The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-09 00:00:00

EVEN G SUN RESEN TAT 10 N OF PLATE. (PROM A CORRESPONDENT.) r Ca Friday l ast t h e clerks and work people employed i mbridge-street Works, Birmingham, presented . R. W. Winfield with a handsome service of silver Plate, I N • h. tt, eig mg 205 oz. 17 dwts., manufactured by whl l e l t s• G. 11. Colles and Co., in their best style, on „„ I was engraved the following inscription : dishes s testimonial, consisting of a salver and two Winfield d covers, was presented to Robert Walter 14 ...,i;• , Esq., proprietor of Cambridge -street Works, o f ,1 11 '. a ghem, by his Clerks and Workpeople, as a token ere . " high respect and attachment towards him, in t.,,a.,!ed by his enterprising conduct in so largely ex -4‘ll 1. . lire tog his business, and in admiration of his general de to promote their welfare and happiness. 1, 1841." Win del intimation Laving been conveyed to Mr. Win %toll of the intention of his workpeokle, he very band it eI Y invited them to dine with him in the new build .et at tie top of Great Charles-street. Two hundred tillibel,..sixty individuals sat down to an excellent dinner, I%," : °tos being tastefully decorated for the occasion. '' 4°4 infield presided, and was supported b y his son the • Aster principal clerks belongin g t o hi s esta bli shment. t o 4 the usual loyal toasts had been drank, an address ki i , e .. 1. ; 'Winfield was rea d b y t h e S en i or Clerk, expres thti "L the feeli ngs w hi c h actuate d t h e parties in makingl, hetki r m er° Pleyer s o h an d some a present. Mr. Winfield 's ..evot ''''s l w ith long lif e an d prosper i ty, was afterwards l , ttei tt ,' a nd drank most heartily. The compliment was Pr o " tv 'edged by that gentleman in a feeling and ap tietti3krieite sPeech. Several other toasts were afterwards l 'era -Ileel uding Mrs. Winfield and the respective mem liti, ° f the family. The Band of the Fifth Local Mi iiitiole're Present, and played many favourite airs, in ad- Ny e t° which many songs were given in good style. Pre4l:ll,balloons ascended and fire works were displayed. tag the n other refreshments n ere liberally supplied dur ntitil4 l e a ve ni ng, and the enjoyments were prolonged leete hour with dancing. Nor did the festive Woti ttn e n here ; on the following day the wives of the etioit, ~msembled and enjoyed themselves with nitheo" . - Lea was provided for a large number, and 41 ( 1..4 1 en ing the party were entertained by Mr. Win lltophi:7 who gave a lecture, and several amusing phi whioh all ill aaPeriments on electricity, &e., Sm., with ' Ti t1im Pre5e „ . „„ ..................„,................. nt were much gratified. —.--- thee wee, TRADE.--We E.--W e have again to report t l i fii aw r iiate.. .l dull trade, and though the supplies of 111 o r i,g, pri ce "al have for some days past been very niy 1 3 Continue to give way. Flax on the spot ehiefi 34.11b1e insmall 1 t and the price is regulated sorts Y b Y the character il ot s. ' the buyer. Yarns of all li p t i t rl l e argonarelethrafnir demand, but at prices so low as to leave 1 ,.. g to the spinner beyond the actual cost of ii r e d de"-,stnns e Were in the early part of last week in th e n ecou nt 'l 4 nd, owing to some large buyers for E.ng steLth ' l4 vlng made their appearance, but since the-.4eretlena haw, fallen away. 'By the Britannia • fro vv. A . . 110..4. 1 .4 % n...di t..i.,‘,1N etnerlca, with letters from New York of are informed that the Tariff Bill was par h ilen , that the proposed duty of 20 per cant. on 11)1to Prod 3 nad already been exacted, which cannot fail 4- fairillanns_eff_erc.tceon our trade, which can only he met Ile 'e t ving b o i n 'r as P,l of the raw material, .the cost of id'ss-bonde .21 w as could either be desired or ex he ,-., e Paper. fr.. . _nancellor of the Exchequer is suffering t Pruelly'enintditPOSitiOß, which, although not so severe as o iltior? f pilubraliefrbounisinatetstsn, dwinigli,at.hi dionetivilg. the Lord offi ce for the transac:- it is feared, prevent his 'Mayor with his company at the "Vs g . ? be g iv en to-day to the members of her Ma vovernment. ~` -- THE LATE TOR!) SYDENT-TAM. I he Right I ton. LP, Pe , ilett Them.cri, Baron Sydenhamand Toro n t o , an d; Governor-General of all her Majest,y's Provinces on the Continent of America, whose demise took place on the 19th ult., at his residence, Alwington-house, near Kingston was the eldest son of Mr. J. Poulett Thomson, of Roehampton and Austin Friars, and brother of Mr. George Poulett Scrope, M.P. for Stroud, who, on his marriage in 1821, assumed the arms and name of Scrope by sign manual. Until his accession to office in 18?.0, the late Governor-General was connected with the well-known mercantile firm of Thomson and Co., in the City of London. The early years of Mr. Poulett Thomson afford nothing remarkable, as far as we are acquainted with his public history, till the year 1826, when he was elected for Dover in the House of Commons, and which he continued to represent till 1830, in which latter year, bring returned both for that borough and Manchester, he took his seat in Parliament as Member for the latter place. At the period that Mr. Poulett Thomson was Member for Manchester, an 4 President of the Board of Trade, he was chiefly distinguished fur his free-trade opinions, and his intimate acquaintance with commercial subjects; on most political questions he showed himself a man of considerable talents. The most remarkable speech by Mr. Poulett Thomson Was delivered in the House of Commons on the 26th of March, 1830, on moving the appointment of a Select ' COmmittee to inquire into the taxation of the United Kingdom. This speech, published by Ridgway, of Piccadilly, immediately after its d e li very, con tained an able exposition of every tax & then laid up on th e p eo pl e ; and the reformertory measures which Mr. Poulett Thomson proposed were such as gained him great approbation from both politi cal parties, from its temperate and excellent tone. It, moreover, exhibited great reading and research. The followi ng remarkable sentence is confirmed by the late discussions on this important question :—" Whe ther we look to the petitioni on the table, or consult the opinions of public writers, or consider the debates in the House, we shall find a diversity of opinion upon all subjects but one. Some consider a greater re duction of expenditure necessary ; some deem further retrenchment necessary ; some believe that relief might be afforded by a depreciation of the standard, by an issue of paper money ; others condemn it as the most injurious that could be adopted. Some look to a Parlia mentary reform as a remedy for our distress ; many attribute the sufferings of the people to the system called free trade ; the more enlightened and reasoning part of society reject such an idea as absurd. In short, upon all these subjects difference of opinion exists. Upon one only, whether you read the voice of the people expressed at county meetings, or their prayers brought up to the table of the House, on one subject only is an opinion common to all—and that point is, that the system of taxation requires revision, that our imports press too heavily upon the productive industry of the country." Mr. Thomson's manner of delivery greatly hurt his speeches, since he usually spoke in a lengthened lugu brious tone. His enunciation was nevertheless very dis tinct, sufficient to render him audible in all parts of the house. His gesture was but small, and consisted chiefly of moving his right arm to and fro, turning his face to the Members of that side of the House he addressed. His replies were often happy, and then his utterance was rapid, and apparently more easy. In December, 1830, Mr. Poulett Thomson was ap pointed by 'Earl Grey, to the Vi ce -P residency of the Board of Trade, when he was made a Member of the Privy Council. He continued in that office until he was selected by the late Government to succeed Sir John Colborne (now Lord Seaton) in Canada. Mr. Thomson, succeeded to the immediate administration of this pro vince, and arrived at Quebec on the 16th of October, 1839. On the 19th, he assumed the reins of govern ment ; and soon afterwards visited Toronto, and other parts of the country, holding sessions of the then existing Legislatures of Upper and Lower Canada. On the Will of August, 1840, her Majesty was pleased to raise Mr. Thomsom to the Peerage of the United kingdom, by the titles to which we have already alluded at the head of our memoir, as a mark of approbation, nO doubt, of the manner in which he conducted the im portant Government intrusted to his care. On May 20th tlast, his Lordship, while still in delicate health, left Quebec h@ingston, for th e purpose of opening the first Session of tufted Legislature of Canada, but which from the alarming character his indisposition had assumed, he was Only destined to clo se b y d eputation. It wasintended that this ceremony should take place in his Excellency's apartments a few days after, but his Lordship was un able to undergo the fatigue, and in accordance with the Trcvisions of the Act or Union, a Commission was issued, appointing Major-General Clitherow to be Deputy-Go vernor for the purposes therein mentioned, which, we believe, were confined to the giving the Royal sanction to some of the Bills passed during the Session, referring others for the signification of her Majesty's pleasure, and proroguing the Provincial Parliament. Lord Sydenham's seat was at Roehampton, in the . 