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London, England, 1841-10-16 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE. OCT. 13.—University Officers—At a
Congregation held in the Senate-house on. Monday the
following appointments took place :
Auditors of the Chest.—Rev. 1)r. Tatham, St. John's ;
Rev. R. Birkott, M. A., Emmanuel ;• Bev. James Cart-
nell, Christ's.

Proctors—Rev. Thomas Gaskins, M.A., Jesus, Se-
nior Proctor ; W. H. Thompson, M.A., Trinity, Junior
Proctor.
Scrutators—Rev. Henry Calthorp, 8.D., Corpus; Rer.
Charles Eyres, M.A., Caius.
Taxors—Rev. C. H. Maturin, M.A., King's ; Joseph
Townson, M.A., Queen's.
Moderators—Rer. Thomas Gaskin, M.A. Jesus ;
D. F. Gregory, M.A., Trinity.
The following degrees were conferred :
Bachelors of Divinity—J. E. Dalton, Queen's.
Master of Arts—F. A. Paley, St. John's.
Bachelors of Arts—J. Griffith, Christ's.
DIVINITY LECTURES.
The Norrisian Professor has announced his first lec-
ture for the 19th (next Tuesday) at one o'clock : the lec-
tures to be continued every Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday during term.
At a Congregation held on Tuesday the following
Caput was constituted :
Rev. Dr. Graham, the Vice-Chancellor (Christ's),
Rev. Dr. Tatham (St. John's), Rev. Dr. Gildart (Tri-
nity), 1)r. Fisher (Downing), Rev. R. Birkett (Emma-
nuel), Non-regent; Rev. J. Smith (Christ's), Non-regent.
One of the Cambridge papers states, that the Master
of Trinity has actually resigned, and that the Rev.
Francis Martin, M.A., one of the Fellows, is most likely
to be the Rev. Doctor's successor.
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.
The following students of this College have recently
been elected exhibitioners on Dr. Wood's foundation for
the following years:—

- Third yeal-L.-Simpson, C. T.; Bird, C.; Mayor, R. B.
Second year—Adams, J. C.; Gruggen, F. J.; Camp-
bell, A. S.
First year—Dixon, T. ; Hamming, G. W. ; Stephen,
J. w.

