The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-29 00:00:00

.... 23,i clls , 3 47 1% ..ti LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) , LONDON, OCT 29.—Wind this day at noon E.S.E., light breeze, and fine. DEAL, OCT. 28.—Wind W.N.\V.—Arrd. 27th Jonge Jan, Bus, Batavia. for Rotterdam; (Lbert, Dalryin le, Dominica; Mary Mien, Antwerp, and sailed 28th for New Orleans. 28th, Sisters, Smith, Moulmein; John Edward, Kell, Singapore; Governor 51• Donald, Cali fornia; Alexander, New York, for Bremen. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 28.—WindW.—Arrd. 26'h It'chard, White, Paraiba, and not from I,ilaccio. as reported 27 , h inst. 27th, Alliance, Calcutta; Cressida, M'Fie, ditto; Anne Cropper, Bombay; Johu Cock. lehaboe; Mogul, Valparaiso; Jessie, Ford, Quebec; A ffghan, ditto. 28th, Philip Laing, Ellis, Bombay ; Don Pedro, Mirde, Rio Grande ; Washington Irving, Gorham, Boston. Sid. 27th, Ann Lockerby, Singapore; Charlotte, Bombay; Ranger, Valparais,); Crown, Rio Janeiro; Tryphema, Hayti; Felipe, Havannah; John Garrow, New Orleans; Triton, Charleston; Cambria steamer, Halifax and Bos ton; Susan, Newfoundland 28th, Perdiguero, Havannah, Buen Jesus, ditto. 27th, The Nercide, for Jamaica, has put back to day with bow stove, and loss of bowsprit, &e., having been in contact with a large ship off Tuskar. Off Port, 25th, Canada steamer, New York, passed Holy • head at 2 30. CLYDE, OCT. 26.—Arrd. Lord Hardinge, Clarke, Val paraiso; James Moran, Morrison, Dalhousie; Jessie, Kelly, Quebec; Champion, Cochrane, ditto. STROMNESS, OCT. 21.--Wind S. W.—Arrd. 19th, Bro thers, Cloaston, Davis' Straits, with 17 tuns. PILL, OCT. 24.—The Andrew White, of Sunderland, from Quebec, was abandoned on the 17th inst. in lat 50, long. 18, water-logged; crew saved. CAIIIRCIYEEN (KERRY), OCT. 26.—Some small por tions of wreck have come on shore near the western entrance of Valencia Harbour, viz., a small box of sperm candles, three bottles of brandy, and a portion of the stern plank of a ship with the words " Great Britain" cut into the wood and gilded. Some pieces of timber have also come in on other portions of the coast. NEWHAVEN, OCT. 27.—The Greyhound, of and for Exeter, from Stockton, sunk this morning at Beachy Head, bearing N.B. 9 miles, after being in contact with the Mary, of Yarmouth, N.E.; crew (except one man) saved. FALMOUTH, OCT. 28.—Wind W.—Arrd. 26th, Henry; Imlay, Troy, Rio Grande, sld. 19th Aug.;James Gib son, Green, Rio Janeiro. Sld. Duke of Bedford, Cape of Good Hope and Madras. 27th, Achilles, Sydney, New South Wales. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 28.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. 17th, Caledonia, Gavin, Batavia. DEAL, OCT, 27.—Arrd. from the River, William Gales, M'Carthy, St. Jago de Cuba; Jane Hammond, Sidney, New South Wales. Pwenemi, OCT. 28.—The Pelican, from Southampton, which drove on the beach on the 17th inst., has been got off, and is now safe in the harbour. BALRANALD, NORTH UIST, OCT. 20.—The St. John, of St., John's, New Brunswick, from Quebec to the Clyde, got embayed on the N.W. side of this Island yesterday during a fog, and anchored about a mile N. of the Island of Valley. She struck several times at low water, and has become water-logged, and can only be removed by a steamer- KIRILWA LL , OCT. 24.—The Washington, of Ports mouth, New Holland, from Newcastle to New York, Yeas run on the Reef Dike, near North Ronaldshay, on the 18th inst., and has become a wreck; crew saved. BELFAST, OCT. 26.—The Jane Hughes, Drogheda to this port, has anchored off here, with damage to her rudder, and leaky, having struck ou the Carron Rcck, off Cleugh, this morning. RAMSGATE, OCT. 28.—The St. Heralambo, Taganroy to St. Petersburgh, which sank on the Goodwin Sands on the 26th inat., was towed off yesterday, full of water, and brought into harbour this morning, where she is now discharging. DEAL, OCT. 27.—Arrd. from the River, Augusta, Barnet, Port Ross ; Pcnyard packet, Weller, Sydney, New South Wales ; Agnes, Burgess, Jamaica ; Prince Albert, Meyer, New York ; Sarah, Cook, St. John's, New Brunswick; Auriga, Harries, Port Philip ; Electra, irinitea , n,Holmes, Grenada; Oracul, Peterson, St. Thomas. 28th. a Boston. Sld. the outward bound. OFF HASTINGS, OCT. 28.—Wellington, New York. OCT. 28.—Wind W.—Arrd. Gustav Melin m Chiba,aliLenp,osltßaDion, 11, 0 e rcar J n.c af s7 e c. i . o; Herman, Huller, ditto. Sld, • The Eleanor Palmer, Liverpool to Leghorn, put in here to-day leaky, having struck on a bank off the coa s t o f W ex f or d . LYTHAM, OCT. 27.—A quantity of nuts, of the large, rough, three-edged kind, apparently only a few days in the water, have come on shore here. It is probable, from the quarter the wind is in, that they proceed from the Mischief, from Para, lost on the Jordan Bank. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-MONDAY. The provincial markets held on Saturday were very inactive for all kinds of Wheat, the prices of which gave way from is to, in some instances, 2s per quarter. Spring Corn met a very dull inquiry, at barely previous currencies. We have advices from New York to the 17th instant. Business there for export was limited in the extreme, at drooping prices. In the Baltic ports shipments are progressing steadily. There has been rather more firmness in the near continental markets. Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English Grain and Flour were on the increase, and nearly 7,000 quarters of Oats came to hand from Ireland. The foreign imports amounted to 9,200 quarters of Wheat, 3,973 of Barley, 6,200 of Oats, 699 of Beans, 654 of Peas, 126 of Tares, 3,327 of Lin seed, 18 of Rapeseed, 379 of Mustard-teed, 316 of sundry sorts, 1,338 sacks and 500 barrels of Flour. The quantity of Wheat received fresh up to our market this morning, from Essex and Kent, was but moderate, and its general condition turned out somewhat inferior. From Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire very few fresh parcels came to hand coastwise ; by land carriage the receipts were by no means large. Notwithstanding that the stands exhibited but a moderate number of samples of both Red and White, the demand for all descriptions was in a very sluggish state. The supply from Essex Was mostly cleared off, at barely last week's quotations; but that from Kent sold heavily, at a decline in value of le per quarter, at which a clearance was with difficulty effected. Several offers came to hand to ship Wheats from the east coast at money prices. There was a alight increase in the show of Foreign Wheat. Selected parcels, which formed but a small portion of the supply, sold slowly at prices about equal to those paid last week. In the middling and inferior kinds very little business was transacted, and, in some instances, the currencies gave way is per quarter. Very few floating cargoes were on offer. There was a falling off in the demand for malting barley, arising from the low rates at which old malt is selling. Grinding and distilling sorts were in moderate request, at late figures. The supply was by no means large. The quantity of Malt offering was somewhat on the increase ; but very few fine parcels were shown. Moat kinds ruled dull ; but We have no actual decline to notice in value. For good sound Oats, the quantity of which was small, we had a fair demand, at extreme prices. In the out-of-condition sorts exceedingly little was doing at barely late rates. The show of Beans was tolerably good. Most kinds were dull at barely late rates. In Peas only a limited business doing. Prices as last week. Indian Corn and Meal were very dull, and almost nominal in value. The Flour trade was in a very sluggish state. Fine parcels were, however, quite as dear as last week. French qua lities were pressed for sale. CURRENCY rzu IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier.• • • • • 59s to 605 Red, New.... 40s to 47s Oats— Yorkshire and Dltto,White, New 418 50s Lincolnsh., Feed. 15s 181 Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red... 403 46s Youghal and Cork, Ditto, White— 2s 47s Black .•• •• 143 16. Irish, Reel— .. •• • • 38s 41a Cork, White ..... 16s 188 Ditto,White.... • • 42s 465 Scotch, Feed... • • 19s 1118 Rys—Old ••. • .. 23s 25s Beans—Tick 25s 311 New. • . . 23s 26s Pigeons Barley —Grinding ... • . 22s 25s Peas—Grey .. • ..• •. • • 27s 28s Malting . .......• 26s 28s Maple ... •••• • • • • 285 Chevalier •• • 295 30s 255 272 Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• •• • • 275 31 1 folk.• •• • • 56s 58s Flour—Town-made... 35s 40 8 Brown .... • .• •. 465 48s Suffolk •... 31s 33 8 K.ingstonand Ware 57s 58s Stocktn &Norfolk 31s 33 2 szr — Since our last report the c been tolerably steady at sh other seeds move off slowly; change to notice in the quel held at full currencies. Turnip,White, per bush. lOs to lls lemand for Canary-seed has ,out stationary prices. All ; but we have no material tedious. Linseed cakeß are Red and Green.... lOs II s Mustard, 8r0wn.... . 8s I Is, Carrasray . • • • • • • • • • 28s 34s Coriander .... •... •• • • 16a 25s Hcmpseed, per quarter 32s 35s Linseed, Eng. Sowing.. 54s st; Crushing .• • ... 408 43s Baltic . • • • .. • • .. 