognised
and established merits of its individual members. How far I
have hitherto succeeded remains for you as well as them to
consider and to say. In my present situation, one of the
severest
though, pangs which I feel is my separation from you, al-
please God, it is only for a time ; but my heart and
mind will always be with you at your meeting ; and, when no
longer your President, I shall ever be proud to consider my-
self one of your most attached Fellows, and on my return to
reside at Kensington I shall be most happy to appear again
amongst you, in my private capacity of a member.
" I cannot take my leave of you, Gentlemen, without ex.
pressing to the several members, formiog the pccacnt Council,
my best thanks for the courtesy which they, as well as their
predecessors, have shown to me on all occasions during my
Presidency for the last eight years ; a recollection I shall ever

cherish as most consoling in my solitude. I hope that, al-
though retiring into privacy for a time, I may still be allow, d
to keep up, with you and them, the same friendly intercourse
which has so much contributed towards my happiness, instruc-
tion, and improvement.
" If I may be permitted, on retiring from office, to give
you a piece of parting advice, it would be to express to you a
wish, and to impress upon you as my opinion, in the strongest
manner possib!e, nay, even to implore you, to continue to cul-
tivate that same good will among the Fellows of the Society,
and more especially amongst the Members of the Council,
which it has ever been my most anxious desire to promote,
and which I was so fortunate as to establish from the earliest
hour that I had the happiness and honour to preside over your
councils and labours. I hope and most fervently pray that the
Royal Society may long continue to prosper and flourish ; but
for this purpose, Gentlemen, you must join heart and
hand, and cautiously avoid all matters which are of a ten-
dency to create angry feelings, or heart-burnings, on questions
of a religious or a political nature. They have nothing to
do with science, except to create difficulties and to impede
philosophical researches. From these let me conjure you
most cautiously to abstain. In electing my successor lot this
rule guide your choice, as it has ever dictated my conduct in
all transactions connected with the welfare of the Royal
Society. lam sure the advice is friendly ; and as sound as it
is well meant on my part.
' " And row it only remains for me to state to you, that on
the 30th of November I shall with the deepest regret forward
my resignation to the members of the Royal Society, as their
President, and that you v.ill therefore consider this letter as
my formal notificatjon of the event to the Council, by whom it
ought to be communicated to the Fellows; and I do this with
a view of showing my respect to them, as well as to serve the
best interests of the establishment, by affording you and them
a proper time to look out for, and to consider who may be the
individual most fitting and best calculated to fill a situation of
such importance, and of so high a distinction in the country.
Believe me, Gentlemen, it is only after a long, painful, and
the most mature consideration, as well as after the most severe
struggling with my own private feelings, that I find myself
forced to this conclusion, and to take the consequent step,
which I do most unwillingly.
" Once more, then, accept of my warmest thanks for your
past kindness, as well as of my best wishes, at:d consider me
always—Gentlemen, with esteem and regard, your sincere
friend, and constant coadjutor in the promotion of science,
" AUG USTUS F., P.R.S."

LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA.

(From New York Papers of the Ist inst.)
(From the New York Courier and Inquirer of Sept. 1.)

ANTICIPATED INDIAN HOSTILITIES.

We find in the Nashville Banner of the 22d instant an in-
teresting correspondence between Major-General Gaines and
Governor Cannon of Tennessee, respecting the meditated hos-
tile movements of the Cherokee and other Indian tribes on the
Western frontier, some general notice of which was published
in this Paper a few days ago. We publish below General
Gaines's letter to Governor Cannon, which discloses the
character of the supposed hostile movement, and the disastrous
effects which, in the General's opinion, must arise from it to
the frontier settlements, unless the measures he indicates are
promptly taken to prevent them. We cannot but hope, how-
ever, with the Editor of the Banner, that the object of the
Indians in holding the Council has been misconceived, and that
no hostile designs are entertained by them. They may have
been called together by the Cherokees to take into considera-
tion matters of business affecting their mutual interests.
" Head-quarters, Western Division.
St. Louis, Aug. 8, 1838.