CHINA.
(From Galignani's Messenger.)
I send you Us extract from a letter written by a
young officer engked in the late attack on the forts at
Canton, addressed to a relative at Paris. His account
is animated and lively, but, of course, the chief facts of
his letter have been made known through the usual
channels. The writer mentions that General Gough,
on receiving the letter from the Superintendent, arrest-
ing his further proceedings against Canton, threw down
the order, and stamped upon it with rage.
" We have just returned from a successful and
glorious attack upon Canton, from which I escaped
untouched. I will try and give you as near an account
of it as I can. We were just on the point of starting
again for the north, when news came down that they
bad broken out again at Canton, attacked the factories,
plundered them, and driven the merchants away. We
immediately got orders to proceed up the river to attack
Canton, and the Plenipo (Elliot) for once did not inter-
fere. We were the leading ship up the river, and were
one day ahead of the fleet, when we got aground and
stuck fast. We worked day and night for three days,
and could not stir her ; so the steamer was sent down,
and we were transhipped. The morning of the 24th
May, the Queen's birthday, the boats of the fleet em-
barked us, and we reached the place of landing that
night, and slept in the boats, having previously fired
rather more than a royal salute, with shot and shell, at
the forts near Canton. We disembarked the next
morning, the 25th, at four o'clock, and moved
forward to attack four large forts, which command
the city, being situated on high hills overlooking
the town, end two large fortified camps, con-
taining from 4,000 to 5,000 men each. We were
delayed for- some time, waiting for our guns and
rockets to come up, as the ground they had to go
through was heavy paddy land, nearly over the wheels
in water. About six o'clock; one gun, a howitzer,
and- the rocket' riebes,---welegot ion-position. All this
time the guns from the-forts and city walls were not
idle, but kept up a hot fire on us, but the ground
luckily enabled us to keep a good deal under cover.
About half-past seven, our goes opened their fire, but
apparently did not much damage. The General, Sir
Hugh Gough (my old Colonel in the 87th), then came
up, and ordered us (the 18th) to storm the tort oppo-
site to us, which was a round one, on a high hill. We
were then about half a mile from it. We were obliged
to advance through the paddy fields in single file, under
a very heavy fire of grape and round shot, my com-
pany, the grenadiers, leading. When we got to the
bottom of the hill, my company halted, formed in
skirmishing order, and advanced : they came out to
meet us, but we gave them a couple of volleys, and
drove them from the hill. The regiment then formed
in line, and charged up and took the fort, and
we hoisted our Queen's colours on the top (the
first time it had ever been under fire). Sir Hugh
then put himself at our head, and we rattle :1 off at
our best pace for the second fort, the old man running
at our head, waving his hat with one hand, and his
stick with the other—he had no sword. We took it
with ease, and they ran when they saw us coming in
such style ; only two of my company were shot there.
It astonished ins very much that they made so little
resistance, for till we came to c'ose quarters they stood
to their guns and fired splendidly. At first they found
they could not hit us, on account of the bad construc-
tion of their embrasures, but they soon found that out,
and knocked them down, so as to be able to train the
guns upon us ; in the meantime the brigade of seamen
had stormed and taken the other two forts with some
loss. Immediately alter this my company was sent out
again, to drive in another party that was advancing,
and to remain out and skirmish, as our light infantry
were protecting the artillery. I had some beautiful
shooting for about two or three hours, I got leave
from my captain to take ten men, and go round
a hill to surprise some fellows who were firing at us in
front ; he kept up a very heavy firing at them in order
to keep up their attention while I got upon them. I got
round the hill without being seen, and came upon them
lying down, keeping out of the way of the shot in their
front. I instantly fired on them, but our men were
blown, and so anxious that they missed them ; they
started to their feet, fired a few shots at us, which
missed, and we then shot them down deliberately. I
got so close as to be able to get a shot with my pistol,
but missed ; we killed ten or twelve of them ; the rest
ran for it. That was the only close fight any one had
the luck to get that day, as they are armed with a
large sort of matchlock on three lees, which carries
three times as far as our muskets, so that they keep out
of our reach, and yet pepper away at us. After that I
rejoined the company, and then wo had some hot work
of it. The bugler sounded the advance to us, when it
was intended that he should sound the retreat ; we
were then in a critical situation, being unsupported,
and only 50 men in the company. However, we had
nothing for it but to go ahead. We moved on as hard
as we could, and had to cross two or three fields ex-
posed to a heavy fire from the city walls. We lost
two men, and only saved ourselves by the pace we went
at. We had some sharp banging, but could not drive
them back, as they had got into a village on our left
flank, and were beginning to riddle us ;
we could not
show a head above the bank but a volley came at it.
Me Captain then came to me and said—' We have
nothing for it but to charge, and drive them from the
village, and send for support,' which we did,
and drove them out in great style, for which we
got great praise. Anotl-er company then came to our
assistance, but we were obliged to retire a little, which
prevented our having the honour of getting first into
the camp, which we otherwise should have been,
as we had stood the brunt of the day till the regiment
advanced and stormed the camp under a heavy fire from
the guns of the city ; we lost in about a hundred yards
of causeway, leading from the village to the camp,
three officers and twenty-one men ; we immediately set
fire to the tents and houses, formed up close column in
the centre, and completely destroyed it. It was not the
General's intention to have stormed it t,ll night, but
we had gradually edged near it, and at last made a
dash at it and carried it. Our regiment's loss that
day was the most of any—three officers and twenty-one
men wounded, and three men killed , the total loss of
'our force, which was only 3,000 men, amounted to
ninety killed and wounded. The Chinese own to
1,200 killed and wounded. We then returned to the
fort we had taken, and remained there for the night,
within 150 yards of the city. We were under fire from
five o'clock in the morning until seven o'clock at
night ; they ceased firing from the city about eight.
Next day, the 26th, we did nothing, as the ammunition
had not come up, except to station men under cover to
fire at every one who showed his head on the city walls,
our fort completely overlooking the town ; we prepared
the scaling-ladders and got everything ready for the
attack. On the morning of the 27th, at eight o'clock,
our guns being ready to breach, and the rocket brigade
to burn, just as we were going to open our fire, they
showed white flags on all the walls opposite us. Sir
Hugh Gough himself advanced unarmed, with only one
interpreter, and under the very city walls, which was
a courageous thing of him to do, as we have had plenty
of proof already that the Chinese only respect the flag
of spruce when it suits them. They asked for a truce
of two days to the Plenipo, which was granted, much to
our disgust, as we were wound up for the attack. The
General was not sorry to grant this delay, as all the
ammunition was not up, little thinking what was to be
the consequence. The morning of the 29th, the time
being up, the General walked down to the batteries, to
give orders for the attack. Some small delay
took place in altering the position of one of the
rocket tubes, when an officer came up with a letter
from the Plenipo, saying he had made terms with them,
and order:rig us to spare the city. The General
stamped the letter under his feet with rage. Of course
there was no remedy, as he is Plenipo. The terms
were that they would pay down six millions of dollars if
they would spare the town ; that the whole of the
Tartar troops should lay down their arms, and march
60 miles from the city without the honours of war,
and that we should occupy the commanding position
we held till the money was paid. These terms Elliot
accepted,' although the General objected. We re-
mained in the forts till the Ist of June, which was
mighty pleasant, as we had no shelter, and the clays
were tremendously hot, and at night the rain came in
torrents.
The men are sickly, rt,e l
excitement
on the
ground, lying " I never changed my things the whole time, except
my shirt, as I luckily brought clean one, but never
took off
off
yeboots e ov re
never was
better trousers
kept us all right. now it is all
over. It was a hot week's work for young soldiers.
I can assure you the sensation of being shot at is
not
pleasant at first, though it soon wears off, especially
when you are going ahead. My company had the
sfor
in m seveny
life ;the
hottest of it all day, as we led the way (so much for
being a grenadier).
" We expect to get the six millions, or at least s part,
as prize-money, but nobody can tell ; if we do, it
it will give me 2001. or 3001.—not a bad day's work.
We none of us thought of making our wills before
going into action, as we had no idea it would have
been such sharp work, but now some of us have thought
proper to do it, as we expect to be at it again in about
a fortnight (at Amoy). Oar fellows behaved like
Irishmen—that's saying enough : the only difficulty
was to restrain them. The Quartermaster-(general
of the 18th dropped dead in the field ; the great heat
and fatigue occasioned apoplexy. Poor old man !
we buried him privately, near the forts. It was a so-
lemn scene, none but officers attending. It wit:, dark.
An officer read the service over him, by the light of a
single candle. We were afraid of attracting the notice

of the Chinamen, who would have dug him up after we
had left, as there is a large price offered for an officer's
I bead. I saw the bead Mandarin of Canton and all the
other great meo, at a conference under the wall:, our
company being the General's guard of honour. What-
ever the Chinese may think of our fighting, lat sure
they could not admire our dress ; my trousers were
split right across behind ; had to tie a handker
chief round my waist ; one knee cut acrcss, and the
other leg torn, and showing evident marks of where the
night had been passed, 'viz., in the mud. None of us
were much better. We had a brigade of seamen doing
duty on shore. Jack confesses he did not much ad-
mire doing soldier. We start for Amoy in about a
week. We are sure of having any thing to do that is
to be done, as Sir Hugh is an Irishman, and stands by
his boys. I have not told him I belonged to his old
regiment ; perhaps if I did he might give me some-
thing, but at present all places are full."

INSURRECTION IN SPAIN.

