The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, MORNING, SEPTEMBER
.2, 1845.

once seize on California, and the political independence
of the latter is annihilated from that moment. Now let
us meet the consequence of our neither interfering in any
diplomatic manner, nor, in the capacity of an ally, to se-
cure Mexico from this invasion, and we fear we must add
this dismemberment of her territory ; nor (as we some
time ago ventured to recommend) possessing ourselves, by
the legitimate means of purchase and treaty, of that har-
bour and naval station, which, beyond all other
European powers we bad a direct interest in acquiring
from Mexico, on the coasts cf. California. Matters have
now proceeded to a for:Mal rupture between the United
States and Mexico. Whatever designs the former
may have entertained (and they have been ad-.
mitted by her) on California, she could not, prior
to this war with Mexico, proceed in attempting to
execute without incurring the hazard of invol+ing her-
self in the much more formidable dilemma of a war
will Great Britian ; the disastrous probabikies of
which, in the shape of its ultimate results to her, even
her in ordinate vanity could not contemplate without
alarm. Up to this point, therefore, her propensities. for
California have exhaled in empty words. But now that
war has been declared between them, she may legiti
mately seize the prize which has already tempted
her so sorely. It is very certain she will
retain it with immoveable tenacity when once
hers. From California she will be able to drive
the mercantile marine of any other power she
may be at war with, trading with the regions of the
Pacific, from all the waters traversed by her cruisers,
except where they happen to be under the protection of
our own. But from California, in the event of her
going to war with us, she can equip and refit her ships
and fleets destined to act against us, under local ad-
vantages, and with resources as to provisions and watt r-
ing, and naval timber, which neither cur own flag nor
that of any other Power, not having establishments
on that long and strangely-neglected coast, shall be
unable to command.

Whilst France, through her journals, is constantly
reviling la perfide Albion with her incessant lust of
territorial aggrandisement, it is lamentable and hurni-
hating to contemplate the practical commentary on
these accusations, furnished by our abandonment or
apathetic neglect of eligible seats of settlement in every
quarter of the globe (such only as are necessary:, we
mean, for the accommodation of our naval forces,
and the protection and refreshment of our commercial
marine), when opportunities are presented to us for their
acquirement by the most legitimate means. Iu some
instances we have been able to repair this original
neglect by subsequent negotiatioas, but only through
the instrumentality of large pecuniary sacrific•s. It
is thus that in Africa, to say nothing of our having
acquiesced in the occupation of Algeria by the French,
we have permitted ourselves to be ousted out of the best
gum-trade station in the affair of Portendic. In Asia and
in the Indian Archipelago we have tamely conceded
to Russia the right to xclude us from the profitable
trade which Circassia, an independent state, is eager to
entertain with us, and we have abandoned to the Dutch,
(consistently enough with the treaties which in 1314
and 1824 mite returned Java to the Crown of the
Netherlands),—the monopoly of that which we should
long since have rendered the most lucrative trade in
the world ; namely, the trade of the Indian Islands.
On the north-west coast of America we long since
abandoned to Russia settlements that we were t in-
different about to care to retain ; but the abandorment
of California, without an effort at establishment may
yet prove one of the most untoward oversights that the
fatuity of our Government has yet committed.

The news from Spain continues to exhibit the sad
spectacle of civil power aiding and abetting military
violence ; of the most sanguinary brutalities perpe-
trated without remorse or hesitation ; of the most un-
called-for, the most wanton murders perpetrated in cold
blood, under a double mockery of law and of religion.
Judicial forms and religious ceremonies are administered,
in equally bad faith, to the wretched victims of an
iniquitous and grinding despotism. Boys of sixteen are
deliberately singled out of crowds who are looking on—
not at any public tumult or active outrage, but, on the
showing of the offenders themselves—at an exhibition of
mere passive resistance at the utmost. A single ccv of
execration at the outrages in progress subjects a fine
young Spaniard, in the bloom of manhood, to be
shot to death ; and a like terrible fate is
visited on another humble but brave and
determined citizen for attempting to resist with arms the
savage violence of the myrmidons of the Spanish 'Mi-
nistry. If we consider what the deportment of the
Madrid tradesmen, merchants, dealers, &c., really
is that has brought down upon their devoted
heads the horrors that now brood over Madrid,
destroying, like a tempest, whatever opposes it-
self to their headlong career—we must perceive
additional circumstances of aggravation in t'..e con-
duct of the authorities and those employed by them.
What is it that their " passive resistance" is given
to ? Local contributions (in the nature, somewhat, of
our old forced twnevolences),—which, whether rightly or
wrongly it is not for us in London to determine for them,
—they consider to be not only unconstitutional and op
pressive ; but such as, if exacted of them, will
incapacitate them from the ability to prosecute
their various callings. That this is no unreasonable
apprehension on their parts we may well infer from
the fact that vast numbers of the townspeople have given
notice of their intention to retire immediately from
business ; and numberless shops and offices are placarded
with announcements to the effect that the "goodwill" of
the concern is to be given up, the present owners de-
clining all further dealings. Bankers, merchants.
tradk men, are not apt to betake themselves to such an
extremity as this an any over-strained or abstract notion
of some theoretical rather than absolute or practical
injury or grievance. Military commissions, courts-
martial, prevost law, summary jurisdiction, capital
penalties, instant execution—these are the degradations
which the factions that sustain a sanguinary and cunning
soldier of fortune heap on one of the most beautiful
capitals of Europe. •These are some of the indig-
nities endured by the metropolis of a kingdom
that comprises in its dotninions the noble
and once royal states of Castile, A rragon,
Asturias, Leon, Navarre, Grenada. There is no ex-
pression of political scorn too strong for the reerebstion
of the pusillanimous nobility of Spain. How those
proud houies—the exploits of whose generous ancestry
are associated with all that is most illustriousits the
associations of European story, in the stormy infancy
of the gothic kingdoms, in the chivalrous grandeur of
the Middle Ages—how the degenerate grandees, the
extent and infamy of whose debasement are emblaz red
by the very glories that enshrine the name they b ar—
how these men can stoop to become the acquiescing
supporters of an adventurer favourite like NanvaEz,
or to sanction the excesses of cruelty and folly, the
violations of public faith and the outrages on private
property, which her successive ministries are con-
stantly penetrating, we cannot imagine. What has
become of the spirit of her people ? Where is
the soul that once animated her ari:toeracy ?
The constitutional love of free institutions which, even
from CHARLES V., extorted respect and protection ;
the genius and foresight which wrung from iron hands
and royal grasps the " fueros," that have been toe
boasted birthright of the Basques for many centuries—
the high and independent bearing that organised. con-
,olidated, and, from age to age—after so 'naty violent
interruptions—renewed the sittings and the delibera-
tions of the Cortes—is this quite extinct ? Has it
perisi,ed with the transitory courage that forced upon
that miserable, but crafty depot FERDINAND VII.
the Constitution of 1820 ? But, alas for Spin ! she
is a great political anomaly. She is a concentrated
inconsistency. She threw off the yoke of FERDINAND,
and replaced her own neck within it, as the first fair
ward of the most faithless even among the Bounnoes.
She poured out her blood and treasure to resist the
rule of Don CARLos and the reign of religious bigotry.
She frustrates her natural rights, and offers up the lives
of her people to conciliate so superstitisus, so im-
moral, so unscrupulous a person as the QUEEN-MOTHER,
the relict of FERDINAND. She selected ESPARTERo
from all the world for her protector and her Regent ;
and he respected her liberties and the Constitution.
In return she drove him from her bosom a denounced
and repudiated exile, from the Spain he had served so
long and so truly. She resented on ESPA.RTERO his too
assiduous cultivation of military support, and she then
permitted NARVAEZ, CORDOVA, and CONCHA, to debauch
and enslave the army, with which he is now mercile,sly
trampling over her violated and dishonoured authority—
a parricidill traitor to those alike who resisted and who
aided his elevation to the station he has disgraced.,—the
power he has perverted,—and the greatness he has
abused.

