The Sun. — London, England, 1828-10-17 00:00:00

V ALKIRK TRYST. (From the Scotsman.) The last of the three trysts for the season com menced on Monday. We have repeatedly cheered nor Highland friends with the prospect of a good market, and we believe that it has exceeded their • highest expectations. It will be recollected that the supply of cattle was unusually large at the August Tryst, and that there was in consequence a serious fall in the prices. At the September market, though roost of the holders of three yearling slots and heifers came off without loss, small cattle were alto gether unsaleable, and the market on the whole very dull. Observing how business had gone, and the number of cattle that remained unsold on the after noon of Wednesday, not a few of the Southern blades complacently smiled, tossed their heads, and told the mortified Norlanders that at the October tryst the cattle would be got for an old song. They have, however, been grievously disappointed. The general complexion of the markets has since undergone a great change, and the Highlanders have again had their day. Before sunrise on Monday, the sheep began to pour into the field, and the whole supply was, as usual, ranged on the stands by ten o'clock. It is well known that there can be only a guess made at the total number, but there is no doubt that there were 50,000 sheep on the muir, fully 10,000 under the aggregate shewn at last tryst. The weather having been so long dry, the roads were good, and the fodder being abundant, the stock was, on the whole, in as good condition as any ever shewn at Falkirk. They had been driven leisurely and care fully along-not a lame one was to be seen-and the droves • m the distant hills and wilds of Sinhcr ithness, were as fat and full of spirit, as if t ey had only been brought from a neighbouring fold. By the time the lots were arranged, such a number of purchasers ap peared, as convinced the holders that they might depend on a good sale. After hav ing taken a rapid survey, and tried a little manoeuvring, business began, and went on with more spirit than has been seen at. any tryst since 1825. There were so many lots of black-faced wed ders so near a par in point of excellence, that the best judges were rather at a loss to which to give the preference. The Glenquaich and Glenochay lots were, however, allowed on all hands to be the best. They had evidently been selected with great care.- They were large in the bone, good fat, remarkably lively, and, in the words of a drover, they were " as each other as beans." The Glenquaish lot, antounting to 400, sold at 211.; the Glenochay lot of 600 brought 201. 10s. ; the Glenorchy lot of 600 went off at 201.; and the Benevis flock at 191. 10s., the - clad score. It would be easy, but it is needless, to particularise more lots, as they sold at all prices, according to quality, downwards to 12/. The hill ewes sold equally as well as the wed ders. The Glenorchy lot was the best shown.- They ran about 30 scores, and sold at 1.2/. 10s. A number or lots brought from 11/. to 12/., and prices varied according to condition from 71. to 121. Che viots were not near so numerous at this Tryst as they are in general; they would be to the hill sheep as 1 to G. They sold as rapidly as the black-faced breed ; and the best wedders sold at 241. ; the best ewes at 161.; only one lot of Cheviots remained unsold on Monday evening. The sales went on with such rapidity, that the field was nearly cleared by four o'clock. In the evening the dealers d;ffered widely as to'the exact amount of the rise that had taken place since the last Tryst. The sellers readily acknowledged that it would run on an average 2s. 6d., and the purchasers resolutely maintained that it would be. fully 3s. a head. Judging, however, from the opinions of drovers of great experience, who were merely spectators, we should be inclined to place most confidence ,in the statements of the buyers,.and average the rise at 3s. a bead, a favour able result, which certainly none of the .graiiers ex pected at the termination of the last fair. Yesterday morning when daylight appeared, the usual noise and bustle began in the inns at Falkirk. The -quick sale among the sheep rendered the Eng lishmen particularly impatient, and the usual orders, " quick, saddle the pon?y, hear a hand with the breakfast," Were given with the deepest gravity, and more than the usual decision, Fortunately, the day was highly favourable, a circumstance which had a material effect in producing the comfort and vivacity which pervaded the market. The whole stock of catttle were congregated on the muir by 10 o'clock. There was a palpable deficiency in the show of heifers, three-yearling stots, and West Highland cows. This was to be expected from the extra ordinary number disposed of at the two previous markets. There was however a good display of all the other sorts, and the supply on the whole amount ed to fully 50,000; about 10,000 short of the aggre gate shown in September. So many buyers have seldom been seen at once at Falkirk. Besides an unusual number of drovers, the farmers, having their harvest finished, turned out in hundreds for small lots to lay on their foggage. There was little time for survey, and less for the useless manoeuvring in which so much time is generally wasted at dull and hanging markets.' Business be gan simultaneously with all sorts of cattle. Lot after lot were purchased, tarred, and driven off the ground with all the despatch that the thronged state of the market and outlets would permit, and busi ness went on with such vivacity, that most of the principal lots were sold by two o'clock. West High land heifers were in great request. The Gigha lot of forty sold at 91., and the few other lots that ap peared were soon bough t up at en advance of 12s. a-head above the prices goin g in September. Three yearling stots sold according to quality at from 71. 