The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-05 00:00:00

EVENING SUN 13, Great Marlborough-street. T i t/rEMOIRS of MADAME LAFARGE. IJL WRITTEN BY HERSELF. The English Translation of this extraordinary Work IS NOW READY FOR DELIVERY, in Two Volumes, small Svo., with a striking Likeness of Madame Lafarge. price 21s. sound. Those who desire to obtain early copies should give heir 'orders immediately to their respective booksellers. _Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. JFFICE of the GOVERNOR an d COM , PANY of COPPER MINERS in ENGLAND, 'OLD BROAD-STREET, London, August 12, 1841--THE COURT of ASSISTANTS of the Governor and Company of Copper Miners in England, hereby give notice, that they will SELL, on TIMILSBAY, the 14th day of October, now next ensuing, at ttieir Offices in Old Broad-street, ONE THOUSAND TONS OF BRITISH TIN, The pro[erty of British Mining Adventurers, and lying at the Miner'si Smelting Works at Trereife House, near Penzance, and at, Trpro House, in Truro:— In Lots of Deposit. Pest Granulated Tin, 20 Tons 1 Ton each £lO per Lot Tiu Plate Grain 90 10 Blocks each 20 „ 'Relined - - 370 10 ~ 20 ~ 'Common - - 370 10 ~ 20 ~ _lngots (assorted sizes) 50 2 Tons each 20 „ Bar (in brls of 4 cwt.)loo 10 Barrels each 20 ~ Pitomrr 14TH JANUARY, 1842. No Interest or Discount. _ Deposits to be paid on Saturday, 16th October. The Sale to commence at Twelve o'clock precisely. Catalogues, containing particulars and conditions of Sale, 'will be delivered either at this Office or by the Company's brokers, Messrs. Short and Mahony, No. 1, Newman's-court, Cornhill. The Public Sales of Tin by the Company will henceforth be held quarterly—viz., in January, April, July, and October, and the quantity put up will be regulated by the average quarterly consumption. N.B. The Company binds itself not to make Sales of Tin during the Quarter beyond the quantity advertised. H IS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, His MAJESTY the F,MPEROR of RUSSIA, His MAJESTY the KING of PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtain ing LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH and at LUBECK, Are now SELLING ORIGINAL BONDS for the said DIS TRIBU TION S. Persons desirous to purchase for the Next Distributions Ray receive, PREVIOUS to giving any orders, the PRO,,, OPECTUS and PARTIMLARS, upon addressing a line to umigE. IifROTIMRS. The NEXT AUSTRIAN DISTRIBUTION contains DI VIDENDS of £25,000 £6OO 5,000 400 1,500 200 1,000 150 800 150 And the NEXT PRUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION contains THVIDENDS of £lO £l5 £44 £299 £1,770 11 18 72 640 9,600 13 22 145 740 Sterling. HEINE BROTHERS having remitted during a short time 25,0001., 18,0001., 9,000/, 5,0001., 3,600/., &c. &c. &c., to London ; 3,6001., 8001., and 7001., to Edinburgh ; 3,6001. to Dublin ; 3,6001. to Beverley; 3,6001. to Halifax (Yorkshire); 1,2001. to Portleaven Harbour ; 900/., 7001. and 600/. to Li verpool; 900/. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne; 900/. to Hull; 9001. and 6001. to Manchester ; 700/. to East Retford (Not tinghamshire); 600/. to Bideford ; 6001. to Cork ; 600/. to Bradford ; they shall feel glad to remit many Dividends of the next Distribution to England, Ireland, and Scotland. Direct for Prospectus and Particulars, without delay, either to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBUKGH, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. 4W Lubeck, Sept. 8, 1841.—Heine Brothers remit again his day several large Money Dividends to Great Britain. £llO £7O 100 60 90 50 80 Sterling. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNIDEIThe MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS, THIS EVENING, OCT. 5, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled WHAT WILL THE WORLD SAY?—Hon. Charles Nor wold, Mr. J. Vining ; Mr. Pyc Hilary, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mr. Warner, Mr. Bartley ; Captain Scrope Tarradiddle,lMr. W. Farren ; Lady Norwold, Mrs. Glover; Marian Mayley, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Miss De Yere, Miss Cooper ; Tattle, Mrs. Orger ; Mrs. Tarradiddle, Mrs. Humby. Alter which, the Farce entitled BROTHER BEN.— Commodore Cutlass, Mr. Bartley ; Benjamin Bowles, Mr.. Charles Mathews; Mr. Shuffieton, Mr. Harley; Mrs. Cut lass, Miss Cooper , Dorothy, Mrs. Tayleure. To conclude with, the Ballet of Action, entitled HANS OF ICELAND.—Hans of Iceland, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Gill, Mr, J. H. Ridgway; Frederick, Mr. Gilbert; Oglypiglap, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Iceland Boy, Master Marshall ; Guth Stasen, Miss Bailin ; Iceland Girl, Miss Marshall. Doors to te opened, at half-past Six—tho performances to .commence at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; 'First and Second Circ es, ss. ; Second Price, 'ls. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 26.; 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 application. Private Boles to be bad solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 1i,7. New Bond-street. To-morrow, What Will the World Say? with Patter versus Clatter, and Hans of Iceland. AOYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER TIME MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS TONES. Crowded Houses. " Blenheim " a greater hit than the " Bat tle of Waterloo." Splendid New Scenes in the Circle, and, by desire, the Poney Races One Week more. :THIS EVENING. OCT. 5, A r ill b e presented the successful Equestrian Spectacle, called THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM ; OR, THE HORSE 'OF DISINH ERITED ; introducing Mr. Ducrovesmag niticent Stud of Forty Horses, highlly-tramed Palfreys, Fairy Equestrian Troop, and Companies of both Theatres; embracing all the Military Exploits of the Great Duke of Marlborough, Grand Reviews, Battles, and Glorious Victories. 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, arid the First Artistes in Europe will appear. To conclude with THE SEVEN CLERKS. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. - INDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Thirteenth week of " Susan Hopley !" Revival of the Musi cal Romance of" Madeline !" and second week of " The Fly ing Dutchman," with Childe's Phantasmagorical Representa tion of the Spectral Ship in full sail. THIS EVENING, OCT. 5, The highly interesting and pathetic Domestic Drama, called SUSAN HOPLEY ; OR THE TRIALS AND VICISSI TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL. William Dean, Mr. E. F. ; Susan Hopley, Miss Vincent, the acknowledged Heroine of Dcomestic Drama. After which, AIADELINE ; or. the WOODEN SHOE MAKER and his WIFE, and the POOL of the DROVE NED. Peter Marcel. Mr. Gardner ; Pont de Gibaut, Mr. Paul ; Madeline, Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE FLYING DUTCHMAN ; OR THE PHANTOM SHlP.—Vanderdeeken, Mr. vale; Toby - Varnish, Mr. Seaman ; Peter Von Bummel, Mr. Gardner ; Lestelle, Mrs. Lee ; Lucy, Mrs. Howard. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.— taallerl, tid. Half-price to the Boxes only, at Half-past Eight. To. morrow, Susan Hopley, Madeline, and the Flying Dutchman monstrate the great truth, that wherever there is vio- ' lence and insecurity the utmost activity cannot insure the prosperity of nations ; and that national strength in the hour of need depends less upon a rapid in crease of the public resources than upon a prudent and disinterested use of them. It is the disease which manifests itself in the various forms of demo cratic revolution that has thrown out these sores ; and the same disorder, if it be not checked, threatens the body politic with dissolution. The time is, we trust, arrived, at which a reaction in favour of more sober and secure principles is gaining ground in other countries besides our own, deriving from our own its best coun tenance and support. The world learns from these ex ternal symptoms that there is need of discipline to make States wealthy and wise ; and that the boasted promises of excessive liberty are only the false names given by demagogues and dupes to presumption and prodigality. Our view is totally different. It has been de monstrated by M. DE TOCQUEVILLE, amongst others, that the tendency of society is every where, in Europe as well as in the United States, to democracy. In fact that is the natural state of society, for no class of men is created with faculties and powers to govern and enslave other classes. Dominion has always begun in vio lence and usurpation, which, from the natural equality of mankind, there is a perpetual tendency to shake off. • A few hundred years ago, personal slavery—hardly yet extinguished in some States—existed throughout Europe. Most of our institutions are derived from that condition of society, and to uphold them is the great object of Conservatism. Though the pro gress of civilization and the extension of trade have raised a numerous middle class in society, and have in