The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-10 00:00:00

THE _SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, KEPTEM.BER 10, 1846. ROYAL VICT3RIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed the interesting Drama of THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF LITTLE JOEY. The characters personified by the principal members of the Company. To be followed by THE HONEYNIOON. Duke Aranza, Mr. Osbaldiston ; Rolando, Mr. niggle ; Jaques, Mr. Forman; Juliana, Miss Vincent. To conclude with the highly successful Burlesque of FAYRE ROSAMONDE ; or, The Bowers of Woodstock. Fayre Rosamonde, Mr. Forman. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of HERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been coi,structed, which will be brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing in the Interior Telemachus relating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINELLI will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy; feet in height, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive him, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendidly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of the Pelicans, &c., at C arn ivora by gas-light. F e eding of the Carnivora at half-past five ; six ; Concert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. On WEDNESDAY. September 16, the ROYAL SOUTH LON DON FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY will hold. the Season. An ir GRAND DAHLIA. SHOW, being the Last Ex hibition of the extra Band, and an extraordinary Display of Fireworks will be produced on the occasion. ADMITTANCE, ONE SIIILLING. • THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 9. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 58; Highest. 73 ; Noon, 70 BAROMETER, 30.1. — WIND S.W., cloudy. TIL4H WATER AT LO`NION-T1R11)( 1 F. THIB DAY. Morning .. 51 minutes after 4. I Evening .. 13 minutes after 5. .-..................c...e.................... , MANE BENTINCK...... Within that interval, extending from the commencement of this century to 1834, the services of Lord METCALFE were characterised by their extreme importance, by the promptitude of his arrange ment, the boldness of his policy, and the unostenta tious magnanimity of his principles. When accom panying Lord LAKE as a volinteer against the Raja of BHURTPORE, in 1805 ; when dispatched as plenipo tentiary to Lahore, in 1808, for the purpose of allay ing the cornmotions which were then prevalent; when appointed Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government, in 1818 ; Private Secretary to the Marquis of HASTINGS, and resident agent to the Nizam of the Deccan, in 1819 ; while engaged in the campaign against DOORJAN LALL, in 1825, and when summoned to a seat at the Supreme Council, in 1827, Lord METCALFE incessantly displayed the generosity of his political views and the richness of his intellec tual resources. Time brought the fruits of so much talent and so much benignity, when in 1834 he was elevated to the Governorship of Agra : and upon the departure of Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK, Sir C. METCALFE (for some time previously he had succeeded his brother in the Baronetcy) was sum moned by acclamation to assume the office of Go vernor-General. Such was his career in raising him self from mediocrity to the highest dignities presented by the Oriental government, and in the prosecution of which endeavour he be trayed nothing base or truckling in his nature, but everything likely to ensure respect and to win affection. The spirited concessions which cha racterised his brief reign as acting Governor-General, but especially his abolition of all inquisitorial restric tions upon the press of India, while they excited sen timents of dissatisfaction in . the Board of Directors, and ultimately led to his official resignation and departure for England in 1836, will long continue to arouse the admiration of all sincere lovers of freedom, and have imparted a perennial lustre to the period of his Eastern administration. Of his proceedings as Governor-General of Ja maica—to which post he was appointed in 1839, on the removal of Sir LIoNEL SMITH—we could will ingly speak at considerable length, but that the recent period at which it transpired renders any detailed commentary more than superfluous. Notwithstand ing that the Goyernment of that colony was then involved in a singular state of confusion, the active interposition and conciliatory bearing of Sir C. METCALFE led to the re-organisation of its domestic Legislature, if it did not conduce to the perfect fusion of the. contending factions. Still less can we presume to enter upon any discus- sion as to the character of his Canadian policy, such as it presented itself between his appointment as Governor-General of those gigantic territories, in 1843, and his retirement from office, in 1845. There is much that is attractive in the adroitness displayed by Lord METCALFE in amalgamating the divided interests of the more:liberal among the Canadians, in annihilating, by one stroke of his pen, a factious and despotical House of Representatives, and in ever striving to promote the public advantage during the alarming ravages and excruciating torments of the disease with which he was afflicted. Only when life had lost all its individual attractions were the long and arduous labours of this eminent man recom pensed by his elevation to the peerage—he was created a Baron in 1844. Towards the conclusion of the following year he embarked from America. On Saturday, September 5, 1846, he died from the effects of cancer in the face. In taking a retrospective glance at the character displayed by the deceased nobleman during his active and eventful existence, we find ourselves almost impelled to the utterance of a panegyric. There was so much of simple but real grandeur in the cast of his intellect, so much of benignity and of dignified conciliation in his deportment, so much of integrity and consistency in his public and private capacities. Peace to his manes! The memory of CHARLES Lord METCALFE will be long and grate- Ireserved. _ The accounts from Ireland contained in The Sun of Monday evening are suggestive of the most painful feelings. It appears that in the county of Tipperary parties are beginning to take advantage of the distress unfortunately too prevalent from the failure of the potato crop, and to organize an anti-rent war. This may, in many instances, have had its origin in the harsh and oppressive course adopted by the landlords themselves. Until within a very short period they possessed the power of distrainiug the growing crops; this right, although in some instances it secured to them payment of rent which otherwise might pos sibly have been lost, was subject to the greatest abuses, and was productive of evils of considerable magnitude : it excited feelings of hatred and animosity on the part of the tenantry towards those to whom they should have been bound by the most amicable relations, and occasioned large additional expenses and much loss to those subjected thereto. The ---- grievance was brought under the consideration of the Commissioners tor inquiring into the laws relating to the occupation of land in Ireland ; and by their re port they strongly recommended the abolition of the power, that the occupier of the land might have an opportunity afforded to him of bringing his produce to market, and realising the proceeds thereof, before he was subjected to heavy legal expenses with respect thereto. Their suggestion was adopted by the late Government, and a measure was brought forward b . Lord LINcoLN, when Secretary for Ireland, for the purpose, amongst other things, of giving effect to it. It was also approved of by the present Ministry, and received the legislative sanction im mediately be(ore the prorogation of Parliament. Notwithstanding this enactment, several of the proprietors of the soil have, immediately on the cutting of the harvest, thought proper to make dis tresses. In one instance referred to it is said that the rent in arrear amounted to only 161., and that the wheat crop alone was worth at least 501., besides a crop of oats and one of turnips. Such proceedings must inevitably occasion great exasperation on the part of the public, and it is stated that previous to the days ap pointed for the several sales written notices have