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GTO TT/It INIODIPRIMENT LIVERY OF LONDON. ENTLEMRN,—I b eg to thank you again for to-day. tke very gratifyi ng Support I have received at y our h an d s Unexpected as Was the contest, and sudden as its announcement, you achieved nictre than could be expected at so short a notice. But, to insure success, your continued exertions are necessary, and I have no doubt will be cheep fully given. The poll will be open from Nine till Three o'clock to-morrow. I hare the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Your faithful servant, OMAS 2, Corbitt-oourt, Gr acee h urch-street, Sept. 30, T 18H46. WOOD. STATE OF THE POLL. SECOND DAY. Wood •• • • Carroll • 3BO ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR. The Committe for conducting the Election of Mr. Alderman WOOD, ait daily at the Swan with two Necks, Gresham .strect, from Eight o'clock in the morning until Tent n the Evening. JOHN YATES, Chairman. Committee P.oom. Sept. 30, 1846. STATE OF THE POLL—SECOND DAY. 'ood. Carroll Hooper •••••• • • • • • • ..... • 130 NOTICE is hereby given that the CO-PART NERSHIP BUSINESS, carried on at LEEK, in the county of Stafford, and at GLASGOW, in the county of Lanark, under the style or firm of " GAUNT, GRAY, and C 0.," SILK MANUFAC- TuRERS (by John Gaunt, at Leek aforesaid, and by Thomas Gray, at Glasgow aforesaid, the sole partners in the said firm), was this day DISSOLVED by MUTUAL CONSENT of their respective FACTORS, legally authorised by the said respective Partners in this behalf. Dated at Glasgow, this 2Gth day of September, li4G. Witness to the signing hereof, l JAMES GOURLAY, Account an t , Glasgow, Factor, and Corn- JA MES BLOOR, At torney- a t -Law missioner for Joh n G aunt. Leek, Stafford . GEORGE B. LEECH , Writer shire, j Glasgow, Factor, and Corn_ missioner for Thomas Gray. BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMMISSIONERS. LOAN m S OF MONEY. T he Birkenhead Dock Comissioners are ready to receive Loans of Money for periods of Five er Seven Years, under the authority of their Acts of Parliament, at the rate of Five per Cent. per Annum. The Interest will be paid Half-yearly, on the Ist January and Ist July, is London or elsewhere, as the parties lending may prefer. Sealed Tenders, stating the Amount and Term of Years for which the money is proposed to be lent, to be addressed to the Commis- Iloners, endorsed " Tender for Loans." By Birkenhead, Sept. 21, 1 84 G. RICHARD lllND, order Secretary. MERCHANTS' AND TRADESMAN'S MUTUAL LIFE OFFICE, No. 5, Chatham-place, Mackfriars, London. Security Fund, 180,0001., in Shares of b i. each. ASSURANCES on Lives, Annuities, and Endowments are granted On terms lower tkan most othbr established offices. Prospectuses and every informatma may be obtained at the office. THOMAS MUSGRAVE, Secretary. NA.TIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR ANCE SOCIETY, 26, CORNIIILL LONDON. Capital X. 50 0 f ,OOO. Empowered by Act o Parliament. This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages 'with respect to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities. The assured bats, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for feiture of the Policy, two-tkirds of the oremiunes paid (see Table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in terests to meet other conveniences or necessity. As lbr ter ms of years are granted on tk e lowest possible rates. _ - DrTlsroN OF PROFITS. The rentarkable success and increasing prosperity hag enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare of the Society a fourth bonus, varying from 3.5 to 85 scale ant. en the premiums paid ell each Policy effected on the Profit zx r 7 1 ( p Premium Bonus Bonus lal g d Assured added. Cash. go g may ; Borravr. 4 d. d r 10 37iX217 15 1 XlOO 011 £l6 nI I AAA 1837'X91715 IXIOO 011 18381 192 3 0 27 1 4 , 1839, 165 11 10 74 1 91 1846, 116 7 6 64 0 101 16411 111 6 II 49 10 •I r XI6 • 4! 13 10 2! 11 3 1 7 18 le 7 10 41 x £445 0 0 395 11 1 346 2 3 296 13 4 247 4 £s.i. 004E01 a 4 The division V protlts is anneal, and the next will be made in December of the present year. F. FEItGITSON CANROUX, Secretary. LEICESTER, TAMWORTH, COVENTRY, RAILWA EIRMINGIT.M, AND TR ENT TALLEY JUNCTION Y. The Directors have already announced to the Shareholders that arrangementa were pending with the London and Birmingham Railway Company (now_the London and North-Western), having for their object the transfer of the line to that Company, and the return to the Shareholders in this undertaking ofthe whole of their deposits. The Directors recommend the proposed arrangements to the Share holders, as being much to their advantage, and most calculated e) ensure the speedy completion of the line, and to afford the best guarantee of its being efliciently worked for the public convenience Those of the Shareholders who are desirous of receiving back, in cOnformity with these arrangements, the full deposit of 21. 2s. on each share, are requested to transmit their scrip to Mr. Henry Cassia, the Accountant to the Company, at the Company's offices, at No. 3, Church -court, Old Jewry, London, at any time between the hours of Ten and Three, from Monday, the 21st instant, to Monday, the Mk of October. On the scrip, or bankers' receipts, or secretary's receipts for scrip, being delivered up the holders thereof will receive back the full de posit of 21. 2s. npoh each share. Those parties who (as holders of shares in the original Coventry and Leicester and Coventry, Nun eaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Companies) have only paid a de posit thereon of 11. a s., may in like manner receiv e b ac k 11. Ss. on each such share. Sept. 17. 1846. (Signed) EDMUND PEEL, Chairman, EXTENSION OP TIME FOR REGISTRATION. BIRMINGHAM and OXFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY. Capital, 1,000,0001., in Shares of 201. each. The Act for the Incorporation of this Company having received the roya , assent, the Holders of Scrip Certificates are requested to Make immediate application to be registered for their respective shares, according to the subjoined form (printed copies of which will be supplied. if desired), and transmit the same, accompanied with the Scrip Certificates, either to this Office or the London Office, No. 449, West Strand, on or before SATURDAY, the 3d day of October next, when the Registers will be positively closed. An official receipt will be given on the deposit of the scrip, which receipt will afterwards be exchanged for the sealed certificates, with as little delay as the preparation of the same may require ; and due notice will be given when the sealed certificates are ready for delivery. Shares, in respect of which no application for registry shall be made en or before the above date, will be registered in the name of the original subscriber, after which no share can be passed otherwise than by formal transfer, under the provisions of the Act. By order of the Board, THOS. HOLROYD, Secretary. Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway Offices, No. 34, Ben nett's-hill, Birmingham, and No. 449, West Strand, London, September 23, 1846. FORM OF APPLICATION TO REGISTER. Birmingham and Oxford Junction Shares Railway. 1 the abov e I hereby dep os it Scrip Certificates for Company, viz., No. to No. -- to ---- - and I claim to be registered as the Proprietor of the said Shares, subject to the general rules, regulations, and conditions contained In the Act of Incorporation, all of Which I hereby undertake to fulfil and discharge. I also require sealed Certificates to be prepared in exchange as under. DChristian Name and Surname at full length esignation Address ........... Usual Signature ....... With to tho Signature Dated this PERFECTION in LAMP OIL.—A PATENT. CLARK'S PATENT SPERM OIL, only ss. per imperial gallon, is brigkt as crystal in the coldest weather, and lasts longer than real Sperm. It burns In all descriptions of Argand Lamps. The great expense of Sperm Oil, and the trouble of common oils, can now be dispensed with at pleasure. It is admirably suited for Solar Lamps, as they will not want cleaning for years, and being so pure, four gallons go as far as Ave gallons of any common oils ; so, in reality, Clark's Patent Sperm Oil Is cheapest. Families laying in their stock of Spermaceti or Wax Candles, Soaps, &e. &c., will positively save 30 per cent. in their outlay. This is no fiction, and this system of equitable charges the public will support. Samples sent in London, and list of prices, with description of the patent article, sent on application to all parts of the world. Clark and Company, the Immense Lamp, Oil, and Candle Depot, 447, West Strand, ten doors from Lowther Arcade. THE UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved To be had at the Patentees, 60, St. Martin se Charing-cross. The Patentees beg to call public attention to he flowng facts, The advantages resulting from the invention t are various and striking. Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the corn bustien Is perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light hitherto discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns Steadily for any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects or Boils the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have made to the introduction of gas in dwelling-houses, to the expense of fittings, to its destruction of fluniture, draperies, gold moulding, &c.; these are entirely obviated by the "PATENT UNIVERSAL Gas Bumrsa." As the cost of laying on gas is muck lower than is cern monlY supposed, It is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for club-houses, hotels, manufactories, and public buildings. One of the small burners is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum Immeasurably lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of Waste or trouble. The merits o f f the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing every other n light, are shown by the annexed authentie opinions of the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER. Extract from the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Tuesday, 26th lley, 1846, Sir Jourtßemeze, President, in the Chair. "A gas burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. The principal novelty was the introduction of a stream of air to the centre of the flame by a hollow button in the middle of the burner. The air passing up through the hollow stem of the button, was heat ed, and passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery, sir, mingling with and impinging with force on the flame of the gas curved it outwards douxgregdena v o e f ry th p e e rfe e t combustion, stea d y in the shape of a tulip, while the the carburetted hydrogen gas, Pro try ing The flame was uitewhite down the top of the burnenrg,t'whs:enr:mp as was amply demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution, Where these burners have been used. In comp of these burners with that of the concentric ring burners, arid trying the power of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a better light, with a saving of rather more than one- CERTIFICATE. testing Clark, ire l 'aell, POLYTECHNIC CHEMICAL SCHOOL.