" Sir,—l do myself the honour to transmit herewith for
your information a copy of a long letter which I have just now
received from Lieutenant-Colonel R. B. Mason, Ist Dra-
goons, commanding at Fort Leavenworth, reporting to me
the well-ascertained fact that Cherokee Indians of the Arkan-
sas have invited all the chiefs, together with all the principal
braves of all the tribes (excepting the Osage and Kansas) re-
siding near our western frontier north of the Red River to
meet them in Council in the Cherokee country, on the Illi-
nois river, a few miles above the mouth of the river, about
the 1 I th of September, next month.
" The object of the Council, and the reason for excluding
the Osages and the Kansas, are unknown, but the Lieutenant-
Colonel states that there is no doubt in his mind that the
object of the Council is to effect a union of the different tribes
preparatory to striking a simultaneous blow upon the settle-
ments of Arkansas and Missouri, from the Red River to the
upper Mississippi.
" Concurring as Ido in this opinion, and being convinced
that th• Cherokees of Texas and Arkansas have been insti-
gated by the agents of Mexico, who have been endeavouring
for more than two years past to organize a combination of
Cherokees, with all the nations west of Arkansas and the state
of Missouri—a combination capable of bringing into action
upon our frontier over 20,000 mounted warriors—a force
that, under enterprising leaders, would lay waste the whole
line of their settlement, from the mouth of the Sabine to the
falls of St. Anthony, including the richest cotton-growing
section in America, on Red River, with some of the most
valuable sugar districts of Louisiana—if, indeed, the enemy is
suffered to commence the work of destruction before our
measures of protection are matured—with these impressions
I cannot but anticipate authority to concentrate upon the
Arkansas frontier a sufficient force to enable me to check
the incipient movements of the Indians.
" 5,000 mounted Kentuckians and Tennesseans, added to
our present regular forces, among which is the lst Regiment
of Dragoons (the best I have ever seen), would enable me to
effectually thwart the designs of the enemy, and give better
protection to the frontier than five times that force would ac-
complish after the,concentration of the enemy and his success-
ful commencement of his savage work of destruction.
I have, therefore, respectfully to request of your Excel-
lency the promulgation of authority for the formation of volun-•
teer companies, to be organized and held ready to march by
the Ist of September, or as soon thereafter as they shall re-
ceive orders, to serve the United States six months, unless
sooner discharged. Should the apprehended combination of
most of the different tribes of Indians invited take place, I
shall need for the defence cf the western frontier from 3,000
to 5 000 men from your State ; and I shall hold myself in honour
and in duty bound to make every requisite provision for
their health and comfort preparatory to meeting the enemy,
and, above all, to afford them proper opportunity to curtain
the chivalry of their State, and to take care of the sick and
wounded.

" I am, with very great respect,
" Your Excellency's most obedient servant.
" EDMUND P. GAINES,
" Major-Genoral, United States' Army, commanding.
" His Excellency Newton Cannon,
Governor of Tennessee."

Accompanying the foregoing letter is one from General
Gaines addressed to the Secretary of War, in which, referring
to the Indian movement, he says :
" I deem it to be my duty to say, that if I am permitted to
obtain 10,000 volunteers from the two great military st stes of
Kentucky and Tennessee, I will attend the Indian Council
with that or with any other force that I may be permitted to
call to that point ; and I will do what I am in honour and duty
bound to do, as the United States' officer intrusted with the
command of the Western Division—namely, afford protection
to the frontier inhabitants—that protection the work prepara-
tory to which shall commence before the work of destruction
is begun. I will be ready to repel invasion."
Governor Cannon's letter in reply to General Gaines says—
" That any force of mounted volunteers, that you may be
authorized to call for from the State of Tennessee will be
furnished in the most prompt manner, at such point as you
may designate. Some companies are now in readiness, wait-
ing an opportunity to engage in the service, and the
mere promulgation of your letter, with its accompaniments,
will re-kindle the long-cherished desire of Tennesseeans
to signalize themselves in our country's defence under your
command.

" The only difficulty I apprehend will be in restraining
their ardour to the requisite number that may be called for,
as was the case on a former occasion when you sounded the
war bugle, more than two years ago, on the western border of
our Union.

" Only make the call for any number that may be autho-
riztd, and our young citizen-soldiers will rush forthwith to the
standard of our country."

(From the Philadelphia Gazette.)

