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

EVENING SUN Now ready, in 3 vols. postBvo., with numerous Illustrations by George Cruiksbank, Leech, and Crowquill, S TA NL E Y THORN. By the Author of " Valentine Vex." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. `„" To be had at all the Libraries. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT GARDEN. UNDER the MANAGEMENT of MADAME VESTRIS. THIS EVENING, OCT. 4, Will be repeated the New Comedy, in Five Acts, entitled WHAT WILL THE WORLD SAY ?—Hon. Charles Nor wold, Mr. J. Vining; Mr. Pye Hilary, Mr. C. Mathews; Mr. Warner, Mr. Bartley; Captain Scrope Tarradiddle,lMr. W. Farren ; Lady Norwold, Mrs. Glover ; Marian Mayley, Mrs. W. Lacy ; Miss De Vere, Miss Cooper ; Tattle, Mrs. Orger; Mrs. Tarradiddle, Mrs. Humby. After which the Farce of ANIMAL MAGNETISM.— Marquis de Laney, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Doctor, Mr. W. Far ren ; La Fleur, Mr. Harley ; Jeffrey, Mr. Meadows ; Con stance, Miss Cooper ; Lisette, Mrs. Orger. To conclude with, the Ballet of Action, entitled HANS OF ICELAND.—Hans of Iceland, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Gill, Mr. J. H. Ridgway; Frederick, Mr. Gilbert; Oglypiglap,3lr. T. Ridgway ; Iceland Boy, Master Marshall ; Guth Stasen, Miss Billin ; Iceland Girl, Miss Marshall. Doors to be opened at. half-past Six—the performances to eammenee at Seven. Dress Boxes, 7s. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 24 6d. ; Pit, 35.; Second Price. 25.; Gallery, Is. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Grogan at the Box-office, from Ten till Feu, where Season Tickets may be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, In 7. New Bond-street. To-morrow, What Will the World Say ? with Brother Ben, and Hans of Iceland. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. DAVIDGE AND MR. WILLIS JONES. Crowded Houses. Blenheim " a greater hit than the "Bat tle of Waterloo." Splendid New Scenes in the Circle, and, by desire, tke Poney Races One Week more. 'THIS EVENING. OCT. 4. _ Will be presented the successful Equestrian Spectacle, called THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM ; OR, IHE HORSE OF THE DISINHERITED; introducing Mr. Duerow's ma,g nificent Stud of Forty Horses, highlly-trained Palfreys, Fairy Piney?, Equestrian Troop,, and Companies of both Theatres; emliracing all the Military Exploits of the Great Duke of Marlborough, Grand Reviews, Battles, and Glorious Victories. After which, NEW SCENES IN THE CIRCLE, in the Largest Arena in the World, in which Madame Ducrow, Sig nor Hillier, the Great American Rider, the British Horseman, Signor Felix Carlo, and the First Artistes in Europe will appear. - To conclude with THE SEVEN CLERKS. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. '3NDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. OSBALDISTON. Thirteenth week of " Susan Hopley !" Revival of the Musi cal Romance of " Madeline !" and second week of " The Fly ing Dutchman," with Childe's Phantasmagorical Representa tion of the Spectral Ship in full sail. THIS EVENING, OCT. 4, The highly interesting and pathetic Domestic Drama, called SUSAN HOPLEY; OR THE TRIALS AND VICISSI TUDES OF A SERVANT GIRL. William Dean, Mr. E. F. ; Susan Hopley, Miss Vincent, the acknowledged Heroine of Domestic Drama. After which, MADELINE ; or. the WOODEN SHOE MAKER and his WIFE, and tha IDOL of the DRONS , NED. Peter Marcel, Mr. Gardner; Pont de Gibaut, Mr. Paul; 'Madeline, Miss Vincent. To conclude with THE FLYING DUTCHMAN; OR THE PHANTOM SHlP.—Vanderdeckeu, Mr. Dale ; Toby Varnish, Mr. Seaman ; Peter Von Bummel, Mr. Gardner ; Lestelte, Mrs. Lee ; Lucy, Mrs. Howard. Boxes, 2s.—Pit, Is.—tialler), 6d. Half-price to the Boxes only, at tlalf-past Eight. To morrow, Susan Hopley, Madeline, and the Filing Dutchman THE RAILWAY SUN, AND THE PARLIAMENTARY SUN, ARE STILL ON SALE, PRICE SLXPENCE EACII. Sun Office, Sept. 30, 1841. he Publination of the Evening Edition of THE SUN co:n- ntenc4.ll at 10 wijuteA atter Three. WWI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE M minutos after 4 Eeemng minutes attar 4. . , 4 4 4v zip) 't* - 7iStl z t c)!An., ~s . N._ .. ... 2,.. f 1...t .4 1 . 7..14;t r ,V7,3k15 CA . ,''' • . e /I ' l ''''' s o ~,`• rj*4,:,,...' - 1W 4.7Zfrie?",l , -,,;;077.,::t ah• - $:- . .;,. 4. ' ' q 94- • '.." '''''' cry LONDON: MONDAY, OCrOBE[ 4, 11341. The Duke of WELLINGTON stated in the House of Peers on Friday evenin.2-, that "':Here was no real distress in the coentry for want of food," that " it was utterly impossible that any inquiry should be made at present," and that " he had no objection to take on himself the responsibility of advising her MAJEsrry to prorogue the Parlia ment." The Duke and his colleagues, there fore, agree on the subject of no distress ; but while ROBERT PEEL endeavours, by quoting Savings' Banks . and Fever Hospital returne, to prove that there is nothing but health and pros perity, the Duke of WELLINGTON bluntly asserts it. They both agree in opinion ; they only differ in the mode of their expression. At all the public meetings held at Manchester, Liverpool, Bolton, Warrington, &c., &c., lan uage the very reverse of that used by these two statesmen has been continually employed, and no person has stood up to gainsay it. A great ditl'erence of opinion, then, exists between the Cabinet and the manufacturing population con cerning its condition. If the difference con cerned .the policy to be adopted towards the United States in the case of M'LEOD, we should concede the propriety of the Duke of WELLING TON and Sir it. PEEL disregarding the representa tions of the. manufacturers. They could judge of that question better, perhaps, than the inha bitants of Manchester. But when the difference relates to the condition of • the manufacturers themselves, of which the Duke of WELLING.. TON and Sir ROBERT PEEL can know nothing except what they learn from the manu facturers, it seems to us preposterous in the Ministers not to listen to their representa- 1 tions: But they have made up their minds. There can be, in' their opinion, no distress arising from their beloved Corn-laws. There must be no dis tress, and they are determined, as far as they can, that no evidence of distress shall be formally laid before Parliament. It is inconvenient, too, for Peers and landlords to be kept from their preserves, and though the different views touch the safety of the empire, the Duke of WELLING TON takes on himself the responsibility of recom mending the prorogation of Parliament without entering into any -inquiry. His Grace betrays in that resolution more of the courage of the soldier than the prudence of the civilian. He seems to have lost none of that iron energy which enabled him to conquer BONA.PARTE. He is s till a man of few words an d bold deeds. Unfortunately, however, for hi s reputation and the public happiness, the people are not an enemy whom he must subdue; they are the masters of the whole Government, which is bound, let who will administer it, to s t u dy their will and happiness. To set out therefore, on the principle a refusing t o li sten to , their prayers—of knowing better w h at is good for them than they know themselves --must lead his Grace astray and the greater hi s energy, the firmer his reso l ve , the faster and further he will go wrong, and the more injurious his con duct will be to his own reputation and to the community. The Duke of WELLINGTON, with his Tory colleagues, have committed the very same errors betbre. They would not listen to the demands for Parliamentary Reform. They described the old boroughmongering system as perfect, and they brewed a revolution, which is still :fermenting. Their error in 1841 is more palpable and greater than their error in 1830, and the consequences will be more fatal to them selves. HOW will the people take the Duke of WEL uNoToN's declaration, Sir R. PEEL'S arguments and the d e t erm i nat i on to prorogue the Parlia ment at all hazards? What will the hand-loom weavers say to a Government which denies the existence of distress for want of food? What will the agricultural labourer say? What will all those who are on the verge of famine, or who see their fellow s on that dreadful brink, say to the Noble Dultz's declaration " that there is plenty of food," a:4l "that afiy honest hard-working . man may, 11l England, acquire a competency ?" NV hat can they a ll say and think of the present 'Government, but, that it mocks at their suffer ings, an d is resolved to rule them with an iron hand, denying them even the poor boon of an inquiry into their complaints? Their patience is praised, and is relied on. They have been most orderly—most submissive; and will, the DUKE believes, continue to he r,o. Th e i r silence and peaceable behaviour are infallible indications, theTorips assert, that they do not suffer, and thus theirveryvirtues embolden theiroppressors. As the legislature never made laws for the public welfare, but only and always to serve some class-interest as it made the Corn-law for the purpose of keep ing up rents, it never will be induced to give up that law