1 1 County of Surrey, England, which latter is a pleasant o/ hamlet, at the western extremity of Putney Heath. At the time of Henry VII., this little village had but 14 houses, they have now increased to about fifty or sixty, of which Lord Sydenham's was a neat and elegant build ing. The Earl of Portland formerly resided here, in 162f3, who was Lord High Treasurer to Charles 1., and a great favourite of that King. In the neighbourhood Was a chapel, ornamented with a painting of the last -- supper, by Zucchero, but this was pulled down in 1777, and gave place to the present edifice, in which the above iileationed picture still remains. Short duration. On the 7th ult., while riding for exercise in the neighbourhood of Kingston, his horse stumbled and fell with him, by which his right leg was fractured near the ankle, and also r ece i ve d a severe con tusion a b ove the knee. The accident was unfortunate in evelly respect, an d st ill more so in its fatal consequences; but it -- was exce not of a charact e r t o exc i te alarm, pt in connection with its anticipated influence upon the gout, to which his Lordship wa s , we b e li eve, subject from early life, to which he had been a martyr alluost ever since his arrival in Canada, and from a severe attack of which he had scarcely recovered when the la mented accident took place. The fears anticipated were but too fatally real i sed. The gout returned, as we are informed, with re d ou bl e d v i o l ence, and a painful illness or Put a few days, which his Lordship bore with fortit u d e , ah end tohis mortal existence. The a d m inistration of the Government now devolves (14 his Ex ce ll ency Sir Richard Jackson, Commander of , Forces in the province, until further instru c ti ons all h ave been received from home. kidd ln person Lord Syd en h ain was rat h er a b ove the ie size' and of somewhat slender mak e . H e was 411 kl dark complexion, and his hair black. Hi s d ress was ~,v4 3 .8 plain. Lordship was nephew of Lady T a yl or , w if e o f Astebarley Willi am T aylor, Bart., ant cousin of Lord gharn and Mr. W. Brougham, Master in Chancery. title his deceased L or d S y d en h am was unmarried, the In I‘,ls th 47 comes extinct year . Lord Sydenham was, w e b e li eve , Ia AR RI VA L OF THE GREAT WESTERN. (EXPRESS FROM BRISTOL.) BRISTOL, FRIDAY. DEATH OF LORD SYDEN HAM. Montreal Papers received at New York on the 24th ult. announce the death of Lord Sydenham, Governor-General of the British North American Provinces. He had not recovered from the severe accident which he met with by the fall from his horse ; lock-jaw was brought on in con sequence; and he died at his residence in King ston on the 19th of September. The sudden and lamentable event had caused universal sorrow in the provinces. The Court for the trial of Mr. M'Leod was to open at Utica on the 27th September, and the trial to commence on the Ist October. The general belief was that he would be acquitted. The Prince de Joinville arrived at New York on the 19th September, and was gladly welcomed by his countrymen as well as the Americans. A New York Paper gives the following account : The arrival of the Prince de Joinville, very pro perly induced a meeting of his countrymen at Del monico's on Tuesday evening, agreeably to a call which appeared in -this paper. Resolutions, we un derstand, were passed, expressive of a desire on the part of the meeting to pay their respects personally to the Prince, and to ask his prerience at a banquet they proposed to offer him. These wishes, were of course communicated t o hi m, through the Consul of France, who yesterday tr ansm i tte d t h e rep l y, announc i ng that the Prince would rece i ve a deputat i on from theb meeting, and all his countrymen, on board La Belle Poule, and that a steamer would be ready to convey them thither, from pier No. 1, at one o'clock to-clay. The other news from that quarter are not of much importance. The United States Bank Shares, or rather the shadows of Shares, had fal len still lower. On the 25th they were down to 54 I. The only extracts_of imp ortance are sub joined. The Great Western left Nctw York on the 25th, and reached Bristol this morning at seven, having made the passage in. twelve days and twelve hours. She had ratlittas a rough passage. She brings 41 passengers, and. New York papers to the 25th, ten days later than the lar4t arrival. (From the New York Journa 1 of Commerce.) TRIAL OF ALEXANDER NPLEOI).—The Circuit Court and Court of Oyer and Terminer,. which is to try Alex ander M'Leod on an indictment ft )1. murder, alleged to have been committed at Schlosser., in this State, on the night of the 29th of December, r 837, commences its ses sion at Utica next Monday (Sept . 22). From a list of 48 jurors, 12 wi 11 be drawn for the trial of M•Leed. M'Kenzie, in his 1 7 olunteer, says, " I never heard of one of them till now." He, however, expresses the or inion that M'Leod will be convicted. Accordine• to the laws of Now York (says the Klan teer), M'Leod, if convicted, cann of by the help of his British and Websterian frier, ds, carry the matter into the federal courts at Washington, for if he was at Schlosser he came voluntarily into a sovereign State, committed murder, was not kidnaped, but voluntarily returned and was arrested, and is therefore in the same situation as if he being a native ci'.tizen were indicted in the State. We are not among those, if an there are, who ex pect that this dispute will result in war,—yet there is no advantage in blinking the dark ;erg which do in fact exist. There are dangers, and the y are serious ones. There is danger from this way case of M'Leod. There is danger from the Boundar3- Question. There is danger from the general irrital ion of the public mind, both in this country and England. Neither na tion is in a mood to bear so much . from the other as they were five years ago. Both are proud, self-confident, and self-willed. An unfortunat a turn of events may precipitate a war, contrary to t he wishes and or i g i na l intentions of the parties. There are many on both sides of the Canada line, who will do their best to complicate affairs, and render a pacific acl: iustment impossible. If M'Leod should be either acqt c itted, or, on being con victed, be immediately pardon( s 3, we have no doubt the affair will pass off in the form of diplomacy ; but if he should be executed, of which w c believe there is no pro bability, than look out for breal*:nrs. THE APLEOD "TRIAL. This important trial will take 'place next week, and in consequence of the illness of tht. e Chief Justice, Nelson, Judge Gridley will preside. 11 Te also learn that there exists no doubt among those win) have examined all the testimony, that he will be acquit ted. Thus will end all difficulties in relation to I.l‘Leodl.s apprehension and in• dictment. (From the Journalof Commerce.) MR. FOX AND THE AVLEOD AFFAIR. There is nothing in the late news from England that contradicts the intelligence recei 'Ned from Halifax, viz , that despatches were preparing for Mr. Fox of a nature to bring the affair of M'Leod to a crisis. On the contrary, all that has publicly transpired goes to confirm the supposition that the British Government intends to hold the Gover ament of the United States to the principles or national law as avowed by Mr. Webster, as all knowledge of the individual State of New York is disclaim .ed in the transaction. It is purely a national affair, an .d we have yet to learn whether Mr. Fox has received. instructions to remain at his post, awaiting the decisio a of a Circuit Court of this State, which, whatever may be its results in this in dividual case, leaves the mail - , principl e un di spose d o f , viz., th e right of any Power ti a make individuals person ally responsible for public act of duty, performed under the orders of the national aut.o aorities of their country. If the British nation submi ts this case to the jurisdic tion of New York, she must be prepared to permit the same course to be applied •to Sir Allen M'Nab, Cap thin Drew, and the fi n ty-five individnals who formed his force in the attack upon the " Caro line," any of whom, comi ag within American juris diction, may be seized and tried, a contingency which may happen any day ; and thus we should have the new dilemma, o f Great Britain protesting aminst the execution of the s entenee of a court whose juris diction she had tacitly admitteal in the case of M'Leod ; an inconsistency, to await th.e consequences of which, Mr. Webster remains at his post. These are probably " the delicate negotiations" w hich have been going on lately at Washington, and an I most likely still pending. Sir Robert Peel, the presen t Prime Minister of Eng land, in his speech in Farhat sent on the 27th August, significantly intimated that t here were matters under discussion, of a nature not yet to be promulgated, and that Lord Palmerston's cautions. replies to Mr. Roebuck " were anything but full or satisfactory." That England desires the maintenance of peace, is un questionable ; wehave yet to learn whether she will pur chase it at the sacrifice of a . principle, which for ever afterwards leaves the brave defenders liable to be ar raigned as felons before any foreign tribunal, for doing their duty in obedience to the -orders of their superiors. Upon this pivot turns the whole affair. Men who re flect can judge of the probabilities of Mr. Fox counte nancing or protesting against .a course which places his country in the above dilemma. The British nation is arraigned, in the person of M'Leod ; can she go through the ordeal of a criminal trial, and if convicted, sue for, or receive mercy at the hands of the Governor of an individual State Those who truly desire the preservation of peace, will not press upon her such an ini lignity as the trial of Mr. M`Leod would in any event entail. If England admits the