10s. to 91. The two-yearling slots were in great request, and paid considerably better in proportion than any other sort of lean stock: - The Auch lot was, as usual, the best; but they Were not sold at two o'clock. The second best drove were shown by Mr. Macdonald, of Gart. They had been se lected with great skill, and being pastured on his own rich and romantic holms on the banks of the Tuth, they were considered ve r y little . inferior to the Auch lot. They were sold early in the day at 8/. 10s. The third best lot, of 60 was shown by. Mr. M`Donald, from Balquhidder, and brought 8/. There was also another excellent lot from Corral sold about the same time at the same money, The other lots sold at all prices, ac cording to quality, from Si. to 71. 10s. Small cattle were plenty, and as money went a long way amoug them, they had their. full share of the general im provement of the market. A gentleman, from the vicinity of Stirling, brought forward the best lot of 44 four-yearling Argyleshire slots that has been seen at Falkirk for a number of years. They would run about 28 stones trots, beef and tallow, and were in a d m i ra bl e con di t i on for immediate use. lie offered them at 11/;'los., and rather than part with them under that 'Slim, -he consented to allow the purchaser to cast the odd four. They were not sold at two o',cleck in the afternoon.- There was an extraordinaly number of the heavy Angus and Aberdeenshire Rattle. An 'Aberdeen . shire drover, whose interes t led' bins to be well-in formed respecting them, stated that there were not less than 8,000 in the field. The best of ten prime fat, weighing from 55 to 6 0 stones tr on b ee f an d tallow, were offered at 221. 10s. - The greatest pa r t of them, however, sold at from 16/. to 191. E ven the youngest and coarsest lot s, which w ere to ap pearance huge walking piles of b one, coffered with a comfortable skin, found purchasers, and Were sent off in hundreds to be metamorphosed into fat kine in the fruitful wallies of England. Very few lots re mained unsold. It has been already mentioned that there was an advance of 12s. on the heifers, and on an average there was a rise of 10s. a head om all the other cattle since the September tryst. There was an extraordinary shOw of horses. Se veral dealers, old frequenters of the tryst, calculated the number at from 900 to 1000. Young strong draught horses arid roadsters of all sorts were in brisk deniand,tand brought good prices. There was the greatest, and indeed the •best, show of the small shaggy Highland ponies, shod and unshod, of all colours and sizes, that has been seen for a number of years. The demand for them was so brisk, that out of a lot of four score, the owner had only between a dozen and a score over till yesterday. Small beasts, rather hig►her than the largest Newfoundland dogs, sold at 21. and 3/.; but those that were able for much heavy - work, in short, the best, rose from 101. 10s. to 12/. A full detail of the conclusion and general result of his important market will be given on Saturday ; and, in the meantime, we shall only farther observe, that taking the number of cattle sold at only 40,000, the rise of 10s. a-head will, on the whole, yield 20,000/., and calculating.the sheep also at 40,000, at an advance of 2s. a-head on them, %vitt produce a sum of 4,0001., being in all a rise in the value of this stock of 24,000/. since the last tryst. This is a con summation which cannot fail to give great pleasure to the inhabitants in the pastoral counties, both in the North and West Highlands. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS• (From the Gazette de France, dated Wednesday, Oct. 15.) PARIS, Our. letter from Bayonne says, hat a report is spread in that city that. the yellow lever has appeared at Seville, and that the troops :rom Cadiz had suspended their march, to form a cordon round the city A letter from Madrid of the 23d September says, My last letter informed you that the yellow fever had appealed at Gibraltar; it is now said that this ireadful disorder has appeared in the South of Sp a i n . What is certain is, that the last mail has brought letters from Cadiz, which say, that three sailors had died of it on board the ships in the bay. H ere and throughout Spain there is a drought such as we have never before experienced. Many springs and fountains arc dried up. Who knows if the causes ~f thi s phenomena are not connected with t h at o f the disease which has manifested itself in the so u th. The heat has not been extraordinary ; on the con trary, it has been less violent than in preceding years." (The Gazette has no new:; from th e th ea t re o f war, nor anything upon the subject, except some ob servations copied from the Debals of Tuesday.) FRENCH FUNDS.--PARIS, OCT. 14.—Five per Cents. 105 f. 65c., 70c. '7sc. 70e. ; Three per Cents. 74f. '74f. sc. 10c. ; Bank Stock, 1,840 f. ; Naples Stock, 79f. 30c.; Royal Spanish Loan, 79i; Haytian Loan, 670f.—Ex change on London, one month, 25f. 25c.