--.. In and Co,'s Universe 'Gas Burner with one of the beet shavrd o w f le 2 s o s burners, it gave a more pure and brilliant light, with a saving tO 25 per cent." GEORGE CRISP, Engineer, ROUT. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary, CERTIFICATE. 1 . In a series of experiments ad Patent Universal G Burner its e uponsatisfactorily Clark, Me Niel], and Co.'s bltshed In economy and the quality of the licit. Tested argand burner', Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), it afforded a saving of at least 25 per cent., and against three fish-tail burners, No. 4, 49 per cent. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is supe rier to any ether burner." T. W. YEATES, Consulting Chemist, The UNIVERSAL G J. D. PALM ER, Mechanical Inspector. technic Ins AS BURNER is use d n i ghtly at the Poly- Patentees, titution, and may be had and seen f rom 11 till 4, at the 60. St. Martin's -lane, Charing-cross ; and of all Gas Fitters. THE BEST APERIENT AND ANTIBILIOUS MEDICINE FOR GEN ERAL USE IS F RAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH which effectually relieves the stomach and bowels by gentle relaxa tion, without griping or prostration of strength. They remove head •ache,- sickness, dizziness. pains in the chest, &c., aro highly gratelid to the stomach, promote digestion, create appetite, relieve langlior and depression of spirits ; while to those of a full habit, and free livers, who are cOntinually suffering from drowsiness, heaviness, and singing in the head and ears, they offer advantages that will not to be appreciated. This Medicine has Tor many years received the approval of the Most respectable classes of society, and in confirmation of its etil cacY, the following letter has been kindly forwarded to Mr. Prout, with p er mission to publish it, and, if requisite, to refer any respect able person to its author:— " Te Mr. Prout, 229, Strand, London. " Heavitree, E xe t er, A pril 24, 1844. " Strt,—l feel pleasure in being able to b ear my strong and unso- Healthlicited testimony to the excellenc e o f your " Frampton's Pill of ," which I consider a most safe, efficacious, and very superior general medicine. The widow of an officer, an elderly lady, and near relative of mine, has used them —very rarely having recourse to other medicines for a long period of years ; she has recommended them extensively, and in one instance n which she induced a person to adoptthena, and supplied the first box herself, they have proved ex extraordinary efficacy. I think that perhaps there is scarcely any other of the many patent medicines before the public of equal value as 4 " friend ha need"—cerainly none possessed of superior claims I shall bo happy on all occasions to give them my individua recom aeaciettm, and am, Sir, " Your obedient servant, • * • • " Sold by T. Pros, 229, Strand, London, price Is. I d. and 28. 9d. .....sibor ; alao by the Vendors of Medicines generally throughout the kingdom., ' . , Ask (Sr PR/LUPTON% PILL OP lIEALTIT, and observe the afros and address or 140VOtunsiat.iitazoN ' Themes Prout, 229, Strand, London," on the RY EDITION. Now ready, in 3 LIBRA vols., small fivo., cloth, price Is. 6d., T IIE COUNT OP MONTE CHRISTO. A Romance. By ALEXANDER DUMAS. " The Count of Monte Christ° ' is amongst the best of Dumas' works. In abundance and variety of incident it is marvellous. It unites the wild fancy of the fairy or the Arabian tale with the ar tistic individuality of the modern romance. The verisimilitude of the elaboration is as masterly as the fertility of invention is surprising, and the descriptions of persons, of accessories, and scenery, aro as vivid as pictures." —Spectator. Belfast: Simms and Wlntyre. London: W. S. Orr and . Liverpool : George Philip. Edi n b urgh : John Menzies. Glasg Co: ow Richard Griffin and Co. Dublin : Cumming and Ferguson. TO CHEMISTS and DRUGGISTS. Most foul conspiracy at Exeter to transport a Chemist and Druggist. The 63d Number of the lIYGEIST for OCTOBER con tams Extracts of this Extraordinary Trial. Every Chemist and Druggist should immediately provide himself with a copy of the trial.-12emarks on the Water Cure, &c. &c. &c, Office, 368, Strand. Price Id., or 2d. by post. PRICE SEVENPENCE:7---- T HE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. Part 9, for OCTOBER, contains FOUR ENGRAVINGS: Rembrandt's Duke Adolph?, of Gueldres. Portrait of William Lloyd Garrison. Cornelius' Battle on the Staircase. Hop Picking. By C. 11. Weigall. WITU THE FOLLOWING ORIGINAL PAPERS: Duke Adolphe of Gueldres. Household Education. No. 3. The Natural Possessions of Man. H. Martineau. The Organ at Great Muggleton. J. Gostick. An Appeal to the better order of Men in behalf of the Women Of the Fact9ry Districts. M. L. Gillies. Country Houses for the Working Classes. A. Winter. Anti-Slavery League. Wm. Howitt. Talk about Music. No. 3, Dance-music, 11. F. Chorley. Subjects for Poets. B. Memoir of Wm. Lloyd Garrison. Mary Howitt. Faust perceiving Margaret for the first time. Wm. Hewitt. The Italian Gratuitous School. W. J. Linton. Poetry —Hope for the Poet. Mrs. C. Green. „ A Yankee's Notion about Enlisting in the Mexican War. J. IL Lowell. Lake and Mountain Holidays. No. 3. H. Martineau. Penny Wisdom. By a Man of No Party. Our Library—Letters from Madras. Servants of All-Work. J. M. W. Scene in the Niebelungen Lied. Wm. llowlit. Glimpses of the Life of a Sailor. Franklin Fox. The French Working Classes. J. Kavanagh. Our Library—The Christian Commonwealth. Letters to a Clergyman. My Middle Passage from the Anvil-block to the Editorial Chair, Elihu Burritt. Poetry—New Order of Nobility. Mrs. C. Tinsley. Tales for the Drama. T. M. C. holidays for the People. Michaelmas. Win. Howitt, Survey from the Mountain. No. VI. IL Martineau, Poetry—The Cloud in France. G. Barmby. The Neighbour-in-Law. L. M. Child. Almanack and Calendar for October. C. A. White. The Annals of Industry and Progress for the Past Month. In preparation—Portraits of and Papers on W. J. Fox, Elihu Burris, Charles Knight, W. C. Macready, Douglas Jerrold, &c. London : People's Journal Office, 69, Fleet-street. Sold by all Book sellers and Newsmen. S . PENCER'S CHINESE LIQUID HAIR D YE. I, The thousands of Individuals who for upwards of twenty years have used this celebrated liquid, pronounce it to be the only article extant which effectually changes, in a few minutes, red or grey hair, whiskers, moustaches, &c., to a dark brown or black, without trouble (by simply combing it through the hair), and pro duces by one application a pleasing and permanent change; and it can be incontestibly proved, that while many dyes tend to destroy the hair by their pernicious properties and dangerous process of ap plication, that this article promotes the growth of hair, nourishing the roots till the latest period of life. Price 3s. 6d., 65., and 10s. per bottle. To be had of th e P ropr i e t ors, 29, Nottingham-place, Fieldgate hill Whitechapel-road, L on d on ; a l so of Mr. Johnston., 68, Corn ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; Prout, 229, Strand ; Sanger, 150, Oxford street ; Barclay, Farringdon-street ; Atkinson, 24, Old Bond street ; Hooper, 43, King Witham-street, London bridge ; Finnigin, Milsrm-s treet, Bath ; Elmore, Bull-street, Birmingham ; and of most a ny part of the Perfumers and Medicine Vendors in town and country. Sent to kingdom by receiving a remittance, pest-paid. Please to ask for Spencer and Co.'s chinese Liquid Hair Dye." Observe, the Proprietor's address is on the wrapper. otherwise e:poedisedDetionnthge LADIES TRAVELLING, the sn Li - will find the Sco r or e vi s iting the Sea Coast, or a most h e i c i g r d e o s r h a f y l i i n ° g: sensationcsaftetiiticlaing restored elasticity of R owLAND,s K AL ,„„ roe oil and immedi preparatiou for tlie all heat' Eruptions, gun. guor and relaxation, allaying all an M it and clear. Its ately a ff ording the pleasing the Skin. The numerous varieties burn, Freckles, Tan, and Discolouratien s a ne°us India, and the by the Kalydor, and the skill rendered dene a Zi; leaßi ngly eradicated purifying and refreshing preperties have obtained tion by the Court and the Royal Family of Gr ea t itr rtellisiva selec tion of the Continent of Europe, together with the .. eiitet,? and those tocracy and " Haute Volee," from the sultry clim e , of in sp d f the Arts- Drawing-rooms of Calcutta and Madras, to the frozen re Czar and the Salons of St. Petcrsb ur g h and Mcscow.......palms of the rice 4e. G d. and is. 6d. per bottle. *.* Beware of spurious "Kalydors" containing mineral astri gents utterly ruinous to the complexion , and which, b y their re el p ant action, endanger health. The only g enuine has the wo rdsrd; "ROWLAND'S KALYDOR" on the wrapper, and 1. ROVVI..ITD and SON, 20, Hatton -garden, is also engraved (by desire of the lion. Commissioners) on the Government Stamp affixed on each bottle. Sold by the Proprietors, and by respectable Chemists and Per umers. other " Kalvdors" are fraudulent counterfeits. GENERAL Debility, Pains in the Stomach, and Less of Appetite cured by MORISON'S PILLS, the Vege table Universal Medicine of the British College of Health, New road, London.