some sort emancipated the lower classes, our institutions have not kept pace with these changes in the condition of the people. Between Conservatism, which seeks to uphold the dead letter of the law without regard to the living spirit of society, and the masses of the community, there is a continual strife. The true source, then, of the difficulties of the Govern ments of Europe is their unfortunate opinion that they must resist and control the ten dencies of society. Those, we repeat, are to freedom and democracy—the Governments of Europe have sought to uphold slavery and aris tocracy. We will take them in the order mentioned by the Times. In Russia the Conservative cause has undergone no depression. Despotism is, as heretofore, unmitigated, save by the Sash,* which performs the duties of a bowstring, and keeps a refractory or drunken CZAR obedient to his Nobles. The great expenditure of Russia within the last ten years was caused by its efforts to annihilate the nationality of Poland, to dismem ber Turkey, and extend its own dominion over the territories of Persia. Conservatism has been always strong in Russia, and that was the first State to increase its debts in a season of peace. Austria followed. No democracy has made head in Austria. No adventurers have there ac ceded to power. No places of profit have been created for the purposes of corruption. Prince METTERNICH has governed in . peace for up wards of a quarter of a century, aid Austria was the second State to augment its debt. He was alarmed at the growth of freedom abroad, he was afraid that the iron yoke of Austria would be broken in Italy, and he kept a large army on foot to crush the rise of freedom is every part of Europe. If Switzerland be yet a prey to anarchy and subject to vast expenses, it is mainly due to the selfish intrigues of Austria, NtiliCh has kept the aristocracy there in power, For the purpose ofimpeding the success of the democracy. France saw in 1830 the momentary ascendancy of the democratic principle, and Saw it betrayed the next and every following year by the Citizen KING, in whose hands, in total violation of the democratic principle, France blindly placed it 3 destiny. The Citizen KING, forgetting his origin, made common cause with the ancient conserva tisms and aristocracies of Europe. Some adven turers have indeed climbed to power in France; some offices have been created for the purposes of corruption ; but the expense thus entailed on that country has been one franc in ten thousand which have been expended to main tain Conservatism and Royalty in France, in opposition to the democratic tendencies of society. Has anything different occurred in England? No. The Whigs excited the democracy in 1830, failed to gratify it, and, for the last six years of their administration, have laboured, in conjunc tion with the Tories, to resist its demands. Now and then they gave way, but their obstinate maintenance of the Corn-laws, the refusal to ex tend the suffrage, the slow grant, and the long denial of Reform to Ireland, the determi nation to maintain, at all hazards, the Church there against the demands of the people, the coercion directed against the Chartists, were all sources of expenditure for the Government, and of diminished resources for the people. In England, therefore, as in France, the increase of the expenditure, and the slow increase of the revenue, have been caused by the striving of the respective Governments to resist the democratic tendency. We therefore differ entirely from the Times, and ascribe the necessity for contracting debts, which has been felt and acted on by all the Go vernments of Europe, to those Governments not being in harmony with their people, and to their foolish attempts to model society after their own desires, thwarting and controlling the democratic tendency. They have brought the Governments of Europe into conflict with the people, and how that great conflict—the great conflict of our time —may end, no human eye can foresee, no human heart conceive. As long as the Tories were completely masters of the Legislature there was nothing the omnipotence of Parliament could not accom plish. Corn-laws, it was supposed, could keep the price of corn perfectly steady at 80s. the quarter, and Corn-laws were passed. A law established and law-extended Church can, without any doubt, said the Tories, ensure the morality of the people, and society was shook to its centre to support and extend the Estab lished Church. An array of frightful punish ments, which were greater crimes than the crimes they were instituted to prevent, was expected to put a stop to criminality. A police, it was sup posed, would guide every man and every woman aright, and give an ALFRED security to pro perty. Individuals were born according to law, baptised- under the same direction,- and were married and buried by regulations. Trade, the Tories said, was to be promoted and regulated by laws, and the fetters of protection were fixed on every branch of industry. In short, there was no part of society, when the Tories had the complete control of the Legislature, which could not, they opined, be improved by legislation, and they accordingly sought to make laws for every domestic, every private, and every public relation of every individual. At present, however, the Tories are not mas ters of legislation. The people have got a voice in it, and insist, somewhat pertinaciously, that it be exercised in a particular direction. They de mand employment, wages, relief. Because the Legislature, under Tory guidance, has un dertaken to regulate everything, the multitude believe that it is omnipotent, and they demand satisfaction. Suddenly the Tories alter their tone : "It is the vice of the present time," said the Post yesterday, " and a very lamentable vice it is, to regard Acts of Parliament, and public institutions, as if they were capable of doing everything—of securing whatever is desirable and good in human conduct, and guarding against that which is evil. Christianity—philosophy— experience—all teach a very different lesson. Good in stitutions are great and valuable auxiliaries to the prac tice of virtue, but the main thing is, that people should be virtuous. If they are not, it is in vain to expect that the enactments and forms of law, or that public institu tions, however liberally and loftily framed, will secure just conduct, and constitute an insuperable bar in the way of evil-doers." In order to make our people virtuous, the friends of the Post reduce robbery to a system, and lend it the sanction of solemn enactments. " And with regard," says the same Journal, " to all that is said about legislation for the re lief of distress and pauperism, it would be very well, also, to take counsel from the saute philo- THE RAILWAY SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACII. Sun Office, Sept. 30, 1841. The Publication of the Evening Edition of THE SUN com menced at 5 minutes after Three. Hum WATER AT LONDON gitIDGE TGLIVIORItow minutes after 4 I Evening ......22 minutes after 5. LONDON: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1341. The Times. of yesterday noticed the extraor dinary fact, that while peace has been maintained from 1830 to 1841, while arts have flourished, trade has been extended, and wealth increased, all the Governments of Europe are plunged i n financial embarrassments, and have increased their debts. Our Contemporary—beginning with Russia, and proceeding to Austria, France, Rol land, Switzerland, England, Spain, and Portu gal, which two last alone have had a civil war to derange their finances__ shows that all these Governments have successively, in these times of peace and pro sperity, been unable to keep down their expen diture to their revenue, and all, without excel) : tion, have augmented their debts. These re marks bring under public consideration a general fact well worthy of engaging the highest facul ties of the mind. They are closely connected, we think, with the remarks which we offered to our readers on last Thursday on the inefficiency of the Legislature, as exhibited in its results, and it is impossible for us to pass them by un noticed. Not questioning the facts above stated by our Contemporary, we demur to the moral he ex tracts from them. The Times says— The last ten years ought unquestionably not to have increased th e debts of nations but to have diminished them, if SOln9 powerful cause had not been at work to check the influences of public prosperity, and mar the benefits of peace. That cause we believe to be no other than the temporary dep ress i on o f t h e C onseetat i ve cause throughout E urope during this interval; and the burdens now thrown upon our contemporaries, to be handed down by them t o posterity, are the price which must be paid for democratic ascendancy. The waste of the public resources, the unscrupulous creation of innu merable places' of profit destined chiefly for the purposes of corruption, the rise of needy ad venturers to power, the