The Sun.
London, England, 1841-10-27 00:00:00

FOOT RACE AT ST. JOHN'S WOOD.

An eighteen-mile race took place yes,terday in the
Barnet-road, starting from the Swiss Cottage, between
a fine young man called the North Star, and Paddy,
whose pedestrian acquirements are well understood by
the sporting world. The men started together at half-
past two, and were alongside of each othr at the con-
clusion of nine miles, which was performed in fifty-
four minutes and a half. In the course of the next
three miles Paddy broke down, and his antagonist won,
completing the entire distance of eighteen miles in two
hours and about two minutes. The match was for 1001.,
and the North Star was the favourite.

NEW ASSURANCE AND LOAN BANK.—In
another part of the paper will be found a prospectus of
a new Company, under the title of the " Achilles British
and Foreign Life Assurance Association and Loan
Bank." According to the plan laid down, it will differ
from other insurance offices in this respect, that in addi-
tion to the business of life assurance, loans will be
granted on the policies. A deed of settlement will
forthwith be prepared for limiting the responsibility of
the Shareholders and regulating the affairs of the Asso-
ciation until an Act of Parliament can be obtained for a
charter. There is ample space for such an association.
The profits of some of the existing Companies are very
great, and a new association, founded on sound principles,
might be beneficial, not only to the Shareholders but to
the public. Much, however, will depend on the cha-
racter and property of the
.parties forming the Com-
pany ; and when application is made to Parliament for a
Charter, we have no doubt the originators of the
Achilles Assurance will bo prepared with satisfactory
proofs that they are entitled to confidence.
Yesterday a great crowd assembled in the Wal-
worth-road, to witness the funeral of the late Dr. An-
drews. The procession consisted of twenty-two mourning
coaches, each containing six individuals. the relations
and friends of the deceased, and eight other carriages,
belonging to members of the congregation. It arrived
at the South Metropolitan Cemetery, at Norwood, about
four o'clock, when the funeral service was read in the
Chapel, which was crowded to excess. The corpse was
removed out of the Chapel into the burying-ground,
where it is temporarily interred until the Sutherland
Chapel, Walworth-road, (which was being built for the
deceased) is completed, when the body will be removed
from the Cemetery to be re-interred there. The Rev.
Alexander Fletcher is to preach a funeral sermon on
the occasion, at Beresford Chapel, Camberwell, on
Sunday next.
LAW APPOINTMENTS..—It has been stated in
the Mail of Friday last that Mr. Pennefather would be
immediately. Chief Justice in the room of Judge Bushe
—that Mr. Jackson is to be Solicitor-General, and Mr.
West the new Sergeant. This will tear away the last
shred of the Peel mask, but it will also give us a fair
opportunity of giving Judge Bushe his retiring pension.
We guessed that this pink and posey of plausibility
would discoVer reason for retirement when the light of
a Tory regime came upon him. This timely discovery
may cause the righteous Judge the gratification of seeing
his own epitaph in his life time. We wonder will the
Tory press discover that Mr. Jackson is a moderate in
politics !—Dublin

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" Who runs may read."

rOREIIGN.

Four severe shocks of earthquake were felt at Con-
stantinople early on the morning of the 6th inst. Many
houses were thrown down; and a number of persons killed.
The Sultan has been making magnificent presentS to
the English, Austrian, Russian, and Prussian Ambas-
sadors, and their ladies. Lady Ponsonby received a
parure of diamonds from the Sultana,Valide worth 8,0001.
sterling. •
Twenty-two villages have been destroyed in Egypt by
the overflowing of the Nile.
A younger brother of the present Chief of the Druses
in Syria is on his way to England to be educated in one
of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge.
By letters from Persia we learn that Sir John M'Neill
reached Tabriz on the 9th inst., anti was extremely well
received. The mission would in a few days set out for
Teheran, where preparattons had already been made for
its arrival. Dr. Riach, who, during its absence from
Persia, acted as agent of the British Government, is now
here on his way to England. The mercantile classes in
Persia were in the greatest distress in consequence of the
fall in Europe in the value of silk, in which most of
them were more or less interested. They could not fulfil
their engagements, and were asking of their creditors
time as the only refuge from bankruptcy.
According to the Gazette of Upper Germany there is
no longer any idea entertained of a marriage between a
sister of the Sultan and Said Bey, youngest son of Me-
hemet Ali. The Sultan had presented Said Bey and
Sami Pacha with richly ornamented sabres of honour.
A letter from the Hague states that the King of Hol-
land has just granted a Representative Constitution to
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, on a liberal footing.
The Prussian State Gazette mentions that Count Stro-
gonoff has resigned the post of Minister of the Interior,
which he held ad interim in the Cabinet of St. Peters-
burgh, and has been succeeded by M. Perowski.
The only important intelligence from Paris is the cor-
respondence between the Spanish Ambassador and Chris-
tina Munoz, which will be found in another part of The
Sun. The jesuitical explanation of the Regent can only
excite universal disgust.
P 11723M1C OPINION.

The Morning Chlonicle takes the Home Secretary
severely to task for the gross inconsistency of his opi-
nions, which is quite superfluous, seeing that Sir James
Graham's apostacyis so generally known, and its motives
so generally appreciated, that no one cares a straw what
his opinions are, or how often he changes them. In
another article on the Corn-laws our contemporary has
these observations :—" Our readers may remember that,
on the opening of Parliament, in his speech on the amend-
ment to the address, Sir Robert Peel, turning round to
the great body of his supporters sitting behind him,
emphatically intimated that if the landed interest
gave him its support on the condition of maintain-
ing all the details of the existing Corn-law, he was
not prepared to accept that support. The declara-,
tion was not received with " tremendous cheering ;'
and in some measure to allay the anxiety which he had
created, Sir Robert intimated that he did not contem-
plate any more serious alterations than some improve-
ment of the mode of taking the averages, and the sub-
stitution of one sliding scale for another. The social
circumstances of the country, are such, that Sir Robert
Peel will be compelled to do something, even if he had
no intention of meddling with the details' of the ex-
isting law. And that he is actually preparing some
Corn-law scheme seems to be very generally under-
stood."—We predict that Sir Robert 'Peel's Corn-law
scheme—when he does condescend to bring it forward—
will not be such as to tax very severely the gratitude and
admiration of his countrymen. It will lay them under
no very oppressive weight of obligation to him. It will
be an exceedingly snug, moderate scheme, whose chief
feature will be, that it will do monopoly no harm, and
the people about as much good. In a word, it will be a
Tory boon, conceded in a Tory spirit, and with a due
regard to the class-interests of Toryism.
In reference to the present distressed state of the work-
ing classes, the Advertiser says :—" Every one, however,
acquainted with the situation to which all classes in the
country are now reduced, is of opinion that the Legisla-
ture must give the initiative to an ameliorated system,
or that the country will he justified in pushing its claims
on the upholders of existing monopolies to an extent af-
fecting even the tranquillity of the social atmosphere.
The sufferings of the people forbid procrastination.
Rents can no longer be allowed to absorb the earnings of
the poor. We can do without a titled aristocracy, but
a 'starving population cannot do without bread. The
opinion is a false one that a nation is great through the
wealth of its land possessors, rather than through the in-
dependence and plenty of its land-tillers. Many a
country has degenerated with rich nobles and
impoverished lower grades of the community ;
but no country has ever done so under a pros-
perous condition of the productive classes."—
We agree with our contemporary that the country can
do without a tilled aristocracy. It is a luxury that may
add grace to the social system; but it certainly does not
add much to its strength or efficiency, and we are yet to
learn that it improves its moral tone. But though, as a
nation, we may exist and prosper, even without a pa-
trician order, no one can be fool-hardy enough to assert
that we can be prosperous, while the majority of the
working-classes—the thews and sinews of our atrength—
are in a state of absolute destitution. The question has
now come to this pass, that the people must have bread,
whether the aristocratic landowners give their permission
or not.

