The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-04 00:00:00

Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., with numerous Illtutcations by, George Cruik,hank, Lech, and Crow - gull], SI'ANLEY THOR ,N. By the Author'of " Valentine Vox." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. *.* To be had at all the Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, OCT. 4, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled WHAT WILL THE WORLD SAY ?—Hon. Charles Nor wold, Mr. J. Vining ; Mr. Pye Hilary, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mr. Warner, Mr. Bartley ; Captain Scrope Tarradiddle, Wr. W. Farren ; Lady Norwold, Mrs. Glover; Marian Mayley, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Miss De . Vere, Miss Cooper ; Tattle, Mrs. Orger; Mrs. 'farradiddle, Mrs. Humby. After which the Farce of ANIMAL MAGNETISM.— Mrrquis de Laney, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Doctor, Mr. W. Far ren. ; La Fleur, Mr. Harley ; Jeffrey, Mr. Meadows ; Con stance, Miss Cooper; Lisette, Mrs. Orger. To conclude with, the Ballet of Action, entitled HANS OF ICELAND.—Hans of Iceland, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Gill, Mr. J. H. Ridgway ; Frederick, Mr. Gilbert ; Oglypiglap, Mr. T. Ridgway ; Iceland Boy, Mast er Marshall ; Guth Stasen, Miss Ballin ; Iceland Girl, Miss Marshall. Doors to to evened at halt-past Six—the performances to commerce at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First suit Second Circ es, ss. ;,,Second Price, 'ls. 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery Is. Tickees and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be. had upon application. Private Boles to be :IA see:) , of Air. Andress, bookseller, 1 7, Sew gond-street. To-morrow, What Will the World Say? w:th Brother Ben, and Flans of Iceland. AU YAL SURREN"THE AIRE, UNDER rriE MANA6EMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Crowded Houses. " Blenheim " a greater hit than the " Bat tle of Waterloo." Splendid New Scenes in the Circle, and, by desire, the Poney Haces One Week more. 'THIS EVENING. OCT. 4, affr Will be presented the successful Equestrian Spect THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM ; OR, THE HORSE OF THE DISINHERITED; introducing Mr. Ducrow'smag nilicent Stud of Forty Horses, high:lT-trained Palfreys, Fairy Raney, Equestrian Troop, and Companies of bath Theatres; embracing all the Military Exploits of the Great Duke of Marlborough, Grand Reviews, Battles, and Glorious Victories. After which, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in the Largest Arena in the World, in which Madame Ducrow, Sig nor Hillier, the Great American Rider, the British Horseman, Signor Felix . Carlo, and the First Artistes in Europe will appear. To conclude with THE SEVEN CLERKS. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. 'INDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON., Thirteenth week of " Susan Hopley !" Revival of the Musi cal Romance of " Madeline !" and second week of " The Fly ing Dutchman," with Childe's Phantasmagorical Representa tion of the Spectral Ship in full sail. THIS EVENING, OCT. 4, The highly interesting and pathetic Domestic Drama, called SUSAN HOPLEY; OR THE TRIALS AND VICISSI TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL. William Dean, 31r. E. F. Saville ; Susan Hopley, Miss Vincent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Drama. After which. MADELINE ; or. the WOODEN SHOE MAKER and his WIFE, and th, POOL of the DROA NED. Peter Marcel. Mr. Gardner; Pont de Gibaut, Mr. Paul; Madeline, Miss Vincent. To conclude wide THE FLYING DUTCHMAN ; OR THE PHANTOM SHlP.—Vanderdecken, Mr. hale ; Toby Varnish, Mr. Seaman ; Peter Von Bummel, Mr. Gardner ; Lestelle, Mrs. Lee; Lucy, Mrs. Howard. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, 13.—tiallery, 6d. Half-price to the Boxes enty, at Half-past Eight. To. morrow, Susan Hopley, Madeline, and the Fl) ing Dutchman THE RAILWAY SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SIXPENCE EACH. Sun Office, Sept. 30, 1841. TO CORRESPONDENTS. " A Constant Reader."—Sir Robert Peel knew too well the risk of another election for the West Riding, to give an appointment to Mr. J. S. Wortley, which would compel him to vacate his seat. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. M rning.."..37 minutes after 3. I Evening minutes after 3. 4 , , -, r ,4, ii . e lm -9? 4 I ;:f 7 4:17c-Ti4A ' • S t,„^ , A . ' . • ' "., 46 7 IS, ~, :,,. ti. -1 , -171. 1%- , ,1z..,V4 , - .r-. 7. : r.,:: :., eW f ti it 'LI ~ ~ .4~ ~~ ~`~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~4 LONDON : MONDAY, OCTOBER "4, 1841. The Duke of WELLINGTON stated in the House of Peers on Friday evening, that " there was no real distress in the country for want of food," that " it was utterly impossible that any inquiry should be made at present," and that " he had no objection to take on himself the responsibility of advising her MAJESTY to prorogue the Parlia ment." The Duke and his colleagues, there fore, agree on the subject of no distress; but while Sir ROBERT PEEL endeavours, by quoting Savings' Banks and Fever Hospital returns, to prove that there is nothing but health and pros perity, the Duke of WELLINGTON bluntly asserts it. They both agree in opinion ; they only differ in the mode of their expression. At all the public meetings held at Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton, Warrington, &c., &c., lan guage the very reverse of that used by these two statesmen has been continually employed, and no person has stood up to gainsay it. A great difference of opinion, then, exists between the Cabinet and the manufacturing population con cerning its condition. If the difference con cerned the policy to 'be adopted towards the United States in the case of M'LEOD, we should concede-the propriety or the Duke of WELLING TON and Sir It. PEEL disregarding the representa tions of the manufacturers. They could judge of that question better, perhaps, than the inha bitants of Manchester. But when the difference relates to the condition of the manufacturers themselves, of which the Duke of WELLING TON and Sir ROBERT PEEL can know nothing except what they leern from the manu facturers, it seems to us preposterous in the Ministers not to listen to their representa tions. But they have made up theirminds. There I can be, in their opinion, no distress arising froni their beloved Corn-laws. There must be no dis tress, and they are determined, as far as they can, that no evidence of distress shall be formally laid before Parliament. It is inconvenient, too, for Peers and landlords to be kept from their Preserves, and though the different views touch the safety of the empire, the Duke of WEeenva- TON takes on himself the responsibility of recom mending the prorogation of Parliament without entering into any inquiry. His Grace betrays in that resolution more of the courage of the soldier than the prudence of the civilian. He seems to have lost none of that iron energy which enabled him to conquer BONAPARTE. He is still a man of few words and bold deeds. Unfortunately, however, f or his reputation and t h e