The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-08 00:00:00

fo ttrtt lSt i atoll THE NEW POST-OFFICE REGIJ LATIONS.—(THIS DAY.) A public meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster and Marylebone was held this afternoon at the Free mason's Tavern, for the purpose of memorializing the Lords of the Treasury against the intended commence ment of Sunday labour in the General Post-office. Lord Ashley, M.P, occupied the chair, supported by the Bishop of London, Dr. Croly, Sir John Paul, Bart., and others. The Bishop of LONDON opened the meeting with prayer. The CHAIRMAN said the public press and the pub lished reports of the authorities must have informed the meeting that it was intended to increase Sunday labour at the Post-office. There could be no doubt of that, and it was for the meeting to express their opinion, whether the change ought to be made or not. The question could be viewed in a religious or a labour point of view. Now, leaving the religious part of the question out of consideration, was it advisable to increase the labour of the overworked Post-office clerk at a time when the public was doing all it could to re duce the hours of factory labour, to secure the early . closing of shops, and promote t he healthy recreation of the working classes? It struck him, however, as it had struck others, that the real object of this proposed change was to produce a saving in the public expenditure, but the saving was to be effected at the expense of public decency. What right had the Post-office authorities to attempt to get:: seven days' labour out of some of these clerks for six days' pay ? It was said, however, in answer to those who argued against the change on religious grounds, that it would only require the services of twenty-five clerks in London on a Sunday, while it would greatly relieve the labours of provincial offices on the same day ; but he objected to any relief being afforded to provincial offices, at the expense of even 25 clerks in London. These 25 clerks had as much right to the enjoyment of the Sab bath as 13 Cabinet Ministers, or the Postmaster and secretaries of the Post-office; and on that ground alone this proposed change ought to be resisted. It was ridiculous to tellhim that the proposed change would rest with the forwarding of letters to the pro vinces, inasmuch as it was absurd, nay, unjust to sup pose that the London merchant would rest satisfied with a system that gave his brother merchant in Liverpool a great advantage over himself in obtaining early in telligence; and the meeting might depend upon it that the result of this change, if not now strenuously re sisted, would be to render the British metropolis similar to the other capitals of Europe, to do away with all dis tinction of days, and to make religious duties and obser vances subjected to Government regulations. Ile therefore called upon the meeting to oppose the proposed change to the utmost of their power, and concluded by declaring it as his opinion that this country owed much of its greatness to the due ob servance of the Sabbath.—(Cheers.) The Bishop of LONDON moved the first resolution, to the effect—" That this meeting has heard with equal surprize and regret of the intention of the authorities of the General Poet-office to commence the receipt and transmission of mails from and to all parts of England on Sundays as on the other days of the week; and it desires to express its unfeigned sorrow that the first public act of the Government immediately following the recent heavy visitation should involve an open vio lation of one cf the plainest commands of Him in whose hand our breath is, and whose are all our ways." In considering this resolution, it was hardly right to go into the details of the proposed change. It ought to be sufficient for them to ask themselves, was it right or wrong? and if it was wrong, then to oppose it in the strongest possible manner. It was gratifying to him to know that the proposed change met with the most de cided opposition of the Christian public, and he hoped it would have the effect of inducing Government to abandon their new postal regulations.—(flear, hear.) Sir JOHN MAXWELL seconded the resolution, and in sisted that instead of relieving the provincial offices on Sundays their proposed change would greatly increase their labours. The proposed change was neither an act of nEcessity nor charity, bat an act of cruelty to a de serving body of public servants, and he theretore called upon all good men to resist it to the utmost of their power.—(Cheers.) Dr. WEBB said he wished to move an amendment. The CHAIRMAN--." Order, order." Dr.WEnn—l wish to move an amendment, my Lord. The CHAIRMAN—WeII, sir, you ought to know that you cannot be in order until the resolution has been put. This having been done, The CHAIRMAN continued—Now, sir, before you are heard, allow me to ask who you are? Dr. WEBB—I am a resident and elector of Maryle bone. There is my card. The CHAIRMAN—Do you intend to speak in support of the object of this meeting, namely, to memorialise the Lords of the Treasury against the proposed change at the Post-office. Dr. WEBB—Certainly not. The CHAIRMAN—Then you can't be heard. Dr, WEBB—Then I protest :against this being consi dered a meeting of the inhabitants of Westminster and Marylebone. The amendment he intended to have pro posed was as follows :—" Resolved, that it is the opinion of this meeting that the opposition to the passing of letters through the Post-office on Sundays made by some interested London bankers and merchants wishing to keep their present monopoly of earlier information than their brethren in the country, and of ,some religionists who wish tyrannically and unjustly to compel all men to do as they do, is contrary to ail sound principles of free trade, political economy, and true religion, which im peratively require that every man, equally the employer and the employed, should be left tree to act as he pleases, provided he does not coerce or injure another; and that the questions between town and country should be left to the discretion and knowledge of the Postmaster-General, subject to the control of Parlia ment." Other resolutions having been put and carried unani mously, thanks were voted to the Noble Chairman, and the meeting, which was most numerously attended, broke up. AUSTRIAN LOAN.-(THIS DAY.' MEETING AT THE LON6ON TAVERN. - A public meeting was held at the London Tavern this aft e r n oon, at one o'clock, to consider the advertisement recently issued by the Austrian Government for a loan of 7,000,0001. sterling, and to agree to an address to the friends of peace and disarmament throughout the world, ou the general question of loans for war purposes. The large room in which the meeting was held was crowded to excess. Among those present on the plat form we observed—Rich. Cobden, Esq., M.P.; Mr. G. W. Alexander; Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P.; J. Williams, Esq., M.P.; Rev. John Burnet; Charles Gilpin, Esq.; John Marland, Esq.; John Jones, Esq.; John Scoble, Esq.; Thomas Beggs, Esq.; Richard Barritt, Esq.; Alfred Rosling, Esq.; J. C. Williams, Esq.; Frederic Tuckett, Esq.; and Edward Perry, Esq. Sir. Cobden's appearance on the platform was the signal for a loud burst of applause. Mr. ALEXANDER, member of the Society of Friends, was unanimously elected to take the chair. After making a few preliminary observations, he said the time had nearly, if not wholly, passed by, when Governments would beinble to obtain loans for the purpose of carry ing on war, not only in consequence of the impolicy of the thing, but because prudent capitalists would not venture their money in speculations so uncertain. It was an encouraging fact that only a very small por tion, indeed, ;of the Austrian loan, as lately adver tised in the newspapers had been taken up.—(Hear, hair, and cheers.) They were called upon on that occasion not mertly to object to loan, because any in vestment in it was attended with risk, but chiefly be cause they had reason to believe that it was contracted for the purpose of carrying on a devastating war in those countries to which Austria stood in the relation of head. They objected not only to the cruel system of maintaining standing armies, but also to a system of loans, which led to acts of continual aggressions by Governments against their subjects or the subjects of other countries. Mr. COBDEN then rose to prepose the' first resolution, and was received with a loud burst of applause. He said:—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, I have to propose the following resolution: — That the Government of Austria having proposed ' to raise a loan in foreign countries, capitalists and men of business are thereby invited to investigate the finan cial position of the said Government, and the probability of its repaying the loan thus proposed to be contracted; and that it is the opinion of this meeting that no valid security is tendered, or can be offered, in the present stale of the Austrian Government, which would justify prudent men in taking any part of the said loan." It has, gentlemen, been my privilege to address my fellow-countrymen as often, and probably at as great a variety of places, as many men now living ; but I will say, with unfeigned confidence, that there never was an occasion when I came before my fellow-countrymen where I stood as firmly on the ground of justice, humanity, and sound political economy, as I do at the present moment.