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

EVENING SUN THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. U' DER the AIANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 2U, Will be perforn Ehakspore's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.—Thexeus, Mr. Cooper; Amince, Mr. Bartley; Bottom, Mr. Harley ; Flute, Mr. Oxberry ; Snout, Mr. Mea dows ; Snug, IV.r. F. Matthews ' • Hermia, Mrs. Nisbett ; Oberon, Madame Vestris ; Titania , Mrs. W. Lacy ; Pnck, Miss Marshall; First Fairy, Miss Rainforth. After which, Sheridan's Dramatic Piece of THE CRITIC. Sir Fretful Plagiary, Mr. W. Farren ; Puff, Mr. C. Mathews.; Sneer, Mr. Cooper ; Don Ferolo Whiskerandos, Mr. Harley ; Sir Walter Raleigh, Mr. Meadows; Tilburina, Mrs. Orger. Doors to re opened at half-past Six—the performances to ommence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 35. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, 3.4.; Second Price. 2s. • Gallery Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had upon applic ation. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andre as, bookseller, 167. New Bond-street. To-morrow, She Would and She Would Not, with Beauty and the Beast. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER TIIE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS TONES. Production of the Novel Military Old English Equestrian Spec tacle, the Waterloo of the lath Century, with extraordinary effects, and powerful auxiliary aid. Pony Races in the Circle. THIS EVENING, SEPT. Will be acted the long-promised Equestrian Spectacle, called THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM ; OR, I'HE HORSE OF THE DISINHERITED; introducing Mr. Duerow'smag niticent Stud of Forty Horses, highlly-trained Palfrevs, Fairy Paneys, Equestrian Troop, and Companies of both Theatres; embracing all the Military Exploits of the Great Duke of Marlborough, Grand Reviews, Battles, and Glorious Victorie-. After which, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in the Largest Arena in the World, in which Madame Ducrow, Sig nor Hillier, the Great American Rider, the British Horseman, Signor Felix Carlo, and the First Artistes in Europe will appear. To conclude with, A DAY AFTER THE FAIR. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Re-appearance of Miss Vincent, after her severe indisposition, in the clia,cter of " Susan Hopley," which she has already performee: sixty successive nights. THIS EVENING, SEPT. 20. The highly interesting and pathetic Domestic Drama, called SUSAN HOPLKY ; OR THE TRIALS AND VICISSI TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL. William Dean, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Susan Hopley, Miss Vincent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Drama. Af;er which, RAFFAELLE THE REPROBATE; OR. THE SECRET MISSION, AND 'THE SIGNET RING. Raffaelle, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Count ees Monte. Mr. Dale ; CA,ablin, Mr. Howard ; Pauline. Mrs., Lee. To conclude with, in Three Acts, THE LIFE and DEATH of JAMES DAWSON ; or, the REBEL of 1745.—James Dawson, Mr. E. F. Saei.7.lo ; Lambourne, Mr. Pale ; Charles Edward, Mr. Seaman; Sim, Mr. Gardner; Kate Morton, Mrs. Lee ; Sarah, Mrs. Howard. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.— txrdlen, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. To. morrow, Susan Hopley, Raffaelle, and James Dawson. THE RAILWAY SUN, AND 'TIE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE NOW RE PUBLISHED, PRICE SIXPENCE EACII. Sun Office, Aug. 30, 1841. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE 'lO-3 , loltßovy M iriiing 2l ininut.s after 5 1 Evening 42 minutes altar 5. * e 4 ~4„ .., 45) 4, 1 ° . • 4; 4 5;6 ; ,„ B; 4 1!-V • i 7 aw ° fr*A.4je. • >Writ f4I M 7 LONDON : MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1641. One of the most effective blows which Sir ROBERT PEEL gave to the late Ministers on Friday evening, which told in the House, and will tell in the country, was borrowed from their colonial expenditure. Said Sir ROBERT— "I do not hesitate to tell the Noble Lord that I look with alarm to the growing tendency to an increased ex penditure in our colonial possessions. I have here be fore me a paper which declares the necessity of taking a comprehensive view of the civil expenses to be incurred in the island of Hongkong. Well, then, here he wants 9,00(1. for the present year ; but he hopes the Govern mtnt will see the necessity of large and comprehensive views on the foundation of the new colony. As to New South Wales, I have read a despatch dated in January, 1841, from Sir George Gipps, in which he stated that he had issued a great number of bounty warrants—no less than to 71,315 emigrants, the estimate for which amounts to—what do you think ? Why, to no less then 079,56/. —(Hear, hear.) The Noble Lord had most wisely put an end to the system ; but, do what we will, a sum of not less than 500,0001. will be left to be provided for in some way or another. As to South Australia„ such was the desperate condition of that colony, that even last year we voted 155,0001. for extricating it from difficulty; and since the Noble Lord quitted office bills to the amount of 14.0001. have been presented and protested by the British Treasury ; and, n.(iin the dates, I feel con vinced that mere are now on the way home, and they also will be protested, but it:uch fear that we will be obliged to pay both the bills ancl the expense of the pro test. I now come to New Zealand, and it appears that bills to the amonnt of 33,00C1. have been drawn by the Bank of New Zealand upon New South Wales.— (Hear, and a laugh.) Don't flatter yourselves that this is all, for there is an indication that there are bills to the amount of 54,0001. additional on their way.— (Hear, hear.) Now I come to Canada, for which the estimate of last year was 600,0001. ; but since the Budget was brought forward the credit of this country has been guaranteed for a loan to Canada to the amount of 1,500,000/. I an_ not questioning the policy of that step ; but here it. a new engagement which this country has contracted. You have, in addition, guaranteed an expenditure of 100,000/. a-year for fortifications" Having always objected to the extension of the operations of Government, and to the em ployment of the public funds for anything but for the strictest public purposes, and only then when required by necessity, we can but applaud every attack on wasteful expenditure. Coming from the Tories it is an unusual homage to eco nomy. At the same time it seems adverse to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S general principles to find him condemning unnecessary expenditure. He adopted Mr. HUME'S principles when they served to injure the Whigs, who may from that learn how little they can hope from the gra titude of the Tories. Extravagance in public expenditure is of Tory origin—is consistent with Tory principles—and is supported by those who, in their hearts, are Tories. Certainly, there appears in the miscellaneous estimates for the years 1841 and 1842, which on the whole amount to 3,269,583/., much matter for remark and regret. Directing attention to a few of the items, we must irup - ress on the public the impossibility ofboth decreasingthe expenditure of Government and increasing the sphere of its operations. They areincompatible, and the only way to make the Government economical is to make it do less. On this point the Doctrinaire Radicals have been very obnoxious to censure, for they have continually call e d on t h e Govern ment. to do this-aad chtthe other, and have very much increased its troublesomeness and expen_ sivem!ss • Colts ideriog., the straitened c i rcumstances of the , t he complete destituti on , i n f act, of pe classes — w e are bound to o b serve, that many not or .e six pence of the public money sh ou ld now be em ployed fo r an y purpose whatever which can b a avoided, and that every sixpence of' taxa tion a hich can be spa red ought to be remitt e d to the people. It is not yet too late for the Liberals in thee House of Commons to mark their opi n i on on t pis point by resisting someof the votes o n t h e though framed by th e misckflaneous estimates, late Ministers; and it is certainly not too late for 3ir ROBERT PEEL to WI.I the approbation of all right-thinking men, and particularly of the suffering multitudes, by at once curtailing much of the expense provided for in the esti mates of the miscellaneous services for the year Tor example, Mr. WILLIAMS, ofCoventry, we kr.ow, will o bj ec t, an d we s h ou ld think he will b e backed by the bulk of the Liberals—no longer doomed to silence by any fear of injuring - the Whigs or ofending a patriotic QUEEN—to the sum of 51,::54/• yet to be voted for PUBLIC BUILDINGS and ROYAL PALACES, the whole vote for the year, under this lead, being no less than 103,309/.09,2431. more than the sum voted in 1839, and 