We ere indebted to the politeness of a gentleman of this
city for the following copy of a circular in relation to the
duties on silks issued from the Controller's-office on the 4th
of April, 1838:
" It has been represented that at some ports the partial
circular from this office of the 10th ult. is understood under
the Act of 1832 to impose a duty of 231 per cent, on mits,
gloves, hosiery, bindings, &c., without regard to the material,
Such a construction is repudiated by the language of the cir-
cular, which distinctly excepts gloves composed of silk, and
states them to be free of duty until the 30th of June, 1842 ;
the circular referred to was predicted on the principle which
has been too well settled in the recent decision of the Circuit
Court of New York to adroit of question, that where a certain
duty is laid by law on a specific article, the duty to be exacted
on such article is not affected by any general terms of the
same law. The Act of 1833, however, exempts from duty
until 'the 30th of June, 1842, all manufactures of silk, or of
which silk shall be the component material of chief value,
coming from this side the Cape of Good Hope. This subse-
quent Act of Legislation is conceived to control all former Acts
inconsistent with, or repugnant to, its provisions and tenour,
so far as such manufactures are concerned. With the single
exception of sewing silk, they are obviously entitled to an
admission to entry free of duty until the 30th of June, 1842.
when, in the absence of other legislation, the Act of 1832
will be revived, and decide the duty to be levied. In all
those cases, therefore, in which a duty has been levied on
mits, gloves, hosiery, bindings, laces, and lace.veils com-
posed of silk, under what is considered to be an erroneous
application of the laces, and has been paid or secured by
bond under protest, you are authorised to change the entries
by cancelling the bond, or refunding the duties, as the case
may require."

Tun .13ouNnattv LINE.—It would appear, from the state-
ments of the Bangor Whig, that Governor Kent is deter-
mined to commence sunning the boundary line between the
state of Maine and this province, on the Ist of the ensuing
month, as contemplated by the State Legislature, notwith-
standing the subsequent action of Congress and the general
Government on the subject. We know not what steps will be
taken by the Cabinet at Washington in the matter; but we
.feel convinced that as soon as the surveying party from Mair
cuter the disputed territory, under-
dealt
which according to the
standing between the British and American Govcrnments
to remain under British jurisdiction until the final settlement oft
the question in dispute, they will be promptly met and

with as their pretunptiou deserves.--At. John's New Bruns-
wick Courier.

CANADA.
(From the Montreal Gazdie.)

It is now generally understood that his Excellency Sir
John Colborne will retire from the command of t;:c forces is
those prQvinces, as soon as a successor shall have I`^en
°lilted to the important situation. Among the persons sl.pken
of as his Excellency's successor, the names of Lieutenant.-
General Sir Sir Colin Campbeil, Sir Frederick Adam, and Sir
Benj4min D'Urban have been meutioned. In the evert of
Sir Colin Campbell being appointed to the command of the
fordes in British North America, it is reported, we know not
on what authority, that the Earl of Munster, eldest son of his
late Majesty, will succeed Sir Colin in the administration of
the government of Nova Scotia.

It is stated in the Halifax papers, that during the absence
in Lower Canada of his Excellency Sir Colin Campbell, the
Government of Nova Scotia will be administered by Lieute-
nant_Celonel Snodgrass, Deputy Adjutant-General, the senior
military officer in the colony, ru.cording to the regulation
established in the event of the death or aLscnce of the Gover-
nors of Colonies.

It is also stated that Captain Prescott, tl.e lieutenant-Go-
vernor of Newfoundland, would leave that island for Quebec
on the adjournment of the Legislature, embarlijng on board
her Majesty's ship Andromache, which, after landiog Sir John
Harvey at Miramichi, proceeded to Newfoundland for the pur-
pose of conveying his Excellency to head-quarters.
Yesterday morning, at four o'clock, the steam-boat john
Bull left port for Quebec, having his Excellency the Governor—
General and suite on board.
It is stated in the Prince Edward Papers, brought to Que-
bec by the Medea steam-ship, that despatches had bet.n re-
ceived by the Lieutenant- Governor of that island from his
Excellency the Governor-General, stating that, in conse-
quence of the outrage committed by a fishing vessel of the
United States, in June last, upon the wreck of the Sir Archi—
bald Campbell, a representation upon the subject had been
transmitted to her Majesty's Minister at Washington, and
that there was every reason to expect that tl e offenders would
be brought to punishment, and reparation made for the injut y.
It was also stated that in consequence of the inadequacy of the
naval force in the Gulf, her Majesty's ship Pearl, Captain
Lord Clarence Paget, and the Charybdis schooner, the Hon.
Lieut. R. Gore, had teen ordered to cruise in the Gulf during
the remainder of the season, for the protection of the fisheries
and other British interests.

