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cause it stamps the low civilization of a people
and accelerates the recourse to the sword. We
would avoid it, becauseitinflicts wounds a thou
sand times harder to be healed than any which
can proceed frgm the edge of a sword or the
mouth of a Cannon. More international bad
blood II 'peen created by a pasquinade, than by
thelz)ss or gain of a battle, in which twenty thou-
sand slain attested the fury of the combatants.
Slaughters are forgotten, but nicknames and
abusive epithets never die. They rankle in the
heart when not a scar remains to attest the
wounds of the body politic. Among nations,
therefore, who regard war as a means of con-
quering and securing peace, vile epithets ought
not to be endured. Where nations are driven to
fight, it is an easy thing to proceed to blows
without first exhausting upon each other all the
foulnesses of scurrilous language. The defeated
party can yield with letter grace, arid with the
return of peace ceases all recollection of what
now constitutes the undying wrongs of war.
Whatever be the upshot of our present mia-
understanding with America, it ought to be borne
in mind that it originates in a defect in the
American Constitution. When the Federal
Union was formed, it appears not to have occurred
to any of the framers of the Constitution, that
one State could violate international law without
the concurrence of all the other States in the
Union. They sought only to legislate for the
internal repose and prosperity of the American
people. Hence no power was given to the Presi-
dent to interfere with the proceedings of the
Courts of the different States ; and hence, when.
the State of New York seized M'LEOD, Presi-
dents HARRISON and TYLER found that their
authority did not extend to the liberation of a
prisoner detained in violation of the law of nations.
The Government of Washington is as strongly
opposed to putting M'LEoD on his trial as the
Government Ia Downing-street, but it is helpless
to prevent such a calamity. With the individual
State of New York we, of course, can have nothing
to do, and thus there •appears no means of de.
cently getting out of the scrape.
As, then, neither the Government nor the people
of the United States are responsible for what has
taken place with respect to M'LEon, we think a
-war might be easily prevented by the Cabinet at
Washington, pledging itself to bring forward a
measure in the next Congress for amending
this defect in the Constitution, and, of
course, remunerating APLEon for his long and
unjust imprisonment. Such a concession the
people of the United States are morally bound to
offer, whether our Government demand it or
not. Moreover, they must now be sensible,
that, in making it, they will be consulting the
future peace of America, which will be liable to
perpetual disturbance, so long as this flaw in the
Constitution remains unmended. The Philadel-
phia-Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle, in
a letter :min that city, dated the 29th ult.—four
days before the time fixed for the trial of
M'LEoD—gives the following account of the real
state of public opinion in all but the frontier sec-
tion of the'United States :

Sincerely clo‘ I assure you, that both the people and
Government of the United States are averse to the acts
of any evil-disposed persons who are endeavouring to
kindle the flames of war between England and this
country. But every day renders it inure and mere
obvious that " hunters" or " patriot lodges," axe
numerous on the frontier ; and a gentleman, who,
has just returned from that region, states that there
are amongst them undoubtedly persons from Ca-
nada. The editor of the Troy Whig states—(Troy
is about eight miles north of Albany)---that there is
some reason to believe that 50,000 or 60,000 men are
leagued in this unholy conspiracy ; that they are ready
" to march at a moment's warning across the frontier,
and to carry fire and sword into the heart of the Ca-
nadas ;" and he urges the better feeling of the com-
munity to do all in their power to arrest these wicked
projects, and the Government to keep evil-disposed
men in check, by stationing a larger force along the
lines. This gentleman writes in a very philanthropic
and proper tone, and echoes the sentiments of the great
body of the people, but I feel convinced he has been mis--
informed as to the extent of the conspiracy, and that the
numbers are very far from being as greatAs represented.
Still these secret and wicked associations are on a scalp
of sufficient magnitude to command the attention of the
authorities of Canada, of New York, and of the United
States. Accordingly, we find that in Canada
the utmost vigilance is exerted to prevent or
resist invasion, that the Governor of New York is
active in the pursuit of the robbers who broke open the
State arsenals and stole cannon and gunpowder, and that
Mr. Tyler, President of the United States, has issued a
proclamation denouncing and condemning these illegal
associations, calling on all citizens to frown them down,
and declaring that any American citizens who may fall
into the hands of the British authorities during any
lawless incursion into Canada would "not be reclaimed
as American citizens, nor any interference made by this
Government on their behalf." Now this last document
is the most alarming feature of the whole business up to
to-day, for while it shows that the United States Go-
vernment and Mr. Tyler are'acting with honour, doing all
in their power to preserve the laws of neutrality, and the
public peace, unbroken, it proves what the great body
of the people had before doubted, in relation to the
" Hunters' Lodges," namely, their existence ; and that,
too, in a formidable state of organization.
Gloomy, therefore, as is the political horizon
on both sides of the Atlantic, there is yet a
chance of the tempest-charged clouds passing
harmlessly away. Had the Press of England
and the United States exerted its influence as
uniformly as this Journal has done to maintain
peace between the two countries we have the
consolation of believing that there would be
now no more chance of a war between them
than there was six months after signing the last
treaty of peace. Had the Press faithfully per-
formed its civilizing peaceful mission, the ears of
the two worlds would not now be stunned with
the din of warlike preparations.

