The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-03 00:00:00

MORNING SUN COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The following Noblemen and Gentlemen had audiences of her Majesty, and were respectively introduced by the Eari.of Aberdeen, K.G., her Majesty's principal So:re tary of State for Foreign Affairs:— Lord Cowley, G.C.8., to kiss hands, on being ap pointed her Majesty's Ambassador to the King of the Sir Robert Gordon, G.C.8., to kiss hinds, on being appointed her Majesty's Ambassador to tho. Emperor of Austria. •,31".; .S.ir . :Stratford Canning, G.C.8., to kiss hands on being appointed her Majesty's Ambassador to the Sublime F ;.Ottoman Porte. Lord Burghersh, to kiss hands on being appointed her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary to the King of Prussia. Her Majesty was attended by. the Earl of Morton, Lord in Waiting,. and the . Hon. Captain Duncombe, Groom in Waiting. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Hon. bliss Devereux, took an airing yesterday afternoon in an open carriage and four. The Equerries in Waiting, Colonel Arbuthnot and Colonel Wyld, were in attend -1111.-:e'on horseback. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace last evening included her Royal Highne4s the Duchess of Rent, and Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson. The Band of the Grenadier Guards attended at Buck ingham Palace during dinner. I, al The following Bulletin of the state of her Majesty the ,114tievn Dowager, was issued on Mon' ay:— ~ ,i,T t. " The Qu een D owager i s s till suffering from much ex eons anent on catarrhal inflammation; but her is on e th s e whole, somewhat better to-day. W. F. CHAMBERS, M.D. " DAVID DAVIES, M.D. " Sudbury -hall, Nov. 1 1841." Dr. Chambers arrived in town last evening from Sud buryßall, the residence of the Queen Dowager. crlis Serene Highness Prince Ernest, of Hesse Philipps ni 4 tut], visit e d the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence use. "‘ ,1 11!,,, at , T-- 4 h e Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, •fi l e : l ded by Baron Knesebeck, honoured the Haymarket 1 " 11 11 -, :. a f t 4 tte with their presence on Monday evening, and ! r wards returned to their residence at Kew. ~ t h Syndicus Sieveking left town for Hamburgb, by e Caledonia steamer, on Friday last. Sir Cha r l es B ago t, t h e D ean o f N orw i c h, and Colon e l M4 i) °paid, had interviews with Lord Stanley yesterday the Colonial-office. 1,1 t; COVENT GARDEN THEATRE. has the genius of the Kembles asserted its lalpre macy ; and Covent Garden, the scene of the tri t.umphs of Mrs. Siddons, of John Kemble, of Charles i ble, and of his eldest daughter, last night wit -,sstv a triumph as great as any of them, in the debut °{,` Miss Adelaide Kemble, a yoanger daughter of the veteran ha t ries. To say this vounglady is the first English singer ; e oave, is but faint praise. The English stage has not, t hat in our remembrance, never had a prima donna ...tat could at all be compared to her. She chose for her debut the part of Norma p in Bellini's opera of that name. Considering that this part has always hitherto been con sidered the exclusive property of Grisi, with whose ad trable delineation of it the English musical public had ot com e Perfectly familiar, it was a somewhat hazardous Pon the p ar t o f a d e b u t an t e th us a t once t o chal ee,n_ge the v er y hi g h est p l ace i n h er pro f ess i on . 'The , 1 "t, how ever, h as f u ll y j ust ifi e d h er. A more com fete triamph was never achieved, and Miss Adelaide ael e Phie, both as an actress and a singer, has shown her sh y v. worth of the name she bef te fame which in atia t . s ue has already acquired. ars—o ln personal appearance did resembles the Kemble family much more strongly than er sister Mrs. Butler. Indeed, when as Norma she stood he r the Druidical oak, wrapt in holy contemplation, e r features bore a marked resemblance to those of Sir ],i_ua Reynolds' portrait of Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic nis,4s• theeHr voice, which is of great compass and power, +at same time, exquisitely sweet and expressive, has been cu l t i vate d to t h e hi g h est p i tc h o f excel „ , and s h e possesses suc h an exqu i s i te power of Il unu lation, th a t h er very so f test tones, a l most t r°achin g • to a whisper, are distinctly audi- Sh enure!" the most remote part of . t . he house. Itemis e possesses that remarkable distinctness of zitlation which characterises the Italian school of glll ' sh e . so that in the most rapid passages every word Pe;: n gs is clearly h ea rd an d apprec i ate d. H er trag i c o ror rs, for the exhibition of which the part of Norma • pe ,. : _d r s full scope, are very great, fully equal, if not su e° , to those of her sister. Had she not been t greatest of English singers she would have • L K " one of the first of English actresses. Her t scene with Pollio was one of the most impas pathos pieces of acting ever seen, and the touching 5 4 thos with which, at the conclusion, when called on to runce the traitress, she utters the words " 'Tis feeling thrilled to the heart. Such was the intense C e Lino . she had impired—such the breathless stillness etok;i ng that that . when she plucked the wreath from her brow, its fall on the stage was distinctly heard all over the house. Silence such . 11 s thi s i s t h e highest applause an aud i ence can b estow. '4e was ably supported by Miss Rainforth, as Adalgisa, Ikad J. Harrison and Leffler as Pollio and Oroveso. At Oe fall of th e curta i n s h e was l ou dl y ca l led for, and :_as led forw ar d b y C ooper , w h en t h e w h o l e h ouse rose "" greet her, and several bouquets were thrown upon the L a ta ge. Miss Rainforth, Harrison, and Leffler were sub- Onc,ntly called for, and were all loudly applauded, and d:2l 3 er announced he opera for repetition every 'rues 'of:, Thursday, and Saturday. The opera is got up ,f".all that exquisite taste for which the management Nl,EiLehLis theatre is justly celebrated. The manner in on, A i l ' the chorusses were given reflect the highest credit by M r- Tully, and the opera was excellently conducted n on enedict. The house was crammed to suffoca tut 4 'and long before the rising of the curtain there was P l4 c 0 unoccupied in any part of the theatre. VICTORIA THEATRE. w, s su e of th e b est p i eces wehave ever seen at th i s Theatre d uped on Mond a y ni g ht, entitled The W r e c k of po urtr e Zre, or the Story of Agnes Primrose. lThliefe— pietheee 4 edn et : 3 ' s a too common occurrence in real io n of a young and innocent girl by an aristocratic use~ lll d The first act is occupied with the various arts Qua accomplish the ruin of the heroine, and con the Invariable with the elopement. In the second the desertion, de,.`nvariable consequence of the scene of the first act, is t e ' r i e c i t ed, and the heroine is shown wending her way with tir r i v 'ild to London there to seek employment. She Ilavi:„, It London with but sixpence in her pocket, ab out lost her purse on her way up. She wanders ho o d ' 4° odon, and at len g th arr i ves i n th e neighbour thiev of the Mint where she stumbles upon a den of t r es, dignified by the name of a lodging-house, where occur r 8 are taken in and " done for." A scene here `e t el et b lihi yPppaairse.:tiv modelled upon that in Jack Sheppard,. Inv d oll a ted as containing that once fashionable air, " Nix Agnes is now penniless, and the keeper den offers her a guinea if she will get him fo rg : d e for a 10/. note, which, it is needless . t? say, a the , "e• The artless girl, without suspicion, takes tha rc , l° te, and she is given into custody on a e, ,of " amashin " This concludes the second T he til t. ' the third ogns with the trial at Hertford. 115 a ( s - " tl i er of Agnes who was a law student, and the 6 1 . . 1 44 bean n , e h s a ' sbeen made a Judge, .and, by , s a 11, 1 3 th,e°lneidence, which so strangely occurs in drama, . 1 7 tr . 4 i v erY judge before whom Agnes is to be tried. ' t i t " ' i th - ,`Oes on, but from strange inattention of the 114 ine of the prisoner does not occur to him thei ) 3 1 , 1 4 8 1)5 4 to pass sentence, when he asks the name . 1 1 , -°ll t alc ; and then a scene of theatrical rccogni 'lloeentes. viaee. Agnes is condemned to die, but the r• the — o s. e ntleraan who - had led her to the commission 1 11 13 Shay. once is taken to Hertford, • and confesses 44 1 A e the th t nsaction, an d A gnes is acq uitted. ,gtieruge then, i n a fit o f . pen i tence , d ec l ares ‘ v tlide ß - n° w to be hi s w if e , an d th e pi ece con viee,' The heroine was beautifully played by Miss and she was much applauded throughout the droll di essrs. G ar d ner a n d P au l sus t a i ne d two ver y e4e.etlaracters, which were relished much by the and and ft , The p i ece was got up with admirable scenery in i t (' : e ct, and was received with vociferous applause 11 )4 ( i e : c onclusion. Some very pointed allusions were /v tr I ts to the present distress of the country, which 41 1 di„ e a gerly g rasped at, and much applaud e d by th e l'Eq,,`llee. The theatre was crowded, which is a Pta; r4 the management certainly merits, as neither ex teat n or exertion. is wanting to deserve it Miss /113 10 /c es her first annual benefit this evening, which 'nurse be a bumper. GRAND POLISH BALL TO BE ebuatt the Central members influential ~,,4 1 .1 1, , , GIVEN AT GUILDHALL. ~"' th, ',Tereus meeting of the most Sheriffs, in consequence th e q - • ‘-: orporation of the City of London took place at tl f th„tiddhall on Monday. 