The Post thus comments on some leading articles that
appeared recently in the Morning Chronicle :—" That
man is little better than a traitor, not only to his country
but to every important principle of religious, political,
and social morality, who continues to show any sort of
countenance to the repeated falsehoods and brutalities
of which that organ of the baser sort of Whig-Radicalism
is continually guilty. Not content with fomenting every
angry passion of our own populace—not content with
publishing day after day truculent falsehoods, in order
to make the labouring classes regard the nobility and
gentry with fierce and implacable hatred, it is also the
effort of the Whig-Radical organ to embroil this nation,
if possible, in foreign war."—There is a great deal of
virtuous indignation expended here to little purpose.
But the truth is, the Post is galled, because the Opposi-
tion Journals now and then blurt out truths which are
exceedingly unpalatable to the Tories. This is the head
and front of Whig-Radical offending. It tears the mask
of Mini.derial hypocrisy ; and for doing this, the Post
pronounces it to be guilty of falsehoods and brutalities.

The Herald contains the following observations, sug-
gested by Mr. Buchanan's letter to the Duke of Welling-
ton on the subject of admitting grain from all countries
into Great Britain :—" Although we have repeatedly
urged the claims of Canada in this respect on the atten-
tion of the British Legislature, and would be inclined to
make any just concessions to extend intercourse between

the mother country and this fine colony, as well as to
facilitate its settlement by British emigrants, we must
object to such concessions as those proposed in favour
of the United States' grain, transmitted through Canada,
because we conceive that a stimulus would thereby ra-
ther be given to cultivation in the republic, than in the
colony. .Were Mr. Buchanan's proposition adopted the
far west of the Union would at once supply all the de-
mands of Great Britain through Canada. That British
possession cannot at present compete with the six north-
western States, and the simultaneous bestowal of such
advantages on those States and Canada would swamp
wheat culture in the latter."

It will be seen by the following passage that the Times
has again mounted its favourite hobby, the New Poor-
law:—" What agricultural county is there in England
from which numerous families of paupers have not been
compelkd to emigrate, and seek their subsistence either
in foreign lands or in our own manufacturing districts,
not willingly,' but because those who should have sup-
' ported them at home would not help them when at
home ?' Who has not beard of the emigration
agency, of the Poor-law Commissioners, and their
celebrated correspondence with the Gregs, the
Ashworths, and other Liberal gentry of Manchester.
Scared by the alternative between starvation and
separation of families on the one side, and allured
by golden promises of high wages and constant em-
ployment on the other, multitudes of poor creatures have
exchanged their green fields for the dense and smoky
cellars of Manchester, Stockport, and Bolton, first to
swell the tide of over-production, and then to starve and
furnish arguments against the Corn-laws to the Chamber
of Commerce."—As the Times once observed, while
speaking of the resignation of the Earl Grey Ministry,
" the Queen has done it all," so now, -while referring to
the distresses in the manufacturing districts, it cries out,
" the New Poor law has done it all 1" It is not, it
seems, the Corn-laws that oppress the people, but this
grinding law, which compels multitudes of poor creatures
to exchange their green fields for smoky Manchester
cellars, there to starve and furnish arguments against
the Corn-laws. But if the Corn-laws were repealed,
then multitudes would not be starving ; but on the con-
trary would be weekly realizing a very fair remuneration
for their labours.

The Dublin Pilot says :—‘ While all things threaten,
with a war in China, and no secure peace in India—
while Ireland feels sore, and England suffers, away go
our rulers to their revels, without devising one plan or
intimating one hope of reconciling this country, or of re-
lieving the distress—the growing distressof England.

It is not to be wondered at, under such circumstances,
that the people begin seriously to look to themselves. In
Leeds, the other day, a most important demonstration has
been made. John Bull seems awaking from his apathy, and
will act."
Referring to the Marquis of Londonderry's late speech
against the Corn-laws at Newtownards, the Tyne Mercury
remarks as follows :—" Monopoly is altogether at vari-
ance with excess of production. The agricultural inte-
rest might much better be delugedwith foreign corn than
overwhelmed with their. own. In the latter case the corn
is to be sold to a sinking country, and an exhausted trea-
sury; in the former, with a repeal or a fixed duty, the
influx would represent manufactures exported in propor-
tion, and funds accordingly recruited and increased.
The Noble Ilarquis will not even let his tenantry pursue
a middle course. He seems resolved that they shall op-
pose the repeal, or the fixed duty, from first to last I"

VIOXLIr—TILADE—COIVIBIERCE.
The debts and liabilities of the Canterbury Union
Bank are estimated at about 120,0001., while the Bank
assets and sums derivable from the estates of the part-
ners are likely to realise from 60,0001. to 70,0001. Debts
to the amount of 50,000/. were proved on the first day of
meeting (Monday), when assignees were chosen.

STATZSTICS.
At a lecture delivered last night, at the Cadogan Lite-
rary and Scientific Institution, Mr. Booth stated the

EVENING SUN

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fires London. for the last five
2,464 ; of which '157 were accidental,
trollable, arid 382 accidental, and' partly ccaltrollable.
Of the above list it was shown that 330 had occuT-?,
from defective and stopped-up flues ; 368 from cant
setting fire to bed and window-curtains ; and 141 to fir
heat applied to various trades and manufactories.
NAVAL AND IVIZIOVTAZT. g left
Her Majesty's. steam-frigate Geyser, 1,060 ton, ..„A
her moorings . off Limehouse ,esterday, and Por°11.11":.
ye:nrsd
I,,,,,mrteluyitiiter.a,,,i,,..
ita,hiLeexdifsotia.nficleleteonbdealyows, Gravesend and back k at
' fuel suili-
-101 miles an hour. She can stow 300 tons of
her' .can accommodate 300 soldiers, with ba
irg,bagebet of
force ,-is • two 10-inch guns, carrying bo"()': bangs
1 ot
steamily, at full power ;
981bs. weight ;and four
611)&0 '
8-inch guns,
LAW AND pozacs.
alleged pro.
At, Marlborough•street yesterday, -the ~,ea 31
prietor of the Saloon in Leicester-square, via:`;-- ;i0
for permitting " disorderly conduct" in the Plvickt
the rate of
other words, according to the decision of T%lr. ill. t1:51;
for suffering. music and dancing without a licence. ~,,i
Mr. Jeremy, the Greenwich Magistrate,
yesterday for several hours in investigating a clo the
brought against Sergeant Lovell, for breaking initd
he
house
him aid
the
house of David Murphy, and assaulting,
famil. The charge was finally dismissed, an t the
lcomplainant was informed by the Alagistrate, thari_ort,
noel
carge of breaking in was one for a superior IN ,
and might be moved by certiorari, into the ,"urer!
Bench. Great consolation this for a poor 1511,°11 „ill
There are other chargesagainst this sergeant irlue
be heard next week.
' ; srecto-
At 'Thames-street a Belgian seaman was charge r
smuggling tobacco. When "rummaged" I' 3n '1:1-` a
,Y. a ox,.
of the ,Thames police four papers, containing' d eso
„a occ.iarigose
each, were found round his waist, and two ro°l3llool.
anled. t oMbre. ißniriondiesreipledsetnlntteinlcietdishipmait(io. pay a line 0
tail
an
At the Norwich Petty Sessions held last week'
was fined 504 for refusing to take an oath.
the Miri.
iSntganedti sthh' a °I.
• FINE AMTS. byor erfot,
. a separat:Va.
es fiEnereceoelilie,ctteiobneolflpunictures are,
ment in the Louvre, and designatedg'lliThe Encls.'
levy."
maTEraartir AND SCZEINTOIC.• nees'
At last week's meeting of . -. f Sete- f
the Acauemyr 0 isteso
Paris, M. Gaudin, by preparing. photo,raPhic P iorilre
zobnfeeittoaadlkiAen.nei t:iisnhtohotite.
iebndrsotttnahnauttraehneeoofmuiasodldyei:teib;
eu tphotographic instead o f tll es uerfootici je
_so exceedingly sensitive, that perfect impressions_ se
cond. He thus succeeded in- taking ini
_mprcssions Pl.O
jects while in rapid motion ; and amongst othersii to
produced a beautiful plate of the Pont-Neut; 16°11;003
people, horses, and vehicles while in motion. _ ,ors'
also taken portraits in this way, in which all Ow es-,'o'
a quartet °P.'ob.
were 1
sion of the lips and eyes, while the persons
ing or smiling, was perfectly given.
Med
A new vaudevilleT, bllyEVAicTtrzifiAlgiao: is to be pro ,
at the Theatre de la Bourse in a short time. , ollic-
The new piece entitled The Quadroon SugeLsbee°
was advertised at the Haymarket for last nigh',,-- f ';4.r.
postponed, in consequence of the indisposit'°- C
Webster.