principle involved in the de tendon and trial of Mr. M"Leod, the Facha. of Egypt, or a Governor of one of his provinces, may here after seize every officer of the British fleet which attacked Acre, and try and hang them as " murderers." The Turkk.h Sultan, or any of his Pachas, may pursue the same measures to redress the " outrage " upon his fleet at Navarino. Neither of these hostile acts had the sanction of a formal declaration of ware, and they were therefore just as " illegal " as the attack upon the Caroline. OFFICIAL. APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT, Algernon Sydney Robertson, Mar shal for the Eastern District of Louisiana. POSTMASTERS. Jacob Robbins, at Lowell, Massachusetts. Benjamin W. Hale, at Newbury -port, Mass. William C. Beardsly, at Auburn, New York - - CANAj- By the death of Lord Sydenham on the 19th inst., the Government of the Province devolves upon Sir Richard Jackson, until the arrival of the new Governor-General from England. He has according'iy assumed the reins of government pro tern., and entered upon the duties of his office. Parliament was adjourned by commission, by Alajor- General Clitherow. The following was the official form of this announcement : " Government House, Sept., 1841. "His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased, under the Seal of Arms, to nominate, consti tute, and appoint Jahn Clitherow, Esq., Major-Gene ral Commanding her Majesty's Forces, in that part of the Province heretofore tipper Camtda, to be Deputy- Governor for the purposes mentioned in the said Corn_ mission." At a few minutes after twelve, row, the Deputy-Governor, accompanied , onl , y_b_y p tain Major-Gen_eral Clitherow, Aide-de-Camp, Esq., Chief Secretary to the Governor-General, camp into the Legislative Council Chamber, where that body and T. W. C. ..11 . urdoc , k, were then in session. The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod having been commanded to require the at tendance of the Assembly, the Sp ,!aker and a large num ber of the Members made their :.e.ppearauce at the, bar. After a number of Bills had been presented and signed, the Deputy-Governor made the :following speech :-- " Honourable Gentlemen of the Leg,islative Council, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, "In consequence of the severe indisposition of the Go vernor-General, I have been departed by him to signify to you her Majesty's pleasure on. the several Bills which you have passed during the session, and to relieve you from further att en d ance in Parliament. In performing this duty I beg to congratulate you on the many im portant measures which you have been enabled to per fect, and on the general harmony which, notwithstanding the difficulties incident to the first meeting of a new Legislature, has marked your pZuceedi4gs. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1841. " C , ntlemen of the House of Assembly, "1 k you in the manic" of he. sty for the with Which you have voted the supplies neces sary for the public service, and for maintaining the credit of the province. " Honourable Gentlemen and Gentlemen, " I am confident that you will sympathise with me in the deep sorrow which I feel for the illness of the Go vernor-General, and in my hope that the sufferings with which it has pleased Almighty God to afflict him, may be but temporary. In the meantime, I would urge on you the propriety, on your return to your homes, of en deavouring to carry out the great improvements now in progress, and of inculcating on those by whom you will be surrounded, as well an oblivion of past differences as a hopeful spirit of enterprise and contentment for the future. In so doing you will best promote the perma nent interests of your country, and entitle yourselves to the gratitude of your fellow-subjects; and may that Pro vidence which has heretofore so signally protected this land, prosper your endeavours." The Honourable the Speaker of the Legislative Coun cil then declared the Provincial Parliament prorogued to the 25th of October next. On the present occasion, the usual salutes and guards of honour were dispensed with, and the attendance of the heads of departments, officers, &c. not required The number of Bills to which the Royal assent was this day given was 67 Reserved for the signification of her Maj esty's pleasure 15 Previously sanctioned 2O Total passed this Session.. 102 - DEATH or LORD SYDENHABL--The Montreal papers received yesterday morning contain the first announce ment of the death of Lord Sydenham, and their columns are all dressed in deep mourning on the melancholy occasion. The journals of all parties concur in consi dering the event as one deeply to be deplored. ANOTHER BOAT RUN DOWN IN THE SOUND AND Lin; Losr.--The steamboat Belle on her passage from New Haven to New York on Thursday mornine.,' about two o'clock, r an over a small sloop boat, and upon backing afterwards to the boat no person was found in her. Of course those on board were drowned. The voice of one person was heard as the sail boat was passed over. Mr. Henry Walters, while having some altercaticn with another person in Juniatta county, Pennsylvania, on the 7th instant, was stabbed in fourteen places by a notorious miscreant named Bill Ruggles, who came up while the two first. named persons were quarrelling. Mr. Walters died of hi s woun d s some d ays after, and Ruggles in the meantime escaped, Robert Dawson, of Fouquer county, Va., was found dead in that county on the 12th- inst., his head having been crushed and his brains beaten out, while in the act of drinking at a spring. The murder is believed to have been committed by a female slave that he was carrying to prison. BRANDY ExpLosiosr.—We learn from the Nashville Union, that a serious accident occurred at the residence of Spencer Buford, Esq., in Williamson county. Some negroes were sent into the cellar to, stop a leak in a bar rel of brandy-, and in s earc hi ng for it the flame of the candle came in contact with the spirit, and occasioned an explosion, which killed five of the negroes ; three died in a few hours, and the other two lingered about a day. The fire communicated to the house, but was soon ex tinguished by smothering it with some green tobacco leaves on the premises. The Abolitionists of Connecticut recently assembled in solemn convention, and nominated Francis Gillett, of Bloomfield, and Levi Yale, jun., of Meriden, as their can idates for Governor and Lieut.-Governor of that State. The same Convention passed a resolution that they would " respectfully take leave" to ask Mr. John Tyler, President of the United States, to emancipate his slaves. We are not precisely in Mr. Tyler's secrets, but it is a settled opinion with us that he will not consider these gentry as having any constitutional right per se, to make such a request. It appears by the following paragraph from the Louis ville Journal, that the so-much-talked-of duel at the West, resulted in the death of one of the parties, who was shot in the back--a very appropriate " taking off" for a Judge who descends from the bench to settle a legal question with rifles and bowie knives. But, what can be said of the man who takes deliberate aim at an anta gonist with his back turned to him ? FATAL DUEL.—We mentioned, in our paper of Tues day, that a duel was to have taken place, on the Gth in stant, opposite Princeton, Mississippi, between Judge Tenny and Mr. Rowley, both of Louisiana ; weapons, rifles—distance, thirty steps. It took place according to arrangement, and Judge 'fenny was killed at the first fire. The parties ; we understand, stood back to back, and the Judge, through, mistake, wheeled too quick. Discovering his error, he was in the act of resuming his position when the word was given, and he received his adversary's death-shot in the back. MURDER AT HEMPSTEAD HAREM/R.—The Brooklyn . News says that on Thursday last the body of Jesse Ryerson, a boat builder, was picked up in Hempstead Harbour, with two stabs in the neck, apparently made with a large knife. There were also severe bruises on various parts of the body. The murderer has not been' ascertained, and the whole matter is considered very mysterious. (Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.) PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 23.—A CANTON VESSEL WRECKED. — lnformation reached this city between 12 and 1 o'elock to-day of the entire loss of the barque Florida, Captain Faucon, from Canton, for New York, with a full and valuable cargo of silk and teas. The barque sailed from Canton, on the 19th May, went ashore on the Brigantine Shoals, near Absecoin Beach, on yes.. terday about 10 o'clock, and it is thought that the vessel and cargo will be entirely lost. The ship Stephen Baldwin, from Liverpool, with a full cargo of assort e d goo d s , i s now coining up. She saild from Liverpool on the 16th of last month. Sales at the Brokers' poard were to a limited amount only, with but little change in prices-2,500 dollars Pennsylvania s's, 1846, sold at 88 a ; 138 dollars ditto, 1864, at 784 ; 4 shares United States Bank at ; Girard 23:1 a 24 * • Camden and A m b oy R . R . 80 a 82 ; United State s Bank 61 a ; Vicksburg 4 a 44-. The Southern mail is just in, bringing but little news as far as I can learn. A forgery of some $1,500 or $2,000, has been just discovered, as having been committed on one of our city banks in the form of marking checks " good." I have not learned the particulars. NEW ORLEANS.—There were twenty-eight deaths by yellow fever at New Orleans on the 11th. During the week ending on that day, the total number of deaths was 245, of which 164 were by yellow fever. SHIPWRECK.