The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-17 00:00:00

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS•

Mr. Archer's hounds will meet on Monday, at St. lie
Down ; Thursday, at Hornacott.
The Whitley harriers on Monday, at Castle Farm ;
Fri-
day at Tamerton—at half past ten.
Mr. Tudway's bounds on Monday, at Stoke Lane ;
Wednesday, at Hardaway.
The B. V. hounds on Monday, at Sturminster Common.
Mr. G. L. Cobham's bounds on Monday, at Putteridge ;
Thursday, at Buckleigh Wood—at ten.
Mr. Farqubarsoa's hounds on Monday, at Lead Moor ;
Tuesday, at Knoyle Windmill ; Thursday, at Gaany's—
at ten.

Mr. Draz's hounds on Monday, at the Kennel—at eleven.
Mr. Mures hounds on Monday, at Broden Green ;
Thursday, at Borough Green.
The Duke of Buccleuch's hounds on Monday, at Minto;
Tuesday, at Mellerstain—at half past ten.
The Northumberland and North Durham hounds on
Monday, at Mindrum Mill ; Wednesday, at Etal ; Friday,
at Pallinsburn ; Saturday, at Earl Whin.

FATAL CATASTROPHE AT OMAGH, IRE-
LAND.—A dreadful occurrence took place here on the 6th
inst., in the premises of Mr. James Love, sen., a respect.
able merchant of the town. About an hour before the
accident happened, Mr. Love, accompanied by his daugh-
ter and grandchild, went into his garden ; and having
left the latter there, he returned to the house, where in
a few minutes afterwards, a tremendous report was
heard. Upon a number of persons proceeding to the
house, they found that an explosion of gunpowder, in which
article Mr. Love dealt, had taken place. The corpse of that
gentleman was found in a yard belonging to Captain Wade,
chief of constabulary, and was disfigured in a shocking
manner, having been actually driven through trio stone
walls ! The back windows of the dwelling houses of Cap.
tain Wade, Mr. M'Givern, and Mr. Holmes, with many
others, were dashed to pieces. A Mr. Cross met with a
serious loss ; his windows and doors were broken, and a
large quantity of ale, porter, and Jamaica rum, totally de-
stroyed. The unfortunate deceased had been in a state of
insanity for the last three weeks, and this, coupled with
certain circumstances that transpired on evidence, at the
inquest, brought the Jury to a verdict of " suicide corn
.
mitted under the influence of temporary insanity." It --
nold, in a letter to Caleb Crowther, Esq.*
Daniel Gaskell, Esq., the late M.P. for Wake-
Is f
thought that he fired the gunpowder with a Lucifer match.
Venice,
thought cc • Sz.pt,. 96 sa • • 9 Since I have been upon the Contineut
LADY 13ULIVER S BUBBLE FAMIL " - . 3.5.
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"This is a very remarkable book," obser •scan almost every town
..,
contributing
inhabitants.
dated ,
, and equally Times,
both for its merits, which arc uncommon, and •
observes the which I have passed baths and fountains, and public walks,
which are excessive—remarkable for the
insight its faults, gene.c „lemse
remarkable
ratter which it displays, and the power of giving into eba. greatly to the convenience an
”ally ;n t' Ives ornriteenaittahl,
procuring for themselves
and life to the various personages substance Many towns, in England are nowbut think it desirable that
for the extravagancies into which the similar adv,antages, and I cannot ofand tlo e
e- of the kind. Under
allows herself to be misled. The book authoress too often Wakefiel,d should possess something_
b • •
will beread because this . • scion lam induced to suggest that asu scription
it contains much that is good, much lin•tie2
some scandal. Several of the • that • is amusing, and be en ,(..•n -•• ,c 1 into for the purpose, and, should you appiove
comic." incidents are irresistibly Per}'.Bi ' you will have the
kindness to mention '
the subject
likely to take an interest in it. If
to others who may be
in
RESPECT FOR THE ',tie suggestion is favourably received I will with pleasure
DEAD
There is no trait in the Circassian IN CIRCASSIA._
i subscribe the sum of 1,000/. towards carrying it into effect.
of admiration than their tenderness character more deserving i My political connection with the town having
L. 1,1, ceasel
the
relics of mortality ,rness to the dead—the poor . cir rumstance of such a suggestion coming fr will'
that are n • omme not
their countrymen fall in battle,nconscious of it. If one of L.trust, be any obstacle to its adoption."—Sheffield Iris '
that they may carry off numbers rush to the spot, DEATH oF Ant. JAMES BEITII W *
the body, and the heroic struggle *--- e have
that ensues, as common the painful task this (lay of announcin to
an incident in Circassian battles as our readers the
in other times on the ldeath of Mr. James Beith, manufacturge
p alns of Troy, involves frequent r
the most disastrous wnlightened and steady friends of civil r' on''.of the most
conse uen
q ces,—Longtsort
h's Ye,zr • i and religious liberty
among the Cir ' 1 which our city contained. Thereligions
casszans.
A letter from Vienna that the Arch'hkes 1
Albert and Charles, says i . .
1 Highness the ; •'
-ws•ehrivcilices he wwahselnong
thea pastor,
ripeness of
connexion of
are deprived of his invaluable
mature awe hadrendered
sons of his Imperial ~ ~ them only the more valuableand private friends
Archduke Charles,Milan be present at the :, • . 1
are gone to to ~ tica associates have equally, private and poli-
reyiews.—Le Commerce. 4 Scots Times. to mourn the deprivation.---•

THE BLOCKADE OF EGYPT AND

SYRIA.

