The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-20 00:00:00

MORNING SUN u iH'ARY OF NEWS AND Vttbitt eptuton. " Who runs may rrxid." Yr roILEIGT 4 .. 1 ., 1 • t h.'here w as some approach to ;.., nrsday. A. Commissary of serious t ieti i n P ar i s on - the a c t o f searching for r,. Pollee ;and his assistants, an accomplice of Pappard'person 'suspected of being in the R ue d Fathom-, s, were att ac k e d w i t h stones u St.. , in jured. The arrival 0f ,, a,7 1 P toine and seriously in him to make th a ' ten rmed force, however, enabled leaders of i_ 14 , --ko . .d arrest, and to capture the ring leadero;: aSsembled 'e Ivne• attacked him. In the evening a turned a-1, or at the Rue Traversiere, where they ruunicin I anibus and raised a barricade. Mountea ' a- r Pf E .rds, however, swept the streets, while a thoughadron of eergens de ci te removed the barricade. But tured ' , Jr..ier was restored, Paris presented a very _(l6- Was ~. , appea rance . The shops were shut, and alarm etlitio vi•• ible on every countenance. This shows the little t 4 ) ence whidi the people have in the supremacy of lot) 4 W. A Government is never strong where a revu in is believed to be possible. The following is the number of ships now in commis- Fc - sio n ' belonging to England and France :—Of line-of battle ships, carrying from 120 to 72 guns, England has ill c onlanssion : twenty-seven ; France, twenty--of fri gates, carrying from 60 to 36 guns, E ng l an d h as thir teen ; Frande, nineteen—of corvette, sloops, brigs, and E et4 l' sniall"Craft, earring from 30 gtras downwards ngland , '.llg.and ha , Siane)htindred and four ; France, an equal tPnher--. tporing and of steamers, excl us i ve of rmil packets and a'NesSels - ,. from 300 to 100 ho - , ; se power, Eng id has twenty-nine • France, twenty , -eight, Th e r, ' iti c . t.,,-. , government organ, the- e . 7 sager, says that order Was t o , - , - > + -8 red in Clermont on the 12th. This order, if a " e nlp orarY lull may be called Iv that name, which is only Prerserved b h ' ' • .11 1 ing mtary fo• , - y t-e preseme 04 „an o , er " e m . f the 1 - see ; - and-,yet, in the v‘':fy face of this rebellion o . reach .Pe°P- l e, rather than pay more taxes, the Courrzer the zy t • -F ancaz' bellows Pgainst ar e d uc tion of the army, and force e 1 "al execrates any attempt to reduce a naval op, o h oe. of v ra . ;-, greater than : ace, is required for the interests Th „ PUBLIC day t r P est, ashamed of its atrocious suggestion yester tone i.augh down L or d J o hn RUssell, thu s changes it s that • t.ter the debate of last night:—" If we thought the distress which exists in some pa i rts of themanu , 1 • coring districts,- were likely to receve any etir ectuai I',igation from Parliamentary debates, we should be rry to say one word against prolonging the present a ession in order that discussion might go on. But we cannot perceive any ground for such an opinion. We have looked into the very wordy statements of those who advocate Parliamentary discussion, but we can fip.a nothing in them which has the slightest claim to the cha racter of sound argument. As soon as there is ri - Aything ,of importance to say, let it be said; but he ir.as4 be a singular glutton of discussion who does not T .,elieve that enough of mere argumentation pro and con upon the ge neral question of the policy of the Corn-taws has been presented to the public. The H era ld takes another and a ezange view of the 51 - l ect, and argues that the alteray.on of the Corn-laws Prtoposed by the late Government would raise the price i L lif Provisions. Sir Robert Peel is, therefore, acting r eifully in maintaining Robert sliding-scale. Dotage seould nu f ur th er go. "Lord ohn Russell," says this oracle, s great reason to h. e li eve t h at t h e new Administra tion vvill make no considerable alteration in the Corn laws. Lord J o h n h as b ecome a prophet; he is a second lianiel come to 2udgment !' Why, the general election turned on this - very point, and the kingdom, by an im mense majcssity, h as d ec id e d th a t no considerable alte ration' shall be made ; at least no alteration that would .P lac e a Termanent tax on bread, such as the N o bl e L or d ...` r ° Pc s sr4i, and would, at the same time, deeply injurts native p agriculture ; far th e Whi g plan was osses,,sa ohef a most perverse i n g enu ity ; it wou ld have raised .t, price of bread to th e consumer, white it in i_dicted irreparable mischief on the home r ./sw er. The noble Lord appears on the Corn-laws in- „amble of look ing at anything tut the wants of the Tr.s a , t u r y ; increase .of revenue is the objectl for which hi vivotikl impose a -fixed duty on foreign' grain. happily for the country, Sir Rob er t P ee l h as reprAdiated all.such grovel. ling views on this subject ; he Kill not lay a permanent tax on the prime necessary of tile, even to make up the deficit left him by the IVhirts. Lord John Russell con eluded by disclaiming all ', - esponsibility in the proposed delay. Nobody asked e..te Noble Lord to assume any responsibility ; the co'.intry has, on the contrary, relieved him of respoissibiliv ; and he may henceforth comfort himself tha's tlie post of honour is a private station.' " The Tirses jests on this serious subject in the following strain Her Majesty's Prime Mi n i ster h av i ng given the brief and businesS-like statement' already allued to, 1 t °co' Arred t o L or d J o h n Russell, as the prime oracle of tPP asition, that it m i g h t b e well to take a night to think it, and frame his response accordingly. He has done ,a,„ and last evening the tint shrill trump of the Noble Lord's foemanship was formally sounded. Before his :Lordship's bugle was fully winded to its proper party pitch, it seemed to emit a few generous and amicable flourishes. Sundry little militant airs were very sweetly played. In particular, Sir Robert Peel's Irish appoint ments were honoured with a grand fuge. But in a very short while the noble band -master's esprit de corps got the better of his chivalry, and ere all was done, He blew a blast so loud and dread,' that the whole Conservative ranks must have been throw n into utter consternation, only his Lordship as surer', them that the thing was done, not as betokening a serisms onslaught, but merely as the make-believe of a psi' sate Parliamentary trooper. There was, therefore, no raj schief done. It did not even end in smoke —mere sciund was all that came of it." The Chronicle thus exposes the grasping selfishness and deceitful conduct of Sir Robert Peel, in forcing Lord John Russell to hasten the meeting of Parliament, on pretence of the urgency of public business, while he now sees no necessity for doing anything for six months : " What makes the present conduct of Ministers yet more glaringly disgraceful, is the energy with which, three months ago, Sir Robert Peel insisted that the new Par liament should be assembled now, for the express purpose, amongst others, of settling the Corn-law question. Having . carried his No-Confidence. reso • lution, having driven the then Ministry to a disso lution of Parliament, and having enforced the early :meeting- of the new Parliament, by refusing more than a fraction of the Supplies, he also urged it, ' with reference to the immense advantage which it must be to all e..sons enyaged in commercial specniations, or enterprise of any to know what was to l'e the state of the law affecting the importation of corn,' Such was Sir Robert Peel's t , rofessed conviction no longer ago than the 7th of Juno last ; a conviction backed by the retlisal of the year's supplies for carrying or, the Government. Under the The setticcinstraint which he applied, Parlia men t i s s i tting. settlement which he so imperatively demanded has bee a recommended from the throne. The powers of ofrace are in his hanr!. s , He can carry his own mea =tires.' He can bestow this immense advantage ;' or, 'b3 withholding it, inflict an immense injury.' But the real purposes of the party are gained, and commercial speculation' may wait till next year. The pretence stands exposed in all its hollowness ; the professed be lief and anxiety in all their falsehood." The _Dublin Evening Post consKers that the Reform party was never so powerful in T.reland as now, and for proof points to the dinner given to Lord Morpeth:— " We have said that the meeting of Tuesday night was calculated to raise high hopes for the future, and we said, truly; fer it was itn2cssible to witness that mani festation of the increasing strength and the cordial union cf the Reformers of Ireland, without being convinced - that she poss s esses within her se lf t h e power of protect i ng and extending her rights against any confederacy of bigots and re.onovolists, whether they attempt to delude by fair a ottls, or openly assail her liberties by coercion.' T SONEY—TR.A.DE—CODSMERCE. At Venice, a bridge is about to be constructed to unite that e'.ty to the C ont i nent, an d connect it with the Milan rail ',jut Antoine Pitich is the engineer, and the aver age expense is estimated at 4,830,000 livres Austrian. -• comrezEPcx.a.x. rtErortin. At Marylebone, on Tuesday, a meeting took place, for the purpose of for►ring an auxiliary Anti-Corn-law As !Eociation, when it was determined to advertise a public meeting of the entire district on Thursday, the 23d inst. On Thursday the inhabitants of Portland-town held a meeting at the Crown, lagh-street, for the formation of an Anti-Corn-law Association. Mr. Smith lectured, -- and tho meeting was adjourned till Tuesday, the 28th •' instant. NAVAL AND MrLITARY. V.lO ship Kelso was on Friday raised by the apparatus of Mr. J. Fraser, and was hauled alongside the quay at ik.e West India Docks. A fire at Sheerness Dockyard broke out on Thursday, -but fortunately, through prompt assistance, only the furna ce .house of the Government establishment was damaged. 