The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-06 00:00:00

COURT OF ALDERMAN.

Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of bu-
siness.

THE VENTILATION OF THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
Sir 111. WooD brought up the report of the Gaol Com-
mittee, r‘'spectint,),- the ventilation of the Sessions House
in the Old Bailey. It stated that the Committee had
held several meetings upon the subject of the ventilation
of the building by Dr. Reid, and had examined the
Clerk of the Court, and other gentlemen who had had
frequent opportunities of estimating the value of the plan
of ventilation ; that the witnesse3l7ad strongly approved
of the plan, and that the Committee recommended the
continuance of it.

The COURT also resolved, out of compliment to the
present Lord Mayor. who is a shipowner, Hutt a survey
of the River should he made on the 21st, 22d, and 23d of
July.

APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMIS-

SIONERS OF THE INCOME-TAX.

Yesterday there was a. numerous meeting of the Laud-
tax Commissioners (amongst kvhom were several of thki
County Magistrate s) at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-
green, to choose Commissioners for the general purposes
of the Property-tax. • •
The following Commissioners for the Bloomsbury dis-
trict were appointed to meet .at the Vestry-rooms,
Golden-square, at 12 o'clock on Friday next:—Sir John
Jacob Hansler, of Tavistock-square ; James Mansfield,
Esq., John-street, Bedford-row ;W. Tooke, Esq., Bed-
ford-row ; James D. -Main, Old Chapel-row, Kentish
Town ; Thomas Weeding, Esq., Mecklenburgh-square ;
Edward Baynes, Esq., of Cambridge-terrace ; and Edw.
P. Clowser, Esq., of New-End, Hampstead.
For Holborn Division at SL Giles 's Vestry-rooms, on
Friday, at 12 o'clock ; and for Finsbury at the Sessions-
house, on Saturday, at 11 o'clock. The Commissioners
were 'l'. L. Donaldson, Esq., Hart-street ; John Gorton,
Esq., Charlotte-street ; Samuel Mills, Esq., Russell-
square ; Samuel Page, Esq., Holborn ; W. H. Savage,
Esq., Somers-street ; N. Winsland, Esq., Great Russell-
street ; James Whisker, Esq., Upper Bedford-place ;
Richard Carpenter, Esq., 61 Myddleton-square ; W.
Lovell, Esq., Valentine Knight, Esq., John Willis, Esq.,
of Finsbury-square, &c. &c.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and Mr.
Burchell,and the meeting separated.

llEvEsuE.—Notwithstanding the predictions
which have been promulgated respecting a falling off in the
revenue, we are happy in being able to state that the accounts
which will be made up this evening will exhibit an increase of
upwards of 200,0001. above the corresponding quarter of last
year. In the Customs there is a falling off in the quarter's
revenue of nearly 200,0001., which is to be attributed chiefly,
if not altogether, to the delay in passing the tariff through
the House of Commons. There is also a decrease on the malt
duty, owing, no doubt, to the bad harvest of last year, but the
increase on other articles of excise and miscellaneous duties
fully compensate for the decrease in the Customs and malt ;_
and will show an increase on the quarter, as above stated, of
upwards ut 200,000/. The Post Office revenue has increased
20,0001. in the quarter. Stampsremain about the same. The
revenue of the financial year ending to-day,
"e
To Paper.
will exhibit an increase of upwards of. 200,000.•
iii huthin
Great scarcity of
silver
was
experiencedo
durirg the Quarter Sessions, which held Monday and
upderstancl,
Tuesday last, and it was with cliff
bills
' l
were settled, owing to there being '
no change to be at
is a fact, that a gentleman paid Is. ty that the countryi
6d. for changing a full.
weight sovereign.

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QUEEN V. CAIiOLL.. •••••-••••- V. MILLIS.
These important wt its of error were specially appointed fps. Ati cc
hearing to-morrow (Wednesday) before their Lordships and' the Judges, Judges, but in consequence of the parties being unable to
get up their case, and have them printed, they were posVoned
to next session. It is generally understood that the Jtidges
will not attend the House of Lords to hear writs of error sgai
dining the present session.