(From the Malta Times, of Oct. 5.)

" THERAPIA, SEPT. 24.

" Sir,—l have the honour to enclose, for your Ex-
cellency's information, the . transcript of an official de-
claration issuers by the Sublime Porte fixing the day on
which the blockade of Syr;it and Egypt is to coaummce.
" I have, &c.,

" PONSONBY."
" His El:cellency Sir H. F. Bouverie, Bcn., Malta."
Mr. Brant. nor Britannic Majost3's Consul, I-Ps
issued the' following circular to the body of English
mae'riants:—

British Consulate, Sm 3 ran, Sept. 21.
"Gentlemen—. am directed by her Mcjesty's Con-
sul-General at Constantinople to inform you that Res-
chid Pacha, Ottoman Minister for Foreign Affairs, has
notified to his Excallencv the Ambassador that the
Sublime Porte has ordered the blockade of the ports of
Egypt and Syria, which will be enforced as soon as the
ships of war shall be assembled helore the ports to be
blockaded ; and, moreover, that his Imperial Majesty
the Sultan having requested the aid of the naval forces
of her Majesty, and of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor
of Austria, to carry into execution the above-men-
tioned blockade, their Excellencies the British Ambas-
sador and the Austrian Internuneio have given their
consent to the demand.—l have the honour to be, Gen-
tlemen, your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) " R. W. BRANT, Consul.
" To Messrs. the British merchants, Smyrna."
M. Challaye, French Consul, has also publicly nit-
flounced the order from the Ottoman Government to
prevent the exportation of wheat for three months.
ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 21.—The Consuls-General of
England, Russia, Prussia, and Austria, and suites, em-
barked yesterday afternoon, in pursuance or their orders,
on board the Tuscan steamer roe Constantinople,
having first presented themselves at the palace to com-
municate /eicit accom pli of their own removal and the
formal anntreciation of that of the Pacha to follow.
Mehemet Ali (who receives intelligence of all these
things from Constantinople a post in advance) received
them and their notification of his own deposition with
great sang froid, observing that such denunciations were
nothing new to him ; that this was the fourth, and that
he hoped to get over it as well as he had done the
other three, with the help of God and the Prophet.
The Consuls then returned, pulled down their flags,
bade adieu to their compatriots, and put off to tho
steamer Ferdinando.
SEPTEMBER 27.—The evening previous to the de-
parture of the four Consuls-Generai, the British Con-
sill, Mr. Larking, received the following letters from
Colonel Hodges. The instructions therein alluded to
were brought from Constantinople by the Tuscan
steamer Fcrdinando on the afternoon of the 22d inst. :
(No.
. . _

" Alexandria, Sept. 22.
" nave just received the instructions of his
ExcelLincy Viscount Ponsonby to suspend my functions
as Coasei-Gcneral, and to embark in one of her Ma-
jesty's ships anchored off the port.
" Yourself anti the other consular officers resident
in Egypt will remain at their posts, but will strike their
flag 5 and avivlit further orders.
" You will please to communicate the purport of
this despatch to the consular officers under your juris-
diction. " I have the honour to be Sir,
" Your most obedient humble servant,
" G. LLOYD HODGES.
" J. W. Larking, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's
Consul, Alexandria."
(No. 2.).. . _

Alexandria, Sept. 22.
" Sir,—l have the honour to inform you, that I have
just received from his Excellency Viscount Ponsonby a
despatch containing the instructions made known to you
in my previous despatch of this date.
" His Excellency also apprises me that the Sublime
Porte has thought fit to notify to ail the missions at
Constantinople the deposition of Mehemet Ali from
his post as Pacha of Egypt, and also the establishment
of a bleckade of the Echelles of Egypt and Syria.
" As I wait the orders of her Majesty's Government
respecting the removal of British subjects in Egypt,
it has been arranged that they shall remain pro-
vsiopially under the protection of a Power long united
by ties of alliance and friendship with the British Crown.
" The Consul-General of his Majesty the king of
the Netherlands has undertaken to superintend the in-
terests arid safety of those who remain. You will give
him every practicable assistance in the execution of the
important task he has assumed.
1 recr.:est you to furnish the necessary information
ilmt directions to all consular officers and others under

