The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-14 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

THE HAGuE, OCT. 11.--The serenade which the
amateurs of this town offered to the new-married
couple, took place on Sunday evening in the Picture
Galleries. The King and Queen, the Prince and
Princess of Orange, the other members of the Royal
Family, the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of
Saxe iVeimar, and Duke Bernard of Saxe Weimar,
the King's Minister, the diplomatic body, and persons
belonging to the Court, were present. The sight of
this rich and splendid Gallery, lighted by numerous
chandeliers, was really magnificent. Among the
pieces performed were some written for the occasion
by M. Calisch, and composed by M. Lubrok, which were
highly applauded. The ball on Monday evening in
the Palace of the Noordeinde, was extremely magnifi-
cent, and the company very numerous. The pleasure
of the company was only damped by the reflection
that the young Princess, the ornament of the fetes at
Court, was so soon to leave us ; in fact her departure
is fixed for Saturday.
Muxicir, OCT. 2.—(From the Leipsic Gazette.)—
The negotiations of England with the Austrian and
other German Governments for the transit of the
Overland India Mails, by way of Trieste, &c., are, as
we are assured, nearly concluded, and an English
courier with the mail has either already taken, or will
very shortly take this route.
fIANovEn, Oct. 4,—lt is said that the King has
not entirely recovered from the illness which seized
him at Dusseldorfr, but still feels himself very weak ;
those about him are not without uneasiness on his
account.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, Oct. 8.
DUTCH luNi.”..—Arerrenosn, Oct. U.
Monev.
Actual lab t 2 52,4
Ditto, ditto D per cent. llllh, ji.,2
AlnottSvnd it, 4}4 per cent.... 9414 gr!.l4
Ditto, ditto --. • per cent 77 775,
Loan 1837, '24 per Cent
Commercial com,..any, 4K, par cent 134 138.,
Ditto (1835 and Ili:s1) per cent.
Exchange on London, tine month l2 25
Twci months
Hamhurgh, One month ...... 3? 8
TwomoOths ...... . 33 6
5 per cont. ................ VON 100
I)`L.,ack Papers, Oct. 12
„
-.DA AN FUNDS.—BaussaLs, Oct. 11.
Actual Debt, 2}4 per Cent .
Rothschild's Loan Five per Cent lO2
Loan of
hirtY Millions, Four per Cent 9l
Three per Cent
—Thlrty-seven Milli ns, ditto . 7114
0840) 1t3,4 i
Loan of City, 1832 Four per Cent 92
Society of Commerce Four and a Half per Cent. 86
Bank of Belgium, Five' per Cent... ............... ...... 76
National Society .
'—
Exchange on London (short)
—Brussels Papers, 0 t 11.
A t ,STRI FUNDS....-VIENNA, OCT. 3
Five per Cents. Metalliguse • .. 1(8%
Four per Cents. ................................................ 100s1
'1 bree per Cents l6l
Bank Shares ................. •.• ... '"' "
Allgemeine Zeilungt ..... 7.
tLIAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, Om 8,
Bills. Money.
Aunt: ion 5 per Cents. .............................. 11,1
Bank Shares ............................................ 1635
Anglo-Russian Loan .................................. 10u%
Russian 5 per Cent, Ist series, Certificate. 10314
inscription, Ist series ........... . .... ............... its
Russian a per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th
Series. ................................. 97
Ditto in Certificates .................................... 97 vg
New 4 per Cent. (1840) ................................ 68 814
Dutch Actual Debt, •_:% per Cent. .., ...... 51 50%
Ditto a per Cent.

Polish Bonds - .
ICB
New Tickets
Anglo.Dantsh Loin, a per Cent. - 81 813(
18
Spanish, New 5 p r Cents.. ................. .. _

The Secretary of an old-established Club at the
West-end of the town has absconded with a consider-
able sum of money. Unsuccessful speculation is sup-
posed to be the cause.
Lord Clifford and family, and Sir John Cam Hob-
house and family, were among the passengers who
took their departure yesterday for Antwerp, by
the. General Stearn Navigation Con pany's steam-ship
Rainbow, Captain John Fife.

AMERICAN NEWS.'

ARRIVAL of the GREAT WESTERN.