by anything short of a conviction that it is not for the interest of the landlords to maintain it. How that conviction is to be en gendered, as they believe that the law is bene ficial to them in a pecuniary point of view, we cannot say. Vultures and wolves are scared from their prey, but what can scare a Government of monopolists, headed by the iron-minded Duke in one House, and PEEL, GRAHAM, and STAN LEY in the other ? We copy from the Carnarvon Herald an ac count of a preliminary meeting held at Carnar von, to consider the propriety of summoning a Ministerial Conference in Wales on the subject of the Corn-laws. There seems no doubt but the Conference will be held. This, however, is not the only indication of the stronereligious feeling which is now connected with the abolition of the Corn-laws., In several chapels prayer meetings have been held on that subject. The school masters at Manchester have put their shoulders to the wheel, and they will not be without their influence. Between the aristocratic bread-taxers and the non aristocratic bread-eaters a fierce contention on principle is arising, which will end either by enslaving the people, or by abolishirig the bread-tax. We rejoice to read the noble sentiments and language which were used at the meeting at Li verpool. Neithej the broad cloth, as Mr. RATH BONE styled the middle classes, nor the fustian jackets who originated the meeting, are disposed to lie down and allow the Tory aristocracy to squeeze the wealth out of one, or trample the other out of existence. They know, as Mr. HoL LAND expressed it, that the Prime Minister seeks for time, in order to reconcile the discordant ele ments of his Cabinet, looking to a season of dis tress to frighten the BUCKINGHAM and the KNATCHBULLS into a sense of justice, or to a season of returning prosperity, to relieve him from the necessity of thwarting the mono polists. He knows that if the people sub mit to starvation through the winter, spring will bring relief and hope, and he may then take his own measures to rivet in peace Tory shackles on the community. But we are assured that the people will not submit to• starva tion to confirm the theories of the Duke of WELLINGTON, and give a triumph to the Duke of BUCKINGHAM. The strong language ap plied to the Corn-laws at the meeting says plainly, that they are properly appreciated as a a matter of principle ; and all sense ofjustice and religion must be swept out of the minds of the people before they again tamely acquiesce in the continuance of the Devil's laws. Poor Alderman TH03130-N, so very recently the idol of the Conservatives of Sunderland, has fallen under the balm of his old .Tory worship pers. His political flirtatious have grave names applied to them by the Conservative magnates of that venerable borough; his portrait is no longer to ornament the Exchange-buildings ; nor are his arms to direct the thirsty traveller to where the bek treble X. is to be obtained. The Conservatives of Sunderland do not like being jilted by such every-day catches as the Alder man, and they chow the bitr,erness of their mor tification by removing from their sight everything calculated to remind of a connexion not over and above creditable to any of the parties concerned. Thus at a public meeting of the Sunderland Tories, held on the 19th ult., the following reso lutions were unanimously adopted : That this meeting aro of opinion, that the conduct of Mr. *Alderman Thcmslm has been unconstitutional, and highly detrimental to the interests of the Borough. That the portrait of the Alderman be immediately withdrawn from the Exchange Buildings, cal that the same be submitted for sale by public auction. That Mr. Horner be instructed to remoyo the Alder man's Arms from his building, and to adopt the title of " Horncr's Commercial Hotel." - These resolutions were advertised at the expense of the meeting, but as we would not have the character of the Alderman among the Tories confined to the Conservative Journals, we insert them for nothing. The picture, with two hen dred engravings from it, are also advertised to be sold; but as there is nobody in Sunderland to bid a penny for them, the borough had better make a present of them to Lord LOWTHER. All parties are now sick of the Alderman, whose person and picture are equally a drug• in the Tory market. We have received the whole of the French Journals of Friday and Saturday: Their con tents are of little political interest. According to the Temps England and France have come to a satisfactory agreement relative to Tunis, so that we shall have no more troubles in that quarter. The press, however, continaes to cla mour against any reduction of the armaments. A Minister of War without 400,000 bayonets at his disposal, and a Minister of Marine with out twenty sail of the line in commission, are never again to be seen in France. While the people are everywhere sinking under the weighs of taxation, the Journals advocate a policy which, if persisted in, must increase the public burdens There was another case of a defaulter on the Paris Bourse on Saturday. The Baron d'E— was found to be short of cash to the amount of 300,000 francs. A letter from Athens states that the public executioner, a Frenchman, whilst walking on the shore of the island of Agina, which had been assigned as his asylum from the prejudices of the people, had been shot. Several of his predecessors met their deaths in a similar manner. The documents relative to the appeal of Madame Laf farge to the Court of Cessation, against the judgment of the Correctional Tribunal of Tulle refusisg her the delay she demanded, and against the judgment given by default on the indictment itself, have been received in Paris; and M. Saint-Laurent has been named reporter on the case. The German Journal qf Frankfort states that M. Becker, author of the song of the " Rhine," has just re ceived from some patriots of Mentz a present of a mag nificent silver cup. The Swiss papers mention that some extensive salt springs have been recently discovered near Kaiser-Augst, in Argau. A Belgian journal, the Tribune, states that a woman of Oreye, aged 40, and who had never before had a child, has just been brought to bed of three daughters. Her husband is turned sixty. The Grand Council of the Canton of Tessin() has just adopted a project of political amnesty, and issued two proclamations, on the 21st ult,, relative to this subject. Criminal procedure is to be continued only against the authors, leaders, and promoters of the late insurrection, and the Grand Council has declared its intention to em ploy clemency even against parties the most seriously compromised in that affair, upon their showing signs of repentance. A new Constitution for the principality of Schwartz burg Sonderhausen was promulgated on the 24th ult. It comprises 16 .chapters and 210 paragraphs, and di rects among other liberal provisions that the representa tive assembly shall consist of 2 nobles, 9 deputies of towns and burghs, 3 deputies from the peasants, 2 de puties from the learned professions, and 2 deputies from merchants and irea.ders. A Frankfort paper states that a furrier at Dresden, who had made a fur cap fir the Emperor Napoleon on his return from Russia, and kept by him the cap of the Em peror which had been given as a model, had bequeathed it at his death to his family, and that the present pos sessor of it, on the occasion of the visit of M. Thiers to Dresden, offered to sell it to him for 1,500 dollars (5,8351.) M. Thiers said he was glad to see so much sympathy for Napoleon in a Saxon family, but could not think of de privinw,them of such a reli c a t any pr i ce I The'Leipsic Gazette, which stated a short time since that during the mauwuvres of the guards near P ots d aln, s everal men were wounded by their wheneirco - fi a r d i Ls cr , a having h put sand and stones in their gulls other in the mock engagements, says that, during the reviews at Leignitz, the Prince of Prussia was wounded in the thigh by a stone fired in this manner. The wound was slight, and, after it had been dressed, the P r i nce continued on horseback during the rest of the d ay . A correspondent writes from Rome, on the 23d ult., that a violent storm of thunder and lightning, acconi panied by a deluge of rain, occurred that morning. water which fell had never been wit nlesieseqtlan dbef t ) i r y e in Rome, i Re, but the duration of he ieitle column' , was only an hour. The electric fluid struck of Antoninns Pius, on the Piazza Golonna, and chipped off fragments from thepethdeesdmtaal, damage e d ihanjdurendotzhteheiTcbtelepn tion, but the extent of ascertained. The Antwerp papers state that M. Bussoti, Belgian Consul-General at Galacz, has failed, and that several houses at Antwerp are sufferers by this disaster. We learn from Hanover that Professor .Heeren, of Gottingen, has been commissioned by the Government to travel through France and Belgium, and inquire into the causes of the immense extension orthe manufactures and commerce of these two countries it} The course bf the last few years. M. Heeren is to proceed shortly to Paris, where his