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

TrA.LPOLE'S REIGN OF GEORGE 11. Just" publiAted, for the first time in }the Bvo. form, in 3 vols., with Portraits, price 3Gs. bound, HORACE WALPOLE'S MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE THE SECOND. Edited, with a Preface and Notes, By THE LATE LORD HOLLAND. Henry Colima!, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO H.R.H PRINCE ALBERT. Now ready, in 7 vols. Bvo., Price 5/. I Is. bound, to range with the Wellington Dispatches, - LORD NELSON'S LETTERS AND DISPATCHES. Edited by Sir HARRIS NICOLAS, G.C.M.G. " The most genuine and true portrait of a great public character Which the world has ever seen."—Times. " The Letters of Nelson will hereafter be the manual of the sailor, as the sister service has found a guide in the Dispatches of the Duke of Wellington. From the beginning to the end, by a continued series of letteln, Nelson is made his own historian."—Blackwood's Mag. " The family that shall want this book must be ungrateful to the Memory of Ifelson."—Standard, Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street, NEW WORK, BY THE AUTHOR OF " DR. HOOKWELL." This day is published, in 2 vols ., post Bvo., THE PENSCELLWOOD PAPERS. Comprising ESSAYS on the SOULS and FUTURE LIFE of ANIMALS ; CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS ; the EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE; the ENDOWMENT of the PROTESTANT and RO MAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES of IRELAND ; EDUCATION of the PEOPLE. By the Author of " Dr. Ilookwell." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. GLOUCESTER,, ABERYST WITH, AND CENTRAL WALES RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice Is hereby given, that a MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS in the above COMPANY will be held, in pursuance of the 9th and 10th Vict., cap. 28, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London. on FRIDAY, the 18th day of September next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of determining whether the said intended Company or partnership shall or shall not be dis solved. Every person attending such meeting must produce the scrip, or banker's receipts, or the proxy of the holder of such scrip or banker's receipts, in respect of which he claims to vote. JOAN CLARK. WILLIAM CRANEBROOK. shareholders in the above Company JOHN GRAY. WILLIAM BAYNE. JOIIN BENTLEY. E. D. CLARK, Agent, 11, Bucklersbury, Sept. 4, 1846. Scripholders intending to vote for the dissolution of the Company, and unable to attend the meeting, arc requested to send their scrip or proxy to Mr. Clark, at the Railway Protector Office, No. 11, Buck lersbury, where blank proxies may be had. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TT:rut:oar and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. XII Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will Le forwarded by the first post after the sale, and the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices. Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE ROYAL, LEUM. TINDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. The New Grand Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, entitled " 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 further notice. TII IS EVENING The performances will corrrneiTceN;iti:iv . ATcn 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, Kinlech, Collier, Tarnold, 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 THE SWAN. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, J. W. Collier, F. Vining, Miss Ellen Daly, Mrs. A. Wigan, &c. • THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Willbe presented the popular Drama, entitled ST. MARY'S EVE ; or, A Story of the Solway. The principal characters by Messrs. Worrell, Wright, 0. Smith, Lambert, Cull_nford, Braid, Waye ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Madame Celeste, &c. After which, a Grand Mythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS ; or, The Pas de Pip pins. The characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen naire, Lindon, Waye, Butler, Williamson, Aldridge, Mitchenson, Alderson, Ryan, Wright, l'aul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Harrison, stlss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. To be followed by an original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. To conclude whir the Farce of A NABOB FOR AN HOUR. Characters by Messrs. Worrell, Lambert, Munyard, Miss Harding, and Mrs. Frank Matthews. rßuicEss'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 Vesttis ; Alice, Mrs. H. Hughes; Marguerite, Miss Emma Stanley. To be followed by an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO ' • or, 'the Invent or o f P owder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss E. Bonner will perform. To conclude with a new Serio-Comic Drama, entitled, A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining; Twlggl, ton, Mr. Charles Mathews; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher; Edward, Mr. Bonner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. STRAND THEATRE. THIS EVENING. The performances will commence with THE HONEYMOON. To be followed by the admired Farce of HIGH LIFE BELOW STAIRS. In consequence of the enthusiastic reception of Mr. GREGORY In the character of " Gio'ster," in " Richard the Thirst," by a house overflowing in every part, ho will have th- honour of repeating that character TO-MOKROW, and on SATURDAY Next. ITlvate Boxes, Scv., may be eng qui at the Box-office, from eleven till four, and at all the Libraries. DAVII)GE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakespere's Tragedy of HAMLET. Hamlet, Mr. Macready; Laertes, )[r. Murray ; Osric, Mr. Saville , Grave digger, Mr. H. Webb; Ghost, Mr. Cooper ; Gertrude, Mrs. Ternan ; Ophella, Mrs. Charles Gill. To conclude with an interesting Drama, entitled GRACE GAYTON. Characters by Messrs. Saville, Heslup, Webb; Mrs. Saville, Miss Terry, Scc. Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock. ASTLEI"N• ROYAL, AMPI3ITIILAII{E. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised 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 WENING Will he performed the popular Drama of THE STEED OF ST RAC USE; or, Damon's Flight. Damon, Mr. J. Harwood; Pythias, Mr. J. Dale ; Calanthe, Mrs. M. Brooks. Assisted by the nu merous Company, double Stud; &c. After which, magnificent SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the French, German, and British Artistes. The whole concluding with the new Necromantic Ballet, en titled THE VINE-DRESSER'S DAUGHTER. Box-office open trona eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The magnificent Display of FIREWORKS on and in the Water, representing a NAVAL ENGAGEMENT, which was received with thunders of applause at the Juvenile Gala, will be re peated THIS DAY. 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 constructed, which will be brilliantly- Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONifElMi, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. CALL PSO'S FAIRY G I'IOTTO, 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 hinilo his ehrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendidly ornamented with festoons of lamps,, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Feedim7, of the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at ; Voncert at half-past six and the iiruption at dusk. THIS DAY, September 9. The 'Boys of the Royal Military Avitun and Caledonian School, with their Juvenile Bands, will pay their Annual Visit, on which occasion the Pyrotechnic Display on the Water will be repeated. On WEDNEsDAY, September Pi, the ROYAL SOUTH LON DON FLORICULT'JRAL SOCIETY will hold thcd- GRAND DAHLIA SHOW, being the Last Exhbition of the Season. An extra iiLanti, and an extraordinary Display of Fireworks will be producen the occasion. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. THE WEATHER.--tiIIN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 9. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 58; Highest. 73 ; Noon, 70, BAROMETER, 30.1. WIND S.W., Cloudy. 111;411 WATER AT 1.0NI)ON-BEEDGE Tills DAY. Morning .. 10 minutes after 4. Evening .. 30 minutes after 4 ) • 0.0 I .144 4. 1 ; 7, Ze0. 1 .4,:,;4: . V • R SECOND EDITION. tTJflTflsLnU LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1846 An irreparable loss has been sustained by the English Legislature in the decease of CHARLES, 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 startling 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 colonies, 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 MrrcAr.rc 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, th ey 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, th at t h e i r ulti mate acknowledgment is inevitable. Lord IIETCILFE was accidentally favoured by cir cumstances in the developement of his natural capaci. ties for the assumption of official responsibility. Born TILE SUN, LONDON, WEDN_ESDA V EVENING, SEPTEMEER 9, 1846. 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 THEOPHILCS METCALFE entered life under the most propitious auspices. After a somewhat 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 when 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 LESLEY, Lord CORNWALLIS, Sir GEORGE BARLOW (as acting Governor for a few months), Lord MINTo, Lord HASTINGS, Lord AMIIEkST, and Lord WIL LIAM 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 volunteer against the Raja of BIIURTPORE, in 1805 ; when dispatched as plenipo tentiary to Lahore, in 1808, for the purpose of allay ing the commotions 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 fur 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 readers any detailed commentary more than superfluous. Notwithstand ing that the Government 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, idannihilating, 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 MET CALFE will be long and grate fully preserved. 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 distraining 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 for 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 by 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 before 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 power, and give them ample oppor tuaities of exchanging their produce for money, be- fore he enforces p a y men t o f hi s d eman d ; 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• pends 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 fearrul 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 MOM; TCASEIELL, 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 selves, and their families ; if this be so, it will 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 whom it was conferred ; and we have experience every day of property being taken from the owner:, 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 bands 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 ter the different encumbrances, but it is nevertheless too true; and ultimately they would find that they themselves would be in a much bap 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 28th ult. They are all remarkable for 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. LADISLAS 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 ult. The Porn 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 ern!). tion. It was stated that the volcano was throwing up from time to time quantities of boiling water. Madrid papers of the 2nd have arrived. The herald() 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 