1.197.17 AND POLXCE, -At C g lueen.square Police-office on Friday a man of the 11 ana'.: of Whappum was committed on three charges for 148 '.4ing forged 101. notes of the Bank of England. An Italian artist, named Mazzotti, was committed at ' U nion -hall, for assaulting Charles Boussaton, attached to the concert D'E te, at D rury - lane, with intent to do s some grievous bodily harm. The complainant was Yerqy wounded in the head with a life preserver, and t pe prisoner justified the assault o n th e groun d t h at t h e renchm an had carried off his mistress. .CIONEZEING. Lord Stanley left town on Saturdayfor Lancashire. The election for Aberdeen is fixed for Tuesday (to- Izerrow). The Hon. Captain Gordon has add resse d t h e etorS. Lord Granville Somerset left on Friday night for Mon- Irlouth, to canvass for his re-election there. rhe SPORTIN G. Duke of Cleveland and Earl of Chesterfield have a cceeted the Stewardship of the Doncaster Races for the ensuing year. A match between twelve fast swimmers toot place on Friday morning, at seven o'clock, in the Serpentine 'liver, for three silver medals, awarded by the British Swimming Society. The distance of 400 feet was ef fected in seven minutes—viz., four minutes in going across, and three in returning. The names of the win ners were Lewis , Kenworthv, and Jones. The Right don. Edward Ellice, M.P., and Mr. Ed ward Ellice, arrived at Inverishie, their shooting seat in Scotland, on Monday last. C OURT—r.A.SIEX ONABL E. Earl Spencer received the Marquis of Normanby, Lord Lyttleton, and a large circle, at 1, Yorkshire, during last week. The Duke of Richmond arrived at Gordon Castle, 11;s seat in Scotland, on Tuesday last. - • Baroness Brunow, the ]ady of the Russian Ministers arrived at Ashburnham House, on Fride t y from Stockholm, rftISCMT,LII.NEOUS. A meeting of the masons who were employed in build ilfig Ile New Houses of Parliament, and who struck last 'Saturday in consequence of the conduct of their fore man, Mr. Allen, was held yesterday, and from the re presentations made through Lord Ashley to the Com missioners of Woods and Forests, it appears that the grievance they complain of is to .be removed, and they will re-commence on Monday morning. They are highly praised for their peaceable and forbearing conduct. Bets of 51. even have been taken that the receipts on the Brighton Railway in the second week after it has been opened throughout, will be 4,000/. ; anti Si. to 251. that the recipts of the two first weeks will equal 8,0001. It appears from a late report of the Pan; and Rouen Railway Company, that the Shareholders have bet n too liberal in the supply of funds ; that the Company I ave too much money in hand, which the report calls an in convenience, and beg the Shareholders not to increase it. The three steamers on the Niger expedition arrived safely on the sth ult., in Montserado-roads, on the coast of Africa. The Abyssinian expedition, under Captain Harris, which left Bombay on the 27th of April, has paid a visit to the curious salt lake of Assal, and are now near Ta junah. The people are prejudiced against them, as they suppose their object to be the suppression of the slaVe trade. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn laid the foundation-stone of the new market at Oswestry on Monday last, in the presence of nearly 150 personages of title. Lord and Lady Farnham received the melancholy in telligence of the death of the Hon. Robert Thomas Max well, his Lordship's brother, on Wednesday, at Mivart's Hotel. He died at Newtown Barry on Monday last, in the 23d year of his age. At the Special Court of Common Council held yes terday, for the improvements in the Law Courts of the City, the expense was estimated at 8,6001., and the al terations voted to be proceeded with by a majority of 18 out of 80. RUMOURS or THE DAT. Viscount Campden, eldest son of the Earl of Gains borough, will shortly lead to the hymenial altar the Lady Ida Hay, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Errol. MONEY and COM WERCJAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Sat• dr d a y Livening . ) LIVERPOOL COTTON riAIIIIET, SEPT. 17.—There was a great demand for cotton in the early part of the week, and rather adv:incing prices obtained. Since Tuesday, however, :Item has been less animation, and an equal, if not a largcr, quantity offering, consequently a more fa — Jun.l)/e market for the buyer ; our quotation's, there rrore„ will not differ from those of Friday last in any de scriptions, except Maranhams, which are a shade lower. Speculators have taken 4,500 bales Americ an , an d 250 bales Surat i and Exporters 2,000 bales American, 150 bales West' India, and 150 b a l es Surat. No business doing in the Share Market worthy of notice. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 17. -- We have had very few sellers of Stock, and, in consequence, little business done. London and Birmingham, 138 ; Manchester and Leeds, 65 ; Ditto Halves, 37i- ; Ditto New, 2 prem., and 375. 6d. prem. ; Manchester and Sheffield, 22g. Port Phillip papers to the 29th of April have been re• ceived. Flour was qurited at 341. to 351. per ton. Tea 141. to 141. 14s. per enest. Buenos Ayres papers to July 7th have been received, which state 014 since the raising of the blockade 280 vessels have sailed from.the port of Buenos Ayres laden with the produce of the country, sent to different parts. The nuinber of vessels arrived since the raising of the bloz.cade eanounts to 450. The quarterly averages of the weekly liabilities and assets in the Bank of England, as published in the Gazette of last night, shows an increase in the circula tion of 253,000/., in deposits of 96,0001., in securities of 555,000/., and a decrease' in the bullion of 131,0001., compared with the last statement. Consols opened at `894 s for Money, and 90/1- 4 for the Account ; ExchequCr Bills, 11 13 prem. ,• Spanish Ac tive Stock,. 22f, k,• Portuguese Fiv e p er C ents ., 304 k ditto, Threes 18 4 ;- 4 1 .. Very little bUsiness doing: Consols are now quoted at 89:1 kfor Money, and 901 for the Account, with scarcely a bargain doing ; Exche quer Bills, 11 13 prem. There has been equally as little business doing in the Foreign Market. Spanish' Active Stock is rather flat at 221 ; Portuguese /ive per Cents. are 301 ; Russian Bonds, 112 k ; Danish, 604 ;Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 51i ; Ditto Fives, 1021 I. The only transactions which have taken place in the Share Market to-day have been in Eastern Counties and London and Brighton ; the former has been done at il, and the latter at 45L Again, except in the corn trade, we have had the same dullness in the produce markets this week, though general trade has improved. It is gratifying to be enabled to state that by the assistance not only of its Shareholders, but also of its friends in the several districts where it has branches established, the Nottingham Bank is paying without difficulty every demand made upon it, so that confidence in its stability has been almost entirely re stored. No doubt, after this proof of its resources, there will be no longer any demur on the part of a certain Joint-Stock Bank in the City, said to be in treaty for the London agency., Consols for the Account, 90i sellers ; Spanish, 22 i i CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ••• 3 per Cent Red 3 per Cent Cons 3i per Cent Red.. New 3i f per Cent 99 New 5 per Cent Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 .. Oct 1859 Jan. 1860.. India Stock . ••• Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21c1 13 pm Ditto 5001 l3 pm Ditt Small l3 Bank Stock for Opg — llndia Stock for Acct — Consols for Acct 9oa FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgi..n, 5 per cent — Ditt o , N ew Ditto 3oi Brazilian 80nd5.......... Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent ll2i Chilian, 6 per cent...... Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... Spanish, 5 per cent 22a Ditto, 1824. — Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per cent Boi French, 5 per cent.ll4f. 50e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — (Exchange —f.—a. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, - 3 per cent —f. c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825. Dutch, 2 per cent. 51i Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent 1021 SHARES Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid )....... 8 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) London and South Western York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 744 7& 454 _7_if PRISON DISCIPLINE We copy the following case from the Sunday Times. If faithfully reported, the language used by the Magis trate is liable to just censure. If the " padrones" are the real offenders, why commit children to prison to be thus disfigured for the crimes of their wasters ? MARLBOROUGH-STREET, SATURDAY. A gentleman entered the Court, accompanied by a little Italian boy, to make this inquiry of Mr. Hardwick, the sitting Ma gistrate : _ About a fortnight ago the boy had been apprehended by a policeman for begging in Rupert-street; on his per son the sum of 2s. sd. was found, and this was produced in such a way as to make it appear that the money was the produce of bagging. On the evidence of the police man, Mr. Hardwick sent the boy to prison for 14 days. Now he (the applicant) entertained an impression that the boy had been wrongly committed, because just be fore the boy was taken by the policeman he had received from him (applicant) half-a-crown for sittting to him to have his picture taken. The boy himself denied to him that he had been begging, and alleged that the money found upon him was the sum he had received for allow ing his picture to be taken, and that he had spent one penny only. But wh a t h e (the applicant) wished princi pally to direct the Magistrate's attention to, was the way in which the boy had been treated when taken to Tothill-fields ; the prison•keeper had not only cut the boy's hair close, but had also cut off his eyebrows. Mr. HAnnwicx said he presumed the boy had been dealt with in the usual manner adopted towards persons committed as vagrants. The gentleman said it might be excused had the boy's hair only been cropped ; but he did not think the prison authorities were justified in disfiguring the boy by cut ting off his eyebrows. Mr. HARDWICK remarked that the number of foreign beggars were on the increase. We had enough of our own native mendicants without being overrun with those of other countries. He was determined to do all he could to punish vagrants, and more particularly he should put the law in fu 1 force against those " padrones," who made a profit out of the mendicant practices of the bos the b rou ght into this country, y y The gentleman said he had brought the case before the Court because he thought the boy had been very badly used. The subject then dropped. • FLANDERS AND DUIiT , a MA-IL. B RUS SELS, SEPT. 16.