36s 425 Odessa ... • • • • • • • 404 44s Linseed Cake, pr.l,ooo— .... . 91 Os 10/ Os Whito ...• 7s 108 Tares, Winter ...... 45 6d 4s 9(11 01d.............. Os Os' Canary, per quarter .. 70s 75s Rye grass.. •• .. • • ... 20s 2451 Cloyer,ltedEn;. (cwt.) 35s 5031 •••White • •• 3:s 42s Foreign lied.... •• 30s 40s White•... 243 42s Trefoil .. Foreign, per ton 6/ Os 71 10s Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 5s 41 10s Itapmed, New, pr ist 28/ Os 291 Os BOROUGH BOP 11T.ELEILET. For the best ne-s , Hops the demand continues tolerably steady at about stationary prices. In the middli ng an d inferior kinds only a limited business is doing. Yearling and old Hops are a dull sale, although the market is very scantily supplied with theiL. During the week 119 bales have come to hand from Antwerp. New Mid and East Kent pockets, 81 to 101; New Weald of Kent ditto, 5/ 10s to 71 10s; New Sussex ditto, 5 / 10 s to 61 10 s; Farnhams, 101 to 11/ 10s; Yearling IC , nts, 3/ 108 to 41155; Yearling Sussex, 21 16s to 4110 s; Old bops, 11 to 31 15s per cwt. srarrHrxELD. A very large importation of foreign stock took place Into London last week. The total number received was 6,527 head, being an excess of 1,919 head compared with the previous week's supply. During the corresponding period in 1847 we received 4,980, and at the same time in 1848, 4,301 head. Thus it will be perceived that the low prices prevailing here have not reduced the foreign imports. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IK THE PAST WEEK• From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Amsterdam„. 17 ... 1,703 ... 6 Harlingen 164 1,597 .. ... 3 4 1 Rotterdam Tonningen 2OO ... Nieu Diep ... Hamburgti 40 ... Ostend .. 265 ... - ... 4 ... - 40 ... - ... - .... - Total 916 ... 5,115 125 .. 71 Corresponding Week in 1848 790 ... 3,219 101 ... 5 Same week in 1847 907 .. 3,874 186 ... 13 About 1,000 head have arrived at the northern outports from Holland and Denmark. The number of foreign Beasts and Sheep in to•duy's market was tolerably ex tensive• but that of Calves was small. Compared with that exhibited on Monday last, the supply of home•fed Basta on sale, this morning, was limited—the falling sir iu the arrivals exceedu g 1,000 head. As the at teftiance of buyers was on the increase, and the weather THE SUN, colder than last week, the Beef trade was somewhat active, end a good clearance of the stock was effected, at an advance in the quotations of fully 2d per 8 bs. A few very superior Slots sold at 4s; but the general top figure for Beef wi - ts 3s 101 per 81bs. From Lincoln shire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire, about 1,700 Beasts came fresh to hand. From the Western arid Midland Counties, %re received seven hundred and fifty Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; and from other carts of England, six hundred of various breeds. There was a considerable falling off in the arrivals of sherp from the whole of our flock districts. For the finest old Downs the demand was steady. In prices, however, we have no improvement to notice, they ruling from 33 10d to 4s per Sibs. Kents, Leicesters, half brec's, and all other breeds were in active request, and quite 2d per 81bs dearer than on this day se'nnight. Calves, the supply of which was small, commanded a ready sale, at 2d per 81bs more money. We had a slight improvement in the demand for Pigs, the prices of which were well supported. _ _ _ Per albs. to sink the offal. s. d. to e. d. s. d. to s. d. inferior Beasts..... 2 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 4 3 6 Se;:oml quality - .• 3 0 3 2 Coarse-woollen ditto 3 8 310 t'rime large Ozen• • 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wether 310 4 0 Vrime Scots ...... 3 8 310 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large coarse Calves 3 2 3 4 Large Hogs .....• 3 2 3 6 l'rime small ditto .. 3 6 3 8 Small Porkers •• .• 3 8 4 2 , luckling Calves ..18 0 25 0 Quarts!' old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 Inferior Sheep . 3 0 3 2 Lambs •••••••••• 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep, Calvcs. I Pigs. I 3,737 22,270 149 30$ FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts. Sheep. I Calves. I ?if". I 1,093 ' 3,330 52 70 AT E Vl7 GIIT 71 AND LEAD E NITAILL. Since this day se'nnight upwards of 10,000 carcases of country-killed meat have been received up to these markets, chiefly by steamers and railway conveyance. This large addition to our supplies, which otherwise have been extensive, and the comparative mildness of the weather, have produced an extremely heavy demand for all kinds of meat at drooping prices. Nearly 1,800 carcases of foreign meat slaughtered in London have been on show. From llamburgh, 11 baskets of Beet have come to hand. At per stone by the Carcass. _ . _ s. d. to s. d. I I. d. to s. d. ,- ieef. inferior."... 2 0 2 2 Mutton. iaferior .. 2 6 2le - middling .... 2 4 2 i middling.. 3 I 3 4 - primelarge .. 2 8 3 0 prime .... 3 6 3 II - prime small .. 3 2 3 4 Pork. large.. •••••• 2 10 3 6 eai ...• •• •• 210 3 small .• • • .... 3 3 4 2 WOOL. The inquiry for most kinds of British wool has some what improved since our last report, and a fair amount of business has been transacted in combing sorts, at full prices. In foreign and colonial qualities very little is doing, but we bare no material change to notice in value. Last week's imports amounted to 30 bales, from Buenos Ayres ; 25 ditto, from Hatnburgh ; 3 ditto, from Naples ; 1,418 from Port Pbilip ; 1,040 from Sydney ; 728 from Launceston, and 473 from Algos Bay. _ _ BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDIII. A decided increasa has taken place in the arrival of potatoes, coastwise, during the past week—the total quantity at hand being about 3,000 tons, of excellent quality. The receipts per railway are now rapidly falling off. The foreign importations have been as follows :—From Dunkirk, 98 tons ; from Rouen, 166 tons ; from Ghent, 60 tons ; from Calais, 70 tons; from Dieppe, 95 tons ; from Nantes, 68 tons ; fro m otter dam, 213 tons, 10 barrels, 21 baskets, 36 bags ; from Antwerp, 80 tons, 140 baskets, 283 bags ; from St. Valery, 70 tons ; and from Bruges, 85 tons. The best qualities are in fair request, at about stationary prises. All other kinds move off heavily, and, in some instances, the quotations have had a downward tendency. Per Ton. York. Regents 70s to 85s Ditto Shaws — s to -- s Scotch Regents 70s to 75s Ditto Cups 6os to 65s Ditto Whites — s to —s Lincoln. Regents. 70s to 808 Wisbeach ditto 652 to 70s Per Ton. Essex Regents —s to —s Ditto Shaws —s to —8 Ditto Kidneys —s to —s French Whites sss to 70s Belgian ditto 6os to 708 Dutch ditto German ditto Newcastle ditto 70s to 75s TALLOW. Since our last report, the imports of Tallow have amounted to 3,097, and the deliveries to 2,339 casks. The demand to-day is somewhat inactive, at barely stationary prices. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 36s 6d to 375, and for delivery up to the end of the year, 36s 6d to 368 9d per cwt. Town Tallow 37s per cwt. net cash; Rough Fat 2s id per Ms. We have further advices from St. Patrrbburgh, as several speculative pur chases had been effected by English houses—say horn 1,000 to 2,000 casks. Prices bad advanced 4to 5 roubles. 1845. 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. Stock this day • • 23,314 15,011 23,391 i 30,022 42,246 [ Price of Y. C. 41s 9d 49s 3d 44s 9d 44s 8d to 37s Od .... to 42s Od to 49s Od to 45s 34 45s 0 , 1 to Os Od Delivery last week; 3,681 2,370 2,763 2,550 2,339 Ditto from June 1.... 41,189 31,422 35,793 40,288 34,092 Arrivals last week . 2,515 12,993 871 641 3,097 Ditto from June 1 ... 48,461 35,810 51,090 62,779 50,865 Price of Town •••• .. 448 Od 52s 6d 48s 6d 47s 6d 393 6d HEALTH OF HER 'AJESTY.—OFFICIAL PORT. WINDSOR CASTLE, SUNDAY, OCT. 28. " The Queen has had an attack of chicken pox. The disease was not attended with any untoward symptom, and although still suffering from the effects of the eruption, her Majesty may be considered con valescent. " JAMES CLARK, M.D." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SATURDAY. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the younger members of the Royal Family took their usual walk in the Slopes and Windsor Park. Sir James Clark left the Castle this morning, and is expected to return to-night. There will be no addition to the Royal dinner party this evening. SUNDAY. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the younger members of the Royal Family, walked early this morning in the Home Park and Slopes. Prince Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service in the private chapel this morning. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also at• tended the service. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party this day. _ _ _ Sir J. Clark still remains at the Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester on Saturday at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness also attended at the British Museum. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) The following bulletin of the Queen Dowager's health was issued on Saturday : " '1 he Priory, Saturday, 10 A:M., Oct. 27, 1849. " The Queen Dowager ;offered from severe oppres sion and weakness during the afternoon of yesterday. " Her Majesty, however, passed a tolerably tranquil night, and is nut worse this morning. " DAVID DAVIES. " RICHARD BRIGHT." Yesterday's bulletin was as follows : " The Priory, Sunday Morning, Oct. 28, 1849. " The Queen Dowager was less distressed during yesterday afternoon, and passed a better night. " Her Majesty's unfavourable symptoms are in some degree mitigated. " DAVID DAVIES. "RICHARD BRIGHT." LOLA MON TES. The Assemblie Nationale gives another letter from its correspondent at Barcelona respecting Lola Montes. It is dated the 20th, and is as follows : _ •' My previsions are realised. The husband of Lola Montes, 48 hours after his departure, wrote to her from Mataro, imploring pardon. He besought her to allow him to return to her feet. He terminated his epistle thus—' If you have ever to complain of me, show me this letter, and it will be your talisman.' Mrs. Heald set out next day by the railway, and some hours after brought back Mr. Heald. According to what he states, he dt dares that others persuaded him to depart, but scarcely had he been separated from his wife when he desired to return. Three times he attempted to escape on the road, but too good a watch was kept over him. At last, when he arrived at Mataro, he refused to go any further, and then wrote her the letter alluded to above. When returned to his wife, he complained to her of all those who had persuaded him to break his chain. Mrs. Ileald is in the greatest anger; her eyes dart fire; and if ever she meets with those who wanted to separate her husband from her, I do not know what may not happen. It is said that she is about to publish a statement of her late adventures." The Fomento of Barcelona of the 20th says : " Lola has bt en able to catch her faithless husband, and has brough him back to the conjugal roof. She was enabled to follow his steps through the information given to her by a Frenchman: SELF-11 , EL P.--- 7 Can we not l earn t h e l esson o f self help ? Society is full of infirm people, who incessantly summon others to serve them. They contrive every where to exhaust, for their single comfort, the entire means and appliances of that luxury to which our inven tion has yet attained. Sofas, ottomans, stoves, wine, game-fowls, spices, perfumes, rides, the theatre, enter tainments; all these they want, they need, and whatever can be suggested more than these, they crave also, as if it were the bread which should keep them from starving; and if they miss any one, they represent themselves as the most wronged and most wretched persons on earth. One must have been born and bred with them to know how to prepare a meal for their learned stomachs. Mean time, they never bestir themselves to serve another person—not they! they have a great deal more to do for themselves than they can possibly perform ; nor do they once perceive the cruel joke of their lives, but the more odious they grow the sharper is the tone of their complaining and craving. Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's-self, so as to bare somewhat left to give, instead of being always prompt to grasp ? It is more elegant to answer one's own needs, than to be richly served; inelegant, perhaps, it may look to day, and to a few, but it is an elegance for ever and to all.—Eliza Cook's Journal. We are happy to state that very favourable ac counts have been received at Viscount Brackley's, in Hill-street, from Woreley Hall, of the state of his Lord ship's health. LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29 1819. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. George Macfarren's new opera, entitled King Charles the Second, was produced here on Saturday evening with the most triumphant success. Mr. Macfarren is one of the most learned and accomplished of English composers. His symphonies and overtures are known and appreciated in every musical school in Europe, and his operas, viz., The Devil's Opera and The Don Quixote, are remembered, when many operas which appear, d at the same time with them have been forgotten. The Devil's Opera was considered as a work of great promi•ie—promise which the opera of King Charles the Second has more than fulfilled. Mr. Desmond Ryan is the author of the libretto, and he has given us a very excellent operatic version of II.: Payne's well-known comedy of Charles the Second. So closely has he adhered to the plot and the incidents of that well-known comedy, that it would be a were work of supererogation for us to enter into the details. The overture is excellent, in the compact, symmetrical form of the classical masters of the German school, and in keeping with the subject. It is a movement in common time, with an unbroken succession of rapid triplets, which give it an ani mated and impetuous character; but a charming effect is produced by superinducing on these triplets (which serve as its accompaniment) a beautiful and expressive melody, afterwards sung by the page. The drama opens with the forlorn Queen in her boudoir, and surrounded by her maidens, who en tertain her with a smooth and pretty chorus. Then follows an air of a plaintive and mournful cha racter, sung by the Queen (Mrs. Weiss), and which is succeeded by a bravura song, " Hail! all hail to pleasure," from the King (Harrison) ; then follows a duet from the King and Queen, which is succeeded by a ballad, " She shines before me like a star," for the Page Julian (Madame Macfarren). This ballad is one of the most exquisite ever composed, and was deliciously rendered by Madame Macfarren,_ who, on this occasion made her debut on the English stage. Her voice is a rich contralto of great power, flexibility, and compass, and she sings with great earnestness and intense dramatic feeling. A duet between the King and Rochester (H. Corri) follows, which is very dramatic, and in which Ro chester describes the charms of Fanny, the Mary Copp of the original comedy. Then Lame the adven tures at Wapping. The scene, by the way, is beautiful, exhibiting the broad Thames, the shipping, and the distant country. Miss Louisa Pyne, as Fanny Copp, sings a little ballad, " Hope and fear, alternate vieing," in a light and florid style, which she executed with her usual facility and neatness. Her lover enters, and the duettino, " 0 blest are young hearts," is one of the gems of the opera—indeed, we hardly know a fairer gem in an opera. The tender sweetness of the vocal parts, sustained by the light pizzicato of the stringed instruments, is really enchanting. The sports of the sailors and country people form a ballet, not of the fashion of the Italian stage, but full of life and gaiety. The morris dance round the maypole, accompanied by music redolent of England in the seventh century, was picturesque and animated in the highest degree. The entrance of the disguised King and favourite—the joviality, quarrels, and confusion to which their arrival gives rise—are worked into a finale of concerted pieces and chorus which closes the first act with the utmost brilliancy. The second act opens with a nautical song, "Nan of Battersea," sung by Captain Copp. In this ballad Mr. Macfarren has very cleverly imitated the style of llibdin, and the ballad will no doubt become exceedingly popular. A pretty scene follows, in which Fanny, by her sweetness, appeases the jealous umbrage of her lover Julian. This jealousy is well expressed by an impassioned recitative, admi rably delivered by Madame Macfarren ; and Fanny's air, " Canst thou deem my heart is changing," is one of the tenderest little things that can be ima gined. The scene reminded us of Zerlina and Ma setto—not in the music, but in the effect pro duced by it. Passing over many beauties which we have not room to notice, we must come to the last scene, which is a brilliant representation of th e King and his Court assembled in the banqueting chamber at Whitehall. In conformity with the usage of that day, the company entertain themselves by singing a madrigal; and the modern madrigal produced by Mr. Macfarren, " Maidens, would ye 'scape undoing," is not unworthy of a place beside the finest madrigals of Wilbye and the other worthies of the Elizabethan age. It was sung by a numerous chorus, with no fault but the slight depression of pitch which is almost unavoidable in unaccompanied vocal music, and with an effect which produced exclamations of pleasure from all parts of the house. The appearance of honest Captain Copp and his pretty daughter in the midst of this brilliant assembly—the recognitions, embarrassments, and eclaircissements which ensue form an animated scene, and afford room for some very dramatic music. Among other things, a romance sung by Miss Louisa Pyne, "A poor simple . maiden am I," was found so delightful, that after it had been once en cored with the utmost vehemence, it was very nearly encored a second time. The finale, "Now with fears no more contending," consisting of solos by Madame Macfarren and Miss Pyne, with a chorus, was sung a second time, the curtain, after it had fallen, being raised for that