The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-04 00:00:00

Just published, price Ono Shilling. • R ETROSPEk_;TIVE, or SCATTERED ME MORIALS of CALAIS. Onahyn, Catharine-street, Strand : and flateheVor, Dover. " . "11/E`MYSER'S" DAUGHTER" COMPLETE. On the 15th, in 3 vols. post Evo., THE MISER'S DAUGIITEIt. By WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH. With Twenty Illustrations on Steel, by George Cruikshank. London : Cunningham and Mortimer, Adelaide-street, West Strand. Just ready, in 2 v.ils. small Bro., with Portrait, from the original at Hampton Court, LETTERS OF IV. A ' a 'l !i . 1- D r ;,cumeSits tj eo l nn l eCt l\ ed with O he F r Personal H' SCOT S,tory now first putAistel, with an Introduction, By AGNES STRICKLAND. Author of " The Lives of the Queens of England." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great. Nlarlbormuzh-street. HAAIBIJAGir.. 4 , 1211 AUGUST, 14 . 2. jg mAJ ES fY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, AND HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA, .ving AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several D15.A.13-UTIONS .A.13 - UTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, by which, agn they are NO LOTTERIES, LARGE FORTUNES ,:ty be obtained. HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, 1.. Selling tif.NUINE and WARRANTED SELECTED BONDS for the said DISTIIIBU HONS. 'pr=ons ansirous to purchase ow; re!aive. PREVIOUS • giviott any order, the PROSPECTUS with full PARTI CULARS,-upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING. OCT. 4, Will be repeated the English Version of Rossini's Grand , i:era of SEMIRAMIDE.—The Character of Semiramide by Miss Adelaide Kemble •' Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Sha w ( from ' , l? Principal Theatres in Italy, her second appearance on the Elelish Stage) ; Assur, Mr, Giubilei ; Oroe, Mr. Leffler ; icireno. Mr. Travers ; Shade of Ninus , M r. J. Bland. After which will be repeated the N ew Comed, M Two Acts, written by Douglas Jerrold, Esq. entitled GERTRUDE'S CHERRIES, or WATERLOO Ili 1835.—Willoughby, Mr. Bartley ; Vincent, Mr. W. Lacy ; Guibert, Mr. Diddear ; Jack Halcyon, Mr. Harley ; Crossbone„ Mr. Meadows ; Ange lica, Miss Cooper; Mrs. Crossbone, Mrs. Humby ; Gertrude, Mrs: W. Lacy. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven. —Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s, Second Price 9s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places fcr the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Seison Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ' • of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, OCT. 4, The Performances will commence with the New Original Melo•dramatie Romance, called the OWL SISTERS; or, the HAUNTED ABBEY RUINS. Principal Characters by :Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, 11. Beverly, Craven, Wilkinson, Maynard, Frampton, Miss Faucit, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. H. P. Gratton. After which, THE RIFLE BRIGADE. Characters by Messrs. Wright, 0. Smith, H. Beverly, Mrs. H. Beverly, Mrs . . VI. P. Gratton, and Miss Murray. To conclude with NORMA. Polio, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ; Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. In consequence of the immens&overflows, THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 4, Will be acted Mr. Albert Smith's new Drama, called BLANCHE HERIOT, which has met with most decided success. Neville Audely, Mr. H. Hughes; Hugh Laneret, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Herrick Evanden, Mr. J. Webster; Blanche Ideriot, Mrs. R. Honner. After which, MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry Hallyard, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Joe Tiller, Mr. R. Honner; Mary Mavbud, Mts. R. Hornier. To conclude with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE; or, A SISTER'S SACRIFICE, supported by Mr. N. T. Hicks, N r . W. Smith, Mrs. Vining, Miss Terry, &c. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. I I iflll W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. volume 23 minutes after 1 I Evening 45 minutes after I, , • ' 4, 4 Ar0M..1941r1104141:4A11tfr...b;: t' Mtie LONDON : TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 4, 1842. The more we consider Lord ASHBURTON'S correspondence with Mr. WEBSTER, the more reason we find to praise his frank and manly proceeding. During his Parliamentary career, Lord ASHBURTON was so remarkable, and par ticularly of late years, for using what are called sec-saw arguments, that it was commonly said of his speeches that one part answered the other. The Noble Lord refined and qualified so much that he left his hearers in doubt whether he had ever formed a decided opinion. Knowing that pr6sumed infirmity of the