But be the result what it may, we would im-
press upon our Contemporaries that more is to
be gained than lost by being moderate. True
valour is more allied to coolness than to anger—
to silence than t4iliiiany loud and provoking
words. No van otrue courage fights the worse
for not scolding - himself into a passion; and a
nation in a passion is apt to do a world of foolish
things, for which afterwards it has reason to be
very sorry.

Dutch Papers of the 19th instant were re-
ceived last night. On the 15th inst. the Minister
of the Interior closed the late Session of the
Chambers by a Speech from the Throne, and or,
!the 18th the KING iu person opeued
Session, ia conformity with the the new
ndamental law
of the kingdom. Thus n „
• ...cesS of two clear
days was all that the P.
,dnainbers obtained before
of the Ne"
being again surr
—atoned to watch over the welfare
the .1.- -enerlands. At one o'clock on the 18th
11:ING left the Palace on horseback, in coar=
• pany with his there sons, amid the acclamations
of his tkk*ets, and on arriving at the hell of the
Chambers delivered the following Royal Speech:
" NOBLE AND MIGHTY LORDS,
" The late Ss•ssion of the States-(der-:„1, which was
remarkable fur the multitude
,ours, is scarcely eudi.d,
Itetture to importance of its la-
when the moment is already
>mo., whith ie `'.ixed by the fundamental law, for the Le-
perform its important duties,
corl-sidering IA hat was cffl/4.cted chiriog tha preceding
ston, as well as the 1!PRI nucl tonAcientious care with
you.watclied twee the interest of the country, I feel
t ei,tkAtleL,le that the present Assembly, which, 1
‘ppy to open, will likewise produce fruits maven-
s to the Netherlands. And with respect to myself,
i need of new motives to devote myself entirely
sppine.ss of the State, the Gni/tint:dent of which
confideded me by Providence, I should find
':rfiti ones in the pleasing recollection which my
erves of my visits to several provinces of the
It is with lively emotion that I call
marks of attachment and cordial attentioa
erywhere received. I shall know how to
sentiments, which I highly value. My be-
may depend on mo as I, do on them, and
-iment of Toy life will he that in which
heir happiness established on solid and
ions.
if a Princess, tl:e daughter of ray dear
rederick of the Netherlands, has been a
-ay family.
be able to give you the assurance
etween the Netherlands and foreign
be in the character of reciprocal
will,
commerce and navigation con-
and-tke.-Republic of Texas arc

and cotnnierce,may be
_coyidered as sati4factory, though
some brandies- of niginifatture have suffered frons:the
yicissitudes to which-they are exposed.
. " The pro•,perity,of the institutions for public instruc-
tion, as well aS :the encouragement of the arts and sti-
es, are an object of the constant solicitude of the
HGoverYite. :
" TheY nts from our transmarine possessions are
fievourabl . The prosperity of the East Indian Col3nies
i
alone ha `beer Checked' by causes of a peculiar nature,
I am se ously considering of the means which it may
possi 'to employ to remedy this state of things.
. " Tranquillity interrupted for a time in Sumatra has
been happily restored, thanks to the conduct of the mili
tary Commandant, seconded by the courage of the naval
and military force under his orders.
" A goad organization of the navy is the constant
object of my care.
" The army, always animated by the best spirit, has
received during the course of this year an organization
calculated on what is required for a good system of de-
fence, and conformable to the fundamental law. _ This
organization will give a considerable relief to the peo-
ple, in respect to their duties in serving in the national
militia.

