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LONDON, SEPT. 15.

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LONDON, SEPT. 15. 'f^HE Paris journals to Thursday's date have been 1 received in town. The latest news received in 'Paris fr:>m the Spanish frontier mentions the surprise of a bodv if Christinos under Colonel Coba. oil the 2d inst. at Qaiiifanar de la Sierra, by li thiiHsedH The Christinos took refuse in the houses of the village, but these having bei-it fired bv the Carlists, the former ■surrendered (nfter having lost 2;)0 men killed), to tue nnmbpr of 3ot). A letter in one of the Paris papers asserts that Don Carloslnd received fr iiii the Emperor of Hussia a remittance of 2iM).(hM)l. just in time to prevent the intended desertion of most of his Officers t) VFunia- gorri, and that now his prospects had considerably brig-htene,t. The Mnniteur of Wednesday publishes a telegraphic despatch, aiinoun-isig the change of Mi- nistry in Spain. The fact that the Duke de Frias, the new Prime Minister of the Queen of Spain, had been a few years since the Spanish \mhassadi.rto the Court of the Tuileries is mentioned with complacency in some of the Paris papers, which anticipate from it in- creased influence of France with the Spanish Govern- ment. New proofs of the difficulties attending the occupation c.f Algeria bv the French are furnished by each succeeding arrival received from Africa in France. A letter from Toulon, dated the Atli instant, referring to accounts brought by the Fulton steamer, remarking the absense of a strong desire to colonize the country. attributes the fact not so much to the coldness of the Government on the subject as to the multiplicity of robberies and assassinati wis that are committed there The Messayer makes a long statement seriously incul- pating M. (iisquet, ex-Prefect of Police. The accusa- tions are, first, the crime of having seduced the wife of his friend, refused to fight the latter, and of having fled into the countrv, leaving an offer of 150,000 francs for satisfaction. The injured person has documents to prove that in his situation of Prefect of Police, M. Gisquet committed exactions of every kind, and that he gained 427,250 francs by the famous musket con- tract. The Constitutionel staffs that the Council Ge- neral of the Hospitals of Paris, struck with the im- mense mortality which within the last few years had occurred among the patients on whom surgical opera- tions had been performed, caused a monthly return to be made of all the operations that took place in all the hospitals, with the name of the malady of the patient, that of the operating surgeon, and the number of cured, and of deaths Scarcely had the order for these re- turns been issued when the mortality was observed to diminish, and so rapidly did its beneficial effects deve- lope themselves, that where three out of five patients operated on died, the proportion was reduced to five, to three, and even to one per cent It also appeared from the returns that the mortality among the patients submitted only to medical treatment was greater in those where the most medicines were exhibited, and the greatest MBount of com for's afforded to the sick The Lausantw&kzette, in confirmation of the assertion of the Hvloetiettistates that when the British Minister in SwitzerltitfF, Mr. Morier, was applied to for his support of tile demand of France, he replied that the policy of his Government interdicted him from inter- fering in the question in anv manner whatever. Letters from Bayonne of the 8th inst. affirm that Don Car os, with his Staff, was to quit Bergara on the 6th for Villafrauca. All the accounts received in Bayonne concurred in representing Espartero as de- termined on attacking Estella Several battalions which had passed the Ebro by his orders, occupied Ferne Faraga, Oleyza, and other villages. The line of Zuribi would, it was believed, be attacked by him in order to favour the entry of Muuigorri into the Bastan, supported by O'Donnell. The Heira steam vessel, arrived from Lisbon, brings no intelligence of interest, the accounts being confined to the result of the elections. As far as they have gone, they snew, it is stated, a preponderance of the principal men of the two great political sections of the coun'fv, one party ranking in its members the Dukes of Palmella and Terceira, Count Villa Real, Rodrigo de Magalhaes, Aguir, Silva Carvalho, Castro, &c., while the other has the present Ministers, Antas, the two Passos, &c. -Milan, under.,date of Sept. 6, information has been received, that a complete amnesty has been issued by the Emperor of Austria on the occasion of his coronation as King of Lorn hardy on that day. Various and extensive were the festivities on the oc- casion but the noblest and most Royal incident con- nected with it was hat of the amnesty alluded to,-the firs! article of which sets free and pardons all persons condemned for pulitiz-al offences who are at present in prison the Sfecond article suppresses all prosecutions for treason and political offences, and all future arrests for past crimes; by the third, individuals condemned to inhabit certain places and towns are pardoned the fourth suppresses the surveillance of the police; the fifth allows political refugees to return and profit by rthe pardon granted in article two, on the condition that fthey make the demaad and obtain an answer (the re- fugees who do not wish to return will be authorised to remain abroad-this means that their goods will not be •sequestra'ed); and the six article requires that the demands of refugees for returns must be made within the space of a year. The Liverpool line of packet ship Siddons, arrived yesterday, bringing accounts from New York to the 1J6th of last month, from Montreal to the 24th, and from Quebec to the 23d ult. By far the most import- ant intelligence which has reached us by this oppor- tunity, is the fact of a new Treasury Circular having been received at New York, containing a tariff of duties to be imposed upon certain goods imported from Europe. Thus silks are henceforth to be charged 25 per cent, and Vlerinoes a like heavy impost upon their introduction into the United States. This ar- bitrary proceeding must necessarily be productive of considerable loss to our manufacturing interests, inas- much as it will serve as a check to extensive importa- tions. The exchange on England was at 9 to 9s. It is satisfactory to find that, although the Cotton market continued in a very dull state owing to the small stock in the market, confidence and trade were steadily re- viving. The resumption of cash payments by the Banks is gradually extending, and all apparently is going on steadily and successfully where the resump- tion was previously known The accounts of the crops are also generally favourable, and the new cotton has made its appearance in the markets of Augusta and Charleston. There seems to have been consider- able excitement in New York'on account of the col- lector of customs having demanded heavy duties on silk and mixed silk and cotton goods, which had been previously understood to be free of duty. The mer- chants were preparing for active business in September, and considerable purchases were being made of cotton for Europe at rather lower rates. All the accounts from Canada concur in stating that every thing is tranquil in both provinces, and that the Government of Earl Durham promises to be both popular and bene- ficial. Of the sixteen prisoners now under condemna- tion of death for high treason it is confidently hoped that the majority will be spared, if not the whole of them. It is clear that the greater number of those un- fortunate men had been led astray by others of a more designing character. It is stated that the sending of the prisoners to Bermuda was not the act of Lord Durham alone but of the Governor of Canada and the Governor of Bermuda conjointly. Mr. Durand, Mr Milburn, and ten other State prisoners, confined in Toronto gaol, have been discharged, on condition of leaving the Province within three days. Lord Durham -visited Montreal on the 20th, where he was received an the most flattering manner. The Noble Earl was --ivaited upon by a Deputation from the inhabitants of 0 :SoreI, for the purpose of presenting an Address to 'liim expressive of their confidence in his adminis- tration, and of their gratification at his arrival amongst t them. In reply, his Lordship spoke as follow: Gentlemen, I return you my best thanks for yonr kind congratulations, and for this flattering testimony of your (esteem and confidence. I have not undertaken the ful- filment of the arduous duties to which you reter without full knowledge of the difficulties which would beset nie in every quarter. I ain prepared to encounter them all without full knowledge of the difficulties which would beset me in every quarter. I am prepared to encounter them all without ainrhing -nor will I voluntarily relinquish the task I have I* imposed on myself until I have had an opportunity of pro- posing to her Majesty's Ministers and the Imperial Parlia- ment such a permanent arrangement as will provUe for the maintenance of public tranquillity, and for the due protection ? of ihe just rights an I interests of all classes of her Majesty's [ subjects in the North American Colonies" A private letter brought by the above packet is not without interest, as it shews that a rencontre has taken place between the French and the Mexicans, though of so very slight a nature that there is no reason, we should hope, to apprehend any serious obstacle to the [ adjustment of their differences The first blood has been drawn between the Fr eorh and ¡' Mexicans! It appears that on or about the 13th of July, a Mexican vessel was pursued between Vera Cruz and Tam- pico by a boat filled with armed men from the French squa- dron. She could not escape, and the crew abandeued her jn their boats. Tbe vessel drifted into .the surf, and the k French in taking possession of her, were fired upon from the shore, and several of them wounded -one or two ntll expected to live. Letters from the Guifinfo m us that this act is likely to lead to retaliation and that,in all probability, the next accounts will announce a more formal commence- ment of hostilities. This much is eerlaill, tint if the French continue the blockade to a month or two longer in the i. cinity of Verit Ci-tiz, tliei, crews will be sarlly diminished hy the fatal sickness peculiar to the climate. The Mexicans seem fully aware of the advantages they are likely to derive from el romiti); at least such an inference may he drawn from the ambiguous language of a portion of Bustamenie's address at the close of the Mexican Congress in June last. In one passage he says: The ultimatum of the French Minister is as inadmissible as the dignity and lienor of the Mexican nation are invariable. Consequently the negoti- ations have become complicated, &c. &c.' Delay is evidently the object of the Mexican Govern. ment, which, if concf ded, the pestilence will probably do its deadly work amongst the French, the months of August, September, and October being the most siekly of the season. The same document, after a little of the usual Mexican fanfaronade, proceeds thus: — The hostilities committed by the French naval forces, and the blockade suffered by our ports, would huve justified the severest reprisals on the part of the Republic. Hut, Gentlemen, since the Government has firmly established the nation, it has thought it best to conciiiaie the French Cabinet by its generous m ideration, that it may adopt another liue of conduct more consonant with decorum and the interests of both countries.