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PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY BY U3 SS?®W®M_a_ The ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE,for the country, is printed on Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday. The Daily Paper is furnished at f 3 par annum—payable half yearly. TheCountry Paper(tri-weekly) is furnished tor f 5 per annum—payable in advance* So subscription is received from the country ,un less accompanied by the cash, or by a respon «ibl£name._ SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1842. _ _ - . — ^ . n_44^ From the Philadelphia u. oiaurs THE RIOTS IN PHILADELPHIA. Tbe peace of the city is thoroughly restor ed. During Tuesday night there was little disturbance. Although there were crowds of persons congregated in the streets near the •eeneofthe late outrages, there did not ap - pear much evidence of a riotous spirit. Miist were merely lookers on, drawn together by curiosity* and as the night wore on, they gradually and peaceably dispersed. Last Night.—From dark until 10 o’clock there were large bodies of people congregated in the vicinity of the places and buildings up on which attacks had been anticipated; but these were gathered more from the impulse of curiosity than any other motive; as at about 10 o’clock, they had gradually dispers ed, and hut few were left upon the ground but the City Police force, part of which was in waiting at the corner of Sixth and Spruce streets, and the remainder were stationed in the front of the Bethel Church, on Sixth near Lombard street. These were marched oft in good order at half past ten o’clock, and were at their watch stations by eleven. , In the State House Yard were posted all the evening, ready for action, the Sheriffs officers, the Mayor’s forces, and the Consta bles and tipstaves of the Court ol General The^miluary, armed but not uniformed, were at their several Armories. At midnight, scarcely a person was pre sent, save passing pedestrians. The riots may now ceriamly be pronounced at an end. The Arrests.—Thirty nine persons were arrested by ihe city police on Monday and Tuesday during the riots, on various charges connected with a participation in them. *1 he Mayor generally in person headed his police, aod Alderman Griscom officiated w his place, hearing each case as it came in. The last ( arrest was made yesterday morning, and J that with at! the rest had Deen disposed myj two o’clock, so that at the usual morning hour (seven o'clock") there were no cases to be heard, nor had there been up to last even ing, This fact, of course is the best evidence ul the general quiet which prevailed. NavalCoukt Marti al.—This investigation increases in interest everv day, and doubtless each ease will bring forth developments con nected with the Expedition, at least amusing if not interesting to the public. A curious scene occurred ytsterday,as will be seen by our report, with regard to certain secret instructions given by Mr Paulding to Lieut. Wilkes, who stated during his exami nation, that bis orders were to place officers on special duties, without regard to their rank —a practice altogether against the rules of the service. He was of course called upon to p«o- | duce those orders, but lie slated that the great er part were private matters between Mr. Paulding and himsrlt, strictly confidential, and which he could not produce without his sane :ioii. unless the order of the Court ( which bad previously decided in lavor of their produc tion) was peremptory. In that case he should respeetiuily request to present his written pm lest. , , The J udge Advocate, who by-the-hye look ed not a lmle astonished at ttie proceeding, remarked that surely the orders sent from the Secretary ol the Navy to an officer command ing a squadron must be a public document; the Court could not see what possible objection there could be to its production. It mattered little however in ibis case, he said, whether produced or not; but when the case ot Lteul Wilkes came up. he should insist upon it, and | feel it his duty to apply for trie same to the Department, wh&re i«e supjmed it wns on te eord. The Court waived their decision, and Lieut. Wilkes is to produce a certified copy of an ex tract of that portion of tiie orders applicable to this case. This appears to he rather a strange proceed ing, and no doubt a little curiosity will be ex cited to know the contents ol* tins mysterious . _ . i. . > _ if iImi uucuiucm. 11 iiiim com?, iiuwc»ci, i» Judge Advocate can by any possibility get it in, which he intimates he ivili make a strong effort to do, upon the tnal of Lieut Wilkes. On the subsequent day Lieut. Wilkes came into Court and produced a certified copy of so much of his private instructions from Mr. Paulding, then Secretary of the Navy, as re lated to the majter in controversy with Lieut. Johnson—as follows:— ‘•You are engaged in a great undertaking which has excited the interest of the civilized world, and is looked upon by all your country men with great solicitude, as one which, i! successful in its object, will redound to the credit of the United States. ••For that success you are in a great degree responsible, and are in try opinion fully justifi ed in enforcing those measures which you be lieve best qualified to ensure the attainment of the great objects of the expedition. •'Cabals of discontented officers must be promptly arrested, and their leaders either kept in subjection or detached from the squad roti, as it is not to be endured that the purpo set yon are sent to attain are to he deles ted by the fantastic claims of rank, which 1 shall never recognize to the extent of preventing any commamiing officer from selecting such as he deems best qualified fora particular and special duty, having no connexion with the internal organization of his own ship.” Rktuax or Boz: Diwoerous Excess or Jov.