—(Cheers.) Now some have objected to the course I have taken in this matter on the ground that I am not adhering to the sound principles of political economy. I suppose they thought that a very vulner able point with respect to one who has said so much on the subject of free trade. Now I will begin with that which the enemy consider the strong ground, and while I say that I have gone through the length and breadth of tie land with " Adam Smith" in my hand, to advocate the prin ciples if free trade—l say I stand here, with "Adam Smith," also, in my hand, t o denounce not only this inherent waste of national wealth —n o t only because it anticipatesincome, consumes capital,but also on the ground or injustice to posterity by saddling on our heirs that which they have ne right to be called upon to eay on all these grounds, with " Adam Smith" in my hand, and on his authority, I come hero to denounce this loan.—(Loud cheers.) But, gen tlemen, while I come here to denounce as unjust, to expose as wasteful, and to demonstrate to be impolitic the system of lending money for the purposes fur which Austria wants to borrow, I do noi, confine myself to that. I do not propose here to advocate going to Par liameet to get a law to prohibit men lending money. I say I come here to try to do in a humble way that which I have done on the ques tion of tree trade—popularize to the people of this country and the people of the continent the principles which Adam Smith, y David Hume, M.Culloch, Montesquieu, and Ricardo, and every man who has written on the subject have demonstrated are injurious to mankind and unjust in operation so long as they are continued.—(Cheers.) I come here to try to show my fellow•counrymen, in the first place, that they will do wrong in principle, and do wrong to society, by lending the produce of their industry or hard labour to the Austrian Government to be THE SUN, expended in the bottomless gulf of waste armaments and useless standing armies. I will show the impolicy on general principles of such a course, but I am not going in the present instance to confine myself to the general principle. I appeal to every individual who thinks of lending money to the Austrian Govern ment to pause before he entrusts his money to a power which has thrice committed an act of bankruptcy.— (Loud cheers, and some interruption caused by a person at the end of the room endeavouring to speak, and to whom a general cry of " Turn him out," was directed) Turn nobody out; if he has sub scribed to this loan, he could only have paid 101. per cent. as a deposit, and if you keep him here, before I have done I will show him it is not his interest to pay th e remainder.—(Laughter.) I will s a tisfy him that it is to his interest to forfeit the 101. per cent., and pay no more.—(Loud laughter—considerable interruption owing to the crowded state of the room.) I say the Austrian Government has three times committed an act of bankruptcy, and done it under cir cumstances of great and scandalous injustice, the im perial interests being taken care of, but the general public who subscribed to the loan being nearly sacri ficed. Well, Sir, what has been the progress of the Austrian finances since the last war? When the Go vernment come before us to borrow money—at least they do it through their agents, Messrs. Hope and Co., of Amsterdam—they give us no bona fide detailed kind of debtor and creditor statement of ae ceunts.—(Loud laughter.) We have no such statement from the Austrian Government; but in the absence of such a detailed and official statement I am bound to have recourse to the best private autho rity I conld find. Well, I take the work of standard reputation published in 1840, under the title of " Austria and its Future." It is a work well known, from the pen of Baron Andrian, who last year filled 'the,' high and responsible post in England of Ambassador to the central power of the German States. In 1840 he says, after a detailed statement of the various borrowings, loanings, lot teries, and every possible device by which the Austrian Government had managed their finances, for' 25 years,' from 1815 down to 1840, he sums up by sating, that from 1815 down to :1840, a period of 25 years of profours • peace, the Austrian Government has doubled the nes ,anal debt tenfold. The book was reprinted in 1846 by the same author, with the addition of another volume, which says not one word :to disprove any statement of the; Austrian finances, but he tells us in it that since the period alluded to eight; millions more has been added to the national debt; and therefore we come to the conclusion that the Austrian Government, from 1815 down to 1847, in a time of profound peace have spent every year more than their income, and have consequently added to their national debt. In 1848, while they had 300,000 men under arms, the produce of all this waste expenditure, came the re volutionary epidemic: which passed over the continent, and, Austria' fell, like a pack of cards, with all its royalty to support it—(Cheers)—fell like a house of cards, and from that time the Austrian empire has been in a state of perfect anarchy and disorder. Vienna, Venice, Pestb, Milan, Prague, and every capi tal, I believe, except Inspruck, has been bombarded by their own Governments, the importation of precious metals prohibited, and the foreign creditor prevented being paid his just debts, and these prohibitions exist at the present moment, and during all the anarchy and confusion, both political and financial, by which the Austrian Government was surrounded, they have increased their floating debt con siderably. I think I shall be within the mark if I say that the debt has bees increased twenty millions sterling— the result of the last eighteen months of social, political, and financial anarchy—to enable Austria to re deem part of that enormous floating debt, and how can they have the audacity for I cannot call it by any other name —to come before the people of Western Europe for another loan? I ask the honest Dutchman, the honest Englishman, the pains taking and saving Swiss or Ti renchman—l don't care who he is—l ask him if he will come with his hard earnings and throw it into the bottomless pit of waste and extravagance ?—(Cheers.) Now I ask you, if an individual has committed an act of bankruptcy three times, is it not likely that he will commit it again if it answer his purpose.—(Laughter and cheers.) Well, the Austrian Government had every motive in ccmmitting an net of bankruptcy again, for it is utterly impossible in any other way to get the finances straight. But I warn every man in this country and abroad that this is but the begin ning of borrowing by the Austrian Government. — (Hear, and cheers.) This loan is :but a mere drop in the ocean compared to what will be borrowed afterwards ; and you must bear in mind that those who lend money first will be swamped and sacri ficed by those who come afterwards. When I stale these faces it is not for the information of Messrs. Hope and Co., or any other large banking company, but they will be known alike in London, Amsterdam, and Vienna I wish the public to understand that the Austrian Go vernment will not redeem one farthing of the loan ; still it will be profitable to those agents and banks who find money for it through their connexion and customers. Now I hold in my hand the advertisement put forward by the Austrian Government, in our journals, and that is my justification for coming here. It was put in our papers no docalot at the as.pe . nae, L %u pose, of the Austrian Government, and it invites everybody to sub scribe for the loan, and is so accommodating, that in order that nobody should be excluded, says that people may subscribe for as low a sum as 100 florins, that is, 101— (Laughter.) But it is said that the pith of n lady's letter is in the postscript. The end of it says, any person, who collects subscrip• tions to more than 2,.500., shall receive a com mission of a quarter per cent. on the amonnt of the payment made.'—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman then went on to say it was as despicable as a hater publishing in his window that every person who brought her a customer that purchased five shil lings' worth of goods should receive twopence for his pains.—(Laughter.) He had asked the opinion of the best authority in the City, and who was consulted always by the Government with respect to the rumour about the loan being taken up already, and he said he did not believe that a shilling had yet been subscribed. The press had not made any straight forward statement that the loan was a good investment, but had confined themselves to traducing by inuendoes and secret influences the men who came forward to speak the truth on the subject.—(Loud cheers.) But when he found that instead of answering his arguments they attacked him personally, he considered they were near the period of triumph.—(Loud cheers.) Having had means of ascertaining the state of Russian finances superior to those of most menthe was justified in saying that the statements put forth on the subject were nothing but a piece of gigantic imposture. The Hon. Gentleman concluded amidst the loudest applause by dissuading all capitalists from subscribing their money to a loan, which, as he had already shown, was not only unsafe, but would lead to rapine and bloodshed. Lord DUDLEY STUART, (who was well received) then rose to second the resolution. He said he did so with great pleasure, which was enhanced by having to raise his voice in support of the arguments of such a man as the one who had moved the resolution. — (Hear, hear.) And the more so, because they had not always agreed as they now did on foreign politics. Such was sure to be case when ques tions were sifted by men whose principles were placed upon the same basis.