The Sun.
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to-inflict the stroke by which its great strength is finally
overmnie. .

". The north and south seas abound with whales, and
they are generally discovered by-:thole who seek them fur
the valuable oil they yield, by! they-fountain-like site=
of water which they eject. 'Themoment a -fiihr is seen
from the:mast-head of a whaler,-,ithe boats Atolinarnisci
and row away in quest of him. TheysilentlY asipossible
get near enough for: the harpooner to throw his weapon
at.the.-cnormous animu.l, which,•on receiying the wound,
dives to:au..ipinaense depth, :or darts along/near the sitr-
face with extreme. velocity ; but a rope is attached to the,
hattpeon.which has been struck into its. huge body, which
rope is.altoWed to run out .freely, or the boat would 'be
dragged under water ; and.the divetion of the rope
enables theta.•to follow up. their victim, until repeated
wounds at length lzlave the monster lifeless upon the our
faCe of the water."

1 - SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE:
(LLOYD'S.)
LONDON, OCT. 11. —Witid this day at noon 1) . to..t". 1.
DgAL, OCT. 9.—Wind W., light; loth, S.W.
fresh breeze.—Arrived the Eliza M'Carthy, and Char-
lotte, Pocket, China; Abel, Tasman, Batavia, and sailed
for Amsterdam ; Jannet, Chalmers, Calcutta ; Ann
Murray, Duke of Bronte, and Acasta, Bombay.; Clau-
dine, Dominica ; Codrington, Antigua. Arrived from
the River and sailed, the West Indian, fur Jamaica ;
Patmos;lAntigua ; Thomas Tyson, Grenada ; Neptune,
Beriiiiida ; Telumah, New York. Arrived from the
"giver, the New York packet for New Zealand ; Law-
rence, Trieste. ' Sailed the outward bound, except the
Earl Durham, for Calcutta ; Packet, Malta ;. Orbit, St.
John's, New Brunswick. Put back, the Alert, for the
South Seas ; Clorinda, Dominica, and several others.
OFF RoMNEY, OCT. 10.—Arrived the Rookers, Young,
from St. Vincents.
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LIVERPOOL, OCT. 9.---Wind S.S.E.—Arriveci the'
Aden, Ponsonby, from China, sailed from St. Heleritti
.
Aug. 28 ; Harriet Scott, 13eynou,„iii4 crown, Kerr,-,
Bombay ; Matilda Rowe, 'aii& klviraXahut4). 4elea„
Hamilton, MaraCaibo ; Chaos, New. 04eak.; ‘r,'P.tg49-
Mobile ; Belvidere, Charleston ; Elizabeth "„ ti3eY,'
New York ; Churruca, S'Auder ; Hastelina Blh,
,e, Ati- •
•figua, sailed 4th ult.; Sisters, NasSau ; Colt-dahlia,. New
ti
York ; Hercules, Quebec. Sailed the Harriett 44,Jesse, '
fel-. Charleston ; Rothschild, New - Orleans ; HoPe, -New -
South Wales ; Pilot, Cape of Good Hope ; Alciope,
Monte Video; Albion, Havannah ; Wilton, Trinidad;
Covenanter and Tecumseh, New Orleans ; Emerald,
Charleston ; Ace of Trumps, Azores ; Anne
and Fanny, Palmer,_ Constantinople. Arrived off
port the . Robert Stride —and Caledonia, Camel,
from Bombay; Gemini, Calcutta ; John Bently, Quebec.
The 'Marys, from Orkney to Cork, was abandoned off
the Saltees, 4th inst., in a leaky state-=crew saved. . The
Marys was boarded shortly after she had" been aban-
doned) and only two feat water found in her hold, by the
Redbreast, arrived here.

RAMSGATE, OCT. 10.—Arrived tne CesSnock, London,
for Demerara, slipped anchor and chain.
OFF DOVER, OCT. 10.—Arrived the Elphinstone,
Stewart, from Calcutta ; Union, Wardell, Van Diemen's
Land, sailed May 29.
SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. 9.—Arrived the Braganza
(steamer), from Gibraltar.
COWES, OCT. 9.Arrived the Caroline Amalie, from
Bahia ; Phoenix, Buenos Ayres; Trea, Rio Janeiro, and
sailed'for Hamhurgh .; Brougham, London.
OFF MARGATE, OCT. 10.=The John Keyes, Hall,
from Calcutta, for New Zealand.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 9.—Wind W.N.W., to S.W.
strong.—Arrived the Numa (transport) from Bermuda,
sailed 18th ult. The Numa, while laying to last night,
about twenty miles scuth of St. Catherine's, the Kingston
from London, for Honduras, came in contact, the lar-
board spritsail arm was carried away ; it is supposed the
Kingston received' little or no damage.
FALMOUTH, OCT. 9.—Wind W.N.W., to W.S.W.—
Arrived the Douglastown, from Clyde, for Marseilles,
with boat stove, and loss of sails, bulwarks, caboose,
very leaky, bore up from Cape Ortega]. Alert packet,
Mexico, sailed from Tampico, August 19, Vera Cruz,
2d ult., Havana 17th, with 336,599 dollars. Sailed
Bona Dea, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Duke of
Cambridge, steamer, London, having received 800,000
dallars on freight ; Fortitude, Hobart Town ; Eclipse,
South Seas ; Thunder, Singapore ; Sarah, Cape of
Good Hope.
SWANSEA, OCT. 8 AND 9.—Arrived the Heart of
Oak, Evans from Flamingo ; Providence, Hicks, and
Michael, Williams, Cuba ; Henrietta, Kelly, Prince Ed-
ward's Island.