CORDON V. CAMPBELL.
The arguments in this Scotch appeal were commenced to-
day,

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, July 5.
(Sittings in London, before the Loan CIiIEF JUSTICE and a

Special Jury.)
rinwrs v. OFFAL°.
This was an action of debt, to which was se off a contract.
Tile plaintiff is an extensive foreign merchant, and the defend.
ant the London representative of a Moorish house at Mogadore.
The case occupied the whole morning, and presented nothing
of the slightest interest except the stately figures and the rich
costumes of some Moorish witnesses.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD C 01.1117:
Francis Cooke aged 22, and .11fi•ed Barnes 20, described
as labourers, were charged with feloniously receiving on the
14th of June last, 12 yards of silk, six cards of calico, and eight
Tares of fringe, value 20s. the property of Thomas Warren,
, well knowing the same to have been stolen.
Mr. Philips appeared for the prisoners. •
'1 hos. Warren, the prosecutor, who is the well known up-
holsterer in Oxford-street, deposed that he entered into a con-
tract with the Committee of the Spitaltields Ball to furnish the
Italian Opera I louse with decorations en the occasion of the mag-
nificent ball which took place at the Opera House, under the
auspices of her Majesty, for the relief of the distressed Spital-
fields weavers. The decorations on being returned to witness,
were found to be deficient in several instances, and the property
now produced composed a part of the deficient decorations.
John Johnforth, C 182, stated that he was on duty in
Pall-mall on the 14th of June, when he saw the prisoners
loitering about under the Opera collonade. lie shortly after-
wards observed Cooke go into No. 4, Pall-mall, and in a short
time come out having a bundle under his arm, which contained
some of the property identified by the last witness. Barnes
was watching outside. Witness asked Cooke where he got the
bundle, and he said that he had it from his mother He also
gave his mother's proper name and place of residence. Barnes
said he knew nothing at all about it.
Cross-examined by Mr. Pm wrs—Went to Cooke's mother.
She sweeps at the Opera House. Spoke to her on the sebjeet.
Have not got her here as a witness to• day.
Henry Shepherd, another police-constable, confirmed the
first part of the last witness's evidence. _ _

AIL Pitt r.LIPS then briefly addressed the Jury for the defence.
The COMMON SERG EA NT said the probability was that
Cooke had received the bundle from his mother.

The Jury almost immediately returned a verdict of " Not
Guilty" against both prisoners.
The COMMON SERGEANT mutioned Cooke not to come
there again—a little more' and he wou'd have been transported.
Patrick Daley, :20, labourer, was indicted for stealing two
pounds weight of copper, the property of Messrs. Truman,
flanhury, and Co., his employers.
Mr. Bodkin conducted the prosecution.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and he was found
Guilty. •

The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced the prisoner to be kept
to hard labour for one year:

William Connell, si, was indicted for stealing a sovereign,
the property of John Coppise.
The wire of the prosecutor, wishing to purchase a half-
pennyworth of milk of the prisoner, who is a milkman,
gave him, as she thought, two farthings in payment, aid
the prisoner went away, and directly afterwards, the good
woman toned that she had given the prisoner, by mistake,
a sovereign and a farthing, instead of two farthings. The hus-
band went after the prisoner and accused him of taking the
sovereign, and wished him to give it up. lie denied that he
had it, but the man insisted on searching him, and gave him
into custody, when he admitted that he had the sovereign, and
gave it up. The prisoner received a good character.
The COMMON SERGEANT told the jury that it had been de-
cided that the art imputed to the prisoner amounted to larceny,
and if the jury believed the facts to be proved, they must, in
law. return a verdict of guilty.
The Jury convicted the prisoner, but recommended him to
mercy, and the Common Sergeant ordered him to be imprisoned
in Newgate for seven days.
The Court adjourned soon after Five o'Clock.

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idEAME-ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.

THIS EVF.:NING, JULY EL
TerlbrimMlTi will coMmenCe with the New Ilurletta called
HE WA Elt WITCHE.,„ in whichdxbetry,
Earke , lisle. Hurray, Criop, Pincoo, and era appear.
To Lc followed by a New Drama, called TtiE tiu.r.
Prlwlpal Characters Hy Mesiss. 0. Smith. Diddear, W. H. Bland,
and Harley, Miss Murray, ,4i,s Crisp, and Mist Faucit.
:liter which, THE ILLUSTRIOUS SlRAN'Citit.—Dowbell,
Harley • Azar, Mr. Dar :er ; Niza, s. Hughea
To conetulle with th, Farce ue A DAV V‘ ELL SPENT.--Bolt,
sir. J. Mizzie, Mt. exberry.
toxe.:, as. Ht, s. • Gallery, ls. Dotlrs open at lialf.past Six ;
cnoinio. cc at. Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine.
rr:va•e to I,e Mad of Mr. Grogan, at the Pc ivatc
And of alas, A ndrew Mitchell, Sams, and Bally, at their Libraric

