The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-17 00:00:00

MORNING SUN MONEY and COM vIEUCIAL NEWS CITY. THURSDAY EVENING. The co ni - nercial truiu uatiau.l uy the Cu mbia naLice t'oe Fcvalence of considerable fluctuation the Te.i Market there. One writer observes that many o the buyers are yet perplexed as to the court hey should adopt. It is well understood that the stock on nand will be unequal to the consumption from hence to the month of May, 1842 ; and the high rates in thu American market present no iniluceinont to those who have hitheyto relied upon contraband supplies. The orders transmitted from hence in the spring to England for purchase, have, if executed, -been atsuchligh prices that no reduction can be:expected from that cause. The present selling price :nay be stated at 3s. 2d. to 3s. 2d. for Twankay, and 33. 4d. for young Hyson ; the stock of the lattqt in this market is very limited." The seasOn in Canada was evidently rapidly drawing to a close, Since the sank Part * remark'S :—'• 'There are few vessels'loading in this p(ift;and the freights offering are exceedingly limited. The actual quantity of produce available for shipment is not only tri!ling in amount, but Confined to a fate holders; and - deals at 141. a 141. los. are reluctantly purehased upon Stilpg 'Account." The Funds closed rather flatly. l'ecl'S irpose being expected tO-night, Most parties were indisposed to per Chase. Consols closed at 80i-to for Money, and at 893 to 90 for Account. Exchequer Bills were 12s. to 14s. remium, And, Bank Stock for th e opening was at 170, tug rnther'lwer. The F9rei t.pi Market was quiescent. Active Spanish 13onds realrAd : 2_2i, to Portuguese New 301, 'Chilian 69 i, and B t ilt:Cli'Tifb-And-a- Half per Cents., at 511 to 51-Z-. LiteT Ralt o 4'gliii:gi'did nut rally from the slight di - Pression of VPetar l 9 f• .-• r irciircu ,(Frozn Thci- 'Sim of last Night.) l ' lv EßlPtOtTetfratiitiltinKET, SEPT. 15.—The mar k turet to-dari4l ished - by any particular fea e. Tiio 411160 qtre . n.voo, hates, wholly to the trade. The pricesksfrtiday retnitin unchanged. LIVERPOOL SHARE AIAUKET, 15.—Only two transactions hatteetliiione at th6'goae of the Stock Ex change thin d ay 4 -BtAtkal( and Prti.,n 19 ; Grand Junc tion, 201. - • ' . „ MANCHES TER have have had 184 itittl'itxcHANGE, SEPT. 15. —We "very little actual busini•ss doing- to day, and cannOt reportin' i Vern en tin prices : —Bi rmi ng ham and Gloucestei?"s9nlP.M Midland And Biriningban:2l-1; cheater Gc:utities, 75:4; Man- London - and Brigh-t0n,454. There are no later arrivals to-day. from any quarter. York Advi °es ;from Ri o • de Jane i ro o f J u l y 16, v i a N ew ace h ave - . been rece i ve d , on w hi c h d ay D on P e d ro, rheipe y mpanied b y a l arge process i on, marched i nto Ri o. w p arator to his being cr o wned Emperor of Brazil, h was to take place on th e 18th. The s tr e ets of Ri o wer e decorated with garlands, and the city was illtunis nated on-lthe 16th. Consols, opened at 89:I for Money, and 94 for the A ccount;. Exchequer Bills 12 14 prem. Spanish Active Stock, 22 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., are 3q, and the Threes 184. The Dutch Mail has just arrived with the papers of Zesterday's date. The Five der Cents. arc 101, and the 4 0-and-a-Half 51;,. The meeting of the Proprietors of the Bank o f Eng land has just closed, and the dividend declared is the s ame as that of the last, being 34 per cent. on the half- Y ea r ending thd 10th proximo. The affairs of the Cor Poration z Appear to be progressing satisfactorily, as the dividend is made out of the profit, leaving a surplus of 7 , 7 25/. tot. be carried to the rest, which is now 2,862,0661. The English. Stock Market has gone flat since the openin g l ')VAinsOls are now 898 for Money, and 90 for the — A ccount ; Exchequer Bills continue firm, at 12 14 rem. ; Bank Stock, 170 ; India Stock, 246 ; India nds, 4 preim Not much business doing in the Foreign Market. Spanish-. Active Stock has advanced to 224 ; Deferred, ; DUtch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 514 ; Ditto, . I re per Cents., 1024. The Share Market still continues flat. Great Western, New, are 544 ; Ditto, Fifths, VI- 8 ; London and Brighton, 45i ; London and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, -2 0 . The meeting at the Bank of England to-day gave rise ; 0 a few remarks as to the discount business carried on 0 3' the Corporation, and which seem to deserve remark. In the first place there has been added to the rest 7,72:1,..after the payment of the interest of 3-.1 per cent. purely out of the profits, and this shows an improvement. The Rest itself is 2 : 8 62,000/., being 72,0001. below what it stood at ac erding to the quarterly . averzwe made up to August 17. In this:case, however, some allowance would have to be made for_ the subtraction of the .dividend, if we were n ot told by . the Governor that nothing has been taken from the rest .to make it up. The only , way in which we can account for this seeming ano loaly is from the circumstance of the Quarterly return of the weekly averages not furnishing proper data as to the ainounts at any giVen time, - whereas probably the Governor gave it as for-to-day. The failure of several private banks has thrown more business. into the Bank of England. As to . obtaining any information upon the general management of the Bank of England no one expects such a thing at these quarterly meetings of congratulation and dividend voting, and any Proprietor who has the temerity to propose, an inquiry is sure to be over ruled. Unfor tunately many a Joint-Stock Bank and Company sets a bud example to the Bank in this respect, to the injury alike of the public and the Shareholders. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Eink Stock ... India Stock ....246 3 per Cent Red. — Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons B9l Ditto Old Annuities ... ,i— -per Cent Red - Ditto New Annuities... Sew 3 per Cent 9Bl 'E x . Bill s, 1 ,000 /....2.1d 14 pm New 5 per Cent — ; Ditto 500/ l4 pru Long Annuities toexpire \ Ditt Small l4 Jan. 1860 . .. Bank Stock for 0pg....170 Oct 1859 lndia Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... 1091 Portuguese, 5 per cent. eolgi.in, 5 per cent 102- Ditto, New Ditto — trazilian 80nd5.... — Prussian, 5 per cent — Bueno s Ayres,6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent ll2l Ghilian, h per cent Ditto, Metallic... Ditto, b per cent - -ISpanish, 5 per cent 224 Otto, 1824. — Ditto, Deferred .. 11 Danish, 3 - per cent.— 80 French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 18:6, 5 per cent. Exchange —f. —c, Mexican, 5 per cent.... IFrench, 3 per cent —f. —c Pitto, 6 per cent, 1605, ~ Dutch, 21 per cent. ... 51 1 1 Peruvian, 18•'5, 6 per ct. !Ditto, 5 per cent.......... 1021 SHARES Bristol and Exeter (60 paid) . Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid)...... Great Western Railway (65 paid) 74 Ditto New Shares (50 paid 541 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 454 London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 101 Ditto New Shares ( paid) 41 16s 8d London and Birmingham (90) ......... ... Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l3l, North Midland Railway (100 paid) Ditto Thirds (10 paid) THE FIRE IN PICCADILLY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Siit—At the time the fire broke out in Piccadilly I Vas 'standing in the Green Park, more that half-way on the road running from Hyde Park-corner to the opposite corner running into St. James's Park. I was noticing the lights at many of the windows in Piccadilly, parti cularly observin g th e hi g h es t an d on ly w i n d ow i n that house haVing any light, and appearing different from any others. At that instant the light rapidly increased, and la less than a minute the flames burst through the root. went to the ,tails of `the Park, opposite the fire, where had a li;ood view, and, . concluded- the fire must have originated in the highest room in the house, as I could se e no lights at either of the other windows lower down till after the fire had raged_ at the top.. of the house for B ° l- ne time (about eight or ten minutes). I think it my duty' to give this information. W. M. S PORTING 'INTELLIGENCE. ••: DONCASTER RACES,--WznNEsnar. What with the sales, the settling, and the conference be.. twee t s the gentlemen and the Corporation, for the purpose of placing the races on a better footing, the visitors were kept in full employment until after two o'clock ; indeed many did not reachs.the eourse until long after that hour, the insignificant character of the entries having folio(' to excite the slightest Fossihe intei est. The sales are given below, and of the set tling it is only necessary to state that it was light in amount, but slow in its.progres,,, yet on the who"e favourable Scott's party, of course, were the principal winners, and the majuriiy of the professitmals won a little ; but we heard of no great attkes.won or 10-t, very few hiving had the hardihood to bet i either on or against the favourite. Nothing was said to ndi -I:Ate that the rare had been run otherwise than on the square, I Quttnany kielaimed - against the folly of throwing a ny so , 'liable a. prize merely for want of adequate preparat ion ; ro `, we believe, . doubts that had Coronation gone direct to ` i t i tteaster, and been kept in regular work, he could not have lost. the adjourned meeting at the Club Rooth was attended by alliedesame parties who wire resent on Tuesday, when it w_a e s. on the par:. of the Deputation, that at a meeting of t h e ," c rk Poration it had been resolved to place the sum of 5001. at 'qedi.po,al of the Stewards, in addition to t.".e sum of 200 "guineas to.the Cop • and independent of the town sub,cription, I h eY were then informed, ' that provided the sum of 1,0001., , I !eluding the Town and Innkeepers' Plates, was placed at the Zllsosal of a Racing Committee, the noblemen and gentlemen w ere gto continue their support to the races, but not °Plervrivwillin. As the Deputation ti,d not feel justified in agree .l",_l3 to thes e terms w ith ou t t a ki ng th e sense o f t h e C orporat i on , `"!' meeting was broken up, with the undo, standing that a Written answer should be sent to the Stewards un Thursday 146 trting. ; A meeting of the Corporation was held this evening, when resolved that the sum of 1,000/. should be pl ced at the sPosal of a Racing Committee, for the next yea rs races. It ; h " too much to expect therefere that the Noblemen and entlernen will we all their influence to fill the stases, and ge nerally i mprove t h e c h aracter of t h e meet i ng. 