SPORTING. oo4l#
At Clermont Lodge, the seat of the lion. —l-A4ll?)—n
We'll
ricke, Captain Grantham and other sportsmen
0f vil''C
during th© past week killed 1,072 head of gnnle'
566 were pheasants, and 379 hares.

COUnT—pAsEtunciLlOO' awebe,e
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland Pe
entertaining a select circle at Alnwick Castle di
cetelh'
past week.
The'Earl of Morton and the Hon. CaPtein -11110 'e
have succeeded the Marquis of 0 onde and CAin
P unit,
Hon. A. Nelson Hood as the Lordrin and Grecan
ila
ing on her Majef sty.
The Earl o Charleville has arrived at C.l
Forest, his seat in Ireland, from town. il lute;
The Marquis of Salisbury and the Ladies vee„„ a ci
leaving town in a few days for Weimer Castle,
to the Duke of Wellington.
WISCSCELL.A.NEOUS. yi .1
a
The road to Fulham through W lhani-greetlei;es;.
the discontinuance of the lights provideile- „-101 lion'
trust, left in total darkness. Tae carriagr-n-il fe'a
several parts not more than twenty feet wide,:i and
fired.
feet of this space occupied by banks of gr3,,v,,-
the roads. Some serious accidents have aloe"-, °„,tlie?.-1
On this day in 1783 died the distinguished 'l3-,spaai',l,
titian D'Alembert. Also, in 1553, Servetus, theb the ci,'
Doctor, who was seized as he was passing througo " CO"'
of Geneva, was tried for " blasphemy and here- the•
to
victed, and suffered in the ames
codin it Se'
On Monday, the Municipal elec.tions, acr g whe re
New Corporation Act, took place in jillbi.itelle'tiollg:Tal
O'Connell was elected Alderman. The- cij rfeclde4
decidedly in favour or the Liberal party, ar" °-ther
next the Liberator will have added t 0
that of " The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor invite
He will go in civic state to the Castle, an"fllll 4O,
Lord Lieutenant to the Lord Mayor's dinner. „ablit.
About a fortnight ego Mr. Geore Bates,' 4e in >d,
Ponteland, vomited an asp, between two and Lusi;sliftell,
long, which he supposed he must either have daul"
or some of the spawn, while drinking water out
RUMOURS Or THEI have 131,eb0
The frauds in respect to Exchequer Bil!sn rho
committed by a person in the Exchequer Vl'''. ills
has been arrested and sent to prison. 1-I,l',eneb
applied chiefly to speculations in Spanish
MONEY ands
COMMERCIAL ri-r,oo'"e.
CITY, TWELVE 5-00
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 26' thtta
mand to-day has been very limited; not more
,no
bales have been sold. Prices have undergone very
been
A
and -ope
Lion. The attendance of the trade has been '
in export and speculation no business bas little
whatever.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, OCT. 26.";V:ne cogb,.g" ct
doing. Grand Junction, 185; London and P'l.sli.di'
Quarter Shares, 21 ; Ditto 321. Shares, 514 ; ter.
Counties, sq. ny cillf/rol,lr
There are no later arrivals to-day frOm et'
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, 0c1:' !gs IntgdSt
market to-day has been very flat, and hasig',,-ad
The sales have been confined to Manchester
•
Quarter Shares, 21, and Bank of Manchester,
City ro
THE FUNDS.
The principal attention of all parties in,titebililsill4
still drawn to the Exchequer Bill affair. -floof
nominally quoted at 10s. 125., but no bus r, are 'llO,
Consols have advanced nearly 4 per cent. ;
quoted at 87* + for Money, and 88t for, the by
the Market looking very firm. in. l'xrisubP'
The Spanish Securities came higher from sloe 5 ;
morning, in consequence of which the Aeinore 7,1
advanced to 20 ti- ; Deferred is 14 1"
Portuguese Five per Cents. 991- ,4; Dittc;