—The Journa l du Commerce of Antwerp has received a private letter from the Hague of the 14th September, with the following intelligence : " I hasten to let you know that Baron Verstolk Van Zoclen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has just tendered his resignation to the King, who has accepted it this morning, and immediately appointed M. Van Zuylen Van Nivolt to fill the office ad interim. It is said that this sudden retirement is to be attributed to a difference re specting Limburg." We learn from Liege that som e Dutch officers have lately arrived in that city with a commission from their Government to bespeak arms in our manufactories. They have announced this intention in a %lint which they have paid to the burgomaster. We re j oice at this circumstance, which is a happy augury for the future re lations of the two countries. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 17.—The King and Queen of the follows :—" I have just returned from Belgians leave Paris to-day, and are expected at the 1 RESULT . ;' a journey by Stockton, Ayton, Stokesley, Yarrn, Dar- R OF THE HARVEST.--A Corre- Palace of Lacken to-morrow, where her Royal Highness wa N y o t t o hi E ng ng i l s an m d o f r r e om sin G g e u rm lar any. the Duchess of Kent is also expected on Friday, on her sp . ondent writes as than what has passed, and lington, and Bishop Auckland, and lam glad I can in what what is still passing, respecting the accession of the form you that all the wheat, with very little exception,ll - Duchy of Luxemburg to the German Customs is cut, and, in the Cleveland district particularly, inoStly and, being well got, will prove a Union. While the King summoned Commissioners to stacked ; and if the present fine weather continue ' till g roqt relief. I came trom Auckland on the 13th of Oc -1 the Hague to enable him to judge of the commercial re- the end of the week, nearly all the wheat will be in. lations best adapted to Luxemburg, this treaty of union The crop is excellent, was signed at Berlin. Now, while the Commissioners are stilt engaged in discussing the advantages and the sob er last y ear, and counte d thirty fields of grain out, dangers of this t rea ty, P russia takes possession of all and some to cut. I think the harvest full three week s the frontiers. Of a t rea t y o f commerce w hi c h co nsti- earlier this year than last.—D u Mum Chronicle. THE S(1 N, LONDON,_ IiONDAY, SE tltt't?t tine document, some articles only are published, and among them the most important, that relative to the im• portation of corn, the parties seem to intend to negotiate respecting the others. One might be . tempted to ask who is deceived in this affair, the King of Prussia, or the people of Luxemburg ? P.S.—We had written thus far when we received from Luxemburg the important news that all the ititlMifla fo r carrying into effect the accession of the OtlndThichy of Luxemburg to the Customs twin are suspended, and even that the Prussian Custom-house officers, who were already in Luxemburg, have received orders to return to Prussia. These facts clearly prove that the ratification of the treaty, if not refused, is at least suspended.—Rcho du Luxemburg. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 16.—1 n the sitting of the Second Chamber to-day, the Project of Law for the Conversion of the Funded Debt into Active Debt was the Order of the day. It was adopted by a majority of 42 to 10. The Handelsblad expresses great satisfaction at the adoption of this law. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 17.—The Second Chamber adopted by a majority of 42 to 9 the Project of a Law respecting the Reduction of a portion of the National Dtbt PETERSBURG. Si'. I".—The Emperor left Yarskoye- Selo on the night of the Ist instant, and took the road to White Russia. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMBTLADAM, SAPT. 17. None.. fill Is. Actual Ditic, 2% per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per ce . ct. A mei t Syndic, 45. percent . 91% 92 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 75% ;lt. Commercial Comaany 454 pier cent l5/i% 11) 1 3 Ditto (1535 and 1837) 5 per cent. omi 10154 102 Loan 1837, 5 per cant. Exchange on Londoh, Otte month l2 05 Two month; Hambtirgh, One month 33 75 Two mouths 35 51 Dutch Papers, Sept. W. BELGIAN FUNDS—DI9II3III4, Skil. 17. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Csnt. .'.u...:31 :191 Loan of Thirty Millions , 4 per ' l'o% o• 7 93 3 pil.l* Cent. ----T c :i t ryt.y:sevet: Loan of -.............__,.....0 '10) NI li '''''''"4"s , , erCent -- 1 %32 4. - SoClety of COWILLerce, 4 }iper Cent 9 3 14 Ittutkornelgium,4 per Cent .......... -- 74% NationalS.- e t, Each-- "' ' • • '...ige on London (short) --Brussels Papers, Sept. 17. AUSTRIAN FUNDS..-VIENNA, SEPT. 10 1 Five per Cents. Metalliques . in - % Four per Cents. ..... -.............88 Three per Cents. Bank Shares 1572 --Allgemeine Zeitung. Sept. 11 HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Sarr. 14. Bills. Money Austrian 5 per Cents. - 10714 Bank Shares - 1605 Anglo-ltussian Loan in % Ioe% Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Clrtificate - Inscription, Ist Senss lOl% 10134 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th Series ... 95% 95 Ditto in Certificates - New 4 per Cent. (1840) 86% fli Dutch actual Debt, 2% p e C en t lO% - 50% Ditto 5 per Cent - Polish BOlla i New llcket - Anglu-Danish Loan, 3 per Cert 75% 75 N..swegian Loan, 1334, 4 per Cane ....... l+2% 10.1 14 Spanish, Ncw A per Cents, l6 - EXCHANGE'S ON' LONDON. HAMBURG, SEPT. 14.-13 5%.-Two months, 13 4 R kRI.IN, Surr, 11.-Three months, 6. 1834 Money. BREMEN, SEPO. 10 --TwO months, 6 12. RIGA, SEPT. 2. -Three Months, 394 s . Siocattoms, SEPT. 7.-Seventy-five days, 12 0. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.-BERLIN, SEPT. 12. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4 1 , per cent. 1 1147, .04% Prussian English Loan, 1830,4 per cent lO2 101% Exchange on London, three months 6 18% -Prussian State Gazette. Sept. 13 ONE OF THE STANDARD'S MISTAKES.—" Lord Palmer ston was more flippant than usual. It was, however, in the case of Hong Kong that the Noble Viscount was most riotously facetious. Sir Robert Peel had complained that no less a sum than 900,0001. had been assigned to the civil expenses of this inconsiderable acquisition in a single year; mark, for the merely civil expenses of an island not one-fourth as large as Thanet, nearly a million sterling. Why, the sum would nearly plate the island with silver, if not with gold. Lord Palmerston, in allusion to this complaint, bantered the Premier upon the pettiness of noticing such a contemptible place as Hong Kong. Now this, we think, was misplaced mirth. . Hong Kong may be a very contemptible place, and we believe it is ; but 900,0001. is not a very contemptible sum ; it makes a se rious inroad upon the national revenue, and the more contemptible the object ftpon.which such a sum has been squandered, the more have they, guilty of the prodigality, to answer to the country." This paragraph would hit Lord Palmerston very hard if it were not throughout a mis take. The sum mentioned by Sir Robert Peel as having been expended on Hong Kong was not 900,0001., but 9,000/., as correctly reported in The Sun. From which of the Morning Papers the Standard and Globe borrowed the palpable and gross error we know not, though we see that it is committed by the Times, but it was not taken from The Morning Sun. , - CHARTISM. --- T 9 . ..TH,i - EDITOI? OF THE SUN. Sin—A phragraph in the Miscellaneous of your paper of Wednesday, the 15th instant, stating that a Chartist meeting was to place at Salisbury on that day, and tilati if thp Council Chamber was ,refttse4; it wonld be it thi•clilia.li theetlh as a iegiilar subscriber tea your pApet for the hist two years .) I beg to observe that your informant may be a torch light incendiary, but the Chartists of Salisbury deprecate all torchlight meetings, of whatever nature they may be ; and; Was . 3-our infor mant as peaceably i n elin e d as t h e Sali s b u r y Chartists, he would hot be ashamcd of his name, I am, .Sir, yours, most respectfully, JOHN WILKINSON, Sub‘Secretary titheNatiosnaaiilsuCbhry, SeptarterAs . lsOck lti4 tion l. of Great Britain. Market-place, [The paragraph was taken from a local paper.