been posted, calling on the people to attend and to prevent the sale. These appeals have been promptly re sponded to. Multitudes have assembled on each occasion, and the law has been set at defiance, the parties distraining having shrunk from the conse quences of the act they had committed. Such a precedent is of the most injurious character ; it proves to the people that there is a power more mighty than that of the law—that they can with impunity set up a successful opposition ; and there is little doubt that if such a feeling once takes root, that it will spread widely, and bring forth an abundant crop of outrage and disturbance. A systematic op position will be had recourse to in almost every instance, and similar difficulties to those which were found to attend the collection of tithe composition thirteen years since will be interposed between the landowner and the attainment of his rents. Much depends on the line of conduct to be pursued during the present crisis. The landlord is possessed of a giant's strength, but he must use it with discretion and moderation, and, above all things, beware of forcing on a colli sion. He must treat with the utmost leniency those who have suffered losses ; he must afford them every indulgence in his powel, and give them ample oppor tunities of exchanging their produce for money, be fore he enforces payment of his demand ; but if he finds a refusal proceed from one who is able but un willing to pay, and that he therefore is compelled to have recourse to legal proceedings, he must follow them up with firmness and determination, and under no circumstances yield to intimidation or succumb to the power of the mob. By these means alone can the impending danger be averted from the Irish land lords. Their situation at this moment is a most pre carious one. Their ultimate safety depends upon themselves. On their prudence and discretion de pendia the preservation of the peace and tranquillity of the nation in general, the avoidance of scenes of anarchy and intestine commotion, which must be productive of the most fearful results. It is said, and we fear with too much truth, that the landlords are compelled to act harshly towards their tenants from the extent of the charges and incum brances by which the majority are affected. They must, under any circumstances, enforce the means of keeping down the interest of the mortgages and other charges on their estates. It has been said by one of themselves, Lord MOUNTCASH ELL, that two thirds of the rental of Ireland is absorbed in the pay ment of such charges, and that only one-third thereof remains for the expenditure of the landlords them 6elves, and their families ; if this be so, it mill at once explain the causes of the distress in that country. The man weighed down by encumbrances is obliged to exact from those under him the utmost that can pos sibly be obtained; he can make no allowance to the good and improving tenant ; he cannot give the re quisite employment to the labourers of his vicinity. The estate of which he is the nominal owner remains unimproved, and the occupants in a state of destitution and misery. But why should things be permitted to continue in such a state ? The axiom " that property has its duties as well as its rights" now commands universal assent : if the present owners are unable duly to perform the duties incumbent on them, they should make way for those who are more favourably circumstanced. The distribution of pro perty was not merely for the benefit of those on whom it was conferred ; and we have experience 1 every day of property being taken from the owners for the public benefit, they receiving full compensation; therefore surely there can be nothing more beneficial to that public than that the lands throughout the country should be in the hands of those who can develop their utmost capabilities. This doctrine may be very unpalatable to the class, who are little better than 'agents over estates, distributing the rents when received to the different encumbrances, but it is nevertheless too true; and ultimately they would find that they themselves would be in a much hap pier and better position, as the owners of small un encumbered properties, or even of sums of money invested in the funds, or in any legitimate specula tion, than as proprietors of large and heavily encum• bered demesnes. The question of the means by which this may be effected may force itself on the attention of the Legislature ere long. At present we can only repeat to them our solemn warning—that their own future welfare, the interests of the class to which they belong, are deeply involved in their present proceedings. The members of the permanent Government of the Canton of Berne, under the provisions of the new Constitution, were elected on the 27th and 29th ult. They are all remarkable f9r their democratic opi nions. The Grand Council is composed of 226 Members—of these 190 are Radicals. The Con servatives have everywhere been defeated. The patriarch Bishop of Erau, M. LAMMAS PYRKER, died at Carlsbad on the 28th ult., aged 74. He was the author of several poems, and had in early life been carried as a slave to Tunis. It is announced in the Weser Gazette that the Emperor of RussiA has written a letter to the King of DENMARK, signifying with regard to the succession to the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein that he is ready not only to renounce his pretensions to the eventual succession to the Grand Dukedom, but even to induce the Grand Duke of OLDENBURGH to with draw his protest against the letters patent, on con dition that the King of DENMARK will with prompti tude and energy oppose all revolutionary proceedings in the duchies, both now and hereafter. According to Swedish papers the potato crop in Scania is attacked by the prevailing disease, and the wheat and rye crops are very inferior. On the 27th an ordonnance was issued abolishing all games of chance at the waters of Ramloese, the only place in Sweden where gambling was allowed. We have intelligence from Rome to the 25th u. The Pori; has determined that a railway from Rome to Naples shall be immediately constructed. The funds are to be provided by a daily subscription during five years, after which debentures of 100 scudi each, bearing interest, are to be given to the subscribers. One of the journals state that— " Deputations are daily arriving from different parts of the Roman States, with addresses of thanks to the Pope for the amnesty. The Bolognese have addressed a letter to the Romans, thanking them for their sym pathy on this occasion. Copies of this letter, finely written on parchment, have been distributed to the highest members of the clergy, the Roman Princes, and several savans and artists. Rossini is engaged to com pose the music of a hymn, written by Count Marchetti, in commemoration of the amnesty." In the distribution of his charities, his HOLINESS is actuated by a spirit truly Catholic, in the strict meaning of the word. The indigent Jews have recently shared -in his bounty. He has caused 350 scudi to be distributed amongst them in bread. To the Ghetto he has sent a similar donation. The whole kingdom of Naples is suffering from drought. Letters have been received from the capital, which announce that the extreme heat had entirely dried up the country parts. The peasants could find no water for their cattle, which were perishing of thirst, and making the air resound with their cries. The shepherds saw their sheep dying daily before their eyes for want of pasturage. The Government was occupied in dispatching water to the districts which suffered most from the drought, at a certain rate of quantity per family. In some parts of the country water was sold at the price of wine. The capital alone was exempt from the sufferings of this extraordinary drought, which had already led to tumultuous movements among the people. A vulgar opinion had spread that Mount Vesuvius had dried up all the water in the country surrounding it. The volcano was emitting neither fire nor smoke, and this gave rise to the fear of a sudden and horrible erup• tion. It was stated that the volcano was throwing up from time to time quantities of boiling water. .y Madrid papers of the 2nd have arrived. The .Heraldo recurs to the subject of the mar riage of the DUC DE MONTPENSIER with the INFANTA, and contends that it is perfectly legal, whilst the Eco del