The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1844,

THE REVENUE FOR THE YE.

RTER ENDING OCTOBER 10, 1844.

No. I.—An Abstract of the Not Produce of the Revenue of Great Brit

QUARTS]

ENDED

YEAR
ended

QUARTS]

!NEED

YEAR
ended

Fan. 5,
1843

Customs :
Consolidated Duties
Sugar Duty to Consoli.
dated Fund
Ditto to Supplies

lApril 5,
1843
13,1113,58`6

fuly 5,
1843

Oct. li
1843

Oct, 10,
1843

Jan. 5,
1844

AprilB4l 5,
---
3,529,551

my 5,
1844

3,274,000

,ct. 10,
1844

kt. 10,
1544

3,304,473

4,276,151

940,089

26-2,548
763,405

1,252,739

1,253,357

Total Customs
Excise
Stamps....
Taxes
Property Tax
Post Office
Crown Lands
Miscellaneous

4,214,089
,022,008
1,561,754
1,896,163
257,512
141,008
40,000
21,53;

4,219,537
1,767,373
1,593,126

4,557,206
3,030,113
1,659,010
1,984,831
861,709
145,000
32,500
1,063,524

5,529,568
3,966,550
1,650,366
194,1C0
2,047,904
160,000
20,000
17,744

18,520,340
11,786,044
6,464,256
4,207,792
5,052,057
590,000
127,500
1,644,361

3,674,421

142,698
1,885,232

144;000
35,000
511,556

1,092,544

4,760,968
3,030,771
1,523,653
1,868,,5x
454,415
143,000
30,, 00
11,917

420,796
654,100

Total Ordinary Revenue'

11,143,763

10,6,522

13,333,93

13,586,172

Imprest Moneys, &c......'
Repayments ofAdvances

107,087
235,247

16,Q07
124,048

67,180
138,207

34,305
230,932

48,392,350

225,489
728,434

Total Income .

11,48ti,107

10,469,477

11,829,581

13,530,1

13,851,409

all 1 Amount applied to Con-
solidated Fund
Ditto, as Advances
Ditto, as Ways & Means
of the Year
I

49,346,273

6,860,0.:4

50,136
332,060

12,211,777

9,760,269

6,442,506

10,t2:3,636

33,t66,465

141,378

151,501

140,000

472,679

7,859,893

4,026,053

567,830

6,905,273

3,187,773

15,286,929

':D1,501

, 1,395,349 r Increase on 1 5,,„ Increase ei ::"-
___,___ 1 -,..--,-.- 1 ...,.,,,,r., r,,zoo,lfxy i 4,060,383 I 2,918,539 4,191,627 I 2,923,503 14,094,052
L the Year.
.5 """'" the Quarte
Total. I 11,486,107 I 10,469,477 I 13,539,280 I 13,851,409 / 49,346,273 I 12,211,777 I 10,794,511 13,062,931 I 14,372,353 50,741,622
No. ll.—lncoine and Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in the Quarters ended the 10th October, 1843, and the 10th October, 1844.
1
Quarters ended Oct. 10.
0.
/ ... NI
INCOME ' 1843 1844 Quarters ended Oct. 1
CHARGE.
184/-----.3".---- it."-174
—......—___
—__,___
---____,
Customs.—Consolidated Duties 4,276,151 4,518,573 Permanent,
3,395,198 4,646,3.56
rerminable Anbntuities
Su&anr :Hal itceadbl e
Fundt the
1,a25,281 1,34 1,5:,0
Interest on Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund
21,009 6,646
------ Sinking Fund
442,520
Total Customs 4,276,151 4,518,573 The Civil List
97,613 97,572
Excise
226,014 417,610
Stamps
,2,7 Lorp
jtydvoaffn Exchequer . Bills raised per Act 6 and 7 Vic., c. 87, for Opium Compensations, &c. ........ ....... ............ ...." ..... 1,171,418
1,194,100 I'2ol,
Taxes
........... .......
140,000 184,2:5
Property Tax 2,047,904 1,958,711
...—.___. --_____.,
Post Office
Total Charge
5,308,115 8,308,906
Crown Lands 20,00 10,000
The Surplus
7,406,034 4,595,635
Miscellaneous 17,744 19,953
Produce of Sycee Silver from China 201,008
12,714,149 12,904,541
lmprest and other Monies 34,305 28,117 The Amount of Exchequer Bills issued to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the Quarter ended July 5, 1844, ------
Repayments of Advances
----- paid off out of Sinking Fund
4,200,395
12,614,149 12,904,541 The Amount issued in the Quarter ended Oct. 10, 1814, in part of the sums granted by Parliament out of the Censoli
dated Fund for Supply Services
—,132
To Cash brought to this Account to The Surplus of the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended Oct, 10, 1844
•
be applied to pay off Defi ci ency B ills 100,000 2,925,503
4,59b,625 1,672
The probable amount of Exchequer Bills required to meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund, Quarter ended
12,714,149 12,904,541 1 Oct. 10, 1844