imperious necessity of gratifying at any cost the passions of the people, hand, the enormous a . mot!nt of the military establish and, on the other ments required to niintain public order in the presence of revolutionary excitement,.are facts which more than account for what is now Po- 35111 C around us. They de * The Emperor Paul is said to have been strangled with an officer's gash. THE SUN, L sophers." Then it quotes NIEBUHR, who recom mends public writers to devote themselves to the education of children, to give the hand of friendship and consolation, if they have nothing else to give, to the poor; and, of course, in our case, allow the (Tory) Government to pursue its own mischievous career, unchecked by any public opposition. Herr NIEBUHR'S advice would be very good, if statesmen were not just as weak and wicked as the rest of mankind, had they not as many blind and base passions to gratify, and did they not continually use the power with which they are entrusted to aggran dise private individuals or classes. This is our case here in England. Legislation has long been exclusively in the hands of a class who have made laws exclusively to aggrandise themselves and their supporters. They still have the power of making laws ; and were the people in silence to allow them to pursue their own course, they would soon raze half our cities, and leave just slaves enough to minister to their necessities. Englishmen cannot sit still under our present laws without suffering great damage, and they know that the law-makers are wedded to their folly. _ _ _ What they ask, however, rightly understood, is not new laws, but the repeal of the old laws. We do not say that the legislator can model society according to his own plan ; on the con trary, we say he has tried, and has signally failed; and now, when the Tories are requested to abstain from the attempt, and begin by abo lishing some of their most pernicious enactments, we are treated with a homily on the impotency of legislation. We agree with the Post—the legislation of its friends the landlords has been a complete failure ; and we shall be content if it will join with us in calling on them to nullify their own acts, and replace society under those better principles the Post enumerates. In our article on Sir ROBERT PEEL'S ever-to be-celebrated fever returns, we pointed out, from his own documents, that it supplied one striking illustration, by the increase of fever patients in 1838, the first year of slack trade and deficient harvests, of the mischiefs inflicted on the community by withholding food. A Cor respondent of the Morning Chronicle has sup plied us with some additional illustrations. There is a town of the empire, (he says,) in which a board constantly sits, for the special purpose of hunting out cases of fever, and giving the earliest notice of the invasion of an epidemic. This town is Edinburgh, and if Sir Robert Peel have any candour left, let him read the following table, and blush for shame. We have coupled with the report of cases of fever in Edinburgh, for seven years, the return for the same period of quar ters of corn imported into Great Britain and Ireland. This is one of the best indications of the imperfection of the harvest, and the degree of suffering of the people. It is, indeed, by no means an unerring index, and we know all the risk of giving such insulated facts, when dealing with so accomplished a trickster as Sir Robert Peel. Very likely, in pursuing the same fact through a course of years, large importation may be found coinci dent with sufficient employment and health on the part of the people, because some other cause, studiously con cealed by the Right Honourable Baronet, will have tern pared the severity of the seasons. We leave such inge nuity to the gentleman who understands " dressing a case" and his colleague and accuser, who is not less ex pert, notwithstanding his sentimental and religious affectations. Quarters of Corn Cases of Fever Imported. in Edinburgh. 1832 375,782 1833 83,714 1834 64,552 1535. 1836 30,096 B4l 1837 244,086 972 1838 1,834,453 1839 2,681,390 Sir Robert Peel has now stated his opinion that " a Minister of the Crown should not silently hear that thousands in this country were actually suffering from typhus fever from want of sufficient food ;" and " that a subject of this kind should not be heard without in quiry, and the result of that inquiry ought in some way or other to be communicated to the House." Will he now grant inquiry ? or will he set his ponderous wits to work out some new dressing for his case, plausible only to the empty and jingling heads on the benches behind him ? If fever returns are to be quoted in the con troversy, what better illustration of the fever producing effects of short commons can be found than these facts ? From 1832 to 1837 inclusive, there was comparatively plenty of food; we had no occasion to import much ; the average prices were respectively— 1832 ... 58s. Bd. 1835 ... 398. 4. 1833 ... 525. 11d. 1836 ... 48s. 9d. 1834 ... 465. 2d. 1837 ... 535. 10d. And in those years the fever patients were only the half; or one-third of the number in the years 1838, 1839, when the importation was nearly 2,000,000 quarters per year, and average prices were high—in 1838, 645. 4d., and in 1839, 705.6 d. Either Sir R. PEEL must instantly hasten to put an end to this frightful condition of society by admit ting food, in spite of the awful responsibility taken on himself by the iron-minded Duke, or he must admit that, notwithstanding his Parliamentary skill, he is wholly unworthy to preside, at such a contingency as the present, over the national councils. There is one consideration connected with such returns, which ought to influence a statesman, who is too apt to consider only the strength of the whole, without troubling himself about the afflic tion of the units which compose it. A statisti cal writer says, that about 1-24th part of the community is continually the prey of sickness, and unable, for the time being, to contribute to the wants of the community. Admitting then (to quote the passage) that the annual mortality is 2.13 per cent., after the corrected returns, and that the population of England and Wales is 14,000,000, the total number constantly disabled by sick ness will amount to 600,000 persons ; and if the same proportions be extended to Scotland and Ireland, to 1,130,000. This reduces the efficient population of the empire 1.24 th part, and the productive power, so far as it depends upon human labour, 1-18th part, if the main tenance and attendance of the sick cost half of the pro duce of their labour in health.— Vital Statistics : Sta tistical Account of the British Empire. A dearth, therefore, or a deficiency of food, which, judging by the fever returns of Edin burgh, augments the number of sick probably a third, to that extent impairs for the time the national resources. Putting out of view the suf ferings of the individuals—for which we know selfish, avaricious, and iron-hearted Dukes care not one straw—this diminution of the national strength and national resources ought to have some influence over politicians. By allowing the supply of food to be increased as much as possi ble, not merely more human beings would be called into existence, but those who were so aallad xvould._eujoy.more healthy and a happier existence, and contribute more while on the earth to the wealth and strength of the community. Lord FITZWILLIAM'S letter to Mr. GOODMAN of Leeds, inserted in yesterday's Sun, explaining that, as her MAJESTY at present held no Courts, he could not present the Leed's Memorial to her personally, without intruding on her in a manner which the memorialists would be the last to sanc tion, should serve to put an end to the expecta tions still nourished by some of our Liberal Con temporaries, that some Peer will demand an au dience of her MAJESTY to present to her the me morials of her people's distress. It may be a misfortune, but it is undoubtedly one of the consequences of having a female on the throne, that the SOVEREIGN cannot be approached and agitated with business—particularly business of no pleasant nature—at all times. The memorials to the SOVEREIGN will, we presume, be con veyed to her through the usual official channels; so that her MAJESTY'S masters, and the people's tyrants, will keep from her all knowledge of their condition and their wishes. There is an absolute dearth of political news in the French Journals of Sunday. The war mania, in a milder form, still rages in the French capital. All the Journals are clamorous for an increase rather than a reduction of the navy ; and in reply to the remonstrances of the English press, they tell us that we are welcome to in crease our fleet as much as we please. This is not the way to increase the prosperity of the French people, consolidate the power of the French Government, or maintain the peace of Europe. To impose upon us the vast trouble and immense expense of increasing our navy, is not the way to make us better and more confiding neighbours, and in what way an , . ....I '. 