Accounts from Constantinople of the 19th ult. state
that a sudden and unexpected dissolution of the Turkish
Cabinet had taken place on the I7th. No satisfactory
reason is given for the change, except the inefficiency f
the extinct body, whose dismissal appears to have
given general satisfaction. According to some it is
the act of the SOVEREIGN alone, while others attribute
it to a palace intrigue formed iu favour of certain per-
sonages allied by marriage to the Imperial family. The
new Cabinet is thus composed :—RAouF PACHA, Grand
Vizier ; SULEIMAN PACHA, Grand Sera,.kik,r ; ME-
HEMET ALI PACHA, Capitan Pacha ; RIFAT PACHA,
President of the Council ; NAFEZ Pacias, Minister of

Finance ; ALLI EFFENUL Minister of Foreign Affairs ;
ACIIMET FEITI Co.umandant of Tepliany.
The Capitan Pacha and the Commandant of To-
phany are brothers-in lAw to the SULTAN. ALLI
EFFENDI, the new F. weig i Minister, was some
years ago Ambassador at Lonion, and is known as a
man of ability. The President of the Council has been
in former administrations, and coneepently of consi-
derable experience. The change has been effected by the
SOVEREIGN in the most courteous manner, and the ex-Mi-
nisters have been assigned suitable pensions. This shows
that the Porte is adapting itself to European manners,
and that the use of the bow-string for discarded Chan-
cellors of the Exchequer, Home Ministers, Premiers,
"Sze., is now given tip;- The Duke de MONTPENSIER
arrived in the Bosphorus on the 16th, and proceeded
to Therapia without stopping at Constantinople.
The Sultan had sent an officer to congratulate the young,
Prince on his arrival, and offered him the Kiosk of St.
Stephen for his abode during the term of quarantine,
which would expire on the 21st. The accounts from
Syria are more favourable, but the meeting of the
Druses and Maronites had led to no result.

Madrid journals of the 24th have been received. The
capital was quite tranquil, and most of the merchants
arrested had been liberated on bail. The Gaulle pub-
lishes an additional list of new senators, amounting, with
those already published, to 119. Among them are 44
military officers. That journal also contains an t,fficit.l
statement of the late disturbances at Madrid, addressed
by the Political Chief to the Minister of the Interior,
to!zether with the thanks of her MAJESTY to the autho-
rities for their conduct on the occasion. It was undt r-
stood that the Cortes would assemble about the 10th of
October. Accounts from Bayonne state that Count
BRESCON, the French Ambassador, Lad arrived
there from the baths of Bigorre, to accom-
pany the Dukes of NEMOUI'S and A UMALE to
Pampeluna. The fires at that place in honour of the
French Princes were to be conducted on a magnificent
sealt,. Mr. BULWER, and the other ambassadors were
daily expected at Pampeluna. Great numbers of
Englishmen, among the rest Sir ROBERT INGLIS, M.P.
had already arrived to witness the festivities.
On the Madrid Bourse on the 23d of August, the
Three per Cents. closed at 31i at GO days ; and the
Five per Cents. at 221 at GO days.