Conzercio and the Espanol as stoutly con tend for its illegality. In considering that question, it would be well to remember that one great object of the war of the succession, as set forth in the declara tion issued by King WILLIAM 111. at the commence ment of that war, was " to prevent the possibility of an union of the Crowns of France and Spain." That object was accomplished by the treaty of Utrecht and the renunciations by which the treaty was accompanied.' The treaty of Utrecht has never been annulled, and although it may be very con venient for some parties to repudiate it, still it subsists, and all who were parties to that treaty have a right to call for its rigid execution. The question to be considered is—Will the marriage of the Duc DR MoNTrENSIER with the Infanta Luiss give rise to the possibility of an union of the two crowns on the head of one Sovereign ? If so, it is contrary to the treaty of Utrecht. With regard to the other part of the question, viz., the Act of the Spanish Cortes excluding from marriage with the SOVEREIGN or with the heir to the Crown, all who are excluded from the succession to the throne of Spain, that is a consideration purely Spanish, and we leave it therefore to be settled by the Spaniards themselves ; but with regard to the treaty of Utrecht, that is a matter essentially European, and all the powers who were parties to that treaty have a clear right to interfere to preventa violation of its provi sions by any of the other contracting powers. Don FEANcisco has recovered from his recent illness. The Eco del Comercio states that MM. ISTURITZ, SANz, and ARMEE() have resigned in consequence of a note addressed by Mr. BULWER to the Spanish Cabinet on the subject of the IN FANTA'S marriage. Mr. BULWER, however as sured the corresponde nts of the English journals in Madrid that there was no foundation whatever for the report that he had entered a protest against the intended marriage of the INFANTA. The retirement of MM. ISTURITZ, SANE, and ARMERO, iS spoken of by these journals, not as a fact, but as a probability. It is said that as soon as the sanc tion of King Louts PHILIPPE is obtained the intended marriage of the INFANTA will be announced officially in the Gazette. MADRID BOMA, SEPT. 2.—The Three per Cents. were done at 3-t for cash ; the Four per ents. at 213 ; the Five per Cents. at 221 ; the Debt C , without interest, at Gi ; and the Coupons, 20i. PANY. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. They all contain comments on the double marriage, and they all repudiate the idea that it can be con trary either to law or treaty for the Due DE MONT^ PENSIER to contract marriage with the Infanta of Spain. It was generally considered in Paris that the British Government was not opposed to the match, because it was thought most probable that the intentions of the English Cabinet had been tolerably well ascertained before the decisive step was taken. The courtiers represent the whole affair as having been arranged by the KING himself, and state that the most frisnTy assurances were at the same time transmitted to . the Queen of ENGLAND, at the Isle of Wight. "The skill and adroitness" of M. PRESSON are much lauded by the courtiers, and lie has, it is said, been promised the reversion of the English Embassy. M. GUIZOT, who was to have left Paris for his country seat, Las given up his excursion until the Spanish affairs are arranged. General NARvAEZ, accompanied by Count VILLA.- lIERMOSA and MM. 'Usti - Easy and OURITO, left Paris on Monday for Madrid direct. The Duke DE MONTPENSIER, who will be accom panied by the Due DE NENIOURS, will leave Paris for Madrid on the 18th. Don ENRIQUE has left Brussels for Ghent. He has been ordered to return to Spain, an order which he says he will obey the moment he has received sa tisfaction for the insulting manner in which he was exiled. The potato disease 15 spreading in the north of France. During the last month upwirds of 500,000 hecto litres of wheat and flour were imported into France via Marseilles and along the eastern frontier. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Monday at 84f. 55c. ; the Five per Cents., 1191. 50c.ex div.; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,285 f. ; Rouen, 980 f. ; Havre, 727 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 731 f. 25c. ; Avig non, 950 f. ; Vierzon, 640 f.; Bordeaux, 582 f. 5.c ; Bou logne, 495 f.; Troyes and Monteteau, 362 f. 50c. ; Basle, • 225 f. ; Fampoux, 407 f. 50c. ; Dieppe, 390 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 507 f. 50c ; Tours and Nantes, 517 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons, 537 f. 50c.; Lyons and Avignon, 495 f.; Bordeaux and Cette, 487 f. 50c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., i 38 1 / 2 ; Ditto Domestic Debt, 33%; Ditto Passives, 6 1 A. The following are the quotations for the new lines :- MansErm.Es, SEPT. 3.--Marseilles and Avignon, 910 f. ; Northern, 710 f.; Paris and Lyons, 525 f. LYoNs, SEPT. 5.-Paris and Rouen, 967 f. 50c. ; Avignon and Alamilles, 93U. 23c.; Northern, 726 f. 25c.; Paris and Lyons, 536 f. 25c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPTEMBER. 8. Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cate (Espelete), 1%-Direet Bombay and Madras, %- Louvain I la Sambre, 1-Madrid and Valentia, 1-Namur and Liege, 214-Northern or France Constituted, 13,i - Paris and Lyons C. , nstituted, - West FlAnders, 4. THE LATE MURDER at the GUILD HALL COFFEE-HOUSE. RESPITE OF THE CONVICT JOHN SMITH. (rnom A CORRESPONDENT.) We understand that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to respite John Smith, during pleasure. The convict is indebted for the preservation of his life to the jury who tried him—all of whom signed a memorial for mercy ; to the untiring efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Walters and their family, whom he has served for seventeen years ; to the members of the Coroner's jury who signed the general petition ; to the magistrates, clergy, merchants, and others, in London and in Norwich, who added three thousand signatures testifying their estimate of the value of character under circumstances wherein such testimony only can avail a prisoner; and, above all, to the kind ness and unremitting exertions of Mr. Alderman Sidney. It is earnestly hoped that banishment from his native land, where his family connexions have always borne an irreproachable character, and the severest trials, which must be the convict's just doom for the rest of his life, will be a warning to others to restrain those bursts of passion which inevitably lead to so dreadful a result. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,— Three years ago the Government steamer, Acheron, left Sheerness, to perform duty at Malta. She returned last week with only part of ker crew—l should say twenty men and four b.ys minus. Would you have the kindness to inform we how I can gain information as to what has become of them ; or, whether the com mander can leave his men and boys (part of his crew) in a foreign country —I remain, Sir, yours, respectfully, Chatham, Sept. 8. J. H. [Our correspondent should apply to the Admiralty.