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Cobden had so well illustrated the subject in its commercial and reli gious grounds, that it would not bo requisite that ha should address many observations to them upon it. Commercially speaking, and on the ground of self-interest upon that low ground it behoved them to consider the subject. They should be snre that the loan would not be "a mockery, a delusion, and a snare "—to be sure that the Emperor of Austria was coming here to put his hand into the pockets of British merchants, who might ultimately be reduced with their families to ruin. No doubt Mr. Cobden had told them that the loan was illegal. Mr. COBDEN—No, I did not. That is a good point. Lord D. STUART—WeII, then, he would tell them the it was illegal and an imposture. It was not sanctioned by the Diet and was only signed by a Minister. And the time might come when Austria, finding it inconvenient to pay even the interest upon the loan, might turn round and say it was not authorised by the constituted authorities of the State.—(Hear.) And such extraordinary things were done by Sovereigns of the present day, that worse things had been done and would be done ; indeed it almost seemed that some of the nations of Europe had retrograded to the dark ages.—(Hear, hear.) Much had been said of the lawlessness of the people ; but what was the lawless ness of those placed at the head of States. The people in Vienna, Rome, and Paris had not committed out rages upon property—(Hear)— they had respected its rights.—(Hear, hear.) Talk of red republics. Are there no red monarchies ?—(Loud cheers.) What should be said of Governments that employed monsters like Haynau, who hanged his prisoners, shot men, women, and children—who insulted his soldiers, flogged women, and in order to show his impartiality, hung the Ministers of the Catholic and Protestant Faiths on the same gibbet? 4 And would: they lend money to Governments to help them to do the same.—(Cries of " Never.") As Mr. Cobden had said, this was merely a loan to Russia, the monster of Russia, for Austria had sunk so low that she could not raise a loan without the Czar.—(Hear, hear.) The brutal conduct of the: Czar with respect to the vanquished Hungarians and Polish exiles who had sought the protection of Turkey, showed that no nation that respected liberty could conscien tiously lend money to such a Power. Turkey had been driven to give these exiles, in pursuance of an old treaty, one of but two alternatives—apostacy to their religion—to become Mussalman, or to be given up for slaughter.—(Hear.) To such an extremity had Turkey been reduced by this great Power. The offer was one which would digust every religious mind, and raise up a voice of denunciation throughout the whole country. These noble patriots had spurned this offer. Some men, not however the great body of them, had embraced I‘la ni i sm an d entere d t h e arm y o f T ur k e y in the hope o f saving their lives, and to meet their G enemy in the field. oSh uld any Government support such a power as that possessed by Russia of demanding these unfortunate persons in order to put them to death. Surely not. Rather supp or t the Porte,-- tffne (He irs L w were (Hear, hear.) And surely the Government, whose foreign a o in the hands of such a man as Lord Palmerston —(Loud cheers)—would protest against such a course.— (Cries of " Hear, hear.") Would the capitalists lend their money to promote the nefarious practices of such powers as Austria and Russia.—(hear.) The Jews has been oppressed by Austria in Hungary, and would any of the race lend money for such a pur pose ?—(No, no.) One of their representatives was a Jew— (A voice—where is he?)—and on the last occasion he was in that ball, which was a meeting to sympathise with Hungary, a Jew (Mrs Alderman olomons) was in the chair, and he believed *that 'such was the feeling of the Jews that they would not lend their money on the bare ground of business for subverting liberty. Whoever did so would be loaded with ignominy. In con clusion, he said this was but the beginning of a new movement of great importance, to which they would be as much indebted to'Mr. Cobden as for the Anti-Corn law League. Even the Tory press, who had supported the conduct of Austria in her invasion of Hungary, now, to their credit, stigmatized the inhumanity of Russia and Austria with respect to the exiles. They might depend upon it when the Czar knew that' the Government of this country were determined to support Turkey, and were supported by the people, as he be lieved it would, he would think twice of his demand for the bodies of the exiles, and fear to meet a small squa dron of the British.—(Cheers.) The lives of the unfor tunate exiles would be saved, and the independence of Turkey maintained.—(Loud cheers.) The resolution wascarried unanimously, and with much applause. Mr. C. GILPIN moved the next resolution:— " That in the opinion of this meeting loans for war purposes and for the maintenance of standing armaments are unsound in principle and injurious to the interests of nations." He knew with what a about of derision the resolution would be received in Printinghouse-square, for the writers in the Times, judging by their own standard of morality, saw no distinction or connexion between mo rality and capital and its use.—(Hear, hear.) The people of this country, who had 101. to spare, were asked, in effect, to reward such a miscreant as Haynau. Let them !protest, in the name of all that was just and merciful, against redeeming the blood stained bonds of that Emperor of Austria. If Empe rors were obliged to pay their wars out of their own resources, what a salutary effect it would have upon the Cabinets of Europe. There would then be more real constitutions, less falsified promises, and less trampling upon the liberties of the people. Such loans were injurious to the interests of nations, and they had abundant proof of it in their own case, for they had a debt of 800,000,0001., the taxes levied:to pay the interest upon which pressed heavily upon the people, but ground the poor man into the dust.—(Hear, hear.) They and their children's children would have to pay it. Then two of the wars in which so much of money had been spent were stated to have been useless. It was time for the people of this country to say they would have no more of this. Tho Hon. Gentleman con cluded a very eloquent speech, which was much cheered, by proposing the resolution. The Rev. J. BURNET seconded the resolution. Time was when the people were the mere playthings of the great men of the earth; but now the people would be to blame if they let the great men do as they liked with them. Let them shut their pockets, and there would be no;war. The great men would find something else to do. The Times said. Mr. Cobden's letter to Mr. Fry caused much laughter upon 'Change. That was turning the laugh back again.—(Much laughter.) He would rather see them ergege in a hearty laugh than in a hearty war, even if he were the cause of it.—(Laughter.) The Times went on' to say, that in matters of business politics were not minded, of which it said Mr. Cobden appeared to be ignorant. This was equivalent to saying that Mr. Cobden was not aware of what great rogues these men on the Exchange were.—(Loud cheers.) He was opposed to lending money for war altogether. There was poor glory in war. When the sun went down and the moon rose on the field of Waterloo, on the 18th of June, there was little glory in the sight of the mangled bodies of the soldiers. Let the great men go into the field alone, and let them have no pay, and they would soon cease to war. If industry was capital, war was the destroyer of capital and industry. Soldiers were the only persons in the community who did not produce anything. He and they were Icoked upon as tittle men by the great men. Let the little men now prevent the great men from doing what they liked with he resources which they created.—(Bear, hear.) A GENTLEMAN on the platform reminded the meeting that this loan when looked upon in its truo light was blood money, and that it would be applied to promote oppression and slaughter.—(Hear, hear.) The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. LEAP, of the Stock Exchange, moved, and Mr. SCOBELL seconded, a vote of thanks to the Chairman. Mr. COBDEN supported the motion. He could find a game-cock or a bull-dog who possessed more physical courage than any two legged creature they could name. Now it was strange that men in Lombard street wanted moral courage—that men rich in the world's goods were not themselves indopendent.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Now, the Chairman, was a Lom bard-street man, and they were much indebted to him. He (Mr. Cobden) hoped, that though be was a political economist, he was not devoid of the common principles of enthusiasm and humanity. It was said by the Times, that he had brought Russia and Turkey by the ears. (Laughter.) It was absurd. It was said that the Emperor of Russia danced in his shirt when he heard that the Hungarians had been subdued.—(Roars of laughter.) Why, he ought to have been ashamed of himself, not for dancing in his shirt—(Laughter)—but for, in conjunction with Austria, their united population being 100,000,000, attacking Hungary with 6,000,000. Of that he ought to have been heartily ashamed. It was not more than two years ago, that Bern and Dembinski were in this country. Would the Emperor of Russia have dared to demand them of us ?—(Loud cheers.) Butit silo-wed thst the . Vaapse ot •ay ss eccentric ? (Laughter—so indeed were, all despots. Nebuchadnezzar was eccentric, but not half so tyrannical as the Czar.—(Hear, hear.) And though ho was an advocate of peace, should he not be permitted, if ho saw a bull pursuing his headlong course, take the liberty of reminding him that he might run his head against something harder than his own skull. —(Laughter.) Therefore, he said if Russia attacked them they would hermetically seal up her ports. Put a jury of Dutchmen or Greeks who belonged to maritime nations, into a jury -box, and they would declare Russia could not meet us by land one six mouths of the year, and in the next the frost would blockade up her ports during the other.