public happiness. the people are not an enemy whom he must subdue; they are the masters of the whole GovernmPnt y w hi c h is bound, let w h o will administer it, t O study their will and happi ness. To set oat, therefore, on the principle of refusing, to listen to th e ir prayers — of knowing bett er what is good f or them than they know themselves._must lead his Grace ast ray ; and the greater his energy, the firmer his resolve, the faster and further he will go wrong . , a nd the more injurious his con duct will be to his own reputation and r e , t h e Duke of WELLINGTON, w i t h community:. The his Tory colleagues, have committed the very same errors before. They would not listen t o the demands for Parliamentary Reform. They described the old borough mongering system as perfect, and they brewed a revolution, which is " still fermenting. Their error in 1841 is more palpable and greater than their error in 1830, and the consequences wilt be more fatal to them selves. How will the people take the Duke of WEL.' LINGTON'S declaration, Sir R. PEEL'S arguments, and the determination to prorogue the Parlia ment at all hazards? What will the hand-loom weavers say to a Government which denies the existence of distress for want of food? What will the agricultural labourer say? What will all those whO are on the verge of ilnine, or who see their fellows on that dreadful brink, say to the Noble DUKE'S declaration "that there is plenty of food," and " that any honest hard-working man may, in England, acquire a competency ?" What can they all say and think of the prestnt Government, but that it mocks at their suffer ings, and is resolved to rule them with an iron hand, denying them even the poor boon of an inquiry into their complaints ? Their patience is praised, and is relied on. They have been most orderly—most submissive ; and will-, the DUKE belieVef continue twti e -, 4 , , The i r raehee. and peaceable bthavieur ire in f; llible indications, the TOriCt they do not stiffer, and thus theirver:i enitiolden theiroppressors. As the leg isiattiti, ever made laws for the public welfare, but only'and always to serve some class-interest as it made the Corn-law for the purpose of keep ing up rents, it never will be indnced to give up that law by anything short of a conviction that it is not for the interest of the landlords to maintain it. How . that conviction is to be en gendered, as they believe that the law is bene ficial to them in a pecuniary point of view, we cannot say. Vulturesand wolves are scared from their prey, but what can scare a Government of monopolists, headed by the iron-minded Duke in one House, and PEEL, GRAHAM, and STAN LEY in the other ? We copy from the Carnarvon Herald an ac count of a preliminary meeting held at Carnar von, to consider the propriety of summoning a Ministerial Conference in Wales on the subject of the Corn-laws. There seems no doubt but the' Conference will be held. This, however, is not the only indication of the strong religious feeling which is now connected with the abolition of the Corn-laws. In several chapels prayer meetings have been held on that subject. The school masters at Manchester have put their shoulders to the wheel, and they will not be without their influence. Between the aristocratic bread-taxers and the amp aristocratic bread-eaters a fierce contention on principle is arising, which will end either by enslaving the people, or by abolishing the bread-tax. We have received Madrid Papers of the ,‘23d ult. The Eco dcl Con2mereio 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, coming from 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 had niade. We signed the ignominious tre a ty of p eace o f B as ill a , 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 Fontainbleau, in ortliir to satiate, with the spoils of Portugal, the ambition of Napoleon. The elite of our troop.) were previously removed into Pomerania! Let us see what France has dune for us. Behold on the Madrid Prado the monument of the 2d May, as a perpetual testimony of the treasonable infamy and unexampled cow 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 fur 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 Spaia 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 Varna& 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. 27i for cash,' and 27 at CO 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 V of sacrificing the interests of a nation of conssmers in order to enrich a handfill 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 be 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 steum-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, as she could not have arrived at Malta until after the departure of the mail from Syra." 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 lilt :—" 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, Ha geb Ben Ajat, instead of doing immediate justice, as he was bound, seat 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 visit 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 people. In the evening there were grand fireworks let off in Piazza Oranda, 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. Ali 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 stkam vessel the Mahmoudie to Ancon a , 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. Thi s b e i ng d one , hi s standard- was hoisted at the mast-head, and he took an excursion in it. In the morning o f t h e 1 7 t h , hi s H o li ness set out for Rome. On T ues d ay, the Dukes d ' Aumale and de Montpen sier, accompanied by M essrs . D e l atour and Jann i n, left c omneigne ; and, earlier in the morning, the Pope's In ternuncio, the Minister of Public Instruction, and the one o'c n lo d ck t , u 9 C A o t unt and Countess Mole, took their departure for Paris. AtQueen Christina,Chamberlains, alighted ba3'; her Lady Psl o e f. Honour a D A o t % t r h a z e e r , o t f h se gwaennttl to it o.) ;i a s i it i? at y r n u i w n i s t with of the t h Queen e ‘ Cha teau de Pierrefont. The weather was extremely fine, and the King ascended t o t h e summit of the highest tower, and enjoyed the extensive and picturesque view it. affords. • The Royal party, which was followed by several other carriages tilled w i t h t h e invited guest;), did not return to the Palace till a q uarter before seven where their j)lajesties were met by t h e Mi n i ster of Pubic Works, who had just arrived. In the evening there was a grand banquet in the Salle de Diane. M. Guizot has returned to Paris from Conipeigne. 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-Lieutenant Bauza, 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 o u t 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. Baum and his men effected their retreat. by dint of extraordi nary valour,whilst the rebels took possession of the fort ;,bUt the latter had an soonerentera than the three inert who remained Set-fire to their powder, and all who entere7/ it -.