The Paris papers are chiefly occupied with the
boundary treaty just ratified between France and Mo-
rocco. Besides fixing the limits of the Algerine and
Morocco territories, the treaty stipulates that any in-
dividual who shall seek a refuge from one state to
another shall not be delivered up to the Government he
shall have quitted by that in whose territory he shall
have sought a refuge, so long as he shall please to re-
main in the latter. If, on the contrary, he should wish to
return to the territory of his Government, the authorities
of the place where he shall have sought a refuge shall not
in the slightest degree obstruct his departure. If he
should wish to remain, he shall submit to the laws of
the country, and shall obtain protection for his
person and property. By this clause the two
Sovereigns have wished to give themselves mu-
tual proofs of their mutual regard. ADD-EL•KADER
arid his adherents, however, are exempted from the con-
ditions of the treaty in these words :—" It is notorious,
also, that the El-Hadj ABD-EL.KADER and all his parti-
sans shall not enjoy the benefit of this convention, seeing
that it would impair the 4th Article of the 10th of Sep-
tember, 1844, whilst the formal intention of the high
contracting parties is to continue to give force and vigour
to this stipulation, emanated from the will of their Sove-
reigns, the accomplishment of which will strengthen
friendship and secure for ever peace and an amicable in-
tercourse between the two States." The Opposition jour-
nals loudly comp!ain that the treaty is eatirely silent on
c.,mmercial relations, and the Courrier Francais. with its
usual candour, throws the whole blame on England, repre-
sented by Sin ROBERT WILSON, the Governor of Gibral-
tar. " When a Cabinet selects men," says that journal,
" to represent France abroad, it engages its respimsibi-
lity, and it is not probable that it would do so on
chance. M. DsLanuE, therefore, enjoyed the confidence
of the Ministry, and we have no reason to believe that
he has ceased to merit it. How then does it come to pass,
that a treaty concluded according to Ministerial instrues
tions by a special agent, has been torn up, after having
received the royal ratification ? It is melancholy to say
so, but that originates in the negligence. of M. G UIZOT.
The great man of St Pierre-sur-Dives has plenty of
other things to do, besides attending to the affairs of hi.
department. Must he not rally his majority, excite the
lukewarm, confirm the timid, and purchase con-
sciences ? The treaty of Morocco arrived during the
session ; it required only forty-eight hours to examine
it and send it back to Fez. M. GUITOT could not find
time ! He kept the treaty for 25 days, and when he sent
it off by M. RocHE, it was too late. AISHERRHA3IAN had
been circumvented by England. Sir R. WILSON. Gover-
nor of Gibraltar, and the declared enemy of France, had
influenced the Emperor of MOROCCO: he had protested
against the advantages accorded to our commerce, and
his representations were only too well attended to. On
the arrival of M. ROCHE, the disposition of the Sovereign
had completely changed; he refused to ratify; it was
teo late."

The Const:turonne/ takes the same view of the affair.
" France," it asserts, "had obtained favourable con-
ditions for the commerce between Algeria and Morocco
by the land frontier; however, our Ministry having
ratified this treaty after a delay of twenty days, the
Emperor ABDF.RIIAMAN refused to give it his ratifica-
tion, alleging that his Plenipotentiary had exceeded his
instructions bo:h on the question of the frontier and on
the commercial one. It is asserted that Sir R. WILSON,
Governor of Gibraltar, had induced the EMPEROR to
give this refusal. England, who carries on a great trade
with Morocco, was unwilling that our land frontier
should be favoured."

The subjoined remarks on the treaty appear in the
Journal des Debais

The treaty of Lalla-Maghrnia is not merely a convention
of limits; it is a treaty of principles, the consequence of which
will become greater every day in Algeria. The Emperor of
Morocco did not refuse to have the limits of his territories
13S fined, but he was desirous of restricting this operation to
the negotiations already opened, without specifying anything
as to the auth irity of France over Alussulreans. Notwiih.
Vending his repugnance, be has been induced to divide the
Mussulman population, to call Algeria the empire of Algeria,
to extend the-partition of territory and populat:on far beyon
the Turkish limits at the south, and to recognise our power of
action over Mussulmans who desert our territory from a spirit
of hostility. Thus he, a Mu-sulman Prince, descended from
Ma iomet, Sovereign of the only empire which has not been
invaded by Christian powers, finds himself placed on the san.e
line as a Christian Sovereign, the same titles, the same ex-
pressions, being employed for both ; an arrrangement which
we regard as very simple, but which could only be obtained
with great difficulty by our negotiator. Algeria, formerly a
Mussulman possession and a simple province dependent upon
the G-ard Signor of Constantinople, is called and recognised
by Mtily Abderrhaman an empire governed by the Emperor of
the French. He recognises our rights of sovereignty over the
Nlussulmans, whom he calls rains subjects of France, hitherto
a thing unheard of in Mahomedars diplomacy. He recognises
not only the limits established between him and the Osmanlis,
but also that our domination extends as far as the Great
Desert, designating in this part of the country, the country of
muskets, the kessoura and the ogles, the fountains which belong
to ur, and the tribes dependant on our empire. Finally, and
the most importan4 result of all, he recognises that we may ex-
ercise the plentit tide of our rights over all tribes which may be
found in the little and great deserts, although encamped upon
the territory of Morroco. This clause is directed particularly
against Abd-el-Kader, who lately visited the little desert to
excite its tribes. It is to be remarked that this clause is with-
out reciprocity in favour of Morocco."
According to accounts received from Marseilles, a
collision had taken place at Madagascar between the
natives and some French and English sailors, by which
seventeen of the former,' including three (Asters, and
three of the latter and one officer, were killed, and about
fifty wounded Gatgnani's Messenger gives the fellow-
ing account of the affair :
" By a vessel which has just arrived at Marseilles, we have
received the following intelligence from the Island of Bourbon.
The Qiteen of Madagascar, having for acme time past imposed
onerous and unjust conditions upon the French and English
residents at Tamatave, by which the trade with Bourbon and
the Mauritius, in a variety of articles of the first necessity, was
much impeded, three vessels, two French, viz., the Berceau
and Mee, and an English corvette, the name of which is not
stated, were sent to receive on board the European residents,
who were in great danger from the tyranny of the Queen. A
hundred soldiers of the garrison of the Bourbon formed part
of the expedition. The three vessels landed at Tamatave 350
men, who m.de a hostile demonstation, but they received from
a fort, the position of which they were not acquainted with, a
shower of halls and grapeshot, which committed great slaugh-
ter. The French had 14 seamen and three officers killed ; the
English lost three seamen and an officer, and on both sides
there were about 50 wounded. The combined force was, under
these, circumstances, compelled to re-embark, taking their
wounded with them. The dead were mutilated by the Owas,
who stuck their heads upon pikes, on the spot where the French
and English had landed. On the following day, however, an-
other landing was effected, and the combined force succeeded
in removing some of the European residents, with such pro-
perty as in the haste could be got together. They then set
fire to a part of the country, and, having done this, the vessels
returned to Bourbon. We shall probably be able to communi
cate further details on Monday."
The St. Petersburgh Journal publishes the official re-,.
port of the taking of Dargo, in the Caucasus. It states
the loss on the side of the Russians to have b:en one
general and one colonel killed, one colonel dant,:erouily
wounded, and 14 subaltern officers and 162 non-com-
missioned officers and privates killed or wounded. On
the side of the Mountaineers the loss is said to have
been considerable. SAAIB, who commanded the artil-
lery, was killed, and Dom& NADI, of the great Tchet-
chnia, was wounded.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Satur-
day at 84f. loc. ; the Five per Cents. at 121 f. 60c. ; Or-
leans Railroad Shares, 1,302 f. 50c.; Rouen, I,lOSf. 75c. '
. Vierzon, 810fs Havre, 910 f. ; Avignon, 1,0701. ; Basle, 2831