—(Hear, hear.) Though the Emperor, in his eccentricity, might not understand these things, his Ministers did so perfectly well. Blockade the ports of Russia for six weeks, and the Russian nobles, finding no sale for their wool, and nemp, and flax, which was all mortgaged before sent out, for they were all living in anticipations of their means, as landlords did else where ; before they had hermetically sealed their ports for six weeks the nobles would depose of the Czar's eccentricity in order to sell their commodities.—(Hear.) He laughed heartily at the idea of Russia going to war with England, more heartily still at her going to war with England and France. He heartily joined with Lord Dudley Stuart in the hope that Lord Palmerston had represented to Russia that the unanimous feeling of the people of Western Europe was against the attempt now being made to hadg these people. Though he spoke thus, he did not mean in the least to detract from the peace doctrines which he had enunciated. The meekest member of the Society of Friends if he saw a ruffian beating a child in the streets would not hesitate to express his opinion at all events. —(Loud laughter.) If he was told that he was endangering the risk of the Emperor of Russia attacking us by what he was saying, he would take all the risk upon himself. But, in truth, there could be no war between Russia and England if the Emperor could nut come here at the head of a band of Cossacks; ha fact, he would show himself in an aggressive capacity before Englishmen at all.—(Hoar, hear.) Why, we should not require more ships to blockade the ports of Russia than we were keeping up in a time of peace. In the course of a fortnight he hoped to see Kossuth and his brave companions in this country.—(Prolonged cheering.) The Emperor of Austria was hourly decorating the breasts of the butchers recently employed in Hungary ; and would they lend him money to reward such butchers.—(No, no.) And when Kossuth and his com panions came here let them see if they could not decorate them with something more valuable still—the generous applause of a great, free, and independent nation. Tho motion was carried unanimously. The Criarnsalar returned thanks, and the meeting separated. ERS. SPANISH BONDHOLD (THIS DAY.) A numerous and respectable meeting of tho Spanish Bondholders took place to-day at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering a memorial, or remon strance, to be sent to the Spanish Government upon the subject of their claims. J. CiPEL, Esq., was unanimously called to the chair, and proceeded at once to read a letter from the Secretary of the Dutch Committee, dated Amsterdam, sth Oct. In that letter it was stated that M. Ducker was convinced that Spain could meet all her engagements more easily than any other State in Europe, if her revenues were properly managed; and that, as to her national debt, Spain was in a much better state than any other country in Eu rope. The letter concluded by expressing a hope that the meeting would support their delegates at Madrid, and that the bankers and press of London would assist them in obtaining their just demands. The Chairman said that he had received letters from many parties calling upon him to use every exer tion in the cause, but they had not sent him the needful for doing so. Hitherto he had borne all the expense himself. The reason he had called this meeting was be cause the Cortes was about to meet, 'and he thought he might remind them of their.claims. The Government of Spain could find means to send assistance to the Pope, but not to do justice to the bondholders. The re venues of Spain had been doubled within the last two years, and yet it was the only nation that was not endeavouring to pay its debts. Portugal was sending a good deal of money to this country to pay its dividends, and the North and South German States were doing all in their power to pay their debts. In Spain they had Finance Ministers coming in and going out expressly for the purpose of evading payments. He thought it would be much better that the bondholders should take the matter out cf his hands by appointing a com mittee. He bad gone on hitherto for the sake of his friends who had large stakes in the bond.. Though he admitted the Dutchmen were working hard for the interest of the English bondholders as well as gentleman ut t o Ma drid their own, he thought they ou g ht to have a commis o s on er recommendedo f their byownm at r . Baring,3l a t id. provided the funds were forthc omin g for that pur pose; and such faith had Mr. Baring in that g entleman, wb T o h would ul 'A d 'a gso a that he stated he was ready to advance JOU, although he had no interest in Spanish bonds. The chairman con cluded by moving the adoption of a strong memorial to the Spanish Government, calling upon it to do justice to its foreign creditors. After some discussion, in which it was urged that the subject should be brought before Parliament again, and that Lord Palmerston should be reminded of the claim of the bondholders, The CHAIRMAN said that when he saw Lord Palmers• ton, he would not negotiate for the bondholders, but he would back any negotiation that came from the LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1849 1 bondholders. What the bondholders wanted was some ore in Spain to badger the Government. It would re quire 2,000/. to send out such a person to Madrid. He would give 1001. himself, Mr. Tasker would give another, Mr. Baring wculd give another 1001., and he knew two or three other gentlemen that would contribute similar sums. After some further discussion the memorial was una nimously agreed to, and it eras resolved that a subscrip tion should be opened to defray the expense of sending a commissioner to Madrid, and that an advertisement should be put into the newspapers to that effect, and that Mr. Tasker, Mr. Capel, and Mr Stokes, should appoint a committee to take charge of the funds and instruct the commissioner as to the course he should pursue. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and before the meeting broke up nearly 1,0001. were subscribed, and several gentlemen present expressed their determination to subscribe their mite. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF MR. BAGSIIAW, OF BRYDGER STREET, COVENT GARDEN.—This morning information was forwarded to Mr. Bedford, the West minster coroner, of the death of Mr. Richard Bagshaw, the wealthy newspaper agent, of No. 31, Brydges-street, Covent-garden, who committed suicide under the fol lowing melancholy circumstances. The deceased, who was in the 40th year of his age, was well known in the newspaper world, and had conducted a most extensive business for the last 20 years, which had been carried on nearly half a century previously by his father, whom he succeeded. Mr. Bagshaw had always enjoyed a good state of health, but latterly ,he had shown evident symptoms of a disordered intellect, and appeared to la bour under a delusive dread of poverty. By the advice of his wife and other friends he was induced to dispose of his business, which he accomplished a few weeks prior to his destruction, and had resolved to remove into the country and live a retired life. Up to eight o'clock on Sunday morning he appeared as usual, but at half-past ten the same morning he was dis covered in his bed-room with a rope tightly fastened round his neck, and suspended to the bed-post. Life was quite extinct. Mr. Bedford will hold the inquest to-morrow evening at six o'clock. Louis PIIILIPPE IN CHELTENHAM.—A rumour has obtained currency during the last few days that the ex-King of the French intends paying a visit to Chel tenham, with a view of making it a place of per manent residence. The foundation or origin of the tumour has not yet been discovered. — Gloucester Journal. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL. On Saturday a young named George Barton was brought up for the second time. An examination of two witnesses against him took place on Saturday, the 29th ult., but was not reported, before Mr. Combe, at the Clerkenwell 'Police. court, on a charge of having stolen, on Thursday morning, the 27th tilt., a bundle of railway parcels under the circumstance proved in evidence, as subjoined. The accused ap peared to be about 20 years of age. The prosecutors are Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, the well-known railway carriers, and Mr. Humphreys, solicitor, appeared for them. Mr. Pelham attended for the accused. Mr. Horne and Mr. Benchley, his managing clerk, and Mr. Collard, the police superin tendent of the Great Western Railway, were present. The MAGISTRATE (addressing the prisoner the mo ment he entered the dock) —Will you give your name to-day ? You refused to do so this day week. Mr. Pelham—George Barton is his name, Sir. The evidence adduced on Saturday, the 29th ult., against the prisoner on the part of William Davy and Sarah Coombes (subjoined) having been read. Mr. Humphreys said, he would give an outline of what he intended to do that day. They were aware that 22 parcels strapped together bad been left at Messrs. Gregory and Faulkner's, Bedford-row, by William Davy, whilst he went to deliver others ; and that when he cause back he found that a number of parcels had been left in substitution for the bundles that he (Davy) had originally deposited at Messrs. Gregory and Faulkner's. He was not now going to call on the persons who had sent the parcels that had been stolen. He would only call persons from Bristol who would prove that two of the parcels sent, and abstracted, had been transmitted from Bristol on the 26th of September last, the day before the robbery in London took place ; that they had been