—Mr. Dickens is again in Lonuon, salt from his trausUntic tour, w hich, we have no doubt; will soon produce a new liar vest of Stirring adventures, and graphic delineation of character. The return of the distinguished novelist was marked, as we learn from a friend, by an impressive and painful incident in hit family circle. Immediately on his re turn, the happy parents rushed to see their children. A fine boy 6 years old, was roused from his sleep for the purpose, and no sooner had the little fellow caught a glimpse ot the facet so much endeared to him, and so lung absent, than he burst into a transport ot de fight, which it was found impossible to repress. Joy was now converted into grief. The de iiriun continued, and on Friday several phy- : skians were in attendance, almost despairing • ol recovery. Powerful means were applied, aod on Saturday he was so much belter that hia speedy restoration is anticipated. | RE ORGANIZE TUE ARMY. In the House of Representatives, on Thurs day, the previous question having been moved and sustained, the question was upon the a mendments pending,and agreed upon in Com mittee of the Whole. The second Regiment of Dragoons was struck out by a vote of 100 to 69. The privates in each company of the older regiment were reduced from 50 to 42. The military superintendence of the Armo ries at Springfield and Harper’s Ferry was struck out, and the clause providing for the Ci vil Superintendence prevailed by a vote ofl03 to 77. ! The next amendment voted upon by yeas and nays, was a proposition to strike out, the fifth section of the Bill. This was lost 90 to 83. The next amendment voted upon has re ference to the rations,and the amendment of the Committee was lost. The following is a copy of the bill as it passed. The yeas and nays were ordered upon the passage on motion of Mr. Proffit of Indiana. The vote was 123 to 62. ARMY BILL. An Act respecting the organisation of the Army, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled, That the regiment of dragoons authorised to be raised and organized b\ the act approved May 23d, 1839, he disbanded on the 1st day of October next;und that hereafter, and so soon as the reduction can be effected, as herein • 1 « _ I. f /t IMI cKo I I prOV|UC(l» cauil tuiupatij consist of the commissioned officers as now provided by law, and of four sergeant?, tour corporals, two buglers, one larrier and black smith, and forty-two privates; and each com pany of artillery shall consist of the commis sioned officers as now provided by law, and of four sergeants, lour corporals, two artificers, two musicians, and forty two privates; and each company of infantry shall consist of the same number of commissioned officers as now provided, and of four sergeants, four corpo rals, two musicians and forty two privates, and that r.o recruits shall be enlisted for the drftocns. artillery or infantry, until *he num bers in the several companies shall be reduc ed, by the expiration ot the term of service, by discharge or other causes below the number herein fixed for the said companies respec tively. Sec. 2. Jind be it further enacted, That from and after the first day of October next, the superintendents of the national armories shall receive each fifteen hundred dollars, and the master armorers each twelve hundred dollars annually, payable quarter yearly; and the paymasters and military storekeepers at the armories and at arsenals shall receive each twelve hundred and fifty dollars annu ally, payable in like manner. And none of the above named officers, and no officers at the armories of any grade whatever, shall herealter receive emoluments of any kind, or any compensation or commutation, beyond their stipulated pay, »n money, except quar ters actually provided for and occupied as such. And no military storekeepers at arse nals shall, alter the said firs! day of October, receive, as pay or emoluments, beyond eight hundred dollars per annum, besides quarters actually provided and occupied as such. Sec 3. Jnd be it further enacted, That the office of Commissary General of Purchases, sometimes called Commissary of Purchases, . ... I .. __ i_I__ snail 00, *I1U me Mine is ucicujf, auwuom.u, and the duties thereof shall hereafter be per formed by the officers of the Quartermaster’s Dep't. attached to the Purchasing Department as shall be authorized by the Secretary of War, and undersuch regulations as shall be prescribed by the saiil Secretary, under the sanction of the President of the United States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, within one month after the passage of this act the offices o! three paymasters, two surgeons, and ten assistant surgeons of the army shall | he abolished, and that number of paymasters shall be discharged by the President; and they shall be allowed three months’ pay, in addi tion tothe pay and the emoluments to which they may be entitled at the time of their dis charge. Skc. 5. And be it further enacted, That