— En. Son.] RIECLNT SlittlKE of MASONS AT THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. In the daily j ourna l s of last week their appeare d para ghtamdpshtsr,uctkh the ri substance se luded to) of th e arbitr ar y gue o n f ee which was, that the masons s employed on the w or k s o f t h e new Houses o f P ar li amen t Alien; and that they h a d resolved n o t aga i n to resume o ( n a ( s iu s e t t at oe their the o rem o ti r n t : Mal .r their labour until the cause of their grievance was re moved: The fact of works of so great ati importance as theae of the how itotlaes of Legislature being suspended, vitttitratly catisca a Very considerable sensation, and as it is a matter of importance to the public that it should be properly informed of the real nature of the case, our re porter waited yesterday upon the contractors, Messrs. Griasell and Pao, and the former gentleman very kindly furnished him with facts, the detail of which will put this atrair in its proper light. The masons employed up to Saturday . night week numbered 222 and the whole of them, principally pr,vincial, belong to the " Birmingham Union of Masons." This union was established for the pur pose of protecting the labourer against the master. So far so good ; but union being strength, may be turned to other purposes than those it originally professes, and may, as in this instance, become a powerful instrument of intimidation. The men in a body have no fault whatever to find with their foreman, and so, we are in formed, they have expressed themselves ; but a few, six teen or seventeen, have considered themselves ill-used, and, to redress their wrongs, all must act up to the spirit of their compact, and strike. Two months since the contractors received a letter from the masons, requesting them to receive a deputation. The contractors consented and met the depuation, when a number of grievances were related. They, the thputatiOn, prefaced their complaints by stating that Mr. Allen was an arbitrary man ; and, us an instance, he had refused to allow a mason to leave his work to bury his mother. This cer tainly was a very severe accusation to make against a man, and the contractors sifted it to the bottom. They had the foreman 'confronted with the men, and he then stated that a man did apply to him for permission to leave his work for a time that he might go down into the country to bury his mother. The foreman was willing to grant him his request, but when he asked for three weeks' ab sence, the foreman said he could not keep his bench empty that time, and, if he went, he must take his chance of being employed on his return. This statement satisfied the deputation, and they agreed that the foreman had not been harsh. Another grievance, however, was raised ; and that was, the men could not have their beer where they liked—they were confined to two houses of the contractors' choosing. The contractors said they had chosen the houses nearest the works ; but to conciliate the men they would strike one off, and allow beer to come from the one at which they held their meetings, the Paviors' Arms, Milbank. The deputation expressed themselves satisfied, and nothing again occurred to dis turb the harmony that existed until a fortnight since. It is the custom in all public buildings to give por tions of work to masons that occupy a certain time in completing, and if one man, from being a better or quicker workman, completes his job before the time, he is called a " chaser," and the united exertions of the men are put in force to expel him from the work, unless he consents to work at the speed laid down by the Commit tee of Masons. A mason finished a "headway" two days before he should have done according to his fellow workmen's • rule, and a meeting was held, at which he was fined:ss. The man appealed to his foreman, Mr. Allen, and'the latter mentioned the circumstance to the contractors, who desired the foreman to encourage the man, and support him against the body that oppressed him. Another meeting of the union was held, and it was resolved, that unless this man, who had only faith fully discharged his duty, was dismissed, they would strike. Upon a re-consideration, they thought that too weak a ground, and got up a charge against the foreman, which was to the effect that he wished them to db more work in one day than they were inclined to think a fair day's work ; and that, when they did not do this, he made UFC of intimidating language towards them, and after alluding to many what we consider child ish annoyances that they had suffered, the letter concluded .by stating that, unless Mr. Allen was discharged,they would cease to work from Saturday week. The contractors, having no fault to find with their foreman, determined not to be influenced by this spirit of insubordination, and to maintain him in his place—the result of which was the masons fetched away their tools on Tuesday last. The contractors having seen a paragraph in the papers, in which it was stated that Lord Ashley had consented . . to present a petition to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests on behalf of the masons, Mr. Grissell waited upon the Hon. the Commissioners, and ascertained that the statement was totally false, the Commissioners assuring Mr. Grissell that, had such a complaint been made, they should either have referred ,the matter to him, or at the least, solicited his presence. Yesterday the Commissioners of Woods and Forests sent a letter to the contractors, stating that whatever they. the contractors, might suggest, they, the Commis sioners, would assist them in carrying out, as far as lay in their power. Thus the affair remains at present.— Observer. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SEPT. 19.—Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal Suite and House hold, attended Divine Service this morning in the private Chapel within the Castle. The Rev. Lord W. Russell, one of the Canons of Windsor, officiated. This morning the Queen and Prince Albert rode to, and returned from, Adelaide Cottage, in a pony phaeton. Herßoyal Highness the Princess Royal has been twice taken out for an airing to-day. In the afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, the Queen and Prince Albe r t left the Castle for a drive in a pony phaeton, the Prince driving. Lady Portman, Hon. Matilda Paget, Hon. Miss Lister, and Viscount Sydney, followed in a second carriage, and Admiral Sir Robert Otway in a third car riage. Colonel Wemyss and Sir Edwa r d B owa t er were on horseback. The Rev. Lord Wriotesley Russell and Baron Stockmar arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon on a visit to her Majesty His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived in town on Saturday morning from his residence at Kew. His Royal Highness paid a visit in the afternoon to Sir Robert Peel at his official residence in Downing-street, and afterwards returned to Kew. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. It was attended 133 Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buckingham, the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, th e Chancellor of the Ex chequer, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Ripon, Lo r d Ellen borough, and Sir Henry Hardinge. The Council sat an hour and a half. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Lyttleton, Mr. Lemon, and Mr. Bruen, had interviews with Sir James Graham, at the Home-office, on Saturday. The Rev. R. Jones had an interview with Sir Robert Peel on Saturday, at his official residence in Downing street. Lord Stanley left town on Saturday morning for Lan cashire. The Committee of the Baronetage for Privileges met and transacted business on Saturday. Mr. Bolling and a Deputation had an interview with Sir James Graham on Saturday at the Home-office. The Earl of Aberdeen had a dinner party on Saturday at his residence in Argyle-street. Despatches from the Governor of New South Wales, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. THE REV. MR. HEAD AND THE BISHOP OF EXETER. It will be seen by the following correspondence, that Bishop Philpotts has commenced proceedings against the Rev. Henry Erskine Head. The truth may be preached with boldness, but not with impunity. We be lieve that Mr. Head will do honour to the great Pro testant principle which he has so forcibly maintained. It was stated in Honiton, on Wednesday, that the Bishop had declared at Mr. Justice Coleridge's, at Ottery, that he would strip Mr. Head of his gown : Palace, Exeter, Sept. 15, 1841. Rev. Sir—My attention has been called to a printed paper, purporting to be 44 A View of the Duplicity of the present System of Episcopal Ministration, in a Letter addressed to the Parishioners of Feniton, Devon, occa sioned by the Bishop of Exeter's Circular on Confirma tion, by Henry Erskine Head, A.M., Rector of Feniton, Devon." This paper, I am infortned, was published on the 21st August last, in the Western Tones newspaper, with your name appended to it. I think it right to inform you that I deem it necessary to take proceedings against you as the author of this paper. With this declaration of my purpose, I now ask whether you admit yourself to be the author or not. It may be proper for me to add that I am induced to take this step, by my having understood that you avow your readiness to declare yourself the author, and to submit to legal investigation of the case. I am, Rev. Sir, your obedient servant, Rev. H. E. Head. H. EXETER. Rectory, Feniton,of re Septeevil4,ing a letter l 8 l. My Lord—l have had the honour from your Lordship, inquiring if I am the'aFt:for of a letter in the Western 2 imes on " The Duplicity of the present system of Episcopal Ministration," &c., to which question I have the honour to reply in the affirmative. I beg leave also to state that th e su bj ec t o f th a t l e tt er is more fully entered into in another letter in the Western Times of lust Saturday, " To the Spiritual Peers in Par liament, on their Abuse of Prelatical Power in requiring unlawful and contradictory Subscription from Candidates for Ordination in the Ministry in the National Church" (or words to that effect—for I have not the document at hand) of which letter I also acknowledge myself to be the author—as indeed my own signature appended to the document sufficiently attests. I Rho beg leave to have the honour of stating to your Lordship, with reierence to my having declined, for merly, on a similar occasion, to give your Lordship ex plicit answers —that this proceeded, not from hesitation to avow my sentiments, but in order that - I might first more fully lay before the public (which I have since been enabled to do) what those sentiments really are, and on what principles they are founded. I have the honour to be, my Lord, Your Lordship' s most obedient humble servant, ERSKNE BEAD. - To the Right Rev, the IIENRY Lord Bishop of l Exeter. — . Western Times. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Tchgraph.) PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—The Apollo troop-ship, Mr. White, Commander, arrived yesterday from Quebec, with the 32d Regiment on board, which disembarked to day at the Dock-yard, and marched to Fort Cumberland. The 34th Regiment, from Gosport, will move over to this garrison on Monday, and take up the quarters of the 66th Regiment, the first division of which (and we regret we cannot congratulate Lieut.-Col. Johnstone on the 66th Regiment being the best disciplined corps in the service) will march to Winchester on Monday, The Comus, 16, Victor, 16, and Hornet schooner, sailed from Barbadoes on the sth Aug.—the Victor for Honduras, and the Hornet for Chagres. The Devastation, steam frigate, has been commissioned this week at 'Woolwich. The Warspite, 50, Capt. John Hay, was taken out of the dock into the basin on Tuesday, to be fitted ; and the Belvidera, 36, taken into the dock on the same day. The Beagle and Britomart were at Sydney on the Ist April, and Erebus and Terror at Hobart Town on the 20th of that month. The Rose, sloop of war, Commander B. Christie, ar rived at Plymouth on Thursday, from the Cape and Brazils station. The Mercury tender sailed this afternoon, for Devon port, with supernumeraries, end the Avon arrived from that port, and will proceed to the eastward, with super numeraries. Orders have been received at this dock-yard to expe dite the building of the Thunderbolt steamer, and Alba tross and Sealark, 16 gun-brigs. The Royal Frederick, three-decker, will be laid down upon the slip from which the Neptune was launched, in the course of the ensuing 'week. The Duncan, convict-ship, with 259 male prisoners, under the care of Dr. M'Dowall, arrived at Hobart Town from Sheerness in 123 days, all well. On Monday, arrived at th e M o th er b an k, th e sc ho one r Paraquet, H. Coid, Master, from Alexandria, laden with beans, bound to Gainsborough, and having brought a foul bill of health, is under a strict quarantine. The Great Liverpool was released from quarantine on Wed nesday, having been eight days under restraint, and pro ceeded to Southampton. On Thursday arrived the Ame rican line-ship Westminster, Captain Moore, in 25 days from New York, and after passing quarantine, examina tion, and landing some of her passengers, sailed for the River. Also arrived the same day the brig Advena, John Bewick, Master, from Leghorn, laden with oak timber for the Dock-yard, a nd aft e r being; admitted to pratique, went into the harbour to discharge. The John Lyne, Captain Brodie, arrived on Sunday, and having embarked her passengers and stock, sailed the same afternoon for Madras. The Henry Davidson, Captain Macdonnell. passed by yesterday from Calcutta ; sailed on the 9th of April, and St. Helena 15th July. The Highbury, Falconer, from Grenada, the 10th Au gust, for London ; the Honduras, Weller, from Sydney, 130 days ; and the Mount Stewart Elphinstone ' from India, were all off the Wight this morn i ng, and landed mails and passengers at this place. The Hendrick Hudson, Captain Morgan, arrived on Sunday last from London, and sailed the same day for New York, full of emigrants to tho Western World. A French merchantman, of 800 tons burthen, called the Ville de Bourdeaux, has been seized by the local au thorities of Adelaide, South Australia, in February last. The cause of her seizure is said' to be because she came there to carry stock to King George's Sound, which, being a French vessel, she had no right to do ; • Still more extraordinary, we find that 2,000 sheep, pasturing at Glenelg, the property of E. Rowlands, Esq., were a l so seized by the Custom-house, without any ma g ist er i a l au thority, because it was suspected they were sold, i n or d er toorbteis,hhiip Patriot,pliped intl offending March ll. Ville de Bourd eaux .— The Halifax papers state that the 37th R eg i ment i s about to return to England, and that the 20 t h R eg i ment will do duty in that garrison. a Port SYDNEY: CAPE BRETON, Auc. 1 8.—The ranks of the detachment of the 64th Regiment quartered in this gar rison are being daily thinned by desertion. 0:1e-fifth of the rank and file which marched into barracks a few weeks since have already taken their departure'.without leave. Some, at least, we are given to understand, taking with them their arms and accoutremt nts. At a Special Sessions of the Magistracy a circular addressed to the Justices of the Peace throughout the county, inviting them to use great exertion for the detection and capture of the deserters, unanimously adopted, has been printed and circulated.--Advocate. TEE NIGER EXPEDITION.—On the sth inst. the expe dition of the three steamers, under Captain Trotter and the two Aliens, arrived in safety in Montserado Roads passag e h as b een favour asTe The e f sick ness h a d occurre d i n ierary Gaz e tt e . oa any t h ,o e arn c tdh o cans, vessels.—L iterary s o as f esiisilLe Africa . ory, Excelle n t, Ill us t r io us , ' VBeielvidera, Royal George, North Star, r n , r s ppliltracir;beorn, Madagascar,apQi du,eFet Pantaloon, Viper, and Avon, Alban, and Echo steamers. 1 , 1 s: ti 'EMBER 20, 1-41. PEOMOTIONS AND APPOINTMEENTS. ProM.YrIONs.-.--LiJutenants—AlexanderDingwellFor dyce (1826), to the rank of Commander. Mates—W.. C. Hickey (1834), Charles W. Hallett (1836), anti Henry A. Norman (1835), to the rank of Lieutenant, iitSgktant t4tit'geotts--4Trni Bayne (1830), and James Moyes Deas, M.D. (1835), to the rank of Surgeon. Second Master—Thomas Hancorn, F. W. Paul (of the Merlin), and H. Brehaut (of Shearwater), to the rank of Master. Ar}l'oftmitENTs—Captain—A. T. Vital, to Styx. Commander—H. IL Henry (from Styx) to the Devas tation steam-frigate. Lieutenants—W. G. Lugard to the Belleisle ; T. M'Gregor and G. Johnson to North Star ; P. Parkhurst, to Devastation. _ . Master—Mr. B. Wilson, to Viper ; J. H. Aston, to Devastation. Second Masters—W. Roberts, to the Dasher ; George Hodges, to Warspite ; John Colman, to Volcano ; Mr. Stokes to Merlin. Master's Assistant—W. C. Pyper, to Illustrious. Purser—J. Millingham, to Devastation. Surgeons—Mr. A. Sanderson, to the North Star ; Mr. T. Kittle, to Cleopatra ; Mr. A. Stewart, to Powerful. Assistant-Surgeons—Mr. J. C. Bowman, to Tweed ; Mr. Wm. White, to Thalia ; C. D. Steele, to Rhada manthus. Mates—Mr. T. 11. Stewart, to the Avon; F. D. Yonge, to Caledonia ; W. F. W. Parkinson, to Cambrian ; Wardrop, to Malabar ; G. A. Phayre, to Driver. Midshipman—Mr. T. B. Crawford, to Excellent. Volunteer—Mr. J. Barnard, to Madagascar. Clerks—V. liore. to Driver ; D. Clow, to be Seere-' tary's Clerk in Sir E. Codrington's Office ; G. Munro to North Star. Naval Instructor—Thomas Eastman, to Formidable. First Engineer—T. Jones, to Driver. COAST GUAnD—Commander—Charles Parker, R.N., from Sligo, is appointed Inspecting Commander of Coast Guard to the Waterford District, in the room of Com mander the Hon. George Hastings, appointed to the com mand of her M jesty's ship Harlequin. Lieutenant—Joseph Clark, to the Coast Guard, at Romney. WOOLWICH-FRIDAY. ROYAL ARTILLERY.-At nine o'clock this morning a detachment of the Royal Artillery was ordered to attend at the Mortar Battery, to make some experiments with a newly-invented fusee for exploding shells in a given number of seconds after they are projected from the mortars. The first six shells were 13 inches in diameter, fitted on a principle invented by Mr. Marsh, the cele brated chymist in the Royal Arsenal, whose discoveries for detecting the minutest portion of arsenic in bodies has rendered his name familiar in this country and in France on the late trial of Madame Latfarge. The fusee invented by Mr. Marsh for exploding shells is constructed exactly in the form of a common screw, the composition being placed in the hollows, and when ignited in the action of discharge, burns at the rate of one inch in length in two seconds. The first three shells were adjusted to explode in 40 seconds from tke time they were discharged from the mortar, and the result was as follows:—The first exploded in 32 se conds, the secon I in 38 seconds, and the third, from some unexplained cause, did not appear io explode at all. The fourth shot was regulated for 30 and exploded in 27 se conds. The fifth and sixth shots were regulated for 20, and the one exploded at 20, and the other in 19 seconds. This invention of Mr. Marsh promises to be of great utility, as by the spiral form any degree of time re quisite to reach a considerable distance may be ob tained, and in every instance the shells fired with Mr. Marsh's fusees were several seconds on the ground, near the object aimed at, a flag staff 850 yards distant, before they showed symptoms of explosion. Lieutenant- Colonel Dansey, C. 8., Royal Artillery, afterwards, gave orders to fire three eight-inch shells, fitted with fusees invented by him, but in every instance they appeared to expend the whole of the composition intended to commu nicate the explosive action while passing through the air, and ceased to have effect when they reached the ground, the object desirable to be obtained with certainty. The bulwark in the marshes is undergoing a thorough repair previous to further experiments with percussion shells, which are expected to take place next week. Mr. Napier was in the marshes yesterday, and is one of the parties who will fire on the next occasion. NAVAL INTELLIGNCE. The Fearless steam-vessel, Captain Frederick Bullock, left Woolwich on Sunday for the DOVns. The Aid left Woolwich on Monday for Chatham. The Carron steam-vessel sailed from Woolwich on Tuesday for Portsmouth, and on her arrival at the lat ter port a crew will be put into her from the Illustrious, and she will then proceed direct to Bermuda, tt; be em ployed as a tender to the Pique, flag-ship of Vice-Ad miral Sir Charles Adam, and the other vessels under his command. The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Fre derick Chevalier Syer, left Chatham for Woolwich on Tuesday, with a detachment of Royal Marines, under the command of Lieutenant Elliott (and not Lieutenant Wood. as formerly stated). The Comet has since been ordered to proceed to the Downs, to tow the Abercrom bie Robinson, No. 1 troop-ship, with the 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade on board, through that dangerous navi gation into the English Channel. The Vixen, Commander Henry Boyce, arrived yes terday at Woolwich, from Chatham, to be immediately fitted for sea. _ _ The Devastation steam-vessel, recently launched at the Woolwich Dock-yard, has been ordered to be com missioned, and the following Officers have been appointed to her .