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10 irBonfcay's LONDON, OCT. 28. BY the Paris papers received since our last, we have some details of the capture of Constantine by the French. The dispatches come down to the 171h. The loss of the French is estimated at 97 killed and 494 wounded, among whom are fifteen officers killed, stid thirty-eight wounded, more or less severely. General Rulhieres had been appointed Governor. ^Fifty-nine pieces of artillery had been found more or less "in a good state. The Intendentofthe Army had collected a great quantity ot corn, sufficient for the Irnmediate wants of the troops, but no cattle had been found, and the meat supplied to the army had been brought from Miez-Amar.-Achmet Bey had not re- newed the negociations subsequent to the occupation 11 of Constantine by the French. According to the most Probable accounts, though they are not to be relied llpon, it appears that Achmet Bey, abandoned by most of his adherents, and despoiled even of his treasures, had retired several days'march from Constaii tine. Ati Extraordinary Supplement to the Moniteur ofThursdav, adds the following particulars General Vallee writes On the 14th that the Duke de Nemours had the com- mand of the siege, and General Trezel the two first brigades of the attack on Sata-Mansoura. No satis- factory answer being given by Achmet Bey to the sum- mons of the town by the Governor-General on the 11th, the assault took place. The inhabitants resisted with the greatest obstinacy. The Chief of Battalion, Seugny, of the 2d Light, was killed in the breach, as was the Captain of the Engineers, Hacket. Among the bounded are General Perrigaux, Colonels Combes and Lalnoriciere, the Chief of Battalion Dumas, the King's Aide-de-camp Vieux, of the Engineers, and Captain Itichepanse." The defence of the city appears to have been gallant though irregular; and no less than five aSsults in succession were found necessary to capture It- The city was afterwards submitted to pillage, and the inhabitants, without distinction, were put to the sword. It would appear that the French Government means to retain permanent possession of their conquest, Unless the Chamber of Deputies positively refuse the means.—The General's detailed report had, it was stated, reached the Ministry, but it was not published at the hoar when the letters were dispatched from Paris. The Journals of every shade of politics rejoice at the triumph of the French arms, but some of the Oppo- sion papers affect fears that the success will have been dearly bought, that it will be found impossible to retain Possession of the place, and that consequently the only advantage gained will have been thatof having avenged the failure of the expedition of last year. The King has, however, lost no time in ordering a tribute to the Memory of General Damremont. His Majesty has commanded a full-length statue of the General for the Museum of Versailles; and Tuesday, grand Te Deum \Vas celebrated at the Church of Versailles, at which the King and Queen of the French, the King and Queen the Belgians, the Duke and Duchess of Orleans, the and Duchess Alexander of Wurtemberg, the Princess Adelaide, and the Dukes of Montpensier, "ith several Grand Dignitaries of the kigdom, were Present. The King has ordered the remains of the deceased General to be interred at the Invalades, where a religious ceremony in memory of those who fell at Constantine is to be celebrated. The Journalde Paris gives a short sketch of the military career of Damre- blont. He was brought up at the Ecole Militaire, and blade all the campaigns of Napoleon as a subaltern officer, gradually rising till he became Aide-de-camp to Marshal Marmont in 1814, and in this quality was one of the Officers who signed the Treaty of Chevilly. At the time of the Restoration he was a Colonel, and 1830 commanded a brigade of the army under General Bourmont in the expedition to Algiers. Sub- sequently he was appointed to the command of the eighth military division of France, and distinguished hllnsetf by his firmness and the moderation of his public conduct. Since his nomination, in 1836, to the Go- of Algiers, his former character for coolness ot decision and punctual discharge of duty has been nilly maintained, and his loss will be greatly deplored oy those over -Mm he commanded. The news from Spain in the Paris papers furnish us with little to communicate. Madrid was tranquil, and the accounts from the armies not unsatisfactory. On the 14th Esprtero came up with the Carlisle near Heinta del Rey, and brought them to action. The fighting was not considerable, but the Carlists were soinpletely worsted, and lost 1000 men in prisoners. On the following day, Espartero followed them to Qaanitana. General Ulibarri retook Peralta on the making part of the garrison prisoners. The rest flung away their arms, and ran for Estella. This General Arched towards Lodosa. The above goes nearly to Pr0ve that Don Carlos has determined on retiring into ^•avarre, notwithstanding the rumours afloat in Madrid the 16th, and in Saragossa on the 17th, that he had decided on maintaining himself in Castile. THE MONEY MARKET.