a compete* t person may be employed by the Ordnance bureau, under the direction of the Secretary of War, for such time as may be necessary, to vsuperintend the manufacture of iron cannon at the several foundries where such cannon may be made under contracts with the United States, whose pay and emol uments shall not exceed those of a major of ordnance during the time he shall be so em ployed, to be paid out of the appropriations lor armament of lortifications; and for the servi ces rendered in such superintendence since the first day of March, eighteen hundred and for ty one, undei the authority of the War De partment, the same compensation shall be al lowed as herein provided. Sec. ti. And be it further enacted, That the rations authorized to be allowed toa brigadier bile commander-in chief, and to each officer while commanding a separate post, by the act or March third, seventeen hundred and nine ty-seven, and to the commanding officers of each separate post, by the act of March six teen, eighteen hundred and iwo.shall hereaf ter be allowed to the following officers, and no others: To the Major General commanding the ar my, and to every officer commanding in chief a separate army, actually in the field. To the generals commanding the eastern and western geographical divisions. To the colonels or other officers commanding military geographical departments. To the commandant ol each permanent or fixed post, garrisoned with troops, including the superintendent of the military academy at West Point, who is regarded as the comman dant ot that post. To the commandant of each of the armories and of each arsenal. To the officers of the corps of engineers and topographical engineers having the immediate command of the tnen engaged in the construc tion ot fortifications or other military works or in the improvement of harbors or rivers, hut not to include any superintendent other than the officer having such immediate com mand. Fkom Rhode Island.—The Providence Chronicle has the following: Our advices from Woonsocket, are up to this morning. Alarming indications ol more trou ble were showing themselves, and the friends of the Government are quite uneasy under the present aspect of things. The ‘‘Dorrites” were returning home, ami were more numerous than was desired by the more peaceable in habitants. In Pawluxet, the military guard had been doubled, owing to suspicious looking move ments. On Sunday evening last, about one hundred men. with boats, were discovered oq the opposite shore, and it was believed that the barn which was fired on Saturday even ing last, was intended to have drawn out of the village the military and the titizens, in or der that mischief might be perpetrated in the town. Letter* from Worcester County, speak posi tive and decided as respects the sympathies extended, and the protection atiordeo to the ‘Doorites,” ond it is represented that in that section it would be difficult to arrest any of those concerned in the late rebellion in the State. Vvre find many citizen*, who a few lays since had discarded the idea of any lur iher difficulty, are now satisfied that weshaii experience more trouble, muI perhaps of a se rious nature' j A PICTURE OF GREAT BRITAIN, BY HER OWN SONS. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. We a day or two ago gave some extracts from our late files calculated to shew the con dition of distress in many parts of Great Bri tain. The later advices fully confirm the ac counts then given, and if possible, furnish de tails of a yet more painful character. Exag* gera ted as some of the accounts doubtless are, they are bad enough in all conscience. The worst feature, however,is the evident inabili ty of the Government to provide a remedy.— We have before us, as we write,various state ments, some of them of an official cast, an outline of which we propose to spread before our readers. The Radical and Anti-Corn Law papers affirm that “never, since Eng land was a nation, has the misery of the in dustrious classes presented so awlul a picture of suffering humanity as at the present period.” Ontheoneside.it is affirmed, are a Gueen and an Aristocracy enjoying all the blandish ments of pleasure and the luxuries of wealth, while on the other are millions,whoconstitute the majority of the nation, in want of the com» mon necessaries of life. The Radicals, and the Whigs indeed, denounce the Corn Laws as the great source of the evil. A paper be• fore us affirms that the Americans would give abundant employment to British manufactu rers if the latter were permitted to take pay ment in American wheat and corn. “But,’’ . -. i .. f . 1 I _. . remarKS me editor, me corn laws picvciu exchange and create a bad state of markets in both countries, and our people are then told that their stomachs are empty because the American markets are in a bad condition.— Leave the working classes alone, and both market? will soon be flourishing.’* He adds, alluding to some remarks by Sir James Gra ham:—“Sir James would not listen to any al teration of the Corn Laws, because it would throw agricultural laborers out of employ.