The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-27 00:00:00

JVENING SUN CikPTURE OF THE MERDERER OT MR. BURDO.N. inslme for Hodson and policeman Edward Bristow, .„ .569 , .o have been i n d e f at i ga b le since the murder of ail; H ardon in their endeavours to capture Blakes ley' on Saturday afternoon last, having ob lame 1 some clue to his retreat, started off for Bee fordshire, a person answering the description ofd ilakesley having been wandering about that neigh be'' ar'nood since Wednesday last, in a distressed and agitated state. Front information received on the ro ad by Inspector Hodgson, and Bristow .the police- It an, it appeared that on Wednesday last, about twelve 0. 1 clock, a person ' suppos e d t o b e Bl a k esley, was seen `if - 4 the neighbourhood of Potter's-bar, asking charity at • !veral public-houses. On. the following morning, at name o'clock, the same individual was seen at Bell-bar, al )(rut two miles front Potter's-bar, on the Hadfield road. He was then in a very dejected state of ind. 1..) ion the police obtaining this information bay made . further inquiries on the subject, when it was Ascertained, that a person answering the description of ithe man • rho had been seen at Bell Bar, had been beggi 'ig at every public-house on the road, aitating 'dr it he had been unfortunate in bu 'and was without the . means of procur . jug: :rt sing; e meal. He was afterwards traced to the. Grerit rd at` Hatfield Woodside, where he told a very disire tale, saying that he was almost starving, and that ho luiluld receive with the greatest thankfulness e'r\nt a co' *f potato, when relief being refused him, he put up hr, hands apparently in a state of desperation, rail out of the house, and took refuge under the hedge. 'Upon forth .er inquiry being made, it was found that from • Hatfield he went begging to the Angel at Langley, for upon the polic e squiring of the landlord of that inn he told them that a r est iecta ble-looking man, answering the descrir2- tion they gave, had been at his house on Friday ; that be appea red ,in a very distressed and low conditioa, and. that :out of charity he gave hip, a per ny. Upn n further inquiry being mace at anc.,4ley Toll-bar, it was discovered that a v4 Qeson at iswering Bls kesley's description had plea Jed want IC , the toll-bar• man, and had asked him to - purchase a irtir brush, a cork-screw, and a razor-strop.. This the tell-man declined doing, but he gave hie,. 2d. out of charity, whi ch, it appeared, he aft arwards spent at the Thr ie Horse Shoes for a . pi nt of b eer . While he was; at the Horse Shon % ne asked some drove r that w•a: ; there to purchase th': razor strop, offer ing :;.t for a pent; y. It appeared he did not give a penny for it, but a pap, rof tobacco. Yenna Langley the police ivi!nt to Welwyn where they fo'rod that Blakestey had been inAuiring most anxiously for a .Lc..alon paper, but could ne t obtain the sight of one, k-n, this neighbourhood he els . ) asked for t •harity, and several pence and other thlogs riven b im. lie U . AS afterwards traced to the • Moo- liens, It t the Lo' "ton side of Hitchin, where he also folicited • illarity. 'in Friday he was at the Rose and C. own a t Eitchir where he asked for a London paper, which he appe's..ed to read with great trepidation, and afterward s to drop it sudd en l y on the floor. It was suppose a that he was in Bitchin all day on Saturday, lit/ lug tnpon charity.. About two o'clock on Sunday mon ling, a policeman belonging to the Hertford shire constf .bula ry force, as he was passing through Hitehin-ma' :ket, thought he heard a person moaning, atiti ippare' .ttly fin distress, and upon going to the place, whence Vie so unds proceeded, he discovered Blakes ley, who ':stauti that he had no home—that he was in great; distress, and . that -he did not know what. to do. Upon this he was taken to the stati on-',r ouse as a vagrant. When there, he asked ti as officers present,. if they had seen the London tapers. with th e account o f Mr. Bur ton's • murt' in them, and upon his being told that they b ad; he said, " I am the man that committed the murde C." Some time after Blakesley had been taken into cpsti Inspector Hodson and Policeman Bristow arrived • m Hitchin, and from information they received ?proceed .ed immediately to the station-hou se , where Bris . . tow at , °rice recognised Blakesley, he having known him _:for a - 4r • umber of,years. Immediately on his seeing Bris tow, ..'illakesley• inquired h ow hi s w if e was, and upon f laeinf ; told that . she was better, he thanked :God and said that he felt much easier since —lle had acknowledged the murder. Insp v ector Hod ' 'n and Bristow arrived in town this morning from Hit ? pia, leaving Blakesley in the custody •of inspector i; llalbin, of the Hertfordshire police, who refused to •?.. .14. deliver 'him up until he had received orders to that 3 effect from Captain Robinson, the Superintendent of the ,Force. The pri soner was brought this morning in-eustody of • the Hertfordshire police, and conducted before the Lord Mayor, when the .fellowing evidence was given. ;-•-• EXAMINATION OF THE PRI SONER TIIIS DAY. Saturday night; Robert Blakesley, for whose ap , yel' a ension a reward of 1001. had been offered by Go -,ver invent, was discovered in the market-place at Hitchen, He tts, and this morning, at six o'clock, he was• conveyed • :in it post-chaise to London, and underwent an examma ' t7":.on.' before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-611 Se. A ,Igreat crowd of persons assembled around the Mansion house ; and, besides the Lord Mayor, there were also • :..present, Aldermen Marshall, Gibbs, Carroll, Kelly, Hum ,: phery, and Pirie. Mr. Harvey, the Cornmissiener of •, .P.olice, was likewisoin attendance. The prisoner betrayed such weakness on being placed "t: at the bar, that he was allowed a seat, and his-eounte hance (which was only i now and then seen from his hang ... ing his head dawn), appeared exceedingly pale and de- . pieted great wretchedness ; when he spoke, he did so in a clear and firm tone-, Robert Dean, of the Hitchen Police, said—Between el even and twelve ()clock on Saturday night, -the , 25th - " l isto I was on duty in, the market-place, llitchen, and I 431 " V the prisoner, Robert Blakesley, loitering about -there. I had received instructions from my Su s perintendent to be very particular in noticing .the arrival of any stranger. After watching him some ?time I went up and 'spoke to him. He told me he was .almost mad, and that I might take him into custody. I asked him what for; and he replied, "I suppose you :t-have heard of the circumstance in London." I rejoined, "I suppose you are the man who stabbed the landlord and your wife." Re - answered " Yes, the landlOrd and oy wife, and Ido not mean to say any more." . I took itn to the station-house, and he several times ejaculated (A, I think I hear that shriek !—it is her's—f think. her•now." Heivas searched at the station-house, and t 1 e letters produced were fuund upon him.—(Letters. from li: is wife and mother were here handed in). Il e h a d st •veral trifling articles about him, but no nr n i ey. H e 'As id at the station-house, "I did not mean ..to ' kill Mr. o 3 ordou, b ut h e got b etween us . I inter.ded to ( kill my and then myself." William Rattan, City pelice-con;table 542, who saw 111 4 , prisp ner i n L ea d e nh a ll- mar k e t, on the nig h t previous 10 the raurder; identified the prisoner as 'being Robert Ill aktrAley. His evidence was nearly the same as he' g 4, ve !..i.efore the 'Coroner at the inquest upon Mr. Bur 14011's body. IfelTh:',lio.s LORD MAYOR then qurAtioned the prisoner as —Prisoner, what 'is y - our name ? Answer (with mach firmness)—Robert '3lr.xesley. What is you r age ? Twenty- seven- What is your profeSakiii ? I was " b rought upas a clerk 'An the counting-house of my father, 'wo is in the cloth, trade. Where did you reside ? In asinghall-street, City. Had you any other residence ? my Lord. Edward Bris',ow, city police-constable; said, I have • 7 known the pririoner three or fuur weeks, and I know him 1 he the p ers , 3 n who went by the n ame R o b er t Blakes ,/,;', • e Y• I am ELC' painted with his person:, In answe r to the LORD MAYOR, the witnesses said 4tato they had h'een bound over by the Coroner to appear at ;;Eri :the .Old P,ailey. The LORD MAYOR asked if the prisoner was suffi 4ciently recovered to stand up ? ;tr Bli•%tesley her e r ose , b ut was o bli ged to be supported ae' two officers who stood in ate dock with him. The Loan MA.rott (addressing' the prisoner)—You :bwie heard the statement made by the officers against au, and the deposition s are now preparing, an d w ill • .Enortly be read over to you. l . 'you have anything to ispi z .say. now is your time. ; r a The prisoner, (holding dowuhis head)—No, my Lord, mot : until the day of trial, when all the truth will come .out. It is not as Mrs. Burdou has stated. 1 ,_ . 412 The depositions were then formally read Over and andln the interim the prisoner whispered to the •orlicers next hinA--" I wish nut to be left alone:" This "being repeated. to the Lord Mayor, he replied— , " Ver.)" well, his wish shall be attended to." Dein-,During the time he has been with us he •h as been supp'.ied with books, and be wishes that 'indulgence t:: - to .be extended towards him in Newgate. • r, /HE LORD MAYOR—Very \Yell, he shall have proper . 1 6 . The - drisoner was a acrwards removed to Newgate in pc:e.t chaise that 'Jrought him from Hitchen, followed td ‘' tlujtutinense crowd of personA. rt.' 41 1;irttr b. - Henry flardinge, as Secretary at War, has • appointed Di Captain Wood to be hi s P r i va t e S ecre t a ry. od ! . - Dispatch es were forwarded from the Home att, si • (),„ ,f stleee yesterday morn i ng f or h er M a j esty at Wi n d sor ‘-a ,• 7 4, Wily ;are a lady's stays, laced painfully tight, :'e t:ae sr.r nm e of one of Milton's heroes? B ecause th e are • " „„ "g'..nr. S t y 0 ., 11 F. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS._ The of the Royal Botanic Society came to a decision, at ,„: meeting on Saturday, to terminate the premenaries for the J .