— ED. SWl.] Birmingham and Ox- fbrd Junction Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.... V/', Boston, &amid, & Birm. 225. — Bristol and Exeter Ditto, New Bristol and Gloucester 3O ...... THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND THE LATE MRS. FITZIIERBERT. We have been requested by Captain Hill to publish the following correspondence : "My Lord Duke,—l humbly beg leave to ask if your Grace remembers that, in June, 1839, a person, under the name of Sophia Elizabeth Guelph Sims (Mrs. Sims, the wife of a journeyman baker, Islington), calling her self the daughter of Mrs. Fitzherbert and the Prince of Wales (George IV.), alleged that a Captain William Hill, on marrying Mary White, sister of Peggy White, her nurse, had received frem the Countess of Jersey and Lord Rivers the sum of 2,0001., for the maintenance of ` the child, Guelph ;' and that your Grace, in reply to a letter on the subject (September 17th, 1837), said to be from Mr. Simpson, at once declared—` I have not any reason to believe there is any foundation for the state ment that Sophia Elizabeth Guelph (Mr 4. Sims) is the daughter of Mrs. Fit zherbert and George IV. " ` WELLINGTON.' " Now, the sail Mrs. Sims having, seemingly with a view to prop up her story, designated me as the Captain Win. Hill alluded to in her statement, and having basely and falsely asserted that I have changed my name from William to Joshua —whereas the official records clearly prove that, as far hack as the years 1793, 4. and 5, my name, ` Joshua stands duly entered as an officer of the Honourable East India Company's ship Bridge water, under Commodore William Parker—l hereby solemnly affirm, as upon oath, befero the ever ble,sed God of Truth, that I am not the Captain Hill in ques tion, nor have ever borne that name; that I have never' received any money for the maintenance of any child wl.a`soever; and, moreover, that I never knew anything whatever about the said matter of Mrs. Sims until it went the round of the newspapers at the period before mentioned —so help me God! " Be pleased, my Lord Duke, to state as to the fact of your Grace's reply ahNe-mentioned. "I have the honour to be your Grace's most obedient and very humble servant, "JOSHUA HILL, Capt., 1796, India, Ex." " London, August 15. "F. M. the Duke of Wellington presents his compli ments to Captain Hill—he has received his letter (25th ult.) ; the Duke knew nothing of Mr. Simpson or Mrs. Sims, but he is quite convinced that the late Mrs. Fitz herbert never had a child in consequence of her con nexion, whatever its nature, with the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV. "To Captain Hill, Tavistock• place, Tavistock-square." WEST LONDON RAILWAY COM- The half yearly general meeting of this company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report of the directors, and also the award of Messrs. Glynn, Hudson, and Stevenson, who had been appointed arbitrators for the purpose of determin ing what course should be adopted with respect to the first and second class shareholders, the shareholders in the Thames Junction line, and also the original share holders ; and also as to what ought to be done with re spect to the Knightsbridge Extension line. 11. 11. Grounds, Esq., took the chair shortly after one o'clock, and after some discussion, the report of the di rectors was adopted. A resolution was then proposed by Mr. CAMPLIN and seconded by Mr. WHITE, and carried unanimously— " That the directors of the West London Railway Com pany be requested to apply to their lessees to work the railway efficiently forthwith, in conformity with the covenants of their lease." The awards of the arbitrators were then opened and read to the meeting, by which the arbitrators ordered, that with respect to the first class, or preferred shares, a dividend of 10s. per share should be paid in preference to any dividend to be paid on any other shares; that wth respect to the second class shares, a dividend of IL per share should be paid after the dividend of ten shillings a share had been satisfied on the first class, or preferred shares ; that with respect to the 'I flames Extensi,m line, the shareholders were not entitled to any compensation, and the original shareholders were to have the surplus, after the first and second class shareholders had been paid their dividends. The costs of the arbitration to be borne by the West London Railway Ckalipsny. With respect to the Knightsbridge Extension line, the arbi trators awarded that it should be abandaned, and the deposits paid to be returned, and repaid without interest by the West London Railway Company. These two awards were, after some discussion, adopted, ordered to be entered on the minutes, the important parts of them printed, and circulated among the pro prietors. Thanks were then voted to the ar, thechair man, and the directors, and the meetin bitrators g separated. Ditto 1 % Shares 5O Ditto ' 4 Shares lO • 2934.. - WINDSOR, T UESD AY EVENING, SEPT. B.—Her Royal llLhness the Duchess of Kent will give dinner parties at Frogmore House, this evening, to-morrow, and on Thursday. Her Royal Highness went to London by way of Richmond, yesterday afternoon, on a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester. ller Royal Highness. at tended by her ladies (the Baroness de Spaeth and Lady Anna Maria Dawson), took a carriage drive through Windsor Great Park this a f tern oon, and returned to Froe'more House to dinner. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAlLWAY.—Traffic returns for the week ending sth of September, 1846: Passengers, 13,965; amount received,l93. Ild. IMPROVEMENTS IN KENSINGTON. —On Tuesday the workmen completed the demolition -of the celebrated Half-way House, that stood nearly in the centre of the road to Kensington, and was long regarded as a very great obstruction in that thoroughfare, the number of carts and oth vehicles occasiona ly assemble in its vicinity having rendered the r oadway at times d nearly impastable. SLEEPY VETERANS .—A curious notice is posted on the chapel door of Greenwich Hospital, stating that complaint has been made that many of the pensioners are in the habit of sleeping during divine service. The boatswains are therefore directed to wake them, unless they are ` very old and infirm, and especially during the read Ir.; f the creed, and to report all such offenders to the captain of the week. The eldest son of Mr. Sackville L. Fox, M.P , and grandson of the late Duke of Leeds,i 3 about to join the Blues. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS Newcastle and Darling (From The Sun of Last Night.) ~ ton Junction 25 ...... 4W I ......... ... .. Do. New 'lhe sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were, about Newc tetle sad herwick 15 ...... 27 1 L 4,000 bales, at full prices, including 150 Egyptian, at Do North Shields .. 25 - ......... ..... d. to lid. ; the remainder were n earl y all American. Newcastle and Carlisle...loo he market was firth.—Shares were again heavy . Newport&Abergavenny 2% T There are n , .) ship arrivals to-day with late int elli- Newr y and Enniskillen 4% — ..... gence of general interest. Newark, Sheffield, and In the produce markets there is more disposition to Norfolk lst ... . . ......... 100 1 %•• offer goods, but it would appear that the failure of thel33 134 Do. Half Shares potato crop, and the state of Spanish affairs, operate Do. Tenths ... against extended transactions here, the same as in the Do. Extension Money Market. North Britbh ... ..... ... 25 ...... 371, 2 38 Although still rather quiet, the English Stock market Do. Half Shar , s is decidedly firmer than it was yesterday. Consols hav- Do. Fifths .. ing realised 96 to 96* for present transfer, and 96i to Do. Carlisle Extens. 11/ 4% 4 961 for time. The premium on Exchequer-bills North of Norfolk 2 3 /4 has rather improved, being now 10s. to 15s. ; Northern and Eastern... 50 but here the market is not so well su pp orted Do. Scrip (is d. 5 dis.) 45 as for Consols. Bank Stock ha s been marked 2094 to . Quarter Shares... 12 1 ,6 — D o 210, being again very firm. The N ew Three-and-a- Do. New N. Leta & Direct Dover 2% Quarter per Cents have been 98*-I, and the Three per North Staffordshire 428....... 354 3 / 4 p ...... -. Cents. 96i to i. East India Bonds under 1,0001. have North Wales been quoted at 295. prem. South Sea New Annuities Northern and Southern are 951. • Connecting The Foreign Bonds have been rather quiet again, Northampton, Banbury, but in respect to the Peninsular secu ri t ies the y look and Cheltenham 2 ••• better. Portuguese Four per Cents. have realised 42i Nottingham k Mansfld. .... ...... , to 43, abut one-half per cent. advance. Spanish Three Oxford, Woster, and per Cents. have been quoted at 381 1. Mexican Stock Oxford,llrolerhgpnton . a .• n . a 12% — has been at 25/ i, Danish Bonds are 88*, French - Cheltenham.... eY' l% Three per Cents. have realised 84E, with the Ex- Pilbrow Atmospheric ... 1 ~,... change at '2sf. 80c.; and Dutch Four per Cents. are 94:1-. Portsmouth Direct 3% -- ...... Shares are dull, and scarcely move at all in p rice. Preston and Wyre 25 There is a slight rally, however, in one or two instances Do. %Shares Reading, Guildford, and ‘ Reigate . Richmond C PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CI.OOIC Bank Stock ..... ••••—. 21 0 1 ; ,. 