— What signifies it whether they are employed or not, if employment cannot by any possibil ity get them a sufficiency ol food? Stress was laid by Ministers on the Tariff, with its 750 articles, and upon the Queen’s begging letter. We maintain that our people do not want to it the bread of idleness,or to live on charity Al! they require, is a fair stage and no la four. They wish to support themselves by honest industry. A wild and semi-insane member for Shrewsbury, the capital of the most Tory, and consequently the most dis graceful county of England, maintained that our industry wasaflected by other causes than the Corn Laws—that all the evils were not to be attributed to the Corn Laws—and that no one cause could occasion such general dis tress. Granting these premises, are we to continue these Corn Laws because all the dis tresses are not caused by them? Is it not desirable to remove any cause in such an emergency? But we deny that general dis tress. cannot be produced by one cause. Take the Corn Laws as an example. We are a manufacturing people comparatively speak iog, the only manufacturing people in the world. A great majority of the nations of Europe can buy our manufactures of every de scription solely by a repayment in corn. If we prevent that repayment, we injure or strangle all our manufacturing industry, and . thiio rronoral riiafroQC ic nrnHllPP.I (rum finP , cause. Could the country have ben prosper ous enough to admit of the rceirioiion* on ! trade, inflicted by the Corn Law, all might be j well; but the sword is double edged,and cuts both ways, or ra'her, Sir Robert’s sword has an infinitude of cutting edges. Whilst he al« most destroys trade, he imposes a tax when trade alone is almost the only source of at least an easy taxation.’* The Anti-Corn Low Conference which late ly assembled in London, furnished startling statements. A gentleman named Flint, gave the following picture of the woolen trade of Leeds: •‘Up to December last, from 1833 to 1841, the failures in the staple trade of Leeds—-he meant the flax spinning, the machine making, and the woollen trade—amounted to tvyo millions, while the average dividends paid upon those failures did not exceed 5s. in the pound. Since that time insolvency had been going on increasing in all the staple trades of Leeds. The insolvency which had occurred in the woollen and flax trades since that pe riod, amounted at least to £200,000 more, and he was in a condition to show that the average dividends upon those failures would not exceed in auiouut the dividends upon the former failures. lie had some years since calculated the total capital employed in the woollen trade at £10,000,000, of which £3, 333.000, was employed in the neighbourhood ofLeeds. The capital ofLeeds and its neigh bourhood had been depreciated 38 per cent, and that loss had taken place in the floating capital, which rendered it the more embar rassing. There was, he believed, a decline in the Leeds trade, since the year of 1831, to the amount of £500,000. The decrease in the payment of workmen, arising from that diraished employment, amounted to £81,934 per annum.—There was also a falling of! in the payments for finishing, amounting to £163,000; which made a total diminution of vs ages in Leeds to the amount of £245,000 in tne woolen trade alone. There was further, a decline in the worsted, flax, and machinery trade, which he might set down at £30,000 more; which would give £327,000 as the di j minution in the wages paid for the staple trade ! of Leeds. There were, in addition, many other trades dependent upon that, which were not included in the calculation he had made He believed that the entire diminution might fairly be set down at £450,000, instead of 327.000. How, then, was it possible, while this was the case, to expect that the enormous amount of privation and misery which exist ed could be effectually met by begging-letters, by poor-rates, or by the charitable contribu tions of individuals.*’ The Rev. Mr. Bailey, of Sheffield, said the distress in that place extended to every branch of its trade. “He held in his hand a list which showed the reduction in the wages received by vari ous operatives then, as compared with the wages received in 1838. He had selected for j the comparison the year 1838, because that was felt to be a period of distress, and wages were fhen supposed to have reached their minimum. But he found, in looking over the ist before him, that many operatives who, in 1838, were earning 20s., 25s., 30s, or more, | were now earing sums, varying from 5s., to | 8s. or 10s. He had inquired into the cases of 2,156 families, amounting to 10,000 individuals i whose wages had of late declined, and who j were suffering under the pressure of severe distress, itsh«uld be observed that the de cline m the trade of Sheffield was not owing to the introduction of machinery, because the manufacturers there employed very little ma chinery now, which had not been in use fifty years ago. Jn fact, the only important article of machinery in use in Sheffield was the steam engine, which drove their wheels, and which had been in use for nearly half a century. The distress in Sheffield could not therefore, be in any way traced to the introduction <>1 new machinery throwing various hands out of employment, as was alleged to be the case in other districts. He had ascertained that, in a number of cases into which he had in quire^ there w ere £6,000 a week less paid in wages during the piVsent year than in former periods; and tn*t would give a yearly dirninu* of £300,000. Ail that money was withdrawn . from the shopkeepers; and that accounted lor i the change in their condition. The poor did < not in general attribute their distress to the Corn Laws, but to