'he foll ow i ng i s a more comp l e t e li st of t h e f as hi onables Present on Tuesday than we were enabled to coilect at the e Duke and Duchess of Cleveland; Marquises -of West-' Normanby, Waterford, and Titchfield; Marls Fitz m, Sp encer , iicarboreugh, and Danvers ; Lords Hawke. C is entinck, Lyttleton, Macdonald, Beaumont, John Eitz ro y, o Fitzroy, Kelburne, Milton, Galway ; Count Aur es p etg 1..,..n0t Hahn, Baron Maltzahn, .Vi,cuuutess Galway; L a d ies e , „‘" .°9l 4',Armytae e "Milbanke, L. Cator and Kaye ; Sirs W. B. Ailn ' er, C. Ibbet4in, J. Kaye, J. z-helley, M. Feu d: Clifto n , G. Armytage, T. Sykes, G. Strickland, J.sillor• Whiehcote J. Whichester, T. W .White, C. Monck, Baird, C . E. Kent, and J. Nelthorpe ; lions. G. Anson., ;Aptain Spencer, Watson, 11. Forester, G. S. Byng, G. Fitz ,ond y , •C. M. Sutton, N. Nugent, T. 0. Powlett, R. Howard, Paulett; Admiral and Mrs. Irby; Colonels Fullarton, r altfurd, Synge, Cradock, Firman, liancox, Creyke, h"nlF ,?rh, Broadhead, Rornby, and Shubrick ; Majors Tempest, t a -i ewe, Elmsell, marl Yarburgh ; Captains Corbett, Dyson, Gresset, Sarek Rip on , e .'fi Higgins, Fairlie, Alexander, &c. &c. Ibtet,on; Eamsden, Lute the Foal Stakes of ITiaTi::;-;. -- eaith, h ft ; for three yrs old colts and fillies; • Mile and a half. -.(6 Subs.) Lid We s t m i ns ter' s Van Amburgh ... walked over. 4-4 ,l:or:caster Stakes of 10 10T3, each, with CA) aided; for three yrs old and upwar.ts. Two miles. (7 subs.) ( ) He's rtee's-wiug, aged., • ........ walked over. The Selling Stakes of 10 sovs. each, v ith 39 a'd , The win rim- to be sold for 2001. &e. St. Leger-Course.- 19 Subs.) Mr. Edison's the Recorder, 5 yrs, Bst. 71b (Scott) 1 Duke of f. leveland's 4 txton, 3 yrs, Est. 121 b Sir It. Bulkeley's Sluing-bee:od Jack, 4 yrs, Bst ...... ..... 3 The followi.,g also stated, Lut were nut placed :—Mr. O,ba'deston's Currycomb, 4 yrs, Bst ; Mr. Harrison's Oak Branch, 4 yrs, Bst ; Mr. Haywood's Mr. Whippy, 3 yrs, 6st 1:21b ; Mr. \Vilkins's Clem-o-the. Clough, 5 yrs Bst 71b. Betting-6 to 4 agd Recorder, and 3to 1 agst Spring heeled Jack. The favourite made all the running, and won cleverly by three parts of a length ; he wa , e!a;med. The Corporatiun Pia e f 301. ; the second to receive 9 gu!neas. Two Mile Heats. Mr. Hese bin The Shadow,s yrs, Bst 21b ( lleseltine) .1 I Mr. Osbaldeston's Currycomb, 4 yri, 7st 12,b Won in a canter. CUP BETTING. 2 to I on Bee's-w:ng. It is thought that nest her of will run. DERBY 7 to 2 agst Scott's lot 22 to 1 agst llobertde Gorham 22 to 1 agst Wiseacre 22 to I agst Brother to Phoenix 25 to 1 agst Attila 25 to 1 agst Auckland 25 to 1 agst Hester colt 27 to 1 agst Artful Dodger The Scott's horses or The Squire 3ETTING. :30 to 1 agst Lord Holderness 30 to 1 agst William de For i- bus 35 to 1 agst Robin 35 to 1 agst Barrier 40 to 1 agst Seahorse 50 to 1 agst Perdita—taken 50 to 1 agst Device—taken following horses were sold previous to the races : Gs. Ch yearling colt by Jereed, out of Liberty 5O i 1 yearling c by '1 he Mole, out of Teresa (in the Derby, 1842) B yearling c by Memnon, Junior, out of Shoehorn 66 Ch yearling c by Memnon, Juriiiir, out of Manilla B yearling c by Jereed, out of Gannymede ... ... 76 B yearling filly by Jereed, out of Abigail 39 B yeai:brg f by Liverpool, out of Wild Rose (it, the Oaks, 1842) Br colt, 2 yrs Old, by Muley Moloch, out of Manila (in the Derby and St. Leger, 1842) B c, 2 yrs, by Liverpool, out of Teresa (in the Derby, 1842) Velocipede's clam, by Junirer, d by Sorcerer Francesca, by Partisan, and Miss Letty's dam, by Orville 190 Velocity, sister to Velocipede n Copere, by Velocipede Emineh, by Sultan, out of Velocipede's dam 2OO Gipsy, by Tramp, out of Calypso's dam .. ... 3OO CI, yearlirig colt !,), Velocipede, out of Guerilon 125 B yearling c by Sheet. Anchor, out of Lady Fulfind B yearling e. by Shcet Anchor, out of Forget-Me-Not .., . - . (Derby, 1543) ... Bk yearling c by Sheet Anchor, out of Lillah (in the Derby, 1843) B yearling eby Sheet Anchor, out of Valencia (in'the Derby, 1843) B7 Br yearling fby Sheet anchor, out of Medea ' 33 B yearling c by Langar, out Of Emigrant's dam (in the ' Derlay, 1843) • 250 B yearling filly, by Langar, out of Barcelona ' 42 Br yearling Iby Jereed, out of Gazelle • • 25 Dolphin. by Priam, 5 yrs Mermaid, by Whalebone, out of Miss Emma 175 11 yearling c•by Liverpool, out of Lady Berners Partheon, a bay yeal hog c by Jerred (in the Derby and Great Stakes at Hippodrome, 1843) .. 5OO Prizefighter, a ch yearling c, by Gladiator (in the Derby, 1843) Napier, aeh yearling e, by Gladiator (in . Derby, 1843) 300 Abraham Newland, by Malelt, abed is LEICESTER RACES—WEnt.Esna Y. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Thrice round. Mr. Alilner's Humphrey, 6 yrs, lOst 0 1 Duke of Rutland's The Genius, 4 yrs, 9st Ilb Mr. Wildman's b m Hero, 5 yrs., 9st 91b After the dead heat the favourite was beaten by a neck. . The Belvoir Stakes of 5 sovs.'ench, with 20 added by the Duke of Rutland for hunters. Heats, twice round (9 Subs. ) Mr. Clarke's bm, by Confederate, 4 yrs, 1 Ist 31b 5 1 I Mr. Butler's The Flyer, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b Mr. Miller's Wide-awake. 4 yrs, lOst I:db ... Mr. Owsley's Balugani, 5 yrs, 1 Ist 71b Mr. Berrington's Lucy, 4 yrs, 10st 121 b Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each and 50 added. Heats twice round. (4 Subs.) Mr. Key's Mariaiva, 4 yrs, Bst 811) Mr. Booth's Benjamin, 4 yrs, 85t 101 b Mr. Milner's Humphrey, 6 yrs, 9st llb ISLE OF THANET ( M ARGATE) RACES—WEDNESDAY The Stakes of 3 sous. each, with 40 added. The win. ner to be sold for 130/. Two mile heats. (f) Subs.) Mr. Shackle's Cantle, 4 yrs, Sst 41b .. (Butler) 1 I Mr. Clifton's Whalebone, aged, 9st.3lb . • A good race. The winner was claimed. The Ramsgate Plate of 50/., the winner to be sold for 150/., Sze., 2 mile heats. _ _ _ Mr. Doekerav's Munchausen, 6 yrs, 9st 31b (Butler) 1 1 IVIr. Hornsby's Revoke, 5 yrs, 9st 7lb Alr. Wood's Baronet (late Wenderton) 5 yrs, Sst 91b 5 3 Mr. Simmond's Ophelia, 5 yrs, Bst 9:b Mr. Clifton's Whalebone, aged, 9st 1011) CHARTIST MEETING. Last evening a meeting of the advocates of the People's Charter was held at the Montpelier Tavern, Camberwell. The Chair was taken at eight o'clock, when Mr. F. O'CosNort rose, and, after some preliminary observations, said it was now time tor the people to know their friends from their enemies. Ile had said that the Whigs were devils. The Tories were devils in hell. It was possible to meet a good devil out of hell, but impos sible to meet one in it. One of those gentry goes down to Dorchester, where the Whigs had ma nifested their tender mercies to the labourers ; but a Tory was returned without opposition. It would nut be right to tell Sir James Graham that he lied, but he should tell him that he laboured under a mistake.—(Laughter.) What reason did the Right . , Hon. Baronet assign to the DorcheSter labourers for his defection from the Whigs ? Why, that they were grant ing Mr. O'Connell such a degree of power as was likely to prove injurious to the Church of Ire' i t.nd ; and yet. there was now a part and parcel of the Administration of Peel—of Peel who, in the year 1835, said he was in clined to trench more, in the ratio of one-fifth, on the Church teinporalities in Ireland than Earl Grey. did. The receipt and disposal of money and place in the hands of the ruling power in this country was enormous, and he thought he . could see the Whigs' chops watering when they saw Peel disposing of the pa tronak,re. But there was what was called a Constitutional opposition in the House of Commons. He thanked God the days had gone by when empty sounds could induce the country to submit patiently to suffering and starva tion. There was Russell, and Macauley, and Buller, who formed a portion of this Constitutional opposition. He could easily forgive Mr. Macauley, for his remark made in Edinburgh, that he (Mr. Macauley) would sooner submit to the despotism of the Czar of Russia than to him (Mr. O'Connor), but when Mr. Macauley saw the might of the people he would be one of the first to announce the hour had arrived for granting the six points of the People's Charter. Mr. Buller, he had no doubt, would follow in his wake, and then, thank God, they had Sharman Crawford and Tom Duncombe in the House, and General Johnson, with a few others who would support the people, and would not allow even the press to sleep. In the Times of Monday it-was said that while the Whigs were divided into many sections, there never was a time when the Tory party were snore united. An invading army was always united until the time for dividing the spoil cam,. Mr. Sergeant Jackson expected to be Attorney-General—thank God he was disappointed —(Cheers)—he expected to be Solicitor-Ge:teral—thank God he was disappointed—(Cheers) and they would now see how.he will fight the cause of the Orangemen, and keep up a perpetual motion to make Peel give him something, or else he will soon form a new party. Now, if disunion would be fatal to them, with the army and navy, and the treasury, at their back, it behoved them to bear in mind the necessity of perfect, union. He had been confined but not disgraced, and both he and the Whigs were out together. He left York Castle at the time the Whigs were making their parting bow to • the Treasury Benches..