investigations are to commence. A correspondent on the frontiers of Poland writes to the Augsburg Gazette—" We have from 16,000 to 20,000 men constantly •mployed on the railroad between War saw and Cracow. Of these 15,000 are Russian serfs let out by their masters, to whom the contractors pay from six to ten silver roubles, according to the strength and capacity of the men, moreover, furnishing them with maintenance, and paying 700 roubles for every man who may die or be missing.' The following statistics of Berlin are given by a journal of that capital:—" In 1640 Berlin contained only 6,000 inhabitants; at the close of the reign of the Grand Elec tor of Brandenburgh, Frederick William ; there was 20,000. ii[is successor, who became King of Prussia under the name of Frederick 1., decreed in 1709 that the different towns divided on the banks of the Spree should be united under one local Government, and bear the name of Berlin. At the end of his reign the number of inhabitants was 50,000. Frederick William L, father of the Great Frederick, enlarged Berlin, and in his reign the number of houses was 4,300, and that of the inha bitants 90,000. Under Frederick IL, the population, including the garrison, was 145,000. It is now 250,000." A letter from Beyrout, of the 29th August, in the Toulonnaise, informs us that a few days previously two men, disguised as women, and accompanied by an old woman, obtained admission into the house of one of the inhabitants of Jaffa during his absence, and proceeded to commit atrocious violence on a young female. A complaint having been made to the authorities, one of the two men was arrested, but the other took refuge in the house of the English consular agent, who is a Syrian; but a crowd hav ing assembled in front of it, and threatened to force its way in, if the man was not delivered up, the consular agent surrendered him to the authorities. Shortly after, the old woman who assisted the two criminals was met in the street and stabbed. The French Consul, who was seen mills way home, was asked by the exasperated crowd, whether the European agents had received a mission to protect criminals ; but speaking Arab with fluency, he was able to tranquillise them, and to make his retreat without receiving any injury. The :Echo du Luxembourg says :—" We are assured that on the frontiers of the Grand Duchy, towards Prussia, the free exportation and importation of a great number of articles continue to take place, notwithstand ing the non-ratification of the treaty by his Majesty. It is added that Luxembourg daily exports many cattle and a great quantity of corn." The King arrived at St. Clolid yesterday evening. M. Cumin Gridain arrived at Paris from Compiegne yesterday evening. Marshal Soult is expected to-day at Paris. M. Salvandy, the Ambassador of France at Madrid, will set out for the Spanish capital in a fortnight. The Journal de Francfort announces that the Princess of Metternich, having entirely recovered from the indis position which obliged her husband, some days ago, to return to the castle of JOhannisburg, which he had al ready quitted, the Prince was again to set out, on the 28th of September, to return to Vienna, but, as he in tends to visit, by the way, the Courts Carlsruhe, Stutt gardt, and Munich, he will not arrive at Vienna till about the 10th of this month.—Le Constitutionnel. The Carlists who have profited by the amnesty con. , tinue to pass through Bayonne. On the 27th of Sep tember twenty-three officers passed through. Up to this day, all those who have already passed through this city seem to be well satisfied with the reception, and the conduct of the authorities, and of the inhabitants with whom they have any concern. Another considerable number of Spanish refugees have entered by way of Oleron, and it is said that other detachments are on their march to the frontiers. The Semaphore of Marseilles, of the 29th says :—" The Directors of the Levant Packet Company have decided that on account of the return of the Dante to Marseilles, the Euratos shall be 'dispatched to-morrow the 30th, direct fo Malta.—Le Commerce. _s;_f firr THE 'SUN. LONDON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 4. 1841.! ject, because he announced a fact adverse to dishonea and unsuccessful agitation. He who, while leading on British armies to victory for more than twenty years, never sullied the British flag by one act of unnecessary harshness, is now vituperated as cruel, because he will not deceive the public."—Our Contemporary here boldly refutes an assertion that has never been advanced. "He makes the giants first, and then he kills them." No one ever called the Duke of Wellington " a monster," or a " modern Herod," for stating that there was enough food in the country—no one ever dreamed of such an absurdity. The worst that has ever been alleged against his Grace by Reformers is, that he is rather behind, than in advance of, the times, as respects legislation. We quote the following from the Berwick Advertiser : —" While the new Ministry reign supreme in the House of Commons, public feeling sets in against them strong out of doors. In every part of the country meetings are in the course of being held, to deprecate the heartless postponement of public business over the winter. As might be expected, the strongest indignation is every where expressed against such a procedure." The Somerset Gazette observes, in an article sug gested by the approaching prorogation :—" Sir Robert can only retrieve himself by meeting the country with tenfold liberality next February, as some small compen sation for the delay. He must give in tenfold degree then. But that he may be stimulated to do so, the country must make good use of the intervenirg five months." The Hereford Times says of the present Government : —" Among the many fine things which the country was promised, whenever the Tories returned to power, was the practice of economy, which, we were assured, would stand in strong contrast with the profligacy of the Whigs. But the Tories are in power, and the preach ing of economy has passed away, and we have in its stead the practice of profligacy." The Paisley Advertiser remarks, in reference to the state of the poor in that town—" There is great distress, great privation, great suffering. In Johnstone there are 120 families, comprising 300 individuals, in such distress as to be unable, without aid, to obtain food, clothing, or pay, for shelter. The distress in Paisley has increased more this week than during any week since its commencement. The number applying for re lief has increased 118, and now in all 804, amounting, with dependents, to above 2,400." The Scotsman thus speaks of the present Ministry: — They see trade in a state of extreme depression, ' poverty and famine stalking over the land, and, after immeasurable boag of, their power to save the country, theft confess they can do nothing ! Their excuses are worse than ridicu lous. There are men in the party—Herries and Goulburn, for instance—who are familiar ith every part of our system of taxation, and who know just as well at present how money may, or may not, be raised, as they will do in February next. They are not profound men by any means ; but we may safely say that the intervening five months will not add a single idea to their stock." MONEY-TIZADE-COMMERCE. The Leeds wool-trade has been tolerable this last week. The recent heavy Manchester failures have made the Huddersfield market comparatively dull. The Rochdale flannel market has been thin, and fallen off. Halifax trade has also been less animated. The distressed hand-loom weavers held a meeting at Manchester on Thursday last, when emigration to the United States was resolved upon, and the gentry of the town and country at large solicited for the purpose. The Leeds Intelligencer announces the failure of a large and long established manufacturing house at Hudders field. his said that certain woolstaplers in Leeds alone are sufferers to the amount of 20,0001. The occurrence has created a painful sensation throughout the manufacturing districts of the West-Riding. BOURSE-PARIS, SATURDAY, OCT. 2. f first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Pric. Prix• French 5 per Centr. ex. dlr. 114 60 111 75 ... I'4 60 ... 114 75 4 per Cents ..... 87 ... 97 50 ... i. 7 1,7 50 3 per Centr ...... 79 30 79 65 ... 79 341 ... 79 65 Sznec of r ranee Novkan /Sant• Zelgian 5 per Cents. ,-.er Cent:., 1840 1C 4 ,1 ... 10-4% ... 11.41 itianirh Active ..... ..... 23% Passive ...... 5% ... 5% ... 51A Neapolitan Ftenu.n IC4 IC4 IC4 IC4 ItAli.W A )• SHARES. it. Geirnain Versailles. LB '2117 LO .. 20s 75 ... 207 5 , 1 .. 208 75 It• B 312 50 .. 312 50 ... 312 50 ... 31i 50 Rouen 445 ... 445 ... 445 ... 445 StraspUir LU bait ,thares red 2,5 25 .. 226 25 ... 233 25 ... 