11 41 ci Pressure of official business Th 4 tt the•urt, were unable to attend, names were,erim i the raag- Nistiir Particular request, addedto the list of persons Il iAe e ,„ tt ting the Committee for superintending ll ' of the 1/ t)„ tiito-d" arrangements for the Polish ball, which was ap 'nil j i s:, to take place soon after the entertainment ei tte o r . , Lord Dudley Stuart, the indefatigable advo ter I,tee Polish heroes, Mr. R. G. 111 . ‘Donnell, and I:4 f PocePhers of the Literary Association of the Friends Lol,7lllki, were present li tetil - 4 4 40.131.EY STUART moved that Deputy Peacock 3erui t 'llte the Chair. Under the management . of that al "lan the former Polish balls had been so sc h ic e ce_s e s q th e ( 3 -',N had given such decided satibfaction, that t f te l r l'ilie°renlittee could not put themselves udere us _ riNsall.itee than that of their old Chairman,. whose h t atte,o4.te habits and unremitting zeal had been h already ) At r 'eci with such beneficial results.—(Hear, ear. ..th„ tttah:4lThtliTou seconded the motion, which was carried b t -Aisly. ,fot P.,,utY 'EAcocx, upon taking the Chair, said that he A q 4'''at pleasure in stating, that from the opportunities tli net ) ; 3 ' e d in ascertaining the feeling generallyenter- Nled 11 t hQ City towards Poland and her unf o ur f tu r n m it e te r , a z i c ,: s ns, he could most truly assert that on n Li leci t ": did there exist a stronger desire on the part o of in the e s , t tlis e ~%8 °I London, to manifest their sympathy ___, l . l , LQoLts.:' +-eland, a. cause of which neither he, nor n 1 an ) knyifil4ntis in , that city, ever despaired, desperate as ' it ' the 4".Presnt appear to be.—(Cheers.) Independently .1 1 ‘ ° free w t sil °f the City to mark the abhorrence . naturaliattiLal mtiv"--"orn Englishmen, of the tyranny file tit the bravest defenders of liberty into banishment,an.. whlci Preke& Ivarits of those desolate exiles, and tne ' b`4th b l) ! wi llter, had commanding claims on thecharity ape::oc.llr°lent, which would be proved not to hay . e . ailli;`°°ked.by the brilliant and numerous attend ~Lrd I," 4PPlOftehilag ball.—(Hear, hear.) . r;ith Peculiar LEY STUART addressed the Committee w lt eh pi,a'satir animation. He had heard, he said, with erth y eh re, the remarks which had been made by the lec tliiitit. "airman, vrhose extensive experience and long . -l ie° with tile cheracter and feelings of his fel low-citizens. doubtless rendered him a iF.. 1 7 mntliority. In fora i r @larda . , ! , Association, were deeply en.bairassen anti nadequate to the support of the various claimants, when the channels of benevolence, which in this country never ceased to flow, had spread themselves abroad in other directicns, and the exiles who had fled from slaughter or persecu tion, were threatened with starvation in a foreign land, the Corporation of London assisted in collecting within the walls of their glorious building a splendid crowd, whose enjoyment was not diminished by the reflection that in that gay and bright assembly they were occupied in doing good.—(Cheers.) He could not help (although he knew it to be unnecessary for the purposes of the charity) calling the recollection of the Committee to the occasion when the application to Parliament had been defeated by a mere technical objection, and in the teeth of the majority of the House of Commons. After various attempts to enlist the public sympathy in behalf of the unhappy Poles had failed from different causes, the very elements combining with other circumstances against them, amidst all the gloom of adversity and disappoint ment, and almost despair, a ray of light appeared once more in the east, proclaiming that salvation was at hand, and the Poles were relieved again through the generosity of the Corporation of London.—(Cheers.) It was espe cially gratifying to find that there existed in this country so strong a feeling of detestation of the heartless tyranny which Russia had exercised, and was still con tinuing to exercise towards Poland, and also so strong a hope of the restoration of that gallant people's freedom, which was their birth-right, and an unalienable gift to every human being bestowed by the God of all.— (Cheers.) Still it should not be for rotten that the pur pose for which they had assembled there was one purely of charity, into which no political feelin!, however praiseworthy, or however justifiable, should be allowed to enter.—(Cheers.) He felt great pleasure in handing to the Chairman a list of Royal and Noble Patrons and Patronesses who had already, in the short space of two days since the arthounconent that the Common Council had generously permitted the use of the Guildhall for the purposes of the ball, signified their intention of ho nouring the ball with their presence and support. It would be observed that there was no distinction of party in that long list. Names the highest, the noblest, the most illustrious of the land were there—of men who had guided the vessel of the State in former Govern ments, and of those high in the Councils of her Majesty at this moment—all eager to lend their countenance to the purposes of this charity—all, without distinction of party, eager to alleviate the sufferings of Poland. The Secretary of the former Polish balls (Mr. CARR) again expressed the pride he should feel in giving the aid of his exertions for the charity, and was unanimously elected to the office, and Mr. Eagleton as warmly under took that of Treasurer. The Committee then resolved that the prices of the tickets should be the same as on former occasions, viz. for a lady's ticket, half a guinea ; for a gentleman's fifteen shillings; and for a double ticket, admitting a lady and gentlemen, one guinea. Refreshments, such as ices, negus, tea, &c., are included in the above prices, and ar rangements were subsequently adopted for insuring a most liberal supply of them. It was next resolved, that the ball and a concert on a grand scale should take place at the Guildhall on the 17th of this month, and that the lighting, decorations, &c., should be even more splendid than they had been ever upon any former occasion. Mr. R. G. M'Donnell, Mr. Potter, Mr. Lott, Mr. G old ham, and Mr. Obbard, were then appointed Masters of the Ceremonies, and some resolutions having been passed, the Committee adjourned to one o'clock on Wednesday, when the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, and several of the Aldermen will attend. PRESENTATION OF THE LORD MAYOR ELECT TO THE LOAD CHAN- CELLOR. Yesterday the Lord Mayor elect, the Recorder, Sheriff Magnay and Sheriff Rogers, Alderman Lainson, Alder man Gibbs, Alderman Sir James Carroll, Sir James Law, Bart. (the Chamberlain), Mr. Charles Pearson (the City Solicitor), Mr. Thomas Saunders (the City Comptroller), Mr. Tyrrell (the City Remembrancer), and the other principal officers of the Corporation, waited upon the Lord Chancellor, upon the occasion of the presentation of the Lord Mayor elect to that functionary to be ap proved of by her Majesty. The RECORDER, in presenting the Lord Mayor to the Lord Chancellor, said,—." My Lord Chancellor, I have the honour to present to your Lordship, John Pirie, Esq., chosen by the citizens of London to fill the office of Lord Mayor fir the ensuing year. In the election of this gentleman, the laws, charters, and customs of the City have been strictly observed; and it becomes my pleasing duty, in the name and on behalf of the citizens of Lon don, to crave her Majesty's most gracious approbation of the wise and prudent choice they have so happily made. It is ten years since Mr. Alderman Pirie served with distinction the office of Sheriff; the estimation in which his public conduct was regarded by the Livery of London is honourably recorded in the unanimous vote of thanks of that body. He was preferred to the place of an Alder man by the inhabitants of the Ward of Cornhill in 1834. He has occupied for many years the station of a merchant of eminence as a large ship-owner ex tensively engaged in the commerce of the country. At the late general election during his absence from the City, occasioned by temporary indisposition, without the opportunity of personal solicitation, six thousand electors pressed forward to the poll to testify their esteem for his character, and the unbounded confidence they reposed in the sound and enlightened principles on which he has uniformly acted in public life. I fear, my Lord, that the partiality of private friendship might be imputed to me if I ventured to speak of this gentleman as he merits in the varied relations and charities of social life; on this topic. I am restrained by 'his presence from acquitting myself as I ought. Few can enjoy the opportunities or possess the en abling means to tread in the steps of a Howard; but there are those who, in recalling the glowing expres sions of Burke in reference to the great philanthropist, will be forcibly reminded of one who, in an humbler sphere of usefulness, is animated by the same zeal, and influenced by like virtu3us motives, " to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the. infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the guage and dimensions of human misery, dis tress, and contempt; to remember the forgotten; to attend to the neglected; to visit the forsaken." That the practice of these virtues is not inconsisistent with the exercise of firmness, with discrimination and energy of character, and with the union of circumspection and vigour in a post of great public trust and authority, I pray your Lordship to infer, from the circumstance that the Livery of London, who have long witnessed and approved the honourable career of the Lord Mayor elect, now humbly but confidently urge their suit, that the gracions ap proval of her Majesty may r.itify the choice of the citizens. The LORD CHANCELLOR briefly replied—Mr. Re corder, I have received the commands of her Ma jesty to express her gracious approbation of the choice made by the citizens of London of the gentleman elected to fill the high and distinguished office of Lord Mayor of that great city. The high public estimation in which the character of Mr. Alderman Pirie is held, and the pointed but just eulogium which you have pro nounced, lead me to proffer my personal congratulation upon his election, confident that he will discharge the important duties of his high station in a manner which will do honour to the Selection of his fellow-citizens, and merit the approbation which it has been her Majesty's pleasure to bestow on the object of their choice. - The Lord Chancellor then - shook hands with the Lord Mayor elect, the Recorder, and the Sheriffs, &c. ; and the loving cup was then sent round, after which the civic party retired. MUNICI PAL ELECTIONS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 2.