4,604,447
1,852,689
1,639,011

144,685
1,992,859
174,000
65,000
41,292

10,513,983

54,244
226,28 t

10,794,511

7,623,972

240,000

4,060,383

3,802,521

1,066,714

4,669,235
3,115,59?
1,705,033
1,939,874
752,485
155,000
30,000
422,137

13,039,906

49,018
.4,557

13,361,961

8,994,078

177,276

44518,573

1,484,- 282

6,002,855
3,960,890
1,665,688
201,439
1,9.59,711
200,000
10,000
220,961

14,220,514

28,117
123,692

14,372,353

142E4,625

_

Increase. I Decrease.

'Customs
Excise 173,e0€1
Stamps ....
Taxes
Property Tax
Post Office
Crown Lands
Miscellaneous
49,603,514 li Total 7l-8:27Z

20,243,505
11,959,942
6,53'1,385
4,204,855
5,153,470
672,000
135,000
6V6,357

181,515
956,593

50,741,622

35,7M,b68

106,413
82,000
7,501)

184,225

Imp. Moneys
Rep. of Adv...l

Total

2,937

Increase.

228,159

b. 322 i 5'
7,339

2.390,264

949,004

40:000 I 89.

991,915 i

950,941

47,974

899,002

203,217 I 10,

739,225 I 104,

P 94,915

T 39,22.5 1 218,

Deduct De.
crease

218,281 El Dec

2,918,539

2,528,

Dawson Darner, Admiral Sir Edward and Miss
Codrington, Sir James Clark, Count de Noailles,
Lady Charles Wellesley, Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, Hon.
and Rev. H. C. Cast, Hon. and Rev. Charles L.
Courtenay, La Marquise d'Harcourt, le Duc d'Har-
court, to Comte Jean d'Harcourt, Mr. and Mrs. Har-
court, the Equerry in Waiting on the Duke of Cam-
bridge, Count de Jarnac, General Athalin, General
Rumigni, Colonel Dumas, Count de Chabannes,
Baron de Fain, M. Hennequin, M. Herbet, M. de
Lasalle, M. Pasquier, le Capitaine Page, le Capitaine
Pellion, Viscount Sydney (Lord in Waiting on the
King), Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal)
(Equerry in Waiting on the King), and Hon. Captain
Duncombe (Groom in Waiting to the King).
The Queen sat at the north side of the table in the
middle, having her august guest his Majesty Louis
Philippe on one side, and his Royal Highness the
Duke de Montpensier on the other.
The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards
performed, during dinner, a number of favourite pieces
from the gallery at the west-end of the Hall.
After dinner the Queen's private band, strengthened
by the addition of several eminent performers, attended,
under the direction of Mr. Anderson, and performed
the following pieces :
Overture, Scherzo, Notturno, March, " A Midsummer
Night's Dream"—Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
Fantasie, " Les Huguenots"—Meyerbeer.
Selection, " Richard Cceur de Lion"—Gretoy.
Allegretto, " Sinfonia, No. 7 "—Beethoven.
Overture, " Masaniello"—Auber.