the influence of class legis- < lation; and thousands of them looked to the Charter as the only remedy for the evils under which they suffered. A gentleman in the room (Mr. Ibootson,) a man well known in Yorkshire and in Lancashire, had told him that if the Corn Laws were repealed, he should be able to-morrow to find employment for 500 fresh hands. The charitable contri butions ofindividuals could never eliectually meet the prevailing distress, ft was not charity the people wished for; charity was the most expensive mode of satisfying the general wants. Charity! Why, the wealth of the nation might be expended in charity, and yet leave the evil greater at its close than at its commencement.” Statements equally distressing with regard to other sections were made. Mr. George Thompson said that the condition of the coun« try was one of unprecedented misery, destitu tion and helplessness. The green earth around them, he said, was monopolized and turned into a desert The Court was converted into a den of monopolists, lie added : 1 Monopoly has passed sentence of death up on the commeros, industry, and prosperity of the nation. (Li«»i cheers.) The sentence is in process of execution. Do you believe you [are taxed unjustly, unequally-—and to support monopoly? If you do, then quietly leave the law to take its course. Abandon every tax ed article that you can do without, and let your goods go to pay the Incon.e Tax and the Ae9f»5«pH Tavp^ Thp law leaves vou the choice of paying in goods, in money, or in per son. The payment of money is your own net. The taking of your goods is the act of the Go * vernment. Let them go. (Loud and contin ued cheers.) I should like to see the Govern ment try to find purchasers for the goods of 5,000 persons who had refused to give the tax gatherer his demand in money. If you are honest in your desire for action—if you ; are sincere in your feelings of compassion—il j you are bold enough to adopt a measure cer tain of success—if you hate the Corn Laws and believe them to be unjust and pernicous —if you deem them to be but half as bad in principle and practice as you have stated them to be, then you will go anti do that (Cheers.) And iftoudo this, then that which you could not wring from the Government and Parlia ment by all your warnings, remonstrances, petitions and supplications, you will force ! them to give by the adoption of this individu al, homely, quiet, fireside mode of action.” (Loud cheers.) Mr. Thomas Clew, a Deputy from Miner ley, said that “for the last three or four years the state of things had been awful beyond de scription. He hoped that the Lord would take the heart of Sir Robert Peel into his hand, and remould and fashion it. He could show him, if he came to Hinckley, such scenes as he never before witnessed in his life, and he believed that, unless he had the heart of a Janissary, he would be touched.— He had been sent to the Conference by his - . i / * n . i . _ 4 * i - employers to mow tne v/unterenue me of the country. There was not one in Hinck ley but was under distraint. All were in the deepest distress.’’ The same subject had been under discus sion in Parliament for some time. Mr. S. Crawford said: In Belfast, there had lately been a town meeting on the subject, at which Dr. Carter said there were 1,500 weavers and others out ofemployment, of whom 1,200 were totally destitute. Nuuibcis <it* the mechanics were quite as badly ofl as the weavers. Vet Bel fast was a town which had suffered less than other parts of the kingdom. Surely these ca ses all called for inquiry, a fid formed a jnstifi cation for this notion. The operation of the Corn La ws, excessive taxation, and the in crease of machinery, were all alleged as can ses of the Jistress The operation ol the Corn Laws, however, had not been lelt un»i! the results of the New Poor Law became known. Under the old law the deficiency of wages was made up from the poor rate, but that was done away with under the new law. The labor market was overstocked, and why? Be cause, in his opinion, the laborer had been deprived of the occupancy of small holdings ol land, his la bur upon which would alleviate his distress. Excessive population he denied to be a cause of the distress* He denied that there was excessive population in the sense of there not being resources enough in the kingdom there were adequate for double the pre sent population. Let the House consider what number of acres would he necessary to sup port a family of five persons. Just four acres. So that, taking the population of England and Wales, according to the returns of 183!, at nearly 14,000,000 and reckoning the propor tion of families at the rate o( five persons in each family, there would be required 14,000, 000 oi acres to give sustenance to the whole population; and there were 37,000,000 of acres I of land in England and Wales, 32.000,000 of! which were arable land. He therefore, nuin-1 tained that there was not an overplus popula* i tion, but that the very reverse was the case,! for if the people could occupy land ami labour j for their own support on the land,there would t he ample provision for them. The repeal ot the Corn Laws would be an es.se/-tial im provement, and noother remedy would avail unless it were accompanied by that measure; no good could De done lor me pour wunoui me repeal of the Corn Laws.” ! Lord Palmerston said that America owed large sums, thatshe could pay in corn, but was! not allowed to do so. Mr. O’Connell moved an adjournment. Sir R. Peel remonstrated, urging the state; of the public business. Mr. O’Connell answered—“The people are j starving, and not a hope is held out to them.” On another occasion, Mr. O’Connell gave a highly colored picture of the distress in Ireland, admitting, however, that the potato crop was likely to De plentiful. “The three Ministers, who had addressed the House had held out,”| he said,“no hope of relief. To each of the ar- j guments advanced by them successively he ! would answer, ‘The people are starving.’