Noble Lord's mind, we certainly did him, when he was appointed Ambassador to the United States, the injustice of describing him as an unfit person to under take so important a mission. We now acknow ledge our error in answer to both opponents and friends, and feel much less reluctance to do that than regret at having fallen into it. No journalist in the empire . has been more agreeably disappointed by the Noble Lord's frank and decisive mode of proceeding than we have. He seems to have carried on his nego_ . tiations with the spirit of an enlightened merchant, who knows to the fraction of a farthing what the thing is worth which he wants to buy—who states at once what he will give for it, and who cannot be overreached. His second letter to Mr. WEBSTER, published in The Sun, seems to us to form quite an epoch in diplomatic proceedings. It goes straight to the object in view, and states clearly what he is prepared to concede and what to refuse. After noticing the supposed disadvantage of speaking first, which he nevertheless readily does = after a just allusion to "an earnest desire, which has distinguished his political life, to maintain peace and promote harmony between the two countries"—after appealing to Mr. WEBSTER to bear testimony that, in their in formal communication, he had rejected "those devices and manoeuvres which are supposed ignorantly to he the useful tools of ordinary diplomacy"—after explicitly stating that they were to avoid comtroversy, agreeably to which " he had not communicated to ivr. WEBSTER an additional volume of controversial matte:: he had been supplied with"—after thus throwing aside all the tons of verbiage which have been spoken and printed to support the claim of each country to its own line, the Noble Lord comes - to what alone can be the mode of settling the dispute, that Li fact a new line is to be traced between the State of Maine and the Province of New Brunswick." That - is his short and off-hand way of getting rid of all the diplomatic notes, and protocols of meetings, under which the interest of the two iiationg had been buried. Probably this rejec tion of ten years' eloquent and enlightened dis eussions, including, moreover, the notes of Mr. f r, ;Axmixo, the master of the late Minister for ...o:•eign - Affairs,.may give us a clue to the anger ciobe and the Morning Chronicle. d the new negotiator, in the frankness and simplicity of his good sense, cast aside all rubbish of his predecessors; and, if he offended cue of them, he succeeded—which we are now ' persuaded Lord PALMERSTON never would have flone—in ensuring peace to the two countries. The principle on which the Noble Lord pro deeded was one wl►ich we have already praised. lie recommends that they should " keep in m i n d the intentions of the framers of the first treaty' Of peace , in . 1783, as expressed in The preamble to the provisional article, in the fol loWl WOrrh; Whereas reciprocal a d vantage and mutual convenience are round, by experience, to tlirm the only foundation of peace and friend ship between States.' " The Noble Lord, looking to the peace and. friendship of the two countries, seekiw their reciprocal advantage and mutual convenience, and knowing that to revive dis putes about the old lines would make them lose sight of these principles, pro •ceeds at once to trace a new line. Without the advantage of having seen these statements, but guided only by commonsense, we did, on the 21st. ult., treat the attempt of the Chronicle to keep alive the discussion of the old lines as mere drivelling when a new line, convenient to both matiori% , had been adopted. We are pleased to -find Out views confirmed by the words of the treaty of 1783, and by Lord ASIIRURTON'S conduct. The Noble Lord then proceeded to lay down the new line on these principles, and to state the stipulations he would agree t o , an d explicitly the concessions he would make, including the navicAtion of the' ,St. John's, in conjunction with t settlement of the boundary. And from the plan lie then sketched out, we cannot see that he tfterwards consented to make one important de viation, except giving up the Madawaska set tlement on the south side of the St. John's. He •lefended the right of the settlers very ably, but he was compelled in the long run to yield to themore stringent reasons, which suggested the propriety of establishing the river as the boundary between the two States. Regretting that a loyal people, however small in numbers, should - be separated from a Government to which they are attached, we must admit that the arguments against Eng land retaining a strip of territory on the Ameri can side of the river were insurmountable, and Lord ASHBURTON could not avoid giving up the Madawaska settlers. If, when all their rights of property were ensured to them, we must call theirs a sacrifice—we