Ii.OY AL SURREY THEATRE.
consegnence of the entiC overticnts that have been attracted
by thy periorraancc La Sounambina " supported by the first
musical talent thie couutry ran produce will nc repeated
THIS EVENING, JULY 6.
The partermaroces will connnoico Irith Bel•iiii'a LA SONN AM.
Ft; 1.A.--A mina. Miss Rorues; Liza, Mrs Serie; Rodolpho, Mr.
effier ; iavir.u, Mr. W. ; imnreasci Band, and a
oaerfnt Chorus, conduct& Mr. G. Stansbury.
After which, THE ARTFCL DOO6E.—Artful Dodge, Mr. G.
Wild.
conch% c with .1 Drama cal.d THE C.!; OW N PRINCE; en
si,e BUCKLE' OF DIAMONDS, in which Mr. J. Webster will ap.

feCt; and Private Soxe•F. may be vad of Jir. J. lier,chntr. at the
ox (Ake, trm' I:leven till Four daily.

I:IU PLAYS, ST. JAMIE 'S THEATRE.
THIS AVIKNING, J[LY 6,
FOR THE BENEFIT CF MR. MITCHELL.
'rhe Pert4rin,mees will commence with (Last Time), LES.MER.
LH, HON'S, Ol: LE TESTAMENT SINGULIEIL —St. Felix,
t one kilt, olonAeur pouffe.
Aft.n* which, Madame Sehodel and Herr Stntidigl will ing an ad.
mire,l Duet from Mozart's •..Zanbeiflote," and other pieces.
Which will be followed by LE PERE 'IC It LUTUTti ; MT, LE:,
t;01: I RS.—Rigande, Centenaire, (le l'ere Turlututu), by ion.
bur Ilwitre.
At the end of wlich Herr Dobler will exhibit his Delusion of
the Distiibution of Flora'. 6111,.
fo conclude with the First Act of LE GAMIN DE PA
;gamin de Paris) 3loinicair Rood:.
Gs.; l'it, ;Ss. IV.; Amphitheatre for Gallery Stalls), ;
t;allery, s. Doors will 'be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Per
l'0:1.1)11Cliee at ii:111-1):Lit Seven..
Aprlications to Doze., Stalls, and Tickets, lobe made at Mr. Mit.
chc!l',.. Royal Libraty, Uhl 8011-sti Let ; and at. :he Box-olliec
ci the Theatre, which is open daily, from Eleven till Five :'clock.

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Ttf)VAT, SUIULi Y ZOOI.OGIC.U,
The Nrhility, Gentry, Subserib,rs, anti the Public, arc re.itectfully
in cornett{ brat .
OS 'AIONDA TUESI)AYS, AND TIIVIZSI)AY;,
GRAND LVENI Nti FETES will he given, in which will Le cm-
these popular Entertainments that have given to this tavou.
treplace of reeve:atoll its peculiar celebrity, with additions and
in-
tro Jctitms, which render MLitt more generally attractive.
The MENAGERIE has been enriched In many valuable and hn•
rorrant acqui.-itions in the chwes of both Utradrupeds and birds. -
Er:v.ll6g Time :lye o'clock.
!`tae t'olossa I V I E‘V OF' ROME has hecti repainted, and in sonic
zots!anc.es remodelled, tt ill, a Mechanical 'fable-ti d'action, repre-
aro i•ig the PI ocessiu:i of tti, Papal '1 reolis, Guards, and Roman
• idcs, to the I astle or :q
RA \ iitelti4l.-s some of the most om•lie,tt Performers, con-
by Me: t.lodffey.- anti the Progratorie or the P RO M EN A DEs
,f • •!( A 1.17.. S ,cleettai: role the noblest works of the great Mailers.
7 ;• • I MIN.‘TION,if ST. PETER's, the CROSS of FIRE,
ti i r,A t :)01, A of S7'. ANGELO, with -all the gorgeous
,'•p, awl Inagnifie-nt ottrodociioos that have called forth a.'.
m-matiods of delight and admiration On each evcning of their ex.
tivr. terrnitiatis with 'the triumph of pyrotechnic splendour,
CA SC IMP: of III:ILIA A EIKE, SIN. IN" FEET iti height.
:ire opt*. Daily front Telt till Dusk. The Evening
reres, with the Plomenatles Nlt,cates, Illumination of f.t. liter',,
of St. Angelo, &e., will be given oil Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays. Admission One Shilling.

