The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-29 00:00:00

B RITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE OFFICES, 37, N'ew Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London. LIFE COMPANY. In first five years ,120 Life Policies were issued for 553,3031., the annual premiums on which were 32,876/. 17s. sd. The deaths con sumed five per cent. only ofpremiums. After laying aside adequate funds for liabilities tender policies, a bonus was declared, averaging in present cash value nearly one-fourth of the premiums received. During 1852 Life Policies for 173,2511. have been issued, being an ex cess over 1851, of 67,376/. FIRE SOCIETY. Is first four ye ars 6,766 Policies for 2,724,1201. were issued. Losses have not exceeded 4.5 per cont. of premiums. The return in cash to members aeounted to one-eighth of premiums received. During 18 , 52 Fire - licles for 623,0931. hale been issued, being an excess over 1351 of 132,031/. The expenses of these ()flees are lower thin almost any other office, combining the pure mutual principle with every modern im provement in the assurance system. Persons assuring their lives in 1852 participate in the next division of profits. W. S. GOVER, Actuary and Secretary. - ROYAL HIGHLAND SCHOOL SOCIETY. PtruoN—The QUEEN, VIEZ-PAThoN—LI.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT. A SERMON will I;;YeliveTed in Aid of the Funds of this Charity, by the Rev. ALEX. FLETCHER, D.D., in Finsbury Chapel, Fins bury-circus, on SUNDAY, October 17, at Eleven A. 31. The ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will be celebrated In Free mason's Hall, Great Queen-street, on SATURDAY, May 14, 1353, on which occasion Sir ARCHIBALD ALISON, Bart., LL.D., F.R.S., &c., will preside, wren it is confidently anticipated that the Hon. Baronet will be numuronsly supported by the literati of the Metro- Poas, and also by the patrons and friends of this venerable institu tion. CHARLES M ACKIE, Secretary. 34, Sidmonth-street, Regent-square. CAUTION. TO TRADESMEN, MERCHANTS, SHIPPERS, OUTFIT TE/a, &c. WHEREAS, it has lately come to my knowledge that some unprincipled person or persons have for some time past been imposing upon the public, by selling to the trade and others, a spurious article, under the name of BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK: This is to give notice, that I am the Original and Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer of the said Article, and do not employ any Traveller, or authorise any person to represent themselves as coming from my Establishment for the purpose of selling the said Ink. This Caution Is published by me to prevent further imposition upon the public and serious injury to myself. E. R. BOND, Sole Executrix and Widow of the late John Bond, 28, Long-lane, West Smithfield, London. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYM ARK ET. Xr. B: Webster, Sole Lessee and Manager. Old Brompton. The Last Week of the Adelphi Company. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated Adelphi Drama of JACK SHEP PARD. Jonathan Wild, Mr. S. Emery ; Owen Wood, Mr 0. Smith ; Jack Sheppard, Mrs. Keeley ; Blueskin, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Thames Darrell, Miss Ellen Chaplin ; Winnifred, Miss Laura Honey. To conclude with the new Drama, entitled THE WRITING ON THE WALL. Augustus Trotter, Esq, Mr. Wright ; Tobias, Mr. 0. Smith; Richard Oliver, Mr. Emery ; Bob Sraithers, Mr. P. Bedford; Lady Elton, Mrs. L. Murray; Margrette, Miss E. Chaplin ; Carlotta Smitherini, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, Will be presented (10th time) a new petite Comedy, call ed THE PRIMA DONNA. Princip and characters by Messrs. W Lacy, Addison, and Cathcart; Miss Robertson, d 3liss heat h (hes charac 10th appearance on a public stage). alter After which, THE CORSICAN BROTHSRS. Principal ters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, Ryder, Meadows, J. Vining, J. Chester ; Miss Phillips, Miss Robertson, Miss MarraY, and Xl' , C. Leclereq. To conclude with A ROL AND FOR AN OLIVER- 5. The Box-office is open daily fr om ll . ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPMITIIEATRE. Under the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal ma nes , Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Open Every Evening, with the Largest Equestrian ESta . _bli went tel the World. Sh to his patrons and the public, begs Most Gratifying Success ! Mr. Batty, in returning than ks to assure them that no expense or exertion will be spared in produc this ing novelties in order to sustain the high reputation Performances. The Establish ment has held over every other for Equ es t r i an daring feats of tho se wonderful artistes the Brothers Seigrist, elicit thunders of applause, and will be repeated every queosftri thean corps in their moat popu lar.well-known Clowns. evening, supported by the whole m ale and female Es acts, enliven ed b y the drolleri es The doors open at Half past Six o'clock; th e Performances commence at Seven. Half - price at Half-past Eight. h a dmlssion — Stalls, S. Dress Boxes, 4s. ; tipper Boxes, 39. Pit, 2 s. ; Gallery, 15. ; tipper Gallery, 6d. iickas to be had at the • .. Box-office from Eleven till Four daily. Stage Manager, Mr. Leclereq. PORTRAITS OF WELLINGTON AND SOULT ) WITH MEMOIRS AND FAC-SLIIILES OF THEIR HAND- WRITINGS. A PORTRAIT OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON TOGETHER WITH THE MOST SPLENDID LIKENESS OF SOU - LT EVER TAKEN, BY Tv Yoiv, FOR WHICH THE MARSHAL SAT SIX TIMES, IS THIS DAY PUBLISHED, AT THE SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, PRICE SIXPENCE. Sun Office, Sept. 28, 1852. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tara DIY —Morning 33 rain. after 2 I Evening 4S min. after 2 To-Mosaow—Morning 3 min. after 3 I Evening 19 min. after 3 THE WEATHER. — Svc► OFFICE, SEPT. 29. THERMOMETER, IN ruE SHADE. 57—highest since noon yesterday. 48—lowest this morning and during the night. 58—this day, at noon. The Barometer has been down to 29.04; it is now 29.31, and rising rapidly. Wmp S.W.—light breeze and cloudy, with occasional sunshine. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wird and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. _ . PLvasount —Wind N.W., strong breeze—heavy rain. POOLE--Wind N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HA3TINGSI—Wind E., gentle'breeze—rain. SOUTHAMPTON— Wind N.E., strong breeze—rain. FoLEEEroNa—Wind E., gentle breeze—rain. TuNnEaDoa—Wind S.W., calm—rain. GREENWICH—Wind N., gentle breeze—heavy rain. ?traoon—Wind N.E., gentle breeze—rain. Svramosr—Wind N., gentle breeze—rain. C" I BRIDGE—Wind N., gentle breeze—rain. ? 'moo _Wind S.E., gentle breeze—rain. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the wind and weather on Moaday morning at nine o'cl(;ck ISiumorGen—Wind N.W., gentle breeze—cloudless. Iratmotrrii—Wind N.E., calm—partially cloudy. LANcAsTER--.Wind W., calm—heavy rain. W turßT_Wind, m ls..;., strong breeze—rain. DA I.:LINGT9N NY Ind N. W., strong breeze—rain. y am _ Wind calra—„ in. j31,44,r,r0cg--,W Ind N., gentle breeze—overcast. At the Royal Observ• w7e , k Ureenwich, the mean height of the barometer i n th e daily reading was above 30 in, w aß , 2 , 9•873 in. The mean A ednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The mea o n n prev le o mperature of the week was 54'3°, the samo as in the the moan daily temperature wag , ri T week. On Tuesday 49?, which is 5.90 below the average of th e same (lay i n L was for the most part in t he south-west. u Years. The wind • i•-, A •-•- 0 k ..,•:, 4. ~ "•... , I ~,', .-• _.-14, „6. 4 * 7.- t`, t r7 P ( c - 4 , A .2, , ,2 .1%,5,';- , - • - ' r..". .' E j. - :!Plr 1 It ~, "Z,'''f - ,' - a‹:;_. 