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EVEN IN G SUN SYRIA. AT a MEETING twit], pursuant to Public Notice, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James'- street, on Thursday, Sept. 30, for the nurpose of forming a SOCIETY for EXTENDING MEDICAL and SURGI CAL AID to SYRIA, The Hon. W. F. COWPER, M.P., in the Chair. The following Resolutions mere passed : Moved by Sir CULLING EAnDLEY SMITH, Bart., and seconded by the Rev. S. PvNE, A.M., That the Ancient History and Modern gircurnstances of Syria constitute a strong claim on the sympathies of English men. Moved by the Hon. and Rev. B. W. NOEL, and seconded by the Rev. Dr. VAUGHAN. That it appears highly desirable to render medical assistance to the distressed inhabitants of Syria. not only on general grounds of philanthropy, but as a means of recommending our national character, and strengthening the hands of those who are engaged in affording religious instruction in that country. Moved by Dr. WILLIAMS, M.D., and seconded by Major }IA R.VEY. That an Association ba now formed, to be designated the " Syrian Medical Aid Association," for the purpose of sending to Beirout. or its neighbiurhood, one or more medical practi tioners, and supplying them with every requisite for affording assistance to the sick, the engagement not to extend beyond two years, and the report of the Medical Agent to be commu nicated to the friends of the object as early as practicable. Mcwed by Rev. ROBE It.T u Nit°, A. \L, and seconded by Dr. G REAVES. That a Committee be appointed, who shall communicate without delay, with the Committee of the " Society for the In troduction of Christian Education in Syria." with a view to ob taining their friendly co-operation, of affording them every security that the agents selected shall be such as are best cal culated to promote their and cur own objects. W. F. COWPER, Chairman. Subscriptions and donations will be received by Messrs. Herries and Farquhar, St. James's-street, and at the different branches of the London and Westminster Bank, to the credit of the " Syrian Medical Aid Society." TO MAGISTRATES, SOLICITORS, POOR-LAW UNIONS, &c. &c. This day is published, No. XL. , Vol. V.. , price 6d., of THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE; Containing :—Public Records : Second Reports of the Deputy Keeper—Pauper Education : Establishment at Toot ing arid Norwood— The Queen v. The Manchester and Leeds Railway Company . —Assessed Taxes . Cases determined by the Judges, on Appeal—Practical Points—Business to be done and Matters to be attended to at ur about this Period —House of Commons : Notices of Motions and Orders of the Day—Correspondence—To Correspondents, &e. &c. London : Henry Shaw, 137, Fetter-lane. 13, Great Marlborough-street. MEMOIRS of MADAME LAFARGE. WRITTEN BY HERSELF. 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HEINE BROTHERS having remitted during a short time 25,0001., 18,000/., 9,000/, 5,0001., 3,6001., &c. &c. &c., to London ; 3,6001., 800 L, and 7001., to Edinburgh ; 3,6001. to Dublin ; 3,600/. to Beverley; 3,600/. to Halifax ( Yorkshire); 1,200/. to Portleaven Harbour ; 900/., 700/. and 6001. to Li verpool ; 9001. to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 9001. to Hull ; 9001. and 6001. to Manchester ; 700/. to East Retford (Not tinghamshire); 600/. to Bideford ; 600/. 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, eithout delay, either to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAIIIBIJK6II, or to HEINE BROTHERS, at LUBECK. Lubeck, Sept. 8, 1541.—Heine Brothers remit again this day several large Money Dividends to Great Britain. £llO . £7O 100 60 90 !)0 80 Sterling. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTALS. THIS EVENING, OCT. 2, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled WHAT WILL THE WORLD SAY?—Hon. Charles Nor scold, Mr. J. Vining ; Mr. Pye Hilary, Mr. C.- Mathews ; Mr. Warner, Mr. Partley ; Captain Scrope Tarra.diddle,!Mr. W. Farrell ; Lady Norwolci, Mrs. Glover; Marian Maylcy, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Miss De Verc, Miss Cooper ; Tattle, Mrs. Orger ; Airs. Tarracliddle, Mrs. Humby. After which, PATTER VERSUS CLATTER—Capt. Pat ter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To tonchule with, the Ballet of Action, entitled HANS OF ICELAND.—Hans of Iceland, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Gill, Mr. J. H. Ridgway ; Frederick, Mr. Gilbert ; Oglypiglsp, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Iceland Boy, Master Marshall ; Guth Stasen, Miss Bailin; Iceland Girl, Miss Marshall. On Monday, What 'Wattle World Say, with Animal Mag. netism, and Hans of Iceland. LWYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Unparalleled success of the Milllttry Old English Equestrian Spectacle, " Blenheim," the Waterloo of the ltith Century. Overflowing Houses. :THIS EVENING, OCT. 2, Will he presented the successful Equestrian Spectacle, called THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM ; OR, IHE HORSE OF THE DISINHERITED introducing Mr. Ducrow'smag atticent Stud of Forty Horses, highly-trained l'alfre} 3, Fairy Peneyr, Equestrian Tro o p , and Com p anies of bath Theatres; enshracing 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 oor Hillier, the Great American Rider, the British Horseman, Signor Felix Carlo, and the First Artistes in Europe will appear. To conclude with THE HAUNTED WIIECK. --- ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. 7./NDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Seventy-fifth time of Miss Vincent in the character of " Su san Cioplev ;" third week of Wilks' successful drama of " Ref facile, the Reprobate !" and first week of " The Flying Dutchman," with Chiidt's Phant wmagorit•ul Rept esentation of the Spectral Slip in full sail. • THIS EVENING, OCT. .2, The highly interesting and pathetic Domestic Drama. cal:.ed SUSAN HOPLEY ; OR THE TRIALS-AND VICISSI TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL. William Dean, Mr. E. F. ; Susan Hoplc, , Miss intent, the acknowledged Heroine of I )anwstie Drama. Afar which, RA FFAELLE THE REPROBATE; OR. THE SECRET MISSION, AND THE SIGNET RING. Raffaelle, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Count des 'Monte, Mr. Dale ; Gablin, Mr. Howard ; Pauline, Mrs. Lee. To conclude with THE FLYING DUTCHMAN ; OR THE PHANTOM SHlP.—Vanclerdecken, Mr. Dale ; Toby Varnish, Mr. Seaman ; Peter Von Bummel, Mr. Gardner ; Lestelle, Mrs. Lee; Lucy, Airs. Howard. Boxes, 23.—Pit, Is.— us:lien, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes silly, at Half-put Eight. THE RAILWAY SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACII. 1841. Sept. 30, Sun Office, TO CORRESPONDENTS. - " A Constant Beader."—sir Robert P ee l k new too well th e risk of a nother election for the W est Riding, to' give an appointment to Mr. J. S. Wortley, which would compel him to vacate his seat. _ _ The Publication of the Evening Edition. of Taz - com menced at 0 minutes after 'fhree. WATELi. Al LONDON 13K1DGE To-moRKoNv M ruing 5 rninutua after 3 1 Evening ..... minutes after 3. (7 14;n ge A ‘.., . " 't , 4 (7, Tht well off. LONDON: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1841. Sir R. PEEL has recently reminded us of the reputation once enjoyed by a certain ex-Secre! tary of the Admiralty. No sooner did a dispute or debate occur iu the House of Commons concerning, however remotely, the department with which he was connected, than the Right Hon. Gentle man was provided, it was said, with a letter or memorandum, stating, on the honour of same hi g h and distinguished personage, the very fact which was required to make out the ex- Secretary's case. So Sir ROBERT PEEL, imitating these tactics, comes down to tile House one day w i t h a story from some nameless Magistrate, that Mr. HiNnnEY's statement is not true ; on another, with a nicely selected piece of statistics, touching savings' banks, which proves almost unheard of prosperity since the ac- cession of the Tories to office ; and on a third, with a ' voluntary statement, made by some high, but still nameless, autho• rity in Manchester, that fever has died away as poverty has increased, and that Manchester, under the CAVANAGH procesS of going without food, is increasing in health most remarkably. Fever cases, according to Sir ROBERT'S name less correspondent, have diminished almost in the proportion of 3to 1 compared to 1837. Sir ROBERT, in fact, surpasses his quondam ally and mentor, for he not only establishes a triumphant case for his party out of these poor statistical re turns, but he triumphs, over common sense and general notoriety. We look with much suspicion at returns leading to such conclusions, and that suspicion we must take leave to make good, though our remarks should fall heavily on the good sense or the honour of Sir ROBERT PEEL, and degrade him to the level of tile veracious ex- Secretary of the Admiralty, now standing calum- niator of the