Comercio and the Espanol as stoutly con tend fur its illegality. In considering that question, it would be w(11 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 Due DE MONTPENSIER with the Infanta Lursa 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 Spaniarsis 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 prevent a violation of its provi sions by any of the other contracting powers. Don FRANCISCO has recovered from his recent illness. The Eco del Comercio states that MM. ISTURITZ, SA Z, and ARMERO 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. cured the correspondents of the English journals 'in Madrid that there was no 'oundation whatever for the report that he had entered a protest against the intended marriage of the IMANTA. The retirement of MM. ISTURITZ, SANz, 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 Pnnarrs is obtained the intended marriage of the INFANTA yin be announced officially in the Gazette. MADRID BOL9A, SEPT. L—The Three per Cents, were done at 34i for cast ; the Four per Cents. at 2l— s ' ; the Five per Cents. at 221 ; the Debt, without interest, at 6i ; and the Cotpons, We have received the Paris papers of Monday. They all contain commenh on the double marriage, and they all repudiate the idea that it can be con trary either to law or treat T for the Due DE MOND. PENSIER to contract marrhge with the Infanta of Spain. It was generally ;onsidered in Paris that the British Government was not opposed to the match, because i; was thought most probable that the intentiors of the English Cabinet had been tolerably well ascertained before the decisive step was taken. The courtiers represent the whole affair as having becn arranged by the KING himself, and state that the most friendly assurances were at the same time transmitted to the Queen of ENGLAND, at the Isle of Wight. " The skill and adroitness" of M. BBEssoN are much lauded by the courtiers, and he has, it is said, been promised the reversion of the English Embassy. M. GUIZOT, who was to have left Paris for his country seat, has given up his excursion until the Spanish affairs are arranged. General .NARVAEZ accompanied by Count VILLA HERMOSA. and MM, RASHERAY and- OURITO, lef Paris on Monday for Madrid direct. The Duke DE AIDNTPENSIER, who will be accom panied by the Due DE NEMOURS, 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 is spreading in the north of France. During the last month upwards of 500,000 hecto litres of wheat and flour were imported into France Did Marseilles and along the eastern frontier. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Nlonday at 841. 55c. ; the Five per Cents., 119 f. 50c.ex div. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,2851. ; Rouen, 9801. ; Havre, 727 f. 50c. ; Great Northern, 731 f. 25c. ; Avig non, 950 f. ; Vierzon, 640 f.; Bordeaux, 582 f. 50c; Bou logne, 495 f.; Troy es and Montereau, 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, 4951.; Bordeaux and Cette, 487 f. 50c. ; Spanish Three per Cents., 38 1 i ; Ditto Domestic Debt, 33 5 / s ; Ditto Passives, 6 1 4. The following are the quotations for the new lines :- MARSEILLES, SEPT. 3.-Marseilles and Avignon, 910 f. ; Northern, 7101. ; Paris and Lyons, 525 f. LYONS, SEPT. 5.-Paris and Rouen, 967 f. 50c. ; Avignon and Marseilles, 93if. 25c.; 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 Cette (Espelcte), l a—Direct Bombay and Madras, %—Loavain a la Sambre, I—Madrid and Valentia, I—Namur and Liege, 2 —Northern of Francp Constituted, 14i —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5% —West Flanders, 4. THE LATE MURDER at the GUILD HALL COFFEE-HOUSE. RESPITE OF THE CONVICT JOHN SMITH. (FROM 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 br mercy ; to the untiring efforts of Mr. and Mrs. Walters and their family, whom he has served for , eventeen years ; to the members of the Coroner's fury 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. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY - - • A fair average quantity of English Wheat has been re ceived up to our market during the present week, mostly from Essex and Kent. To-day the stands were rather scantily filled with samples of both Red and White, while the demand was very steady, at fully . Monday's enhanced currencies. Free Foreign Wheat was in good request, and the turn dearer. Bonded parcels were held at is per quarter more money. The sale for Barley was steady, at full prices. Superfine white Malt was in brisk demand at extreme value; in other kinds only a moderate business was transacted. Oats, the supply of which was limited, commanded a ready sale, at Lull prices. Beans, Peas, and Flour as on Monday. ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. 1,310 qrs. 120 qrs. English •• •• • • Irish Foreign Oats I Flour. -- qrs. 1,6305k5, 2,190 720 1,430 , Malt, 1,320 qrs. yinlITE CHAPEL. Each kind of prime Meat commanded a very steady de mand, at somewhat improved currencies. In all other kinds of meat a good business was doing, at late rates.—Beef, from 2s 10d to 33 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 38 10d to 438 d ; and Pork, 33 8d to 4s 10d per 81bs. by the carcase. 1,170 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,— Three years ago the Government steamer, Acheron, left Sheerness, to perform duty at Malta. She returned last week with only part of her crew—l should say twenty men and four boys minus. Would you have the kindness to inform me how I can gain information as to what has become of them ; or, whether the com mander can leave his men and toys (part of his crew) in a foreign country —I remain, Sir, yours, respectfully, Chatham, Sept. 8. J. [Our correspondent should apply to the Admiralty.— ED. Sun.] 