The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-17 00:00:00

TrIFI SUN, Low now, MONDAY, A.MUST 17, IA4O,

and that his request was complied with. "He every mi•
nute repeated," says this paper, " that he had been de-
ceived. General Montholon, whose misfortune appears to
have excited general interest, has s,veral times said the
same to the Commandant. It was a shoemaker who shot
the military intendant, M. Faure, at the moment when he
was presenting his sword in token of sumondering himself.
It appears that the man misunderstood his intention, and
that he is very much grieved for what he did. It was this
shot which excited the others to fire, and produced the
loss of blood which ensued." This Journal adds that
orders have been issurd to arrest the Viscount de Quo-
relles and Mme. Gordon. _

" Prince Louis Bonaparte," says the Constitutionnel,
" was born on the 20th April, 1808, consequently he is
in his 33d year. M. Faure, woo was killed, and has been
designated as a military sub-intendant, is no other than a
quondam huisier at Bourg, a native of Nantua, and well
known for his jovial qualities and adventurous spirit. Af-
ter filling various situations at Paris, he was sentenced
some time ago to two months' imprisonment as editor of
a jou, nal, the Union, which was Bonapartist in its colour,
and appeared without the required caution-money being
deposited. To escape this confinement he went to Londoa,
became secretary to Prince Louis, and merely invested
himself with the uniform of a military sub-intendant for
the affair at Boulogne."
On Friday morning, at eight o'clock, the crew of the
City of .Eutniuryh steamer, which brought Prince Louis
Bonaparte and his accomplices to Boulogne, arrived at the
prison of the Conciergerie. They are fifteen in number,
including a cabin-boy, and travelled in a diligence escorted
by a few municip-il guards. After having remained about
two hours at the Coriciergerie, they were transferred to
the prison of St. Pelagie.
The Gazette des I ribunaux states that Prince Louis
Bonaparte has become inure calm in his mind since his
first arrival at the Conciergerie. He has not yet under-
gone any interrogatory, and it is not supposed that exami-
nations wilt commence until the arrival of all the other
prisoners, who are hourly expected, and of the whole of
tee papers connected with the affair. A portion of these
papers has been received at the office of the Procureur du
WI at the Court of Peers.
BOULOGNE, AUG. 16.-1 feel it incumbent on me to
mention a very gross case of police interference, which oc-
curred here on Wednesday last, towards two English la-
dies, a mother and her daughter. On the morning of the
11th a Commissary of Police, accompanied by two inferior
agents, went to the lodgings of this lady, arid,after inform-
ing her that she had been denounced as having held an in-
tercourse with the Prince Louis Bonaparte, he demanded
the keys of her desk, in order to inspect her papers. The
lady stated that trie only occasion when she had ever met
the Prince was during the last year at Baden-Baden, when
visits were exchanged, and the intercourse, which was
merely complimentary, ceased, and had not since been re-
newed. This did not satisfy the police-officer, who pro-
ceeded to institute a rigorous search for papers, which he
read, and finding nothing, acknowledged the fruitlessness
axis search, observing, " Maintenant, Madame, tous vos se-
crets me soot connu, ma's ils restent entre vous et moi."
Having made this insolent remark, he required the lady to
write her name and age, and the name and age of her mo-
ther, as well as the places of their birth, on two separate
cards ; upon receiving which, together with an energetic
protest from his victim, he departed. An application, I un-
derstand, was made to our Consul, Mr. Hamilton, but as
the insult had already been committed, there was no possi-
bility of procuring redress, save in the form of a strong pro-
test.