Quarterly Review. It strikes us as somewhat remarkable that Sir ROBERT PEEL, or Sir ROBERT PEEL'S correspon dent, for they divide the honour betwixt them, should have commenced with the year 1837, comprising the period between June 1836 and May 1837—that being, as is remarked by Mr. TOOKE, " the last in a series of six successive sea sons, in which the produce of the wheat harvest had fully sufficed for the • consumption of the kingdom without the aid of foreign supply." Why did not Sir ROBERT PEEL, Or Sir ROBERT PEEL'S correspondent, if he wished to make a fair comparison, tell us the number of fever pa tients that were admitted in the flourishing years 1836, 1835, and 1534, so as to enable the community to compare—the point at issue—the effects of abundance and scarcity ? It is very singular, if it be not designed, that Sir ROBERT PEEL or his correspondent should not have said one word about the fever in those previous years, . . when the people were supposed to be tolerably Unfortunately, also, for, Sir ROBERT and his correspondent, contemporaneously with the be ginning of the bad harvests came the first inter ruption to the American trade. It was in the autumn of 1536 that the great Liverpool houses got into difficulty, and from that time to the present the trade with America has been com- paratively languishing. Thus two causes com bined to make the fever statistics prior to 1837, as a means of comparison with those statistics since that year, of great interest; and we re spectfully ask Sir ROBERT and his anonymous informer, why no notice is taken of the years 1836, 1835, and 1834. It does not appear to us sagacious, even if it be quite honest, to state such a naked fact as Sir ROBERT PEEL stated, without mentioning any qualifying or correcting circumstance. It could not be unknown to Sir ROBERT PEEL'S in- formant that, during the last five or six years, a great deal of attention has been directed to im proving the health of towns. Exertions have been made to lodge -the people better, to improve drainage, to establish superior ventilation, and though Sir ROBERT PEEL'S bungling legislation has been a pre-eminent failure, producing infi nitely more harm than good, those who apply the physical sciences do not fail in the same way ; and the exertions made to improve our towns have been, in a great measure, successful. Manchester, under the new Corporation and new police, has been by no means behind other towns, and we believe we err very little in saying that, with the exception of the metropolis, in no town has there been more done of late to improve the dwellings of the poor. Sir ROBERT PEEL ought to have adverted to that circumstance, if he had not wished rather to delude than instruct. A wise man, aiming at truth, would have men tioned rt.A hireling, partizan of the landlords,casts it aside, and dwells only on some figures as a proof that the people are not so much a prey to disease and death as they were. We have seen it stated also, more than once, that the number of Irish who immigrate into England is annually lessening. Such a result seems the natural consequence of the improve ment which is going forward in Ireland, and of the slackness of enterprise in every part of Eng land. It is clear, when thousands of persons in every town can find no employment, that there can be no room for an importation of additional thousands from Ireland, and no temptation for them to come. We believe, therefore, that im migration from Ireland has not been so great during the last five years as during the preced ing five years. Now the Irish, according to Mr. M'Cum.ocn's statistical work, are " keep- ing up, if they are not introducing, the fevers of their wretched country into the heart of the British cities." If the immigration of Irish, therefore, be checked from any cause, one source of fever is proportionably dried up, and that immigation has been lessened since 1837. In fact, according to all accounts, of late emi gration to a considerable extent has taken place from the manufacturing districts, and if there were no other circumstances to invalidate Sir R. PEEL'S statement, the want of any correct knowledge of the number of inhabitants at Man chester, in 1837 and in 1841 would make it worthless. But, limited and misleading as Sir R. PEEL wished his statement to be, the comparison between the number of fever patients in 1837, 799; and in 1838, the first year of a very deficient crop and of much slackness in work, 1,372 ; and in 1839, another deficient year, 1,040; and in 1840, 848—the number being almost double in 1838, one-fourth greater in 1839, and one-six teenth greater in 1840—really proves that the dearth to which the Corn-law subjects the people is a prolific source of disease. We have pointed out several circumstances—the diminished immigration of Irish, the improved habits of the people, and the improved police of the town— which should lead to a diminution of fever; but what do we find coincident with deficiency of food and slackened trade? Why, that the fever patients increase from 799 to 1,372, or taking the ave rage three years subsequent to 1837, from 799 to 1,086. We should be astonished that the cautious Baronet had quoted a statement which shows that the starvation system he supports in creases disease, and, probably, also increases deaths to the amount of one-third, were he not so ignorant of all the accompanying circumstances, or so blind to them, that he •was , completely unaware of the bearings of his statistics. We re peat, that the increase of fevers between the years ending May, 1837, and May, 1838, the first year of agreatly deficient harvest and a declining trade, is a severe condemnation_of that abomina ble Corn-law which in that year withheld food and trade from the people. But the very essence of the Right Hon. Baronet's triumph was in the diminished number of fever patients in the year 1810, 848, and 1841, 601, par ticularly during the last three months of the pre sent year, as compared to the number of patients in the three corresponding months of the preced ing years. Alas, for his knowledge and his hu manity ! Does he expect to find, after decimating the people—for the number of fever patients who die appears to be at least one in ten—that there will remain the same number to kill? Dr. BOWRING showed that the mortality of the ma nufacturing districts has increased, and it is at least whimsical of the Right Hon. B aronet to ex ult at the diminution of the fever patients this year, in consequence of the numerous deaths from hunger and fever of the year before. It is, we understand, a common fact, that, after a disease has been extremely prevalent, as fever was in Manchester in 1838, it falls in the next few ) cars as far below the average as it had suddenly risen above it. In 1838 the fever pa tients were nearly doubled, and it is in the cus tomary order of events that in the next few years the number should diminish. This is hap pening at Manchester ; and Sir R. PEEL, anxious to defend an iniquitous and inhuman law, ac tually drivels out his satisfaction, and the Tories cheer him as he drivels it out, because previous deaths and previous disease have deprived pre sent disease of its victims. We look on such bald statements as that of Sir R. PEEL, with unqualified contempt, Unless statistics .be enlightened by a knowledge of cir cumstances, they are valueless and Sir R. PEEL took care to suppress all the circumstances which could give his fever table interest and correct ness. Suppose it justified all he wished to infer, would it follow that the people are not in deep distress because the fever hospital is not crowded with patiznts ? There are some years particularly favourable to fever, others not. This may be one of the latter. It is horrible enough to find a statesman, who is bound to remove the restrictions by which he crushes the enterprise and stops the supplies of the people, shutting his eyes and his ears to their demands and their complaints; but it is ten-fold horrible to find him endeavouring to persuade himself and others, by the most puerile and contemptible arguments, that there is no distress worth 'speaking of, and that it would be wrong to put the Legislature to the least trouble to correct it. Lord STANLEY described Sir ROBERT PEEL as well knowing how to dress up a case for the House but the House and the country in this, as in many other things, are completely at variance, and the case which the House cheered as a triumph for the Starvationists, appears to the country as their ciniviction and execution. We have received Madrid Papers of the 23d ult. The Eeo del Commereio of that date con tains a bitter answer to an article which recently appeared in the Journal des Debats sneering at Spain, and accusing her people and Government of ingratitude towards France. The following extract from that article will show the sensitive ness of the Spanish people, and how little real sympathy exists at bottom between