—(Cheers and laughter.) . The Whigs had lost . their power because they tam pered with the rights of the people. Their excuse was, that the House of Lords was against them ; but the Whig aristocrats whispered to the lordlings " For God's sake stop us ; we are going too far !" an! the Lords met . the Commons in the Painted Chamber with their hats off, and their bills in their hands ; and the Lords met the Commons with their hats on, and kicked out the bills and amendments both. and then Lord John said the time had not yet arrived to come _ _ into conflict with the Lords. To be sure, Lord John would be very sorry to come into conflict with his brother of Bedford tool other immaeulates of his order. There was little use in struggling for household suf- Frarre, because the one tomb would contain both house nold suffrage and universal suffrage - on the attempt being made to gain it. Peel said that night in the 'louse of Commons he would continue the New Poor !aw Bill in operation until next July. Bat he (Mr. O'Connor) thought they would not allow him to do so. The Learned Gentleman, after expatiating at great length on the operation of the, Poor-law and the effects of ma chinery, proceeded to say, that the Glibe of yesterday said jeeriP - aly, .in the next Ministry her Majesty would form Mr. levargus. O'Connor would be called. If he were, he would say to her, keep your ladies about you ; w e don't ,want to interfere in your bedchamber arrange ments, butinthe name of common sense, as you are a young irl, and haye . been called' at the age of 18 to rula over a jib ty empire, let every man of 21 years have the power x) Choose those who are to rule over him. —(Load cheers, Re would call upon every one in that vast meeting, which at least numbered • 3,000, to h old up their hands who were possessed or the franchise. (Sixteen persons o nly in the assem bl y here held up thtirfkuds.) Here were sixteen hands held up—they were the masters, the hear.) The of the meeting their slaves.---(Hear, Sun and the Morning Advertiser were the only newspa pers sent reporters to that meeting ; the rest of the pers which „ rest • . forsooth, would say they were too busily en daily press, of Commons. flat House he would tell gaged .at the them that it was of more importance to the press to at tend such meetings present, .thanat yor the sleeping debatesin the asmammy the House of Commons or Lords either. The press, in relation ' to the people , stood in a po s i t i on of mighty responsibility; for the ridicule which cert a i n upon the people tended to exasperate the people, - r portions of' the press cast nd di s turb the elements of so _ eiety: Those who would not, or could not think for - n Ist% 6 dd' ' 'ranted the volcano themselves, took the ipse digit, and . , Those who dis which was bursting forth at their teet : nate . the stake which the operatt‘ .L. . classesrosadly mis possess in the well-being of the country a in it than two hitter have taken. They have a greater interes t the middle or upper classes, for the labourer has something for the rainy day, while the , nothing but his weekly wages. The nt banking cm itit, . _ ao, have establishment of Hoblffitise and Company, at 1 3 I failed. Thi s ma y, i n a-great measure, be attributed to the distre ss among the working classes, for they being merchant unable to pu re l mie . f ro m th e. retailers, the stock lies on hi s h a nd s , an d h e is unable to PaY his banker ; th us the contag i on sprea d s . through the whole system.—(Hear.) After some further . observations, the Learned Gentleman said, that Mr. Hethe rington had challenged him to a discussiOn as to whether the Ch ar ti s t name d th e " L ove tt Chart4l,7, or the Chartist of the National Association, was the better. He (Mr. O'Connor) had to leave town until Monday, after which he should meet Mr. Hetherington. He did THE SUN, LONDON. Fat DAY. SEPTEMBER 17. IS4I. not yet know where the meeting would take place, as he had left the arrangement entirely in the hands of the other party ; but Tuesday was the day . fixed for the discussion. His object in meeting Mr. Hetherington would Le to adduce truth ; and if there were divisions to arise amongst the Chartist body, to let the blame of such divisions lie at the door of the erring party.—(Loud and long-continued cheering.) several other gentlemen having spoken, the meeting adjourned about eleven o'clock. --- MEETING AT BRIGHTON. BRIGHTON, SEPT. 15.—Last night, one of the largest meetings, 'perhaps, that ever took place, was held at the Town-hall, to petition Parliament for an extension of the suffrage and vote by ballot. Upwards of 2,000 per sons were present. Amongst those on the platform were, Capt. Pechell, M.P., J. N. Wigney, Esq., M.P., Colonel Trickey, Major Allen, Mr. Hilton, and many of the most respectable tradesmen of the town. Mr. Hilton rose to propose the first resolution, to the eff,!ct " That it was the opinion of the meeting that a full, fair, and free representation of the people is essential to good Go vernment ; and that, however well intended, the Reform Bill had failed in its object, as all the evils that ex isted under the old and corrupt system of repre sentation have not only been perpetrated,' but actually increased under that Bill ; that the real sentiments of the people are never expressed or known, and an estrangement exists between the Government and the people. That to remedy the evils effectually, it was necessary to establish vote by Ballot." He (Mr. Hilton) was satisfied there must be an extension of the suf frage before the evils of the country were remedied. — (Hear, hear.) Great distress prevailed throughout the land, not only among the small shopkeepers, but it was extending to some of .the first merchants of country.—(hear, bear.) Something must be wrong to cause such a state of things, and nothing but an extension of the suffrage, coupled with Vote by Ballot, would set the affairs of this great nation in their proper light.—(Loud cheers.) They all knew that the result of the late general election was against the people's interest, but it would not have been so if every man who ought to have had a vote' had been able to record it. He cared not how far the suffrage was extended, so that it was accompanied with Vote by Ballot. Let the people have both, and it would go a long way to re medy their distress.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Colonel Trickey seconded the resolution. The Rev. Mr. Ed wards proposed the second resolution, to the effect that a petition be presented to Parliament, based on the re solution just passed, which was seconded by Mr. Cooper. Captain Pechell rose to address the meeting, and was re ceived with much applause. He said it was very satisfac tory to be present at such a meeting. He had always been of opinion that the elective franchise was confined to too narrow a basis, and they might be satisfied he would seize every opportunity of recording his vote when its ex tension was sought. It had been proved in Brighton that protection to the voter was indispensable. As elections were now conducted, they were a mockery and insult to the nation. The franchise was of little value without a barrier was set up against the corruption and intimi dation which prevailed. This intimidation had b4en carried on to a fearful extent, and many persons were now suffering fun. exercising their independence.—(Hear, hear.) It was on these grounds that he should do all in his power to promote the object of so respectable a meeting. J. N. Wigney, Esq., M.P , next addressed the meeting amidst cheers and much uproar. He said that in conjunction with his Hon. and Gallant Colleague, he should have great pleasure in supporting the prayer of the petition.—(Loud cheers.) The Hon. Member went into a long explanation about a recent vote he had given in the House, which dissatisfied agreat number of his con stituents, and congratulated them upon the unanimity of their proceedings. He hoped they would ultimately obtain their object, which would be an ample reward for all past privations and misery. After a vote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting separated. GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY LAW COURTS. CITY LANDS COMMITTEE.—It has not escaped the active members of the Corporation of London that, at a time distinguished by extraordinary alterations and im provements as regards the thoroughfares of the City, and the approaches to this wonderful emporium of com merce, the Law Courts at the Guildhall were remarkably defective in many raspects, and the Judges, the barris ters, the solicitors, the jury, the suitors, and the wit nesses, had certain claims of accommodation and conve- nience upon those who had power over the City funds. The subject was a short time ago taken up in the Court of Common Council, and referred to the City Lands Committee, of which Deputy Bridge is the Chairman, and the most scrupulous inquiry has been made into the many inconveniences complained of with the view of removing them altogether. 'The Committee found, upon inspecting the site of the Law Courts at• the Guildhall, that between the Court of Queen's Bench and the Court of Common Pleas another Court could be raised upon the same level, of almost equal size, in which the Exchequer business could be transacted, but not without materially diminishing . the existing accommmodation. They, however, ascertained that by a complete alteration within the walls, such a change could be effected as would set at nought anything like an objection, and produce such vast improvement as would meet the warmest approbation of the Judges, who, as is well known, have complained of these Courts until they have been actually tired of using the language of . .. .