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 from 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 (Mrs. Sims) is the daughter of Mrs. Fitzherbert and George IV. " WELLINGTON.' " Now, the said Mrs. Sims having, seemingly with a I view to prop up her story, designated me as the Captain Wm. 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 Hill,' 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, bef ,re 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 fir the maintenance of any child whatsoever; 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 above-mentioned. "I have the honour to be your Grace's most obedient and very humble servant, "JOSHUA HILL, Capt., 1796, India, &c." "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." WINDSOR, lli TUESDA Y EVENING, SEPT. B.—Her Royal hness the _Duchess of Kent will give dinner parties at Frogmore House, this evening, to-mo i rrow, and on Thursday. Her Royal Highness went to London by way of Richmond, yesterday afternoon, on a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester. Her 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 afternoon, and returned to Frogmore Reuse to dinner. GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAlLWAY.—Traffic returns for the week ending sth of September, 1846: Passengers, 13,965; amount received, 33 6 1 . 19 s. I Id. IMPROVEM ENTS IN KENSINGTON.—Yesterday 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 other ve hi c les occasiona ly assembled in its yiemity havituz reneered the roadway at times nearly impassable. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about 4,000 bales, at full prices, including 150 Egt ptian, at 6d. to 71d. ; the remainder were nearly all American. The market was firm.—Shares were again heavy. Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s sale yesterday went off rather flat, and prices somewhat lower. A fair business was done. Buyers did not come forward so readily. The following are a few of the sales:— Reading, Guildford, and Reigate £1 1 0 Reading and Reigate ... 1 1 6 Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston Taw Vale Extension and Dock .. . 0 11 6 Norfolk Extena. to Norwich and Brandon 2 7 0 London and York Eastern Counties, York Extension 2 5 0 Shrewsby., Wolverh., and South Stafford 2 7 6 Churnet and Blythe ... 1 18 6 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham East Indian 0 16 0 Paris and Lyons East Lincolnshire Direct Northern 1 15 0 Northern and Southern Connecting West Riding Union ..... Manchester and Southampton 1 4 6 Louvain ala Sambre Great Western of Bengal 0 11 0 Over Yssel Boston, Newark, and Sheffield 0 16 0 Vale of Neath 1 0 0 • Cornwall and Devon Central Leicester and Bedford Yorkshire and Glasgow Union 0 11. 6 Great Indian Peninsular Paris and Lyons 5 17 0 London and Westminster Bank, ex. div 27 12 6 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 • There are no ship arrivals to• day with late intelli gence of general interest. In the produce markets there is more disposition to offer goods, but it would appear that the failure of the potato crop, and the state of Spanish affairs, operate against extended transactions here, the same as in the Money Market. Although still rather quiet, the English Stock market is decidedly firmer than it was yesterday, Consols hav ing realised 96 to 96* for present transfer, and 96* to 961 for time. The premium on Exchequer-bills has rather improved, being now 10s. to 15s. ; but here the market is not so well supported as for Consols. Bank Stock has been marked 209* to 210*, being again very firm. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents have been 98* 1, and the Three per Cents. 96i to *. East India Bonds'under _l,OOO/. have been quoted at 295. pram. South Sea New Annuities are 95*. The Foreign Bonds have been rather quiet again, but in respect to the Peninsular securities they look better. Portuguese Four per Cents. have realised 42* to 43, about one-half per cent. advance. Spanish Three per Cents. have been quoted at 381 Mexican Stock has been at 258 *, Danish Bonds are 88*, French Three per Cents. have realised 84f., with the Ex change at 25f. 80c.; and Dutch Four per Cents. are 94*. Shares are dull, and scarcely move at all in price. There is a slight rally, however, in one or two instances. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock —.21 0 1% 209% 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ... 96U% 3 per Cent. Consols Arms 96% New 3 1 / 4 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 10% 7-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Oct. ]O, ].859 lO 3-16 India Bonds 1,0001 Ditto under 1.0001 South Sea Stock Ditto New Annuities Consols for Account Exchequer Bills. 1 3 / 4 d. 140. 1,000/. 5001. Ditto Small — .. 10 15 pm. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Dan:sh Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... 88 Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent 25% Ditto for the Account 2576 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent 85% Portuguese 4 per Cents • 43 Ditto for the Account . 4 2 1% Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1840 — Ditto 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account 38% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 38%% French Renter, 3 per Cent B4f. —c. Exchange. 2sf. 80c. Belgian 4% *Cent 97 Dutch 2% per Cents Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates .. 94% BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. 15 ..... Manchester and Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters (A) Dittc Quarters (0 5 to . .. . 34 Ditto quarters (0) ...... 1 Manch, Buxton, & Matlock 425. Ilancbestel,BirminE;liarn,and MouWanction .. to 9 to -- )Stanchest er and Southampton 2 Midland 100 Ditto Fifths Ditto, New 24 A 1 / 2 to Midland. Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. to _ , , Midland and Eastern Coutities Midid. Great Western (Irish) 1.2 1 / — Newcastle & Darlington ;Cune. 25 Ditto New Newcastle and Berwick Do. North Shields 25 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... to Newport Rad Abergavenny. . 2% — to Newry and Enniskillen ...... 4% — ...... to Newark, Sheffield, and Boston 1% — Nrorfolk lOO 133 Do. Half Shares Ditto Extension North British Ditto Half Shares.. Ditto Fifths Do. Carlisle Extension VA. 4% to 4 North cf Norfolk Northern and Eastern SO Ditto Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.)... 45 Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New North Kent & Direct Dover 2% — to North Staffordshire 425. North Wales 3 • • % to it orth. & South. Connecting 2% to Northampton, Banbury, and - Cheltenham ' Nottingham and Mansfield... ..... .. Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Oxfd.,Witney, & Cheltnham 1,6.. Pilbrow Atmospheric - Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre Ditto, Half Shares _ 21,4, — Reading, Guildford,& Reigate 42i - — dis. to Richmond Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Scottish Central ... 12% — .. ... to Ditto, New, .. 2% — -- Scottish Midland lO Ditto, Extension 2% to Sheffield, Buxton, Leek Pot teries, and Crewe l% — Sheffield and Manchester ...100 Ditto M Shares 8 Do. and Lincolnshire Junct. 1 1 % ...... Do. and Great Grimsby ... 10 Do. do. do. Extension... 425. Shrewsbury and birmhigham 2 1 / 2 ...... 2% 3 / 4 ... to Shropshire Union ... 425. , dis to Shrewsbury ; Wolverhampton, and S. Staflordsh. Junction 2 1 / 2 .. ...... to Sligo and Shannon South Devon South Midland 42s. ... .. % p ... to South and Midlands Junction 425. South Staffordshire Junction 2% — to South Eastern and Dover ... 33%...... 42% 8 to Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2 Ditto, New, No. 3 ls Ditto New, No. 4. 2% 3 14%... to St. Alban's, Hatfield, and Hertford Junction Staines and Richmoad.... .... 1 Staffordshire and Shropshire 2% --7__ _ to _ South Wales Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... .. 2 Taw Vale Extension Tring, Reading, & Basingstoke 5 1 4 — Vale of Neath Wakefield, Pontefract, and • Goole ...... 22% — Warwickshire and London... 425. Warwick and Worcester 425....... ...... to Waterford and Kilkenny 8 ...... 3 Waterford and Limerick 22%..... Waterford, Wexford, Wicklw, and Dublin ... l /2 a .... . to Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia Waveney Valley Welsh Midland West Riding Union 42s. West Cornwall 2 West London, Old Shares ... 20 Wexford and Carlew Wisbeach and St. Ives Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 10 ...... Worcester, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester 425. Worcester Tenbury &Ludlow 2 3 ( 1 — . _ Worcester,WarwiCk,& Rugby 428....... ...... to York and Carlisle 2% to York and North. Midland .. 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares Ditto. Scarboro' Branch Ditto, Selby 3O Ditto. Extension Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo-Belgian 4 .. Bar badoes 1 Boulogne and Amiens l4 ...... 135456._ to Bordeaux and Mediterranean 2 - Bordeaux, Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie's) Bordeaux. Toulouse, & Cette ( F2spelete's) Calais, Dunk, & W. Flanders '2 Calcutta & Diamond Harbour is Callao, Lima, & Pacific Coast 1 Central of Spain Ceylon .... 5.3. - Demerara. Dendre Valley —• . to Direct Bombay and Madras ss. .... . % to Dutch Rhenish East Indian ... .. ss. 34% to Eastern Belgian Junction.... 2 1 , , ,i ...... Fampoux and Ilazebrouk..... 4 Great Indian Peninsular bs. ..... . • to Great Western Bengal ss. Great Western Canada 3% ...... Italian and Austrian Jamaica S. Midland Junction 1 Jersey 1 Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg Lyons and Avignon 2 Madras Madrid and Valentia Mauritius Namur and Liege Nn. of France Constituted ... 5 ...... 13% to North Jamaica 1 . — Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 ..... . 8 3 % to Over Yssel 413 s 4d.... , Paris and Lyons Constituted 5 Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbg. Constituted 6 Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale - 14 ..., to St. Laurence and Atlantic.... Tours & Nantes Constituted 5 Toumay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt Trinidad.. . ..... .. ......... 2 West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANKS. Australasia - British North American .... 50 Colonial Commercial of London London Joint Stock 10 London and Westminster... 20 - National Provincial of Engld. 85 National of Ireland 2 2 1 /2 Provincial of Ireland Union of Australia Union of London ........ 10 MINES. Real del Monte, Unregistered - COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam ...... C.F. 12 8%1 Ditto, at sight • ..... 12 5%1 Rotterdam .2U. 12 9 Antwerp 26 15 ffiunburgh .... • • M.B. 13 13% Altona ..... Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 80 Ditto, 3 months.. 26 10 Marseilles • ••.. • • 26 15 80urdeaux......... • • 26 15 Frankfort on Maine.... 122% Petersburgh, 3 Us.. •• Berlin .... Vienna, effec.tio•—• • • 10 12 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 12 Madrid • . 3 3 % to .NGE.—(YESTERDAY.) Gibraltar.. •........... Leghorn ........ •• •• 30 AO Genoa .. •• • ...... 26 15 Venice... ..... ........ Naples Palermo, peroa.• .• .. 119 Cadiz .. ... : Bilbao.. • Barcelona ...... Seville..... Lisbon ....... 52N 0p0rt0.... •• .......... 62% Rio Janeiro .... Buenos Ayres .. —.. • • New York, 21 days' sight Philadelphia .. .. .... .. ?BAUM OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons ...... 0 0 0 New Dollars .. •• • • 0 4 934 Sliver in bars .. 0 4 11 LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 9. —Wind E.N.E., light airs, and line weather. DEAL, SEPT'. B.—Wind S.S. to S.S. W.—Arrd. Elizabeth, Quebec; Hero, Quebec ; Diadem, Montreal. Sid. Albion, Ware, Quebec. Arrd. from the River, William Jardine, Small, China; Indus, Brown, Quebec. COWES, SEPT. B.