A courier extraordinary has just arrived here from
Madrid, bringing details of the attack on the Queen's
Palace, on the night of the 7th instant. The despatches
date the Bth.
It appears that the Guard Royal on dutyat the Palace,
first declared themselves for Queen Christina, and at-
' tempted to force their way into the interior, in order to
carry off the young 'Queen Isabella, but the Body Guard
defended their post too well, and after a hot skirmish, the
assailants were compelled to retreat, both parties leaving
a considerable number of dead on the field of the en-
gagement. Amongst the prisoners is Brigadier Norza
Queray, taken arms in hand ; Senors Diego Leon,
Concha, Aspiroz, &C., fled on the Bth, at one o'clock in the
morning, accompanied by a body of forty cavaliers. The
interior and the north of Spain were tranquil.
The Madrid Gazette of the 7th instant publishes the
following proclamation, signed by the Duke of Vittoria,
and countersigned by the Minister of the Interior.
" Spaniards—The critical position created by the
_enemies of the present order of things. sanctioned by
the nation requires strong and energetic measures, which
the Government is determined to adopt. Placed at the
head of the nation by the free and spontaneous will of
the people, and associated constitutionally with the
Councillors of the Crown, I feel myself obliged to main-
tain and defend at all hazards the Constitution, Queen
Isabella 11., and the principles . which have been pro-
claimed by them. The men who by their conduct pro-
duced the serious events which occurred last year are
endeavouring to excite rebellion by conspiracy against
the Constitution, the laws, and public order. In Na-
varre General O'Donnell has manifested himself a sedi-
tious traitor, and has seduced some deluded men, with
whom he is shut up in the citadel of Pampeluna. The
faithful troops of the garrison and the National Guard
are blockading him, and considerable forces are
marching in all directions to crush this horrible at-
tempt in its commencement. General Piquero has
raised a seditious cry at Vittoria, and proclaimed the
fueros of the Basque provinces, and so placed himself
in direct hostility with the laws and interests of the
country. In the same provinces a handful of corrupt
Spaniards are conspiring and defy the authority of the
nation and of the laws, in order to precipitate the coun-
try into an abyss of evils. They unfold a mendaciOus
banner in the name of the Queen-Mother, in order to
excite the passions of the discontented and the enemies
of reform, by which means they expect to succeed in
their depraved projects. Madmen ! are they not aware
that the nation is with. the Government, and that, identi-
fied with its interests, its prosperity, and with public
liberty, it will neglect no means to produce the triumph
of the precious deposit entrusted to its honour, which has
never failed in its duty.
"In so serious a position the Government has adopted
all the measures necessary to prevent those crimes
which it will punish with all the rigour permitted by
the laws. It is incessantly occupied in adopting those
salutary regulations without which States incur danger.
They will be executed suitably and energetically. They
will be as strong as they are just, because they are sup-
ported by a brave army and a national militia, in unison
with the interests and the will of the people.
" The law relating to conspiracies will be rigorously
applied to all those who, through a culpable egotism and
an intere: t_(l ambition, assemble, conspire, and form
plans for overthrowing the constitution. Judgment
shall be speedily passed, and the sword of the law shall
strike the guilty. The Executive Power shall act with-
out ceasing, in order to repress and prevent those sedi-
tious attampts.
" Spaniards, live in the confidence that Government is
watching over your security and your liberty, over the
public prosperity, and over your dearest interests. I
have confidence in your patriotism, and I rely upon the
loyalty of all men who have sincerely proclaimed the
principles and the political system at present in force.
" Identified with you, you will always find me ready
to make every sacrifice for that nation to which your
countryman, the Regent of the kingdom, has for ever
consecrated his repose and his life.
“ DUQUE-DE LA- VITTORIA; Regent.
" FACUNDO INFANTE, Minister of the Interior.
" Madrid, Oct. 6, 1841."
The Regent published a decree on the 7th, exhorting
the Spanish to uphold the Government, and threatening
the extreme penalty, and the most rigorous chastisement
to such as should lend their aid to any attempt.
Senor Safont is the contractor for the farming of the
stamp duties, at a price above seventeen millions of reals.
The farming of the salt duties has been adjudged to Se-
nor Salamanca for fifty millions of reels, payable in four
months. On the Boisa, the Five per Cents. 23 for cash.
(From the Phare of Bayonne of the 10th instant.)
The Madrid mails are still due. The diligence has
brought us accounts up to ten in the morning of the
sth, but nothing new had occurred, The occurrences
at Pampeluna and Vittoria have already been made
public, and have made a great impression. The as-
spect of Madrid is totally changed, every countenance
expressing wonder and surprise. No troops have been
put in motion, and it seems as if the Government
knew not what means to take to avert the storm. All
the country between Madrid and Vittoria appears to be
quiet ; except at Burgos, where the authorities have
taken some measures of precaution, and have ordered
all such militiamen as had no arms to come to the depot
and receive them. This summons, however, has not
been very eagerly obeyed, and it has been necessary to
issue threats against such as make any longer delay.
They write from Bourg Madame that on this side of Ca-
talonia a famous bandit, named Filippo; has made his
appearance, at the head of 100 men, and declared against
the Government of Espartero, but under what banner he
means to enrol himself is not known. A letter from
Pampeluna of the 6th informs us that 300 young men
from the valley of Echauri and those around it, having
embraced the Queen's cause, entered the citadel on the
sth, and on the 6th Artigosa brought into it 400 more
from the same quarter, with a convoy of provisions. We
have also a letter of the 7th from Pampeluna, with tho
following details:—" Hostilities were not renewed yes-
terday, and tranquillity prevailed. Brigadier Artigosa
goes in and out of the citadel without interruption. Gen.
Ribeiro has levied a contribution from the merchants.
exacting most from those known to adhere to the
Queen. The house of Alzugaray alone has been made
to contribute 20,000 piastres ; Carriquiri, sen., Ribed,
and Alzugaray, whom Ribeiro had made responsible for
all the misfortunes which might ensue, have disappeared,
but it is believed are still concealed in the town. Ribeiro
daily announces the arrival of reinforcements, but they
are nowhere to be seen. The state of the national mili-
tia is critical, as there are in their ranks men of all
opinions, of whom the Exaltados utter imprecations
against the rest, accusing them of being the authors of
all that has happened. We learn, though vaguely, that
the interior of the province is far from being inclined to
the cause of Espartero. Those who are favourable to-
wards the Queen are expected to declare themselves on
the first occasion. The bombardment on the sth did
very little damage. Four shells fell on the theatre, and
two or three houses have suffered, and that but
slightly. One woman is killed, but she is the only
known victim. O'Donnell's cavalry cuts off all
communication between Pampeluna, Puente la Reina,
and Tufalla. On the sth there was only one com-
pany at this point, which kept itself within the fort,
fearing hostile demonstrations from the inhabitants.
This is in contradiction to the account circulated at
Bayonne that General Concha had arrived there with
400 horse. We have news from Vittoria of the 7th,
where nothing more of importance had passed. The first
battalion (Tercios d'Alava), composed of 800 young
men of Vittoria and its environs, was already organised,
and had entered on duty. The deputation, in accord-
ance with General Piquero, with the foresight and sys-
tem for which the Alavese are distinguished, was ac-
tively engaged in collecting arms, and taking all other
necessary measures for carrying on the war. All the
people of the province have, in compliance with the
orders of the Deputation, proclaimed Queen Chris-
tina as Regent of Spain. In other respects, public
tranquillity had not been disturbed at any point. ii;ur
accounts from the province of Guipuzcoa lufOrm us
only that General Urbistondo, reinforced, ty succours
from Bilbao, has removed from Arlairan to Bergara,
where he was two days ago engaged endeavouring to
raise the population. Brigadier iturbe was at Villa
Real de Zainarraga, having a detachment on the moun-
tain of Descarga to observe the movements of the enemy.
General Alcala was still at Tolosa yesterday, and, ac-
cording to credible persons, still adhering to Espartero,
and declaring that if driven into Saint Sebastian, he
would defend the fortress to the last extremity. Colonel
Fernandez is traversing the coast raising recruits, and
satisfied that if he can preserve his communications with
Urbistondo, and be able to procure arms, he will not want
plenty of soldiers. We have no knowledge of the actual
position of Ibero with his party. Elorrio, the officer who
formerly belonged to the Chapelgorris, is still, with some
of his old comrades, attached to Espartero. In Biscay the
garrison of Portugalette followed the movement of
Bilbao as soon as it was known. From Bilbao we learn
that a column of four hundred infantry has been
sent into Guipuzcoa, and must by this time have joined
Urbistondo. The intelligence already given of the Se-
govia battalion having declared in favour of the Queen
is confirmed, and we are assured that another battalion
has followed the example. At Bilbao it is affirmed that
the important fortress of Santona, as well as the fortified
points of Laredo and Castro-Urdiales, have also declared
for the Queen's cause. We have no express reason for
doubting the truth of this information, but it requires to
be confirmed. Thu son of General Zurbano, who had