—Mrs. Mary Anne Gardener, aged forty-one, residing near the Red Cow Turnpike-gate, St. David'a, Exeter, cured of the above complaints, with which she had been afflicted for many years. The particulars of this case are well known to Mr. Havill, of 91, Fore-street-hill, Exeter; and also to Hr. Tothill, surgeon, Heavitree, near Exeter.—N.B. The public is hereby informed that no chemist or druggist is allowed to sell Morison's Pills ; they are only to be had of the Hygelan Agents. In plisoes where there is not an agent, the Pills can be forwarded by post, on sending a post-oleo order to the Britsh College of Health, payable to Messrs. Morison. The British. College of Health has now upwards of half a million OW. of care, which amply prove the truth of the Ilygeian, or Atoriioninn system. ‘,,,‘,1_, A___,t___,O#- L.,..€ - 4, ---- f e " I -- ; .44 4 •• ' . t,/ . •.. _ ' - ....... ,,5. ~,, -, 47 :44 ......„ ,"''''.--...""'.........,.., .'...„'' 1 , ' t • r, , 'I 4: , 4 4 , ''''' , . ;-;•4:4'....% ga t ,. ''''':' • 1 40 , 4 s: lik __, „ ow \ =;!,, • j 'ei # . • )' i. APillq ' --' ~!. 4!.` ' .4 Ise : 4 .1 :" 0 11 0 1 4 1 11160 •;'''' . ‘,/ 2 ; \''.."....., ' "ai m 73/ir t ' I !. L it yi , C O , x p .T.E \ , _.„.-- , ~: . 41 0 ,;: ~X ilair , t) ', I ,!/.,„,‘ " 16 0 , il a4 ipo ,:,.‘',.. • , Z \--, :1, + - • No. 16,859. LONDON, 'THURSDAY, EVENING , OCTOBER 1, 1846. TO THE LIVERY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN, —Permit me to return you my corded in myi re thanks for the spontaneous votes which you have re favour this day, as one of the two Aldermen from whom the Lord Mayor is to be chosen for the year ensuing. I trust by your continued support to be placed in the position to which it is my ambition to aspire. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Cavendish-square, Sept. 30, 1846. GEO. CARROLL. P.S. The poll commences at Nine and closes at Three. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND).—OPEN TO CARLOW. ALTERATION OF TRAINS. On and after TIII72U3DAY, October 1, the Departure of the Trains will be as follows : FROM DUBLIN. MORNING. Eight o'Clock. Eleven o'Clock (Mall). FRDM CARLOW. MORNING. • Eight o'Clock. ♦FTERNOON. Four o'Clock. Half-past Eight o'Clock (Mail). The Mail Trains will carry F only. By ordi lege-green, Dublin, Se] ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. A CHEMICAL LECTURE, by Dr. Ryan, daily, and on the Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Also a LECTURE on the ELECTROMAGNETIC TELEGRAPH daily. 11ACINTOS/US REVOLVING 4.tIMINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT LOCOMOTIVt ENGINE for Ae.ending and descending In clined Planes, FARRELL'S AIiCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY, the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, all in action. HALLETTE'S AT MOSPHERIC RAILWAY VALVE. The OPAQUE MICROS COPE. The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, exhibiting a rine Collection of Living Objects. A beautiful Picture of the CHAPEL in the CONVENT of st. CATHERINE, near Jerusalem, by Mr. Merles Smith, is one of the New Series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. Admission, Is. ; Sckools, Half-price. SECOND HAND MITER WATCHES, Two Guineas each. A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watch and Clock-makers, No. 9, Corn hill, London, opposite the Bank of England. A large number of second .hand London-made Silver Vertical Watches, at Two Guineas each. They are of various sizes, mostly ' in modern engine -turned cases, and having been carefully examined, are warranted. THE SHERIFFS' INAUGURATION DINNER. The inauguration banquet of the new Sheriffs, Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman, and Robert W. Kennard, Esq., took place yesterday at the London Tavern, when up wards of 220 guests partook of a most magnificent enter tainment provided by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, the liberal proprietors of the London Tavern. The dinner was on a more than usual scale of splendour. The services of a rather questionable brass band had been secured, and Messrs. Hawkins, Hobbs, Lockey, Machin, Hatton, and Gear, enlivened the proceedings of the evening with some admirable singing. Mr. Harker, as toast-master, officiated in a most becoming manner. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor occupied the chair ; and amongst the guests we noticed Lord J. Russell, NCR, Mr. Masterman, M.P. Mr. Lyall, M.P., Mr. Hudson, M.P., M r. Bankes, M.P. (the Cursitor Baron), the Lord Chief Baron, Alderman Sir C. Hunter, Alderman Sir James Duke, Alderman Kelly, Alder man Hum phery, Alderman Gibbs, Alderman Thomas Wood, Alderman Carroll, Alderman Farncombe, Alder man Sir W. Magnay, Alderman Moon, Alderman Musgrove, Alderman Hughes Hughes, Alderman Sid ney, the Under-Sheriffs Bayliss and Tilleard, his Excel lency the Belgian Ambassador, M. Beauveux, the Rev. Dr. Russell, Mr. Commissioner D. W. Harvey, Mr. D. W. Wire, Mr. Bircharn, the Master and Wardens of the Butchers' Company, the Master and Wardens of the Carpenters' Company, the Master of the Haberdashers' Company, and many other gentlemen well known and highly respected in the city of London. The cloth having been removed, and the usual loyal and national toasts having been duly proposed and most heartily received, The LORD MAYOR gave " Prosperity to the Trade and Commerce of the c it y o f L on d on. ' Drunk with three times three., Mr. J. DILLON briefly responded to the toast. He trusted that with the citizens of London commerce might not be employed solely with the view of enriching indi viduals, but that it might be made an instrument in the hands of Heaven for civilising mankind, for ameliorating the institutions, and for improving the laws of the country to which we belonged.—(Cheers.) Regarding this as the great aim of commerce, he could not but congratulate the citizens of London upon having elected as their representative in Parliament the Noble Lord near him whose talents and acquirements, whose honesty and integrity, had raised him to the proud position of Prime Minister of this country.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Alderman CHALLIS (Sheriff) said, the next toast upon the list was that of the " Right Hon. Lord John Russell, and her Majesty's Ministers."—(Cheers.) That was a toast which had always been received by the citizens of London without respect of political parties, and however desirous they might be upon the present Occasion, and however proper and suitable it might appear to the gentlemen by whom he was surrounded to do honour to their illustrious guest, he was sure he should do no justice to that Noble Lord's feelings if he were to introduce, upon the occasion of proposing his health, any sentiment which might be likely to produce the slightest discord.—(Cheers.) There were features, however, connected with the circumstances in which they were placed, and which came more immediately under the , uperintendence of the Sheriffs, to which he might allude without introducing any difference of opinion, and which he thought he might advert to, because he believed that the wise discretion and wisdom which belonged to her Majesty's present Ministers were likely to conduct such questions as conduced to the social advancement and civilisation of the people to a happy and successful issue. —(Cheers.) They were too apt to associate the word "civilisation" only with the notions of such light and liberty as they themselves enjoyed; but if they could be conducted to the cells of our prisons, and thence to the habitations of the poor, they would behold a very different picture from that which they were in the habit of witnessing, and they would see that their own -country and their own neighbourhoods required civilisation and improvement.—(Loud cheers.) The question to which he would first allude was the amelioration of the poor law, if not in principle, at least in its ad ministration, so that the witty aphorism of a late witty member of the Church of England may not continue to he true—that if they made the gaols too comfortable the poor would be more ready to break in than the guilty to break out.— (Hear, hear.) It was often his lot to see, as an administrator of the law, that the underlings of the poor-law system treated the poor in such a manner that they would rather commit crimes in order to be sent to gaol, than enter the workhouse.—(Hear, hear.) Then with regard to the amelioration of the criminal law, he should be glad to carry out every reasonable principle of improvement which could be effected, everything which could tend to make the law what it ought to be—a praise and encouragement to them that do well, and a terror to evil doers. Upon the question of education, he believed he might safely say that the integrity, the honesty, and the firmness of purpose of her Majesty's Ministers would bear down all the petty jealousies and prejudices which might disturb the community upon that subject, and he trusted that they would all unite heart and hand in carrying out some great general measure, having for its object the education of the people. It was not desirable that he should say more upon that subject in the presence of their noble guest. The efforts of his noble friend to ameliorate the condition of the country —his endeavours to preserve all that was sound and admirable in the constitution, and to obliterate all that was worthless and inimical to the liberty of the subject, were matters of history, and would be remembered 11 a grateful posterity when the feuds and animosities which had connected themselves with those endeavours should have been forgotten.—(Loud cheers.) The toast was drunk with three times three and the most unbounded applause. Lord J. RUSSELL immediately rose, and silence having been restored, he spoke as follows:—In returning you my grateful thanks for the honour you have done me I shall not attempt to enter into any of those difficult debateable questions to which the worthy proposer of the toast has alluded. No doubt those topics are of the utmost importance. All I will venture to assure you is, that to those subjects on which he has touched, and to many others relating to the welfare and prosperity of this country, her Majesty's Ministers will give their un ceasing and conscientious attention, and will endeavour, whether in administering, or in proposing measures for legislation, to submit and to carry out such measures as they believe to be best calculated to promote the benefit of the great country to which they have the honour to belong.