-4 'cm. They had been fashionably attended, but the weather • • .Z.2:10t0 likely to be again sufficiently propitious for the confirm ' gee of this elegant amusement. e h is said that the King of Hanover has sent a 1 .:11 tributi on o f fi ve h un d re d poun d s towar d s a fund, now bein g 3 ,71 for th e f am il y o f t h e l ate Th eo d ore Ho o k. l' it SLIDING SCALE.—Great has been the -ter). irk f avour of the sl i d i ng scale.. Its beauties and advan ., i t _g_Pa are ju s t now most c l eat l y di scern ibl e . Th e averages 4,7 e, been for ce d up to that point which reduces the duty upon 0 To wheat to one rhiaing per quarter; and in the course of ast week one and a half of quarters of foreign .E,,, • Th i , at hm , o been admitted to home consumption at this duty. Is the season when the p oorer class of farmers are corn ""ic 4 1 - ,; . ed to bring their grain to market to raise money, and in 2c 917 market they meet the fotei n wheat at free trade" 4,P, 'What a gloriou s thin then g i s the sliding scale for the 1:)4 ;J itli ' 4l°l i e tkn" of the British la g r:ne! ' Carlisle Journal. toilit ter received at Paris from " 4. al ced to the Academy of Sciences the .death of the Geneva has an- Iguished botanist M. de Candolle, one _of the most t r i ,‘• • n Th e r its corresponding members. General Steam Navigation Company s Tar r i v " 0 A:. ,trauatrt, vu it the Ciustom-house yesterday with the Dutch • AMERICAN NEWS. UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The New York packet ship Cambridge, Capt. Bursley, arrived here to-day, having left that city on the Ist inst. By this opportunity we have received all the New York papers of the Ist inst., but do not find in them any news of po litical interest to the readers on this side of the Atlantic. The usual report of the Money Market and a summary of the commercial news, will be found beloW. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. TUESDAY, AUG. 31.—A fair amount of business was done at the Stock hoard this morning, at generally bet ter prices. U. S. Bank improved per cent ; Delaware and Hudson, ,1 ; Harlem, ; Patterson, ; Mohawk declined Saes of Bills on Philadelphia, 23 a 2 ; Mobile, 8 a ; Illinois Six per Cent. Stock, 1870, 55 New York Fi ve p er Cent., 1858, 86k. There is a good business doing in sterling bills. The transfer of the public funds from the Merchants' Bank to the Bank of Commerce, appears to have given as great general dissatisfaction as the selection of the Merchants' Bank met with approval. The manner of the operation was such as justly to condemn the Secretary of the Treasury for a financier, and is in the highest de gree discreditable to the Federal Government. Instead of coming into the market on fair and above-board terms the issue cie $1,000,000 is made in an underhand way to the Barak of Commerce, which concern takes through James G. ICing, who made the negotiations on condition that, that institution should have the Government depo aces. Here is a direct alliance and contract between the Federal Government and a " Wild Cat Bank." Instead of standing on its own credit and resources, the Govern ment bribes an agency of the foreign houses to take its stock at a certain rate ; or, in other words, it sells the custody of the public funds to a clique of brokers for a consideration... The contract is, that if these brokers take the public loan at a certain rate, they shall have the public deposits. The Government thereby relinquish all right to remove them, as long as the institution fulfils its part of the bargain. The Sub-Treasury has been re ' pealed ; -scarcely. thirty days, and already the Treasury Department has lost its independence. It is bound to the same set of men that have plunged New York head and ears in debt---so much so, that the Commissioners have advertised for a loan that they cannot obtain, and then they go round "cap in hand," begging company loans of the banks. If the next Secretary of the Treasury is per mitted to go on, six montlis j ,will not elapse before the general Government will be in the same condition. The present Cabinet are not of President Tyler's choice —the extra session was not only not of his calling, but is against his avowed approbation. Its whole proceedings, and with the exception of the bankrupt law, all the measures before it, he is opposedo.to. He took things as he found them at .the death of the late President, and has thus far endured both the session and the Cabinet • and they have verified the old adage, "put a beggar on horseback.." &c. With the breaking up of the - session, and the dis solution of the Cabinet, the President will organize a new one, more in accordance with the spirit and wants of the people ; and the miserable mistake of the present officers will be rectified. RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. $3,000 N. Y. State s's, 1858 • . 86 $ 3,000 Illinois 6's, 1870 55 50 Shares Delaware and Hudson lOB4 25 Ditto N. A. Trust 50 D:tto Farmer's Loan 564 50 Ditto United States Bank ... 25 Ditto Vicksburg Bank 160 Ditto Mohawk Rai1r0ad........ 50 Ditto Paterson Railroad 100 Ditto Long Island 25 Ditto Stonington cash 35i 100 Ditto Harlem Railroad r 20i SECOND BOARD. 100 Shares U. S. Bank 50 Ditto do s6o 11 50 Ditto do .... 100 Ditto Long Island . b 3 33i 50i COTTON TRADE. The market has been very heavy since the arrival of the last packet. The whole decline may be put at cent. in this city. In the Southern markets, there is, as is usually the case at this season of the year, but little doing. The accounts of the growing crops are contra dictory, but there is nothing to lead to the conclusion that the yield will be otherwise than large, As we have remarked on a former occasion, the weight of bales this year is larger than that of last year. CORN-TRADE.—FIour in this market ranges from $5,50 to $6,75 a barrel. In the last day or two the de mand has decreased, and the supplies increased a little. This year's crop in New York will reach an average or say a little short. And the accounts from Virginia, although somewhat conflicting, still we think there will be an average crop. Pennsylvania will also give an average yield. In the northern part of Ohio the crop will be good, but falls short of an average in the southern. In the aggregate, however, there will be more than an average. The crops of the upper lake country turned out decidedly good. Whence, and from previous statements published by us, it appears that there is a favourable prospect for an average crop in 1841. Comparing these statements, it is to be seen that only a material difference exists between prospects in 1840 and 1841, and as it is against this year, there is a pro bability, as we stated on the start, that prices this year may be a fraction higher than they were last ; and they can only be a fraction higher from the demand which may come from England. It is, therefore not un reasonable to expect that the prices this fall will range from $5 to $6 a barrel. FROM FLORIDA. Despatches have been received at the "War Depart ment from Colonel Worth, commanding the army in Florida, up to the 18th inst. They furnish gratifying evidence of the continued activity of the troops in ex ploring the hiding places of the enemy, and in promptly pursuing predatory parties among the settlements. The Colonel commanding reports the coming in of ten Indians since the report of the Bth of August, and the capture, by Lieut.-Colonel Riley, of a sub-chief of Halleck Tustenuggee's band, from the possession of whom he expects material assistance in the furtherance of his plans. It is believed that the settlements can be suffici ently protected without the necessity of calling- out militia. In connection with this object Colonel Worth has happily conceived the plan of recalling to their plantations the settlers who have been driven away by Indiansland of encouraging the citizens to form new settlements, promising to such as may avail themselves of the proposed arrangement, rations and armed forces to aid them in protecting themselves, whenever such protections shall be necessary and practicable. Under the direction of Major Wilcox, a zealous and efficient officer, to whom this service has been confided, the pro ject has met with great success, two hundred and ninety eight persons having already been enrolled to form new settlements, and to re-occupy old ones, of whom one hundred and four are able to bear arms. These armed settlements are chiefly in a section of country heretofore much annoyed . byban depredations, and may be ex pected to exert the happiest influence in repressing the inroads of the enemy, and giving confidence to the border ECctlers.—National Intelligencer. _____ E _ THE WEATHR.—NOON, SEPTEMBER ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, ADELAIDE-STREET. Barometer Thermometer... 63 1 Highest 63 J Lowest ..... 45 Wind S. W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. A SCENE FOR THE PAINTER.—The follow ing incident, which, for appalling interest, surpasses anything we have yet encountered, occurred at the late great meeting in the 'town-eall, Manchester. In the course of the speech of Sir Thomas Potter,_ whilst alluding to th e grea t i nc r eas e of commitments to the New Bailey prison, he said, " I have been horror-struck to hear the observation from the prisoners brought up at the Cou-t, that they wished to be sent to prison, that they would prefer going to the New Bailey, for there they would be better fed than they could be at home.—(Cries of " Hear, hear," from the crowd, and " that's true.") Now, this is a shocking state of things. (Cries of "We want to go.") No, no, you don't deserve to go. And I do say that there is not a population in the world who are bearing their sufferings with such fortitude and such resignation as you are bearing them. They cannot be endured long, Gentlemen ; it is impossible." Here is a scene for the pencil of a Satvator Rosa. The venerable and benevolent Knight is addressing' a crowded meeting, in which arc seen many hundreds of the haggard and careworn faces of unemployed artisans, who, in the desperation of famine, im plore the excellent old Magistrate to commit them to prison, where they may find that food which is denied them at home. Tears start into his eye), and his. manly frame is convulsed with emotion, as he denies them their wretched request, as suring them that tl ey are_too good to go to prison. To com plete the picture, the artist must introduce the figure of an old warrior, of stern asPect, wrapped in a comfortable cloak, with' his back turned towards the meeting, uttering these words -4." This is the only country in the world in which a poor man, who is industriou s and sober, is sure to obtain a competence." Should a painter take our hint, and *put on canvas a record of this scene, we must, for the sake of our country and our creed, implore hi m not to transmit to posterity the fact, that if occurred in Christian England, in the year 1841.