209 i/ d 3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 96 1 4 th , 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 6 14 New 3% per Cent. Annuities 98% 1 / Long Annuities to expire J an. 1860 10% 7-16 Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859 India Bonds, 1,0001 Ditto under 1,0001. . South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities .. Bank Stock for Account . •• 210 1 / Consols for Account..... ...... Exchequer Bills, 1,0001., 1 1 / ./ z cl. Ditto 5001. Ditto Small CLOSING 211 96 1 / 2 967 98 3 4 10% 10 3-16 ONE CLOSING PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK PRICES Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent 88% 851! Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1646 25% 25% Ditto. Account ..... ... • •.• 2474 25% Ditto Small Portuguese 5 per Cents. 85% 85% Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent .. 43 43 . Ditto, Account 42% 42% Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Account — Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent 38% Ditto. Account ...... .. .. 3 8% % Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent. Exchange 2sf. 80c. 25f. 80c Belgian 4% per Cent. 97 97 Dutch, 2 1 /, per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 94% 94% PRICES or PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING ', , AMWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber., Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2 Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l% Aylesbury and Tharne.. IA ; ,, — Belfast & County Down 2 1 / 2 — Binnin. and Gloucester. 100 l3O 129 129 Ditto New 17% - _ . 42 3 . - 10 Rugby, LeamingtonAnd Warwick Scottish Central Do. New 2%...... Scottish Midland lO Do. Extension Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Potteries,andCrewe l% Sheffield & Manchester 100 Do. Quarter Shares... 8 Do. Lincolnsh ire June. 1 1 %, — Do. & Great Grimsby. 10 Do. do. Extension 425. Shrewsbury and Birm... 2 1 ,4...... 2% 3 A •:•..••••• Shropshire Union Shrews., Wolverhamp., &S. Staffordsh. Junc. 2 1 A ..... Sligo and Shannon 315 South Devon South Midland 42s. South & Midlands Junc. 42s — South Staffordshire June. 2% South Eastern & Dover 33% 42%. Do., No. 1 20 Do., N 0.2. Do., No. 3 D0., No. 4 StAlban's,tHatfield,and Hertford Junction ... 425. — Staines and Richmond ... 1 Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2 3 / 4 — South Wales ... 5 Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stm. Coal. ... 2 Taw Vale Extension ... 2 "Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke 51% Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2 Wakefield, Pontefract, & Goole 2 2 1,4 — , , Warwickshire & London 425. VA dis . Warwick and Worcester 425. — Waterford and Kilkenny 8 Waterford and Limerick 22 1 / Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wexford, Iv aterford, and Valentia Waveney Valley ... 2 - Welsh Midland West Riding Uni0n...... 425. 2%% p West Cornwall 2 . t . .. ... WestLondon,Old Shares 20 Wexford and Carlow ... 2% Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2 Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth Worcester,Hereford,Ross, and G10uce5ter......... 425. . ••1 Worcester, Tenbury, and Ludlow ...... ...._... ... 2% Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby York and Carlisle 2% ... •....•• York and N orth Midland 50 — Ditto % Sharea .. 25 Do. Scarboro' Branch. 25 Dc. Selby 3O Do. Extension 2O — . Do. East and Westßid ing Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bristol and Liver. June . 2%...... Buckinghamshire ~,,, . ...... ... Caledonian Ditto Half Shares DA — ......•• ..... Ditto Extension ... .. 2% — Cambrian & Grand June 42s Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% l% Central Kent ....... 2% — Chester and Holyhead... 27% — .. ... ...... .. Churnet and Blyth.. 2 Chester and Manchester 425. — Cheltexharn and Oxford 2 Clydesd ale Junction ..... 15 Cork, Blackrock, and Passages - Cork and Killarney ... 2 1 / 2 — Cork and Waterford ... 1% — Cornwall Cornwall & Cent'lDevon 2% — - 1 ierby and Crewe 2% - Direct Lincoln, East Ret ford, and Shedd. June. 2% Direct Manchester ( Remington's) Ditto (Rastrick's) 5%...... - .. ... . Direct Northern DireetNorwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 10 Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Dublip and Galway... .. 4 Dundalk & Enniskillen 71/ 2 — Eastern Counties 14/. 16s. 22% 22% Ditto New lOl. 16s. - , ' p Ditto Perpetual, 5 per Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d.... - Ditto ditto, No. 2.. 6/. 13s. 4d... % p Do., York Extension.. 105....... 2% 1 A, EastDereh'm andNor'ch 1 Eastern Union Ditto, Quarter Shares 8% — Do. Exten.(llarwich) Ili — Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%...... East Lancashire East Lincolnshire East & West of England 1%...... Eiinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto Half Shares ... 10 Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4 Ditto, New Edinburgh & Northern.. 10 Edinburgh and Perth... 3 Ely and Huntingdon ... 7% — Enniskillen and Sligo ... 2% — Exeter,Yeovil,& Dorset 5 , /, — Glasgow. Kil in ar. , & Ayr 50 Ditto, New Do., 1 4 Shares (5 per cent. guar.) 23 Gloue.,Aliei ys6v ith,and Central of Wales 1%...... Goole, Doncaste r, _ Sze. Grand Union (Notting and Lynn l% Great Eastern &Western 2 1 ,¢....., ••• •I GreatGrimsby and Shef field Great South. and West. (Ireland) Great Munster 2 1 , ...... Great North of Scotland 2 1 ,x ...„, Great Northof England..l 00 .230 Ditto New 5 — Ditto, New . Ditto, New Great Western B5 Ditto Fifths Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 ..... Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction ... 2 ...... Hull and Selby 5O Ditto 1 4 Shares Do. Half Shares 25 Inverness and Elgin 2 .. .. Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 9 — Do., do, and Norwich 2 1 4 — Irish North Midland ... 1% — Killarney:functions lm Kendal and Windermere 114 _ Lancaster and Carlisle... 45 Do. New Larne, Belfast, and Bal lymena Leeds and Braiford Leeds and Carlisle Leicester & Birmingham 225. — ... ....... -. Leicester and Bedford 22s. % dis Leeds and Dewsbury ... 17% Leicester and Tam w., the. 425. IA dis • LpooL, Mncbstr, & N ew castle Junction Liverpool and Bury ... 14 .. ... —. .. London and Blackwell. 161. 13s. 4d. Do. New Ditto Extension London and Brighton... 50 Ditto, Fifths London and Croydon, 131. 15s, 9d. 22 3 /q 23 :. Do. Gcaran. 5 per cent. 9 London and Greenwich 12115 s 4d — Do. Preference ...18117s 2d London, Hounslow; and Western London and N. Westernloo 20: 3 1 /, 204 202 ;,Do. Quarters Do., co., New Shares.. Ditto Fifths .... - .... 2 Ditto, Eighths (G. J.) 12% — Do., New 1% Shares (G. J.) — Do. 401. Shares (L.M.) 6 — Lond. & S.Western 411 6s 10d 71% 72 71-, Do. New Consol. Bths 40 Do. New Do. New - London and York 2% 2 %.... ....... Do. % Shares .. London and Windsor . 1)..... •.• Loudon, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... .......... -. 2%...... 1% 1 Londonderry &Coleraine 12%...... ..... ...... Londonderry and Ennis killen l 2 l /2 ...... ..•. Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham ls Manchester and Leeds... 82 ll3 Ditto % Shares Do. Quarters 2 Do. Fifths Do. Sixteenths .... 6 1 4 .. ..•••• Do. Extension 42s. Manchester and Birmin. 40 Do. Quarters (A) 5 •••••• - • ..... Do. Quarters (B) De. Quarters (C) 1 Manchester.Buxton,and Matlock 42s. ...... Manchester, Birm., and Mould Junction ..... — Anglo• Belgian 4 — Barbadoes 1 ••• •• . Boulogne and Amiens... 14 ...... 13 1 4%•• ••• Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... Real del Monte Unregd. Manehest. & Southampt. 2 ...... Midland lOO ... Do. Fifths Do. New Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Midlnd& East. Counties 2% — Midland Great Western Irish 12% % dis. 1 4 dis. 62% 23% 15% p 2% p 77% 36% 114 Do. (Espelete's) - 2 .... . Calais, Dunkrk, andW est Flanders Calcutta and D iamond Harbour ....... ..... Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast , Central of Spain ... .... 2 Ceylon Demerara 2 l /2 ...... ......••..... Dendre Valley 4 Direct Bombay and Madras .... Dutch Rhenish 6 East Indian ... ..... .... ss. Eastern Belgian Junctn. 21 ,4 Fampoux & Hazcbrouk 4 Great Indian Peninsular _ss. Great Western Bengal... ss. Great, Western Canada... 31 ...... Italian and Austrian 3 Jamaica S.Mid. J unction 1 Jersey - , Louvain ala Sambre ... 5 ... . ...... Luxembourg... Lyons and Avignon Madras ...... . Madras, Nellore, and Arcot y s Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ..• Mauritius 1 Namur and Liege Nn of France Const anted 5 ...... 13% ...... ..... North J amaica... ...... Orleans and Vierzon ... 