4,- .2) ' . • p. int _ _ - yam , LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1852 Nothing could be more happily illustrative of the commercial prosperity and political tranquillity which are the peculiar characteristics of the present age than the Speech from the Throne, delivered on the 20th inst., upon the inauguration of the Legislative Session of the States General by his Majesty the Ring of HOLLASD. Instead of allusions to war, or c ongratulations upon victory, there were references to the satisfactory appearance of foreign relations. " I receive," said the KING, in that stereotyped sentence of the reigning_ Sovereigns of Christendom, " constant marks of friendship and esteem from foreign Govern ments." Instead of an enumeration of territorial conquests, or a catalogue of prizes won in battle, there was a state ment in regard to the crops—the bloodless conquests of peac e an d th e gu il t l ess pr i zes of agriculture. "The favourable prospects relative to the harvests in the co l onies, " observed his Ma- JESTY, " have been completely realised. „ Instead of haughty comments upon the . 'lll)Jugation of neigh bouring principalities, there were felicitations upon the successful exchanges effected i n merchandise. " The results of the sales , mad , e duJing the p resen t year," remarked the Royal orator, ha ve been parti cularly favour a bl e ." Throughout the Wh o l e of the Address, indeed, there were evidences of th at same serene and humanizing spirit which has tend ed of late to forward so very materially the onward march of civilis a ti on . Th e preservat i on o f order in the various provi nces o f th e k i ngdom was intimated i n the passage which averred that " the execution of the provincial and commercial laws had made considerable progress in general," insomuch that the KING ad mitted that he found reason to exult in the " effica cious co-operation of the provincial states and the commercial administrations." The only allusion made throughout this i n t eresting Speech from the Throne to operations, or rather to projects of a warlike character, was one eminently indicative of those very peculiarities to which we have already re ferred as illustrative of the present age—the peculiari ties tending to enforce the maintenance of commercial prosperity and of political tranquillity. For it relates to the vindication of the principles of humanity and to the better stabilitation of the system of mercantile engagements. "On the invitation of a friendly , power," said his MAJESTY, in this portion of his Ad dress to the States General, " and in following out the track which was commenced in 1844, I have pro mised my good offices in favour of an attempt to obtain modifications in the system of exclusion hitherto maintained by the empire of Japan." Re collections are hereby agreeably revived of that generous enterprise upon which the United States of America—the " friendly power," implied by the King of HoLLAro—have recently resolved to adventure : an enterprise rendered inevitable at last by the sys tematic cruelties indulged in, almost "time out of mind," by the barbarous severity tolerated, perhaps we should more correctly say, directly authorised by the Japanese Government. From the infamous na ture of these cruelties, and from their lamentably frequent recurrence, it has become, at length, absolutely necessary for some one of the more civilized races of the world to in terfere with a strong arm and with in flexible determination. Upon no power in either hemisphere has the responsibility of this interposi tion mcre immediately devolved than upon the Re public of North America—seeing that the mariners of towards the United States have been snore repeatedly than any other navigators sufferers ' from the harshness displayed by the empire strangers indiscriminately, (MP °f4 tipo a n P th an ose towards such as have been accidentally driien inhospitable all shores by stress of weather , o r b y the calamities of actual shipwreck. It bahoved the Coun c il o f Wash ington, therefore, to adopt such measures as were best: calculated to prevent the repetition of atrocities think, so heinous, and, else w h ere we re j o i ce t a ltogether unp ara ll e l ed. Therefore it o was that the Republican Administration presided over by MILLARD FILLIC ORE resolved not long ago to send a warlike expediti on to Japan, capable of ex torting promises of future good conduct from the members of the Japanese Government. For the purpose of rendering this humane expedition in all essential respects more effectual, it will be observed, from the passage we have excerpted from the Royal Speech delivered to the States General on the 20th instant by the King of HOLLAND, that the democratic administrators at Washington have secured the co operation of at least one other of the maritime powers of Christendom. Under these auspices we doubt not for an instant that the expedition against Japan will prove eminently successful—as successful, indeed, as could by possibility be desired by the most devoted lovers of humanity and by the most earnest well wishers to the sacred interests of civilization. It is satisfactory, moreover, to observe from the Royal Address inaugurative of the Legislative Session of the States General that Holland has during the past year been spared the repetition of those calamities to which at one time she was unhappily becoming, in a really fearful manner, habituated. " Our dykes," said the KING, " have been wholly exempt from disas ters. This has enabled us to carry on the works of improvement, particularly those on the principal rivers, with the more energy and success." Another, and a very noble illustration of the fortunate results of the leisure consequent upon the continuance of peace among the European populations —one, moreover, which was subsequently enforced in its significance by the gratifying declaration of his LIAIESTY—" I witness with much interest the growing development of the spirit of enterprise among our people in agri culture, trade, and commerce, as well as in the mul tiplication of the modes of conveyance." Further on the King of HOLLAND had the gratification of asserting, and with perfect accuracy, " The measures adopted by my Government tend to encourage and strengthen this development." How far the on ward movement has already extended may be recognised by three remarkable declarations—firstly, that "the works for uniting Holland with the neighbouring states by means of railways and electric telegraph communication are prepared, and on the point of execution ;" secondly, that during the past twelve months "navigation and maritime constructions have been equally prosperous ;" and thirdly, and in some particulars, of all, the most important, that " the financial state of the country affords ample ground for satisfaction." Such are the principal features in that Speech from the Throne with which his Majesty the King of HOLLAND re cently inaugurated the new session of the Dutch Le gislature —a Speech which, as it was singularly in unison with the generality of those Royal Addresses which are eminently characteristic of an age of in dustrial toil and social tranquillity, so it happily closed, like the rest, with a touching recognition of the homage due to the ineffable supremacy of DIVINE PROVIDENCE. " May our united efforts to accomplish the task that still awaits us," said the KING, " Jbe crowned by the blessing of GOD !" We have com mented thus in detail upon the Royal Address de livered upon the 20th instant to the States General of Holland, because we have considered it to be sa tisfactory, not only as indicative of the prosperity and happiness enjoyed by that country in particular, but as peculiarly and very agreeably expressive of the prosperity and happiness pervading now-a-days the majority of the rest of the nations of Christendom. The committee appointed by the Admiralty to in quire into the suitableness and capabilities of the ports of Galway and the Shannon as a Transatlantic Packet Station, in connexion with a harbour of re fuge, have published their report, a copy of which will be found in another part of this day's impression. It is an important and apparently well-considered document, and carries it with the authority attached to the names of Captains BEECREY, SMITH, and CAFFIN. It is, however, much to be regretted that the investigation was so limited in its nature as to prevent the claims of Valentia, Berehaven, and even Cork Harbour from being taken into consideration—claims we cannot help thinking susperior to those discussed in the report, and which are not liable to the strong objec tions put forward by a majority of the committee to both