—Anti- Bread-tax Circular. FIRE IN CORK.—On Saturday night last it was discovered, at about ten o' c l oc k, that the oil and colour s tores of Mr. Wilson , in Cove-street, i n t hi s c i ty, were on fire, and in less than half an hour afterwards tt e entire establish ment was one mass of fire. Te engines were well worked, and at one o'clock the fire was completely got under, at which time nothing was left of the stores or their contents but a heap of mouldering ruins.—Cork Southern Reporter. A BADGER HUNT.---." While the D u k e o f Orleans," says the Conimerce, " was recently shooti ng i n t h e woods of Versailles , his dogs starter., a badger of enormous size which soon buried himself in his hole, and thus for a time escape.). Determined to secure his unexpected game, the Prince engaged ten labourers to dig the beast out ; his Royal Highness set his own hand stoutly Rn to e t l h H e i n gh o n rk es ,s s a t n h d en th r e eti m re e d, n persevered till ten at night. His 3' but r t three in the morning returned , and found that his men had been employed the whole night w itho e u n t i r m ea e c l h s i t n il g l r t e h m ei ai r nobed ject. At eleven in the day the tenacious in his stronghold ; the Duke and his m en hungry and fatigued, and perceiving the Prince conveniently became-e a house in the distance, sent to ask for any refreshment that could be afforded. The house proved to be t y e hos l cent d p own itabl a sumptuous M. Mallet, the banker, who immediate . he mansion of breakfast. At one o'clock the badger was reached and taken alive, and the Prince sect it to the Garden of Plants in the name of Mme. Mallet. This capture cost the Prince Royal not less than &iof." A SCHOOL-Bolt's \VIT.—The master of instila free grammar-sch o ol was one day endeavouring to ns- into the minds of his pupils that two negatives make a p tive. On a remarkably fine day, shortly afterwards, the boys were petitioning their master for an afternoon which he, th e m as t er , h as til y r eplied, " No, no." Th s e t y o were accordingly repairi ng t o th e i r stuoies, when _one of the hots (a very .shrewd lad) r minded him of the .fact, t hat Two negatives made a p os iti ve ," and therefore claimed a ho liday. The master, pleas e d w ith the boy's wit, immediate l y Iranted the request. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 1841. THE L E VANT MAIL. The Levant Mail has ari:ved, with letters from Con stantinople of the 7th inst., from Alexandria of the 6th, Malta of the 15th, and Smyrna of the 9th. The accounts from Constantinople announce the arrival of the British steam-boat Acheron there on the 3d inst., to be placed at the disposrl of Lord Ponsonhe, who, it was said, would go to Venice. The day of his departure was not fixed. It was said that the personnel of the British Embassy at Constantinople would be completely changed. Samy Bey continued to have frequent interviews with the Sultan. 'The Sultan had ratified the Treaty signed in London on the 13th of July by the Five Great Powers. His Highness visited the powder magazine at San Stefano on the 2d inst., after which he accepted a dinner from the Director, and returned in the evening to his Palace on board the Turkish steamer Iskudar, belceging to a private Company. The Smyrna journals of the 9th inst. announce the ar rival of the Turkish Grand Admiral, Tahir Pasha, in that port on the 7th inst., having under his command a line-of-battle ship, two corvettes, and a cutter. On his entrance into the harbour the French brig of war Alci biade, and the Austrian corvette Clemenza, the only foreign ships of war on the station, gave him the usual salute, which was returned shot fur shot. The Governor and all the city authorities immediately went on board to compliment the Admiral on his glorious termination of his expedition against Candia. Our private correspondence from Beyrout, dated the 2d instant, states that everything wears a peaceful appearance in Syria. The Sultan had agreed to the petition of the mountaineers of Libation, and reduced the tribute to 3,500 purses (17,5001. sterling) yearly. The Emir Kassirn • Beshir and the Patriarch of Mount Libanon, are to be independent of the other Paellas of Syria, whilst they are to be allowed to appoint Ministers to represent them at Constantinople in the same manner as the other Michas of. the empire. The Turks are not to interfere with the Christians of Libanon, except through the Porte. It was said that the Sultan had published a firman in Syria, announcing that the English were • not to enjoy any exclusive privileges more than the other European nations. This appeared the more extraordinary, as it was understood that all nations should enjoy equal privileges : it was, therefore, unnecessary to publish such a firman. It was likewise said that several British travellers, fearing that the Turkish fanaticism might be excited by this finnan, had withdrawn from Syria, and assembled at Bilegik on the Euphrates. At the same time a steam-boat arrived from Malta at Beyrout with orders to the British officers there to return to that island. The British ships of war Rodney and Calcutta, which left Alexandria on the 22d ult., arrived at Djoune on the 27th. The French and Russians in Syria were exciting the population throughout Syria against Protestantism, through the medium of the convents and priests. Even the Nestorians were preaching against the reformed reli gion. At no period was Russia so devout an attendant at the holy sepulchre of Jerusalem as at present. The report of Palestine being about to be constituted into an independent Christian State atilt prevailed. The caravan from Bagdad had arrived at Damascus, composed of 1,500 camels laden with galls, tobacco, and Indian corn. The navigation of the Euphrates had experienced fresh difficulties, and two boats had been lost in the shallows. The English had landed their provisions, and intrenched themselves against the Arabs, who intercepted their com munications. • • There remained at Bey rout four British ships. of war, one cutter, and two steam-boats. From Alexandria, under date of the 6th instant, our correspondent states that the Nile had risen to the height of 22 15-24 cubits, and caused the irrigation of the lands to be complete. It was considered that if the Nile did not rise higher, the crops would be most abut'• dant this year ; but if the contrary were the case, that destruction and ruin would ensue. Agriculture was at present attended to with the same zeal by Mehemet Ali which he formerly displayed fur war and conquest. All the superior officers of the army and the navy, together with a number of soldiers and seamen, were placed along the Nile, in Upper Egypt, and the Delta, to attend to agriculture, and a great emulation existed amongst them to become good cultivators. All Mehemet Ali's nephews, Ibrahim, Achmet, &c., were pursuing the same occupation : even Ibrahim Pacha, the General-in- Chief, was vying with his father in producing better corn, and he had already succeeded in selling his crops at 23- piastres per ardeb more then Mehemet Ali, in con sequence of their superior quality. He was heard to say, a few days since, that in three years he would ren der Egypt the richest agricultural country in the world. Menikli Ahmet Pacha, who was appointed to direct the canals and agriculture of Upper E g ypt, wrote to t h e Pacha some time since, saying that he was always dis posed to serve him as formerly in his military capacity, but he knew nothing of agriculture, and begged of him to dispense with his services in that pursuit. The Pacha for answer deprived him of his Nishan, in other words, cashiered him. He is, nevertheless, as much as e ver at tached to the Pacha. He is the only cavalry General in the east. He distinguished himself in the battles of Koniah, Konis, Nezib, Koulelc, Bagaz, and with the army in the north of Syria, which he conducted, almost unin jured, to Damascus, and thence to Egypt. He is, in fine, a species of Eastern Murat. • Mehemet Ali was anxiously waiting the arrival of Said Bey, who had asked permission of the Sultan to return, and who was expected at Alexandria in a few days. The Egyptian transport cutter No. 20, laden with 4,000 ardebs of wheat, for the Pacha's account, sailed from Alexandria, for Falmouth, on the 30th ult. Free dom of commerce was no longer mentioned in Egypt, although an English ship took in a cargo of Egyptian wheat at Suez, on paying a duty of 12 per cent., as fixed by the treaty of the 16th of August, 1839. A zuerchant'at Alexandria., who wished to ship a cargo of wheat on the sth instant, was prevented by the Pacha, who said it was necessary to wait until the result of the, rising of the Nile should be ascertained. The Govern ment had raised the price of wheat from 51 piastres the ardeb to 61, barley from 36, and beans from 29 to 41 piastres. 