THEA rx ES.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

This theatre closed for the season on Saturday night.
There was no novelty in the entertainments, or in the cast
of the characters. The opera was, II Barbiere di Si-
viglia, in which Grisi, Signori Ruhini, Temburini, Mo-
relli, and Lablache performed their respective charac-
ters with,tlß-ir.
.usual excelleace, and were rewarded
with the accustomed applause of a crowded house.
After the opera came the Spanish dance, La Castellano,
by Mdlle. Cerito, who exhibited her usual activity and
graceful elegance. The dance was followed by the last
scene from opera, La Sonnainbula, in which
Madame Persiani sang with more than even her usual
fine style of execution and tempered melody. The
whole concluded with the ballet which has so often
obtained applause, and created delight in the lovers
of this sort of spectacle, Le Lac des Fees, in which
Madetnoiscle Cerito, Madame Guerra, Mademoiselle
Pierson, Mdlle. Keppler, Mdlle. Briestroff, Monsieur
Goselin, Signor Guerra, Ste.. did their hest to ensure
approbation. It is needless to say they obtained it.
Nothing could have gone off better. As is usual on
the closing nights at this theatre, the national anthem
" God save the Queen" was sung by the whole strength
of the vocalists. It was finely sung, and in connection
with the loyal feelings of the audience received the re-
spect which is invariably paid to it. The season has on
the whole been a successful one, and the public and the
manager may both congratulate themselves on the man•
ner in which the theatre has been conducted. There
has been no dearth of the brightest talsnt, and there has
been no backwardness to give it encouragement. The
orchestral strength has beer. very great, and in the
vocal department the names of the first artistes have
appeared. Toe ballets have also been exceedingly well
got up. There has been ou all sides a spirit and a
liberality which deserves praise.

LATEST NEWS FROM AMERICA.

The following are extracts from the American papers,
received to the Ist of August. by the Britannia :

CUNAIiD FESTIVAL.
(Fr um the Boston Post.)

The Cunard Fe-tival, at East Boston, on Tuesday af-
ternoon, passed off well, and to the general satisfaction of
the subscribers to the dinner. The pavilion was constructed
by extending canvas from the principal front of the Mave-
rick House, to a distance sufficient to accommodate 2,000
persons. By this arrangement the piazzas of the house
were converted into galleries, and beneath the lower one a
temporary gallery wai erected, and the whole were occu-
pied by ladies, immediately in front of whom were the dig-
nitaries and guests, whose privilege it was to sit above the
salt cellar. Col. Greene was Chief Marshal, and acted
with great ease, promptness, and efficiency. The company
were seated at the tables punctually atthc hour appointed.
Colonel Josiah Quincy, Jr., officiated as President of
the day, and was, as ever, exceedingly happy in his contri-
butions to the enjoyment of the guts's. The blessing of
Divine Providence was invoked by the Rev. Mr. Stone, of
Charleston. After the cloth was removed the President
mhde a short and felicitous speech, which he concluded
with the following sentiment :
" Health, happiness, and prosperity to Mr. Cunard.
May he meet with the success and enjoy the honours which
are his due in both of the countries which he has now united."

Mr. Cunard was formally introduced to the company.by
the President of the day. He was long and loudly cheered.
He spike a few words expressive of his gratification at the
rec,ption he had met with, and apologised for being so
brief by acknowledging that he was not a " speech maker."
Mr. Quincy remai bed, with ready wit, tL•at if Mr. Cunard
was not known by minis he was better known, for " his
works did praise him." The following senti cent, most
enthusiastically received, was then offered from the Chair :
'• The. Sovereign Lady of Great Britain and the Sove-
reilin Ladies of America—the one governs all English-
men collectively, and the others govern all Americans one
by one."
The President then anncunced " Mr. Grattan, the Bri-
tish Consul;" who responded in a speech .of florid elo-
quence, and which seemed particularly to delight the
dress circles."

The following scntiment was then offered by the Presi-
dent of the Day .
" The First of the Regular Line of Steam Ships—We
will say nothing about the empii e of the seas ; but while
Captain Woodruff makes such passages as the last,
every Yankee will say, The steam-ship Britannia rules
the waves.' "

Mr. Webster, being loudly called for, arose and spoke
at length upon the results of steam. He concluded. with
the following toast :
" The Peace of the World—May it long be preserved
by the influence of civilization and Christianity, and by
the power of all independent nations to defend themselves."
By a volunteer
. .

"'The Justices of our District Court—Fitting guests
on deck or dinner table as by statute they have jurisdic-
tion over all men " half seas over.'"