BARMOUTH, OCT. 7.—A foreign vessel, supposed a
schooner or galliot, was driven on shore yesterday,
water-logged, and on her beam-ends. Crew supposed
drowned. The starboard bow of such a vessel washed
on shore this morning ;' is about 142 feet long ; cover-
ing board of oak, has been varnished outside, with a nar-
row white ribband, black bulwarks, inside.green.
YARMOUTH, OCT. 10.—The Venus, off Stetten, is on
shore on Scroby Sand, but expected off, deck load hav-
ing been thrown overboard. The Amethyst, from Lon-
don to Hartlepool, assisted off, and will proceed.
Coax, OCT. B.—Arrived the Simeon Hardy, For-
syth, from Barbadoes, sailed 11th ult. ; Cecilia Large,
Moran, Jamaica. Off Cork the Ellersley, Schooler, St.
John's, New Brunswick ; Eagle, Stephenson, ditto;
Troubadour, M•Dougall, Demarara; Robert Kerr, Bom-
bay: Sailed the James Wright, Keohne, for Cuba.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. —American Ship Suffolk,
bound to the West Indies, lop. 26, by the Simeon, Ifardy,
arrived at Cork. Cleofrid, Africa to Liverpool, 3d inst.,
off Cape Clear, by the Totnes, arrived at Liverpool.
Brigand, from Liverpool, 11th alt.. hit. 23, lon. 27; Mary
Ann, of Liverpool, for Charleston, 20th ult., lat. 41, lon.
37, by the Numa packet, arrived at Portsend. Sima-
rang, from Batavia, July 27, lat. 29, lon. 40 E. ; HO3-
burg, Liverpool to Valparaiso, 13th ult. lat. 10 N; lon.
26 W. ; Standard, Calcutta, Liverpool, 23, lat 28,10 n.
31, by the mail steamer Elphinstone, arrived off Dover.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
Arrivals—The Eliza, M'Carthy, from China, at
Gravesend, sailed May 11, St. Helena, Aug. 20 ; har-
lotte, Peckett, from China, in the London Docks, sailed
May 21, St. Helena, Aug. 19 ; Aden, Ponsonby, from
China, at Liverpool, sailed June 1, Anger, July 9,
St. Helena, Aug. 30 ; Mount Stewart Elphinstone,
Stewart, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed June 9,
St. Helena, Aug. 30 ; Jannet, Chalmers, from Bengal,
in the Downs, sailed May 8, St. Helena, Aug. 19 ;
Gemini, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed April 26 ;
Duke of Bronte, Payne, from Bombay, in the Downs,
sailed June 15, St. Helena, Aug. 21 ; Ann, Murray,
from Bombay, in the Downs, sailed May 19, St. Helena,
Aug. 18 ; Aeast ,a Ryle, from Bombay, in the
Downs, sailed May 23, St. Helena, Aug. 20 ;
Caledonia, Cammett, from Bombay, at Liverpool,
sailed June 12, St. Helena August 20 ; Robert
Stride, M`Blain, from Bombay, at Liverpool, . sailed
June 5 ; Elphinstone, Fremlin, from Bengal, off Ports-
mouth, sailed May 1, St. Helena August 19 ; John
Heyes, Scott, from Bengal, off Margate, sailed May 9,
St. Helena August 19 ; Union, from Van Dienten's
Land, in the Downs, sailed from Launceston June 1.
Arrivals at Adelaide, South Australia—Royal Mail,
May 1, from Port Lincoln ; Lord Glenelg, 10, from
London ; Henry Hoyle, 11, from Liverpool ; Dumfries,
15, from London.

Departures from Adelaide—Cygnet, Dalston, May 4,
to London.

Arrivals at Hobart To►vn, Van Diemen's Land—Cuba,
May 6, from llamburgh, and sailed on the 10th to
Sydney ; Agenoria and Caroline, 12 ; Lillias and
Naiad, 19, from Port Philip ; Dmidee Merchant, 19,
from London.

Departures from Hobart Town—Maguasha, May 8, to
Port Philip ; Joanna, 9, and Ann, 13, to Sydney ; Eu-
dora, Addison, 14, to Recherche Bay ; Hindoo, 24, to
London.

Arrivals at Launecton—Essex, Oakley, May 4, from
London ; Ullswater, 10, from New Zealand ; Yare, 10,
from London ; Maria, 19, from Hobart Town ; Hawk,
from Adelaide. e

Departure from Launceston—Napoleon, May 7, for
Swan River.

A letter from Hamburgh, in the COnstitutionnel,
relates the following traits of benevolence on part of
M. Solomon Heine, the Jewish banker of that city. The
Lutheran church of the parish- in'which M. Heine resides
being much out of repair, it was resolved to raise a sub-
scription to repair it, and M. Heine waswaited.-upon by
the three churchwardens, and, requested to openthe_aub-
scription list with his name. AL Heine, after having
inquired what the expense of repairing the ahtirCh would
be, and having been inform&l that it would amount to
30,000 current mares (about 44,000 fr.) declined heading
the list, but told the churchwardens to call upon the most
wealthy of their parishioners of their own religion, -and
said he would give the same amount as, that per-
son, whatever it might be. The churchwardens
called upon M. de Bauer, who put doWn his name
for 22,000 fr., being half the estimated expense, and,
returning to M. Heine, that gentleman imme-
diately gave them an order upon his cashier for
the same amount, thus completing at once the entire
sum which was wanted. The other instance of gene-
rosity in M. Heine is the following :—A few days ago,
before the date of the letter from which we take this
account, a tradesman of great respectability called upon
M. Heine, and entreated him to lend hini 33,000 bank
mares (45,000 fr.) to take up a bill Which was due,
adding, that, if the bill were to be dishonoured, it
would be his ruin, and offering to prove to M. Heine, by
his book, that he was really in the position which he
described, but wanted only time to meet his engage-
ments. The banker went home with him,' and, having
examined his books, remonstrated mildly with him for
having over-speculated, but immediately afterwards
gave to him a paper, folded as a letter, saying, " This
is all I can do for you at present." lie then took his
leave hastily. When he was gone, the borrower un-
folded the paper, and found his own acceptance for the
33,000 mares, with the receipt for the mares at the back.
THE OLD ENGLISH GENTLEMAN ; OR,
THE FIELDS AND THE WOODS.—" Though unlike any
other novel with which we are acquainted," observes the
Naval and Military Gazette, " this work is a novel,
nevertheless, anti a most lively and entertaining one, full
of character and humour, and still more full of those
true and vivid pictures of rural life with which the fields
and the woods abound." "The Old English Gentleman,"
in short, fills a hiatus
describingleft
itsliterature.anditsappropriate not
incidents and peeularities ; nor is
there one which does not give birth to a racy and original.
character; from the huntsman, the whipper-in,
game-
keeper, the trapper, the the po,acher, and all their several
auxiliaries, up to the "Old English Gentleman,' himself,
the spring and presiding genius of all.
On Monday the Teviot, one of the steam frigates
intended to carry the mails to and from the 'West Indies
was launched from the building-yard of Messrs. Robert
Duncan and Co. She went off in fine style, amidst the
cheers of a vast concourse of spectators. The Teviot is
the sixth vessel of this line that has been built in the
Clyde,----Geenock Advertiser.