—Three months, 25f. 15c.—Cours Authentique. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Wink 5t0ck...298 71i ex dlr. 3 pet Cent. Bed. 55 4-74 ex div. 3 per Cent. Cons. 85 %i !4 S per Cent ...... 934 ex ail% Ditto Red.... 9:3!,•,4%34 ex div. 1 per Cent. lOl ye Ditto, 1 , 26 Bank L. Ann. 19 ex div. Luba Stuck 237 tto Bonds .........84 85 83 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds thilian Bonds ......... LITERATURE. AN ESSAY ON THE SCIENCE OF ACTING. LONDON. 1828. We have been gratified by the perusal of this little volume ; not, however, with the original, but the anecdotical portions of it, which abound in traits of dramatic character, gleaned as the author assures us from the experience of nearly forty years on the stage. During so long a period the most common-place inobservant per son imaginable must have seen and heard things worth writing about ; and it is for this reason, and this only, that we have derived entertain ment from the present treatise on acting. With regard to the author's own remarks, they are so completely in the dead flat of intellect, so smootla, shorn of all eccentricity, that it is impossible either to ridicule or praise them. They are per suasions to slumber not laughter. FARR ON CANCEROUS ULCERATION. In our yesterday's notice of this Treatise we find that we attributed the authorship to Dr. Farr, the physician, instead of Mr. Farr, the surgeon. We are the more concerned for this mistake, as the Treatise was really so good, and so generally lucid and explanatory, devoid alike of mysticism and pretension, that it would have reflected honour upon any scientific pen. Luckily, however, Mr. Farr's celebrity does not rest on this publication only—it is based on the surgical experience of years, to which every month has added something practically valuable. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Plymouth Journal of yesterday.) PLYMOUTH, OCT. I6.—The Antelope, tender to the Ramifies, and the Royalist, tender N the Bri tannia, arrived on Tuesday, the former from the Downs wi th men for the Windsor Castle; and the latter vessel from Portsmouth. The Spartiate, 78, Capt. F. Warren, and the Warspite, 74, Capt. William Parker, C. 8., arrived yesterday from Portsmouth, the former to accompany the Windsor Castle to the Mediterranean, for which station they are expected to sail about the end of the week; and the latter ship to be paid off for recom missioning. The East India ship Robarts, Corbynne, from London for Calcutta, which put in here on the 29th nit. with damage, has been repaired, and will sill on Monday next, wind and weather permitting, The Meteor bomb, and Orestes sloop of war, were spoken with on the 25th ult. off Cape St. Vincent. The Pearl, Pylades, Trineulo, and Orestes, are to return to the Cork station. The latter from the Mediterranean. APPOINTMENTS.—Lieut. Thos. Colman and Capt. lierriott, R.M., to Spartiate ; Mr. Clarke, Surgeon, to the Ocean; Mr. Dallas, Surgeon, to Pelican; Mr. W. Thompson, to Zebra. Mr. Richard Green ( 1811) is appointed Purser of the Jaseur, vice Mr. Wm. Reeve, appointed to the Ranger. Mr. Geo. Moorsom, Foreman of Portsmouth Yard, who was under tuition at the School of Naval Architecture, at the age of ten years, has resigned his situation, Mr. Moorsom was an excellent and useful officer. All was well on board the Tyne, 28, Capt. Sir R. Grant, in Halifax harbour, on the llth Sept. His Majesty's ship Ringdove, 18, Commander C. English, having sprung a leak on the North Ame rican station, has been taken into Halifax harbour, to lie up for the winter; and if found seaworthy, to be sent home in the ensuing spring, in consequence of general decay, discovered in tracing the cause of the leak. The Samarang arrived the 20th September, at Gibraltar, and sailed the same evening, from thence to Malta all well. The Wolf arrived at Malta, from Smyrna, 25th Aug. Weasel arrived at Malta from Candia on the 27th Aug. Kingfisher arrived at Gibraltar, from Falmouth, on 20th Sept. Bread is now selling in this town at Is. the quartern loaf.—Dorchester Paper. The quartern loaf rose one penny in Edin burgh on Monday, and the finest quality now sells at elevenpence. Yesterday oatmeal rose 2d. per stone.— Scotsman. LONDON MAIL.—We request the attention of our readers to the proceedings of the Chamber of Com merce of this city, as they appear in an ably-drawn-up re port in our first page, on the subject of the acceleration of the London Mail. The Chamber, having been unsuccess ful in an application to the Post-office department, have resolved to petition the Treasury; and when the general importance of the object is considered, and that this object is to be effected merely by shortening the distance, and not by any additional application of animal power, which is already tasked to the utmost, their exertions cannot but meet with the cordial approbation of their fellow-citizens, and of the inhabitants generally of the west of Scotland. It is proposed, by the new plan, that the mail shall arrive 'at two o'clock. On this subject we think it due to the public, as well as to the Editor of the Glasgow Courier, who has laboured much and zealously in the cause, to transfer to our columns the following extract .from an able and spirited article written by the above-mentioned gentle man a few publications back :—" When the mail coaches were established, taxation by them, or revenue from the proceeds of the Post-office, was