arrived at Madrid with the news of the events at Pampe-
luna, went off quickly afterwards to Logrono with de-
spatches. It appears that it is the provincial regiment
of Laredo which has followed the example of that of Se-
govia. It is asserted also that it has already reached
Urduna. on its march to Bilbao. General Alcala appears
to be inclined to fall back on St. Sebastian. He has al-
ready sent off his band, whence it is inferred he will
shortly follow."
A letter from Bayonne of the 10th inst. says :
" A courier from our Charge d'Affaires at Madrid
broaght an account of the repression of the attempt in
that capital. Further details have arrived to-day. The
arrests on the 7th were not confined to a few subordinate
agents, but it is not true, as stated, that the Duke de
Frias, late Spanish Ambassador at Paris, was among the
number. It was in the evening of the 7th that the con-
spirators attempted to seize possession of the palace by a
coup (le main, and thus gain the persons of Queen Isa-
bella and her sister. The Regent and M. Arguelles
were both aware of the intent. The Regent remained in
the apartment of the princesses, while the guards were
doubled and cannon were planted. The artillery was
not made use of: The Halbardiers behaved with great
gallantry. This special corps is composed only of
seven officers and one hundred and fifty-one men
Some of them were wounded. It was impossible for the
atsempt to succeed, as the moment it was made part of
the garrison came to the defence of the palace. The
arrests were continued throughout the night, particularly
among the revolted part of the army, several of whom
were shot in the streets by the soldiers who remained
faithful to Espartero. The gates of the city are rigidly
guarded that none of the confederates may escape. Don
Diego Leon, and other chiefs are in prison. The Regent
commanded the troops in person, and narrowly escaped
being shot. On the morning of the Bth, Madrid was
entirely occupied by the army. Not a single voice of
the people encouraged the nocturnal plot, although
plenty of money was distributed at the Puerta del Sol
and.in other suspicious quarters. The National Guard
was unanimous in its reprobation of the movement. It
is confirmed that a part of the garrison has been marched
towards the Basque provinces and Navarre. Espartero
was able without danger to send away a portion of his
troops, all of whom he reviewed on the Bth. The ac-
counts sent by Sir Arthur Aston to the British Consul at
Bayonne are perfectly in accordance with these."
The garrison of Estella, according to the Indicateur of
Bordeaux, has declared for the Queen Regent.
The Memorial of Bordeaux mentions a rumour current
in that city that Generals Borso di Carminati, Cordova
(brother of the chief better known by that name), and
Balbao, had been tried by a Court-Martial for partici-
pating in an attempt at insurrection in Madrid on the
4th inst.; and that Espartero intended to be at Vittoria
by the 11th or 12th with a large force.
"We have just had communicated to us," says the
Commerce, " a letter from the Spanish frontier, written
by one of the most influential Generals of the Christino
party. According to this document, it appears that
Villareal, Gomez, and all the Carlist Generals in France,
are ready to enter Spain to support the pretensions of
Queen Christina, but that the proclamation of O'Donnell
has discontented them all from its promising the fueros,
in the name of the legislative powers which have hitherto
refused them. It was wished that the Queen should
overthrow the Constitution, and should give the guaran-
tee of the fueros by her own authority. In other quar-
ters the discontent was very great when it was seen that
the Queen relied for support on the Clergy. It appears
certain that the Queen is agreed with Don Carlos, and
that a project of marriage has been decided between the
oldest son of Don Carlos and Queen Isabella. Maria
Christina did not dare to avow this in the Proclamation,
but it is a fact upon which hardly any doubt can now be
entertained."