His Honour Judge Story responded to the sentiment,
and concluded by giving—
" The memory of Watt and Fulton, whose combined
genius united all nations, abridged distance, and turned
upward the streams of rivers, for the purposes of com-
merce."

Capt. Josiah Sturgis, of the Revenue Cutter Hamilton,
the busiest man alive, gave the following " good one" :
" The Hon. Samuel Cunard—the only man who has
dared to beat the Queen."
The President then offered the following:—
" The Historian of America"—a collector of the deeds of
the daughter, and worth) of the deeds of the mother.
Mr. Collector Bancroft (the historian alluded to), re•
sponded to this complimentary sentiment in a speech of
unrivalled eloquence. It was beautiful—beautiful—beau-
tiful. He concluded by proposing the following sen-
timent:—

" Old England"—she relinquishes, the ambition of
striving to rule the sea, and effects the nobler purpose of
connecting sentiments.

By a volunteer.
" Our Mother Country"—Unlike other old women, the
older she grows, the handsomer she is.
W. S. Skinner, Esq., Government Agent for the Brit-
ish Mail, gave the following:—
" The prosperity of Mr. Cunard's family—may it be as
unbounded as their enterprise and industry."
Numerous other sentiments were sent to the table, as
many of which were read as time would allow.
The company gave three cheers for the Britannia, and
quietly retired about eight o'clock.

(From the Baltimore American of yesterday.)
COLLISION OF STEAM-BOATS.---LOSS OF STEAM BOAT
NORTH CAROLINA.—From J. Chapman Huger, Esq., of
South Carolina, who reached this city yesterday morning
in the Norfolk steam-boat, we learn the particulars of a
fearful collision which occurred at sea on Saturday night
last, between the steam-boats Governor Dudley and North
Carolina , and which resulted in the loss of the latter boat,
together with the passengers' baggage and the U. S. mails
for the south.. Providentially no lives were lost. These
boats both belong to the Wilmington and Roanoke Rail-
road Company, and at the time of the collision, which
took place at sea, about sixty miles south of Wilmington,
the North Carolina was running towards Charleston with
the northern passengers and mail=, while the Governor
Dudley was on her way towards Wilmington.
The collision took place about one o'clock, A.M , of
Saturday night last, on a beautiful starlight night, with a
perfectly calm sea. The boats were going at the rate of
twelve or foarteen miles an hour, and were seen by each
other for a mile or two before they came together. How
they managed to run into each other is not known ; the
captain of each boat was in his berh at the time—having
stood his regular watch—and the mate of each had charge
of his respective boat. In the collision which took place
the Governor Dudley's bow struck the North Carolina
between the ladies' and gentlemen's cabin. The shock
was terrible, and.,its violence may be inferred.from the fact
that in ten minutes after it took place the North Carolina
hid sunk to the water's edge.
The passengers- of both boats were all in their berths
at the time, and had barely time to 'escape with their
lives. Th`e great coolnesi and self-possession manifested '
on the trying occasion by the captain of each boat, were
doubtless the means of preventing any loss, of life. The
small boats were immediately manned, and the passengers
of the North Carolina all conve)ed in safety to the
Governor Dudley. In about ten minutes after every one
was transferred to the latter, the North Carolina, then
down to the water's edge, heeled over.
Among the passengers in the North Carolina were
several Members of Congress—one of whom, General
Dawson, of Georgia, lost $15,000 in his trunk. Other
passengers also lust considerable sums of money, and
some were losers of their little all. The aggregate loss
of money was large.
The Governor Dudley had a hole of about four feet
square knocked in her bow, and at first leaked badly, but
the aperture was in a measure closed with blankets, tar-
paulins, &c. She laid by all night, and the next morn-
ing picked up two or three floating trunks, which were all
that was saved from the North Carolina—everything else
having gone to the bottom in bar.
The passengers of the North Carolina were all taken
back in the Dudley to Wilmington, and while on the
way thither some of the passengers of the latter generously
raised a subscription to aid those who had lost their all in
the sunken boat. _ _

The conduct of the captains of the boats is spoken of
in the highest terms of praise by the passengers.