- . .. _ . expostulation.. The present Courts are in conformity to tho state of scienco at the time of their erection, built with enor- mously high ceilings, in the erroneous supposition that altitude was indispensible to health ; mid their length was preposterous, in order to bear the character of pro portion. The conseluence has been, that the distance between the floor of the Courts and the skylights makes the short days very short indeed, and interferes in such a manner with sound, that he must be a very skilful man in the science of intonation to mike himself under- stood by allavhose business it is to hear him. It is also the fact, that the impure breath and damp ooziags from the mass of persons assembled below, and which are caught up into the skylights, return in filthy drops upon the gentlemen of the bar, who sit immediately under these receptacles, of that which it is so necessary to drive out as expeditiously as possible. The Committee called Dr. Reid and Mr. Montague, the City Surveyor, to their aid. From Dr. Reid they learned that in rooms of extraordinary height and length complete ventilation cannot be so easily accomplished as in rooms of Moderate size and elevation ; and that the change most favourable to that paramount object would be the reduction of the height and • length, and the intro duction, by mechanical means, of an equal portion of pure air through a number of small apertures in the lower part of the Courts, and by providing fur its escape. when heated, through small perforations in the cornices and other part of the ceiling, ornamentally disposed for that purpose. Dr.- Reid expressed an opinion that the objects which the Committee seemed to have in view might be attained by a false ceiling of glass at the required height, leaving the flOor''of the projected three Courts at its present level ; but he 'considered it to be infinitely preferable, as suggested - by some of the Committee, to raise the floor, so that three Courts, well lighted and ventilated, could be erected in the space now occupied by two ; while a spacious hall, and an extensive suite of rooms, would be appropriated to the use of suitors, counsel, attorneys, jurymen, and witnesses attending the Courts. Yesterday the Committee sat for the purpose of com ity, to a decision as to the course of proceeding they should recommend to the Common Council, of which a Special Court has been called, according to the terms of the notice, to receive a Report from the City Lands .Committee, on the references relative to the Courts of Law at Guildhall." Mr. Montague, the City Surveyor, exhibited a model, formed by himself, of the proposed improvements, with a proximate estimate of the expense of completing these immensely beneficial alterations, the whole having been effected under the inspection of Dr. Reid, so as to secure the advantages of his judgment, and to provide for the application of his improved ar rangement in respect to sound and ventilation, and, when necessary, of warming every part of the building. From the model, it appeared that the accommodations. in every respect would present the most glaring contrast to the present miserable condition of the City Law Courts, which really may be considered as a slur upon the taste and humanity of the Corporation. It was stated that Baron Gurney, the only Judge in town when a deputation from the Committee went to consult the Bench upon the necessity of making altera tions in the Courts, had seen the model, and after an ac curate examination of that and the drawings connectcd with the Courts as they now stand, approved of ali the contemplated changes. Mr. WIRE appeared before the Committee to impress upon them the necessity of recommending to the Court of Common Council the adoption of the changes ac cording to the model of Mr. Montague, and the admirable system of ventilation so ably introduced into the Houses of Parliament by 1)r. Reid. He referred with force to the various matters touched upon in the foregoing state ment, and expressed a confidence in the warm approba tion of the community. Sir PETER LAURIE strongly approved of the model, by regulating the interior of the building, according to which a new .and. complete suite of mot commodious apartments would be obtained, at the same time that a third Court would be formed for the transaction of public business. He congratulated his brethren of the Corporation upon the perfect success of Dr. Reid, in giving new lungs to the long-diseased Courts and apartments of the Old Bailey, an Merculean task which was accomplished in a perio.i which appeared to those who viewed the alterations to be miraculously short. The expense of the construction of the New Court, and the reconstruction of the two old ones in the man ner proposed, including the adoption of Dr. Reid's method of ventilation, is estimated by Mr. :Montague at 8,6001. The Committee unanimously agreed to a Report drawn up by Mr. Saunders, the City Comptroller, re commending the ad o p t i on o f t h e p.an, thus recognising the expedien c y o f accompl i sh i ng the all-important object upon e C n i o e u o r o t e s o o f f J t h u o s s t e i c e l , ea a r n o d e in p p o r r o s m o o o s t of giving i ncrease d f ac i lit i es to the public in attendance d i n %v g h o the r 1,.!1 adaily onntl gaged in the arduous duties of' its administration. ---- _ATAb ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning a shocking accident happened in Walwcrth to a child named Woodward, aged between six and seven years of age. While passing the road in East -street, the carman of a cart belonging to Mr. J. Page, of Greenwich, was driving through the street, when the child was struck down by the horse, and the wneel passed over her chest. 'I he child had only time to say where she lived, when she fainted away, and was Immediately carried to the shop of Mr. Howitt, a surgeon, in Apollo. buildings. All attempts, however, to stye life were in.vain, and the child expired after a few minutes' suffering. The Kingstown harbour lights are altered by order of the Dublin Port Corporation, from the present revolving light shoxing red and white lights alternately, and seen at ahort2r intervals of time. Another im provement is the fixing a small red light on the west 'pier head. LITERATURE. MEHOIRS f ROl3El:7' EMJIET and the IRISH INSURRECTION of iBO3, V. - S'ioP-line . This is a republication. of ,some letters origi nally published in successive numbers of the English Chartist C i rcular. Of the unfortunate and imprudent, but gifted man to whom it re lates, we shall not speak 'further than to say that we hope no person at present will think of making him the model on which to form his own conduct. The Memoir is well written, though it is tinctured with some of that ex aggeration in language and sentiment which might be expected from its origin. As a study it is more suited, we are afraid, to the spirit of the times, than to the calm wisdom of philanthropy. THE POETICAL FLIGHTS OF A FACTORY 1 YOUTH. By Joseph Kirkham. CLave, Shoe•line. We can write nothing - mere 'to the purpose concerning this little production than what is said in the preface, which, with sonic abridge ments, we transcribe : The writer was born in Manchester, .on the sth of December, 18:20, of pour but hontst parents, who took care early to instil into his mind good and virtuous prin ciples, which they enforced by their example. He was sent by them to 'a Sabbath-school, to receive the only education they 'were capable of bestowing . on him, - en account of their poverty and having a family of other children, all incapable of maintaining themselves. At the age of nine years, he was placed in one• those dens of disease and rampant vice, a cotton-mill ; where the body and mind of youth beeome alike cor rupted and destroyed. Here he was compelled, for the first two or three years—subjected to the brutalities of ignorant and vicious men, rendered tyrannical by the cursed factory system—to toil fourteen hours a day for the scanty pittance of three shillings a week ; and was never able, even at the age of nineteen years, to procure more than nine shillings a week. Surely no place could be more unfavourable to the developement of poetical talent than a cotton-factory ; for there the mind is rendered callous to improVenient by the ever-exertion to which the body is doomed;Yet— under the depressing circumstances of such arduous toil, the want of the common necessaries of life, the depriva tion of the society of those who might (from having re ceived the advantages of education themselves) have been able to impart to him a portion of that knowledge which the budding mind of youth so much thirsts for and requires, and of being surrcunded by the 'mist . mournful examples of. vice and drunkettness—he has still, by applying his mind in an innocent, if not a pro • fitable pursuit, succeeded in bringing forth a number of . iniTior poetical effusions, which have, at least, the claim of a purity of thought to recommend them tothe accept ance of the reader. " Thoughts at Night" was originally inserted in No. 33, Vol. 111., of Ckave's Gazette of Variety and Amuse ment, and the editor noticed it. in the followimemanner:— " We would direct the attention of the readers of this days' Gazette to cur Poets' Corner,' fur a production, which, though the writer be only a youth, devoid of any other education than that which he himself has been en abled to glean during the brief leisure which a factory life affords, we conscientiously believe to be little, if at all, inferior to Gray's celebrated Blegy."Truly, we may say we have seldom or ever derived so much plea sure from any poetical composition as from those "Thoughts at Night ;' a pleasure, too, not slightly en hanced by the reflection that one of the humblest sons of labour has thus Vindicated the working classes froth the . foul libel which aristocratic scribblers are wont to cast on them, by arrogating to the higher classes a monopoly of taste and intellect." 