---- ----
deserted, and grass-grown. Now, as if by magic, there
is a splendid ball-room, 100 feet long, by 45 feet broad,
lined with the richest coloured flags, embellished in the
neatest, yet elegant style, and having a beautiful floor,
where the graceful evolutions on the "light fantastic
toe" can be indulged in to the heart's content. Proceed
to the end of this room on either side, and under a screen
composed of flags festooned with many-coloured bunt.
ing, and you behold what on Saturday last was more
like an uninhabited cellar than anything else, turned
into an elegantly furnished and most comfortable ball-
room. The pillars are covered with ensigns, so twisted
round that the colours alternately present themselves to
view. Tables are ranged all round, affording a free
passage on each side, and others are placed in the
centre. The floor is carpeted with canvas. The whole
presents a most elegant appearance. Both these elegant
apartments require the brilliant uniforms of the distin-
guished officers of the united services of Prance and
England to complete the picture.

THE DUKE DE LA VICTORIA
TO HIS COUNTRYMEN.

On the 10th of October, 1844, her Majesty Queen
Isabel 11. is constitutionally called upon, in con-
formity with the fundamental law of the monarchy,
to begin to govern the kingdom. On this day, dis-
charging a pledge of loyalty, honour, and conscience,
I was to have placed in her Majesty's hands the
royal authority which the Cortes, in virtue of their
constitutional prerogative, had deposited in mine.
From the moment the national will selected me
amongst my fellow-citizens to elevate me to the
Regency, I looked forward to this day as to the
brightest of my public station, when, from the
pinnacle of supreme power, I was to have descended
to the quietude of domestic life, devoting my last
words to the banner of the Constitution which the
people had raised to recover their liberties--that
glorious banner under which the people had shed
their blood, and with which they had, twice during
the present age, saved the dynasty of their Sove-
reigns. Providence, however, has not allowed the
accomplishment of my hopes; and instead of speak-
ing to you surrounded by the splendour of a royal
and solemn ceremony, I address you from my exile.
It is well known that there never was a more open,
free, and general discussion, than that which pre-
ceded my appointment as Regent; I accepted the
trust, not as a mural crown granted to victories, but
as a trophy placed by the people on the banner of
liberty. A faithful :observer of the laws, I never
transgressed them ; I neglected nothing tending to
the welfare of the country ; every law presented to
me by the Cortes, I readily sanctioned—the free
action ofjustice was uncontrolled by the Government,
which never usurped the functions of the other public
authorities—and the sources of riches and prosperity
received all the encouragement and protection which
circumstances permitted. If, at any time,, in order to
maintain the purity of the law, I was compelled to
have recourse to strong measures, it was justice, not
the government, that decided on the fate of the hap-
less. I shall not descend to the details of my conduct
as Regent—history will do me justice, and I submit
to its inflexible judgment. History will say, with that
impartiality not easy to be exercised by my contem-
poraries, whether I ever aspired to anything but the
welfare of my country, or was moved by any other
thought than that of delivering, on this day, into her
Majesty's hands, a nation prosperous within, and re-
spected abroad. History will show whether, in the
midst of the vehement contests of parties, I ever fol-
lowed any other device but that of saving liberty, the
throne, and the laws, from the violence of contending
passions. History will also explain the causes
which arrested the completion of many useful
reforms. When new disturbances were being
prepared, I omitted nothing within the compass
of the law to counteract them. I shall not
look back, nor attempt to depict, the mournful events
we must all deplore, and which, leaving me without
the means of resistance, compelled me to seek an
asylum in this hospitable land, protesting, before-
hand, in the name of the sanctity of the law, and of
the righteousness of the cause.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the
Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklen-
burgh Strelitz, left Kew yesterday afternoon on a
visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle, attended by
Baron Knesebeck.