( From the Albany Evening Journal.)
Tsia " Toot. —Our Trojan neighbours have added to
the fleet of " floating palaces," which already crowd the
waters of the Hudson, a perfect leviathan steam-boat.
Much as we had heard their new boat the " Troy" ex-
tolled, it was not until we had found ourself on her decks
yesterday afternoon, in company with about 1,200 ladies
and gentlemen from Troy and this city, who bad been in-
vited to unite in a pleasure excursion to Hudson, that we
became convinced how much reason our sister city has to
be proud of her.

The Troy is unquesticnably the largest steam-boat ever
launched. We obtained from Captain Tupper the follow-
ing note of her dimensions. Length on deck, 294 feet ;
28 feet beam ; 61 feet extreme width ; length of prome-
nade deck, 212 feet ; ladies' saloon on deck, 44 feet ;
ladies' cabin, 45 feet ; ladies' saloon below deck, 31 feet ;
dining cabin, 39 feet.
MEXICO —The brig Helen Maria, Sweetser, arrived
yesterday from Tabasco, having sailed on the 7th instant.
We have a report from tEe captain of the state of things
there, but it it, scarcely intelligible. The fort and fortifi-
cations, it appears, are in the hands of an officer cf the
Central Government, the town in that of its opponents,
and it was supposed the latter would eventually obtain
possession of the whole. The American brig Star, lying
in 'robasco, had been fired into by the Central party, and
was obliged to drop down the river. An American ship of
war was expected to arrive there.

The steam-ship Britannia leaves Boston foe Liverpool
on the Ist proximo, at one o'clock p.m. The passage
money is fixed at $l2O. Stewards' fees $5. About 80
berths, we learn, are already secured. The postage is 24c.
per sheet, which may be paid at Boston or in Europe, as
the writer pleases.
A specimen of raw silk raised on Bayon Bede Rapides
parish, in this State, has been exhibited to us. The worms
from which the product was made were fed on the leaves
of the wild mulberry. The quality and texture appears to
be very fair. We rejoice at the rapid strides which this
branch of domestic industry is making in our State.
Planters will luse nothing by turning their attention to the
culture. The decline price of cur great staple, cotton,
should admonish the agricultural classes to prepare for
turning their capital into more lucrative channels of busi-
ness.—N. U. Bulletin.
Another disturbance has occurred in Kensington be-
tween a portion of the citizens and the Philadelphia and
Trenton Railroad Company, who are about to lay down a
new track for the railroad through some of the streets
heretofore unoccupied by them. Much fighting is said to
have already taken place ; the sheriff and his officers have
been called upon.

The ship Renown from Monte Video brings intelligence
to June 6. It iz stated that the blockade is still more
rigidly enforced than heretofore. Time not permit
a perusal of the papers, &c., before closing this letter.
SHOCKING NI URDER IN MISSISSIPPL—On the evening
of Wednesday last, the Bth inst., in the town of Wash-
ington, Adams county, Mississippi, an atrocious murder was
committed upon the person of Colonel Thomas Winn, a
native and resident of that place.
The attendant circumstances of this murder are thril-
ling. Col. Winn had just returned with his family and a
few friends from a visit to Jefferson county, and was seated
in company at the supper table. The conversation turned
upon the difficulty of the riding ; and while in its zenith,
was suddenly and tragically checked by a sbot from the
window, which struck the Colonel dead on the instant.
No sufficient trace has been found to bring the mur-
derer to recognizance ; but two negroes, to whom punish-
' ment had been threatened, and who have now absconded. ,
are suspected. A gun also is missing, which bad been in
the house loaded for some time.
Colonel Winn was universally beloved by those who