—CommanderHastings Reginald Henry (from the Styx), Lieutenant Percy Parkhurst, Mr. J. H. Ash ton, Master, and Mr. J. Millingham, Purser. The Meteor steam-vessel.—Commander M. Atwell Slater (acting), during the absence on leave of Comman der Waugh. The Rhadamantlius steam-vessel.—C. D. Steele has been appointed Assistant-Surgeon. The Dasher steam-vessel. —Mr. 'William Robert has been appointed Second Master. The Styx steam-vessel.—Captain A. T. E. Vidal has been appointed to the command, vice Henry. Joseph Prowse has been appointed Inspector of Ship wrights at Woolwich Dockyard, vice Canham, deceased. THE TORY SPEECH.—Sir Robert Peel ex plained his intentions last night in the House of Com mons. We are indebted to the diligence of The Sun for the report which we publish this day of a speech delivered not 18 hours since, and nearly 200 miles away. The speech is sufficiently meagre. He is for staving off the exposition of Ministerial views till next Session. We hope the country will not submit to this.— Western Times. PUNISHMENT FOR A HUSBAND BEATING HIS WIFE.—On Thursday last, in the neighbourhood of Brecon, a number of labouring men were seen carry ing a man on a ladder, having tied his arms and legs so fast that he was unable to move. It appeared that the unhappy individual had been caught beating his wife, when the neighbours immediately laid hold of him and proceeded to tie and carry him as above stated ; nor did they " release and let him go" until they had gone about three miles and collected a vast number together to witness the novel sight. FATAL FIGHT.—A fight between two men took place on Tuesday afternoon last, near the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway station ; and it is lamentable to add that the death of one of them has been the conse quence. The combatants were Richard Robson and John Maclean, both equal. weights, in the employment of Messrs Abbott and Co., of Gateshead. They had fought for a considerable time, and on the arrival of the police about half-past two o'clock, Maclean was lying on his back in an insensible state. The unfortunate man was placed in a boat and conveyed to his parents' house in I'ipewellgate, G ateshead, where he lingered until half past eight o'clock, and then expired. Robson was ap prehended in the Close in the course of the evening. The seconds have not yet been apprehended. Maclean having died in Gateshead, the duty of investigating the • matter rests with the authorities of the county of Durham.—Durham Chronicle. --„1 ,, HE TOILING MILLIONS.—" Fancy," says Thomas Carlyle, a Conservative, in his " French Reco lution,"—" Fancy," says he, " some five full grown mil lions of gaunt figures, with their haggard faces, starting up to ask, as in forest roarings, their washed upper classes, after long unreviewed centuries, virtually this question ,—' How have ye treated us—how have ye taught us, fed us, and led us, while we toiled for you?' The answer can be read in flames over the nightly summer sky. This is the feeding and leading we have had of you : Emptiness—of pocket, of stomach, of head, and of heart. Behold there is nothing in us—nothing but what nature gives her wild children of the desert—ferocity and appetite, strength grounded on hunger. Did ye mark among your Rights of Man, that man was not to die of starvation while there was bread reaped by him? It is among the Rights of Man." SIR R. PEEL - AND LORD LONDONDERRY.- A Correspondent has sent us the following :—" The reason why the Marquis of Londonderry declined to ac cept the appointment of Ambassador to Vienna, was the refusal of Sir Robert Peel to give the Noble Marquis's son (Lord Castlereagh) the situation of Under-Secretary for the Foreign Department. The most urgent entrea ties were, we understand, used with the Right Hon. Baronet to afford the young nob!eman an opportunity of his making his way in public life,' but without effect. The Premier was inexorable, and hence the Noble Mar quis, in a fit of virtuous indignation at the insensibility of Sir Robert to ' the claims which the Londonderry family have on the Conservatives,' abruptly quitted the presence of the Premier, and hurried off to the north in the next railway train from Euston station. Sir Robert, we presume, thought that to expect the son should obtain the situation of Under-Secretary for the Foreign De tartment, after offering the sire so valuable an appoint ment, " was really too bad.' " Observer. PRO VIDENTIAL ESCAPE FROM DROWNING. —On Monday last the daughters of Mr. Tobias Bourke, Justice of the Peace, of Woodville, in this county, were bathing at the baths near the town of 'Westport, when, unfortunately, one of them went beyond her depth, and the tide being on the return, she was carried out a con siderable distance. Fortunately Captain Fitzgerald Hig gins was in the act of driving by at the moment, when one of the Misses Bourke ran out on the road, imploring help, and he immediately leaped from his carriage, rushed into the baths, and in the most courageous and heroic manner, at once plunged into the water. After swimming a short distance, Captain Higgins reached the young lady, who had then sunk for the third time ; he pulled her to the top of the water, and was in the act of drawing her towards the shore, when she caught him by the arm, to which she clung so closely that he was un able to use it, and hampered as he was by his dress (not having had time even to take off his boots or any of bst clothes previous to rushing into the water), they were both for some time in imminent danger. fle at length, however, succeeded with his f a i r b ur d en i n reach i ng t h e shore.—Castlebar.Telegraph. GRAND DINNEA AT THE IV AN- SION HOUSE. On Thursday last the Lord Mayor gave a splendid entertainment to the Court of Alnioners of Christ's Hos pital, at the Mansion House. Amongst the dishes were haunches of venison, which had been presented to his Lordship by her Majesty, and were of first-rate excel lence. The tables abounded with all sorts of delicacies, and the champagne, hock, and claret were of the very finest quality, The occasion was one of no inconsider able interest to the venerable host himself, who had re ' ceived his education in the great institution, the powerful supervisors of which were assembled round him. The LORD MAYOR, in proposing the health of her Majesty, a toast which, some how or other, has of late drawn down more vehement shouts of approbation than we have been accustomed to hear' upon its announcement within these walls, stated, that he felt high gratification in rising to drink to the Queen. He knew the loyalty and sincere constitutional attachment of the gentlemen who honoured him with their company, and he felt assured of their unanimous approbation of a toast which, at the same time that it expressed their sense of duty to the Sovereign, indicated the affection and respect which the entertained for the amiable character of her Majesty.—(Loud cheering.) It was with no slight de gree of pleasure he communicated to his guests the fact that the venison which they had just tasted was provided by the kindness of her Majesty, who evidently took delight in actions of graceful condescen sion. He congratulated the country upon the prospect of a reign of great length and prosperity, alike honour able to the Queen and to her united and affectionate people, and with those sentiments operating upon him with peculiar force, he proposed her Most Gracious Ma jesty, with three times three.—(lmmense applause.) The LORD MAYOR next proposed the health of Prince Albert, who was daily, by the exercise of the most attractive qualities, endearing himself more and more to the people of this country. His Lordship thought it ne cessary, in a most emphatic manner, to allude to the fre quency with which his Royal Highness attended public meetings for the promotion of charity, and the interests of science and humanity, and expressed a thorough convic tion that the high national prognostications which had been made when the Prince became the husband of our Queen, would be realised.