—Our municipal election, which took place yesterday, has terminated in a more decisive victory to the Tory party .than they themselves antici pated. Out of the 16 councillors elected, 13 are Tories, and three are Reformers. The three successful Re— formers are Mr. Wm. Preston, who was returned without opposition for Vauxhall-ward; Mr. John Holmes, who was elected for Castle-street, also without opposition; and Mr. Henry Holmes, who triumphed in Exchange-ward by a majority of 21 over his Tory opponent, Mr. J. Ridgway. BIRMINGHAM, NOV. I.—(Tory Staterner.t.)—The election for town councillors, in the room of those re tiring from office, took place this day. In consequence of the unsettled state of the Charter and the utter contempt into which the Corporation has fallen, the Conservatives refused in the slightest degree to interfere, so the Whig- Radicals and ex-Chartists had the game all to themselves. YORK, Nov. I.—(Tory Statement.)—These elections terminated to-dey (Monday) in the return of seven Con servatives and five Whigs. On the 9th of November five Whig Aldermen and one Conservative Alderman go out of office. The Members of Council who will have votes in the election of new Aldermen stand as follows:—Con servatives, 29; Whigs, 13;—Conservative majority, 16. The Conservatives have, therefore, the power of electing all the Aldermen from the Conservative citizens if they think proper. At all events the Conservatives are securely in the ascendant for a year to come. WORCESTER.—The Tories have been moving heaven and earth, but with all their exertions they have been foiled, for the Liberals gallantly maintained their ground —ten of that party and two of the Tories having been elected to the vacancies. POOR-RATES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stepney-green-terrace, Oct. 30, 1841. SIR—I am much pleased to see the subject of the equalisation of the Poor-rates taken tip in the City. It is one of the many heavy burdens we, at the East end of London, have to complain of, the burden of the Poor-rates. Now it is once begun to be agitated, I trust it will not be suffered to die until it is equalised throughout the whole county of .111iddlesex. The parish of Islington pays only sd. in the pound, and some other parishes pay little or nothing, while Spitalfields, Bethnal-green, and other parishes adjoining pay four rates in the year, at ls. to ls. 3d. in the pound each rate, varying only a little, summer or winter. Although the complaint has begun in the City, I trust it will not end there, but will be ex-. tended to the whole of London- and its vicinity—yea, to to the whole of Englund if necessary—and not cease till it is altered and equalised throughout. Should you con iider with us that a general equalisation of this rate ought to lm effected, you will be so good as to notice it in your valuable paper, by calling public attention to the equalisation of th e p oor rates ; an d you w ill co nfer a be nefit on many a • rate-payer, besides our ) • humble servant. A CONSTANT READER. LAWYERS AND PAINTERS.—A sign-painter carried a bill to a lawyer once fur payment. The lawyer, after examining it, said, " Do you expect any painters will go to heaven if they make such charges as these ?'' " I never heard of but one who went," said the painter, " and he behaved so bad they deterthined to turn him out, but there being no lawyer present to draw up a writ of ejectment, he remained."—Borton - Poo. - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin—l request that you will be so good as publish the following in your Paper : For several years previous to 1839, especially while residing in Greenock, I was greatly molested by certain persims making themselves busy in asking, " Why did you leave the Kirk of Scotland?" telling me "Yow are an apostate and a traitor to the Kirk of Scotland." And to my remark that I got a discharge from the "Kirk of Scotland, it was replied, " And you got a diploma along with it." "You cannot prove a Legativer. was gravely retorted, on my denial of a grievous revived slander, insinuated in a very artful, though apparently careless . manner. These persons manifested a great anxiety that I should attend the Established Kirk, and keep silence on the cause of leaving it. Compliance in this point would have been a virtual acknowledgment of the truth of grievous slanders in the shape' of Kirk censure, to which I had fallen a victim. many years before. The case was a very flagrant breach of the usual rules of judicial procedure in tke Kirk of Scotland. These cen sures were contained in a discourse delivered in the parish Kirk of Keith, in the ; county of Banff, and Presbytery of Strathbegie, Scotland, by the Rev. Mr. Findlater, Minister of the 'adjacent parish of Carnie, in the course of Divine Service on the Sabbath day. The following passages of Scripture formed rather the sub stance than the subject of the said discourse :—Rom. i. 28 (regarding the preceding verses I am not confident), ii. I to 6, 17 to 24, xii. 9 to 18; Hub. x. 26 to 31, Psalm 1. 16 to end ; the lii. Psalm 107 was sung, and a para phrase Rota. ii. from verse 4. These passages were in terspersed with these, and the like sentences, " 0 man," " 0 Christian," " He has given thee wealth, which thou appliest to thy sinful gratification, and yet thou art not satisfied ;" " Thy blasphemies, thy lies, thy talebearings, and thy uncharitable judgments, thy treachery, and fraud !" and the passages of Scripture reprobating the impious arts and practices of Simon Magus. All these put beyond a doubt the intention of applying the dis course to an individual. I was not questioned on any of these counts by any Elder or Minister, or I would have declared (as I do now) that of these impious arts and practices, or of any other of the same nature, by wish, word, or deed, or of any of those agencies not human or common, reputed to be resorted to with impi ous intention, lam and was entirely ignorant and inno cent ; and also that the alleged breach of the seventh Commandment was entirely false and groundless. These two are a sample of the falsehood of the others. Mr. M`Lean, the parish Minister of Keith at that time, denied any knowledge of any such transaction, or of any records regarding it. His letter has been thrice pub lished. Dr. INPFarlane, of Greenock, when a member of the Commission, refused to receive a memorial which I preferred to him. A solicitor-at-law in Edinburgh, Mr. Mickle, disadvised any application to the Kirk authori ties ; and so I have no other resource but to apply to get this published, in order that I may for the future be re lieved from those insults and injuries from which I have suffered so much in time past (as I believe), from a mis taken motive of religion, and ignorance of the merits of the case. WM. SUTHEIILAN:), Late officer of Excise in Buckie, Keith, Greenock, &c CENSUS of the UNITED STATES. [The following epitome of the Census, prepared from the official tables laid before Congress, is taken from the New York Journal of Commerce.] E P ITOME OF THE WHOLE TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED' STATES, MIMI:TING THE GENERAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF EACH DESCRIPTION OF PERSON BY CLASSES. FREE ;WHITE PERSONS Mates Females 6,939,342 THE SUN. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1841. strongest aristocracy that ever existed in, this or any other country. In former times the great owners of the soil had duties imposed upon them. - They 'were obliged to fight for the defence of the 'nation, and also to support their serfs—the people ; and in fact, in that all their strength consisted, ler if they did not treat their serfs well their serfs wouldleaYelh'ern, and go to another mas ter. The aristocracy, at present, however, were relieved from the duty of personally defendinr , the State, while they lately enacted a Poor-law, which, while it proles secito bestow, but did not bestow On the poor man in dependence, took away from hiM the right of obtaining subsistence. After some further observations Mr. Taylor concluded amidst loud cheers. Mr. WHITE seaanded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. PADDINGTON ANTI-CORN-LA W ASSOCIATION. A meeting of this Association was held on Monday at the Load of Hay Tavern, Paddington. The Chair was taken at nine o'clock by Mr. Smart. The SECRETARY having read the minutes of the last meeting, • TheCHArnmarr congratulated the meeting upon the progress which the Association had made since its commencement. Yet he must express his astonish ment that any number of persons belonging to tl-e middle or working classes could entertain any doubt upon this great question of " cheap food." He could only account for such a phenomenon by supposing that the opponents of the change laboured under the delusion that th&r personal interests were mixed up with the supposed interests of the owners of the land. He had no doubt that the persererance of the real friends of the people would ultimately succeed in getting rid of those iniquitous laws, and be was happy to believe that the parish of Paddington would hold a conspicuous place in the ranks of the opposition. The SeettEmity then read an abstract from the Report of the Marylebone Vestry, to the effect that the rates of that parish rose, not so much with the price of corn in the current year, as with the price of the preceding year. The only way to get rid of the oppressive and grinding sys tem, was, by a continued and well-sustained opposition to it.