--Yesterday afternoon intelligence was received of the stranding at Barnegat of the bark Flo rida, belonging to New Bedford, coming from Canton. The news was communicated in the following letter : LOSS OF THE BRIG FLORIDA. Short Beach, Little Egg Harbour, Sept. 22, 1841. To Mr. James Bergen. Dear Sir--I hasten to inform you that the bark Florida, of New Bedford, from Canton, bound to New York —cargo tea, silks, rhubarb, and cassia—struck on Brigantine Shoals yesterday, and is now a wreck. The captain, crew, &c., were taken off by the schooner Batsh, Capt. Cranmer, and are now at my house. This morning the vessel is not to be seen ; her masts are down, and in all probability she has gone to pieces. I am just sending a vessel out to her, and am going to Bri gantine Beach to take charge of what may be stranded. The vessel is insured in New Bedford ; the cargo partly in China. I have not time to say more. Very respectfully, yours, S. WILLETS, Jun., Commissioner of Wrecks. BALTIMORE, SEPT. 23. By the brig William Prince, at this port, we have dates from Rio, to the 2d ult., which yo u w ill fi n d i n t h e paper sent with this. The storm at the South did great injury to the Georgia Railroad, and at one place near Greensborough, the rain washed away the embankment, leaving a chasm 20 feet deep. On Thursd.ty night, and before the injury to the road was known, tile train of cars were run as usual, and on coming to th is part, run off the track, and the locomotive and bagga, ge car plunged down the chasm. A portrait painter, n amed Hayden, was riding in the baggage car, which wrs placed ahead of the locomotive. He was seriously injirred by the fall, and also much scalded by the hot water fTom the engine. The engineer was also injured, but fortunately no other persons. There is nothing new in the western papers. A HEAVY FORGERY. The /Veto Orleans Bulletin of the Bth says :—" Intel ligence has been received here th..Q an individual calling himself John P. Caldwell had forg•ed a letter of credit fur twenty-fi ve t h ousan d dollars, from the house of Maunsel White and Co. of this city, upon the bank ing house of Brown; Brothers, and Co., in New York, which latter firm is a branch of the English firm of that name in Liverpool. Caldwell is supposed to be the Englishman who forg ed certificates of deposits to a large B ain ee ol s in ta t s'Po n sev t e hat e ra le l town, D. C., b ase d on a cons i gnment o f 1,011 b ales of t i t i c a r n k of s c o r f e t d h i i t s l c v i a t s y s l e a n s t t f •a r i o i l i n te G r . ' e ' r T g l e t e. cotton, it was paid. ANOTIIER ACCOUNT:--Two great forgeries have just been perpetrated on houses here by a process somewhat like that by which 1.,0 large• sums were obtained some months ago. In this case, one of the frauds practised on the great house of Brown R•others and Co., and the other on the aments of Fletcher, Alexander, and Co., of England, each for about $25,000. (From the Elmira Be j 7ublican.) FOUR PER SONS B URNT TO ASIL:te !—We have been furnished with the following details; ,of a late horrible catastrophe. The house of Sylvester S. H. Brown, on South Creek, about eight miles from this place, was consumed by fire on the 11th instant;. at about eleven o'clock at night, and four persons., NiZ., two sons of Mr. Brown, one aged 7 and the other 5 years—Thomas Smith, aged 50 years, and aughter of Ezekiel Campbell, aged 11 years. Th e persons burnt, we are informed, slept up stairs, while Mr. Brown and his wife and a babe, who slept below,atevr barely escape d , without saving anything wh but their ni g ht c l ot h es. Mr. Smith was tone mason, formerly from Smithville, Chenango co. The fire caught from a stove shanty, ouse, very pr o b a bl y joining the hivote, near the st a i rcase , which prevented'. a descent of the per sons up stairs —we must suppose then 'e was no upper window large enough to admit of jui rp i ng through. All the furies of faction are no turned loose at once. We are to have a l ong and violent political struggle—breaking up f the oirl and old friendships. There is a di stinct object in arties this strife. The Claymen have hoist ed the banner of the Bank—they fight for a Bank and :nothing else. The state of things at the Al , proaching session of Congress, will be extraordinary and exciting. The severance of old political friends will create a f ear f ul war of words—and, probably, the. Bowie knife will ba brought in in aid o f th e argument. That is the opinion deliberately given in the l a t e debate...; 'n the House on t h e last week's riot, by Mr. W arren, of . Georgia, and other respectable Members. Th e Ab o - litioi t question, which of C ong re4 must be met at the op en i ng s, and is the first thing to come up, will add much to the general excite ment and confusion.—New York Inquirer. YELLOW FEVER AT NEW ORLEANS.—TIIe yellow fever, we regret to state, continues to increase at New Orleans. The papers of the 10th announce 35 deaths by yellow fever on the preceding day, and those of the lltb, 25 deaths by the fever, making GO deaths in two days. LATER PROM MONTE VIDEO.—By the brig Buenos Ayres, Captain Lake, via Pernambuco, we have reports from Monte Video to July 25th. The market was glutted with flour. No freights of any description were offered. The Buenos Ayrean fleet of six sail, under Commo dore Brown, lay at anchor off the harbour of Monte Video, within gun-shot of the Monte Videan fleet under Commodore Coe. It was reported and universally believed that a me diation had arrived by the British Packet, which had been offered by England, and had been accepted by the Governor of Monte Video, and had proceeded to Buenos Ayres. Should this mediation be accepted by Rosas, it was thought business would improve. Should it not be , accepted, a b a t t l e would immediately take place between the two fle e t s . HALIFAX, S EPT . 16 1841.—Sailed this morning the French frig a t e La Belle Po u l e an d s l o op o f war Cas sand, for N ew Y ork. Much bustle has been excited here by the arrival of the Prince de Joinville—his movements have created subjects of conversation among all classes ; nevertheless the citizens woull not combine in a body sufficiently numerous or liberal to honour him by any tangible demonstration of their respect for his person and gratification at his presence among there. A splendid ball and supper were given by the garrison and navy officers on Tuesday evening in the Province Build ing ; the Council Chamber was fitted for a dancing room, and the banquet was prepared in the Assembly room. No little offence has been taken by many in habitants at the exclusiveness of the military, who in vited scarcely any civilians except ladies. Such a pro cedure savours of a studied insult, it is thought, because it is generally considered highly indelicate for a female to participate in a feast with military "gallants," un less the company is so mixed and qualified by the pre sence of relatives and friends of the other sex as to pre clude the possibility of slander arising from such an as sociation.—Boston Paper. A PRACTICAL MISTAKE. —The late Secretary Of the Treasury, Mr. Ewing, has been in the city for some days past, a lodger at the Astor House, where he has re ceived the calls of many friends. Among the rest•on one day last week, were two Committees, who waited together on the ex-Secretary. He rose on their entrance, and the Chairmen in succession addressed him in a manner befitting the occasion. When they had finished. Mr. Ewing, instead of making a formal reply, said con cisely, " That will do, clear," and waving his hand ap propriately the Cothmittee retired, discussing whether their reception had been such as they bad reason to ex pect. They had not proceeded far in the hall before they met an acquaintance walking with a gentleman, whom he introduced to the Committees as the Hon. Mr. Ewing. This put a new face on affairs, on returning to the room it turned out that the gentleman who had re ceived the honours of the Committees was not exactly in his right mind, and had happened during Mr. Ew ing's absenc e to s t e p i n an d occu pyhis cha i r.—New York Paper. COMMERCIAL NEWS. NEW YORK MARKETS, SEPT. 25. The transactions at the Board of Brokers were to con siderable extent to-day in Harlem, the sales of which reached about 3,300 shares, closed at pr 3 4, an im provement of 1 per cent., 400 Shares United States Bank sold, going as lew as 5 1-4, a decline of 1-2 per cent ; Farmer's Trust fell off 1-2 ; Mohawk 1-4; Delaware and Hudson improved 1-4 ; Canton Co. 1-4 ; Patterson 3-4. In State Stocks the transactions were very extensive. Indiana Bonds improved per cent., selling at 474, and Sterling at 48; State Five-and-Half sold at 90, and Illi nois Sixes at 44. Of monetary affairs in general the most remarkable feature is the, present high rates of exchange, and consequent shipment of specie to England and France. The scarcity of good bills and the advance on the rates, proceeds probably from the absence of any mate rial export at this moment of our chief staple, and the cessation of remittances in stock or public securities, which, within a few months, have been always used in a greater or lesser degree, as a medium of remittance, or been the basis on which bills were drawn. At this moment the only drawer in the market, we presume, against stock, is the Bank of Commerce, which is selling on London at 9 3-4 per cent., probably against stock sent there, part of the one million taken of the United States. An unusual demand, too,• is created by the increased importations of goods made in consequence of the ap proaching advance of the duties. No doubt however as soon as the cotton crop comes fully into the market, the supply of bills will be found sufficient