-ere blo7 - n ip with the heroic and faithful Sol i€i s• , . i -Thu Journal frb,:ce et Lotre antes that a journeyman toe : wi.:•::•.iwri ,, ' t, :lamed ka j Ga, was arrezed a :ew days a Dray, Oa a charge of uttering seditious lan g ge, 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 Kent. During the stay of the King and Queen of Prussia at 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, nn dement 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 suffer 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. The wowed, 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 1532 to be paid into the privy purse of his Majesty, not having been so transferred for the last two 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 through 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.• Le •Teinps.. - • • Admiral Hugon (says our correspondent) has received several despatches, and we learn that active preparations arc making in the squadron placed under his command: Several ships of the line are immediately to complete their stock of provisions. The Genereux is preparing to put to sea. . Several steamers have been ordered to take in: their coals, in:order to .be ready e 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, 9G soldiers, belonging to different corps, and 6 colonists. The Phaeton steamer, which has been sent to Tunis with despatch-_.s for Capt.. Le Ray, is expected every moment.—Le Commerce. BOURSE-PARIS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 30. ir st tligpeat Lowest Price Pilce. Pric. Prier erel di 5 pm' Contr. ex. div. 114 55 ... il4 65 ... 114 40 114 40 4 per Cents 417 Tel SJ7 VO sel 3 per Cent! 79 40 94) ... 711 35 '79 35 Rank of rrance Latfitte I, , Nstt. St eras 11 , 27 50 _1027 50 —10:27 50 53 50e0f. Sbares 5075 ...5075 ...5075 Selgian !lank i 3 per Cents . 71 00 .71 . 80 ... .71 . 7l 80 S per Cent!., 1840 1044 i ... 104% ... 104 1 1 44 N Spanish Active i2% 1.`27. Passive 5 ••• ••• 51 4 Roman ..•• IC4 104 IC4 104 tfAILWAY SHARES. It. I.,erm2lti 4:rasburKtnEalr.shares red 225 ... 236 21 ... 235 ... 236 f;'s IVIONEY and COM•VIERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. L —There has been a steady and general demand for American Cotton throughout the week, without any positive change in prices, but with a firmer and less abundantly supplied market. In Brazil, Surat, and Egyptian, considerable business has been done at last quotations. Sea Islands are without change. 3,000 American and - 300 Surat have been taken on speculation ; 400 American, 600 Surat for emportation. There are announced for auction on Friday next 600 white and 300 stained Sea Islands. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, OCT. I.—Very little business doing, and no particular feature to notice : Great North of England, 62 ; Liverpool and Manches ter, Half Shares, 94. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. I.—Our Markel is steady, at yesterday's prices. Manchester and Leeds rather in demand ; Hull and Selby, 394 ; Lancaster and Preston, 27 ; Ditto, Three-Quarter Shares, 18 1 ,1- ; Man chester and Birmingham, 211 ; Manchester and Lon don, 56 37 ; Ditto, Halves, 23 231 ; Ditto, Quarters. 15s. prem. ; London and Birmingham, 158 ; Eastern Counties, 7.1. No later arrivals to-day from any quarter. The intel- Lgence from the United States, brought by the Britannia steam-ship, and published in this paper yesterday, caused considerable sensation in the City, particularly amongst the American merchants. The news, however, had but little effect upon our funds, as Consols, which were 89i buyers, left off at 89i sellers ; whilst on the other hand, United States Bank Shares, which were on Thursday quoted at 2/. 10s. per share, fell to 1/. 155., 1/. 17s. 6d. Consols opened at 89/ for the Account,: and 88i 89 for Money; Exchequer Bills, 11 13 prem. Spanish Active Stock continues firm at . 24 23 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. are 304- 31 ; Ditto Three per Cents. 181 19 ; Brazilian Bonds, 63 64 ex div. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, Sr.PT. 29. 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 97 ;Grand Canal Stock..-...... Ditto Reduced Ditto New 1330......... 971 Ditto 4 per cent — 3/ per Cent. Deb 5 ......, 894 I Royal Canal Stock .- The Hamburgh mail due yesterday has arrived. Ex change on London continues to advance.. Gold the same as before. The Continental Exchanges further improved yester day, particularly upon Hamburgh and Amsterdain. The English Market has slightly improved since the early part of the morning, although there is but little business doing. Consols, for Money, are now S9i, and for the Account, 8911; Exchequer Bills, 11 13 prem. n the Foreign market there is also but little doing, and the only alteration to notice is a decline in Spanish Stock, which has been done during the morning at 23k, and now quoted at 221 ; Colombian are . 20} ; Mexican, 251 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 31 ; Ditto Three per Cents., 184 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 514 Very little doing in Shares. Bristol and Exeter, 28 4 ; London and Brighton, 44, 1 ; Great Western, 76 ; South Western, 51. Consols, Money, ; fir the Account, 89 ; No vember, 891 t ; gpanish, 221 23. There has been a decided improvement in the produce markets this week. The American commercial news is not considered very satisfactory. The advices of the 11th ult., from Montreal, state, in reference to the most important of Canadian exports, Flour, that the stock of line was small and very little in first hands—price de manded 37s 6,l—hut no sale yet reported at that figure. The supplies from the Western States will hereafter be di verted to New York, and very little of the new crop in Western Canada will. be manufactured for export. the present season, the most of the wheat noW•diee. posed of by •the fermers being bought on Montreal' . account, and intended for shipment in the grain ; and then remark of Ashes that the statement of the in spection stores to the close of the last month, exhibits an increase of 881 bbls. of Pots, and a decrease of 1,668 bbls..of Pearls. The selling price of. the former 28s. a 28s. 6d., and the latter 295. 3d. a 295. 6d. The market flat and little inquiry for either. Brandy has been •slow of sale all the season ; the best brands of Outard, Dupey, and Co., and Martell's, command over ss. 10d. in pipes, and Os. in hhds. ; a rate which will not more than cow, cost and charges. . . CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock — 'lndia Stock • ••• 3 per . Cent Red. — Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent Cons Ditto Old Annuities 3k per Cent Red — !Ditto New Annuities... 86& New 31 per Cent 984 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....25d. 13 pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 500/ l3 pm Long Annuitiestoexpire • Ditto Small. ...14 pm Jan. 1860 . Bank Stock for 0pg.... _ Oct 1859 Jan. 1860. FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... {Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent Ditto, New Ditto 3l¢ Brazilian 80nd5.... — ! Prusaia.n, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent — Ditto, Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... j Spanish, 5 per cent 23 Ditto, 1624 2Ol 'Ditto, Deferred ... • Danish, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —O. Greek, 1845, 5 per cent — 'Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... 