— He had a presentiment that something fatal was about to befall the nation, when he saw that the Parliament was composed only of the wealthy classes, that they had been returned by the grossest bribery, and that the Anti Corn Law League was daily silting in the Metropolis. The experiment now proposed; was a simple and practical one—only to admit j that corn for want of which the people were ; •tarvinff. and which was locked up only to profit the landlords. Let the House recollect j the sale ot the land at the close of a former' Tory Administration, when the farmsteads j were on fire* a popular Monarch deterred from i j visiting the first Magistrate of his first City,! ‘ and the whole realm a type of the most dis- j ( turbedofthe Irish districts. Would Parlia-i ment now lie still until the mills and machi- ] nery of the north should startle the night with t one general blaze.' Rather get rid of the!1 trammels ol party, and show a willingness to retrace thestepsthat led to the enactment of the recentCurn Law.” One of the speakers charged much of the distress upon new machinery. Another, Mr < Cobden. “denied that new machinery ever < threw lahorersout of employ, even on its first , introduction; lor it was always introduced t gradually. The poverty was nut more iright- \ ful :n those towns where new machinery was ised, than in those where no improved raa :hine had been introduced for two centuries. Fie went into particular cases of distress, and , leclared that such a condition of things could not endure. He did not say that the masses would rise and pull down ihe mansions around i hem; but he did say that affairs were drill- ■ ne without rudder or compass to a stale of j nuescnbabie confusion.” These are, indeed, startling statements.— But at our last accounts, the Government still adhered to the sliding scale, and the prospect of alleviation was any thing but encouraging. In the language of oneof the speakers, more than a million ofhuman beings, were depend ing for subsistence on public alms. From C. Wilmer’s American News Letter, July 19. The distress and starvation that exist in every part of the country are appalling in the extreme;and without some improvement in trade speedily takes place, it is difficult to say what will be the result of the movements which are every where taking place. From the London Dispatch, (a Radical paper) of July 17. Starvation—Corn Law Deputies with Sir Robert Veei -Both Houses ot Parliament and every part of the United Kingdom, without the exception of a single place, resound with the cry nfdistress, and the Government meets the erv bv a declaration that they can give no relief, and then comes bir Koneri i eei » mo tion lor supplies. We cannotgive you bread, says Sir Robert,but vve can take from you your money. The most extraordinary scene we recollect for many years was that of the inter view of the auti-Corn Law Delegates with Sir Robert Feel. The cold-blooded manner in which he pretended to listen to them, and the siill colder in which he dismissed them, ex ceed in unfeeling impudence on the part of the Minister of the Crown any thing in out recol lection. A hundred and fifty delegates repair ed to the minister’s official residence in Down ing street; amongst ihese were delegates from the manufacturing districts; others from the agricultural counties; and there were a num ber of Clergymen, chiefly Dissenters, and never were the Clergy so beneficially and lau dably employed. Every class of the people was fairly represented, and we wish we could say the same of the House of Commons. The chairman told the rich, unfeeling Minister that it was false to assert that distress perva ded only the manufacturing districts, for it whs equally prevalent in the agricultcral parts of the country, and in those of a mixed popu lation. The Queen’s paltry, ridiculous beg ging letter was exposed as false in principle, J and totally or almost totally inoperative in its results. The chairman said, that the anti-Corn Law Associations had been dismissed in February last, on the grounds of having been assured that Government would take means to relieve tfie public distress, hut that the Government promises had been deceptive and fallacious, that distress had rapidly increased, employ* client diminished, and that trade was never in a more disiressed state. The Chairman spoke of the hopes that had been held out that spring and Summer would produce a mitigation of public sufferings, and expatiated on the fact that throughout the one season and through out the other, as far as it has gone, the gene ral misery has been immensely augmented.