transmitted by the different channels of conveyance that would bring them to London. He should call a great num ber of persons, but each would give only a very short account ; sufficient however, he thought, to establish a proper chain of evidence to justify the committal of the prisoner on the charge of having stolen 22 parcels. He would call witnesses to prove the transmission from Bristol of two parcels—the one sent from the office of Mr. C. Hassell, solicitor, of Bristol, and di rected to Messrs. Lepard, of Cloak-lane, City; and the other from the office of Messrs. Prideaux and Son, also solicitors of Bristol, and directed to Messrs. Holme, Loftus and Young, of New Inn, Strand. He would also prove the contents of the two parcels. s "Davy, examined by Mr. Humphreys —l am a porter in the service of 'Messrs. Chaplin and Horne for the delivery of railway parcels in London. They are carriers of country parcels coming by the Great Western Railway to different parts of London. lam particularly engaged in the transmission of small paper parcels, which I am in the habit of strapping up in bundles. On the morning of last Thursday week, the 27th of September, I received from the Great Western Railway 24 parcels to deliver. .1 fastened them with a strap and made them into a bundle, and when I had so made them up I put them into one of our vans, and went down with them to the corner of Brownlow-street, Holborn, and there took out the bundle of parcels and left the van, and I then called at Messrs. Gregory and Faulkner's, at 1, Bedford-row, where I frequently leave parcels. When I got there I had no parcel to leave there, but I left the bundle of parcels on the form in the hall, in the presence of Mrs. Coombes, the housekeeper. I have occasionally done that before. I had two parcels out of the 24 to deliver in Bedford-row. I separated from the bundle those two parcels, and then went to deliver them, leaving the 22 other parcels on the form at Messrs. Gregory and Faulkner's. 1 was gone about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, and on my return I found some parcels done up simi larly to mine, with a strap in a bundle. (Bundle produced.) There were eight paper parcels done up in this bundle, and there was one loose, directed to Guildford-street, which Mrs. Coombes told me the person who had left it said I was to deliver immedi ately. She also gave me this book (producing a small account book), and gave me also another message from the party who gave her the book. None of the nine parcels, though strapped in the same way, formed part of the bundle I originally left, and I never saw one of them before. One of the 22 parcels I left at Messrs. Gregory and Faulkner's was ad• dressed to the Messrs. Lepard, Cloak. lane ; and another was addressed to Mr. Holme, New Inn. No one had any authority whatever to exchange the bundle I had left for that I found, or to exchange it for any other bundle. Mr. Humphreys—Did you know the prisoner ? Witness—l had seen him once before. Mr. Humphreys—Where did you see him ? Wit ness—Just by Gregory and Faulkner's private door in Bedford-row. Their office door is round the corner. Mr. Humphreys—When was this ? Witness— About a fortnight before the 27th of September, but Ido not know exactly. It was between 8 and 9 o'clock in the morning, and I was on that occasion engaged in delivering parcels. I had some parcels similar to those in this bundle now produced, and bound round with a strap in a similar way. He was standing looking about, and I spoke to him. Mr. Humphreys—Why ? 'Witness—Because I thought he came from the North-Western Railway. I asked him if he wanted Gregory's ? He said, " No, I want Parker, Hayes, and Parker." I did not know at the time that they were the solicitors of the Great Western Railway Company, but I was aware their offices were at No. 1, Lincoln's Inn- fields. I did not then tell the prisoner where their chambers were, ` because I did not recollect at the time. On that morning I had left a bundle of parcels at Gregory and Faulkner's whilst I went to deliver others, and it was on my return to get back my bundle that I saw the prisoner. Cross-examined by Mr. Pelham—ls there any doubt in your mind as to this being the man you then spoke to ? Witness—Not the slightest—l only saw him once, about a fortnight before the 27th of Sept. I never saw him before or since until he was in custody. Mr. Pelham—You are called on to speak to his identity. Do you solemnly swear that that is the man you addressed in Bedford-row ?—Yes. Mr. Pelham—Has he been pointed out to you by the police ? Witness—No; I saw him last in this court on Sa turday last. He was in the passage when I recog nised him. I was with Mr. Boulton, who did not say, " That is the man." I first said, " That is the person I saw in Bedford-row." I spoke first, though I do not know whether the prisoner was first seen by me or Mr. Boulton. I saw him in the custody of an officer walking along the passage of this court. I had no intimation, either by winking or pointing, as he entered the passage—no intimation given to me that be was the man I met in Bedford. row. lam quite satisfied he is the man. Re-examined by Mr.Humphreys—Before you saw the prisoner in the passage, did you see Smith, the police officer (the officer who had the prisoner in custody) ?—No, Sir. By Mr. Pelham—lt was between 8 and 9 o'clock in the morning that I left the stolen parcels at Messrs. Gregory and Faulkner's, and I was gone about 10 minutes or a quarter of an hour. Sarah Coombes examined by Mr. Humphrey s—l am housekeeper or charwoman at Messrs. Gregory and Faulkner s. On Thursday week I received from the last witness several parcels tied up together. There might have been 22. I saw the last witness take away parcels. Afterwards the prisoner called at the house. He had on his shoulder, strapped up to- getber, a bundle of parcels and a book. He had a small brown paper parcel in his hand. When the prisoner came into the hall he looked round, and I said to him, " Have you any parcels for us this morn ing?" He said " N o," and inquired if his fellow servant from the Great Western Railway had come ? I said " Yes." He said, " The parcels must be changed, for the parcels he (the fellow-servant) has left are mine." The parcels were lying in the hall. The prisoner laid down his parcels and said, " Tell him to for ward this small parcel to the George and Blue Boar, Holborn, es soon as he comes in, and to meet me at the George and Blue Boar." He then took up the last witness's parcels and threw them over his shoulder, saying he was in a great hurry to deli ver his parcels. He then went away towards Brown low street with the parcels over his shoulder. I knew nothing of the prisoner before, but I am certain he is the man. The last witness came back in about ten minutes, and the fraud was discovered. I saw Smith the officer, and described to him the person of the prisoner, on last Friday evening week. Cross-examined by Mr. Pelham—What description did you give to Smith ?—I said he had a cap on, and very light hair, and very peculiar eyes—weakish looking ones—and a longish nose.—(Laughter by the prisoner.) I said he was dressed similarly to the witness Davy, and that I thought he was a railway porter. I am 70 years old, and my memory is as good as ever it was in my life. I swear distinctly that is the man who came and took away the parcels. W. Smith (constable of the detective force)—l took the prisoner into custody near Clarendon-square, Somers-town, on the charge, which I told him, of stealing 22 parcels. He said " Very well ; I will go with you." The nine parcels produced came into my possession. I hare opened them, and found them to contain nothing but useless paper. The book is blank on the inside, but on the outside it is marked " Great Western Railway Booking-book,No. 4, 1849." Mr. H. Wise, examined by Mr. Humphreys—l reside at Bristol, and am clerk to Mr. C. Hassell, of that city. On the 26th of September last I did up a parcel of deeds. One was an assignment of lease hold premises on three skins of parchment, of which one was a double skin. A stamp of 91. was impressed on one skin, of 3/. each on the others. One was an ad valorem skin. There was also a letter of attorney bearing a stamp of 1/. 10i. It was on paper. None of the deeds were executed. The address I put on the parcel was "Messrs. Lepard and Co., solicitors, 9, Cloak-lane, Walbrook, London." I then gave the parcel to the office-boy, Henry Jenkins, to take it to the White Lion and book it. H. Jenkins (a little boy) examined—l am in the service of Mr. Hassell, and on the 26th of September Mr. Wise gave me a parcel to take to the White Lion. I took it there, and left it in the booking office. I recollect it was directed to Messrs. Lepard. Cross-examined by Mr. Pelham—l took it to the White Lion, and put it on the counter and came away, but I told them to book it. I suppose it was the book keeper I told. Mr. Humphreys—l have the man here. W. Wilcox examined—l am the booking.clerk at the White Lion, at Bristol, and receive parcels to be booked by the Great Western Railway. On the 26th of September I received a parcel addressed to " Messrs. Lepard, London." Ido not recol lect the boy who brought it. I made up a way bill, and entered the parcel in it. That waybill was marked " A." It was taken with other parcels from the office to the railway station in an omnibus, con ducted by Patrick Collier. On the same day, in the evening, I received a parcel from somebody, addressed to " Messrs. Holme and others, of London," which I sent by the same omnibus to the railway station. This second parcel was included in a waybill marked" 13." P. Collier examined—l live at Bristol at Adelaide cottage, St. Paul's, and am conductor of the omnibus which conveys passengers and parcels from