—( Hear.) Every part of the borough of Mary lehoue, in which so much distress existed at present, was intere,ted in demanding a repeal of the Corn-laws. Mr. PETERS stated that he had made a calcula tion, from which it was apparent that, in the factories with which he was connected, the actual value of the wages of the workmen employed was affected to the amount of 9001. in one year by the difference in the price of bread, whilst the no. minal amount of their wages remained the 'same.— ( Hear, hear.) There vi ere employed in that factory one hundred men ; and, from the tables which he read, it appeared that the a% erage difference in the cost of bread alone, was to each man fully 91., as between the two years, 1836 and 1841 ; that is to say, out of the same amount of wages each man paid in 1841 the sum of 91. for bread more than he paid for the same quantity of bread out of the same wages in 1836.—(Hear, hear.) Surely the trades men ought to understand that they were as much losers in this case as the working men. The wives of the latter were obliged to do without gowns and other ne cessaries, in order to pay the landlords their tax of 91— (Hear, hear.) The women did without the gowns, and the tradesman was left with stock to that amount upon his hands.—(Hear, hear.) Several resolutions for the future regulation of the Association having been agreed to, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separated at a late hour. FASHIONABLE IN TELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield ; like Lord Chancellor, Lady Lyndhurst, and Miss Copley, in George-street, Hanover-square, from Turville Park, Henley-on-Thames ; Lord Hinton, son of the Earl and Countess Poulett, from Somersetshire ; Lady Elizabeth Fielding, Mr. Henry Fox Talbot, and Miss Fielding, in Sackville-street, from Tunbridge Wells ; the Hon. Col. Fulke Greville Howard, in Grosvenor-sq., from a tour. Total 'FREE COLOURED PERSONS. Males Females Total 186,467 199,778 386,245 CHANGES. The Duke and - Duchess of Bedford, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Leicester, at Holkham Hall, Nor folk, from Newmarket ; Earl Spencer, al Holkham Hall, from Althorpa Park, Northamptonshire ; Sir John and Lady Anne Beckett, at Sowerby Park, near Gainsbo. rough, in - Lincolnshire, from Lowther Castle ; Mr. and Mrs. Lysley and family, at Mimwood, Herts, from North Wales. DEPARTURES. _ . Tho Earl of Beauchamp, from Portman-Square, for Lincolnshire ; the Dowager Lady Ellenborough, from Stratford-place, on a visit to Lord and Lady. Colville, at Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Dering; from Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, for the "Hon. Mrs. Ward's seat, in Kent. MARINE OFFICERS The death of Major-General Vinicombe leaves only one officer in existence who has rison from the corps of Royal Marines to the rank of Major-General, aldniugh that corps is still ten. thousand - strong, and was during the late war upwards of thirty thousand. This fact speaks more plainly the gross injustice of our present system of promotion than any that has come to our knowledge ; and shows how completely successful the aristocratic classes have been in monopolising all the higher grades of the army and navy, to the excusion of those who spring principally from the middle ranks of life, and are dependent only upon a long and faithful discharge of their duties for their advancement in the service. _ yv We remember a I.ord of the Admiralty giving what he wished to be considered as very good reasons why Marine Officers should be perfectly satisfied with their condition, and he concluded by saying that it should be recollected that the Marines were only a Junior branch of the Navy, thereby, implying, we suppose, that they were to be satisfied with a younger brother's portion. If such be the opinion of the present Go vernment, it would be only fair for them to excuse the Marine Officers from the responsibilities recently imposed upon them, and revert to the state of things which existed prior to 1814, for it is a most erroneous supposition to imagine that their condition has been ge nerally improved since that period. Prior to 1814, General Officers commanded the divi sions, there was therefore no possibility of the corps being left with only one solitary Major-General. Field Officers did not then embark, those situations were there fore comparative sinecures, as were also then the sixteen Pay-Captains, who were always at head-quarters, and any officer could with facility retire from the service, &c. &c. Now from the great reduction which- has been made in the number of Officers, while the Fleet has been aug mented, no person under the rank of a Field Officer can anticipate more than six months at head-quarters; and such is the difficulty of getting even the half-pay, that a man to obtain it must prove that he is not only utterly worn out and useless, but he must also show that there is not tke most remote probability of his ever being worth anything. We do not mention these things with a wish to see the Marine Officers removed from any situation where they may be useful; but we contend that as of late a great increase has taken place in the quantity of. duty required of them, there should have been a proportionate increase in the quantity of promo tion allotted them, instead of which we are sorry to say that the chances of an old Officer becoming a General Officer have been materially diminished, and in five years niore, if the present system be continued, there will be no earthly possibility of any one of them attain ing that rank.--Naval and Mditary.Gazette. THE PARISH CLEIIX, BY THE AUTHOR OF " PETER PRIGGINS." EDITED BY THEODORE HOOK, ESQ.—This new work seems to have, excited as much ad miration at its originality, wit, and drollery, as did its initimable predecessor, the "College Scout," from the same pen, or pens, for it is difficult to believe but Ciat these singularly striking works have been produced (Beau mont and Fletcher fashion), between the two writers whose name, and want of name they bear. The great merit of this new work is, that with the rich vein of humour pervading it in every part, there is blended an equally rich vein of the ore of sterling sense and strong character and passion, in which Peter Priggins was per haps somewhat deficient. In a word,. Peter Prigg,ins was to its successor; The Parish Clerk, what George Cruikshank's caricatures are to Wilkie's real pictures of life and character—the one bearing us away with it to the wild regions of farce and, fun, the other fixing us, Hades of what we actually se e about us in the journey though in an equally humoro us manner, the fair simi litudes of life. DISTRESS IN LONDON.—It is estimated that there are in this metropolis 26,000 journeymen tailors, of whom 17,000 are at this moment out of wpF k. T h i s season of the year is always unfavourable the work, and the condition of . em ployment of this class of workmen, but it 'Very rarely deplorable. • Under happens that more than one-third of the whole number . ' withoutltiawtotrhianbluetr to nearly two-thirds of the whole number. There are also more g eed last year. We is unemployed. At present tho cir s i e pu)orarilsileiynl thandt journeyman,easteh l cs , l l rs O ch O uoilu p ) IsrdtisnahlWelocxere:nssiatidiweitrsioisioui osi t ets o s : eux find, on comparing the returns of the Registrar-General during the last five weeks, with the corresponding five weeks of, 184 0 , that th e number s are now uniforthly greater than last year , Deaths i n week • ending 11th Sept., 18 40 , 853-1841, 869; 18th, 0 877; 25th, 1840, 838-184 1 , 857; 2d Oct., 1840, 857 1841, 883; 9th, 1840, 794-1841, 816 . With these figures before us, and wit hout an y re asonable ground for expecting improvement as re g ards the price of food or the means of employment, what a dreary prospect does this open to us for the coming winter I—Facts and Figures. D ISTRES S IN CARLISLE.--I kno w f am ili es in Carlisle, of five ent , l six of a family, who are compe ll e d to live on 4s. or ss. per week, who hate n o thi ng b ut a pallet of straw to sleep upon. with. 1 ittl6, 4 *. no ' co V et ing and in order to keep in life, :and th a t each day hwal, miserable as another, whe n th ey divide, their scanty • victuals over the week they sometimes have just FIVE POTATOES for each , meal,rand six human beings for them ! —Letter of a Working Man to the Editor of the Carlisle Journal. More rain has fallen during t he present month than in any former October for more than a quarter . of a century. Bleak and gus ty winds have swept over the land, winnowing our forests, and scattering the fruits from the trees in our orchards ; whilst the floods have in many districts overspread the meadows, destroying the hus bandman's hopes of a second crop of hay. In many parts of the kingdom much of the grain iS Still abroad —Liver pool Chronicle. - MAGAZINES. THE SPOR7'SHALY. The "Sports►nan" this month contains two engravings—one of which the " Death of the Elk" is finished off with considerable care and nicety, though we would put it to the artist whe ther he has not made the head of the animal somewhat too large. The frontispiece appears to us to be as large as that of a bullock, which surely must be an exaggeration. If we except this blemish, the engraving deserves all praise for the skilful manner inwhicli it is executed. In the literary department we find an entertaining, ramblin, sporting article, entitled " The Turf,' by a Looker-on." SPORTING REVIEW. This Review, in addition to a