NORTH-WEST BOUNDARY
QUESTION. S,

A timely njustment of conflicting claimi is as essen-
tial to the harmony of nations as of individuals, and it
is but a feeble and pettifogging statesmanship that pro-
crastinates the day of settlensent and bequeaths to pos-
terity a legacy of douhtful or disputed rights. Proof
of the inconvenience of such bequests is abundantly
supplied by, the boundary questions at issue between
Great Britain and the United States.
With the more prominent of these questions--
namely, that of the north-east boundary—in all
its complications and entanglements, the public have
long been familiar, and the able and luminous re-
port of the British Commissioners has dispelled the
mists by which it was Surrounded. .Tne other ter-
ritorial controversy, which has its origin in the re-
mote north-west (in consequence, perhaps, of few pri.
vate interests being mixed up with-it), is _little ,noticed,
and :imperfectly understood. The pertinacity and
boldness with -which the Government and people of
the United States continue to urge their pr.:tensions
to exclusive dominion in that qua ter, and• the hope
that these and similar pretensions will be properly en-
countered by the firmness and sagacity of the present
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, lead us to believe that a
few observrtions on the subject may not be unseasonable.
The disputed territory of the Oregon, although,
strictly speaking, lying between the 42d and 49th
parallels of latitude, may be practically considered
to extend further to..the southward by more than a
degree, and to include the whole sweep of country
drained by the river Columbia, pre eating on the
Pacific about 500 miles of coast, from Cape Men-
docino to the strait- of Juan de 'Fuca. The Snowy
Mountains, a range running,. about' 700 miles, from
:Cape Mendocino to the Rocky Mountains, separate
;he Oregon, or. Columbia country, from the Mexican
province of Upper, California. The climate of the
Oregon territory is generally mild and salubrious,
the lower and middle regions and the valleys are
well adapted to grazing and agriculture, and the exten-
sive forests yield a heavy growth of timber, among which
the pine is represented as attaining extraordinary dimen-
sions. Hitherto this section of America, the area of
which is estimated at 350,000 square mils, has been
occupied as hunting-ground by the fur-traders,who have
established posts for collecting peltries and carrying on
a• limited commerce with the natives. The Hudson's
Bay. Company,rwhich now reigns supreme in the north-
west, has its principal trading establishment at. Fort
Vancouvre, on the north bank of the Columbia, and a
settlement for such of its people as may be released
Irons the toils of the hunter and trapper, in the plfa-
sant.and fertile valley of the Willamet. An attempt
was made in 1311, by Mr. John Jacob Astor, a wealthy
merchant of New York, to obtain a share of the fur
trade of the Oregon, but his post of Astoria was cap-
tured by the British during the war ; and although re-
stored to the United States some time after the peace,
there has been no renewal of the enterprise which oc-
casioned i:s erection.
It will be sufficient for our purpose to touch very
lightly upon the salient points of tile case, presented
by the British and American diplomatists, on behalf o
their respective Goverments, with reference to the so.

vereignty of the Oregon territory.
The claim of Great Britain is devisible into a right
of joint occupancy, derived from treaty with Spain, and
of exclusive dominion, arising out of priority of disco-
very and settlement.
In 1790, by a Convention between England and
Spain for the peaceful settlement of a dispute caused
by the seizure of British vessels at Nootka Sound, it
was agreed that " their respective subjects should not
be disturbed or molestefl, either in navigating or carry-
ing on their fisheries in tie Pacific Ocean or the
South Seas, or in landing on the coasts of those
seas in places not already occupied, for the purpose
of carrying on their cozinerce with the natives of
the country, or of making settlements." • Tint article
clearly established the right of joint occupancy. Tue
claim to exclusive sovereignty, as against the United
States, has been founded upon the discoveries and pur-
chases of British subjects on the north-west coast, espe-
cially the discovery of the Columbia by an officer of the
British navy, and the first establishment of posts on
that river and its tributaries by our fur companies.
On the part of the United States it has been
pleaded that the Convention of 1790 was nullified by
the outbreak of hostilities between Spain and Great
Britain in 1796, and that its provisions Lave not
been recognised by any subsequent treaty ; that ail
the titles of Spain were transferred to the United
States by the treaty of 1819 ; that the discovery of
the Colombia river, and the earliest exploration of
the country it traverses, were accomplished by Ame-
.riCans ; that the justice of the American claim was
virtually acknowledged by the British Government
in its restitution of Astoria ; and that, by reason of
contiguity, the right of the United Stites to the Ore-
gon territory was more potential than than of any other
nation.

The efforts of the negotiators to effect a permanent
arrangement Letween Great Britain and the United
States having proved unsuccessful, the limits of their
respective territories west of the Lake of the Woocls
were left undeterminel by the treaty of Ghent. The
third article of a convention signed at L-mdon on the
20th of October, 1818, stipulated that all territories
claimed by either Power between the Rocky Moun-
tains and the Pacific Ocean should, with their har-
bours, bays, and rivers, be free and open for ten years
to the vessels, subjects, or citizens of both, with the
understanding that this agreement was net to b. con-
strued to prejudice the claims of either nation, or of
any other, to any portion of the territories in question.
These stipulations were renewed by a convention
signed August 6, 1827, which embraced a supple-
mentary provision, empowering either of the contract-
ing parties to annul and abrogate the arrangement at
any time after the 20th of October, 1828, on giving
twelve months' notice. This arrangement has con-
tinued in force up to the present time.
The uneasy interest which the question of the north-
western boundary has excited in the United States is
in striking contrast with the apathy that has prevailed
respecting it in this country. While it is a constantly
recurring theme of discussion and inquiry in the Fede-
ral Legislature, and of eager comment in the American
papers, it is almost unnoticed by the Parliament and
press of England ; and probably the knowledge of its
merits hardly extends beyond the offices of Downing.
street, or the premises of the Hudson's Bay Corpora..
tion. A work now before us exemplifies the sleepless-
ness of American vigilance when the end in view is
territorial aggrandizement.

In accordance with the instructions of the Secretary
for Foreign Affairr, issued at the instance of a spe-
cial committee of the Senate of the United States
Congress, the librarian to the department has com-
piled, from official documents, a Memoir, Historical
and Political, of. the North-West Coast of North
America, and the• adjacent territories, which memoir,
we are told, demonstrates that " the titles of the
United States to the possession of the regions
drained by the Columbia river, derived from priority
of discovery and priority of occupation, are as yet
stronger and more consistent with the principles of
national right than those of any other Power, from
whatsoever source derived." The sentence which di-
rectly follows this announcement, and forms the con-
clusion of an exposition elaborately partial, warrants the
inference that, with or without title, the Republican
eagle is destined to fix its talons in the disputed terri-
tory, atid.annex it to theNnion.
" That those regions must, he eventually possessed
by the people of the United States only, any one ac-
quainted with the progress of settlemeut in the valley
of the Mississippi during the last fifteen years will be
inclined to question ; but that Great Brithin will, by
every means in her power, t vade the establishment of
an American population on the shores of the Pacific
may be confidently expected, from the dispositions
evinced by her Government in-tall its recent discussions
with the United States." ,
Proceeding from an official source, this anticipatiou
of future events is marvellously cool. It does not,
however, follow that in resisting the pretensions of the
United States the British Government should be ad-
verse to the settlement of an Anglo-American popula-
tion on the shores of the Atlantic. There, as every-
where else, the growth of our commerce must be co-
extensive with the advances of civilisation. That the
time has arrived for the adoption of some decisive course
is evident, if we would not be taken at disadvantage by
the stealthy progress of our rival., who, it appears, are
quietly adjusting the controversy after Transatlantic
fashion. The Memoir alleges that, in 1832, settle-
ments were made from the United States on the coun-
ties of the Colombia, " without any commercial views;"
that three years afterwards a colony of Americans was
established on the Wallamet, and that since that period
" the number of American citizens permanently residing
beyond the Rocky Mountains has been much increased."
" With regard to the condition of these settlements,
no information has been recently obtained. In 1837
they were all prospering ; and it may be supposed that
they are continuing to do well, inasmuch as a large
number of emigrants sailed for the Columbia from New
York, in the autumn of last year (1839), under the
superintendence of one of the founders of the Wallamet
colony, and other persons are said to be now in that
city preparing for a similar expedition."
It is significantly intimated that for m:gratory Ame-
ricans there is a much readier way than the circuitous
route by Cape Horn to countries on the Pacific.
" It is not by means of such long and dangerous
voyages that citizens of the United Sta'es are to effect
settlement% in N94lA.West America, and it will, doubt-
less, be the core of their Government to render
smoother and more secure the routes across the conti-
nent to those countries lying entirely within the undis-
puted limits of the republic. In the possession of these
routes the Americans have infinite advantages over the
it sh and all other nations for occupling the regions
in question.
And we may. add, will not be particularly
iscru-
pulous
n availing themselves of the facilities for
appropriation. According to the Memoir, " nothing
more is required than the establishment of a few
military posts, at • convenient
_distances, on a lino be-