to keep rates of exchange below par ; meantime the existing demand fur specie creates no uneasiness, as our banks are amply supplied, and it rids them of a large dead capital. The exports of specie this week to Europe will probably reach one million of dollars, and there has besides been a considerable amount taken for Canton. The Bank, of course, tender gold for their notes when specie is required, and obtain I per cent. premium for American Halves, at which rates they have parted with large amounts. No satisfactory offers having been made for the two millions loan advertised by the Secretary of the Treasury, we are informed the Treasurer of the United States is here endeavouring to dispose of it on more a d van t ageous terms. We have reason to believe that no offers were made above par for a 6 per cent, stock. The case of M‘Leod and the rumours which were put in circulation a short time since of a peremptory demand for his release being about to be made by the British Minister, have probably caused capi talists to be backward in investing in United State Stocks. Of State Stocks heavy sales are making, and at some what depressed rates. A better feeling is gaining ground as regards Railroad Stocks —indeed, it is evident, such is the natural increase of business throughout the coun try, that where railroads haVe been undertaken with common prudence, it will require only time to make them highly productive. (Correspondence of the Courier and Enquirer.) PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 24. In articles of foreign produce, the most active for a day or two have been Sugar and Coffee; the former, which has been rather heavy for some weeks, has revived, and the sale of New Orleans and Porto Rico has nearly cleared the market at improved prices, and over 2,000 boxes Cuba Browns have also been taken for re fining, which has much reduced the stock. The tea mar ket is again all aback from the news by the unfortunate Florida. The sales of Coffee are large within a day or two, say 2,200 bags, principally Laguyra, with 5 or 600 Rio, at a shade improvement, to our Water - street gro cers. Broad Stuffs come down slowly, the low stage of the water keeping back supplies, the lowest price which I have heard of being 8.25 dol. and 6.31 dol. per barrel for export. Corn and Rye Meal are without change. Sales have been made of Southern Wheat at 133 cents., and Pennsylvania is about the same. Yellow Flat Corn firm at 70 cents, and White 68 cents per bushel. Flax Seed has advanced to $1,85, and in demand for crushing--and Oil has jumped up t o $1 per gallon ! Oats 45f cents per bushel, Quercitron Bark has been active this week, and sales of 600 hogsheads have been made at $27. Coal vessels much wanted. GRAIN,—Sales during the week of 4,700 bushels Ge nesee Wheat at 150 c. for export to Bermuda, and 1,200 bushels Virginia for milling at 140 c, and yesterday 4,500 bushels New Genesee, for British Provinces, at 147 c. Northern Rye is in fair demand, 3,200 bushels sold, to go east, 76+e., and 1,500 bushels 75+, the latter not de livered. Jersey Corn has declined, and sales are making at 74 a 741 e. measure. Northern 74 a 75c. No sales of Southern. Oats 48c. a 49c. dull and abundant. The stock is of inferior quality. COTTON.—OnIy a moderate business has been done in this article during the past week, and without change. in prices. The sales of the week are 1,800 bales Upland and Florida at 7c a 10c ; 1,000 Mobile at 8c a lle ; and 500 New Orleans at 7.1 c a 11c. ASHES.—There has been a further advance in Pots since our last, but owing to very light receipts sales have been limited. About 200 barrels have been taken for shipment at 6 a 6 4 1 - cents. Holders now demand higher rates. Pearls have also advanced ; sales to the extent of 450 barrels have been made at 5:1 a 6 cents per pound. Some sales are reported at $6,12i. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, sErT. RATE OF SALES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE. 38,000 State Five-and-a-Half per Cent. 3,000 Indiana Sterling 7,000 Ditto do ... 1,000 Indiana Bonds 100 Shares United States Bank 20 Ditto Mechanics Bank ... 90 25 Ditto Delaware and Hudson ......... n. week 1046 50 Ditto Farmer's Trust ..................... s 30 ds 5 Ditto Vicksburg 10 Ditto New York Gas 30 Ditto ditto .................. 119 25 Ditto Canton Co. 28 Ditto Boston and Prov. .......................... 954 50 Ditto Paterson.... ...................... ......... 50 50 Ditto Harlem .................................. s 10 16i 25 Ditto Stonington 25 Ditto Mohawk 11. R. 600 Exchange on Philadelphia 4,000 Exchange on New Orleans 10,000 Ilir.ois 6's of 1870 3,000 Ditto do b6o days 44 SALES AT THE SECOND BOARD. 250 Ditto Harlem Railroad s 3 days 17i 2,000 Indiana Bonds .......................................... 48 REPORT of the GREAT WESTERN, J. HOSKINS, Commander, sailed from New Y ork on the 25th of Sep tember, arrived at Bristol Bth October. Sept. 27.-11, A.M. Exchanged colours with the Ame rican ship Osceola, lat 40. 35., lon. 60. 34. Running eastward. Oct. 7.-3 A.M. Forty miles west of' gape Clear, saw a steam-ship (supposed to be the Columbia)sttroontghebsroeuetzlei: ward, ran towards her, and burned a blue light. SHIP'S PROCEEDINGS. heavy*o e t . t se . qa 2 us s ta . e — l rl squalls and4ws , westerly. Passed the Fresht he Battery. breezes and fine weat h er. S 26.—Strong breezes and fine weather. Fr es h b reezes and cloudy. W.S.W. 27.—Strong breezes and fine weather. Fresh breezes and squally. North-westerly. 28.—Moderate and fine weather. Light breezes and fine. North, north-easterly. 29.—Light breezes and fine weather. Fresh breezes and clear. Variable, westerly. 30.—Moderate breezes and dark ha ze , w i th showers. Fresh breezes an d dark haze, with rain. South-westerly, westerly. Oct. 1.-- -Light airs and thick fog. Increase s t o strong breezes and squally, rain and lightning. Variable. South-westerly. 2 . —Fresh gales and cloudy, high westerly seas.- Strong squalls and showers. IS , esterly. 3.—Fresh gales and squally. Heavy seas and rain. Westerly. 4.—Fresh gales and heavy squalls. Moderated to fresh breezes and cloudy. High seas. W.S.W., 5. Light variable winds, dark cloudy weather, with rain. Fresh breezes, and heavy westerly swells. Va riable, north-easterly. 6.—Strong winds and squally, westerly swells, rain and lightning. Northerly. 7.—Squally dark weather. Midnight, took a pilot. N.N. W. B.—Fresh breezes and hazy. At 7, anchored at King Road. North-westerly. This passage was made in 12 days 12 hours. LIST OF PAssENGEns.--LCaptain C. Stuart, Louis Mo. rum, Louis Celleusa, Alfred Large, James Pattison, G. Guy net, P. Palmein, E. D uren i,. 11. Palmer and ser vant, Mr. and Mrs. Tanner, Mr. Sinat, John 11. Davis, Mr. Hughes, IL T. Jenkins, Thomas Richardson, Linley Haines, Mr. M'Gregor, J. P. Moutons, A. L. Montaus, J. N. Bradley, E. T. R an d u lph, J. A. D e l ano, T . Bishop, D. H. Durand, A. S. Petrie, S. Petrie, Arthur Hirst, A. S. Riley, Mr. Millis, Thomas Forster, E. Stainer, A. Scheitlin, W. Burnby, F. W. Coolidge, Mr. Laughlin, Mr. Bailin, H. P. ilulbut, C. D. Hazin, F. Tomes, B. B. Atterbury, Mr. Atkinson. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS, FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS - DIY. CHRONICLE.—There is a continued pressure in the Money Market, and the evident incapacity of the Go vernment to grapple with the e x ig enc i es o f ;.he country, together with the financial wants of the Indian Ex:he quer, and the probability that Sir Henry Pottinger may find it. necessary to make a demonstration on Pekin, hare all tended to depress prices and to shake confidence. No less than 34 lots of land in the island of Hong Kong had been sold by public auction, and knocked down to various British residents and Parsee merchants at vari ous quit rents, amounting in all to 3,238/. per annum. Amongst the list of purchasers there are the names of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, and Co., for three lots, at 5651. per annum ; Messrs. Innes, Fletcher, and Co., l o t 16, at 150.; and Messrs. Fox, acvicar, and Turner, for lot 33, at 2501. per annum. The Commissioner, on the 7th of June, issued a pro clamation, declaring to the merchants and traders of Canton, and all parts of the empire, that they and their ships had free permission to resort to, and trade at the port of Hong Kong, where they would receive full pro tection from the high officers of the British nation, and that there would be an immediate embargo upon the port of Canton, and all the large ports of the empire, if there should be the least obstruction to the freedom of Hong Kong. On the 10th of June he warned all her Majesty's subjects that he considered the entrance of British shipping within the river unsafe, and recom mended them to proceed forthwith to Hong Kong. Those who had suffered loss by the pillage of the fac tories in Canton were requested to present an inventory of the particulars and amount on or before the 20th of June. The private letters do not thrown any additional light on the state and prospects of the tea trade. It is evident that Captain Elliot: expects to succeed in keep ing open the trade with the Chinese at Hong Kong, and to make that port the great mercantile depot. F rom t h e extensive purchases of land made, it is also plain that our Canton merchants consider it a favourable locality for carrying on trade ; but pending negotiations, and until the operations of Sir Gordon Bremer, and Sir Henry Pottinger are known, it is impossible to say to what extent mercantile transactions may be carried uu. POST.