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LONDON
IED.N I>DAY MOR SING . JULY 6, 1842.

The revenue last quarter and the revenue last
year were not flourishing. Because it did not in-
crease, Sir IL PkiEL has had recourse to an Income-
tax. The revenue accounts for the present quarter,
tlicreire, which will be found ha another part of
tier paper, are not calculated to give satisfaction to
tlic.Government and the public.
The decrease in the Customs on the quarter .7s
426,3951. z the increase on the Excise is 94,7881.;
en Stamp, 17,5581. ; on Taxes, 28,543/. ; on the Post-
• t 1.5,0001. ; and on Miscellaneous, 196,-;22,1.;
total, 371,411/. This total,. however, is .54,9841. less
than the decrease of the Customs, and this
shows the total decrease of the ordi-
nin'y revenue for the quarter. The extraordinary re-
woue has increased 28,5571., showing a total decrease
• the income in the quarter of 26,4071. The total
income. for the year, including ordinary and extraor-
dinary revenue, is 45,337,4081., and 665,175/. more
than last year.
,But it 'includes a large sum "paid in
Wit quarter of Sycee silver, and we presume that the
in,r*a in the miscellaneous revenue for this quarter,
19:1,7;2-21., eonies front a Anilar source. The sugar
duties appear to have yielded this year upwards of
WO.OOO/. mor'e than last year. Remembering these
.;iveumstances, and remembering that last year the
revenue wa-s, deficient, awl had not answered the ex-
retatious of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, we
w.v)elutle that the increase in thi:; year is no proof that
the revenue is. ds it ought to 1. with an increasing

in a state of progTe,,iN Aligillentat.l4.ll.
It would he vvrong:. however. lo ,t
,notiee that the
0.4-!zit dtterease in the tfu.*Ans this (pc,rti,r, is pro-.
hohly. owing to the unecrtainty and change introduced
'by the tariff. which have prevented busin,s!,, to a eon-
.siloralile extent, while it. was in progrc,.s. We may
txpect, therefore, that the next quarter, notwithstand-
in the diminished duties on smite article, then in
fv‘cf. ration, will show an increase in the Customili aluo)st
equalling the dcer,,ase in the present quarter. ' On
the whole. certainly the revenue has ttot suffered
much as we might have expected from the dNress which
prevails among the people. A remark was made at the
Lire meeting at Leeds, which may serve to explain
this. ',lt was said that the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer must not assume an increase in the revenue
t be a: sign of prosperity, because a great number of
the people hail been obliged to give up the consump-
tion of meat, a non-exciseable article, and substitute
for it tea, coffee, and. sugar, which pay Customs and
Excise duties. Such weiremwitanee, probably, serves
to explain the present state of the revenue, in conjunc-
tion with time distressed condition of the people.

The Executive Government lixs taken up the con-
dtr,:t of Colonel DuiNn.ks in a proper spirit. Sir H.
HAILPINGE stated last night in the House of Corn-
monS that the Colonel had failed to absolve himself of
the charge of having spoken disrespectfully of her
MAJI*ITY, that he had been dismissed from the situa-
tion of one of her MAJEsTy's Aides-de-Camp, removed
frOm the command of the 8:341 Regiment, and placed
on half-pay. That seems perfectly 'roper. A servant ,
of her 'MAJESTY spoke disrespectfully of her, and his
superiors have punished him ter his offence. Colo-
nel DuNDAS, may, we presume, demand to be
by a Court Martial if he deems himself
uninst'y treated: awl as it is a good general
rill,: not to dismiss, and certainly nut to punish, an
officer without such an investigation, unless he ac-
.ll6,:.iee in the punishment :is a merciful proceeding,
-ivt will cheerfully back the Colonel's demand, if he
Marc it. At present, the matter reflects no credit on
,‘ hate er it nuiy do to the Horse Guards.
,recision of the Government does not alter our
opinion a7= the impropriety of the Legislatxtre reed- ;
dlin!,r with the suVi:et. if an officer complain to the
How, of COIIIIIIOIIB of the conduct of the Horse
Gip rfk. or that; authority refuse to do justice
to an individual It. it notor:ously display a
di::4-ruceltrl partiality, as in the case of Lord CARDIGAN.
it is right tbri the House of Commons to bring the
Horse Gnardi to a sense of its duty; but it is not. the
business of the House of common's so to •:nterfere with
the government of the army, or to inquire. on every
,
rumoured military offence, whether the More Guards
hat brought the offender to ;iIfCo(.