tween ithe Missouri and the, Rocky Mountains, as
I gve to the American settlements on the Columbo"
▪ such an extent and stability "as will render nugatory
all claims on the part of other nations to the possession
• of these countries."
Once masters on the Columbia, we I may predicate
that the restless Republicans will not be ,slow in
spreading themselves Over the productive sod ,of
Upper California, and clutelAng the commercial
and maritime advantages' which ar4' certain to re-
ward the founders of a suitable settlement on' the
magnificent bay of Sae
_Francisco; ---,Neither moun-
tains, nor savages, -nor :Mexie.ara,. proclamations, will
repel the cloud of ‘. squatters' which hovers on the
confines of that. ample and attractive province. A
partial descent has already been tirade, and -the in-
trusive swarm will" increase with each succeeding
year. Unless diplomacy quicken its peace, or Mexico
be miraculously strengthened and regenerated, we may
expest to see brother Jonathan some fine morning, with
a broad grin upon his flee, exulting at having " hustled"
us out of the Oregon country, and secured, on his own
terms, the eventual possession of all the territory be-
tween the Snowy Mountains and the Rio Gila. For
this consummation we arc prepared by the following
passage of the memoir :
" Within the last five or six years, the Government,
as well as the people, of the United States, have begun
to devote their attention seriously to matters connected
with the north-west regions of this continent. Numerous
petitions have been presented, and motions have been
made and discunel in both Houses of the Federal Le-
gislature for the annulment of the existing arrange-
ment with Great Britain, the military occuwion of
those territories, aad the extension of American juris-
diction over them ; and the Executive has been sedu-
lously engage.' in collecting the information whit h may
be necessary in order to place the subject in a proper
light, and to render movements effective at the proper
time."