—Arrd. Josephine, Howes, Havannab. OFF THE 'WIGHT, SEPT. B.—Charles, New Orleans, for Bremen. FALmounr, SEPT. B.—Wind S.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. 7tb, Clarisse, Petty, Quebec. OFF PENZANCE, SEPT. s.—Robert and Isabella, Quebec. OFF SCILLY. ,SEPT. 3. Inconstant, Beacon, Savanilla for London; Euphrates, Gifford,China. , BRISTOL, SErr. B.—Arrd. Sir Henry Pottinger, Corrigall, Quebec; Marquis of Queensberry, Quebec. MUMBLES, SEPT. 6.—Arrd. Gauntlett, Power, Callao, and sailed for Swansea. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 7.—Wind S.W. to N.N.W., moderate.— Arid. Bengalee, Fisher, China; Chatham, ditto; Guardian, Singapore; Dorothea, Harrison, Calcutta; Hebe, Kemp, Paraiba; Phoenix, Trinidad; Charlotte, Carter, Barbadoes; Felicity, Riddell, Jamaica; Murray, Hughes, ditto; Wood pecker, Williams, Cuba; Recovery, Moore, ditto ; Ulrica. Hija; Matanzas; Theodosia, Irving, New Orleans; Ondiaka, Clheddin, ditto ; Rhodes, ditto; Washington, Benson, ditto; Parthenon, Woodbury, ditto; Tory, St. Andrew's; Matta keeset, Mobile • Salacca, Pictou ; Union, Miramichi ; Lady Shaw Stewart, Quebec; Robert Henderson, Todhun ter, ditto; Glen Helen, Parsons, ditto. Sid. Liffey, Cuth bert, Madras; Springfield, Roy, Quebec. Off pert, John M‘Vicar, Calcutta ; Mona, Mauritius ; Ann Johnson, Duchess of Portland, Columbus, Ottoman, St. Vincent, CLYDE, SEPT. s.—Sld. Anne Milne. Thom, Sydney ; 6th, Christian, M'Kellar, Demerara. OFF NEWHAVEN, SEPT. 7.—Xanthus Quebec for Dover. DUBLIN, SEPT. s.—Arrd. Sarah Fletcher, St. John's, N.B. ; 6th, Science, Williamson, St. Lucia ; 7th, Eleanor, Thomp son, Quebec. Sld. 6th, Ch ar l o tt e , M oran , John's, N.B. LEIIII, SEPT. s.—Sld. Eli za , S ne ll, St. John's, N.B. SHIELDS, SEPT. 7.—The Blessing, Robinson, arrived here from Quebec, is leaky, having been on shore on the island of Anticosti, 3dult., and thrown part of cargo overboard. BOROUGH OF FINSBURY.—D. C. Mo3lan, Esq , the barrister appointed to revise the list of voters for the borough of Finsbury, will hold his sittings at the Court of the Vice-Chancellor of England, in LincOn's Inn, on Thursday, the 17th inst. Aberdeen Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 2% 2 to Armagh, Coleraine, & Portrush 1% — to Aylesbury and Thame l% to Belfast and Ccunty Down .. 2% .. .. Bideford and Tavistcck ...... 196 — to Birmingham and Gloucester..loo ......130 Do. New (iss. at 7 1 / dis.),. 17 1 / — to Birmingnain & Oxford June... 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and . Cheshire Junction 2 3,4 — ..... to Boston, Stamf, , & Birming... 225. Bristol and Exeter - ...... 86 Do., New 5 — to Bristol and Gloucester 3O Bristol and Liverpool June... 2% — to Buckinghamshire 42s. Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Extension Cambrian and Grand Junct.. 425. Cambridge and Oxford Central Kent , 2%...... Chester and Holyhead 27% to Churnet and Blythe Chester and Manchester 42s. Cheltenham and Oxford Clydesdale Junction Cork, Blackrock, & Passages 225. Cork and Killarney . 2 1 4...... Cork and Waterford . 1% — to Cornwall Cornwall and Central Devon 2% — ...... to Derby and Crewe 2% to Direct Lincoln, East Retford, and Sheffield Junction— 2% to Direct Manchester (Rem.)... 23 / 4 Ditto( Rastrick's) st4 ... .. to Direct Northern ...... 2..... 1 3 / 4 to Direct Norwich ... 1 Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 10 Dublin, Belfast, & Coleraine 21 / — ...... to Dablin and Galway Dundalk and Enniskillen ... VA ...... Eastern Counties 141. 16s 22% ...... to Do. New lOl. 16s 7% p... to Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d — Do., d 0.... N 0.2, 6/. 13s. 4d... 5 ,& pto Do., York Extension 105....... 2% 4... to East Dereham and Norwich 1 Eastern Union 35 Ditto, Quarter Shares - ..... . to Do. Extension to Harwich 1% — ...... to Do. Cambridge and Ely ... 2% - ...... to East Lancashire East Lincolnshire ... 1 y et — to East and West of England... 1A — to Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O — to Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2 l /2 — to Do. New Quarter Shares... 12% — to Edinburgh and Northern ... 10 Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Huntingdon ... 7% — ...... to Enniskillen and Sligo 2y, to Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 5 1 ,4 - ...... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 — to Ditto, New Do. IA Shares (5 per ct. gua.) 12% — Glow., Aberystwith, and Cen. of Wales Goole, Doncaster, Sheffid., Scc. 42s — Grand Union (Nott. & Lynn) 1% ... .. to Great Eastern and Western... 2% — ...... to Great Grimsby and Sheffield 10 Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 25 Great Munster ... ... ... 2% ..... . to Great North of Scotland 2% to Great North of England 100 ......230 Ditto, New Ditto, New Ditto, New 1%...... Great Western Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares lO 22% ...... to Ditto, Fifths Guildfd.,Farehm.,&Portsmth. 5 Harwich and E. C. Junction 2 .... . Hull and Selby , - Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12 1 / 2 2 1 14 to Ditto, Half Shares Inverness and Elgin 2 ...... Ipswich & Bury St. Edmunds 9 Do. do. and Norwich Irish North Midland Isle of Axil()lme Killarney Junction - Kendal and Windermere 1%...... ...... to Lancastzr and Carlisle Do. New 5 ...... Larne, Belfast, & Ballymena 425....... .... Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Carlisle ...... 2% Leicester and Birmingham... 225. Leizester and Bedford 22s. Leeds and Dewsbury Leicester and Tamworth, &c. 425....... % dis to Liverpool, Manchester, and , Newcastle Junction 2% to Liverpool and Bury London and Binning. Exten. 1% — to London k; Blackwall...l6/. 13s. 4d — to Do. New .. Do. Extension London and Brighton Do. Fifths London and Croydon...l3/. 