must add that it was such a sacrifice as States ever make of their subjects in wars, to secure a general advantage. With great tact and great gentleness did Lord ASHBURTON pursue this negotiation, at one time seriously eridangered, to a close. Mr. WEBSTER, from having, we presume, been longer engaged with the subject than the Noble Lord, could not - throw aside so completely as Lord ASHBURTON did the rubbish of former discussions, and some times, in conjunction with the Commissioners from Maine, he insisted too much on the old claims, and forgot that they were to establish, "by compromise," a " new line," which should be " mutually and reciprocally advantageous." Finally, as we already know, Lord ASHBURTON'S desire of settling, " on amicable and equitable terms," a controversy " which the authorities of the two countries had tried in vain for half a century to effect," overcame all obstacles, and he concluded a treaty which seems to us calculated to give to both countries security and peace, without sacri ficing one tittle of the honour of either. We see with satisfaction that the condition of the working classes continues to claim the first place in the consideration of the most intel- ligent journals. " It is not sufficient," says the Westminster Review, " to have suppressed the disturbances, we must investi gate their cause and prevent their recurrence." "The late insurrections have shown that there can be no im punity for further negligence or delay. Let our rulers lay its impressive warnings to heart, and be wise in time. Let them manfully grapple with the great sub ject of popular wrongs and popular distress, without wasting more years in party , warfare which has already so alienated the people.' The Times of yesterday, in an article, much of which commands our assent, had the following observations. We quote them for their own weight and truthfulness, and the warning they breathe, as well as for the assent we give them : "Right or wrong, too, it has furnished some tolerable test to those who can examine and judge, of the force, combination, and energy with which a arge body of these classes are now able to pursue an object on which they have set their wills. It has shown a tre mendously extensive body, possessing—whether by persuasion, or personal influence, or mere organiza tion, or well applied force, or fraud, or, which is most formidable of all, by real and settled community of ob ject—a power of moving at their will an overwhelm ing portion of the manufacturing workmen of the kingdom. And certainly. not the least threatening characteristic of the movement is the degree to which this body has fulfilled its own plans of a peaceful war fare. Not that it has actually abstained from vio lence : yet that violence has been controlled within definite limits, and has been exercised with a delibera tion and purpose which distinguish it broadly from a mere outbreak of temporary feeling—a riot of Mer- th y r colliers or of Bristol bargemen." " If there be any destined historian of the British convulsions of the nineteenth century, he will distin guish them from all others as having been effected by men without property, but who could read, write, and understand each other—neither the senseless outbreak of undirected masses, nor the orderly change of which Nobles and Parliament are the guiding and balancing principle—a movement of numbers against wealth and rank, yet no Jacquerie or servile war ; deliberate and progressive, yet owning no allegiance to the existing order of things, appealing to no present or past con stitution, professing no reverence for the recognised laws and distinctions of society—not the work of am bitious genius or blind despair, still less of sober pa triotism, but of an unsound and widely spread intelli gence—of a conscious power and fancied wisdom in those who think they must gain by convulsion ; or ganized not so much at the bidding of one or two able and influential speakers, as by a slow experimental process, by partial trials of strength, and by constant and general communication of ideas among large bo dies of tolerably acute and instructed men." The Review gives, from the personal knowledge of the writer, an example of the discipline and order observed by the Turn-outs, whick we will al-4) quote : In one case, where a numerous party assembled at the house, and marched through the garden and grounds of a gentleman of large property, residing near the seat of the disturbances, they promenaded in correct procession, never strayed from the gravel walks, never touched a single flower, or committed the smallest injury ; and one of the leaders called the attention of the gentleman to the regularity of their march, and made him ob3erve that to each forty men there was a captain or constable attached, whose duty it was to preserve order among them, and