* "Delay in the first instance, and negociation as the very last resort, is evidently the game which the Mexicans are playing." At Buenos Ayrea, also, the continuation of the blockade seemed likely to lead to important conse- quences. -v Buenos Ayres, June 5.—Things here are assuming a se- rious aspect. The Government hits already purchased se- veral vessels to be armed as men of war, and has appoiuted Admral Brown to command the squadron. It is said that for the psesent our flotilla will confine itself to the protec- tion of coasting vessels against lhe launches of the blockading squadron. This will inevitably bl ing on a conflict which will be the precursor of a war with powder and ball, and not with protocols, such as we have had hitherto. Report says positively that Admiral Brown has addressed a note to the Commander of the blockading squadron, demanding the withdrawal of a vessel stationed at Martin Garcia, for ihe blockade of the Uruguay, and, adding, that if (his should not be done he would go and ) ok after her. It is not known what was the reply of the French Commander, but it cannot be doubted that it would be in the negative. We shall see what will follow our port is being fortified, and there is much difficulty in dispatching letters." "Monte Video, June 19.—Our dates from Buenos Ayres reach to the 14th inst., and the Sala having approved of the course of the Government in this affair, it is impossible to judge when the blockade is likely to terminate mean time our harbour was never so full of vessels as at present, and th y find great difficulty to procure employment at very low rates. Our produce we think is likely to advance under these circumstances, and as the shipments to the Un'ted States are comparatively small, it may probably advance with you." June, 23.—It is now a matter of certainty that the na- tional army has been almost destroyed, and Frntus, I think, will show himself in all next week. Government is m iking every effort for a last st tiggle, which will proltably be in or near the city. Men and boys are being impresse i, the streets closed up with brick walls, and there is every other demonstration of an expected attack." Advices from Trinidad, dated July 26, announce the total abrogation of the prasdial apprenticeship by the Governor and Council, which event took place the pre- ceding evening by a majority of one, the Governor and one Member not voting; and thus throughout the w hole of the British West India Colonies the last remain- ing trace of slavery disappeared. An ordinance was carried to give effect to the resolution, and was to be proclaimed on the 27th. The following letter from Trinidad, Dated July 26. addressed to Messrs Prothero and Son, of Bristol, accompanying the Gazette with the above announcement, will he deemed interestina :— "Trinidad, July 26, 1838. Dear Sirs—I have sent you a Gazette announcing the total abrogation of the apprenticeship by the Governor and Council, which event took place late yesterday evening by a majority of one, the Governor and one member not voting, and thus good-will, peace, and tranquillity are preserved. I do not fear the result of this act, hut on the contrary, I think it will in the end prove highly advantageous to aH parties. Wlieve ti has been koown h has been received with great good feeling, and as a boon." Cape of Good Hope papers to the 7th of July have been received. The following is extracted from the Graham's Town Journal of the end of June, relative to the warfare between the Zoola tribes and the set- tlers :— Yesterday we conversed with a Hottentot named Coetzee, who has just re urned from Port Natal, whither he went with Dr. Adam, and who is one of the survivors of the ill-fated expedition which marched from the place against the Zoolas He confirms in every particular the accounts we have laid before the public respecting the state of affairs ill that country. He is of opinion that the defeat of the Natal force may be attributed to the cowardice of the natives belonging to the Ogles party of settlers. He states that he left Port Natal ten days after Mr. Toohey, and at that time a force of about 1300 farmers had marched against the Zoola Chief. Their success at the port was not considered at all doubtful. The Prince of Dingaan's army bad fallen; and that Chief had in consequence made an alteration in his mode of fighting. Thus, instead of using the stabbing spear at close quarter, the Zoolas were ordered the assaiga, which they cannot use with effect at a greater distance than thirty or forty yards, which is much in favour of the farmers. P.S. Since writing the above we have accounts from Delagoa Bay to the 18th of June, which state that a severe engagement had been fought, in which two regiments of Zoolas had been completely cut up, and Dingaan had sought safety by flight.—There had been much sickness at Delagoa Bay, many persons had faHen victims to the climate." ° MONtY MARKET.