CHANGE OF MINISTRY IN CANADA.
The Great Western, Capt. Hoskin, arrived in
King-road, Bristol, on Wednesday night, at half-
past ten, having left New York on the even-
ing of the 29th. She brings news fourteen days
later. The intelligence from the United States
is unimportant, but from Canada we learn that
the Governor-General, finding it difficult or im-
possible to carry on affairs with his late advisers,
had resolved to try a change, and introduce
into the Council, and into public offices, some
of the leaders of the French Canadians and the
British Reformers. At his urgent request,
therefore, Mr. LAFONTAINE and Mr. BALDWIN,
with several of their political friends, had joined
the Council. The reasons for this proceeding
will be found in the subjoined letter, addressed
by Sir CHARLES BAGOT to Mr. LAFONTAINE;
who accepts the office of Attorney-General
of Lower Canada, in the place of Mr. OGDEN.
Mr. DRAPER, the Attorney-General of Upper
Canada, has given in his resignation. This
appointment, with a seat in the Council, was
to be offered to Mr. BALDWIN. These changes
have given great offence to the Tory party,
who, as will be seen from an article in
the Toronto Journal, are quite furious.
Some of them even go so far as to threaten an-
other outbreak, in consequence of yielding to the
French -party and Ultra-Radicals. We trust,
however, that they have too much patriotism,
and the Executive and established authorities
too much power, to venture on such a hazardous
scheme for recovering their former position.
The inference from all these movements is, that
the French party in the new Parliament is still
strong, and that the Governor-General, finding
business interrupted, and his plans thwarted by
the Liberal party, had no other alternative
but a re-construction of the Ministry. It
wiil be seen that several members of
the former Council retain their places. It
was generally believed that Parliament would
be dissolved, but we are inclined to think Sir C.
BAGOT will see first what can be done with the
present before he throws the country into com-
motion by a general election.
A t New York affisirs were going on very
quietly, but trade was not brisk. The citizens
of Boston were about to give a grand entertain-
ment to Mr. WEBSTER, which should have taken
place on the 22d ult., but as he was suffering
under a severe cold, and could not speak, the
matter was postponed. The following remarks
on his retirement from office, and on the part
which lie took in negotiating the Ashburton
treaty, are tai: en from the Jour nalof Commerce:—
" His retirement is not based upon any quarrel
with, or disaffection towards, Mr. Tyler. Un-
der such circumstances it may be difficult for
Mr. Webster to command the applause of re-
publicans. lie has, indeed, by remaining in office,
done the country more real service than all the other
politicians of the country put together. But what
of that? He did it by securing peace; and war only
brings eclat. There is great reason to believe that Mr.
Webster alone could have rendered Lord Ashburton's
mission successful. At any rate, he was eminently
qualified for the task, and he managed it with con-
summate wisdom. In anticipation of the negotiation, he
repaired to Massachusetts and Maine, and first of all
settled the fundamental point that the negotiation was
not to be made a party question. lie thus brought
both parties together, and procured the Commissioners
to be appointed equally from both. Having thus re-
moved
the grand stimulant of controversy, as in all
probability no other man could have done it, he su-
perintended the negotiation, and at least once saved it
when the wisdom of all the other negotiators had
proved inadequate to the exigencies which met them.
The negotiation of this treaty is more important than
all the other measures which have been adopted during
the year, and as Mr. Webster's services have been
indispensable to the result, we repeat that he has done
more for the country than all our other statesmen
united. But why thank him ? Why honour him for
that ? It is all nothing but PEACE."
We regret to learn that yellow fever con- ,
tinned to prevail at New Orleans, Mobile, and
several other places in the States. Our Bristol
Correspondent states that Lord MORPETH ar-
rived by the Great Western, and appears in
good health and spirits. The following is the
letter of Sir C. BAGOT to Mr. LAFONTAINE :
(From the New York Journal of Commerce of
September 23.)
Governor Bagot has entered upon a new course of
policy as it respects the French population of Canala,
which will tend to unite them in cordial sympathy