purpose. The opera, as a composition, must take its place amongst the very first class of English operas. The composer has aimed at great things, and he has suc ceeded. The opera was most strongly oast. Madame Macfarren was most successful as Julian, and has ex cited a strong feeling in her favour ; and Miss Louisa Pyne, as Fanny, has more than redeemed the pro mises of her debut. Nothing could be more ravish ingly beautiful than her execution of the music which belongs to the part of the tavern-keeper's daughter. We can desire no greater perfection of facility, style . , or finish. Her voice has all the best attributes of youth, and while being of the sweetest and most. tunable quality, is deliciously clear and fresh ; and not a note is emitted that is corrupted by a false and uncertain intonation. She enunciates, too, admirably. We have never, in short, encountered an operatic debutante so hopefully meri torious as this young lady, and Mr. Macfarren has been fortunate in having her as the exponent of some of the choicest airs which his opera contains. There is a simplicity and elegance in her manner eminently ' engaging ; and the three ballads which fell into her hands were rendered with a sweetness and taste that at once challenged admiration and brought down a succession of encores, the genuineness of which was indisputable. The showier characteristics of the finale displayed her powers of vocalisation more prominently than anything that had gone before • and the bril liancy with which she developed a circle of somewhat immelodious divisions, and the sureness with which she sustained a close and perfectly-formed shake at the top of her register, threw the audience into rap. tures of delight, and her triumph was complete. Harrison was heard to great advantage in this opera, inasmuch as the instrumentation of Mr. Macfarren compelled him to sing the music as it was written down for him, and thus effectually prevented him from introducing those ornaments of which he is so fond, and some of which are of very questionable taste. Mr. Weiss, as Captain Copp, sang and acted admirably, and Mrs. Weiss, as the Queen, made the most of a somewhat heavy part. The mice en scene was superb, and the dances pretty and graceful. The opera was announced for repetition amidst the most enthusiastic applause. The principal singers came before the curtain at the ter mination of the opera under circumstances of Aria which could not be exceeded. Bouquets were thrown and appropriated by Miss Pyne and Madame Mac farren ; and calls were then made for the composer, who was presently led across the stage by Miss Pyne, amid a hurricane of acclamation, in which, we believe, not a person in the house refused to join. THE QUARTERLIES. THE WESTMINSTER REVIEW. No. CIL Combined, as usual, with the Foreign Quarterly, the Westminster for October makes a goodly appear ance, whether in the number, the variety, or the average excellence of the contributions. Perhaps the most important and valuable paper in the current number of all the different quarterly periodicals is the one contained in the present instalment of the West minster, written by W. E. Hickson, on the great question of " Population." We shall take an oppor tunity of referring elsewhere to this able disquisition on the theories of Malthus, of Mill, and of Doubleday —a disquisition which is ingeniously divided into the consideration successively of Redundant Popula tions, of the Decay of Ancient Populations, of the Laws of Population, and of the Ratios of Population and Capital. The writer betrays an intimate knowledge of the details of his subject, a subject at once profound and intricate; and he shows very clearly that he has not put pen to paper until his ideas had been ripened into consistency. The opening article in the Westminster is a companion paper to the one just mentioned, being a discursive, but acute and agreeable, essay on Human Progress. Those who are not familiar with the background of French literature, will derive considerable entertain ment, and no little instruction, from the amusing analysis of " Jasmin." It is somewhat horrifying to learn, from the paper entitled " A Word or two on Port Wine," that a large quantity of that beverage in this country is nothing less than a compound of elder-berries, treacle, and bad brandy. We commend the matter to the serious consideration of all the victims of dyspepsia. The " German Philo sophers on the Soul" have furnished another contri butor with a theme of enthralling interest, to which he has laudably endeavoured to do justice. Two other estimable contributions relate, one to the " State of the Nation," the other to the " Extinction of Slavery," one of a prospective and the other of a retrospective character. " Loans and Standing Ar maments" is an argument, as may be conjectured, originated by the bold proposal of Mr. Richard Cobden, to prevent the recurrence of war henceforth by stopping all loans, and thus leading ultimately to the disbandment of the present standing armaments. From a brief, but noble-spirited paper on Louis Kossuth, we transcribe the following brilliant sketch of the great Hungarian Liberator, from the pen of the celebrated Kohl, the German traveller I looked,' he says, ' with much interest at the man on whom the eyes of all Hungary may be said to be fixed. He is of a middle rise, and very agreeable ex terior; his features are regular and decidedly handsome, but strongly marked and manly. He 'a in the prime of life, with rather redundant hair and whiskers, but a mild and modest expression of countenance. He was rather pale when I saw him, and his features wore an air of earnestness, slightly tinged by melancholy, though lighted up by his fine flashing eyes, He spoke for full half an hour without a moment's hesitation, and his mode of de livery appeared to me extremely agreeable. His voice is fine, as might be expected from so handsome a person, and the sounds of the Hungarian language, always powerful and energetic, seemed from his lips, I might almost say warlike, although they come hard and harsh from the mouth of an uncultivated speaker. The Elyen! Elyen 1 (bravo, bravo) frequently interrupted him, and the Hayunk! (hear) was scarcely uttered once, for every one was silent and attentive of his own accord.'" The rest of the literary criticisms are exceedingly sententious and miscellaneous. THE HOLY WELL. (From Eliza Cooh's Journal.) It is not generally known that the tavern in Holy well street, Strand, London, known by the sign of " The Old Dog," is raised on the site of the "cel e brat e d H o ly Well," from which the street derives its name. Fitz stephen mentions this well in 1660, as being "famous and frequented by the scholars and youths of the City, when they walked forth to take the air;" and Stowe alludes to it as "being much decayed and spoiled with rubbish, purposely laid there for the heightening of the ground for garden plots." The coffee-room, at the tavern above-mentioned, is supposed to be built imme diately over the spring. The following lines were prompted by the interesting remembrance which forms one of the many thousand poetic legions connected with our modern Babylon: — They say, three hundred years ago, The cold, pure water used to flow From a gurgling fount, with trees around, Where The Old Dog" Tavern may now be found. They say it was a wondrous spot, And the "Chronicles" keep it unforgot; For the pages of History often dwelt On the storied fame of the " Holy Well." I can see the place as it was of yore, When its crystal riches would ripple and pour From a fountain channel, fresh and dank, Mid flowering rush and grassy bank ; When the pale cheek left the City wall, And the courtier lied the palace hall, To seek the peaceful shadows that fell On the waters of the "Holy Well." The scholar sat on some old grey stone, Where the ivy was thick and the moss had grown, And he conned his book, while the gentle tide Came softly bubbling up at his side. Plighted lovers went wandering there, Blending their sighs with the twilight air ; And many a warm lip stooped to tell Its first romance by the " Holy Well." Sweet birds came to plume their wing, And lave their beak in the healing spring; And gorgeous butterflies stopped to play About the place on a sultry day. Folks came from the east, and came from the west, To take at that fountain health and rest; From the north and the south they came to dwell By the far-famed stream of the " Holy Well." Oh, a goodly site was the old place then, When the waters were sought by the Red Cross men; When the brave Knight Templars there were seen, With their " hostelrie" gay on the field of green; When the famished pilgrim lingered there, Blessing the draught with a grateful prayer, As his cockle hat and scallop shell Were thrown aside at the " Holy Well." And now we see in the busy street , A " hostelrie" where men do meet; Though they wear no symbol red-cross bands, And draw no steel with their strong right hands. For many a year there has been no trace Of the legend lore that marks the place; No stranger dreams of the verdant dell That was famed afar for its " Holy Well." Close and narrow that place is now, Where the beautiful water used to flow; But those who will may go and see Where the waters sprung up—pure and free. On the mouth of the tide they may lightly tread, As they would on the graves of the honoured dead. At the sign of " The Old Dog" gossips still tell Rare things of the ancient " Holy Well." Ah, many among us, like this old place, Exist in the world without a trace Of the exquisite truth and goodly power, That filled our spirits in Life's young hour. Time has choked up the magical spring With the burthens that Trouble and Toil e'er bring, Yet we turn with joy to let Memory tell Of the days when our heart was a " Holy Well." ELIZA COOL. General Klapha, late Commander of Comorn, has arrived at the Sabloniere Hotel. A LADY'S POCKET PICKED OF 4001.