235 25 A MOVEMENT AGAINST TEE CORN•LAW is going on " out of doors," which perhaps indicates a more deep rooted and general dislike to that law than all the osten tatious agitation of the summer. Meetine-s are recorded in a great number of places, to petition th e Queen against prorogation until the question of the day shall have been fairly discussed in Parliament. Manchester began the new movement a few weeks back, and it has increased in strength from week to week. It differs in many essen tial circumstances from any previous agitation for the same object : it is evoked under the auspices of no party in power; it occurs on the very heels of a -seeming defeat at the General Election ; its immediate purpose is more sure than ever of being frustrated at once, for cart-loads of memorials to the Queen will not prevent the new Ministry from proroguing Parliament next week Nevertheless, the people meet, confer, and memorialise, N% - ith as much perseverance as if they were certain of success. That must mean something. It probably means this, that the people are tired of petitioning the House of Commons; that they have lostconfidence in their own House ; and so they appeal to the only other of the Three Estates whose disposition towards them admits of a hopeful construction : yet, as they cannot, and oh vionsly do not, expect much practical result from that, they are simply going through a form. When a people consent quietly and uniformly to go through set forms, a sort of moral drilling, it is certain that they must have some very distinct and determined object in view. The next popular step will be a matter of great interest to the speculative politician : the statesman will be wise not to neglect the present. —Spectator. FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.—III the course of last week twenty-seven tradesmen, residing in the pa rishes of Fulham and Chelsea, were convicted by the Magistrates of Kensington for cheating the public, and chiefly the poorer classes, by means of false and fraudu lent weights, measures, and balances ; and on Saturday, at the Mansion-house, Islington, seventeen offenders of the same stamp were convicted of this heavy crime. It is repeatedly denounced in Scripture, and dpclared to be an abomination to the Almighty yet the penalties in flicted by the Magistrates (and some were for the second offence) did not exceed 20s. each, with costs. If the poor had any hand in making laws, or if the Bishops performed their duty, would this " abomination to the Lord " be treated as the most venial offence, while petty thefts, committed often from want and starvation, are punished with imprisonment or banishment ? THE REV. R. S. Bearrost.—The Lancaster Guardian of Saturday published the remainder of the proceedings in the case of the Rev. R. S. Barton. The result was, that the Commissioners pronounced " That on the evi dence there is not a prima facie case to institute further proceedings." LORD bIonPETEL—It is settled that a meeting shall be held at Wakefield on Wednesday, October 17,- Earl Fitzwilliam in the Chair, to consider of the best mode of testifying the respect of tite freeholders of Yorkshire for Lord Morpeth, and their regret at the loss of his services. MARLBOROUGH-TREET. (THIS DAY.) Florence Foley, a master basket-maNr, living in Stacey-street, Seven-dials, was placed at tl.%e bar before Mr. Hardwick, for an assault upon John llays, whereby his eye-sight was completely dest ro y e d. The complainant, who had been a soldier in the East India Company's service, stated that while abivztd he lost the sight of his left eye. Last evening he entered a public house in Seven-dials to procure some refreshment, when the defendant, who was wrangling with two or three others, came up to him, and without his giving him the slightest provocation struck him a blow on the ball of the right eye, which instantly closed it up, and complainant had since been informed by a surgeon, who had examined it, that the sight was for over completely destroyed. The defendant said he was struck first Jay the com plainant. A witness disproved this. Mr. liAnowicK advised the defendant to make his peace with the complainant by giving him some remu neration. Complainant said that no money could compensate him for the loss of his sight, as it deprived him of the means of getting his living; in fact, added he, when I lewye this office, I am unable to see my way home, and I here money to pay any one for chewing me. I therefore beg your Worship to send me to some institution where I shall be taken care of for the present. Mr. HARDWICK directed him to be taken to Middlesex Hospital and committed the defendant to the House of Correction to hard labour for one month. THE WEATHER.-IVoorr, OCTOBER 4. ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Barometer Thermometer... 59 Highest 64 f Lowest ..... 45 Wind E.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. THE HOUSES UV PARLIAIHENT.--It WaS I fully expected that the masons would return to their work this morning, but such was not the case. On Sa.. turday Allen, the foreman, requested to have an into: view with the men, but this was refused. This mor A . ing a meeting of the body was held at the Paviors' Arms,. Johnson-street, Westminster, when it was deter/I:Wed, upon that nothing short of the discharge of Allen:sh‘ ji ii c i induce them to return to their work. The strike begin s to bo rather a serious matter, as the time allowed the co a tractors is within a day or two of expiring. It is In i moured that Messrs. Grissell and Peto will rather thro w up their contract than discharge Allen. BRUSSELS, OCT. 2.—The King and the Roya 1 Family returned to Laeken yesterday afternoon. Messrs. • Barrett and Van Mistitz, the Dutch Cominissionors, are going to return to the Hague, in order to consult with their Government on the basis of an arrangement which has been laid down in the conferences in which they.. took part. They write from Mont°lieti (in the Aude) that, on the morning of the 16th ult., the whole region of the black mountain, whicfi forms the boundary between the Aude and the Tarn, was devastated by a frightful storm. 'While the rain deluged the surrounding country, the lightning struck the church of Fonties Cabardes, and threw down the cure, who was officiating, but did' not kill him. The electric fleid, having first cloven one of the main beams of the roof, fell upon the altar, and then made its way to nearly every other part of the church,. leaving traces of its destructive force. Several catOe were killed in the immediate neighbourhood, NAVAL AND MILITARY. A boat's crew of the Medea, having been pelted with stones in passing an Egyptian ship of the line at night time, the delinquents, three in number, were soundly Hogged at the Admiralty, Alexandria. The appointment of a new Naval Knight of Windsor has just been conferred on Lieut. Henslow, R.N., in the stead of Lieut. Jones, lately deceased. Lieut. C. Carter .ucceeds to the Governorship of Travers's Naval Col lege, Windsor. Sir John Rennie is surveying the Ramsgate coast to ascertain the practicability of forming a harbour of refuge there, to be capable of containing a fleet of rnen of- war. The removal of the Sunderland lighthouse from the north pier, in an entire state, to the eastern extremity of the pier, a distance of nearly 500 feet, was safely and successfully completed on Thursday last. LAW AND POLICE. Gavin Scott, who, after robbing his employers at Glasgow of 8,0001., fled to Marseilles, and was arrested there by Forrester the officer, was convicted on his own confession at the Glasgow Assizes last week, and sen tenced to be transported for life. At Worship-street, on Saturday, John Richards, charged with improper conduct towards several of the girls of the Finsbury charity school, was brought up for final examination, and not be►ng disposed to find bail, was committed to take his trial on four charges. AGIRICITIMUYZAM. Between Banff and Elgin the crops are mostly cut, and gathered into the stackyard ; but between Aberdeen and Turriff the fields are studded with stooks. A Scotch onion was gathered, the other day, in a garden in the vicinity of the Links, Aberdeen, which measured 17 inches in circumference, and weighed 1 lb. 6 ounces. 21LECTIONEMIZING. Sir George Cockburn has been returned for Ripon, in the room of Sir E. Sugden. On the 27th inst. a public meeting will be held at Wakefield, in the West Riding, to consider the best means of testifying their respect to Lord Morpeth, and their regret for the loss of his services. Two candidates are in the field at Hereford, in the room of Mr. Hobhouse—Mr. Griffiths, the Conservative, and Mr. Pulsford, the Liberal candidate. The nomina tion is to-day, and the polling to-morrow (Tuesday). LITER./LILT AND SCIENTIFIC. The son of Dr. Buckland, the eminent Oxford geolo gist, obtained the contested writership of Eton School, valued at 8001. a year, on Wednesday last, after a severe competition. At the opening of the Anatomical Lectures for Artists, on Saturday, at the Westminster Dispensary, Mr. Simp son, the lecturer, related that his friend, Sir Thomas Lawrence, had told him, after his return from Italy, that he was surprised artists should travel there to study when such super-excellent studies were at home. Lieut. Smyth, of the Royal Artillery►, has been ap pointed Magnetic Observer at St. Helena; and Lieut. 