75e. Spanish Actives, 36ii ; ditto Three per Cent., 38};
ditto Pa.,sive.,,, GL; New Deferred Stock, 1.5 i ; Old ditto, 6L.
The following are the quotations for the new lines :-
Orleans and Bordeaux, 218 f. 75c. prem.; Boulogne, 1321.
50c. prem. ; Troyes and Montereau, 47E 50c. ; Paris and Lyons
( 41)1. ; ditto (Won), 17f. 50c. ; ditto (Ganneron)
20f. ; • . `to ( Lapinsonniere), 15f.; Northern Line (Latlitte),
: .• .to (llusarnel), 42f. 50c.; ditto (Pepin), -29 f.; ,itto
Lebeuf), 30f.; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie).
50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), Bf. ; ditto (O'Neill), 15f. ; ditto
(Jacques Lefevre), 6f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Lecointe),
221. 50c. ; ditto (Talabot), 521. 50c. ;„ditto (Compagnie Merl
dionale), 15f. ; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 41. ; ditto
(Espeleta), 161. ; Creil and St. Quentin (Kysaens), 12f. 50c. ;
ditto (Car Ate), 71. ; ditto (Colbert), 61. ; Paris and
Strasbourg (Ganneron), 22f. 50c; ditto (Bechet), 12f 50c. ;
ditto (Ilainguerlot), 211.; Dijon and Mulhausen (O'Neill),
If. ; di: to (Allegry), 2f.; Dieppe, 451.; Charleroy, 601.
LYONS, AUG. 28.-Avignon and Marseilles, 1,087 f., end
of August ; Paris and Orleans, 1,307 E, ditto ; Paris and
Rouen, 1,1201., ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 816 f., ditto;
Orleans and Bordeaux, 728 f. ditto.
BuslNEss DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Am,. 30.
Angl..)-Belgian - Orleans and Bordeaux 12!,i
Boulogne and Amiens lll4 Over Yssel
Bordeaux & Mediterran - Paris & Lyons (Lafitte) 3a
d Tont 2IA Di

Bordeaux an, 10U313
M. and Cette

Central of Sp:tin ..
Dendre Valley
Dutch Rhenish 10

D:eppe & Paris Junct.
D jon and MuPiouse —
Last Indi.m
Grt Northern of France
(Larlitte',)
Ditto (Rosamers) 4
Great Paris and Lyons 23/4
Jamaica Junction
Do. North Midland —
Louvain and Jerneppe 5ll
..yons and Avignon —
Luxembourp;ll.. 23/4
Namur and Liege 7 .
Orleans and Vierzon .. 213/4

Ditto (Gatineron's). 2.:114
Ditto (Calon's)....

Paris unit Orleans...."
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Stra,burg

(Ganneron's)... v 314
Do. (Compte de L'Est) 31/4
Paris and St. Quentin 2
Peppin le Halleur
Rouen and Havre.--
lEloyal North of Spain. vig,
'Sambre and Meus
Strasbourg and Basle
lours and Nantes
(IPH en zie's)
Do. (Lefebvre's) 3%
Verona and Ancona —
West Flanders

lIAIVIBURGH and FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSELS, Auc. 27.—Letters from Antwerp of the
26th say, " Yesterday our public buildings and the ships
in the road and in the basins were adorned with flags
and streamers, in homiur of the Saint's-day of the Queen
of the Belgians. To-day the royal yacht Victoria and
Albert, the Belgian gun-boat, and a great number of
►hips, displayed their colours in honour of Prince Albert,
wh,) completes his 26th year."
Their Nfuje,ties Queen Victoria and the King and
Queen of the Belgians leave Coburg to-day (the 27th)
f,r Gotha, where they spend some days. Brilliant
gr:s will be given during their stay.
It is tha first time that the King of the Belgians re-
visits his native country since his accession to the throne,
fourteen years ago.
The King and Queen of the Belgians will precede
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert a few days on their
return, and will be at Brussels in the beginning of Sept.
It is not yet positively known whether Queen Victoria
and Prince Albert will pass a few days in Belgium before
they embark for England.-13ressels paper.

lIAMBURGII BORSENIIALLE. Ana. 29.
Bills. Money
11434

4.ustrian 5 per Cents • • • ...... • • • • • • •
Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • • • •••• •• • • • • • • 1650
Anglo-Russian Loan .- • • •••••• • • • • • • 114
Russian 5 per Cent., Hamb. Certifleate. 105
Ditto Ist series Inscription • • • •
Ditto, ?lope and Co., 3d and 4th series • • 99%
Ditto, in Certificate.. •••• • • ..
New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • • • 911
Ditto Stieglitz .•••••••• • • • • • • • • 91% 91
Spanish New 5 per Cent ••••••• • • • • • • • 19% 19%
Ditto 3 per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • •
Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2 per Cent • •
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per tent ••• • • 62%
Ditto 3 per Cent. •••••••• • • • • • • • •
Polish New 4 per Cent. Joan, 1844....
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 p:s Cent ••• • • .
National Bank Shares..••••••••••••••••
Exchange on London.
Hamburgh,!August 29 .• • • • • • • • •
Ditto Two months • • • • • • • •
Christiana, March 1, 3 M • ..
Stockholm, Aug. 22, 75 D•••• • • • • 11 45
Ditto, 5 per Cent. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • •
BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausszta, AUG. 30.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent • • • • • • • ..
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ......
Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent-...
Ditto Three per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • •
Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ..
Ditto,••.• ditto, 1840 ......... . .. ••. • • • 101
Ditto, •••••• ••••••••••••••• 101 ditto, 1842 • 101 LA
Ditto of the City, 1832 ••••••••• • • • • • • •
Ditto, 1843 .... •••••• •• •• •• •• • • 101%
Bank of Belgium...• • • •••• • • • • • •••• • • • • 670
—Brussels Papers, Aug. 30.