—Early yes terday forenoon, the wife of Mr. Hill, the architect, put into her purse Bank of England notes to the amount of 4001., for the purpose of taking them to her husband's office in order that they might be ultimately placed to his credit at the bank. On her way to New-street, how ever, accompanied by her little boy, she had occasion to go through the market-hall, and shortly after quitting the vicinity of the Bull-ring, she found that her purse with its 4001. had vanished. Nothing had occurred to make Mrs. Hill suspect she had been robbed, but there can be no doubt that one of those little rogues who swarm in ou: streets found himself the unexpected pos sessor of a fortune, who, a moment before, had not a fat thieg in the world. Information was at once given to Superintendent Stephens, and the detective force were soon on the alert, but up to going to press last night nothing bad been heard of the money. A reward of 201. has been offered for the recovery of the notes, the numbers of almost all of which are known and of course payment has been stopped as far as is practicable.—.Bir mingham Journal. COLLIERY DISTURBANCES — The pitmen of several collieries in the counties of Durham and Northumber land are at present on strike, and some disturbances of the public peace have occurred. On Thursday night two policemen apprehended Francis Smith, a delegate from Leadgate Colliery, as ho was returning . home by coach from attending a delegate meeting. They placed him in a gig and were proceeding to Shotly Bridge, when they were met by a large body of the pitmen belonging to the neighbourhood, who had heard that their dele gate had been captured. They demanded his instant liberati on , and proceed to wreak summary vengean c e on one of the policemen who was employed by the owners of the colliery. His name is John Connell or Connolly. He received some very severe injuries, and is now lying in a very precarious state. The other,. Ser geant Baxter, was a county policeman. He met with no personal violence, bnt was compelled to give up his prisoner, who has since, however, been recaptured. Warrants were ivsued for the apprehension of various parties implicated, and upwards of twenty persons have been taken into custody.—Sunderland Herald. TRH MEDICAL OFFICERS OF WIIITECIIAPEL.— The medical offic.rs, extra medical officers, and medical visitors of the Whitcchapel Union, appointed by the Board of Health, supped on the 25th at the lied Lion, Whitechapel, in celebration of the close of their most arduous duties; Dr. F. D. Allison in the chair. Mr. Nash, medical officer, ably officiated as.croupier. After the usual loyal toasts were given, the chairman ex pressed his satisfaction in proposing the Board of Guar dians and their excellent Chairman, Mr. Brushfield, and passed a high and deserved eulogium upon them for the manner in which they had co-operated with the Board of Health during the prevalence of the cholera. The healthy of all the medical officers were drank in the course of the evening. The evening was spent in the most harmonious manner,. and the meeting parted with regret, but not without giving a heaty cheer to the chair man for the able manner in which he had presided over them. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.—The Royal mail steamer Canada arrived in the Mersey this evening, after an extraordinary run of eleven days from New York. Her advices from that city extend to the 17th, and from Halifax to the 20th inst. On the 18th, about 300 miles from New York, she passed the steamer Niagara, which was proceeding to her destination with one engine. An accident had happened to the other engine about two o'clock that morning. The Caledonia arrived at Boston via Halifax on the 13th. The following announcement by Mr. Meredith, Secretary of the Treasury, dated October 15, is highly important and gratifying:— " INSTRUCTIONS TO COLLECTORS AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS. " TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OCT. 15. " In consequence of questions submitted by merchants and others asking, in consideration of the recent altera tions of Britih navigation-laws, on what footing the commercial relations between the United States and Great Britain will be placed on and after the Ist of January next, the day on which the recent Act of the British Parliament comes into operation, the department deems it expedient at this time to issue the following general instructions for the information of the officers of the Customs and others interested. " 1. Ia consequence of the alterations of the British Navigation-laws, above referred to, British vessels from British or other foreign ports will under existing laws after the Ist of January next be allowed to enter our ports with cargoes of the growth, manufacture, or pro ductionof any part of the world. " 2. Such vessels and their cargoes will be admitted from after the date before mentioned on the same terms as to duties, charges, and imposts as vessels of the United States and their cargoes." The correspondence between the British Consul and the Nicaragua Government is published at full length in the newspapers. Mr. Cholfield first informed the Government that they could not concede the right to construct the canal without endangering the claims of the English creditors upon the revenues of the State. The Governor replied that the revenues were not likely to suffer by the canal, and that the debt did not destroy in Nicaragua the rights to cede a part of its territory. The Consul also informed the Governor that Great Britain had decided to maintain the rights of the Mosquito King, and that whatever steps might be taken against him would draw down on Nicaragua the most severe chastisement. The Minister replied, and, while reprimanding the Consul for the tone of the letter, denied that the Government had been guilty of any offence towards Great Britain, and said that the State would main tain the integrity of its territory against the alleged claims of Mosquito. A lengthy address to the people of Canada had been published at Montreal, recommending a disso lution of the existing connexion with Great Britain. Much excitement had been caused in the United States by this address. The Governor-General was at Toronto. The steamship Ohio had arrived at New York, with 130,000 dolls. in gold dust belonging to her pas sengers, and 60,000 dolls. on freight for New York. Her advices were anticipated by the last arrivals from California. The Royal mail steam-ship Great Western had arrived at New York with specie to the amount of Q,500 dolls. The elections at Philadelphia had given rise to a riot, or series of riots, resulting in the loss of several lives. The Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce makes the curious announce ment of a rumour that Russia had determined to close the Black Sea to the commerce of all nations. A dispute between the Spanish Minister and the Secretary of State is now reported to have occurred, the ground of difference being the abduction from Cuba of a Spanish lady. From Port-au Prince we have advices to the 20th of September. Soulouque had sent to France for a throne for himself and Empress, which was to exceed in cost and grandeur those of the oldest and most aristocratic Courts of Europe. Two orders of knight hood had been established for the honour of the newly created nobility—that is, the imperial titl e o f St. Faustin and the Legion of Honour. Business affairs continued extremely dull, occa sioned principally by the enforcement of the Mono poly Laws. There was no coffee to he had, and logwood very scarce, at 40 dollars Hessian currency per 1,000. The ports were to be closed for 30 days against all imports and exports in foreign vessels. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, OCT. 17.—Exchange on England is scarce, and rules as high as 10i premium. Oa France the quotations are from 5 to 20 to 17i for short sights, and for Amsterdam 40 to 40k. There has not been much business done at these rates. The price of United States securities advanced some what after the arrival of London accounta to the 29th ult. In other securities there was little activity; any con siderable demand, however, would run up prices, as there is no large amount in the market. Cotton.