nut looked to, but, on the con trary, the acc o m modation •of the publi c a l one , All that was looked to was the payment of the ex p ences in cuffed by the conveyance. This establishment, however, is risen to a prodig ious im p ortance in the scal e of revenue, ae and now yields a clear r eve n ue of nearl y 1,600 , 0 001. per do not grudge this T-t h ey do not i • modosta tion which it is the interest of the Govern ment, i s the co m utm ost possible n -OTf it--allhepu askuncadtel begvenx— this ta possible accommodation which on ac count of the revenue, to bestow. Gla • sgow has irresi stible cl a i ms for what she requires. We pay at this moment Id. upon every letter from London more than we oug h t to pa y than by law we are liable to pay— ma re pays, and which on letters which go an d than come Edinbur g h don, -is probably equal to 1000/. a-year. submitted for years, and are yet called up on to submit; from Lo n- To this we have and while we do so, surely an additional outlay in convey ing our mail, if that additional outlay is really necessary, ought not to be withheld. Nor is this all. By the ina dequacy of their Government pay, the contractors say that they are obliged to raise and to keep their fares to passen gers on the Glasgow line, higher than in any other part of the kingdom, and every traveller from Glasgow going south or going north, pays perhaps Id. per mile more than be would otherwise have to pay, and which amounts to a very large tax upon.our mercantile citizens annually, while the Post-office taxes them Id. on each letter more than they, ought, and draws from us a revenue of upwards of 86,0001. per annum besides."— Glasgow Frei Press. , . _ 1 ,it ...wa. Cib r -, LONDON. FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1828. We have no further intelligence in the French Papers from the theatre of war—and till we have some authentic news, it would be as idle as un profitable to launch out into a field of probabili ties. The success of the Russians at Varna will give a new feature to the war.. According to accounts from Odessa, Varna had not fallen on the 21st of September, nor had the Russians made any attempt to storm it. Accountshave been received from St. Thomas's which state that his Majesty's ship Victor, cap tai❑ LLOYD, has taken the pirate vessel which captured the Carraboo, fi-om Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, and carried her into St. Kitt's. She proves to be a schooner of 90 tons, armed with one 18-pounder, and arms for 70 men. The crew on board, consisting of 40 men, have been safely secured in gaol, and will doubtless meet their deserts. The system has been carried on with so much impunity, and attended with such dreadful crimes, that it is to he hoped a severe example will be made on these savages in the human shape. The public will be gratified to learn that the price of corn has fallen considerably since last Monday, and is likely to fall still lower by next Monday. For particulars we refer our readers to the Mark-lane Report in another column. The increase of our Annual Revenue to the amount of 786,4201., to which we adverted briefly in our Paper of Saturday last, is in every view of the matter a source of satisfaction ; for first it dis proves the idle clamour of those who hold that a liberal system in regard to trade, i. e. the repeal of restrictions, is ruinous to its interests as well as to those of the Revenue. It is net easy, to be sure, to see how it should have this effect. But then we were told that it was actually the case, that the trade and Revenue of the country were ruined by Mr. HusxissoN's schemes ; and hence, when we find the Revenue flourishing, we rejoice to' sce experience so decidedly confirming on this subject. We rejoice to see an improving Revenue, the consequence of a flourishing trade. We rejoice to see all the anticipations of national ruin falsified by the event. We never could conceive, indeed, con sidering trade between nations to be the mere exchange of their surplus produce, and that the benefit consisted in the one getting rid of what was superfluous for what was in demand, how it could possibly be of the smallest benefit to obstruct this free interchange—to hinder France from selling her wines or her silks to this country, and from carrying away our cotton goods in exchange. But the convulsions of commerce, and the decline of the Revenue, though altogether unconnected with recent political measures, yet gave a handle to those who wanted a handle for * tv: •• .. . ~ ~~ • clamour mad abuse. Even this p6or pretext is now done away by the improvement of commerce and the general prosperity of the country. But there are other and more solid advantages attending the unprovement•of the Revenue. It will give the Finance Minister a surplus fund which he may use as an instrument of the most useful reforms. There is, perhaps, no branch of our system which it would be more politic to revise than our scheme of taxation ; not that we mean to arraign it in any unmeasured terms of severity ; for considering how this fabric hus been gradually reared—that our taxes were imposed during an ardueus and threatening war—that there was frequently no time during the pressing emergencies of the public service to cast about very anxiously for the most equitable or easiest tax ;—and that, by direct and indirect taxes, the enormous sum of seventy millions was at length annually drawn from the country, we rather