14,6001. more than the sum voted for the same purpose in 1840. Of the whole sum of 49,5671. is to be expended on PALACES and ROYAL BUILDINGS. We beg to state explicitly, whether it concern Sir R. PEEL, or the Whigs or her MAJESTY herself, that while the people are starving Royal Palaces must remain unre paired and unembellished. We are no enemies to the increase of know ledge, but we hold with COBBETT that it is better Mille people should be well fed than much in red. It has been, we are aware, the work Liberals to demand public money for schools, museums, public Walks, Ste., &C, N evert h e l ess, in the present embarrassed state of the finances, K. "I and in the present condition of the people, as stated in various communications from the ma- nufacturing districts, we find it our duty to object to a sum of 4:2,4041. voted this year, being 20,901. more than the vote of 1839, taken out of the pockets of the industrious classes, and apprc priated to the BRITISM MUSEUM. In like man ner, we object, while the revenue is deficient, to a vote of 1,6891. for a MUSEUM OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; to granting at present 10,0001. for PUBLIC WALKS, 10,0001. for SCHOOLS OF DE- SIGN IN PROVINCI IL TOWNS, and 3,5001. for Pic- TITRES FOR THE NATIONAL GALLERY, making together a sum of 67,5931. appropriated for the amusement of the public, while a multitude of helpless beings are starving. It is to be expected that when the people are poor and suffering, that gaols and the whole ap paratus of a preventive police should be costly. Accordingly, in the estimates we see a sum of 30,0001. for a MODEL PRISON, 45,0001. having been voted for the same scheme in 1839 and 840; 5,0001. for a GENERAL PRISON at Perth, 6,1831. for the JUVENILE OFFENDERS' PRISON at the Isle of Wight, 19,4441. for the PENITEN- TIARY AT IMILLBA2iK, and 6,200/. for INSPECTORS OF PRISONS, while the charge for CONVICTS amounts to no less than 343,8801. There is a charge, too, for PROSECUTIONS, amounting to 147,0001., making in these few items more than half a million of money, 567,7041., for the repression or punishment of offenders, exclusive of the charges for Courts, Judges, and expenses of similar charges for Ireland, amounting to no less than 140,0001. We cannot say that any, or all of these sums are absolutely unnecessary; to us, however, they appear to he enormous. We believe that touch less would be required for these purposes were the people prosperous; and we are quite sure that, in the present state of public distress, wise rulers should abstain from making costly, and possibly pernicious, experi ments with model prisons, and other nicknackeries of criminal jurisprudence, which reflect no credit on humanity. Amongst - the expenses which, in the present state of our own population, and the present state of the revenue, appear to us unwarrantable, however zealously called for by importunate schemers, and though already sanctioned by the House of Commons, is a sum of 39,9741. for the EXPEDITION TO THE NIGER. Why should the over-wrought, over-taxed, and under-paid work men of England, contribute the smallest frac tion of a farthing, to further the doubtful schemes of Sir F. Bux•rox ? Again, we see 58,7001. is appropriated to " JUSTICES IN SLAVE COLONIES," and 30,0001. to " EDUCATION IN SLAVE COLONIES." At the same time Sierra Leone, Gambia, and the Gold Coast, put us to an expense of 10,8801. Taking these claims together they make a sum of 139,5541. extracted this year out of the pockets of the starving white people of England to pay for schemes to pro mote the welfare of the blacks of Africa and the West Indies. The two votes for Justices and education in slave colonies, amounting to 88,700/. 2 we look on as an additional sum which the people of England give the planters, besides the discriminating duty on sugar, after buying their slaves at an enormous expense. England now pays Ibr the police of the &ave islands, and for the instruction of the planters' labourers 88,700/. a-year. We have heard a great deal lately of self-sup porting colonies, and the companies which have been established to send out colonists have vaunted occasionally of the benefit they are of to the public. It would seem, however, as if the public money which flows into them were some compensation to the companies and settlers for the advantages they confer on the mother coun try and themselves. Sir R. PEEL alluded to the great expense caused by New Zealand and South Australia, both self-supporting colonies ; but in addition, we apprehend, to the sums he spoke of, we find WESTERN AUSTRALIA down in these estimates for 7,0991., NEw ZEALAND 6,0601., PORT ESSINGTON 4,4231.; while there is a charge of 2,000/. for the FALKLAND ISLANDS. All these are, we believe, new charges, and they may serve to show how the expenditure for the Colonies, which are spoken of as so exclusively advantageous, is growing to be a vast burden on the industry of the country without much reliev ing it of surplus hands. Connected with this subject there is a charge of no less than 6,652/. for EMIGRATION AGENTS, &c. At the same time, however much the peo ple may hunger for bread, that they may not lack spiritual food, 11,0001. is given per year to the CLERGY OF NORTH AMERICA. We have only adverted to a few of the items of the mis cellaneous estimates, and from these the reader will see what a prolific source they are ,of in creased expenditure. The late Ministers are not to be exclusively blamed for this expenditure, for some of it, as 5,000/. for a COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN IN MINES ; 9,000/. for FACTORY INSPECTORS, and 16.500/. to COMMISSIONERS FOR PREVENT ING TRAFFIC IN SLAVES, has been provoked by the demands of the public, and urged on Ministers by the Houses of Parliament. At the same time, we are bound to say that a Prim" Minister, jealous of his own character, and anxious to promote the public welfare, would have placed a more powerful check on the gene rosity of Parliament than Lord MELBOURNE (rid, and would have prohibited all his subord;:aate Ministers from indulging their fancies, ar.,d expense. pro secuting their experiments at the publi , ‘ In conclusion, we must notice the increase which has gradually taken plate in this branch of the public expenditure % Not to go further back than the year 1832, a period sub sequent to the time when the alteration was made in the Civil List, which threw some addi tional charge on the miscellaneous branch of the public expenditure, that branch then amounted to 2,3C6,921/. It was, in 1833, 2,007,1591.; in 1834, 2,061,395/. ; in 1835, 2,144,345/. ; in 1836, 2,279,310/.; and in 1841 it is, as we have already stated, no less than 3,269,5831.; thus exceeding the average of the five years ending with 1836 'ay 1,092,7571. - Now, one million sterling a year, which, by diligent husbandry of the national resources, might probably be saved in the mis cellaneous services, by dispensing with many things which the Government has lately taken on itself, or been called on to perform, would, in a very short time, cover the present deficiency of the revenue, and bring it and the expenditure more on a level. Economy on this subject might have saved the late Ministers a world of obloqui ; We repeat, however, that there is no other way to reduce the expenditure of the Government but to limit the sphere of its operations; and if i the public will demand new and more extensive services from it year after yea r , th e pu bli c must large ' be prepared to see, year afte r y ear, sums added to the charge for miscellaneous services, which, like ssndries in a bankrupt's account, seem comprehensive enough to embrace every article which an honest Government or an honest man wishes to hide. It will be seen from our Bow -street Report that another of the police-constables has de camped, afraid to meet the charge brought against him by Captain MACDONALD, which ire reported on Friday. Captain MAcnoNALD, with the unfortunate woman who was treated so cruelly, were taken to the station-house, and when brought betbre the Magistrate next day (the conduct of the policeman being so out rageous) were instantly discharged. The police man, however, was allowed to go at large, and consequently will never more be heard of. When the charge of cruelty and false imprisonment was made out so clearly against him, it was the duty of the Magistrate to have placed him in the dock, and ordered him to find bail for his outrageous conduct. In another police report it will be found that a policeman and an inspec tor both swore to charges which the witnesses disproved, and the exculpatory evidence was so strong, that the Magistrate came to the conclu sion that their evidence could not be depended upon. We hope yet to see the day when no policeman's evidence will go for anything, unless it is supported by impartial witnesses. We ex press this feeling towards an apparently respect able body of men with regret, but the numerous instances of gross misconduct, false charges, and false swearing, which have come under our no tice lately, compel us to denounce them as a body of men no less dangerous to public liberty than to the peace of private families. We have received Madrid journals and letters to the 11th inst., but their contents continue to be almost with out interest. The Madrid Gazette publishes a Decree of the Government dividing Spain into fourteen districts, or Captaincies-General, in the following order:—New Castille, Catalonia, Andalusia, Valencia, Gallicia, Arra con, Grenada, Old Castille, Estramadura, Navarre, Bur ; gos, the Basque provinces, the Balearic Islands, and the Canary Islands. A Decree of the Bth inst. states that, in future, there shall be only one levy for the re gular army and the provincial militia. The troops are to serve five years in the former, and three years in the latter. The Castellano publishes a circular from the Minister of the Interior to the different political chiefs of the kingdom, calling upon them to enforce the laws of March, 1837, for the regulation of the public press, with proper severity. On the 11th the Five per Cents. were sold for 25+ for cash, and for 25 . 