The Siecle has the following :—lt is said that there
have really been conferences between the partisans of
Don Carlos, and those of Maria Christina, as a journal
has already stated. The latter proposed that her
(laughter, Isabella 11., should marry the eldest son of
Don Carlos, who in that way would become the Queen's
husband. Don Carlos, on his side, wanted his son to
be proclaimed king, and a marriage afterwards con-
tracted by him with young Isabella. Neither party, up
to this moment, have made any concession ; but if the
attempt of insurrection is repressed, if Esportero tri-
umphs over the intrigues and plots against him, some
think that Maria Christina would accept the ultimatum
of legitimacy. The remainder of the Carlist army
would then join O'Donnell and his adherents. The
Christinos and the Carlists would then league against
the revolutionary party ; there would be a deadly war
between the two principles, and God knows what
would be the end of the calamities into which Spain
would be dragged.

THE BUDE LIGHT.
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]
I beg leave to acquaint you, that the Bude Light
will be exhibited, on Sunday next, at the evening ser-
vice, at Christ Church, Albany-street, Regent's Park ;
and, as it is a manifest improvement in lighting and
ventilatiog, with which our worthy Rector, Mr. DodE.
worth, and the congregation, aro much pleased, I think
advisable, as a constant reader of your valuable Paper,
that you should be made acquainted with the fact.
This improvement is aboyt being extensively adopted
thought the metropolis, in our churches and other public
buildings.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
GLOBE.—It is a fine thing for the destinies of the
most densely peopled of commercial countries, and the
most dependent (whatever may be brayed by her elodo-
crats) on foreign supplies to eke out her deficient produc-
tion of the first necessaries—it is a fitfe thing for such a
country to be ruled by statesmen who hold out a premium
of official adoption and countenance to the grossest fal-
lacies and the plainest blunders, on matters connected
with national subsistence and commerce. It will soon be
known to all Envoys and Consuls of England in foreign
parts, that a grand central depot of all the ignorance and
delusion they can scrape together from every quarter on
the Corn-laws, is opened in Downing-street. Plausible
misinformation may be addressed to the Premier ;
whatever is too strong for him, to the Home or
Colonial Secretary ; or if too far above proof
even for throats so well seasoned on both sides, then
to the Paymaster of the Forces, or the Lord Privy Seal.
The occasion of our present remarks is the monstrous
bugbear vlhich Lord Stanley, in his last speech at
Lancaster, made of certain statements of Sir Ed-
ward Baynes, our Consul at St. Petersburgh, which
the wily Premier touched very tenderly. But the
Hotspur of the Cabinet flies at all game ; there is no
reclaiming him. It amounts to an advertisement to all
rivals of our manufactures that they can cram our
Consuls with any nonsense they please ; and that our_
Ministers will repeat it ! It will go forth to all Eurrjpe
that the Anti-Commercial interest rules England '; and
that no figment is too gross to be received and 'retailed
by the chiefs of that interest, and palmed upor_ a people
resolute for commercial suicide ! The Times has
done, for one* in a way, good service to the cause
of free trade, by giving an abstract, in its this
day's columns, of the correspondenctv procured by the
lute Government from oar Consul's residing in various
parts of Russia, Poland, Swe',:ten, Denmark, Prus-
sia, Hamburgh, Holland, B'elgium, and Sicily, rela-
tive to the price at which foreign grain could be im-
ported into England. roe general result of that cor-
respondence is the utter exposure of the absurd ap-
prehensions of an overwhelming deluge of low-priced
corn. One article, however, of that correspondence
was calculated to increase that apprehension by state-
ments absurd on the very face of them. It is hardly
necessary to say that this is the article pounced upon
by our present rulers, and retailed with exaggera-
tion of exaggeration by the Noble Secretary of the Co-
lonies. Truly this offers a most instructive contrast
between the past and present Governments. The for-
mer, by a Circular dated 30th June, 1840 (a sufficient
proof that their Free Trade measures were not the
mere offspring of the moment), called for informa-
tion on all the particulars requisite to be known in
order to opening the British trade in corn at a moderate
duty. The latter made no other use of that informa-
tion than to extract from it, and improve upon the only
gross arid monstrous mare's-nest they could find in its
pages ! People of England, this is the exchange you
have made of Governments—from one which sought in-
formation to benefit, for one which perverts it to
delude you!
STANDARD.—Experience has abundantly proved
that there are two, and but two, effectual modes of ob-
viating the ill effect of a seditious movement. The first
is to put the sedition down with a strong hand—and
this must be resorted to when immediate danger to
the state is threatened. The other is to leave th evil
to biiro itself out—neither feeding it by concession,
now: fanning it by feeble opposition. This latter is the
course which a prudent and a firm Government will
always prefer when it can be adopted with safety ; and
this is the course which the present Administra-
tion will, we doubt not, pursue with regard to the
O'Connell sedition in Ireland. But in order that Sir R.
Peel and his friends may be at liberty to pursue this wise
course, it is absolutely necessary that all of us who
wish well to the present Cabinet exercise a little reserve
and take a little courage—that we imitate, at such dis-
tance as suits our respective conditions, the forbearance of
the Ministers; and in order to do so remember that Daniel
O'Connell commanding a servile Cabinet was a much more
formidable person than the same Daniel O'Conneller_
thrown upon his own resourcos. We yesterdaysscheme offered
at some length our objections to Lord Alvanley
for the pacification of Ireland ; but after all the general
objection is—that it is a scheme. The state of krelanotio.ihs
not to be remedied by any project ; we have had
of them to prove that the condition of that part of enoth
e
United Kingdom, like hydrophobia, pooping-cough,and other " opproblia medicorunot,"s thei n
proportion to alleged
spe-
cifics against which are numerous
their inefficacy, defies nostrums.
betehne tried
s ch e
m and
s e
the onlyremedial process that has
found to fail ; and
therefore Rest from change is
rest fromnt
of projectors affordsthrse are not, however, the only
persons who may interrupt
ly rational ground of hope
for a cure. Projecto
the prudent course of treat-
ment which we trust to see persevered in. Many,
alarmed at the open treason in which Messrs. O'Con-
nell,
indulge at the Repeal Associa-
tion meetings, Steel, &c.,
and on other occasions, may call for
an interference on the part of the Government. We