15s. 9d. 2 2 34 to 23 Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 .... 10 London and Greenwich.— 121.155. 4d... Ditto Preference .........181 17s 2d... London, Hounslow, &Western 2 . .... Lo indon'and North Western..loo 20 3 14 204 to 202 Do. Quarter Shares Do. do. New ...... .... ...... Do. do. Fifths Do. Eighths G. J. 12% — to Do. New Quarters ...G. J. -- Do. 40/. Shares.....L. &M. 6 ...... London and S. Western.... 41/. 6s. 10d. 71% 72 to 71 Do. New consolidated Bths.. 40 Ditto New .... .. 17%.. ... —.to -- Do. New . . 14 - London and Y0rk........ 2% 2% ..... to Ditto Half Shares London and Windsor ... 1%, — London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 21/2 — to Londonderry and Coleraine... 12% — to Londonderry and Enniskillen 12 1 / 2 — ...... to Lynn saki Ely Lynn and Derehatn Manchester and Leeds B2 .4..113 Ditto half Shares Ditto Quarters Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ........... 6 1 %...... Do. Extension BANKRUPTCY,---(THIS DAI.) (Before Mr. Commiwioner FANE.) p.,,, PROOFS UNDER ILLEGAL CONTRACTS. --IN 13 0 / Die bankrupt, who had carried on business P to 9 r e e woollen-draper and hatter at Norwich, came tI his last Eel , . wa s opposed 1 1 t "0 1 siguces, on the ground that the bankrupt's accouuts in su fficien t. A proof was tendered agliust, the estate to the 01°1 of 550/. tinder an a w ' -ard. The Learned COMMISSIONER, after pmusing said that it was one of the strangest documente'v_to In:Al ever come before Lim. It appeared that th,sti.'o6 be( n some illegal tranaactions in adulterating. tslity and the bankrupt had received money on aeeellr 4 . w eef claimants in respect thereof. The bankrupt, lw ie doi had set up the def e nce that the contract wa s foul an transaction. ah P l 4 The SOLICITOR said that it was denied that such hail been put in. onli The Learned COMMISSIONER said that he CO a c go by the award tendered in support of the pro ° "011 0 more unintelligible piece of legal jargon-could not.c:toi imagined; it went on to say that a general ya rd . re pt been entered for the plaintiffs, subject to the r e , e _dol , but that if the award was entirely for the deli ; fer then the verdict should be entered for the ph ll ;`,,,' only 40s. debt, and Is. damages. In the eY j e a h ' e wool' and common sense this was an absurdity , an d ',.;eg a . ,, not admit a proof on such an-award without f. -- tv erfr nation; he did not know whether the abseil.° ar dor from a form, or whether it was erroneous—t hi° the face of it appeared to be erroneous. ost The SOLICITOR to the assignees said it was a et!!1 traordinary form, and was po rhitps framed t t e ,;, c t ee''; pleadings, as it was suggested that the ber". r 7,oi be charged with the amount received as sgetlf standing any illegal conduct on the part of the 1 1 13 4 P The proof was rejected, and the case lui P ar ,ol o the bankrupt to furnish further accounts, hl h e o —, efe r ; - being treble the amount of his profits; he 1 1311 , - a lile t ' kept the usual books, and said-that he would ue show that the expenditure arose from losses. of The COMMISSIONER said a bankrupt was no'; fi - ;0 ; to justify himself on that account at the exate-1,4' it was a subject for inquiry when he applied f or tificate. BOW-STREET.—(THIS Tyilliam Button, a shoemaker, who had iicei manded from yesterday ,week upon a char c ,° and wounding Henry Fi gg i ns , " whereby 11 ,,, i5 endangered," was again brought b e f o r e Mr. Ja r - i 1) 6, ,, morning, and finally e xam i ne d, t h e wounded If so, far recovered as to b e a bl e to atten d and ' dente. r o k , He stated that on the day the off ence Was c r (Sunday week) he was so (hull that he tinctly remember the whole of what ec en- l e v0 e !: lodged with the prisoner, and when he caws'night, having been out the whole day, t e e) , f ri quarrel, which originated in play, and th 1 ,, be g ' i stabbed him andtan away. The landlord of came to see what was the matter, and met t he e r i p tll )r on the stairs. He brought him back and, policeman, and witness was taken to the holiPi t t. ptr The landlord of the house corroborated th e 13-t' of t tatement.• Policeman F 55 took, the . prisoner into cul t- 'clP`o found a shomaker's knife, which he now n lying under a chair. It was covered with I ;"% e i 111 1? the way to the station the prisoner said U! e , r 0 011 ,,,0 scoundrel right, and if he had had LnY would have shot him. He told 'the inspector , ge tc had given me the same provocation I would 1 0e ' you the same." Mr. Stephens, house , surgeon of King's Col',e7feittY) pital, deScribed the injuries received by the fi rs ' ob! 10, He had five wounds in the chest, one of whio h letl i) e o an inch deep. Another would entirely have,' ) , e ro c , had it not been stopped by the breast-bone. v t- it °- within the eighth of an i n ch of v it a l parts. ' 6.5 bd he 'vas likely to recover in a short time. boo 3e h itt The prisoner said that when Figgins earn' 0 100 said he would have a row, and attempted to pr o- a e c e, into a quo rrel. He (prisoner) was d e terrain,, e oO v i have any quarrel, but, after being knocked u,ot c 'i c ' t and after submitting to a great deal of abuse, 1 1 3, up the first thing that came to his 1 1 " happened to be the knife, to defend Lilt , t l , He *ould not have used the knife Lu Figgins was a much stronger man than ne;jorgedii prisoner is a very stroll man, Figgins is rathe Mr. JARDINE having' caused the eviden ce ol o prisoner's defence to be, taken down in the us Der, committed him for trial MARLBRO'-STREET.