" I have appointed a Special Commission to revise the
laws relative to the Militia and the .National Guards.
It is possible that the projects of law resulting from
their labours may be laid before you during the present
Session.

" Another Commission is to examine the military
code, in order to make it harmonise with the liberal
principles which pervade the other parts of our Legisla-
ture, particularly with the first book of the penal code;
at the same time having regard to what the interest of the
State and the army requires.
"I hope that the second and third books of the penal
code may be laid before you in the course of this Session.
You wilt also receive projects of law relative to conflict-
ing jurisdiction to the otfice of Notary, to the transcrip-
tion of mortgages into the new registers.
." According to Article 6 of the fundamental law the
projects of law relative to it will be presented to you.
" At the commencement of the preceding Session the
state of the finances, as it was expected to be found on
the Ist of January, this year, was laid before you.
" The accounts and financial reports, which will
shortly ba communicated to you, will show that the ar-
rear has not amounted to the entire sum at which it was
at first estimated.

"'The state Of . the Treasury has allowed us not to
make use hitherto of the sums that were granted to cover
this arrear. It is, however, probable that it will be ne-
cessary- to hare recourse to a part of these sums during
the following year.
. "By the adoption of the Budget for 1842 and 1843,
'with the" exception of the Chapter of Foreign Affairs,
the regular course of public business is secured, and the
Government is supplied with the means of preparing and
introducing future improvements..
" An amended budgct.for the Department of Foreign
Affairs will be proposed to you. At the same time, the
employment of the surplus revenue of our Colonies will
be determined in a legal manner, and I confidently expect
thereby to effect the equalization of the revenue and ex-
penditure without increasing the taxes or the public debt.
" Your High Nightinesses will receive a new project
of law on the pensions of civil officers. Eggert' has been
paid in drawing it up, to the observations of the Second
Chamber of the States-General on the original project.
" The pensions and other fluctuating payments ac-
tually existing will be revised. In future these pay-
ments will be dated separately in the budgets of the de-
partments to which they belong, and of which they will
consequently form a subdivision.
" This subject, of serious importance, will be submitted
to your deliberations during the present Session. The
questions which may arise from there will be solved in a
satisfactory manner, if they are examined and discussed
by the several branches of the Legislature, with that re-
ciprocal confidence which is the indispensable condition
of that harmony which is prescribed by the fundamental
law.

" On my side I shall do every thing that may in-
crease and consolidate this confidence. The wish of my.
heart is that my reign may be, above all things, charac-
terised by the frankness of the acts of the Government,
and by the strict maintenance of the laws.

ss not yet been able definitively to
.en with Belgium. It is sensible
;ntl importance of coming to an
mate affairs. Everything is
Q,Vp reason than we have had
) object will be mutually at-

" Proceeding thus, with a firm step, in the path of the
Constitution, my Government will prove more and inure
that it seeks to derive strength from truth alone.
" May the Almighty watch with paternal care over
the Netherlands, and give His blessing to our joint efforts
for the happiness of the country."
His Majesty and the Princes then left the Hall to re-
,urn to the Palace, and the Assembly broke up.
DUTCH rUNDs.—AusTultusid, OCT. iB.
no s
Actual Debt. :Zit per cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.
A?i,sirt SYndic, 4% per cent 9l 91*
Ditto, ditto, 3* percent. 754 ;e
Commercial Company, 4,, per cent lSt 155*
Ditto (1835 and 1t137) per cent.
Loan lfgl7, 5 per cent. ............
lilchanie on Louder), One month l2 10
Two months 12
Hamburgh, One month 35 75
Twommiths 3.5
Dutch Papers, Oct. 19.
U NL)S—JS amend , Ocr. 19.
Actual Deb:, 2* per Cent.
ttothschild's Loan, 5 per C.nt lOl
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per ..
Cent...,..„„502
3 per CenL .....
71%
,1540) lel is
Loan of City, 1132,4 per Cent.
Socletyssf Commerce, 4*per Cent 93
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ... 73
NationalSoctety. • ....... .....
Exchange on Lends* (shot t)
—Brussels Papers, Oct. 19.
AUSTRIAN FUNDB.—VIENNA, Ocfr.,lo.
eloper Cuts. bletalliques ..... ..... 1C834
lirOur per Cents.
Three par Cents. .................
Rank 31111[011 . . ... ........ ....••••••• ..... 1559
Zeitunz, Oct. •
15.