—The Public Securities have va- ried but in a trifling degree this week. Money con- tinues very plentiful in the city, although there is considerable amount of business doing in the Colonial and Commercial markets. The last advices from the other side of the Atlantic are favourable, and we may anticipate with considerable confidence a very animated demand for British manufactured goods in a few mouths, to meet the wants of the Americans in the spring of the ensuing year. As the quarterly divi- dends will be shortly in course of payment, and a con- siderable amount of money will then be thrown into circulation, the rate of interest will, it is expected, re- main for some time longer at its present low range The duty upon Foreign Wheat having been reduced to the low rate of Is. per quarter, a very considerable accession to the revenue of the country will be the re- sult—We are glad to hear that the receipts of the Re- venue for the current quarter, which is rapidly ap- proaching to its close, are fully as favourable as was reported a week or two since. In the Stock Exchange the demand for capital continues very trifling, and the .e transactions in the funds have been limited. Her Majesty held a Privy Council on Friday at Windsor Castle, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secre- taries of State for the Home. Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Master of the Horse, the Vice Chamberlain, and Lord Falkland Some Orders in Council on Colonial matters with respect to the cur- rency were submitted and approved of. After the Council her Majesty took an airing on horseback in the Parks, accompanied by Lords Melbourne, John Russell, and Palmerston, and attended by the Royal suite. The Duchess of Kent and the King and Queen of the Belgians drove to Bushey Lodge, and visited ihe Queen Dowager King Leopold afterwards pro- ceeded to Claremont, and the Illustrious Ladies re- turned to Windsor All the Ministers joined the dinner circle in the evening. The waywardness of the Conservatives is such, that they contrive to twist every piece of intelligence into a proof of the decay of the influence of the British Go- vernment with foreign powers When we inform our readers that the Spanish Minister has been received, and the Queen of Spain recognized at Constantinople, within a few days before the date of the last intelli- gence from that capital, and that these proceedings are owing to the exertions of our representative there, we expect to hear the Times state gravely that the Emperor Nicholas has now obtained such an ascend- ancy in Turkey that he can afford to allow the Grand Signior to exhibit a little complaisance now and then towards the British Government.- Morning Citron. On Thursday a dinner was given to Tlios Hawkes, Esq. M.P. at Sheffield, as an acknowledgment for his exertions in procuring a bill to prevent goods being shipped from this country to our colonies, manufac- tured in Flanders or Germany, and stamped with the forged marks of the Sheffield manufacturers. The benefit of this act to the trade of Sheffield is immense. It is stated that a number of persons in Bath, possessed of more money than wit, have subscribed a consider- able sum to present a superb dinner service in silver to Mr. Roebuck, their late representative!! Thus the wholesale dealer in humbug" is rewarded with a service of silver, whilst the author of a benefit of vital importance to one of our staple manufactures, is re- quitted with a dinner, and a few empty thanks • From all quarters the accounts of the harvest are very gratifying, and rhe weather has been most pro pitious. A vast quantity of foreign wheat has been taken out of bond at the different ports, at the 1 >we<f rate of duty, which must have a material effect on the markets; at present it is impossible to form any opinion of the probable price of wheat will obtain in the dif ferent markets; at Liverpool on Tuesday Irish new "heat sold for 9s 4d. per 70lbs. with the prospect of a further depression. The Prince of Onde arrived in Dublin on Mondav from Liverpool. His Highness has been visiting the chief manufacturing towns in the provinces during the past furtnight It is with pleasure we have to state that, from in- quiries made. the state of the Earl of Derby's health is is favourable as can be expected after his recent severe attack. The Church Pastoral Aid Society is holding meet ings in nearly all the principal towns in furtherance of its objects. The Earl of Harewood has given the mflnificent sum of 1,0001, towards the establishment of a Diocesan Church-Building Association for the West Riding of Yorkshire The South London Floricultural Society held their erand autumnal Ihte des flew's and dahila show on Tuesday, when under one tent alone were displayed 1,200,000 dahlias, besides collections in various other parts of the gardens. It is now asserted very confidently that the mar- riage of Lally Georgiana Gordon Lennox, eldest daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, with Viscount Villiers, eldest son of the Earl and Countess of Jersey will be solemnised in the ensuing spring. A woman named P.diss is now living in Bell yard. Temple bar, at the advanced age of 107 years. She has the use of all her faculties. Between 600 and 700 persons were summoned before magistrates at Hatton-garden this day for poor-rates due to the parish of Clerkenwell, and in each case an order to pay within fourteen days was made. The Dissenters of