1 . 5.7 ., , t . ~, .• 'lt, '..: : i .. 1) c: L'IL3 1..N.,.;. 1“.';'. : 4 1( . .(g , ' I''' ; , .'.' ' , ',114 2 .. tr ' ' " ~ . .4. N *D iAll*. •, 1 Vit _Sum NDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1841. increase of taxation operates upon the loyalty of the subject the affair of the census is at this moment manifesting not only to France, but to all Europe. Besides, trade must suffer from war preparations, on however:defensive a scale. They shake public confidence, and whatever does that operates ruinously upon commerce. Nor can war preparations be ever strictly de fensive. The anticipating an attack is frequently but a preparation to make one. Those most ex posed will necessarily regard all preparations for a state of war as covertly hostile, and so arm in their turn. Two nations armed in pre sence of each other must fight. It is an abso lute necessity of their position. War is a posi tive relief to the harassing suspense of an armed defiant peace. If France desire peace she must disarm. No Power can believe that her views are not aggressive, if she continue to maintain a fleet so entirely disproportioned to the protection of her commerce and the defence of her colonies. With her immense military force, no nation in the world, geographically situated as she is, could require for pacific purposes one-half the war ves sels which she has now in commission A letter from Macon says, " The porters of Macon, whom a criminal infatuation had led into the collision of the 9th of September, furiously to attack the soldiers of the garrison, and those of their fellow citizens who endea voured to maintain order, have taken upon themselves the refutation of the diatribes of the Conseur. They do not cease to repeat that the municipal authorities mani fested towards them a kindness and generosity which unhappily they have not justified by their conduct. They have even stated these declarations, in two letters full of expressions of grief and repentance ; one is ad dressed to M. de Lamartine, the other to M. Gardon, Colonel of the National Guard.—Le Moniteur. Letters from Vienna, of the 22d, give no reason to expect the evacuation of St. Jean d'Acre and Beyrout by -the English, unless we are to understaad in this cause the recal of Lord Ponsonby from Constantinople, and that of Sir Edmond Lyons from Athens, which is said to be certain. The mercantile accounts from Munich, Trieste, Athens, and Smyrna, were deplorable. A Frankfort Paper says, that the arrests which have taken place at Limburg, in Galicia, and even at Vienna, are founded on political motives. The intrigues in which the persons arrested engaged were purely national, and have not the slightest connection with the views of the secret societies which exist, or have existed, in the west of Europe.—Le Commerce. We have Madrid Journals of the 26th ult. The correspondent of a contemporary in that capital writes as follows under that date :—" The British bondholders will learn with peculiar satisfaction, because it is a positive proof of the good faith that influences M. SURRA Y Rune s proceedings in everything connected with the foreign creditors of Spain, that the 7,000,000 sterling of Active, Deferred, and Passive Stock, lying in the hands of ARDOIN and Co., are to be cancelled almost im mediately, because the Minister of Finance has issued the necessary orders for the payment of the 27,0001. claimed by that house; and the numbers, dates, and respective amounts of the bonds will be advertised in the public journals. Your readers may place every reliance upon this important fact, because it is only mentioned by me after due inquiry." We also find the inhabi tants ofValencia petitioning the REGENT to prevail upon the British Government to lower the duty on raisins, and ()tiler dried fruit. The petition is just and reasonable, provided the petitioners are willing to make a corresponding reduction of duty in favour of English cottons and hardware. On the '26th the Five per Cents. were done on the Madrid Bourse at from 271 to 28 fo: cash, and 281 at 60 days. A NEW PROJECT OF THE PRIESTS.—Mr. Ewart is extremely anxious to have a Minister of Education. He probably looks forward to that post as appropriate to his own merits. But before he and his friends are re stored to power, it is probable the Tories will seize on his idea, justify their proposition by his example, and appoint a Minister of Religion and Education. The priests already entertain such a project, and, like Mr. Ewart, they go abroad to a country where every portion of trade is regulated by law—where the passport system is in full rigour—for their model. The Churchman for October says :—" We have often grieved over the fact, that whilst in States on the Continent of Europe, where the Romish religion is professed, a Minister of State is specially charged (even as in France, where there is no State religion) to watch over the interests of the Church, and of public and even private education ; no one in Pro testant Britain is charged with this noble and glorious mission. In the Cabinet, the Treasury has its First Lord and Premier ; the Court of Chancery has its Chan cellor • the Privy Seal is confided to the illustrious descendant of the Plantagenets ; the Admiralty is represented by its First Lord ; the Army has its Secretary of War ; Foreign Affairs are con fided to the s uperintendence of an accomplished, a noble, and a travelled Thane ; the Colonies are placed under the care of one of the ablest leaders in the House of Commons; the Exchequer is watched over by a man, than whom no one knows better that economy without parsimony must be the rule of his official life ; Home Affairs are entrusted to one who, we believe, reads and loves his Bible ; and , in one word, all interests of navy—every thing—are placed merce agriculture, army and under the special care and protection of individual and competent Ministers, except the interests of the National Church and National Education. We should like to see confided to such a man as Sir R. Inglis the seals of office of RELIGION and EDUCATION.' In France the Minister is called Ministre des Cultes, and sometimes to him is also entrusted the seals of the de partment of Public Instruction,' whilst at other times the offices are kept distinct. The creation of such an office in this country would be a vast good. The daily corresnondence of the Minister with the clergy, and with the ministers of Dissenting denomina tions, would enable him to comprehend _and feel the wants, the sufferings, and the grievances" (where they ex isted) of all. The Universities and schools of public learning would find in him a patron, a friend, a counsel lor, and a judge. The public charities of the country might likewise be placed under his surveillance, and the public religious societies, too, might be authorised to ap peal to him, when difficulties arose in their administra tion, or when an inadequacy in their revenues might re quire temporary, or even permanent aid. Such an ap pointment would facilitate the communications between the Church and the State—would strengthen the bond of union subsisting between them—and would put an end to those false, but dangerous hopes which the enemies of the Church are now indulging in themselves, and ex citing in others, that the day will arrive when the prin ciples of voluntaryism shall triumph, and when a Na tional Church shall cease to exist." Mr. Ewart may learn from that how surely a bad example is fol lowed. THE DILIGENCE OF SIR ROBERT PEEL.—The Tories are quite right. Sir Robert Peel is a most diligent Minister. He sends couriers to her Majesty twice a-day. He keeps one ready to mount at all times. He has found time, notwithstanding his vast parliamentary labours, to weigh and consider all the pros and cons of appointing a Commission to inquire into the fine arts, and one is to be appointed. To that most import ant measure the Right Hon. Baronet has made up his mind. He has even resolved, after most mature delibe ration, that Prince Albert will be an ornament to the Commission, and he has made up his mind to place his Royal Highness on it. The Right Hon. Baronet has also made up his mind to appoint a Committee of both Houses to investigate Dr. Reid's plan for ventilating the new Houses of Parliament. We do not know positively, but we believe, that the 'Right Hon. Baronet has also made up hilt-wind to interfere with the masons engaged in building the Houses, and has, after mature consi deration, taken measures to bring them back to their duty. He is a stupendous genius, we do not doubt, but he might be as usefully employed in extinguishing the flames of our Rome as in tuning his own ministerial fiddle. it is not true, is seems to be the guess of many newspaper writers, that any scheme for the increase of the existing rate of postage is at present under the con sideration of the Go'vernment.