Galway and the Shannon,"and which prevented them from feeling justified' "in recommending either of these ports as suitable to a service re- Wring the greatest regularity and dispatch, and , u nder the necess it y o f b e i ng run f or i n a ll weathers, uay and night." Se ' f ar aa it goes, and subject to the drawback above referred to, the decision is favourable to the Shannon, and gives a preference to Foynes rather than.Tarbert a s the position to be selected. We fully coincide in this opinion not merely on acco un t o f ay reqotinds m aired—forsa o more e n such the more m od erate outi the expenditure of a few t h orles a s p i o s in a t matter of comparatively t r i v i al importance, but chiefly en account of its advantages when the necessary works should be completed. . . The pecuniary part of the question simple. T o render Galway secure and suitable for a packet station, large and extensive works would b e re q ui red. These works, decreed essential by the committee, cow. , not be constructed under 227,6001., while the more com pl ete plan could not be carried out under double that B urn: Looking to every circumstance, the committee hav® come to the conclusion that at the lowest estim ate 230,0001. would be required, and that p 'ode endent of the extension of the railway from the present terminus to the pier, which would have to cross the stream from Lough Corrib, and would therefore require a heavy outlay. This, however, the company would probably undertake if the question were thereby to be decided in favour of Galway, and their line made the great trunk line for the passenger traffic between Europe:and America. On the other hand, Tarbert would require for pier and basin 75,0001., and for extension of railway—a single line to Limerick, to join the existing railway there, 137,0001., making a total of 212,000/,, for which, however, we would have 34 miles of railway additional. Foynes, again, Would only require the construction of a pier and small breakwater, costing 13,000/., and twenty.. four italics o f in ra il way, at an expense of 90 , 000/ ., ma ki ng a. 41030 0 0% less than half that required for either of the other ' • points. It i 3 also better sheltered than Tarbert, whi n ' afford h, h owever , b e i ng more extensive, would greater accommodation when the projected works, had been carried i n t o execu ti on. B ot h F oynes and Tarbert Would also have the advantage of pos sessing a cap ac i ou 8 basin at Limerick, adjoining the river, sufficiently aide and deep at its entrance to receive the class of packets required when needing re pair. This, of course, ie an element of considerable importance in the 04 1, 111 [Won, , Additional bight- THE SUN, LONDON, WED.NESDAY houses would be required either for Galway or tht Shannon, but as they would be desirable under any circumstances, they may for the present be eliminated from the equation. In point of situation—and that after all is the great question to be decided—the committee unani mously give a decided preference to the Sha nnon ; and they are justified in so doing by the arguments put forward in the report, to which we would earnestly invite the attention of all persons interested in the subject of more speedy communication with America. Nevertheless, as we have already stated, the claims of Valentia, the most westerly harbour of Europe, and shortest possible line of communication with America, have been disregarded. The report of the late lamented Commander 'WOLFE, after a careful survey of that port, shows how eminently suited it is fur the required purpose. It possesses " sufficient area of deep water for all the steamers in the navy." " The shelter from all points is not to be surpassed in any harbour, and the holding ground is of the best de scription —mud and sand." The narrowness of the entrance constitutes the only real difficulty, and that was not regarded by Com mander WoLFE as very formidable. He says, " al though in heavy north-west gales there will appear from outside a line of breakers across the en trance, yet a well-conditioned steamer may safely be carried through, and a good leading mark may be easily established, which may be fearlessly run upon. I have watched it in heavy weather, and never saw a continuous break. It is matter of doubt whe ther the passage of the Needles is not on the whole more difficult and intricate than this entrance." With respect to the railway accommodation, the line from Mallow to Killarney is now in course of construction, and will speedily be completed; and an Act has been obtained, and a company formed for the purpose of extending it to Valentia. Should it be considered advisable in any case for vessels to touch a westerly port, in order that important intelligence might be transmitted, Valentia would possess an incalculable superiority, as very little delay would be occasioned in pro ceeding to the ultimate port of destination. On this point the contest would certainly lie between Valentia, Berehaven, and Cork. We have no doubt that the matter will be fully discussed in Parliament, and it is of too much impor tance to the best interests of the nation to let local influence or jobbery prevail. Our only object is that the best and most suitable point should be selected — that the coveted prize should be bestowed on the most eligible claimant. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. The French mail had not arrived at the time of our going to press. 'We learn the following by electric telegraph : MM. TRIDAUD and JAPPY, the Ministerial candi dates, have been elected for the third and fourth cir cumscriptions of Paris, in place of CAVAIGNAC and CARNOT, resigned. CABIAS, the Ministerial candidate, is elected at Lyons. With regard to the system adopted in the construc tion of the infernal machine seized at Marseilles, we are informed that it resembles greatlythat made use:of in 1835, by FIESCIII, excepting that the number of cannons is more considerable, and consequently the effect would have been more terrible. FIESCHI'S machine had only a single range of can non. The present represents a parallelogram, the top of which has 26 cannon. Beneath and on either side are two compartments, in which are four rows of 12 cannon each, making 48 cannon for each compart ment. In the centre of the bottom there are two tromblons. All the cannon are about from 30 to 35 centimetres long. They are made in pasteboard, lined with metal. The compartments are strongly held together with screws. A sulphured match is so placed as to be able to let off all the cannons at the same time. Thus the explosion would be terrible and instantaneous. _ _ The theatrical censors have of late become un usually strict in Paris. A piece was to be acted for the first time at the Porte St. Martin Theatre yes terday, which has been so often altered by the censors that very little of the original work of the author re mains. The drama is called Richard 111., and the author is M. VICTOR SRGOCR. The principal objec tion made to the piece was that the character of the hero was drawn in too strong colours, and more espe cially that he was represented as too ambitious. The words tyran and usurpateur, which occurred in some of the scenes, were ordered to be struck out, and at the end of the piece the cry of "Vive la Rose blanche" was suppressed, as an expression which might be mis understood. The vintage has commenced in the south and in some of the vineyards on the Loire and in Cham pagne. The produce in Languedoc is regarded as of such bad quality that there is a pressing de mand for old wine, which has risen considerably. Old wines have risen full fifty per cent. in price within a month. At Angouleme, in the Charente, red wine is worth 40f. the two hectolitres. At Bcaugency it i 3 said that both the quantity and the quality of the wine is but middling. Letters from Bordeaux announce a general rise in the price of wine, with every appearance of a further advance, as it is feared that the vintage will be infe rior both as to quantity and quality. The consign ments of wine arriving at Bercy, which have been scarce for some time, were more numerous last week from Marseilles, Bordeaux, and Bayonne ; but the arrivals from Burgundy are rare. It