Thirty.se'ren

The Paris Journals of Wednesday have all
reached us. They bring no fewer than eight
telegraphic despatches, with news from Spain,
which will be found in another part of The Sun.
We gather from theme and from sundry private
letters, received from Pampeluna, Tolosa, and
San Sebastian, that the insurrection in favour of
the claims of CHRISTINA MUNOZ has failed;
and that although in isolated points same
resistance to the proper authorities may
continue for a time, there is little doubt
but that in a short time it will be wholly sus-
pressed. The people everywhere ask what has
CHRISTINA MUNOZ done for the Basques that
they should shed their blood in her quarrels ?
She promises them the restoration of their tueros,
but they Very well remember that it was by
her they were first declared to he abo-
lished. They understand perfectly that she
only seeks to make tools of them to gratify
her own avarice and ambition, and now
that they find that upon her success
depends the placing a son of King LOUIS PHI-
'LIPPE upon the Throne of Spain, they are fast
losing any relish which they might have had tor
the excitement, for another year, of guerilla war-
fare.

''hit of
istuovu:,:n:a,
se Government
•gy far as it wa.

The taking of the first portion of the new French
loan has merely called forth some cursory remarks
on the part of the Paris Press, Wu cerminiv
Inubbub with respect tk)
an-
ticipated a much leudr:
I tai
ulater, sue Pres'e, a Alinkterial Journal,
congratulates the Minister of Finance for hav-
ing delayed the loan so long, instead of bringhnz
it out when he was urged to do so) and the fluids
were rrutdi lt4wer than they are now, and states
that If ht had waited still longer, viz., until the
army should have been reduced, and a gri-ater
approach have been made to the equilibrium of
receipts and expenditure, he would have obtained
a still better bargain. The Courrier Francais
seems to consider the price obtained by M.
HUHANN, although much under the quotation of
the day, as a fair one in the present state of the
political hemisphere, and as indicative or the sa-
tisfactory condition of public credit France at 1
a moment, says our contemporary, whin 101 l ht-
tempt at a loan lu Lngland experienced a
3'014 re. the Courrier hopes tlntt no at-,
tempt will be made, now that the ltian tfikeh, itt
drive the Three -per Cents. up to a price beyond
'that they kre likely- tll sustain; and reniindsthe.
public, by
n.
way of caution against wild spoottiation,
of the eatStth initri be ti eec.
up, produce -a calamitous rerietim. It &incites
particularly to the dispute between England
and the United States, and gays that) if a war
should hrvalt °tit between those two countries, the
En dish funds would proba!)ly fall 4 or 3 per
cent., and produce a fall in this country. The
National regards the price at which the loan has
been taken, which, it says, is really only 76.30,
and not 78,50, if the conditions of payment, &c.,
`Je considered, as totally inconsistent with the
boast made by the .Government, that the coun-
try is prosperous, and public credit satisfactory.
This journal even insinuates that the transaction
has not been altogether fair and above-board,
and that proper means were not adopted to en-
:,urecompetition.