ONE.
-2--'----, , AI -
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DA. - go'
RAILWAY!. Paid. sio Sb 71
~or ... to
Great Western
"i'- to
Ditto New
...,
Ditto Fifths
London and Brighton
London and Birmingham ... 90 ........ 350' ..... to
London and South Western 38&...... 62i." ..,0./
TEO° 4° 4)
COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YES-- ....• 50 „tj
Amsterdam CF. 12 8 Gibraltar .....• .... ....". ';) '
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ... ... ...2 U l2 86 Genoa ... .......... •'''' 4'
Antwerp
Hamburgh M.B. 13 13 Venice ............ ..... 13k
• 1
Altona
..
...„
b,,
.
Paris, 3 days' sight
Ditto, 3 months 25 8.5 Lisbon ............ :::, ... 0
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 25 90 Rio Janeiro .•••" . . „.• ,
Frankfort on Maine-. 1501 Bahia ............... .... 461,
Petersburgh, 3Us ... 37,4 Buenos Ayres •••,ligb" 46
Berlin__ ~. - OO
Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M 955 Philadelphia.","";..:l7' g
Trieste, ditto 9 58 PRICES OF Bi.r."-IX," 11 0
Madrid' l6 Portugal Gold Colo.. 0
Cadiz 36i Foreign Gold, bs•..° 4 ji}
Bilbao
36 New Doubloons ...."..0 41,
Barcelona
Seville •••••• 36 Silver in Bars." „, 01.01'
HALF PIIS 1,1°0014
The English Stock Market continues firrn..--(,)°s. I:,
lowing are the variations during the morning •0tir.,,,t1;
for Money, 881- i 4-, and for the Aec°le,ao6l-1 ti*
Three per Cents.lieduced 86- 87-4- -4- ; Tl've-re/o''
do. 96i ; India Stock, 243 ; India Bonds, `2 P rittotilii
Exchequer Bills are quoted at 9s. prein- 0,1, thUff*,
Spanish Active Stock is not quite so evo..aou fortijj,
tion is now 201 i. •, Passive, 42; Dutch -1-%,,9i 1; ~, 11
per Cents., 511 ; ditto Five per Cents., d 0 110" oi
guese Five per Cents 29J-• Mexican 13°,11 sine
*, 5, ha
vanced to 24i ; and Brazilian Bonds to 51' fair - 1,04,
In the Share Market there has been 3,„s obie to ~,
doing, particularly in Great Western Sic iftb!.roillft
advanced to 57 ; the New to 551; and „I d I'l
London and Brighton are 371; London .i.,1, Or il,
ham are a point lower, 156 ; South Wester ,cl,ollotiee'
toll j,
, citi toe
No new feature has transpired in t"et vet o.l' •
The Batavia steamer, due to-day, has n° J . Oi'
:,1111,
The funds remain the same. , geP- ,
Consols, 88 -,1 ; Ditto, Account, 88§- ;
,N.SP.O'
Spanish, 20i1 ~. TO 111 05$ .1110
The Exchequer Bill fQrarjudAßstiTlllng;g6seogfilliteielerll
divided attention. The apprehension of on
~,artfAiet,°4
in a Government office, and also of thenfa;4ous ';f01"0
City who acted as his partner in file 1,1: .1 §- liaSebtit
sets all further speculation at resr _ to ~, it'f'ef
contemporary as usual takes occasioPtuis 000184
fling at the late Ministry on account of , fl:( in PL.'
every one knows that all. Clrancellors eti rie3,. yo,
Tlure'easaulrl3owtend
stihgen atriepoibnitllesd
f4c)ornfitdheeiiillt:alavi,l:avotllitl9 11000
Mounteagle did not commence the sYsteel „idea', trial
ever, it is acknowledged must novt be arn.,,i,eoo's..ess 1'49
The more the evidence produced at be
boe,i!,,idtea ,
considered, the snore disgust is felt at
.tt,":11 iporoo li't,
sitkr worthlessness of it, er inalg tiesP
life. Border outrages during the %_ „rehe°
rate and right-thinking Americans gtt'
all precautions of the two Governsnen
in oppsitiol/41rItt ,-.

Ott'
The electors bSiitc°l‘clinilecel,l
------.------r.r,_—itof
thebcnoughof tivOlia
Trent have determined on giving a rl
their Member, John Lewis to o.
',woo f 5
brute his
triumphant return for, that .--elec. ciir.-
it is to be much
regretted that the . fors,w,
this enlihten d . •-• t e hrl'ig •h '
constituency did net . Ott elo,
another Liberaletoictiel,,i
at to 'lola
Ricardo, as candidate in conj
from theanalysis fthe °Toss ro, Colic' lei"
election it • o t., . i,to pad I
will be seen that Mr. Aldo 11,1` io, fle
sal election the peace of the boroufrli Jou.,"
'Ricado, fiscl.t 513, of
would_ have been in the minority with th° '-t tDe '4s'
my disturbed by the Tories.--bßrilisit
e-lyedr. It is to be hoped, hog` ever''
illitt.ne tioptS'
not ii_.
Queo

CRIMINAL COURT —(THIS DAY )
CASE OF BLAKESLEY.
u
Shortly after Mr. Sergeant Arabin had taken his seat
pon the Bench, at nine o'clock this morning, Robert
Blakesley was placed at the bar for the purpose of plead-
ing to an indictment, charging him with the wilful murder
of James Burdon; a second indictment charged the pri-
soner with the murder on the Coroner's Inquest.
The prisoner who is a remarkably fine-looking young
Man, seemed to pay great attention to the proceed-
ings. - His derneanotir. was firma, but without
the slightest appearance of levity, and he seemed per-
fectly aware of the awful situation in which he was
placed. Ilis personal appearance has improved
greatly
he
since has been in custody. On being called- on to
Plead lie, in a firm voice, pleaded—Not Guilty.
One of the Jurors applied to be excused from serving
on the trial of Blakesley, because he had been long in-
tioinatel
acquainted with the prisoner's family.
AIL 'ergeant A.RA131:4 said it was not probable that
the prisoner would be tried to-day, but if he were the
applicant should be excused. The prisoner was then
removed.
At ten o'clock Lord Abinger and Mr. Baron Gurney
took their seats on the Bencli, when Blakesley was again
Placed at the bar.
Adr. PAYNE, on behalf of the prosecution in the case
of Blakesley, said he understood that the prisoner was
not at present prepared to go to trial. On behalf of the
Prosecution he no obection to postponement ; and
Perhaps their Lordshi would state the day which they
would fi_ for the
. Lordships
Lord , the trial.
'ShABINGER---Let it stand for Friday.
e prisoner Was then removed.
hi gh°,B,T, prisoner
and Philip Sampson were indicted for a
T roubery, attended with violence.
of interest, was
elearl • v
the 3, Proved
lie
ease' which presented no features
as the prisoners, and in the course
for a
trial it came out that it was considered dangerous
wl;earP, person residing in the neighbourhood of the place
Th'4euprisoners resided to give evidence against them.
Lord AtiNcEn, in
Y }laving found them both Guilty,
them said he
considered tl passingesentence on ,
to give
„idle fact of its being dangerous for a person thtir off,„„ence against them a great aggravat.ion
for
t
life. -"0 Ind sentenced them to transportation f

