The Sun.
London, England, 1842-09-26 00:00:00

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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1842.

J. BURGER, Secretary," and all the mEmbers.
Such is the substance of the Boers' manifesto,
which may be expected to excite the attention of
civilized Europe. It places the conduc: of the
British Government in a very disgraceful light.
As it the African continent were too small for
our ambition, we make war upon a peaceful set-
tlement of Dutch emigrants, 125 miles beyond
the boundaries of British civilisation at tle Cape.
Whatsoever may be the fate of the Boers—and
the probability is that they may be cut off by
the savage Caffres—this affair will afford mate-
rials for a disgraceful chapter in the futare colo-
nial history of this country.

General BUGEAUD'S pamphlet on Algeria
continues to be discussed in the French
journals. The Opposition journals point out
and dwell upon the breach of military duty com-
mitted by the Governor-General in writing at all,
contrary to the express order of the Minister of
War, who has directed that no officer in active
service shall presume to express an opinion upon
military affairs.

The affair at Port Natal is dwelt upon, and the
conduct of the British Government reprobated
by the Debats of Thursday.
M. Martinez de la Rosa has arrived at Paris.
Colonel Delarue, of the staff of the Minister of
War, has left Paris on a mission to Algeria.
The French Prefect of Police has just issued a list
of regulations and recommendations, which are highly
important to gas consumers. It is strictly enjoined
to ventilate with great care all places in which gas is
used ; to have turncocks shutting most accurately, and
to be particular in oiling them frequently, and to have,
in addition to the smaller cocks for regulating the quan -
tity of gas consumed, a principal one in each establish-
ment, by which in a moment the light can be
extinguished. The moment an odour of gas is per-
ceived, it is recommended that the windows and doors
should be opened, and notice given to the Gas Com-
pany that something wrong has taken place, and it is
advised that whenever an escape of gas should happen
to take fire, a wet linen cloth should be thrown over
the place from whence it escapes, as this will imme-
diately extinguish it. Gas Companies are bound to
send a copy of these regulations and recommendations
to every person making use of their gas.
The Cologne Gazette gives the following as the
address of the King of Prussia to the Bth corps of the
army, after the late grand review :—" I am delighted
to be able to express my satisfaction to the troops of
the Bth corps of the army, as much at the zeal which
the officers of all ranks have manifested, and the
goodwill shown by the soldiers of the dif-
ferent brigades, as the good understanding sub-
sisting between the Line and the Landwehr. In
general, I am satisfied with the manner in which
the manoeuvres have been executed. I reserve to my-
self the task of communicating to the army hereafter,
for its information, several observations which were
made in the course of its operations. I shall at pre-
sent merely remark, as a matter of great importance,
that it is necessary, without, however, uselessly fa-
tiguing the soldier, to maintain as much as possible,
even during the manoeuvres, the interior order of close
battalions, as well as in the lines of tirailleurs, seeing-that
without the arrangement an engagement becomes disor-
derly and without direction. A greater number of tirail-
leurs should never be employed than circumstances re-
quire, and the officers ought never to lose sight of
them, particularly when a combat is to take place in
a village or on broken ground. In the course of ma-
noeuvres particular attention ought to be paid to the
effect of fire. arms, and cavalry, when it is forced to
retire, should never bring itself within range of the
enemy's musketry. I have been pleased with the ar-
tillery, as well as the condition of the troops and the
state of the horses, especially those for the Landwehr
by the communes, which proves to me the interest
taken in the important institution of the Landwehr."
We find the following statement in the Publicateur
de Saint Maio :—" We have this moment received the
news that the ships which sailed from St. Malo, and
St, Servan, for the Newfoundland cod fishery, after
having completed half of their fishing in the Gulp
on those parts of the coast granted to France, went to
the English fishing grounds, from which they were
driven by the men of war on • the station. We are
assured that several vessels have been confiscated, and
sent to Canada.
" It will be remembered that the English boats
seized on our oyster fishing grounds were released on
the occasion of the Ist of May. This' is the way in
which we treat our good friends, and that in which
they treat us."
"We have received by way of Toulon the African
mail of the 15th.