knew him; he had the polish of a gentleman combined
with the liberality of a democrat, and his loss is severely
felt among his fellow-citizens. —NewOrleansSun, July II)
DOGS —Nearly one thousand dogs have been caught and
killed within the limits of Philadelphia since the commencer
ment of the season. The catchers are still engaged in the'
ha iness from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. each night.
MvsTEßlous AFFAIR—The brig Galen, Captain Mer-
riman, from Boston, in lat. 26.00, lon. 75.00. fell in with
a sloop called the Two Sisters. The sloop had on board
three negroes ; one of the negroes was dead at the time
they fell in with the sloop, the body remaining, as the
other two were not ablc to consign it to the ocean. Cap-
tain Merriman was obliged to hoist the two negroes on
board his brig, one of whom died a few hours after being
taken on board the brig. One out of the three is alive,
and on board the brig which has arrived at our port.
All the information Capt. Merriman could obtain was,
that the sloop was from Turks Island, bound for Cau-
casus, to wreck a vessel. They were driven to sea, and
in a perfect wreckless state, not knowing where they were
and what to do. They had been without provisions fer
some time. It is impossible to state correctly how long
they had been in this state of starvation. If •he negros'
tale be true, it is lamentable—but perhaps they may be
fugitives from this or some other Southern State, tryirg
to make their escape —New Orleans Bulletin.

•
AFFRAY AT J EFF ERSON V ILL E • —A serious affray occurred
at Jeffersonville, la., on Monday night, between a party of
young men and some negroes, which resulted in the death
of one of the young men by the name of Rufus Cunning.
ham, and in the wounding of two others. The circum-
stances were briefly these :—Some negro boys, in the top
of a tree, complained to a negro coming up of having been
pelted with sods by some white boys standing near. The
negro, called Bill Hick, intending to chastise the assailants,
seized upon a youth, of the name of Lawton, who, though
in the company of the boys, had no hand in the pelting,
and tore his coat partly from him, and otherwise handled
him roughly.
Lawton being a young man much respected, a company
of his associates collected in the evening after dark, and
proceeded to a house where they supposed Hicks to be,
for the purpose of Lynching him. 'I hey stated the object
of their search, and demanded admittance, but were refused.
They proceeded to break in the door. On forcing it they
were met by a gun, presented to their breast, which one of
them seized and turned away. Just at the moment a negro
from a neighbouring house, called Vowel', running
up, discharged among the assailants a gun loaded
with a ball and buckshot or slugs, mortally wound-
ing Cunningham, and slightly wounding two others.
The negro who discharged the gun is in custody,
and will I c sent to Charlestown gaol. A meeting
was called yesterday morning by some of the people of
Jeffersonville, who were in favour of burning the negro,
after the barbarous and disgraceful example of St. Louis,
but for the honour of the town, we are happy that the voice
of the better portion of the citizens prevailed, and it was
finally resolved to permit the calm action of the majesty of
the law. The negro in custody is said to be a slave owned
in this city .—Louisaille Journal, July 14.
OKRA COTTON.—This species of cotton has now esta-
blished amongst the planters of that part of Alabama,
where it was first discovered and most extensively culti-
vated, an undisputed superiority over all other varieties of
the short staple. The yield to the acre is extraordinary,
and the staple finer, while its turn out from the gin head
is still more astonishing. On good land the product is
3,000 pounds to the acre.
(From the Baltimore Sun of Yesterday.)

THE SEA SERPENT CAUGHT.—On Sunday evening
about six o'clock as the schooner Wasp, Captain Wil-
liams, and the schooner Independent Eagle, Captain
Owens, were coming up the Bay, they descried, about
three miles below North Point, a strange-looking fish or
serpent to the leeward. A boat from each schooner was
manned, and a clat.se for the prize took place. A har-
poon was driven into the creature, and away it flew,
dragging the boat for nearly eight miles, like a chip
down a cataract. It was found necessary at length to
stop the speed of this marine locomotive, and a couple
of balls being shot into it, the death flurry came on, and
it soon floated a lifeless carcass. It was born in triumph
to the foot of South-street wharf, where it was visited by
most of the old cruisers about town, who had been to
every part of the globe, and knew every thing that partook
of the nature of fish, flesh, or fowl, like a book. They
all declared that they had never seen such a nonde-
script. It measures twelve feet in length, and nine feat
from fin to fin; it has a head like a seal, with
teeth, and its back is covered with a bard shell. It has
four fins or flippers, and in its general appearance bears
some resemblance to a turtle, or rather a monstrosity of
that species of fish, which nature in one of her freaks had
created. How it came into the Chesapeake Bay is a
mystery. It can be seen at South-street Wharf.
The Baltimore American says :—" The creature would
be a curiosity, we should suppose, anywhere, from its
enormous size, but it is certainly a rarity in our waters.
its weight is supposed to be about ,0001bs."