DUNDAS had gone drunk on parade, would Lord
WORSLI:I have thought it necessary to ask whether
the Horse Guards meant to dismiss him the service?
We think not; and also thinking that the House of
Commons has already a great deal more work to do
than it can properly perform, we deprecate the un-
necessary interference by the House—as this obvi-
ously wa,4 , because the Horse Guards has done its
duty—with the executive authorities. . .

There is another aspect of this affair which is not
not very croditable. Colonel DlT:inAs did not befool
himself at a public dinner, at which reporters were
present, so that his conduct was necessarily exposed.
The language was used, we believe, at a dinner of the
Caledonian Hunt, which is in no sense a public
meeting. At private parties it is desirable to check
all disrespectful and insolent language.; but we regret
to sec that which transpires at such a convivial
meeting, made a matter of public investigation and
public punishment. It has a tendency to beget a
•-stenk of espionnage, to encourage tattle and tale-
bearing, and we have some' doubts both of the pro-
priety of ever reporting what may occur at such
meetings, and ever making it subject of punish-
ment. It'breaks in on confidence, and will make men
reserved. Even gentlemen find too many means ° f
annoying each other, and we therefore shall be slow
to encourage exuberant loyalty in seeking its grati-
fication by holding up. to public censure what is said
after dinner. When such conversation is brought
before the military- authorities, they cannot avoid
entertaining it; but the act of bringing it under their
notice is very questionable.

It was rather singular to hear some ultra-Liberal,
or even Radical,- Members of the House of Commons
giving their assent last night to the passing of the

Collieries Bill, under the expectation that it would be
modified by the House of Lords. Like Con-
DETT they seemed inclined to thank GOD we
have such ‘7, bode. The fact is, that the phi- I
lanthropic zeal of Lord ISIILEY and his friends,
and the fear of those who are not fanatical
in the cause of spurious humanity lest they should be
accused of thwarting the most benevolent of projects,
have caused a Bill to be hurried through the House of
Commons which will do a great deal of mischief.
Lord AstmEr's feelings will be gratified at the ex-
pense of the people he wishes to serve, awl those who
believe that the Bill will do mischief wanted the cou-
rage seriously to oppose it. We cannot praise them
for shunning the performance of a supposed unpopular
duty, and throwing it exclusively on the Lords.
Mr. AINSWORTH said he had been requested not
to press his amendment to a division, and those who
are interested in the Bill rely on the Peers* to modify
it. There is, therefore, al; under current of legisla-
lation at work, of which the public only now see the
ffects, which sets a law in one direction while it ap-
peat s to be going in another.
Do the Ministers, like the Liberals, look to the
Lords to throw out or modify the Bill ? Two of
them voted some days ago for delay, and they ought
-not to sanction a measure which interferes, as this
does, with the supply of labour to the collieries, and
perhaps provides for the gradual extinction of the
hardy race of men who work in the bowels. of the
earth. T 4) tolerate that occupation, to get familiar
with it.„ dangers betbre there is any knowledge of
their extent, it is indispensable that colliers should
begin to learn their business very Young. Mr. W.
ATTwoon showed that trappers beeamc colliers ;
Lord ASHLEY, therefore, prevents young boys from
entering the collieries, there is some risk that he will
destroy that race of Men.

The Ministers are to blame for allowing such a
measure to ret,eive the assent of the House without a
deliberate inquiry. Had it concerned the imposition
of a duty of a farthing a yard on tape, it
would have been examined by a Committee ; as
it only concerned some three or four hundred
thousand of the working classes, it may be carried
through the House slap dash. The Ministers have
promised it their support, but they, probably,. arc
thankful, like the Radicals, that there is a house of
Lords to stop this piece of hasty legislation. It is
not honourable, bowever, either to them or to the
House of Commons, that they pass an imperfect mea-
sure. in the expectation that the Lords will correct
their errors.