—For the week ending Friday last, there was a steady good demand, and with sales of 11,000 bales, prices advanced lc. Since our last, this inquiry continued, under the expectation that the next Liverpool steamer will bring a response to our advancing market and adverse accounts respect ing the growing crops, but it has been freely met by holders, and prices in the meantime have ex perienced no further improvement. The receip•3 at all the shipping ports are 77,437 bales, against 147,385 last year, and 60,412 the year before. Total exports, 45,315 bales, against 98,069 last year, and 76,326 the year before. Shipments from the southern to the northern ports, 42,261 bales, against 39,793 last year, and And the stocks on hand, last year, and 1M,747 6e h s e , yeas against be f ore. 153,047 the year before. There is a decrease in exports this 1,2 251,12b6a year compared with last of 48,211 bales to Great Bri tain, 50,000 to France, 769 to the north of Europe, and 3,720 to other ports. Total decrease in exports this year, 52,754 bales. Upland and Florida;' 4,200 bales; New Orleans and Texas, 2,400 bales; low to good ordinary, 91 to 104, 9;,1 to 10k; low to good middling, 10i to 11, 101 to 11k; middling fair to fair, 11* to 11,1-, 11i to 12; and fully fair to good fair, 111 to 12/. Ar rivals have been—from Georgia, 1,380 bales; South Carolina, 775; North Carolina, 46; total, 2,179. Total imports since the Ist inst., 11,643 bales. Exports from the Ist to the 16th of October, 1849, 5,299 bales; 1848, 9,806. Experts from the United States since the Ist of September, 1849, 35,864 bales; since same time, 1848, 71,746. NATIONAL REFORM CLUB.—On Saturday a meet ing was held at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's, for the purpose of taking steps for the immediate esta blishment of this club. There were about forty gentle men present, comprising several Members of Parliament. Sir Joshua Walmsley, President of the Metropolitan Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association, occu pied the chair. The principal matter for discussion was to define as to the character of the club, and the basis upon which it ought to be formed. On that point, while some considered that it should be formed much upon the principle of the present west-end clubs, the majority of those present inclined to the belief that the aristocratic character of these rendered them too limited in their operation—and that as the object of the promoters of the National Reform Club ought to be to form it on such a principle as would render it available to the largest number of all classes of the community, that object would be frustrated were it formed upon the principle of these. Considerable discussion ensued on the point, and ultimately a resolution, moved by 'Mr. George Thompson, M.P., and seconded by Mr. Prout, Strand, to the effect that the club be formed on the basis of the Parliamentry Reform Association, was agreed to. THE BRITANNIA BRIDOE.—An important process is now being carried out. The operation has for its ob ject the joining the main tube securely on to the land tube in the centre of the great tower on the Anglesea side of the straits, and so completing one-half of the passage across. In effecting this it is found necessary to provide for the expansion and contraction of so great a mass of metal, which from changes of temperature are necessarily very considerable: the extreme variation in the length of one of the tubes between summer and winter is stated to be nearly 12 inches. To make provi sion, therefore, for this constant alteration in length, which would otherwise endanger the stability of the whole structure, the great tubes are fixed in the central Britannia tower in such a manner that they cannot move, but on either side where the tube unites with those in the land towers and abutments on shore, they travel on movable rollers of cast-iron six inches in diameter, a portion of the weight being also supported at the top on balls of hard gun metal of the same size, working in channeled beams and acting in the same way as the rollers. Besides these rollers, which are now being placed, and on which the tube has to be let down, at the extreme ends, where the rails intended for the trains in the tube are joined to those on land, contrivances are used to prevent a gap from being formed by the contraction of the tube, which might otherwise interfere with the passage of the trains. Some uncertainty has occurred with reference to the filming of the second tube. Should the tides, tko., be favourable, it will take place before the close of next month, but if not at the beginning of De eel:cher. The hydrsulio apparatus will be brought into action for the lifting of the second tube as soon as it is floated to the foot of the piers. _ Ms•. MANNING..--A. curious coincidence was related to us at Taunton last week by a person upon whose veracity we can depend, which shows the estima tion in which that wretched woman was held by her husband's relatives. At the time of her marriage she presented her portrait to Manning's mother, but A quarrel soon afterwards arising, she demanded the pin turo back again. To this the mother demurred, but one of Manning's brothers, with the aid of a country artist, made a hideous fright of the likeness, delineating the worst passions that the human countenance can express, and then drew the representation of a gallows over her head, suspending the hangman's rope down to her neck, little suspecting that in this mischievous act he was really foretelling the fate of the original.—Yeovil Times. Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Colo nial-office, from the Governors of Hong-Kong, New South Wales, and Gibraltar. IRELAND. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) REPAYMENT OF ADVANCES. DUBLIN, SATURDAY, OCT. 27.—You will perceive by the following letter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Major Blacken, the Member for Long ford, that the torrent of exaction, however legal, which is now overwhelming the agricultural interests of Ireland, is likely to be stayed. On the 17th Major Blackall addressed an impressive letter to the Chan cellor, suggesting that the payments of the loans should be in the shape of annuities from the land. To this communication Sir Charles has returned the following reply : _ " Mickleton, October 20, 1849. " Dear Sir,—l have received your letter of the 15th, which I was unable to answer on receiving it, as I was not aware whether any answer had been received from the Poor•law Commissioners in answer to a letter from the Treasury some time ago on the subject of the repayments to which you refer. " I hear from the Treasury this morning that no answer has been as yet received, and I cannot there fore say more at present than that the subject is under consideration.—l remain, dear Sir, your obedient and faithful servant, " C111.111.1S WOOD. " Major Blackall, M.P." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your article of Thursday, showing the farmers that the real cause of their losses is the ap preciation of the sovereign to 405., I think is conclusive. If so, why encourage the Financial Re formers in their effort to save some odd five millions in Government expenditure, compustively an iniig. nificant item, when the debtor interest, by the more influential action on money, finds its obligations doubled, and among the debtor interests the farmer's must be placed ? I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, Liverpool. JAMES HARVEY. SERIOUS COACH ACCIDENT.--A very fierce rivalry has existed between the Birmingham coaches running in and out of Worcester for some weeks past, and the racing and spirit of hostility manifested, while they have served to amuse large crowds that have nightly assembled to see the coaches come in, have been such as very mate rially to endanger the safety of the passengers, and to give good grounds fur anticipating accidents. One did occur on Wednesday evening last, attended with very serious results. Lane's coach, the True Blue, was on its return from Birmingham, and bad arrived within three miles of the town of Bromsgrove, when it met with the Sovereign, coming; in the opposite:direction. That there must have been ample room ter them to pass cannot be doubted for a moment, and a collision in such a spot must have been the result of gross carelessness or something worse. It is nut for us to attempt to decide to what party blame attaches, but merely to relate the fact that the Sovereign coach caught the caps of the axles of Lane's wheels, and turned the vehicle over upon the bank, breaking the springs, and throwing the outside passengers into the hedge. One lady had her arm broken, am ther was sadly bruised, and all the pas sengers were more or less injured. We are sorry t o say that the other coach did not stop in its course, but went on without offering to render any assistance. During the evening the True Blue was sufficiently re paired to be able to proceed to Worcester, where all the passengers were brought, and where the two ladies are now favourably progressing under the care , of Mr. Orwi n . The affair will probably make a subject for the lawyers. —Wove* . Herald. CHOLERA AND DIARRHCEA ENGLAND AND WALES. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhoea reported to the General Board of Health October 27, 1849 : SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Cholera. Diarrh. Basford (Bulwell) ... ..• 1 0 Berwick ••• ••• ••• ..... 1 0 Bridgewater ... ..• ..• 4 0 Brici port (Bothenhampton) ... 1 0 Cockermouth (Maryport dis,) 6 0 Cookham (Bray) ... ••• 0 1 Devizes (Potterne) ... ... 1 1 Dudley and Sedgley ... ... 2 2 Gloucester ... ••• ••• 0 1 Hardingstone (Piddington) ... 1 0 Hitchin (Baldock) ... ••• 7 0 Huddersfield (Lockwood) ... 0 1 Isle of Wight (Newport) ... 1 0 Knaresborough 0 2 Lancaster (Skerton) ... ... 1 0 Leeds ... ... ••• ••• 0 2 Liverpool ... ... ... 0 1 11.1adeley (Much Wenlock) ... 1 0 Newark ... ... . . 1 0 Newton Abbott (Torquay) ... 1 0 North Witchford (Chatteris)... 2 1 Pembroke ... ... ... 0 4 Ripon ... ... ... ... 0 1 St. Faith (Wroxham) ••• 1 0 Salford (Regent-road) ••• 0 1 Selby ... ... ... ... _ 1 0 Stockton (Hartlepool) ~. 3 0 Stourbridge ... ... ... 1 0 Sunderland (Bishopwearmouth) 2 0 Swansea (Liar gafelach) ... 1 0 Walsall (Borough) ... ... 4 0 West Bromwich ... ... 0 1 Wigan (Standish) ... ... 2 1 Witham (Coggesball) ..• 0 1 Wycombe (Princes Risborough) 3 0 Total 49 21 NoTE.--The deaths are returned according to the superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found ins practicable to distinguish every place separately. The house-to•house visitation of the metropolis having almost ceased, no further returns will be published. EXPEDITION OF SIR JAMES BROOKE AGAINST THE BORNEO PIRATES. The Albatros, 12, Commander Farquhar, - arrived at Singapore on the 4th of September, from a recent expedition led against the pirates of Sakaran and Larabas by Sir James Brooke, in which it appears more than eighty-seven prahas and about 1,200 pirates were destroyed, whilst there were very few casualties in Sir James Brooke's squadron. The force employed on this occasion was the boats of the Albatross, Commander Farquhar ; the Royalist, 12, Lieutenant Commander Everest, and her boats ; the Hon. Company's steamer, the celebrated Nemesis, Master Commander Wallage, and her boats ; and the Ranee, steam-tender, Air. Baker, engineer, in charge. Commander Farquhar, as senior officer, had the command of the squadron, and the following is the detail of the boats and force : Her Majesty's ship Albatross' boat—gig, Com mander Farquhar, one 11-pound swivel gun and ten men ; pinnace, Lieutenant Brickwell (second in com mand), one 12-pound howitzer, one 1i pound howitzer, and twenty-two men; cutter, Lieutenant Wilmshurst, 12-pound light brass howitzer, one 3- pound rocket tube, and fifteen men. Her Majesty's ship Royalist, with twelve 12- pounder brass guns, and one 12-pounder howitzer, Boats—Royalist's cutter, Lieutenant Everest, one 3 pound brass gun, one 3-pound rocket tube, and 15 men. Her Majesty's steam-tender Ranee—Mr. E. W. Baker, engineer in charge, one 6 pound rocket tube, one swivel gun, and 7 men. Hon. Company's steamer, Nemesis, Commander T. Wullage, two 32 pound traversing guns, four 6 pound brass guns, and two 3-pound rocket tubes. Boats of Nemesis—No. 1, paddle. box boat, Mr. Williams, 3- pound brats gun, and 19 men from Albatross; No. 2 paddle- b)x boat, Mr. Goodwin, 3-pound brass gun and 9 men ; cutter, Mr. Alexander Baker, one 3- pound brass gun and 8 men. Sir James Brooke joined this force at the mouth of the Moralabis on the 24th of July, and on the 28th Sir James Brooke, with part of the native force, anchored off Kaluki. The other detachment was sta tioned at the mouth of the Sarebas ; the Nemesis took up a station in the bay between the two rivers, and the men of war's boats in line shorewards. They remained in this position till the evening of the 30th, when word was brought that the pirates, after threatening Palo, had proceeded to a river named Si Maring, and anchored there. On the evening of the 31st it was intimated that the piratical squadron was ap proaching, when in about fifteen minutes all were in motion to meet them, the Nemesis proceeding sea ward to prevent their escape to sea. As soon as she was descried by the pirates they made at once for the Kaluka River, where their progress was intercepted by the native boats and those commanded by Lieu tenants Wilmshurst and Everest. The pirates then as a derider resort made a dash to reach their own river, when they came in immediate contact with the men-of-war boats, and the action became general. Commander Farquhar, who directed the operations, was in the midst of the me/6e giving orders. Two large prahus were seen by the commander escaping seaward, and the steam-tender was ordered to chase; the nearest one having barely escaped one of her 61b. rockets, made for the river, and met a pirate's doom. The Nemesis, which had been dealing death and de struction to all around her, ran her down, and the scene which took place as her crew, about sixty in number, came in contact with the paddle-wheels, beggars all description. A large Congreve rocket from the little steamer entered the prahu that had continued out to sea, and rendered her destruction complete. A signal was now made to close, and the scene, as witnessed from the bridge of the Nemesis, was most exciting. At 12 30, on the morning of the Ist of August, Commander Farquhar commenced the ascent of the Sarebas to prevent escape by the Rem bas branch. Of 120 prahus which it is said started on the expedition, and all of which were in the bay the preceding evening, more than 87 were destroyed. On the 2d of August the expedition proceeded up the river. On the 4th it reached and destroyed the town of Paku, and also an adjoining village. On the 7th, Sir James proceeded to the Sarebas territories, and the Nemesis returned to the mouth of the river. On the 11th the ascent of the river was commenced, and on the 14th the Nemesis, with her attendant native squadron, anchored off the Kanawit river. The small steamer, the European boats, and the native prahus, were ordered to continue the ascent on the 16th. The whole of the settlements on both sides were destroyed. The Ranee returned on the 18th of August with several men sick of fever ; and we regret to state that the crews of the Albatross and Nemesis were also suf fering from the same cause. Sir James Brooke was landed on the 24th of August at Sarawak, and the Nemesis arrived at Singapore Sept. 4. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAT.—The royal mail steam ship Cambria, Captain Shannon, took her departure from the Mersey this afternoon, for Halifax and Boston, with the usual North American mails and about 80 passengers. His Excellency Sir H. L. Bulwer, the new-accredited Minister to the United States (whose intention to i pro ceed by this steamer to America was announced n . one of the London journals of Thursday), has not taue n passage in her. The inward mails, &c., from New York of the 17th, and from Halifax of the 20th instant, per the steam-ship Canada, Captain Judkins, may be looked for to arrive at this port on Monday (to -day). METROPOLITAN TTPoGRAPEICAL WIDOW AND ORPHAN FUND.—A meeting o f compositors connected with the daily paper press was held on Saturday even ing at the White Hart Tavern, Catherine-street, Strand, for the purpose of considering " proposals for the esta blishment of a Typegraphical Widow a n d O rphan Fund," Mr. Hart well in the cha i r . Resolutions approv ing of the principle were carried unanim ous l y, and a provisional committee appointed, con s i s t ing of e i g h t of the profession connected with the various daily papers, for the purpose of carrying cut the object of the proposed sow( ty. Votes of thanks were carried by acclamation to tie chairman, v i ce • c h a i rman, an d to those parties especially who had so generously rendered their ser vices by amateur dr a mati c p e rforman ce s f or th e b ene fi t of widows and orphans created by the ravages of the late epidemic. We are informed that Mr. R. Cobden, M.P., and Mr. C. Gilpin, attended at the Home office on Saturday to present petitions from various parts of the country, in favour of a commutation of the sentence of the wretched woman now lying under sentence of death at Taunton Gaol for the murder of her husband, and daily expecting her confinement. These petitions were signed exclusively by num, EXECUTION AT JEDBURGH. On Thursday last John Wilson, one of the two railway labourers convicted at the recent Justiciary Court at Jedburgh, for the murder of William Lauder, at last St. Boswell's fair—and concerning which we published the full particulars at the time—underwent the utmost penalty of the law in front of the county gaol ; the other man, Brady, who was also found guilty of the same crime, obtained a respite, for three weeks, but respecting the course the law will ultimately pursue regarding him nothing is definitively known though it is generally believed that his sentence will be commuted to transportation for life. At an early hour the town presented an unusual and bustling appearance. Throughout the entire night it rained incessantly, and when the day sky broke it still continued. Notwithstanding large numbers of country people flocked into the town, and congregated in the neighbourhood of the Council house, when