—Morning Post. E 55 Highest Al l THEIVIIR.—N 00N, OCTOBER 5. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE—STREET. Bar ometer Thermometer.., 63 1 Lowest .. 'E Wind S.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. The barometer has fallen in the course of the night not less than five degrees, or half an inch. No marked effect of this rapid and great fall, however, has yet taken place, as the wea ther to-day is tolerably good, with occasional sunshine and showers. THE WHEAT CROP.—The Bankers' Circular contains an elaborate and careful calculation of the pro duce of the present harvest, in which the writer arrives at the following results :—That, as compared with the harvest for 1840, the present harvest will be deficient in the average quantity of wheat, and its quality for yield ing good flour, equal to 2,400,000 quarters. To meet this enormous falling off, a greatly increased quantity of land has this year been brought into wheat cultivation in England, Scotland, and Ireland, yielding an increase of 1,950,000 quarters more than 1840. Added to this 900,000 quarters of foreign corn have this year been li berated more than last year, leaving the ultimate de ficiency 800,000 quarters, and no more. Then, the pre sent harvest is fully a fortnight later than the harvest of last year, so that the supply has not to extend over so long a period of consumption, and the writer, therefore, concludes that there is now in the kingdom a sufficient supply until the Ist of October, 1842. r : lin the s. T he FRENCH LO AVE s.—Mheh curiosity was ex citedennet on weighing, at l end iib s . of last th exhi bition i at n i week, othe b the e ' shop of M r . Cordon, of two French loaves of bread, o bread was purchased in Paris on the previous Sunday at 1 id. per lb. (English), and is of excellent quality. Here it would cost 21d.—Staffordshire Examiner. The reimbursements exceeded the deposits, last week, in the Savings' Bank of Clermont by 2,600 f. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND übttc pintost. " TVho runs may read." FOREIGN. The whole of the French press continues opposed to any diminution of the navy. It now appears that the disarmament will be merely in name, and that in re ality France will rather increase than diminish her naval force. This fact we find indicated in the columns of the Presse—a journal generally well acquainted with the opinions of the Minister of Marine. " The proper course to pursue in this affair of disarmament," says the Presse,"is to lay up a certain number;of line-of-battle ships, and com mence building, and construct with the utmost possible activity, frigates and war-steamers. By this description of force France could with rapidity carry her flag and her influence to all parts of the globe, and protect her trade promptly and efficiently. In time of war their services would not be less efficacious, for by their means we might attack our enemies at twenty places at once, and on all vulnerable points, before that enemy should have time to prepare for defence. The French excel in those impetuous movements both by sea and land, and therefore a navy so composed would be admirably suited to the national genius." The Courrier Francais takes high ground upon this question. and certainly not the most courteous towards England. "Every nation," observes that journal, "pos sesses au inherent, indefeasible right to build as many ships and employ as many seamen as she may think pro per. If any other Power take umbrage at the increase of the French navy, such nation is perfectly free to in crease its own. But even were Great Britain to reduce her naval force, that would be no reason why France should do the like. Other nations are protected by a community of interests. For example, no nation could attack Prussia without provoking the interference of Austria; but France stands alone. The only ally which circumstances had given to her was Greatßritain, and she (England) withdrew from the alliance and betrayed her !" The Constitutionnel takes a similar view of this ques tion. " The best way," says the Constitutionnel, "of depriving our ancient allies of all wish to create a colli sion is by showing them that we are ready to meet them." Were such sentiments as general throughout Europe as they are in France it would be impossible to maintaidpeace for six months. War preparations on a scale advocated by the French journals would inevitably provoke war. Distrust, suspicion, and fear would every where take hold of the public mind, and such would be the general uneasiness that war would be had recourse as a relief from such a state of painful suspense. The King of Greece has appointed Prince Mavro cordato Ambassador to the Porte. Though the King pretended to find Mavrocordato in too bad a state of health to fill the office of Prime Minister he has dis covered that he is adequate to discharge the duties of the most onerous diplomatic appointment connected with the Crown of Greece. The truth is, that Otho sadly wants to get rid of his late independent Minister ; and as there exists an under-current of bad feeling between the Greek Government and the Ottoman Porte the King could not provide for him more uncomfortable quarters than he is likely to find on the shores of the Bosphorus. PARLIAMENTARY. In the House of Peers last night the Earl of Minto de fended and explained the promotions recently made by him before leaving the Admiralty. On the third reading of the Exchequer Bills Funding Bill, Viscount Melbourne attacked the policy of his op ponents. He described their financial scheme as a failure, and one which they, after turning him out of office, ought not to have adopted. He insisted, too, that they ought to be prepared to introduce some measure for the relief of the public distress, and happily ridiculed the pompous demand for time to mature measures, by asking whether the Ministers were looking for the phi losopher's stone. He did not oppose the Bill. The Earl of Ripon defended the delay of Ministers, and assured his Noble Friend that he too must have had a loan had he remained in office, and had carried his budget. The Duke of Wellington was apparently nettled at Viscount Melbourne's remarks, and declared that he would not follow his schemes. The Noble Duke said that Sir Robert Peel had found out other deficiencies, which were not mentioned in the Budget. The Bill was read a second time. The Poor- law Commission Bill went through a Committee. Other Bills were forwarded a stage, and several petitions for the repeal of the Corn-laws were presented. Lord Brougham announced his intention of calling their Lord ships' attention to the subject of slavery to-day. Their Lordships then adjourned. PUBLIC OPINION. The Morning Herald commences an article on the sub ject of the present Ministry in the following terms : " The most determined opponents to Conservative Go vernment must admit that the facility with which the new Administration has got into working, is a prodigy in the history of parties."—lt is easy enough for a Ministry to get "into working," when it is resolved to do little or no work. It is like slipping into a sinecure which, when one has the power to do so, is the easiest thing in the world. For our own part, the only thing that surprises us is, the facility with which the new Admi nistration has got into a system of non-working, and the diligent perseverance with which it follows up this sys tem. This really is, to quote the Herald's own words, " a prodigy in the history of parties l"—In another article, on the question of bribery at elections, our Con temporary exhibits a fine sense of horror, observing.— " An Englishman cannot cross the Channel without being reproached with the venality of his brother elec tors ; he will hear his countrymen accused of selling their birth-right for a mess of pottage, and he cannot, with truth, repudiate the charge ; he must listen to ac cusations, that England, which gave to modern society well regulated and constitutional liberty, is now an example of the worst excesses of representative Govern inent; and he cannot deny the fact. In short, bribery and corruption at our general elections are a by-word and stigma to England in every quarter of the globe ; they have become to every patriotic and thinking man at home perfectly intolerable."