Map pointing out the " Meets of the Oakley Hounds," contains coloured portraits of those two celebrated racers, " Satirist and Coronation," and a fantastic sort of engraving, headed " Illustrations of the Equestrian Order." Among its literary articles, which are all more or less of a sporting charac ter, is an amusing paper by Lord W. Lennox, "Gleanings from my Travelling Journals;" and a passable poem by Sir John Dean Paul, on the subject of the " Hunter." NEW MOA'THLY BELLE ASSEMBLEE. Contains a full-length portrait of Viscountess Villiers, eldest daughter of Sir Robert. Peel. The face is that an arch, lively brunette, and the figure is tall, slender, and full of grace. Whe ther the portrait be like or not, we cannot un dertake to say. The prose and verse communi cations of the Number are neither better nor worse than usual. FARMER'S MAGAZINE. A miscellany devoted exclusively to the con sideration of agricultural questions which, gene rally speaking, it discusses with clearness and simplicity. The present Number contains a use ful communication on " Cyder Making." A "NEW HARMONY" IN FRANCE. The venerable old Abbey of Citeaux, one of the mast illustrious remnants of the middle age splendours of France, has just been purchased by an Englishman named Young for the sum of 1,300,000 francs. The intention of this purchase, as announced in the foreign journals, is to erect it into a model " Phalansterium," upon the plan of Owen's institution at New Lanark, which has turned out so complete a failure. The meaning of the strange and newly-coined word by which the institution is to be denominated, is that of " a large number of men or people consolidated to gether" in some undertaking ; " Phalans terium" being merely a composite of the Greek word 4):7,ATA"— Phalans—a phalanx, and terium, the latter part, being merely a termination. The " Phalanstcrium" is to be a receptacle for those who choose to give in their adhesion to the principles of Charles Fourrier, the French Owen. It is said that in addition to the enormous outlay already incurred, Mr. Young has likewise promised to lay out a million of francs upon the establishment of the colony. Mr. Young is spoken of as ce fortune jeune Albionnais, who is as rich as the defunct Marquis de Carabas. In the projected Association" (says a pleasant feud letoniste), " the young neophyte, or the neophyte Young—it is all one in the Greek or the English—will bring all the funds, and the rest will supply the re mainder. But he will also have the glory of being able to say that it was he who created the first Pha lansterium in France." The locality cbosen for this institution is one of the most delightful in the south of France. The village lies in a plain which is about four and a half leagues from Beaune. About five hundred and twenty people inhabit it, and in the centre of ; the vil lage is an ancient chateau surrounded by fosses which are bathed by the waters of the Vouge. The hills in the vicinity produce very delicious wines, known in fact as the most delicate in Europe. The vines from which these aro produced at Citeaux abound all over the Cote d'Or, and the apple-trees are very abundant. Tee magnificent old Abbey which is about to be converted to uses so alien from the intent'ons of its primitive foundation, is one of the oldest in France. Its extensive buildings were founded by Saint Robert, Abbe of Molesme, in 1098. The Order which resided in the Abbey was instituted under the austere and simple principles of Saint Benoit, who was fifty years of age at the time of its foundation. Citeaux, incited, before the abbey-stones came to be hid, was scarcely more than a frightful and almost im penetrable region, but Robert de Molesme, whose de termination of founding the Order was irrevocably fixed, betook himself thither with his devoted troop, and commenced by establishing the Order, on which this Abbey afterwards rose, by making themselves eels formed by the branches of tress, in the midst of which they fixed their Oratory, where they prayed and sang hymns. But after the greatest troubles and afflictions Robert de Molesme died, and Saint Etienne succeeded to the pastoral rule. Nevertheless, day after day, some one or other of this little saintly community died, and it was almost on the point of extinguishment, when one day, a gentleman from Dijon, accompanied by thirty others, arrived at Citeaux, and offered to enrol himself and his companions in Sairtt Etienne's order. This young man afterwards turned out to be the celebrated Saint Bei nerd, who was then twenty-one years of age. From this day it dated its rise and glory. Years rolled on, nod the Order grew numerous and powerful. Queens and Kings, Princes and Princesses, came at length to prostrate themselves at the feet of its pious hierarchs, and to request their prayers. From this solitary abbey planted in the forest of Citeaux, at the expiration of one hundred and fifty years, there had sprung up throughout France no less than eighteen hundred abbeys of this order. The abbey had attained to its greatest eminence at the period of the war against the Albigenses, at the commencement of the twelth century, being then most richly endowed, and governed by a mitred Abbot, ribose cruel saying at the siege of Bezieres is recorded in history. " How shall we know," said the orthodox soldiers engaged in this iniquitous crusade—" how shall we know the heretics from the sons of the Church ?" " Slay all," replied the sanguinary monster, " and Heaven will know its own !" In the new " Phalansterium," each man's social con tribution must comprise one of these three things— ca pital, labour, or talent. Talent will supply the absence of capital or labour, and reciprocally with the others, just as at the social banquets of the Barrier des Martyrs, the half-battle of wine may be replaced by a " supple mentary portion" of veal, poulet, &c. Alrcedy the prospectus of the new community has been launched into the bosom of the Socialist ocean. It invites all mankind in general, without distinction, reservation, or exception, to betake themselves to the Phatansterium, promising them " a sufficient minimum of existence," through which they will be enabled to pass hereafter days Interwoven of silk and golden tissue, and in brief to live as lived of yore the monks of the fat Abbey of Citeaux. PEEL'S GENEROSITY.—Sir Robert Peel has generously subscribed 50h to the contribution towards the relief of the starving population of Paisley. That borough is robbed to the amount of 100,000/. a year by the Corn and Provision-laws which Sir Robert upholds, and he returns to it a two-tintsandth part of the amount of the robbery! His munificent -contribution is exactly equivalent to the amount of the unjust tax inflicted per annum on five families. Some fifty or sixty years ago there used to be some exceedingly generous highway men, who after having stopped a coach and taken all the gold and jewels of those which it contained, most liberally returned them as much as would pay for their dinner at the next inn. " What a delightful man Duval is," said a lady once; " he has robbed my husband of 1,0001., and me of my diamond necklace, but he has returned me, and with such a gallant air, my wedding ring!" The parallel is in favour of Duval. Duval robbed the rich of their rouleaus of guineas, leaving them the shillings and the copper. Peel helps the rich to rob the poor of 2,0001b5, of bread, and leaves them lib. out of the 2,0001 b. to keep them from starvation.—Manchester Times. Upwards of one hundred officers and constables of the City Police Force were actively engaged during the fire at the Tower, and we regret to hear that the surgeon reports six of them as incapable of performing duty. Sergeant Patterson dislocated his wrist, two constables are injured in their eyes, and three others are suffering from serious colds. MURDER ACCORDING TO LANDOWNERS ' LAW.— On Monday an inquest was held, at the Legs of Man public house, Blackburn, on the body of Jane _Hin dle, the infant daughter of Catherine Hindle, au unmar ried woman. It appeared from the evidence that the child had been ill for some time, and that the mother was in great poverty, and unable to furnish the child with a proper degree of nourishment. The mother only earned four shillings per week (and sometimes not so much as that), out of which she had to pay one shilling per week . for lodgings. t)he had not been in bed for several weeks, and for the child she made a sort of bed on some chairs. The verdict returned was that the deceased had died from want of proper nourishment. —Bolton Free Press. EDUCATION AND CRIME. —The calendar for the Salford Hundred Sessions contains the names of 263 prisoners, charged with felouy, of whom 142 are marked as being unable either to read or write, fifty can read imperfectly, sixty-four can read and write imperfectly ; only six can read and write well, and one is not marked. There are also thirty-two persons charged with misde meanours. The educational acquirements of three of therm are not stated, seventeen can neither read nor write, eight can read imperfectly, and only three can read and write well.—Liverpool Chronicle. DAMAGE BY THE LATE 94TORM.--Intelli genee of disasters by the late dreadful hurricane con tinues to pour in upon us. We do not hesitate to say that two millions of dollars will not more than cover the aggregate loss sustained on our coast. Many lives were lost, and we shall probably never know the full extent of the dama g e done.—New York H era ld . O ct. 11. Q U EERPROCLAMATION.--In 1679 a procla 7 mai= was issued in Dublin for seizing the near relations of Tories, and imprisoning them till such Tories should be killed or taken.