the two na tions. We may add, that it quite delighted the people of Madrid : " We are called ingrates, and yet, through the family ' compact, cominglrom Charles 111., we were embroiled in a disastrous war, which brought us to the necessity of submitting, jointly with France, to the shameful peace of 1763 ; we were by France, without previous know ledge, involved in the United States war, concluded by signing the humiliating peace of 1783. In both wars cur naval forces were placed at the disposal of France — not for defending our interests, but quite otherwise, greatly to their prejudice. The French Government, without our previous consent, despoiled us of the Island of Trinidad, which it ceded to Great Britain by the treaty of Amiens. The French Government sold the Floridas to the United States, thereby openly violating the terms of the treaty of cession we bad made. We signed the ignominious treaty of peace of Basilla, and the untoward treaty of San Ildefonso, and our navy perished at Trafalgar, through the inexpe rience and madness of the French Admiral ; and we signed the treaty of Fontainblcau, in order to satiate, with the spoils of Portugal, the ambition of Napoleon. The elite of our trcops were previously removed into Pomerania! Lotus see what France has done for us. Behold on the Madrid Prado the monument of the 2d May, as a perpetual testimony of the treasonableinfamy and unexampledcow ardice of the French, who assassinated our fellow-citi zens in the most heartless manner. France surely does not demand of liberal Spain a testimony of gratitude for its invasion of Spain in 1823. If it requires one, let it exact it at the hands of the satellites of the Inquisition. As to the conduct of France towards Spain since 1834, we have only to appeal to the testimony of the opposition members in the Paris Chamber of Deputies, who told the Minister of the Crown ' your policy is a Carlist policy.' What Spaniard can have forgotten the famous jantais' of that Ministry, of which M. Salvandy, the recently appointed Minister to Spain, formed part ? And, lastly, this very same ques tion of the Isla del Rey, in Port Mahon Bay, does it not prove that Spain, forgetful of the security of its own terri tory, was still too condescending ? Yet the ex-Minister Joubert, in the Session December 3, 1840, declared that France aimed at the possession of the Balearic Islands." The Funds improved on the 23d. The Five per Cents. 27+ for cash,", and 27 at 60 days are the closing prices, and about 270,0001. sterling was done. The whole of the Paris Journals of Thursday have reached us. The breaking off of the nego tiations for a commercial treaty between France and Belgium, principally on account of the French iron monopolists, is severely commented upon in several of the Liberal journals. Free dom of commercial intercourse is beginning to find many able advocates in France. The policy of sacrificing the interests of a nation of conszmers in order to enrich a handful of native producers is now very gene rally condemned. The starving population of Paris can no longer be persuaded that the filling a French belly with German beef would be a ruinous measure, any more than the people of Manchester can be made to believe that a British stomach has an unconquerable aversion to French brandy or a Spanish-grown loaf. The bulk of the newspapers respond to the common sense of the people; so that, whatever he the fate of the present negotiations, we regard the doom of mo nopolies as sealed. ' The' Sud of Marseilles of the 27th ult. announces the return of the steam-boat Dante, which sailed from that port on the 21st ult. with the Levant mail, in consequence of an accident to her machinery. The letters and des patches were returned to the post-office and were to re main until the Ist instant, "there being no other boat ready for sea, and even were there one it would have been useless to have despatched her, es she could not have arrived at Malta until after the departure of the mail from Syn.." The following further particulars of the affair of the British merchant who was maltreated at Sfax, are given by the Semaphore of Marseilles, in a letter from that place of the 24th ult :—" The agent of an English com mercial house having a difference with one of the re ceivers of import duties, was dragged into the Custom house yard at Sfax, and there cruelly beaten and stoned by some Arabs ; the principal aggressor being a man named Belhac, who, being at the head of the service, ought to have restrained his subordinates. The Governor, Ra geb Ben Ajat, instead of doing immediate justice, as he was bound, sent an account to the Bey of Tunis, repre senting that the Englishman had ill-treated the officers; and he found plenty of witnesses to certify the truth of his report, many being . impelled by fear, and others by malignity, to affix their names to it. The British Vice Consul demanded reparation, but Ben Ajat replied only with insults; and without waiting for the answer from the Bey, decided that the agent had violated the law, and accordingly sent him to prison. After lying there four days, the Englishman was bound with cords, placed on a horse, and sent out of the town; but being met by some Europeans on the road, he was rescued by them. All those who were engaged in this release have taken refuge under the British flag, where they still remain." A letter from Ancona, 18th instant, gives accounts of the fetes on the occasion of the vis;t of the Pope, who made his entrance into the town on the 15th, an event which has not occurred at Ancona within the last three centuries. It was triumphal. The populace took the horses from the carriage of his Holiness and drew him to the Church of Santo Agostino, where he pronounced a benediction on the peoples In the evening there were grand fireworks let off in Piazza Grande, and, in one of the halls of the Town• house, took place the ceremony 'of kissing the forehead of the Pope's white mule. His Holiness was seated on a throne, his foot resting on a red velvet cushion, and the mule was richly caparisoned in the same colour with a cross of gold over the back. All persons who entered left their hats and gloves in an outer room, and knelt down three times before approach ing the steps. The Austrian Government paid a hand some compliment to Gregory XVI., in sending its stsam vessel the Mahmoudie to Ancona, and placing it en tirely at his command during his stay. The Pope, availed himself of this attention, and in return bestowed his benediction on the steamer, conferring upon it his own name. This being done, his standard was hoisted at the mast-head, and he took an excursion in it. In the morning of the 17th, his Holiness set out for Rome. On Tuesday, the Dukes d'Aumale and de Montpen sier, accompanied by Messrs. Delatour and Jannin, left Compeigne ; and, earlier it he morning, the Pope's In ternuncio, te Minister of Public Instruction, and the Count and Countess Mole, took their departure for Paris. At one o'clock, Queen Christina, attended by her Lady of Honour and two Chamberlains, alighted at the Palace. At three, the King and Royal Family, with the Queen Dowager of Spain, went to visit the ruins of the Cha teau de Pierrefont. The weather was extremely fine, and`the King ascended to the summit of the highest tower, and enjoyed the extensive and picturesque view it affords. The Royal party, which was followed by several other carriages filled with the invited guests, did not return to the Palace till a quarter before seven, where their Majesties were met by the Minister of Public Works, who had just arrived. In the evening there was a grand banquet in the Salle de Diane. N. Guizot has returned to Paris from Compeigne. The Dutch papers publish the following trait of heroism on the part of the Dutch troops, during the late in surrection in Sumatra. The fort of Gogoer-Merlin tang, occupied by Sub-Licutenant Bonze, and fifty men, was suddenly attacked by several thousands of the insurgents. The little garrison defended them selves bravely with their bayonets, but several were wounded, and their provisions being short, they were exposed to the horrors of hunger. They held out however for four days, when the officer in command re solved on evacuating the fort. Three of the garrison were too severely wounded to be able to remove, and re mained, with a determination to blow up the fort as soon as the rebels should have entered. Lieut. Bauza and his men effected their retreat by dint of extraordi nary valour, whilst the rebels took possession of the fort ; but the latter had no sooner entered than the three men who remained set fire to their powder, and all who entered it were blown up with the heroic and faithful soldiers. The Journal d 'lndre d Loire states that a journeyman wheelwright, named Gamel, was arrested a few days ago at Vouvray, on a charge of uttering seditious lan guage, and declaring publicly that he intended to go to Paris to kill the King. A grand dinner was given at the Belgian Court, on Monday, in honour of the visit *of the Duchess of Rent. During the stay of the King and Queen of Prussia at THE 'MIN. LONDON- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1841. Breslau, a beautiful square carpet, of the extraordinary size of 27 feet in each side, and worked by 112 ladies of the nobility of the province, was presented to her Ma jesty, in commemoration of her visit. Yesterday and the day before, 19 persons, condemned to punishments including exposure in the pillory, un derwent the latter on the Place du Palais de Justice.