a burgher guard, numbering upwards of 200, armed with batons only, were drawn up. Shortly after 7 o'clock A.M., they proceeded in regular marching order under their respective officers up Castle-street, and defiled in front of the gaol, and on both [sides of the enclosed ground within the outer gate they took up their station. About half an hour after a detachment of upwards of 60 soldiers of the 21st Regiment of Infantry marched up to the prison, and lined the space imme diately around the scaffold. On the top of the gaol the black flag was hoisted very early. The death bell within began to toll about half-past seven o'clock, and continued up to the time the unfortunate man was brought out, which was exactly eight o'clock a.m. Wilson ascended the step leading to the scaf fold, accompanied by a Roman Catholic priest and the magistrates, with a firm step, but pale face. He was dressed in a blue jacket, light vest, and drab trousers—the same, it will be remembered, as he alleged he had on on the fair-day. He joined in tho reading of the Lord's Prayer, the Creed, and a por tion of the 15th chapter of Ist Corinthians. He appeared extremely fervent in his devotions, and ofttimes lifted his face to Heaven. If he made any confession to the priest, it is not known, but just as he was about to ascend the drop he was asked by his spiritual father if he had any declaration to make, on which he spoke nearly as follows :—" I am going to be launched into eternity to face my God, and I am not going with a lie in my mouth. I neither lifted stick nor stone en the fair-day. I am about to suffer for another man." He then pardoned the judge, jury, and witnesses who had condemned him. He also freely forgave all his enemies. The executioner (Murdock of Glasgow), a feeble old man, and said to be upwards of eighty years old, the same functionary who officiated at the previous execution in Jedburgh eighteen years ago, then adjusted the rope around his neck, after which he handed the napkin to Wilson to give the signal when he wished the fatal bolt to be drawn. This was done almost immediately after it had been handed to him, and in an instant he was suspended in mid air. Death must have been almost instantaneous, considering the depth he fell ; and, as he scarcely gave a struggle, his agony must have been of brief duration. He was apparently about 20 years of age, about 5 feet 8 inches high, dark-complexioned, and by no means abandoned or fierce-looking, though his features indicated much firmness and determination. He was a native of the county of Down, in Ireland, and, as will have been gathered, a Roman Catholic. The Provost of the burgh and the Catholic clergymen were with him till an early hour in the morning. He rested but little, but was wonderfully composed and collected. The number of persons assembled to witness the exe cution was not numerous ; we are of opinion that it did not exceed 2,000, amongst which were a few women, a great number of whom left the ground when Wilson ascended the scaffold. All appeared to be more or less affected by the scene—a few of the burgher guard fainted, and many shed tears Most of the spectators were from the country, there being comparatively few townspeople present. Hundreds of country people arrived t)o hits to witness the execution, but they dl pressed forward to obtain a view of the body as it swung to and fro. There were no "navvies" present at the execution, but a dozen arrived shortly after, and a few of them, as well as a woman who was in their company, wept very much and very bitterly on beholding the dead body, which was cut down about nine o'clock and interred within the precincts of the prison. It is now eighteen years since any one has been executed at Jedburgh. The last individual who suffered so ignominiously was Thomas Rodger, a native of Coldstream, who was convicted of the wil:Ul murder of an Irishman, near Kelso. Much sympathy was felt for Rodger in conse quence of his previous good conduct and cer tain other extenuating circumstances. It is somewhat singular that whilst the last man previous to Wilson should have been hanged for murdering an Irishman, it should have been exactly reversed on this occasion. It is also worthy of remark that similar weapons should have been used in both cases. It certainly says a good deal for the morality of the border counties, comprising those of Berwick, Peebles, Selkirk, and Roxburgh, containing somewhere be tween 110,000 and 120,000 inhabitants, and extending over an area of 1,684 square miles, that only one execution should have occurred during the long (but not too long) period of eighteen years.—Border Advertiser. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Oct. 25: ASSETS. ... f. 275,401,631 09 • . 128,388,820 00 130,032 00 Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills past due .•• Bills falling due in Paris, of which 17,279,f. are from the branch banks 44.543,705 75 Bills in the branch banks ... 77,658,027 00 Advances on coins and ingots... 5,461,300 00 Ditto by the branch banks 212,797 00 Ditto on French public securities ... 20,693,446 10 Ditto by branch banks... 1.730,025 00 Ditto to the State oil Bons du Trisor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 00 Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 jientes, disposable funds 42,581,428 13 I Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... Real property of the branch banks Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... Bills protested at Paris ••• ••• Ditto at the branches ... Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches ... Miscellaneous Advance to the department of the Seine ••• ••• ••• ••• Loan of 3,000,000 f. to tho city of Mar seilles ... 12,779,541 39 4,000,000 00 2,616,212 00 200,000 00 230,000 00 3,140,342 50 2,074,135 00 315,789 97 326,059 00 681,227 85 3,000,000 00 ... 1,075,000 00 E 737,239,579 78 LIABILITIES. Capital ... .., . , ... f. 67,900,000 00 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks 2,980,750 00 Reserve•immobiliere 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 377,773,300 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 61,176,525 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) 734,934 20 Account-current w ith Treasury creditor 48,885,030 88 Various accounts current 88,527,474 04 Ditto in branches ... 26,673,021 00 Bills payable at sight ... 8,022,500 00 Ditto at branches •.• 1,704,103 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ••• ••• ••• ... 6,408,960 37 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 3,402,428 00 Dividends payable ••• . . 363,526 25 Liquidation ct the Algiers Bank ... 160,982 99 Discounts, interest, and expo es ... 2,974,580 50 Ditto branch banks ... 1,448,521 00 Re-discounts of the last six months 143,693 49 Ditto in branch banks .. ... 321,542 00 Miscellaneous ... 287,707 06 f. 737,239,579 7 Certified by the Governor of the Bauk of France. D'ARG OUT. A MAN KILLED Br • BULL.—An inquest was held on Thursday, by Mr. Gregory on the body of John BArratt, 58 years of age, a servant of Mr. Joseph Perkins, living at a lodge on his farm about halt-a-mile from the village of Laughton. On Tuesday evening, a s h e was leading a bull, a very large animal, to a trough in the home close, the bull backed, and after deceased—who was leading it by a string in the nose—had pulled for about a minute, the animal suddenly rushed at him and knocked . him . down, then thr ew d eceased twice above his head with his horns, and then rolled him along the ground by his horn s f or some d i stance. The deceased tried to get away, b u t was unable, and kept calling " knock him off." Some men at work at another part of the farm broke up a neak and tried to beat the bull off; and, not succeeding in stirring it, one of them fetched a pitchfork, and, by setting on deceased's dog, contrived to get the bull into a hovel and secure it. The deceased was removed to the house, and a medical man sent for, but from the extensive injuries received, there being a deep wound in the thigh, and the ribs over the heart smashed in, these was no chance of saving his life and he died in a few hours. The bull was Ire quently led about by deceased's daughter, and was used to draw a cart quietly; it had, however, killed a horse some time back. It was shot the next day after the accident by Mr. Perkins's orders. The legs should be fastened in the same way that horses sometimes are to prevent them straying far—leaving them freedom to walk, but render ing it impossible for the to run after a n d at t ac k any one, if vicwus.—Smallfield's Letce, , tershire Mercury. THE SMITIIFIELD tIISANCE.—A Itoyel Commis sion is about to be issued to inquire and report as to the most eligible site or sites for a cattle-market, to be held outside of the metropolis. Poets view nature as a book in which they read a language unknown to common minds, as astronomers regard the heavens and therein discover objects that escape the vulgar ken,—Eliza G'ook's Journal. 4 1 ,i t 1714 - 81% 4W i 5 11% 11 74 91 44% 12L 3% 5% ORM 2M 72 1 A - 93i 115 1 4 12% 47% 11% 34 5 9A 10 1 4 15 % 4 47i i - 8 - % 184 1714 11% 23 20 63 b% 11% . . . . . 34 24% 17% - - 64 5%