—Dublin Evening Register. SLAVES. Males Females Total 2,487,213 17,062,566 *Total aggregate White persons included in the foregoing who are insane and idiots at public charge 4,329 White persons included in the foregoing who are insane and idiots at private charge Number of persons employed in mining Number of persons employed in agriculture 3,717,756 Number of persons employed in commerce Number of persons employed in manufactures and trades Number of persons employed in navigation of the ocean Number of persons in navigation of canals, lakes, and rivers Number of persons employed in learned pro fessions Slaves and coloured persons included in the foregoing who are insane and idiots at pri vate charge 2,093 Slaves and coloured persons included in the foregoing who are insane and idiots at pub lic charge Number of pensioners for revolutionary or mi litary services 20,797 Number of universities or colleges 173 Number of students in universities or colleges 16,233 Number of academies and grammar schools 2,342 Number of students in academies and grammar schools _ _ Number of primary and common schools .... 47,209 Number of scholars in common schools Number of scholars at public charge Number of white persons over 21) years of age who cannot read and write * Number of persons on board of vessels of war in the United States' naval service, June 1, 1840, 6,100, making the total aggregate of the population of the United States 17,068,666. YOUNG MEN'S ANTI-MONOPOLY ASSOCIATION. On Monday a public meeting was held at the Standard Theatre, Shoreditch, for the purpose of forming in the ShOreditch district a branch of the Young Men's Anti- Monopoly Association. At eight o'clock the. Chair was taken by Mr. Preston, who explained the object of the meeting. Mr. HENRY PRESTON, jun., came forward to propose the first resolution. He said it was gratifying to the Committee of the Young Men's Anti-Monopoly Associa tion to see so crowded a meeting as was that then before him, for none of the ordinary attractions had been re sorted to to obtain such an assemblage. They had not even announced the name of their Chairman, but nevertheless the general hatred of monopoly which per vaded the people was sufficient to bring a crowd such as he then witnesssed together. The resolution which. he would submit to their adoption was, " That the meeting viewed with alarm the melancholy condition of the greater part of the population, and particularly in the manufacturing districts ; and that, in consequence of the depressed state of trade, capitalists were unable profitably to invest their capital, while the industrious artisan was, in consequence, unable to obtain employment." It was not necessary for him to prove to them the state of de pression under which the trade of the country laboured. The report of the proceedings at the late Manchester Conference, on the testimony of clergymen, was in itself sufficient to set that question at rest. Some, indeed, ascribed the distress of the country to machinery. It was said by others that over-production was the cause ; but it needed little argument to prove to the people that the dearness of bread was the real cause of the distress. Within the last ten years, while wheat could be imported from other countries at an average price of 455. per quarter, the people of this country paid for it an average price of 635. a quarter. Was it surprising that there should be distress in the country under such circumstances? Mr. Preston concluded by proposing the resolution. Mr. GREEN seconded the resolution. He wished the people not to be deluded by the name of Radicals,Whigs, or Tories, but to judge of all men solely by their deeds. Ile enforced the necessity of union amongst all classes, by a reference to the fable of the herrings, who, when separate or in small numbers, were readily swallowed up by the whale ; but who, when they advanced in a dense mass together, choked it. The resolution was carried unanimously. • Mr. P. A. TAYLOR proposed the second resolution to the effect, "That the meeting attributed the distress which prevailed to the commercial and agricultural monopolies sanctioned by the laws of the country, and particularly by the provision laws." He said it needed no words to prove the cause of the distress. There were no words needed to convince the poor man that his starvation pro ceeded from want of bread. There were no arguments required to convince the manufacturer that the high price of food was the reason why his manufactures were unpur chased, or to prove to the labourer that the same was the reason why he was unemployed. No, the fact was admitted and the advocates of the bread-tax were now to be foiled neither in the Legislature, or outside of it, for even the present Premier founded the propriety . ,of his supporting these laws not on their morality or justice, but on the fact that he had got a majority of 91. He says that he appealed on the subject to the country, and that it answered his appeal. Yes, he was answered. lie was answered by the indignant outcry of the artisan, who was starving, echoed by the wail of hi s i n f ant children, who were like wise perishing for want of food. Sir Robert Peel said that he appealed to the people, but the people were not satisfied with the answer which he says he received, for he appealed in truth to the long purses of that class in society against whose monopoly the appeal was insti tuted.—(Loud cheers.) Still Sir Robert Peel's answer was, that he had got a majority of 91. Sir Robert Peel would not like to have it said that he relied on physical force. Yet the only difference between Sir Robert Peel and the Chartists was, while Sir Robert Peel relied on physical force to maintain what he could not support by argument, the Chartists expressed their reliance on physical force for the attainment of what they could maintain by reason.—(Cheers.) Machinery, indeed, was declaimed against, but he would ask, if some giant visited this country and was subdued, and obliged to work for the inhabitants of it, and to labour in the pro duction of their food, would not the men who would provose to destroy.or expel that giant be considered very foolish persons ? That giant was machinery, and rash and foolish would be any attempt to destroy it.—(Loud cheers.) But Sir Robert :Feel said that over-production was another cause of the distress—that is to say, that because too many coats have been produced, pople can not get coats to their backs—(Laughter)—and because there are too many shoes and hats, so many people can not get either. That the Corn-laws were the cause of the distress of the country was notorious, and the people wanted not education on the subject, but agitation. The only hope of the people was in union. In that was their only chow) of contending sucoessfuly against tin FORTIFICATIONS OF PARIS. The Debats announces that the works of the fortifi- cations of Paris will necessarily, as regardi the masonry,* be suspended by the approach of winter, and enters into eery long details as to the progress which had been made up to the 15th inst. The substance of its re marks is as follows : " The execution of the continuous wall, which is con fided partly to the engineering department and partly to the ministry of public works, is proceeding with great regularity and rapidity. The two first chefferies, ex tending from the river Charonne, are not yet commenced, owing to an obstacle as to want of ground, but the chefferies of Belleville and La Vilette are in a very ad vanced state, and the masonry, which has been com menced to an extent of 2,800 metres,* is in some parts already five metres in height. The works of the three chsfferies of La Chapelle, the Batignolles, and the Bois de Boulogne are also carried on actively. On the La Chapelle line the masonry covers an extent of 900 me tres, and is from three to five metres in height ; the length of masonry at the chefferie of the Batignol•es is 2,800 metres. The escarpment of Bastion No. 50 is at the height which it is intended to have, and workmen are now putting on the crown. On the Bois de Bou logne line the extent of masonry which has been begun is 3,600 metres, and the height above the foundations is in many places from six to eight metres. The other works on this line are also in a forward state, and gene. rally speaking, they are more advanced than on any other part of the line of the continuous wall ; first, be cause the work was begun there at an earlier period ; and, secondly because certain portions of the ground have rendered it unnecessary to give the same thickness to the walls as as in some other places. On the left bank of the Seine the works are not quite in so forward a state ; but from the route of Geotilly, all the plateau, including the heights of Montrouge and Vanvres, is in a state of great activity. The fortifications on this point run in a direct line to the extent of 4,200 metres. Four fifths of the excavations are completed, and the masonry has been commenced to an extent of about 1,700 metres. and in many places is four to five metres high. The road which runs by the side of the continuous wall in ternally at this part is nearly completed, and prepara tions are making to plant more than a league with trees from five to six years old, so that in a few days this road will form a magnificent outer boulevard of the capital. At St. Denis, which, at the north is the key of a series of entrenched positions, the foundations of the east fort are entirely laid. The works of the-double crown, des tined for the defence of the Calais road, have been re tarded, owing to the nature of the ground. The wes tern fort of La Bricho has not yet been commenced, the Government not being in possession of the ground. These three forts form part of a single chefferie ; 2,100 workmen, civil or military, are employed upon them, but it is not expected that the ten millions of francs appro priated for the works of St. Denis will be all employed. The fort of the plateau of Romainville is to be more ex tended than was originally