• One of them, named Peure, who was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment with hard labour, for bigamy, was so ill that he was allowed to be seated. This man ap peared to stiffer much from exposure to the public gaze, but the others displayed a revolting effrontery. On the 23d inst., at Ostend, M. Ernest Betout, a Pa risian, 25 years of age, who had been living for some days at the Hotel du Lion d'Or, and who represented himself as agent for a French Life Insurance Company, went to a shooting-gallery, and, placing himself a little apart, discharged a ball into the left side of his chest. IThe wound, though very dangerous, is not mortal. The young man was carried to the hospital. From papers found in his room it appears that a disappointment in love was the cause of this attempt, and that he had me ditated self-destruction ever since July. He had talked much within a few - days about the best way of dying. A letter from the frontier of Poland, of the 15th inst., quoted by the Frankfort Journal, a semi-official Russian paper, says—" Measures are taking, which according to all appearances will turn greatly to the advantage of the Polish nation. A general amnesty is in preparation, and hopes are entertained that the Emperor will pro claim it in person. The surplus of the Budget, which was ordered by a decree of 1832 to be paid into the privy purse of his Majesty, not having been so transferred for the last tae years, the Treasury has considerable sums in hand, and -these by an Imperial decree are appro priated towards the construction of a railroad to traverse the country." A few days ago, says the Droit, at an early hour in the morning, an employe of the Octroi, whilst passing througir the Rue Vieille du Temple, picked up a small basket, carefully covered up, which, on being opened, was found to contain a large sum of money. The finder, although in the receipt of so low a salary as If. 25c. per day, and having a numerous family, had the honesty immediately to place the basket and its contents in the hands of the Commissary of Police of the district, with a view to its being claimed ,by the owner. It is said that the three individuals arrested some days ago in consequence of the disclosures made by Quenisset as his accomplices have been confronted with him. He persists in accusing them, stating the part which each of them was to •perform in the terrible drama. They persist in denying everything. — Lc Temps. Admiral Hugon (says our correspondent) has received several despatches, and we learn that active preparations are making in the squadron placed under his command. Several ships of the line are immediately to complete their stock of provisions. The Gencreux is preparing to put to sea. Several steamers have been ordered to take in their coals, in order to be ready to depart at first signal. The Tounerre steamer, it is said, is to take troops on hoard at Port Vendres. _ _ _ _ . This morning the Cerbere steamer (a hospital ship) weighed anchor and put to sea, going to Algiers with 108 passengers, viz., 12 officers, 96 soldiers, belonging to different corps, and 6 colonists. The Phaeton steamer, which has been sent to Tunis with despatches for Capt. Le Ray, is expected every mom en t. —Le Commerce. BOURSE—Panic,THUPSDAY, SEPT. 30. . , liras Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Prick. Price French 5 per Cent,. ex. div. 114 55 ... 114 61 ... 114 40 ... 114 40 4 per Cents 97 20 ... 97 20 ... 97 ,11 ..: 97 20 3 per Cent,... ...... Bank of trance Latlitte Bank 1.0001. SI eras 11'27 50 ...1027 50 ...ILO 50 ...11117 50 5,0001. Shares 11075 ...5075 .4075 ..,5075 Belgian (Sank 1 3 rer Cents 7l 80 ... 71 80 ... 71 SJ ... 71 80 5 per Cent!., 1840 104% ... 104% ... 104 N. ... 104 N ipanish Active S2% ... 93 ... 2'2 ... 22% Passive 5% ... 5% ... 5% ... 5% Roman ..... IC4 ... 104 ... IC4 ... la RAILWAY SHARES. it. Germain Strasburg toßak,shares red 2.5 ... 730 77,0 ... 730 ... 236 21 ... 235 ... 236 25 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY took hiS seat on the Woo] sack shortly after Twelve o'Clock. CORN-LAWS. On our admission to the gallery we found The Earl of RADNOR entering into an explanation of a statement he had made last night respecting the average price of foreign corn. We understood the Noble Earl to say that in stating the average at 40s. 6d. he had omitted to mention the expense of freight, which would be about ss. per quarter, and should have been added to the average. POOR-LAW COMMISSION. On the motion of the Earl of IiEDESDALE the Poor-law Commission Bill and the Population Payment Bill were read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted on Monday. The Expiring Acts Bill passed through Committee, and was ordered to be read a third time on Monday. EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. Messengers from the Howe of Commons brought up the Exchequer Bills Funding Bill and the Exchequer Bills Appropriation Bill, which were read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Monday. Their Lordships then adjourned. 110 USE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock. Mr. SIIARMAN CRAWFORD presented a petition from the wine and spirit-merchants and grocers of Bally money, in the county of Antrim, Ireland. The peti tioners complain of a clause introduced into a late Act, prohibiting persons in Ireland holding a retail spirit license in conjunction with a grocer's license ; and state that no such restriction exists in England or Scotland. The petitioners pray that the said law be amended, and that they may be placed on a footing of equality with the spirit trader in England and Scotland. EXCHEQUER BILLS FUNDING BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having moved the order of the day for the third reading of this Bill, Mr. WILLIAMS said he wished to be informed by the Right Hon. Gentleman whether the whole amount of 5,000,000/. had been funded, distinguishing the amount subscribed in Exchequer Bills, and the amount sub scribed in money. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the amount subscribed altogether amounted to 3,644,0001.; but he could not tell the Hon. Gentleman what portion had been subscribed in money, and what portion in Exchequer Bills. Besides, the information could be of no use, inasmuch as ►he parties might make up the money in either way, as they should find it the most convenient. Mr. WILLIAMS said that if the whole amount of three millions and a half should be subscribed in Ex chequer Bills, the Right Hon. Gentleman would, in that ease, fund more 'Exchequer Bills than he had originally intended. In looking at the present state of the Money Market he did not see any necessity for reducing the present amount of Exchequer Bills. The last returns he had seen stated that the amount of interest upon Exchequer Bills was 2/d. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was only 2kd. He could not then state what course the Government might find it more advantageous to take, as he would thereby influence the Money Market. The Government would adopt the plan which they found least burdensome to the public. The Bill was then read a third time, and passed. EXCHEQUER BILLS (APPROPRIATION) BILL. On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX CHEQUER, this Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. E. TENNENT gave notice that he should, early next Session, move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the law relating to designs in trinufactures. Mr. HAWES—As there was no particular business before the House, he would take the opportunity of ask ing a question of the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for the Home Department. Some time ago the Sixth Report of the Prison Inspectors had been laid en the table of the House. He (Mr. Hawes) had carefully gone through that' Report, and he found matter in it which was well deserving the attention of the Secretary for the Home Department. He considered the accounts there given showed there had been some gross violations of the law; but having called the attention of the Hon. Baronet to the fact he would not press it further, as he was assured it would meet with instant redress. Sir JAMES GRAHAM was glad that the Hon. Member had mentioned the subject, because he was quite aware that the Report in question contained matter worthy of the most serious attention. He had not had time to give it the attention that was due to the subject, but he had issued instructions to the Inspectors of Prisons to furnish an Appendix to their Report, calling his atten tion to such parts of it as showed any violation of the law—what, according to law, was subject to the control of the Secretary of State—and thirdly, what, in their judgment required the interference of the Legislature. Adjourned. RAILWAY RETURNS. M e extract from the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandize : £ s. d. Sept. 25. Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,265 13 9 24. Birmingham and Gloucester 2,064 19 4 26. Dundee and Arbroath 256 10 6 26. Eastern Counties 25. Glasgow and Ayr 1,126 0 4 25, Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock 887 0 10 18. Grand Junet. 84 t'bester & Crewe 9,517 6 3 27. Great North of England 1,351 0 11 26. Great Western 14,286 9 5 25. Hull and Selby 1,127 18 Si 25. Lancaster and Preston Junction 578 13 7 24. Liverpool and Manchester 25. London and Birmingham 17,447 5 10 30. London and Blackwell 869 19 6 30. London and Brighton 29. Ditto Shoreham Branch 165 0 9 28. London and Croydon 2 30. London and Greenwi ch 729 11 2 25. London and South-Westeni.... 23. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 605 6 13 27. Manchester and Birmingham 20. Manchester and Leeds ....... 25. Midland Counties 2,819 15 11 25. Newcastle and Carlisle 1,683 19 3 26. Northern and Eastern 9BO 15 6 • '25. North Midland 24. North Union 1,308 4 7 25. Preston and Wyre 454 9 10 26. Ulster 192 17 1 27. York and North Midland 1,872 ;.8 3 Ll Eit'i A il) Y OF MEWS AND iihtiblttt tntOtt• " Who runs may read." ronziGN. The negotiations for a commercial treaty between France and Belgium have been broken off for the pre sent. The rock upon which they split was the iron trade, for which M. Drouillard, the French representa tive of that interest, demanded the continuance of the old protecting duties. We are glad to find the monopolists attacked in most of the leading journals. The Consti tutionnelsays—" The negotiations relative to the com mercial treaty with Belgium are suspended, perhaps abandoned. As the discussion went on, they ceased to correspond in character with the debut, and a host of conflicting interests threw obstacles in the way of the leading questions. Several branches of industry entered a sort of veto against the proposed reduction of duties upon goods similar to those which they manufacture, and the iron-masters revived the old arguments against being tributary to foreign countries, and being able, in case of war, to supply ourselves, &c. These persons are always putting forward the hypothesis of war, in order that the country may not enjoy the ad vantages of peace, and that they may continue to carry on a monopoly, which is so onerous to consumers." The Courrar Francais follows in the same strain : " When we talk of a treaty with England, the iron-masters put in their veto, and say, ' You are going to ruin our establishments—where would you get your iron from in the event of war ?' M. Drouillard uses the same ar gument against a commercial treaty with Belgium, and talks of our becoming tributary for our instruments of war to the high furnaces of foreign States. To this eternal objection of the partisans of monopoly we reply, that the annihilation of the ironworks of France would not take place even if iron were to be admitted duty free from Belgium, Ent-,land, Prussia, Sweden, and Bassin. We do not, however, ask for the admission of foreign iron duty free,we merely ask for the modification of the existing duty. The iron trade has slept, as it were,undcr the influence of protecting laws. We do not wish suddenly to inter fere, and carry perturbation into the iron-works of France ; we repeat, that we ask only for a moderate and gradual reduction of duty, so as to rouse the French iron-masters to competition. The exorbitant privilege enjoyed by the French iron-masters, without enriching them, perhaps, has already cost 600 millions of francs to the country. An end must be put to these sacri fices. The interest of the producer is certainly entitled to consideration, but only when it does not place itself in direct opposition with that of the consumer. On the Paris Bourse on Thursday. great excite ment was caused by the announcement of the failure of a partner of one of the jobbers for a sum of about 24,0001. sterling ; the transaction is reported to be a very dishonest one. A series of such tricks was expected. The guilty party decamped, and is probably by this time in London. PAX:ZVI:LIEN T.anY. The Earl of Radnor last night, on presenting some petitions, remonstrated strongly against proroguing the Parliament without taking some measures to remedy the present state of things. He declared that the Govern ment was ineurrinc , a fearful responsibility by doing so. The Duke of Wellington said there was no time to in quire, and he would take the responsibility of advising her Majesty to prorogue the Parliament. The Duke of Portland moved for some correspondence relative to the late Rome Secretary refusing to counte nance the proceedings of one Mr. T,lnwin, a Magistrate of Mansfield, who, in his zeal to put down Chartism, had set to, like an Orange Magistrate in Ireland, to search for arms. Vv The Marquis of Normanby objected to the motion, and defended his own conduct, which Lord Wharneliffe most severely condemned. He insisted that the Noble Marquis ought to have supported the Magistrate, and no doubt Lord Wharncliffe will, whatever they may do. The Magistrates, like the law, must be obeyed, because they are the Magistrates, let them do what they will. We may be prepared, then, for what the Tories will do. The motion was withdrawn, the Duke of Portland being satisfied with the chastisement which Lord Wharncliffe had given the Marquis of Normanby. The Commons, besides transacting a variety of routine business, debated the third reading of the Poor-law Com mission Bill, which Mr. Fielding moved to postpone for six months. None of the Tories showed against the Bill. The poor cravens eat in the House the words they spouted at the hustings to cheat the electors. The Bill was read a third time. Both Houses sit, to forward some Bills, this day. PUBL/C OPINION. The Morning Chronicle thus comments on a remark let fall by the Duke of Wellington in the House of Lords :—" The Duke of Wellington made this monstrous assertion last night in the House of Lords:—' That dis tress prevailed in some parts of the country was a fact which he deeply lamented, but there certainly was no dis tress arising from want of food Would the Duke of Wellington be a little more explicit, and inform us re specting the nature of the distress that does exist ? If it be not from the want of food, what want causes it ? Must we come to the plundering of bakers' shops and butchers' stalls before the Duke will admit that the people are distressed by the want of food ? Ah if he had ever been in the condition of one of the many adventurers who have come up to London without a penny in their pockets, and have wandered in its streets wearied and hungry, he would have understood the meaning of starving in the midst of plenty, and might have been enabled to comprehend that even in a country where millions of quarters of wheat are pouring into the markets, there may be thou sands literally distressed from want of food, and as badly off as if a grim famine desolated the land. No wonder that after such a declaration we find the Duke stating that he quite willingly takes his share of the responsibility of advising her Ma jesty to prorogue Parliament. With his cam paigning notions he cannot conceive of a deficiencY of food unless Mark-lane be closed, Smithfield barri cadoed, Covent-garden burned down, and people in thou ' sands parading the streets shouting Bread ! bread !' " The Duke's bluff; decided remark that there is no dis tress arising from want of food, reminds us of his equally dogmatic assertion in 1830, that the people did not want the Reform Bill, but were quite satisfied with the re presentation as it then existed. If the people be not distressed for want of food, what is it that they are dis tressed for ? Not for luxuries, surely, fur these are things unknown to the vast bulk.of the labouring classes; and which, therefore, having never possessed, they can not miss. Alas, it is hunger—hunger in its severest form—that distresses them, and which will ere long en gender a fierce desperation that will make the Tories rue the hour they ever treated their sufferings with in difference. The Advertiser, in discussing the question of Tory re action, makes the following remarks :—" It was the gradual approximation of Whirr policy to the Tory prin ciples of action, that brought Lord Melbourne's Govern ment into public disfavour, and ultimately drove them from office. In this fact there is little for the Tories to triumph in. Had there been any re-action in the public mind in favour of Toryism, or, as the phrase now goes, in favour of Conservatism, the Whig tenure of office had become secure enough, seeing that the Whig Govern ment bad been gradually assimilating itself in its course of action to the maxims of Conservative policy. For some considerable time the Whig Cabinet had been, to all intents and purposes, a Conservative Cabinet. We speak not now of the bubble-budget, because that came too late to rescue them from their perilous position—and the very fact of such a Cabinet being broken up, by the - almost universal judgment of the public, affords demonstrative "evidence that Con -1 servative principles had been making no progress in public favour. One of the great evils resulting from this course. of events is, as already intimated, to be found in the apparent complacency with which the Tory party is just now almost universally regarded."