'The " Hand that lays us low," which was inserted in the Penny Satirist of the same week, elicited from its edi tor the following remarks : " This poem, and some sonnets, equally good, were sent us by one who calls himself a factory lad of nine teen years of age. If so, we hope he will make a good use of his talent, and keep it as sacred as the innocence of youth has begotten it. Beware of profaning a poetic gift ; it is ruin—absolute ruin, and leads to drunkenness and misery." And in Lee's Penny Forget-Me-Not for 1840, in which the " Morning Clouds" was inserted, the following notice occurs : `These lines are fron the pen of a poor factory lad of Manchester. If, by inserting them, the editor should be instrumental in procuring for the youth the patronage of some benevolent mind, the reflection will afford him lasting pleasul e. We have seen several other poe:ns b) the same author, many of them possessing considerable merit, and all of them evincing talent of no Ordinary kind." Most cheering to the writer, amid3t the severest pri vations, came these assurances of his merits ! But this was not all. Two benevolent and charitable individuals connected with the press in London, on whom the au thor had not the slightest claim whatever, save that of suffering humanity—two of those truly philanthropic men who 110 good by stealth, and blush to find it. fame;' whose names from motives of delicacy, may be at pre sent cooeeaied ;—these men, with a generosity of mind for which the author must ever feel the sincerest and most unbounded sense of gratitude, learning that the writer was out of employ, and consequently deprived of the means of existence, alleviated his necessities. The author having also expressed an earnest desire to try. his fortune in the metropolis, they promised that if he should determine upon (loin!! so, that they would not see him starve ; but that, if he would be willing to " turn his hand to anything"—(such were the words, and such the inducements ofrered)—some small pittance should be forthcoming for him. With this prospect before . him (which many might hays thought very unpropitious, but in which he felt the greatest hOpe of bettering his con dition), the author left his n itive town and relations, to mingle with strangers, and walked the dreary journey, from Manchester to London with but nine shillings ,in his possession, where he was most cordially received by those who had before given him such proofs of their in terest in his welfare. The author arrived in London in the beginning of September last, and since then he h as been,apprenticed to the trade of a printer. His master having had the kindness to lend him the use of type and furnish him with everything necessary, he has composed and printed the present little volume in his leisure hours, indepen dently of his usual employment ;—therefore those who may be acquainted with that process will readily pardon such imperfections of typographical execution as may be detected by the practisdeye. The productions of Mr. Kirkham are highly creditable to him; but, as might be expected, display more vigour than polish. Now that he is removed to a situation more favourable to the cultivation of his talents, there is every proba bility that he may turn out a distinguished man. HINTS TO THE LANDED PROPRIETARY AND AGRICULTURISTS OF GREAT BRI TAIN. London, John Crossland and Co. . _ The object of this pamphlet is to recommend the cultivation of beet-root to make sugar ; the author being acquainted with a method of ex tracting the sugar from the root in such a state that it is equal to, and not to be distinguished from, colonial raw sugar. It is estimated that an acre of ground cultivated with wheat will yield a profit of only 101. or 151. an acre, while an acre cultivated with beet-root will yield from 181. to 231. per acre. For the details, which are curious, we must refer to the work, merely re marking that on principle we object to any such presumed, or even proved advantages being made the basis of legislation, ELEMENTS OF PER _DRAWING, DESIGNED BY AUGUSTUS DEACON. Tablor and IValton. This is a usefpl book for beginners. Its aim is to lay a ground-work of exact knowledge and manual dexterity, such as a child may acquire, preparatory to the more advanced stage of sketching from nature. The leading feature of the work is the substitution of solid forms in place of sketches or prints the learned to copy. These consist of fifty-seven pieces, formed into cubes, cones, spheres, pyramids, , cylinders, and which can be combined into groups, • bearing some resemblance to actual oNects, such as houses, bridges, and pillars. This will 'ruin a delightful amusement for the young mind; and as minute details and complicated figures have been avoided, no person can find any difficulty in carrying out the plan of the delineator. For schools it is pe culiarly well adapted, but for individual scholars ) i ' l ev (eigl t we are afraid the high price of the box of Tao idteslo.s general adoption. ad s., (. Iv p i t t i h on 4 . s. f T ii h r e t 0 in number), form a good substitute, and will enable the learner to understand all the principal rules of perspective, together with the theory of light and shade. The following paragraph from the Preface points out briefly and truly the advantages to be derived from this beautiful art :—" How often has it happened that the idea of some design for a vase, a scroll, a monumental tablet, an ornamental edifice, or a recollection of the proportions of some fine temple, or of the features of some departed or absent friend, is lost for the want of the ability to put to paper the image existing in the mind. Drawing i s a uni versallanguage, ` Drawing yeoPle of every country and a ll ag es, besnics being lthe . only one: by which a certain-classof ideas call be ex pressed. A fe N lines drawn with skill and p ur po se convey a meaning that pages of written description fail to express." LirticaiNG.—iit—e St. Louis Netu Era gives 'r some further details of the Ly nchin g of the counterfeit- ers on the Mississippi , ga thered from an officer of the boat , drow ' Baltic, arrived at St. Louis. lie says that t h e num b er captured was 50 to 7 5 that we re p ut on board a trading drowned When en to an Lire Baltic unfrequented pas s place,ed up the citi zens were and a ll s h o t o on their way down the river, engaged in the laudable work of burning the houses lately occupied by the vic tims of their vengeance. No violence was offered to the families who were in them, but they were ordered to leave their homes for ever. It is further stated that the cashier of the counterfeiting establishment was found in the river at Columbia dead. Ail the implements of ras cality were found about the premises of the murdered men. A largo amount of counterfeit bank-notes was dis covered, consisting of $3O and 0100 notes on the Com mercial Bank of New Orleans not signed ; and 1,2, and $3 notes of the Third IlunicirtlitY NOW Orleans. - • 41)ESTRUCTIVE 'FIRE AT SAINT _ J(4IN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK. At half past ene o'clock on Thursday af , ernoor, the 27th of Angtist, a fire commenced in the ship yard of Messrs. Owens and Duncan, in the adjoining vil!age of Port`antl, and before it was stayed it bad extended its ravages over a principal part of that thriving place. The sad catastrophe is said to have had its origin in the firing of a quantity of chips, and sprinklings of tar, at the bows of a new vessel nearly completed in th e ship-yard, by a red-hot bolt which fell from the hands of one of the workmen engaged in enlarging a hole in a portion of the ship's rigging. The fire immed:rvely communicated from the chips to the bottom of the ves sel which had been nerdy tarred, and soon spread to all paqs of the yard and ship, defying every attempt to extinguish it. From the ship the flames extended to worksbies in the vicinity, and from them to the dwelling-houses fronting on Portland -street, and so rapid was the work of destruction in this vicinity, that a great quantity of the contents of the dwellings near the ship yard was consumed in the houses, the dense smoke which arose from the yard contributing to prevent all ingress after a short timo. The wind was from the south-west, which drove the burning cinders. &c., into the open fief Is, in rear. of Fort Howe, and did not endanger the safety of property so much as would have been the case had the wind bean from any other quarter. One building, however, in that district, the Old Gun House on Fort Howe, took fire from cinders felling upon it, and was consumed in a few minutes. The number of buntings destroyed cannot be less than 60, and among them were many large, three and four story houses, several newly-erected dwelling-houses, and a Wesleyan Methodist meeting-house. There was also consumed a superior vessel of about .900 tons, ready fore launching.: together with all the ship-building tools, implements, &c., belonging to Messrs. Owens and Duncan. Tt6 lose, we are sorry to say, has fallen chiefly upon persons who are quite unable to hear it. Many of the owners of the houses had their all invested in their pro p( rty, and were supporting themselves by their own lionestannustry—and the greeter portion of the tenaats were persons in poor circumstances, depending upon their daily earnings for mairdenance. The fire raged without intermission for nearly five hours, and consumed property, of the value of which no correct estimate can yet be formed, but which is suppmici to amount to 25,0001. We have been Landed the following estimate of the losses, &e. :-53 houses burned and pulled (.own, valued . ‘,4t. 17,500/ i ; _Wesleyan chapel burned, 2,0001. ; ship 'on the stocks, partly rigged, 7,0001. ; rigging, &c,, not -in tie ship, -1,000/. ; furniture, goods, &e., destroye 2,500/. ; making a total of 30,000/. 200 families, containing 1,150 people, have been turned out of house and home, 600 of whom may be said to be in distre:s. — Nr. ru Brunswick Paper. TRANSATLANTIC TRIBUTE. (From the 2Vonct Scotian.) The following pretty lines, by General Morris, Editor of the New York Mirror. breathe a tone gratifying to the Briton who reads, and very becoming to the Am..ri can who has written. The former delight in all ra! ona homage to the young, high-souled matron, who sits on the throne of the Isles ; the latter appears to feel a ceep and due sympathy in matters that concern the affection, and the Well-being of the land of his fathers. Every thin.? human isliable to contumely or ridicule—Queens, and Kings, and Presidents among the rest ; but he is not a wise citizen or Christian, who seeks occasion for uneharitableneSs merely because occasion may be found The indulgence , of legitimate veneration, is pleasing and profitable to • all' concerned. General Morris thus ad dresses THE . LADY OE ENGLAND. Lady of England—o'er the seas Thy name Was borne on every breeze, 'Till all this'' sun-set clime became Familiar with Victoria's name ! Though seas divide us many a mile, Yet, for the Queen of that proud Isle, From whence our fathers sprung, there roves A blcssingfrom this land of groves! Our father land ?