the White Lion to the station of the Great Western Railway. On the 26th of September I carried from the former to the latter place the parcels which are included in the two waybills produced, and I delivered them to a porter named Tresher at the railway station. By Mr. Pelham—l took the waybills with the parcels. C. Tresher examined—l am parcels' porter in the service of the Great Western Railway Company, and know the last witness. On the 26th of September I received from him - the waybills marked " A" and " B" at two different times, and I also received the parcels referred to in the waybills. I gave them (the waybills) to a person who receives them as I call out the parcels—to Mr. Howell, and I gave up the parcels to Thomas, the guard, to be delivered in London. Mr. G. Howell examined—l live at Victoria place, Bristol, and am parcels' clerk at the Great Western Railway station there. On the 26th of September I examined the parcels called over by the last witness. I took the waybills now produced, and ticketed off the parcels as they were called over. I find one to Messrs. Lepard, and one to Messrs. Holme, marked by my cross. Mr. J. Thomas examined—l live at 3, Kensington buildings, Earl-street, Kensington, and am one of the guards of the Great Western Railway. On the 26th (query 27th) of September I delivered in London all the parcels given to me at Bristol by Thresher. I locked them up in the parcels' van in Bristol, and never touched them until I came to London. I opened the van at the Paddington station, and directed the porters to put them on barrows and take them into the office. There are sometimes 20 porters there —sometimes more, sometimes less. Mr. G. Lansdowne, of No. 5, Northumberland place, Westbourne-road, examined—l am inwards parcels' clerk at the Paddington station. I have a book in which I enter parcels for Chaplin and Horne's delivery. On the 27th of September (a book was produced) I made an entry of parcels coming from Bristol in the morning. I made an entry of a parcel directed to Messrs. Lepard, and of another directed to Messrs. Holme. I see the entries, and they are both in my handwriting. One is " Lepard, Wal brook, ls. 3d. to pay ;" the other "Holme, New Inn, Is. 2d. to pay." Mr. G. Boulton examined—l am second clerk to Messrs. Chaplin and Horne, and my business is to be at the Great Western Railway station, Paddington. I take and count the parcels that come there to be delivered by Messrs. Chaplin and Horne. I produce the book in which I enter the parcels. On the 27th of September I entered one parcel for " Lepard, Cloak-lane," and another for " Holme, New Inn, Strand." I saw them taken away for delivery. W. Davy recalled—l keep a book in which I enter the parcels I have to take. I now produce it, and find in it a parcel for Lepard and a parcel for Holuee, entered on the 27th of September. Mr. R. D. Coram examined—l am clerk to Messrs. Prideaux and Sons, solicitors, of Bristol, and made up a parcel directed to Holme and Co., on the 26th of September, containing several brief sheets of a bill in Chancery, and instructions for counsel written on draft paper. We sent a letter of advice by post. The direction on the parcel was " Messrs. Holme, Loftus, and Young, solicitors, 10, New Inn, London." I delivered the parcel to a junior clerk named Johns, to take it to the White Lion. I. W. Johns examined—l live in Queen's-square, Bristol, and am clerk to Messrs. Prideaux. On the 26th of September the last witness gave me a parcel to take to the White Lion, addressed " Messrs. Holme," &c. I took it to the White Lion, and left it there to be forwarded to London. Mr. Humphreys (to the sitting magistrate)—That is my case, Sir. The worthy Magistrate then had the depositions signed in respect to these cases, and the prisoner, who said he should reserve his defence, was committed for trial at the next Old Bailey sessions. The prisoner, who treated the charges preferred against him with much indifference, was then re moved from the bar. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—The extensive publication of The Observer commences at four o'clock on Sunday morn ings. Newspaper agents can have any number of copies before five o'clock on Sunday morning in time to supply passengers going by all the railway trains, as well as by early steam-vessels. Price of 7'he Observer, 40 folio columns, 6d. Published by Mr. Clement, junior, 170, Strand. Monday's Edition of The Observer is regularly published at four o'clock on Monday afternoons. The editors of country papers may obtain the latest possible news by getting the Observer by the early Sunday morn ing railways, particularly those journals that publish on Mondays. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.—The Royal mail steam ship Niagara, Captain Ryrie, took her departure from the Mersey at noon to-day, for Halifax and New York, with the usual mails for North America, and 160 pas sengers. TUE ATTEMPTED PARRICIDE AT CruswicK.—The excitement caused throughout the neighbourhood of Chiswick, Hammersmith, &e a by the unnatural attempt of Henry Bathurst Monkhouse to assassinate his father, appears to increase, and forms the topic of conversation amongst all classes of the inhabitants. The inquiries made yesterday at the residence of Captain Monkhouse were numerous, the answer returned being that he was still lying in a most dangerous state, but no unfavourable symptoms had yet appeared. Out of the numerous re ports iu circulation amongst persons well acquainted with the family is, that the prisoner since his return to this country has exhibited a great desire to obtain an advance on his share of some property to which it would appear the children of Captain Monkhouse's first wife are entitled. This supposi!ion, it is probable, is correct, from the following circumstance:—During the time the clothes of the prisoner were being searched on Thursday night, on his being brought from Ealing to the head station of the T division at Brook-green, Hammersmith, a piece of paper was found in his pocket, on which was written the followin: —" 8,7221, Three per Cent. Consols" and g Thomas Piper, and William underneath, "Si. Deady, Piper, trustees." On the other side were w ritten t he figures " 9,180/." and " 4/., Greenhill, Sergeant's Inn." Oa Friday morning, on the inspector showing the paper to the prisoner's elder brother, on his coming to the sta • tion, he identified it as his brother's handwriting, and said to a friend ho bad with him, "Here, look, the fel low has even calculated tho amount of his share out of the money.", SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Match—*Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalia, Bst 51b, apt NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. *Lord Glasgow's f by Lanercost, out of Canada, Bst. NEWMARKET, SATURDAY NIGHT.-11l the following D.P.I. 300, li fr. programme of the present engagements for the ensuing ]Match —*Dul , te of Bedford's Quesimodo, Bst 91b., a gs t meeting, we have prefixed an asterisk to the Urses now *Sir J. Hawley s Queensberry, Bst 31b. KM. 100 h. f t . at Newmarket, or reported to be en rode. Several Math— *Mr. Payno's Crucible agst *Lord Exeter's others are expected hero to-morrow:— Grace, Bst 41b each. 100, h ft. T.Y.C. BICNDAY. Match—" Duke of Bedford's Treacherous, Oat 31b, agst Fifty Pounds for three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bst 71b; *Lord Exeter's Preshw, 7st 51b. Last half of Ab. M. five, six, and aged, Bst 121 b. A.F. 200, h ft. Fifty Pounds for two yrs old, colts, Sat 71b; fillies, Match—" Duke of Richmond's Ploughboy, Bst 71b, agst Bst 51b. T.Y.C. *Duke of Bedford's Newport, Bst 51b. Last half of Ab. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and only sft M. 200 h ft. if declared, &c., to go to the second herLe, for three Match—*Lord 11. Lennox's Borneo, 3 yrs, Bst 71b, yrs old and upwards. T.Y.C. agst *Lord Exeter's Tisiphone, 4 yrs, Bst lib. T.M.M. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old, Gst 71b; 300 h ft. three, Bst 41b; four, Bst 121 b; five and upwards, 9st 21b; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs. if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, 30 ft, for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each, 31b and 51b allowed, &c. D.M. Colonel Anson's Irish Jig—*Mr. Combe's f by The Nob, out of Rosalind (51b)—*Lord Exeter's Midia (31b) —Lord Exeter's f by Voltaire, out of Amy (31b)—Sir J. Hawley's Touch}—Sir J. Ilawley's Cynthia, Mr. J. Moore's Nightingale—Colonel Peel's f by lon, out of Seakale—Mr. Irwin's Clarinda (31b)—Mr. J. Moore's First Fruits—Lord Orford's vAngela (51b)—*Mr Gre ville's Clarissa (31b)—Mr. Combe's f (dead) by The Nob, out of Premature (51b). Sweepstakes of 300 soya, each, b ft, Bst 71b each. A. F.—*Duke of Bedford's Sobraou—Lord Eglinton's Belus—*Mr. Greville's Red Box. Sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft, Bst 71b each. A. F. One to the post.—Lord Exeter's Brother to Woodpigeon (dead)—*Lord Exeter's ' Conde —*Lord Exeter's Tancred—*Duke of Bedford's Quasimodo— *Duke of Bedford's Mahratta—Duke of Bedford's Marva —Lord Orford's Pretender—*Lord Orford's Fire King —*Lord Orford's c by Cotherstone out of Mandane. Second year of a Post Produce Match, colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 41b. A.F. One to the post. 300 soya.— Colonel Peel's Little Frank—*lndus—*Tadmore—*lone —Cracow—f by Caesar, lo—f by lon, Seakale—*Qui nine, against Lord Glasgow's f by the Provost, Miss Whip—*f by Lanercost, Canada—*o by Jerry Horse or luheritor, Deerslayer's dam—f by the Provost, Imperti nence— f by The Provost out of his Comus mare—*f by The Provost, dam by Actaeon. Sweepstakes of 1,000 soya. each, 400 ft. A.F.