We learn from the Bangor Courier, that Major Graham,
of the United States engineer department, had recently left-.
Bangor for Houlton and the St. Croix River, for the purpose
of making a scientific survey of the posts selected in that part
of the state of Maine by General Wool. The result of the Ge-
neral's 'risit to Maine has been to recommend the establish-
ment cf an arsenal at Bangor, the erection of a fortification at
Bucksport narrows, on the Penobscot River, and a fortification
at the mouth of the Kenebec, the establishment of a military
post at Mooae river, on the Canada road, an advanced post
on the Highlands, near the line, a military post at Calais, a
post of observation in the town of Weston, on the Calais and
Houlton road, near the Schoodic Lake, and another post of
observation in the town of Amity.
It is generally reported that Chief Justice Boulton, of
Newfoundland, has been removed from office, iu consequence
of the complaints made against him by the House of As-
sembly of that island. We have perused, in the It eufound-
land Patriot of the 23d of June, an extract of a letter from
Mr. Nugent, one of the deputies tent over to England to
plead the cause of the Assembly against Mr. Boulton ; and
if the statements therein contained be true, there can be no
doubt that the Chief Justice will be condemned to lose his
office. His trial before the Privy Council had been gone
through as far back as the 15th of May, and the case de-
cided upon ; but the Council had not made their report to
the Queen.

The Official Gazette of Thursday last has not been received
by us to-day ; but we learn from the Quebec Mercury, that it
contains an Ordinance, passed on that day by his Excellency
the Governor-General and the Special Council, " to prevent
the discharge of certain persons until they give security." In
consequence of this measure, those still confined to prison on
charges for political offences, and who have, as in Mr. Viger's
case, refused to give bail for their future good behaviour, will
be continued in confinement, not%lithstanding the expiry on
the 24th instant of the ordinance suspending the Habeas
Corpus Act.

It is stated in th 6 Mercury, that the Official Gazette con-
tains the following appointments :
General Commission of Inquiry into Municipal institu.
lions

Chief Commissioner.—The lion. Charles Buller;
Assistant Commissioners.—bar. William Kennedy, and Mr.
.dam Thom.

It is stated in the Quebec Transcript, and we believe the
statement to be correct, that Theller is to be transported for
life, and that Sutherland is to be permitted to return to the
States, upon giving security in 2,0001. that he will never
again set his foot upon Canadian ground. It will be remem-
bered that Theller was tried in Upper Canada before the
Court of High Commission for high treason, being a Briti.h.
subject ; and that Sutherland was tried and convicted by a
Militia Court-martial, constituted by an Act of the Legislature
of Upper Canada during the last Session, entitled '• An Act
to protect the inhabitants of this province against lawless ag-
gressions from the subjects of foreign countries at peace with
her Majesty." It wilt also be remembered, that upon his trial
Sutherland took objections to this Act, as being unconstitu-
tional, inasmuch as the Provincial Legislature had no power
to pass such a law ; and, from the lenient manner in which he
has been dealt with, it is supposed that the objection has been
sustained by the law authorities in England.
( From the New York Commercial Advertiser of the 30th.)
THE CANADIAN PRISONERS.—The day after to-morrow

( Friday) is the day appointed for the execution cf the four
prisoners convicted at Niagara, to wit, Messrs. Bcarner,
Chandler, Waite, and M‘Ltod, the other thirteen having had
their sentence of death commuted to banishment and imprison.
ment. We have reason to believe that neither of the four will
be executed.