HALIFAX, AUGUST 3, 1840.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
By the steam-ship Britannia.
The exceedingly long and tempestuous passage (75
days) which I hid out here, will at once explain the
cause why my communications have been so long de-
layed. Ido not think it beyond my duty, as a public
Correspondent, to observe how cautious persons intend-
ing to cross the Western Ocean ought to be in the se-
lection of the vessel and captain. In both of these par-
ticulars I was very unfortunate. The bold and enter-
prising spirit of Mr. Cunard, the Government steam-
packet contractor, is the theme of universal praise here,
and throughout the provinces ; and the strongest hopes
are entertained that he may be amply compensated, for
the immense capital he has invested in the building of
the steamers. The people of Boston have given him a
public entertainment, in attestation of the high esteem
in which they hold him as a public benefactor; and it
is the intention of the people of Quebec to follow their
example.
The Britannia, notwithstanding the extremely ad-
verse winds she had to contend with, made the passage
in twelve days and a half. She carries to England, from
this place and Boston, a hundred passenrzrs.
The reception of the Governor-General, Mr. P.
Thompson, in St. John's, New Brunswick, was ex-
tremely flattering ; till classes had unanimously de►er-
mined to give his Excellency a hearty and enthusiastic
welcome. A triumphal arch was erected between the
New Market and the Coffee-house Corner, decorated
with evergreens, flags, and a crown on the top, over
which floated a flag with the crowa inscribed thereon.
The materials and work, were the gratuitous gift of the
Asseciatian of House Carpenters. His Excellency held
a levee at the Court House, and addresses from the
Corporation, Chamber of Commerce, and Mechanics
Institute were presented, to which his Excellency re-
plied in the most gracious and affable manner. After
the levee he went to the St. John Hotel, where the
whole of the procession and the military passed in front.
Upwards of 10,000 persons were present.
I regret to say that Halifax was far behind St. John's,
on this important and most interesting occasion. The
Conservative party would not move in the matter, while
the Liberals had not sufficient confidence in their
strength to make a display. So much for party spirit.
The visit of the Governor-General is to be considered
purely complimentary, and therefore gratifying to New
Brunswick in the highest degree.

(From the Nova Scotian.)
SIR COLIN CAMPBELL AND LORD

SYDENHAM.
The following correspondence appears in the last
Gazette :

(Copy.)
'Government House, Halifax, July 16, 1840.

My dear Sir,—Adverting to the conversation I had
with your Excellency respecting a paragraph in your
reply to the Address from the Inhabitants of Halifax,
I beg in this manner to call it to your particular notice,
namely, "the abuses which disgrace the administration
of those resources which you believe to be devoted to
public improvements."
This paragraph may be considered as conveying a
severe imputation upon my administration. I am aware
that you could not have intended it as such, but it is
due to myself that you should remove every ambiguity
upon this point, in so important and public a document.
I therefore have to request that your Excellency will
take such measures as will remove any imputation upon
my public conduct, which this document appears to
convey.—l have the honour to be, my dear Sir,
Your's very truly,
(Signed) C. CAMPBELL.
His Excellency Charles Poulett Thomson, Governor-
General of B. N. America.