your icriscliction.
" Yon will also please to assemble the British mer,
cbants and residents of Alexandria, to whom you will
make known the substance of this communication.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your obedient, humble servant,
" G. LLOYD HODGES.
." J. W. Larking, Esq., her Britannic Majesty's
Consul at Alexandria."
In pursuance of this notification, Mr. Larking as-
sembled the British merchants and residents next day
at one o'clock, when he laid both the above letters be-
fore them. and it was agreed to send a deputation to
Colonel Hodges to express their views on the commu-
nication he had made, and endeavour to obtain a modifi-
c,..tion-of his instruction to Mr. Consul Larking. The
_following is that gent;eman's circular report of the in-
terview, which fully explains the points at issue, and
rots the c,:se fairly on its merits:—
" Gmtlerneo,—ln consequence of the many applies-
tons in ide to me for iniormation respecting the conver-
sotion that took place on the 2.3 d of September, at the
Loose of Colonel Hodges, between that gentleman and
a deputation appointed to confer with him on the sub-
ject of the ces:ation of British Consular authority in
Egypt, ehe following is, as far as I can remember, a
statement of what passed or. the occasion :
" Preseri!.—Messrs. Terry (for Briggs and Co.),
_Harris, Malin, Tod, Frazer, Stephenson, Joyce, Gallo-
way, and Vv%.igborn.
" I 7.tatc(l to Colonel Hodges that I had made known
to .tle Ba sh residents in Alexandria his instructions
reit,ivo to striking the flags, and the consequent cessa-
tion ni Britiilt Consular authority in Egypt ; that this
in Ti;:eoce had created the greatest alarm and anxiety
amot,Bst all classes, but more r, articul•trly amongst
tiase who, ()tying to their commercial pursuits, or
'tern other causes, are prevented front immediately
leaving- this country ; that I was requested most
t:11:141,it, 7 to Grail los atttintios to the iticale.uiable,

6uct, a measure would inflict on the British com-
reenity in Egypt, not only as regarded their property,
but as endangering; the personal safety of themselves
:ism] fern lies ; and to entreat him seriously to consider
the expediency of draseine a line between the political
end commerciel relations of this country wi'.h our own ;
Net the British residents of Alexandria were fully aware
Ice,' closely and intimately their ieterests are connected,
eine of the difficulty of separating them under ordinary
eireorastances, but that the peculiar and isolated posi-
tion of Europeans residing in the Turkish dominions
eenderei them en exceptiou to the general rule, end one
which req'iired treating with the greatest caution and
circumspection ; that there are at present upwards of
,21)00 Britise subjects in Egypt ; that so long as the
ilrltiels flag flier, these are exempt from all Turkish
; but the moment that flag is struck
they- eitieer become Reyahs, or at least would be
placed in the equivocal position of proteges of some
European Power, and as such they could hardly expect
the representative of that Power would use extraordinary
es rtion. iu procurinee redress for their Grievances, or
risk a misunderstanding with the local aovernment in
pro'..ecting persons over whom he would possess hut
vague authority. and in whose welfare he could feel no
real interest. At the same time they are fully awa:e
that although the British flag was flying,. circumstances
might occur tieet would render it difficult to procure re-
dress through British authority, but they consider such
a contingency preferable to the positive evil in which a
'cessation of British consular authority will involve them :
that upon these considerations I was requested to make
a list appeal to him (Col. Hodges) on the part of the
British residents, who again most earnestly entreated
he would reiset on their position, and, if possible, elle-
Niate it by reminding the existing orders.
" To this Colonel Hodges replied, that no one more
than himself regretted the present posture of affairs, but
that he knew of now' iieg he could do to obviate the
evil ; that his instructions were definite ; that on ordi-
nary occasions, he never hesitated to meet exigencies
by the aaeuraption of some re,•oonsibility' but that, on
the present occasion, he had 'no discretionary power
whatever.
" I then stated to Colonel Hodo.c.s. that I had given
the British merchants and residents the assurance that
no act of hostility would take place without. timely no-
tice having been given them, in order that dud proYiion
might be made for the removal of their property, and
opportunities prosided for placing their persons and
those el their families in security, more especially As
rec'arde the British residents of the city of Cairo, which
is situate at leme distance.
Coieliel Hodges then assured me that no act,
likely to coinerotnise the security of the lives and pro-
perty of British residents, would teke place without suf-
ficient 'mike ; and that in case of necessity .he would
,soon return from Beyrout in person to attain ql,isne-
jeet. J. W. LARKI.\ G.
" Sept. 2.C.

his flag, and await further orders ?" The bull and the
dapeer were as annarent to C',l,-,r4 lintizes. RS to any
0.,e, out. nis • insiructions were u(finite," and " he had
discretionary power whatever." What "post" was
left to Mr. Larking if he" struck his flag ?"
Independently of the diplomatic difficulties of the
case, others which may be termed extra-official (or ex-
tra-officious) have been thrown in the way of attaining
scurity for British property in Alexandria, the Pacha
has been paying off his debts of late, and has delivered
to the resident merchants, of all nations, above 5,000
bales of cotton. which they are, of course, exceed-
inely anx'ous to ship and send away to a place of
safety ; but the British merchants find themselves com-
pletely counteracted by the policy pursued by the
commanding officer of the British squadron, who
sirtnally prevents British ships arriving here to be
loaded. The following is a specimen of the way in
which this is accomplished. It is a copy of an endorse-
w ment made by Captain Fisher on the certificate of regis-
try of the brig Active :
" MEMORANDUM.