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DISTRESSING DOUBLE SUICIDE.-011 Thursday
morning last the quiet village of Perry Bar was thrown into
a state of excitement by a report that Mrs. Priestly, the wife
of a brewer residing there, had been found suspended by a rope
to the top of the bed. The alarm was given about seven
o'clock, and on some of the neighbours proceeding to the house,
they found the husband, Thomas Priestly, standing by the
body of his wife, which lay extended on the floor of the bed-
room. The usual notice was given to the Coroner, and in the
afternoon of the same day an inquest was about being held,
when it became known that the husband had also terminated
his existence by hanging himself. From the evidence of
several witnesses, it appeared that Priestly had been very me-
lancholy of late, his demeanour even to his friends being cold
and reputive. He complained of palpitation of the heart, and
was under the medical care of a surgeon in Birmingham. In
the case of Mrs. Priestly, the jury returned a verdict that she
was found dead, but how death had been produced there was no
evidence to show. In the second instance the finding of the
jury was that " Deceased had destroyed himself while labour-
ing under temporary insanity.' Birmingham Journal.
EXTRAORDINARY AiSDUCTION OF A CHILD.—On
Szturday bills were c'rculated offering a reward of twenty
guineas to any poison who could give information that
might lead to enravelment of the following mysteri-
ees affair : It appeared that Colonel Shenstoce, who,
together with his' lady, have bean staying at the Isle of
Wight, hat left their youngest child, a fine boy about two
years of rge, in the care of Mrs. Ely, a widow, in Munster-
street, Regent's Patk. On Saturday, her daughter, a girl in
her tif:eenth year, was sent in'o the City upon some busi-
ness, and or her return looked in at the 'Temple-gardens
for the purpose of amusing the child, who accompanied her. e
particular noticeaccostedby a lady-like female, in deep mourn-
in,r,
who took
of the child, giving it some
r the wasfruit, and inquiring its age, name of the parents, and many
other particulars, concluding by expressing her surprise
at their meeting, as she knew the parents extremely
well. After continuing for some time in conversation they
proceeded as far as the fountain, when the stranger asked
the girl if she would go to Twining's tea warehouse for her,
and she would amuse the child until she came back. The
girl consented; but, upon her return, neither the lady nor
the chi d were to be seen. The girl subsequently ascertained
that a female, in every respect answering to the description of
the stranger, accompanied by a child, had taken a cab at
the St. Clement's stand. On Tuesday the cabman was
found, and there is no doubt his fare was the party sought.
Beyond the fact of her being set down at the terminus of the
Eastern Counties Railway, as set all clue is lost. 'fhe fern ile
was apparently about twenty-five years of age, very fair, and
of slim stature, and had a very mild way of speaking. She
wore a double eye-glass, which she frequently used.
RICPBABD OASTLER.—We have heard, from autho-
rity on which we have pretty good reason to rely, that Richard
Oastler has made 30,000/. upon the Leeds Stock Exchange by
legitimate business as a sharebroker. That having in every
instance exhibited the strictest integrity, and on repeated occa-
sions displayed an unusual nicety othonotir, in handing over to
his
employers profits that have generally been retained by the
broker, but to which Mr. Oastler did not consider himself
honestly entitled, his fame spread as a faithful dealer and an
upright man, and his business increased accordingly. Once,
we are told, he saved to a speculator three or four thousand
pounds, which, by the custom of the trade, might have gene
into the birJaer's pocket. No wonder Richard Oastler pros-
pered. And he deserved to do so for many well-known rea-
sons. no i, a man whose welfare is of public import ; and
whether his honest gains to above or below the sum stated,
there are thousands in this country who will heartily rejoice at
we are assured that Mr.
Oastler contemplates entering Parliaments choosing from
ohfishlusecinstoartsutnhees. they
sincerely sympathised with him at the time
crown
all,
among the many interests that now have a voice in the ne-
t onaressembly, to represent the interests of humanity on the
short time question. And then what a contrast will be offered
to the admiring gale of weary poverty, or virtuous ambition,
sinking by the way, between Richard Oastler confined in the
Fleet prison for debt, and Richard Oastler, " Esquire," a man
of wealth and an able and influential Member of Parliament
—Blachburn Standard.
TuE EARL or VERULAM.—We deeply regret to
hear that this mnch.esteemed nobleman is at present suffering
from severe illness, and that the state of his health is a
source of extreme anxiety to his family.—Hertford Mercury.
RE-ESTABLISHMENT TIIE ANCIENT ORDER OF
Olin FELLOWS.—On Friday evening last, one of the largest
meetings known for many ye Rathbene-place ars of the above body
it being for
was held at
Mr. I3ealey's, the Black Horse,
the purpose of re-establishing the ancient order. Mr. W.
Cousins, the recent Past Grand Master, took the chair, and
after the usual ceremonies had been gone through, the room
was declared opened as the New Grand Lodge of England
with 33 P. G. Pris. for founders. The Chairman then, at
considerable length, alluded to the sudden extinction of their
societies, which, as a philanthropic body, had been established
more than a 100 years. Their object was to relieve the widow
and the orphan, and above all never to close their doors against a
distres-ed brother. Ie conclusion, he observed that theirs had
been called a secret society, it was a mistaken error; there never
was ally secret about the " Ancient Order ; and he would take
the opportunity of observing, that sevetal persons connected
with tha press were present to state that they were always open
to that body, and, if there was any secret, it was in the fact
that they did not wish to make a parade of their acts of bene-
volence, remembering never to let the right hand know what
the left death. The Chairman was followed by P. G. P. Le-
gassie, P. V. G. Brooks, and a number of delegates from the
country lodges, each of whom addressed the meeting. A num-
ber of new members were then made, and the society separated.
More than 20 members of the licensed victuallers' body, who
appeared to take considerable interest in the proceedings, were
present.
THE ROBBERY AT MESSRS. ROGERS'S.—The large
robbery of bank-notes committed at the bank of Messrs.
Rogers, Towgood, and Co., in the City, must be fresh in the
recollection of our readers. It was enveloped in a mystery
which even the sharp eyes of the Forresters could not
pierce, and their inquiries were, we believe, abandoned
in tie pair. A
circumstance has, however, just come to
our knowledge which may throw some light on th.s rob-
bery, if not lead to the discovery of the perpetrators.
Three of the notes stolen on this occasion were paid to an
hotel-keeper at Naples by persons staying at his hotel in dis-
charge of their bills. Tha pa-ties who passed the notes to
him were of such rank and station as to preclude the re-
motest possibility of their complicityin the robbery, or of
their having received
the notes in question, otherwise than
in exchange for cheques or for larger notes. The hotel-
keepers arrived in London two or three days ago with the
notes in his possession, and with the full determination of
presenting them at the Bank of England for payment. He
knows the parties frem whom he received them, so that a
clue will thus be obtained by which the notes may be traced
from hand to hand, until the first possessor after the robbery
is reached. It may be mentioned that a list of the stolen notes
was communicated to this hotel-keeper by the British Consul
at Naples, but not until four days after the notes in question
had been taken by him.—Observer.
Viscount anti Viscountess Palmerston arrived at
their town mansion late on Saturday night, from Tiverton,
where they had been for the races. The Noble Viscount
was warmly received by his constituents, who not only cheered
his Lordship's presence on the race course, but also serenaded
him on his arrival at his hotel.
Sir Robert ano Lady Peel are entertaining a select
Fluty at Drayton Manor Staffordshire.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW S
(From The Sun of Last Night.)
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were 6,000
bales, including 2,000 on speculation. The whole of the busi-
ness done was at full prices.—ln Shares there were large trans
actions at advancing rates.
There are accounts of a late date from various parts of the
continent respecting the conditi.ii of the growing crops, and
from these we glean that the yield and quality will be
unequal, for in some parts there are excellent
prospects, while in others a decided deficiency
is calculated on. At present, it is a matter of difficulty to
state whether the crops abroad will be an average or not. In
Mark-lane to day wheat is duller of sale, and the brilliant
weather of the last few days has had the effect of inspiring
decided confidence.
From India and China the market exports vary but little
from the last, though some look upon those from the latter as
being rather better.
The Funds opened much the same to-day, and have been
moderately active. Consols for present transfer have realised
983/ to 99, and for time 991/s to 14. The fine weather exer-
cises a favourable effect on prices, but there are
occasional sales on behalf of the Accountant-General
and the railways, which check an improvement.
Exchequer-bills have dropped again, being 455. to 48s.
premium. The Bank of England is supposed to be the
seller. Bank Stock has maintained the advanced rate of
212% and 213. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have
realised 1024 1/2 ; and the Three per Cents. 99% N. East
India Bonds have bean 665. premium.
There is very little doing in the Foreign Market. Spanish
Five per Cents. are dull at 271, and the Tures per Cents.
at about 3Si %. Mexican Stock has been quoted 331 to 1,4,
Columbian 18t8, and Buenos Ayres 52 Belgian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents. have been par to 100%, and Dutch Four per
Cents. 991 to
A good deal of business is again doing in Railway Shares.
Cambridge and Lincoln have touched 4%; Direct Northern,
314 ; Dublin and Galway, 414 ; Great Southern and
Western of Ireland, 261:, ; Manchester and Buxton,
81,4 ; Midland, 175 to 176 ; North British 30 and
31 ; Staines and Richmond, 3% and 4%, South Wales
61/2. The French lines are very lively, and all at good
premiums. Eastern Counties are steady at 20%;
Great Western have been quiet at 175 to 176, and Leicester
and Bedford, London and 1 ork, Birmingham, Brighton, and
South Eastern, are scarcely so high as on Saturday.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISII FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced ... 995/ % 99
3 per Cent. Consels Annuities 997 N 99 983
'slew 314 per Cents 102A,141:21,4 .10214
Lona. Am mities to exuireJ an. 1860 11 7-16 11 7-16
India Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,000/. ..
Bank Stock for Account 213 213
Consols for Account ......
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d 45 48 pm. 47
Ditto 5001.
Ditto Small
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Buenos Ayres Bonds 6 per Cent. 52 52
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela lB% 18%
Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent — 91
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 331/a 331/s
Ditto, Account 3311,4 33%
Ditto. Deferred
Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 63%
Ditto, Account 64
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto 3 per Cent............. 38%
Belgian 414 per Cent. lOO% 100 100
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Equador 4%
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certific.... 99145/4 9914
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SILIRES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush l% 2% 2%
_