Of miscellaneous news there is but little in
Tuesday's Papers. The following extracts from
them include all they contain of any •fetieral in-
terest :

Tht Le psis Gazette hus a letter from Paris of the
2,l:hiit',,„ v`n'hil' is the following passage:—"The greatest
Spain is that there are three women inte
' rested in the question of the rights of Isabella 11. to the
throne and her marria6,,, viz. the wile of Don Carlos, the
wife of the Infant Don Francisco de Paula, and Queen
Christina. Of these three the only one who would
be content for her son with the title of husband of the
Queen is the wife of Don Francisco. Such a marriage
would put an end to foreign influence, Carlism, Republic,
anise, and the pretensions of 4.l,!ueen Christina."
We quote the following fray.), the Temps At
tor! y;!t2rday thk:
Orleans Was at the l'atrillion i4larsan, where he hacli
long wnfereAce with am eur;iper °Ricers employed en

!ukk. !u 3iiJ(ill3

THE SUN. LONDON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, i-41.

the fortificationi At half-past eleven all the Ministers
titi ent Cloud, where a-Genneil Wee to De -held by
the King atone. Immediately after the contract for the
loen wets-tirade, M. Human') joined them."
The Courrier Francais says :—" The Ministers are
preparing a Bill which is, it is saidSto be not a revision
-but the completion of the laws of September. The Ca-
binet of .October 29th will, it is reported, apply to have
the faculty of prosecution, which now affects only the
responsible editors of the journals, -extended to the
authors of the articles which.ruay be the ground of pro-
secution. It is added that by the prepared Bill the
seizure of a j( usual
,would at the same time authorise the
arrest of the resporeible editor. '
The Gazette de France says it is reported that the
-King has been unwell for some days past, end that he
Was bled en Sunday last. •
It. appears, ont an article in' a Brussels paper, that
the absurdly culpable amusement of Env• breaking,
knocker-stealing, &ea, which has recently formed part of
the edimation of the London lions, has found its way to
the Bk,lgiitn capital. F•inr yentlenten4, one of whom is
deseribcd as H. C., an Englishman, ,were detected a few
nights ago by the police, indulging,in this fashionable re-
creation, and adding to it the daubing over of shop signs
and public monuments. Being armcd)s-iths sticks they
resisted the police, and only- tine, the Englishman, could
be arrested. He has refused to gife;lhe names of his
companions. It is added that some of the finest statues
in the Park have been defaced by these persons, or by
some of their imitators,
The Courrier de Lyon states that the cashier of a coin•
mercial hoitse in that city has just absconded, leaving a
deficit of 130,000 f. He has abandoned his'wife and two
children.
While the 3d regiment of the line was marching to
Havre on Friday last, to do garrison duty, it was met
between La Butte and Bolbec by the Tours mail. The
horses being frightened by the beating of the drums,
rushed into the middle of one of the companies, and
threw down and ran over six men. One of them had
his shoulder broken, another a leg fractured and his head
severely injured, and a third his thigh lacerated ; the
others were much bruised.
A few days ago as three gentlemen of Pau, on horse-
back, were returning from an excursion at Cauterets, on
the Spanish frontier, they perceived three Spaniards
suddenly emerge from the road-side, leaving behind
them a rather voluminous bundle. After calling in vain
to the Spaniards to return and take their bundle, the
travellers dismounted and -examined it. It Was found to
contain various articles of male and female wearing-ap-
parel, two books of prayer, and other articles. This dis-
covery having made some noise, a search was subse-
quently instituted, and near the spot were found two
bodies entirely naked, one, that of a man of about 36
years of age ; the other, that of a female, appareutly
many years younger, and enceinte. They had both been
murdered, and bore numerous wounds inflicted by- a po-
niard. Nothing has yet transpired to throw any light
upon this atrocious and mysterious murder.
• MAIL BAGS Lost —The Postmaster-General has pub-
lished a notice that the letter-bags sent from Paris by
the Cherbourg mail on Friday night for Bonnieres,
Louviers, and Vernon, were lost between Paris
and St. • Germain-en-Lays, and, notwithstanding the
most minute searches, have not been found. He, there-
fore, recommends all persons who may have made re-
mittances by notes, bills, or other paper at short dates,
to the places above mentioned, by the post on Friday,
to stop the payment of them.
The Ami de la Charte of Clermont states that a sen-
tinel on duty at Aubiere had been fired at a few nights