— Lord Eglinton's Van Tramp, Bst 121b—*Lord Clif den's Surplice, 83t 51b—*Duke of Bedford's Justice, 7st 131 b. Match—*Lord Chesterfield's Penang, Bst 71b, agst Duke of Bedford's La Belle, Bst 21b. First half of Ab. M. 150, h ft. Match—*Lord H. Lennox's The Beehunter, Bst 71b, agst Duke of Bedford's La Belle, Bst 2ib. T.Y.C. ICO3 hft. Match—*Duke of Bedford's Newport, Bst 61b, agst *Mr. Payne's Crucible, 7st 131 b. T.Y.C. 200, li ft. Match—*Sir J. Hawley's Queensberry, Sat 71b, agst *Duke of Bedford's Minto, 7st 111 b. T.Y.C. 100. h ft. Match—" Duke of Bedford's Treacherous, 9st 31b, agst Sir J. Hawley's Slang, Est 131 b. Last half of Ab. Mile. 200. h ft. Match—*Lord Exeter's Grace agst *Mr. Greville's Clarissa, Bst 71b each, mile and a half. 200, h ft. TUESDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for two yrs old, 6st 101 b; three, Bst 81b; four and upwards, 9.t. The winner to be sold for 70 sovs., if demanded, &c. Rutland Stakes Course. FRIDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, and only 5 ft, if declared to go to the second horsy; for three years old and upwards. T.Y.C. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft; for two and three ears old. T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; for two years old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, B.it 51b; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs. if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. The Prendergast Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; for two years old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, 85t"..51b; winners extra. T.Y.C.—*Duke of Bedford's John o'-Groat—*Lord Exeter's c by Scutari, out of Merupe— *Lord Exeter's Nutmeg—*Lord Exeter's •Nutshell —*Lord Exeter's Cora—Colonel Anson's Chieftain—Mr, S. Crawfurd's The Indian Chief—" Lord Orford's f by Slane,:Exotic— *Lord Albemarle's Bolingbroke—* Colonel Peel's Sea Serpent—*ColonelPeel's Habet— *Lord Sidus —*Lord Clifden's Le Beau—*Lord Clifden's Spikenard —*Mr. Henry's Pitsford—Lord Eglinton's Fay away-- Lord Eglintou's Mintippe—Sir J. Hawley's Stirabout— Sir R. Pigot's Moulton. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs., if demanded, &c. D. M, Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for three yrs old, and upwards. D. I. The Cesarewitch Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, with 300 added, for three yrs old and upwards, the winner of the Doncaster St. Leger to carry 121bs extra; the second in the Sr. Leger, or the winner of the Doncaster Cup, the Great Yorkshire Handicap, or the Epsom Autumn Han dicap, 61b extra; the extra weight not to be accumula tive; the second to receive 50 soya. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 30 soya. to the judge. (66 Subs.) — *surplice, 4 yrs, 9st s!b—Fernhill, 4 yrs, Bst 41b—*Dul cot, aged, Bst—*Ma.ton, 4 yrs, Tat 71b—*Prior of St. Margaret's, 6 yrs, 7st 71b—Ilighwurnan, 6 yrs, 7st 71b —*Borneo, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—*Lady Evelyn, 3 yrs, 7st 7th —*Dacia, 4 yrs, ist 41b—Eagle's Plume, 4 yrs, 7st 31b —*Rathmines, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Giselle, 6 yrs, 7st 21b -531d Dan Tucker, 3 yrs, 7st 21b—*.Smuggler Bill, 6 yrs, 7st—*Essedarius, 3 yrs, 7st—*Bonny Robin, aged, 7st— *Bride of Lammermoor, 5 yrs, 7st—Volcano, 3 yrs, 7st— *Watchdog, 5 yrs, 7st—*Miss Ann, 3 yrs, 75t—*Vatican, 3 yrs, Est 131b—*Doctrine, 5 yrs, 6st 121b—Loupgarcu, 3 yrs, 6st 121b—*rhringarth, 3 yrs, Est 121b—Chuntiey, 3 yrs, Est 101b—*Amazement, aged, Est 91b—*Glen, Saddel, 4 yrs, Est 81b—*Tophana, 4 yrs, Est 81b--*Pel ham, 3 yrs, Est 71b—*Backbiter, 4 yrs, Est 71b—*Van guard, 3 yrs, Est 71b—*Grief, 3 yrs, Est 71b—*Cocker mouth, 4 yrs, Est 71b—*Westow, 3 yrs, Est 61b—Lady Superior, 3 yrs, Est 61b—Van Dieman, 3 yrs, 6st 61b— *Snowstorm (including 61b. extra), 3 yrs, Oat 61b— *Fireater, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—*Keraun, 4 yrs, Est .51b— ''St. Antonio, 4 yrs, Est 51b—Second Sight, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—*St. Rosalie, 3 yrs, Est 31b—*Glenalvon, 3 yrs, 6st 216—*Bacchanalian, 4 yrs, 6st—Colocynthus, 4 yrs, 6st—*Quasimodo, 3 yrs, Sat 131b—Susan Lovell, 3 yrs, sst 121b—*Rhesus, 3 yrs, sst 101b—*Trap, 4 yrs, Sat loth—Pity the Blind, 3 yrs, sst 101b—*Rodney, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Nautila, 5 yrs, sst 71b—*Baby, 3 yrs, sst 71b— *Legerdemain, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Present, 3 yrs, sst 71b— *Kissaway (including 61b extra), 3 yrs, sst 61b— **Grasshopper, 3 yrs, sst 41b--*Chicot, 3 yrs, sst 31b— Sir Henry Hardinge, 3 yrs, sst 31b—*Sauter la Coupe, 3 yrs, sst—*The Flapper, 3 yrs, sst—*Carthaginian, 3 yrs, 4st 131b—*Plebeia, 3 yrs, 4st 101b—Repletion, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b (paid)—Bon Mot, 3 yrs, 7sl 31b (paid)— Indus, 3 yrs, sst Illb (paid). Sweepstakes of 500 toys. each, 200 ft, Bst 71b each. A.F.—Lord Chesterfield's *Chicot—Mr. Payne's *Glen. lyon—Duke of ... Bedford's ,'!Sobraon. The Royal btakea of 200 sovs. each, 120 ft; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b. Those that de clared forfeit on or before the Ist of January, 1847, to pay 25 sovs. ft, and those which declared forfeit before the Ist of January, paid 50 soya, forfeit. Winners extra. The second to save his stake. A.F.—Colonel Anson's *Champion—Mr. Bowes's * rhe Flapper—Lord Chesterfield's *c, by Harkaway, out of Hinds—Lord Exeter's *Tanered—Lord Exeter's *Macaw—Lord Mil town's c, by Verulam—Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen—Mr. Mostyn's * c Stanton—Lord Orford's *Fire King—Mr. Payne's *Glenlyon—Lord Spencer's Eddystone—Lord Exeter's Brother to Woodpigeon (dead)—Mr. Mostyn's c, by Lanercost, out of Irony, and Mr. Mostyn's f, by Colwick, out of Birdlime, pay 50 sovs. forfeit. ' The Clearwell Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b; winners extra. T.Y.C.—Mr. Lowther's The Lover—*Duke of Bedford's Odia—"Lord Exeter's c by Scutari, out of Merope— *Lord Exeter's Nutshell—*Lord Exeter's Cora—*Lord Exeter's Visite—Colonel Anson's c by Irish Birdcatcher, dam by Dr. Syntax—Colonel Anson's Sister to Sweet. meat—*Lord Orford's Zadoc —*Colonel Peel's Sea Ser pent—*Mr. 11. Bradshaw's Clincher—Captain Delme's Uillyflower—Lord Eglinton's Fayaway—Lord Eglin ton's Xantippe- 0 Mr. Payne's Sergius—*Duke of Rich. mond's Harum-searum— * Lord Clifden's Spikenard— *Lord Clilden's Sirius—*Lord Clifden's Le Beau— *Baron Rothschild'e c by Pantaloon out of Decoy— Baron Rothschild's c by Ithuriel out of Maria—Mr. Nevill's c by Gladiator out of Revival, paid—Mr. Nevill's Thackeray, paid—Mr. Watt's Dego, paid. Match—*Lord Eglinton's The Flying Dutchman, Bst 71b, agst *Lord Clifden's Honeycomb, Bst 41b. D.M. 1,000, h ft. Match—Mr. Shelley's Remembrance (dead), Bst 71b, agst Mr. Verity's Whitstone, Bst 21b. D.M. 75, h ft. WEDNESDAY. Tho Town Plate for 501. for three years old, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 4lb ; five, Bst 111 b ; six and aged, 9st 11b. The winner to be sold for 200 soya. if demanded, &c. T.M.M. The Ostland Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft if de clared, &c. for three years old and upwards. B.M. Sweepstakes of 10 ~sovs. each. For two years old, 7st 31b ; three, 9st ; fillies allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 80 toys., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. The Bedford Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft. For colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b ; winners extra. 31b and 51b al lowed, &c. To start at the Doncaster post, and finish at the Duke's stand :—Duke of Bedford's La Belle— *Duke of Bedford's St. Sophia—'Lord Exeter's Nut thell—*Lord Exeter's Nutmeg—*Mr. S. Crawford's Heliotrope (316)—*Lord Orford's c by Arundel out of Memima (31b)—'Lord Chesterfield's f by Don John out of Sister to Ainderby—*Colonel Pcet's Sisyphus—Mr. Bristow's Truthteller (31b)—*Mr. Nevill's fby Nut with out of Agnes (31b)—Captain Archdall's Rose Pompon. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. :—*Lord Chesterfield's Lady Evelyn--'Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalie—Lord Clifden's Peerage (dead). Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b; not engaged in the July, Chesterfield, Rutland, Clear well, or Prendergast Stakes. A winner of 200 sovs, or upwards to carry slb extra. Criterion Course:—*Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux— *Lord Exeter's Preslaw—Mr. Greville's Bullfinch—Lord H. Lennox's William the Conqueror—*Duke of Rich mond's Officious—Lord Stanley's Flssli--*Mr. Watson's Egalit Match.—*Lord Bateman's Goodwood, 3 yrs, Bst 71b, agst *Duke of Bedford's Minto, 4 yrs, Bst 41b, 100, h ft, A. F. Sweepstakes of 200 sous. each, h fr; for colts, Bst 71b, T.Y.C.—*`Lord H. Lennox's The Beehunter—Sir R. Pigot's Moultan--*Mr. Gregory's Danutsk—*Duke of Bedford's Odin. Post Match, 200 each, A.F., one to the post—*Duke of Bedford's Sobraon, Bst 71b—*Duko of Bedford's Quasimodo, Bst 71b; against Lord Glasgow's f by the Provost, out of Miss Whip, 7st 121 b; *Lord Glasgow's f by the Provost, darn by Actm. - m, 7st 121 b. Match—*Mr. Shelley's Sparrow-hawk, Bst 71b, against *Lord H. Lennox's The Wren, Bst 41b. First half of Ab.M. 200, h ft. Match—*Duke of Bedford's St. Sophia against *Mr. Grevillo's Barley, Bst 51b each. Firt half of Ab.M. 100, h ft. Match—nlr. Barne's Tufthunter, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b, against *Duke of Bedford's Minto, 4 yrs, 7st 51b. B.C. 200, h ft. Match.—Lord Stanley's Strongbow agst 'Mr. Payne's Glauca, Bst 71b each, 200, h ft, D.M. Match—*Lord Bateman's Goodwood, Bst 61b, against *Lord Clifton's Sicyon, 6st 121 b. First half of Ab.M. 00, h ft. THURSDAY. Match—*Duke of Bedford's Bon Mot, 3 yrs, Bst 41b, against *Lord Exeter's Tophana, 4 yrs, Bst. T.M.M. 300, h ft. Match—*Lord Stanley's Canezoa, Bst 131 b, against Sir J. Hawley's Fernhill, 7st 71b. T.M.M. 500, 100 ft. No day mentioned. Sweepstakes of 200 soya. each, h ft ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b. A.F., one to the post.