—(Loud cheers.) In so stating, I should say that it is part of the duty of her Majesty's Ministers, in con sidering this vast empire, to convey from those parts which are strong succour to those parts which, however distant, are weak; and again, to carry relief from those parts which are in a state of prosperity to those which are unfortunately in a state of suffering and privation.-- (Cheers.) Of this I am convinced, that if you in this city of London, partaking and sharing in the feeling of the whole country, and indeed speaking the feeling of the whole country, have a sympathy with all parts of this great empire,then all our fellow-subjects who live in the Queen's dominions may rely upon our assistance in their hour of their need—may rely that we consider them as brethren, living under the same crown, and as having the happiness to live under the same con stitution. And I trust that we may see extended to other parts of the world those blessings of freedom which we have had so long established amongst us, and which, with the light of the Gospel, I trust, will pervade all parts of the globe.—(Cheers.) I will only now add, that in proposing to you the health of the Sheriffs, lam sure, from the earnest you have already had, you will be convinced that those gentlemen will pay the utmost attention to the important duties which devolve upon them.—(Cheers.) I am sure that any plans of reform and amelioration which may come before them will re ceive from them the fairest consideration—the result of an anxious desire to promote the welfare of all—of the lowest, of the most guilty even of their species; and I am sure that in so doing they will earn the approbation of the citizens of London.—(Cheers.) Let us hope that those great problems, many of which have hitherto been hid in obscurity, but which, nevertheless, are matters well worthy of the attention of statesmen— matters relating to the social condition of the com munity—will receive such attention, that both here and elsewhere the condition of the great mass of mankind may be improved; that not only may our gaols be made places of less suffering, and greater hope of reformation, but that by more attention to the means of instruction many may be preserved from the guilty course on which they now enter, in utter igno rance of their duty both to God and man.—(Cheers.) That ignorance you must all see does not, ought not, to belong to this enlightened, free, and Christian country ; but it is quite true, as your worthy sheriff has observed, that in times of the greatest civilization, and, in a metro polis like this, where the greatest civilization is supposed to prevail, yet while that very civilization is progressing, it does, somehow or other, leave behind it in its progress persons among the poorer classes of society, who, as I believe, receive less instruction, have less information, and oftentimes live in a more miserable and degraded state of existence, than was the case with any portion of the community centuries ago, when civilization was not so forward.—(Cheers.) This is now known to us all. Let us pursue these usefnl paths of improvement--let us pursue them with the hope that we shall not only do good to such of that description as may be amongst us, but that other nations will strive with us in that honour. able emulation, and that we shall seek to surpass one another more in our endeavours to raise the community to which we belong, than in those disastrous acts to which, by a false notion, glory and renown have been attached. By so doing we may hope to have an era before us, not only of future prosperity, but an era in which we may reflect that we have done our duty to all )ur fellow men—in which we have endeavoured to im prove their condition not only in point of wealth, but have striven to raise them in that moral relation which shall constitute our highest pride as men and Christians. — (Cheers.) I beg leave to give you the healths of the Sheriffs. —(Loud cheers,) Mr. Sheriff and Alderman CHALLIS responded to the toast. He could assure them that they entered upon their office with a full appreciation of the responsibilities which attached to it. Whatever influence the office could command should be devoted to purposes of general utility and practical beneficence.—(Cheers.) Mr. Sheriff FOINNARD reiterated the sentiments of his c olleague, and added that it would be his greatest plea sure, as it would be his highest reward, to merit that good opinion which the kind reception of their health bed led him to believe they entertained.—(Cheers.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL then gave the health of the Lord Mayor. His Right Honourable Friend had now served through so great a part of the year, his merits were so well known to them, the way in which he had performed the duties of his office, and his munificent hospitality, of which so many of them had partaken, were so noto rious in the City, that he was sure he need not say one word more in proposing to them the health of the Lord Mayor.—(Loud cheers.) The LORD MAYOR expressed his extreme gratifica tion at the manner in which his health was received. He had only six weeks to remain in office, and he trusted during that period he should continue to give that satis faction to hi s f e ll ow - c i t i zens which up to the present time his conduct had elicited.—(Cheers.) Mr. Sheriff KENNARD then proposed as a toast, " The Lord Chief Baron and the Judges." The LORD CHIEF BARON, in responding to the toast, remarked that he had always felt, and never more fully than since he had had .a seat on the bench, that the pure administration of justice was mainly indebted in this country to the large share in its administration which belonged to the people themselves, and they might rely upon it that it was mainly to the institution of trial by jury that the admi n i strat i on o f j ust i ce , b ot h c i v il an d criminal, bad obtained, as he believed that it had, such general acceptation throughout the civilised world. — (Cheers.) As long as there was a competent appeal by trial by jury there would not only be an enlightened, but there must be an incorruptible administration.— (Hear, hear.) H e cou ld not help ma ki ng one remark with respect to cri m i na l a d m i n i strat i on . Th ey m i g h t rely upon it that the question of the suppression of crime did not depend upon the manner in which they were to deal with criminals in gaol. It depended upon the mode in which they treated the oppressed, the poor, and the ignorant who were not in gaol. By taking care of those classes, and instructing them, they would repress crime, and would prevent the gaols heing filled. Let them, then, as far as possible, raise the humbler classes, give knowledge where they found ignorance, and ever relieve where they met real distress.—(Loud cheers.) After a number of other toasts, including the health of the Cursitor Baron, of the Members for the City, responded to by Mr. Masterman, of the Aldermen of London, and of the late Sheriffs, the company separated at a late hour. NAV AL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Retribution steam frigate, Captain Lushington, remains at Spithead for orders. She requires so much alteration and improve ment before she can become a serviceable ship, that it is considered probable she will be given over to the engineers and dockyard hands, and her officers and ship's company, than whom there is not a more efficient body of men in the service, if we may believe th e testi mony of Vice-Ad m i ra l Sir William Parker, Commander_ in -Chief of the Squadron of Evolution, turned over to the Amphion, 36, screw propeller, at Woolwich. The re sult of the official inquiry into the state of the Retribu tion's engines yesterday has not transpired. The re port of the court was transmitted to the Lords of the Admiralty last night, and she awaits their Lordships' de cision, which has not yet been received. When she left the sq ua d ron , th e P r i nce de Joinville's force was up the Mediterranean, but daily expected down to cruise off Cadiz and the other southern ports, to pre vent any arms, &c., being landed for the peasantry or the people to use against the authorities favourable to the Montpensier alliance. In our mention of the operations of the squadron on Tuesday, we omitted to state that the Cyclops steam frigate, Captain Lapidge, had proved herself so efficient a vessel in all the trials under Sir William Parker, that that officer had pronounced her a moat useful and su perior war-steamer, and inferior to no ship under his command under sail. We omitted to mention also that when Sir William Parker discovered the imposition practised by the Ter rible, in exhibiting crossjack and mizentopsail yards, for which she had no sails, the Admiral ordered those yards to be immediately struck. The return home of the St. Vincent, 120, and the Queen, 110, would, we are informed, make Vice-Amiral Parker's squadron vastly inferior to that under the Prince de Joinville. Much dissension and discomfort prevailed on board the St. Vincent by the last advises from the squadron. Major G. E. Balchild, R.M. (1827), of the Queen, 110, died at Cadiz on the 15th, and was buried on the 16th inst., ashore, with full military honours. The gallant deceased, we are informed, was upwards of 60 years of age. His services are thus recorded in Allen's New Navy List :—" G. E. Balchild was Second Lieutenant serving in the Edgar, Discovery, and Meteor, in various actions against flotillas and batteries between Dunkirk and Boulogne, 1805-6, and in the latter was severely wounded at the passage of the Dardanelles, in 1807. Ile continued serving in the Meteor until 1810, and was present in action with gun-boats in the Bay of Naples ; at the defence of Rosas, where he was wounded ; and in several boat actions in the Adriatic. Commanded a rocket equipment at the attack on Craney Island ; the taking of Hampton ; and occupation of Kent Island, in • the Chesapeake, 1813-15 ; and served in a rocket and mortar battery at Plattsburgh. Gazetted 1807." Major Balchild was attached to the Chatham division. The Childers, 12, Commander Pitman, arrived at Simon's-bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 16th of July, from this port. She would repair damages (having sprung her bowsprit) and proceed to New Zealand. The Snake, 16, Commander Brown, was to sail from Simon's-bay on the evening of the 17th, or the morning of the 18th of July, to join Rear-Admiral Dacres in the President, at Madagascar. The Falmouth navy lighter arrived to-day from the eastern yards with stores. WooLwien, SEPT. 30.