" Her Majesty's ship Asia. off Alexandria,
Sept. 22, 1840.
" The English brig Active, appearing to be bound to
the port of Alexandria, I have this day warned her master,
Mr. Alexander Hutchinson, that I will not be answer-
able for the safety of his vessel if he enters the said
port. I have also read to him the opinion of Colonel
Hodges, lier Majesty's Consul-General, on the subject.
" WILLIAM FISHER,
Ciptain and Senior Officer, off Alexandria."

Thus sericusly inconvenienced, the merchants and re-
sidents addressed the following letter to Mr. Larking :
" Alexandria, Sept. 25, 1240.

" SlR,—The undersigned British merchants and re.
sidents of Alexandria request that you will represent,
without delay, to Capt. Fisher, commanding the British
squadron off this port, that in consequence of his re-
cunt communication to the, masters of several British
merchant vessels, they have been and arc still deterred
from entering it, thereby depriving British subjects in
this city of the opportunity of removing their property,
a large amount of which is now lying unprotected and
exposed to all the liabilities of an impending blockade.
•' The undersgned beg you will impress upon Captain

Fisher the following facts :
" First, that the subjects of no other power residing
here are precluded from taking measures (by the charter
of vessels of their own nation) for the safe and speedy
embarkation of their property.
" Secondly, that Admiral Stopford and Col. Hodges

both assured the undersigned that sufficient notice
would be given of the contemplated blockade of Alexan-
dria, with advice for their guidance under the circum-
stances ; and that in the meantime no impediment
should be thrown in the way of the shipment of Briti2h
property.

" Thirdly, that they implicitly confided in these assu-
rances, harmonizing as they did with the considerate
practice of enlightened Governments, and particularly
with that observe? by France in regard to British pro-
perty previous to establishing the existing blockade at
Buenos Ayres.
‘• The undersigned, perceiving the danger of their
situation, daily increasing by the operations of the Four
Gi- eat Powars on the coasts of Syria and Egypt, with-
out having received the promised notics or instructions
for evading it ; and finding themselves also virtually
debarred, under the restrictive measures of Captain
Fisher, from availing themselves of the ordinary com-
mercial means of saving their property by shipment in
British vessels chartered (or claiming to be chartered)
by themselves, earnestly request that you will impress
upon that officer the propriety of speedily providing
transports under his own orders, or some other efficient
means of embarking the property in qnestion, and thus
redressing the grievances complained of by the under-,
,:igned, of being exposed to a virtual blockade by anti.'
cipation, directed against British merchants and British
merchants alone.
"J. W. Larkins, Esq." _ .

(Here follow the si;naturei

This appeal will most probably have to be forwarded
to the fleet, perhaps to Constantinople, as doubtless,
Captain Fisher is acting under orders—the orders of
some one apparently not at all aware of the great respon-
sibility he is taking on his own head in thus impounding
so much valuable property as belongs to British mer-
chants here. They are handed over in a body to the
Dutch Consul, by no means pleased with the transfer,
as everything went on most satisfactorily under the ma-
nagement of Mr. Larking, They have learned, too, that
M. Lauzin (the Austrian Consul-General) was de-
cidedly of their opinion, that he and his three political
brethren might withdraw, and leave the Consuls proper
at their posts, and with their flags flying, too, for ordi-
dinary commercial purposes. He argued that Egypt
was now the Sultan's own again, and that they might,
if they pleased, leave Mohammed out of the question,
or let him prove himself still more a rebel by tearing
down their flags if he pleased ; but that it was a very
bad compliment both to the Sultan and themselves to
strike them for any insult a rebel could offer. But M.
Lauzin's argument was out-voted and lost.
lleanwh'.le the Pacha, rebel and outlaw as he is, as-
sures all the European residents that they may feel per-
fectly at their ease, that they shall have every protec-
tion that he can afford them, and that the Indian mails
may come and go as usual, notwithstanding the English
treat him so badly. When he saw Captain Lyons (the
head of the East Indian mail department here) on the
23d in,tant, after the departure of the four Consuls-
General, he told him not to be uneasy at the aspect
alFairs were taking, for he might stay, and conduct
his business just as usual, and added, " Well, even if
you go, the mails may go and come all the szme."
Captain Lyons did go on board the Asia next morn-
ing, having received a firman from the Pacha, per-
mitting him to leave the shore and visit the hos-
tile vessels. The Leonidas (French steamer) arrived
on the 24th instant, and departs to-day with se-
veral British passengers. No interdict has been placed
on its Iron communication with the inhabitants. A
French military engineer has arrived in this vessel, en-
gaged to aid the Pacha in completing the fortifications
of Alexandria, but, in mounting a fine horse which the
Pacha had sent him yesterday, it slipped and fell
with him at the door of his hotel, and seriously hurt
his leg. Two regiments of veterans from Cairo, and
100 camels hearing their baggage, entered the city yes-
terday morning, and took up their guard at the palace
and harem. .

The Nile, has overflowed its banks to an unprece-
dented extent, and a great many villages in Lower
Egypt have been carried away. The produce this year
is immense, no less than 2,000,000 ardebs. The Jour-
nal de Swyrne is suppressed, and the I?eforme is pub-
lished in its stead. The suppression of this paper by
th Ottoman Government is attributed to M. Dos,-
champs' interviews with M. Thiers in Par:s."