• •
SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGA-
TION OF THE GOSPEL IN.FOREIGN.PARTS.
. • • -., (From the Norwich Gazette.)
The;, anniversary: meeting of the "members. and
friends " of this Society was advertised to take pl:sce on
ThUrsdaY last ; When the Rev. R. Crofts, who was de-
puted by the Parent Society, and other gentlemen, it
was stated, would explain the objects and operations of
the Society ; Lord Wodehouse being also announced as
the Chairman of the morning meeting.
On the day previous to the meeting a bill had' been
put into circulation signed " A Philanthropist," urging
the Chartists to attend.
At twelve o'clock, the hour fur the meeting, the_Lord
r Lieutenant (Lord Wodehouse), the Right Hon. and
Rev. Lord Bayning, the Hon. and Very Rev, the Dean,
the Hon. and Rev. J. T. Pelham, and a large body of
the Clergy had assembled, and a number of ladies .had
also entered the Hall to be present at the meeting.
Several well-known Chartists had taken the front row
of seats in the area, and it was quite evident that the
intention was to interfere with the course of the meeting-
Lord WODEHOUSE, in taking the Chair, said it was
usual to commence meetings of this kind with prayer.
Appropriate prayers were accordingly read by the Rev.
C. Chapman.
Lord WODEIIOUSE than rose and said—lt is my duty
—(lmmediately the interruption commenced, one of the
Chartists calling out " The Chairman has not been ap-
pointed yet."
The DEAN said—This is a meeting of the members
and friends of the Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel, and it has been announced that Lord Wodehouse
would take the chair.
Rev. C. CHAPmAN—I wish to say, once for all, that we
are prepared to put down those who are come here with
the determination to disturb this meeting. lam fully
convinced that most of the Chartists are here at the in-
stigation of some one else.—(A Chartist—" It is false.")
If any one of you can show that you have been so in-
stigated, and will give us information as to the parties
I can only say that it shall answer your purpose.
HunaELL—The spirit of truth is guiding us, and if
that misguides us we can't help it.
Lord WODEHOUSE again attempted to address the
meeting, but was again interrupted by the Chartists.
A CHARTIST—fast week I heard a gentleman saying
that the Church was prosperous, and because I said the
people were starving I was told that I should be sent to
prison.—(Increasing noise.)
The Rev. R. CROFTS, M.A. (Rector of North Ocken-
don, Essex, and Chaplain to the Bishop of Salisbury),
who had been deputed by the Parent Society, endea-
voured to obtain a hearing. He said this is a meeting
called together of' the members of the Society who
wen: invited to hear and explanation of the objects
and operations . of the Society. I will presume
you are friends. Are you aware of the objects
of the Society ; they are to give spiritual
assistance to English emigrants to our colonies. Have
none of you friends in Australia, friends who have been
obliged to leave this country and seek employment
elsewhere, because the population here is so large? And
would you not wish that those friends should have in-
struction' and assistance? I myself have friends there.—
(Laughter, interruption, and much noise ; and it was
evident that it • would be impossible to go on with the
proceedings.)
Lord WODEHOUSI; rose anti said—l move that this
meeting ,do.tioW adiourn. Lordship immediately
left the. chair anti retired . from the Hall.(Noise and
uproar from the Chartists, one of whom called out, " I
tnove'that'Mi.tlarke take the chair;" loud cheers from
the' Cliartliti.Y "
Clarke, the Socialist, who was in the front row with
the Chartists, ojiroftdnp She ,front part of the orchestra
and planted brius elf ia the chair. amidst loud liuzzas from
the CliartistB.•''‘:)°" " °
CLARKE addressing the gentlemen on the platform—
You shall be all heard if you will only attend to me
now in the chair.
The policemen present were called and immediately
obeyed the summons of the Rev. C. Chapman, who
charged them to take Clarke into custody, and two of
the policemen handed Clarke off to the Hall, amidst
much excitement.
HEWETT, Chartist—You'll never have another
public meeting in this Hall I can tell you.—(Three
cheers were proposed for the Charter, and " three
groans for the parsons.")
. After the Noble Chairman had left, the Dean, the
Rev. Mr. Crofts, the Rev. Mr. Yates, and several other
clergymen and gentlemen stopped, and endeavoured to
reason with the Chartists, but the greatest confusion
and noise existed.
Mr. WINTER came to the front of the hustings and
addressed the Chartists, but amidst the confusion the
only remark we could hear was this :—" I tell you, that
by the course you are pursuing, you are setting every
honest man against you. '
HEWETT—The parsons are robbers, plunderers, and
murderers.
Mr. WINTER.—It is false.
A GENTLEMEN on the platform.-Who are your beat
friends ?
llEwerT —Not the parsons. You do not work, Sir.
Mr. WINTER.—Who is it to whom you would be glad
to sand in your dying hour ?--the clergyman. Who is
it that will attend you at that trying moment I—the
clergyman. If you attended your church you would not
act as you arc now doing.
One man said—My name is Geerge Lamb—l assure
you, gentlemen, as I now stand here, if you put me into
prison I shall be glad of it, for I shall have more food
there than I have now. I ant a native of Norwich, and
have worked for Mr. Willett 15 years; I know the dif%
ference between the discipline of the workhouse and the
prison, having been in both places: I was Put into a
workhouse in the county, and for getting over the wall
was sent to Walsingham prison,--where my treatment
was better than in the workhouse. • : ' • .
Another—'Tis no use:,you~sball never. have another
public meeting. • •
The Ladies. luntehiefly left 'the -hall, and most of the
supporters of the meeting. . •
llEwErr —We want more bread and less bibles, and
more pigs and less parsons.
Another—The parsons'are the worst set of beings on
the face of the earth.
Mr. WINTER—They are the best friends of the poor,
and many of you who have caused this interruption are
the men whom they have supported. Some of you who
are the loudest against the parsons would be the first
to call upon them when in difficulties.—(Cries of " You
always was a lazy fellow ; you are no use.")
The Very Rev, the DEAN also attempted to address
the meeting, but with no better success, and amid the
cries of " Who robs the labourer of his hire,'! &c., &c.
llEwErr—You are all robbers of the poor, you have
robb( d them so much that we are all turned parsons
ourselves, and don't want you.
The Rev R. CROFT gligge'Sted'l that they should hear
each other ten minutes quietljr..:
riticrod wtdoiol
you
01)uio7t,
drat
HURRELL—AIIow us azi(CLrtlatuaigirlir,
y
aawnyays,ubojrecht
ewfoirtohyoyurnid.--ep erm,)ea
su
we should not have opposed_you. as we-have had treated us fairly. • Your party
ant Herald, tha th ianiphuet dOne if you
Called the Protest
fouu.stt
an
paper,t
'chose to belie us in a most •
unjustifiable manner. If you
treat us well we will not oppose your being heard, but
will calmly discuss this, or any other uestion, with you,
in
but we will not be treatedthis ...t d.(l srespectlul manner.
When I read the Scriptures I find the great author of
your religion bore pa iently the taunts of his enemies,
and when he was reviled, reviled not again. We want to
see you, who profesS to be his followers, manifesting
something of his spirit, and not to endeavour to crush us
beneath your feet.
Rev. R. CROFT--I am'glad to find that some of you
arc disposed to hear reason. Allow ate now to say
quietly, that this Society, provides schools, churches,
and clergymen, fur your fellow-countrymen who go
abroad. lam a stranger amongst you, and know no-
thing of the Protestant Herald, nor have I aught to do
with the income of the clergy. I am, Ido not deny' it,
a clergyman, or, if you prefer it (for I do not oietist,
to
the term) a parsen in another county, and, trust,
to
labour to benefit the poor in my own parish. I
observe, that this was a meeting
of
thenembers and
friends of this Society, who had decided at Lord Wode-
th
occasion,
and the
house should take the chair on thissamto discuss, but
Society does not want people to
that I had to
make to them of the way i
.) to hear--(Laughtei,—
• the statements
which the funds had
n
been expended. (Laughter.) We do not come
to your meetings to discuss the Charter—(" No, we do
way")—nor we inter-
not hod 1 our meetings in this
,•• tiler a meeting of the
If you called together
rupt you.
I,
friends to the Charter,
Char-
ter,
not being a friend to the
should not come( with a number of
.p
persons to inter-
rupt von.—(Laughter.)
You would think it very unfair
if I did. But surely
you will allow us to exercise our
benevolence
on the'o jects of distress. I have always ,
been a supporter of the popular rights. and •wholi it'
that 'build your ;hospitals, and visit the beds Of the

MOItNI

, .
.d.ying, but the clergy ?---(' oice, " The catlaplieg
Another voice, -"I say th: ,"4)/v=;;4l.l4cQtliteull'
of the rich, but you !could-, • IV - 1-0-101.
(Cries of " Oh; yes, we could: _ ItabA a we
will try.") I say you could not live without the rich,
or the rich 'without you.—(Cries of " Maretis.") Who
is Marcus ?--(Cries of Marcus," ". Malthus.") Oil
-Malthus ! Ido not agree with Malthus ; but he is not
•it parson know. _(A voice, " Yes he is," and "Where
ni,opaztvonit.-iiiitaaluthgult
dro.)l
aßgrueeen;eibthuet,r
Iwriethpetltis,
is Miss.Martineau ?D Well, Miss Martineau is not
ntolell'YiSu what we have done with the money subscribe.l
Is AcaramrteinhVl.l
bithe friends of the Chartist„" Yes, bur
show us what you have done with our money. Hoar much •do you get a year ?") I was going to tell you
done amongst the conviets,,-("
what. had been •
What
have you done with Frost ?") Why, it was brought as is
! •
• charge against the late Government, by the- Conserva-
tivesi that they had: been too lenient with him.—(Laugh-
ter. "We are going to send off three ship loads of
persons to exchange for Frost; Williams, and Jones. If
you think it's God's will to remove the over-population,
take a rope and hang yourself, you will be one the less.
Lend us itwenty millions of money as you. did for Oft
slaves.")
Mr. Crory.—Do you grudge the slaves their liberty ?
("No, but you try to enslave us.")
One man from amongst the Chartists, whom we hart
observed very noisy, got upon a form and said: I was sin
years in the West Indies, between St. Thomas and Bar-
badoes, and saw how the slaves ate and drank, and I do,
standing here, say, so help me God I would rather be a,
slave in the plantations than be as lam now. The men
that had slaves had an interest in them as their property,
and that they should be able to do their work; and five
Englishman would do as much in one day as 20- of them.
—(Mr;Croft"With the whip.") Yes, with the whip. In
the morning the whip did Crack certainly, as our bells ring;
but ufter that there was a certain time allowed for thcum
to get to their work; and if they were after that time,.
they were not flogged, but the driver merely ran aftiv.
them with the whip, and they might perhaps occasion-
ally get a cut at them. (Mr. Croft shook his head.) Them
when they were in the field they dug a square hole for
fonr or perhaps six sugar canes; but they were always
singing, and were.merry„ Now, what is the case with
me ? I am : slave to the 'classes above me. I work
hard and cannot get food for myself and children, and .1
have no one to own' the -or to care for me.• Every one
with, whom I deal is endeavouring to take all he can &ma
me: they have all an interest in cheating and not in
feeding me; and I therefore lie down on my pillow with:
an empty stomach.- I am, therefore, whipped -in the belly,
While the black slave Was only beaten on his. fat back.
•Hew Err. I know a
.man who has only had five
' dinners since last Easter, and you cannot produce aw
_parson in that state. Several others said they could find
many in similar distress, and if Mr. Croft would gri
round with them they Ivould take him to them.
HEwurr.—And while your Church has an income or
ten millions a year.
Tire Mn-. C. MonsE said, that many of the working
clergy had not so
_much as a well•paid mechanic-501.
a year.