—Her Royal Highness the Princess William of Prussia will embark in the Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master Commander S. B. Cook, at 12 o'clock to-morrow, Oct. 1, at Woolwich Dockyard for a passage to Rotterdam. The Lightning steam-vessel, Master Commander Petley, returned to Woolwich to-day from Grimsby, having towed the Kestrel yacht, with the remains of the late Earl of Yarborough, to that port. The Plover surveying vessel, Captain Collinson, C. 8., is to be paid off at Woolwich on Monday next. PROMOTIONS. George Giles, to be Second Master of the Grappler ; George M'Grath, Acting Gunner of the Excellent. APPOINTMENTS. C. J. Walton, Lieutenant (additional), to the Hibernia ; Dr. John Thomson (C), Surgeon to the Rattlesnake ; Thomas W. Huxley, Acting Assistant-Surgeon, to the Rattlesnake ; George Reilly, Clerk in charge, to the Grappler ; Charles Nettleton, Clerk, to the Caledonia ; Valentine G. Nagle, Clerk, to the Mutine ; Arthur Bennet, Clerk, to the Rattlesnake ; Charles S. Curd, Clerk's Assistant, to the Rattlesnake ; H. W. Bennett, Master's Assistant, to the Rattlesnake ; Henry G. Thomsett, Master's Assistant (additional), to the William and Mary ; G. Elliot, Midshipman, to the Recruit ; William Hewett, Midshipman. to the Rattlesnake ; Henry Rogers, Midshipman, to the Mutine ; Charles 0. B. Hall, Mate, to the Devastation ; George Borlase, Naval Cadet (supernumerary), to the Hibernia ; H. P. Versturme, Naval Cadet (supernumerary), to the Mutine ; Thomas Webber, Gunner, to the Mutine ; Alexander Birnie, First Engineer, to the Mohawk ; Augustus Mills, Third Engineer (supernumerary), to the William and Mary ; George Glasson, Acting First Engineer, to the Grappler ; Robert Allen, Second En gineer, to the Grappler ; James Mangnall, Third En gineer, to the Grappler. THE GREAT BRITAIN. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY._We have nothing fresh from the Great Britain this morning, with the exception of the subjoined letter from Captain Hosken, by which it will be perceived he is acquitted of all blame by Cap tain Claxton, secretary to the company. It is stated that one of the coast lights was not marked in Captain Hosken's chart, although it is one of 1846 : " MESSRS. GIBBS, BRIGHT, AND CO. " Great Britain Steam-ship, Sept. 29. " Dear Sirs,—By the tug I send Mr. Smith with all the cargo she can take ; a few packages may be touched with the fresh water, but I trust not damaged ; all the parcels, &c., are sent ; about 16 p ac k ages of cargo are still here. Mr. Smith has account of them. I also send all the useless and troublesome men to get rid of them, and reduce expenses as much as possible. Will you please to send by tug again as soon as possible the largest hemp cable to be got in Liverpool, and a corresponding sized anchor ; indeed, an anchor one-third heavier than the right weight will do better, and two cables ; also two sets of good purchase-blocks, and two 4f falls of white rope (Manilla), and a coil of 3-yarn spun-yarn ? I hope they may be here by Thursday morning. We should have two tugs here on Saturday, as the tide on that day will be higher than the day we came ashore. Send also the large Scotch blocks, if you please. " The weather is now moderate, but rainy ' • the ship makes very little water. I hope t o commence discharg ing coals to- day. Please to send copies of this, and of all my letters, to my di rec t ors at Bristol. Captain Claxton came yesterday. " Many thanks for all your expressions of Sympathy and good feeling. I want them all, I assure you ; but my conscience acquits me of blame, and so does Captain Claxton, who publicly told me so yesterday. " I am, yours very truly. " JAMES HOSKEN." The Great Britain new lies broadside on to the bay— a worse position than formerly. Most part of her cargo arrived this morning by the Dreadnought steam-tug. DEATH FROM INTOXICATION.-- Yesterday an in quest was held before Mr. W. Baker, at the Griffin, Leonard street, Shoreditch, on the body of Mrs. Ann Metcalf, aged forty-seven, the wife of a hairdresser, re siding in the Curtain-road. It appeared from the evi dence that the deceased was of very intemperate habits, and for the last three weeks she bad been in a dreadful state of intoxication. On Monday morning last she complained of violent pains in her head. She resorted to her favourite beverage, and drank an immoderate quantity of gin. She continued to get worse, and in the evening she threw herself on the bed in a very ex hausted condition. A surgeon was sent for, but she ex pired almost immediately afterwards. Ho attributed death to excessive drinking. A verdict was returned accordingly. CANADIAN AFFAIRS. The following extract from the Montreal Retold pre sents an accurate outline of the condition of affairs in Canada:— (From the Montreal Herald, Sept. 12.) • Since our last mail the public mind has been more occupied with Imperial than provincial politics, especi ally since the arrival of the last intelligence from Eng land, with the news of the passage of the British Pos sessions Bill through the House of Commons. We believe all parties must unite in according the praise of consistency to the British Government for this prompt and equitable measure. There appears, how ever, to be some doubts as to the extent to which we should avail ourselves of it. Indeed, the transition from the old colonial system to the new theory of free trade has been so sudden, that the mass of the people here have yet hardly had time to form a decided and intelli gent judgment upon the course to be pursued. We imagine that their final decision will be to sweep away the whole of these burdens. The navigation laws and the free navigation of the St. Lawrence are still being discussed; but the remarks we have made as to the different duties apply with still greater force to them. We have already alluded to the present dullness of Canadian politics. This arises partly from the topics brought upon the carpet during the session of Parlia ment having been already pretty nearly exhausted— from men's attention, at this season, being turned to their business pursuits, and, perhaps, still more from the change in the head of the Government, which naturally induces the " wire pullers" to put off their operations until they can be resumed with a prospect of permanent results. 'This is the time rather for preparation than for action. The arrival of Lord Elgin will, no doubt, be the signal for a general move. People know so little of this nobleman, that there has been no room for the expression of strong opinion on his appointment. In general, he is understood to be a dis tant relation of some marbles in the British Museum— and that is nearly all. It is of more consequence that he is in the prime of life, and likely to make a long stay here. The frequent change of governors has produced infinite mischief. Upon the whole, Lord Elgin's compa rative obscurity is, perhaps, in his favour. It will leave him to rest upon his acts here for his reputation. The mercantile news by the last mail has given a spur to our market, which is, at this moment, rather bare in Montreal, on account of the Lachine Canal having been closed. This work will open on the 20th instant, and remove the inconvenience. From the half-yearly statement of the Bank of Mon treal, published in the Herald of the 10th instant, it appears that on the 31st of August the assets of this in stitution were 1,554,7531. 135., and its liabilities 719,2391. 2s. 6d. Of the assets, 117,500 L 14s. 3d. consisted of coin and bullion. There is to be a meeting of shareholders in the Port land Railway Company to-day, to determine upon the course to be adopted with such of the English subscribers as desire to withdraw. We have a few arrivals from among the autumn fleet for Montreal, but it is feared many will be late. 200 sail have recently reached Quebec. Her Majesty's ship Vindictive, bearing the flag of Ad miral Austen, is also at Quebec. Her Majesty's schooner Gulnare, Captain Bayfield, is now at Montreal, Captain Bayfield having been applied to to survey the Lake of St. Peter, upon which the Provincial Government has undertaken some very extensive works. The lake is formed by the junction of several rivers with the St. Lawrence, and it is rendered much shallower than the stream by the deposits brought down by them. The object is to deepen a channel for larger vessels than those which now come here; but after a great many thousand pounds have been laid out, it seems to be gene rally believed that the scheme is impracticable, or that the plan adopted was not the best calculated to carry it out. Captain Bayfield's advice has, therefore, been sought. The weather has been extremely hot for several weeks, and the St. Lawrence is lower than it has been for many years. LATE FROM HAVANNAH. The following communication contains information several days later than received by the last West India mail : (Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce.) iIavANNAH, AUG, 25.--There are very few American vessels in port, and only one not taken up. The rest generally are loading for Europe at 3/. 7s. to 31. 