with their fellow subjects. The views of his Excel-
lency are fully developed in the following letter to
Mr. -Lafontaine :
Government House, Kingston, Sept. 13, 1842.
Sir,—Having taken into my most earnest and anx-
ious consideration, the conversations which have
passed between us, I find my desire to unite to the aid
ot; and cordial co-operation with my Government, the
population of French origin of this province, unabated.
have therefore not waited for the result of your de-
liberation, but on the contrary have been considering
how far I can possibly meet the views of those who
have the confidence of that part of the population, so
as to make their accession to this Government satis-
factory to themselves, and, at the same time, accom-
panied by that mutual confidence which can alone
make it beneficial to the country.
I have accordingly come, not without difficulty, to
the conclusion, that for such an object, I will consent
to the retirement of the Attorney-General, Mr. Ogden,
from the office which he now holds, upon its being
distinctly understood that a provision will be made
for him commensurate with his long and faithful ser-
vices.
Upon this retirement, I am prepared to offer to you,
the situation of Attorney-General of Lower Canada,
with a seat in my Executive Council.
The office of Solicitor-general in Lower Canada
has long been kept vacant, in the hope of some ar-
rangement, by which the object that I have always
had in view might have been assisted; and I shall be
happy to listen to your suggestion of the name of any
gentleman of British origin whose co-operation with
the Government will aid us in the attainment of one
common object.
I have reverted, carefully and anxiously, to your
expressed wish, of being joined in your adherence to
my Government, by a sufficient number of supporters
to ensure the confidence of those whose interests you
represent.
I find that one of my own plans for the advantage
of Lower Canada, viz.—the distribution of the too
crowded population of your frontier settlements over
a larger extent of territory, may be made to coincide
with your views.
Mr. Girouard has been represented to me as a gen-
tleman possessing administrative faculties of a high
order, and, at the same time, the confidence of les
countrymen.
He can mutually assist us in forwarding my object
in this respect, and I have therefore determined, if I
should be successful in inducing you to accept my
proposition, in offering to him the situation at present
held by Mr. Davidson, with a seat in the Council; on
the understanding that the latter gentlemen shall also
be provided for in a manner suitable to his just pre-
tensions, and that Mr. Girouard shall be elected, by
some constituency, member of the Assembly.
I have farther determined to offer the confidential
post of Clerk of the Council to some gentleman of
your recommendation, and I would suggest that the
reputation enjoyed by Mr. Morin or Mr. Parent, de-
signates them as perhaps among the fittest persons for
your recommendation.
Mr. Faldwin's differences with the Government
have arisen chiefly from his desire to act in concert
• with the representatives of the French portion of the
population; and as I hope these differences are now
happily removed, I shall be willing to avail myself of
his services.
Mr. Draper has tendered to me the resignation of
his office. I shall always regret the loss of such as-
sistance as he has:unitormly afforded me, and I shall
feel the imperative obligation of considering his claims
upon the Government, whenever an opportunity may
offer of adequately acknowledging them. This will
place the office of Attorney-General, with a seat in
the Cabinet, at my disposal, and I am prepared to offer
it to Mr. Baldwin.
The absence of Mr. Sherwood deprives me of the
opportunity of ascertaining how far he might be will-
ing to accede to the arrangement, and of knowing
whether he is ready to fulfil one of the conditions of
his appointment, by obtaining a seat in the Assembly.
This disposal of his office must therefore be left a
matter for future consideration.
From my knowledge of the sentiments entertained ,
by all the gentlemen who now compose my constitu •
tional advisers, I see no reasons to doubt that a strong •
and united Council might be formed on the basis of
this proposition.
In this persuasion I have gone to the utmost length
to meet, and even to surpass your demands; and if
after such an overture, I shall find my effbrts to secure
the political tranquillity of the country unsuccessful,
1 shall at least have the satisfaction of feeling, that I
have exhausted all the inean6 which the most anxious