The Duke of Cambridge returned to Kew on Wed-
nesday night from town.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town
yesterday morning from Beechworth, Surrey. The
Earl of Lonsdale, Postmaster-General, and Mr. J.
Wood, Chairman of the Board :of Excise, had inter-
views with the Right Hon. Gentleman at his official
residence in Downing-street. In the afternoon the
Chancellor of the Exchequer left town for Windsor
Castle, on a visit to her Majesty.
Lord and Lady Wharncliffe returned to town yes-
terday morning from Windsor Castle.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday from the Colo-
nial-office for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.

PORTSMOUTH-THURSDAY.
This morning, a few minutes before twelve o'clock,
the French war steamer Elau came into harbour from
Treport, which she left last evening, with dispatches
from her Majesty the Queen of the French to her Royal
Consort. It will be recollected that this was the vessel
' that was dispatched by his Majesty Louis Philippe imme-
diately after his arrival on Tuesday, with letters to the
Queen. It appears that they were to announce his
having reached the shores of England in safety, and the
enthusiastic reception he had met with from the British
people. The accounts brought by the Elan state that
nothing could equal the delight of the Queen upon
perusing his Majesty's letters, and that she expressed
her gratification in the most unmeasured terms at the
flattering manner in which his Iffajesty had been re-
ceived. The dispatches brought by the Elau were imme-
diately forwarded to his Majesty at Windsor.
The gale, which had blown heavy all night, moderated
this morning. It yet blows fresh, with occasional squalls.
The brigs, however, have their top-gallant masts up.
The commencement of the series of the elegant fes-
tivities took place last evening, when the Lieutenant
Governor of Portsmouth, and Commander-in-Chief of
the South-Western District, Major-General Sir Hercules
Pakenham, entertained the French Admiral, Baron de
la Susse, the French officers of the squadron, and a
select number of naval and military officers at dinner.
The guests included the following:—Due d'Harcourt,
Count d'Harcourt, Admiral Baron de la Susse, Baron
de Larencien, Aide-de-Camp ; Captain de Maucroix,
Captain Dieudonne, Captain Goubin, Captain Bouet,
Lord Yarborough, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Colonel
Cardew, Colonel Trevor, 59th; Hon. Sir F. Stapleton,
Lady Louisa
Lady Stapleton, Admiral and Mrs. Hyde Parker, C. 8.,
Schoedde, and Miss Chamberlain.
Lady Pakenkam afterwards gave a soiree dansante, at
Noel, Miss Hyde Parker, Sir James
which were the above noblemen, gentlemen, and ladies.
The following also joined the party:—Sir Thomas and
Lady Hastings, the Vice-Chancellor, Hon. Captain Byng,
Colonel and Mrs. Barnard, officers of the 59th and 76th
Regiments, &c.

this evening the naval Commander-in-Chief (Admiral
Sir Charles Rowley) entertained at dinner at the Admi-
ralty House in the dockyard the following company, the
gallant Admiral having arrived from Windsor this after-
noon for the purpose:—Sir Hercules and Lady Paken-
ham, Roar-Admiral and Mrs. Hyde Parker, Lady Hast-
ings, the Right Hon. Lord Yarborough, the Right Hon.
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, the Russian Rear-Admiral
Putyatin; Colonel Jones, Royal Marines; General, Mrs.,
and Miss Mercer; Colonel Rowley, Captain Moubray,
Captain Martin, Captain Corry, Captain and Mrs. Row-
ley, Captain and Miss Pakenham, Commander Glanville,
Richard Haig, Esq., secretary; Lieutenant Prevost, flag-
lieutenant; Vim-Admiral le Baron de la Susse; Lieu-
tenant Renciere, aide-de-camp; Capitane Goubin, Capi-
tane Bouet, Lieutenant de Valmont, Lieutenant Dieu-
donne, Lieutenant de Maucroix, Lieutenant le Comte
d'Harcourt.