—lt is not with " complacency" that the . Tory party are now regarded by the people; but a lingering hope—which, by-the-lye, is dailing becoming fainter—has been for some weeks entertained that, profiting by past experience, they would avoid many of the errors into which, as Tories, they used to be constantly falling, and_ evince a disposition for vigorous and beneficent legislation. But the hope is idle ; Tories they are still, and Tories they will remain, to the end of the chapter. The Herald observes as follows on the recent news from America :—" The discussion in the House of As sembly is doubtless favourable to the contibuance of peace —but the refusal of Mr. Webster to join his colleagues in resigning office under President Tyler is still more fa vourable to that desirable object. Mr. Webster remains in power solely , for the purpose of maintaining that view of the relations between this country and the United States, which he so well expressed in his instructions to Mr. Crittenden, the late Attorney-General. He could give no higher proof of his patriotism than by so doing, for the conduct of Mr. Tyler to his late Administration in reference to the Bank Bill amply pro voked the resignation of the entire Cabinet. While, then, there seems no probability that the British Crown will be exempted from the indignity of being arraigned for felony in the person of its subject before a Court and Jury of the State of New York, we may feel secure that, whatever be the result of that trial, Mr. MiLeod will be handed over to the British authorities uninjured in per son, except by long and unjust incarceration in an Ame rican prison. The Post puts forth the following observations on the subject of the political influence of the daily press : " Half a dozen of the newspapers in London have more e ff ec t upon the public mind, in regard to the most im portant matters, than all the reviews in the world ; and even the speeches of public men make their impression rather through the criticisms of the daily journalists upon them than by their own direct influence. In this busy age the mere circumstance of their length, in comparison with the more ' swift and senten tious' notices of the journalists, causes even very im portant speeches to be less attended to than the • lead ing articles' at which the Quarterly writer so idly sneers. This we say without being at all so proud of newspapers, or so convinced of their great utility as some persons seem to be. It may be that the world would get on quite as well if newspapers did not indulge in constant criticism, and, consequently, in frequent misrepresentation, concerning public men and public r measures. Perhaps, if they merely told the news, as of old, and left political criticism to occasional pamphlets and to monthly or quarterly miscellanies, the public might be more at peace, and be more accustomed to deli berate thoughtfulness upon political subjects. But that cannot be. Daily criticism upon public affairs has be come by habit a necessary of life, and no set of men existing have so much to do with forming and furnishing the thoughts of ether men—and, so far as temporal in terests are concerned, upon the most important subjects too—as the writers in the daily Journals." The Brighton Herald states, in reference to Lord Shrewsbury's pamphlet on the Corn•laws--" We do not and cannot grow food enough for our own consumption. A portion of it must be brought from abroad, or our people must perish. To lay a tax, therefore, on this food is cruel and most unjust. A wise Government, like that of Rome, always endeavoured to make food cheap—to keep filled, at all risks, the bellies of the people ; for of all rebellions, as Lord Bacon said, that of the belly is the worst ; but the object of the isolated and haughty Bri tish Aristocracy is to make food dear, but for which, in the end, they will have to pay." The Dublin Evening Post says :—" The demand for new taxes, whilst the manufacturers of Great Britain are vainly struggling againt foreign competition, and a commercial system founded upon monopoly, is, after all, the only intelligible mode of appealing to the Tory and Lord-loving people of England. As observed by Lord Palmerston, in his masterly exposition of the past and present conduct of the Tories, on Monday night, the elec ' tors who had borne them triumphantly into office will now begin to discover that they have paid much too dearly for their whistle." The Best Briton comments as follows on Sir Robert Peel's demand for time:—" lie must have time,—time to render himself strong enough to turn round upon the Richmonds, the Buckingbams, the Knatchbulls, whose support he has been compelled to court,—time to enable him to throw them aside, which he is well aware he must do before he can enter with any hope of succcess upon the revision of our commercial system,—time to enable him to form a Government united in principle, instead of the present heterogenous materials with which he is surrounded." The Leicester Mercury makes the following remark on the present distresses of the people :—" The ' repre sentatives of the people '—oh I bitter irony I—are to spend their days in partridge-shooting, and their nights in revelry ; while thousands of those for whose good they are professedly elected, are wandering from sun rise to sun-set, vainly seeking food ; and lying down in their miserable huts, to sleep, if they can sleep with empty stomachs, and mind filled only with despair. Like the moving deserts, which gradually cover the fertile land in their vicinityruin and desolation are overwhelming our commerce ; and where industry flourishes, the silence of death reigns." MONEY—TRADE—commmr , c=. One day, last week the Great North of England Rai way Company sent from Darlington forty tons of fish (chiefly herrings), part of which would be in Billingsgate Market at six o'clock next morning. Mr. Lyall has given notice for inext Session of a mo tion to inquire into the effects produced upon our naviga tion, trade, and colonies by the alterations made withi the last twenty years in the " Navigation Laws," and to consider whether further modifications would not enable our shipping to compete more successfully with that of other nations. Ii.GRICUL'X'UIFZJI.M. The Highland Agricultural Society's meeting at Ber wick-upon-Tweed took place on Wednesday: The show of cattle, flowers, fruit, and vegetables was in each de partment excellent. The Directors dined in the even ing under a pavilion, with the Duke of Roxburgh pre siding, and Lord Elcho as croupier. About 300 sat down. LAW AND POLICE. At Bow.street, yesterday, Thomas Poore, who has been repeatedly examined before the Magistrate, charged with stealiag a letter containing a 51. note, was fully committed for trial. At Thames-street. Mr. Masson, of the firm of Masson and noggins with the Captain of the Himalaya emi grant ship, bound for New South Wales, waited on the Magistrate to explain why the poor people were not al lowed to go on board in the docks. Mr. Masson said it had been found necessary to adopt that system on ac count of the petty thefts committed by impostors on the poor emigrants, and the inconvenience caused by women and children being on board while going down the river. He further added that he was anxious to re-pay the money which had been furnished from the office to con vey the emigrants to Gravesend. 'EINE ARTS. The meetings of the Society of Friends of Music in the Austrian States, is appointed to be held at Vienna this year, on the 7th, 9th, and 11th of November. The number of performers will be 'upwards of 1,000, and the grandest pieces constitute the programme. The great German painter, Cornelius, has arrived in London, and it is suggested that his knowledge and skill in fresco painting, might be made available iu the in tended decoration of the new Houses of Parliament. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. The cluster of stars known as the Pleiades, or "Seven Stars," will be eclipsed by the moon on the 27th of November, about the time of her full, and seen at New York plainly. TEZATRICAL. Our countrywoman, Miss Austin, who appeared at Covent Garden in the winter of 1839, has made a suc cessful debut at La Scala theatre, Milan. C T OINT EEIVEN G On Thursday night, on the motion of Mr. William Cowper, the House of Commons ordered an address to be presented to her Majesty to direct accounts to be prepared of the expenses incurred in every one of the last elections in England, charged to the candidate or electors,•with the items of the charge, and all other the minutest monetary points. •• COURT—r.rismoN.a.n.GE. Earl l?itzwilliam is now at Wentworth House, where he has been entertaining several of his political friends, and among others, Earls Spencer and Radnor. Sir Edward Sugden, is in treaty for Lord Plunket's House, on Stephen's Green, Dublin. Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Kent, arrived at Woolwich yesterday from Osiend. Lord Morpeth will leave England for America on the 4th of next month. His tour will extend over four months. MISCELLANEOUS. On the late drainage of an estate at Withiel, in Somer setshire, two oak trees, in sound condition, were found beneath the 'earth, supposed to have been prostrated ages ago by some convulsion. It is more remarkable, since the soil of Withiel is unfavourable to the oak , and scarce one of any size is in the neighbourhood. Feargus O'Connor and Bronterre O'Brien have, dining the past week, been honoured with public processions, dinners, and soirees, in Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, and Sheffield. The Right Hon. Francis Blackburn has been ap pointed Attorney-General, and E. Peunefather, Esq., Solicitor-General for Ireland. The house in the Green Park, occupied by the late Lady Gordon, is to be removed forthwith, in order to carry into effect the proposed improvements. Last week upwards of 28,000 letters were delivered in seven days at Brighton, which is nearly 4;000 more than were ever delivered in one week in the town. The increase is attributed to the extraordinary influx of visitors since the opening of the railroad. The largest train which has yet passed along the Brighton Railroad, was that which left Brighton on Tuesday last at eleven. It was propelled by two engines, and consisted of 19 railway carriages, carrying 146 pas sengers, five private carriages, and five horses. At the Westminster Registration Court this day, the Revising Barrister rejected the claims of Lord Dinurben, and other Peers, to be registered as electors. LLO YD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 2.—Wind this day at noon, W. WHITSTABLE, OCT. I.—Sailed the Countess of Liver pool, Faye]. DEAL, OCT. L—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Elizabeth and Jane, Hart, from Honduras. Arrived from the River, Lady Leith and Mercury for Macao ; Alfred, Sydney ; Eclipse, South Seas ; Reaper, Calcutta ; Ora tor, -Bombay ; Oscar, Malta. A large light American ship, with a tier of painted ports, has put back atter drif ting at the back of the sands. LivEnrooE, OCT. I.—Wind W., light.—Arrived the Bridget, Medway, from Tobasco; Osprey, John Bolton, and Symmetry, Quebec • Lucinda, Montreal. Sailed • the Victory, for Havannahl ; Carthagenian, New South Wales ; Argentina, Buenos Ayres ; Gipsy, Rio Janeiro; Emily, Pernambuco ; Palestine, Vera Cruz ; Jamaica, Barbadoes; Blake, Mobile ; Peruvian, Africa; Brilliant, Almeira ; Aurora, Gibraltar. The Mary, Morrison, from Pugwash to. Pictou, passed through the Gut, of Cause ' 10th ult., leaky, and all hands sick. Arrived off the Maddison, from Virginia. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. I.—Wind S. to W.N.W.— Sailed the Ontario, fur New York Dart, Madeira. FALMOUTH, SEPT. • 30.—Wind N.W. to W.S.W.— Arrived off the Racer, Blackaller, Port au Prince, for Hamburgh. WHITEHAVEN, SEPT. 30.—Arrived the Paragon, Little, from Jamaica. DUBLIN, SEPT. 30.—Arrived Garonne, from Antigua. CORK, SEPT. 29.—Arrived the Syra, Brown, from Monte Video ; Rebecca, Greenock, for Havannah, leaky, &c., having been in contact with a French vessel on the 24th, and must discharge.. SOUTHAM, OCT. I.—Sailed the Great Liverpool (a.), for Malta. DARTMOUTH, OCT. I.—Sailed the Iris, for Fayal. SALCOMBE, SEPT. 30.—Put back the Kingsbridge. for Gijon, with loss 'of bowsprit, and other damage. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 30.—Arrived the Dart, from St. Michael's, with loss of boats, &c. - SUNDERLAND, OCT. I.—Sailed the Herman, for Malta. SHIELDS, SEPT. 30.—Sailed the Oberlin, for New York ; Emily Bombay. The Annandale, which was on shore on the Middius, was got off this afternoon and laid on the shore. • • NEWHAVEN, OCI: I.—The Economy, from Poole to Hull, was brought in here 28th ult., with two and a half feet water in her hold, alter slipping from her anchor, and must discharg O e. DARTMOUTH, CT. I.—The schooner Antelope, of Brixham, is reported to have passed here yesterday, with five feet of water in her hold, having bore up from Cape she spoke the Ellen Gillman , in the Bay. of . Biscay, Vincent; and passed an American brig with loss of bowsprit. ISLAND OF JAVA. The Universal Gazdte of Leipsic of the 27th ult., contains a letter from the island of Java, dated the 16th of March, arch, stating that an insurrection of the natives had broken out on February 24. The insurgents, under the command of Rudisha Cali, King of Batips, after having murdered some soldiers, who were scattered through the country, and laid waste the coffee plantations, besieged the forts of Pieck and Ribu. Colonel Michiels, one of the, best officers in the Dutch army, placed himself at the head of 600 men, and marched against the in surgents. His little troop had only four pieces of can non. On the 26th of February Colonel 3dichiels fell upon the insurgents, to the number of 5,000 men, and totally routed them. The insurgents, having rallied upon the 28th, were again beaten by the Duteh troops, who burned their capital. The King of Batips was afterward captured and sent to Batavia. EVENING NUN MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS' CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. LIVER' 'OOL COTTON - MARKET, OCT. I.—There bas been a ste , ady and general demand for American Cotton throughout the week, without any positive change in prices, but with a firmer ar.d less abundantly supplied market. In Brazil, Surat, and Egyptian, considerab le business has been dono at last quotations. Sea Islan ds are without change. 3,000 Am er ic a n and 300 Sura t have been taken on speculation ; 400 American , 600 Surat for exportation. There are announced for auct ion on Friday next 600 white and 300 stained Sea Islands . LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, OCT. 1. Very little business doing, and no particular feature to notice : Great North of England, 62 ; Liverpool and Manches-- ter,. _Half Shares, 921. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. I.—OlaMailset is steady, at yesterday's prices. - Manchester and Leeds rather in demand ; Hull and Selby, 391 ; Lancaster and Preston, 27 ; Ditto, Three-Quarter Shares, 183 . ; 3 fan chester and Birmingham, 211 a ; Manchester and Lon don, 56 57 ; Ditto, Halves, 23 231 ; Ditto, Quarters, 15s. prem. _; London and Birmingham, 158 ; Ea st F lil Counties, 7-a. No later arrivals to-dal from any quarter. The ligence from the United States, brought by the Britann ia steam-ship, and published in this paper yesterday, c au s ed considerable sensation in the City, particularly amongs' the American merchants. The news, however, had but little effect upon our funds, as Consols, which were 8 9F buyers, left off at 89i sellers ; whilst on the other han d ' United States Bank Shares, which were on Thursday quoted at 2/. 10s. per share, fell to 11. 155., 11. 17s. 6d. THE FUNDS. Consols opened at 89i- for the Account, and 88i 89 for Money; Exchequer Bills, 11 13 prem. Spanish Active Stock continues firm at 22, 23 3 Portuguese Five per Cents. are 301 31 ; Ditto hrem per Cents. 181 19 ; Brazilian Bonds, 63 64 ex div. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE' RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Bristol and Exeter 6O .. 27}..... to '2BA, •.; Great Western London andl3righton - - London and South Western 3Bl 5l ... .. to - --, in. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPT • ' 6 9 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 97 j Grand Canal Stock.... •-••• Ditto Reduced ...... _ . _ ...••• Ditto New 1830 97i j Ditto 4 per 3} per Cent. Dabs. HALF-PAST 00 1%1- The liamburgh mail due yesterday has arrived . change on London continues to advance. Gold the' as before. The Continental Exchanges further improved Ye' ler. day, particularly upon Hamburgh and Amsterdam. ~be The English Market has slightly improved sin o3 % early part of the morning, although there is but bt business doing. Consols, for Money, are now 891, and for the Ace' °- £39/ I; Exchequer Bills, 11 13 prem In the Foreign market there is . also but little I doi i . 