is said that the wine-growers in that province have but a small stock remaining in their cellars, and that their demands are so exorbitant that they can find no buyers. There has been no change in the price of brandies. The speculators purchased so largely at the first announce ment of a bad vintage, that there is a considerable quantity on hand. The following article on the Belgian question ap pears in a Ministerial journal of Rouen : " Even when the relations between France and Bel gium had a decided character of intimacy and confi dence, the French Government never consented to allow its hands to be tied, by including coals in a commercial transaction. It was then perfectly natural that the Government of the Prince President of the Republic should reserve to itself the same liberty; and it had also good cause to feel astonishment that in demand ing a right which had been constantly refused it, Bel gium, iar from wishing to purchase it by certain con cessions, announced the intention of restricting, in an important point, that of woollens, the clauses of the preoeeding convention. On the whole, a charge the more for France, and an advantage the less—such were the conditions laid down by the Belgian Government for the prolongation, even temporary, of the system in vigour since 1845. Whatever was our desire to obtain that pro longation, we could not pay much a price for it, and the negotiations ended simply in the conclusion of a sepa rate arrangement for the suppression of piracy, which was made on the 22d of August last, in exchange for some reductions of duties on certain Belgian pro ductions. The situation was then as clear on one side as on the other. Belgium freely renounced the nego tiation of a new treaty, and we became free to consult, in the regulation of our tariffs, only the interest of oar industry. Now, since the cessation of the treaty those interests have been compromised, not only by the application of the common law, less favourable than the treaty, but on account of the privileges which certain manufactures enjoy in Belgium. The lowness of our tariff on coals, which wo should not'have modified with out grave reasons, constituted for our neighbours a po sitive advantage, which we only allowed them to enjoy because the treaty of 1845 afforded compensations which we no longer possess. In this state of things the French Government could not close its ear against the demands of national commerce, and refrain from providing means for re-establishing an equilibrium. These means consisted in the increase of the duty on the coals and cast iron of Belgium. Before having re course to this extremity, it had recourse to a last attempt at conciliation, and, without disguising from the Belgian Government the necessity under which a refusal would place it, proposed to it to carry into effect, purely and Sim PlY, the treaty of 1845 up to the Ist of January next, appea rs nmscu a r t t i e n d f gr from ayn our part the d and immediate resumption of negotiations for a defi nlt e arrangement. These overtures were rejected, how ever, and we sup pose that the increase every effort to lutione. Thi a • found ourselves forced to carry out our reso t i p s r r e e n s t u i l t t which woeu would sincerely s r t e a g k r e e t t ; o buti t t h h e e n s o t r a t t h e ee m ron en f t ro o en f sitri t ee h r o tiso facts that we made and f it duty on coal and cast-iron suddenaconstrain measure, indicating Government to submit to unacceptable conditions. In t h a t measure there is neither surprise nor menace; there is only the exercise of a right which it cannot have been seriously believed at Brussels that we were not g te ia n n ded to th e provisional Government, when it rejected entitled to use, and the consequen ces o f wh i ch wore certainly ted - calculated dpmand s whichby the onlyß el maintenance of a system inaugurated under a Govern ment which was certainly not suspected of malevolence towards Belgium. PARIS BOURSE, SEPT. 8 —Closin ri 2 . g p our- Three and-a-Half per Cents., 104 f. 35c.; per C ents ., 78f. 10c.; Bank of France, 2,835 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT•THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SErr. 28. Charleroi and Erquelines, 16—Dijon and Besancon, 3 Bladrae, Dutch Rhenish, 61/, —Luxembourg, e . Paris and Lyons, 22 Paris and Rouen, 34%—Paris an d s Strasbourg, 29%-Sambre — and Meuse, loi/i Wet Flan ders 4X. Sir Charles Lyell, the geologist, has arrived at St. .tricts John's, from England, for the purpcse of visiting the mi fling soil and of that province, and to ascertain the n ature 01 ' the geologicah carnations in the; eastern Part oAew Brtuaavf Wk. GERMANY. Th Emperor of AUSTRIA has commissioned the Minister of Finance to open a communication with Rome in order that Deg()tuitions May be immediately entered into between the Papal See and Austria for the conclusion of a concordat. The Weiner Zeitung announces that the sum of 25,000,000 of guilders from the new loan of 80,000,000 has been assigned to cover the deficit that will be occasioned by the withdrawing of paper cur rency to that amount on the 29th September, when 200,500,000 florins, partly in Exchequer-bills and partly in bills upon the Hungarian territorial income, will be publicly destroyed. That portion of the new loan which is to be assigned to railways is to be divided among the different Crown lands, and a due proportion given to those places where the works are already in progress. The ',Ay hach and Trieste line will accordingly be commenced early in the spring. The ratifications of the extradition treaty between Austria and the Netherlands have been exchanged. The journals mention the suicide, in prison, of the Nestor of German thieves, burglars, and swindlers, by name JOEL FRIEDBERG, who had attained the seventieth year of his age and the fiftieth of his pro fession, and after a most brilliant and successful career fell recently into the hands of justice, and Knowing that the remainder of his days must be passed at hard labour, ended them with a " bare bodkin." This man, who carried on his depredations )n an extensive scale, from Posen and Breslau to Dologne and Frankfort, was implicated (according ;o the notes inscribed in his journals and ledgers) in almost all the great burglaries, robberies at railway stations, and so forth, that have been perpetrated in recent times; and by aid of disguises, and in con nexion with his co-religionists, the Hebrew receivers in various towns, long succeeded in baffling all at tempts at detection or capture. It was this man who, among other feats, picked Dr. HOLLAND'S pocket of six of Corrrs's 101. circular notes, at the Cologne station, and Was detected in attempting to sell them as his legal property to Messrs. OPPENHEIM, the Frankfort. T. bankers, of BELGIUM. The KING will not open the Chambers in person, for which reason there will be no Speech from the Throne. The Ministry, however, so far from de termining by this to deprive the Chamber of the opportunity of signifying its confidence, or want of confidence, has determined to bring the vote of con fidence to an immediate decision, and clearly to define their position to the Opposition, or rather to the Chamber- of Deputies, by making the reelection of the me m b er f or B russels, M. VOILHAEGEN, as Pre sident, a Cabinet question. M. VOILHAEGEN has been selected by t h e Mi n i stry to b r i ng the Ca bi net ques tion to a settlement, because he has been regarded Cabinet, by the o p pos i t i on as the organ of the policy of the ITALY. The POPE visited Porto d'Anzio on the 16th, where, after receiving the authorities, he inspected two steamers intended for the navigation of the Tiber; one of them commanded by a Pontifical officer, and the other by Captain OLIVIER, of the French nnavy.HiS HOLIN ESS embarked on the for me r w ith his suite, and, escorted by the other, enjoyed a ulster short trip at sea. On his return, he visited a new church, under construction by his orders, to which a Franciscan convent is to be added in course of time. His HOLINESS observing some miserable huts on the ancient promontory of Antium, directed the Pro•Mi the of Finance to erect convenient houses there for population, which is constantly on the increase. The POPE afterwards admitted Prince BOEGIIESE and Prince ALDOPEANDINI, who had come to pay their re spects to him, to his table, after which he returned to Castel Gandolfo. On the following day his HoLINEss proceeded to visit the bridge of Aricia, which is now being built between Rome and Albano, one of the most remarkable constructions erected under his pontificate. His HOLINESS then proceeded to the church of Aricia, where he admitted the magistracy and several persons of distinction to th e h onou r o f kissing his foot, after which he returned to Castel Gandolfo on foot. RUSSIA. The Emperor . of Russie left St. Petersburgh on the 14th to make a journey in the interior of the empire. The Grand Dukes NICHOLAS and MICHAEL set out the day before to precede his Majesty. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR. (THIS DAY.) A common hall of the livery of London was held this morning, in Guildhall, for the purpose of electing an alderman to serve as Lord Mayor in the ensuing year. Previous to the holding of the hall, the Corporation at tended Divine service in St. Lowrance Jury Church, and at the close of the service a sermon was preached by the Rev. James Edwards. rector of Barningham, Suffolk, and chaplain to the Lord Mayor, taking his text from ht Kings, chap. 43, "And Solomon slept with his fathers, and Rehoboam reigned in his stead." On the return of the Corporation from church, tho Lord Mayor took the chair, and the business of the day was immediately proceeded with. _ . _ The RECORDER explained the object of the meeting, and called upon the Liverymen immediately to proceed to the nomination of two citizens, from whom the Court of Aldermen could elect the chief magistrate of the City for the year ensuing. The names of the aldermen who have not passed the chair were then rend over by the Town Clerk, Sergeant Mereweatber, as follows :—Alderman Challis, Alderman Sidney, Alderman Moon, Alderman Salmons, Alderman Finnis, Alderman Lawrence, Alderman Carden, and Alderman Cubitt. Each name was afterwards put to the vote, and at the close of that formalit•,r the Sheriffs, Messrs. Carter and Croll, declared the show of hands to be in favour of Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman and Butcher, and Thcmas Sidney, Esq., Alderman and Grocer. Alder man Wire's name was not put in nomination, as that gentleman had not filled the off ca of sheriff. The LORD MAYOR them retired, and after a brief absence ho returned with the intelligence that the elec tion of the Court of Aldermen had fallen on Alderman Challis, an announcement that was received with loud cheers. The LORD MAYOR elect acknowledged the compli ment which had been paid to him, and promised to sus tain the dignity, and faithfully and impartially to per form the duties of the high and important office which he had been called upon to fill. A vote of thanks was then passed to the late Sheriffs, who also returned thanks, and the proceedings of the hall terminated. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. --(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 29.—Wind at noon S.W., light breeze and cloudy. A timber laden schooner, with rails gone, lower mast standing, end the sea making passed by th e I n t re pid on h er ou t war d a clear breach ,SEPT. 28.—1 t is bl ow i ng a h eav y ga l e f rom Liverpool. T O o v ny er aEg h Ae e L r f:ro w in m the S.W., with every appearanc, of a dirty night.— Arrd. from the River and aid. St. George, Port Philip; India, China. OFF DUNGENESS.—HeIene, New Orleans, for Bremen. RONNE (BoaNnoLst), SEPT. 20.—The Josina mina, of Harlingen, was stranded hero in a gale yester day; crew saved. COWES, SEPT. 28.—Wind S. to S.E.—Arrd. Sidon, Callao. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 28.—Wind N.N.E., fresh breezes.— Arrd. Caribbean, Singapore, with damage ; Scido, Aux Cayes f or Antwerp ; Emma Lo u i sa , Rio J ane i ro; Famelier, Porto Rico. OFF SClLLY—Adelaide, Tobago ' • Ella Akyab, for Bremen ; Apropos, Porto Rico, for llamburgh_; Mari anne, Port au Prince ; Despeque de Beerig, Pernam buco. BRISTOL, SEPT. 28.—Wind E.—Arrd. Valant, New Orleans ; Coquette, St. John's, N.B. SUNDERLAND, SEPT. 28 .—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Arve, Quebec. HULL, SEPT. 28.—Wind Harmonie, Quebec. Std. Vesta, East Indies. FISIIGUARD, SEPT. 28.—The report of the damage sustained by the Lady Newborough, and th e Eli za b e th, Thewhich formerwere in ha d several contact on Battsth e 2 l started,s t instant, was incorrect. &c., and quarter stove, and the latter lost bulwarks and stancheon o . WATERFORD, SEPT. 27.—Wind E.S.E. to E.N.E. Mountaineer s a t n e d am N e . r N , . s W t. . To S hn l ls . N lr e m w o e r n n Z n 3 s , wiok . Savannah; MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY The show of Enlish Wheat here to-day, coastwise, and by land-carriage, was very small. For most ki n d s we had a steady, though by no means active, inquiry, and late rates were well supported. For forward de livery scarcely any transactions took place. Rather over 7,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat have arrived since Saturday. Really fine samples sold to a fair extent at full quotations; but other kinds met a dull inquiry. Th e arrivals of floating cargoes have increased. Most kinds of Barley were in very moderate supply and fair inquiry, at late rates. No change in Malt. We had an improved sale for both English and Foreign Oats. Fine heavy parcels were the turn higher. Beans, Peas, and Flour wero quite as dear as on Monday. dERIVALti WEEK. Wheat. English ...... Barley. Dlalt. i Oats. /lour : Qrs, Qrs. Qrs. '793 910 1,830 Qrs. Sacks, 80 1,520 5,970 10,910 1,220 sks L 2,260 bls Foreign ...• .. 7,230 BOROUGII HOP miiR.JECET. The supply of now Hops being very extens i ve, the de mand is in a sluggish state, at Monday's prices, Duty 2 45,0001. to 250,0001. WEITECIZAPMX.: Our market is heavy, and the quotations have a down ward tendency:--Beet', from 2s to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 4d to 4s; Veal, 2s 101 to 3i 10d; Pork, 2s 10d to 3g Ind per Sibs by the carcase. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICH, SEPT. 28, Captain Taylor's troop of Royal Horse Artillery have been placed under orders to hold themselves in readiness to march on the 4th of October for Canterbury, where the troop is to ba gaticavd. EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1852. THE SHARE MARKETS. Railways. Nominal Prices. 13XLITISIC RILIZI77BYIII. Business done to-dap. Aberdeen 1001. paid! Amb., Not., Bost. & E. June. Bir., Wolv., and Stour Valley . all pd. Birk., Lan., .& Ch. Jet., late 331.62.8 d., 28/. pd. Ditto, Chest. & Birk., 501. & 251. Cons., all pd. Ditto, ditto ... 18 1 4 pd. Brist. & Exet., 1004 pd. Caledonian ...1001. pd. Chest. & Holyh., all pd. Cork & Bandon, all pd Dub. & Belf. Jct. 451. pd. Dundlk & Ennis., all pd. Dundee,Perth, & Aber deen June. Ditto, New all pd. East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & D.) all pd. Do (18/. E. & 11)all pd. East. Counties all pd. Eastern Union, class A, late E. I T shrs., all pd. Do. do. do. 6/. pd. Do., do., B. & C., all pd. East Lancashire ...all p E. & W. India Docks and Bir. Junc., all pd Edinb. & Glas.,lool. pd Edin.,Per.& Dun. 100/. Glas. & S.-West., 100/.p Great Northn., 100/. pd Do. %s. A Stk., 100/. p Do. :4 B Stock,loo/. p Gt. S. & W. held., all p Great Westn., 1001. pd Lane. & Carlisle, all pd Do.Thirds,lll.l3.4 pd Lane. & York., 1001. pd Do., Fifths —13% pd Do.,W.Rid. Un. 11%p Leeds Northern, all pd Liv.Crsby & Sthpt. all p Lond. & Blackw., all pd Lon.,Brig.& S. Ct.loo p Lon. & N.West.,lool. p Do. Fifths l2l. pd Do. 10/.,111 &B (c) 1/p Lon. & S.-West 1001. p Do. New 501., 42% pd Do. New 401—.34/. pd Lon. & Enniskil., all pd Man. Bus. & Mat. all p l Man. Shot. & Lin.,loolp Do. Manch. & Lincoln Union 41.25. pd Midland 1001. pd Do. Bir. & Derby 100/. Mid. Gt. Wt. (Ire.) 47% Do. % Shares, 17% pd Newcas. & Carl. all pd Newmarket lOOl. pd Newport, Abergaven., and Hereford ...121 pd Newry & Ennisk. 7% p Norfolk lOO/. pd Do. New 201.... 201. p North. Coun.Un. 3 %pd North British „JOU p Nth. Devon, N0.1,13/.p Do., No. 2 6% pd Do., % A, def....a1l pd Do., % B, guar. 51. pd North Stafford. 