"An -order of General de Bar, commanding ad
interim the province of Algiers, inserted in the Mani-
teur Algerien of the 15th, acquaints the army with
the arrival of Rear-Admiral Faure, who is appointed
to the command of the naval force at Algiers, in the
room of Rear-Admiral Regoudit.
" The Governor-General, who had been to Oran
and Mostaganem to complete the organisation of the
Arab government, returned to Algiers on the 11th.
A great number, of Arabs from the interior were there
expecting him. Commerce.
BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 22.
First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Fives (ex dir.) 118 90... 118 P 0... 118 80... 118 85
Fours (ex div.) 101 25... 101 25 .. 101 25... 101 25
3 per Cents 80 5... 80 10... 80 5... 80 10
Bank of France 3265 ...3265 ...3262 50.. 3262 50
Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1037 50 ..1037 50...1037 50...1037 .50
Belgian Fives lO3l —. 1031 .—103 i 103/
1840 1054 ... 101 ... 105 k ... 1051
Dutch 2i per Cents s3i 53i 53
Neapolitan lO7 40... 107 40... 107 40... 107 40
Roman ..
RAILWAY SHARES.
Versailles, R.B 251 25... 251 25... 251 25... 251 25
Rouen
Orleans. 5BO ... 580 ... 580 ... 580
Strasburg to Bale.._ 2os_ ... 205 ... 205 ... 205

BELGIAN FUNDS.—BaysseLs, SEP'.23.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , —
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent. lO. %
Loan of Thirty -Millions, Four per Cent VI
--- Three per Cent...........
-,- Thirty-seven Milli: ns, ditto

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Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent 840)
19922
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent B6
Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 7544
National 50ciety.......,...,,
Exchange on London (short)
—.Brussels Papers, Sept. 23.
DUTCH FUNI"--AmsTEanam, SETT. 28.
Actual Deb .2% per Cent ...• Money. Bills.
52
Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. ..,
Aim t Syndic, 4% ler cent.... ............
liNtto, ditto, 334 per cent. ...........
Commercial Company, 4'4 per cent 133,4 384
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent,
Loan 1837, 5 per cent. i'Bll 99%
Exchange on Londe?), One month l2 20
Two months .....
Hanaburgh, One month 35 Egg
Two months 33 15:2A
Dutch Papers, Sept. 24
A vs:TRI A N YUNDS.—Vreivars, SEPT. 15
Five per Cents. Metalliques
•
Four per Cents...". ....... . ................................ 100 St
Three per Cents ........
...... .
...... . . ........ .
Bank Sharns
...... •........... 7;4
•. ... ... 1634
41Igetnelne Zeitung,St pt. 19.

DOCTOR CHALMERS AND SUNDAY TRAVELLING.—
An Edinburgh newspaper contains the following
paragraph :—" The Rev. Dr. Chalmers, on arriving
by the Belfast steam-packet at Glasgow, on Sunday
morning, found awaiting him the most pressing
letters to be in Edinburgh at the Commission of the
Church of Scotland on that day ; and as no place in
a public coach could be procured, he was urged to
avail himself of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,
on the plea of necessity, arising out of the unusual
importance of the occasion. The Rev. Doctor de-
clined, saying that the possible advantage of his pre-
sence at the Commission was counterbalanced by
the positive disadvantage of countenancing a
railway which profaned the rest of the Sabbath."
What exquisite cant is this ! What unworthy truck-
ling to fanaticism! Doctor Chalmers is not unwilling
to walk on the Sabbath ; but to ride, shocks his sense
of devotion, just as though one mode of locomotion
were sinful, and another perfectly virtuous. - It is a
humiliating
spectacle to see a man of such superior
capacity, as the author of the " Evidences of Chris-
tianity," thus figuring among the Maw-worms of the
day, confounding religion with its antagonist, bi-
gotry ; and making himself a subject of ridicule to all
who have intellect enough to count ten on their fingers.
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MR. CALLAGIIAN._ACCTDENT IN ST. JAMES'S
PARK.—An Evening Contemporary of Wednesday
stroll in St. James's last, gave a touching account of a pleasant, smiling,
abstraction, walked off the
rosy,
bank into the lake, and
Inetsl,esmpaani,l4,
found himself in four-feet water, among a brood of
astonished ducks, whose movements he seriously em-
barrassed by his presence. After swallowing several
who,suddue.hnillye,
undesired mouthfuls of the cooling liquid, the
gentleman managed to uplift his voice, "like
a sparrow on the housetops, or a pelican in
the wilderness" for assistance, whereupon two
young ladies, who happened to be in the im-
mediate
neighbourhood, rushed to his aid, and
angled for him with a long scarf, which he caught
at with trout-like avidity, and was with some trouble
hauled ashore—the oddest fish that had ever been
caught in St. James's Park within " the memory of
the oldest living inhabitant!" The account added
that this gentleman was Mr. Daniel Callaghan, M.P.;
but we are authorised to state he was not the indivi-
dual who astonished the ducks, and was angled for,
and caught with a lady's scarf, for he was, at the
time, two hundred miles distant from the ducks, the
scarf, and the ladies !
Mr. George Robins, we find, has become
the purchaser of the fine property in the Cape
of Good Hope called Slatherts Poort. It con-
sists of forty-three thousand four hundred acres
of rich pasture land. The flocks of sheep are
immense and very prolific, and the Merino wool
in great request in England: The best wheat in