—We have before us the names of three other considerable firms in the tallow trade which, we regret to state, have given way. W e re f ra i n from the puli cation of them, owing to the very general derangement that exists in this branch of business. One of the num ber more particularly referred to had been some eighty years in business, and its embarrassments are under stood to have been occasioned principally by the failure of the other two. Another party in the same line are, we hear, negotiating for time. We have no wish to prolong a discussion with one who loses his temper, and resorts to low scurrility instead of fair argument, as is the case with our Con temporary of the Chronicle. We will, however, ap peal to the commercial readers of that paper, upon the more important question at issue. Those of them who are unhappily holders of the shares of the United States Bank, the corrupt medium through which no less than three millions sterling have been ab stracted from the pockets of English capitalist, many of whom relied upon the integrity of its management for the entire of their revenues, may contradict us in the columns of the Chronicle itself if we be wrong in the as sertion we hazard, namely, that its City Correspondent was, up to a late period, and until his advocacy of the rotten fabric would no longer be availing or tolerated, most prodigal in his encomium on . the establishment. We wish not to goad our discourteous assailant into any further displays of vulgarity, yet we can hardly forbear calling leis attention to the fact, that the shares of the bank, so praised by him, and which, according to his encouraging report, had " rallied " on the departure of the Britannia to 7 dollars per cent., have suffered a re lapse. Before the Great Western quitted New York they had,'as we have stated above, dropped to s: l s , and at this quotation they were nominal merely. SUN.—A very considerable degree of heaviness hangs over the Stock Market at present, in consequence chiefly, no doubt, of the badness of trade in general, the scarcity of money, and the gloomy nature of our prospects for the winter. To these causes we may perhaps add the want of more capital to complete the conversion pay ments on the part of those who subscribed for the new Stock, and the uncertainty which exists with respect to the China dispute. To-day prices were about per cent. lower. Consols have been as low as 884, but be fore the close of business had rallied to 884 and 89 'for Money, and for Account they were quoted 884 to 89. Exchequer Bills were at 13s. to 15s. premium, and East India Bonds at par. The New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. receded to 984 and 981. India Stock wus at 2461. In the Foreign Securities there was no rally to day. On the contrary, they mostly went lower, Spanish to the extent of about per cent., the Actives being quoted at 211 to 214. Portuguese New Five per Cents. were de pressed at 304, Mexican dropped to 254 and 25, Bra zilian were at 59, and Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents. steady at 514. The Share Market was d e p resse d, b e i ng i n fl uenced by the decline in the Brighton line, which was to 94 and 10 discount. Great Western were 10k, and York and North Midland at 28 prem.; Blackwall were 154, North Midland 34, Eastern Counties, 15k, and South Eastern about 24 discount. Union Bank of Australia were 51 premium. The Foreign Exchanges this afternoon had a slight tendency to advance, Bills being negotiated as follows : Paris,_ 2.5 f. 674 c. to 70 c . ; A mster d am, 12 44. to 4, Ham• burgh 13 104 to 11, A n t werp 1 2 3 4 to 4 , F rankfort 1494 to 4, and Trieste 9 53 to 54. WOOLWICH —FRIDAY. ROYAL ARTILLERY. Captain Eyre's company (B field battery), 7th battalion, arrived from Deal on Wednesday morning, having been employed there during the last five months in carrying on a course'of experiment s , the range at Woolwich no t being of sufficie n t length for the practice they had to perform. Capt. Eyre, Lieut. Fyers and Lieut. Radcliffe, who joined when Lieut. Montressor obtained leave of ab se:ite, returned with the company. Intelligence has been received at the garrison of the death of Capt. Rogers, at Cheltenham. Major Raynes has taken command of the Bth battalion. Brigade Major Cuppage has returned from leave, and resumed his duties. The practice and field days have ceased for a season. By the late accounts from Jamaica the companies were still suffering from fever, and many deaths had taken place. The regiment oontinues much below the establish mtnt, but recruiting goes on very slowly. The men unfit for further service will be discharged on the 13th instant, and about 200 will require to be raised to com plete the deficiencies. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Styx steam-vessel, Captain Alexander, T. E. Vidal, arrived at Woolwich, from Sheerness, on Tues day, to be fitt e d f or t h e recept i on of the Right Hon. Sir Charles Bagot, G.C.B. appointed Govern or -Ge nera l o f Canada, in the ro om of the Right Hon: Charles Poulett Lord Sydenham. The Styx is expected to leave for Quebec on Sunday or Monday next. The Avon steam-vessel, Lieut. Commander C. Jenkins, left yesterday, with a party of the Woolwich division of Royal Marines, for Plymouth. Lieutenant Courtis was originally appointed to take charge of the men, but Captain Wright proceeded instead with them, and on their arrival at Plymouth ho will return to head. quar ters at Woolwich. The Sinbad arrived from Portsmouth yesterday. The appointment of Mr. George Grant as master of the Styx has been cancelled. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. B.—The St. Vincent was commis sioned on ➢londay, and hauled alongside the dockyard the same day. _ The Belvidera, 48, was undocked on Monday, and the Madagascar was taken in ; on Thursday she was taken out of dock. The Ringdove, 16, was paid off on Monday, and is to be brought forward for commission ; also the Satellite for immediate service. The Bingdove was taken into dock on Wednesday last. • The Hazard, 18, was undocked on Wednesday last, and hauled into the basin to refit. The Vindictive was taken into dock on Thursday to have her bottom examined. The Mercury, tender, sailed for Weymouth on Tuesday. The Quail lighter arrived on Monday from Woolwich; the Buoy Boat, from Chatham. The Aid lighter arrived on Tuesday from Sheerness. The Steadfast merchant ship was towed out, of har bour to Spithead by the Echo steam tug. APPOINTMENTS.—Lieutenant R. 0. Oliver to the Van guard, Lieutenant Henry Caldwell to the Excellent, Lieut. F. E. Johnstone to the Queen, Lieutenant J. C. Coffin to the Queen, Lieutenant Alexander Boyle to the Queen, Lieutenant J. J. Robinson to the Queen, Lieutenant C. B.Hamilton to the Queen, Lieutenant David Robertson to the Hazard, Mr. W. A. Harris, (purser) to the Hazard, Lieutenant Henry Stewart to the Vindictive, Lieutenant N. F. Edwards, Lieutenant G. Woodhouse, Lieutenant C. H. Binstead, James Scarlett (second master), J. Drummond (surgeon), W. F. Carter (assistant -surgeon), Rev. J. Falls (chaplain), to the St. Vincent. FLOOD IN THE DON.—Th e ra i n w hi ch fell during the night of Monday last was extremely heavy. The river began to rise on the following afternoon with great rapidity until Wednesday morning; and it was at one time feared that all the ground skirting each bank of the stream would be overflown to a considerable extent. This, however, was not the case, although in some loca lities thew ater covered a large breadth of ground. Since the time just mentioned the water has gradually subsided. —Doncaster Gazette. BRIGHTON RAIL WAY. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) BRIGHTON, FRIDAY. A small part at the end of the Patcham tunnel fell in yesterday forenoon, and delayed the travelling a little. Fortunately it is near the main road, and the omnibusses of the Company were at hand to carry passengers and luggage to Brighton . It rained here for the last two days almost in cessantly, but now the weather is clearing up. The end of the tunnel is being actively repaired, and will be finished to-night. The disruption is attributed to the wet weather. The swell drivers of the coaches— almost on the point of extinction—are now chuckling over the adage "Its a bad wind that blows nobody good"--but their days are numbered, notwithstanding. TO THE EDIT 01? OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln reference to the reports regarding this rail road, I am desired by the Directors to state that the in terruption yesterday at the entrance of the Patcham Tunnel, was caused by the falling of a quantity of c h a lk, which ha s b een removed, and th trains are running to day as usual. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS WOOD, Secretary to the London and Brighton Railway Company. October 8. BRICIITON RAILWAY. —Yesterday the trains ran throughout this line, and the punctuality of their arrival is the best reply to the many exaggerated statements with which the press has been so rife. Such statements cannot be too severely deprecated. The use of four wheeled engines upon this line, as upon many others, was a fatal error, but the ready adoption of the six wheeled engines the moment their safety was proved to the Directors, and the placing at once a luggage carriage between the engine and the carriage, may be taken as an assurance that the management is most sensitively alive to, and is ready to use every means that may tend to, the safety of the public. The Directors have likewise given orders to the engine -drivers to average their time upon the line, and this regulation ensures additional safety, while it does not increase the gross time employed be tween London and Brighton. Professor Barlow, the Government Inspector, is now making a survey of the line, and his report will be made known in course of a day or so. It would seem, from the appearance of the train of yesterday, that the accident of Saturday has in no perceptible degree diminished the confidence of the public. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FutnAr.----The4Queen and Prince Albert drove to. Adelaide Cottage this morning, and afterward s walked for some ti me on t h e T errace of the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal was taken her accustomed airing.' The Royal party left the Castle for a drive in the af ternoon, her Majesty and her Illustrious Consort in a pony phaeton, his Royal Highness driving. In other phaetons were the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lady in Waiting; Lady Charlotte Dundas, Countess CoWper, Hon. Sarah Mary Cavendish, Hon. Matilda Paget, and the Hon. Miss Anson • and in attend a n ce on h orse b ac k were Lord Charles Wellesley, Earl Jermyn, and Colonel Bouverie. The Earl and Countess de Grey took their departure thi4 forenoon from the Castle. Lady Charlotte Dundas has succeeded Lady Anne Maria Dawson as the Lady in Waiting upon her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipps thal . .left town yesterday for Kew, and paid a visit to her Royal Highness .the Duchess of Cambridge. His Serene Highness the Dukc of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Jones, ar r i ve d i n t own yesterday from ' his resi dence at Kew. Ilis Royal Highness visited the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House, and in the evening returned to Kew. A Deputation froth the Manchester Short Time Com mittee, consisting of Mr. Doherty, Mr. Dawson, and Mr. Turner, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yes terday at his official residence in Downing -street. A Deputation from the African Civilisation Society, consisting of Sir Robert H. Inglis, Bart., Henry Way mouth, Esq., Dr. Bunting, D. Coates, Esq., Rev. John Beecham, and Robert Nokes, Esq., had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dr. Dickson, the Convener, and Mr. Gordon, the Secretary of the Education Committee of the General Assembly, had an interview with the Lord President at the Council-office, concerning the Model School of the Church of Scotland. ' The, Commissioners for the Reduction of , the National Debt, held a meeting yesterday at the Treasury. The Master of the Rolls, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy- Governor of the Bank of England were present. Mr. Ilighaw, Secretary to the Commissioners attended. Messrs. William Rand and W. Walker, of Bradford, Yorkshire, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel at his official residence in Downing-street, yesterday. The Earl and Countess De Grey arrived in town yes terday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Baron Koller, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, trans acted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Messrs. Doherty, Dawson, and Turner, a deputation from Manchester. attended yesterday at the Home-office, and also at the office of the Board of Trade. Earl de Grey and Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer had inter views with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, at his official re sidence in Downing -street. Messrs. Brookes and Barrow, from 'Manchester, had. an interview with Lord Stanley, at the Colonial-office yesterday. _ _ _ The Might Hon. Sir Robert Peel had a dinner party yesterday, at his residence in Whitehall-gardens. Covers were laid for twenty. Lady Peel afterwards re ceived an evening party, at which many of the corps diplomatique and their ladies were present. MR. ALDERMAN T HOIVIPSON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Barnes, near Sunderland, Oct. 6, 1841. Sin—Perceiving in your Newspaper of the 4th instant an article representing that a meeting had been held at Sunderland, at which several resolutions, insultingly re flecting upon Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P. for that borough, had been passed, I think it my duty to inform you that •no such meeting was ever held, and that the whole statement is a base fabrication. I presume you have been led to make this publication from an advertisement which appeared in the Durham Chronicle newspaper of last week, in which such a meet ing was represented to have been held, and such resolu tions passed, and to which the publishers of that paper had the audacity to print my name as Chairman. I cannot believe that a newspaper of your established character will lend itself to so gross and scandalous an imposition on the public, and so infamous a mode of at tack upon a man of Mr. Alderman Thompson's high position and character, for mere political purposes ; and I shall therefore expect that you will immediately pub lish a contradiction of the gross misrepresentation Into which von have been betrayed. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, RICHARD PEMBERTON. [The name of Mr. Pemberton was not given in The Sun • but he presum es j ust l y t h at we would not lend ourselves to any imposition fur political purposes. See ing an account of the alleged meetinc, in the Durham paper, we did not for a moment doubt its authenticity, knowing that many of the Conservative electors of Sun derland were grievously annoyed at being left unrepre sented, because Alderman Thompson chose to desert them.] THE TAMWORTH MEMORIAL AND THE TWO BARONETS. (From the Anti-Bread-Tax Circular.) It was not to be expected that Sir Robert Peel would feel very easy under the marked repudiation of his as sumed character as the Representative of his own bo 'king]: by 2,058 of the inhabitants, being more than two thirds of the adult population of Tamworth. The ap pearance of the memorial at the Home-office seems to have produced as much sensation among the Govern ment, as would the sudden falling of a Congreve rocket in the midst of a Cabinet dinner party. The following letter will speak for itself - Tamworth, Oct. Ist, 1841. DEAR SIR—We have had pretty work here over the petitition to the Queen. It has been sent down to the Mayor to ascertain, as far as they can, whether the sig natures are genuine. They have been to a great number of people to make inquiries; . and such is the dread of Tory persecution, that many who authorised their names to be attached, and some who actually wrote their own names, have denied knowing anything about it. We, at whose houses the petition lay for signatures, have thought it necessary to publish a small handbill in defence of our character, one of which I have enclosed. I have written to Sir James Graham to ask how the petition came at the Home-office ? for what purpose it was sent to the Mayor of Tamworth ? whether the Qu to een een has seen ajes it t • ? and if not, wh o h as dared to step be her My and her loyal, though distressed and suffering people, to prevent their prayers reaching h e r gracious ear ? I have had no answer yet. I have no doubt it was sent down here to give the tyrants of the party an opportunity of wreaking their vengeance upon those who are so unfortunate as to be under their power. Little doubt exists but they will exercise their tyranny wherever they can. As for myself I can scarcely pass the streets without insult. The people generally. stand firm, and declare they would sign another to morrow if requisite. I remain, dear Sir, yours truly, To James Acland, Esq. JAMES JACKSON. The following is a copy of the Bill above alluded to:— " This is to certify that we, whose names are here unto signed, h a d t h e care of the Tamworth petition to the Queen,' whilst receiving signatures ; and we declare that, to our knowledge, there is not a forged name in it; but that every name was either written by the peti tioning party, or by his or her authority. And we also declare, that every possible precaution was taken to pre vent improper signatures being attached. " JAMES JACKSON, ISAAC BRADBURY, CHARLES ADKIN, WILLIAM CIIAMBLEY, RICHARD CLEMENT, JOEL HARRISON. " Tamworth, Sept. 9, 1841." ----- THE AMERICAN TARIFF.--We regret to ob serve a great increase in the import duties by the new American tariff, which has now passed into a law, and which imposes 20 per cent. on those articles which were previously free. This additional duty will amount to a prohibition on the importation of linens and other arti cles of British ma',ufacturc. Former Presidents of the United States declared their hostility to commercial re strictions ; and they are certainly not popular in the Southern States. But it would appear that the manu facturing class have at length succeeded in carrying their narrow views into effect, however distasteful to the other Ainerk3an citizens.