intended, and is to have six fronts ; the masonry is not yet commenced. The es carpments of the forts of Noisy, Rosny, and Nogent, have their foundations laid to the extent of two-thirds. The masonry of the fort of Nogent has as yet been commenced only on two of its fronts. The fort of Cha reaton is in the most forward state of all, as it is consi dered, after St. Denis the most important for defence. This fort is to protect the triangle formed by the Seine and the Marne, and the Fontainebleau and Troyes roads. According to the present plan it is to have only five fronts, each of 300 to 350 metres ; but this supposed inefficiency will be counterbalanced by the construction of a second fort at St. Maur. The masonry of the fortifications at Clarenton are commenced on the whole development, and are on many points up to the level of the ground. The casements on one of the fronts are already in band. The military road to connect St. Denis and Clarenton is made. Mont Valerien, on the left bank, is in a state of forwardness. The works of two of the bastions are almost terminated, but, for want of ground, the other three bastions have not yet been begun. At the fort of Ivry, which is situated over deep quarries, extensive under-ground works have been formed, and the workmen are frequently obliged to descend to a depth of 2.5 metres. The escarpment of this fort is not yet above ground, but everything is pre pared for it. The fort of Issy was only commenced six weeks ago ; but the foundation of the escarpment on two of its fronts is in course of execution. As to the forts of Bicetre, Vanvres, and Montrouge, nothing has yet been done." In this part of its statement the Debate replies to the assertion of some of the opposi tion journals that the works of the forts have been carried on with a greater view to strength and resistance than those of the continuous wall, by saying that this is not the fact, and frivol; the dimensions of each to prove that the assertion was untrue, explaining, when there is any variation, that it has been caused by circumstances, which enabled the engineers to practise economy without taking from the solidity of the works as laid down in the plan. After describing various mechanical and other contrivances for the expedition of the works, but which have been noticed already, tho Debats adds, that, with few exceptions, the agents of the Government have found the owners of the land rea sonable in their demands, and willing to forward the operations, and have experienced every possible faci t lity from the authorities of the communes. Alluding to the rate of wages earned by the workmen em pies ed on the fortifications, the Debella says, that, for ordinary labour, the civilians earn from 21. 50c. to 31. 50e. per day ; but that some, who work by the piece, earn per week, including Sundayr, from 85f. to 40f., and the soldiers earn, in addition to their pay, about 70 to 80 centimes per day. The Debate then adds, " The number of workmen employed daily is about 16,500, of whom 5,000, not including 1,200 sol diers, are employed on the forts. The length of masonry work in hand, of the continuous wall, is 11,800 metres, viz., two-thirds of the whole extent of the intended wall, whereas only 2,800 to 3,000 metres, not a seventh part of the whole of the outer forts has been commenced. The credits of 42 millions (in. eluding the seven millions of the last year) cannot be absorbed. The State has only just begun to pay the owners of land who gave up their land from the first, whereas the Chambers appropriated 15 millions for this purpose out of the credits of 1841. We see then that relatively and proportionately the continuous wall is in a more advanced state than the forts. Those which are nearest the Octroi wall, such as Mont rouge, Vanvres, and Bicetre, are not yet begun ; yet the outer defence has not been neglected. The engineering department, n otwithstanding the tar diness of the operations of the Domaine, has succeeded in forwarding the works of the fort situated be tween the canal of Saint Denis and the Marne, which is the part most exposed to the attack of an enemy, and where the Government, after the year 1830, had already thrown up some works in earth and some redoubts." In conclusion, the Debats declares, in answer to the opposition journals which have described the capital as being commanded by the forts, that it is impossible, on looking at Paris, from the heights of the ramparts, and noticing the greatness of the distance, to believe that the cannon of the forts could ever reach the boulevards, with the exception, indeed of Vincennes, which com mands the Faubourg Saint Antoine. * The French metre is equal is equal 39.37 inches, or about one foot and nearly one-third, so that eleven French metres are equal to twelve English feet ; 2,800 metres, therefore, are equal to 3,054 English feet. LLO YD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 2.—Wind this day at noon, N. DEAL, Nov. I.—Wind W. to W.N.W., light..—Arrd. from the river and sailed, Bolton, New Zealand; Eagle, Hobart Town ; Rookery, Calcutta ; Rachel, Bombay ; Port Philip; Caroline. Jamaica. Arrd. fromriver Duchess of Kent and Louisa, Sydney; Louisa , Port Philip; Islay, Cawton, Sierra Leone ; Caroline, Jamaica ; Chance, St. Domingo; Underwood, St. Kitt's ; Elizabeth, Grenada; Ellen, Gillman, Alicant. WHITSTABLE, Nov. I.—Two bales of shumac and some picses of spars have been picked np at Bishopstone. LIVERPOOL: Nov. I. Wind W.N.W., moderate.— Arrd. Goshawk, Sydney •, Blair, Batavia • J. Bull, Rogers, Calcutta ; Levenside, Jamaica, sailed 18th ult. ; Horatio, Martin, Honduras ; Lord Durham, Nassau, Hebe and Elizabeth Bently, St. John's, New Brunswick Firefly, Smyrna. Sailed Saxe Gotha, Bombay. Arrived off, Warwick. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. I.—Wind W.N.W. N.W.—Put back her Majesty's ship Styx, for Quebec, with damage to engines. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. I.—Arrd. Braganza, Gibraltar, left 2ist ult., Cadiz 22d, Lisbon 25th, Vigo 28th. PLYMOUTH, Nov. I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived London, from London for Sydney. FALMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Wind N.W. to W.—Arrived Montrose steamer, from Southampton for Vigo. PENZANCE, OCT. 31.—Arrd. Mary, Newport, for New Ross, with loss of boat, bulwarks, sails, &c. Coax, OCT. 30.—S1d. Martin Luther, for Port Philip. CROOKHAVEN, OCT. 29.—Arrd. Duchess of Portland, Ray, from Demerara. YouGRAL, OCT. 30.—Arrd. Kitty, Quebec. The Wil liam Penn, which std. hence 28th for Portsmouth, put back very leaky, and must discharge. LEITH, OCT. 29.—Arrd. Nimrod, Robertson, Pictou. VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Tagus steamer, 23d ult., off Cape Espichel, by the Braganza steamer, arrived at Southampton. Susannah Jenkins, for New York, 25th ult., 50 miles from Tuskar ; Apparition, Liverpool to Syra, 12th ult., 40 miles north-west of Cape St. Vincent ; Plym, Constantinople, 13th ult., at anchor off Cape Shar tel, by the Louise, arrived at Gibraltar. Live prool, Liverpool to St. John's, New Brunswick , 7th ult., lat. 42, lon. 66, by the Civer, arrived at Halifax. TO MARINERS. Extract of a Letter received at Lloyd's, from their Agent at Sydney, C. 8., dated Sept. 27, 1841. that they have omitted to lay down teaadligohfta " I observe in some of the Char:s tzinieadiaitoznitoousieS3a9t beaei'd at the mouth o f Louisbouzg FlatiPoint, at the entrance of this riper, house is a a t i t u i n r s , THE QUEEN DOWAGER. —SUDBURY HALL, SUNDAY. —Her Majesty h as p assed a restless night, oc casioned by the frequency of her cough ; but there is no material alteration in her Majesty's symptoms this morning. LORD LISTOWEL.—We understand this excel lent landlord and patriotic Nobleman will arrive on a visit to his extensive estates at Listowel on the 4th of November.—Cork Southern Reporter. MORNING SUN MARKET IN ( From 11w London Mercantile Journal of November 2.) Sticaa.—The Sugar market presented rather a heavy appearance ldelrs :o e reluctantly d p a r y il , with mte a s sales acceded csc eodfeldv downward etsot thetendency, India o iy:lie.res r et of f o n u dt t e h the 200 y eli:so. hhds and tierces, but .no alteration worth notice has taken place in the general currency. By public sale l ivt tr . i 101 hhds 7 tierces Barb a ! oes went qu i et l y, an d some lots were bought in, but p r i ces were stea d y, v i z. l ow to fine yellow at 62s 6d t0.72s p puEblaiesTsallesnainad disposed .—l,B bags r out e briskness,brought at,: 6 o 3 se d ot bute Bre c best white sorts only supporting previous rates - fine white at 72s Gd to 735, dingy : yellow at 60s, and middliraa to good brown at 44s to 48s 6d per cwt. At public sale were offered 62 casks Sugar from Madras (at the high duty,) which sold at 12s 6d for good yellow, and at 8s 6d to Os 6d for damp brown. MAURITIUS.—The demand for the good grocery descriptions has been steady, and full prices have been paid ; while the lower qualities have gone off without spirit, and mostly at is to 2s per cwt. decline on pre vious rates ; the public sales have offered 2,036 bags, which went off with less spirit than recently, but the whole was sold, good and fine yellow at 58s to 645, low to middling yellow at 54s 6d to 57s 6d, very low to middling brown at 36s to 503 per cwt. There are now a feW parcels left in importers' hands. FOREIGN.—By public sale a parcel of sound Brazil has been offered, consisting of 208 chests 393 barrels 127 bags Rio, with a few chests of Bahia ; the whole of the former was bought in above the value, there being no inclination to pal,- late prices ; good middling white taken in at 9 2s Ed to 23s 6d, low white at 21s 6d, fine yellow at 18s 6d to 19e, soft yellow at 163 Gd to 18s, and low foxy brown at 16s to las 6d ; the few lots of Bahia sold at 21s 6d for good middling strong grey, at 20s for middling ditto, at 18s Gd for fine fine yellow, and and at 15s for good brown. The transactions by private contract are confined to about 200 boxes good yellow Ravannah at 21s, and about 0 00 chests Bahia, the white at 21s fid, and the brown at 17s per cwt. REFINED.