—There is nothing in the eontents of the advices received this week from the United rtate" in any way to induce us to alter the opinion given Q our last report, that the Merchants, as well as the sus- pended Anglo-American houses on the other side of the Atlantic, will be enabled in general to pay very handsome (tividends.-The Blonde frigate has arrived at Portsmouth jro«n Rio Janeiro, having not less than 1,850,000 dollars on o°ard, which, with the quantities of bullion received by the New York packets that have come in this week, will ocrease the stock of the precious metals in the country bv *>700,000 dollars, independently of some other imports rom the Continent, the details of which are not accurately *nown.—'The political news from Brazil is not of any im- portance. Specie was at 17 per cent. premium, and trade rather more brisk. It was expected that the packet would gave brought over at least 2,000,000 dollars.—The Public Securities have evinced mnch buoyancy this week, although there have occured circumstances tending to depress them. The repetition of the rumours of last week, that the Di- rectors of the Bank of England has commenced some large purchases to employ a portion of their surplus capital, gave a tone to the market, and the fact that a few considerable purchases were effected by an influential broker, gave some Countenance to the assertion. The statement which we gave a fortnight since proves, however, to be well-founded, that the operations were not to employ any portion of the capital of the Bank of England, but the money belonging to the East India Company, which is accumulating rapidly, and which is forwarded to the Bank, the Directors acting as agents to the East India Board. In this way we under- stand some investments have been made, though not by any means to a large amount. The most recent operation was a Purchase of 100,0001. in the 3f per cent. reduced annuities, to be delivered on the account day in consols, viz. the 28th of Nov.—The contradiction given to the assertion that the Directors were buying on their own account (a step "hich we believe is contrary to the provisions of the charter, the Corporation being restricted from investing in the fUnded debt), reduced the value of Consols for money and Recount from 931, the highest price of the week, to 921 for the latter, and 921 for the former. The market, however, recovered again before the close of business yesterday to Within a fraction of the highest prices of the week.—The yotmnissioners for the Savings Banks made purchases early tQ the week to the amount of about 50001. and a similar amount was taken yesterday. This is at least good indica- tion, as it shows that though among the commercial and trading classes money has been very scarce recently, there yet enough employment among a portion of the artizans others to enable them to lay by a part of their earnings. *nere is an abundance of mon»y in the city, and commercial discounts can be obtained on moderate terms. THE QUEEN.—Her Majesty's approaching visit to the City, has excited much curiosity. Within the last tortnight upwards of twenty houses in the line of the pro- fession, that were untenanted, have been let 04 terms very tavoorable to the landlords, the parties who have taken the Premises expecting to clear half a year's rent, or more, on 9th of November. In one instance the occupier of a o°use, In one of the best situations, has received earnest of more than 601. for the use of his three floors. It is com- Puted that there are about 1,200 houses in the streets through which the procession is to pass on Lord Mayor's ?ay» and supposing that thirty visitors, on an average, will accom°dated in each house, the number will amount to here alone, who will be gratified with a view of the P'endid spectacle, which will be particularly attractive and in- 63ting in the City, after the Royal and Civic prosessions ^°tn at Temple-bar. At a Court of Common Council on Thursday last, a long discussion took place as to the ap- POmtment of Bottlemen" at the entertainment to her "jajesty. It was stated that several men of rank b«d oered 20J. and S01. each to be appointed to that office, some •.whom were known to be three bottle-men," and would course cast away all the restraints of duty. It was also aid that it would be an anomaly for Gentlemen to draw orks for persons of inferior rank to themselves, or to com. and a Bottleman," who had paid thirty guineas for ad- ( t° °pen wine for those who paid nothing. The *o»owing resolution was eventually agreed to" That it be n instruction to the Royal Entertainment Committee that «o person be allowed to be introduced into the Hell on the of November as a bottleman, waiter, or other attetdaut, t|ose situation in life, habits, arid ordinary pursuits do not ^ord a guarantee that he will perform the duties of the W^uation vigilantly, respectfully, and in a manner becoming *1 ell-conducted servant."—As to habiliments to be worn a the occasion, Mr. Fletcher said that the dress regulations Jmld be published in a few days.