whom they were bound to obey." _ Our daily Contemporary, after dwelling so em phatically on our " Jacquerie, deliberate and progressive," does not jump to the conclusion like some other Tories, that half our towns must be engulphed ; on the contrary, he quotes M. DE LA MARTINE to show that the "world is becoming mechanical," or manufacturing, and that we must give a soul to manufactures, that is, take them as a man takes a wife, and make the hest he can of her. The conclusion our Contemporary draws is that "we must change the men," and this is to done "by plain, practical zeal, in subordinate instruments, which will fix itself on the spot, and devote itself to the work.", In other words, our Contemporary relies on establishing zealous priests in every small district, as a means of correcting !and controlling that formidable organization, " guided by intelligence and moving at will an overwhelming portion of the manufacturing population," which he has brough t under notice. We will not reiterate our own opinions, often expressed, that the Church and the priesthood are utterly incom petentand inefficient to the great and necessary end proposed; we will only say that if men in authority can suggest no other and better means than the priesthood to rule, govern, and guide the multitude, there is much ground for future alarm. If the priesthood had indeed preserved and acted , on the true spirit of Christianity, the which the one great idea is religion of love—of that of self-sacrifice —they might impart " that siml to manufacturers" which they want, and guard against that " hardness of heart to which those nations are prone who make a God of gold." eltl-'7ofortunatelv for the country, the clergviVOn whom the Times relies to give a soul of love to manufacturers, are as much poisoned and corrupted by the love of gold as the most avaricious manufacturers. We stop the press to announce that Mr. J. Arthur, bookseller, was arrested this afternoon, by a police officer from Manchester, on a charge of sedition, and w as taken off in a chaise in the custody of Kent, of the Carlisle police establishment. It is understood that the charge against Mr. Arthur is founded on the part taken by him at one of the Chartist meetings in Manchester, when he signed certain resolutions which he described as "dangerous" in one of his letters ad dressed to the Chartist Association in this city, during his sojourn in Manchester as the delegate from the Chartists of Carlisle. The arrest was not known until a few minutes before his departure.—From a Second Edition of the Carlisle Journal. INCOME- TA X.—SA LARY OF CURATES.—A clergy man, having the assistance of three curates, wrote to the office of Stamps and Taxes requesting to know whether in the returns to be made under the Pro perty-tax Act their salaries were to be deducted?' The reply is as follows :—" In answer to your letter, I am directed by the Board to state, that the salaries of curates can only be admitted as a deduction in the returns made under the Property Act, in those cases in which curates are licensed by the Bishop at a fixed stipend."—Birmingh am Advertiser. STRATIIBOG PRESBYTERY .—On Wednesday week, his al Grace the t u h k e e of majorityßichmond o f tl entertainede i,rPresbytery Princi pal d o - - f Strathbogie, Mr. Graham, of Aberfoyle, and others, a t dinner at Gordon Ca s tl e , i n a sty l e o f true High land hospitality. His Grace h as t a k en eve ry oppor tunity, during his sojourn in the north, to pay the most marked attention to the majority of the Presby tery of Strathbogie ; and all those who assisted at the respective sacraments have, without exception, been received and entertained at the castle. Not a single member of the minority has been shown the least at tention by the Noble Duke.—Aberdeen Herald. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDson., moNDAy.—This morning the Queen and.. Prince Albert took their usual early walk in the Home: Park and Slopes. Afterwards the Prince, attended: by Lord Rivers,l4or-General Sir Edward Bowater,. and the lion. Captain Duncombe went out shooting in the Great Park. The keepers were in waiting at Bear's rails. His Royal Highness shot splendidly, 24 brace of pheasants, 8 brace of partridges, 41 brace of hares, and 2 couple of rabbits falling to his barrels. His Royal Highness returned to the Castle to lunch. In the afternoon .ber Majesty and her Illustrious Consort rode out in a pony phaeton, his Royal High ness driving, followed by a pony carriage and four, containing the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Hon. Miss Stanley,. and the Hon. Miss Hamilton ; Lord Rivers, the Hon. Captain Duncombe, and the two Equerries in Waiting, were on horseback. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken out twice to-day, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lvttelton. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte I)undas, and Lieut.-Col. and Mrs Bouverie, will join the Royal Dinner circle at the Castle this evenin; His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador, and General Sancho, the Spanish Minister, visited the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at the Foreign-office. M. Hupedon transacted business on Saturday at the office of the Board of Trade. The Earl of Ripon left town yesterday for his seat Nocton, Lincolnshire. MAGAZINES_(CONCLU DED.) SPORTING MAGAZINE. There are two engravings in this Number — one, a portrait of Grey Wiganthorpe, a cele brated stallion, of ancient and illustrious de scent—in fact, an aristocrat on four legs, instead of two—•the property of Mr. Ferguson; and the other, a view of Surley Hall—a picturesque spot on the banks of the Thames, well known to all Eton boys, and where we ourselves have passed many a pleasant holiday hour. This last en graving is a very clever one, and the likeness is accurate enough to strike at the first glance all who are acquainted with the spot. The literary contents are of the usual calibre. SPORTING REVIEW. The " Recollections of a Sportsman's Life" are continued in this Number, and we have been pleased with the spirit and cordiality of manner they exhibit. The " French Turf, with a Notice of French Coaching," is from the pen of Lord William Lennox, who shows himself to be a ready and a fluent writer. The remaining articles are of average merit. CHURCHMAN'S MONTHLY REVIEW. The most useful article in the Number before us, is one on the subject of " Mines and Col- lieries," which is handled in a truly practical spirit, and with a considerate regard to the rights of humanity. THE FAItMER'S MAGAZINEr Agricultural subjects of all varieties are treated of; and ably eassed in this Magazine. The more abstruse papers are illustrated with appropriate diagrams, and a strict eye appears to be kept over the imtneiiate interests of everything con nected with agricultural pursuits. THE BRITISH FARMER'S MAGAZINE. The promotion of agriculture by the establish ment of societies professedly instituted to foster and tend it, together with the liberal encourage ment afforded by them in the shape of prizes and premiums, has greatly advanced the interest of the science, which no Magazine better upholds as its representative than the British Farmer's. The late discoveries of Liebig have, of course, afforded it additional field and scope for new views and classes of experiments. THE BRITISH MAGAZINE. The state of the Romanist party in the times of Edward and Elizabeth is noticed in continuation in the present Number, and the struggles of the Cameronians reviewed. The acts and devotion of the Covenanters constitute one of the finest pages of history, and furnish as high traits of aposto lic zeal and sufferance for religion as any sect on record. The extracts from the anti-Papal preach • ers of the time are curious. One inveighs in parti cular against a certain species of " Popish Night owl," who in the shape of schoolmaster, " un der pretence of teaching gentlemen's children the Latin tongue, do secretly and privily nuzzle them in the principles of Papistry." At. • • THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY' 14.1TENING. OCTOBER 4, 1842. NORTH OF ENGLAND MAGAZINE. This is a monthly journal of politics, litera ture, science, and art, and is conducted with much care and ability; in the Number for the present month there are several prose articles of superior talent, especially an historical one, in titled "Real Causes of the Revolution of 1688." -. b ' t . §llllt • • s' POLYTECHNIC JOURNAL. A monthly periodical devoted chiefly to the interests of science, and containing more than one instructive essay on the subject. THE WAR PRESS.—We observe that the War Press, headed by the Whig Morning Chronicle, as usual, is frantic because Lord Ashburton has not em broiled us with America, but succeeded in getting the Boundary Question amicably and honourably settled. Be it remembered this is the same Press that hounded us on to war in Syria, to war in China, to war in Affghanistan ; and it is said to be the representative of Lord Palmerston and the late Whig Ministry. We trust the country will keep those men out of office so long as they are actuated by so fierce and bloody a spirit. We observe it stated in rounded and mighty periods, in justification of these breathings of fire and slaughter, that " the honour of the country is con cerned." The honour of the country forsooth ! As if that had in reality anything to do with the matter ! If there be " honour, " however, assuredly it is getting out of these abominable Whig wars as fast as we can. It is to the eternal infamy of the country that it ever allowed a Whig Ministry to engage in them.