since, but fortunately was missed. The author of this
outrage had not bet n discovered.
"At six o'clock on Friday evening," says the Siecle.
" a lady entered one of the otunibusses, called the Dames
Francaises, at the Ba 'Here de Grenelle, but soon became
so much indisposed that she was necessarily left at the
station-house in the Hue de la Fidelite, whence she was
carried to a maison de sante, and died on Saturday. As
she was quite alone, and had no papers about her to
identify her, the body was taken to the Morgue. She,
was small and thin, about twenty-four years of age
spoke with an English accent, wore a Leghorn bonnet,
trimmed with ribbons, and a silk dress. Several rings
were On her fingers, a large chevaliere, and a gold chain
turned several times round her arm. In her pocket were
9f. 95 cents., and a small master-key.
The Augsburg Gazette, under the date of frontiers of
Russia. 7th inetatnt, says—" Letters from the shores of
the Baltic inform us that disturbances have broken out
in Livonia, but were repressed by the authorities. A
great number of the Livonians had formed the project
of making a forced emigration to the' interior of Russia,
but were prevented by the authorities from carrying it
into execution." Upon this the editor of the Gazette
observes, that the motives attributed to the insurgents in
the above article are very improbable, acrd consequently
more precise information should be waited for.
A dealer in horses, who had been for some time sus-
pected of issuing forged notes, was arrested the day before
yesterday. At his lodgings were found forged notes to
the amount of 13,000 fr.
The Commerce states that there are persons in Paris
who, from no other passion than a love of mischief,
throw sulphuric and other corrosive acids ripen
dresses. Two evenings ago, says this journal, several
ladies-at the Theatre du Palais Royal had their dresses
entirely spoiled by this wicked contrivance.
Two' ays ago M. Adolphe foyer, a young hen who
had been a journeyman printer, but had recently adopted
the career of letters," committed suicide from pecuniary
embarrassment,' leaving a wife and throe.children. He
had exhausted his funds in publishing a work called
r.Etut des Ouvrierg, which was not purchased as he ex-
pected it would have been by-the persons in whose in-
terest it was written, and having given some bills, which
.weresfaliatig, due without his being able to honour them,
he resetys4 on self-destruction.
A Oonstantittople letter of the 29th tilt, quoted by
the .44010 g Gazette, announces that the ratifieatiotie of
the treaty, of commerce between the Porte and Denmark
haie been exchanged. It states that Lord Ponsonby has
had his audience ;f leave of the Sultan.
Immediately after the arrival of Prince Metternich at
-Vienna, says a letter from that city of the 10th inst., a
conference took place between him and the two Princes
of Prussia and Saxony, who had come to inspect the
Austrian contingent of the Federal army.
The tivpartment of the Maine-et-Loire lies lately pur-
chased. the Chateau de Saint James, at the price 0f
120,000 f., destined by the Council-General to be con-
verted into a lunatic asylum, and an estate, called Les
Amandiers, for 68,000 f., on which is to be erected a
Primary Normal School.
The recent strong gales and high tides have been
much felt at Dieppe. The sea at the extremity of the
pier ruse to 31 feet, where the highest tides never rise
above 28 feet. The force of the water has caused some
damage to the works of the pier. •
• A letter to the Gazette de Languedoc says ;—" I send
you the following tie*, as a report tthish is in circula-
tion at Bayonne ; but it needs confirmation f—The
hotel of the French. Legation at Madrid has been at-
tacked by the populace ; about forty shots were fired at
it, M: Pac,eten, the (Marge d'Affaires, ordered the Am-
bassador's Hag tn. fettldifi ifi ii§ is said that it
was fired at."—La Gazette de France.

According to the Indicateur, a report circulated at
Bordeaux, on the 16th, that among the persons of dis-
tinction artcsted ktdridt were the Duke of Caatro-
terreno ttild Stitt Cat Itiet •

A plan for reforming the system mist; id Use in the
Maritime inscription is now preparing in the Naval De-
partment. Admiral Duperre has confided the revisal of
the Legislature on this subject from Colbert to the pr..-
sent tiinef to a gpegial Commission, consisting of mili-
tafy dfid civil ()Meet's dr the depaetment. The Minister

wishes to present the plan for the new organization to
the Chamber, and to have it discussed during the Ifni
Session.

A letter from Lille states the arrival in that city of
Granclrien, inculpated in the affair of th• 15th of Sep-
tember, whose extradition has been asked of the Bel-
Tian Government. lle is sent to Paris.—Le Constitu-