—The departure oi the ■"een from Brighton is fixed for the 4th of November. The Gazette of yesterday afternoon contains Orders for a Court Mourning for the late Queen of the Nether- lands, to commence on Sunday nest tiie 29th inst. to change on Sunday the 12th of November-arid to terminate on Sunday the 19th of that month. The Duke of Devonshire has accepted the invitation of the civic authorities to dine at Guildhall on the Jth ot next month. The Lord Mayor Elect and the Sheriffs of London have issued cards of invitation to a grand banque a le Mansion House, to all the Cabinet Ministers and several ot the Nobility, on Thursday the 16th ot next month. The House of Commons is now filled with workmen, who are renovating the interior, preparatory to the com- mencement of the session. The men are engage inle- paiutiu", white-washings, and re-cushioning the seats 0. the Members, and five new Committee rooms are also in a state of forwardness. Mr. Hume, M.P-, is. it appears, one of the trustees under the will of the late Duke of Kent, ai.d also of the directors of the Brighton Chain Pier Company, at which, dming the late visit of her Majesty to that beautiful struc- tu e, he attended to receive the royal visitors. The subscription for a national memorial of the Duke of Wellington's military achievements proceeds with increasing success, and now nearly approaches 12,000i. The Duke of Northumberland has subscribed 3301 to this fund, in addition to the liberal subscription which his Grac has already given to the Equestrian Statute about to be erected in the City in acknowledgment of the interest which the Duke of Wellington took in forwarding the improvements recently made in the vicinity of London-bridge. Hummel, the celebrated Composer and Musician, died at Weimar on the 17th of this month. He had nearly com- pleted his sixtieth year, having been born at Presburg in November, 1778. The Convocation of the Clergy will be held in St. Paul's on the 16th of November. It is expected this year to be more than ordinarily interesting in its proceedings. Three large Churches in the Gothic style are now building in the parish of St. Dunstan, Stepney. One of them is nearly completed. A new church is iu the course of erection in the Kent-road, another in the parish of Rother- hithe, were two others are to be built, and one in Holloway. Additional churches also will be shortly erected in the parishes of St. George, Southwark, and St. George in the East, where there is great want of accommodation. Mr. C. Kean has been performing with great eclat during the whole of the week at the Brighton Theatre. The Queen was pleased to command the tragedy of Hamlet, on Friday evening, in which Mr. Keau performed the philo- sophic Prince with much ability. Miss Margaret Bunn, youngest daughter of Mr. Bunn, the lessee of Drury-lane, a young lady of great per- sonal attractions and accomplishments, was married or, Thurs- day last, at St. James's church, Piccadilly, to RichardCardin, Esq., of St. Kitts, West Indies, a gentleman ot considerably property. A modest and unpretending mural monument will shortly be erected in the old chnrch of St. Andrew's, Ply. mouth, in memory of that unrivalled comic actor and intel- lectual mimic, Charles Mathews, whose remains lie buried in that church. It is remarkable that the pulpit in that ancient Roman edifice, consisting of wainscot, and which has often been admired for its simplicity and the beauty of its workmanship, is put together without the aid of one single nail. a In the Court of Common Pleas on Wednesday, Mr. Easthope, one of the proprietors of the Morning Chronicle, brought an action against Mr. C. M. Westmacott, proprietor of the Age, for a libel inserted in the latter Journal against the plaintiff, imputing to him transactions in private life so grossly dishonorable, that, if true, would exclude him from all respectable society. The alleged libel was mixed up with political feeling arising out of the late election for Lewes; and to throw some stigma on the plaintiff, a letter, pre- tending to be written and signed by him, was inserted in the Age, in which the alleged writer is accused of not acting honorably towards his late partner as a stock-broker (Mr. Alien), by refusing to pay a demand of 45001. as a balance due on their separation. This was satisfactorily proved to have been a false statement. The Learned Judge (Chief Justice Tindall) recommended a compromise, and the de- fendant having, through his Counsel, withdrawn his plea of justification, a nominal verdict of 40s. was taken by consent "IS of the plaintiff. The Cork Tories have failed in a second attempt at conspiracy against the Liberals; they recently trumped np a case of assault against Mr Roche, the new member, who wns instantly aequittad by the jury. On Friday, Mr. Geran the coroner, who seconded that gentleman's nomination, was tried for an assault alleged to have been made during the election; he, too, was instantly acquitted by a fairly chosen jury. And this is Conservative morality I The Conservatives in the Eastern Division of Mid- dlesex entertained their newly elected Member, Captain Wood, at dinner on Thursday, at the Angel, Edmonton, H. Powys, Esq., presiding, and having on his right and left Capt. Wood and H. Pownall, Esq., the defeated Candidate for the county. On the health of the "New Member" being given, the "honoured guest" went over his old ground, that the present government was nnder the dicta- tion of the 44 Irish Demagogue," and that a great portion of the ensuing session must be occupied by party animosity, inasmuch as Ireland was managed by the baleful influence of one man against the