7,000 ardebs had been sold at that price. Colonel Napier and Mustapha Bey, the colonel from Constantinople, still remained at Ale xan d r i a , wa i t i ng t h e surrender of he Syrian soldiers. According to the Sultan's order, those . soldiers were to be conveyed to Syria on board Egyptian transports. Mr. Barnett, the Consul-General, had written to the Paella on the subject, and Colonel Napier visited at the Palace in full uniform on the 27th ult. Lists of the Syrians were being pre pared, and the transports to convey them were getting ready for sea. in order to • embarrass that of Portugal; • whom it - has I viewed with suspicious fear ever since the reconciliation of the letter to the see of Rome.. It appears from statements made in the Cortes, as, well as in the public, journals, • that the contraband trade in English cotton goods from . Gibraltar. up the river Guadiana, has increased to a prodigious extent, the smugglers mustering in .such numbers, and in so formid able an array, as •to put the revenue officers and their military escorts to flight whenever they appear. They (the smugglers) have likewise a regular squadron of armed boats, by means of which they have made them selves completely masters of the r;ver and neighbouring coast. This is an almost necessary consequence of the exorbitancy of the tariff. duties ; but. these people are so infatuated on th a t po i nt as not to evince the least • disposition to give up their mi s t a ken system of commer cial policy. The Marquis o f S a ld an h a w i ll procee d s next week, to Madrid, via C a di z , on a special miss i on to t h e S pan i s h Goyernment; resp ec ti ng t h e o bj ect .o f w hi c h t h ere are a variety of conjectures. The Government have sent to Oporto for the 28th Light Infantry, which, together with the 27th, quar tered at Mafra, are to be sent on to Algarve with all despatch. The Queen and Court • have come from Cintra for the season, as well as the diplomatic corps and all the rest of the hula ton of Lisbon. • The English steam-vessel Ipswich, 86 tons, 60 horse power, bound from London to Jamaica, has put in here in a very damaged state, and will have to undergo exten sive repairs. After the Marquis of Saldanha has fulfilled his mission to the Spanish Government, he will continue his rout to Vienna, where he is going as Envoy Extraordinary. FLANDERS -AN - D DUTCH BRUSSELS, SEPT. 23.—A salute of twenty-one guns has announced the fetes .of the eleventh anniversary of the Four Days. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 24.—The King left St. Clou'l yes terday morning. He passed the night at Amiens, and will reach Courtray to-day about four o'clock. A spe cial train will be ready to receive him and bring him in the evening to the capital. On Saturday there will be :a grand dinner at Court on the occasion of the arrival .of the Duchess of Kent, Orders have been received at t h e P a l ace immediately to prepare her apartmpts. The Duke of Saxe-Coburg, his Majesty's elder bro ther, who is now at Paris with :his daughter, the Duchess of Nemours, is expected very shortly at Brussels. A letter from Luxembourg .aays :—" The news that King William 11. has refused to ratify the treaty incor porating the Grand Duchy with Germany arrived here on Saturday evening, and carried universal joy. Every body was glad that the King had been made to under stand the true situation and the wishes of the country. Addresses have been sent by all the Commercial Councils of the Grand Duchy to his Majesty to thank him for the firmness he has shown on this occasion, and to ask a commercial arrangement with Belgium. The King, in fact, appears to be much inclined to this, for in announcing to the Commission his refusal of the ratifica tion he gives them to understand that the Belgian Go vernment had made overtures to him, and that he hoped the Grand Duchy would find a vent for its manufactures on that side. A brillian reception is preparing at Lux embourg for the Commissioners. The 'Addresses above-mentioned were sent to the Hague on Monday ldst. The merchants of Luxembourg ask merely an assmi:ation to the Belgian tariff of Cus toms. - The inhabitants of the Belgian portion of the Luxembourg are equally rejoiced at this circumstance. There, as well as in the Grand Duchy, the inhabitants are sensible that the rupture of the negotiations with Germany was a step towards ~..the commercial fusion of the two countries, which have so much need of each other. BATAVIA, AUG. 30.—We leant from Amborna that on the Ist of November last year t.h3re was an earthquake at Gelelo, which destroyed all the brick buildings. From the 3d to the 15th of September tin , shocks returned with increasing violence. They seemed .to have no connexion with the mountain of Tunale. TRIEST, SEPT. 14.—The French steamer Acheron arrived to-day from Athens and Corf, x, with 11. Pisca tory, the French Deputy, returning frok n his mission to Greede. DUTCH FUNDS.—AstBTERDAN, Stan. 2g. bloi 'es. Bill, . Actual Debt, 2% per Cent Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A in.,* t Syndic, 4 6 per cent 92 92;6 Ditto, ditto, 36 per cent 7t) 6 :6% Commercial Company, 4 , 4 ?er cent ' 154% 155% Ditto (1635 and 1837) 5 per cent. ..... Loan 1837, 5 per cent. 97% LB Exchange on London, One month ...,.., 12 016 Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 75 . Two months 35 69 Dutch Papers, Sept. 25. 8E.L.01A1 , 1 .11.1 t4DB—lssussai.s. SEPT. f 3 Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Retlischild's Loan, 5 per Ca1t.......... ...... Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 93 ----- 3 per Cent. — ---d.Thirty.seven-------- .•... 0 t_.,..p 9 _„,„ 1(2 Loan of City, 1.12, 4 per Cent ..... 0034 Society of Commerce, 434 per Cent .... 1,3% Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ........ .............. 74 NationalSeciety. .... , Exchange on London (short) Brussels Paper:, Sept: 24. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vissixa, SEPT. 16 fire per Coats. Metalliques ............... If6 j Four per Cent 5...„.......„ ....... .................. 91 , 4 Three pt. r Cents• ....... " .................... .•••••••••••••• 7 5 Rank Shares ........ .• ...... ............ )574 —Allgemeine Zahn's. Sept. 21 THE CORN LAWS AND COMMERCIAL REFORM. UXBRIDGE. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Uxbri lge and its vicinity was convened in the Assembly-room, on Friday evening last, to take into consideration the pro priety of memorialising her Majesty to keep Parliament assembled till the Corn-laws had bem discussed by the Le,l , 2 islature, and to hear a lecture from Mr. S. Smith. The Rev. P. NEWLAND, of Chalfont, was unani mously called upon to preside. The Rev. Gentleman, on taking the chair, stated that be considered the work in which they were about to engage was the discharge of a solemn and Christian duty, and that they could not comma:um the proceedings of the evening ws'h greater propriety than by lifting up their voices to that great and good !Icing who gave them not only the bread of life, but dispensed liberally the bread that perisheth. The Re Y. Gentleman then gave out two verses of the 40th Psalm, and the entire assembly rose, and with the deepest fervour joined in the religious service, The impression produced by this solemn commencement was exceedingly striking, and forcibly recalled to the reader, of English history, that passage of it in which in the last great struggle between the aristocracy and the people, the soldiers of the Commonwealth mingled reli gion with all their proceedings. Mr. SIDNEY SMITH then addressed the meeting on the political bearings of the question. He dwelt strongly upon the recent declaration of their venerable county Member, Mr. Byng, who had in effect declared that he had fondly hoped not only to have lived but to have died under the constitution of Crown, Lords, and Commons, but it was his fate in his old age to find his country de graded to the despicable condition of living under an absolute aristocracy, the very worst form of all govern ments. A resolution was then proposed and seconded in con formity with the object of the meeting. An address was then read and agreed to. which re ceived numerous signatures on the spot. Arrangements are being made to form anti-Corn-law associations at Chalfont, Chesham, High Wycombe, and Beaconsfield, and the dissenting ministers of BUckinghamshire are ra pidly giving in their adhesion to the movement, not only from their own sense of duty, but from the urgent requisitions of their hearers. MALTA. SEPTEMBER 15.—ARRIVALS OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.- Sept: 8, the Neapolitan steamer Vesuvio, R. Cafiero, from Naples and Sicily ; Sept. 10, her Majesty's frigate Carysfort, Captain H. B. Martin, C. 8., from the Dardanelles ; her Majesty's steamer Hecate, J. H.Ward, Esq., from off Beyrout ; Sept. 11, the Oriental and Penin sular Company's steamer Oriental, J. Soy, Esq., from England and Gibraltar ; Sept. 13, Neapolitan steamer Nongibello, F. Cafiero, from Naples and Sicily ; Sept. 14, French fsteam•packet Leonidas, Lieut. Lorin, from the Levant r her Majesty's steamer Prometheus, Lieut. T. Spark, from Marseilles. DEPARTURES OF SHIPS OF WAR AND PACKETS.— Sept. 8, the French steam-packet Minos, Lieut. Le Goff, for the Levant ; Sept. 9, the R. U. C. schooner, Ariel, C. B. Blayde, Esq., for Italy ; Sept. 12, the Neapolitan steamer Vesuvio, iI. Cafiero, for Sicily and Naples ; her Majesty's steamer Cyclops, Capt. H. T. Austin, for Genoa ; Sept. 13, her Majesty's transport (No. 6) So vereign, T. Pike master (Lieut. Dennehy, Royal Navy, agent),; for England; Sept. 14, the Oriental and Penin sular Company's steamer Oriental, J. Soy, Esq., for Alexandria.. PORT.—The Britannia, 120 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir J. A. Otnmanney, K.C.8.) ; Ceylon, 6 (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart.), Howe, 120 ; Indus, 78 ; Vanguard, 80 ; Carys fort, 36 ; steamers Gorgon, Locust, Polyphemus, Alecto, Stromboli, Hecate, Prometheus ; and the French stea mers Eurotas, Sesostris, and Leonidas ; the Oriental and Peninsular Company's steamer Iberia,' and the Nea politan steamer Motigibello., PORTUGAL. The Montrose steamer arrived at Falmouth on Sa-., turday morning at three A.M., furnishing the usual Pe ninsular dates. The following is from our Lisbon cor respondent, dated-7- LISBON, SEPT. 20.