Birmingham and Ox- _
ford Junction
Bristol and Exeter
Ditto New
Caledonian
Ditto Extension
Cambridge and Lincoln 11/2 ....„ 3% 41;, 5
Chester and Holyhead... 15
Cork and Waterford ... 1% 2
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.
and Leicester 1 ...... 234 31/s 314
Cornwall
Diss, Beccles, Yarmouth 11,12 —
Direct Northern
Dublin and Belfast June. 2112 Bl4 9
Dublin and Galway... • 2% 3J 4% 4
Eastern Counties 14/. 165...... 2014% 2014
Ditto New 41. 16s. 7. % 7% P
Ditto Perpetual, 5 par
Cent, No. 1....51.135. 4d. —
EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1
Eastern Union 3l
Ditto Extension .
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto Quarter Shares 12%......
Ditto New 4 Shares... 5
Ely and Bedford
Glouc., Aberystw ith, and
Central of Wales
Grand Union l% 2% 3% Vs
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great North of Scotland 21/2
tireat Northof England-100 225
Do. New .... - ........ 2 ...... 34
Great Western
Guildford, Fare'm, Ports. 2 % ... .. 31/2%.
Hull and Selby
Do. Half Shares
Leicester & Birmingham 225. l% p 2 p
Leicester and Bedc3rd 92s 3% p
Limerick and Waterford 21/2 —3436%
81/2
London and Birminghm (Stock) 222
Do. 14 Shares
.. 29
Ditto Extension
A
London and Blackwall. 16/. 13s 4d. —•
Do. New
London and Brighton
London and Croydon, 13/. 15s 9d.
Do. New l3s 4d ll/2%
Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and
Hereford
Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d
Do. New
Do. New