desire to accomplish this great object has enabled me
to devise.--I have the honour to be, b. c.

C. B.IGOT.

Mr. Girouard, who is proposed by Governor Bagot
for a seat in the Council, was one of the active movers
in the events of 1837-8, and a reward of 500/. was
offered and paid for his apprehension.
CANADA.--The Toronto Patriot has the following
remarks on the subject
" The letter of his Excellency the Governor-Ge-
neral to Mr. Lafontaine, has been since Friday before
our fellow-subjects, and the doubts which long existed
as to whether it was genuine or an impudent hoax
and gross personal insult to the pretended writer—
have been removed, and to our mingled sorrow and
humiliation, we know that this document is what it
purports to be. No public document issued in the
British North American Provinces from the triumph
of Wolfe down to the present day, has ever been
perused by the true-hearted subjects of the Sovereign
of Great Britain with such an intensity of mortifica-
tion and such a feelingo4.' abasement, as this indescrib-
able letter from the head of the Government to Mr.
Lafontaine. We will not, we need not attempt tc
analyse its contents. It is as matchless in style as in
substance—and as a State paper stands alone and"sui
generis." _ _ _

- It offers a carte blanche to Mr. Lafontaine to form
a new Cabinet—dismisses with a " damnation of faint
praise" Messrs. Draper and Ogden, and Sherwood and
Davidson—offers to reward with a thousand a year a
gentleman whom Lord Seaton thought worth half
that amount to ensure his being 'lodged in gaol—hn-
plores Mr. Lafontaine to accept office with a piteous
entreaty, laughable but for the terrible importance of
the subject—and finally casts down before the feet of
that gentleman and Mr. Baldwin the whole preroga-
tive of his Executive office, the dignity and the
majesty of the Royal authority.
On no former occasion do we recollect witnessing
so strong an expression of intense sorrow and humi-
liation, as has been exhibited by every one with whom
we have conversed on the occasion of this abject sur-
render of the happiness, hopes, and prosperity of the
people of this rising colony into the hands of a merci-
less and grasping faction, who have never known
power but to abuse it, who have never been for-a mo-
ment intrusted with influence but they have used it
toward the embroilment of the whole country, the
strangulation of public prosperity, and the paralysia of
enterprise and improvement.
The offer of a thousand a year to Mr. Girouard—
with Lord Seaton's proclamation yet fresh in their
memories—must give grave food for reflection to all
those who took up arms on what they fancied to be
the right side, in 1837-8.
If names, things, and principles, have undergone
such a complete metamorphosis in the last four years,
as to render a man, whom the gallant leader of the
now insulted Loyalists thought it necessary, for the
safety of the land, to thrust into gaol, now deserving
of a large salary and a post of the highest rank, then
indeed we have all to reflect whether, if his conduct
deserve reward and promotion, ours must not neces-
sarily deserve punishment and disgrace. We cahnot
have been right, if Mr. Girouard and his compatriots
were also right; and we look to the writer of the
letter to Mr. Lafontaine, for an explanation of our
true position in the matter.
The following, from the Rochester Democrat,
shows that the dissatisfaction with the late appoint-
ments by the Governor, has extended to the Parlia-
ment of Canada :
CANADA.—There is trouble in the Canadian Parlia-
ment. The Governor-General, in trying to administer
the government upon " conciliation principles," is
likely to find himself entirely unsupported. By calling
into his Cabinet men of l►beral principles, he has of-
fended the Tories and a portion of the so-called Re-
formers, who together command a majority in Parlia-
ment. Mr. Draper, one of the highest officers of Go-
vernment, has resigned, and it is expected that there
will be a general break-up of the Cabinet. It is also
rumoured that Parliament will be dissolved. If so,
there will be another general election, which will be
attended with unusual excitement.

We subjoin extracts from the American
papers, with the state of the markets at New
York and Philadelphia :
APPROPRIATIONS—The appropriations made by
Congress during the late session are as follows :
Civil and Diplomatic list
Army 6,405,280 36
Navy
Fortifications
Pensions 730,776 00
Indian Department, Treaties, &c 1,300,077 47
Private Bills, House of Representatives 37,585 01
Private Bills, Senate 62,773 03

$24,952,190 82
YELLOW FEVER.—The number of deaths in New
Orleans during the week ending 10th inst., was 93, of
which 44 were by yellow fever. Strangers were ar-
riving in great numbers, many of whom will probably
fall victims to the disease.

The yellow fever was prevailing badly at Tampico
b 3 the last accounts. _

NEW ORLEANS.—A duel was fought near the Sugar
Refinery, between our Postmaster and a gentleman
connected with the St. Louis Cathedral. The weapons
used were small swords. Both parties received flesh
wounds. The difficulty grew out of the late contro-
versy between the Bishop and Members. Two more
duels are on the tapis, and these " affairs of honour "
will not cease until a frost comes, which always de-
stroys affairs of this kind, as well as the yellow fever.
(From the New Orleans Picayune, Sept. 13.)
FROM MEXICO.

By the schooner Water Witch, Captain Arnoux,
arrived since our last from Vera Cruz, we have the
following interesting letter from our valued Corre-
spondent : " Vera Cruz, Aug. 18, 1842.
" The Mexican squadron, the departure of which I
announced in my last, sailed on the morning •f the
15th inst. The " getting under weigh" of this fleet
was a sight well worth seeing, and the expert ma-
noeuvring on board one of the vessels in particular,
has furnished Vera Cruz with a subect for laughter
for some time to come. The vessel was the schooner
Eagle, commanded by a capitan de fragata namad
Diez Miron. After succeeding in getting foul of al-
most every vessel in the port, the war steamer was
obliged to return and take her out in tow, with a very
fair wind!

" Letters from the capital, by yesterday's mail, are
without anything of interest, except that the mur-
derers of Mr. Egerton and his wife have been, it is
thought, discovered, and are now in prison, undergo-
ing their examination. If the persons arrested are
really the murderers, the perpetrators of this horrid
deed are natives not foreigners, as was generally sup-
posed at first.

"All is dead silence at Mexico on the subject of Mr.
IVebster's letter. I can give you no opinion as to the
probable course which this Government will pursue,
though I fear Santa Anna will not feel disposed to
`raise Brother Jonathan's Irish.'"