255 'French, 3 per cent —l. —c Ditto, 6 per cent, 1525, Dutch, 2} per cent. ... 51i Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. 154 ' Ditto, 5 per cent SHARES Bristol and Exeter (00 paid) . Great Western Railway (65 paid) 761 London and Brighton (50 paid) 41;4 London and Blackwall Railway (25 paid)... 94 London and South Western Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) ...... 75 South Eastern and Dover (38 paid)... 13,4 . A MOV E3IENT AGAINST THE COR.N•LAW is going on " out of doors," which perhaps indicates a more deep rooted and general dislike to that law than all the osten tatious agitation of the summer. Meetings are recorded in a great number of places, to petition the Queen against, prorogation until the question of the day shall have been fairly discussed in Parliament, Manchester bagan the new movement a few weeks back, and it has increased in strength from week to week. It differs in many essen tial circumstances from any previous agitation for the same object : it is evoked tinder the auspices of no party in power; it occurs on the very heels of a seeming defeat at the General Election ; its immediate purpose is more sure than ever of being frustrated• at once, for cart-loads of. memorials'..to the Queen will, not prevent the new Ministry from proroguing Parliament next week fff Nevortheiess, the people. meet, 7 - 2rnori&i-s?, with as much persLverance a: if tii, t c , atain ei suc:_•e§s. That must mean so:nethiny. It probabl:f means this, that th e peopl e are t i re d o f peiitioning the House of Commons; that they have lost Confidence in their own House ; and so they appeal to the only other of the Three Estates whose disposition towards them admits of a hopeful construction : yet, as they cannot, and, ob viously do not, expect much practical result from that, they are simply going through a form. When a people consent quietly and uniformly to go through set forms, a sort of moral drilling, it is certain that they must have some very distinct and determined object in view. The next popular step will be a matter of great interest to the speculative politician : the statesman will be wise not to neglect the present. —Spectator. FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—In the course of last week twenty-seven tradesmen, residing in the pa rishes of Fulham and Chelsea, were convicted by . the. Magistrates of Kensington for cheating the public, and chiefly the poorer classes, by means of false and fraudu lent weights, measures, and balances ; and on Saturday, at the Mansion-house, Islington, seventeen offenders of the same stamp were e:mvictecl of this heavy crime, It is repeatedly denounced in Scripture, and declared to be an abomination to the Almighty ; yet the penalties in flicted by the Magistrates (and some were for the second offence) did not exceed 20s. each, with costs. If the poor had any hand in making laws, or if the Bishops performed their duty, would this " abomination to the Lord " be treated as the most venial offence, while petty thefts, committed often from want and starvation, are punished with imprisonment or banishment ? THE REV. R. S. BARTON.—The Lancaster Guardian of Saturday published the remainder of the proceedings in the case of the Rev. R. S. Barton. The result was, that the Commissioners pronounced " That on the evi denee-there is not a prima facie case to institute further proceedings." . _ . 5511111"ARY e, AND Vtib Itt iptiiton. " Who runs may read." FOREZG;T. 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. W 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 abandened. 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 propesed 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 ourselv,eN•-Bte.i These persons. are alwnys putting forward the hypothesis of war, In order that the country may not enjoy the ad. vantages of peaCe, and that they may continue tticarry on a monopoly, Which is sm onerous to consumers." The Colu'rier Francais follows in the same strain : "When we talk of a treaty with England, tEe 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, England, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia. We do not, however,ask for the admission of foreign iron duty free,wemerely ask for the modification of the existing duty. The iron trade has slept, as it were,under the influence of protecting laws. We do not wish suddenly to inter fere, and Barry 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 th 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 24,000/. 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. PUBLIC 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 halve 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 steatite 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 flistressed 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—thatelistresses thbtn, 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 Whig policy to the Tory prin ciples of action, that brought Lord Melbourne's Govern ment into public disfavour, and ultithately drove them from office. In this fact there is little for the Tories to teiumph in. Had there been any re-action in the public mit'd in favour of Toryism, or, as the phrase now goes, in favour of _Conservatism, the Whig tenure of office had be tome secure enough, seeing that the Whig Govern ment hart 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 carne 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 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-bye, l e l flailing becoming fainterhas been for some weeks . te itertained'that, profiting by past experience, they would av did many of the errors into which, as Tories, they use th 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 t. tie' end of the chapter. , The !feral observes as follows on the recent news - 1 - otie America :—" The discussion in the House of As enitW4'il ,dubtless favourableto the continuance of peace _ -but the refusal of Mr. Webster to join his colleagues in le signing office under President Tyler is still more fe es, arable to that desirable object. Mr. 'Webster remains iii poWer solely for the purpose of maintaining that • , • of the relations between this country and the United te, e s , which he so well expressed in his instructions to Mr. Crittenden, the late Attorney-General. . He soul eiv*e no higher . proof of his patri o ti sm th a n g3reo doings, for . the Conduct of Mr. Tyler to his late alinistration in reference to the Bank Bill amply pro vole ed the resignation of the entire Cabinet. 