--General Macdonell was tried on the 14. instant, in a summary wanner, before the British Judge Conservator, and fully acquitted of all charges of a political nature. Ile was, however, found guilty of An infraction of the police regulations in having entered the country without a passport, and was accordingly sentenced to expulsion, eight days being all Owed him to make his arrangements for departure. The sentence was that he should meanwhile continue in confinement ; but bail having been tendered by a British merchant, and accepted by. the Judge, he was instantly set at liberty. I am sd rr y . t o a dd th at - hi s h ea l t h has beep. terypritich affected by the incarceration he underwent,:andthat he is at thi s moment ser i ous l y ill i n consequence of the hardships he has endured. The whole of the batch of twelve financial projects have been got through in the Chamber of Deputies without' any amendment, and will now have to go through a se cond ordeal in the Senate, where it is expected some of them will meet with great opposition, particularly the project for imposing a tax of 10 per cent. on the divi dends upon the domestic debt, and that in which the abolition of the differential duties is proposed. The Government has applied to the Con& for an authorisation to collect the revenue till the 3Dth ofJune, 1242. This application is quite unprecedentAt as'to the length of the term, such authorisations never having before been solicited for more than four months forward. It has accordingly been severely commented upon in the opposition journals. The question is yet pending, but no doubt will be decided in the affirmative, the Govern- . ment having in reality an absolute command over the present Chamber of Deputies. I understand that. a bill for 50,0001., on account of the expenses of General Clinton's army, in 1827, negotiated by Viscount Palmerston to Rothschild, has been pre sented here, and will become due on the Ist of October next. This will act as a terrible drain upon the trea sury, and will be felt the more inconvenient at this ,mo meat when money is so much required for the use of the troops to be sent to the province of Algarve. Affairs in that quarter are assuming a very serious aspect. The guerillas are daily increasing in numbers, and a good many persons have set off from this city to join them, a fact admitted in the Cortes by the Minister of *War himself. It does not yet appear very clearly whether they are purely Miguelites or Ultras, or a combination of both, which, indeed, is most generally thought to be the case. If so there are strong grounds for believing that the Spanish Government has a hand in the business DREADFUL ACCIDENT. BRISTOL, SATURDAY NlGHT.—lntelligence has been received in this city of the occurrence of a most calami tous accident, - attended with a large sacrifice of human life, at the Penydarran Iron Works, near Merthyr, the extensive furnaces of Mr. Alderman Thompson and Com pany: The immediate causo of the accident was, the bursting of the large boiler of the steam-engine con nected with the machinery ; but of the causes which led to the explosion no information has yet reached us. The explosion, according to a letter from Merthyr, " was a tremendous one, destroying a very large portion of the works. Six unhappy fellow-creatu;:es were killed almost instantaneously, and . eighteen others received injuries of the most dreadful charr.cter, s )me of them being mangled, and others frightfully scald:led. Three of them . have since died, and others are so dan generously injured that they are not ex' ectcd to r.cover. The sufferers are many of them married men, with large families dependent on them, who will now be deprived of their principal means of support." Another communi cation says, " Not the le as t di s t ress i n g part of the occur rence is, that it will take, in all probabiLity, two months or upwards to repair the damage done to the works." The names of the unfortunate persons killed on the spot are given as follows .—George Thomas, a bundler, a married man, having a wife and six children ; John Jones, a working gardener, married, a wife and three children ; Evan Williams, a boy ; John William.,, widower, one child ; Jeffery Cannel, labourer, unmar ried, and Harriet Williams,' single woman. Among the injured are William Evans, dangerously ; David Davis, dangerously ; William Richards, dangerously ; John Williams, arms broken in two plac es, and dan gerously scalded ; John Williams, dangerously ; T. Grover, dangerously ; William Recce, dangerously ; David Lewis, dangerously ; Alfred Hodam danger ously ; William Evans, thi g h b r oken ili two places, and badly scalded ; Edmund Edmunds, dislocation of shoulder and scalded dangerously ; Daniel Davis, shoulder out and scalded dangerously ; Richard Williams, wounded dan gerously ; George Savall, dangerously ; David Lewis, scalded dangerously ; Morgan Davis, dangerously ; and. Benjamin Williams, a boy, seriously. The Coroner has summoned a respects,ble Jury of the neighbourhood to investigate the circun 'stances which have led to so destructive and fatal an occurrence, and it is understood that the inquiry will be commenced on Monday next. I have been unable to obtain any more precise particulars as to the nature of the in jury to the works; or the probable amount of property destroyed.. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Royal Ilousehold, attended Divine Service this. morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The vent rabic Archdeacon Wilberforce officiated as his Roy al Highness's Chaplain, and. preached a sermon from Ihe 14th verse of the 7th chapter of the Gospel according: to St. Luke. Yesterday her Majesty and the Prince enjoyed their usual morning ride, and the Princess Royal was taken her accustomed airing. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert went out in a pony pineton, his Royal Highness driving, attended by the Royal Suite. His Excellency Chekib Effendi and Secretary left the Castle, as did also the Earl of Aberdeen. The Rev. Archdeacon WilberfOrce. arrived on a visit to her Majesty. The Hon. and Rev. R. B. and Mrs. Stopford and Sir: James Clark, who arrived in the course of the afternoon, had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday evening. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones, arrived in town on Saturday, from his residence at Kew. His Royal Highness returned to Kew in the afternoon. The Earl of Aberdeen returned to town on Saturday, from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. Viscount Sandon and Sir Duncan M'Dougal had in terviews with Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Colonial office. the Turkish Amb as ,.. y, from a visit to h« Majesty at Windsor Castle. sadnoirs, Excellency arrived in t I C v n h e k o i n b s Effendi, aturd a Sir Robert Peel gave a grand dinner on Saturday, at his residence in Whitehall-gardens, to a party of the Foreign Ministers, including M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, Baron de Cetto, the Bavarian Minister; Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister, Count Pollon, the Sardinian Minister, Baron de Moncorvo, the Portu guese Minister, Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, Count Keilmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, M. de Hugel, the Wurtemberg Minister, M. Tricoupi, the Grecian Minister, Baron de Nieumann, on a special mission from Austria, Chevalier Bunsen, on a special mission from Prussia, Count Bille Brahe, Danish Charge d'Affaires, and the _Baron de Bourquency. There were present to meet their Excellencies the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Right Hon. Sir Charles Bagot. Lady Peel had afterwards an even ing party, which was numerously attended by the No bility. and Gentry, and also by the Members of the Fo reign Corps Diplomatique. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the Mauritius. The Right Hon. F. D. - T. and the Lady Arabella Baring arrived in town on Saturday morning from the Continent. In the afternoon the Right Hon. Gentle man and Lady Arabella .left town for Stratton Park, Hants. ffdh urst) has ap poinTtehdeEdLwoarrdd his Private Secretary. Torrington-square, to be w C ir. fin ow n7 E ll s o g r ., of LEEDS. The borough of Leeds has been convened by the Mayor, on a must respectable requisition, to me 4 on Monday (this day). DERBY. In compliance with a requisition, numerously signed, the Mayor has convened a meeting of the inhabitants, to be held at the Town-hall to-morrow, the 28th inst. at 12 o'clock. PAISLEY. A requisition, numerously signed by the manufacturers and merchants to the Provost, to convene a meeting, to petition the Queen, has been sent to th e R ev . M r . Camp bell, pastor of the Independent Congregation , Gr eenoc k, one of the ministers who attended the Conference at Manchester. The meeting will be held in a few days. EXETER. It has been determined to hold a public meeting on Monday (to-day), in aid cf the movement in the large manufacturing towns, for the purpose of obtaining. the immediate attention of Parliament to the distress which now threatens to overwhelm the country. There is a large number of the middle and working classes in this city who wish to express their deep sympathy with their suffering brethren in the north.—Western Times. PLYMOUTH. In the corning week a public meeting will be held in this town, to petition her Majesty not to allow this Par liament to separate without taking into consideration the suffering condition of the manufacturing interests. FALKIRK. Petitions against the Co rn -l aws f rom F a lki rk and its neighbourhoo, addressed to both Houses, are in course of signature. several hundred persons have put down their names, within these few days. The Hon. and Rev. Baptist IsliJel's celebrated tract, " A Plea for the Poor," former], published at sixpence, has been re-printed by the Edinburgh Anti-Corn-law Association, and is now to 1 - ,ct had of their Secretary for a mere trifle. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING TAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—In remarking on the effect of the French loan on the Paris Bourse, Le Commerce observes, that in all probability the advance in the price of the Public Securities, which appeared to have been occasioned by the approaching adjudication of from 5,000,000 f. to 6,000,0001. of 3 per Cent. Rentes, will turn out to be merely fictitious. The writer believes that the terms of the loan are already settled at 77f. 50c., and then ob serves that the finance is in this singular position, th a t while the Ministe r h as purc h ased for the sinking fund 3 per Cent. Rentes at a rate exceeding 79f., he is about to negotiate his loan at the price above-mentioned, and that not to be paid much before the expiration of a year. The terms of the notice showing that the 150,000,000 E will not be paid up till the 7th of October, 1842, while the subscribers are to receive interest from the 22d of June last, the Commerce considers this was merely a desire to raise the terms of subscrip tion. The • average time of paying up the subscrip tions being the 13th of next May, a period of nearly eight months from the opening of the subscription, the subsetibers will have had eight months to pay up money, during which they are receiving 2f. interest. Hence, if the price be, as is supposed, 77f7 50e., the de ducti,Jn of 2E will leave the rente to the subscribers at a pric of 75f. 50c. It is said that the bankers with w i .aom M. lfurnann has negotiated the present loan are '.tic same who in 1823 took 23,114,516f.1iente at a rate of 891. 