—For the home trade goods there con tinues a steady demand at full prices ; Standard Lumps 82s. Foreign refined in bond—in Crushed there appears but little doing; small parcels second quality have been sold at 295. Loaves are still much neglected. MOLASSES.—The demand for West India Molasses continues steady, and full prices are paid •; privately, some parcel's of good Antigun have been sold at 26s to 275, and good St. Kitts and Trinidad at 23s ; by public sale 33s puns St. Lucia, of fair quality, were bought in at 22s per cwt. There were offered in public sale 158 casks Dominica Cane Juice, which sold at 27s to 30s per cwt. COI TEE.—The home consumption market has assumed a more buoyant appearance this week, and although there has been no particular increase of business, a better feel ing appears to exist amongst the trade towards the article, especially as the importers of the better class of Coffees continue to withhold their stocks from the market, in an ticipation of some improvement on the present low rates. The•public sales to-day were important, consisting of 1,002 bags Ceylon, 48 casks Jamaica, 1,368 bags La Guayra, 2,415 bags Java, and 68 bales Mocha: the Ceylon sold rather briskly at stiff prices, good ord pale at 66s to 67s 6d. and good ord celery at 69s Gd ; the Jamaica was of low quality, but sold at previous rates ; the La Guayra sold at 4ls 6d to 42s for good ordinary, being steady prices ; the Java (a low parcel) sold at about 2s per cwt decline—viz., at 42s to 475, first class sea-da maged at 42s Gd to 435, and second ditto at 40s 6d to 41s ; the Mocha was very ordinary poddy, and was bought in at 60s per cwt. COCOA.—There has been a fair demand for West India sorts, and the market has been more buoyant than could have been expected, with the large arrivals of the last few days. Guayaquil, good clean red at 33S 6d to 345, and• slightly mouldy at 29s 6d to 30s ; 323 bags Para sold yesterday at 37s 6d to 38s, one lot at 38s Gd for good fair red. TEA.—The public sales which commenced on Friday were brought to a close yesterday, when rather more firmness was apparent, and Congous and Twankays recovered the depression of Friday. Pouchongs sold a shade lower, and a part was rejected by the trade, in consequence of its being spurious. Of the whole quantity offered about 12,000 packages were sold. In the latter part of the sale, Congcu but middling blakish leaf sold at is 10+ to is lid, but middling blackish wiry leaf rather strong at 2s Cid, middling wiry blackish rather strong at 2s 4d, ditto choice Pekoe flavor at 2s 8-1-d to 2s aid, Twankay ordinary rather strong curled brightish leaf at 2s ld, Pouchong at is 54d is 9d, Caper good ord at is 5d to is 10d, but mid strong burnt at 2s 3d, Orange Pekoe mid clean rather strong blackish leaf at 3s to.3s 3d, and Hyson ord strong burnt darkish leaf at 2s 104 d per lb. The market was firm to-day for Free Trade sorts, but there was little business doing, both buyers and sellers waiting for the overland mail, the express in anticipa tion o! - which is expected towards the close of the week. Company's Congou firm at Is. 10id. per lb, cash. PIMENTO is rather lower, and the demand limited ; two parcels have been brought to public sale, one con sisting of 59.3 bags good middling bright, which was bought in at 3d ; the other comprised 344 bags low middling, rather dark and coarse, which sold at 24d to 3d per lb. GINGER.—East India is still dull of sale, and prices . again lower ; 850 bags Malabar offered at phblic sale only partly sold at 11 s. 6d to 13s 6d for low to mid quality, • PEPPER.-888 small bags Malabar were put up to pub lic sale and sold at full prices, viz. at 3id to PO for light and half heavy. CASSIA LIGNEA continues in demand, and 237 chests offered by public auction brought full prices, viz. 99s 6d to 100 s for good thin quill, and at 88s Gd to 95s for coarse and middling. RICE.—The public sales were large to-day, consisting of 4,545 bags Bengal and 5,620 bags Java ; the former went off with briskness and at Gd per cwt advance, low middling and middling white at. lis 6d to 12s, and good middling white at 12s 6d to 13s 6d ; the latter was bought in above the valuations at 11s 6d for bold white, and at lOs for yellow. FRUIT.—New Fruit continues in good request, Va lencia Raisins at 38s, and Patras Currants at 63s per cwt. SAGO.-1,025 bags Pearl were put up to public auction, and sold at 14s to 225. TALLOW.---T here being very large supplies near at hand from St. Petersburgh, the market has become ex tremely dull, ani prices have again receded, 46s 6d to 47s being the nearest price on the spot, and 46s 6d for delivery up to the end of the year ; these figures are however little better than nominal, there being so little business doing. On Friday several parcels of Tal low were brought to public sale and nearly all disposed of ; 162 pipes 18 hhds 6 barrels South American at from 40s 6d to 4Gs ; 150 casks St. Petersburgh Yellow Candle of second quality at 46s to 46s 3d; 25 casks East India of low quality at 445, and 7 casks Cape Tallow of good quality at 47s per cwt. The prices of this article continue in an almost nominal state at 46s 6d to 47s on the spot, and for delivery up to the end of the year. OILS.—The demand for common Fish Oils has been dark t o rather quiet, but generally there has , been much firm ness on the part of the holde rs, and stiff l. prices have been paid in all instanc es. At pub. lc sale on W s h s al for -or oil low were dar dis posedFridayefabeotutfre6Bm 3ttmosl lOs to 5/ wfineerepeallseeqpuuatlietyp ;an l d 2l so c l a ci s . k g: s o S(!_.clutahndSetine at 34/ lOs to Sea fine Oil 371, and very dar k and interior at 311 lOs to 32/ ; a small lot of Seal Oil sold as follows ; pale flit 37/, brown at 30/, and very dark at 281 per tan. Sperm Oil maintains former prices, and there is a fair demand for the article ,94 / paid for fine quality. 19 butts American Sperm Oil of good bright quality sold by pu blic auction at 911 5s to 91 10s. Linseed Oil has conti:med in good request. end prices aro very firm ; s 3 p 4 o s t, 6d ai t lit o f 3 e s w s h o a r s,neobseeelnl ers r e l . : 1 1 1 1 t n ly2) . ai b d e for f o und parcels a h n i d g hhearrdrla3t, under thee m la a tt n e d r e fi d g . ure ßa ; pe for oi f l ut N u re r r e y d s ( c .l a iv r e cz eosbtaairena4bele at our quotations. Olive Oil is also extremely scarce, and prices very high. Cocoa Nut Oil remains firm and is inquired after; 107 hhds 61 casks 31 pipes and.l2 tanks offered at public sale went at from 38s to 41s per cwt, duty paid. Palm Oil in limited request gab', and prices are on the decline; 8 casks at public sale on Friday sold at 3115 s per cwt. DuNmow..---The excessive flood of Wednesday night and Thursday morning, caused the river ChellneT here to rise between six and seven feet, at Church-el! and the Ford bridges, and cut off all communication forthe the day for foot passengers, between Dunmow , parishes ofßardfield, Stebbing, Felsted, and of Three or four hundred bullocks, the propertTo.,number Welsh men, on their way to Halsted fair, part of h I wweadows bet had been depastured for the nightsome in ' g about fie . two cupied by Mr. Medson, were swine o n . hours near the Ford-bridge.—Essex i-,l_erm a ta, the Lord This being the first day o f 1 .. . ed by the Re _ the Naieinity. Mayor and the Sheriffs elect, accore r l , calls upon Downing-street, and made theireen, the Chancellor of in state to corder and the City the Premier, the Earl of Alnr e cl_ bers of her Majesty's the Exchequer, and other 31 via Government. , mr.p.p., and . Mr. Des -Stewariperbishire, Ebs,..q,:n appointed her Majesty's RernembrancceustPot:n•eanryt berats, of QueL•ec, 11 ; av° is said to be worth about 5,000 t. printers. The sitoE-on per annum. - THE OLDEN TIME. TS IN ROYAL SrOR i ed her s ster the Princess Eliza When Queen Mary_ vis n l ), (luring step, confinement at beth (afterwards (Verne morning;, after masse, a grand ex- Hatfield House, "the tio , was made for theyre amuse hibition of beare-h?i g sses were right well content, as meat, and theyre lughne d i sports. with other m errie FoRTiINE AMASSED BY A MENDICANY•-- % he has withstood the cold northe,m An old woman, 1 than seventy %Ai lite rs , named Mary Hor ner, of more I from this town to. America, last emigrate(spring„ ner ' account of the depressed state of the times. This: circumstance created lunch surprise amongst those who knew her, she to all appearance having to combat against hard fortune, in all its hideous forms, invariably living on what she gained by asking charity, and had front time almost immemorial received a small weekly allow ance from the neighbouring township of Plumpton, where she belonged, and o u 'her departure she was presented with 51. to assist her in her Atlantic expedi tion. From iatelligenee lately received, this trip across the vast ocean, seems to have acted powerfully on the system of the old lady, who was now no longer a beggar, for immediately on her arrival in the new world, she shook off the hapless mask of misfortune, purchased a small estate, whereon she erected a com fortable dwelling, where she now leads a happy life in the, midst of plenty,. her means drained as charity, from a generous and feeling public at Knaresborough.- - York Courant. . . ___ - - On,Monday, a General Assembly of the Au d;m.cians was held at the Royal Acadwmy of Arts, in Trafalgar-square, when Mr. John Rogers Herbert, Mr. John Watson Gordon, and M r . P a t r i c k &Dowell, were fleeted A.noolatos of that Institution. to ; [lO i ic s ' oe 11) 119 00 ; ,(1:4 Pe oth