—(Loud cheers.) In proposing the health of the rest of the Royal Fa mily, the LORD MAYOR stated that it was with warm feelings of gratitude he acknowledged the honor he had received from the company of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, during his Mayoralty. After the toast of the Navy and Army, which his Lordship eulogized with much fervour, The LORD MAYOR proposed her Majesty's Ministers. —(Great cheering followed the announcement.) He was sure that the most zealous efforts would be made by the Administration to accomplish the greatest possible good for all ranks and degrees of the great community of these kingdoms ; and it gave him unaffected pleasure to declare that the sentiment he had uttered was but the echo of the voice of the mass of her Majesty's subjects. To say nothing of the other individuals who formed the new Administration, the names of Sir Robert Peel - and the Duke of Wellington presented a complete security for the strength, and efficacy, and stability of the Go vernment. (Loud cheers.) But, in fact, all the ma terials which the Premier had it in his power to select seemed to have been grasped by him in the emergency which had presented itself, and from such a combination of virtue, influence, and ability, the public formed ex pectations which he believed would not be disappointed. —(Cheering.) In the greatest reliance upon those who constituted her Majesty's Government—in the firmest assurance that their measures would produce immense national advantages, and increase the prosperity and glory of the three kingdoms, he felt the highest pleasure in proposing her Majesty's Ministers. The toast was drank with enthusiasm. Sheriff GIBBS next rose to propose the health of the excellent Chairman the Lord Mayor.—(Great cheering.) It was with sincere pleasure he proposed a toast which would supply him with the opportunity of bearing testi mony at the close of his Shrievalty to the able and up right manner in which the Lord Mayor had acted in the character of Chief Magistrate of the City of London. The duties of the high office which his Lordship filled required very assiduous attention; and in the performance of these duties the Lord Mayor had proved himself to be a most impartial as well as a most able and judicious Magistrate. His Lordship had, too, with great spirit and liberality, sustained the dignity of Chief Magistrate, and had claims of the highest description upon the re spect and affection of his fellow-citizens.—(Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR returned thanks. He felt most grateful for the honour just done him, and took that op portunity to declare that he had received from his brother Magistrates the most prompt and active assistance in the laborious business of the Mayoralty. Sir CHARLES PRICE then proposed "The health of the Lady Mayoress." which was drank with great applause. The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and stated that he was under deep obligations to the lady who had done him the honour to act as Lady Mayoress, and who con tributed in an especial manner to the happiness of the numerous and elevated visitors to the Mansion House. His Lordship then proposed " The President, Treasurer, and Almoners of Christ's Hospital." He spoke of the benefits derivable from the great institution over which 1 these gentlemen presided, and alluded in terms of the most distinguished praise to the munificent spirit wi th which Alderman Thompson, the President of Christ's Hospital, had acted towards that institution—the last gift of that most respected gentleman being a check for the enor mous sum of 4,oo(l.—(Loud cheers.) The support of so noble a charity was dependent upon the bounty. of these who, like Alderman Thompson, united to the power the will to render extensive service to the rising generation, by dispensing the advantages of general in struction.—(Cheers.) Mr. PIDGEON (the Treasurer of Christ's Hospital) re turned thanks ; in doing which he dwelt upon the ex traordinary services rendered by Alderman Thompson to the institution which reflected so much credit upon the City of London. He stated that these services were not confined to the liberal gift of money, but embraced the most effective measures for the advantage of the esta • blishment in every possible way, and placed Alderman Thompson at the very head of the great benefactors of Christ's Hospital.—(Loud cheers.) The LORD MAYO!: took occasion to state that Alder man Thompson would have been present to return thanks himself, if he had not been obliged to go down to West moreland, to stand for the representation of that his native county, in the room of Lord Lowther, whom the Alderman would most worthily succeed. The company next drunk " the Sheriffs," and con cluded with the health of " the Rev. Dr. Rice," the head Master of Christ's Hospital. They then joined the ladies at tea, and the last carriage left the door before eleven o'clock. ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. T. J. RNOWLYS, ESQ. V. THE REV. R. S. BARTON. For some considerable time past the parish of Heysham has been thrown into very great excitement, in conse quence of T. J. Knowlys, Esq., a Magistrate residing there, having transmitted to the Bishop of Chester charges of a very grave and serious nature against the conduct of the Rev. Robinson Shuttleworth Barton, the present i ßector of Heysham, and also a Magistrate of the county. The Bishop, therefore, in order that justice might be done both to the complainant, the accused, and the parishioners over whom he is delegated the spiritual guide, ordered a Commission of Inquiry, under a recent Act of Parliament for the better regulation of church discipline, to sit to investigate most fully all the bearings of the case. _ The charge was, being guilty of " lewd and immoral conduct, profane cursing and swearing, and intempe rance." The following clergymen were appointed Commis sioners :—The Rev. J. Mackreth, Rector of Halton, to whom, as Rural Dean, the Commission was directed ; the Rev. Carus Wilson, of Casterton ; the Rev. E. Scott, of Poulton ; the Reverend 1). Umpleby, Chaplain to the Asylum ; and the Reverend Thurtill, of Caton ; the Reverend Mr. Mackreth, - President. Mr. Knolwys . was attended by Mr. Buck, of Preston, as his pr.ofessional. adviser, and Mr. Barton had retained the assistance of Mr. Brandt, the barrister, and Mr. Shuttleworth, of Preston. Mr.Knowlys briefly addressed the Court. He said that the Legislature had thought proper to pass an Act to dis countenance and punish all persons who might be scandal to these realms ; whilst it required all persons in authority, both civil and ecclesiastic, to set an example the more effectually to reform those who led dissoltite lives. Mr. Barton had conducted himself unbecoming a clergyman, and he (Mr. Knowlys) therefore held it to be his duty as a Magistrate and a Justice of the Peace, to take the proceedings which he has done, and he was there to make a charge of excessive drinking, lewdness, and othtr immoral practices against the Rev. Mr. Barton. ' Mr. Knowlys, to substantiate the charge, proceeded to call upwards of a score of witnesses during the investi gation, which lasted twodays, Tuesday and Wednesd a y but as the case is still pending, (the further hearing being adjourned until next Thursday) as Mr. Barton' has not been heard in his defence, and since no decision has been pronounced (pe r h a p s none w ill b e ma d e pu bli c ) by the Commissioners, we refrain from giving a full and detailed report of the proceedings ; indeed some of them are scarcely fit for publication, as they have hitherto transpired during the past week at Halton.—Lancaster Guardian. THE RECENT Loss OF LIFE AT EYE NOUTII.—The following is an extract of a letter received by Mr. West, the Secretary of the Shipwrecked Fisher men and Marines' Benevolent Society, in reference to the distressing case of loss of life which has recently oc curred at Eyemouth, and to which we have previously alluded in our columns :—" I have much pleasure in ac knowledging the receipt of your letter of the 11th inst., informing me that the Board of Management had autho rised you to remit to me a sum of money to be applied on account of the widows and orphans of the five men who were lately drowned on this coast. Immediately 01 receipt of your letter, I communicated the purport of ii to the Committee of subscribers on behalf of the unfor tunate fishermens' families, and they requested me t, convey to the Board their deep sense of gratitude foi their very liberal donation, and to yourself their thank , fur your prompt attention to my application." (Signed) " Thomas Bowhill, Treasurer of the Eyemouth Auxi liary." FIRM BRICK-WORK.—Few Trim behold the im mense brick walls which surround the Prince's Dock and the docks northward of Liverpool, will withhold their admiration at their vast length and apparent solidity—a proof of which latter q ualit y may bo seen by a walk to the Prince's Basin. It bein g found necessary to remove amdpioortiroonomof fora asoubtohildlivoagll Waterlooonfowtheerecting— in Dock,stea to of ~Fullingdrvinn,;,,titthee desired sp brick-workaee w i a n s to ob l t ar ai g n e ed u b nif y cut tirgorm or ~ i masses, and conveying them away to the quay in that state, with the appearance and seeming solidity of blocks of granite.