17% p North-Western...all pd N. & S.-W. June. 8% p 0xf.,W0r.,&W.,100/. p Scottish Central 100/. p Scottish Midld., 100/. p Shrews. & B ir. 1004 Do. do. Shrew. & Her 81. p Shrewsbu. and Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) all pd Do. Halves all pd Do. Oswestry all pd Shrop. Union _6% pd, Do. A,B,C,&Dfiilly pd. up at per cent.... South Devon all pd South-Eastern 1001. pd South Wales all pd South Yorkshire and River Dun 15/. pd Do. Do. 51. pd Stir!. & Dunferm. all p Stock. & Har. 16/2s. 3d. Taff Vale 126/. pd Thames Haven Dock and Railway ...10/. pd Vale of Neath...l7/. pd Waterfd. & Milk. all pd Waterfd. & Lim. all pd West Cornwall 13/. pd West London ...all pd Yk., New. & Bar. 100/.p Do. & New. Ex. 20/. p Do. G.N.E.purc. 101. p York & N. Mid.loo/.pd PREFE Aberdeen all pd Do. No. 2, 7 per ct. all Bris. & Ex., 4 p. ct. Stk Do. 4 p. c. Shares, 5/. pd Caledonian, 10/. 100/ p Ches. & llolyhd. all pd Cork and Bandon, 5% per cent. 11 / 4 p Dundee, Per., & Aberd. Junction all pd E. Ang.(B/ 10s)6 p c. all Do. (Si.) 7 per ct. all p Do. (7/ 17s) 7 p. c. 2 p Eastern Counties Ex., sp. c., No. 1 all pd Do. No. 2 all pd Do. New 6 p. c. Stk. all Eastern Union Scrip, Guar. 6 per ct....a1l p Do. 10/. Deb. Sh. all p East Lancashire, 6 per' ct. Quar. Shrs. all pd East & West Yorkshire, Junction, sths all pd Edin., Per. & Dun. 5;41 1 per cent. all pd Was. & S.W. gua 5 P.C. Gt. North. 5 p. c 100 pd' Do. 5 p c. red. sc 100 p Great South. & West. (Ireland) Bthe all pd Gt. West. (Berko & H. Ex. 5 per cent.) .6 pd Gt.W. fixed 4% 100/. p Lancashire and York shire, F. 201. 6/. pd Do. 6 p. c. Stk. 1001. p Leeds Northern, 6 per cent. No. 1 13/. pd Do. Qrs., 1848 ...9/. pd London & Brig. guar. 5 per cent. ...100/. pd Do. Pr. 5 p c. Stk. 100/. Do. Con. 5 p c,1852 all Do. N.Gr. 6 p c 1001. p Lou. & N.-W. (Coy. & Nunet.) 5 p. c.lOOl. pd Ln. & S.W. Co.3ds. Si. p Lon. & En. % Sb. all p Man., Sheff., & Linen. Qr. Sh., No. 1...a1l pd Do. New, 161....a1l pd Do. 6/. 3/. pd Maryport and Carlisle, 4 per cent all pd Do., 4% per ct. p Mid. Con. 6 p c St. 100/. Do. Con. Bris. & Bir., 6 per cent.... 1001. pd Do. Erewash Val. all p Do. Leic. &Swanning. 8 per c. Guar. 1001. p Do. Pref., 4t p.c. 5/. p Norfolk Exten... all pd Do. Gr. 5% p ct. all p Do. W.Val. 5 p.c. all p North British 100/. pd North Stafford all pd Oxf. Wor. & Wol., 15/. 6 per cent...loo/. pd Ditto ditto ... Si. pd Shrews. & Bir. N.G. all Shrews. & Ches. (N.W. Min.) 8 per c all pd Do. 5 per cent. 101 pd South Devon all pd Do. New 1 1 / 4 pd St.-Est. (Reading ©n-; nuities)...l/. Os. 6d pd Do., 4% p c 100/. p Sth. York. 4p c gd. all Stock. & Hart. gd. 5 p c until July 1,1856, all p Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Si. pd York, New. & Bar. all p Do. Do 51. pd York & N. Midland H. and S. Purch. 10/. pd LINES LEASE AT rxzED RENTAL Railway& - Leasing Nominal Prices. Business Com panies. to-day. Bdf. & Bitch., all p;Lon.& NAV Bir.& Oxf., gua. alliGt. Westn. 29% 30% Do. without, all p , Do. Bir.Wolv. & Dud., guar all pd Do. Do. without all pi Do. Buckinghasll all RI Lon. &N.W Clydsdale Jc., all p'Caledonian 51 —53 E. Lin., gua. 6 per cent 100/.pd Gt. Northn. 151 153 Gloucest. & Dean Forest all pd Gt. Westrn. 32 —33 Hartlepl. Dk. & Yk.New. Railw. -.all pd 1 &Berw. J ••• ••• Hull & Selby, all p Yk. &N M 113 —ll5 Do. Halves., all p Do. Do. Quarts., all p Do. Leeds & Brdf., all p Midland ilo7 109 Lon. & Grenw., all S. Eastern 13% 14% Do. Fref....all pd Do. Lowestoft., gua. 4 per cent...all pd Norfolk - 19% Do. 6 p. et., all p Do. Middle , kbe & Red car, 6p. c., all p Stktn &Dar ... N. & E., sp. c., all E. Counties 63 —65 Do. 6p. ct., all p Do. Do. F. 5 p.c. all pd Do. Prestn. &Wyre, f L.& N.W ••• all paid t &La. &Y ••• Ditto, Halves, A, 100/. pd Do. Roy. & Hit.,loo/.p Gt. Northn 149 161 Do. Shep. Ex., all Do. Shf. Rth. & Goole, 5 p. c., 18.11.6 p Lan. & Yks S. Staffdsh., 9% p MrArCleanl 3% Wear Val. 6 p all Stckt& Dar! 30 —3l Ditto ditto, all pi DO. wii&agliboaZ 1004 W i v4tialo4 Railways. FOREIGN. Cent. France (0.V.) all Charl. & Erquel all pd Demerara all pd Dijon & Besancon, 2 pd Dutch Rhenish...B/. pd East Indian all pd Gt. Indian Perrin. all p Grnd. June. of Fra. 4 pd Louv. a la Sambre 7% Luxembourg l4l. pd Do. (Railway) 10/. pd Do pd Do. (Canal) 2 1 %, pd Lyons & Avignon, 5 pd Madras 9 . pd Maria Antonia 27 IA pd Do. New Namur & Liege all pd Do. ex int all pd North. of France, all pd Do. 201.3 p. c. Bds, all p Orleans & Bor 111. pd Paris & Lyons 1 0/. pd, Do. Bonds Paris & Orleans all pd Paris & Rouen ...all pd Paris & Stras. ...all pd Paris, Caen, and Cher bourg 4 pd Rouen & pd Sambre & Meuse all pd St. Andrew's & Quebec (A) 4/. pd Tours & Nantes 171. pd West Flanders all pd West. of France 6/. pd Agua Fria all pd Anglo-Californian, all p Asturian 15/. p, Australasian 2/. pd Australian 5/. pd Austr. Freehold all pd Ave Maria all pd Brit. Austr. Gold all pd British Iron 13/. ss. p Braz. Im. (is. 5 p) 24 1 ,E Do. Coca. & Cui. all p Do. St. Joh. del R. 151. Carson's Creek all pd Cobre Copper ...401. pd Colonial Gold 11 pd Copiapo 14/ pd Eng. & Aust. Cop. all p General all pd Gold Mountain all pd Grd. Duch. Baden, all p Great Polgooth all pd Lake Bathurst all pd Liberty pd Lon. & Cal. Glcl Quartz Crushing Com all pd all pd Mexi. & S. Amer. 91. p New Granada all pd Nouveau Monde, all pd Port Philip all pd Quartz Rock all pd Santiago de Cuba 10% South Australian, all pd Tin Croft 7l. pd United Mexican all pd West Mariposa all pd Tuba 1 paid 30INT. Australasia all pd Brit. Nth. Amer. all pd Colonial 25/. pd Cora. of London 20/. pd London Chart. Bank of Australia Lon. & County 20/. pd London Jt. Stk. 10/. pd Lon. & Westm. 20/. pd Nat. Prov. Eng. 35/. pd Do. New lO/. pd Nat. of Ireland 22 4 p Orient. Bk. Corp. all pd Prov. of Ireland 25/ pd. Do. New all pd Roy. Aust. Bkg. & Gold' Importing Corn. Ipd Union of Austral. all pd Do. New 2IA pd, Union of London 10/. p Union of Madrid all NI Nomine 1 PriceN I Bus;nesi done to-day. i• :.ft'i, 1 1 4 1 1 / 2 p 2 1 / 2 1 1 / 2 dis. 8 p 2 2 , A p I% 1 p - 4 74 3 - 11L- 1% -1% 4,i,- 5 p 2543- 2%3P - 9 2 - 3 74 - 7 3 / 4 5 1 %, - 6 1 4 28 -28 1 A 13% - 14% 12% -12 1 A p 57 -59 35 -36 29 - 293/i 2%- 2 3 / p 16 - 16 1 ,i 9 3 4 - 10% . 3A .. —-- ... die. 4 5 5 3 / 4 6 p. MINES. % % P Par Y 4 P l I%P 3 % 1y % 1 / 1 dis. y l I ,i die. % dis. 6 - 7 ••• '''. ••• 1 4 dis. par 44 —46 % %p ••• ---- ••• y s 3i dis. Y 4 dis. par y 4 dis. par 13A 2 p 1 ,4 % dis. 1 / 1 3 A P 3A-14dis. %dis. p 5 % dis. % 3 / 4 p - 5 ,;3 p - Adis. 11 —l2 %dig. % p 12 —l3 74 %dis. par 9a P 169 , 8 'A 22 , E 10%%s 12 12 12% Austral. Roy. Mail, 4 p Canada 32% pd. Copper Miners of Eng land . . all pd Do. Preference, 7% pd Crystal Palace ... 5 pd Eastern Steam...2s. pd Elect. Tel eg. Ireland 1p Gen. Stm. Nay. 14/. pd Gen. Screw Steam Ship ping Company...so/. p Irish Beetroot Sug. 2i p Penin. & Or. St. all pd Do. Do. ...151. pd Royal Mail Stm. 60/. pd Universal Emigration and Colonization, 21. p 7 3 4 8 -STOCIL mamas. 56 1 ,i 57 % 58 57 —59 15 16% 29 —3O 4 - 5 ••• ••••• 18 19% 32 - 33 1 ,4 44 -46 18 3 4 20 38 —39 s.d 46 y, - 47 16 7 7 8 17% 1 -1% 49% -50% 6 -6% 17 -18 ;CEX.I.A.NEOV 3 - 4 50 -51 30 -301 A ... - ... 4 3 - 51,4 3Ye Vs iii,i =26% 2 - 85 - 86% 35% - 36 1 ,i 78 -80 86 1 4 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were estimated at from 8,000 to 9,000 bales, of which 2,500 American were taken on speculation. The market closed firmly, and, es compared with Friday's rates, American at sd. to 51d. were up. Other kinds were also higher. The sales comprised 6,500 American, 1,500 Egyptian, at 6d. to I Id., and 200 Surat, at 3:ld. to 44d. per lb.