10s. There appears to be no disposition to use the American flag, particularly when neutrals are plentiful. Now, although we need not fear cruisers, yet the war has the effect to decrease the demand for our vessels, which would not be the case if the United' States Government sent out to these ports a sufficient number of small craft to convoy the American vessels through and about the waters, The United States' Government ought to have four neat 4-gun steamers here. They would be more effective than 20 ships on this station. There is no sale for provisions of any kind. The oil sent out here some four months ago lies quietly under the quarter of a shed, close by the Custom-house, open to the full force of the sun's rays, which is making sad havoc with it as far as regards " leakage." I don't know who the lucky owner may be. There are no good sugars in the market, and quota tions are very high ; the worst kind, 4 to 5 reals ; com mon brown, 6 reals ; yellow, 61 to 8 reals ; white, none ; good, Bto 8i reals. The next crop will be in very early, and promises to be the most abundant ever known. Much sugar is yet on the plantations, owing to heavy rains and bad roads; in all estimated at 150,000 to 200,000 boxes yet to go forward. It is very sickly, and dis agreeably warm. THE RIVER PLATE. (From the New York Herald.) The following letter from Lord Aberdeen explains the nature of the mission with which Mr. Hood comes charged:— (Translated from the Gaceta.) " TO HIS EXCELLENCY SENO R ARANA, &C. " Sir,—The Queen my Sovereign being sincerely de sirous of removing every cause of misunderstanding be tween her Government and the Government of the Argentine Confederation, and of restoring the relations of the two countries to their customary footing of friendship and cordiality, has been pleased to direct Mr. T. S. Hood, who for several years discharged the office of her Majesty's Consul-General at Monte Video, to set out immediately for Buenos Ayres, for the purpose of communicating with your E x c e ll enc y and the Argentine Government. " Mr. Hood is charged to transmit confidentially to your Excellency certain propositions on the part of Great Britain and France, founded in a great measure on those communicated to the two powers on the 26th of October, 1645, by the Government of Buenos Ayres, with a view to the arrangement of the difficulties exist ing in the Rio de la Plata. I trust that the propositions which Mr. Hood will make known to your Excellency, and which are dictated by the most anxious desire of putting an end to a state of things highly injurious to the interests of all panics, will appear acceptable to the Government of Buenos Ayres. " Mr. Hood is likewise bearer of similar propositions from the French Government, which he will deliver to your Excellency. "From the thorough knowledge Mr. Hood possesses of everything relating to the interests of the two coun tries, I trust that the choice that has been made of him for this service will be agreeable to the Governmeht of Buenos Ayres. I request that your Excellency will re ceive him in a favourable manner, and give entire credit to whatever he may communicate to you on the part of the British Government. " I flatter myself that the Government of the Argen tine Confederation will recognise in the step thus taken by the Governments of Great Britain and France the strongest evidence of their anxiety to cultivate a good and friendly understanding with the Confederation. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, your Excellency's most obedient and humble ser vant, " ABERDEEN." AMERICAN AFFAIRS. NEW YORK, SEPT. 15.—Since the date of my last letter, very little change in the affairs of the United States has taken place. The Government have, it is thought, discovered that the war with Mexico was as unnecessary as it is extravagant and unprofitable ; butif the Government have not made this discovery, the Ame rican people have. Everything in relation to business is in a state of un certainty; all present importations are made on a falling market, while the season for commercial operations is rapidly gliding away. Among the importers of dry goods, the month of September is presumed to decide, in some measure, the character of the season for business. It is in this month that our jobbers generally make their largest purchases. This is a class of dealers between the importer and the country merchant. If any opinion is to be formed of the business of the season by the pur chases they have made, that opinion will be unfavour able. Their purchases have been cautious and limited, principally at auction. The auction sales of domestic manufactures, when compared with foreign fabrics, have been large. Under the influence of the new tariff, the manufacturers, in most cases, appear to be panic-stricken, and are empty ing their warehouses, and sending the contents to public auction. In most cases sales are effected at a very great loss compared to the selling prices previous to the pas sage of the new tariff. Whether, by reducing the price of the raw material and the wages of the labourer, &c., they can obtain enough by these auctions to replace their old stock is the great question. If they can they will be satisfied to run their manufactories for a year or two without the expectation or hope of obtaining one cent of profit, but in the full belief that the next Congress will repeal the present tariff law. On the subject of repeal, everything depends on the political character of the next congressional House of Representatives. The present House have to serve another short session, from December, 1846, to Mnrch 1847. If the manuficturing party should have a firm and decided majority in the next House, favourable to a repeal of the present tarifT law, I do not think that, the Senate would defeat the Repeal Bill, and I am sure that the President has had plate as much to do with vetoes as ha wishes. Such are my views in relation to a con tinuance of the tariff. But whether we shall or shall not have a Tariff-House, is matter of great doubt. PRICE SD. Our wheat crop, there is no doubt, is very large, and it must, for the coming season, depend upon your market to fix the price. If you do not require our surplus, wheat and flour will be lower than they now are in this country. yhe present price of flour may be put at 4 62-100 dollars per barrel. This may he considered a fair average price, rather stationary, with an upward tendency. That tendency, however, is produced by looking to your market, in the expectation of new orders to purchase at advanced prices. The home market of the United States, in my opinion, will not sustain flour through the season at four and a half dollars per barrel. Our potato crop is suffering considerably with the same disease that is proving such a scourge to Ireland, a species of rot for which no preventive has as yet been discovered Indeed, so far as I can learn, we are now as ignorant of the cause of the disease as we were the first day of its appearance among us. But the loss of the potato crop in this country is not such a disaster as a similar loss would be in Great Britain. Here no families, except a few foreign families of labourers in cities, pre tend to live, even chiefly, upon potatoes. Families of eight to twelve persons rarely consume more than 15 or 20 bushels in a year. The Mexican war progresses slowly. The season and the roads, in part, have prevented General Taylor's army from moving ; _in addition to which great difficulty has attended all efforts to procure the necessary means of transportation. These difficulties, however, have in a great measure been removed. The prospects now are, that he will advance with a strong military force, and that be will meet little or no opposition at Montero, and almost without interruption march to the city of Mexico. Such are the opinions of the friends of the Administra tion. Your correspondent entertains very different views. Santa Anna, as you will observe, has arrived at Vera Cruz; whether he "slipt" in, or was permitted to pass the American blockading squadron, is not known, nor is it important. The question is, what will be its effect upon the United States? Will it terminate or procras tinate the war? The impression is universal, that Santa Anna had an American passport, in some way. to enter Vera Cruz. The presumption is, that the President expects a peace. He has made, -it is said, pacific propo sitions to the Mexican Government. The friends of the Administration in this city, and other parts of the country, are sanguine that we shall have a speedy settle ment. On this point, I will only say Ido not believe it. I entertain no such hope. This Government is just beginning to feel the want of money. The President is authorised to issue 10,000,000 of dollars in Treasury notes. Yesterday the first batch of this species of paper money made its appearance in our city. They are received in payment of Custom House dues. So long as the amount in circulation can he swallowed by the Custom House, they will be at par, and no longer. It is generally supposed that Santa Anna will be im mediately chosen President. I think he will perceive that the several factions in Mexico can only be consoli. dated and put down through the army; that without they are thus prostrated he will never feel himself safe In this view, may he not wish to be placed, for a term, at the head of the army, with his friend Genera] Almonte as President? You will notice in all the journals of the day the loss, by grounding, of an American sloop-of-war, and the capture, by the Mexicans, of the greater part of her crew. The public generally are greatly dissatisfied with what appears to be the inactivity of the officer com manding the blockading squadron. A GENEVESE TRAVELLER. THE BRAZILS. Fa',mourn, SEPT. 29.