lirt, NEW COURT.
agedissrs ~tvD 1 mar y Ann Sullivan,
, NGRATITUDE.—
veil, o_' vo indicted for stealing one pair of boots, one
l
perty
e.erreticule, and other articles, value 31.,
the Po
°I rhomas Rorwood.
sheleannr Harwood, the prosecutor's wife, stated that
street, in
Company
with her husband in Fadrrilgdtoh
said na-t
she l when the prisoner came up to them ai.l
tha tad been turned out of doors by her mistress, and
,„ it she should die if she was left in the streets all
t-"t• The witness spoke to her husband, and they took
met prisoner home with them out of charity. Thiiistthoeom
tilleh °II
a PridaY> and the prisoner remained with ta:_7!,..l2nday following, on which day she said she was
tiii, ~,N for a new place. The witness went out at aboru..t zone ° clock, and on her return she found that the p i
vane/lir:43 gone, and with her a great number of things,
the rated in the indictment. She gave information
_to.
fou,,Vi?e, and some of the things were subsequently
the
.with the prisoner. The witness had never knowni
pprisner before—she was a perfect stranger to ier,
ts.seeilie
tobffiatcer who took the prisoner into custody de-
ant ,he found her at No. 1, King-street, Dia ry-
atok lie he
the prisoner's box, and finind the
,n property. The veil was upon her bonnet.
The
Jury at once found the prisoner guilty, and
85i4ci'll COMMON SERGEANT in sentencing the prisoner,
than ~,e_ colild hardly conceive a worse case of larcelly
,vo that of the prisoner ; she met with a kind-hearted
1,01414 an, who kept her for three days when she had no
cnite' 3i'd in return she robbed her. Under these ciF-
iii
tances he could not think of allowing her to remain
ported country, The sentence was that she be trans-
/40r the term of seven years.
tia, lain Puttoch aged 19, a respectable looking young
4e;',. Pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with_
Ivinling 16 handkerchiefs value 505., the property of 114,1 n P.addy and others, his masters.
to,t4l:llrisoner was sentenced to six months' impri-
SUDb
ii,—„4lt Y SESSIONS.—(T HIS DAY.)
ttkoin? Noble and Caroline Smith were indicted for bottle 6' 04 the 18th instant, a candlestick, a sheet, he:4:01111d various other articles, the property of Mary
From
end To, , the evidence it appeared that the male prisoner
e
011,he, lodgings in the house of the prosecutor. 1-1
114,
lb.-. the female along with him, representing that
the i'as his wife. They remained only six days, and on
tt!ljpp4:l,l(l.l4(lYL enterino• the room she found it entirely
gripped '-'oe gave information to the police,
art of
the ers were taken into custody. The greater p
and the
Itl,nePtii7erty was found in the lodgings they had subse-
mr gone to.
and
e 1.3, -;1•"1 oRRY addressed the Jury for the prisoners,..
the
z6O-llfp.Y endeavoured3to shift all the responsibill7.l) the
iciq's of the male prisoner, contheneditnrLsta
'cation she
~1113 actinad any guilty knowledge (
-,ca wit g, under the coercion of th)fetmale, and therefore
tftgT6ll% lin law. a verdict of Guilty
Ain.t Cry,, however, returned
N to `44h prisoners, and the Chairman sentenced
;.,tte je 8„13( months' imprisonment and hard labour, the
'Auiloortdue gaol at Brixton, and the other in that at
. . •
.Pll, W-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
lit thee''''Z'risnah, a respectable-looking man, was placed
‘'ioler,,b, bar, before Mr. JARDINE, on a charge of havi g
it '.IY assaulted James Douglas, on yesterday even-
-1,,,,14..ti the Black Lion public-house, Vinegar-yard,
!Ole
, The -
di'Y Bellill)Plainant, who it appeared gained his living
h'4,." -nt in the streets, stated, that to the
•,,—g, at about nine o'clock, -he went to the
and.haff! 4 Public-house and called for a pint of half-_
int1.1)011 wilich th
it
1 ll° offered some' paper for the payment of
ti,, - room.
on_ e prisoner, who had been drinking
1,41" struev,‘:l4tue forward,. and,
.without any provoca-
sta.()teedkel out t4wlottofa hviai Otleeentth.
The in the mouth, which
he
complainant further.
1/'°111(1' dilftt the prisoner offered him ten shillings if
At,. 1,119' Prosecute the charge.
take th4tllr'lNE would recommend- the complainant to
corli
Llen shillings.
Paco
inant---Ten shillings for two teeth— it is no
, the Prison
ne hmer stated that before he had struck the man
pilited
lininself been struck, and the complainant had
N 'l4' hY the nose. '
t 4
0441e1 t vans better .un Dutch Sam
1140 wnev
thee;
the , known
saidas yo g
T)frl got
eredneer, on his being asked for payment, he
the 'Gine
Al Pets° Paper, which the witness refused to take.
.o,aiballt tier then observed that the conduct of the com-
ae cotenant was very unbecoming ; a dispute ensued, the.
ruck 1111111'4nt pulled the prisoner twice by the Dops, and
(lime, three or four times. The prisoner imme-
tittellstruck the complainant, who pulled out two teeth
Oth blow, but no blood followed.
),,itnesear witnesses corroborated the evidence of this
4, kr. j.
t"llll,!ass'°Alittiut(l,lEiissaeidOlistilideart, taking the circumstances of
•
14
Nets
as he th h consideration, he should clisi
jnaisastifitelide
i oug t the prisoner was perfectly
43 ne had done; and the Magistrate afterwards
certificate to that effect.

At tr.IION-11 ALL---(T
young
• a
till,w,_ ion-hall this morning,
• William Steyofi,
s tur-
RIS DAY.
last a
~
Clay f " WaS fully committed for trial ori.
1 ortni it f .1r glor a robbery
in the dwelling
in the custody
tits „_,?a, Qs, of llerne-hill, was brought. up
with
harged
h,,,trike constable 97 of the 13 division, c house or
of the
I),,p_ng effected his escape from the lock-up place
.eolirt, Union Hall.
night
of last
)1,44(.1-constable 13 97 said, in the course
4_
go
to-
-I)4ekeed information which induced him
of ,0.11 he
kilt, rane, Westminster, and in a room. IN
custody.
/11104,i the prisoner in bed, and took him
intoted how ho
(143 tellll9ging the prisoner along he
sttaout he was
,se his escape, and just after ho go
had under
litavN by a constable, who asked what ho `
was, in
t,ti,in ? Re replied, 4,A dirty shirt," and
Theluclu. z !Ice, permitted to deart. .
Prisoner was then fully committed.
Tlit ivi-------- THIS ARKETS—DAY.
The/. CORN EXCHANGE. .
• since Monday.
Sem.e.,e have been few arrivals of Grain a
and good quan-
tity
o'iliia3" English Wheat appeared,'
and a good quan-
-1 met Sale at Monday's prices. Barley,
itt 445, anTVga Met sale at Monday:
.1)
d b ers at Monday'ss
i .14, hitt theas, firm. Oats foun 3
Flour a money.
a•Sireporter.l.'l factors demanded more
The l‘litili\VGATE AND LEADENHALL.
demand
44.1
34-4
le3 Of, meat were rather large ; the2s.
101:tilorld ratuer, foWer rates were accepted. Beef, Veal, 3s. Bd.
to ~h. 8(18'4d. Alutton, 3s, 21. to 4s. 2d. ;
o_f Gibs.
4,11 kind. ;an n, Pork 33. Gd. to ss. per stone .
rices
'',,° ch r,',,, °!.Poltr an' d Game dull of sale, but in p_cr_ _
utill ocis° nits takYen place since Saturday last. .I,,b.gs
sale at 4s. Gd. Gd. per 120.
The COLONIAL MARKETS.
and
prietla
w°,perra.tioas were fair for home consumption,.in their
preee.4, (' *lll, but the shippers were cautious
'443' TI -
small from most parts.
le imports were
Prices We
2,,,, TEA MARKET.
limited;
and is. 10-el.° --,stainecl, but the demand was
cash.
I'ablic sale was the value of Company's Congou,
to
wo,,_ are declared for next Friday, amounting
uu packages.
The de r-VALLOW MARKET.
barely
,!_llllPort demand has been dull, and former rates 9
_.
ur doi:-(1' -P- Y. Candle 475. on the spot, and 465. d
ery up to the end of the year.
Iln
SPIRIT MARKET.
ili,(l,3t.ni dull of s
wards,
410, and rices oa the decline. Leew. . t
firin. ength, is.. loci Pii nd% steady, and the mar ke
ritish Corn Spir't rlaos3ld., cash.
Tilt , -7----—......._ !-!-----_---------
stat„
th 11OODS IN EssEx.—The Essex paplearsst
Weoc 17'4 Inueh damage was done on that. co
aswt which
efr,,tpk,',Y the inundation caused by the high tide
Al the' au destruction on the banks of the Thames.
the 4._ 4ea-Walis at West Thurrock and Battles-bridge
land to a
great 4 overflowed the walls and inundated the..,
was
iit(*
(r(teni. At Southend a boat in full
Aak)irig of
4r,0 Zasover the road near the Castle Inon.tons
l
of the
cargo
vv,:roeoa,laden, got on shore, and 5r .
d to get her
moat no.rtill"nged to be thrown oveiboa
r. 6.k •
Chan-
col4rs • niolit v)
w. b Druce, one of the new Vic.e-
~..13__
et,11(11, ilp'll take his seat in conjunction with Vice-Ui u
Tilt, „_ Igrana on Tuesday next, the first day
twoof term.of the
cc.?o„ltZtveCnnornatsswiolli itnhaellipornbsebnp6,ornsitminnna
until the
NrT4l,llis:ioners of Woods and Forests make some. more
e
allot anent arrangement. Tho building to which w_
fields, it3rsterday, as being erected in Lincoln's Inn
or terror 3 i‘;'t the leeenintodation of the new Courts ou

... ~„

LEV ANT MAIL.