religion and safety of the empire." "Things as they were," was the basis of his argument (?); and he repudiated the idea that the Tories were actuated by a scrambling for place. In conclusion, he hoped his conduct in Parliament would be sueh as to deserve their confidence. The Chairman, in proposing the health of H. Pownall, Esq., the late Conservative Candidate," ex. pressed a hope that he might at the next election represent Mr. Byng, as the second Member for Middlesex, Mr. Pownall was greeted with great enthusiasm when he arose. He said he had a deeper debt of gratitude to acknowledge than the drinking of his health on this occasion. The return of his Hon. Frieod was a proof of the regard for religion between the Throne and the cottage which they felt; and he trusted that the next .election would demon- strate that the Radicals had no chance whatever against the united Conservatives of the county of Middlesex. At all events, he hoped that the re-action in the minds of the people, which they bad lately had such gratifying and ge- neral evidence, would speedily restore the country to the direction of a government that would watch over the reli- gion, the peace, and prosperity of aU classes of our fellow- subjects. POST-OFFICE IMPROVEMENTS.—It is stated that the recent visit to Paris of Colonel Maberly, the secretary of the Post-office establishment in London, was for the express purpose of making arrangements with Monsieur Leconte, the directeur-general de la postt, so as to allow the free in. troduction to France of English pamphlets, and other monthly periodicals, on the payment of a trifling postage, and so vice versa, to which it appears the French government has granted its sanction. A great advantage will be derived by scientific men of both countries by this long-wished for ar- rangement between the two governments, as hitherto some of the most useful works on horticulture, botany, surgery, &c., have been precluded from circulating on both sides of the water. The late Secretary, Sir Francis Freeling, made very great improvements in the Post-office department by the establishment of a daily estafette between London and Paris, and in allowing French papers to he received in En- gland at the small payment of one half-penny each postage, and so vice versa, which has been the means of circulating English journals on the Continent in parts they were never seen before, and giving the people a just idea of our liberal institutions, of which they were utterly ignorant. Since the peace the English language is studied at all the colleges, the same as Latin and Greek, and there is scarcely a town in France where there is not an English professor. These improvements, it is to be hoped, will be followed up by the present secretary. NOVEL UNDERTAKING.—The match to row from Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, sooner than a man could run it, to Lyon s, the boat-builder, took place on Tuesday, and turned out contrary to the expectation of some of the very good judges- Jem Parish, the waterman, of Strand-lane, was selected as the sculler, and a tailor, named Raper, a York* shireman, was the runner. The amount of stakes is not yet known but there was a good deal of money in small sums laid out upon it, at 6 and 7 to 4 on the waterman. At a few minutes after one they started from the Yorkshire Grey Stairs. Raper went off admirably, and pursued his course through the College, Jew's-row,Pimlico, through St. James's Park, and out at Storey's Gate, up Great George-street, and over Westminster Bridge, to Stangat*. The work on the water was very difficult. It was at a left-hand labour down to the Spread Eagle, and them exceedingly hard work on the right. Although in Mr. Julius's boat, Parish's exertions were of no use. He lost by a minute and twenty-seven seconds. The runner performed his distance in sixteen minutes. Both worked exceedingly hard; but Parish was terribly baked. The tailor is opeu to run against any waterman. THE FLYING MAN.-The wonder-loving people of Teignmouth were on the qui vite last Monday, in conse- quence of an announcement that Mr. Courtenay would take a flight from one of the cliffs to the sands below. Thou- sands of people lined the beach, while numbers perched themselves in groups on the tides and tops ef the cliffs, baiting with impatience the performance of the extraordi- nary feat. Mdny sage conjectures were hazarded as to the manner in which it would be accomplished; but the fact of a rope being seen stretched from the top of the highest cliff to the beach below, fastened to an anchor, put to flight all ideas of Hying. After a great deal of preparation, waving of hats and flags from the top, cheering, gathering sub- scriptions, &c., the task was done. He wore a strong pair of stays, and was attached by the back to small pullies which ran on the rope, one heel being fastened in like man- ner to the rope by another pulley, his hands extended, hold- ing two small flags. The rapidity of his descent, until within a short distance of the bottom, had a very novel, and pretty appearence. Not a few of the spectators were disappointed at his using such means to save his neck, and declared that with such assistance they could fly as well themselves.

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