Captain Laureneiue was prevented by indisposition
from attending.
Mrs. Rowley, the lady of Captain Rowley, the flag-
captain, had an evening party of the above, and about
150 of the officers of the garrison, of the royal navy, and
the civil authorities.
The residence of the gallant Port Admiral was bril-
liantly fitted up for the occasion. The passage leading
to the ball-room was covered with crimson cloth, and
the ball-room itself was the pattern of neat and simple
elegance. There were eight lamps fixed to the sides of
the flag festooned walls, around which were garlands of
evergreens, decked with dahlias of every colour. But
the most worthy of notice, and that which attracted ge-
neral attention, as it elicited the admiration of the dis-
tinguished assembly, was a beautiful transparency, ex-
hibiting in the brightest relief a rare combination of the
choicest dahlia flowers, from the garden of Sir C. Rowley.
second, yellow ; and another
It was about six feet long, by four feet wide. On the
top was a semi-circle, formed by rows of these elegant
flowers—first row, red ;
deep strong purple. This came down to a straight
border, whole length, of single white dahlias, with a ro-
sette in each corner. Then in the centre were tastefully
formed the letters

L. V. P.
The letter L. was composed of deep red flowers, the V.
of the kind of dahlias called " Queen of the whites," and
" virgin queens," and the P. of a delicate salmon
colour. Another border consisted of a single row of
deep coloured flowers, and underneath this was the other
half of the circle, composed of three rows of brightest
colours ; a corresponding rosette of dahlias being worked
in each corner completed the piece. On one side of this
exquisite design was the royal standard of England made
of rich silk, and on the other the royal standard of
Franco made of an equally valuable fabric. This in-
comparable transparency, as well as the entire fittings
of the ball-room, was the result of the highly formed
taste of Lieut. Prevost, the flag-lieuteuant of the gallant
Port Admiral.

The Royal Marines' band was in attendance, and the
pleasures of the dance were prolonged to a late hour.
To-morrow the French officers, with a select number
of official authorities, &c., dine with Rear-Admiral Su-
perintendent Hyde Parker, C. 8., and afterwards attend
the grand ball at the Royal Naval College.
But the ball—the ball—is the theme of every one.
More than 1,300 it is likely will be present. It is im-
possible to pay too high a compliment to the officers
who have got up this grand affair, which has already re-
solved itself into a national one—a tribute of respect
from the gallant officers and subjects of one powerful
monarchy, to the brave and gallant officers and subjects
of another most puissant crowned head. The most in-
defatigable labours, the most excellent taste, and indo-
mitable perseverance, in spite of all obstacles, in respect
of the one great grand object, have marked the conduct
of the Committee of Naval Officers. Four days since,
and there was the naked quadrangle of the college, cold,