(Copy.)
Government-House, Halifax, 16th July, 1840.
My dear Sir Colin—l cannot comprehend how any
one can pretend to affix a meaning to the expression to
which you refer, different from that in which it was
used, and in which you and I well understood it ; but
I am sure you will believe me when I say that nothing
could give me greater pain than the possibility of its
being tortured into such a meaning as that which called
for your observations.
As you well know my making use of the words in
question, was to express my feelings of the abominable
system pursued by the Assembly with regard to the
road grants, by which, either by law or usage, tahlebsyyesiitv
voteem
away large sums of money, in small amounts, for local
improvements, under the authority of their own
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meaning which is pretended to be given to it, namely,
that the money is not, as it ought to be, left under
your control, to be applied under your responsibility
course from which, when it has been followed,derived tliePro-
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' L'l/4. Sll 4ftK Fr merle. ' - - id be adopted to cast
,\ • ViaNee. ,s'nee.e. ee -
e 1 ef; 0 a.,,,,, ne of the favourite
objections W. Y-e.t 'flan•i- - -- r which they con-
ceived, or rathef it. • otiletl44rde to the President
over the pubic rnortlty, wtase their own language, they
foresaw in the Bill an union between " the purse and the
sword." The defenders of the Bill have, in answer
to this objection, shown that no - new power is con-
ferred on the President, as he cannot take a dollar
from the Treasury without the authority of Congress
—cannot even touch his own salary -unless paid by
other persons. He can neither " loan out" the money
from the Treasury, nor empower others to do so. Even
the appointment of persons to keep the money does not
rest vsith the President alone, but be must have the con-
currence of the Senate, whereas formerly the State Banks
that kept it were selected by the Treasury department
without the co operation of either House of Congrees.
Another charge which has been brought against the Bill
is, that it creates a different currency for the Government
from that employed by the people. This objection, which
is very remarkable, is easily disposed of by the Go-
vernment party, who say that the currency pro-
vided by the constitution and laws both for people
and Government .is specie or its equivalent, and that
the constitution expressly forbids anything being
made a tender to the people except gold and silver.
If the people choose to take anything of less value, as,
for instance, depreciated paper, it is a voluntary act, with
whi,h the Government has nothing to do, and it seems ex-
tremely absurd to adduce the vicious system of currency
introduced by the banks as an argument against a measure
the very object of which is to counteract the banking in-
fluence. A third objection offered is very similar to the
foregoing, and charges the bill with innovation and a de-
parture from the views of those who framed the constitu-
tion. This, as might be supposed, is answered by a repe-
tition of the fact that tie constitution appointed geld and
silver to be the currency, and hence, far from being a
change of the constitution, the Treasury Bill is merely a
change of an unconstitutieual practice. Again, neither
11 the constitution nor the original laws pre vided that the
public money should he kept in banks, but, on the con-
; trary, the original laws required the treasurer himself to
I keep it.
The reception of the news by the Democrats in diffe-
rent parts of the United States, that the T:easury Bill
had passed, was moat enthusiastic. At Reading 100 guns
were fired ; at Albany there were fireweeks and illumina-
tions ; at the Democratic celebratioe at Philadelphia, the
ail WAS called a " glorious measure," by which the trea-
sure collected from the eernings of the people for public
gond is rescued from perversion throuelo Bank instrumenta-
lity to private gain and public prejudice. The Democracy
of Prince William county, Virginia, at a general meeting,
parsed a series of resolutions, among which was one ap..
proving of the Sub-Treasury Act-Ist, Because it laid the
axe to the " upas tree" planted by Hamihon, nurtured by
Adams the elder, Adams junior, Daniel Webster, Henry
Clay, arid their adherents; 2d, Because it had rescued the
people's money from the banks and " paper barons ;"
3d. Because it places the national treasure in responsible
hands, under the revision of a responsible chief magkerato
and responsible Congress ; and, 4th. Because it has in-
terposed a barrier against the overweening accumulation,
of bank capital.

