The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-30 00:00:00

Ulemas. Guebre Rafael, who Was at the head of 500
men, 200 of whom were armed with guns, and the rest
with swords and spears, and stationed on a fertile
mountain, was in rebellion against Oubie, pillaging the
caravans, and continually infesting the road between
Gondar and Goggeni. The island of Ailifilo has been
granted by Oubie to the French, and a French trading
vessel loaded with various kinds of merchandise,
and accompanied by a corvette of war, was expected.
They were to take 22 guns as a present to Oubie,
who had sent presents by M. Lefevre to the King of
France. Naib-Yahya, the Sultan of Harkiko, having
been very dangerously afflicted with paralysis, was cured
by Sech Ali, an Abyssinian. To reward him Yahya
presented him with the city Halay, enabling himself to
make the gift by removing the former ruler, Filezhi,
whom he put in chains with his brother and son. Naib
Yahya receives 12,060 talaris annually from Mehemet
Al,, for guaranteeing a safe passage to the caravans
which go from Massava to Abyssinia and back. He is
also bound to provide water for the caravans. M.
Schimpfer, a celebrated German naturalist, travelling
in Abyssinia' had been attackel vv:th a violent
ophthalmia, but was recovering, and a report that he was
poisoned was thus contradicted. His collection of
plants and birds is described as very curious.

SUN.—The City politicians were chiefly on the qui
rive to-day respecting the Mayoralty election, and
bets were offered, in many cases, of 3 to 1 in favour of
Alderman Ilarmer's success.

This afternoon the Foreign exchanges were very
heavy again, the rates being as follows :—Paris, 251.
37:}c. to 40c. ; Antwerp, 12 li ; Amsterdam, 12 li- ;
Frankfort, 148;"1 ; and Hamburg, 13 71 to :1.
The English Stocks closed rather firmly, Consols at
871 for money, and 88 buyers for time. Exchequer
Bills at ss. to 7s. premium, and India Bonds at 3s. to
Gs. discount. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents.
improved to 97 to 971.
The Foreign Securities were rather more dealt in.
Spanish Active Bonds ranged about the same as yester-
day, viz., 22-i to 22i for present transfer, and 224 to
22i for the Account. Portuguese Stock did not quite
support the improvement of yesterday afternoon, being
quoted 331, to 321, and the Three per Cents. 22.
The Old Five per Cent. Bonds were at 68i. As re-
spects South American Securities there is at present
very little notice taken of them, but they support pretty
well their previous value. Colombian Six per Cents.
were done at 23, and Mexican at 25. Belgian Five
per Cents. remained at 97:1. ' Danish were steady at
79. Russian advanced to 1101- to 111.
In the Railway Shares there was scarcely any busi-
ness doing, but the range of prices was higher than yes-
terday or the end of last week, viz., for the Great Wes-
tern 17 to 18k, for the South Western 151, the New
North Midland i, and the York and North Midland
17 premium. The North Midland Shares were 18 to
171, the Brighton 101 to 101, and the Eastern Coun-
ties 12 to 11:1 discount. London Joint-stock Bank
Shares were 2, and Union Bank of Australia 61 prem.
The following is the official return of the exports of
bullion from the port of London, for the week ending
Thursday last :

Gold Coin to Port Adelaide lOO oz.
44 Ceylon
Silver Coin to Porte Adelaide
Rotterdam
Belgium 2,000
Hamburg]]
Mauritius
CC Bombay
" Gibraltar 160,000
Silver Bars to Hamburgh 7,125
Rotterdam

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

PROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THU DAY.