13-16 I at 60 days, and the debt bearing no interest for 6 at 60 days. The Paris journals of Friday and Saturday have all reached us, but they are more than usually barren of news of any political interest. The emeutes in Paris were not renewed. The reported death of the Duke of BORDEAUX turns out to be a fabrication. A letter from Kirchberg, of the 7th inst., states that " the joining of the limb is perfect, and that no grounds whatever exist for future apprehensions" QUE NISSET, the real name of the wretch who fired at. the ROYAL PRINCES, has made some im portant revelations, and it is supposed that the Government will at last obtain a clew to some of the principal organizers of the secret societies. Twenty have already been arrested, and among them is the man who loaded the pistol. and another who made a rest of his back that QUENISSET might take a more delibe rate aim. The following extracts include the miscellaneous news in the French papers 9al .7 40 7 15 S E7q- (.1 F it.ti Fel ird u Val Vzi Yak fr / :4 I AND 4:3ttbitir Optnion. " Who runs - May read." FOR.EIXGN. The French journals resent with much warmth the attacks made upon the state of moral and religious, feel ing in France by the London Tory papers, in comment ing upon the recent attempt to assassinate the Royal Princes. This is very natural ; but, as The Sun abstained from employing any expression calmilated to wound the self-love of the French people, the quarrel, as it now stands, _dons not concern us. The reported death of the Duke of Bordeaux turns out to be a money-jobbing fabrication. It must distress the Royalists to reflect that it had the effect of improv ing the prices of French Stock. It is stated that the French Finance Minister has adjusted all the conditions of the new loan with M. Rothschild. The loan is to be taken at the advanced price of 80 per cent. Well done M. Humann The name of the misc:eant who fired at the Royal Princes is not Pappard, but Quenisset. The wretch had stolen Pappard's papers and assumed his name just pre vious to the commission of the crime. By a &wee of the Regent, Spain is divided into four teen Captaincies-General or Provinces, of which the Basque Provinces constitute one, the Balearic Isles a second, and the Canary Islands a third. The period of service in the Spanish regular army is fixed at five years, and in the militia at three. There is in future to be but one levy for both. Portugal has abolished the 15 per cent. on import du ties remitted in favour of Portuguese shipping ; so that as regards all countries in which Portuguese vessels are received on terms of equality, their flags are now on an equal footing with the native shipping in Portuguese ports. _ . _ _ Countries not admitting the equality of Portuguese vessels, as regards imports, to have a corresponding ad ditional duty laid upon them in the waters of Portugal. In addition to the regular tariff duties, carrying ves sels of produce for consumption in Portugal, and which are neither Portuguese vessels nor vessels of the country' from which the goods are exported, are liable to an ad ditional duty of 20 per cent. As English goods have hitherto been imported into Portugal under the Portu guese flag, these regulations impose a duty of 15 per cent. on British produce. M. de Redder, the Belgian engineer, has entered into a partnership with Mr. Stephenson for the manufacture of locomotives on a new model. Despatches were received on Friday by the Belgian Government from the Commissioners of Commerce at Paris. A Council of Ministers was summoned to take them into consideration. An extensive cooperage, and a paper warehouse, in the Rue de la Cuiller, Brussels, were burned down on Friday evening. Nine persons were seriously injured in at tempting to extinguish the flames, which were so hot as to melt the lead on the roofs of the houses on the oppo site side of the street. The loss is estimated at 150,000 francs. The Ami de I.i Charte of Clermont gives some further particulars of the disturbances there. It says : " The operations of the census began, on the 9th inst., at various parts of the town, but, at the Marche aux Cuirs the populace insulted the persons charged with carrying them on, and about three o'clock several com panies of infantry, and a detachment of cavalry were stationed on the place. The populace assailed them vio lently with stones. The Dragoons wished to charge the people, after bearing their attacks for nearly three hours, but the officers would not let them, and it was only when the safety of the soldiers became seriously compro mised, and the legal summonses to retire had been made several times, that the infantry were ordered to fire. Some of the men fired horizontally, though the officers had directed them to fire in the air, and two of the citi zens fell mortally wounded. On the 10th a more serious attack on the troops was made, and it was on this day that M. Conchon, the Mayor, imprudently went out to harangue the people, and to tell them the census had been suspended. Ii was with difficulty he could be res cued and conveyed back to his residence. The insurgents, having failed in their intention of murdering M. Conchon, wreaked their vengeance on his house and prEperty. As soon as they had made their way in they threw all his fur niture, linen, plate, l.is own papers, and those of import ance to many others, out of the window's, made a pile of them in the street, set them on fire, and consumed them to ashes. This being, done they tore down the windows and doors, rooted up the trees and • shrubs of the garden, and committed them also to the flames. The whole of the contents of the house were not, however, thus treated, for there were several bags of money which were unquestionably otherwise disposed of. The mob were not content with this, but they violated the secrecy of M. Conchon's papers, and were seen to open and read many letters by the light of the flames. They also threatened to destroy the property of a tenant of M. Conchon's, if he did not leave the house. On the 11th the trouble subsided." The IVlessager remarks on the statement of the Siecle relative to the individual who fired on the Royal Dukes: —" The names of the Colonel and Lieutenant-Colonel of the 15th were Parchappe and Gachot, and that of the Captain of the company in which the prisoner served Guerin. Lieutenant-Colonel Levaillant was never in the 15th regiment, and must be totally unknown to Quenisset. In 1835, when his battalion was at Ro mans, in the Drome, Quenisset was condemned to the boulet for five years for insulting and threatening his corporal, and resisting the guard ordered to conduct him to confinement ; but his sentence was afterwards com muted to two years, and ultimately to one year. He had only a few days more punishment to undergo when he escaped from Belle Croix with the passport of a man named i'appart, which he stole, and whose name he has ever since preserved. He arrived it% Paris on 26th November, 1837, and lived first at No. 55, Rue de Bercy afterwards at the Barriere de Bercy, and lastly at No. 58, Rue Popincourt. It was in March 1840 that, under the name of Pappart, he was sentenced by the Tribunal of the Scine to six months' imprisonment for stabbing the man at the public-house, as we have mentioned." The Moniteur Parisien states that Quenisset has not been condemned three times for theft, and once for pro curing a false passport, but that Pappart, whose papers he stole, has actually been so. Just at the time when the Ville de Rouen was leaving Rio, the whaler Roland of Havre entered the road. It had fallen in at sea with a vessel which was making sig nals of distress, showing that it needed immediate as