wonder that so few errors were committed. But now that we are happily at peace, it is just the time to review and to amend the deficiencies necessarily introduced into our system during the hurry and alarm of war. The great problem in taxation is to find out the point at which a tax will yield the greatest amount to the Revenue, and there to stop—to lay on all the duty which the article will hear, and to lay on no more. This point varies in different articles, and our financiers have com mitted the error of overtaxing certain commo dities, while in some others they have unneces sarily lowered the duty. They hare neither acted on any comprehensive system in laying on nor in taking off the duties. We may remark that on all articles of general consumption, such as wine, spirits, beer, tea, candles, soap, &c., the taxes ought not to be high ; while on such articles as salt, sugar, &c. which are used as sure accessaries along with other articles ; and on to- Jam), which forms a trilling article of each man's expence, the taxes ought to be high. It will be observed that in the first class of articles where a duty of 20 or 30, or at most 50 per cent. has been imposed, it has always produced more than one of 100 per cent. Thus the high duty of 150 per cent. on wine produced less than the previous low duty, it so restricted the consump tion of the article. The duty on wine, in 1793, was 501. per tun on French, and 321. on Portu guese ; it produced 603,416/. Now we main- tain that, if it had never been increased its pro duce would not have been less than it is at pre ..sent ; and we are warranted in this, which may appear to be rather /paradoxical assertion, by the experience of the other taxes. The duty on candles was only hi. per pound in 1793 ; it has never been increased. It produced, in 1793, 213,9961. per annum ; and the same tax, let that. be marked, produced in 1826, 481,037/. The tax on soap was, in 1793, lid. per pound ; it produced in that year 3E4,8081. It was increased in 1816, by the moderate addition of id., making the whole tax 3d. per pound, and its produce was, in 1825, 1,179,6121. The same results appear in the history of the paper tax ; it was raised too high, and afterwards lowered, in 1803, from sd. to 3d. per pound, and what has been the consequence ? —its produce was, in 1804, 324,588/. ; the same tax produced, in 1825, 652,4481. These are facts taken from the Parliamentary accounts, and do we suppose that if the low duty on wine had been allowed to remain, its prcoluce would not have increased in a similar ratio ? We can have no possible reason for any other sup position. But if some duties have been inju diciously raised, other duties, since the conclu sion of the war, have been as injudiciously re duced. First, in place of concentrating the whole Revenue that could be spared in one great article of consumption, it was frittered away among a variety of trifling articles, so that the consumer reaped not the smalleit benefit from the reduc tion of many taxes. The Revenue was abso lutely thrown away. Thus, the duty on leather, which was a light duty, and scarcely felt, was re duced one half, but shoes did not fall one farthing in price. The duty on malt, which was a pro ductive tax, and a light tax, making a very small proportion of the price of beer, was lowered, and Revenue to the amount of 1,500,0001. per annum uselessly sacrificed ; while the remission of duty was too small to be allowed in the retail of beer, which did not fall in consequence one farthing in price, and hence the consumption was not increased by the reduction of the tax. We have no roots to multiply examples—these will suffice to shew the want of system ; the double error which has been committed of laying on too high duties on certain articles ; and in other cases of throwing away Revenue by the unneces sary reduction of duties. There are many articles however, on which a smaller duty would un doubtedly yield an equal Revenue. To these we may possibly advert in a subsequent Paper. Our City Correspondent says that two agents have been despatched from th 3 Queen of POR TUGAL, one to France and the other to Vienna, w;th proposals to assist her in regaining her Crown. It is said our Government is willing to aid, provided the other Powers agree to it. The Times of this morning has the following article respecting the Funds : " Of the decline in Consols we do not think it neces sary to say any thing—it is too slight to need observa tion. But the Bank of Scotland, it seems, has been selling stock for the purpose of effecting a high mort- s'• \ g. • s•. gage. A system most mischievous in its consequences, we have nn hesitation in saying, has been introduced by the permission granted to the n itional banks to advance money upon mortgage. A political importance, unknown to the Constitution, will thus attach to These corporate bodies; they may be able to force their Members into Parliament by their influence in the districts where their money is vested in mortgage ; or what is to prevent them in some cases from foreclosing ? ind then thay become landed proprietors in violation of the spirit of the statute of Mortmain. On the other hand, the very principle of banking is violated when the dispo sable finds of banks are laid out in securities which are not readily available in case of a run." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, OCT. 15.---Wind W.N.W.