-----....C.,....-„--

We have received Malta papers to the 15th inst., and
advices from Constantinople to the 10th, Smyrna 9th,
and Alexandrier 6 th.
The following naval intelligence is taken from the
Malta Chronicle, 15th inst. :
" The Indus ship of the line arrived from Syracuse
this morning, and the Acheron steamer from Constan-
tinople (in five days), bringing Lord and Lady Ponsonby,
family, and suite. The Iberia contract steamer from
the lonian Islands and Patras arrived last night. On

the 13th inst., the Tunisine Government steamer Ben

Ayed arrived with despatches for the Consul of that
Government. and took her departure again on the same
afternoon. She is supposed to have run foul of the
Tuscan brig Santa Filomena, as this vessel at about 11
o'clock at night, when 5 miles off the island of Gozo, was run
into by a steamer steering north-east, which occasioned
her considerable damage. The Scout sailed for the Le-
vant on the 14th inst., and it is rumoured that the Van-
guard will be despatched next week to the Smyrna sta-
tion, where several French ships of war have arrived
from Toulon. The Tyno leaves for England this even-
ing. The Vernon, 50, sailed from Corfu for the
Southern Islands on the 29th ult., and returned to Corfu
on the sth inst., she was still lying there on the loth.—
The Stromboli steam-frigate left our port this morning
for the Levant." _ _ .

_ ....._.........
Extract of a letter from Corfu, 11th inst., in the Malta

Tunes :

" The yachts Therese (Earl of Desert, Mr. Wells, and
Captain Kinderley, 97 Regiment), and Harriet (Lord
Viscount Ranelagh and sisters), have arrived here from
Constantinople, and took pratique on flu; 9th instant.
The Vernon is in port, the Weazle is at Zante. Our
worthy Governor is quite well. His Excellency takes
his ride every evening, and enjoys good health. The
42d Regiment will embark for Cephalonia on Saturday
to relieve the sth Regiment."

The Malta Times, 15th inst., says :
" The Lord Viscount and Lady Ponsonby arrived
here this morning in the Acheron steamer. Ms Lord-
ship will perform quarantine at Malta. Ills Excellency
Reschid Pacha, Ottoman Minister at the Court of the
Tuileries, having relinquished his design of going to
Paris via Vienna, arrived here this morning in the French
steamer Leonidas, where he will perform quarantine."
The Constantinople news in the Oriental Observer is
as follows :

" Lord Ponsonby had his audience of leave of the Sul-
tan on the 28th September, and was received with the
greatest possible distinction. The next day Abdul
Ghanni Aga, chief Eunuch of the Valide Sultan (his
Highness's mother), was sent to Therapia, with the pre-
sents for Lady Ponsonby, which consisted of a necklace,
bracelets, earrings, and a ceinture, all richly mounted in
pearls and brilliants whose value is stated to be 1,400
purses, or about seven thousand pounds sterling. The
bearer of this splendid present was rewarded by her La-
dyship with a handsome snuff-box, and to his interpreter
was given a sum of money. Presents were also sent the
same day, by an officer of the Sultan's household, to the
Baroness Sturmer, lady of the Austrian Internuncio
nor will the embassies of the other Allied Powers be
forgotten. A magnificent snuff-box is being prepared
for M. Titoff, the Russian Charge d'Affaires, and a piece
of jewellery for his lady. Count Keenigsmark, the
Prussian Minister, will receive the portrait of the Sultan
mounted in brilliants, and his Countess a costly bracelet.
The Frank merchants on the 28th waited upon the
Grand Vizier, to complain of the abuses with respect to
the Kaimes, or Government paper money. Some of
them spoke out boldly, declaring the evils of the system
lately pursued for the benefit of certain individuals, to
the detriment of the public. The Vizier assured the
commercial body that the matter should be looked into,
and on the strength of his promise already has the
discount of Kaimes declined frsm 8 per cent. to 4 to
5 per cent. We understand that the merchants in-
tend to follow up the affair, and we should not be
surprised to see the paper soon at a mere nominal
discount. The Armenian dispute has become a seri-
ous affair. On the 29th the Patriarch was deposed, and
a dozen of the complaining parties were sent into exile.
An order was then issued for the election by the Arme-
nians of a new Patriarch, and the two Bishops, Asfa-
dour and Matteos, being- named as eligible, the Sultan
has been pleased to appoint the former, who on Friday
last received his investiture and appropriate decoration
at the Porte. A proclamation, addressed to the heads of
the Armenians, was at the same time sent, anuouncing
the cause of the punishment of the individuals exiled,
and enjoining submission to the commands of the Govern-
ment. The whole is an affair among the Armenians
themselves, who are divided into two parties, composed
of the rich class on one hand, and the middling class on
the other. The latter, nothing daunted, appear determined
to carry their point, and they have since twice presented
petitions to the Sultan, who has directed the Supremo
Council to sift the affair thoroughly, and render justice
to:whom it is due. On the 29th also his Excellency
Reschid Pacha had his audience of the Sultan. The
same day his Highness gave audience to Said Pacha and
Sami Paella, who received their decorations of rank on
the occasion. On Friday they visited the Sublime
Porte, to take leave of the Ministers, and on Saturday,
embarking on board the steamer Nile, set out on their
return to Egypt, accompanied by Tefviq Bey, First Se-
cretary of the Sultan, who is the bearer of a letter from
his Highness addressed to Mehemet Ali Pacha, expres-
sing his great satisfaction at the reiterated proofs given
by his distinguished vassal of loyalty and obedience.
Thus the visit to Constantinople of the son of the Pacha
of Egypt and his homme de confiance has, from the be-
ginning to the end, been marked by attentions of the
most delicate nature, and it is to be hoped that the Pacha
will not fail to appreciate the favours heaped upon him.
His very rhinoceros has been cared for, and is splendidly
lodged in an outhouse attached to the imperial palace.
On Thursday the Sultan held a Rikkiab (levee), which
was attended by all the Ministers and high functionaries,
entitled to admission to the presence. This was on the
double occasion of the removal of his Highness to his
winter palace, and of the full moon preceding the
fast of Ramazan. In the evening the mosques were
all illuminated, on account of the latter event,
which is observed as a Mussulman festival of solemnity.
Count Keenigsmark has his audience of the Sultan to-
day, and on the Bth he will proceed homeward via
the Danube. On Saturday last it rained heavily, and
an unfortunate accident happened at the Sweetwaters.
A party of artillerymen were passing through the
valley, when the bridge was swe-pt away by the torrent,
and a Prussian engineer officer in the Turkish service
was drowned. All the functionaries of the Porte have
quitted their country residences, and are now in town
for the season. Yesterday the British steamer Cyclops
arrived here with the Emir Beshir, for whose accommo-
dation a most spacious residence had been previously
provided at Arnaoutkuoy. The aged Prince will, donbt-
less, receive all suitable attention here. .It is expected
that the Cyclops, after renewing her supply of coal, will
return to Malta. One of the Smyrna papers states that
Mr. Bankhead would be presented to the Sultan by Lord
Ponsonby at his audience. This is incorrect, and would
have been contrary to etiquette. Mr. Bankhead will re-
main here as Minister, and consequently will be entitled
to a separate audience after assuming his functions. Had
he been merely a Charge d'Affaires, then his Ambassador
would have been called upon to present him."
A correspondent of the Malta Times writes from Con-
tantinople :
The affair of the Esnafs and the American bankers
has become serious. The Porte has exiled some of the
former. The Porte had sent a Colonel Hasmi to Tripoli
to arrange the affairs of that regency."
Tho Malta Chronicle has the'following from Constan-
tinople, Bth inst.:—
•° Early on the morning of the 6th inst., several rather
severe shocks of earthquakes were felt here (of rather
unusual occurrence), and attended with considerable
damage and loss of life. Several houses have been
thrown down and several persons killed, and a great
number of houses much damaged, and a wall at Seraski's
Palace thrown down. The shocks were felt on board
the Cyclops, and the first one actually pitched a person
out of his cot—it was accompanied by a loud report,
like the rolling of a number of casks overhead on deck."i
The Oriental Observer of Smyrna of the 9th inst., says—
" The French brig of war Alcibiade, in pursuance of
orders received from Admiral de La Susse, got under weigh
on Wednesday last to proceed to Vonrlah, where sho was
to await the arrival of the Admiral from Beyrout.:After
performing quarantine, the French ships of the line In-
flexible and band Petri will come into our reads, Ac-
counts have just reached from Foglieri, of a sad disaster,
which will be severely felt. A person, indulging himself
by smoking in tho open air, threw the ashes from his
pipe still unextinguished, in consequence of which the
dry grass took fire, which, extending rapidly, eventually
consumed 8,000 olive trees: As a great part of the oil
shipped from Smyrna comes from Foglieri, this acci-
dent, if not exaggerated, will cause ruin to fall on many
whose whole resources were derived from the production
of their olive-trees."