!.ondon and York ...... •.. 21,12•..... 71/s li 7
London and Windsor ... 1
London, Salisbury, ailed
Yeovil
Londonderry & Coleraine 2 1/........ 334 4
London and Manchester
(Remington's)
Lynn and Ely 2% — 8
Lynn and Derehain l% 4% .... ....... ... 4%
Manchester and Leeds... 76
..... .

Do. 1/2 Shares
Do Sixteenths ..... ... 4,,i —
Manche:ter and Birmin. 40
Do. New Quarters ... 2
Manchester,Buxton,and
Matlock 225....... 8 7% 8%
Midland 100
Do. New
Midland, Birm., Derby...loo 134%
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 25 ...... 57% 571/2
Do. New Brandling... 15
Neweastlf and Berwick 11,6 18%1,6 19
Newcastle, Durham. and
Lancashire Junction... 1% 5%
Newry and Enniskillen. 21/2 ..... 3%%
North British
Do. New
Northern and Eastern... 45 ••• •.
N. Kent & Direct Dover 234_ .. 514 5 54
North Staffordshire 22s.
North Wales
.Norwich anti Brandon... 14
Do~ New
Oxford and W,)rcester... 2% 914 834 9% ..
Portsmouth Direct 2l/2 6% 7% 63q 634
Preston and Wyre
Richmond 5 - •••••• 12
Rugby, Worstr. & Tring 1
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Scottish Central
Dudley, and Birm 2%..... 714 8 71/2 8
Shrewsbury and Trent
Valley Union 22s.
Shrewsbury, Hereford,
and North Wales 2% — 5
South Devon
South Midland 22s.
:)outh Eastern & Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 48
Do., No. 1
Do., .No. 2.
Do.. No. 3
Staines and Richtnoml.... 1 -
.7,aftia Wales ..... ... 21% 6% ... . ...... 614
trent Valley 2 ..... . 19%3%..• ...... .. 1934
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Warwick k Cheltenham 11A --
2%
Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
Welch Midland
Arest Cornwall ....... ..... 1 ;4,...
Worcester, Shrewsbury
and Crewe Union ... .. 1%..... 4%:5% 5%
York and Carlisle 2% 51% 61/t ........ /11/2
ork and North Midland 50
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do Selby
Do. Extension
FOREIGN RAILIV :A VS.
Anglo. Belgian
ooutogne and A tniens... 6
Bordeaux and Toulouse 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette ... ...... .... ..... 2 ..... 2%%
Dendre Valley ... ..... .. 2 ...... VA%
Dijon and Mulhouse ... 2 . 1.2 y,
Dutch Rhenish 3 93/N
East Indian ... ..... •.... 5s-

Great North. of France
(Laffitte's)
Do. do. (itosamel's) 2
Great Paris and Lyons 2 ...... 2,41/4 1/5 .....
Louvain and Jenieppe... 4 ... . 5
Lyons and Avignon 2
Luxembourgh
./3.1/2%
NI • r . 4 - 7 .- %
'2%

...v amur and-Liege -
Orleans and Bordeaux 4 ...... 1211o,f,
Over Yssel 413 s 4d — ...... ........ 1/2 P
Paris tic Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Pans and Lyons, Gan-
neron's,
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 .... . • 25/1,43%
Paris and Orleatii 2O ...... 501
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
(Ganneron's) 2 ...... 314
Do. (Compte de L'Est) 2
Peppin le Halleur ....... 4 .. ... 54%
Royal North of Spain ... 2
Sambre and Meuse ..... 6
Tours and Nantes. Mac-
kenzie's
Do. do (Lefebvre's) 2
Verona and A nc0n:i...... 3 '314
West Flanders
MINE.
Real del Monte,Unregis. ...... 3% —

Sincerely do we regret to have to record the de-
cease of General Sir William Hutchinson, which occurred at
Cheltenham on Wednesday last.— United Service Gaugu.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE

CONTINENT.