The meeting of the Delegates assembled at Palace-
yard yesterday, fully justifies the anticipation that the
hostile feeling of the public in reference to the operation
of the Corn-laws is nut in the least abated. The Depu-
tation is already most numerous, while every.hour wit-
nesses the- -fresh arrival of gentlemen charged to repre-
sent the depressed condition of every manufacturing
interest, and the poignant sufferings of industrious, but
now compulsorily idle, multitudes of our fellow-sub-
jects. The gentlemen now sitting wear an aspect, in
Inany respects, wholly different from that which they-
hare heretofore assumed. On former occasions they
appeared to vindicate the righteousness of their claim,
and the claim of our national industry to a free com-
mercial intercourse with the world at large, and rather
spoke of evils which they apprehended than of these ac-
tually experienced ; now, however, they appear to re-
present, in their own persons and on behalf of their
perishing constituents, the frightful and often fatal effects
of that policy which before they sought to change. Every
;nun appears on an errand of life and death. The speakers
seem too full for utterance. The scenes of ruin from which
they have come, and which rise before them in all their
horrible features and disorganising tendencies, deprive
them alike of the power and inclination to discuss the
abstract principle, and force them to speak chiefly of
the awful danger which at this moment menaces the
safety of the citizens and the most
.precious institutions
of the country. The speeches of Mr. BLUGUT and Mr.
PUNT, so full of just indignation against the callous and
deceptive conduct of the Government, were responded
• to with a fervour and unanimity which proved that the
entire body of the Delegates deem the time come to use
a language of remonstrance much stronger than any be-
tbre employed. Heavy indeed is the responsibility of
our rulers Will they awake to duty before it is utterly
too late We shall

We are surprised to find a Liberal Morning Contow-
porary advocating the policy of our permanently occu-
pying ,ItlVhanistan. The must imperfect knowledge of
that country—of its immense distance from the seat of
our Indian Empire—of the warlike tribes by whom it is
inhabited—and of the fierce nations which surround it,
'Ought to open the eyes of any person capable of think-
ing rightly upon any subject, to the extreme fully—the
utter madness of such a proceeding. Talk of the ant-
. hition of Russia : She is moderation itself compared
with It large class of British politicians. 'They think
xs .little about swallowing up eastern kingdoms as chat-
tering monkeys do of cracking as many nuts. While
railing against Russia, they would tirt take Atfghan-
istan, where it would be impossible ever to sheathe the
sword. As Lahore and the country of the Sikhs would
then "he between us and our Indian territory, another
war must be undertaken to dethrone the Sovereign
of the. Punjaub, and thus subject to our sway
the dominion of the late Maharajah, ITNJEET
SIN OH. Commercial pretexts would he set up
fur the seizure of Herat ; and thus, supposing
success possible, would we have pushed our frontier to
the ceutines of Persia, by a series of acts as unprin-
cipled as ever 'were batched by the Czarina CAT A-
IN!: 11., for the conquest of the Crimea, or by the Arch-
duke CONSTANTINE for the prostration of Poland. The
whole world is already arrayed against the unceasingly
aggressive policy of Great Britain. There is nut a
people on the surface of the globe in the smallest degree
conversant with our history, who can be persuaded of
our sincerity when we profess to make war with no
view to extent or territory, but simply to vindif ate our
honour. Our Contemporary may make light of this
mutter if he pleases, but to us it wears a very serious
aspect. It proves, as Dr. CHANNI NG has well remarkcd,
that there is something radically wrong in our system
of foreign policy. We bare not the art of inspiring
confidence and love ; suspicion and fear herald all our
approaches even to the aid of our friends. Ilut our Con-
temporary shall he heard in his own words. We .sub-
join an extract from his article :

' From the rcriele,d question
of our arms in Affghanistan,
ptlotelirecycoalntilalitiealiyo
to
pu purser'(—of
on the nature of the
asete.e --of the absolute necessity of
our retaining power ever reogijoin which either Russia will
mould to the accomplishment _
if,i 2r own stratagems, or Eng-
el, facility with which its land must govern in toto.,eeurred!.
mili-
tary re-conquest is to be
through the Kki) her,
the favourable change which the character
is aburiOant e vidence in
General Peillock's i riumphaut ra„a"acter of events has taken.
ykoizi'eatglahnel, in refernce
combined with his arrival to the relict'
with the movement effected by Geac,„ll.jellalabad, together
)oi. than the
' to, Candahar, atilt his vtccess at IL
the
shoe be attacked
and carried the enemy siposition without
man, are events in illustration that the complete military a single
jugation of the whole territory cannot engross more"ilitary sub-
briefest period. and 4hat then the question of the
ailiounical policy
to he pursued must be adopted with a decision
divergence to plans imperfect, and not containie, 1.1'3. 01 'lO
ie an inviolable
principle.
To overrun Affghsnktan is not to subdue it. The know-
ledge of this fact has 'been pumh,...ed at an expense o
thirteen millions sterling of British treasure, and more
than twenty thousand of British subjecV, whose life--