—Arrived from London, the Duke of Norfolk, for St. Kitt's; Harriet, Kinsman, for Sierra Leone ; and Nelson, Daniel, for the South Seas. FALMOUTH, OCT. 15.--Wind N.--Sailed the Marchioness of Salisbury packet, for the Brazils. Arrived off Port, the Ada, Friend, from Demerara. DOTER, OCT. 16.—Arrived the Kale, Barnes, from Malaga. ABERDEEN, OCT. 14.—Arrived the Middleton, James, and Alexander, Allen, from Davis' Straits ; Superb, Paton, from Stettin. PETERHEAD, OCT. 14.—Ari ived the Hannibal, Barnes, and Traveller, Simpson, from Davis' Straits ; and Union, Mackie, from ditto. The Catharine, Mason, from Anclam, in going into Yarmouth Harbour on Wednesday, struck the Bar, and filled with water. The Mangrove Bay, Ritchie, from Liverpool,lwas totally destroyed by fire at Demerara, the 26th of August ; very little of the cargo landed. The Harmony, Barrow, from Liverpool to Hull, was on shore on the Holm Sand yesterday; cargo discharging. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TivE o' Cr.ocr. The general appearance of the English Stock market has been heavy, and money has become more scarce in the City; on the Stock Exchange such has been the demand that it has been lent at 5 per cent. Consols opened at 851 6 for account, but shortly after some few lots of money stock being sold brought them down to 8.51 for money, and 851 ; 1 4 - for account; the Commissioners bought reduced at 94i. India Bonds, 84 6 ; Exchequer Bills,- 75 6 pm. Little or nothing is doing in the Foreign Funds; Russian Stock appears weak, the price is 914 21; Chilian and Peruvian Bonds have declined in value, and Greek may also be quoted on the decline; below the nearest quotations will be found: Shares continue without business or variation in price. In the City this morning there is no intelligence of importance from any quarter, and what has created some surprise is the non-arrival of the French Mail due. The merchants in connection with the Bra zils seem completely at a loss to account for the non-arrival of the Redpole and Lord.Mclville packets from Rio de Janeilb ; both these vessels are stated to sail well, and from the circumstance of their not making their appearance, and no arrival of merchant ships, a surmise exists that they must have been de tained by ., the' orders of the Imperial Government for some political purpose, or perhaps, as some sus pect, an emkargo has taken place at that port. Three per Cent. Consols, 851} 4; Ditto, for the Account, 85i ; India Bonds, 81 6 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 75 6 pm. FOREIGN.-Brazilian, 62 ; Buenos Ayres, 46 8; Chilian, 27 8 ; Colombian, 19 1; Danish, 604 I ; Greek, IS+ i; Mexican, Five per Cent., 28 9 ; Ditto, Six per Cent ,38 4 ; Peruvian, 184 191; Portuguese, 56 s ; Russian, 911 2+; Spanish, 11+ 4. . MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 70 68 die. ; Brazilian, 49 51 pm. ; Ditto, National, 5 4 pm. ; Ramos, 180 200 pm. ; Colombian, 7 6 dis.; Tlalpuxahua, 10 15 per share; United Mexican, 201 19+ dis. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Account have slightly improved, and are now quoted 86i -I. The Mark-lane repert gives a fall of 10s. per quarter on Wheat, from last Monday—the supply has been immense both of home as well as foreign, and the knowledge of still further quantities being on their way, gives rise to an expectation that a still further fall may be ex pected on Monday next. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 85i 86. It is confidently stated that two couriers have ar rived to Government. By the French mail just ar rived, two reports prevail, one that the Russians have been again defeated near Shumla; second, that an Armistice has taken place. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 851 j Danish 601 Do. for Ac. 85i 6 Greek, 1825 171 Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 1825 374 Buenos Ayres Peruvian Chihli Do. Russian 92 Columbian, 1824 Spanish 111 SECOND EDITION. S UN-OFFICE, Quarter Past Four. The Journal du Commerce received by the mail brings accounts from Frankfort to the 9th instant, stating that although no official accounts had been published for several days past, private letters have been received from Berlin, saying, that the second army under the command of Count WITTGENSTIEN, was dispersed. Whole Regiments of Cavalry were dismounted ;—the want of water was so great that, three roubles were given for a bottle of water. It was reported fon the 'Change at Frankfort that the siege of Varna was raised, and that the Russian Army wa s in full retreat to the Danube. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir—As th e p u bli c are d a il y su ff er i ng t h e loss of pro perty by means of fictitious and forged written orders , an evil to whi c h L on d on tra d espeop l e are more particularly subjected, permit me to suggest, through the medium of your Journal, as the means of mutual protection, the pro priety of the general adoption of printed check-books in all cases of orders for goods " per bearer ;" this, I think, would prove an effectual " check " to that class of public plunderers, the annual expense attending which, in most cases, would not exceed a few shillings.—l am, Sir, Your's respectfully, AN OCCASIONAL SUFFERER. Colombian Bonds Ditto 1824 . 6O Greek Bonds 1823 — Ditto 1825 'lB 17% ;French Rentee, sp. c. 105 f. 50c. Guatirnala — Exchange %if. 30c. Mexican Bonds — 3 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 1825 — - Exchange —t. —c. mien or SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £95 BoLinos Mining Co. £3OO Brazilian Imp. aim. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O Ditto National 5 Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £25 Real del Monte Mining Co. Tlalpuxahua Mining Co 320 United Mex. Min. Co, (iss. at 21. pm.) 3S PRICES OF IRISH STOI Bank Stock - 190 Ti 78 1() 18 IA :KS, DUBLIN, OCT. 14. ;St. Patrick Nam (per sh.) eon6ols, 3 per cent ..... - Royal Irieh Ditto Gov. Stock, 3y, per cent... 93% National Ditto 19% Ditto, New -iPatrintic Ditto 1 per Cent lOl 'Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. :N per cent.... 94! 2 Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock - Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. 91 C( mmercial Buildings — Due. 'Arrived. A re val. O America 0 0 Hamburgh 2 O Brazil O 13..ei•0s Ayres 1 0 Jamaica 1 l)ubl n 1 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 O Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 O frame 0 0 Malta 0 0 Gottcnburgh 0 0 Mexico 0 Guernsey & Jerbey.. 1 1 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...St minutes after 9. I Evening.... 9 minutes after 10. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto., Ex. Bills, 4:1,0ou :ed. 75 76 pm. Ditto 500 2d. 75 76 pm. Ditto Small N. 75 '76 pm. Ditto Commercial Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Acct. 657, 6 s,){oi THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. eapolitan Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds 'Prussian Old — Ditto, New Spanish. 18721 1114 Oct. 16. CONNAUGHT PROVINCIAL DINNER.--The annual festival of the friends of Civil and Religious Liberty, in this province, took place on Wednesday evening, at 1 1 1‘LocaLIN's Hotel, Ballinasloe. It was numerously at tended by the most respectable, wealthy, and influential of the Protestant and Catholic gentlemen, of the various counties in the province. The Right Rev. Dr. WHALE and a great number of Catholic Clergymen were amongst the company. The dinner was a most excellent one, and was served up in the best style. DOMINICK BROWNE, of Castlemagarrett, Esq , presided. The O'CONOR DON and Mr. N. COMYN were the Vice-Presidents.--Dublin Morning Register. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DO ) P: L i l i h i, e h r : "Yens ; A BANKRUPT. , of !Ilea t Mr. SuGDEN !stated that this was a pelil l°° g Vim ' ( several of the creditors of the bankrupt, and 0 4 °try !ley i of great importance. The petition prayed fo r of , " r 'lnai !ears removal of the assignees, and that they might for : del ed to pay several sums of money into Court, t he t i : ' l ° the following. circumstances :—The bankrupt , et ;of to 7 Pri ' time of his failure, was in debt to the aig°,l, - le -% upwards of 50,0004, but there were eonsi° e- o b e . i, assets from which a good dividend was to b e pected, and it was the compromise which the 8 25 . r the P .,...._° 1 ;"*" had entered into with certain of the etedltors' g r of .i .G - 1 , 1 , bankrupt which caused this application; t• f lit i° , ft . : they complained of was in the case of a debtor t l n - e tl 4 , nf t like e , bankrupt, against whom a verdict . had been ob ta L ~bt tilte-at for 3,000/.; the assignees compromised this s- cr e , Ce 0, 4tstA without the authority of one-third of th e ' ditors, for the sum of 1,000/., and a reversione r Y i t e 14 4: terest of the value of 8001. The assignee ibis Ivh that it was to the benefit of the creditors Chet th e 44 , 1e : t i: arrangement should have been entered intoy . ' h oe ' party, if they had been pressed, would not - na ld A . been able to pay the whole amount, and there' ! Mt h b i n ; t tl not have been as much recovered. Nov he .v 0 III: Sugden) contended that they had no autholirtfty - 4 make this arr a ngem en t ; th e 88 t h sec tion e'j 3 e 1„: " Bankrupt Act exp ress ly s t ate d t h at no co mPre - ee : 44 ri :' without the consent of at least one-third of the, ~is Lim - I,' ditors, should be legal; therefore, whether' i : 4l , V:ei act,to dbenefit Court t the estateould order d o e r rntohte, them t was to p a ya an ~, :e ' ? o fi akre :k tir. 2 4 : ference beween 1,800/. and 3,0004. the a rnoto h .4 the verdict. Besides there were affidavits 59/t f i o ll that the parties were able to pay the of amount. The next charge agair.st them, for that they had allow e d th e b an k ru pt to reta in h''' , ger niture at the valuation set upo n it by th e mos e i i ih e under the commission, witho u t th e conse nt (P c t,. creditors, v‘ hich was directly forbidden by th e H .- Id The petition therefore prayed that the Court _,„ 01 order an immediate sal e by auct i on , an d dirtr A lii inquiry into whether any loss had been sustrl; o sol keepin g it till t h e p resen t ti me , an d if an y 100, 0 taken place, to order the assignees to pay s iCh - f There were two other debts (one to thearnel i fy 3,8000 which had likewise been coMprornienh b ot the assignees, which the petition also praYe e jiirO, the difference between what was received en", h ,. - toi full amount might be ordered to be paid The Court for the benefit of the creditors. t he next charge against the assignees was that in to r year 1826, they had paid to the solicito o ye t der the commission 300/. on .aecounrr, 1 'to when the bill was ta xe d ( w hi c h amounteuj, 1,950/.), this sum o f 300/. was not d e dudene l was therefore pr a y e d th at t h e ass i gnees wig"' I ordered