llEwErr.--The greater the shame on those who grasp
the property. •
The Rev. C. MORSE—If you had :4 living would
you give it to me, or if I had a living should I give it
to you ?

HEWETT—You are all paid better than a working man,
and you are only a set of idlers. Did you not call us
ignorant ?—(No.) Hewett then complained that but
30,0001. was granted for the purposes of education,
while 70,0001. was voted for building the Queen's stables.
'rho parties then left the Hall, the Chartists assuring
them they would come again and have a look at them in
the evening.
In consequence of the interruption in the morning, it
was announced that the evening meeting would not take•
place.

CLARKE, who was taken to the Hall, was brought up
before Captain Money, and was charged by the ,Rev,
Mr. Chapman with combining with others to disturb the
meeting.

Captain MONEY remarked that -hellad done so, and
Clarke asked him if that was._,,the information he had
received, or his oWn=bpinion, for', fie had not heard it so
stated. Captain .Xoney said certainly was his own
opinion. Clarke.replied that',Ate was not correct in his
surmisings, for he went thereidone, and had not con-
sulted any rine-:11c was.votedi.hebelieved, unanimously
into the Chair at a public meeting in St..Andreves Hall,
and all he did was:te presume to take it, when,he was
given into custody by the Rev. Gentleman, and taken
away by the police ; and he was ready to answer any
charge. There was no evidence against him, and he was
discharged on giving his word to appear to answer -any
charge when called upon ; and he returned back to the
Hall, where the meeting had just broken up,, and where
he was cordially received and warmly cheered by the.
Chartists assembled on St. Andrew's Plain.

THE PRINCESS RO VAL.
The steamer of this panic belonging to the Brighton and
Shoreham Steam Company, of 45 horse pelmet., and fitted
with Mr. Smith's patent screw propeller, has furnished
several proofs of her extraordinary capabilities its a tug,
durit'r the late gales, at Shoreham harbour, on tha Sussex
coast, having on one occasion towed out two large brigs at
ons time against the wind, and a tide setting in at the rate
of four miles an hour. Last week.-she took out a brig,
when it was deemed impracticable -by almost every one
present to snake the attempt,. Owing -to Ilse heavy sea
that was then ruling into- the harbour. The Princess,
however, accomplished her task nobly ; anti, Ix) give
some notion °Nile violence of the gale, the brig;.in set-
' ting reefed topsails, carried away both topmastss, imme-
diately after the steamer had cast oft', and was obliged
to run fur Newhaven, the first purl to tile eastward of
Brighton, to repair the damage.
On Saturday, the 2d inst.,
.the Princess Royal went
to sea with case, whilst the Dart steamer (a vessel of
120-horse power) which left her moorings km minutes
later, was for more than half an hour between. the pier-
heads, trying with all her power to get 'OW which she
did when the tide slackened, after beitg, : drifted astern
i f 4
towards the harbour several tinte ;`' n.kisholving the
disadvantage the -cumbrous paddr6- (Wand wheels
labour under in a strong Wind tifil7;tdi4a ; whereas
the propeller, from its protected_ _satiation under. mater,
maintains its power ..unifersulyand,pnevents the vessel
loosing her way at intervals, whiehisithettiist. when the
paddles are lifted out- of the outer" ty the rolling or
pitching of the vessel,. whereby; *Om tho,inetinality- of
the steam upon the tow-rooOtis freqUattly broken,- and
the risk of considerable &snip. to •tlieiltiii le ineitried.
Such practical' results Wore: the a4criority of the
screw over the paddle-wheel: for 'general purposef, 10
there can be but little doubt much advantagekiAirsyed
from placing the means of propulsiOn in the after part,of
the vessel, and being, as it Were, shielded. frour)..the in-
fluence of strong currents by the body of the vessel; and
its operating directly on the- counter-current, or dead
water, doubtless accounts fur the foregoing cilleumstanee,

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It is tnouglit that the verdict against Sergeant
Lefroy, at the J.iverpool Assizes, as Chairman of the
Central Railway Company, for 1,9001., at the suit or
Vignolles, will be set, aside. The Sergeant was not a
shareholder in it, merely a committeeman.

The beautiful chain pier erected at Chelsea by
Earl Cadogan, has been let, the hear, to a Mr. Shelley,
for 250/. a year.

Died, Sept. 14, at Cuckfield, Sussex, Mrs, De
Poggi, in her 97th year. Mrs. De Poggi was a descend-
ant of the ancient family of Lewis, of Yorkshire, 'now
merged into that of the Earl of Huntingdon.' She had:
known intimately Sir Joshua Reynolds, Garrick, Hatinah
More, Paoli, the Corsican patriot, ; and her nume-
rous and pleasing anecdotes of theae mud other cele-
brated characters will' long be .remembered .by. tbbse
who had the privilege of,-hearing :their reeital.-Hee-
ibrd Times. .