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE OF THE MEDITER-

RANEAN.

MALTA, OCT. s.—Tne Phoenix steam-frigate, Com-
mander R. F. Stopford, arrived at Constantinople on
tie 24th ult., with despatches from Admiral Stopford.
The Stromboli war steamer, Commander W. T.
William!, which left Malta on the 20th ult., arrived off
Alexandria on the 24th ult., and, after communicating
with the fleet, proceeded to Syria.
The Volcano steam packet arrived on the Ist instant
from Gibraltar, with the London mails of the 12th ult.

The Mara steam packet proceeded on the Ist inst.
to the lonian Islands and Greece, with the London
mails of the 12th ult.

The Inconstant, 86, Captain D. Pring, sliled from
Gibraltar, for Candia and Lisbon, on the 16th ult.
The Beacon surveying-vessel, Lieutenant Commander
Graves, was lying in B:shika Bay on the 27th ult.
The Achcro❑ steam-packet may be expected to ar-
rive f•om Marseilles, on the 13th inst., with the London
mails or the sth inst.

Admiral Hugon, with nine French ships of the line
was iyir.g at the Plialcre, Athens, on the 30th ut.,
and was in constant communication with Candia by a
brir, of war.

BOULOGNE.

BOULOGNE, Oct.. Is.—The foi!owing is an extract
of a private letter, dated Boulogne, Thursday :
_ .

The douaniers were in a state of excitement this
afternoon. If report was to be believed war had been
declared by England against France. At a distance
from the heights a nondescript vessel was seen, to all
appearance a washing-tub, wiuh a tobacco-pipe (fuming
and spitting out tiny volumes of smoke) in the centre.
What can the object of this strange craft be ? was the
general inquiry. No one could answer the question.
The Custom-house gentry took the alarm, and de-
spatched a pilot-boat to reconnoitre. All was anxiety.
The little steamer neared the harbour. Anxious in
quiries were made, and from one of the four men on
board the answer was given, " From Daver."
Question—" Your tonnage ? Answer—One ton.
" Your steam-power ?—Two-horse.
" Your object ?—An expersmental trip."
The last reply was not believed, so the douaniers
went on board, disbelieving the statement, expecting, at
least, to discover some important despatches of an in-
tended invasion of France, or something of that sort ;
but, in so doing, the official nearly capsized the little
bark, and to save himself caught hold of a rod heated
by the steam ; and " Sacres Anglais !" followed. To
encourage men in the pursuit of scientific objects, the
Custom-house authorities immediately levied port fines
on the little bark to the amount of 305., it being unde-
niable that there were no secret despatches on board,
nor any smuggled goods, or anything else contraband,
still the 30s. must be paid, I suppose for the excitement
occasioned to the authorities. The war-cry is subsiding
here and at Paris. War is at a discount already, as
receipts are slackening. Steam-boats go out full from
hence, including carriage folks ; whereas steam-boats
arriving come in comparatively empty. Pocket influence
is likely to do more than diplomatic notes ; as the notes
the French people want are those of the Bank of Eng-
land, else our sovereigns. By-the-bye, don't believe
that bank-notes are at a discount ; they are most readily
taken here, as I can prove, and the chances of war are
becoming more remote."

BRITISH INDIA AND MANCHES

TER.