to pay thi s sum , an d lik ew i se i nt eret : i f the ame from the ti me . I n answer to this c pti l i k' st is it was stated, t h at t h ere were ot h er law Face- to o ' not charged i n th e bill, f or ma ki ng t h e comnli ss ;o arid that when the accou n t o f th ose c h a rges s. t hi ascertained, the balance would be a pplied for to benefit of the cr e dit ors . M r . S ug d en , at A r e . length, cont en d e d th a t th e ass i gnees had is these cases acte d ill ega ll y , if w h at they had. no was for the ben e fit o f t h e cre di tors; yet it '05;64 gal, and theref ore t h e pet i t i oners were ent i t led ru - prayer of the petition. - ,d i Mr. MoNTAGu followed on the same side; -to Mr. BICKERSTETII, Mr. ROE, and Mr. Jacol 3 l ere. be heard on behalf of the assignees. • AP The case is not expected to be concludedto VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT. IMPORTANT TO ASSIGNEES. 11 01' EX-I'ARTE EIL.ER AND OTHERS, IN THE MATTER O. -° COURT OF KING'S BENCH. Law is v. GRDDES. Mr. F. KELLY iu opening the pleadings . To l that this was an action to recover`2o4,.The 9 10 of board and lodging supplied to the `sister plaintiff by order of the defendant. - 7 Mr.l3nouGuAm stated, that the defendant kept a public house, and, the sister of The -Mt tiff had lived with him as bar-maid. In fr o j situation the defe n d an t G e ddi es se d uc ed her, 6 0 , had then, by a third p erson , pl e dg e d himself imburse the plaintiff for any expense he might 1 1,t on her account. From the fact of Elizabetly,t 0 being a servant to the defendant at the time o f b e 0 seduced, the brother was prevented from brine% action against him for loss of services. By lhe: or lf fendant's guarantee, however, he had become i of liable for the expences incident to the lyillErT Elizabeth Lewis. 11 110 John Smith deposed, that he knew Gerldiefr „th kept a public-house in September l as t, Elifi 0 0 Lewis lived with him as bar-maid; she went 0 41 with her brother Mr. Lewis; about the 6th of ' e lt month, called on defendant at Lewis' request, t ° ; ie li' what was to be done with her, as she was in a he sate state of health. Defendant then said, th a t he was very sorry for what h a d h a p pene d, an d the B id would act as a man tow ar d s h er; witness t ie him that she was then entirely d e stit u t e; . 0e" - b l e then gave witness 3/. for her, and sent wOrd.rtioll brother that he would pay for every thing i 'Pth, was necessary, and which he might supply her 1.1 „ He said that if she wanted money she could 161— (0( from him. He said that 1/. was due to her tee wages. She staid with her brother about t '• months, and was confined in January. „ A d Cross-examined by Mr. F. PoLtocK-13e'' fir that Geddies arid his broth er we re p ar t n ers 41 , 0 ( 0 1 public-house. Sh e was b ar - ma id to b ot h ; di'j,ire know from th em w h et h er or not G e ddi es , the.P.4o tiff, was a servant to his brother. The conven e r he had a ll u d e d t o t oo k pl ace a b ou t th e Gth ""de tember. No other person was present but th e to fondant and witness. Plaintiff went with bTott. the house, but was not present at the conver 6 % to Lewis was present after the money had been p' witness. t he • Other witnesses were called, who proved 6/ 0' plaintiff had supported his sister during her c° l ' meta, and had paid the surgeon, nurse, &c. „ the Mr. F. PoLLocti then addressed the Jury . f ' O ll defendant, and contended that the plaintiff end wanted to make a job from the family disgrac e / 4 0 0 that he had not fully proved the amount he soul; recover. - The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up the dence, and the Jury returned a verdict for 29 4 ", THE KING V. DONALDSON. t Q Vg In this case, Sir J. SCARLETT stated that 0 1 1 an indictment for an assault on a lady. The nod was certainly not a violent one, yet the 1 07 ,1 been advised to indict the defendant to prevel g : tition. He now, however, understood that P e c os fendant was willing to apologise, and in Wh 00 1 his client would take a verdict without enteri n. k . the case. d tba Mr. BRODERICK, for the defendant, replic la d) his client had no intention of assaulting ("Jo but since his conduct had been so construed , pressed his extreme regret that it had occurred' A verdict of Guilty was then entered. POLICE INTELLIGWICE-(THIS DAl') MANSION-HOUSE, Bea 6 41 Xiik 4St t.ef tori FOl, very Ii COMMITMENT OF HUNTON, FOR FORGERY:I O re This morning Joseph Hunton was brought K o r the LORD MAYOR, and underwent a public exad ar d tion on the charges of forgery. Hunton app much distressed in mind. Mr. Gates appeared as solicitor for the banktl:oo The evidence adduced on the private examine:he a few days since, was read over, and embraOcce circumstances of forgery on three bills of ixchr ii ird one for 481. 10s., another for 1621, 105.; and it for 50/. tion, th,id to-flay do ne, h a , be, Coi t atica fill pt.] For ig The several witnesses examined on the Wl', -• sion swo re t o th e i r d e po s i t i ons , and the prison er e committed to Newgate for trial. b ,gB, r ioti ct ktr e te~a "' eney A, h r , fai fain the C 8/ the l t le h fhll tr h eti . Ilutl e krne ktt Ne" f 'auti s,_ ~ef ~~+r ~+ck The Rev. SYDNEY SMITH, whose hie;o 4 tainments and talents are well known in the,litl o lo oo# political world, is now attracting very large all r e K 4 C y at Bristol, where he is one of the preb of thedral.—Bristol Paper. ace left to mill zito