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS,
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
TlMES.—Communications continue to pour in upon
us on the subject of the speculation in tea, which, as it
is known to involve an immense amount of capital, a
great portion of which is perhaps drawn fiom the legiti-
mate purpoies of trade, attracts attention in most quar-
ters, as likely to be the forerunner of casualties which,
though not for the moment looked for, may not be far
off. That the view we expressed the other day is in a
fair way to be established—namely, that there will be an
abundant supply of teas—is evidenced by the arrivals of
ships from China with full cargoes. In St. Katharine's
Dock the following ships with the following quantities
have arrived since Monday:—The Eliza, with 12,569
packages; the Orleana, with 11,102 packages ; the Clif-
ford, with 7,550 packages; and the Charlotte, with 5,700
packages ; making a total of 36,921 packages.
A notice has been issued by Mr. Jaudon, as repre-
sentative of the " United States Bank," and agent for
the loan of 900,000/., contracted at Paris in 'De-
cember, 1839. He declares that the Bank is unable to
provide for the reimbursement of the principal sum, due
in the present month, and requests a postponement of
the time of payment for one year, in consideration of an
additional deposit of 45,0001. in the Deber tures of the
Bank, purchased by the Bank, with Messrs. Rothschild.
The payment of the interest due on the 15th instant is
to take place as usual, and Coupons are to be given for
the two succeeding half-years, besides an additional
Coupon for 2 per cent. as a bonus for the renewal. As
several doubts had existed respecting the payment of the
principal and dividends of this loan, and recent events
had spread a panic among all who had anything to do
with the " United States Bank," this notice, as far at least
as the dividends are concerned, will be found acceptable.
POST.—•A question is before the Oommittee of the
Stock Exchange relative to the failure of Mr. Richard
Cohen. An " official assignee" of the house was ap-
pointed for the settlement of the affairs of Mr. Cohen,
but that gentleman stopped, it appears, from prudential
motives. He now chooses to pay the claims upon him
without the intervention of an assignee ; the object
being to avoid the claim of lf per cent. exacted in such
cases. Mr. Cohen is in a condition to pay twenty
shilling in the pound, and his bearing in the presence
of the Committee has therefore been such as leaves them
no choice how to proceed. There was, we find, quite a
scene in the Committee-room yesterday ; but the im-
mediate restoration of Mr. Cohen to his privileges as a
member of the house, without being mulcted, is pretty
certain.

HERALD.—A correspondent calls attention to the
slow progress, or apparently no progress at all, making
towards a settlement of the long outstanding debt and
arrears of interest due from the republic of Central
America, better known by its ancient denomination ofGua-
temala. The debt is of such small amount that it would
seem there should be the less difficulty in providing
the means for its liquidation. The loan under which
this debt was originally created was happily brought
to market so late in the famous bubble season of
1825-6 that before it could be fairly launched
and the whole, some 1,000,000 !.sterling, saddled upon
an unfortunate public already gorged to repletion
with Spanish American bonds, mining and all other
sorts of scheme shares, the bubble burst, the scrip fell to
a discount and became unsaleable, and the stock unsold
was left on hand as valueless as so much waste paper.
The result was no less fortunate for Guatemala than to
the public here, as the republic having received so much
less than expected, has of course so much less to repay
and provide for. It may be observed that if the Commit-
tee have been unable to achieve any satisfactory arrange-
ment with the republic, or to put the affair into a train
of settlement for some date more or less distant, it would
be advisable, as tending to the removal of a disagreeable
state of suspense, to make an open communication to
the effect to the bond or siripholders interested, and
anxiously looking for the once promised arrangement.
CHRONICLE.—The delivery of 300,000-Consols to-
day, purchased yesterday by the broker for the Court of
Exchequer, tended greatly to relieve the market and to
keep money easier, but the jobbers are still understood
to be heavy Bulls of stock, as nearly the whole of the
funding was subscribed for on the Stock Exchange.
The settlement, however, has gone off smoothly, not-
withstanding the heavy fluctuations, which have been as
much as three per cent. on the extreme range since the
last account-day. The continuation to-day until next
account was about 7-16ths, or 5 to 6 per cent. for short
periods.

The extreme range of the fluctuations in -Spanish
Stock since last account is equal to about 6 per cent., the
highest quotation having been 231 to I and the lowest
174. She quotation for the Active Bonds advanced to-
day to l9i t, owing to the favourable character of the.
intelligence from Madrid contained in the Paris papers,
from which it would appear that the Regent had been
well prepared, and had adopted energetic measures to
suppress the revolt in the capital.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in
the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes
Registered in the week ending Oct. 9, 1841." The Table is
issued from the Office of the Registrar-General :

CAUSES OF DEATH.

Weekly
Total. Average
-9-40
r Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases l4B 1838 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 126 151
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration
Diseases of the Ilea!-t and Bloodvessels
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c 1 1
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Old Age, or Natural Decay 43 71
Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 25 25
Causes not specified
40 7 8
Deaths froth all causes
Average Weekly Deaths .. 926
Deaths in the Average Weekly
Week. Deaths, 1838-9-40,
Western Districts ..... ... 118 ...... 139
North Districts
Central Districts 159 ..... 190
East Districts
South Districts ... ......

Total lila

926

It is slated that under the term Metropolis are cemprised the
32 district; tierein mentioned, which include the City of Lon-
don with, and without the walls, the City and Liberties of
WestirAnster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality.--
and. the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington,
/..ulham, Hammersmith ( Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad-
dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard_(Brom
ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camber veil, Greenwich, St. Nicholas
and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as
enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890. The weekly average for
1838, 1839, and 1840, was obtained by dividing the deaths in
the three years by 156.

TEMPERATURE IN TUE WEEKS ENDING
Oct. 2. Oct. 9.
67' 610
49 48
59 54
14, 1841.

Highest
Lowest
Daily Mean .
General Register Office, Oat.