— No hope ol alleviation was neiu out lor au turnn or Winter, ami therefore when wretch edness, general wretchedness, reduces the whole mass of the people to the alternative of the grave, hy ihe bayonet or by famine, Min isters, who will calmly and coldly see the murder or the perishing* of thousands, may say, “We made you false promises in Spring and Summer, but we never promised you any thing in Autumn and Winter, and therefore if you rot and die in these latter seasons, you cannot accuse us of having held out false hopes.” The Chairman boldly said to Sir Ro bert, “Population was literally perishing by thousands—they were absolutely starving— the patience of the suffering people was near ly exhausted, and a feeling and temper begin ning to be manifested which was ominous and dangerous in tlie highest degree. The deputies were convinced that the lime was not far off when they would not tie able to provide food for a large prop n lion of the population around them, nor .'mig^rslave otl the outbreak ami confusion which would inevitably ensue. IE believed on the part of the An i-Corn (,a »v League, that was ilien* la-o appeal, hk. their last attempt to avert those ev«|> tnr\ * • much dreaded, fhe p-^ace of the Country had been hitherto preserved bv a last glimmering ray of hope, but when the deputies vent hack to their constituents and told them that they had seen the Premier of England, and laid belore him their state «»i wretchedness and misery, and that lie gave them no promise and no hope, he (Sir Robert Peel) must be an swerable lor the consequences.’ The Albany Argus, when we remember that it is the known and confidential organ o( Mr. Van Buren, has an important article. It appears that some quarrel has arisen‘‘in the Democratic ranks” about the appointment of i the new Post Master atCooperstown. Speak ing of this appointment the Argus says:— The policy of the appointment to and ac ceptance of office bv democrats, under the pre sent administration, is noi unworthy of consi deration. OC^Any republican who for the sakeof obtaining office or patronage should so far forget himself in any manner, regard less of the principles and usages of the dem ocracy, as to support Mr. Tyler lor the next presidential contest, would forfeit the confi dence of the Democratic Party The re* i moval of Federalists—Federalists brought in- j to office by the present Administration—and | the appointment or restoration of Democrats, 1 free irom any such committal, is regarded, ii we may judge from the general expressions on the subject, with favor by republicans. ~F\\ny alliances or promises with a view to obtaining the local offices, or a place in the j cabinet, no true democrat can approve lor a ; moment.^Cl4. Indeed the democrats of the j state cannot tie too chary of their confidence | and approval; and while they act in conformi- < ty to the motto of the Evening Journal, “ ap- | prove where we can, censure where we must” ; keep a steady eye not less upon the “ Tyler Central Committees” than on the Clay Clubs. It may be remembered thatsome few weeks since Mr. H. C. McLaughlin of Washington advertised the loss of a considerable sum of money, drafts, checks, &c. offering a reward ror the finder—but until the present week without success. The money, ike. it appears was stolen by a young man of respectable po sition in life, a clerk in one of the public de partments, we believe the Land Office. He has surrendered $200 of the money. For the present we forbear to give more, as we have not yet heard of his arrest.—George. Adv. Jefferson Land still up in the Mar ket.—The last sale we have heard of, was the farm of Capt. J. F. Abell, about five miles North of Charlestown and six West of Har pers-Ferry, nearly on the line of the Baltimore ind Ohio Rail Road. This farm contains a Pout 130 acres, with a good brick dwelling, kc., and brought sixty dollars per acre. Dr. fohn Lock was the purchaser, and now has a Jeiightful residence; one that might have iin >roved the philosophy of his great namesake, Charlestown Free Press. m— ■«— ■■"■ ■■', 11 11 ■' SPICED OYSTERS. J UST received by the Steam Boat Chesa peake, Capt. Mitchell, a lew Jars ol Spiced jv*ter'{. first quality, put up by John W ilson • >f.\ irloik, warranted to keeep to be ship|*ed i o anv reaso iahle distance, for suie a* Jonn toward ^ Loti’s, foot of Ring street. au^4—3if THE DUKE OF ORLEANS. The late Duke of Orleans was the eldest ►on of the King ot the French, aiui her present Vlajesiy the Queen of the French* who is laughter of Ferdinand Kingof th i twoSicilies. rhe deceased was a native of Palermo, hav ng been born in that city on the 2d of Sept, 1810. On the restoration of the House of Bour bon to the throne o! iheir ancestors, the Or leans branch of that family immediately re turned to their native country, where the young Prince now so unhappily removed from this life, commenced his education as a pupil of the public Lyceum in Paris ; for his father, whose early life had been spent under the gui danee of Madame de Genlis, was resolved that his son should not be brought up in what Dr. Johnson calls “ignorance of Princely educa tion.” and for the first time a French Prince entered an academic class, exposed himself to the fellowship of schoolboys, and contended with the sons of the nobility and gentry of France in the rivalry proper in a place of pub lic education. He has, however, been less distinguished in literature than in arms, hav ing served with considerable reputation in the African war. When the news of that revolution winch placed his father on a throne reached him, he was at Joigny with his regiment. Of course he lost no time in attempting