'While, the n, there see ms no probability that the British Crown wil be exempted from the indignity of being arraigned for felony in'the person of its subject before a Court and Jit y of tlie State of New York, we may feel secure that, tivit itever be the result of that trial, Mr. McLeod will be ran ded over to the British authorities uninjured in pee s, sre except by long and unjust incarceration in an Ame ri ca n prison." '. l lle Post 'puts forth the following observations on the s • ebjeet of the political influence of the daily press : " Half a dozen of the newspapers in London have more e Feet upon the public mind, in regard to the most im p lrtant matters, than all the reviews in the world ; and e, eel the speeches of public men make their impression ra t ier through the criticisms of the daily journalists of ces. them than by their. own direct influence. In th is busy .age the mere circumstance of - their length, in compare: on with the more swift and senten ' notices of the journalists, causes even very hil beart; Lnt speeches to be less attended to than the ' lead e articles' at which the Quarterly writer so idly sneer .s. This We say without being at all so proud of Pews papers, or so convinced of their great utility as some I ersi ors seem to be. It may be that the world estel d get on quite as well if newspapers did not indulge in constant criticism, and, consequently, in frequent 1 tn ism.,:esentation, concerning public • men and public iii eve:res. Perhaps, if they merely told the news, es of , of and left political criticism to occasionaLpamPlilete:' ed . to monthly or quarterly miscellanies, the public political subjects._ But that nigh t be more at peace, and be more accustomed to deli upoe pitblic.atfairstas be- , ci oe l r i a n t a t , . t b h e o . ug i h i t z f i j ul y n . e c s r s iti t c e i i s e n n i ~come by habit a necessary of life, and 'no set of men r Ar i s tip otti itaii'disctfar ;eroi,, ~ ,ncernecl, upon the most importar“, 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 ffiod enough for our own consumption. A portion of it must be brought from abroad, or our people ust perish. To laya tax, therefore, on this food is cruel and mOst.anjuit. A wise Government, like that of Rome, always endeavoured to make food cheap—.-to keep,Mled, at all risks,' the bellies of the ne.ople ; fbr 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 Bailin Evening Post says :—" The demand for new taxes, whilst the manufacturers of Great Britain are •vainly struggling-against foreign competition, and a commercial system-founded upon monopoly, is, after all, the only intelligible trrotle . of appealing to the Tory and Lord-loving people - of England. As observed by Lord Palmerston, in his masterly exposition of the past and presentmonduct of the Tories, on Alonday 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." Tlie West Brityn.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 Backinghams, 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." Toe Leicester Mercury makes the following remark on the present distresses of the people :—" The' repre sentatives of the people'—oh ! bitter irony !—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 vicinity—ruin and desolation are overwhelming cur commerce ; and where industry flourishes, the silence of death reigns." MONEY-TIL.A.DE-COIWZIKERCE. One day last week the Great North of England Rail 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 ha.; given notice for next Session of a mo tion to inquire into the effects produced upon our naviga tion, trade, and colonies by the alterations made..withio the last twenty.yeats in they" Navigation Laws," and to consider whether further modifications would not enable our shipping to.compete more successfully vnth , that of other nations. y ..• • aalactrx.ininAL. The. Highland Agricultural Society's meeting at Ber wick-upon- Tw9etl took placeon Wednesday. The show &cattle,' flowers," fruit, and vegetables was in each de partment excellent. The Directors dined - in the even ing. tinder t peili,tn, WiTh'thd'piike of Roxburgh pre.; Elchotis crotipier. About 300 sat 'down; auid LAW A 15773 POLICII. At Bow-street, on Friday, Thomas Poore, who has been repeatedly examined before the Magistrate, charged with stealing a letter containing a .51. note, was fully comtnitted for trial. At Thames -street. Mr. Masson, or 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 ware net 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. TIME ARTS. , The /meeting of the Society of Friends of Music in the Austrihn 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 in fresco painting, might be made available in the in tended decoration of the new Houses of Parliament. TAXTEDARY AND scxENTzrac. The cluster of stars known as the Pleiades, or Se'ven Stars," will be eclipsed by the moan on the 27th of November, about the time of her full, and seen at New York plainly. TIIE.II I I`.IICAL. Our countrywoman, Miss Austin, who appeared at Covent Garden in the winter .of 1839, has wad:, a suc cessful debut at La Scala theatre. Milan. EZECTZONEERING. 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. c 0 u zwr -rAsUXO=rAn.r.E. Earl Fitzwilliam 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. Lord Morpeth will leave England for America on the 4th of next month. His tour will extend over four mon thz. MISCZLMANEOITS. On the late drainage of an estate ut 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 lately 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. Pennefuther, 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. Upwards of 28,000 letters have been 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 fiy: horses. At the Westminster Registration Court on Saturday, the Revising Barrister rejected the claims of Lord Dinorben, and other Peers, to be registered as electors. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY,—The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Royal Household, and the suite of the Royal Duchess, attended Divine Service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rey. Edward Southwell Keppell officiated. • Yestcrday her Majesty and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent walked for some time. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went on a shoot ing excursion to Swinley Park, attended by the Earl Delawarre, Lord Byron, Lord C. Wellesley, Colonel Bouverie, and Mr. G. E. Anson (who dines with her Majesty this evening.) The party returned to the Castle at half-past one o'clock. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken out yesterday. The Earl Delawarre, Earl Jersey, and Lard and Lady Ashley, left the Castle yesterday. Her Majesty and her Illustrious Consort took an air ing yesterday afternoon through the Long Walk in the Green Park, in a pony phaeton, his Royal Highness driving, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, and attended by the whole suite. A Cahinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-oifice. It was attended by Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of tuckingham, the Earl of Aber deen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of lladdington, the Earl of Ripon, Lord Ellenborough, and Sir Edward Knatchbull. The Council sat two hours and a half. His Excellency the American Minister transacted business on Saturday, at the Foreign-office. Mr. Patrick Colquhoun, lianseatic Plenipotentiary at Constantinople, signed on the 6th September last, a Con vention of Commerce and Navigation with the Porte. The Right Hon. Sir Charles namot, Governor of Canada, had an interview with Lord Stanley on Satur day at the Coloniahoffice. Count St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, transacted business at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on Saturday. Mr. Stevenson, the American Ambassador, resigns his mission at this Court in the course of the present month, and leaves in the Great Western steamer on the 23d inst. for Washington. . , Colonel Greig and Mr. Kinnaird had interviews with Lord Stanley at the Colonial -office on Saturday. The Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel gave a Parliamentary Dinner to a party of Members of the House of Com mons on Saturday at his residence in Whitehall-gardens, Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Gibraltar. TUE IV laTHER.