A Deputation from the British India Sugar Corn

r pany has visited Manchester, and is now, we believe, in
Liverpool endeavouring to interest the friends of free
labour and free trade in favour of their project for grow-
! in; and manufacturing sugar upon a large scale in In-
dia. A/any of the Society of Friends and other ardent
abolitionists take up their object with spirit, as the best
practical means of defeating by competition slave labour
and slave products ; but we think there are other rea-
sons why Manchester especially should feel interested
in their success. It is clear that British India might
be the best market for manufactured cottons in the
world, and nothing has, till lately, so much prevented
it as the monopoly of the East India Company,
and the absurd and prohibitory discriminating du-
ties on East India products. Now, however, that
the East India Company is prevented by Act of Par •
liament from 'ergagit'er in trade, and the duties on
East India aria West India sugars are equalized, those
obstructions no longer exist ; en the contrary, the East
India Company have stated through their Secretary,
Mr. Melville, that they shall give every encouragement
in their power to the investment of British capital in
the products of British India. With these altered and
cheering circumstances, in addition to the main fact
that the labour of the Hill Coolies can be had for two-
pence per day, while that of the negroes in the West In-
dies fluctuates from two shillings to four shillings ster-
ling, there cannot be the least doubt of the practicable
and profitable character of the British India Sugar
Company. There is no occasion, however, to theo-
rize on the subject, the fact is proved. During the
last few years a quiet snug little Company, called
the Dhobah Sugar Company, have been growing and
manufacturing sugar in India (which sugar is esteemed
by the trade as among the best in the market), and it
is said that this Company is now realizing no less than
150 per cent. per annum upon their capital. That
their success will lead to similar investments is as sure
as that there are masses of unemployed capital ready
to be advanced in anything in which not 150, but 5
or 6 per cent. prefit can be assured, and that such in-
vestments will lead to a corresponding demand for our
manufactured goods is equally certain. Mr. Larpent,
in his evidence before the House of Commons says—
' .‘ The consumption of British manufactures in India is
believed to be limited only by the power of purchase.
They are spreading all over the country, particularly
the goods of Manchester and Glasgow, and have sup-
planted the use of native manufactures. Mr. Tre.
velyan also, in his evidence before the House of COM.
mons says—" Within a few years native manufactures
have been extensively displaced in India by those of
Great Britain. A taste for British manufactures, and
even British luxuries, is springing up, and has extended
far into the inter;nr. The cotton goods of our country
are in general s.se. They are found at places man)
hundred miles from the nearest English merchant ; at
the town of Perlee, in the centre of Raipootaria, great
quantities of Manchester,goods,are stored- and sent,fer-
ward." What the consumptiod of Manchester goods
might be by the 120 mill'ons of our Indian subjects
may he better conceived than described. Mr. Syms,
another enlightened writer, and a great grower of sugar,
says—" The limit of the consumption of British menu.
factures by India could be only its power of paying for
them by the produce of the soil. At present, however,
the consumption is only at the rate of about sixpence
per head ; in British North America it is 3/. a head
in the West Indies, 4/. Jos. per head ; in Australia, 81.
per head."
We trust that, with these facts, we have made out
a strong case why Manchester should feel a more than
ordinary interest in the promotion of this British India
Sugar C mpany :—that all friends of India—of employ-
ing the poor Hill Coolies at home instead of trans-
planting them to British Guiana and the Mauritius—of
the competition of free labour against slave labour—of
the reduction of the price of an article now more a
necessary than a luxury—that all such persons may
feel the same, we need only quote the following from
the Patriot of Thursday last :
The practicability and profitableness of sugar cultiva•
tion in India are no longer matter of disputable specula-
tion. The latest commercial accounts received from
Calcutta, contain, among other encouraging information,
the following statement :

" Since the British Parliament performed that tardy
act of justice in equalising the duties on East and West
India sugar, the production of this article in Bengal has
increased to a very great extent. Instead of seven thou-
sand tons of sugar exported five years ago, the export
this year will reach forty thousand. In Calcutta, no-
thing but sugar meets the eye at every turn. Out of a
hundred boats which arrive there freighted with the
agricultural produce of the interior, forty of them are
sure to be laden with sugar. And all this arises out
of no bonus offered by the Government for growing
sugar—not a cowrie of the land-tax has been remitted
—but simply b:.:cause, after half a century of oppres-
sion, the discriminating duties on sugar have at length
been removed by the British Parliament. In as far
this, and unfortunately only this, article is concerned,
t'lis country is placed on a par with the West Indies ;
an,l, to use the words of a Bengal paper—

. .
Tiae resources of India, no longer depressed by
the authority of Parliament, have recovered their elas-
ticity, and Bengal will this year have the happiness of
supplying England with one-fifth of the sugar she will
consume. Our supplies will progressively increase.
Capital is crowding into this department of agricultural
industry. Sugar factories are rising up on every side ;
the cultivation of the cane is spreading rapidly through
the country. The removal of these protecting duties,
which were designed to depress the scale of free labour,
and to elevate that of slave labour, has led to the dis-
covery, that the objection raised against our sugars,
that they did not contain the same quantity of saccha
rine matter with the West India sugar, was altogether a
fallae. Thus (If) the delusions which commercial
jealousy and injustice had conjured up vanish away.
Our sugar; already rival those of other colonies in
quality, and beat thein in price. We are gradualiy
advanc:ng in the discovery that India is well able to
supply all England with sugar. It is now certain that
2(10,000 tons of sugar may be raised without being felt
as an encroachment on other crops."

We regret to learn that Sir Francis Burdett is
confined to his room at Embercourt, Thames Ditton (where
he has been residing for some time past), by a fall from
his horse on Thursday. He is, we believe, much bruised,
hut the injury he has sustained is not of a dangerous cha-
racter, although sufficiently severe to render the applica-
tion of 24 leeches indispensable.
• A royal ordonnance just issued prescribes that
the perpetual annuity of 6,000 f., granted to the family
of Chambors, by letters patent dated Ist of March, 1757,
shall be inrcribcd in the name of the Countess de Polignite,
the sole surviving heiress of the Count de Chambots, her
father, who died on the 7th of February last. The
Dauphin, son of Louis XV., bad the misfortune, while out
shooting, to kill the father of the Count de Chambors.
The Prince never ceased t. lament the accident, and
from the day it happened renounced the sport for ever.
This annuity was the least portion of the benefits con-
forred on this occasion upon the family of Chambors.—
Paris paper.
HASTINGS.— ‘Ve understand that a person
from the Board of Ordnance has been sent down, prepa-
ratory to the battery and Martello Tower in our vicinity

LITERATURE.

THE FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW.

No. L I.