WOOLWICH.—OCT. 14.
ROYAL ARTILLERY.
" GENERAL ORDER' OCT. 8, 1841. •
" The Master-General has been pleased to sanction an
exchange of troops between Lieutenants Handcock and
Newcomen, Royal Horse Artillery.
(Signed) " J. E. JONES, Lieut.-Colonel,
Assist. Adjt.-General."
Lieutenant Ty lee is to do duty with the company of
Gentlemen Cadets during the illness of Lieut. Christie.
Lieutenant Elliot has relieved Lieutenant Young from
the duties of Adjutant to the field batteries, and the
latter officer proceeds to Plymouth to join his Cetor(ti
OCT. 14.—The detachment at the Tower Was IT sued
this morning by Captain M‘Bean's company
talion with detachments of the Ist and 9th 10_6°e:oil:a
Captain 1193ean and Lieutenant Ratcliffe scowl'
the detachment.
" Smjeant William Allen, 9th battalion.
, n at Island-
bridge, to the Ro '
alcommencingArtillery
Ist .nst.
" GENERAL ORDER, OCT. 12, Nit
bridge, vice Perkins, promoted, q Lieut.-Colonel.
(Signed) ~ J. E. JONES, . appointed
Lieutenant Radcliffe is withdrawn
h the Ist battalion.
teries, and returns to do duty with .
Assist. ildirto.m-General.
bat-
have directed
27th. 1841, A. 400, that in
by their letter, dated August
period for theduration
This order to be in-
future the
in the cavalry.
" The HOClGouEraNEbilleA
is to be six years, as
illations, vol. ii., page 152.
of bugles and trumpets
in-
serted in the finance re,:g
J.
E. JONES, Lieut.-Colonel,
(Signed) Assist. Adjt.-General."
of the Royal Artillery have
Master-General to be held in readi-
nessßl.ooardr
fvu.,,Ocrrans.:__l3ce,
t or
relieved,
beeTnhoerdfoelrleodwibnygfor the companiesforeign
to embark for
Captain Kendal's company, 4th battalion,
timeth
no flv theirestl
Indies.
Major Captain
n's company went abroad on the 28th De-
Captain Morgans Morgans company, Ist battalion, at Barbadoes.
have been seven wi3llfai r Molesworth's company, 6th battalion, to relieve
Major Woods company, Bth battalion, at Bermuda.
Major Woods company went abroad on the 9th Nov.
1834, and will at the period of their relief have been,
De-
cember, 1834, and, byyetahres
in
about six years on foreign service.
Captain Kendal and Major Molesworth's companies
will embark about the latter end of the present or be-
ginning of the ensuing month.

THE "WEATHE)CTOBER 15.
ROYAL GALLERY OP SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET.
Barometer ................. 99.60
Thermometer.. 56 I Highest ........... 56. .. I Lowest
Wind N.W.—Freezing Point 22 Deg.
.............._

THE LATE RAINs.--On Monday night week,
the rain fell in such torrents that the roads in the neigh-
bourhood of Gamsborough were so flooded as to prevent
very many persons attending the market on the-following
day, and if the wet weather continues much longer fearfutl
apprehensions are entertained with re4pect to the potato'
crop.—.Doncaster Gcngtte.

LONDON:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1841.

On Monday last we inserted in our leading
article the following paragraph :
There is in Tamworth a graramar 'school, founded by
Sir Robert's father, for the gratuitous education of the
children of the inhabitants, so long as a Peel shall repre-
sent the borough; and I am credibly informed that the
master (Savage by name, and, as it shonld seem, servile
by nature) informed the boys a few days since that he
had received a letter from the Prime Minister, ordering
him to discharge the children of all those who signed
the petition The way being thus prepared, the Re-
lieving Officer and his colleagues went round to the pa-
rents of the children to " inquzre if they had signed that
important document. And the public may believe
that some disclaimers were the consequences

We then said " We will give no opinion on
any part of the paragraph, till we are assured, by
the silence of the Ministerial Journals, that it is
is.ttue." Five days have we waited; the para-
graph has been copied into a great number of
Journals, both-metropolitan and provincial and
it has not been contradicted. We assume,
therefore, that it is true—that there exists at
Tamworth a school in which gratuitous educa-
tion is given to children, so long as a PEEL shall
represent the borow11; and tbe:present Prime
Minister has excluded from its benefits the
children of all those who signed 'the Tamworth
Address to the QUEEN. Let us look at both
these branches of the assertion. _

A school for the gratuitous education of chil-
dren, as long as a PEEL sits for Tamworth, is one
Of the most injurious,. but at the same
time most
,direct, pieces of bribery that ever fell under our
notice, Sir Roctirr PEEL is indebted for his
**at m this system of bribery. Looking forward
with prudent calculation, the PEELS have insti-
tuted a scheme to bribe the electors of fair.-
Worth in all time by the annual donation .
schooling, which is money's worth, to return a
PEEL for that
on seat the borough. We should think that
on a petition the House of Commons ought to
that t Premier for systematic bribery. If
1?e tolerated,. it will be a scandal to the
House &Commons to punish any man for giving a few pounds for a score or two of votes to get
into Parliament. The PEELS, by this piece of
systematic bribery, have converted Tamworth
into a family borough, of which they purchase
the repreSentation by gratuitous education.
The, example set by the PEELS 'seem's likely to
be followed, if it receive the sanction of Patlia

niellt* Vac _Western Luminary contained, a few
•
days ago, the- following paragraph : . .
71).6.RT:roura RErrgEsYNTA.TioN.—It is with pleasure
that we aro eLabled to announce that the Conservative
A7,sociation has received intelligem.e of the intention of
J. Sorties, Esq., one of 'the largest merchants and ship-
Owners in Loudon; to contest the representation of this
borough in Parliament on the next opportunity. In
addition to the building and fitting out a 600 ton ship here
every year, he will employ a urge number of our young men;
besides which, the great influx of trade in this port, con-
sequent on his shipping coming to it, cannot fail to be felt
by every individual in.it.
This is barefaced bribery. Mr. SONES an-
nounces that -he will, every year, build and
equip . a ship at Dartmouth,, as a bribe to the
. electors to return him for that place; and the
shipowners may emulate Mr. SOMES, and other
opulent cotton-spinners may emulate the PEELS;
and so every borough may be brought, as the
counties are already brought, under the domi-
nion of a few rich men. The rights and liberties
of the people, so far as they are defined in Par-
liament, will thus be sold by the electors, and
, bought by the rich, till the nation will be forced
t," repudiate, with the utmost contempt, the au-
thority of Parliament as as instrument of a nar-
row and selfish oligarchy.
The Premier having established this system to
bribe the electors of Tamworth, carries it out to
.its due conclusion. - Not only must a PEEL re-
present the place, but those who receive their
gratuitous education must not differ in political
Opinion from the Premier. For daring to re-
quest, believing as they do that the country is
in great distress, that Parliament should not be
prorogued, the Premier turns their children out
of his school. We have long dreaded that the
gentry wished to get the whole of the education
or the people, only the more effectually to drill
them into habits of slavery and servility. They
pretend to be very charitable, and to act in a
spirit of kindness towards the poor; hut here the
real motive creeps out--we have seen it at other
places and other schools—and that motive is to
cast more nets round the poor, and make them
more and more the slaves of the aristocracy and
the parsons.