—(T HIS orol°':, John Jones was placed at the bar, this charged with being drunk and abusing the PPill vi and placing the life of his child ha danger, ' ll k fl 100-place, yesterday afternoon. v e il IV Constable C 42 said his attention was 11 lady, between three and four o'clock, to the v etjl e He was drunk, and pushed the people off the : l) ,, - e ,P II O offering to tight some of them; but at one ttidifi t p was about to cross the road, he said to the dit hand, "You young rase . ;ll, I'll shove yoU 1311 , il f j; ' buss.'" He gave the child a pith, hich j. s o threw threw him below Ihe wheel of the omnibus P ; the time. nstable A 143 corroborated the last vv", 4 '.fevo' said complaints had been made to him of the f fi , by two ladies successively. 50 The defendant, when a s ked what he had tO ' 4 using his boy, said, " tie is my only child." to 1 0 Mr. MALTBY ordered him to ) , , - 37 51., or go t for two months, for ill-using his A 9 I; Helen Moriarty, a married woman, Ava 3 Phi ce ; o . bar this morning, charged with stealing.- thi qe;s; of printed cotton from the shop of 13Y. Oxford-street. Mr. Humphreys produced a marked with a large ticket "Hoyle's pattern, it was his. It had been brought to his shoedlliseas° onoabut seven o'clock, by a; policeman. nb a Jo a chair at his shop doer half an hour before._dapt. George Saunders, 221 1), said he met the def' P o ; ! 1 ,1 Duke-street, Manchester-square, about 1,31 1 e l / 3 1 0 carrying something heavy in her a pron, 911 70je d fr p above it. The Constable suspected her, and Led. b et bundle, which contained the piece of print pre,ivel l j"l answer to his questiOns, she said a woman hen id "obtp piece of prin t;ecl_ the cotton in a shop down the road, but e e t - iovi‘ h efi' what shop. As be saw the ticket still on it ' e o ic/ to th'e station-hous:e; but on the way t h e re she were three gown piec e s in it, and s h e had 110 0 them, and at the station-hoarse she said she /33 t the for th g e oods. • I •The defendant Was committed to take her trial Clerkenwell sessions. 0 ,0 LAMBETH-STREET.—(T I= v 410 grin John Pile, a stalwart countryman from charged by the driver of cab No. 1,501, wi t ' t yl tendered bad money i n p a y me nt of his fare- ,/ Richard Mason, the driver, stated that 1 1 0 00 5 0 1 the prisoner from the tunnel at liotherhithe W he re p ee l hill, and that on arriving at their destinuti °li d a Wed to pay the fate of 55., and ulti ma t e ly tender e r rieo medal, in place of a sovereign, on whic.h he Cl rt. pe , to the station. eris ° On an inquiry by the MAGISTRATE, the .4 1 ,c1e, ° plied, with the utmost simplicity, that he witv;ll l /' London in search of work on Sunday t ztternoo l t Toe fe' his pocket, 2/. of which had been dissipated bY 0 11, lb° when he went to the. Thames Tunnel, wb er to , " mained till all the boats were gone. He thel l a oh f ilf cab to Brixton-hill, and on putting his 10 oeo, coat pocket, found to his great surpriso t hat li e os go P a few halfpence, instead of several shi.ilirig% t he be applied to his watch-pocket, where he' k e r o te which he had received in c h ange for a i• n to 40 morning, and tende re d what he thougn l si t " sovereign. He had been drinking and WO _if e ; Conscious of what h a d b ecome of his money'. I . r The charge was dis m i sse d, t h e p r isoner 1 1,i a respectable reference, on the un d e rstandil ; z l fare and the, cabman's time should be paid. THE LATE FORGERY AT 1011' RE-EXAMINATION OF CAPT. RICK iP t) MANSION-HOUSE.—(THIS 03 10,he This being the day appointed for the re -f ' fop of Captain William Richardson, late cbai rr SlOC:ipg Tenbury, Worcester, and Ludlow Railvoi ab h ° ; o and who is at present ,a prisoner, charged O ir tt ° altered a cheque, drawn by the company ° "."„tiog t bank for 101., to a sum of 5,0001., and apPoP ri le d proceeds to his own uses, the court was croir'',oo;°l; early hour. Captain Richardson arrived alth e house, from the Compter Prison, at a qut er ! ) to' . ;o l I and soon after 12 o'clock (the morning c ase- ,qhc co r d been disposed of by Mr. Alderman Wils °1 ;'010 Y t ts attended al hour earlier for that purpose) 0 ti Mayor entered, accompanied by. Mr. Alcier illil t oo and Mr. Alderman Wilson, and took s eg ti' bench. th ° 'OO It will be remembered by our reacigra th t 7',/ott r soner had drawn a cheque'on Coutts' haDk cli gto:, messenger of Mr. Howells (a person Stock Exchange), which, after receiving his rc pt v. ture as chairman cf the company, was the n o rl e of the directors for their names, and al tervv ,hee," turned to the prisoner. The amount in ,p / was ascertained had been altered to 5000 1 . , 7 - 0 0 0. 4 '0 0 ' was paid in five notes at Coutts's ; and the P r i:o3l) ° , few days after got 3,000 in gold at the Bal' ° „ ti e. for some of the notes received upon the chel tot prisoner was soon afterwards apprehende' tb` l forgery. A u ete u r, Mr. 13ashe, of Bushe and Mullin's cc be ; and Mr. Clarkson, with ' gr. Y i- per tbe tbe office of Mr. Flowers, attended for the priOterecl At half-past twelve Captain Richardso n en bar. He looked very confident. to ol ip Mr. Skinner, 138 Dover-street, said he W as c Wexford, Waterford, and Wicklow RailwaY, - ,„ e ssv to Richardson i 3 a director of that railway. Vii"oiag him since. October last. He remembered ';tith the Bank of England for hit t ' 0 0 DO I note for. a thousand pounds. Tha t e only note for such a n amount 36 gone with in the month o f J u ly. At the "" - ti e eti ° :jteo ceived that not e , hi s ( w it ne s s ' s ) na me was o' l re eel oe t He believed that t h e no t e produced was th en t t e ed r it e from Captain Riclaard n . Witness was direeeigos.eee, it changed, receiving 500 in notes and 500 sov e f c oarroe went to the Bank of England and got it °Son i rj Ile delivered th a t amoun t to Captain Ri char ti e board-room, No. 3, Exchange -building s. . tb° Mr. Frederick Willi am Cruse, clerk l a st 0 11 o te office, Bank of' England—He rememb ered A 0111 s d of coining to him and getting a thousanuj o , in changed, he receiving 5001. in notes and 00 1 reigns. MA George Brown, clerk At the-14•nao —3l