• 4111? ,•, • BRIGHTON, SATURDAY. Cl
I,A)TZ•M-I<Tll4l
tiderilble.-ex-
citement has been- eailted within thelastliw clays -bylthe
'fibti:arrival of the-Dart -stealnerMtie- btu Thursday tuorue
ing, which was increased, by the -fact of two or 414' ecitlente hiving lately"liappened to her macbinege
She has at length succeeded in crossing the Channel..-
It Tappeak -that ' AC' 'left -Diepye ' about • three o'cloccrs
o'clock-...:
on •Wednesday morning,-
lavitirrite mail
weather
bon board, and about- forty passengers. After
beat-
ing about in a tremendous gale for upwards of twelve
hours . she was compelled to put back. The
'
put to sea.
having moderated Captain CheeseniantiZtot,,:l7ffiticeawnd.
yesterday twining between two iPol-
had a very rough 'passage. •bn arriving
haven the Captain took a pilot i Brighton
he should not have tide 'enough to
.-,r(vLen she struck
was running into Newhaven harbour,r,
iiiir
paddle box
against the East Pier,
carryingn"Atehinery so much
and the cook-house, andshaking
the,„h, life-boat, manned.
that she was completely disabled.-Lassistance, and with
by a brave crew, put off to theirher into the harbour,
other help succeeded in towinFra
were landed in safety.,
where the whole of the passenger on boat,c.rui id fearing
I/ LAST CENTURY.
LONDON MOBS IN T. -- /765 it is emphaticalts.
—ln the Annual Register
hip of the City of ton--
of Stephen Theodore
Sheriff for a long time that
don, that " he WAS the
.ti
xecuted at Tyburn even in eases.
ventured to see justice. e
it most, without the aid of a.
seemed to require., , .
learn from the work that
that
In I' -6,i we
jstanatesileni,nEtslgte, noticet
o th e out',
itah;rl
bs election lrie; crati inosp .
tary force."
execution of several criminals, cone-
ornelius Landers, executed for steal-
ingbur" the body (t)it of the house of Mrs. White, in Lamb-
aimut 5°1..1 ig was carried and laid before her door;.
at IlLassttsheressiiion at the Old Bailey, was over at Ty
SPit3lllc numbers of people assembling, they at fast
sd"teratesnettis,e7s
where, great nsteous
which
that a ,guard of soldiers was sent
toouptratt'eir6- door, fetched out all the s h b
proceedings, notwithstanding
a non-tu s,
f •t •piled
of
the household urtn me, them on a heap and
most
t fire to them, and, to prevent the guard from extin-
guishings! the flames, pelted them off with stones, and
ould nut disperse till the whole was consumed." Next
gtT:r:ywtfoosrte:ed open t
year a similar scene was enacted :—" The criminal,
condemned for returning•from transportation at this ses-
sions, and afterwards execittedi., addressed himself to the
.populace at Tyburn, and told _them he could wish they
would carry his body, and lay it at the door of Mr.
Parker, a butcher its the Minories, who, it seems, was
the principal evidence against him ; which being ac-
cordingly dune, the mob behaved so riotously before the
man's house that it was no easy matter to disperSe them."
In lighter matter the easily assembled and excited col-
monality 'of London seems to have been animated wi' •
reckless•. self-willed spirit of contradiction. N
delighted.itso much as to take the punishment 4,
pocket or similar delinquent into its own hand
the Offender ; except, perhaps, to rescue it
the police if they chanced in some moms'
.vigilance to lay hold of him, and offe.
fel-once of the officers of regular
,1
ittegulaf justice, to allow him to ,
toild History'y Engifoid.

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PORTUGAL.
LISBON, OCT 4.—Al communication has been received
•
f rom the Spanish Government, notifying the abandon-
ment of the demands made upon Portugal, as far as re-
gards the deposits of British goods •, but intimating its
pert a ante as regards tobacco and :Ala Under the
treaty of Badajos, Portugal agreed to allow no larger
quantity of these articles to be kent in its frontier towns
than what was s iffclent fc r the u:I consumption of the
inhabitants of those towns and their districts ; but as
this tie ity must be considerel to all purposes null and
void, it remains to be considered what right Spain has to
c 11 upon Portugal to take these stets, with a view to
prevent the smuggling of those articles across its fron-
tiers, at the very moment when Portugal is inun-
dated w:th Spanish corn, smuggled constantly over
every part of the frontier, without any attempt what-
ev it on the part of Spain to do what it requires Portugal
to dc—eo-oaerate in preventing the violation of absurd
fiscal laws. The fact is, that such is the scarcity of salt,
and such the cheapness of corn, in some of the Spanish
Provinces adjoining Portugal, that a mule's load of salt
is exchan Ted fcr am. 1 i's toad of coin ; and salt being
of scarcely any value here, while wheat is twice the
price it is on the Spanish side of the frontier, how is it
po sible that contraband trade can be prevented in these
articles ? Great complaints are made, of course, by the
" landed interest" here, about the introduction of Spa-
nish corn and of Spanish brandies to some extent, and
certainly Portugal has as much right to call on the
Spanish Government to stop its wheat going into Por-
tia a', as that Government has to call un the Portuguese
Goi ernment to stop its sale &c. going into Spain.
The financial projects are proceeding through the
Senate ; those for increasing the tax on the sale of pro-
perty to 10 per cent., and for extending the tax on con-
sumption at Li •le sn to ihs neighbouring districts have
passed, and also the project increasing from three to s'x
per cent, a tax levied on the amount of customs' duties in
addition to the tariff; the formor tax of 3 per cent. was
an impost paid by the importer,* and appropriated first to
defray the petty expenses of the customs' department,
the remainder being divided among the clerks, &c., to
whom it frequently yielded, and does still, nearly as large
a sum as their regular pay. This 3 per cent. is still to
continue to the clerks as before, but an additional 3 per
cent. is to be levied, which is to be paid over to the Board
of Public Credit, towards the fund for the payment of the
foreign dividends. A similar tax of 2 per cent. on the
amount of the duties on internal consumption, paid at
the Sete Castes, is increased to 4 per cent. for the same
purpose.
The questions of the abolition of the differential du-
ties, of the increased duties on woollens and some other
articles, and of the 10 per cent. tax on the home divi-
dends, have not yet been discussed in the Senate. The
Government continues, I believe, to urge the latter mea-
sure, which, notwithstanding its rejection by the Finance
Committee of the Senate, is expected to pass by a small
majority. All the other measures will, no doubt, be
passed. The duty on fine cloths was raised by the De-
puties to 12 testoons (about ss. 6d.) per pound weight,
being twice the previous amount, in conformity with the
recommendation of the Committee to which it had been
referred. The previous tax was stated to be under ten
per cent. ad valorem, and it was contended that the pre-
sent increase to 20 per cent. ad valorem, will merely act
as a fair impost upon an article consumed mainly by the
wealthier classes. The other proceedings of the Depu-
ties have been of no general interest.
The Duke of Palmella and Senhor Manuel Passos,
both took occasion on Saturday to complain greatly of
the unfair mode in which the Brazilian Government
taxed Portuguese wines ; the duty being fifty per cent.
ad valorem, and levied according to an arbitrary estimate,
Portuguese wines being valued much higher than the
others, so that, in fact, a pipe of wine from this country
pays some 16 milreas (41.) more than a pipe of French
or Spanish wine. Both the above senators declared that
unless Brazil listened to reason in this respect, the Por-
tuguese Government ought to retaliate by discriminatory
duties against Brazilian products. Senhor Passes said
that the way in which the duties on wine were levied in
England was much fairer than an ad valorem scale.
A bill for above 50,0001. being an instalment on the
amount due by Portugal on account of General Clinton's
division, fell due on the Ist of this month, and having
been sent out by Messrs. Rothschild to their correspond-
ent here, was duly taken up and paid at the Bank of Lis-
bon. The Government had made an arrangement for an
advance of 280 contos, which the bank will be repaid out
of the Customs revenues. Those only who know the ex-
cessive difficulties with which the Government here is
struggling for want of money, can appreciate the sacri-
fice made by Senhor Avila to redeem its engagements.
In the midst of intrigues and difficulties of every sort, the
Government is endeavouring to bring round the finances
of the country to a healthy state.
The failure of the house of Corpas, Garcia, and Co., is
a very serious affair. At the meeting on Tuesday last,
the principal creditors refused the terms proposed by the
firm, and their effects have all been sealed up, and the
business delivered over to the Tribunal of Commerce, to
be dealt with according to the bankrupt law. Mr. W.
Payant and Mr. Roberts were appointed curators. The
loss, divided among about a dozen of the English
houses, is estimated at 60,000/. Among the chief
creditors were Mr. Shannon, 45 contos ; Mr. San-
guinetti, 45 contos ; Mr. C. Payant, 35 contos ; Messrs.
Graham, 30 contos ; Mr. W. Pay-ant, 25 contos ; Mr.
Knowles and Mr. Appleton, above 20 contos each. Among
the other creditors are Mr. Roberts, Mr. O'Keefe, Mr.
M`Lagan, Mr. M`Andrew, and Messrs. Dobson. Mr.
Sangninetti and Mr. Knowles have stopped payment.
All these firms had taken Corpas and Co.'s bills,
which they had discounted. Messrs. Graham and Mr. W.
Payant took up their returned bills forthwith. Mr. C.
Payant made an arrangement with the bank who had
discounted his bills, by which he paid the bank 50 per
cent., and gave up his claims on Corpas and Co., under
the bills, to them. Mr. Shannon, the large amount of
whose loss excited apprehension and general sympathy,
has, I am happy to hear, arranged to pay 40 per cent. by
instalments to the holders of the bills, and give up the
bills as in the former case. Mr. Appleton, it is expected,
will arrange to pay 50 per cent. and give up the bills.
The other firms mentioned have all, I believe, paid their
bills, and are going on as usual. There will be one ad-
vantage when the storm has blown over, viz., that the
system of business here will, it is expected, be a good
deal changed, and less credit given.
A deputation of some of the cotton firms here waited
on Lord Howard de Walden, in consequence of a postaria
issued in reply to a requisition of Messrs. Graham and
Co. to the Portuguese Government, against the pro-
ceedings of the Director of the Customs, wo had thought
fit to class an article of fustian or cotton drill under the
head of linen drills " cutem," and to impose a duty of
200 reis per pound weight under that head, instead of
the proper duty of 60 reis per pound weight, which it had
previously paid, being classed with moleskins " tou-
peira," which pay 60 reis the pound weight. A piece of
this fustian of forty yards weighs ten pounds, and the
duty would therefore be two milreas, or near 9s. a piece,
and as the article is not worth above sd. a yard, it would
amount to above fifty per cent. ad valorem. The Go-
vernment had decided in favour, of the view taken by the
Customs' people, but I have little doubt but that Lord
Howard's remonstrances will induce them to alter their
decision.