50c., when, as in the present instance, certain periods were fixed from month to month for payments into the Treasury, but instead of exacting a strict per- - forma,nce of these conditions, the then _Minister of Fi nance opened an account current, with mutual interest, at the rate of four per cent. per annum. The bankers, it was then found; far from anticipating their payments, were 80,000,000 f. or 100,000,C00f. in arrear for about a twelvemonth. As debtors on the account current they had of course to pay their four per cent., but on the other hand, as buyers of Five per Cent. Rentes at 89f. 55c., they were receiving sf. for this amount—that is to say, five and a half per cent., while th e y were pay i ng only four per cent, interest. The letters from Paris mention failures of stock speculators in consequence of the sudden advance which has taken place in the value of the Rentes. POST.—Private letters from Manchester mention the failure of a house there of some magnitude; the amount of liabilities is not stated. They also represent that an increased demand for goods, but without any improve ment in prices, existed. Great complaints are made that no profit is realised ; but after the system that has been so long pursued, namely, that of manufacturing, not only without orders, but without the probability of rending a legitimate outlet, and this, too, fostered, AS it has been, by the pernicious plan of affording almost un limited credit, any demand which will reduce the present heavy stocks must be looked upon as a godsend. This improvement manifests also that English productions are not, as some parties are endeavouring to show, losing ground in foreign countries. This is not the department which ought to be devoted to politics ; but it is quite "lear that if the demand above alluded to arise from the importation of corn, bullion will not be required to pay for it, and if not, th e C orn -l aws h ave but little conc , .wn in the question as to whether other countries will supply their wants by taking our manufactures. CHRONICLE.—This being a strict holiday with the gentlemen of the Hebrew persuasion, business has been extremely stagnant on the Sock Exchange, where scarcely any buniness of moment was transacted through out the day. The great object of attention is the fund ing of the 5,000,0001. of Exchequer Bills. It is said that the Bank Directors are prepared to take up any deficit that may exist in the amount required to be subscribed for, and we have no doubt that such is the fact ; for we stated, some weeks since, that the Chancellor of the Ex chequer and the Bank Parlour had come to an under standing. But the " funding" of Exchequer Bills is merely a secondary consideration. The offer of one•half money, instead of Exche quer Bills, is now admitted to have been the " ori ginal object of the measure" on the part of the Treasury-. If this part of the scheme should fail, the Right Honour4ble Financier will gain but little by his motion, and if he should succeed in it, then we have an immediate addition of 5,000.0001. to the funded debt. If he do not, and it should all be subscribed in Exchequer Bills, we have that addition just the same to the funded debt, and must soon have a re-issue of Exchequer Bills. The Bank will, no doubt, give advances, if required ; but how long the Directors will be able to avoid ap pearing in that case, as sellers on the Money Market, is a question which we leave them to answer. 'With the near approach of the dividends, and the late heavy in crease in their liabilities, they ought to look well to their true position before adding in that way to their circu lation. Consols for the Account were quoted a shade lower just previous to the termination of business, the quota tion being 89k, sellers, and 89+ to t Money. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 981 to 1. Exchequer Bills declined Is., being quoted at I4s. to 16s. prem. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 25.—The Kin? and Queen arrived at the Palace of Lacken at half-past seven o'clock yesterday evening. The young Prince and Princess have also returned to the Palace of Lacken. The fetes of September proceed in the most satisfactory manner. The entertainment given to the musical societies was ex tremely splendid: The gardens of the Vauxhall were crowded, not less than 9,000 persons being pre sen t. Th e illuminations were extremely brilliant and tasteful ; the great number of elegantly dressed ladies greatly contri buted to the enchantment of this fairy scene. The wea ther was remarkably fine, and favoured to the end this fete chumpetre, which concluded with very fine fireworks. To-day (the 25th) being the third day of the fetec.,' p ro mises to be still more animated. ADELAIDE KENIBLE AT FRANKFORT.-- At Frankfort, I came in for a performance in which all Londoners may take interest—the Norma' of Miss Adelaide Kemble. Though she gave this under every possible disad vantage of fellow-singers—the steady German chorus always excepted—and though I heard her with a previous disposition to expect what was good from this last of her family, I must confess my expectations were exceeded. It is a great perfor mance : passionate, highly finished, and original. I have seen nothing like it from an English vocalist: very little from any English actor or actress, however well accustomed ; and I only hold my pen from an attempt at analyzing its peculiarities, that you may not think me indiscriminate in panegyric--and because you will s'on have an opporttinity of doing it for your self. Her reception was tumultuous, as it well deserved to be, in a land which, whatever other good things it produces, does not assuredly grow I—Athene um. • .• CON 'ENT-GARDEN THE ATRE. Decided] the best com e dy th at h as b een brought out of late yea ', s, was. produced on S a t ur d ay even i ng at this theatre, and er the title of Wh a t Will the World S a y? i t is from the irolific pen of .I.llr. Mark Lem on , w h o , b a yi ng wg been ld sourably known t o th e pu bli c as a wr i ter of n leasant fares, has in th e p resent i nstance taka t asr a. high er flight, and produced a .r egu l ar five act S comet iy. At id a comedy it is, i n th e proper mean i ng of the wu Td,nt a a mere five act far ce , usurp i ng a t i t l e to which i t has no legitimate right. Th e progress o f t h e i s as follows Pye Hilar y (Mr. Charles ), a young barrister, ha s seen Marian Maylt3,- piece is s h . e mT „ lter Lacey) at the opera, and fallen desperately. in l o ve wit . 11 her. He takes adva n t age o f t h e n i g h t b e i rg Meer wet to volu.his t services to procure a coac h for her self and h er guardian Mr. Warner (Mr. Bartley), and by this mean, discovers her residence, an dl earns t h at she n heiress. He opens a c ommun i cat i on is an orphan . old with (ha rs. Orger), her maid, and i s wa i t i ng i n t h e park for Tattle, - svhen lie is joined by C a p ta i n S crope Tattle Tarradiddle (Mr. 'W. Farren), one of those non descripts who :t .13 to be met with in all public where no charge is made for admis s i on , end a lthough kn they are acquainted with every b o d y, arc He tries to shake off Tarradidd,e , t o t , 41 -4, therefore, has nothing left f or i t b ut n r ot to 1. 1 -01) 0( Y• but s. • t„, his essenidant. Tarradiddle, on hearing that to make - t i er , is an heiress, volunteers his services, the lady in sire- .i e afterwards joined by Tattle. Front and they are shos, s mistress has determined never to her they lenrn that -nail ; and Tarradiddle, like a marry any one but it finlsess. 'qes Hilary to the Peerage, Prime Minister, immeditiidy • We's great delight, by addressing him as my toi'd, to ' as Proposes that and to Hilary's great annoyance. 'fru.. - ter's resi Hilary should take lodgings opposite to Wats dence, and undertakes to bring Marian's pet Nines, to him, and to say to her that it has escaped, when te. can restore it in person, and thus get an introduction to the family. This plan is agreed to, when they are in terrupted in their conference by the arrival of Mr. War ner and Marian Mayley. Tattle runs off; leaving the gen tlemen, who take seats on the opposite side of the walk. Warner determines also to take a seat, to the great an noyance of Marian, who has perceived Hilary, and fancies he will imagine that she is anxious to throw herself in his way. At the same time, it is evident that she likes him, and is burning with curiosity to know who he is. Warner, who also has re cognised him, is desirous of speaking to him, but is re-; strained by Marian, while Tarradiddle, who is for open ing the attack upon Warner and his ward at once, is in his turn restrained by Hilary. so that ale meeting passes oil' with merely an interchange of bows between Tarra diddle and Warner. Warner having seen his ward home, proceeds to his counting-house in the city, where he learns from Grub (Mr. Granby), his man of business, that Lady Norwold (Mrs. Glover) has applied for an ad vance of money upon certain articles of jewellery, among which is a bracelet, that Warner has long desired to get into his possession. The advance of course is made. Her ladyship, a personification of fashionable extrava gance, is the second wife'of Lord Norwold (Mr. Diddenr), whose son, Charles Norwold (Mr. Vining), has mar ried clandestinely a young lady whom 110 introduces into his father's family under the name of Miss de Vere, as governess to the younger children, The marriage is discovered, and they are both instantly expelled the house. In the meanwhile, Hilary has taken lodgings opposite Warner's, and Tarradiddle, whom he cannot shake off, has circulated throughout the neighbourhood a report that he is a Lord in disguise. Tattle, who is his earnest advocate with Marian, assures him that such is the case, and Hilary and Tarradiddle call with the bride. Warner returns while they are in the drawing-room with Marian, and Tarradiddle, as usual, announces himself to Warner, and introduces Hilary as his friend. Warner, as soon as he hears his name, politely bows them out of the house, sends Marian to her room, telling her that he knows Tarradiddle to be little better than a swindler, and dismisses Tattle, whose intrigues he has discovered. To add to his perplexities, he receives a letter, inform ing him that his sist er , w h o was li v i ng in Paris, and to whose care he had entrusted his only daughter, had married, and left his daughter under the care of her mil liner, whose house, however, his daughter had imme diately left, and had entered into the service of Lady Norisold, as governess to her children, under the name of Miss de Vcre. On his way to his Lordship's house he meets Hilary, who stops him, and insists upon hie listen ing to his explanations ; and when Warner refuses to hear him, and mentions the name of Tarradiddle, he ex plains that all he knows of that worthy is, that, having met him at the Rainbow, Tarradiddle has stuck to him ever since like the Old Man of the Sea. 