—Her Majesty's packet Petere, Lieut. Creser, arrived to-day from the Brazils with the mails and several passengers. A direct arrival from the River Plate, however, put us in possession, some days ago, of much later advices from the seat of war ; and a vessel arrived on Thursday last from Pernambuco reported later intelligence from the northern parts of the Brazils. The Peterel sailed from Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 5 ; Bahia, Aug. 19 ; and from Pernambuco, Aug. 26. She had on freight about 20,0001, more or less ; and the following passengers :—Count St. Martin, Messrs. Shepherd, Rick, Cottrell, Stegman, Downes, Burton and child; Tucker, lady, and children ; Dr. WCormack and son ; and Mr. Tully and servant. Her Majesty's ships Grecian, Seagull (following packet), and Spider remained at Rio. Also the American ships Bainbridge, Columbia, and Constitution, with the French sloop of war Proserpine. It was intended that the Brazilian frigate, Constitution, should leave for England about the 10th inst., bearing the pendant of Admiral Grenfell, on board of which it was rumoured that Mr. Hamilton would be a passenger. The Spider announced, on her arrival at Rio from Monte Video, that a cessation of war had taken place between the bel ligerents, but which rumour must relate to the tem porary notification of a cessation, of the character of which later accounts thence have already informed the British public. The Peterel spoke yesterday, in lon. 8 W., the George town, from Colombia for London, and reports to have seen at Rio on the 31st of July the Rozannah Crown, Tynemouth Castle, Light of the Harem, Emilia, Indus, Gipsy, Agenoria, John Cock, George, J. T.. Carr, Sa muel Spyvel, Equator, Medora, Harmony, and Levenside. The Empress was safely delivered of a Princess on the 27th of July, on which auspicious event being announced a succession of grand gala days ensued. Of mercantile news there is little of importance. The Price Current of July 31 states— " The further detention of the Peterel packet induces us to publish the present number, which, from the limited amount of business since our last, could otherwise be de layed until the report of the month could be presented. " Coffee--Prices have been unaltered during the week, in which about 30,000 bags have been sold, but the mar ket is rather flat as regards the lower qualities. Shipped during July, 137,974 bags, of which for the Cape of Good Hope 4,680 bags ; for Cowes, 4,630; for Hamburgh, 3,630 ; for London, 594 ; for United States, 5,200 ; for New York, 3,000; for River Plate, 42." Sugar—None at market, 160 cases arrived July 31. Hides—Not a sale reported. Market flat. MONEY MARKET.—Discounts continued to be freely obtained. Exchange.—ln expectation of the sailing of the packet on July 26, transactions were brought to a close on July 24, when 15,0001. were passed upon London at 264 pence ; nor had the subsequent detention of the packet materially increased the amount of business, which, since our last, may be estimated at 45,000/., at 264 pence and 27 pence for interest bills. Exchange upon Paris, 348. - The amount taken by the Treasury for this packet is 20,0001. upon London ; upon France, 260,000 francs. In stwk but a few transactions at 78 to 78g. Freights for the Channel, 325. 6d. to 355. ALARMING COLLISION ON 'f HE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. Yesterday morning, between the hours of two and three, a collision of a most serious nature occurred upon the London and North-Western Railway, near the Wat ford station, between two goods trains, by which two men, a stoker and engine -driver, were vi ry seriously injured. At the time stated, a train, consisting entirely of goods carriages, approached near to the Watford sta tion, at what is stated to have been the regular speed. Another train, likewise a goods one, was proceeding in the same direction. The morning being extremely foggy and dark, the engine -driver of the latter train, it is supposed, could not see the one in front, for his en gine ran against the rear of the other train with great violence. The train in advance, and also the driver and stoker, escaped without any injury. The second train, however, was not so fortunate, for it was forced off the line, and the stoker, a young man named Thomas Cole, together with Henry Gibbs, the engine-driver, were precipitated one under the engine, and the other between the tender and engine. The latter had both his legs broken, and Cole received a compound fracture of the right ancle. As soon as possible the line was cleared, a work of no little diffi culty, but it was accomplished in time to allow the mail train to pass along the next hour after the accident. Both men were taken to the University College Hos pital, where it was then found necessary, in order to save the life of Gibbs, to resort to amputation, and at seven o'clock last evening we ascertained that he and his companion Cole were both going on as favourably as could be expected. The following is the official report An unfortunate accident occurred on the London and North-Western Railway, at the Watford station, between two and three this (Wednesday) morning, to the engine-driver and fireman of a goods train, arising from the heedlessness of the former. The first goods train had been delayed on the road, between Wolverton and Leighton, by the failure of power in the engine which drew it. From the station it was assisted to Tring by the second goods train, and thence to London ; the road being on an incline nearly the whole way, it was allowed to proceed without further assistance, and stopped at Watford according to regulation. There the usual signals were exhibited to prohibit any other train from entering the station. The signals for caution were also exhibited by the policeman at each end of the tunnel, and the night being foggy there was additional reason for the enginemen of the second train, who were per fectly aware that the other could not be far ahead, to advance with the greatest care. Unhappily this was not observed, and coming into collision with the train in front, the engineman and fireman of No. 72 engine had both fractures of the legs. The poor men were, as early as possible, removed to the North London Hospital, and in one case at least amputation of the limb will be ne cessary." THE SUSPECTED POISONING IN ESSEX. — Yesterday morning an inquest was commenced before Mr. C. C. Lewis, at the Cock Inn, Mamden, a village near °la yering, on the body of the child Y. Taylor, whose death from the effects of poison, administered, as it is alleged, by Sarah Chesham, has been already recorded. A mass of evidence was taken, which repeated and confirmed in great measure the facts elicited before the magis trates at the time the woman Chesham was enn;moted for trial, and the proceedings were adj..urned a r..:t n*ght, to allow of full proof froui a po,t mortem ex t:oi nation and analysis whether death was the result o: tiie poison administered. - FOOT RACE IN THE WATERLOO-ROAM—YeAer lay Millinin and Collins ran a 250 yards race for 101. The latter wuu by ten yards. AFTERNOON. Ten Minutes after Twelve o'Clock (Mall). Five o'Clock. Forty Minutes after Twelve o'Clock at Night ,(Sail). 'irst and Second• Class Passengers ler, VILLIAM TAYLOR, Secretary. apt. 26, 1646. ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD. CAUTION TO BANKERS AND OTHERS...O LOST in MANCHESTER b e t ween th e h ours of Twelve at noon and Five in the afternoon, on TUESDAY, the Ist day of April, 1845, a 5001. BANK of ENGLAND NOTE, dated London, January 12, 1844—T F 94,911, Parkins, 5001.—payment of which is stopped. The above reward will be paid upon restoration of the Note to Mr. Richard Beswick, Chief Superintendent of the Manchester Police, at the Town-hall, Manchester ;or to the Superintendent of the City Police, chief offices, Old Jewry, Loudon. Manchester, April 18, 1846. n IiRGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur l... poses, having gained such great approbation, and the demand or it continuing to increase, JOHN BURGESS and SON beg most espectfully to offer thus their best acknowledgments to the Public or their liberal patronage of the same ; its utility and great convent .nce in all climates have recommended to the most distinguished oreign connections, who have all spoken highly in its recommenda ion. It is prepared by them only ; and for preventing disappoint ment to families, all possible care has been resorted to, by each ')ottle being sealed on the cork with their firm and address, as well es each label having their signature, without which it cannot be 4enuine. JOHN BURGESS and SON'S long-established and mach-esteemed ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES continues to be prepared by them after :he same manner that has given the greatest satisfaction for many years. Warehouse, 107, Strand, corner of Savoy Steps, London. PUBLICATIONS. Now ready, in One handsome Volume, Byo., elegantly bound in ..cloth, price its., OLIVER TWIS T. BY CHARLES DICKENS, With Illustrations by GEORGE CRIIIKSIIANK, and the latest Corrections and Alterations of the Author. No. X., completing the Work, will be published on the 30th instant, price Is. London: Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars. On the 30th inst. will be published, No. XXII. of D OUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE, With continuation of ST. GILES AND ST. JAMES, by the Editor. London : Published at the " Punch " Office, 85, Fleet-street. On the Ist of October will be published, price le., copiously Illus trated by Leech, No. IV. of the C 0 MIC HISTORY of ENGLAND. By GILBERT ABBOTT I BECKE*. This Work is published in Monthly Parts, illustrated by John Leach, with One Large Etching, and from Six to Twelve Wood Engravings, It will comprise from Twelve to Twenty Parts, and will appear regularly with the Monthly Magazines until Its com pletion. London : Published at the " Punch" Omce, 85. Fleet-street " SING, MAIDEN, SING," N ew S ong by k 3 BALFE, Words by BARRY CORNWALL, price 6d., being No. 1., of THE MUSIC BOOK. Printed from Engraved Plates, on Paper the usual Music size. Office, I, St. Bride's Avenue, Fleet-street, where Prospectuses may be had ; and sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. / fZ COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Piing Albert took their usual early walk this morning. The Marquis of Downshire and a deputation fror the Fiat Improvement Society of Ireland had an inter view with his Royal Highness Prince Albert to-da3 for the purpose of explaining the present state and pros pects of the society, and the steady advance of the pro duce of the Irish flax. Specimens of linen and eambric were presented to and graciously received by, her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Princ4 Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, walked in the grounds around the Castle this morning, Her Royal Highness the Princess Uelena was taken an airing. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Sir Rlbert Peel, attended by Colonel Bouverie and ColonA BoxleF, enjoyed the sport of shooting. His Excellency Baron Brunnow tha Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, and Lady diary Hbward, and Viscount Morpeth left the Castle to-day. The royal dinner patty at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess oF Kent, the Lady in Waitinm on her Royal Highness, the Baroness de Speth, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, and the Hon. and Rev.,e. Leslie Courtenay. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attend durin g dinner. Her M a je s ty' s p r i va t e b an d w ill a ft erwar d s attend in the Castle. TEE STATE APARTMENTS, WI)NDSOR CAETLa r —We hare authority to state that the issue or ticketi to view the state apartments will re-commence from the Ist of October. VISIT OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER AND THE PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA TO BUCWGHAM PALACE. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, went yesterday to inspect Buckingham Palace. The royal suite consisted of Frances Lady Clinton, Countess Haack, lion. Miss Eden, Earl Howe, Earl of Denbigh, Count Witzleben, Colonel Cornwall, and Mr. Bedford. Her Majesty and the Princess were conducted up the grand staircase to the state rooms, and remained an hour inspecting the different saloons. On leaving the Palace, the Queen Dowager and the Princess, accompanied by Prince Edward of Saxe Wji mar, and attended by the royal suite, went to inspect the Wellington Statue, and afterwards proceeded to West minster Abbey. Yesterday was the birthday of her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia. The Princess received a visit of congratulation in the forenoon from her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, who arrived in town from her residence Frogmore House, Wlndsor. The Royal Duchess partook of a dejeune with the Queen Dowager and her Royal Highness. The Princess also received visits of congratulation 'during the day from their Royal Hignesses the Duke of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Meoklen burg Strelitz. ' In the evening their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mech. lenburg Strelitz, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick of Hesse, arrived at Marlborough House from Kew, to pay a congratulatory visit to the Princess. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and tine Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strektz joined the august circle at Marlborough House in the even ipg. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left Frog more House at ten o'clock yesterday morning, and are rived at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's, soon after twelve o'clock, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper. Her Royal Highness left town at three o'clock in the afternoon, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, on her return to Frogmore House. Lord Morpeth arrived in town yesterday from Wind sor Castle. THE APPREHENDED FAMINE. FORM OF PUBLIC PR ANER. Ilis Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, agreeh/y .0 the order of the Privy Council, has issued the 'follow ng form of prayer to Almighty God fur relief from the dearth and scarcity now existing in parts of the lanned Kingdom, owing to the failure of s,ine of the crops of the present year. To be read in all ehurele-s and ehapels of England and Wales, on Sunday, the 11th of October, and the two following Sundays:— " A FORM OF PRAYER TO ALMIGHTY GOD. " 0 God, at whose bidding the earth, which stutaineth the life of man, hath withholden in parts of these i: , lands the wonted provision of food, and turned abundance into scarcity, withdraw, we beseech Thee, the judgment of which we are justly afraid, that the poor perish not by famine. " We acknowledge, 0 Lord, that by our strifes and divisions, misuse of Thy gifts, and forgetfulness of Thy manifold mercies, we have justly deserved punishment. We have sinned; we have grievously sinned against Thee. Yet knowing that Thou art full of Compassion, we beseech Thee to pardon the offences of Thy people, • to relieve the poor and the needy in their present neces sities, and to give and preserve to our use the fruits of the earth in all its seasons. " But whatsoever may be Thy pleasure concerning us, give us grace to receive Thy dispensations, whether of judgment or mercy, with entire submission to Thy will; endeavouring to abate Thy displeasure by repentance, and showing forth our sense of Thy goodness by faith fully keeping Thy commandments. " Of ourselves we are unable either to will or to do that which is acceptable in Thy sight. We therefbre pray Thee so to open our hearts to the influences of Thy good Spirit, that, showing compassion and merely each man to his neighbour, and bearing the burdens one of another, we may obtain of Thy favour the supply of our wants, and with hearts knit together in brotherly love, may partake of Thy bounties in peace and contentment, to the honour and praise of Thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." The prayer is ordered to be read immediitely before the Litany; and when the Litany shall not be read, be fore the prayer for all conditions of men. THE REGISTRATIONS. CITY OF LONDON. At half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning the Revis ing Barrister resumed the revision of the lists of house holders of the city of London. The list for the day consisted of the names of persons resident in the parish of St. Botolph Without, Bishopsgate. Shortly after the sitting of the court, Mr. Browne wished to make an observation with re spect to Mr. Meyrick's case, which had been decided by the Revising Barrister on Saturday. Mr. Meyrick had no intention of appealing to the Court of Common Pleas, but he wished to say that in the judgment given by the Court there was a remark made which was not sustained by the evidence read to Mr. Meyrick, and that was, ttat he held this place to have a vote for the City, a nd that was not the fact. The BARRISTER said, he had this note in his book of the statement made by Mrs. Sarah Baker, one of the witnesses. She stated that Mr. Meyrick (*ice said that he kept the room fur the purpose of protecting his vote. Mr. Brown said, that Mr. Meyrick wished him to state that that was not the case; that lie did not occupy the place for the purpose of protecting hi; vote, but tent he occupied it for use. That appeared to be the men ground for disallowing the vote, and he called the atten tion of the Cous't to it for this purpose, that if the case should be opeCied next year it should not have nia in jurious c ffi , et. Mr. Meyrick said that he did not recollect having ever made the statement imputed to him by Sarah Baker. The BARRISTER observed that he certainly thought the point reterred to by Mr. Browne was a strong fact in the case, but he did not think it would alter the thvisien, for he had; made a similar decision in Mr. Smith's case, in which there was not that fact. The real ground fer the decision was, that the place was not used or in tended to be used for the purpose of residence, but merely for a temporary occupation when the party was in town. Mr. Browne said that if that point had nob been so severely commented upon by the Court ho wound take a case to the Common Pleas at his own expense, for he thought that without that there wowld be a qualiCeation. The list of the parish of St.Botolph was revised, thereby finishing the ward of Bishopsgate. No case requiring particular notice came before the Court. The following is the result : Failed or Sustained. Withdrawn. 7 ... 26 154 72 67 ... 4 1. . 6 0 ... 1 Liberal objections Tory ditto Double ditto Liberal claims Tory claims FALL OF A MANUFACTORY AND Loss OF LIFE. —Between eleven and twelve o'clock yesterday mornieg the inhabitants of Burfield were alar i med by a loud crash followed by cries for aid, occasioned by the falling in of a building used as a rope mat manufactory. The build ing consisted of one large room on the basement, anti s a o n n o s ther immediately theFr From ten rsvo room. fifteen per sons e m p l oy e it. employed d in rear of the factory is a plot of ground which has been were usually over excavated to a considerable depth for building purposes, and the wall of the manufactory next to the excavated ground having given way, nearly the entire building fell into the hollow. The scene that presented itself to the lookers-on was heartrending in the extreme. Didair of the workpeople were lying around, partially buried amongst the falling rubbish. A number of persons were quickly engaged iu extricating the sufi'erers, several of whom were conveyed to the infirmary seriously injured. The bodies of a man and a girl, both quite deal, wera afterwards dug out of the ruins. It has been aseertained that there were eleven persons at work in the manufac tory when the accident occurred—namely, four men, three Ivunen, and four children. Nine out of the num ber art. more or less injured. One man has a broken leg and head severely injured, and another of the Men several ribs fractured and both arias dislocated. Two, of the women and one of the children have sustained some severe injuries, but the remainder of the persons who were within the building have escaped with compa ratively but slight injury. EXECUTION AT PARIS.—On Friday morning, Jean Petry, the waiter at a coffee-house at St. Ouen, who, it will be remembered, was list month tried and found guilty of the murder of his mistress, after hiving at tempted to .violate her person, and afterwards robbing th , house, v. as executed at the Barriere St, Jacques. He retained to thelast moment the same revolting indiffer ence which he has evinced ever since the committet of his threefold crime, and when ascending the steps of the s , .affold he stopped for a moment, and coolly called out in German to an acquaintance in the crowd, and asked him whether his (Petry's) uncle was 'vegeta- Almost the entire commune of St. Ouen was present at the axe- ^-~r~~t- --r/" NEW SONG, by BALFE, " SING , M A I DEN, SING," price 6d., next arum:4z bein No. I. of THE MUSIC BOOK. Printed from Eng S raved Plates, on g Paper the usual Music size. Office, 1, St. Bri4e's Avenue, Fleet-street, where Prospectuses may be had; and sold by all Booksellers and Newsmen. I