Let it not be said that Sir ROBERT PEEL is too
much of a gentleman to do such a thing. After
Sir ROBERT PEEL has descended .tot garble the
Reports of the Fever Hospital at Manchester,
and after he has assumed office as the tool of the
monopolists, the head of the Starvation Minis-
try, deliberately engaging in a plan to continue
a great scheme of plunder—we consider him
capable of any political meanness. Has not
Lord STANLEY, who boasts far nobler blood and
a holder mind than Sir R. PEEL, unblushingly
used arguments, as a means of deluding the
people, of which any gentleman ought to
be ashamed; and why, therefore should any
man hesitate to believe that such Ministers will
use any kind of mean artifices which may serve
their ends ? Neither Sir ROBERT PEEL nor the
Ministerial press has denied the charge, though
we have allowed them ample time, and the
world has, therefore, a right to regard it as
proved. What does it amount to ? That Sir
R. PEEL, by gratuitous education, habitually
and systematically bribes the electors of Tam-
worth ; and that the Prime Minister carries the
System so far, that he excludes from his school
the children of those parents who, on one parti.-.
cular and very important point of national policy,
happen to differ in opinion from him.

It is a prevalent theory that strong men and
rascally men are disposed to injure weak and
honest men, and Government is established for
the main purpose of protecting the latter against
the former. All its other attributes are subor-
dinate to this leading principle. It is bound,
above and before all things, to protect to the ut-
most of its power the persons and properties, the
liberties and rights, of its subjects from every
infringement and invasion. If, instead of per-
forming this duty, Government--meaning both
the executive and legislative powers—becomes
itself the instrument of invading their rights, if
it violates their property and injures their per-
sons, it then becomes a .mere nuisance, to be
abated as speedily as may be.- It is far more
criminal than the criminals it undertakes to put
down, for to their criminality it adds odious
hypocrisy and scandalous breach of trust. It is
degraded to the level of a bandit, who takes the
traveller under his protection the more securely
to rob him.

On this account it seems to us that the instant
it is admitted that the Corn-law plunders the
people—that it. raises 'Tuts, and enriches the
law-makers at the expense of the people, all
other arguments are superfluous. In fact, the
dignity of our cause is degraded by attempting,
after the admi,sion, to argue it as a question of.
expediency. Admitting the plunder, there can
he no question of more or less, for whether a
highway robber take only a sixpence from any
victim, or a thousand pounds, his offence is the
same.

Admitting, too, that it be plunder, we
cannot, without upsetting all ideas of morality,
argue about its utility. Whoever heard of the
utility of being plundered? We cannot even,
without great danger, tolerate arguments on the
subject, still less can we tolerate the plunderer
endeavouring to prove that plunder is beneficial.
For the landowning Legislature to plunder the
property of the people is, as we have said, highly
criminal, but for it to argue in favour of the
wrong, is adding insult to injury. It treats the
people as dolts as well as victims.

A t the same time the evidence is overwhelm-
ing that the plunder, is like all other plunders,
infinitely mischievous. It wastes much more
than it transfers, and the booty obtained by
Noble, Right Honourable, and Honourable
lawgivers, does not amount to a tithe of the
same abstracted from the people. Like war, too,
it carries pestilence in its train, and dooms the
plundered people to famine, disease, and death.
We have so often pointed out its deleterious in-
fluence on the whole society that we hold it to
be superfluous continually to produce evidence
that its effects are of the most injurious and
revolting character. But when we find our
Tory Contemporaries labouring to prove, in
spite of the urgent distress which prevails in
Glasgow, Paisley, Manchester, Bolton, and
Stockport—precisely because they are plun-
dered both of employment and money—that
our people are well off, we cannot help briefly
adverting again to some evidence of the miseries
which the Corn-law inflicts.

We were yesterday reminded by the Herald,
that " Mr. JACOB assured the Committee of the
House of Commons which sat on the same sub-
ject, in 1833, that there must he at least two
millions of the inhabitants of England whose
Chief food is potatoes." Since that time the
number of persons whose chief food is potatoes
' has much increased, and when we add those in
Ireland who live wholly on potatoes to those
who live on them in England,th it is probable that
8,000,000 of
who
dopleA live chiefly on
ersst kind. nearly
ai.e potatoesgrea oft r
ntthdeti twu not get sufficient
At present there
ethrdothe Contemporaries gravely
ytieotn,o:Vihr
i)discussotat oe
st,healqidues
People of this
country get more or less bread than those of
other countries. Why,.
millions of them do
not get bread at all. They live on potatoes,
and oatmeal. •At the same time
the peo-
pie who are so wretchedly fed are
the
most industriutts, the most skilf ' u., the most
assiduous, pailis-taking, hard-working
people in
the whole civilised world. The enormous
wealth of the empire, which is all the d pro uce of
their labour, and the great number of persons
who live in ease and opulence, are proofs of their
industry and skill. They are sought for in all
other countries, and well paid when they go
thither. To institute comparisons between their
rewards and the rewards of other labourers is
perfectly needless. The fact that our industri-
ous, skilful labourers do not get food enough,
while those who make the laws take away their
bread, and revel in extorted luxury, is not to be
explained away by any sophistry, nor can the
plundering law-makers be defended by any ra-
tional argument.

Perhaps the reader will hardly be prepared to

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