'Warner still appears incredulous, but promises to make inquiries ; and then knocks at Lord Norwold's door, which is open e d by Nibble (Mr. Brindal), wh o grossly insults him. Hilary, however, interferes, c h as ti ses Nibbl e i nto civi lity, and elicits from him all he knows of the fugitives. At length he discovers that they have taken refuge in an obscure lodging in the neighbourhood of Regent's Park. Hilary proceeds thither, and, on asking to see the landlord of the house, is introduced to Tarradiddle, who, wrapped up in a ragged dressing-gown, is discovered lying on a wretched sofa, while his wife is ironing:. Although a vain and foolish man, Tarradiddle has not a bad heart, and having discovered that his iodgers are in distress, he not only does not press 'them for their rent, but he asks them to dineavith him out of charity when he happens to have a ,clinner. This kindness makes his peace with Warner, who apologises to him for his suspicions, which had arisen from certain bill transac tions in which Tarradiddle had been engaged. Hilary is of course introduced at Warner's as the accepted lover of Marian, and Warner, sending for Lady Norwold, forces her to become the advocate of Young Norwold and his wife, by threatening to sell her jewels. Lord Norworld is also sent for by her, and being shown the bracelet, for the possession of which 'Warner had been o anxious, is asked if he remembers having in his youth occasioned the expulsion of his elder brother from his father's house, on the unjust charge of having purloined it. Struck with remore, he acknowledges his guilt, and promises to receive his son and daughter-in-law as the price of his secret being k e pt, w h en W arner announces that lie is that elder brother, who was supposed to have died in India, but at the sante time declares his intention of remaining Warner still, leaving fashion and rank to his brother. The young couple, of course, are received into f avour; Hil ary and Marian are married, and all ends happily. It will be perceived from the above account that this comedy has a double plot, but the two plots are so artistically dovetailed together, and in their developments seem so mutually to depend upon each other, that the feeling of unity, so essential to the harm on y of a play, a s a whole, is not in the least di s t ur b e d . The dialogue throughout sparkles with wit, and reminds one of the palmy days of Sheridan. The cast was exceedingly strong. Charles Mathews as Hilary, and Farren as Tarradiddle, acted well up to each other ; not a point was lost, and the scene in which Hilary finds Tarradiddle at home, was first rate—the buoyant, triumphant, rat tling, smart, yet good-tempered jeering of Hilary, con trasted admirably with Tarradiddle's half shamefaced, half impudent, efibrt to escape from what he evidently felt to be a most annoying situation. Tattle was just the character to suit Mrs. Orger, and she made the most of it ; while Mrs. Glover acted Lady Norwold, as she does everything, in the most finished style of art. 'What little there was to do in Marian was well per formed by Mrs. 'Walter Lacey, while Miss Cooper, in the character of Miss de Vere, was exquisitely pa thetic. This) oung lady is one of the most promising actresses of the day, and bids fair to attain to a,high rank in her profession. Bartley made an excellent Mr. Warner, and Brindal, as Nibble, was the very beau ideal of a flunky. The scenery was beautiful, and the deco rations and appointments, as they always are at this house, elegant, tasteful, and costly. The applause at the fall of the curtain was loud and long-continued, in the midst of which Farren announced the piece for every evening next week. We congratulate Mr. Mark Lemon on his success, anti hope he will give us many more such comedies. Over NOVEL SCHEME. —A Company of private indi• viduals is formed for the purpose of making a composition to imitate ice, to skate on at any time of the year. It was in tended to take the Horse Bazaar, in Baker -street, being the largest space at present offering, to make a sort of Alpine scenery, with artificial ice ponds here and there to skate on ; but at length a place opposite the Yorkshire Stingo has been fixed on. So earnest are the parties in the affair, that we un derstand a young lady is making a model of this intended Ely sium, assisted by a celebrated artist. The Skating Club, we have been informed, have seen the plan, and very much ap prove of it, and intend to patronise it.—Railway Magazine. MR. GROVE, THE GREENWICH MAGIS TRATE.—In consequence of the insulting expressions used bs this gentleman towards the people of Ireland, on hearing a charge against a young man from that country some days ago, Dr. Drury (who was present, and resented the insult), and the father of the young man committed at the time, have severally forwarded a petition to the Secretary for the Home Depart ment, praying for an inquiry into Mr. Grove's conduct. THE NEW WORK ON CANADA.--e are re quested to state that the new work entitled " The W Canadas in 1841," by Lieut.-Col. Sir Richard Bonnyeastle, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with map and 15 illustrations, price 21s. bound, is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlboroual street, and may now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just published " Excursions in Normandy, illustrative of the Society, the Scenery, &c., of that inte res ti ng P rovince of France, from th e Journal of Ancient Travellers," edited by Frederic Shoberl, Esq., author of " The World in Miniature " editor of " The F orget-nie-Not," & c ., i n two vols. small Bvo , 21s. bound. DREADFUL ACCIDENT.--On Friday forenoon a distressing accident, attended with loss of life,. occurred at Dundyvan Iran Works, in the neighb our h oo d of Tolcross, Glasgow. It appears that, in the process of finishing the rails for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, a circular saw is em ployed for the purpose of cutting off the rough ends, which revolves with great velocity. On the day in question, Mr. Clark, the contractor for finishing the rails, and Ale. M'Kenzie, the manager of the works, were standing in front of this ma chine while it was in motion, w hen the iron plakir,that guides the circ u l ar saw, unfortunately gave way, on which the i r sprung f orwar d w i th tremendous force, and striking Mr. on the for e h ea d, near l y clove his skull in two. 'lhe unfortu natea man died i ns t antaneous l y . M r . M'K enz i e received severe blow on th e b reas t an d aim , w h ere b y i 4 his ribs wer e f rac t ure d ; b ut • we are h appy.to l earn t considered out o f d anger . One of the wor 1 •ri, enough to by at th e ti me o f th e accident,wa o s te escape with a f ew slight bruises.—Gla sg w fortu na te_aper.wheovral: died, übout six treet Police Cour t, office-keeper at Worship-street On D Sa E tu A rd T a n y Jo O h F n o A ih N en, sOshLopfor tPOLICE r euty- iney ea O FFICER.--hasbeen o'clock, at the Po H tracted illness of severalweeks. a few weeks age‘ by per- W or shi e p- m s .a rr s ee s t a , ffe 4 ,log _!•er f a ro p m ro a . mission of the Magistrates, forC which, ourh re sided a short time at the t complaint in the che li s e t e , he was a confidential and was in his sixty- seventh sea side. He was appointed to the situ ation throu g h the interest do mestic. respected , famly of Lord S H id e m m o .as uth m , b in ch whose year. Mr. Hartshorn, at the White Li Sandi_ Sandi acre has a large pig of 120 stone weight or more, 141 b. t o t h e stone, which he will match against any pi g i n E ng l and, or will match him against the Derby large pig, and give him twenty atone, fo r any Burg he thinks proper.—Nottingham Review. EVENING SUN LITERATURE. COUNT CLERMONT.A Tragedy. Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1841. In this volume we have, besides" Count mom," another tragedy, entitled " Caius To-- nu:ins," and several miscellaneous poems ivhich-.. we must co - dess we prefer t o the tragedies, for there is more nature and simplicity about them, and certainly more true poetic sensibili..'There. aro one or two impressive scenes in Count Clermont;" but, as a whole, the play is far-from. being well constructed ; the action, too,)lo:44oVaSM.r. gold in places, and the chief personages seerrn more disposed to sayings than doings. Mr. the author, is, we fear, but indifferently fur-. nished with the dramatic faculty; as a poet,. however, his tal ents are far above fred:ociity; arAl we may say of his translations from Horace, that they are among the best we have seen. CANADIAN SCENERY. Part XIX. Virtue, London, 1841. The letter-press portion of this xvork is very poorly written, but the pictorial illustrations are.: invariably good; and in the present. Part, which; contains upwards of four, there is a View on the! Banks of the Ottawa River, ►which is as cheertUL and pic:uresque as could be desired, and reminds, us: of a sketch we have seen of the lower portion. of the Lake of Windermere. I CURIOSITIES OF LITERATUR.F. Part I. Moron London, 1841. To criticise a work like the " Curiosities of I L terature," which has been nearly- half a cen ' fu. y before the public, and gone through up WA,..