Spaniards—l protested, not urged by any motives
of ambition, which I never contemplated, but be-
cause the dignity of the nation, and of the crown,
thus required it at my hands. As the constitutional
representative of the throne, I could not silently see
the destruction of the monarchical principle ; entrusted
with royal authority, I was bound to guard it against
every aggression ; invested with executive power, it
was my duty to raise my voice when I beheld all the
laws trampled under foot. The aim of my protest
was to avoid the pernicious precedent of coun-
tenancing, in the name of the throne, the destruction
of the throne itself. It was not a war-cry—it spoke
not to passions or parties—it was the plain statement
of a fact, the defence of principles, and an appeal to
posterity. Removed from you, Spaniards, the
slightest complaint in the kingdom has found an
echo in my breast—not a single victim has been
bereft of my compassion.
When circumstances may allow me to return to
my beloved country, I, as one issued from the people,
shall again dwell among the people—unmoved either
by rancour or recollections, satisfied with the share
which has fallen to my lot in securing public freedom,
the enjoyment of its advantages will be my only
desire in my private station—but, if the institutions
recovered by the Spaniards should be endangered, the
nation, to whose call I have ever responded, shall find
me ready to offer my life in her support. If Provi-
dence, however, in its inscrutable decrees, should
doom me to die in exile, resigned to my fate, my
last and most fervent prayers wilt be for the inde-
pendence, the liberty, and the glory of my country.
(Signed) EL DUQUE DE LA VICTORIA.
London, 10th October, 1844.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Last even-
ing closed the season at this beautiful place of amuse-
ment, and we congratulate the proprietor on caw of the
most successful seasons since their establishment. The
Fire of London blazed with tenfold grandeur, and Mr.
Southby was so surpassing in his farewell, that we were
induced to wish for another, and another. The exer-
tions and liberality of the new proprietor are an earnest
of what we may expect next season. The subject, we
are told, will be one of unusual splendour and interest,
and already great alterations in the grounds have com-
menced. Mr. Denson leaves London shortly to make
drawings for the new subject, which will be immediately
put in hand, so as to be able to open at Easofterh.is Mr.
purposes Southby visits the Continent for the
and Mr. Godfrey is completing arrangerientswith foreign
composers, so as to secure an early successionition,that since
of the
best musical productions.We may mention,
the Gardens have been under Mr. Tyler's direction, 149
animals and birds have been added to the Zoological Col-
lection ; among them are two ostriches, a lioness, two
leopards, a tucan, two king vultures, &c., &c. The
Model of Venice, the Daylight View of London in the
Olden Time, and the Zoological Collection, will continue
open for a short time longer.
SEIZURE or A SHIP.—On Tuesday last the Nau-
tilus, of Aberayvon, was seized in Castlotown Harbour,
Isle of Man, having on board a quantity of contraband
spirits, tea, tobacco, soap, candles, and sugar.

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.
The return of the quarter's rs,Tenue has one dis-
tinguishing feature of a ti cheering description
—an increase in the Castoms, compared with the corre-
sponding period of 1943, on the year, of 1,723,165/., and
on the quarter of 47;347/. This is the true pivot of
our national prosperny, and is the snore gratifying when
the bold reductions are considered which the Minister
was encouraged to make when supported by so grand a
reserve as the property.tax. Swift's remark, that in the
arithmetic of the Customs two and two do not always
make four, could not have a more apt and definite appli-
cation. In this case Sir Robert Peel's subtraction has
been turned into addition, and he has proved finance to
be his stronghold, whatever errors are to be found in his
general system of policy. A trifling decrease in the
Excise on the quarter is to be ascribed rather to grow-
ing habits of temperance in the lower orders than to
_ any diminution of means. It will bear, in fact, no other
construction, for activity reigns in almost all the depart-
ments of trade, and the wages of labour in the manu-
facturing districts have probably doubled in amount
within the past year. It is consolatory also, and another
good omen, to find that the Post-office, the great accu-
mulation of penny's, has advanced 82,0001. on the year,
and no less than 40,0001 on the quarter. The property-
.; en tax, which shows an increase of 106,413/. on the year,
iarter and a decrease of 89,1931. on the quarter, may be said
to have found its level, and to provoke no remark, except
to hope that under circumstances of such promising
augury we may soon get rid of it. In the present ac-
_ count is to be seen, moreover, the effect of the judicious
application of the surplus revenue in paying off deli-
, ciency bills ; only about 2,500,0001. will be wanted to
meet the charge on the Consolidated Fund for the
quarter just ended. The total increase of the revenue
for the year is 1,395,349/, and on the quarter 520,944/.
But for the disadvantageous effect of the strange item
termed " miscellaneous," which has no proper place in
this account, the increase on the year would hare been
returned at about 2,l6o,oool—Times.

in in the Years and Quarters ended 10th of October, 1843, and 10th of October, 1844, showing the Increase
or Decrease on each head thereof.

TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND
MOROCCO.
•. The Toulonnais of the 6th gives the following as being
the text of the treaty with Morocco, which the French
Government have hitherto abstained from publishing:—
" His Majesty the King of the French on one part,
. and his Majesty the Emperor of Morocco, King of Fez
and Sus, on the other, desiring to terminate and regulate
the differences which have arisen between France and
Morocco, and to establish, conformably to ancient trea-
ties, the relations of friendship which have for an instant
been suspended between the two empires, have named
and delegated for their Plenipotentiaries:—For the King
of the French, Antoine-Marie Daniel Dore de Nion, offi-
cer of the Legion of Honour, Chevalier of the Royal
Order of Isabella the Catholic, Chevalier of the First
Class of the Grand Ducal Order of Louis of Hesse, and
Consul-General and Charge d'Affaires of his Majesty
to Morocco ; and Louis-Charles-Elie Decazes, Count
Decazes, Duke de Glucksburg, Commander of the Royal
Order of the Legion of llonour, Commander of the Royal
Order of Danebrog, and of the Royal Order of Charles
HI. of Spain, Chamberlain of his Danish Majesty,
and Charge d'Affaires of his Majesty the King of the
French, to his Majesty the Emperor of Morocco ; and
for his Majesty the Emperor of Morocco, King of Fez
and Sus, Sid Bouselam Ben Ali; who have agreed upon
the following stipulations:—
" Art. 1. The troops of Morocco assembled on the
frontier of the two empires, or in the vicinity of the said
frontier, are to be disbanded. His Majesty the Emperor
engages to prevent for the future any assemblage of this
nature. There shall remain only, under the command
of the Caid of Ouchda, a body of men who are not
habitually to exceed 2,000 ; this number, however, may
be increased if extraordinary circumstances, and recog-
nised as such by the two Governments, should render it
evidently necessary in the common interest.. " Art. 2. An exemplary chastisement shall be inflicted
on the Morocco chiefs who have directed or tolerated
acts of aggression committed in time of peace on the
territory of Algeria, and against the troops of his Ma-
jesty the King of the French. The Government of
Morocco shall apprise the French Government of the
measures which may have been resorted to for the exe-
cution of the present clause.
" Art. 3. His Majesty the Emperor of Morocco en-
gages anew and in the most formal and absolute manner,
neither to give, nor permit to be given, in his States,
assistance, succour in arms, ammunition, or any war-
like object whatever, to any rebel subject, or enemy of
France.
" Art. 4. Had -Alxl-el-Rader is placed hors la loi in
the whole extent of the empire of Morocco, as well as in
Algeria. He shall consequently be pursued a main
armee by the French in the territory of Algeria, and by
the Moors on the territory of Morocco, until he shall
have been expelled and have fallen into the power of one
of the two nations. In the event of Abd-el-Kader falling
into the power of the French troops, the Government of
his Majesty the King of the French engages to treat
him with consideration and generosity. In the event of
his falling into the power of the troops of Morocco,
his Majesty the Emperor of Morocco engages to place
him (l'interner) in one of the towns of the western coast
of the empire, until the two Governments shall have
adopted in concert the measures which may be indis-
pensable to prevent his being able, under any circum-
stances, to resume arms, and disturb anew the tranquil-
lity of Algeria and Morocco.
" Art. 5. The delimitation of the frontiers between the
possessions of his Majesty the King of the French and
those of the Emperor of Morocco remains fixed and
agreed upon, conformably to the :tate of things recog-
nised by the Government of Morocco at the period of the
domination of the Turks in Algeria. The complete and
regular execution of this clause shall be the object of a
special convention, to be negotiated and concluded on the
spot, between the Plenipotentiary designated for that
purpose by his Majesty the King of the French and a
delegate of the Government of Morocco. Ilis Majesty
the Emperor of Morocco engages to adopt the'necessary
measures for this object without delay, and to apprise
the French Government of them.
" Art. 6. Immediately after the signing of the present
convention, hostilities shall cease on both sides. As soon
as the stipulations contained in Articles 1,2, 4, and 5,
shall have been executed to the satisfaction of the French
Government, the French troops shall evacuate the island
of Mogadore and the town of Ouchda, and all the pri-
soners made on either side shall be placed at the disposal
of their respective nations. "
Art. 7. The high contracting parties engage to pro-
ceed with friendly accord, and as promptly as possible, to
the conclusion of a new treaty, which, being based upon
the treaties actually in force, shall have fur object the
consolidation and completion of them in the interest of
the political and commercial relations of the two empires.
In the meantime, the ancient treaties shall be scrupu-
lously respected and observed in all their clauses, and
France shall enjoy in all things and on all occasions the
treatment of the most favoured nation.
" Art. 8. The present convention shall be ratified, and
the ratifications shall be exchanged within a delay of two
months, or sooner, if possible.
" This day, the 10th of September, of the year of grace
one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, correspond-
ing with the . . . of the month of Chaaban, year of
the Hegyra, one thousand two hundred and sixty, the
Plenipotentiaries above-named of their Majesties the
King of the French and the Emperor of Morocco have
signed the present convention, and have affixed to i
their respective seals."