-4'dinburgh Paper. EVENING SUN • VICE-AbIiIIRA L SIR EDWARD OWEN, R.C.13., COMMANDER-IN CHIEF IN TIIE MEDITERRANEAN. So important a command as that of the Mediter ranean Fleet having been transferred into new hands, it is but reasonable that Englishmen who are beyond the pale of naval circles should desire to be somewhat acquainted with the officer to whom it is entrusted. Sir Edward Owen is the son of the deceased Captain Owen, R.N., who lost an arm in the service of his country. He was educated at Chelsea, and became a Lieutenant in 1793. Fire years after he was advanced to the rank of Post-Captain. His first appointment of importance was to the Immortalite frigate, about May; 1802 ; and soon after the renewal of the war, we find that ship, in company with the Jalouse and Cruiser sloops of war, driving le Commode, and l'lnabordable, a French brig and schooner, each mounting 4 guns, on shore near Cape Blanc Nez, where they were taken possession of by the boats of the squadron, under a heavy fire from the enemy's batteries. In 1803, Dieppe and St. Valery en Caux were bom barded by a sma!l force under Captain Owen's orders, and considerable damage, it was supposed, was done to those towns. l - 'rom this period Captain Owen kept the French coast in a continual state of alarm ; and l'lmmortalite was well known to the inhabitants for the daring man ner in which, in spite of banks and batteries, she ep preached their shores. The character she had gained along the French coast was indeed very high, and Count Dumas bore testimony to her bravery. "Le Capitaina Owen," he sayF , in his Precis des Evene mons,' " Com man d an t l a fregate l'lmmortalite, fit ad. wirer son audace et sa perseverance sous le feu des bat teries de la rade." In the month of July, 1804, Captain Owen pur sued a number of large brigs and luggers on the Bou logne coast, caused many of them to founder and others to be stranded ; and the French account admits that upwards of 400 soldiers went down in these ves sels, and many others perished. The weather was at the time severe, and the French writers ascribed their losses entirely to the storms. Napoleon, from the heights of Boulogne was himself a spectator of the scene, and i: we are to credit the French writers, evinced much sen sibility on the occasion. He r no doubt, was taught a lesson by the chaster, seeing that the weather, as well as the British cruisers, might foil his attempt to invade Great Britain. - Boulogne - being then the head-quarters of the French armament, the British squadron carefully-cruised about that place, and while the main body usually lay at anchor out ten miles N. W. of the port, a division offive or six vessels, commanded by Captain Owen, generally cruised just out of the range of the enemy's shells. During the month of August, great bustle prevailed in the road of Boulogne, Napoleon being there at this time in his barge, attended by his two Generals and Admiral Bruix. Captain Owen, with the squadron under his orderr, was, during this period, engaged in several sharp skirmishes with the French batteries, in one of which the Immortalite was twice struck by shot in the bull, and had four men wounded. On the 23d of October following, Captain Owen, standing off Cape Grisnez, gave chase to three prams, seven brig s, and fifteen luggers, and kept up a runn i ng fight till te falling tide obliged him to haul off, with the loss of one man slain, and a lieutenant of the Banc de Laice and ten men wounded, three of whom died soon after. Captain Owen, in his letter to the Rear-Admi ral, says----" From the manner in which our grape-shot covered the enemy's vessels, their loss in men must have been very great. I never saw guns pointed bet ter, or so coolly." Early in the ensuing year the Im mortalite captured El Entrepreda Corune, a Spanish privateer, of 14 guns and 66 men ; and on the 18th of July, 1805, Captain Owen had a most severe mour• ter with a part of the Boulogne flotilla, by which the enemy's loss in shipping and men was very great. On this occasion the Immortalite had her foremast, main topma,t, spanker-boom, and three boats shot through ; her rigging and sails much cut, her lull struck in seve ral places, two carronades disabled ; 4 men killed and 12 wounded, several of them severely. During the summer of 1806, hostilities against Bou logne were suspended ; but, on the Bth of October, the Earl of Lauderdale being then known to have quitted Paris re infect°, Commodore Owen immediately seized the opportunity of making trial of Mr. (subsequently Sir. W.) Congreve's rockets, which had been just in vented, and created much excitement. Accordingly Commodore Owen stood for Boulogne Bay, and - Sittwithstanding the faultiness of a first apprenticeship, not less than 200 rockets were dis charged is half an hour ! and in about ten minutes the town appeared on fire ; while such was the panic on shore that not a shot was returned from the batteries. The efficiency of the weapon, and the vulnerability of Boulogne were suffiCently ascertained. The fire blazed from two A.M. tll the evening, many vessels in the harbour were destroyed, a considerable range of buildings, apparently barracks or store-houses, burnt, the ruins of eight of which were discernible from the Clyde, the vessel in which the Commodore's broad pennant was thin flyin g This is by far the most memorable and most distin guished portion of the Gallant Officer's career. Being engaged with the enemy almost in sight of our own shores, and the communications with the flying squa dron he commanded being uninterrupted, the papers were filled almost every day with accounts of his various encounters and attacks on the French gun-boats and batteries. The public attention was almost concen trated on Boulogne, and the Gallant Commodore was, we well remember, the hero of the hour. His un daunted bravery was the continual theme of applause. The daring of the Immortalite and Commodore Owen filled the whole community, from the Deal boatmen to the Aberdeen burgher, with wonder and admiration. The advantage of his deeds to the country has been called in question. Not a few lives were sacrificed, and no inconsiderable expense incurred. At die same time the French flotilla was kept its check, and Napo leon was continually and practically convinced, if he ever entertained the idea of invading England —that the enterprise would be one of imminent danger and great loss. Commodore Onen was, however, highly applauded by the country ; his services were, on this particular occasion, of great value ; but we may be permitted to doubt, whether the kind of insensible courage for which he was distinguished, be of the high est order even of naval talents. Commodore Owen appears to have been engaged in no other memorable matter till the mouth of August, 1809, when he assisted in the Walcberen expedition at the siege of Flushing. The capture and evacuation of Flushing, as appears from Sir Richard Strachan's des patches to the Admiralty, were, in no small measure, effected by the valour and bravery of Commodore Owen. Three consecutive despatches all bear testi mony to his zeal and gallantry ; the last in an especial manner, it runs thus !--" It is my duty to draw their Lordships' attention to the excellent conduct of Com modore Owen in the discharge of the various and arduous duties he had to perform ; and I beg, in the most earnest manner, to eecommend to their Lordships' notice, the zeal, bravery, and perseverance of the cap tains, officers, and seamen, composing the flotilla under the Commodore's orders." Commodore Owen next hoisted his broad pennant on board the Inconstant frigate, in the Gulf of Mexico, where that dreadful scourge, the yellow fever, carried off many of his officers and crew, about the m on th of April, 1811. S u b sequently he has commanded the Cornwall, of 74 guns, employed in the North Sea ; and at the close of 1813, distinguished himself by his ex emplary conduct at the head of the Royal Marines, which were landed from the British fleet to co-operate with the, Dutch Royalists in the Island of South •Beve land, which was soon freed from the presence of their quondam allies. For .his services Commodore Owen received the command of a royal yacht. He was nominated a K.C.8., Jan. 2, 1815 ; obtained a Colonelcy of Royal Marines, July 19, 1821 ; and in Nov 1822, hoisted broad pennant on board the Gloucester, of 74.gunia' id nd which ship he proceeded to the West was for some time Commander-in- b i- f u t e r : that C f ie A ss embh , at station. During this period, the House of his prompt Jamaica passed a vote of thanks to qi hi ' interests while attention to their commercial and nava l big return to he was commanding among then?. h t h e insignia of a this country he was invested with Knight Commander of the Most . many ems' Order of the Bath, in consideration of his Ho n ourab le Military nent services. Sir Edward Owen pi la e rof o erlts.ihd c oma c feot t. adttaio.eslrgil was connected an d was, we believe, Administration prior to te nnected with the Tory He f entered the Hou-e of i t which was called in 1826, bold his seat till the period of R e . and continued to on his form. We can bestow n o . approbation . senatorial He rather distinguished himself as the advo cateand spoke more . than once in favour S C u o r m ve lo o n r s o in th th e c O r r a d r n l a is a rn c e; c o e b f F u'l outrage to all humanity—that most profession, however, en-stealing, the practice of nn brutal naval officers Y y r t n o le th e e s ey tb es at of th e h h is ulk of the i s unfortunately a venial offence. Commodore that Napier are Tories, and that Sir Edw ar d Owenj • is a Tory partizan—to which circumstance, we presume, he owes his appointment—will be no disparagement amongst his brother Tories. Accordingly the Vice- Admiral's appointment has given great satisfaction ion in naval circles. Her Majesty's shi p Queen is now fitting out with all expedition t o ea rryhis flag t o the Medi terranean. MANSLAUGHTE R AT WEST RETFORD.--• Thomas Ward, a farmer's son, at the end f l week, rode down, while in a state of intoxication o two ast female servants of that place, named Mary Ann Simpson, and Ann Moss, aged 2S, the latter of whom has since died from the injuries received. An inquest was held on the body on Tuesday, and a verdict of manslaughter returned against the prisoner, who was committed to take his trial at the next Nottingham Assizes. The ;inquiry into the death of James Carroll, a police constable of the H division, was continued last night at the London Hospital. After some further evi dence had been given, the inquiry till this evening. was again adjourned 9 *