sistance. This vessel, the name of which is not known, was on fire ; it was bound to New Holland, with a great number of passengers, and the danger was already so imminent, that it was necessary to abandon the ship. The Roland took on board the whole of the crew and passengers, and landed them at Rio de Janeiro. PT7BLICI OPINION. The Morning Chronicle, after enumerating several.pub lic meetings that are about to take place in the provinces on the subject of the new Ministry, goes on to say— " We do not doubt that the effect of Sir Robert Peel's speeches will be to add incalculably to the national in dignation. The people must POW see that a fraud has been perpetrated on the Sovereign and on themselves. The Prime Minister has lent himself to proceedings on which he has already pronounced the strongest condem nation. He has not the power to rescue the nation from the difficulties in which it,is now involved. He has at a most critical period stepped in to defeat a benelcial po licy; and, finding the difficulties of his position more than he can surmount, he leaves the nation to its unpa ralleled distress throughout the winter and spring, well knowing that he has nothing ultimately to propose. What compensation will it be to the nation, that when the interval is passed, Sir Robert Peel must withdraw from power with disgrace ? The nation, we repeat, is defrauded. Sir Robert Peel is an impostor. The delay he seeks is an insult to the people. He is bound, hand and foot, and he is silent because he knows that the moment he utters one syllable of his plan, his Ca binet will' tumble about his ears, if he be not in accordance with the views of the Richmonds, the Buckinghams, and the Knatchbulls. "—We Thirty-two Spanish refugees, who were working in the Canal at Arles, have been arrested and lodged in the prison of that town. — Le Gazette de France. The Journal du Ilagry of the 17th has the following article :—" To the particulars which we published yes terday respecting the saving of the crew and passengers of an English vessel by the Roland, Captain Olivier, we add the following extracts from the Report of Captain Hebert, Commander of the Ville Rouen The Eng lish ship which was burnt was called India, or Indiana ; it was on the 9th of July, in 10 deg. 46 min. south lati tude, and 35 deg. 30 min. west longitude, that it was met with on fire, which had already made great progress, and the removal of the passengers was not wholly completed before several persons had become the victims.' " " The India, or Indiana, had 216, persons on board when it left England ; 18 were either drowned or burnt during the removal, and 198 were saved by the Roland, and landed at Rio."—Le Constitutionnel. The Echo du Nord of Lille mentions the arrest of a lady in that town, under the following circumstances : " It appears that, about three years ago, a too close inti macy commenced between Sub-Lieutenant L—, of the 4th Lancers, now in garrison at Hesdin, and the wife of Captain de N—, of the Infantry, who had separated herself f.om her husband twelve months before. Ma dame de N , who was constantly movinc , from place to place to escape being traced by her husband, lately took refuge at Hesslin, passing as the wife of Lieutenant L—. Here, however, she was discovered by Captain de N—, and a duel ensued on the Belgian frontier be tween the two officers, in which Captain de N— re ceived a severe wound in the arm. In consequence of this rencontre, Sub-Lieutenant L— was put under arrest, end came to Lille to undergo his confinement. After remaining several days with Madame de N— at the Hotel de Gand, he surrendered himself; and went to the citadel. Captain de N---, learning that his wife was at Lille, came and commenced proceedings against her for adultery, in consequence of which she also has been arrested and imprisoned." BOURSE—Panrs, SATU RDA Y, SEPT. 18. , agree with our Contemporary, that Sir Robert Peel is worse than a mere quack doctor—he is an impostor, for he has taken his fee, and refuses to give his prescrip tion. He now plainly tells the suffering majority of the labouring classes, that as they are used to starvation, it can do them no great harm to continue starving on till spring. And even then, he will not promise to do any thing for them ;he will only consider about it 1 Mean time Parliament is to be sent about Its busluess, in order that the Tory Ministers and their Tory majority . may enjoy themselves during the autumn. Legislation is all very well in its way, but it must not be suffered to inter fere with the private pursuits and pleasures of legislators. Such, interpreted rightly, is the sum and substance of Sir Robert Peel's late speech in Parliament. The Times states that if the Whigs had resigned six months ago, then the Tories might now have been in a condition to propose their remedy for those distresses under which all parties agree that the country is suffer ing. The following are our Contemporary's remarks:— It the late Ministers had not thought proper, in defi ance of all precedent, constitution principle, and public opinion, to encumber the offices of Government with their presence for six months after they had lost the confidence of the House of Commons, and the power of carrying measures beneficial to the people, their succes sors might have been, ere now, in a position to legislate upon all the subjects which we have enumerated: Re peatedly warned that the time for their resignation was come, conscious that their opportunities of ac tion were passed, defeated, and having nothing but worse discomfiture in prospect, Lord John Russell and his colleagues continued sticking to the State vessel, and retarding its motions, as a fish called the remora is said to do to ships of another kind."— This is the sheerest sophistry. It is the inclination, or rather the power, and not the time, that Sir Robert Peel has wanted, to bring forward his remedial measures. He must have foreseen, early in the Session, the probability , of his being soon called to office; and as an old and ex perienced statesman, must have been pretty well aware of what was wanted by the country. It could have been no news to him that the people were distressed, that that commerce was fettered, and that the revenue was declining; and he told us himself in so many express words, that when he got the fee, he would prescribe the remedy. Well, he has touched the fee, and now coolly tells us, while pocketting it, that we must whistle for the remedy—at least until spring ! The Herald observes, in reference to some recently published accounts of the annual territorial revenues and dibbul•sements of the East India Company :—" We are not of that squeamish and Humeish school of politi cians which is horrified at the very sound of a public debt ; nor do we think that the evils of a country bur dened with great national charges always arise from heavy taxation ; the purposes for which national liabili ties may have been incurred, may convert a prima facie curse into a great blessing • and it is easy to repay, and more than repay, a people for the amount extracted f.om them in taxes. But then the debt so created must in such case have been expended in benefiting the people by increasing the resources and capa bilities of the country, through the formation of those great elementary improvements which would ren der it more attractive to capital. Now, we fear these Indian debts have not been incurred for any such great objects, and we search in vain through the Earl of Auckland's Administration for any trace of great public works, for any large amendment of the civil or criminal law, for any improvement in its administration; for any rendering of the police more effective, less terrible to the innocent, and more repressive of guilt; for any alteration of the hind tenures: in short, for any one aet which would have rendered India more attractive to British capital, which is its great and primary want. The truth, is, that the military successes of the Earl of Auckland's Goverment have somewhat obscured a most defective internal administration." First Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Fri.. Pile. French. 5 per Cents. ex. div 115 15 ... 115 30 ... 115 15 ... 115 25 1 per Cents ..... lO6 ... (06 ... 106 ... 106 4 per cents 47 50 ... 97 50 ... 97 51 .. 97 50 3 per Cents... 7B 60 .... 78 90 ... 78 60 ... 78 90 '.ank of trance Lattitte hank 1,0001. Si aces 1030 —.1131 —1(30 ...10:(0 ' , . 0 10f. Slaarcs LOB 5 ...5083 —.80 , 5 ...5081 Belgian 5 per Cents. 3 per Cents 7l 85 ~. 71 90 ... 71 85 ... 71 90 S per Cent:., 1840 10 4 ,4 ~. 105 ... 104% ... 195 ipsn4h Active l3 ... 13 ... e 29... 12% Passive 5 l /4 ... 5 ... 5 1 / 4 ... 5 1 / 4 veapolitan Roman ... 103)4 ... Pali ...13,3% ...10.3% RAILWAN "HARES Versailles. L.B 206 25 ... 201 23 ... 206 25 .. 206 23 R. 13 315 ~.:317 ;,0 .. 315 ... 3 7 50 louan arle..tis . 4;B 75 ... 478 75 ... 477 51 ... 477 50 itrasburktoßalr,shares red. NI 55 .. 