—fit theme for song— When thou art named, what memories throng; Shall England cease our love to claim ? Not while our language is the same. Scion of kings ! so live and reign That when thy nation's swelling strain Is breathed among min forests green We too may sing, God save the Queen SLAVER Y. Four coloured men were recently executed at Louis for flagrant crimes. The confession of one of them, named Madison, affords, with fearful vividness, evidences of the horrible characteristics that may attach to slave dealing in the United States, and of the ex tremely corupting tendency, of the unholy traffic. We subjoin an extract :-L -" According to the statement of Madison he was born in Virginia, the slave of Asa Brockman, and was sold when 14 or 15 years of age to a negro trader by the name of and taken to New-Orleans. " He soon obtained the full confidence of his master, re turned with him to Maryland, and was encouraged by him to tell false tales' to slaves, whom he wished to purchase, and to aid him in coaxing off, or in stealing and secreting others. The slaves were told that his master was from a free State, and that they would be taken to Canada out of the reach of their masters. To the women and girl: he held out the prospect of marrying rich white men, and of living in style and splendour. Blakey, in con nexion with his partner'.; having collected from 80 to 100 slaves, started by land to New Orleans. " Oa their way to Washington a plan was fortned by which Madison's master was to sell him as often as he could, after which he was to run away and go back to him. He was sold in this way to Mr. Clay of Washing ton, for 1,300 dcls., and soon afterwards joined his master in Baltimore. He was afterwards sold for 1,000 dots. in Virginia, and again returned as before. Near Orange Court-house, he states that his master. robbed the vault of a merchant of a large amount of money and bills, amount ing to about 100,000 dots., and set fire to the building; which was entirely destroyed. On their return to New Orleans, Madison was sold, and the purchase money, 900 dols., was given by his 'former master to him, as a reward for past acts. " After this he was engaged, as he states, with a man in obtaining goods on forged orders. Soon after Madi son concealed himself in the store, which he robbed of 300 dots. Afterwards the store of Mr. Fields was rob bed of 3,000 dols. ; and, in company of a man by the name of Learned, 2,700 dols. was obtained from the Bank on an altered check. About this time a partner wa,3 taken into the concern, and the firm turned their at tention to stealing negroes, running them to Mobile, and selling them by auction. " Such are a very few of the cases of the negro steali:tg-, robbery, and other acts of villany in which Madison was engaged, previous to his coming to St. Louis." SII IP ['LNG INTELLIGENCE. (LLOYD'S.) DF.AL, SEPT. 15.—Wind W. S.W. to S.W., moderate.— Arrived the Alonzo, from Rio Janeiro. Arrived from the River, and sailed, the Emancipation, for Port Phillip. The Jolly Tar, for Galveston remains. LivuorooL, SEPT. 15.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrived the Pritish Merchant, from Bombay; Windsor, Hayton, Caera, sailed Gth ult. ; Eliza, Naples; Ph oenix and Bertha, Leghorn. Sailed, the Colchester, for Bombay ; Suffolk, Boston ; Arrive. Odessa ; Eliza Cornish, Constantinople ; John l'eat, Leghorn ; lErial, Malta. Arrived off, the Thomas P. Cope, from Philadelphia ; Dee, Africa. The Aurora, bound to the Havannah, in putting to sea this morning got in contact with the Prince mail-boat, off George's Pier, and has put back repair, having damaged three of her stanchions. Thu Prince lost her cutwater. The Cambridge from Bombay, on shore o n the North Bank, got off, and proceeded. The Ocean steamer, for Cork, was aground on East Hoyle this morning, but got off, and proceeded. IlAnwicu, SEPT. 15.—A barque laden with wheat, from Dantzic, is en shore on the Long Sand; several smacks are assisting to throw part of the cargo overboard. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Yar mouth, from Ancooa. FALmourit, SEPT. 14.—Wind S.E. to S.S.F., fresh.— Arrived the. Odin, Leff, from Buenos Ayres—sailed 11th Jaly ; Jordison, Odessa; Malvina, Starkey, Leghorn; George Can ning, Swansea for Malaga. SCILLY, SEPT. 10.—Arrived the British Queen, from Pa lermo ; Ocean Queen, Williams, Leghorn. BRISTOL, SEPT. 15.---Arrived the Earl Liverpool, from Nevis ; Five Sisters, Prince Edward's Island. BERWICK, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Herman, Hewdrick, from Leghorn. The Twee Gebruders, from Kohlbrandt, struck on the Crumstone Rock, 11th instant, and immediately sank. crew steed. The Paumore, from Newcastle to Ar broath, which struck on Holy Island 3d instant, has been brought in here, and is repairing. The Mohawk, Bullcraig, is repairing on the patent slip, having touched the ground on her passage from Mount Video. DARTMOUTH, AUG. 15.—The Courier, from Rotterdam to Batavia ; and the Margaret, from Odessa, have put in here, having been in contact ; the former with loss of foremast and bowsprit, the latter with considerable damage. OFF HASTINGS, Auc. 15.—The Grecian, Richards, from Hobart Town ; Enterprize, Filty, Cape Coast Castle. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. Is.—Wind S.W. to S.—Arrived the Dominica, from Montserrat. TEIGNMOUTII, AuG. 15.—Arrived Amphitrite, Quebec. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WAYS AND M E ANS. —(From a Correspondent.)—The Morning Post of Mon day informs its readers that Mr. Thomas Greene, the Member for Lancaster, will be proposed to the House, and " that he is highly qualified to discharge the arduous and important duties of the office, and that his election may be regarded as certain." I rather think the Hon. Member has no chance to be so elected, after the speci men he gave of his qualifications for the office on Friday last, when he gave notice of a string of resolutions which he intends to propose touching the property qualification of the other Members of the House, and which, if he could persuade the House to pass anything so absurd, would unseat at least one-half of the Members of the House. Mr. Greene also is wanting in those requisites to fill the Chair with becoming dignity, " manner, tact, and voice." which Mr. Bernal possessed in a very high degree. It is believed that Sir E. Wilmot, Bart., the Member for North Warwick Shire, will be proposed for this office, and elected. FATAL ACCIDENT.—BRISTOL, SEPT. 14.-- A dreadful accident happened this morning on our quay. Seine very heavy steam machinery, engines, and boilers, were shipping on board the Great Britain for Trieste, and while a large part (weighing about 16 tons) was sus pended by the shears, one of the chains parted, and the whole came down upon the deck of the vessel, and, melancholy to relate, the mate, a very respectable young . man, the son of a fishmonger of this port, was literally Gazette, , crushed to atoms.—Shipping THE HARVEST-THE CORN LAW S. large. The crop of pears, and the prices at market, are not above the usual average. '{'here has already been en extensive importation cf walnuts from France and Holland, the English supply being tot a lly i na d equa te to the d e mand, owing to the large destruction cs walnut trees duri,g the war for reusket stocks :,nd other purposes. Foreign grapes are abundant in the marki-t,, tvlsch are now exhausted of oranges, none of this year's fruit having yet been received. lhe supply of plums is very considerable ; but there is a scanty demand for them for the purpose of preserves, on account of the high price of sugar, which renders our own dearer than foreign preserves. . Cu, cumbers have been very plentiful ; but the demand for them has never rallied since the outcry against this fruit at the time of the Asiatic cholera. Wi,STMINSTER GENERAL DISPENSARY, GERA an-sTar‘er, SOHO.—The increasing demands of th• sick poor on the funds of this valuable Institution render an appeal to the public imperatively neces.ary ; f,r. notwithstanding the - active exertions of the Secretary, W. J. Ellis, Esq., the funds fall very short of the expenditure. It is impossible to turn away the wretched objects who daily present then.selves, lsbcur ing under every variety of disease. This establishment has now existed nearly seventy sears, and the great good it has achieved in the amelioration of the sufferings of our afflicted fellow. • beings, gives it a strong claim upon the sympathies of the benerV l, nt. LEIT .—Fo n EIGN GRAIN —We last week, noticed the unprecedented importation of foreign grain. the arrivals since then have been still more numerous, not fewer since Saturday than a hundred foreign vessels having within these three days entered our harbour with grain, and, at the time we write, numbers are ap pearing in the roadstead. The Docks, eastern and western, are literally crowded with shipping—a narrow passage is just kept for those going out and in, otherwise the docks might be crossed over, the vessels abreadth. There never was such a number of ships in the Docks at one time before. The appearance is more like the crowded port of the Thames, or the great docks of Antwerp, than anything we have seen. Vast numbers these three days past are visiting our harbours to witness this great assemblage of shipping from the continental ports. The great variety of build Comm striking fea ture in the group—the tall-masted German, the burly rounded Dutchman, and the slim tapered Prussian, con trast finely with the massive British barque lying along side.—Ediaburgh Paper. SINGULAR OCCURRENCE AT CHISWICK.