to join his rela tives; he was, however, detained by the may or of Montrouge but was speedily liberated by an order from Lafayette; and he then thought it expedient to return to his regiment, instead ofproceding to Neuilly, where his father then was On his return he met the Duchess d’Angou'eme, who expressed a hope that he would support the cause of that portion of the family to which she belonged. His charac teristic reply was, that under all circumstan ces he would do his duty, regardless of conse quences. Louis Phillippe I, the King ol the French, has now a fanrrly of six children, (exclusive of the late lamented Duke of Orleans,) four of whom are sons, viz. the Duke de Nemours, the Prince de Joinvitie, the Duke d’Aumale, and the Duke de Montpensier. The present fieir apparent to the throne ol France is the young Comte de Paris, the eldest child of the late Duke ol Or leans, who was born in August. 1838, and is consequently in his lourlh year. His youuger brother, the infant Duke de Chartres, was horn on the 9th of Nov, 1810. . The late Duke of Orleans married, in June, 1S37, the Princess Helena of Mecklenburgh Schwerin, bv whom fie had the two sons a bove mentioned. He always entertained a marked predilection for military employment, and a strong love for military glory, and was understood to be much beloved by the soldi ers under hid command, many of whom stur dy veterans of the Napoleon armies—shed tears as his lifeless body was carried from ihe fatal spot. , . It is curious to remark the napless late which has been attendant upon so many ol the youthful scions of Royalty in France. In the first place, there was the unfortunate Dauphin, the son of Louis XVI.. who, alter omlii rm'i i n tr ihp mno horrible sufferings, uer ished in the prison of the Temple, at the age ot about eight years Although, however, he never came to the throne, the title ol Louis the Seventeenth has been nevertheless assigned him. The next youthful heir to the French Crown was the Duke de Reichstadt, or, as he was called, M the King of Rome,” whom Napoleon wished to place on ihe throne when ne abdi cated in 1314 and 1815. This, however, the conquerers of France would never listen to, and the young Prince was consequently com pelled to retire with his Imperia I mother to Austria, where he lived for some years, un der ihe protection of Lis maternal grand father, the late Emperor Francis L— He,final ly died of polmonaryjconsumption, m the year 1332, a^ed *2t years. Louis XVIII. having died in 1321 without issue, he was succeeded by his brother, Charles X , who, as all our reale rs are aware was compelled to abdicate his throne in July 13.30 His eluest son the Dauphin (entitled the Duke d’Angouleme) at the -tame time re signed bis pretensions to fhe ti.rone in favour ,,f »i s nephew, the votin'/ D A'*> Op Bordeaux, whose fattier, the Duke I • >e r .vi a>^w ,j.ed at the < h^ra-hon e . • v- !f ui t‘»e ‘fir | S20, t hetp b . i *! >r f • i*- !*tar a* ’ O'? evil destiny of flic B ' »ce. Hie Duke de Bordeaux m . ho sever. heei» compelled, like the so of N';j *eou, * *' 1 • der abroad for 12 vears <u e.vre from in* live laud, with v-ry liitle prospect ol ever ie covering the tlironp of bis ancestor-* FOR iiENT. n . The two story Brick House and Lot on Water street,' between Franklin jliilBLand Jefierson Having lately been put in complete repair, to a good tenant the rent will be moderate. Possession given immedi ately. Enquire of WM. YEATES. aug 6—eo3t ___ THE UNITED IRISHMEN, FI!HEIR Lives and Times, by It. It. Madden, |_ M. D., author ol “Travels in the East,” &.C., in three extra Numbers of the New World, price 31] cents. ABEL PARSONS, or, the Brother’s Revenge, a tale of the pre sent times, in two extra Nos. of the New World, price 16 cents; for sale by a 6 BELL & ENTWISLE. HAY ON BAPTISM. A TREATISE on Baptism, by the late Rev. Alexander Hay, of Antrim Parish, Halifax county, Va., with a preface, by the Rev. Dr. Shelton, and a letter commendatory by the Right Rev. Bishop Chase, with a sketch of the life ol the author, by the Rev. Charles Dresser. Just published, and for laie, price 40 cents. T)y , _ r. aug 6 BELI & ENTWISLE. ^ , B CKERSTETF1 ON THE LORD’S SUPPER. A TREATISE on the Lord's Supper, de signed as a Guide and Companion to the Iloly Communion, by Rev. Edward Bicker* steth, Rector ol W'aiton, Herts. Hints on the General Missions of the Church, by a Presbyter, price I2J cents. A Sermon preached on administering the right of Confirmation, together with an ad dress delivered immediately after the admin istration, on the third Sunday in Lent, b} Benjamin T. Onderdonk, Bishop of N. York! price 12' cents. For sale by ^ aug 6 " BELL & ENTWISLE^ v /^v m I LWO1, ^ ON Tuesday, the 2d inat. a GOLD PIN, set with a blue stone, and marked 3n the back with the letters J. B. A pui?»*'_6 reward will be given to the finder, by leaving it at this Office. aug 4— BANCROFT, THR1RD VOLUME-CHEAP! \ FEW copies ol Bancroft’s United State*. A 3d vol. for sale at §2 a ''S'-rmlTr lished al $2,30. BELL & ENTWINE. aug 4 _ SILLMAN’S CHEMjSTRY--CHEAP I ELEMENTS of Chemistry, in the order Ot the Lectures given in Yal* Co ■«»«•J MISSi-KSToSiW? aug 1___I Three Dollar Bookt Jor Two’ _ i TO WITT’S Visits to Remarkatde t !«<••> ? 11 first serie«; Unwin's Visit* to Rema'’"' ile Battle Fields, second senes; and :.<> ' | tt’s Student Life in Germany; earn m ' ' .eaiiufu! t! vo volume.and u-.ua! ^eluiig V I