Ipswich have sent a represen- tatiorl to the officers of the 4th Dragoon Guards, now in barracks there, requesting that the band of that regiment may in future be prohibited from playing on Sundavs, as they conscientiously feel it to be a dese- cration of the Sabbath, and an immoral example to their children and servants. A quantity of tea, the produce of the British territo- ries at Assam, has been received at Leadenhall-streef, and having been submitted to the judgment of several tea dealers and others, has been pronounced equal in every respect to the produce of China. The South Australian Commissioners sold, during the present year, 19,040 acres; the greatest amount, 5,920, was sold in June; the price was Ii. per acre. The population is now estimated at 6,000, which is 3.1 times the amomt of the population of Swan River. An account, in which there is no truth, has been copied into all the papers, of a deadly struggle having recently occurred between Mr. Van Amburgh and one of his tigers At a meeting of women in Carlisle last week, a Mrs. Catherine Moore took the chair, and harangued the assembly on the subject of the poor-law. She especially dwelt upon the iniquity of not allowing man and wife to sleep together in the workhouses; declaring that whom God had joined together" man shall not put asunder." The sum of 3/. was subscribed towards purchasing a white flag with a green fringe, on which a mott,), not fixed upon, is to be inscribed; and a me- morial to the Queen against the poor law was unani- mously adopted. The Postmaster-General, according to intelligence which we have this morning received, has decided upon the consolidation of the General and Twopenny Post receiving houses in the metropolis, thus affording a great convenience to the public, by enabling them to post letters for the railway morning mail, which is now limited to the General Post-"ffice and its branch offices. A still further advantage will be afforded to the public by this measure, as, in consequence of it, the General and. Two^ewy Post be-thosame for all "wto. within the limit of the Twopenny Post. In addition. therefore, to the simplicity of the arrangement which will do away with the distinction that has so long ex- isted between the receiving houses of the General and Twopenny Post, the public will receive the benefit of a reduction of the rate of postage. This plan is ma- nifestly a considerable improvement, and. as far as it extends, is a welcome reform. "-Couriep-. The new Church of Christchurch, in the Old Kent- road, was yesterday consecrated by the Bishop of Winchester. At the conclusion of the prayers the Right Rev. Prelate preached a luminous sermon, from the 8th verse of the 26th Psalm, Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth" The grounds (said the Bishop) which we have for loving the habitation of God's house are, first, that it is the most influential means for pro. moting the knowledge of God among men secondly, on account of the means of edification which it sup- plies; thirdly, from a desire to promote God's glory and lastly, on account of the near presence of God with his people in his house. the inadequacy of ( hurch accommodation was forcibly pointed out. and confirmed by the statement that in the adjacent populous parishes only one person from six could be accomodated. The Bishop concluded his sermon by an eloquent and heart-stirring appeal to his audience, calling on them to unite in the good work, and to contribute according to the means with which God had blessed them for the object in view. After the conclusion of the service, a collection was made for the purpose of defraying some incidental expenses, the surplus to be appropriated to the purchase of an organ. The Dailv Journals of Wednesday give an account of the most honest and praiseworthy conduct" of a cab-man in depositing a large sum of money (23,0001.) with the Secretary to the Commissioners of Stamps at Somerset House, which had been left in his vehicle by a Gentleman, and was "overlooked by another fare that he had taken" after being discharged, and that he received 300/. (2001. from the Commissioners and 1001. from the Gentleman for his honesty).-Now Miles's boy" tells another story. The cab-man, havingdriven 11 n the Gentleman to Coutts's in the Strand, and received his fare, perceived the parcel, and immediately drove off to the Office in Somerset House, and, though called to on the instant, became suddenly" very deaf," and deposited the valuable freight" with the Secretary, who paid the customary "salvage." The Gentleman, on arriving at the Offi' e, was not astonished" at find- ing his lost treasure, but readily acceded to the payment ofthA" salvage." This statement is so far corroborated, that the cab-man gave a glorious spread" the same evening to a ljirge party of his friends, when he did not hesitate to admit that he was down on bis luck." A few nights since Sergeant Reeves, of the M divi- sion of police, stopped a man carrying someting bulkv in a sack through Snow's-fields. Upon opening the bag it was found to contain 27 live pigeons, which the sergeant took to the station-house in the Southwark- hridge-road. One was set at liberty, with a label at- tached to its leg, informing the person owning it where the rest of its companions were to be seen", and in the course of a short time after the pigeon's depar- ture, Mr. Brown of Long-lane, Bermondsey, came to the station-house and claimed them as his property.

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