— Since Saturday last the family and establishment of a lady named Churton, residing at Sutton Court House, Sutton-lane, Chiswick, leading to the banks of the Thames at Stroud-on-the-Green, have been in a conti nued state of nlarm and excitement by the windows of the mansion being continually broken, apparently by some supernatural agent, every method adopted for de tecting the party guilty of the outrage failing in its ob ject. The mansion in question is a detached one, with extensive grounds around it, the whole of which are en circled with high walls, so that the roof alone is visible from the outside. On the opposite side of the lane is . also another high. wall, which surrounds the domain of the Duke of Devonshire, so that no other building over looks the premises. The windows first commenced breaking on Saturday last, and in consequence of the continuance of the outrage application was made to the police. Since then two constables of the T division have been placed on duty in the house and premises night and day ; and with the assistance of the gardner,,coachman, butler, and other male servants, a continued watch has been kept up, but witaiout preventing the outrage or ob taining any clue as to the perpetrators thereof. From half-past twelve to one o'clock on Wednesday morning several were broken, and from the fact of their being broken at the front as well as the back of the house, the matter has become more mysterious. WOOLWICH, SEPT. 15.—ROYAL ARTIL.• LERY.—Lieutenant - G eneral the Right Honourable Sir George Murray, G.C.B. and G.C.H., the Master-General of the Ordnance, is expected to visit the Garrison at Woolwich in the course of this or early next week, to be introduced to the officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, diad the. heads of the departments in the Royal Arsenal on his appointment. ATTEMPTED SELF-DESTRUCTION.—A des perate attempt at self-destruction was made yesterday afternoon by Mrs. James, wife of Mr. James, the thea trical hair-dresser of Russell.court, Drury-lane. From what could be learned during the confusion it would ap pear that husband and wife had had a few words, when she deliberately walked into the front shop, and taking up one of her husband's razors, made a gash in her throat almost extending from ear to ear. A surgeon was sent for, who immediately set about sewing up the wound, , but little hopes are entertained of her recovery. Yesterday evening, between six and eight o'clock, the shop window of Messrs. G. and W. Yonge, No. 156, Strand, was cut, and sixteen new watches taken from it ; two of them were gold, twelve silver, and two very valuable enamelled repeaters, set with fine pearls, portraits on one side, and moving figures cn the other. FATAL ACCIDENT AT WOOLWICH. — Yes terday forenoon a party of the Royal Horse Artillery at tended for practice on the Common, principally to ascer tain the speed and efficiency of some horses recently im ported for the service from Ireland, compared with the horses recently employed. When charging across the Common, one of the riding horses came down with his rider, a fine young man, of No. 4, Rocket Troop, a driver, of the name of Wilson, and before the other horses could be pulled up he was dragged about ten yards, and the wheel of the gun carriage went over his head and killed him on the spot, the skull being literally crushed in. Drirer Wilson, who has thus met with an untimely end, was unmarried, and highly respected in the regiment. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 25.—Last week the Turkish steamer Peeki Schewlet departed from this port foe Suda, with a sabre of honour for Tahir Pacha, and several decorations for officers who particularly dis tinguished themselves in the late eApeditions against the Candian insurgents. The Tairi Bahri has since arrived in this port, with highly satisfactory accounts from Caneda. With a few days more of weather equal to the last leer days, the harvest in this neighbourhood will be over, and the bulk of it secured ; and then the farmer inay sec, in the felling markets, how little interest he t rally has in supporting. the preseet system of Corn lmws. A thoesand times we have been told, that with out ti c protection afforded by these or some similar Ist, m of 1 iws, agricu't ere in ti,is country must be nod ; and it has in sain been asserted and demon ace I, that in whatever light these laws may be represented by these hatioie an interest in upholding them, they were intended * only for the protection of the landed propeemr. His interests, cettsinly, have been effectually serseil by them, as the rent paid for land in every district of the kingdom most amply and unequivocally testifies. But although the farmer pays an addi:ionel rent to the landlord for the protmtien it is supposed those laws afford him, the ques tion stili recurs as to whether they do afford him that protection for which he pays. It is clear, that any al teraiioa of the laws having the effect of diminishing the price of agricultural produce in the market, is just so much inotiey out of the pockets of the farmer who pays a money-rent for his farm ; and it is equally clear that he has no claim for indemnification from the 1 ind!ord for aly loss he may so incur. Let us consider for a mo ment, then, how far this protection for which the farmer pays, is effectual. For several years preceding 1838, farming had been ose of the most unfortute..t • concerns in this counts; . All farmers had been losirg money, and many were nit :rly ruined. A suceessioa of hue seasons sonic years before the period of which we are now speaking, had brought time price of wheat, of as fine quality as ever was proilue td in this country, as law as forty shillings a quarter. The lower the price, the griever the quantity thrown into the market, for this pain reason, that the farmer bad a certain sum to make up in payment of his rent and other expenses ; and if one hundred quarters of grain were not sufficient to make up the sum, he was under the necessity of sending such further quantity as might be required for the purpose ; and thus time very efforts he was making for his extrication, only involved him the more deeply, by te.!ucing the value of his commodity in tee market. The large quantities thus brought into the market were bought up and stored by speculators, .sho calculated Slflly that the first yeers of a defective crop would afford them an ample return for their money. In the meantime, the farmer is grievously pr ssed for cash, and for a succession of years every bushel of grain was out of his hands as fast as is could be got into condition for the market ; and, with very few exceptions, the stick-yards were thoroughly cleared by the month of March. This state of mat ters continued for several years, till about the time teat the crop of 1838 was brought to the market, when mat ters began to improve. If the farmers bad then had in their possession the grain which they had been forced to sell to speculators, by whom much of it was still hold, it would have enabled them to pay every one, and have left an ample reversion besides. It was not, however, in their hands, and they had the mort:fic tiers of seeing wheat which they had grown, and had sold at 40 a quarter, bring 70s. and upwards in the market; while they themselves, from the inferior qua lity of time then current year's crop, could realise only about 60s. Thus, from the difficulties which several years of low prices had brought uroa them, they had to force their produce premsturely upon the market, and dispose of it at such prices as they could obtain ; and so, with only oceasional slight differences, matters base continued tel the present season. This year, the crop, with few exceptions, was out of the hands of the farmer by the end of April ; so that a very small num ber of them only have benefited, and that only to a small exten', by the recent advance in the prices ; and thence arises the question as to how far the farmer is protected by a system of Corn-laws for which hs pays to his landlord an additional rent, commen surate not to the protection he gets, but to the protec tion he expects. In the first place there is no consider• able rise in price till the farmer has no grain to sell ; itad hence the holders only, and not the growers, are be: eked. But the question as regards the farmer, does not remain in this neutral state. There were symptoms this season of an unfavourable as well as a deficient harvest ; and, while the farmer trembled at the appearance of a scanty crop, and that of inferior quality', the speculator was at work, pouring in thou sands of quarters into our bonded warehouses ; every expedient being tried (revolting as some of these ex pedients are) to keep up the averages till they arrived at the price at which grain can be admitted to our markets at a trifling or nominal dut;.. It must be closely kept in view, that tl.e farmer, meanwhile, is de riving no benefit from the high prices, his crop having been disposed of some months previously. Tut averages, however, at last arrive at the point at which the grain can be liberated ; and the ware houses everywhere being choke-full, the market is in undated,. and the filmier is deprived of the power of realizing the price for his grail which otherwise he would obtain, and that at the only retied during which it would benefit him—that is, between the end of itarvest and the middle or end of spring, when he has grain to sell. So it has been for years past, and so will it be now The grain in bond wid be immediately set free, and brought to marke', in competition with the farmer, at the ocly season of the year when it is in his power to be a competitor at ell ; and thus probably, for a time, reduce time prices he:ow what will remune rate him for his outlay and labour.