The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-21 00:00:00

ABD-EL-KADER.

The Journal d'lndre et Loire gives some interesting
particulars about Abd-el-Kader. The Ameer has been
permitted to take rides in the environs of Amboise, and
a detachment of the ith Chasseurs is specially appointed
to accompany him in his excursions. But the cold and
rainy weather, which has prevailed since the end
of April, afforded the Ameer no opportunity of
availing himself of this indulgence until the
13th, when he left the chateau for the first time
since his arrival there, to visit Chenonceaux, formerly a
royal residence frequented by Francis 1., Henry 11., and
Diana of Poitiers, and now the property of M. and Mme.
de Villeneuve, who had been the first to welcome Abd-
el-Kader to his new residence three years ago, and ever
since paid him the politest attentions, by sending him the
rarest flowers and fruits their hothouses could supply.
On this occasion Mme. de Villeneuve received the illus-
trious captive with her accustomed urbanity, and ac-
companied him throughout all the apartments of her
mansion. An abundant collation %as then served up for
the visitor and his suite. Abd-el-Kader was accom-
panied by two of his sons, some of ttie principal Arabs
of his household, an interpreter, and Captain Boisonnet.
Before taking leave he wrote the following words in
Arabic in Madame de Villeneuve's album:—" Praise be
to the only God ! I have seen the world assembled in
this palace. It is like a fragment of the eternal
garden. Greeting to those who shall read this
writing of mine. And I am Abd-el-Kader Ben Malhi
Eddin ; in the year 1267, Tuesday, the 10th
radzale (May 13tb, 1851)." He then bid his two
children sign their names also, and watched with inte-
rest the manner in which they traced their names. At
the moment of his departure, Mme. de Villeneuve ex-
pressed a hope that the Ameer would repeat his visit.
" Madam," answered he, "to see you again, I would
even return on foot."

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—Yesterday we received ad-
vices by the Asia, showing that although the receipts
pointed to a crop exceeding 2,300,000 bales of cotton,
yet, in consequence of telegraphic reports of heavy frost
throughout North Alabama, Mississippi, and Tenessee,
on the 2d and 3d inst., there had occurred a rise of
>}e. to
ie. per pound in the New York market, and lc. at New
Orleans. This intelligence appeared to tell rather in
favour of the Liverpool holders of cotton, in the early
part of to-day, according to the somewhat ques-
tionable authority posted on our Exchange; and an in-
crease of firmness was therefore manifested throughout
the forenoon, both by the spinners and manufacturers,
so that it became more difficult to buy on terms which
were easily commanded last week. Still there appeared but
little disposition to operate in goods: while, in yarns, the
orders for exportation, though in some degree increased,
were both few and of restricted extent, and although the
home consumers ventured to make a good many offers,
issuing in a greater.,amount of business than they had
effected for some time before in any one day, yet the
whole of it would be made little account of in a settled
state of things. Since high 'Change, we are informed
by telegraph that the Pacific has arrived in the Mersey,
with news of three days later date, from which we learn
that the advance at New York, referred to above,
did not exceed cent, the whole of which, with an
additional cent, was lost on the receipt of
unfavourable advices from Liverpool and Man-
chester by the Europa, on the 9th instant. At once,
the spirit of our market is again, in some degree,
damped; and, during the last two hours, we seem to
have been reverting, pretty decidedly, to the attainable
rates of last week. Those rates were beginning to
attract the attention of foreign merchants; and it is felt
to be better, therefore, that an advance originating solely
in an alleged heavy frost, and which must necessarily
binder the lull resumption of business, should be checked
in a day.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—The flannel market is still in-
active, and the merchants show no disposition to pur-
chase. Indeed, not many buyers have attended, and a
very limited amount of business has been transacted.
The price of wool continues firm, notwithstanding the
manufacturers are only purchasing for their immediate
wants.

MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—The manufactured goods
trade remains entirely without alteration tor the better.
But iness is &kg to a certain extent, although at prices
which are anything but satisfactory to makers. Home
Thrown—Prices may be quoted the same as those
ranging for the last fortnight. In some instances offers
have been made on the part of holders to do business at
a reduction of 6d. per lb. on previous rates, but up to
the present we have not heard of this concession having
led to business. Foreign Thrown—Rather more doing,
manufacturers continuing to turn attention to this de-
scription, the consequence of successive reductions in
price, and evident desire on the part of importers to
sell.

HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—LOW lastings and low cotton-
back fastings have been inquired for to-day, but there
are very tew to be met with. Other descriptions of
gooods are very little sought after just now. There is
no improvement in the yarn market; and prices are
without alteration. There is scarcely so much doing in
wool, with the turn in favour of the buyer.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The market to-day has been
dull; but on Saturday last_a_fair business was done, and
prices continue firm.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—Our market of to-day
has scarcely been an average one; less has been done on
the whole. Goods of a middle quality are the class
principally in demand. Yarns are steady. In wool less
has been done, at about the same prices as last week.

THE SOMERSET EXAMPLE.
(From the Examiner.)
The committal of Captain Poulett Henry Somerset,
of the Coldstream Guards, to the House of Correction
for ten days, for a brutal assault on a police-officer in
the execution of his duty, is an excellent example both
for warning to gentlemen who think that their purses
will enable them to break the law with impunity, and
for imitation to magistrates who have to that with such
cases.

It will be observed that Captain Somerset treated the
charge with thorough indifference till the sentence was
pronounced. He had expressed no regret, indeed he
talked as if ho had been the ill-treated party. "He
considered he bad not been treated with the courtesy
from the police which a gentleman was entitled to
expect." He " would have stopped if treated with
proper civility." In Captain Somerset's opinion,
obedience to the law is clearly quite conven-
tional, and depending on the manner in which an
order is enforced. If the policeman performed a prostra-
tion, Captain Somerset might have been graciously
pleased to comply with the regulations, and might have
taken the road which the public convenience required.
But as the policeman was not a pink of courtesy, Captain
Somerset drove on in the forbidden road, and when
stopped whipped the officer about the head and face to
mend his manners. _ _

Captain Somerset made this impenitent defence, no
doubt, with a 51. note ready in his hand, to be flung on
the counter of justice to pay for his pleasure in brutality.
But vast was the change that came over his spirit when
the magistrate, Mr. Hardwick, uttered the words, " You
will go to the House of Correction fur ten days." Capt.
Somerset was then no longer cavalier—no longer indif-
ferent, but full of feeling for himself, and pleaded
piteously ad misericordiam.
Defendant—" House of Correction! Pray allow me
to pay a fine. I trust you will consider your decision
over again. Such a sentence will probably oblige me to
leave my regiment. I will pay any fine you may inflict."
Not a doubt of it. He would gladly have paid 1,000/.
to escape the disgraceful punishment. What an
example is this of the vice of pecuniary penal-
ties, on which we have so often commented! A
petty fine to a man in easy or affluent circumstances
is no punishment at all, and it is an abuse of
words to call it a pecuniary penalty. A small fine is no
more punishment to a man who indulges in the luxury
of a brutality than the price of a pineapple to gratify
another appetite is a punishment. A policeman moved
the angry passions of Captain Somerset; and at the sup-
posed expense of 51. the price of the satisfaction of those
passions was dirt cheap, and the assault was committed,
the Captain no doubt intending to pay for it honestly
when called to account, and to show how disdainfully he
would fling the dirty money to the magistrate. This
was a miscalculation which Captain Somerset
now
rues,
but the case does not the less forcibly illustrate the
pernicious tendency of fines, which are to justice what
the Catholic indulgences of old for crime and sin
were to morality and religion. A
gentleman
com-
mits an assault with the understandingthatt
the
highest price for the article is 51. It had not oc-
curred to Captain Somerset that for
of his duty th assaulting
a police-
officer in the execution
discretionary power of imprisonment; or it had not oc-
oared to him gait a mogi§oto would impuosuy dis.