—Leeds Times. - DEATH OF THE BAILIFF OF GUERNSEY.—The Gazette of this island contains the announcement of the death of Daniel De Lisle Brock, in nearly his eightieth year, at Guernsey. In 1821 he obtained the high and responsible appointment of Bailiff, or Chief Magistrate of Guernsey, we believe through the joint recommen dation and exertions of Sir John Doyle, and the then Lieutenant-Governor, Major-General Bayley. During his Chief Magistracy, he several times was deputed to London on the various interests at issue, as they related to the welfare of Guernsey, and in all of which so conducted his measures as to elicit the highest ap probation of his fellow citizens, and on two occasions pieces of plate were voted him. THE INCOME-TAX.—The Income-tax is likely to prove more dangerous to Sir Robert Peel than he supposed, or than it need be, through gross misma nagement of the details. Some country papers have complained that the piovision to secure secresv, br which householders_ are empowered to forward - their returns under sealed cover to a superior officer, is frustrated by the local assessors breaking the seal. Instances have come within our own knowledge of needless, and therefore unjust, trouble given ; even the returns are negligently served, and when applica tion is made at the offices they are frequently found to be unprovided with th em . Y People the less grudged the tax, odious as its very name was, because they thought that it would be well managed ; and they re garded the Premier's repute for business-like qualities as a guarantee that it would. They did not indeed think that he would himself do duty in every office, but they expected him to see that others did theirs. Has that been looked to ? Are the subordinates who executed the law fitted for their office by ability, zeal, and discretion ? Is the army of tax-collectors free from traitors- r -political adversaries of the Govern ment, who would like to make the tax not less, but more odious ? The First Lord of the Treasury ought to be able to answer these questions ; and to say that the management of the tax has been intrusted to those who are not only able and honest in their own per sons, but capable Of choosing their subordinates pro perly. At all events, it is manifest, from the very pro ceedings of the functionaries and the construction of the returns, that the, system itself is faulty. It might be worth the while of the Minister to investigate this matter.—Spectator. On Thursday evening last, at seven o'clock, the Britannia steamer, Captain S. Bushell, 'from Bou logne, and the French Post-office packet, arrived off Dover ; but the wind being then blowing a gale, with a heavy swell on, they were unable to enter the har bour. 'Consequently, they were obliged to . put about and retrace their course to the French coast, under the lee of which they remained all night. They re turned here at seven o'clock, when they were enabled to enter our port, and land their " weary and worn " passengers. The English. Government Post-office packets, though unquestionably capital sea-worthy vessels, have, during the week, been on two occasions unable to enter Calais harbour by reason of the tem pest ; and, consequently, they had to bear away for 13oulogne, and there land the mails. On Thursday the only steamers that reached Margate from London were the Isle of Thanet and the Red Rover.—Dover Chronicle. A lad named Skipper, 17 or 18 years of age, has been committed to Norwich gaol on a charge of setting fire to a stack of straw, which stood near the wall of St. Faith's Union-house. The boy acknowledged that he set it on fire, hoping that it would burn d own the work. house, that he might be no longer fed on bread and water. *etontiNbttion SUN OFFICE Three o'clock. The Special Commission appointed for the trial of the northern rioters was opened at Stafford yesterday, on which occasion Sir Niclio- LAS TIN DAL, the Chief Justice, delivered a charge to the Grand Jury, which deserves praise for the general moderation of its tone, and the clear and distinct manner in which the law of the land is expounded, as it bears upon such riotous combi nations as took place last 3 ul • y in the manufac turing districts. His Lordship, after giving a brief; general outline of these illegal • transac tions, whose origin he attributed to certain dis putes between the masters and men on the question of wages, proceeded to state the difference between legal and illegal combinations, observing, " that if the workmen of the several collieries and manufactories, who complained that the wages they received. were inadequate to the value of their services, had assembled them selves peaceably together for the purpose of determining upon the rate of wages or prices which the persons present at the meeting should The following is an extract from a private .etter:— • , " The commercial treaty with Great Britain is again beginning to be talked of, and it is even asserted in some political and diplomatic circles, that the pro ject has been actually discussed between the Regent, his secretary (General Linage), a Spanish statesman, supposed to be M. Gonzales, and Mr. Aston, our Minister. The last correction was said to have been given to it so far back as the 20th•of August. It is thought that the Government will present it to the . Cortes, together with the projected treaties with Bel gium and Holland, and that whilst the discussion is proceeding Zurbano will be kept in Catalonia to over awe the cotton spinners and manufacturers of Bar celona. M. Cortina, aware of the conclusion of this treaty, and of the plans of Government for carrying it through the :COrtes, is concerting measures, not only with his Parliamentary friends, but even with secret societies of Barcelona, to procure their failure." We have received the Paris papers of Sunday, but with the exception of a supposed insult offered to the French flag, they contain little news. It appears that the British brig Cygnet, employed for the prevention of the slave-trade on the African coast, had fired with ball, ahead of a French vessel called L'Aigle, to bring her to, and as the captain paid no attention to this, a second shot was fired, and two Englishmen boarded her, when, finding all was right, the. vessel was al lowed to depart. While the mutual right of search continues, we really cannot see any part of this proceeding of which the French commander require for their work, and had entered into an agreement amongst themselves for the fixing of such rate, they would have done no more than the law allows them. Unfortunately, however," his Lordship added, " those who were discontented did not stop here," but assumed the power of interfering with the right which others possessed, of exercising their own discre tion on the subject of their alleged grievances. " It is unnecessary to say," the Chief Justice went on to observe, " that a course of policy so utterly unreasonable in itself—so injurious to so ciety—so detrimental to the interests of trade— and so oppressive of the rights of the poor man —must be a gross and flagrant violation of the law, and is to be put down, when guilt is established, by a proper measure of punish ment." Upon this point there cannot be two opinions. Justice and common-sense alike re pudiate such oppressive combinations, as being injurious to—indeed, as tending directly to impair —the integrity of the social system; andthe calm, eqUable, but emphatic manner in which they are denounced by his Lordship, will, we confi dently hope and believe, have a far more whole some effect on the minds of those misguided men who took part in the late strikes, than if such warm and over-zealous language had been re sorted to, as the Judges of the land were not un frequently in the habit of using in the ultra-Tory days of PITT, SIDMOUTH, and CASTLEREAGH, when the great object of Government—in such cases of riot and sedition as the present—seemed to be, less to administer impartial justice, than to ensure the conviction of troublesome and ob noxious opponents. His Lordship wound up his succinct, lucid, and temperate charge, by some appropriate remarks on edu cation, the diffusion of which generally among the working-classes was, he said, the only effec tual method of rendering them good men and good citizens, and of counteracting the attempts of designing political incendiaries to undermine their principles, and array them in hostility to the established institutions of the country. From the spirit that pervaded his Lordship's charge, we feel satisfied that the law Will be administered—as it always ought to be, but, alas! not as it always has been_ in a firm, equable, and considerate manner; and that no erroneous system of Terrorism will be adopted, which, like exquisite cunning, always overshoots the mark, re-acts injuriously on the Government which sanctions it, and aggravates the very evils which it was intended to remove. We cannot close these hasty observations without alluding to the se rmon p reach ed before the Judges, by the Rev. Mr. COLDW ELL, previous to the opening of the Commission; wherein, alluding to the riots, he traced them exclusively to the " deism and infidelity that were widely spreading through the land," adding, " that the men engaged in them, first set aside the Bible, then brought into disrepute the Church, and de clared open hostility against its ministers." This is sad clerical cant. The riots in question had nothing on earth to do with the Church or the parsons. They were altogether a belly af tfiluitri—ont." A resuforlt tof: mingled ignorance and desti e Gentleman's statement that those who took part in them were Deists and Infidels, we