THE FRENCH RAILWAYS.
(FROM A CORRESPONEENT.)
PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The line from Or-
leans to Vierzon has been adjudged to the Company
known as the Paris and Orleans Company, by an ar-
rangement between them and the rival company. The
reduction is only one month below the maximum term of
the lease, viz., forty years.
For the Bordeaux line there were three competitors,
and the prize was carried off by the company of Lau-
rent, Luzarche, and Mackenzie. The term is 27 years,
278 days ; to date from the completion of the works
throughout the whole line to Bordeaux. The law allows
six years at least for such completion and delivery by
the Government, so that in point of fact the term of the
lease is 34 years nearly—a period amply sufficient for
the liquidation of the whole capital by the operation of
a ♦ery moderate sinking fund, without taking into the
account the value of the stock, materials, and stores, to
be paid for by valuation, and amounting to at least
10,000,000 f. (say 400,0001.)
By good management in the hands of practical men,
like those at the head of this Company, the line as far
as Tours (seventy miles) will be opened in the autumn
of next year, and yield an ample, a large return, for that
proportion of the capital expended upon it.

KNACKERS' CARTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In one of your editions of last week's San,
you notice the horrible cruelty still existent in the
" knackers' yards," and which have been so vividly
exposed by Mr. May, of the National Animals' Friend
Society. Allow me to make notice of a disgusting
and horrible cruelty—namely, that the poor worn-out
horses, which are unable for work, and sent to the
knacker for the purpose of being killed, should be
compelled by the inhuman purchaser to be harnessed
in a knacker's cart, and draw the ponderous load of
one or more carcases through the streets of London.
I trust, Sir, the Society will look to this, and, if pos-
sible, remedy the evil. Many thanks for past favours.
—I am, Szc., II UMANITY.
St. Martin's-lane.

THE DISPATCHES AND LETTERS OF LORD NEL-
soN.—We rejoice to learn that the glorious achievements
of England's greatest naval hero are on the eve of being
recorded in a manner which will more than compensate
us for the failure of the " Nelson Pillar" in Trafalgar-
square—a memorial altogether unworthy of his fame.
tide allude to the publication by Mr. Colburn of Nelson's
official letters and other correspondence, which is to ap-
pear in three volumes, uniform with the Dispatches
of the Duke of Wellington. We feel assured
that this announcement will give unqualified and
universal satisfaction, particularly when we inform
our readers that the undertaking is
justice,
to no less skilful a pilot than Sir Harris Nich°.
las, at whose hands it is sure to receive ample ju
and whose arrangement and compilation of the ample
materials placed at his disposal will doubtless be produe•
five of a more imperishable and appropriate testimonial
than the one to which we have urged our objections.—
United Service Gazette. The first volume of this impor-
tant and truly national work is to appear on the 21st of
October, the anniversary of the glorious battle of Tra-
falgar.
AN
UNFORTUNATE PURCHASE.—An Antwerp jour-
nal states, that the British
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