(From the Morning Chronicle.)
The Constitutionnel discusses the eventuality of Rus-
sian fleets quitting the Baltic for the Mediterranean ;
and asks, why not allow the Russian fleet of the Black
Sea to pass the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles ? The
Constitutionnel forgets the great jealousy shown of
Russian fleets passing before Constantinople—a jea-
lousy, the exciting of which is avoided by the Russian
ships coming through the Straits of Gibraltar. All the
Constitutionnel says is, that " if the Russians make an
invasion into the Mediterranean, it will be a fresh
cause for France increasing her vigilance, and hold-
ing herself ready for all eventualities." If there
be anything in the presence of a Russian fleet in
the Mediterranean objectionable to France, that
country has to thank for it merely its own foolish
boastings, and armaments and ordonnances. But
the necessary consequence of the intimidation-po-
licy of the French Foreign Minister is, that other
Powers have recourse to it too. Before M. Thiers
issued his ordonnance arming so many ships of the line,
he would have done better to have begun by counting
on his fingers the naval force of France, and then the
naval force of the allies. The balancing ono against the
other in figures would have spared the necessity of ac-
tually setting the rival Leviathans afloat. laiplomacy
would have weighed the naval and military force of
France, and all that was to'be dreaded from it, and its
due share of influence would have been allowed. France
might thus have won much by fair means, and whatever
it ceded would have been without the appearance of hu-
miliation. But as matters stand, neither Russia nor
I e Eneland can allow a triumph to France. They did
not menace France, but France has menaced them.
(
The Czar has a pride, and Old England has a pride,
as well as M. Thiers ; and the intervention of all
these prides renders the question much more compli-
cated than if it were merely Egyptian and territorial.
(From the Morning Herald.)
It will be seen, from our report in another column,
that the Court•martial on Captain Reynolds, at Brigh-
too, assembled again yesterday, but adjourned over to
Thursday, in consequence of an application on behalf
of the defendant to be allowed more time to prepare his
defence. Our readers will also perceive that the Presi-
dent alluded to the publication of the proceedings be-
fore
the case had c:osed, as a contempt of the autho-
rity and jurisdiction of the Court, being a violation of 1
an express order against publication. He referred to 1
several cases of Courts-martial, in which the evidence ,
way not published until the whole had been gone
through. He said that the papers violatirez, the or-
der rendered themselves liable to actions in the su-
perior Courts. If that were so—bet he did not quote
any precedent for it—still, we trust, we commit no
disrespect. in questioning the expediency of such an
order in the present case. The whole of the evi-
dence for the prosecution was gone through on
the first day. If the authentic account of the pro-
ceedings had not gone forth to the public in the in-
terval of the adjournment of the Court, all sorts of
garbled statements would have been circulated, dis-
torting the evidence, and giving the public false impres-
sions of the case ; but, by the publication of the correct
minutes of the evidence, and proceedings in the news-
papers, this mischief was prevented. If we are not
greatly mistaken, there was a very memorable Court-
martial sonic years ago, in which the Earl of Cardigan,
then Lord Brudeneli, was prosecutor, and which had a
very disastrous termination for him. On that occasion
the newspapers published the reports daily, we believe,
during the progress of the trial, and by so doing ob-
viated the possibility of misrepresentation of the real
merits of the case. So it was in the no less memorable
Court-martial, in which Admiral Codrington was the
prosecutor of certain charges against Captain Dicken-
son, who was most honourably acquitted. On the trial of
Admiral Keppel, which agitated the whole nation, the
reports were published without restriction. While we
(Lifer from the reasoning of the President; we cannot
avoid rendering full justice to the courteous and gentle-
manly tone in which his sentiments were conveyed.
And greatly' has the Press to thank those concerned for
the accommodation afforded to its representatives.
(From the Morning Advertiser.)
It is as we predicted—Alderman Harmer's election
is all but secure. Yesterday he polled, during one hour
only, two to one of the gentlemen who, against their
will, have been put fsrward in opposition to him. As
gentlemen, althouvh of opposite politics, theyldisd,iined
to take advantage of a factious opposition, and thereby
oust a colleague in every way equally worthy of the re-
ception of the Livery us themselves. The number of
the voters polled fur them proves this to have been dis-
tinctly the fact ; for if either Alderman Pirie or Alder-
man Johnson had called upon their friends to vote for
them, we have no doubt that both of them would have
stood in a very different plight from that which they did
yesterday. They will not be made tie cat's-paws of
party spirit, and those who vote for them this
day will unquestionably do them a great disser-
vice. The Livery, perhaps, are not aware
that if they elect either the one or the other,
and they refuse to serve, that they subject them
to a fine of 5,0001. ; but such is the fact. 'Without,
therefore, having obtained an assurance from one or the
other of the gentlemen referred to, that they will serve
if elected, their friends arc imposing upon them a pen-
alty and a punishment for which they will not be parti-
cularly obliged. In the mean time, it is gratifying to
know that those who are opposed in political opinion to
Alderman Harmer are the most staunch in his support.
Oat of the 291 who voted for him yesterday, nearly
wereonet-hthird
rsta
inst 'fnocre,
ies; and they came forward because,
Times, the Post, and the washei9iaiepro
erer'ardtaochmabakiee hiiim
b a.,the
privatevie
life, and in the second. because it was attempted by
tie) el persecution. All hail to them for their justice
iand generosity ! When their Alderman, in due rota-
tion, comes before us, we shall not i'. slack in giving
I him our support. The
.Licensed Victuallers, to a man,
I 7
i FievP given in their adhesion, and no fewer than on
huodre4 CO4 fifty of them will vote this day. The re-
mainder will receril their votes in his favour.
(Prom the Time,)
.
".
A Morning Paper, notorieusiyn the railway in-
Wrest, has been labouring for some time past to
neutralize the effect produced upon the public mind
by the dreadful accidents
have of late become
be tnht
so frequent, and y
in remarks which we considered
e:
which
it our duty to offer consequence. We retaliate
serve some
tetuatie attempt to sdirty class interest,
object, by groundless
with ineffable contempt the imputation of " a sYs-
or party
individual prejudice,