FATS OF TILE PRISONERS.— Saturday was the day appointed
for the execution of the sixteen prisoners convicted at Niagara,
The only additional information we have respecting them is
the following; lom the Toronto Palladium of Wednesday :
" The notorious Beemer is sentenced at Niagara to be exe-
eu'cd on the 31st instant, and there is no doubt he will suffer.
" A respite has been granted to Chandler, Waite, and
IPLeod till the 31st instant. George Buck and Murdoch
M•Fadden, sentence commuted_penitentiary. All the rest
are to be transported to a penal colony fc,r life.
" The prisoners who have been sentenced to the Peniten-
tiary, and to transportation for life, passed down the Lake
yesterday."
(From the Muntreal Courier of Monday.)
L. M. \Tiger, having furnished the requrcd bail of 4,000/.,
was released from gaol on Saturday.
The Session athe Court of Queen's Bench holding criminal
jurisdiction in the district of Montreal commences this morn-
ing at ten o'clock. The following is a list of persons accused
of murder :

Francois Jalbert, John Bte. L'llussier, and Francois
Mignauir, for the murder of Weir. Francois Nicolas,
Amable Denais, Gideon Pinsonneau, and Joseph Pinsenneau,
for !he murder of Chartrand.

The Congress of Governors lately assembled at Quebec has
broken up. Sru Cohn Campbell and Sir Charles Fitzroy;
Governors of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward's Island, em-
barked for their respective Governments on board the steam-
ship Medea on Saturday lea.
The frigate Inconstant and the sloop of war Vestal sailed
from Quebec for Bermuda- on Friday. The Inconstant had
been lying at Quebec since the 9th of May.
( From the Quebec Gazette.)
A great many reports have been current in town for some
days past about instructions received from England, relating to
political offenders. We believe they are merely conjectural,
and that the system adopted by the local Government will be
adhered to. Sutherland, now in confi:lement here, it is said
will be discharged, in consequence of some defect in the pro-
ceedings against him, and Theller will be sent to England.
We observe that the system of discharge on security for good
behaviour, and on condition of voluntary exile, has been acted
upon in Upper Canada, after the receipt of the latest dis-
'patches from England.
(From the J-urnal of Commerce.)
We learn by the brig System, Captain Murray, arrived last
evening from Havannah, that intelligence had reached there of
the assassination of the Governor of the island of Porto Rico,
that about 250 of the inhabitants bad been arrested. Imme-
diately after the receipt of the above intelligence at Havannah,
an additional numk or of troops, amounting to between 500 or
600 men, were ordered to Porto Rico.

LATE r•aoM Mmuco.--The United States sloop of war
Boston, Captain Babbitt, arrived off the south-west pass on
the 16th from Tampico, with 211,741 dollars in specie, con-
signed to sundry merchants in this city, which the tow-boat
Hudson, Captai❑ Howrin, brought up yesterday
From the purser, who came with the spc.cie, se learn that
a reinforcement of 15 vessels of war was expected shortly
from France, and that the determination is to starve the Mexi-
cans into terms.

The lion. T. de Norman, Belgian 'Minister to Mexico, was
passerigcr in the Boston, and came up in the lludson.-2New
Orleans Picayune. _ _ _ _

( From the IV' rw York Courier and Inquirer of the 30.1i.'
The barque Ann Louisa, v,hich said horn this port for
Vera Cruz, arrived off that place on the 2d of August, and
having been ordered away by the French blockading squadron,
returned here yesterday. ller passenge-s were allowed to
land, and bee letters sent on shore, but no other communi-
cation was allowed. The French squadron consisicd of the
ft igates L'llerminie and
is unintelligible), the brigs Alcibiade, Laurier, liTnica Hijo,
s
and schooner BarbarEttu. Captain Barr was informedcontinue
y the
time me longer,
officers
they expected
the blockade
appeared no hopes of an amicable
arrangement,and that the Mexicans were fitting cut two vessels
astherem wd
French
of war at Vera Cruz.
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Generalfrem Steamitot
contain the most correct particulars of the Heaton Park
terdaNima, vat=
with engravings of the two Cubs. The publication of
ttlrlt Races,
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Birmingham
ln 1 London will in future
Q on Saturday noon, at twelve o'clock, by which
comm, En:
arrangement the Pap,rs can be fcrwarded by the two o'clock
am the earn, evening.
Bell's Life in London of Sunday, Sint, 16, with the engrav-
ing of the splendid Doncaf,ter Cup, til4:o the Parer of the 23i
with the portrait of the winner of the St. Leos-et-, mily yet be
1d at the office, 170, Strand. The price otf Bell's Life in
London is only Fivep e n c e , and is now the largest folio Journal
printed in London.