—Scotsmen. AN ENGLISH LADY IN A PAGODA. WhtlK at Wallajahbad I became acquainted with a Brahmin, whom Mmjor C had rendered some ktle service, and he was frequently at our house, and endeavoured to teach me the game of chess, in which he himself was a great proficient. On one occasion when he was in high good humour, having beat me 4atne after game for a whale week, I mentioned to him Vl° great desire I had to see the inside of one of the Conjeveram pagodas, no Europeans being ever al lowed to go in. lie hesitated a great deal, and at last told me it was impossible to grant my request ; how ever, I still persevered, and at length carried my point. The following day a feast or ceremony was in the largest and most beautiful of the temples. My Brahmin told me to be. there an hour earlier, and he would see wnat he could do. I gladly and readily av tiled myself of this permission, and accordingly was conveyed in a palanquin to Conjeveratn, and had it placed under a row of fine trees opposite the great domed pagoda. I had gone in a very long white mus lin dress, and had braided my heir across my forehead, and twisted it behind like the natives, to be as little conspicuous as possible, while a large and thickly sprigged black veil was over my head and face ; I had also black silk gloves and stockings. I alighted and walked into the outer circle of the pagoda, with two of my bearers close to me, the torntoms, drums, and cymbals, making a most deafening noise. I had qa cloned myself near the door of the grand entrance, "here I hid not remained above a few minutes, when iny venerable friend made his appearance ; Le tel.,' me he hof consulted with one of the head people, and I might be permitted to see the place before the grand ceremony commenced, provided I would enter without my shoes and give ten rup , es to one of the gods, both which conditions I agreed to. I hastened back to my palanquin, and took off my shoes, and, accompanied as before, resumed my place within the grand entrance. My boys were ordered to remain behind ; being of a different caste, they were not allowed to 'go further. I followed my conductor through m toy long and dark passages, where I heard shriteks and groans, apparently proceeding from recesses that were close •by me. My heart neat very quickly. I heartily repented of m y curiosity, and yet felt ashamed to turn back. ' At length we arrived in one of the most beautiful vestibules I had ever beheld or my imagination could ever picture ; it was lighted from the top of the dome, and the mid-day sun cast his piercing rays down upoa us. The pavement was of the finest white marble, inlaid with coloured stones in the shape of hideous mon sters ; under what class of description to place them, it is impossible to say. The walls .• ere also of marble, to the height of perhaps 150 feet ; they were shaped so ai to form recesses of about four feet broad, and about ten feet between each other, in which were placed images, or as trey call theta, swameys. These were alternately of silver and gold, some of them ten or twelve feet high, with emerald and ruby eyes, and some of them seemed to stare down upon us in the most awful manner. Before tinny of these were men lying flat on their faces, who, from fear of calling down the vengeance of the god, or to avoid a glare from their precious eyes, would crawl on their stomachs like a snake till they were out of sight. My Brahmin friend, I saw clearly, began to be anxious for my departure, and though I felt much inclined to rebel against his authority, he conducted me once more through the dark and narrow pas sages, and we reached the outer court just as a crowd of Brahmins and dancing-girls were entering the great gates. I hurried to my palanquin, being anxous to put on my shoes ; for, though a very hot day, I telt chilled by standing so long on the marble pavement. I inquired next day of my conductor whether I had been mistaken in imagining I had heard shrieks and groans as we passed along the dark passages. He said I had not, and that they were occasioned by some mem bers of the community inflicting penance on their bodies. —Mrs. Major Clemons. CAB ACCIDENT.-011 Wednesday - morning, about 12 o'clock, as a cab was about to pass through Vic toria-gate, Bayswater, a boy named Thwaites, between nine and ten years of age, attempted to jump up behind, but failing to do so, his right leg became entangled in one of the wheels of - the cab, and the limb was broken in three or four places. The poor boy was conveyed to St. George's Hospital. The Embassy at Vienna has been given to Major-General Baron Von Canitz, hitherto Ambassador to the Court of Hanover. Count Von Suckendorf, Am bassador at the Court of Bavaria, is to succeed Baron Von Bulow at London, and it is said that Major-Gen. Lindham will go to Munich; Baron Von'Martin, who was intended for the embassy to Lisbon, retires entirely from the diplomatic circle.—Dutch Papers, Sept. 15. . THE HAGUE, SEPT. 14.--The Hanover Ga• zette has the following article :—" Berlin, Sept. 7. — Official notice has now been given that Baron Von, . Wenther, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has been suc ceeded by Count Maltz, hitherto Ambassador at the Court of Vienna." THE GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAIL WAY.—A meeting of Railway Proprietors of a most im portant character took place at the City of York on Monday last, namely, a meeting consisting of deputations from all the Railwtiy Companies south as far as Rugby, the Leeds. and Manchester Railway Company, the Great North of England Railway Company, the New castle and Carlisle Railway ,Company, the Durham Junction Railway Company, and the Brandling Junction Railway Company. The immediate object these parties had in view was the means of carrying into effect a plan for extending the Great North of England Railway from Darlington to Newcastle : the ultimate object was, we are rejoiced to be enabled to . state, confessedly to secure the execution of the communication by railway on the Eastern or Coast line from Newcastle to Edinburgh. The scheme by which is i i s lai p l zose t d o Company, with a capital • t .,, 0 , , e w x e t ; e s n t d i e t i h s e to G rfoe furor i t n a N o n r e tli v ()t . of 500,0001•, for the purpose of .making a railwa , froth the point of junction of the Great North of E - ngland Railway with the Stockton and Darlington Railway, until they reach the Durhatt junction and the Brand hug Junction Railways, which will at . once complete the line to Gateshead. Mr. R. Stephenson, the cele brated engineer, haS estimated the cipense 'of this con necting railway, and he states in his Report that it can be executed far loss than 20,003, per mile, so that the proposed capital would seem to be fully acluquate. We l eatutot, perhapS, adduce a stronger argument to show the opinion really entertained by the influential and wealthy . parties supporting the measure, of the profit likely to be derived from the undertaking itself, and incidentally—the immense benefits 'which will re sult - 61nri it to the other railways already enuinera:el, than the fact that they offer to guarantee to the share holders-in the new railway 6 p . .!:'- cent. for their capital fur 10 years! The project, we are happy to 5;r.t..., met with the approbation of all present, and the details were left to be maturely considered at an adjourned iiieti!it.,....,.. to be held on Monday, the ' , 7th a September. It i s b ; lievt,cl that this connecting * railway, or; • in titf icr ,..7 l U' the entire line frUm Darlington to Gateshead' 1 i b e necessary completed P a Parliamentary a t m ' : o n t y -a e r a y rs p l o .r w 6 e l'a r powers, itshrslPimnortant be obtained without difficulty. Let butforward with per undertaking succeed, and we shall look the speedy ac feet confidence to the accomplish T through good and complishment— of that work w years so strenuously recommenls. ern coast line from I:%e,htiicmheitot o b_t n a v i l i c i ii t n e l a rt v‘ th i e ll eilkcitrii. Newcastle to Edinburg,ll.—Tr e , t C he a r t o o l f i o n n a e evil report, the railway on the hied:::%t•e have fur several a N I e o s r , I L I on Tuesday, the 24th instant, and of the wife of the other. of the Editors of this .s par otiecl 1 year on the 4th of Fe bruaryHe had completed G h a t ies l i OBITUARY.—D'ed at t, l j i. , a ,s l e e p ig h lt was a native of the village -of last. bookseller, when of age, at Shef siness as a printer and . ~, field, in 1787, the Shdr .ad Register. Persecuted on ac- Eckington, De3rbryr:shire, in England, and commenced bu for seven years, he itnigrated in 1794, ac count of his political principles, after publishing that popular paper with his faintly, to the United States, spending on his way some months in Germany ; arrived at Philadelphia in August, 1795, beginning business as a printer there, and after a time purchasing from the elder Oswald, the establishment of the Independent Gazetteer, 1N hich he pu blished for a year, and resold it to Samuel H. Smi di, Esq. (afterwards the founder of the, National Intelli geneer) ; emigrated to North Carolina in September, ' 1799, and there established the Raleigh Regis; r, he published for forty years, and which is still published kh THE FRUIT SEASON. — T he su pp l y of fruit t ' ~_ by hisyoungest t o' duty, the seasons past, and notwithstamling the reduccd_ra e .The latter, father having only a year or two ago retired from the every description has this year been much larger than for some importation of foreign fruits I,as been vary 11 u : concern.—National Intelligencer. ANEQUESTRIAN LAMPLIGHTER.--On `yell varieties, when has been ebountfinnoetd at t o al th l nesday evening last, says the Hertford Patriot, we wit- L AN his productions were brought into the may c apples i, unusual:y large, both at Covent -g •• ( t ' o ra in rF ter s f u er p e pi w y i ( th f tsl7etnir hie oolmf ge ' t i hg l e te s e u rish ; b o le f fi tsorts from Kent put, the finest nessed the novel spectacle describcd in the title of this markets, where, from ►the great og 25., 6d. r a k a t en and SpitUfields per bushel, being e paragraph. One of the men who officiates as city lamp may be procured from Is. f t.i n d s .. - t Cambridgeshire, from which I, ' lighter had mounted a horse, and with torch in hand a rate se letv.l"at aP lt e ia the London markets, will not pay was driving through the streets at a furious rate, neiliiii" . large supply . is brou4 that any competition from foreign a short call at every lamp -post, and hearingl 's fiery caird ii , the of carriage; so au p rice with this fruit is quite out of the question. In me at the top of each. He did not get off once in perform sciderreecsounties the crops are represented as being unusually ing his entire route, and yet he stopped frequently to a-light MORNING SUN I ~~' ~f ,'~: r ~s } hW a,,f9 lry `4; 1 . 1 - t• •;.'d holt ~01l