There has been some alarm excited among our mer-
chants by a report that an order had been issued by the
Board of Health at Lis bon,by which English vessels coming
from Newfoundland:must have a Portuguese Consul's cer-
tificate,.or would be put into quarantine. I believe that
some time back a Consul was appointed by this Govern-
ment for Newfoundland, which probably led to the order
being issued; but as the appointment was not confirmed,
and as in fact there is no Portuguese Consul in New-
foundland, it is impossible to suppose that there can be
any intention of putting the order, if really issued, into
execution.

One of the best and most respected noblemen in Por-
tugal, the Marquis de Sampaio, who held the high post
of Lord Chamberlain to the Queen, died on Wednesday
last, at the advanced age of 85, and was buried with the
usual honours at the cemetery, at Alto de Joao, the
w next da
thy. It is expected that the Marquis Saldanha
ill be e news expected
Chamberlain, which will not, how-
ever, necessarily interfere, with his proceeding to Ma-
drid. His departure is, however, said to be again post-
poned for another week.
The Royal Tar steamer, with the London mail of the
25th ult., only arrived this morning, having met with
very bad and tempestuous weather, which kept her back,
but did h.r no damage. She goes on to Cadiz and
Gibraltar this afternoon.

e. if the duties amounted to 100 moidores,
paid the importer
three moidores tnore ander this head.

The Cambridge Cambridge Chronicle says that above
20,000 bushels of apples have been shipped within the
last two months from from Wisbeach, for the north of England.
SINGULAR CASE OF INSANITY.--A young
divine was one w
in wintry day employed in snipe-shooting
with a friendo
the course of their perambulations a
high hedge intervened between the companions. The
"cpleragy and
lodged fired at a bird which
the foreheadueexpee
tedlysopfrutnhge
lodged a part of the shot in
and did not recover the shock
man. ; he instantly fell,
for some days, so as to be deemed out of danger; when
he was so, it was
He was to perceivedave that he was mentally de-
ranged.h been married two days subse-
quent to that on which the accident happened ; from this
peculiar combination of circumstances the phenomena of
the case appeared to rise, for all sanity
ty of m
to make a full stop, as it were,spot oi mind seemed
to the s ecur-
rent, e
at this
and he soon became a mild,
pleasant, chronic luna-
tic. All the conversation was literally
business of the wedding ; out of this circle he never
deviated, but dwelt upon everything
r one step elating to it with
minuteness, never retreating or advancing .
fur-
ther for half a century, being ideally still a young.
active, expecting, and happy bridegroom,
chiding the
tardiness of time, although it brought him gently at the
age of eighty to his grave. This sufferer was never
known to complain of heat or cold, although his window
wa4 ()pen all the year round.— Winslow. .
The conduct of the Tory representatives of this
borough (Barnstaple) in opposing, by their votes, in the
House of Commons, certain specific amendments in the
Poor-lae,-s, which, on the hustings, they had declared
their determination to support, has called down upon
them deserved obloquy. Those of their supporters who
honestly dissent front the law, and who voted for Messrs.
Hodgson and Gore, because they too credulously be-
jlieved that they would do their best to remove its ob-
ectionable enactments, are disgusted and indignant at
the deception which has been practised upon them ; and
those of them who adopted the Anti-Poor-law cry,
"not that they cared for the poor," but merely as a poli-
tical mancenvre damage the Whigs, and to give a lift
Poli-
to the Tories, are hard put to muster a decent excuse to
cover the deception of
Devon Journal. their representatives.—North
The Caledonia steamer belonging. to Cunard's
line, was to leave B)ston on the 2d, and Halifax on ihe
4th inst.,
next at latest and may be expected at Liverpool on SaturCay
.

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