1 : 1 ; and the only alteration to notice is a decline in t"i 003 , Stock, which has been done during the morning ; ,git'r ffp v . and now quoted at 22i- ; Colombian are 21:4 ; le .- 251 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 31 ; Ditto rarer Cents., 18-1. ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent's., - 511 4 ; Very little doing in Shares. Bristol and Eizeter, 2 '- t h London and Brighton, 44i ; Great Western, 76 ; 11 Western, 51. TWO O'CLOC%, Consols, Money, 89* ; for the Account, 891 ; vember, 894 t ; Spanish, 22-i 23. . QUARTER TO THl l,r , h ; c o There has been a decided improvement in the px"" markets this week. ea The American commercial news no t conftilderit, very satisfactory. The advices of the 1113 most from Montreal, state, in reference to the 111- 4 important of Canadian exports, Flour, that the stt:iLe. of fine was small and very littlein first hands--4 1; • Ic o .%re. manded 37s 6d—but no sale yet reported at that 8 The supplies from the Western States will hereafti.t) b rr op verted to New York, and very little of the o rt in Western Canada will be manufactured for elP dis. the present season, the most of the wheat no w „ e8 1 posed of by the farmers being bought on A° l3 •, - , ; account, and intended for shipment in the gr ai ,. and then remark of Ashes that the statement of 01% 1 , spection stores to the chise of the last month, e d 4 268 , 11 an increase of 881 bbls. of Pots, and a decrease of $ bbls of Pearls. The selling price of the former 28 ~t 28s. 6d., and the latter 295. 3d. a 295. 6d, The 11' 3 in e o r flat and little inquiry for either. Brandy has beer' s ' e - g ' of sale all the season ; the best brands of Outard, t?„ es and Co., and Martell's, command over ss. 10d. in , P ir v - e; and Gs. in hhds. ; a rate which will not more than e cb • cost and charges. THE MARKETS-THIS DAY' NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. s t There was but a moderate show of Beef and so market ; the demand quite equal to the supply, and l" - -ie$ 1 last quoted. Lamb is in good demand at revious rates . bu t sold readily. Pork in good demand for the finer kid'. 35. other sorts heavy of sale. Beef, 3s. 4d. to 4g.; 111att°%J.; 4d. to 4s. 4d. ; Lamb, 4s. to ss. ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4 ' 4 o il , Pork, 4s. Bd. to ss. Bd. per stone of 81bs. Poultry and G! .i .. e rs good supply salesmen asked advaneedrates, which 10' 3 ) 0 , 0 are not inclined to give, therefore but a moderate Wit)" ,f o re. transacted, but at prices fully equal to these quoted b'" Eggs dull of sale at 4s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. per 120. W H ITECH A PEL MARKET. r Meat The supply of Pork was very small, of Veal and 0, 1, fully pretty good. Trade was very lively and priee S ree l ' maintained. The demand wa s mud:above the supp l y'' .to 53.; 2.. Bd. to 4s. ; Mutton, 2s. Bd. to 4s. 4d. ; Veal, 45 ' u verf Pork, 4s. 4d. to ss. 6d. ; and Limb, 4s. 4d. to 55. 31. to 6/. ; Meadow Hay, 41. to 51. 15s. ; Straw, 11. 1/. 18s. TEA MARKET. for A fair business was transacted, and full rates were rou e ; I : r ee Company's Congou Is. Mid. the current rate;_ and 4 0 ' Trade Congou purchases cannot be made under l.s;• per lb, TALLOW MARKET. 0 t he Prices were firm, and fair TALLOW were made both, ~),,000 spot and for delivery, at 48s. per cwt. The deliveries 0fi.,,,A00, from the warehouses are en the increase. 'lowa ,r- 1 7 1 !: 50s 6d per cwt. WOOL MARKET.- : .00 4 ; e1 A fair demand existed and full rates were paid; th e- O' wore a firm aspect. The arrivals are still small from am,a, ----- SPORTING INTELLIGENC* 2.. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) RICHMOND RACES.—(CoNcLuDED.)—Tricr— r, Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas. 3 Mr. Orde's Bee's-wing, aged, walked o vcr.. l on cl The Richmond Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 llu 5 , , j a d 5 only if declared, with 601. added from the fuv• 101. from the Club ; the second horse sav es hi 2, 1 Once round and a distance. Mr. Vansittart's Galaor, 3 yrs ... .......... (I°Y) .. Col. C rad oc k's Pagan, 3 yrs ...................... ........... ' 3 Mr. Chilton's Billinghatn Lass, 3 yrs .............. •••• dis Mr. Colborne's Diavolina, 3 yrs .................. • . ..;;; Ei tst Sweepstakes of 3 Guineas each, with 40 added. Once round. Lord Zetland's Tamburini, 3 yrs ,• ...(Wether ell) Mr. Dawson's bg by Alacedonicus—Muleteers d• • • 3 Capt. Harcourt's Arnagill, 3 yrs ............. ..... • HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. :age."' B. V. H. will meet on Tuesday, at Lydlinch-br' half-past eleven. J3r ea° Devon and Somerset Stag-hounds, Tuesday, Barton, near Lynmouth ; and on Friday, Clow near Porlock—half-past ten. Shute House Beagles, Monday, Hunter's Lodg:ridge Mr. Archer's Hounds, Monday, Clappe r- Thursday, Chapman's Well—half-past ten. -en Mr. Villebois' Stag-hounds, Tuesday, .'"" eleven. ; East Kent Harriers, Monday, Northbourn iti"zAfr day, Ratling-court ; Thursday, I,ydden hill ten. THE WEATHER.—NoON, 6crOns ll " 74 Bo l ' ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELATiW 44 Barometer Thermometer... 58 f Highest 59 i Lowes t '''. Wind W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. 7 19° fA ..•••• MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN SV"„ l ,` - ‘ s teh, Thursday a public meeting was held at the '- 31•J : '' House, St. James's-street, the Hon. W. CowPer'ioeth. in the chair, to adopt measures to send to dietSyo='' o° ,' cal man of professional character and piety, fe r i des .51) , fold purpose' of attending to the physicial tofi rni- onn ti.:. the religious culture of inhabitants of tita r c ,,: ti gho i ,„ ll ,' The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, the Rev.Pr• ', , ir C., Y : i the Rev. Mr. Pyne, the Rev. Mr. Munro , n'-',. fled Smith, Bart., Major Harvey, Pr. Graves', ' 41 , -. sta t h e , hams, &c., were present. The Chairman br' c ig, ; the objects of the meeting to be the cheeliulas, 0: medical assistance, of the sad ravages that difby tll a ,, making amongst the inhabitants of S-ria, I"' in to t b- ,i u eo p u e i n itz e . friendly intercourse to introduce Christianit:.ria "v sympathies of civilised nations, and He then set forth the many cl:iiU's , ; tec i Ola f trus ,reo 0 effectual . means would be adopted to stop the 1 0 fi l' er ati A. °11 , disease in that land, and to effect the moral re i g„ e r - te , P ;s of its people. Sir C. E. Smith, in a very el': - c it . cli, c h - ° dress, reviewed the history of Syria from i'l.,„iii 3 ,l % - .i. age to the present day, and proved that, frau - r it i po cradle of Christianity; and from its geeg rqhlc J 3 r itt'ill a: dun, as well as its political relation with Great liste n' ii' it was deserving the warmest attention of 11 - . r f ig li cl The Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel, the Rev. DI: . ; , r i, ► ), f L " - c i, Major Harvey '(who has just returned from ) 1 ., ; l ihr °ll it Dr. Graves, who lies resided nearly thirty ea s tatu en ts o f in t h e e d i t i • then addressed the meeting. From their eresidefot appeared that there was not in an Syria °/Ihesiog 0- medical jeaestsitshteanfte.rmAatiseenrieefs aofsresolutions, _ . s soc ( Lion, ' were adopted, and a Commitrtienena3lppt e t 4elaj;.6c°' ; ( ~r0 out these resolutions. ~,r) BOIG P 0° ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON A , -- o ing o t R AILWAY.—BRIGIITON, FninAv.---This, 111° re oor t ' ',pa town was thrown into some excitement py 5 , 1 0)0.P 0 ic0 an alarming and fatal accident had occurred O . I _,IL E did _ l l and Brighton Railway. Although an a cei!a , r tin y n o , place, fortunately it was not attended w't, u „ rs nis t ea serious consequences. The following pelt I 1 j3r ig iii relied on :—The first train left the station erica. l' 00, . 0 0 about a quarter before seven, and had, pr0ce,.0.,ert,,,,,5 ~n ,journey iergin g tu fr l e .o in nd t o h n e as tu f i a oi r e a l, s firfeanyiwsa(r)mcl'es 1-Icaetiaste_Dfl'o...iiiiiicelli_limotej not been explained, thv train suddenly r e a N l . l e v e ,i 1 0,',.",,„ e i• ploughing up the earth, and causing a s .• .L. l , car r l 7OO. the passengers by the sudden concussion and the e oa 'VI Assistance was immediately procured, an" u sen ger s . i .c 4 don, it was found that the whole of the 1) ,1 :,ht hi t oce escaped injury, with the exception of a few - c l9':_ ut ot i , it to some of them. It was a providential Ir n .u . , r 10: 0 0 that the occurrence took place in a cutting, _!.-010 been a few miles farther on, the consequences ' fl i been frightful. Siog ° •1 11 , militia, jN N A va i s li p A os il se s-" sse that the poor animal actually plucked a nd re_ to tAl for his dinner, Jtaving previously eaten .ti possessed : f p a t a duckin Beaver, c s °ay mucher, o f at t t I n 1 , ..1 %, : t , i e it 1 . 0 i: dt 1 5 1 e ' d i r 1 sage and onions.--Kentucky Messenger. _