Extract of a letter from Alexandria, Gth instant, in the
Malta Chronicle :
" Most of the Consuls-General are about leaving for
Cairo ' • Colonel Barnett will take his departure to-mor-
row. It is thought that Mehemet Ali will proceed to
Upper Egypt, in order to avoid unpalatable discussions
on the subject of commercial affairs."
The subjoined letter from Beyrout, 2d instant, is in the
Malta Times :

" The Inconstant frigate left a week ago for Malta,
having on board a younger brother of the present Chief
of the Druses, who is going to England to pursue his
education in one of the Universities. There also em-
barked a Jesuit, who has been kicking up a dust here.
The position of the English officers and troops are the
same, and there is no appearance of their evacuating this
country, but there is a rumour of this taking place. We
have no disturbances—all is quiet. The ships of war
are nearly free from fevers. On the 24th ult. there ar-
rived here Admiral La Susse, with the ships of the line
Inflexible and Santi Petri, and the frigate Calypso. They
r'mained here till the 28th, and left for Smyrna. The
influence of the English is not so groat as it was On the
capture of the cities of this coast. This arises from re-
ligious squabbles, and the protection which the British
Government gives to the Roman Catholics of Syria, its
intention being in this way to counteract the French here
and their religious agents."
The following from Tunis is in the Malta Times :
" The Ottoman steamer, Bentied, which arrived here
On the morning of the 13th instant, was put at the dis-
posal of Sir Thomas Reade by his highness the Bey, to
fetch his despatches from Malta. Our private corres-
pondence of the 11th instant mentions that the French
squadron, consisting of the Neptune (bearing the flag of
Commodore Leray), the Hercule the Trident and the
Diademe, had received orders to return to France. The
only remaining French ships before Tunis were the brig
Palinure, and the steamer Phaeton. The British ships
of the line, the Revenge and the Ganges, were in Porto
Farino, about 40 miles from the city of Tunis, taking in
water. It was said that they were about to return to Malta."

THE EX-QUEEN REGENT AND

THE ACT UAL REGENT OF SPAIN.

The Journal des eb publishes the following docu-
ments as official : •
LETTER ADDRESSED TO lIER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
DONNA MARIA CHRISTINA DE BOURBON BY DON SA-
LUSTIANO DE OLOZAGA, DATED PARIS, OCT. 12, 1841.
" Madam—l have just seen in the Afonitenr a de-
spatch from the French Charge d'Affaires at Madrid,
transmitted by the telegraph from Bayonne, according
to which it would appear that a rebel army had endea-
voured by force of arms to obtain possession of the per-
sons of her Majesty Queen Isabella IL and her Royal
Highness the Infanta, Donna Maria. Louisa, and that the
attempt had reached so far that the rebels fought even in
the palace against the faithful troops, and that the hal-
berdiers themselves, who were on guard about the
Queen's person, had been obliged to interfere in the con-
test. Your Majesty's heart must have been profoundly
afflicted when you were apprised of the danger to which
your august daughters were exposed, when you consider-
ed the spectacle which the palace of the Kings of Spain
presented at that terrible moment—a palace which had
been religiously respected, even when under the
most critical circumstances the enemies of libQrty com-

promised the cause of the constitutional monarchy.
Under the reign of your Majesty's husband, the Royal
Guard, which had revolted, was shamefully defeated by
the National Guard at Madrid and the troops of the line,
and although, when defeated, it took refuge in the
palace, where the centre of the conspiracy was esta-
blished, the feeling of respect was more powerful with
the conquerors than the desire of crowning their tri-
umph, and they halted at sight of the royal residence—
an admirable example which probably stands alone in
the history of revolutions—an example which your
Majesty (if you were not present) may learn accu7
rately from one of those who were witnesses at least of
the danger to which the Spanish Constitution was ex-
posed on that day. But your Majesty yourself ob-
served that, during the six years which the war excited
by Don Carlos's partisans lasted, the latter never made a
similar attempt. The reason is, that the present rebels
have not the same pretence as the Carlists, nor a
principle, even a false one, to proclaim, and those who
have commenced by treason, can only maintain them-
selves by violence. _

" If anything could increase the profound regret which
such an act, together with the rebellion which has
broken out in some parts of Navarre and the Basque
provinces, will produce throughout Spain, it is the fact
of the rebels making use of your Majesty's name, and
that those who placed the Queen's life in peril style
themselves the defenders of her mothers, Before yester-
day, when I handed your Majesty the last letters written
to you by your august daughters, I could not avoid
respectfully requiring from your Majesty, that in order
to regulate my conduct And the ulterior decision of my
Government, you would deign to acquaint me whether
General O'Donnell, who styles himself Viceroy of Na-
varre, and the others who in the Basque provinces repre-
sent themselves as the agents of your Majesty and the
Lieutenants of a Regency which does not exist, had,
in fact, received from your Majesty an appointment, an
order, or an authority to do so ; and your Majesty
deigned to reply that it was false that you had appointed
O'Donnell, that you had not given him nor any other
person any authority to do so; that you could not do so, as
you yourself have none, and that whatever they did was
on their own account.