—Lord Clifden's Conholt—"Lord Clifden's Lysimachus—*Lord Bate man's Goodwood—Lord Bates an's Bonnet Rouge— *Lord Suffield's Fleece—Lord Suffield's Mary Blane. Match- 4 Lord Chesterfield's f by Pantaloon out of Industry, Bst 51b, receives 50 soya. ft from Sir J. Haw ley's f (dead), by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Young De fiance, 7st 121 b. T.Y.C. 300, h ft. ARRIVALS UP TO SATURDAY NlGHT.—Clarissa, Glauca, Saucy Dick, Rotsyln, Cariboo, Barley, Borneo, Bee hunter, The Wren, Antagonist, Smuggler Bill, Hood, The Probe, Mrs. Taft, Ferule, The Arab, Cymba, Se cond Hand, Regina, Remnant, Hamm Scarum, High land Fling, Buffalo Girl, Estafette, Paquita, Glenlyon, Crucible, Blackcoelc, Ruby, Penthesilea, Carthaginian, Snowdrift, Glen Saddel, Flying Dutchman, The Moor, Pitsford, Lady Jersey, Blondette, Dulcet, Good Boy, Thringarth, Nui,nykirlr, Vanguard, The Flapper, Iron Duke, Spthead, Miss Ann, Mahon, Snowstorm, Grief, Stanton, Plebeia, Mounseer, Farthingale, Bou Lomond, Essedarius, Chatterer, Trap, Amazement, Juggler, Wustow, Pt.lham, Swiss Boy, Maid of my Soul, Po tentia Backbiter, Legerdemain, Bonny Robin, The Magnet, Lysimachu!, Radulphus, Lazybones, Red Box, Dark Lady, Sergius, General Seydlitz, Osterley, Em press colt, Sauter la Coupe, f by Lanercost, out of Canada, f by the Provost, dam by Actaeon, c by Inheri tor, out of i)eerslayer's dam. Sir J. Hawley's homes come on Monday, and Moultan on Wednesday. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. CESAREWITCH STAIIES.-4 to 1 agst Vatican (taken 9 to 2), 6 to 1 agst Raby (taken 7 to 1), 10 to I agst Glenalyon, 15 to 1 agst Glen Saddel, 16 to 1 agst St. Rosalia, 16 to 1 agst Eire-eater (offers to take), 22 to 1 agst Mahon (taken), 22 to 1 agst Miss Ann (taken), 25 to 1 agst Amazement (taken), 33 to 1 asst Carthit genian, 33 to 1 apt Tophana. CAMBRIDGESIHRE STAKES. -15 to 1 agst Woolwich, 20 to 1 agst Ribaldry, 20 to 1 agst Dalton. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was dull today-, and the business transacted was small. The sales . are -Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 6 per cent. till 1850, 13% -Ditto, 321. Shares, 9 1 4 dis.-East Lancashire, 14 1 4-Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol. Fifths, 61. Bs. 9d.-London and North-Western, 113- Ditto, 'New Quarters, 13s. 9d p.-Manchester Sheffield, and Lincoln, Pre ference, 101 4-Midland, Halves, 18% dis.-Shrewsbury anti Birmingham (9/. 12s. 3d. B), 57A die.-South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 6-York and Nrrtli Midland, 21 3 / 4 . BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was comparatively inactive to-day, but prices were generally maintained. Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley were quoted at 6%-Great Northern, 12 dis.- London and North-West ern, 1131 - North Staffordshire, 714. YORK, Ocr. 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :-North British, Preference, 54 Cs. 6d.-North-West ern, Preference, 3 3 4-York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 18- York and North Midland, 2114. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Ocr. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE. - The transactions to-day were as follow :-Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee (Newport), 4 1 6-- Newcastle and Carlisle (Scrip) 92 1 6-North British, 10% ex div.-Ditto, Quarters. Preference, 31.105. GLASGOW, Our. S. STOCK ExcHANGE.--The transactions to-day were as fol low:-Caledonian, Preference, 9 j 4 -Edinburgh and Glasgow, 70;- Glasgow General Terminus, 9 - Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 4r. 6s. 6d. - Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves (No. 1), et -York,Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase or Preference), 635. DESPERATE AFFR AL—Yesterday (Sunday) about noon a desperate affray took place in College street, Camden.-town, by which the lives of two police-officers were for some time placed in imminent peril. The neighbourhood is not very remarkable for the pacific character of its inhabitants, and collisions are of very frequent occurrence. In the present instance the dis turbance was commenced by a man named Partridge, who, upon being remonstrated with by police-constable Billinghurst, 386 S, attacked him violently, and in doing so was aided and assisted by two companions. Billing.. hurst having obtained the assistance of two other constables, Sweetland and Holloway, attempted to capture the men, upon which all three of them renewed the attack, and arming themselves with iron railings torn up from the front of one of the adjacent, houses, threatened to murder them if they attempted to advance. After a desperate struggle with the fellows the officers succeeded in capturing two of the number, viz , Partridge and a man named Redding, both of whom were conveyed to the station-house in Phoenix-street, Somers-town. The third man has eluded the officers up to this time. The affray occasioned great excitement in the neighbourhood, and the prisoners were followed to the police-station by a mob of several hundred persons. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. -- DETENTION OF THE OVERLAND MAIL.—On Saturday a notice was issued at the General Post• office, St. Martin's le- Grand, that let ters and newspapers for India, China, &e., by the Over land mail, via Manteilles, would be in time this (Mon day) evening, the Bth instant ; also for the Peninsular mail to Lisbon, Maduira, Vigo, Oporto, Cadiz, Co runna, Madrid, and Gibraltar this morning. An extra mail for New York was made up and despatched this morning by the Sarah Sandi screw. steamer. Loss OF THE CHINA MAIL.—A letter from a lady who is a resident at Ningpo, states that the March mail from England was lost in the Torrington, on her passage from Shanghai to Ningpo. The ship went down at her anchors, and the mail-bags in her, but the crew an d pas sengers were saved. The writer's letter is dated June 21. Handicap Plate of 1001. for three yrs old and up wards. A.F. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 51b. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each for two yrs old ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, 8A 51b. The winner to be sold fur 40 sovs., if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for two yrs old, Est 71b; three, Bst 31b ; four, Bst 111 b ; five and upwards, 9st. The winner to be sold for 300 sovs., if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M. Sweepstakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft, Bst 71b. D. M.—*Duke of BNlford's Beauvale—*Colonel Anson's Champion—Lord Clifden's Irish Tutor. The Bretby Stakes of 100 sovs. each, for two yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each. Last three quarters of R.M.—"Sir J. Hawley's Tingle—Mr. J. Moore's Hop the Twig— Lord Stanley's Altmosa—Colonel Anson's f by Gladia tor, out of Lollypop—*Colonel Anscu's f Touchstone, out of Potentia—*Mr. J. Day's Electricity—Mr. J. Dixon's Katleen—Duke of Bedford's f by Erymus, out of Esmer.lda—*L or d Chesterfield's f by Pantaloon, out of Industry—*Lord Chesterfield's f by Don John, out of Lampoon—Mr. Greville's Ellen Middleton (dead). Sweepstakes of 200 so's. each, h ft. T.Y.o.—*Lord Exetar's Cora, 8t 51b—aLord H. Lennox's The Wren, Bst 51b—Lord Glasgow's f (dead) by Jerry, dam by Aeteon, Sat 21b, DIED. On the 6th inst., E. R. Moran, Esq., many years con nected with the Gl o b e newspaper. On the 2d inst., at Cheltenham, the Rev. John Connell, chaplain to the Royal hospital, Kilmaiuham, and formerly a Captain in the Royal Regiment of Scots. On the 3d inst., at Torquay, Gertrude Buller, relict of the late Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Buller, Bart , and daughter of the late Colonel Van Courtlandt. On the ad inst., at the Rectory, Woodchurch, aged 61, Hamilton Georgiana, the wife of the Rev. Joshua King. On the 3d inst., the Rev. John Mossop, rector of Hoth field, Kent. On the 4th inst., at Selling-court, near Faversham, Kent, John Neame, Esq., aged 65. On the sth inst., Mr. William White, of the Haymarket. London, aged 67. On the 4th just, at St. James's-terrace, Clapham, Mr. John Sargent, aged 58. London ; Printed and Published by MUP.DO YOUNG", of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 212, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the comity Of Aliddlosex, Octuber 8,1849. BIR7IIB. On the 29th ult., at Pucilicot, - oxon, the wife of W. J. Birch, Esq., of a daughter. On the '4d inst , at Taunton, Solnersetshire, the wife of F. 'lathed, Esq., of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Graveley, near Stevenage, Hertford shire, the lady of T. Popplewell, Esq„ of a daughter. On the 2d inst., at Sindfield, Dirs. J. Hamlyn Borrer, jun., of a son. On the 4th inst., at Norwood, Surrey, the wife of J. Bal four, Esq., of a daughter. On the 4th inst , at Portsmouth, the lady of Capt. James, Royal Engineers, of a daughter. On the sth inst., in Ebuiy-street, Chester-square, the Hon. Mrs. Gerald Dillon, of a son. On the sth inst., in Bolles-street, Cavendish-square, Mrs. M. E. David, of Montreal, Canada, of a son. MARRIED. On the 2d inst., at Trinity Church Tonbridge-wells, W S. Bird, Esq., eldest MR of the late T. Bird, Esq., of Muswell hill, to Jane, fifth daughter of P. Thompson, Esq., of Cal verley -park. On the 3d inst., at St. Mark's, Kennington, Charles Tysoe, jun., Esq., of Manchester, to ALne Elizabeth, only daughter of E. Walmsley, Esq., of Brixton, Surrey. On the 4th inst., at St. Michael's, Highgate, Mr. John Parr, of Lawrence-lane, to Anne Martina, second daughter of T. Alderson, Esq., Highgate-rise.