—Liverpool Journal. MORNING SUN WEALD OF SURREY AND SUSSEX AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting and ploughing match of the above Association took place on Friday, at Ockley-green, near Dorking, on the borders of the county of Sussex,upom the estate of Walter Calvert, Esq., of Ockley Court.. There was a very good show of stock, which also exhi bited a decided improvement upon that of last year. When the ploughing -match had terminated, the com pany adjourned to dinner in a spacious marquee.. W. J. Denison, Esq. ' M. P., presided, and there were also present C. Barclay, Esq., W. H. Sumner, Esq., the Rev. Mr. Dawso n , iee Steere, Esq., J. S. Broadwood, Esq., A. Spotiswoode, Esq., J. Small peice, Esq., Larpent, Esq., Arbuthnot, Esq., E. Calvert, Esq., and nearly three hundred farmers and others, members of the Association. After dinner the prizes were delivered to those ser vants ix husbandry who were considered entitled to them by reason of long and honest servitude. This portion of the proceedings was most gratifying. Some of the reci pients of the prizes had been in the scene of employ ment for a period verging towards half a century, and although their grey hairs and venerable appearance bespoke their advanced age, they . still appeared ' well and hearty, and the cheering position in which they found themselves placed, seemed almost to make them young again. The Chairman, in award ing the prizes, said he hoped the example of the honest men he •saw before him would be followed by their neighbours, and that the Association would have to award many such prizes on future occasions. When this interesting , portion of the day's proceed ings was concluded, and the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been proposed and responded to, The CHAIRMAN, 111 a short speech, then proposed " The Weald of Surrey and Sussex Agricultural Asso ciation." _____..... A number of other speeches were made on the occa sion, but they possessed little public interest. THE CORN-LAW KING. (From the Tablet.) There rules a king in the depths below, And a sullen king is he ; The name he bears is " the poor man's foe," And care and want, and despair and woe, Are tools of his tyranny. Full oft a song from his fiendish throng Is heard like th;s to spring : Long life to those who are poor men's foes, And hurrah for our Corn-law King!! Yet not alone near that tyrant proud, There arise such strains of mirth— They come from many a pampered crowd That sits, 'midst rejoicing lung and loud, In the lordly domes of earth. Therein again, like foul fiends, do men This savage chorus sing : Success to those who are poor men's foes, And hurrah for the Corn-law King ! With glee satanic the depths resound, When men thus with fiends unite ; Their common king upsprings with a bound, And boasting - Iy through the vast profound, Thus exclaims he in his might : My banner so black shall friends ne'er lack, Whilst men thus to it cling ; So joy to those who are poor men's foes, All through love of the Corn-law King ! But let to despots of earth still bend To him of the nether world ; Soon his sway and theirs shall have an end, For justice, the poor man's guide and friend, Has her peaceful flag unfurled. With this dread threat 'gainst th' unhallowed set Both earth and sky now ring : Woe, woe to those who are poor men's foes, And sworn friends to the Corn-law ! J. IL K. - The number -of persons engaged in fabricating ancient gems in Rome, at the present day is, we believe, considerable ; and there is consequently great difficulty in ascertaining the genuine from the imitations, when thejatter are finely executed. But the appearance of antiquity—that must be copied too ; and ingenuity has devised a very curious and interesting process for pro ducing the effect. The fresh-cut cameo is crammed down the throat of a turkey, and left in its intestines for es sufficient length of time, when the fowl is killed, and iG is found that the stone, subjected to the trituration of the gizzard, presents every semblance of a Grecian treasure which has been buried two thousand years.—Literary Gazette. Reprieves have been sent to Mr. Cole, Governor of the Devon County Gaol, for Wm. Major, 74, sentenced for death, on a charge of administering poison, at the last Devon Assizes ; and for John Clarke, 26, convicted at, the same Assizes of an unnatural crime, against whom sentence of death was recorded. In both cases the sen tences are commuted to transportation for life.— Western Times. MINISTERIAL CHANGES.—An old lady is said to have thu; expressed her opinion of Ministerial changes :—" In my time, there was Lord North and the South Sea bubble, and Billy Pitt the Tory, and Charley Fox, Mr. Percival. and Bellingham, and Lord Liverpool, and Castlereagh, and Canning. Oh, dear ! I forget who they all were, and what they talked about ; they talked a great deal, and made a great noise, and all the time the people cried, Change me the Ministers,' and grumbled ; and then, after one change, ' Change me them again,' and they grumbled • and so, change and grumble, change and grumble ; and the only thing they did not change was their grumble ; and so it has been always. Ido not hear as much as I used, but I dare say they grumble all the same." The excavations for the viaduct of the railway over the Cann, in Chelmsford. have been already com menced. This viaduct will be about 700 feet in length, and consist of 18 brick arches of 30 feet span each ; and the height of the viaduct from the ground to the top of the parapet will be about 45 feet,.—lnventor's Advocate. A tunnel, two miles in lengh, for the transit of coals from the Spital Tongues colliery, near Newcastle, to the River Tyne, is nearly completed, and will be opened early next year.—lnventor's Advocate. UNFOUNDED REPORT OF A DUEL.—A re port was current about town last night, and has found its way into one of the morning papers of to day, relating to a duel which it Iva.; alleged had taken place between the Earl of Cardigan and Colonel Wood, M.P. for Middlesex. The paragraph circumstantially adds, that the Gallant Colonel had received a wound in the head from the ball of his antagonist. The statement, we have good reason to believe, is a pure fiction, and has not the slightest basis of truth to rest upon. Colonel Wood was himself alive and well in the House of Commons last night, until the adjournment took place, and he then returned to his house in Cavendish-square, whence he this morning took his departure for Littleton, one of the seats of the family. Not a word of the matter has been beard of at the Clubs, which is good prima facie evidence of its being devoid of truth. Despatches for Sir George Gipps, Governor of New South Wales, were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-office. A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign-office, Downing street. THE AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF FRANCE.— Mr. William Kennedy, the distinguished author of a late able work on Texas, has been proposed by the Com mittee of the Supreme Council in Paris, a Member of this Institution. Mr. Kennedy is worthy of any lite rary distinction that the learned societies of France, or his native country, may confer upon him. MORE STEAMING.—We are told that the above bridge Iron Steam-boat Company have now three new iron boats on the stocks, which, when finished, are intended to run every hour from London to Putney. A HlNT.—Filberts and walnuts will be as fresh at Christmas as now, if put in jars and covered with sea sand, or made air-tight with a bladder in a similar manner to pickles. F. S. Murphy, Esq. M.P. for Cork, paired off on Friday night with Lord Arthur Lennox in the division on Mr. Fielden's amendment. THE LATE PICCADILLY FIRE.—The Direc tors ef the County Fire-office, as a tribute of r espect to rt the worth of their late servant, William West, who was nfou nately killed at the Piccadilly fire on Sunday night last. have ordered the sum of 12s. and free house-room to the Widow dur ing her life-time, to be paid weekly. Lord Monson, we are happy to bear, is seriously indisposed as stated. His Lordship was, by the accounts received from Brighton on Fridas.' illness better than on Saturday se'nnight, but then The was not not so serious as to alarm his familjh% his not _so Lordship. tess of Warwick is staying at Brighton with 141 ., s t Cunard'sCtjN A new ßll i ta n t ed Mr. ony We believe also the day before the old Ministry wen! 1 " r;cl American Steam esntLracltNwEit.h—t‘hVe LINE.—We that this was the reason Vk h y the B r it t i 4 s o t e a eo. This system of Navigation Company sold the British_ obstacle to the progre ss a contracts will prove a most seriouos.ob DRIGHTON.--0, :Irdninertesntta ALLEGED MURDER steam navigation, as all bounties dA • T Atkins, a painter, and Thomas Magazine. Thursday morning, William a E t s tb q c , bar of the Police Court, and Major Allen, the lasc iciou of having murdered a man chargedielsey, a labour er, before George w e were placede, sitting Magistrates, on i them, fte and t h • it appeared that the prisoners rented statements of the p olice, St. Thomas's-street ! and that a house of the deceased :n ot to . in a e n r t at yester dayila app red i f t o y r named Hunt, late in the evening of yesterday. From the evening his h d espon l' of a person who had Hunt's house. After she had been there some roW lodgings in u 's the two men being indebted to her husband :or rent, minutes, ;aid he thou i w re o sided wi l t u h thought it was a mere excuse, and that she had rea lly come to ask for the sent. Mrs. Hunt replied she did intend to mention that, and some angry words ensued, which induced her to go in search of her husband. In the meantime he had followed her, but they missed each other on their way. On arriving home, not finding Mr. Hunt, she returned, and to her great horror found him lying dead at Atkins's house. Elmer, the superintendent, said he found the mark of a blow under the left ear, and had no doubt the deceased had been knocked down in a scuffle. Atkins said the man hadfallen in a fit, and that neither of them had touched him. Kelsey also denied having used any violence, and the prisoners were re manded until after the Coroner's inquest. An inquest was held on the body on Thursday, when the Jury, after alengthened enquiry, returned a verdict of Died by the visitation of God. MEETING AT TAMWORTH.—On Wednesday evening a public meeting of the inhabitants of Tam' worth was convened in the Market-place of that town, for the consideration of the propriety of petitioning the Queen not to prorogue Parliament until the Corn and Provision monopolies shall have been abated by the Le gislature. The attendance far exceeded any previously witnessed, and, after an address from Mr. Acland, the petition suggested by that gentleman was unanimously adopted. On Thursday the petition received the signa tures of a decided majority of the whole adult popu.la tion of the electoral borough of the Monopolist Premier, and will be forthwith forwarded to a Peer of the realm for presentation to her Alskjesty. 1 I