—.ti OON, OCTOBER 2. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Ihrometer Thermometer... 58 I Highest 59 j Lowest ..... 44 Wind W.--Freezing Point 32 Deg. PORTSMDUTH.—D6rino•TITe week we have ex perienced a succeik,ion of tempestuous weather, with strong gales of wind frinn the south west. On Tuesday and Wednesday the tide rose to a considerable height, covering the whole of East-street, and a great part of Broad -street. On Tuesday two French vessels were driven into the_harbour, one with a cargo of stone, and the Other haring a t arty . of . persons on board from-- Guerusu: We are happy to add" that no disaster has taken place on the coast or amongst the shipping in the , harbour.--Harapshirependent. 'CORNLAWS AND FIthiTRADE-The public meeting.to memorialise tho Qucen, held on Thursday at the Guildhall, was must muncromly and respectly attendedi and the spec and resolutions such as the occatili dem ihded u fependent. FATAL ACCIDENT ON T DON AND BitiGHTO.N RAILWAY-. A most dreadful aocillunt, accompanied with the loss of the lives of four persons, took place 1 on Saturday on the London and Brighton Rail way, near Balcombe, between 17 and 18 miles from Brighton. An account of the accident reached town on Saturday night, about nine o'clock, and, on inquiry at the terminus at Lon don Bridge, we ascertained the following parti- - culars :—The train, which left London early in the afternoon, drawn by two enaines, and going at the rate of about 30 miles an riour, on arriving near Balcombe, was suddenly checked, the first engine running off the rails, and coming With a tremendous crash against the first carriage, which it smashed to pieces. In that carriage were two of the individuals who have by the unfor tunate accident come rto an untimely end. Both of them were servants, one a young man, and the other a young woman. The body of the latter was discovered under the wheels of the engine, nearly cut in two. The other two per sons who have been killed were stokers, the en gineer having saved his life by jumping off the train. One of the guards is most dreadfully in jured in the spine, and now lies at Crawley, in a most deplorable state. The accident is sup posed to have been caused by the late heavy rains, the sandy soil of the embankment having given way, and thereby caused the rails to . sink, the result of which was, that the engine run off the line, and caused the disastrous consequences we have before adverted to. We understand that both the engines and the carriages nearest to them were literally smashed to atoms, and that two of the first-class carriages have sustained very material injury ; the compartments of one of them being entirely destroyed, and the trimming and stuffing of the other torn to pieces. In addition to the four persons that have unfor tunataly lost their lives, several other persons were most seriously injured, and a man and woman, who were on the line at the time the accident took place, very narrowly escaped with their lives. The body of one of the stokers struck the man on the neck and knocked him out of the reach of the train, and the woman, it is supposed, was struck by some portion of the train, and pitched into a ditch. . The occurrence caused the delay of all the trains until about seven o'clock, when the up train passed ) and arrived. in London aboht half , past eight.. inimediate steps were-taken to re inove'the bodies 'and clear the line, the.bodies being taken to a shed near Coppey4lole, and the fragments of.the engine and tender placed at the side of the rail, as nearas possible to where they were; picked up Yesterday several of the Di rectors visited. the place, and inspected the scene and resUlts of the catastrophe. Thehoiler. of the engine is covered over with a tarpauling; but the fragments of iron lying near the spot are untouched. The tender lies about 15a yards 'froni the etigine,eoriapletely 'capsized, and the Wheels' and axleS lying by the side of the line. Immediately after the accident addi tional men were placed to watch the portion of the line where the accident occurred, and to pre vent persons from walking on the fbotpaths at the side of the embankment. With respect to the unfortunate man-servant, who met with so untimely a death, it ap pears that when he applied at the ter minus at London-bridge, he was told he was too late, upon which he stated that he was a gentleman's servant, that he expected his master was in the train, and entreated that he might go by it. This entreaty prevailed with the clerk; the unfortunate man paid his fare, and took his seat on that carriage which he was never to leave alive. We understand that the Coroner's inquest will take place on the bodies of the unfortunate suf ferers this day at ten o'clock, at Coppey-hole, near Hayward's-heath. SADLER'S WELLS: This pleasant little theatre still continues its prosperous career, under the able management of Mr. R. Honner. 'We visited it on Saturday evening, and witnessed the performance of the new drama of Jack Ketch. This new drama, which is from the pen of M. G. Alman, is of the Jack Sheppard school, and Is illustrative of the career of a certain John Ketch, from the days of his his apprenticeship to a rope-maker, when he sees and falls in love with the hangman's daughter, through a life of crime as a highwayman and traitor up to the termi nation of his career, when, in order to save his own neck, he consents to become the finisher of the law to one of his old associates in treason and piracy, a certain Jacobite knight, known as Sir Gregory with the Gash. In justice to Jack, however, we should state that he sturdily refuses " to accept office" until it is clearly proved to him that the said Gregory had, in his earlier days, murdered his (Jack's) father. The piece is admirably got up ; the situations are powerful, and the scenery, as it always is at this the atre, magnificent. The tirst act concludes with a most animated scene, representing Fairlop Fair in the height of the festivity. The second, with a grand tableaux vi vant, embodying a dream of Jam's. and representing Tyburn Tree at the time of an execution, and the piece concludes with the stoppage of the procession on its road to Tyburn, at St. Giles's, and the offering of the bowl to Sir Gregory of the Gash. Bonner was the hero of the piece, and a fine bold highwayman b y e made ; while Mrs. Honner, as Barbara Allen, the heroine, was very interesting and pathetic. Mr. John Hubert,f an excellent low comedian of the John Reeve school, and our old