ConunG, AUG 26.—T0-day is the anniversary of the
birth of Prince Albert, and an occasion so interesting
to the whole of the family circle of royal pereonioeve
wile are assembled here, has been celebratA in a stvie
of simplicity and frieediy mutualay of enjoyment be-
tween Court and people, that is delightfully charaeteris-
tic of German manners. Th.,i Palace of 1 senen was
the scene, and the kind of paternal rule which seems to
prevail here has not been more exemplified during the
whole of the Queen's visit than on this occasion. It ap-
pears to be the custom, on such anniversaries as these, teir
the reigning Duke to entertain his subjects in various
ways, with dancing, music, and other mere substantial
festivities. '1 his afforde d a capital opportunity for exhibit-
ing to the Queen some of the peculiar custems and halets
of the people, just as she was gratified the other day at
the feast of Gregorius. After the usual breakfast in
the open air, the Queen, Prince Allier', the Meg ant
Queen of the Belgians, the Grarel Duke of Baden, the
Duke of Saxe Coburg, and Princes too numerous to
m, ntiou, came round to anoiher front of the palace, op-
posite which is an extensive lawn, enclosed in the gloat
squisite flowers and foliage. Presently there emerged
front one of the Is toy avenues a gay troop of villagers,
all in their best holiday dresses, the men wearing
large nosegays in their fiats, wiulch also ware wrapped
round with the ne,t, singular looking handkerchiefs
in the brightest co:ours. Each Mali led a peasant girl,
flaunting gaily in the picture sque cos- tone of the
°Aim-Ty—the neat little jacket of red, green, or blue,
the short ski, t of bleak etuff; striped or vari.•gatee
with the most brilliant celoers, and, topping all,
the grotteepee coiffure which is peculiar to the women
about this part of Germany, half cap half turban.
with a profusion of long black ribands suspended from
a bright gilt ornament let into the tip o the cap, which
hang down the back or float in tee wind. Their face,,
brown with exposure to the air and ruddy with healthful
toil, were now lit up joyously to the merry strains of
national music which burst forth from a band stationed
at one end of the garden, and in a few moments, at a
signal from the Doke of. Coburg, the whole of this gay
perry were whirling round the lawn in the gayest pees-
sifre waltz. It was a pretty and heart-stirring sight,
and the people enjoyed it s•.l Not the people only, but
also a long line of Queens, Kings, Dukes, Duchesses, and
lords and ladies, of whom our own Queen was the centre
and the most delighted of them all, if a merry 'swell
and joyous face ere any proofs of true pkaeure. Nor
were these the only spectaLirs. True to the praciice
of this country—where nothing is shut in front the
publ.c eye, and all seems one large succession of pas ks
and gardens, so impossible is it to deo ct any boundaries,
groups of people, either from Coburg or from the neigh •
biarring villages, the highest and the lowest mingl,d
trustfully and friehdlike in one mutual enjoyment, were
to be seen at different angles of the lawn, net 20 yards
from the Queen, or in the garden under the very
windows of the palace. Ihe Prince and the peasant
stood side by side, all heartily participating in the same
merry, laughing pastime
The Queen, as has been said, appeared to be de-
lighted at so novel a sight. Sometimes, in the intervals
of the dance, her Majesty or the Queen of the Belgians
would call one of the peasant girls and talk with her,
praising her dancing, or perhaps her dress, and
the maiden thus honoured of course la,ceme an
object of intense envy to the rest. One or two of the
must handsome, and who wore the most picturesque
dresses, were selected and detained at the palace as
subjects for sketching—a distinction of which they
seemed not a little proud. After this pretty scene had
lasted more than an hour, the whole troop filed off again
by the way they came, to the music of their own rustic
band, and not forgetting, as they threaded their way
through the park, to treat their royal visitors to a series
of final shouts or screams, which, to say truth, smacked
somewhat of Ojibbew ay joy.
Last night the Queen and the whole of the Court here
again attended the theatre. The entertainment was
liutxkow's comedy, entitled, "Zed und Schwe, t,"
which might be literally rendered " Queue and Sword,"
its object being to indicate the tenour of the plot, which
consists of the usual struggles between a despotic mili-
tary monarch and those whom he desires to bend to his
caprices, particularly the young and loving, who, of
course, have recourse to all the little diplomacies which
love teaches, in order to evade his harsh and troublesome
decrees.

At the close of the performance the audience, ac-
companied by the baud, sang a German version of " God
Save the Queen," substituting for ihe usual words of the
last two verses a complimentary farewell to the Queen of
England.

The royal party, after leaving the theatre, pro ,ceded
back to Rosenau by torchlight, as on the previous visit,
to the theatre. They start. for Gotha to-morrow (Wed•
nesslay) m 'ruing at eight o'clock, luvching ut
gen, and sleeping at Reinartsbrunn, a seat of the Duke's
not far from Gotha. 7 hcy ko un to Gotha on Thursday
mooing. The royal travellers will li-ave Gotha on
their return home, on the 3d pi oxitno. They will sleep
at Fulda the first Di!: ht, at Wiesbaden or Frankfort the
second, at Cologne the third, thence they will proceed
by railway to Antwerp, or to whichever other port it is
finally determined that they shall embark from.
REINARTSBRUNN, THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 28.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert have come thus far on
their journey from Cobur,,, to Gotha. Reinartsbrunn
is a seat belonging to the Duke of Saxe Coburg, distant
from Gotha nine or ten English miles. The royal
party left Rosenau yesterday (Wednesday) trtirniug,
at
eight o'clock, and they did not reach R.,inartsbrunn till
half-past eight o'clock in the evenieg. The further
progress was postponed till this of ernoon, partly on
account of the fatigue of so long a journey, and pad.)
that het Majesty might enter Gotha by d..ylight. The
road traysrs..d by the royal party yesterday was in
many respects very interesting. The first place of
any size, after leaving Coburg, is Rodach, where
a very pretty triumphal creh was pi epared,
and the houses were very tasteful y festooned.
Crowds of people assembled to see the gut en
pass. At a few miles further on the territory of baxe-
Meiningen intersects that of Saxe-Coburg, and here,
within a short distance of Hildbarghausen, on the top
of a hill comma-ming a fine view, the authorities of
Meiningen were drawn up to receive her Majesty on
her entrance into the duchy. Hildhurghauseu itself
exhibited a scene of great animation. The houses were
sll festooned, and in the principal part of the limn the
children were all drawn up by the road side—the girls
dressed in white with ivy wreaths; and these, together
with a body of the burgher guard (a peaceful-looking
body of soldiers), and an immense crowd of people,
greeted the royal party as they passed through. At
other places on the road, a great part of which runs
amongst the Thuringian Forest, and commands some
very fine mountain and pine forest scenery, there were
similar preparations, and particularly at Saxe-Meiningen,
where the royal party stopped and lunched with the
Duke and Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen. They start
from this place for Gotha this afternoon at three o'clock.