A revieiv of the commerce of France for die first
half-year of 1840 has appared in the French papers.
It seems from this that the imports in 1839 exhibited a
deficiency of 7,000,000 as compared with the year 18:38.
Tile deficiency would have been much greater bad not a
bad crop' rendered necessary a supply of grain from fo-
reign countries. There had been a decrease io the imports
or materials for reauufactures—cottons, silk, wool, combus-
tiLles, and metals. The greatest increase had been on
colonial sugars. This was the result of the new law ap.
proximating the duty on that produce to that levied on
hove and foreign manufacture. In the first half-year of
1639 there had not been more than 25,000,000 kilogrammes
cleared, but in the first half-year of 1840 the clearances
reached 45,000,000 kilogrammes. The stock in warehouse
wac 30,000,000 kilogrammes at the end of the half.year
1839, whilst that for the same period in 1840 did not ex-
ceed 6,000,000 kilogrammes. The consumption of cotton
had increased to 27,000,000, and there was also an increase
in the irapoi ts of raw and worked silks. In wool in bulk
there had been a decrease. Amongst the materials used in
the process of bleaching and dyeing, the imports of coe.ii.
neat and indigo had increased. With respect to olive oil,
there was no alteration; and nitrates had decreased. Pit
coal and metallic substances had increased with the excep-
tion of cast iron, which, on the contrary, has decreased, no
doubt on account of the bad condition of the foundries in
Fra nee.

HER A LD.—The aspect of commercial and money
affairs in the United States continues adverse. The ex-
traordinary fall in the price of United States Bank Shares,
which are quoted as low 29 61 to 2, but were actually done
at 59i and 60, has naturally caused considerable alarm
among the holders in this country, where they are very
largely disseminated. The rumours current in America as
to the causes of the fall were, that Mr. Nicholas Biddle,
the former wel!-known President, was discovered to be
a large defaul:er in respect of advancel made or taken
by him, or liabilities in which lie had not only in-
volved himself but the bank. Other late officers
of the institution were similarly ioculpatei. The
Courier and Inquirer of New York stonily denies
the truth of these rumours, but its assertions must be re-
ceived with caution, as being one of the papers well known
to be in the pay of the bank, or largely indebted to it
for advances, u hich is the same thing in the end. This
great depreciation in the shares of this bank will be very
extensively and severely felt by large classes of the com.
munity in this country of moderate fortunes,. who have un-
happi;y been led to invest the greater portion of their pro..
perty in that way, through the gross and ignorant if not
vinful misrepresentations of certain portions of the pren.
One of the most indiscreet in this line has been the
Banher's Circular, which would seem to be the represen-
tative of certain of the City bankers and discount houses.
It has been almost invariably puffing off the United
States Bank Shares and securities, with which certain
of the London bankers it is now known were loaded,
and by this means a large proportion has been artfully
got rid of among the country bankers, who again,
upon the honest faith of such recommendations, have passed
them off upon unfortunate customers who chanced to hay
money fur Investment, It is said even that the Lor,do
bankers have employed travelling agents to go rou,n
among the country banks in the regular trading way el
get or,lcrs and throw off these American bank wares anA°
a... setitles. According to all appearance the United Stat d
Bank t, ill wind up very indifferently, for judging from t es
present value of the shares, there will not be more thlle
IW. in the pound for the shareholders. It may be safean
assumed that those on the spot and in the direction of 09
aiiiirs trust he competent judges, and it is hardly poasibl t
they would not buy themselves, and get all their connece
tions to purchase also, if the price was much below the
intrinsic value of the article.

POST.—Private letters from Philadelphia mentions
that a proportionate fall in the:Shares of the United States
Bank had occurred at that place. The general impres-
sion was, however, that the movement was mere specula-
tion in both markets, and there was eventually a rally to
67i. It is the opinion of the writers of these letters
that the losses of the Bank cannot exceed 25 par cent.,
and, the payment of a dividend in January next is under-
stood to have been fully determined upon.
It has been observed by some of the leading men of
business here that, as our capitalists have invested deeply
in the shares of the United States Bank—for they are
holders, probably, to the extent of from four to five mil-
lions sterling of the capital, which is, in all, seven millions
—Le time has come when a meeting of them should be
called, with a view to the appointment of a Committee to
watch over the general interest, The next step that'
should be taken is, it is considered, to send a deputation to
the United States, for the purpose of investigating the
affairs of tkie Bank, so that a report of its actual condition
and prospects may be forthwith prepared and laid before
the public. \lre quite agree in the propriety of such a
course, and have no doubt that the suggestion here thrown
out will meet that attention from ,the share proprietors
which it deserves.