11. Clerk, of the same corps, Magnetic Observer at the Cape of Good Hope. THEATRICAL. Mr. Macready, who has entered on a lease of Drury lane Theatre, announces that it will be opened on Mon day, Dec. 27. He states, in his advertisement, that " the lowest scale possible will he adopted in determining the prices of admission ;" and that the saloons and lobbies will no longer be the nuisance that they have been. We wish Mr. Macready success in his efforts to purify and elevate the dramatic art. SPORTI2VG. The Woolwich Races, which come off on Tuesday and Wednesday next, are expected to be unusually attrac tive. _ A Grand Stand is erected 'on the east side of the Common, and the splendid band of the Royal Artillery will be in attendance. COURT—FASHIONABLE. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and the Duchess of Inverness, arrived at Bishopsthorpe on Tues day, on a short visit to the Archbishop of York. The Duke of Wellington attended Divine Service yes terday morning at the Chapel. Uoyal, St. James's. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford left Woburn Abbey on Saturday last for Oakley House, Beds. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose are expected in a few days in Belgrave-square. The Earl and Countess of Carlisle have arrived at Trentham, on a visit to the Mike and Duchess of Suth erland. The Earl of Aberdeen has issued cards for a grand entertainment at Argyll House to the French Ambas sador. Lord and Lady John Russell arrived at Endsleigh, near Tavistock, on Friday. Lord Morpeth takes his departure for North America in the Columbus, which, it is said, will sail to-morrow. WEISCEIMANEOUS. Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Jacob, and Mr. Wigram, are severally spoken of as likely to be appointed Vice-Chan cellors under the Administration of Justice Bill. Government surveyors have recommended the old houses from Chelsea Church to Battersea-bridge to be taken down to enlarge the improvements of the new road from the above bridge to Vauxhall-bridge. Of the first 500 pupils of the military school at Fon tainbleau 202 died on the field of battle, five rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Generals, 28 to that of Major- Generals, 57 to those of Colonels and Lieutenant- Colonels. The major part of the remainder rose to posts of eminence, as servants of the Crown, or in civil professions. The deaths from the accident at Pen-y-Darran Iron Works are at. present nine, and the number of wounded thirty-three. The CastEhar Telegraph states that " a young gentle man, near Sligo, has commenced an action for a breach of promise aga. 4 .nst a wealthy fair one. The damages are laid at 1,000/. The young gallant is an Esculapian. The first interview between the parties was on the occa sion of the heiress entering the shop where the youth compounded medicines, for the purpose of purchasing some Epsom salts."—This is the first time we ever heard of love being excited through the agency of Epsom salts. Till now, we always imagined that physic was destruc tive to all sentiment, but we here find that it is a strong provocative. Conceive Cupid ogling an ounce of Epsom salts ! Croydon fair, so famous for geese, roast pork, and walnuts, commenced on Saturday. Robert Wallace, Esq., of Kelly, M.P. for Greenock, was presented by the Provost, Magistrates, and Council of Aberdeen, with the freedom of that city last Thurs day. The ceremony took place in the Town-hall, and about 170 gentlemen were present. ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN.—The petition to the Queen, praying her Majesty not to prorogue Parlia ment till the question of the Corn-laws is considered, signed by 3,750 persons, was on Tuesday last forwarded through Mr. P. H. Howard, M.P., for representation. — Carlisle Journal. the Bath Memorial to the Queeu, praying her Majesty not to prorogue the Parliament till some mea sures have been devised for alleviating the distress of the country, was forwarded for presentation on Friday, having received nearly 4,000 signatures. --Bath aerald. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LON- DON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) BRIGHTON, SUNDAY EvxNlNG.—The deplor able accident which took place yesterday fore noon on the Brighton Railway, near Hayward's Heath, created a very extraordinary sensation in this town last evening. As usual in such cases, exaggeration multiplied the number of deaths, and added horrors in abundance, to swell the dreadful catastrophe. Indeed, such was the ex citement, that every person who expected a re lative, or friend—and . it being Saturday, half the town was in commotion—hurried from place to place to learn the extent of the accident. The station was crowded by thousands, agitated to intensity, each and all asking of- the other for particulars. An accident, fatal in its results, had taken place—that vas admitted, but the particu lars were unknown. Vague statements were current in everybody's mouth, and the most omi nous forebodings filled every breast. Eventually it was ascertained that the train which starts from London at a quarter to eleven o'clock, a first-class train, propelled the greater part of the way by two engines, had proceeded safely as far as Balcombe tunnel, and on emerging from that had met with a fearful accident, by which fbur persons were killed and a great many wounded. The lateness of the arrival of the succeeding trains only added to the horrors of suspense; and the coach offices were crowded by persons anxious to be off to London—they would never go by railway again, just as if a person died in bed nobody would hereafter trust himself to sleep again, for fear of death. The panic was universal. However, the other . re gular trains arrived in the course of the evening, and the extent of the damage was ascertained to be very small in comparison with the original alarming report. This forenoon a meeting of the Directors of the Railway took place, at which every particular was inquired into so far as could be ascertained. They arrived at no definitive result, other than this, that no blame whatever attaches to the ser vants of the Railway, while all lament the loss of life and property. An inquest will be held to-morrow (this day) at Hayward's Heath, when all the particulars will be explained. Should the inquiry be finished in time we will give a report of the proceedings in a Second Edition. In the meantime the follow ing intelligence, obtained from an unquestionable source, may be depended upon. After the train had passed through Balcombe tunnel it went on at the rate of about nineteen or twenty miles an hour, until it reached the wooden sheds, where the spare engines are housed—a part •f the line supposed to be very secure; but in consequence of the heavy rains, the ground, com posed of sand and clay, became so saturated, that the rails gave way, and the engine ran off. This sudden obstruction to the progress of the train caused a general shock. The tender next to the engine was the first to feel the effect, and the concussion was so great that it was stnashqd to pieces, killing the two stokers. The carriage immediately following had a toupee, in which , were two servants, man and woman, who were also killed, their bodies being literally torn to pieces. That carriage and the next, with the engine, were all smashed. It was very fortunate there were no passengers in these carriages. The consternation consequent on the unthrtu nate accident has in a great measure now sub sided, and the business of the railway goes on as usual. The last train to-night is the heaviest that has yet left Brighton. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Public Opinion. " Tirho runs may read." WOREXGN. The French Government is resolved to give the press no quarter. On Saturday the editor of the National was again tried on a charge of exciting hatred and contempt against the King's Government. He was found guilty, and sentenced to four months' imprisonment, and the payment of a fine of 5,000 francs. The Impartial du Nord has been seized for an article attacking the inviolability . of the King's person. The King's position must be indeed precarious if he cannot afford to overlook the attacks of an obscure provincial paper like the Impartial The Gazette d'Auvergne is also about to be pro secuted for exciting hatred and contempt of the Govern ment. In fact nothing but prosecutions of the press are heard of in the Provinces. All the small men in office are delighted with the authority given them by the Ministe rial Circular to wreak their petty vengeance upon the independent press of France. The Temps asserts that some notes have been received at the Foreign Office from the Spanish Cabinet, which have given rise to a rather warm correspondence; in consequence of which it has been decided that M. Sal vandy shall not set off to assume his functions as Am bassador at Madrid until these difficulties shall be re moved. Our contemporary gives us no information as to the subject of this misunderstanding, which we have not seen mentioned in any other quarter. There was a turn out of the paper stainers of Paris on Friday in consequence of the low rate of