In the first article of the present Number, on
" Ranke's Lives of the Popes of Rome," we miss a
full comprehension of the theme M. Runke treats.
The Popudom, like the Republic of Venice, is a corn-
pletcd fact. Whatever controversialists may say, the
power of the Pope, as the infallible head of a religion,
is completely extinct. Nobody any longer defers to it,
All the Catholics appeal to a higher authority. They
arc not successful, but they now appeal, through the
press, to the public reason and public sentiments for
support. What is now required, then, in a reeiew of the
history of the Popes. is, not a catalogue of their names,
or even a sketch of their efforts to restore the purity
of the Catholic Church, but ala exhibition of the great
principles in human nature, and in the papal institutions
which, for so long a-period adapted them to the wants
of mankind, established and preserved them in power
h
doomed age
esand finally rendered them
thempower-
less, to destruction. M. Guizot has
clearly
principle of their power, but we need
l. ro ua g
nhd
traced many t
b the philosophic history of their duration and their de-
cay. The Reviewer has had no such conception. In
the article however, there is a condensed %iew of the
effects of the Reformation on the Roman Catholic
Church, which deserves approbation.
Tne second article is a notice of Swedish Ballads,
which will he much relished by those who like to trace
the analogies of the Northern families, and, not being al-
ready acquainted with the Swedish, wish to increase
their knowledge of poetry. 'file writer properly calls
it a panorama of Northern ballad literature, too long
for those who take no interest, and too short for the
many who do.
The Antiquities of the Sclavonic Race is the subject
of the third article, and is a notice of an elaborate work
published at Prague, on this subject by an enthusiastic
Selavonian. M. Safarick demonstrates that the Scla-
vonians are members of the Indo-European family of
nations, and are of the priraitive races of Europe.
With all respect for M. Safsrick, we Must take leave
to remark that European civilization belongs wholly to
the Latin and German tribes. The Sclavonic races ap-
pear to have no peculiar civilization of their own, and
to have been forced as it were onward by the other
European families. In truth, they have been
almost absorbed in them. The civilization of Russia,
if we class her as belonging to the Sclavonic family, is
borrowed from the West of Europe. The remote an-
tiquities of such a people are more interesting than
their modern history, and is that light the article, which
contains a succinct view of M. SAfarick's remarks, is a
useful con.pilatioo.
NVe looked for more the we have found in the fourth
article on Herder's " 'Noughts on the Philosophy of
the History of the Human Race." Thera must be a
natural history of man, as well as other animals. In
fact,:a place is assigned him in all works which classify the
animal kingdom. But that is confined to the natural
history of man, as of other animals in space; and there
is also of him a natural history in time. What is usu-
ally called history is only the exploits of warriors. The.
history of arts and inventions is more akin to what we
think of, bat, as generally written, it is deficient in a
guiding principle. It generally supposes that successive in-
ventions, instead of growing out of one another, and from
the circumstances of mankind, are the result of happy
accidents. It is usual to call civilization artificial ;we
consider it natural and were its history as a natural phe-
nomenon written, we should have what we desiderate—
a natural history of man in time.

A History of Printing, foreign and domestic, is full
of fragmentary facts, rather concerning the origin and
progress of the art of printing than its present state.
M. Laborde's works supply the staple of the article,
which may be consulted with advantage by those who
are studying the progress of the art.
Chinese Literature takes notice of a Chinese novel,
translated by Mr. Thom, which gives a good insight
into the interior or domestic manners of the Chinese.
Its title is " The lasting Resentment of Miss Kcaon
Loran Wang, a Chinese Tale, founded on fact." We
recommend the analysis as a pleasing story, which is at
the sametime full of information of Chinese manners.
M. Alfieri, zealous for the honour of Italy, has under-
taken, in his " Life of Catherine of Medicis," the ce,
lebrated Queen Mother of France, to rescue her me-
mory from much of the odium which was heaped on
her by the Protestants as the authoress of the Bar-
tholomew massacre, and by the French as basing
stained the annals of their country with an Italian
crime. He has fully succeeded in showing that Ca-
therine could import neither vice nor cruelty into the
French Court, and that massacre and bloodshed were
in those days too common in Paris to make any in-
structions from her or any Italian in those arts neces-
sary. Taking into consideration the manners of the
age in which Catherine lived, and the peculiar condition of
France, M. Aiberi has also rescued Catherine from much
of the odium which clings to her. Of M. Alberi's work the
seventh article is a summary, and the Reviewer con.
eludes by this favourable character of a lady hitherto
considered in our country as little better than a monster
in human shape :
Such was (to eater into M. Albert's views) Catherine
de' Medici, whose grand and terrific figure rises above the
crowd of minor actors in the long drama of the French
Reformation and of the League, by the virtue of a lofty
!ntelligence, and of a sovereign will, commanding the
course of events, by which the others suffered themselves
to be blindly and passively driven. Serene among the
passions of an age of contusion,—secure among incessa:,t
scents of peril and strife,—active, vigilant, indefatigable,
she knew how to turn to her purpose the very designs of
her adversaries. Her mission, for the space of thirty
years, was to preserve her children's heritage from the
designs of her rebellious vassals, and from the encroach-
ments of envious neighbours. That mission she accum.
plished. Perhaps, in her eagerness to obtain her end, she
was not always scrupulous about the choice of her means.
Perhaps, with her anxiety about the peace and security of
France and the rights and privilegel• of the crown, she
mingled personal views of an unbounded and jealous am-
bition. She has been, perhaps not unjustly, accused of
attaching some belief to 'supernatural agents, and
dealing in superstitious praetices of divination and
sorcery. She has been reproached with cunning, simula-
tion, and perfitly ; but she possessed even less of those
arts than her position demanded, even less than could pro-
tect her against her numerous and not less astute, though
more powerful enemies. She is slid to have stained her
hands with private and public murders, but none has ev,r
beenbl s
than one instance, her abhorrence
of useless effusion of blood.
amanifested,
provedin more against her, and she unquestion-
y