241 25 ... 241 25 ... 241 25 ONE OF TEE 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 900,000/. had been assigned to the civil expenses of this inconsiderable acquisition in a single year; mark, for the merely civ:*l 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 upon 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 900,000/., but 9,0001., as correctly reported in The Sun. From which of the Morning Papers the Standard and Globe borrowed the palpnble 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. The Post thus apologizes for the delay of Ministers in bringing forward their remedial schemes: —" What a wicked Conservative Government,' cry the Whig-Radi cals. The consideration of the condition of the coun- try is put off till February.' Indeed it is not. On the contrary, the condition of the country is already under the consideration of the Conservative Government, and will be so during the period of the prorogation, what ever that may be. Some people have been so long in the habit of looking at Whig-Radical Government, or the scramble which passed for Government, that they do not know what real Government is. It is not for the purpose of making a show in Parliament that the Con servatives have taken office ; but in order that the country may be governed better than it has been. For this purpose, a great deal of consideration in the Caliiet, and in the minds of individual Ministers, is necessary. The Ministers do not want merely to talk to the public through the medium of Parliamentary debates, and reports in the newspapers. There was enough of that mode of manag ing affairs during the last six years. The present Go vernment is resolved to do something; and in order to do it well, it must be maturely considered beforehand."— The Post is quite correct in its assertion that the " pre sent Government is resolved to do something"—hut un fortunately this " something" is only for itself. Its re solution is already taken to cling to place with the tena city of a limpet to a rock ; to do as little as it can pos sibly help for the people, and to delay that little to the latest moment. Five long dreary months must the la bouring classes wait, until they have even a chance of having their condition bettered. At the end of that time Sir Robert Peel gives them—not a positive assur ance, but a vague hint, that he will be deliver( d of some scheme or other for their benefit. In other words, the Tory mountain, after being five months in labour, will bring forth a mouse ! 'lnc Dublin Evening Post, alkline . to Sir R. Peel, s late speech in Parliam en t, sa ys :—" Here is comfort for ' the starving millions. Here is a splendid justification of Sir Robert Peel and the Tories, for having forced them selves upon a reluctant Sovereign, on the false and hollow pretence of carrying on the Government of the country up o n nrinciples to whi c h t h u y have *been all their lives or ose 1 ." T".: Berwick Advertiser says of the Peel Ministry, that its " intention seems to be to abandon the pursuit of every object for which the faction have been clamouring fir the last half-dozen years, and to attempt, if pos sible, nothing at all, in the way either of doing or of un doing." The Leeds Times says What are the Corn-laws but the briind tiLver .) . uttnched t,. cry man, wernall, and child in these kingdoms -They are the emblem of a caste privileged to oppress as much as vi ere the chains and the'whips of the West Indian slaveowners; and it THE TORY SPEECH.—Sir Robert Peel ex plained his intentions last night in the House of Com mons. We are ind e b te d to the diligence of The Sun for thr r7ort P publish this day of a speech delivered not IS nuar:s snlek!, and nearly 200 miles away. The speech is sufficiently meagre. He is for staving off the exposition of Ministerial views till next Sessietr.—We hope the country will not submit to this.— Western Times. THE SUN, LONDON. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER o►. 1,41 is as much the duty and the interest of all the indus trious classes to put down the slave-laws of the Mono polist Aristocracy et lirtt e, os it was to put down the 8111st-lii*s of tht: same . Monopolist Aristocracy Abroad." The Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle makes the following remarks on the subject. of the prorogation of Parliament: —" If Parliament, after its solemn and unanimous re- Viogiiitidtl'of the existence of national suffering and the necessity. of inquiring into it, allow itself to be prorogued without doing anything, it will outrage and insult the nation, It will declare, that believing all classes to be undergoing great pressure, it will not take the trouble to inquire whether it can do anything to diminish the pres- . sure." AtaietatlVl. Glasgow, Birmingham, New Brentford, Chelsea,Whi te chapel, and the parish of St. Marylebone, have seve rally held meetings in the determination of petitioning the Queen not to prorogue Parliament until the Corn laws have been thoroughly discussed. Both power and hand-loom cloths have been in ani mated.demand at Manchester since Tuesday ; yarns too are in good demand, and likely to continue until the close of the shipping season. At Leeds, during the last fortnight, there has been a Very fair demand for goods of low qualities, heavy goods fOr winter, and fancy_cloaking. At Bradford, the yarn market is steady, the stocks are very low, and prices for most sorts of goods firmly maintained. AGRXCULTURAM. An immense quantity of grain has been secured in the north of England, and the quality is understood to be generally sound and good. The price of bread fell generally on Saturday at the East-end of the town from id. to l kd. per half-quartern loaf. The Doncaster Chronicl3 states that the crops in that neighbourhood were seldom 'known to be finer, or to yield more abundantly. MAW AND POLICE. At Hatton garden yesterday, an Irishwoman, named Bridget Mahony having been charged with an assault on one Susan Sullivan, who taunted her before the Magis trate, with having had children before she was married, replied, " If I had, it was to my honour ; I let Mike see I was of a good stock !" Both parties were held to bail to keep the peace. NAVAL AND rar.K.ITAR.Y. On Friday last the 16th Regiment, and depots of the 26th and 49th Regiments, took up their quarters on Dover heights and Castle, and on Saturday the depot of the 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade arrived. COUET-IVISHIONJUILE. The Earl of Aberdeen gave a sumptuous banquet on Saturday evening, at Argyil House, to the chief mem bers of the Corps Diplomatique. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry receive a select circle this week at Seaham Hall, near Sun derland. The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans have arrived at Holly Lodge, from Redbourne Hall. The Duke of Buckingham arrived at Buckingham House, Pall Mall, on Saturday last, from Wotton House. The Duke of Marlborough returned to Blenheim last week from Wales. _ _ The Marquis of Clanricarde, accompanied by Vis count Dunkellin, arrived in St. James's-square on Satur day, from Howth Castle, Dublin. His Lordship left town again early on. Sunday morning to join the Mar chioness and his family at Broadstairs. Earl Spencer returns to Altnorp Hall this week. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford leave Woburn Abbey this morning for town. Viscount Morpeth has arrived in town from Dublin, and goes this week to visit the Duke of Sutherland at Trentham. Lord Stanley left town on Saturday morning for Lan cashire. 3 . Lord and Lady John Russell return to 'Wilton-cres cent to-dal. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is expected in town this day from the Continent. The Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, who are now at Mulgrave Castle, intend shortly to go to the Continent: Viscount Howick is expected in town to-day from Northua:herland. lOII,3C3III.I!.II.iCeiOITS. A grand Reform dinner took place last week at Bridge north, at which Lord Leveson presided. About two hundred Reformers sat down to table. A New York paper states that there are five grog shops in that city where there is one in London! On Wednesday last, an inquest was held at the Rose and Crown, Hull, on the body of a child fourteen months old, who died from an oppression of the brain, produced by Godfrey's cordial. The Jury requested the Coroner to reprimand the mother, fur the incautious use of such a cordial, and returned a verdict of—" Died by the visitation of God." An inquest ww, held last week at Manchester on the body of a stonemason named John Hanley, who was the father of six children. Evidence was adduced to prove that he died of disease of the lungs, accelerateci by the want of the commonest necessaries of life ; and it was ascertained that deceased had had no solid food for a long time, " his family living . on potatoe hash, without meat, and sometimes going without food for two days together." A verdict was returned accordingly. The entire skeleton of a large animal is said to have been dug up at the Big-Bone Lick, New York, which measures 60 feet long, and 20 feet high, and 12 feet broad at the hips. EX PRESS FROM PARIS FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY.—The Moniteur of this morning con tains the ordonnance of the King, and the decree of the Minister of Finance, for the new loan of 150,000,000 f. Art. 1 of the ordonnance authorizes the Minister of Finance to negotiate a loan with publicity, and under sealed tenders, to the amount of 3 per cent. Rentes necessary to produce 150.000,000 f. capital; interest to commence on the 22d of June, 1841, and the tenders to be made subject to the reserved minimum established by the Minister of Finance. Art. 2 relates to the operation of the sinking fund on this loan. Art. 3 conveys the Royal authority to the Minister of • Finance. The decree of the Minister of Finance (Art. I), fixes the 18th Oct, 1841, as the day of adjudication of the loan in one lot. Art. 2 fixes the inscription for the 22d June, 1841. Art. 3 distributes the payment of the 150 millions over a period of twelve months : the first commencing on the 28th October, and the second on the 28th of No vember, 1841-7,500,000 f. each ; the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth instalments on the 7th of each succeeding month, each 11,250,000 f. ; and the remaining instal ments on the six succeeding months ending 7th October, 1842, 15,000,000 f. each. Art. 4 says that the tender shall be subject to a mini mum fixed by the Minister. Art. 5. The biddings are to be public. Art. 6 regulates the deposit of the necessary guarantee. Arts. 7,8, and 9, regulate the details of the proceeding. Art. 10 constitutes the Minister of Finance the sole judge of the validity of the tenders. The other articles relate merely to matters of form. CAFE DE PARIS.—The Three per Cents. have risen to 75f. 15c. on the faith of the above decree. La Presse says that the Minister wished to defer making this loan, but was over-ruled by the King and the Council. Slight disturbances continue at Paris, but they are without political importance. No news in Paris from Madrid. • THE MARKETS-THIS DAY. CO RN EXCHANGE. . Last week's arrivals were small of English Corn, good of Irish Oats, and very large of Foreign Wheat. The fresh supply was small. The new Wheat comes very tender, and except the best, was Is. to 2s. per quarter lower. Foreign dry obtains last quotations. Barley as last reported. Beans rather lower. Pease unvaried. Oats a dull trade, and for light Irish rather lower. Flour met a heavy sale, at last week's reduction in value. A.ItKIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK Wheat. Barley. Oats. , Flour English Irish -' - 7,421 i - Foreign 110,(20 13,5 A 9,038 12,032 I rls !IMES ON BOARD OF SFIP Wheat,Red (old) cos. t 83. Beans, Small (new) ..... ... 368.385. --.-• White (01d)......t05. 725. (old) .40' 445. ----- Ite.lJB4 i) tas. 5 - IS. •••••• Tick (new) '3O 325. Fine s"s. rs. (old) 3tis. 38s ----- Superfine 626. Ns .---.-- Harrow (new) 344.355. -White (1841)....645. Mb. ................- rine .61s 02.3 Brank -5...". -..- Superfine 631. Ws. Oats, Feed ----Forefen free 623. ids. --- New 168.235. Rye 39s 40s. - Poland Carley Ifis. 80s. New ..........22 25*. - Grinding "Cs 325, - Potatoe .... .............. -F -„ 8 .. --- Malting ..., :325. 36s --3- , ---3 . -.- NSW ......... 24. 2i/4 Malt 56 ,3 Mi. - Seotch ................. 265.295. - Fine New Pease, Grey, New 625. 65i. -.... IBA ................. ...195.235. If. 3Ss. Flour Town (per sack).... 508. as. - Maple New 40 ., 4.. 3 .8, -,...-. Seconds ........ .. ..... 503.545. White Ns e s, ........... North Country .... 4$ .. g.s. - Boilers 375. 40s. Bran... .... ...................•• es, Po, SMITHFIELD MARKET'. The supply of Cattle, Sheep, and Lambs, was large, the de mand good, and fine qualities fully supportki last Moodily prices, the middling and inferior sorts rather higher. Of Calves our supply was short, the demand very brisk, and the best qualities realised 6s. per stone. Of Pigs the supply was . middling, the demand brisk. Beasts, 3,400 ; Sheep and Lambs, 24,920; Pigs, 318; Calves, 144. Beef, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Mutton, 4s. to ss. ; Veal, ss. to 6s. ; Pork, 4s. Bd. to ss. Bd. ; Lamb, 53. to ss. Bd. TEA MARKET. Few sales were made, but prices were steady. Company's Ct,ngou, Is. lOid. cash. TALLOW MARKET. A fair demand, and prices firmer, at 48s. 6d. for P.Y. Candle on the spot "and 48s. 3d. for delivery in last three months. HOP MARKET. The operations !n Hops were fair. The trade appeared dis posed to get into stock at existing rates. The duty has fallen to 165,0004 Picking is general. PROVISION MARKET. Butter dull of sale and prices looking down; fine Irish, 90s. to 9-Is. and best Dutch, 100 s. to 10:2s. In Bacon little done, sellers of prime at 625. to 63. Lard dull of sale and lower. THE WEATHER.—NooN, SEPTEMBER 20. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Barometer ... 30.15 In. Thermometer...:69 I Highest 7l Lowest ... • 43 Wind F.—Fraezing Point 32 Deg. The excavations for the viaduct of the railway over the Cann, in Chelmsferd. have been already cc m tecnced. This viaduct / will be about 703 feet in leut,th, and consist of 1$ brick arches of 30 feet span each ; and the height of the viaduct from . th'e ground lo the top of the parapet will be about 45 feet,—lnventor's Advocate. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSIN A TE LORD HOWICX. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Sunderland, Friday Evening•, Sept• 17. I send you a copy of the Sunderland Herald, containing the state of the poll, by which you will see Lord Howick, in the Liberal cause, has a majority of 261. Since I received the Herald I have just had intelligence from a police-officer, who saw the matter, that an attempt has been made to assas sinate Lord Howick, who was being chaired in Monkwearmouth, about two o'clock this after noon. A man (a publican) fired a pistol from a window in his house, the contents of which grazed a carriage next to Lord Howick's ; the fellow af terwards attempted to fire a loaded gun, which fortunately missed fire. Liddle, the assassin, has been lodged in prison, and the mob took instant vengeance upon the man's property—they hav ing destroyed all his stock of spirits, ale, and fur niture, together with all the windows in his house. The following account of this unfortunate dis turbance is taken from the Gateshead Observer of Saturday : YESTERDAY'S RIOT. Whilst we were congratulating ourselves that we had at length completed our report of the late eventful pro ceedings in the borough of Sunderland, we were startled by the intelligence that an attempt had been made to assassinate Lord Howick I A handbill was brought to us, which had been printed in Sunderland, and stated that a gun had been levelled at his Lordship during the " chairing" in Monkwearmouth, by Mr. Liddle, from the window of his house in Dundas-street, with an apparent intent to shoot his Lordship, but that it missed fire ; after which, stones were thrown at the Noble Lord's carriage. This led to the destruction of Liddle's windows. FURTHEit PARTICULARS. Since we received the following statement, we have obtained intelligence which inclines us to believe, that although a gross outrage was perpetrated upon Lord Howick, and Lady Williamson, &c., no fatal ;Ault was contemplated. The Herald states, in a second editlen of its yesterday's paper, that when the procession accom panying Lord Howick's chairing arrived in Whitburn street, Monlswearmouth, they found two blue and white flags (Mr. Attwood's colours) suspending from the window of a private dwelling-house, and of a public house kept by a person named Edward Liddle, (the sign of " The Reform Tavern.") In passing these, as is usual on such occasions, the crowd hooted and hissed. No sooner had they clone so, than a volley of stones was thrown from the upper story of the house into the procession; The stones were such as are used for paving, many of them as large as half-bricks ; and they of course scattered the procession, and seriously injured several individuals. One of these hit Lord Howick over the right hand, and the other hit Mrs. Bell, who was in another carriage, on the arm. A third stone was thrown in the direction of Mr. William Allison, solicitor, of Moniswearmouth, whom it missed, and, instead, hit Mr. J. W. Robinson, solicitor. A portion of the crowd, exasperated by this proceed ing, instantly threw back several of the stones. No sooner did the course of retaliation begin, than the land lord of the house, Edward Liddle, presented a fowling pieCe from the window of the upper-room,. (the lower - sash of which was completely up), and moving it in yaripus directions, without apparently taking aim at .any particular person, snapped the gun, but fortunately it only flashed in the pan. Instantly . on this daring act being observed, several of the procession attacked the house; and brickbats, thrown from both sides, wounded different persons; two or three of whom received several tits on their heads. The house was rushed upon—the windows. and . a great part of the furniture broken—the small . casks in the front room (which was fitted up as a bar) dashed on the ground and the spirits wasted, and many of the smaller articles in or dinary use either injured or destroyed. After the gun had been presented, Sir Hedworth Williamson, accompanied the ladies to Thomas-street, and then returned to the spot, and obtained pos session of the gun. A person was sent to the station house for a policeman ; but one not being there, Sir Hedworth himself took the man into custody. Im mediately afterwards an officer arrived, and Liddle was conveyed to the station-house. The fowling-piece was then examined by the Hon. Baronet, Mr. Anthony John Moore, and a po.iceman. There was found in it a full charge of powder; and the wadding consisted of paper, twice or three times the quantity of that ordinarily used, tightly pressed down. It did not, however, contain any shot. On this serious disturbance taking place, Lord Howick was driven to Whitburn, the seat of Sir Hedworth Wil liamson; and endeavours were made to prevent mischief, but it was some time before hostilities ceased. Immediately on hearing of the affair (says the Herald), we proceeded to the spot. The house was then sur rounded by persons, and policemen were very properly stationed inside to prevent any change from taking place inside the house until the matter can be fully investi gated. Outside, all the windows were broken, and also some of the tiles ; and inside, the front room of the house was almost entirely gutted, some of the walls were broken, and not less than twenty or thirty paving- stones scattered on the floors of the different rooms. From the statement of one of the parties, it appears there were in the house at the time the procession passed nearly forty men. Twenty of these were engaged in Mr. Attwood's band (and they were at dinner in the back room). About ten of the remainder were " colourmen," as they are generally termed—men engaged to carry the ' banners, also in the Tory candidate's party; and eight or ten were persons who had accidentally come into the house. We heard that some men, who apparently came from Liddle's premises, annoyed and threw stones at the procession as it passed the end of Dundas-street, but of this fact, which will be important to the inquiry,we have not obtained any decisive information. It was also stated to us, that the disturbances first originated by the circum stance of a man named Anthony Brown (one of Mr. Attwood's 'party), waving a blue and 'white flag as the procession passed the door ; and that Liddle, the land lord of the house, begged Brown to come in, but with out avail, until those in Lord Howick's procession first threw dirt any then stones at the windows. But the former statement we have given as to the origin of the mischief, appears most Vobable, and to rest upon stronger testimony. It is stated by the landlady She house that she has lost 20a, and also two sovereigns, must have been The b een stolen rum. stolen from the premises during the uproa. • she says, was in a yellow bag, and hidden uts.2er cask. This money she had possessed for a col - Wu-crab: l a time, but until that morning she had kept it in tie drawers. Shortly before the disturbance, however, she had placed it under the rum cask. It consisted of gold, Bank of England notes, and country notes. The Aner sum, two sovereigns and some odd silver, was placed on the highest shelf of the bar, having been placed there in tike manner, for safety, We ought to add, that Liddle keeps a kitchen garden, and we are informed that he uses the gun principally for shooting sparrows. We should also mention that the sign, " The Reform Tavern," was tern down by the crowd, and broken to pieces, the " ratting" of the landlord evi dently increasing their violence. From the number of large paving-stones thrown from the windows of the house, it would seem they had been carried on the premises, and prepared, either designedly for a disturbance, or in the event of such a circumstance arising. We merely mention the fact as fraught with suspicion of a premeditated object, and refrain from en tering into comment, or from giving insertion to some statements and inuendoes which have reached us, as the case will, no doubt, be the subject of magisterial inquiry. We cannot, however, conclude, without lamenting that the contest for this borough, which we are sure it is the wish of the respectable of all parties, should have been closed in peace and good-humour, has been characte rised by a riotous attack, which, however it may have originated, and whatever may be the culpability of the unfortunate man now in custody for the offence of pre senting fire-arms, must be characterized as disgraceful to the parties implicated, and injurious to the character of the town. We concur with our Contemporary in believing that " the respectable of all parties" can have no desire for destructive outrage on person , and onproperty ; but is n ot this lamentable riot. the natural fruit of that system of bribery and drunkenness which the leaders of the Tory party—men arrogating to themselves the epithet r espectable"—introduced into the contested election of the last few days ? With whatever party the affair of yesterday may have commenced,' who can deny that the responsibility of the outrage attaches to the " respect able" gentlemen who " opened" public-houses, and did their worst to inflame and brutalize the people of Sun derland ? MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. j a yZliPo9l. COTTON A 4,000 bales, 200 of w.t: -IARKET, SEPT. 18.—A very fair "al cone in Cotton to-day; the sales are business has bj... ticn. No change in pzices• ;di have been taken for exporta ...„r, SVPT. 18 t . —There he Stock Exchawre. L/Vtltl , ool, SHARE ISIAIIT+.. s he two traftiactiona to report from , ,Grand Junctions were done at 200, an.. Shares at 261. ~, IqA.NCIIESTEIt S TOCK E XCII SNGE, SEPT. 18.—. r ' market continues m uch in the same state as yesterday, excepting, Manches ter and Leeds, which are offered more freely at low er prices :—Manchester and Birmincr ham, 22; Midland Counties, Quarters, 18 1; Manches ter and Leeds, 64; Ditto New Quarters, 20s. prem. ; London and Birmingham, 1571. n uetio4 Ayfes riven late as the , . 2 , 4 th July have b een received this morning, frvtn wtnen we take the following : ,‘ We have seen a printed address of congrellrltiop fioin the principal inhabitants of SAn Jon ? dated 26th t ult., to General Nasario B onav id es, Govern? 0; Province, and second in command to General Aldavo, (n occasion of the victory of Sanogasta, in which Brituella, the Unitarian Governor of La Rioja, and self-styled director of the war against the Federal cause, was killed. The signers of this address highly exult in the achieve ment of their Governor, and augur from it speedy and most propitiou s results." Exchange on England was quoted at La pence. , Demerara paper to the 12th August have been re ceived, but they do not contain any news of the least in terest. ; ; . **4' % " l izpis.P . 4 -.7 THE FUNDS. Console o pened at 894 for Money, and 90* for e Account ; Exchequer Bills, 11 13 prem. P or tuguese Five per Cents., 30 / 4 ; ditto, Three y r Cents., 181 PRICES OP SHARES THIS DAY AT, ONE. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. London and Brighton London and Birmingham London and South Western 331 ...... 50i..... to Midland Counties Northern and Eastern PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPT'. 18. 3 per Cent. Consols — Bank Stock ••• Three and Half Stock 971 Grand Canal Stock ...... ..• Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per cent.... Ditto New 1830......... 97i Ditto 4 per cent....... ... Royal Canal Stock ........ . -- HALF-PAST ONE. There has been scarcely a bargain doing in the Stow' Exchange up to the present time. Consols are still quoted at 894 i f for Money, and 9040 for the Account ; Exc he q uer Bills, 11 13, and India Bonds, 2 1 prem. ; Spanish Active Stock is now quoted at 221 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 301 ; Ditto Threes, 18* ; Belgian Bonds, 103 1 ; Bra zilian, 68 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 511 ; Ditto 1 ives, 1021. Vcry little business doing in the Share Market. Lon don and Brighton Shares are 46 ; London and Birming ham, 156 ; South Western, 50i ; Midland Counties, 75 ; Northern and Eastern, 24,1. QUARTER TO THREE. The Corn trade begins now to lose a portion of its interest to the general public now so large a supply of foreign corn is happily secured fur our consume-` • tion during the ensuing winter. It is indeed a fortunate circumstance that we have passed through the fiery ordeal of a straitened money market, de ranged exchanges, and banking and commercial failures, so well as we have d o ne; and as the Joint. Stock Banks throughout the country . have hitherto been exercising so much prudence in their it issues. it is to be hop ed if the y continue a ltle longer in the same course, things will gradual)" right themselves. There will, however, no doubt, 12r' considerable depression in the manufacturing districts av the winter, as compared with more prosperous years. We are sorry to hear it reported that the vessel Fink , from Buenos Ayres, has , in all p robabilit y , been lost. having 40,0001. in specie on board towards the Chiliao dividends, next payable after those of the 30th instan t ' for which tht: money is all in hand. We should Or pose, however, that the amount was duly insured beig e the ship quitted S, , uth America. Consols 14 the Ascount, 90* I. Spanish, 22* h ; Mo.-jean, 25 a Not the least appearanct, of business, and scarcely bargain done worthy of rerraCk• CENTRAL CRI—miN.A.L COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. The Sessions at the Old Bailey comma'ced this maw ing -before the Right Hon. the Lord 11.1 a) -or, the corder, Aldermen, Sheriffs, &c. The calemiar is" usually small, containing the names of • only 19: person a for trial. Soon after ten o'clock the names of th e Grant 'Turf were called over, and The Learned RECORDER delivered his charg e. A -- ll f said, that having read the depositions in the case s con t a iced in the calendar, he thought they might re asonably. expectthat their duties at these Sessions would be but slight. li.o number of persons for trial was considerab l y short of the aYerage, which might be accounted for b the short interval which bad occu r re d between the last and the present Sessions. Very few of the cases woo/11.• require any comment from h im, and he was satisfied that their experience would enable them to surmount; any ordinary difficulty. It frequently occurred that in those cases which 'were most serious a s re e gard the crime the evidence generally the most simple. There was a case" in the calendar of a perculiar charge of burglary against several persons. The pe' ecir liarity consisted in application having been Infu t to a servant of the prosecutor to become a participator in the crime, to which he assented, but at the same time giving information to the police, and accordingly throne the information of that servant, the police entered th house and took the parties into custody, and found basket of plate in their p osse ssion ready to be conv e y away. It would be premature in him to offer any re mark upon the course which had been pursued, as the a e : were cases of a similar description in which the an im, version of the Court had been fou nd to act p re j udicial*" towards the parties concerned. There was also a ca&O of manslaughter, under very peculiar circumstances .. A youth of about the age of 15 or 16 years, with companion, had incautiously used a cannon—a small cannon, such as those used by children, and standing upon wheels. This youth having fired the cannon, a portion of the contents—a portion of the loading—lodge d in the breast of a boy who was p assin g b y the street At, the time. In consequence of this inflamation ensued ant he died. It could not be supposed that the youth fired this cannon with any expectation of so serious is result, or with any immediate apprehension Still, strictly in law, if the death of a partf were caused by an accident of this deticriptlen it accounted the party concerned as guilty of slaughter. There was sufficient want of cautionnt. ,h e played in the party firing off the cannon in one crowded streets of the metropolis. Under thes e Cir:lll33:, stances, whatever matter of extenuation might be b rougis' forward thereafter, it would be their duty to return a' bill. He thought it right to refer to this case, because tT feeling might arise the minds of the Jury that a letting off a small cannon tinder such circumstanc es, could not be deemed guilty of the crime of manslaughter' All they had to determine was, whether there was want of caution, and if so, then the law held that would amount to manslaughter. With these gen eral observations he should dismiss them to their duties. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAB') LONDON, SEPT. 20.—Wind this day at noon E. DEAL, SEPT. 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrived the Scou r " field, Edgar, from Jamaica. Arrived from the Riv er. and sailed, the Cabinet, Linwell, for New Orleans ; Abercrombie Robinson packet, Bermuda. Sailed " 1° Vibelia, for Smyrna. LIVERPOOL, SEPT.. 18.—Wind S.—Arrived the Blum, 1/ .; Carme, from Sydney, New South Wales—sailed 31'1.7 18;,the Francis, M`Lean, fromßio Janeiro; Success, Pe' merara—sailed August 15; the Hindoo. from New °T leans ; Jumna, Clark, Calcutta ; Wallace, Miramich i - Henry Bliss, Garland, and Nelson Wood, Quebec ; Far land and Hesperus, Kelly, Calcutta ; Avoca, Iladrits ; Gipsy, Gowan, Pernambuco ; Rebecca, Maranhao' ; Elizabeth, Antigua ; Joseph Anderson, Jamaica's Eleven, Montreal ; Jane, Alexandria ; Jane Prowl' Withycombe, Arica—sailed May 28. Sailed the Fcia ; " for Buenos Ayres ; Holywood, Monte Video ; St. Thomas ; Thomas, Demerara ; Globe, Lima ; S i lk w )rth. Sierra Leone ; Havannah packet, Africa ; Pick Gossyninin, and Queen, New Orion s ,' Empire, Cluarleston ; Prima Donna, China ; Mar° ; a COWES, SEPT. 19.—Arrived the Regina Victoria, au Fortuna, from Buenos Ayres ; Hebe, Rio Janeiro' Esther, Filander, Havannah ; Apollo, James River. OFF THE START, SEPT. 17.—Osprey, James River. S t :UTHAMPTON, SEPT. 18.—Arrived the Royal Vl' Lisbon steamer, from Gibraltar, left 9th, Cadiz 10th, 13th, Vigo ).sth inst. Sailed the Tagus steamer, ditta, POOLE, SEP:. 18.—Sailed the Nelson packet, for Ner a : foundland. Arrivcd off, the Julia, Vibert, from Grena% OFF LYMINGTON, SEPT. 19.-Prince Albert, 13r1 10 ' from Madras. OFF BRIGHTON, SEPT. 19.—The Theresa, Young, fry Calcutta ; Rio Packet,',Cape of Good Hope—sailed July, and St. Helena, 31. Or OFF PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—Thomas Harrison; ,ral Singapore—sailed Ist May. : DEAL, SEPT. 19.—Wind S.S .E.—Arrived from thj River, and sailed, the Har bin g er, for Hobart Town; Ls°_,.. -7 Flora, Cape of Good Hope ; O sborne, S tanle y , Cor Coast Castle. STA NGA TE CREEK, SEPT. 19 . — Arrived Ontario, from Ancona, and sailed for Sheerness. , HAVRE, SEPT. 16.—Capt. Herbert, of tne Ville Rouen, arrived here this morning from Rio Janeiro, r parts that Capt. Rowallen, of the —, from this P.o„ for the South Seas, had on his passage fallen in ir on' 9th July, lat. 17, long. 35 , the Indian , or Indiana, ,: e a to the Clyde to Port Philip, on fire , and was ensb' save 180 persons, and landed them at R io Jail About 20 lives were lost by fire and water. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A YOUTH:" ... This morning, at about a quarter past 12, a.m., the bojf i of Charles FranLlin, who on Friday night terminat e his existence by precipitating himself from the second r e: cess of Waterloo-bridgb... wash iscovered near the Pii e " beyond Goding's Brevvery: appeared to be that of fine youth about sixteen yeafs of a ge, and was not muc h 'disfigured. His connections are very respectable, hls brother, with whom he resided, car rying b u siness as a plumber and glazier in Clare-street, C lare' ma rket. on an extensive - _ GOLD WATCHES, LONDON- MADE.ii, A. B. SAVORY and SONS, Watchmakers No. 0, C•r ° " u ` a London, opposite the Bank of England, submit for selectiel'of very large STOCK of GOLD WATCHES, the w ho]: of which are made and fi n i s h e d un d er t h e care ful inspecti o wa r experiented workm en on t h e i r own prem i ses , an d each is ranted for correct performance. SIZE FOR LADIES. Fine Vertica Watches, jewelled, in engine-turnei x B ld 6 gold cases and gold dials, warranted •• Fine Vertical Watches, jewelled, with double— ' backed engine-turned gold cases and gold dials, 12 11 0 warranted Patent detached Lever Watches, jewelled in four hole 2, with double-backed gold cases and gsld 14 14 dials, warranted SIZE FOR GENTLEMEN. . _ pate,. :t detached .... Lever Watches, jewelled in four A Le .. a ~.. .. ...... holes, b :conds, and double-backed gold cases, 13 13 0 warranted r Watches, capped, jewelled .... Patent detached Lev.: Ilmub , le-backed cold cases , 17 0 in six holes, seconds, and enamel dials, warrantee . . l' Patent detached Lever Watches, ca;Ted, welled in six holes, seconds, double-backed gold eases ett 0 0 and gold dials , warran ted ~..... -. . oi o,oa 'n 1d Either of the Gentlem en ' s Watches ma y bt• h. I d..)„,,i -hunting cases for 3/. 3s. each extra. N.B. Seci Watches purchased in exchanue. . _...... ... 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