wages. Their numbers exceeded 2,000. They had several interviews with their employers, but the result is not stated in the French papers. The Zdticial tables of the prices of wheat in French markets, up to the end of last month, show the highest to have been 21f. 87e. per hectolitre in those of Tou louse, Gray ) Lyons, 'and Marseilles ; and the lowest 17f. 68c. in those of St. Lo, Paimpol, Quimper, Henne bon, and Nantes. The price of bread, for the first fortnight of the pre sent month, is fixed at 35 centimes the kilogTarnme. During the last month, 2,323,323 f. were deposited in the Savings' Bank of Paris by 17,278 contributors, of whom 2,190 were new, and 2,231,000 f. were drawn out. The Spanish papers mention the occurrence of serious riots at Valladolid. and Badajos, during the anniversary of the September movement. Judges, priests, and women were grossly insulted by the mobs. The rioters were all Carlists. Advices from Lisbon of the 27th ult., mention the failure in that city of the Spanish house of Corpas, Gar cia, and Co., for about 120,0001. sterling. It was sup posed that the English cotton houses would be . the chief losers. The Brazilian firm of Da Silva and Co., also stopped payment.. PUBLIC OPINION. -The Morning Post, commenting on Lord Brougham's speech in the House of Lords a few evenings since, on the subject of the bribery practised at the late elections, says :—" It is our belief that the changes produced by the Act of 1832 did greatly extend the possibilities of getting into Parliament by means of bribery and intimi dation, and therefore to that Act (along with whatever goal it may have done) may justly be attributed the evil also to which Lord Brougham has drawn attention.' But it is not our purpose to argue that question now. Though it were admitted by all that the changes produced by the Reform Act were the immediate cause of the increased bribery, still it would not follow that such a result was reasonably to be expected. The real cause lies deeper than any Act of Parliament It is in the immorality of the bribers and the bribed. If these two classes were manly and honest, the new system created by tla3 Reform Act might have been carried into practice without producing any increase of corrupt voting."— If, as the Post states, the Reform .Act haT greatly in creased the facilities of bribery, an additional argument is adduced in favour of the Ballot, which is the only sure means of putting a stop to such a crying evil. But this , is a remedy which a Tory journalist will never advocate. He will cunt about bribery, as Joseph ,Surface canted about morality, because it looks decent and respectable ; but he will never seriously set about its removal, because he knows well, that by so doing, he will be depriving his party of one of its most powerful weapons. It is on the broad shoulders of bribery and corruption that the Tories have lifted themselves into office. rlt is bribery that has swelled their majority to ninety-one ; it is bribery that has enabled them, with a plausible appearance of truth, to cry out, "Reaction !"—and, so long as they have an influential voice in the State, never will they apply more than a skin-deep remedy to the abuse that has made them what they are.. The Times is delighted with the Earl of Shrewsbury's pamphlet, chiefly, we presume, because it aims a blow at the authority of O'Connell in Ireland. "Never," says our Contemporary, " never were the Irish Roman Catholic priests addressed by a sincerer friend than the Earl of Shrewsbury—never was justice so impartially awarded to the more exemplary members of their order, as well as to the more turbulent—nor is it possible to conceive a series of suggestions better fitted than his Lordship's to encourage the virtuous conduct of the one class, or to restrain the unseemly excesses of the other, or to advance their common respectability and usefulness. Not only does the Noble Earl declare his conviction that the Irish Roman Catholics are now ab solutely free from all degrading disparagements, and from every imaginable contingency that can justify their hostility to the Protestant Church, or their distrust of a Conservative Government, but that the alleged grievances still palmed upon them by O'Connell, (even including the vevatious question respecting the right to Church property) are wholly +visionary or grossly exaggerated, and in either case, if susceptible of redress at all, such as can by no means justify the agitator's plans for obtaining it." If the " alleged grievances" which O'Connell declaims against, were " wholly visionary"—as the Times hints in the above passage—never would he exercise the vast influence that ho exercises throughout the length and breadth of Ireland. It is not the shadow, but the sub stance, of ill that engenders discontent in a country. People do not rally by thousands round a leader who goes forth to battle only against the phantom of a griev ance 1 They clamour, not from imagined evils, but from the actual iron pressure of ad vers ity. It i s th e thorn rankling in their side that extorts their cry of set-. faring, Mr. O'Connell is only powerful because Ireland is oppressed, and his power is in exact proportion to the extent of that oppression. The Morning Advertiser says :—" The independent labourer is reduced to the condition of subsisting with out the ordinary necessaries of life, while the idlers of society are revelling in abundance! How astounding would such a fact as this be, had not our experience fa miliarised us to its existence ! As the national wealth has increased, the comforts and enjoyments of the labour ing classes have been diminished. As the means of abridging manual labour have been multiplied, the toil of the labouring classes has become more severe and protracted. As the power of acilitating and multiply ing productions has been enlarged, the consumption of the labouring portion of the community has been cur tailed. Instead of increasing in comfort and happiness, in proportion as the country has increased in scientific knowledge, and its application to the purposes of production, the • industrious part of the population has become impoverished and debased, and deprived of one comfort after another, until they are found—we speak upon Parliamentary authority—absolutely . lying by hundreds in one locality from utter inanition !" This is the state of things that Sir Robert Peel is caileol on to remedy ; but for this he has no remedy ; or if he has, be declines to make it known. He is prompt enough at remedying the imperfect ventilation of the House of Commons ; but the starving thousands must wait five long dreary winter months, before he condescends even to inquire into their condition Alas, how many will have died off from the face of the earth , utterly worn out bir the pressure of hunger and disease, before that anxiously-desired period arrives ! But what cares Toryism-for the sufferings of the people, so long as it can feather its own nest, and provide handsomely for its own callow brood ? But the hour of retribution is at hand. The starving, half-frenzied operative, at whose wretched hearth the gaunt phantom, Despair, sits a con stant guest, will not wait—cannot be expected to wait— the return of Spring before his sufferings are redressed. He will force the Tories, however reluctantly, into a prompt consideration of his case ; or such an uproar will arise throughout the country, as will hurl the m f rom their snug, easy posts in Downing-street, The Chronicle,. alluding to certain rumours respecting dissensions in the Cabinet, says—" It is tolerably cer tain that if any material change is to take place in the Corn-laws, the Right Hon. Baronet must get rid of some of !Ai colleagues in the interval between this and the next Session. If we could suppose Sir Robert Peel to believe either that there was no distress in the country, or that the distress was not mainly caused by the opera tion of the Corn-law, we might also suppose that too much importance has been attached to the supposed divisions in the Cabinet. But the belief has very gene rally gained ground, notwithstanding some equivocal speeches of the Premier, that he is anxious to pro pose. a much more important change than his present .colleagues will consent to, and that the Cabinet must therefore undergo, ere long, a material change."