->- ~ 's of _eleven editi ons, wou l d be a mere waste ~,,, ,i iic ' ; we shall th ere f ore conteiat ourselves ; 4 1; the expression of a hope that; the present mcnthly rei, •ublicatio n o f t h e work i a Parts may be. for it d eserves to h e so, b e i ng brought great taste, an d i n a V ery con venient form. successful, e out ssf i ill THE CLE:' ARING HO USE. (From a Parliaments:7 Paper, just pt blished. ) The Appendix, No. 31, of thy' second reps irt of the Com mittee of the House of Commons upon Banks i if Issue, consists of an account of the aggregate fleinaiads ma de through thq Cle.trin. House upon the bankers who taethe Clearing House, on each day in the year 1839, together' vith the amount of batik notes employed in the Clearing House' .on the same day, omitting all fractions under 100/. The following is a summary of the contents 6 f this paper : 18:,9—January ... ..... £82,762,400 Cs '.348,500 February 76,165 4 ,700 March 75,879,200 .. ...... 5,6 t. 1,500 April ... May June July 83,865,200 August .... ...... 87,610,500 September .- ... 74,237,700 October 87,478,200 .. 5,706,800 November 81,729,200 ... 4,793,100 December 70,833,800 Total £954,401,600 F rom thi s f t , appears that the effect of the Clearing House is to diminish the amount of currency employed in the business of the Landon Shiers in the ratio of 14 to 1. RICHMOND PARK: Sir Robert Inglis stated, during the debate on the mis cellaneous estimates on Monday night, that Richmond Park some years since was considered the, private pro-. perty of the Crown, and no one was alAowed to go through it without permission. The right of the public Wa*ceisputed, and the foot-path closed agaii.ist persons who , did not produce a ticket. The park,. at last, was oelv.opened to the public in consequence (A an action triad in the Court of King's Bench. Mr. Williams, the Member for Coventry, was in error, when he asserted that the action was fart to decide the_ public right to pass through Busoey, and not Richmond Park. When the Princess AA le aunt of George the Third, was appointed Range r, tl: public right to the foot-way through the pare: wa3 established by the issue of a suit at law (1758), tried at Kingston Assizes, in consequence of which division, ladder gates were put up at some of the entrances. The fact is thus recorded :—" The beauty and convenience of this terrestrial paradise (says the late Gilbert Wakefield), were essentially impaired by having the foot-way shut up, and no passage allowed without a tieliet. Mr. John Lewis, of Richmond, brother to Dr. Lewis, -- ' who wrote the Philosophical Commerce of Arts,' takes a friend with him to the spot, waits for the opportunity of a carriage passing through, and when the dor-keeper was shutting the gates interposed, and off..rcd to go in. Where is your ticket?'—' What Ge casion for a ticket? Anybody may pass through here.= not without a ticket.'--' Yes they may, and I will/ You shan't.'—' I will.' The person with Mr. Lewis, pu :bed to get through, and Lewis suffered the door to , be shut against them. He then brought his action andl was triumphant. " The cause was tried before that upright Judge, Sir Michael Forster. After the verdict in his favour, Lewis was asked whether he would have a step ladder to go over the wall or a door. He hesitated some minutes, but , reflecting that strangers might not be aware of the pri vilege of admission through a door which could not stand open, on account of the-deer, considering also that in process of time a bolt might be put to this door, and then a lock, and his efforts gradually frustrated ; sen sib:e, too, that a step ladder, would signify its use to every beholder, he preferred that mode of entree ! In mere spite the steps of the ladder were set at such a distance apart as rendered it almost useless. At a subsequent period, when the same Judge happened to be going the Home Circuit, Lewis -complained to the Court. My Lord,' said he, They have left such a. space between the steps of the ladder that children and oil men are unable to get up it.' I have observed it myself,' replied the honest Judge; and I desire. Mr. L,.tvis, that you will see it so contrived that not only ctt;ldren and old men, but old women too may be able to getover.'" The park is eight miles in circumference, and con— tains 2,253 acres. George HI., in 1802, gate the new some lodge, with sixty acres of surrounding land, for. life to Viscount Sidmouth, then Prime Minister.— 8.. N.—British Queen. SWAN RIVER. The papers from Swan River contain.the first Annual. Report of the York Agricultural Society, addressed to . .Governor Hutt. From thi s it a pp ears th a t September last the various flocks of sheep amounted in number to 9 1.500 ; the number of horses by the return, was 218 ; the number of cattle, by the last return, was 800 ; the return of pi gs was 341. The numberof acres in wheat the last season was 440, the p.-oduce from which will be ample for all the wants of the settlers. The number of acres of barley was 181. The cul tivation of oats has much gone out of use as it has not hitherto been found so certain or productive as the Cape barley ; an immense crop has this year, how ever, been produced from about two acres, the seed being orieinally a few grains brought by Mr. Hardy from thi,.:Cape. The number of acres of hay, or greencrops, wa s 73. 'h e quantity of rain that has fallen during th e last two. or three years has been rather less than usual, and scene slight inconvenience has in consequence been expe.ti eneed. The conduct of the natives, since the severe ex . - ample the Government considered it necessary to make., has been peaceable, and at various times they have beeir. a great assistance to settlers in herding cattle and other occupations, though as yet but little has been done to lizc or wean them from their savage habits. "In con clusion," says the Report, " wetibeg to not i ce to your: Eecellency two evils und er w hi c h we are now labouring, and feel assur e d it is only necessary to point them out for the Government to use every means in its power to remove them. In a former part of this report allusion is made to a want of labourers. To such an extent does this evil operate, that various improvements necessary for the comfort and convenience of the ,settlers, and the good , man agement of the stock, are neglected. Valu able flocks are, from nedessity, frequently entrusted to i nexperienced hands, and the division of the larger flocks, so requ i s i te to their improvement, :is, in most cases, impracticabl e . Th e other evil'to which. ,we al ludo is f rom t h e want of our boundary lines being pro perly defined, and definitely marked off. Theincon the want of this may b e serious, ven felt from ienee that, in a s h ort t i me, is likely to be _ - union among th e sett l ers. " ten di ng to cause THE WOODS THE EARL OE L' lie AND THE b e i ng on AN n FORESTS.--.. \'e recollect that a few Y ea ri rs i „', n , and over looking the delightful inearlows, throug l l_‘ , w hom belonged. the hill on which stands the Castle of I cot , t h ' ic g .i, meanders the i„quir r c o 2 erty .; and w! . I- , beautiful Trent, we were led to nth va'uable and delectably situated a P,. j' or which th_e . lluk.e. and by which he nominal rent, sow. the Earl of Newcastle paid a merely a year . tle ! The realised an income of many thousands c. ived for answer that it was Crown I no Duke of Newca4 . of Lincoln is the son of this same Duke Crown lands ( 2 , e., the and to let man put Into office to manage t the nation), to for the good of the landed property belongingt advantage who makes this property to the best heir of another man . misma nagement . is son and by the former profligate pablic, the a yea r -•' public lands! Here, then, some thousands Crown or of these same Cr the man who "will do what ke of Newcastle, the West India rnimopolist VI c have the Du " returning hri,kes with his own," for Newark, to not only sit In the Gladstone as his nominee to preside at the Board of Toide, House of Commons, great influence in support of the plurn,.'tsr vih re will have son, the Earl of Lincoln, appointed to ma. system ; d the national his estates, the proper management of which nalre,,, immediately deprive him of several thourmds a-year. w""'" Peel may be si , trations worst men for such pl aces any where to be the very fmoid in the country , ntr • but at present he appe ars , to the on _ fated, to be trying the experiment as to th e amount of insult tt.t hwi i twhich the nat.on will pati ent l y sit down. —Stockport Ch ronicle. At the meeting of the Marylehone Vestry, on Saturday, Mr. Gibson moved a resolution that the vestry de petition her Majesty that s h e w ill be pleased no to prorogue Parliament until the situ a ti on of the country t had been fully taken into consideration by them, particularly as to the duties on the importation of foreign corn. He prefaced his motion by a short speech, in the course of which he remarked that the vestry had a right to entertain the subject as a purely paro chial matter, inasmuch as it represented the opinion of 139 000 souls, and, in consequence of the present distress, had 160 more persons in its Workhouse than at the corresponding period of any previous year.' He said that the expense of maintaining the poor nould this' year exceed that of any former one by ne..rlv 5,000/. The motion was seconded by Mr. Thomas, who cr.nsiaered that the interest of the rate-payers were deeply in• vowed in the question, and that the increasing distress was solely attributable to bad legislation. Mr. Kirby moved an am, ndment, which was seconded by Mr. Cochrane, to the effect, that as a vestry was not a political body, it was inex pedient to petiti,n the Queen ; but the original motion was carried by acclamation, and it was suggested that in order to insure the proper delivery of the petition into th e h an d s o f her Maje s ty, i t should_ be entrusted to his Royal Highness the Dnke of SOssex. lave the ;e'en nUe 11; sre ket 'ate ocic