favourite Collier, elicited roars of laughter in the respective characters of a- drunken rope-maker and an aristocratic valetudinarian, The music of the piece se lected with great taste by Mr, Collins from old English. airs, was very well performed. We congratulate Mr. Honner on the married improvement which has taken place in the musical department of the theatre since Mr. Collins has had the management of the orchestra. After the melo-drama came the farce of the Omnibus, in which, Mr. T. Lee, perhaps •the best Irish comedian we have left,. kept the audience in a roar as Pat Rooney. The entertainments concluded with the new drama of the Owlet's Haunt, a tale of mystery and murder from the pen of the'veteran Moncrieff. The house was crowded to excess. LEEDS MEMORIAL TO HER MAJESTY. The following letter has been received from Earl Fitzwilliam Wentworth, Sept. 30, 1841. Silt—l have received the Address which the inhabi tants of Leeds have done me the honour to request that I would lay before her Majesty. As the Queen is not at present holding her - ordin iry Courts ' it would not be pos sible to present it personally to her Majesty, without in truding upon her in a manner which 1 am sure the ad dressers would be the last to sanction. I shall therefore take the liberty of transmitting the Address through the accustomed channel which is open to me under these cir cumstances Ibave the honour to be, Sir, Yoti r most faithful servant, John Goodman, gsq. FITZ WILLIAM. Wentworth, Sept. 30, 1841. Sin—ln pursuance of the request of the inhabitants of the borough of Leeds, I herewith forward an address to the Queen, praying her Majesty not to prorogue Par liament until the " Public diitresses shall have undergone full discuSsion." The Address proceeds from a meeting convened by the Mayor. and presided over by one of the Aldermen. May I beg that it may be laid before Her Majesty, and that for the information of the addressers, I may be apprised of its having been ps esented and received by her Majesty. I have the honour to be Sir, Your most faithful Servant, (Signed) FITZ WILLIAM. Rt. Hon. Sir J. 1. G. Graham, Bart. &c. &c. &c. —Leeds Mercury. • SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. RICHMOND RA CES.—(CONCLUDED.)---THURSDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas. 3 miles. Orde's Bee's-wing, aged, walked over. The Richmond HAndicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 60/ added from the fund, and 10/. from the Club ; the second horse saves his stake. Once round and a distance. Mr. Vansittart's Galaur, 3 yrs (Joy) 1 Col. Cradock's Pa gan, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Chilton's Billingham Ltuis, 3 yrs 3 Mr. Colborne's Di avolina, 3 yrs dis Sweepstakes of 3 Guii teas each, with 40 added. Heats, Once round. Lord Zetland's Tambu:rini, 3 yrs ...(Wetherell) 1 1 Mr. Dawson's bg by Macedomicus—Muleteer's d 2 2 Capt. Harcourt's Arnaoll, 3 yrs 3 3 HUNTINC;r APPOINTMENTS. B. V. H. will meet on Tuesday, at Lydlinch-bridge— half-past eleven. Devon and Somerset; St ag-hounds, Tuesday, Breclon Barton, near Lynmou th ; and on Friday, Cloutsham, near Porlock—half-p:‘st Shute House Beagi es, Monday, Hunter's Lodge. Mr. Archer's Hounds, Monday, Clapper-bridge ; Thursday, Chapman' s Well—half-past ten. Mr. Villebois 'Stag-hounds, Tuesday, Kennel— eleven. East Kent Harrie•rs, Mondry, Northbourn Mill ; Tues day, ltatling-court. ; Thursday, 143 dden- hill—half-past ten. Mr. ,Robertson's Hounds , Wednesday, ; Friday, Ford Castle ; Saturday; Thornington—half past ten. Pe mbrokeshirollound f,ThursJay, Trefearn- brid ge , 10 . LATEST BETTING AT 4I.A.I4I%.aIESTEII.—FIUDAY. TF.E. CESA.REWITCH STAKES. 6 to 1 agst The Squire • 6 , f to 1 agst The Ruler 7 to 1 agst Ilionp,taken and afterwards offered 16 to 1 agst OreFsa 20 to 1 ag,st Bosphortv; 20 to 1 agst Jolinny : • • ' 20 to 1 agst Bob Peel. • . mosi7N 3 to 1 agt LanipoorL. 5. to 1 agst Prince Caradoe ' • The Bath itlemorrii to the Queen. praying her Majesty not to preroktze the rarliat.dent tili some mea sures have been devised io r alleviating- th 4 'tlistetsg of the country, was forkvar "led for ire bentatig (In Friday , having received nearly . 1 ,000 signatures.--Wath Herald. i •AC AZ INES. BEN`t"EE MISC L ANY. This Magazine reached us at such a late penned l ied on Saturday, that we were unable to . t. among . our usual periodical notices. The Ican2; ber pleasantly varied; and Will, we think, urf much liked. It opens with 'the romanc e ° t ." Richard S a va ge ," w hi c h m aintains its in tere' __ unimpaired. 011 e scene, in particular, betwe.eu_ the old'steward, Ludlow, and the hero, whentfl',: former-details to the' latter the story of his e h degradation, e:diibits - Considerable vig'u r is)t ic of sentiment and expression. "Donnyhr4l Fair, " as may be anticipated from its title, touch abounds in broad, hurnoure us descriptive The " Heart and the key'" is an a ccount the perpetration, and discovery; un der ve ar r l unusual circumstances, of a murder, Theeelin n rative is told with earnestness and ft. The' " Moated Grange ,' is an anecdote _; the stirring times of the Cavaliers Roundheads, and regards the " hair -brew ter 'scapes " and ultimate capture of W e ' ooo . Colville by a party of Cromwell 's d ra rgep In the whimsical legend of the " Auto -da " Tba Ingoldsby versifies with his usual f e licity. 0 1 0 ., nature of the article entitled " Popular Adirined tion for Great Thieves," is suflciently eqt of by title. - It is an entertaining Collodi jot common-places relating to Dick TurP ill '„ihoro Shephard, Claude Du Val, &c. The a `L - r ed however, with a little pains, might have vow' ine his article still more amusing, by. giving us, stead of haeknied anecdotes about fri ore thieves, details respecting some of the 'or noted prigs of antiquity, su ch as cacus, cus, and that surprizing genius of wlioai dotus speaks in his sketch of King 10 3 Igh a ve tus. The Spanish Chroniclers, too, wog'''. ah. furnished him with abundant materials. l d by Mystery" is a strange story, eloquently Two' It an i., Miss Romer. It is a piquant compound terious love arid still more mysterions,cill-Aaad From the pleasant melange, " iVierrie " J.1 `.7 4 se" in the Olden Time," we quote the autho r at o Count of a visit which he paid some year; s i „ li ig bed Bartholomew Fair with the late (11 564 — wit and essayist, Charles Lamb id 'lli Many years since I accompanied . °"-- PI; Charles Lamb, to Bartholomew Fair. N v3u , n his te"' notion to explore the droll-booths; •perchanee done W, in the ‘f pens:" inked, had roast pig (* I :'hi, rie l r i female," dredged at the c'ritiealluotnent, anu : -074, be crackled delicately), continued one (. - if its tit i " -1 001 had bargained fur an ear . ! "In spirit a live ' ' ri ly, 3l4 l a lamb," the. game of jostling 6 11 when the nimble fing e rs o f their way into his pocket, he -remarlted- that t he i r ., the rogue only wanted "change 1" - a emi-ler trindvstrie p oor As little heeded btfo penny rattles scraped down his b ac k, and tiw ir : fr n *, /b ° harmony dinned in his ears.- Of. a black .