—Railway Shares continue dull at lower prices. The many new companies that are being brought be fore the public present different c l a i ms for support; some fair, others doubtful. Banks, established on a sound basis, with an adequate and not excessive capital at the outset, but yet with the power of calling for increased subscriptions, must act as a powerful lever in our colonies. Judiciously ma naged they bring out the latent resources of the different possessions, and stimulate pro duction. At the outset, however, it is inex pedient to have too largo a capital paid up, for this necessarily it ads the managers to the precipitate ex tension of business, and to consequent risk. By a libe ral, yet firm course, the mostsevere periods of commercial reaction may be happily got through. The Colonial Bank is probably the most striking recent example of this, having lost enormously by the revulsion in the West Indies, and 'yet by dint of extreme vigilance, by cessation of dividends, and with the support of a handsome reserve fund, the lost capital has been to a great extent restored, and with the experience so dearly bought the Bank may henceforth enjoy a comparatively prosperous career. The now Australian banks may probably answer well, but it should be rather by the extension of monetary facilities in fresh channels than by unwholesome com petition with the existing institutions. In the common course, Australia, grown suddenly rich, must need larger banking accommodation, but she wants no lavish advances to her settlers in the titan of their ease, to be withdrawn upon the day of pressure. It is not many years since that sheep, cattle, and wool were driven up to enormous prices, and imports were extraordinarily increased from England, until the memorable Australian panic ensued, that brought down the price of lice stock to a ruinously low point, forcing the owners to boil down their stock for the sake of the tallow, and beggaring men who for years had believed themselves to be men of substance. This trying ordeal at length got through, though a weary time it has been for Australia, we are now lighting upon a new era, and it will depend upon the policy of the banks whether they enhance or retard the prosperity of the colonists. We have seen already one or two important banks started upon British capital run aground or dragged through the mire of our ohancery courts. First in im portance will be the duty of keeping up an adequate supply of coin, and offering convenient arrangements for the transmission of bullion, nor will even the establish ment of local mints altogether relieve the banks from this task. What has been done in South Australia should teach us the importance of adaptation to circum stances, and it is surprising, in the face of such practical evidence, to hear objections started to the course pursued at Adelaide, in stamping gold ingots to pass current there at 31. 1 ls. per ounce. If it could be shown that gold was not worth 31. Us., or if there were no mother country with a fixed standard, open as a last resource, we could understand the cavilling. What is now predicted by some, concerning the probable future embarrassment of South Australia, because she is buying gold beyond the value it may hereafter command, would apply correctly enough to England, which has no neighbour so simple as to relieve it at even 31. 18s., of the metal for which it has allowed without the slightest re ference to supply or demand, the unvarying price of 3/. 17s. lOid. When we alter our standard, then will be time for the Government at Adelaide to lower its terms. The projected Bank of India requires a passing notice now we aro treating upon an analogous subject. India is a country which suffers frequently from temporary fluctuations in the exchanges, and large shipments of silver have alternately to bo made from this side or the other, while the demand upon the llon. East India Company for bills alternately flags or rises is a ratio anything but satisfactory to steady-going men of business. If n now bank can assist in this respect it will be really a boon, and it has au especial field among population. principal The value of Bills of Exchange upon the 90 Continental cities was enhanced yesterday. Paris,l2 of to days, was taken at 25 47i- to 52i, Amsterdam liamburgh 13 8i to 9-1, and Trieste the native 11 42 to 4.have Public Securities aro quiet but firmer, that have been some money purchases in Consols r 100 to h are up the price to 100,i ; just now, however, are 0(4 1. the nearer values. For Account the pricesaad India Bonds Exchequer-bills of March bring %o a s t . ' lll to 111 i. 87s. premium. South Sea Stock and there seat and a 6g_s is r .0 freely Mexican b utBG Bonds c e saad are brought to mar -1 12i an D eForeign BendaStocks have have E o d n o u r l ket, and have receded to d The Turkish 9 1 premium. Peruvian Loan has improved to 9/ Deferred have rallied to 64 and 25 to a nd some Railway Shares are i I. T t better, i e t s is others ja d i i tl e y' v:orse, according to the course a ke s: l as ta ken. Generally they tend up that speculation W e stern suffer by Mr. Glyn's resigna :nFrench shares are rising, and Belgian are higher. Upper Gold lndiaxtins are premium. wards. o North aro steady, but not bri s k. United Mex i ca n much the same , Chartered Batik of Australia ee aro Ivor. 26 to 26% G%-6% 10% -103 i 8 7d. 20 —2l 4 3 dis. 100 102 43 43% 20 —2l 14 1 4 15% 5 d. 7 - 8 - 4'4 3% - 3 % 11 -11,4 8 -8% G - 6 18 - 18,A, 57 -59 69 -71 24 -25 74 —76 40 —42 'll4 —ll6 46 —47 95% 96% 82 —B4 10 —ll p 84%-8n 3% — 3 5 4 s 3 —2% die. 18% 19 8 -8 104 - 105 119 - 120 2 3 A —3% p Iy 4 131 p 87% 88% 6% 5 1 4 dis. 5 i,i 5.- di3. 16% 17% 3 —3% 30% 81% sy, —2% dis. 76 —77 42 —44 ••• --- ••• 47 -49 B% 3 die. 1% —2% - 45 9% —9% dig. 30 -31 7 —6% dis. ••• --- ••• 2y,, -2% 1 -IA die. 4 3 % 4 1 ,i di'. • . - ••• 4 1 /4 - 5 %P. 47% - 48% 80 -82 55% - 56% 68 -72 .di 2 —1 % e. 20% 2114 10% 10 3 4 1514 1634 3,4 2% d. . . ... dis. 20 —2l 71% 72 1 4 40 4014 14% 15% par 4 p ••• - ••• 169 - 171 2%- 2 1 / 4 12% - 13% 6% - 6 1 / 4 21 -22 10 - IIIA 66% 67% 8% 8 dis. 2% 234 di& 49 —5O INENCE if 1' E 107 102 - 105 18 -19 Adis.— %p 6 - 6 S -3% 3% -3% 1% 1 7 / 8 p 1% lja p 14% 14% io% —17% 8%- 9 3 -3% 9 -9% %- 1p 107 - 109 %dis. %p 150 153 69 x.d 95%4 x.d Pm 83% % 9 iii 119 118% 147 A 87;4 88 76% % 3%- 4 p 13 -14 9 -10 11 3 4 - 12 S AI - ' A P %dig. % p -vis.— X P 148 - 150 par % p 22 —23 5% 6 1% 2 94 —96 2n 2n p ••• ........ ••• 11% --113, 17% - 18% I. -1% p 15 -16 'Adis. par - 26 ... •- ••• 19 -20 :,ti % dia. 102 104 5 —5% X- % P 67 11% ys 12 4 y a 1233 13 71% 72i x.d 40 Ql7-411TER TO THE. ennaois ,„ 100 h Ditto Account, Oct. 13 ... 100 810.116.11 FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC IC (From the Official List.) per Cent. Consols Anne. —lOO l / 8 1 4 I°3 I incvshdosi,lasnp,B,fe for rrn C :uAd e si n clucl t son. Account Annuities r la.o. 0,01. ....... 1 8 2 77 South Sea Stock "1 M 4) 111 100% 1,000/. 5001. B77l:oorer,h. 777000 (Tt6.:;7:116rp. -- Small DEICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCIL Grenada 114 per Cent ••• ...... •• -- Do. Ex Dec. Coupons 1849... • 22 , ,i Ditto Deferred M- c ,can Bonds, 1846, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account reruvian Bonds, 1849, 6 per Cent. Do. Deferred 3 Cent. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 96 Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent. . T'ividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2 1 ,<,, per Cent., 12 Guil - ~, Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 99],i " HOP IN TELLIGEN CE. MAIDSTONE...-411 some grounds th e p c leared ickers hav© ofi the poles ; already been discharged, the hops having b een but, generally speaking, hoppinq may be expected to last to the middle of next week. So far as we have yet heard, accounts seem gen The quant it y eral l y favour !tale, both as regards yield and qua lit y , is certainly equal to—in some places perbaP s ex. ceeds—the original expectation of the planter ; in quality th 2 hops are very good. The average be tting is from 255,000/. to 260,000/. ; whilst ma n y p ersona have been heard to express an o p inion that the duty will be still higher. No doubt can be entertainede that it will be, under any circumstances, if not th highest that has ever yet been paid —at least, hers of Irish hoppers passed through second only to any previous year. Great nom Ellis. on Sunday, on their way home from Farleigh, they i were paid off on Saturday, from Air. Ellis. Mr. Green, of Boxley, has also, we understand, finished his picking. Y' THE WEALD.