10 Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 Uver Yssel 4/ 35 4d Paris &Lyons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans 2O Parts and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Constituted Rouen and Havre 2O — Sambre and Meuse 8 ~„,„., Strasbourg and Bale St. Laurence & Atlantic — Tours and: Nantes Con stituted Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and Hasselt. 8 Trinidad West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia British North American 50 Colonial '2s Commercial of London 20 — London Joint Stock lO — London & Westminster. 20 National Prov. England. 35 — ......... National of Ireland 22% ... Provincial of Ireland ... 25 Union of Australia Union of L0nd0n......... M lO 1 INES. __ . SUDDEN DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN DURING THE STORM OF SUNDAY.-0,1 Tuesday, an inquest was held before W. Carter, Esq., at the King John's Head, Ber mondsey-square, on the body of Thomas Harbut, who used to say he was in his hundredth year. Thomas Harbut, the grandson of the deceased, of No. 3, Long wall Bermondsey, stated that the deceased was formerly a tanner, but of late years an inmate of Bermondsey workhouse. He always went to church on a Sunday, and afterwards witness or his brother took him a walk, previous to going home to dine with them. On last Sunday he met him at his brother's, and was in excel knt health and spirits. When they got home to his lodgings, deceased had some beer and a p'pe, and while sitting at the door a very heavy storm of thunder came on, and a gentleman said, "Look how that poor man has been struck by the thunder, and is turning up his eyes ?" Upon looking as his grandfather, he found it was so, and removed him into the back yard, where he was very sick. Ile got better, and lay down ; and when witness returned in half an hour he thought he was asleep, but it was afterwards discovered he was quite dead. The evidence was corroborated by the brother and an other witness. and the jury returned a verdict of " Na tural death." DEATH CAUSED BY A BULL.-011 Tuesday a young man named William Ellis expired in St. George's Hospital, in consequence of injuries received under the following circumstances t—The deceased, it appears, was a shepherd at Roehampton Gore Farm, Roehampton, and on Monday, about twelve o'clock, he entered a field for the purpose of separating a bull from driving a herd of cows. He was so doing when the animal turned round, and rushing at him, made several thrusts with its horns, with which finally catching him by the lower extremi ties, it threw him into the air. Some of deceased's fellow-servants who had witnessed the occurrence im mediately ran to his assistance, and conveyed him in an insensible state to the farm-house, from whence he was removed to the above institution. On examination, it was found that he had sustained an extensive wound in the thigh, and a laceration of the spine and neck, together with other injuries, under which he sank and died at three o clock yesterday afternoon. The deceased was thirty-five years of age, and has left a wife and three children. SUICIDE BY A LUNATIC. —Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. W. Baker, at the Cock and Magpie, Worship-street, on the body of Mary Ann Abrahatns, aged forty, a married woman, residingthe at No. 4, Clifton-street, Finsbury . It appeared from evi dence that the mnd of the deceased was much affected, and she had been confined to her bedroom. On Sstur day, the Bth of August, she procured a knife out of a closet in her room at.d inflicted a severe wound on her throat. Her dauc,hter immediately ran to her assist , ance, and she was subsequently removed to St. Bartholo mew's Hospital on the same day. She remained there for upwards of three weeks and then returned home. She became much attenuated and expired on Monday last. Verdict, " Temporary insanity." •fir.Y.4' 1 '''''' \ ~ ,11.4, , , .uc•mAt. ~ ~ 'Z.:J:2 4- Zt 114., .. o ~,,r,oiru ,vo ... ..,-.") ' " - r O ldik -,.,:-. C ( 411,1 11 ) . ' 11 t, ),,.,-<::-: 4.- - -1 - - i Ron !" ..„::,:i- ,W.;,..,r1i0 ,1 24 , ; "- • , --- 4 ,,,, -- , , „ 0 , ,,, ,: - Dr. u'-' ~„1,,,,,,t.. i 6,11-;'lZ-,, Inman sArit LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1846, An irreparable loss has been sustained by the English Legislatu re in the decease of CHAR LES, Lord METCALFE. Statesmen of more brilliant capacities have undoubtedly been snatched from amongst us by death—men who have occupied a larger share of the attention of their contemporaries, either by their oratorical excellence, their Parliamentary celebrity, their aptitude for start lin g diplomacy, or their effi ciency as resident Ministers of the empire ; yet, as a distinguished ruler over our eastern and western de pendencies—as the British representative in distant coloniQs, and during periods of extraordinary political embarrassment—as a conscientious upholder of the immunities of the people and of the prerogatives of the national dignitaries, no public servant has ever departed this life possessing a more eminent right to our esteem, or endowed with purer claims upon the attention of posterity than the illustrious man whose demise it is now our melancholy duty to announce. The public services of Lord AIETCALFE have been the less appreciated from the remotness of the territories in which they were performed. Nevertheless, they have been productive of so much benefit to the population of our most gigantic colonies, they have organised so much that was previously and perniciously distracted, but, above all, they have tended so much to the consolidation of our Asiatic and American possessions, that their ulti mate acknowledgment is inevitable. Lord METCALFE was accidentally favoured by cir cumstances in the developement of his natural capaci• Cos for the assumption of official responsibility. Born January 30th, 1785, the younger son of an influential director of the East India Company and a Member of Parliament; the offspring of a man possessing so much interest both in Westminster and in Leaden hall-street, that he was created a Baronet in 1802, CHARLES THEOPHILUS MwrcALrE entered life under the most propitious auspices. After a so m e what pre cipitate education at Eton, where the amenity of his disposition and the precocity of his intellect were conspicuously evinced, he was dispatched to India in 1800 upon his first appointment in the civil service. When his great personal merits, the acuteness of his judgment, the rapidity of his deductions, and the exceeding suavity of his deportment are remembered, it is not surprising that he here rapidly advanced to the most lucrative and authoritative posts, especially w h en we consider that his promotion must have been considerably expedited by the in terest still retained by his father in the Court of Directors. During the period of Lord METCALFE'S sojourn among the Orientals, the succes sive Governors-General of India were Lord WEL IESLET, Lord CORNWALLIS, Sir GEORGE BARLOW (as acting Governor for a few months), Lord .11IiriTo, Lord 11,Asmos, Lord AMHERST, and Lord Wu,- MISS STRICKLAND'S LIVE S OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND. THE NINTH VOLUME IS NOW HEADY At all the Booksellers. Henry Calbarn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborcugh-street. NEW AND CHEAPER EDI LION REVI ED. )Tow ready, complete in 1 vol., with rortralt of the Authoress , price 63. bound. THE WILD IRISH GIRL. BY LADY MORGAN. WITH A NEW PREFACE AND NOTES. Forming the New Volume of COLBURN'S STANDARD NOVELS. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborou,gh-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. m E L D A S S m R o N S D . RaLllwAaiy\ 1 •; ( 11 ) ar - e A ctio n S e , LAbegEto, thank AN th et r Frler:C:l And the Public for their continued support awl patronage, and tc• announce that their Public Saves of Railway Shares, B:c., take place every Tutsnmr and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commeree, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will to forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. WIN s, Ball of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. CNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The New Grand Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, entitldd " The Magic Horn," having been, on each occasion of its representation, received throughout with the most cordial marks of approbation and delight by crowded and fashionable audiences, is, in consequence, respectfully announced for repetition every Evening till farther notice. THIS EVENING The performances will commence with WATCH AND WARD. After which, a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic, Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon," entitled THE MAGIC HORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinloch, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Villars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Bromley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with Mr. Selby's Popular Farce of BOOTS AT TIIE SWAN. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, J. W. Collier, F. Vining, Miss Ellen Daly, Mrs. A. Wigan, Br,c. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION O N F MADAME CELESTE. EVEING Will be presented the popular Drama, entitled ST. MARY'S EVE ; or, A Story of the Solway. The principal characters by . Worrell, Wright, 0. Smith, Lambert, Cullenford, Braid, }Faye; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Madame Celeste, &c. After which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDGMENT OF PARTS ; or, The Pas de Pip pins. The characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen naire, Linden, Waye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson, Alderson, Ryan, Wright, Paul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Harrison, Miss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. To be followed by an original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. To conclude with the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. Characters by Messrs Worrell, Lambert, Munyard, Miss Harding, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New Comic Drama, in Three Acts, entitled LOVE'S TELEGRAPH. Count Theodore, Mr. J. Vining ; Arthur de Solberg, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Baron Pumpernickel, Mr. Compton ; Usher, Mr. Henry ; Princess Blanche, Madame Vestris ; Alice, Dirs. it. Hughes ; Marguerite, Miss Emma Stanley. To be followed by an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO ; or, he Inventor of Powder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss E. Honner will perform. To conclude with a new Serio-Comic Drama, entitled, A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining; Twigglrton, Mr. Charles Mathews ; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher ; Edward, Mr. Honner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. STRAND T HEATRE. Mr. GREGORY (who is universally admitted to be the greatest Tragedian since the days of Edmund Kean), will repeat the character of " Glo'stet," in THIS ` E VENI Richard the Third," G. When will' be presented Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE 1 HIRD. Duke of Glo'ster, Mr. Gregory. To conclude with PERFECTION. Private Boxes, Pla-es, and Stalls, may be engaged office, from eleven t ill four, and at ad th e Libraries. at the Box- LAVII)(4E', ROYAL SURREY riIEA.TRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakespere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Macreacly ; Laertes. Mr. Murray; Osric. Mr. Saville, Grave. diggerl Mr. 11. Webb ; Ghost, Mr. Cooper ; Gertrude, Mrs. Tertian ; Ophelia, Mrs. Charles To conclude with an interesting Drama, entitled GRACE GAYTON. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Heslop, Webb; Mrs. Saville, Miss Terry. &c. Box Oillce open from eleven till four o'clock. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Pi,Tonised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Immense hit of the New Spectacle, " The Steed of Syracuse" hailed with tumultuous acclamations, THIS EVENING Will he performed the popular Drama of THE STEED OF SY• PACUSE ; or, Damon's Flight. Damon, Mr. J. Harwood; Pythias, Mr. J. Dale ; Catanthe, Mrs. M. Brooks. Assisted by the nu merous Company, double Stud, 8, - ;c. After which, magnificent SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the French, German, and British Artistes. Tie whole concluding with the new Necromantic Ballet, en titled THE VINE-DRESSER'S DAUGHTER. Dox.oiTice open from eleven till Ilve o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. 11% 271,4 38% 38 1/2 % p 2% 22 3 4 33 21 1 4 HAMBITIIGH MAIL. BERLIN, AUG, 31.—The Altgemiene Pruss Zeitung contains the followtng notice:—" Conforinah;y to the rations under Number V. of his Majesty's Cabinet the 18th of July this year, respecting t he par e urivate persons in the bank, we declare the ,rder ticipation subscriptio s to be clo;cd. to-it) " ROMER VON DUESI3ERG. "Berlin, Sept. 1,1846." by KIEL, Sur r. 2.—A placard was posted up to -d2 Y the police at the corners of the streets, calling o n the citizens not to permit their servants or children to go out after eight o'clock at night, and prohibiting groups of more than three-persons notwithstanding whient considerable numbers of people assembled this evening i as they did yesterday, who, singing the song ° " Schleswig-Holstein Meerurnschlung," paraded th°- streets, but hitherto (ten o'clock in the evening) a PP ears entirely to disperse, after an apprentice, who had bee° arrested by the police, had been released. The pub be are certainly indebted to the cautious and humoie Co° duct of the military and the police. —Hamburg Papers' Sept. 4. DUTCH MAIL. A MSTEP.DA3I, SEPT. s.—ln consequence of the extra ordinary heat which we have had, from the beginninO the :Tung till this time, many persons, especially smog, the poorer classes, are attacked with bilious fevers, and the number is so great that, the hospitals being 011' it has been necessary to open some par ts of the work-ital , house to receive them ; and even the m ilitar y ho,p here has been opened to receive them , an d even that hasf not been sufficient, one of the wings of the Palace o Justice having been fitted up for them. It is,neral howev ° er: satisfactory to know that the sickness i s, in ge, the a very malignant character , f or on corn kith t he number te et e , r' number of patients this year, which is 1,156, „!`e number last year, when there we re onl y 751, yf find that in 1845 the number of dea' hs from the lst ° January to the 6th of September has been consider ably more than this year. THOLEN, SEPT. I.—Last week the disease in the Pc" tatoes again appeared, and has now become general, s ° .that those sown from seed are not free. Happily it has g oc curred a month later than last year; and, considerin how early the crop was got in, we may certainly reckon that more will remain unspoilt than last year. . ~,,,, THE HAGUE, SEPT. 6.—We learn that in the iinr -r taut trial re'pscting the disorders which took place ill Sept. 1845, both at the Hague and at Delft, and Ol ie tb h , is to commence on Thursday, the 24th of this ivti n. , before the provinc'al tribunal of south Holland, , s i; veral of our most eminent counsel are engaged for ' t seven teen accused persons. The very long indicttnerY drawn up by the Attorney - G eneral of that court, is /I ' ready published here. cell The departure of her Royal H i g hness the grin vi Albert of Prussia from this town is fixed for to-rnorro i ZEIRIC ZEE, SEPT. 4.—A letter from the higbland te'i Voorne, of the 30th of August, says—" The potat,ce. never looked so fine in any year as at the first beginn; of this summer—all promised a crop which, both in (1 , 1 ,0 lity and quantity, would exceed all former years ; e . , , ,,f at the beginning of this week the hopes of the far m er were undiminished, and now, alas ! they a re ten vanished. On Tuesday the indications of the diseaseinure. a ppeared, and since that time it ha s spread with to dible rapidity ; even on Wednesday afternoen 11° ,es acre could be fund that was wholly free. The dat o 4 o is incalculable,o and we look for the winter with 0 more fear than last year. , Ore. L ANGS TRAATT, SEPT. 6.—We have had no die favourable year for the farmers in these extensi/e.ing tricts than the present.' They are busy in antes'ga,the' the second crop of hay, and the peasant labenr,s t o gently in this warm weather. The prices of °Los. very high, for exportation to Algeria and other f, ' to be of long continuance. The corn is in The rising of the prices, however, is not expecte(! both as respects the quality and the quantity. T he o ted; and barley promise much better than wa s e l c rto h e general Ve a y .,' he st even the potatoes, though they appear externa•-;.01, to a little injured, are found, however, on ex` ~, of be far better than was expected. ban ks THE HAGUE, SEPT. 5.