blood has saturated• its passes, its mountains, and its
capital. • The late gallant Col. DENNIE, who • served for
thirty years in
.India, and who led the forlorn hope which
captured Ghuznee under the command o:'.Sir JOHN,. ROW
Lord KEANE—an officer as distinguished for high mili-
tary talent, as for bravery—has left On record
.his con-
viction that nothing could be wilder than our whole
scheme of invading Caubul, except the attempt to remain
in it an hour after the' complete triumph of our arms.
.Nor have our reverses in Affghanistan bzen so few or so
isolated as to justify us in speaking contemptuously bf
the valour of a people among whom we expended nearly
as much hard cash as bayonet thrusts and musket-bullets.
Let us just enumerate a' few of our reverses, the first
twelve of which we find in Col. I)EN:cm's correspond-
ence : —There Was first CLARKE with his detachment and
convoy massacred ; 2d, a similar escort and convoy under
a native officer destroyed ; 3d, Clibborn's detachment of
1,100 men nearly Cut in pieces, guns anti all material
captured ; 4th, Khelat retaken ; sth, Qucttah besieged ;
6th, defeat at Pushoot; 7th, INl`Gregor's party cut up, and
guns captured on the frontier of Bajore ; 3th, Dadurin-
vested ; 9th, retreat from-Balgbur and Svghan with loss
of tents, arms, ammunition, provisions, &c. ; 10th, defeat
at Joelgan ; 11th, 2d Cavalry scattered and driven off the
fitid, and our retreat from Perwan Hurrah ; 12th, late
disaster near .Bagh (in Seinde) repulsed with great loss ;
13th, murder of the British Envoy, and frightful mas-
sacre at Caubul ; 14th, repulse of General Pommies
advanced division in thcKhyber Pass; 15th, recarture of
Glaznee, and Massacre of the garrison ; and list of all,
the driving back of General England from the Khyber to
Quettah, whet e he remained till commanded by General

.':101.7 to fight his way to Candahar. All these reveres
show what a brave and resolute race we have to deal.,
with, and that, unlike the indolent castes on the plains
of Hindustan, they are not to be conquered by the loss
not clone battle only, but of twenty. The Aiighans, like
ourselves, know not when they are beaten ; and peace-
ably to rule their country would be, in fact, to desolate
it by the sword. Having impressed the Aithans with
a speedy and a wholesome dread of us, our wisest policy
is to abandon their country voluntarily, and at once, and
thus secure both their respect and friendship. Having
taught them to dread our power, let us show them in
what way they can maintain our• friendship and secure
our aid. It is faithful, devoted, and vigilant allies, not
territory, that we want ou our North-Western Indian
frontier.

There is an absolute dearth of news in the French
journals. An Express from Paris of Monday's date
states that a commercial treaty is about to be signed
between Fraud aid Belgium, by one article of
which Belgian linen and linen .threads are to be ad-
mitted into France at the rate of duty paid prior to the
date of the late 'Royal Ordinance, Belgium agreeing to
lower the duties upon French wines. . This will turn our
linen trade into a new channel. Instead of supplying
France directly with linen, we shall now do so by way cf
Belgium. at an increased expense to France.

The P/tare de Pyrenees of the 29th June says :
" An extraordinary courier arrived at B lbao' on the 23d,
the evening, with orders to Zurbano to proCeed immediately to
Catalonia. He accordingly left Bilbao on the 25th, in the
morning, taking the road to Vittoria. He will go to La-
gragno, and thence t" Catalonia, passing through. :aragossa.
tieneral Anjuto has taken the command of Biscay till the er-
rival of General Castaneda."—(jomineree. . . . .

'Nearly half of the Commerce of this morning is filled with a
map representing the fortifications of Paris, and the range
hifth the mortars of the detached fortresses would have in the
event of their being at any time turned against the capital.
According to this map the whole of Paris is-Included, with the
exception of the Qeartier en Louvre, and that of the Tuileries,
the Chausfe d'Antin, the Champs Elysees, and externally the
environing the route de Neuilly.

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