—And who have been the great promoters of this system of bribery? The Tories. The Whigs are certainly not immaculate, but it is the Tories that have invariably been its chief promoters. Their leading organs winked at their doings in this re spect, until the Tories had got all they were likely to get by bribery ; and now they come forward and ex press their indignation at such a long prevailing system of iniquity! Their indignation is of course all the more genuine for having been so long bottled up. In an article suggested by last night's debate in the Lords, the Advertiser says—" The Earl of Ripon con cluded a ' no-nothing' speech by the audacious assertion that if the Government had acted differently from what they have, they would have deceived the people, and that was the very last thing of which a Government should be guilty.' It required no ordinary assurance for a Member of the Peel Cabinet, whose whole stock in trade is the deception of the people, to give utterance to such a sentiment as this. The Duke of Wellington met the question less adroitly, by confessing at once that he had not made up his mind with regard to any alteration in the Corn-laws. This avowal was perfixtly consistent with the Noble Duke's assertion on a preiious evening, that there was no real distress in the country from want of food !' How long will the suffering millions submit to such fraudulent evasion of their claims, such heartless disregard of their destitute condition?" The Times thus alludes to Lord Minto's nepotism while at the head of the Admiralty :—" No sooner was the Earl of Minto installed at the head of the Admiralty than he constituted his brother, the Hon. George Elliot, and his brother-in-law, Sir Charles Adam, two of his assistant Lords. The late Sir Rufane Donkin, another brother-in-law of his Lordship's, was created Surveyor- General of the Ordnance. The renowned Captain Elliot, of China fame, became shortly afterwards her Majesty's Plenipotentiary to the Celestial Em pire. Presently, Captain Plumridge, another near kinsman, was appointed Superintendent of the Fal mouth packets, and more recently transferred to a snugger post, now happily vacated, in the Ord nance-office, Pall-mall. Then, when the prospect of a change of Ministry seemed somewhat threatening, the Hon. George was providently put into commission and sent to push his fortune with his beloved cousin at Canton. Subsequently to this, foreseeing the inevitable expulsion of Sir Charles Adam from home employment, the Noble Earl promoted him to the command of the North American station. Anon, the Hon. Charles. Elliot, of the Hazard, is suddenly raised to the rank of post captain ; and last of all, though we have omitted many minor jobbings, the Superintendent of Quarantine at Stangate-creek is presented with a frigate in his old age, in order to make way for Captain Loch, Sir Charles Adam's cousin, who thereby; succeeded to a very com fortable supplement to his other professional resources. Whether the Captain Elliot, whose incapacity has necessitated his recal from China, have not received another appointment elsewhere, appears to be some what uncertain." The Post says :—" As for the leaders of the Whig party, they adopted their new views of the Corn-laws as a matter of finance. Under their management the public Exchequer had become embarrassed. They tried the ordinary mode of replenishing the Exchequer by in creasing the taxation of the people, but they failed, and were afraid to go further in the same road. When men combine ignorance with fear, they usually run into some kind of extravagance. Having failed in what they un derstand, they seek relief in mystery and paradox. The Whigs; finding that the increase of taxation which they tried left them no better than before, desperately re solved to try what virtue there might b e in reducing the protecting duties which have heretofore been held essen tial to the prosperity of native and colonial industry."— At any rate the Whigs are entitled to the merit—no slight one--of having attempted a remedy for the dis tresses of the country ; while the Tory Premier, not withstanding he has pocketed his fee, refuses to prescribe any remedy at all for his patient's malady. As he got ill, so must he get well again • this is the Tamworth quack's ideas on the subje c t, who, nevertheless was ex pressly called in to expedite, by his supposed skill and experience, the period of convalescence. There is not a quack in England, from Qoctor Morrison down to Doctor Solomon, who would not be ashamed of such conduct. We quote the following statistics from the Chronicle : —" The argument against the alleged extent and severity of the existing distress, deduced from the deposits in savings' banks, is worth about as much as that from the number of patients admitted into the Manchester Fever Hospital. The real test is not in the deposits, but in the withdrawments. By Sir R. Peel's own statement, there has been an increase, not only in the amount deposited, but in the number of depositors. There are 1,200 persons in Manchester and Salford who have brought money to the savings' Wink in 1841 more than had done so in 1840. Now, what does this prove ? Only that a new class of persons has taken to use the savings' bank. That may very well happen, from varioas causes, without the condition of the industrious poor being at all improved ; nay, while it is under going progressive deterioration. The number of bank ruptcies has been increasing, in Manchester, at a much more rapid rate than that of the number of depositors in the savings' bank. Why did not Sir Robert Peel in clude that fact in his statistical argument ? But the true test is in the withdrawments of money from the savings' bank. While many circumstances may lead fresh classes in society to resort to such an institution, and thus present an increase of depositors and deposits, there is but one main cause for withdrawments, and that is, distress. How stands the withdrawments, according to Sir Robert Peel's statement to the House on Thurs day ? Why, that during the months of July, August, and September, in the years 1837, 1838, and 1839, the average amount of withdrawals was 21,03 W.; in the years 1839 and 1840, for the same months, the average amount of withdrawals was 23,800/. ; showing an increased pres sure upon the former contributors.; and in the same three months of 1841 the withdrawals had a further in crease to 25,3561., indicating the continued and enhanced effect of distress with a certainty that no addition of new depositors can explain away." MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE. At the Anti-Corn-law meeting at Paisley, on last Wednesday, Dr. Burns happily exposed some of the terms in our English tariff. "If you wish," said he, " to import from the Continent a donkey, to amuse the ladies at the Paisley races, you must pay 10s. duty, which is perhaps fair enough; but if you want an honest hawky of a mulch cow, you cannot get her at all—she is pro hibited. If you take a fancy to a sheep or pig from Saxony or Holland, you must keep your fancies to your self—you cannot have it at any price. For a barrel of ale you must pay 535. ; for coffee and cocoa 15d. for every pound!" A gentleman has, we are informed, arrived at Roch dale, commissioned by Government to inquire into the correctness of the allegations made by Mr. Sharman Crawford, in the House of Commons, relative to the dis tress of the working classes in that borough. NAVAL AND MILITARY. The Great Liverpool left Falmouth on the 2d inst, for Alexandria, with ninety-eight passengers, most of them for India. Yesterday, about five o'clock, a collision took place between the Thunder and Bridegroom steamers, near Vauxhall-bridge, and in five minutes the Thunder went down stern foremost. All the passengers escaped. MAW AND POLICE. At the Insolvent Debtor's Court, yesterday, the Rev. John William St. Aubyn underwent a long examination, when some strange facts were brought to light. The in solvent was sent back to prison, with an intimation that he would be remanded for the full time allowed by the Act, namely, six months from the vesting order. At Batton-garden yesterday James Johnson, a police constable, 96 E division, was charged by Mr. Harar, a chemist, with being drunk, and dragging him, without just cause, to the station-house. The complainant, with another person, had taken shelter at a doorway during a heavy shower, when the policeman ordered him to move on, and on his declining the policeman seized bin; by the collar, tore his shirt, and broke his hat. The Inspector refused to receive the charge against Mr. Ilarar, and he was set at liberty. Mr. Greenwood convicted the con stable, and sentenced him to be committed to the House of Correction, with hard labour, for ten days. ELECTIONEERING. The lion. Captain A. Duncombe has been re-elected for East Retford, without opposition, on his becoming one of the Grooms-in-Waiting to her Majesty. THEATRICAL. In the new piece of diablerie, entitled " The Witch of the Rhine," Mr. Paul Bedford played the part of the chief conjuror.--This part should have been played by Sir Robert Peel, for ho is the most wonderful conju ror on record, who, by a mere flourish of speech, can turn a distressed country into a prosperous one, and cure all sorts of national grievances by—doing nothing ! A Morning Contemporary states that a new lively drama will shortly be produced at Paris, under the title of Byron at Harrow, in which one of the principal cha racters will be Sir Robert Peel ! The frisky pranks of the youthful Bobby must be a subject pregnant with dra matic effect. He was always a wag, and in his early days must have been irresistible. We understand that Shell's tragedy of the Apostate will shortly be performed at the private theatricals at Wynyard Park, Sir James Graham playing the part of the hero. _ COURT-FASHIONABLE. Lord Monteagle has joined her Ladyship at Halstead, near Penryth, Cumberland. His Excellency Earl de Grey takes his departure in a few days for Dublin Castle. The Countess of Durham intends to spend the ensuing winter with her family in Italy. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield left town on Sa turday for Naples, where they intend passing the winter. The Marquis of Hertford returns to Dorchester House about the end of the present month. The Duchess of Gloucester left Sudbury Hall yester day for town. MISCELLANEOUS. To-morrow is the anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Faith, in the year 290. She appears to have been a great favourite in England in early times, many churches having been dedicated to her honour, several of which still bear her name, as well as the vaults under St. Paul's, London. The Lord President of the Scottish Bench has re signed. Mr. John Hope, or the Lord Justice Clerk, are mentioned as succesors. Tho human heart beats more than 5,000 times an hour, 120,000 times a-day, and 43,830,000 times a-year. If it last fifty years, it beats 2,191,800,000 times. A general return of the population census of the kingdom has been presented to Parliament, and ordered to be printed. The next great Anti-Slavery Convention in London is appointed for the month of June, 1843. Episcopacy is advancing largely in Scotland. A col lege at Perth is to be immediately built, for the education of the sons of the Scotch gentry of the episcopal persua sion, and Mr. Gladstone, M.P. for Newark, is said to have been one of the most active on the occasion. This is one of the results of the Non-intrusion rebellion. An inquest was held yesterday at Hayward's-heath, on the bodies of the four persons killed on the London and Brighton Railroad on Saturday, when the Jury re turned a verdict of " Accidental death," and expressed their opinion that the four-wheeled engines used on the line are not safely constructed, and recommended their discontinuance. Mr. Fraser, the well-known publisher of Fraser's Ma gazine, died on Saturday last, after a protracted illness. RI71110111&S 01' THE DAY. The only daughter of a certain City magnate, whose arms and portrait have been ruthlessly treated of late, is pointed out by fashionable rumour as the intended bride of the heir-presumptive to the estates and honours of the Lowthers. LLO YD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. s.—Wind this day at noon, variable. DEAL, OCT. 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Emily, Graves. from Shields, for Aden ; Lord Brougham, northward, and sailed westward Salem, of Belfast. Ar rived from the river and sailed, the John Fleming, for Madras; Funchal, Newfoundland ; Troughton, Constan tinople; Treasurer, Malta. LivEnpooL, Ocr. 4.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived the Andes, Garey, from Jamaica ; Countess Arran, Quebec. Sailed the Melton, for Barbadoes ; Strabo, New Or leans. Arrived off, the Columbus, from Pernambuco ; Caledonia, St. John's, New Brunswick. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. . 4.—Wind N.E. to E.S.E.—Ar rived the Chapman, from Quebec ; John Fleming, Lon don for Madras. _ . PLYMOUTH, OCT. 4.—Wind N.N.E. to E.S.E.—Ar rived the Steadfast, from Portsmouth, for Sierra Leone ; Luna, Aque, Miramichi. Sailed the Tortoise, Sydney ; Dart, Fayal. FALMOUTH, OCT. 3.—Wind N.E. to E.S.E.—Arrived the Montrose (steamer), from Vigo. Sailed the Pandora Packet, for the West Indies. BELFAST, OCT. I.—Arrived the Pearl, from Alicant. HULL, OCT. 4.---Arrived Sir William Scott, Quebec. YARMOUTH RoAns.—Arrived Ann and Mary, Quebec. YARMOUTH, OCT. 4.—The Chesterfield, from — Grange mouth to Ilamburgh, has come into the harbour very 1.4 y, and must discharge,, having been on shore on Haisborough Sand. lIARwicH, OCT. 4.=-The Billy, from Shields to Maldon, was assisted in here this morning with three feet water in ber hold, h aving sprung a leak oil' South wold. FIRE AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE.—Lasr night, during the performance of Susan Holley (the first piece), the performers and audience at the above theatre were thrown into the greatest consternation by a fire taking place among the scenery. It appears that in the scenery there are a number of gas lights used forth!) purpose of giving a soft effect to certain scenes in th 6 pieces, which drop from the borders or top of the pro scenium, and in order to throw sufficient light upon the hanging draperies a row of gas-burners are suspended from fly to fly. A strong current of air is always in circulation, and it is supposed the light fabric was by this means swayed towards the lights and ignited. The utmost alarm was caused, and the curtain dropped. Every person engaged behind the scenes in the stage business made the most prompt exertions, and tore down the burning scenes before the wood caught. The audi ence now began to make a rush towards the door, and a great number of persons from the gallery escaped from the house, and were about to be followed by the re mainder, when Mr. Osbaldiston came in front of the curtain and assured the audience the fire was totally got under. His presence seemed to inspire confidence, and he begged of them not to be alarmed. The engines from the Waterloo-road and the County were instantly in attendance, but their assistance was fortunately not required. Too much praise cannot be given to Mr. Os baldiston and the performers—the former for his pre sence of mind, and the latter for their prompt assistance. S WIMM ING MATCII.—NATIONAL BATHS, WESTMINSTER -ROAD.—Owing to the extraordinary ex citement caused here on Monday last, by the swimming race given by Capt. Stevens, Mr. Tilke (a public teacher belonging to the Operative Society) got up a race last night (Monday) for five splendid silver medals, of the value of U., 41., 3/., 21., and 1/. each. At the lowest calculation upwards of four thousand persons were pre sent. The affair came off in five heats, five in each heat. The winners were as follows :—The first, Mr. B. Roberts ; the second, his brother, Mr. H. Roberts ; the third, Mr. Child ; the fourth, Mr. Odell ; the fifth, Mr. Templeton. Mr. Harris, the celebrated " American diver," swam against Lewis, the " Champion of Eng land," for 20/. The prize was brought off by Lewis.. EVENING SUN MONEY and COMMERCIAL NE,WS, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, . 4.—The mand for cotton to-day has been to a considerable extent from the trade, upwards of 5,000 bales having been pur chased; of this quantity 500 bales consisted of Surats, 300 of which.were taken for export. Prices are• per lb. on the quotations for Friday. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, OCT. 4,—We have only two transactions to report from the Stock .Exchan day. They are Great Western halves, 55 ; Eastern Counties Debentures, 7?,-. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT, 4. —Our Market is heavy to-day, and little business doing. Eotern ge this Counties, ; Manchester and Birmingham, 21 ; Bristol and Exeter, 25/ ; Manchester and Leeds, 563.. ; Ditto, Half Shares, 23 231 ; Great Western, 76 76. ; Glasgow and Ayrshire, 40 40+ ; Manchester and Liver" pool District Bank, 9/. 19s. The public tea sales concluded yesterday , and a fair proportion of the tea offered was sold, fully supporting former rates. The lowest price for common sound Con gou is ls. 101 d. cash. There were several transactions on Change in Com pany's Congou at Is. 104 d. and Is. I Id., and at the close of business the latter price was freely offered but refused. Two failures in the Tallow trade were announced late yesterday afternoon, whici: caused some uneasiness amongst the speculators in that article. The English Securities contivue very steady. Consols are 89i- for Money, and 89/ I for the Account ; Exehe" quer Bills, 12s. 14s. prem. In the Foreign Market Spanish Securities continuP firm, and a slight advance upon the closing price of yes' terday has taken place. The Active Stock is now 23A - 1 ; Passive, 5i ; Deferred, 11+ / ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 31 ; Ditto Three per Cents.. 181 19 ; Brazihall Bonds. 62 64 ex div. ; Colombian, 20 21. Money is rather easier in the Stock Exchange, the rate being 4 to 5 per cent. HALF-PAST ONE- The English Stock Market has gone flat sincethet opening, Consols having receded to 888 for Money, It are now 89, and 89-A. for the Account ; Exchequer 13Iu' 1$ 14, and India Bonds par toy prem. There has been rather more business doing in the F o ' reign Securities to-day. Spanish Active Stock is n°ll ; Passive 5i a ; Brazilian Bonds 60 for Account Colombian Bonds 201 ; Mexican 24-S. ; Portugu e3e Three per Cents. 