—A letter from the „„ibip. , the Maine, to the Gazette of Cologne, the resr,",sprite e of which we leave to the correspondent, saYs--:derati°,l3 Louis Napoleon is again an object of the c onai rter , 3 .' of diplomacy at this moment. In many (ln a i rer e Xs' tempts have been made to injure the Prince'' b just posing at his pleasure of the fortune which he all t hese inherited, because, say they, he would emplo ° co ol° - millions to revive certain projects, and nevinW s One ° attempts. It was even proposed to place theoo vet under some kind of guardianship. These 01311'1ieet or having been admitted, it has been thought sitin f ., , t ates the present to prohibit him from enteriug t er the Ist of the Continent. of this month, brought word that his llinie st Y r ro% A telegraphic dispatch, forwarded to Berlin otribtebitl would go first to Muskau, to see his brothe ' sta tes l o Frederick of the Netherlands, and then to Mill visit the Silesia. It is probable that his Majesty 01at of tl' King of Prussia, at Erdonansdorf, and be Prese .., re vie ws in Silesia. t Osl!'ed A letter from Bale, of the 31st of Angusnds O Ol/ cl "Her Majesty the Queen Of the Netherla n' o le here yesterday, by the railway fr om Strasburg us on the same day." — Dutch Pape rs, Bth SePt* r 5 .~ RAILWAY . TRAVELLIN G ' l.-- , All llicA. a iiti,Ji: It is the greatest country in the world for ra il h is and rivers. China is celebrated for its cana lc 'ar a 11 „ . ,9 c ra o i u l n w t a r y y a m n u d st ri b r e er al a l c o c w om ed m t o h d e l, tpi orne:emvivneerafrenesati,:ot-oei:ot'fie".,, Union being sovereign as reqtelts all railways, 0'54:0 and interests, such undert.,kings se ra vers, fo ra , 1.0 manufactories, and the deel ening of 11 t i a n;. 511 , e ea ch chief business of their legislative V' ‘ liberd.o. „ act ,. ve te , are now thirty of those states in the Gr ty to tarY el es e chinery. The expense of getting having its own Parliament and Palls these legislatures seldom exceeds a few hillidre,: c ows ( 2 10 and sometimes not more than one hunare". d i e Pg„ e e. 'whereas the expense of a Railway in in a bout v o e• anti-Irish Parliament invariably amounts to lbe A 55, eighth of the entire cost of the undertaking*.t. railsl.e4, ricans are very economical in making their ea tro ll s iie They do not delight in magnificent deP 3 ' 6L T I he Otero and they never lay more than one track . , in s uch '',., tha, 1 trains set out at opposite ends of the trac',, na int e - f aieo as enables them to meet at an arrarVb"erflfst-ar.ap, road, where their a c Alateral lie -by , and the e olli „ e- hl e ! when, after the engineers supply Bias i d 0,,,,,, eon; train turns into this deviation until the o ther ef t, train the% re fres,, be at' and water, and the pavengers take set e , sote e, .„ n ers. both trains prcceed on their reap different ru nt froto Jett' tenor of their railway carriage is diD er ; e hn e-bn i1t ,,,, 5 ai ds holds t „ fi 01; 411 ,, The American carriage is a long en' t .'ii, fitted "r o pe r ' a series of well-cushioned seats; ment, capable of holding fifty persons;.ptst each ,eat is s ;oa t" sons; and right through the centre o'f all vvh e 'trie nti h passage for the egress and ingress 0 n at "of , — o tto , a O , .1. move. While the train is in full "iwaiksae 0 , co' miles an hour, the collector or conductor asset ige i e or his long train of carriages, surveying his,Paener,li con; letting their tickets, &e. The con3PaeJ _'''' ran e agr ee sist of one-half ladies, who have i l l the,i e bey o d e o . l: veyances no exclusive seats or rooms• tne rri e t be O i t a heroines in travel. An American lady' ile , i c oy o r married, will pass, unaccompanied, 3 00 53 e p erf e rn i e,,5,,, way cars or steam-boats; in this they or os pecl`_,. ' , IP, from the slightest m olestation; the most roe/ seatostinere ing is manifested towards them by the e end cans are fact I state is no small compliment to theforic d'or 0 that prevail in American society. Th e j 'ho c° s r thr e 1 passionately fond of travelling. Those f 1 : 1 . t wo (3 5e yer o it go off trom their own homes on a tour thr oeg o b eh se i ; weeks, during which time they will Pe ° eye d th r- e t' ag - d states, make visits to their friends s catt er re st veral cities, and then to return home f t° ,.yerl gsprieg o , their laborious occupations. Even th e s7rat e gl the Fi r be up and take a trip to Niagara Falls, Ord e peo otn , 0 1 or some other summer rendezvous, tbe y re i t as ses , , I l 'oi duce of a couple of months labour ere adi°g c it eleg a 'r o mass of the people here are the sP e sce , an- oplcber, they spend their money generouslY--; a an read e r) too—among themselves. It would fetti„t e nd farteri4 of England, even though she vvere 5 1 , 4 ,3 pleb ° , wa te „yee Bible, to see these factory , girls t a t , 6 011 0 fibseP od daughters `wouldng shines at Ilia no Iri6 as o'oo l places. It make the teethi°nquet, o st fe ar 0 d o; water to see these " low" peop/e "4 s.fighteo well,eV mix in the merry waltz, vvithout Tisodierair,bt tbif animal so peculiar to Ireland, a a ylg'' . r ie i 'd, end wo e ple here understand the " Poe t . r i es well el o ed IV 1 ,10 1 , they keep their muskets and rivltys obs b e eo yheY oy t o powder very dry—a custorn 5i.,..,,,tay; w ,crags 11-or who are in the enjoyment of . 6 " d tbeY CO they know it is for themselves, . f s a 511 the , ' P enjoy a little of the pleasure of 11 e , the cradle to the grave. of iw 0 , 5 of ,' , :4 1) • ~ ,i° ---- —— - _„, er aor, e st. is A marble monument to the ".` church ol AO' I , ,00friff ' wood has just been erected in th e c ' of - av O r ret's, at Leicester. v ie oriol e ailed re i d 1 0 44 1 s What t e s use d to be 3 ol'or , KILLING No Alunrosit.-- e d to he ~,c - cal' n atlv4 a rapidly disappearing: now manslaughter, and wha ... l ily. A. r n ,, i l ea. bte,,d slaughter is now a common ass'Lice ma 0; a ci‘ l oi: l o with his wife, and knocks her. 1 : h im hY, o aa ' l O O ,O stool. The stool is wresteclatrr.ow.ity s its 0 0 , a ti; , , 5 and lie poor victim of his b Dal attar the he ild ffi , n l '` c r til lg . her down, and kicks her ,onee the re':l,lliiie bleep til by the blows. The savage the neighbours rush in, and see so s tri t pieset t v fete ks he r ° Aft 9l. o4 a wife as she lay on the gr(ll3linands and fee °i:li ef ir piece of wood, using both . hor las t ag e to loo ,,, e re in When. the poor, woman Nvs iefiaci any qv ll o re ° for lain threw up his cal ) an a 7 mur der. b; tv t iroorse with him. But this alas no prod eee depth' vor de, deed, were calculated to there w as 3 ett leCl l o 'ge r deliberation; there was _ man a , A, 30 0 3 01 .. not to stop till the we no werder.ru°"'t °rad' pauses between the attac kse;vidently t,h e life f i lte r, stroyed; but this was . was o nly ~ d es o o n pool jury found that It one o f thybeforeeill re adding, indeed, that it was o If it was not murder, no case oe ne t 6 .' 1 ,00 1. e ll e amount to murder. The violene ! _ f it ne t wee si i i , o h o commenced after the interferon 0 liettely os ril f dell t e;a t ai the poor victim, was as . resu _ .ic , n i e s 0 to .4 3 ti vated cases of the kind that eveefr b c e a a ra ti e o; titd o e .l , bt o: so, }.; Capin"-• • • 4 ' tl' e tl i the assassin flung up ...!_thct., in.lurrepeat pittbe savage had struck blows m ..e vois to, 4 1 .„ a i t . •us plirP°' wife ¢ tote° c ler' e e l) intention ; his obvious his nued till the sufferer was in the oti... was bel e In . the Liverpool jury similar 0 have been many marital rightt to fliPaity, bn, be considered one of the . reek ber n eel iyal Pe ll 01e 5 ao l he had kicked and bdeaidtveeiticatieel:einy ;,:iteudie.tilitls Ibee, a wife to dea to b rring th e cs9.ain4 iate /P rO il down stairs, without ine9 _ utcage s t a r l.... nar k... ~,L , ~0 , 1 frequency of crimes an d ~u4ignaii _ a r ,, 1 7 3 t he it .. • b e s t " -.00‘ ) • been the subject of much t h e ir the et. . l ov es • a rsi give this unmanly. 0 4 '7 coparatl" of impunity, positive or ) certainly juries have, dfieef effene_.....sx 42 3 A 10% rcgu 21 / 2 38 33% p 1 /2 19 1 4 2% M dim % P 42% IA die 3 7i 2% p •47% 13% 1