"I carefully collected and faithfully transmitted to
the Government your Majesty's words. But, after
having seen that at the same time that your Majesty
declared what the rebels advanced to be false the latter
continued to assume your Royal name, and particularly
after havin4 read the communication made by the French
Charge d'Affaires, I believed that your Majesty could
no longer suffer your name to serve as a flag for those
who, by profaning the immunity of the Palace, placed
the Queen and the Infanta's life in danger ; and that it
became my duty, without prejudice to other duties I

have to fulfil, to represent ato your Majesty, that if on
this occasion, and when so unheard of an attempt was
committed, your Majesty did not address a declaration
to the Spanish nation, to show the fraud of those who,
by attributing to your Majesty a design of recovering
the Regency, assume your name to destroy by force of
arms the legitimate Government, your Majesty's silence
could only bear one interpretation, according to which
the connexions .hitherto existing between your Majesty
and the Spanish nation would manifestly change.
" As I am about to forms ay': a despatch to Spain to-
morrow, I could, at the same time, transmit any mani-
festation which your Majesty might deign to consider
suitable to the occasion. I have the honour to inform
your Majesty that the messenger will, for this purpose,
wait until the latest hour of the night.
" In renewing to your Majesty the most sincere ex-
pression of pro'ound regret which the late attempt has
caused me, inasmuch as it might have compromised the
precious existence of your Majesty's august daughters,
" I have the honour to be, &e.,
" Minister Plenipotentiary of the Queen of Spain,
" SALUSTIANO DE OLOZAGA."
COPY OF THE DESPATCH WHICH, BY ORDER OF THE
QUEEN, HER SECRETARY ADDRESSED TO DON SALUS-
TIANO DE OLOZAGA THE 15TH OF OCTOBER.

" The Queen Donna Maria Christina de Bourbon
commands me to tell your Lordship that she does not
think proper to reply to your strange communication of
the 12th of this month, in which the facts were mis-
stated, and her Majesty's words falsified.
" May God protect your Lordship many years,
" JOSE DEL CASTILLO Y A-VI:NSA."
REPLY OF DON SALUSTIANO OLOZAGA, DATED THE

17TH Or OCTOBER, TO TIIE PRECEDING DESPATCH.

"At 3 o'clock in the afternoon of yesterday I received
a letter from your Lordship, dated the 15th instant, in
which, by order of the Queen Donna Maria Christina de
Bourbon, your Lordship has the kindness to tell me that
her Majesty. does not think proper to reply to my strange
communication of the 12th of this month, in which the
facts are misstated, and her Majesty's words falsified.
" These latter words. Which neither your Lordship
nor any other person has a right to address to me,
would justify me in using similar language. But my
education would not permit me to do so, and my duty as
a public character requires that I should at this moment
dismiss every personal feeling.
" Confining myself, therefore, merely to my functions
as 111 inister Plenipotentiary of her Majesty Queen.
Isabella 11., I wish to tell your Lordship that I am will-
ing to communicate to the Government of the Queen
any resolution of her august mother which your Lord-
ship may wish to transmit to me, and that I shall con-
sider everything stated in my former communica-
tion as accurate until what is regarded as inaccurate is
pointed out to me. If there should be any inaccuracy
therein, notwithstanding the care with which I endea-
voured to retain and promptly commit to writing the few
and serious words I had just heard, I am positive that it
cannot be in the substantial matter, and I am disposed
with respect to the remainder to admit any variation
which may be pointed out. My position is not equivo-
cal, and far from being obliged to elude any contradic-
tion, and to appeal to studied phrases to conceal the
truth, I anxiously seek it. The Spanish Government,
so desirous to ascertain the fact, will tell whether I have
found it or not by her Majesty's silence.
" Your Lordship, when writing to me as Private Se-
cretary of her Majesty, omits, either designedly or
through forgetfulness, to mention my official character
as the representative of the Spanish Government; and
although Ido not wish, for that reason, to term your
Lordship's communication strange, I hope that if you
have to address me again it will not be under that form,
inasmuch as it is not possible for me, under existing cir-
cumstances, to continue a correspondence with any one
who would not explicitly acknowledge in the person of
its Envoys the legitimate constitutional government of
his Highness the Regent of the kingdOm during the mi-
nority of the Queen Donna Isabella IL

" Stay God preserve your Lordship many years.
" The Minister Plenipotentiary of Spain,
" Paris. Oct. 17. " SALUSTIANO DE OLOGAZA.
" To his Lordship Don Jose del Castillo y Ayensa,
Private Secretary of her Majesty Queen Ma-
ria Chistina de Bourbon."
ANSWER RETURNED IN THE NAME OF THE QUEEN TO
THE PRECEDING DESPATCH, BY THE SECRETARY OF
HER MAJESTY, AND DATED THE 24TH OF OCTOBER.

" The strange and disrespectful language of the com-
munimtion which your Lordship addressed to the Queen
on the 12th instant, and the inconsiderate intention which
it evinced of entrapping her Majesty, to the detriment
of her exalted dignity and honour, have obliged her
Majesty to defeat such ambuscade in the simple and se-
vere manner which she has been pleased to pre-
scribe. The terms, no less strange than disrespectful,
towards hz.r Majesty of the letter which your Lordship
addressed to me on the 17th, might' also dispense her
Majesty from returning any reply to your Lordship,
if, in presence of the obstinate perseverance of your
Lordship, consideration of a superior mind did not in-
duce her Majesty to break silence with a view to pro-
claim her real sentiments, give vent to her profound in-
dignation, and defeat the object of the refined, and at
the same time barbarous persecution, directed against her
by her enemies.

" The Queen neither advised nor created the sad
events which have again afflicted our unhappy country,
while the tears and blood which, during seven consecu-
tive years, were shed in the Peninsula were still flowing.
A stranger to all the passions engendered by political
discords, her Majesty supported with courage and re-
signation the anguish which she has had to endure from
the day when she lost sight of the two august orphans
so dear to her heart. Deploring, as she does, the error
and infatuation of men who requited by insult and by
the basest ingratitude those benefits which they had re-
ceived from her generous hand, and reconciled to lead a
sad but tranquil existence in a foreign land, her Majesty
has invariably followed the pacific, noble, and safe course
which she has laid out for herself under those painful
circumstances. No, her Majesty has neither advised
nor excited civil war, and it was not possible for her to
do so after declaring in a recent public document the
consolation which she felt at having been the constant
promoter of peace. It is elsewhere we must seek the
causes of the new collision which has broken out in Spain.
" Those causes are to be found in the attempts of Bar-
celona and Valencia ; in the vicious origin of the Go-
vernment constituted in Madrid, the work of ~the revolu-
tion of September ; in the usurpation of Royal authority,
in the illegality and unruly injustice of the measures of
Government in numerous and flagrant infractions of the
constitution and the laws ; in its imprudent and scanda-
lous obstinacy in violating the faith pledged at Bergara,
and trampling under foot the ancient awl venerable
faeros of the generous Basques and Navarrese ; in the
violent and iniquitous usurpation of the Queen's right
to the guardianship of her illustrious daughters, a usur-
pation which loyal Spaniards viewed with stupor equalled
only by their profound grief, because they witnessed on
this and several other occasions the contempt entertained
for divine and human laws ; and because they saw the
honour and dignity of the mother of their sovereign seri-
ously offended. In this uninterrupted series of violent
attempts against all that was most worthy of respect and
most sacred in the nation, against the holy religion which
it professes, and against the eorenion father of the faith-

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