— Whatever change may take !place in the Cabinet, be tveen this and spring, one thing is certain—the change mast be for the better, for it cannot possibly be for the worse. We defy Sir Robert Peel, with all his perverse ingenuity, to find a more unpopular colleague than the Dctke of Buckingham. His Grace and Sir James Graham are "loads that might sink a navy." They are a con stant drag-chain on the movements of the Premier. the very time, And yet he talks of his independence—and at me, too, when the chain is clankin g at his heels ! We tell him that lie is the mere tool—the puppet of the aristocracy, and this is the price he pays for his elevation. The plebeian P remi e r may be the nominal ruler, but his patrician colleagues are the Vi ceroys over i him. The Herald pays the following tribute to the merits of the Duke of Wellington:--" No sooner does any one of the Conservative MiniPters utter in Parliament a truth distasteful, not to the Opposition—for Lord Melbourne, with Lis usual contempt for facts and realities, as s u res the country that there is no party of legislators united for the parpose of opposing the Peel Administration —but to the Whig-Radicals, than he is assailed by their organ s with a yell of execration. Thus on Friday evening the Duke of Wellington simply stated a truth as palpable t o every one who will use his senses as the nose that completes awl adorns his face, and on Saturday morning he wasted h v.161 denounced as a monster, and as a modern Herod. He whose whole lite has been, with a single interruption, one . reat and remarkable example of foresight and cir cumspection, is declared to be now incapable of making c ontemporaneous observations on the most ordinary sub .' ANOTHER ACCOUNT. A most dreadful accident, accompanied with the loss of the lives of four persons, took place on Saturday on the London and Brighton Rail way, near Balcombe, between 17 and 18 miles from Brighton. Ali account of the accident reached town on Saturday night, about nine o'clock, and, on inquiry at the terminus at Lon don Bridge, we ascertained the following parti culars :—The train, which left London early in the afternoon, drawn by two engines, and going at the rate of about 30 miles an hour, on arriving near Baicombe, was suddenly checked, the first engine running off the rails, and coming with a . tremendous crash against the first carriage, which it smashed to pieces. In that carriage were two of the individuals who have by the unfor tunate accident come to an untimely end. Both of them were servants, one a young man, and the other a young woman. The body of the latter was discovered under the wheels of the engine, nearly cut in two. The other two per sons who have been killed were stokers, the en gineer having saved his life by jumping off the train. One of the guards is most dreadfully in jured in the spine, and now lies at Crawley, in a most deplorable state. The accident is sup posed to have been caused by the late heavy rains, the sandy soil of the embankment having given way, and thereby caused the rails to sink, the result of which was, that the engine run off the line, and caused the disastrous consequences we have before adverted to. We understand that both the engines and the carriages nearest to them were literally smashed to atoms, and that two of the first-class carriages have sustained very material injury ; the compartments of one of them being entirely destroyed, -and the trimming and stuffing of the other torn to pieces. In addition to the four persons that have unfor tunataly lost their lives, several other persons wore most seriously injured, and a man and woman, who were on the line at the time the accident took place, very narrowly escaped with their lives. The body of one of the stokers strucf the man on the neck and knocked him out of the reach of the train, and the woman, it is supposed, was struck by some portion of the train, and pitched into a ditch. The occurrence caused the delay of all the trains until about seven o'clock, when the up train passed, and arrived in London about half past eight. Immediate steps were taken to re move the bodies and clear the line, the bodiers being taken to a shed near Coppey-hole, and. the fragments of the engine and tender placed at the side of the rail, as near as possible to where they were picked up. Yesterday several of the Di rectors visited the place, and inspected the scene and results of the catastrophe. The boiler of the engine is covered over with a tarpauling, but the fragments of iron lying near the spot are untouched. The tender lies about 150 yards from the engine, completely capsized, and the wheels and axles lying by the side of the line. Immediately after the accident addi tional men were placed to watch the portion of the line where the accident occurred, and to pre - vent persons from walking on the footpaths a t the side of the embankment. With respect to the unfortunate man-servant, who met with so untimely a death, it ap pears that when he applied at the ter minus at London-bridge he was told he was too late, upon which he stated that he was a gentleman's servant, that he expected his master was in the train, and entreated that he might go by it. This entreaty prevailed with the clerk ; the unfortunate man paid his fare, and_ took his seat on that carriage which he was never to leave alive. We understand that the Coroner's inquest -will take place on the bodies of the unfortunate suf ferers this day at ten o'clock, at Coppey-hole, near Hayward's-heath. In the debate on the Ordnance Estimates, Sir Charles Napier again brought forward the question of the propriety of there being a Naval officer at that Board, and the arguments he adduced to show the necessity for this measure we think, every Naval officer will admit to be irrefutable. The facts stated by the gallant :Commo dore and other distinguished officers, relative to the arms supplied for the use of our seamen , lye know to be too true ; we, therefore, hope and believe that this serious evil will be speedily arrested ; for nothing can be more shameful or more cruel than putting arms into the hands of our brave seamen , to defend themselves against an enemy, which are not to be relied upon in any case, and by which their valuable lives must at once be sacrificed. live are rejoiced to find men of both the gallant profes sions, now in the House of Commons, who have the ability and the independence of mind to speak truths, however unpalatable they may be to the Government, be it Whig or Conservative, and thereby to amend the evils so loudly complained of ; and we hail the late discussions with infinite delight, as we augur from them immense advantages to both Services.---Naval and Military Gazette. PORTSMOUTH.—During the week Ise have ex perienced a succession of tempestuous weather, with strong gales of wind from the south west. On Tuesday and Wednesday the tide rose to a considerable height, covering the whole of East-street, and a great part of Broad-street. On T ues d ay two French vessels were driven into the harbour, one with a cargo of stone, and the other having a party of persons on board from Guernsey. We are happy to add that no disaster has taken place on the coast or amongst the shipping in the harbour.—Hamethire Independent. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS' CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. re LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 3 . l—We 11 1% had a very good demand for cotton tO-day , ' the sa e_ comprising 6,000 bales, of which 500 have been tllkell by speculators. Prices are steady. LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, OCT. 3.—A fair Lanolin of business has been done at the Stock Exchange oclai Eastern Counties, 71. 13s. 9d.; Ditto Debentures, 7i; Gru n Junction Half Shares, 97-• Great Western now ,hares, Junction 1; 55; Ditto 201. Shares, 7i; Great North of Englan d, Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 92 • 1 -4"1 and Birmingham , Quarter Shares, ; Nord). Midlan Half Shams, 32 ; Paris and Rouen, 8 ; South and Dover, 14-t. h a oe MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE ; OCT. 2.---We had but a limited business to-day, although the Marl, continues firm. Manchester and Birmingham, 213 r: Manchester. and Leeds Half Shares, 23 ; Ditto, Qut tern. 15. prem. ; South Eastern and Dover, 14 to 1 1 . : London. and Birmingham New Thirds, 2 31 to 23 4 Bank of Manchester, 51. Eastera THE FUNDS. firm Both the English and Foreign Securities opene, A - QQA .k this morning. Consols are 89A- . for Money, an for the Account ; Exchequer Bills, lls. 13s. prem' P er Spanish Active Stock 231 ; Portuguese Thr j e e 110 t Cents. 184 19 ; Ditto Five per Cents. .31 4 ; much business doing at present. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT 00. RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share' Bristol and Exeter 6O ..... 274..... to 43 London and Brighton 5O London and South Western 3B/ 45211:::: to t° . to em 14 South Eastern! and Dover 3B PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, OC I ' l ,- 3 per Cent. Consols Three and Half Stock 97i Grand Canal Stock ...... Ditto Reduced ...... Ditto Debs. 6 per 9 ent '' Ditto New 1830... 97/ Ditto 4 per cent ..... I . "*. 3/ per Cent. Debs. IeerHALF-PAS and The Hamburgh mail has arrived with the ta ken papers of Friday. A further advance had again ,„00- place in the rate of exchange upon London, the 19 - 9 „. 1 " 1 ' as tation being. 13 51. Gold remains steady, th e sate ° before. d so There are no later arrivals from any quarter; intelligence has yet been received of the Overland which is looked for with i n t ense anx i e ty. 3911 Consols are now quoted a t 894 for Money. ha s bee" for the Account. This is the fi rs t d a y the prey. 313;s0015; named in the list,. and it is put d own att pr chequer Bills, a shade higher, 12 14 prem.; India 1 2 prem. 1 Pas - Spanish Active Stock continues firm at 23 s bellt 94 sive, 54 4 ; Deferred, 114 4 ; Portuguese Fivo Ler„is. 65 31 ; Ditto Three per Cents., 19 ; Brazilian s'°l,:,-11 ex div. ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents*' - Ditto Five per Cents., 994 ex div. on the The melancholy accident which oczurred so d is London and Brighton Railway on Saturday , e „ . 9 „ 4 ll s jece decline of 21. 10s. per share, but a reaction " — yi bicll taken place, and they are now quoted at 7/. dis e '' grg is 11. 10s. lower than on Saturday. South NV"ester 514 ; South Eastern and Dover, 14. 1111' f QUARTER TO -- imu .e° The assertions of an Hon. Member in the Jic at - 'sre° Commons the other evening, to the effect tl • o 5° the wool trade, which has for some tuli b e gis s well maintained a favourable position, , St e to suffer from the general depression of trs":"firal 'strikingly borne out by the f a il u r e o f an exten si " .e at Huddersfield, the liabilities of which are very ile 3 v i ii]g understand that sales of M a n c hester goods are le to some extent, though at low prices. a bstiri Spaculation in corn at the continental ports 19 " o ff, h 1 1" considerably, now the English demand has fallen , here prices are rather higher tn.day. j; Consols, Money, 894 ; for the Account, 894 4 5 . 1 November, 894 4 ; Portuguese, 314 • a Spanis h ' 4 CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock ... 3 per Cent Red 3 per Cent Cons B9A 3 per Cent Red — New 3i per Cent 9Bi New 5 per Cent Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 Oct 1859 Jan. 1860. FOREIG. BRITISH FUNDS. India 5t0ck........... ' Ditto 80nd5...... ..... Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities c i o p) ,Ea. Bills, I,o oo t ••• 21 Ditto 5001-- ..... 16 r Ditto Small. • " Bank Stock for Opg• ." India Stock for Acct."' 89i Consols for Acct ........ • 1 FUNDS. IPortuguese 5 per ce nt , ' 51i Ditto, New Ditto ......... Prussian, 5 per cent. "• Russian, 5 per cent . . .... Ditto, Aletillic ............ 9,3 Spanish, 5 per cent .••••' Ditto, Deferred ....... French, 5 per cent. •*"" f Exchange ............ 4 French, 3 per cent- bit Dutch, 2} per cePt• " 9 94 Ditto, 5 per cent. ....... LES , aid) ...... • 65 paid) ..... Austrian, 5 per cent Belgiv.n, 5 per cent Brazilian 62 Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824. 2oa Danish, 3 per cent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent — Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825, Peruvian, 1€125, 6 per et. SHA 97i Bristol and Exeter (60 ioi Great Western Railway i 71 Ditto Fifth (4 raid) ....................... 15s London and Birmingham (90) ......... 91i Ditto Quarter Sb.ares ( 5 paid) ..... "" Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ......... Dli London and South Western .. . ...............14 LLO SY Y ° o u rD t k h a7nsda North nritiha Midland)Di v oer Nß l: a B i piszi. . a) 77 it ly /l ip s t i o s rr DEAL, OCT. d O t c o T t . h 2 e . N — . W E. , in a d nd W the a l V it;a 7 rd r. b 3ol‘l : :l Ire si lee d has shift ' paring to sail.—Arrived from the River O l d er , $ ll ,, Widmer Castle, for Calcutta ; Martin li tit ' i al leif Thetis, Port Philip ; Sir E. Paget and ALfrecl , ew - New South Wales • Clifton and Brougham ~ 13°,4/3 land ; Edinburgh, ' Bombay ; Algoa Dea, St. John's, New Brunswi& ; Eclipse Sf t ,, ti clO'a Arrived the Lancer, Shields, and sailed for ' P e rfies• Salem, do. and sailed for Bombay ; Meg ger ° o ad• Earl Durham, northward. Sailed the outward bc!cisber, OFF DOVER, OCT. 3.---Arrived the Heroine, 11b to from St. Thomas, PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 2.—Wind S.S.E. for 0 N.E.—Arrived th e Widmer Castle, from Londelivroott: cutta ; Bland, ditto., and sailed for ditt o ; '-' tetstlfs.s ditto, and sailed fir: New York. Sailed the A ere for Sierra Leone. o tetw, - , t h, za ot FiLMOUTH, OC T. 2.-Arrived the Braga n , - ; ,bon from Gibraltr.r, 'left 23d alt, Cadiz 24th, 14 1' gel , ' de and Vigo 29th. Sailed the Great LiverP° ° c, Malta, &c. ; aver, London . ; John Joh° s°- ' e . Janeiro. PETERHEAD, OCT. I.—Sailed Swift, Cons-0 of „go DUBLIN, 0(7 r. I.—A boat marked " Pell- 1 1; 0 o don, John Bal . i, and a boom 36 feet long' "" l oor picked ur, nem • W ex f or d. nd' Atr COWES, OC!.C. 3.—Sailed the Sarah, for Sy- . South Wales .;Champion, Cape of Good 1-K" t o lanta, Rio Jr aleiro. • QestO l fee WISBEACI r, OCT. 3.—The Avon, from th ree to Schiedam,, put in here last night, maki n g e. water per h( mr, and it is expected must discharg • CO WES, ISLE OF. WIT - 1 1). craom OUR OWN CORRESPONDE,-• f4 C ROYAL. YACHT SQU4DRON INTELLIG i,o' ARRIVALS. f 1 fo SEPT. U.—K es t re l yawl, Commodore Bari ° fr ool roughs from Devonport and Dartmouth. E s q., 25 ---C7:usader schooner, R. B. Sheridan? fr" (to ol Weymo L. wth. sckt OCT. —Circassian schooner, W. Lyon, Portsmouth. SALTING& . Moore' f)cl4 oe l, SEPT. 26.—Reindeer cutter, ,john Southampton, left for the seasox.i. OCT. 2.—Jack-o'-Lan tern schooner,Earl ..;ge .° for the west coast of Sc•atland.. A cr 3.—Xestrel yawl, Ei.rl of Yarborough , 1 / 11 the eastward. c r rll oll ' 6i' YACHTS AT 'ANTI ABOUT THE .-,,, v-- it , s der. Sehooners—Janette., H aw k, T ar ifa, " 1 :!" - Cro 5 "" Al i ; tans, Mischief, Flower of Yarrow, Wande re "phe be ' w e ' Cutters—Nautilus, E mera ld, F ore st Fifleroo, f rora, Cynthia, Arfr..zon,.Witch, Sapphire , -'-' of Yarrow. _. 5 .,„ OV S$. 9 tl4 , MEMBERS AT THE SQUADR"l3 e ntill e-ic 'l3P e j, Lord Castl , ete agh, Lord Seaton, 0 . G rA liste' e el' ti , and Capt. Wm, Lyon. Sir Dellinglialla to be lgu rc t 5, is expected daily, when his new yacht i 5 ,0 50 0, I d' i i C,/ The town continues very full, for the we b“ 401 . 4 0 1 . - le ; merous visitors continue to anive daily, till 1 - if Pi t s tinuance of gales of wind and. heavy . ray eaA tifii .posj ; The woatiter has now (Sunda: r) set lit b the 14: 0 0, and many, who have been wind-bound o ,ti li . the Old shore, wi ithave an opportunity of vis itl ; of t oc w ee v f l i e while the Sarah, for th e C a p e , an d thej g e dey 1 31 ; f etiv so long' wind-bound i n o ur roa d s, have t'll'b r eerlM '. for thei. r p or t s o f d est i nat i on, w i t h a fin e eav,tw ft• rd. Bar. 29.45. -__-_-_ , ,---,,-...----..--, l _-- -- Aiti , of T HE MARKETS --Tr!' - ' - ' yQ , foO ti st CORN EXCHANOD . .O d e sCa:o l, o ol Last week's arrival s we re mo d era te of a `i e rgbli ''sol, e P Grain. The fresh su ppl y of new Corn w 54 tv t, be ttl ot o 00 1 the condition of most sar tplei tender. Wh i r r tba n tles o ,te °I and. Foreign, was Is. to 2s. per quarter hig_!„,., ,sr sr' Braley, previously rs so Id at last week't rathe r be tt 4 e ,bip r Peas . as previously quote d. Oats met a d sl oe, a ° 0 ',est week's rates. Flon r met an improve O f i tels were rather dearer.. 0,5 1 ;l00 0t f fall ml4O 6 52 ARRIPALs °Ft.:MAIN IN LONDON .-•""a a go. I, J O Wheat. Berle'. ogg, OP ii,l L 1,601 V 11. u4O g ri. 10,7 0 --- , s 6 „te 9,116 500 , ritlC 31 aog a oAB,• D or sr"' , f ) ..... ' tly To' Small(ne • .. •"',. : Wheat,lled (old) ..!tis 70s BO ns, _ (0 1,4) ... _.,.., 0 i. ----White (old) 4ils. 745. --------. Ite,11841) ..52.a. 555. ------------ 1 :....... 1c1" ( 1 0 'c 1it;: : . .. .. .................. ------_ ______" --- -- w iEr i li m ne l . ) „ 5 . .. 5 56 62 15 g 5 . . • 5, 6 6 '3 4 5 5 i . .. -------______--. _______... liar 7 . 7 . . E1 e d . ) . *:: : :,......; 1 ; ,/ ,,,i ------- 'Pine ..... ~,,,,, ' Oar , Fcc a .... v • .... ...d7;.2 --..---.. Superfine ....t45. vbs. -, ___. NO- " . " -,,',. 0 --...-Foteign free .,...514 7.2 c. -----", land ............... ~ i,. Ry( ~,,,...:3S, . .ini. -10 N e w .. ...... niP,F mutt7to::frelj _____----- ........ ••la O f Etarlay .----- Grinding.... .......... ,s. 32.5. --- r° ..... Vey' ..... ••• . 1r6 7 ,, ,--- Malting.... .... ....? 2s. 363. --- -- s ;; 0 , ............... •':5 0 4, Malt ..........' ios, 60s. ----- Iri3h.. ........ sick).,..ta, eo, ---- Fine New , „ 0)0 .... .4 6 . • Pease, Grey, New ..... ..., .355. 375. Flour ' Ay , ___d s , ... ..!...,.. s, oi .......... Maple Ne m ~ ~...5.63. 40a. ------ ~ 1 ‘ , .cr();11 6°W.1.t.j.7.... , White...„,..„ „..1-13. 24 , . ---'''' ......... !.. ' 01. 0 0 Boilers ,,...37... 40:. Bran ...... __,...•i ~ If Si [ITIIFIELD AIABI_F-1101 ye r io l i ic r e, lei the 6 ;"'„ 113: 3 0 1 , o Of Serer Of prer je The supr,,ly of C was to middling,wer pric thees were tia a a *submittednd optordi:c e!s. k:vr . prl cc% 0 10 1 406 'to s4sh.e. 9 e.' : , 4s. 86 supply was short, t he demand not bri k and reduction °l3 fle'ty), Pigs the supply w a s plentiful, and a ‘ , 5, 330 ; gs... too.. }dace. B B: ea5f : 5 , 3 :, 4 73 d , 1 . I F 4s. 10d. ; Veal, Is. Bd. to ss. 6d. ; A ( " l iclo - TEA MARKE T ' r o ile- ,2 10s ti The market v /as firm, agood demand p e a __„,, was the lowest p: i ce , for Congou, cash. Comp "J Thep HOP MARKET. ,_ „ a id , •, eo:/, I There uas a' :Risk sale, and advanced ra r :',l: o r dti ty 1 0 1 Por: ing has proved tc:s than was expected. ' , i. Ws at 170,0001. ' Pk, ) prices of New flops are v English Irish roreign 411yri i 4(14.. Akr '";:•44.4 ris , )t: , 1 __~ EVENING SUN I