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Had Catherine de' Medici been gifted with a less crafty,
less resolute, less ambitious character, Catholic f...rocity
would have prevailed in her kingdom,
and the fair days of
Henry IV. and of the edict of Nantes would never have
darned upon France; wir would then Philip of Spain,
sure of the support of the Guises, have been so easily
arrested by the rebels of Flanders; nor, perhaps, was
Protestantism quite safe even in the heart of England and
Germany.
Sparke's Life of Washington is an abridged analysis
of that work, which, as the hero is so well known,
scarcely requires further remark. We cannot compli-
ment the Review at the expense of truth, by saying hat
all the articles are well written ; on the contrary, there
are sundry slovenlinesscs of style in almost all of them
which are unpardonable in a production of such distinct
recurrence, and of so much pretension.

The best parts of the Review are the critical sketches,
and the brief notices of works at the end, rhich are full
of novel and interesting remarks. This part of the
Review alone must recommend it to all lovers
literature.

A useful a
THE BOOK OF FAMILY CRESTS.
of its class,
Wndashcboomurpizree,
hLelolnsdko.en,
v%%B4rico.
comprising nearly every family bearing, properly
blazoned and explained, accompanied with several
thousands of engravings illustrative of the crests of
all the peers and baronets, and almost every family
of the United Kingdom. The -whole is alpha-
betically arranged, for the convenience of reference,
and an appropriate essay on the origin or arms and
crests is affixed to the work.

ODESSA, SEPT. 24.—Since the 12th of this
month above twenty ships have arrived here fr,m Sebas-
topol to take in troops, artillery, and ammunition. Two
or three ships con:inue to arrive, (kik%
18th ,onstantinop An unconfirmed
report says that the first division of the Russian fleet had
sailed on the for le; perhaps the depar.
tare of the ships from Sebastopol to our port may have
given occasion to this report. The first division was to be
followed in a few days by a second. The troops of the
Asiatic are said to have likewise received orders to be in
readiness to march.

NO CORN.LAW
—( From a Correspondent. After months of preparation
this dißcussioa •
Hol-
land, who, so far, has thought
- . will fall to the ground, as the preliminaries
cannot be settled; but Mr. Acland is facing the danger
DISCUSSION AT DONCASTER.
by lecturing night after night to crowded audiences, in the
town of Sheffield, where a-chair is reserved for Dr.
himself. Sending a challenge is one thing, and meeting
an opponent is another. it most prudent to absent

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DEATH op LORD ARTHUR CHICHESTER.—
We have to record the death of Lord Arthur Chichester,
who died on, the 25th of June last, in the Mauritius, whyre
His Lordship, who was the third son of the
his Lordship was serving with his
regiment, the 87th Foot.
Marquis of
Donegal, and brGther of the Earl of Belfast, Vie'''. eh"'
berlain of the Royal
Household, and the Very Rtverend
the Dean of Raphoe, was barn the 30th of September,
1808. The date of his commission, as Lieutenant was the
9zll of June, 1825, and be was gazetted
chase, the 6th of December, 1827. a
the twelve months
We understand that durin
preceding the 9th September last, 15 as Captain by pun.
155 individuals have
been brought before the Justices of Peace for this county, ,
I at the instance of Mr. Clark, the inspector of weights and
measures, and amerced in various sums for having d, ticient
eight for deficient weights and Inea-ores'
weights, measures, &c., in their possession—viz., l'rtY-
illegal weights and measures; forty-five for false berms
forty- six for
and saes; weights eight for deficient and illegal weights and
measures; few for deficient weights and false beams; and
four for illegal weighs 311 a false beams...Edinburyh
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CPurant.

LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK

ELECTION OF A DIRECTOR.

A Special General Meeting of the Shareholders in
the London Joint Stock Bank was held this day in the
Board-room of the establishment, for the purpose of till-
ing the vacancy in the Direction, occasioned by the
death of the late Mr. Alderman Venables. At twelve
o'clock the room was crowded, and the business com-
menced. The proceedings, which did net last ten mi•
nuts, were strictly confined to the election.
Sir George Carroll and Mr. Dixon are the candidates
for the vacant seat at the Board of Directors. These
gentlemen having been respectively proposed and se-
conded, a sho;v of hands was taken, and declared by the
Chairman to be in favour of Mr. John Dixon.

A ballot was then demanded on behalf of Sir George
Carroll, and ordered to be taken forthwith.
The result, however, had not been declared at the
hour we went to press.