—A large quantity of ground boo been cleared, notwithstanding that the picking boa and in such fine Maidstone been retarded by the late rains. We have no reason to alter our opinion of the crop, which must be t r. usually heavy, the flower being so free from disease last week we have had rather foggy nights, and a hot sun during the day has changed their colour a little, and rendered it very desirable to secure the re.. aromatic condition. Poring the mainder of the crop as soon as possible. W hope the planter will not be too prec tate in forcing his growth on the market ; if he does, a glut will ensue, which will cause nun at dutY ral depreciation of their value. cause f the pays 50,000/. or 60,000/. more than the consuroption, we must not forget that when hops are so well gro.in as they are this year, and prices reasonable, an intom ent is held out for the speculator to come ,_ the market ; and if he does he will soon tale f the surplus over and above the consumption. In s a Y ing r present il attainable prices ; we are only thus much, we are not disposed to quarrel with Oa. te planter, by judiciously supplying the markets should render the present quotations permanent ; ° every one knows that, if the supply is made to pre.. ponderate over the demand, the buyer has the a d van .. Cage on his side. CANTEABURY.—The hop• picking is progressing ~ every way satisfactorily, and in many instances Yilli extend over a much longer period than was expected desirous that some . are producing beautiful samples. The. la t . though it has been rendered very un beavy ra i ns have not perceivably injured the hey! the p i c k ers . Somo heavy growths will be produced from this nveeirgyhbouhood, such as 311.. Hammond's (Petham), H. Cooper, Esq. (Canter bury), C. Marten, Esq. (Chilharn), Messrs. Neon . (Selling), V. Carter's (Blean, who has fifty acres,al has every as man y tons) , ,a n a appearance of growing several others. The duty will reach 260,000/. _`,.* not more, as the late picked hops weigh solacewel. Sa.ru,_.° very unpleasant proceedings have taken p on ti?L'_ part of the Excise, relative to the growers in the pleasant tor neighbourhood using the City arms on their thepocket —which would never have been noticed but for interference of some, most probably interested, bust' body. B OUGHTON MoecnEesee.—The picking. 1 e ; 4 'a full operation. The quality for which this parish bas.e.os long been famed will be kept up by the year, as the present crop promises to be of first-r te quality. This parish can, as usual, boast of 50 m but the crop very splendid growths of Geldings, does not exceed the planters' expectations--illaidston Journal. planters To --------------- , Retail CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.--( 20 miles open) of Traffic for the week ending Sept. 25, 1852 :-... 3 11 £l2l Passengers, parcels, &c. '~3l 15 ° Merchandise, cattle, &c.... £152 18 11 Total "' ... ... Corresponding week in 18 5 1 ( 10 miles oPell) '--,- I 34 ld Passengers, parcels, &c. .. ••• o 6 3 Merchandise, cattle, &c. ... ••• .___.----- .. £35 1 4 Total •. NEWMARKET RI-tevs (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEG' Handicap• Cuckoo filly Molasses ••• •.• Match—Exeter beat Herbert. m Match—Gossip reeived from Torent. c ST. LEGER.—Stockwell is said to be 3 certain starter, Hobble Noble arrived this morning. LI *VI) VbftttfOn+ ➢latch—Hesperas beat Lapidist. The Two Yrs old Triennial Stakes. Pelion ... Scandal Eight ran. FRIGHTFUL m4-f,..-- IGHTFUL DEATII.—NOTTINGHAhI, Mol l-- to A shocking accident occurred in this town a few days ag,e ; , e. a young girl named Ann Hoe, of Barton, Nottingliamsifes, It appea r s that the deceased kept the house of Mr. J?i , .' i t, silversmith. Bottle-lane, tiottingham• On Thursday' ibliir, about 11 o'clock, while her master was from home, slie e ' the r fortunately set tire to her clothes. There being 1:10 -tree-t person in the house, the poor creature rushed into the rod for assistance completely enveloped in flames, whi ell f tut considerably above her head. The shrieks of the un 9 ~, nate girl, together with the darkness of the night a nd tiiv. lateness of the hour, alarmed the neighbourhood, but it w . s not until she went into an adjoining street covered withw her she s u ter flames that any assistance could be rendered her. She . a! , as speedily as possible taken to the General Hospital, Li i to lingered ings until Friday night, when death put an e W nd e FOR A FIT OF PASSIoN.--Walk out in the Opetll, air. You may speak your mind to the wind, without bar ing any one, or proclaiming yourself to be a simpleton. d con - The last files of the Sydney Morning Reral tain accounts of a new propeller invented by Sir Tho u l Mitchell, the Surveyor-General of New South Wales, a excitediris of which in a small steamer at that port had just ,s great interest. It is called the Bomerang propeller, and 2 ,1 constructed on the principle of the weapon of that narne lie'_„ by the natives to kill game. Although the experiment Icaf only on a small and imperfect scale, a speed of 12 knots an , hour against ahead-wind is stated to have been obtaineti, The instrument is described to combine great strength a.u. simplicity, while it has also the advantage that its motiou in the water causes but a comparatively slight agitation, se_ that it is capable of being adapted to canal Sionboatsas well 35 to other vessels. At the conclusion of the trial h Mitchell expressed his conviction " that the weap of the nation mathematically of the true form by which alone, ort earliest inhabitants of Australia has now led to the deferral' the screw principle, high speed on water can be obtained." " Wily DON'T YOU SPEAR. OrlT !"—FTOIII the ifil possibility of making our present Ministers say what thel mean—or even, what they do not mean—the observation that was once made by Talleyrand of a celebrated nobody', may with equal point 1313 turned round upon thern--,, deg Messieurs out un grand talent pour le silenee."—Punch . which various tradesmen P SIR FITZEtaY NELIX AND EXCLUSIVE DEALING, —There is a tale current in the town which, if true, &ha! not reflect much credit on the Solicitor-General. It MAY '''' remembered that some time since the Learned Gentle Mari purchased the C haurqry, near might have " a stake in the county." The mansion required : „.....-or .ere d oing, rather they u swic h a r i e n now order d 0 tif)::t D 0 for we hear that they h ave 'allr relied so violently among themselves that withdrawn his men. But the brick.„oo we were about to say that sv 3 time since a competent plasterer after time a first-rate hand we was required, and with C. ' sellout testimonials. __ went to the mansion armed t hey wanted ; but, just Ile was found to be the very WI tti o . as the bargain being line' agent of Sir Fitzroy is was c musto ot tell me what is honest fell your colour—are you 'Whig or Tory i'' ' t ile agent is ow immediateiy said, " Whig." 'Whereupon lino your s tated does serv i ces,not belong for we have strict orders to employ no one ; $5 'elong to the Tory party." The plast erer oils in straightway bowed from the mansion, and we trust ere„,., plying?psw. his craft profitably upon non-Political We" ./ tch Express. MONEY Part . MARKET.—The quotation of gold at ~ich, is about 1 per mule prem. (according to the new tariff ), V 1 f f o r at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10Id. per ounce e ,. standard gold, gives an exchange of 25.19 i.; and th e lio ce change at Paris on London at short being 250 , it in f.° , , in that gold is about 0.42 per cent. dearer in London " t 3 ~„i ti Paris. By advises from Hamburgh the price oft ct'of is about 430 per mark, which, at the English Mint P o ge 31. 17s. 10d. per ounce for standard gold, gives ao exe d % A t of 13.71 ; and the exchange at Ilainburgh on Lon . 11 ,0 t. short being 13.e.i', it follows that gold is about 0.35 P„„iige dearer in Hamburgh than in London. The course of excullot i. ., at New York on London for bills at 60 daYs' p ' a ' 110 per per c ent., and the par of exchange between 11: 0 2; t iie and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows Plod, exchange is nominally 0.80 per cent. in favour of ale And, after making allowance for charges of transport go present rate leaves a tritliDg pro fit 0 tto igaportAtia 9 swot gig Wis 94 §tfikti"! L 1 ••• 2 ''' t ‘2, 44% 20% 3% 11% 6 18'A 3O 47% 81 69t4 48% *7 . tot 241 12, tr o l►o do