-.Tiagi c ' a ..;l4 ll9 : was Inarvellously adroit with' his dagger an d but he said, " That fellow is pot only grt? a neeromanecr 1" He introduced himself: to j 4 c e whose fiery visage and*arlet surtousiooked mouth-street in a blaze !. and the .shovon n sti 1 a threatened blast from his speaking. trumpet O 'A -- welcome. A painted show-cloth announced rrr sixl ielle r capitals that a two-headed cow was to be seen at hea ds ° a-head. .Elia inquired if it meant at per our es ik' the cow's? On another was chalked, _L a dies Oa tribe men, two pence; servants, one penny." El" ia giubs' a POSteto the us the exhibitor's " most obedient-servants, plebian pence, and passed in. We peePe„ a , puppet-shows; paid our respects to the wil' / -11 0 0 i visited Gyngell and Richardson; patronised k “ ,,i daring, !") a puff of the Flying PiCITIOn ' S ; was his wild humour, all but ventured into " e a Oil This was a perilous joke I His fragile form cant foot and his neck broken Then the unclassical e v , id , e o S , the Bartlemy Fair folk at the " Crowner's 'que sl "; /P t ' a serio-comic.chapter for a posthumous edition °`,,,-et Last Essays ! Three little sweeps luxuriating ; 0 1 dish of fried sausages caught his eye. 77 z• ? 1- S i I would have his way ! We entered the "pau s ed oPit On a dingy table-cloth, embroidered with m bolt . , gravy, were quickly spread before us, " hi ssing ; rA some of " the best in the fair." His olfactoll.',,rot hinted that the " °deur des graillons" which h u ll - led; them was not that of Monsieur Ude, still he i n- ,, t iow' heroically, observing that, not to argue do9" 3 ',: i i - . t•IP yet cat-egorically speaking, it reminded hint °` ditr Lunch time with us," (Faith Elia, " is past , 9- st4 o/31 nor-time not yet come," and he passed over the 411 ing dish to our companions at the table ; kind welcome, and a winning smil e . Th e Yd i s it e "; grinned, and all three fell to. We l e f t t hem t 0 `f t illv joyments ; but not before Eli a h a d s lipped 700' , piece into their little ebony palms. A copiou s - to " rare Ben Jonson" concluded the day's 520145. BRITISH MAGAZINE: 01001 In this Number, which besides a e : ; 0 0' monthly register or religious and eecles,:gth t e , information, contains intelligence resPec' f pls,, progress of education, and several other use ters, we find an interesting essay on "An ticlu ti oa and some remarks on the Church of Sec"" in the seventeenth century. FREEMASOA" S QUARTERLY Se v v e e r r s a e l , amusing h original appearance papei's une t -t-1119 . Pre ber : one of the best is a mora l ess aYtinoo o title of the" Brahmin," whi c h i s not unlii` e , l - 0 13 , of the graver essays in J o h nson ' s cc Idler• es , o' " Freemasonry" is a sketch of the pOg r c oa this institution from the. earliest periods - from the pen of the Rev. Dr. Oliver. i 1 de ll , i 1P and SCOTT'S PROSE WORKS. A , • Cada!, Edinburgh, 1841. O We have here the "Heart of Mid-Loth .one republished in two separate forms, fir 64 ,, - ette duodecimo volume,_ and secondly, in as ;00: pamphlet ; and in both cases got up with ti t tail 'non neatness, and at a price that cailn ° ' . 5 t bring it easily within the reach of .81111,°,00? classes of readers. The "Life of IsiaP ° '„, - com also continued in the same form, and pleted will make one handsome octavo ‘„ % " e ,t e" These are . certainly the best and ''clie3l)‘; tions of' Scott's works that have yet ar:l3°- PICTORIAL SHAKSPEAS . • C. Knight, London, 1841. In the . present Part—which is, the tli e ir'' " seventh—of this splendid edition of Shi ll°ll o 7e , we have the " Venus and Adonis"aad W e i wit° t o . Lucrece," each of which is illustra te, ' choice variety of wood-cuts, and sticrt P ez u riti e .' notes, which clear up the occasional otteti of the text. The poems are to .be con l P" another Part. ri A ZI ALEXANDER'S EAST INDIA MALT ,— 1 %0 ! A The best feature in this periodical is it s laneous Indian intelligence, which isverYAcy,ri and condensed with considerable tact, aauL s t up the various matters of news to the 1 3 ' 1 . 0 sible period. Atnong the original Par i- ttr fr t find some amusing "Extracts from then s thl i f of a Medical Officer" wherein I e inforai• - t y ° infanticide is very - common ' in ' the victim Cabool. POLYTECHNIC JOIII?Nili• Among other entertaining comirit't!l dc P SI ( have here a curious essay, entitled. per l . (l g vi ' e „at' - I , ve Wanderings," Which is frow ti .Le 3 os' ° „ r. Forbes Winslow; and gives severa l a- Fe'. tt . b y 13° cases of absenCe -of mind in son of Dr. Robert Hamilton,. well 1a.0.;'/.llt se t tl t : Essay on the -- National Debt," wh fa h ' l , - " pulled off his hat to his own wife im t' - :of d e e and apologised for not having the plaagur-c011.r,0 acquaintance ; went to his classes in. the. w i on 11w dark mornings with one of bl i g of ii h tt white stockings on the one leg and °I- t i e ld ; t 4 own black ones on the other; and 1) ,11 against a cow in the road, turn milli° , her pardon, and hope that she via' hurt." A " Chapter on Early Pail lte.. ott ° tains a brief biographical sketch of died Bondone, who was born in 1:276, tig t ' 1336, and attained great eminence as all _ .. SMALLWi;O7)'SMAGAZEV,4' ructi‘le; l e e ienstt,hoer present t es a e n n y t N ra u te n , lb t e h r e , i i - i s lo a s , t p i o r ti l ieo - v ri b ° l : l 4 a : iai rt T i(., ll b History of Venice," by the Rev. Dr . ''death - 4 which includes the period from the t ",- 1 - 1 1 ,ioV - r riii aliero to the termination orthe war 01 •-•,, -- e s: 1- : Confession" e is an r.t iechapters are carefully written, and the 2 that animates them is of the right sor t ' t i 3 a , man" occur In the "Diary of a Count* . ', e st 't .. lan . occur some pleasing reflections, suc e 9 C' old Sicilian ta.aditiolly filergia a b:‘ u ' the approach of auttimn. " ildvetitu,, or glY.Mall?' is a sprightly sketch draw"' parently, frOtn'the life. A very . Tyroniising . _ KING'S CO.LLEGE MAGAZD4'. c, ducted by the clasEical and ; c.ellar, t ., to monthly m=s- derw- 1e ___medical st tl j o t' 1' King's College. The cleverest a rticl e tii,cf,' Number is a translation of Schiller s " 11° -----z-, _......._ ---------_______. 4 THE SPORTSMAN. . 0 the'l In the article " Turf, by a I• the are some severe remarks oil the r i e ,,, 't' e Lord Milton to officiate as one °t . t "' -- It •` '•ts arrls at the last Doncaster' Races. lc pit.. s of tk e v.' e pears that the Town Council solicited his Lordsnip to tuiderto'tiot iii office, which he declined, on the Ple. 3 ii rae. ifj er did.not appro%of the mariner in Nvill e e 0 1 , 1 , d iS 110 W COoaucttd: that this was not a sufficient reasoli for o i o e , ; to patronise an amusement ivhieli,..ll° lnrovilti. w ' t , :i'gree..,ll;itil tile deny, has:been .of great service, by 1111 , 1 '0 0 11f the breed of horses.. If black7lcg i s . 111 , 1 , , iti0, 0 0 1 leis, and dishonest joekies, baeke tt ''' c- ;IS I llii by dishouut Peers and corornonc.r, i ) a nti , tricks', such upri!ilit men as Lord :‘,111:,011 staoliif father, and others of the sane, lliqbitibt,,i should combine to eject them from the c al' not from all yespectable society: f ) N INU TH SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1541 MORNING- SU N u 2.,: =:~:.,