19 ; Dutch Fives 99+ ex. div. London and Brighton Shares were lower to-day thee price is now 42 ; 1 per Share. London and l3irming l,2 °' 159 ; South Western, 511 ; York and North Midland, 77- The Tea Market is firmer again to-day ; ColnPsuf g Congou is now Is. 114 d. buyers. No intelligence of the Overland Mail. QUARTER TO THBffi g '• The almost hourly expected arrival of an ex press 111 anticipation of the Overland mail from India, has set the tea speculators rather on the qui vice. The effect of the heavy arrivals recently has been in some mea sure counteracted by the increased consumption of the sr tick, and under all the circumstances ,4 - h &e t e ma rket ' dedly looks firmer than a few weeks back. The :inanY ties ruined by rash speculations,and even by hear; bonaf f purchases with the view of laying in stock, operates ? course as a caution and a warning to others, and there is less time business doing just now. The pro vect of til r , further protraction of the dispute with ChLaa would course raise prices. Consols, Account, 898 ; 25th November, 8.11; can, 241 4 ; Portuguese, 31 to 3- ; Spanish, 23 to I. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock — India Stock ......,-. -- 3 per Cent Red. — Ditto Bonds 2 Po l •• 3 per Cent Cons B9 Ditto Old Annuities .. •• . -- 3i per Cent Red — Ditto New Annuities... ~t a New 3i per Cent 9Bi Ex. Bills, 1,0001....2./d 14 New 5 per Cent — Ditto 500/ ...... .... 16P Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small. . •••• 13 P 0 Jan. 1860 .. Bank Stock for opg••-- Oct 1859 lndia Stock for Acct.-. --„, Jan. 1860. Consols for Acct .......... FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... (Portuguese, 5 per cont. -- Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto ..... ..... -*- Brazilian 80nd5.... 6O Prussian, 5 per cent. ... Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent........ I" 9 Chilian 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic ........ ..... ,; ti Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent...-. ''''' Ditto 1824. — Ditto, Deferred ....... ... Danish, 3 per cent 7Bi French, 5 per cent. --f• ---e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange c --c. Mexican, 5 per cent.... French, 3 percent --. •e 0 a Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825, Dutch, 21 per cent. .... Peruvian, 1n.% 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent ...... ..... Yu* ;l SHARES Bristol and Exeter (60 -id) ... 28 pal , . . ... .. Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid s4k Ditto Fifth (4 paid) 7l London and Brighton (50 paid).— ........ ~ 43 London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid) -•-• a Ditto New Shares ( paid) 3l 16s u- London and Birmingham (90) ... ... .. 16 0 London and Greenwich Railway (20 pd) 7 g London and South Western Northern and Eastern (35 paid) ...... ..... 16 , South Eastern and Dover (38 paid)... 142 York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 77 INSOLVENT COURT.—=THIS DAY' (Before Mr. Commissioner REvNoLns) David Fogarty appeared on his petition to be discha r g ed : The insolvent had carried on business as a tanner, 0! No. 6, Quay, Waterford, and subsequen tl y came to London. He disposed of a great portion of his stott in trade and business to his father, and was l ed ject to several liabilities in London. His P4th debts amounted to 2,500/. for which 7501. wa s „,in out consideration. He- attributed his -ineolvo"-J a great measure, to having become a party to certain wa s commodation bills. This morning the sum of 16 21 r iti received from his father, which was paid into Court. , The case having been closed, the Court pos;tponed jog ment for about an hour, and in the meantime a solicitor appeared on behalf of Mr. Robarts, of Lombard-stre et ' and stated that there were certain facts which his clien t wished to state to the Court, relative to the insolvent, bn; was stopped by the Learned Commissioner,who said as th . case was now closed such a course as this would be quite irregular, and interfere materially with the .adintnP. tration of the Court. a fter The insolvent was then called up and discharg..-9 s the Learned Commissioner expressing, in strong terrn his disapprobation of the accommodation-bill systertl. Mathew Brice, a man of colour, dressed out in the ex treme of dandyism, and sporting a huge pair of incus tr ' chins, applied to be discharged. It appeared that the insolvent, whose labial pectlliane rit t of enunciation and singular appearance created laughter in the Court, and who had been employed ' f several noblemen and gentlemen—how it did not apr."s; —had run up a score with a publican for 41., for ighl t ,, he was brought before the Commissioners of u s, Court of Request, and sent to pi-ison for 100 da.Y, and while there a fellow-prisoner ad Yised him to brio; an action against the Commissioners for false irap.rso ment which he did, and failing, was again imp riso for the consequent expenses. l o st Insolvent—l hab stopped in de prison now since oil June, and sail not be so fond of de law ajAi T n—.- tink of it as long as I hab de life. tons He was ordered to be discharged, when he Sala de Gods and de Commissioner." BOW-STREET—(THIS DAY') bar James Francis, a waggoner, was placed at th e t he before Mr. Hall, charged by one of the officers t° Society for the Suppression of Cruelty to Anima ls, v 4 to having in his team a horse so diseased and bruised s 5 be quite unfit for work. viSC The complainant stated that he saw the prisoner d oa a team, consisting of seven horses, drawing s of coals. The waggon was coming up a steep 11 " . ,, be the Adelphi into the Strand. One of the horses he noticed to be in a very weak and bruised state, ii .a n lo g gave the man who was driving into custody. . 1 '.„ e lo al• since then counted the number of bruises on the a'', or and also taken their dimensions. There were s e , v o t eight bruises, the largest of which was seven ineD'iolt four, and the smallest three inches by two and 11 o r The bruises were all in a raw state, and the ani ll°- peared hardly able to stand. I and The prisoner, on being asked for his defence, 58 ,, 1 ne the horse was a very old one, and was very vre a %t tl a frequently fell down asleep and was unable to again, and that was the way in which he got the .;;;„ge Mr. HALL said the prisoner was making a very sw — • statement, only bearing out the complaint. t e,— • Mr. HALL then left the office to look at the n ..i e dlY and on his return said that it was a case that dect.tbse required -the intervention of -the law, he r 5 of the proper parties to be punished were • the owll.-nriner • the horse. This he bad frequently tried to do i n '`" iler" cases, but found that it was impracticable, for the eye wants were discharged, and w h en brought LIP t° ease , evidence against their master, misstated th e „ m eet; for fear of being dismissed from their emir - c ola It was a hard case, but the only parties I n d the punish were the servants, and he therefore mus t ittel prisoner 205., or in default of payment to be e0n 1 7, 40 - 01 for eight days. But h e h o p e d that his master's se; l it ; justice would induce hi m t o p ay th e fi n e of his s er t take if not, he could not compel hi m , an d the law tun s ' its course. a L s M. for were firrn imports were large. ' P THE MARKETS—THIS DA V.. _ i i art A iol f e a s i . r b T u h si e ness C w O • far business was T d E on A e A at lA st l er ET. tes cernpan, y 0 er a A fair gnu, ls. Ild. cash, with a firm market. . Cui v large. WHITECHAPEL MARKET. wit h The and Clover was plentiful, of supply of Meadow Hay a fair demand, but • submitted to. 0 rather lower terms were O,„ Straw the supply was good the demand brisk, and prod 2s. to 3s. per load lower. Clover, 31. to 51. 15s. ; 1 " ra The deliveries Hay, 4/. to 4!. 14s. ; Straw, 1/. 12s. to 1 / • 16s. ....,........,.................N._ . ' 61/' STEAM-BOAT COLLISION.--On Monua; ,1 weV a l e • ing, about six o'clock, a collision took place betweell It Thunder and Bridegroom steam-boats, on the riv i t ts of appears that at the above hour the Thunder (a " - r de of steam-boat) was coming down the river on the 101 4 ; the Middlesex shore, near the Spread Et e :An eree ° Millbank, when she came in contact with the r . " 4 direct; iron steamer, which was proceeding in a cont")'ra ..... of tion. The Thunder was struck in t h e forward Ir'; t he the paddle-box, turd sank within five minutes' a it ', e rs oa 6 fouling• took place. There were about twenty, 19 ; s car e ori board the Thunder, who fortunately made their iir ide before the vessel sunk, by jumping on board thn,.-I",,ssod groom, which, as soon as it disentangled herself! _'itcci her stern and came alongside. It appears that t" t heir dent occurred, in consequence of each vessel alteriauisioo• s t eera ge simultaneously to avoid c orning ill c°,, mgr' The stoker and engineer of the Thunder h ad a ve r J f - th e ro w escape with their lives. The onl y part ( ot a Th un der which was visible after she san k was a' oot of the, tall funnel-pipe above the water. , I•