firmly believe—and we make the remark in no disrespectful spirit—that the majority of them were quite as good Christians as himself, though they were not perhaps so well laid for their Christianity. has a right to complain. His Protest, and ithe reply of Captain WILSON, the commander of the Cygnet, will be found in another part of the paper. - The Journal des Debats states that M. PAGEOT I had been appointed Minister Plenipotentiary, I and charged to fill, ad interim, the post of Minis ter of France at 'Washington, in the absence of M. DR BACOURT. The Moniteur Parisien announces that the King of PaussrA received most - graciously the authorities of the French town of Pontarlier, on his passage at the Saut du Doubs, on the 28th ult. His MAJESTY expressed deep concern in speak ing to the Sub-Prefect at the painful loss sus tained by France in the person of the Duke of ORLEANS, and inquired with the greatest interest after the health of the Duchess of ORLEANS, whose rare qualities, he said, had left the most honourable and flattering impression in Germany. Accounts frotn Eu of the 30th ult. state that the KING, QUEEN, and Royal Family walked on that day from the Chateau to Hotel Dieu to visit the sick. Their MAJESTIES were received at the gate of the hospital by the Prefect of the De partment, the Sub-Prefect of Dieppe, and the Mayor of Eu. The Duchess of MECKLENBURG SCHWERIN was to leave for St. Cloud on the morning of the Ist, and the KING, QUEEN, and rest of the Royal Family , were to ,have started in the evening, so as to reach St. Cloud early in the morning of Sunday. The Quotidienne states, that during the week ending the 29th ult. there were 611 oxen returned to their owners from the markets of Sceaux and Poissy for want of buyers. " This fact," adds the Quotidienne, " is a striking proof of the de pressed state of the agricilltural interests and cf the excess of production over consumption." If this remark is founded on truth; we may soon expect to see French cattle in the English market. DUTCH VUNDS.—AMBTERDAti, OCT. 1. 111 oney. Bills. ACLII:4I Deb . 254 per Cent 52% Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Amain Svndic, 44 per cent 95 t 534 Ditto, ditto, Bli per cent 77li Commercial Company, 4!;, per cent l3i% 136 g Ditto (18'35 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent Exchange on London, One month l2 20 Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 87% Twomonths ... Dutch Papers, Oct. 1. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO TLJREE. But little has been done in the Funds this morning ; the Market has not exhibited quite the same firmness as it did at the close of business yesterday. No altera tion can, however, be made in prices beyond that of there being sellers rather than buyers. Consols are 92+ 93 for Money, and 93 93i- for the Account; New Three and-a-Half per Cents., 1001 101* ; India Bonds, 37 39 ; Exchequer Bills have improved, the Old to 50 52, and the New to 49 51 prem. Foreign Securities are again better, and it would appear that more attention is now paid to these as in vestments. Dutch and Belgian have been the more sought after, the Two-and•a- Half per Cents. of the former country being 52 52+, the Five per Cents. 100+; and the latter, 103+. Mexican Bonds also are quoted higher, namely, .331 ex div. The opinion that the disputes between that country and Texas will be amicably settled gains ground, and it is known that the latter are extremely anxious to avail themselves of a treaty lately signed in London, for England to arrange the affairs which cause the present hostile feeling. Brighton Railway Shares have again been the' principal feature in this market, and have been sold as high as 36i, but some parties being anxious to realise their profit, and having appeared as sellers, they have receded to 36+, and the loan notes 10k. The other transactions have been—Eastern Counties, Eik ; Blackwell, 7 ; South Western, 38 ; and Manches ter and Birmingham, 60; the whole of which are higher. More speculation has to be noticed to have taken place in the Bonds. Colombian are quoted at 21 ; Portuguese Five per Cents. 36 ; the Three per Cents. 211; Spanish Five per Cents. 16*, and the Three per Cents. 21+. The number and amount of bills due to-day, we understand to be very large, but hitherto all has passed off well. It is satisfactory to state, that in the present depressed state of business, the notaries complain greatly of want of employment. MANCHESTER STOCK ]EXCHANGE, OCT. 3.—We have had a limited business to-day, and prices remain steady. quotations as follow :—London and South Western, 57i ; Manchester and Birmingham, 211 to 221 ; North Midland, 56+ to 57+ ; New South Easterns,l2 to 12*; Eastern Counties, New, 71.198.2 d. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. India Stock Ditto Bonds ....... 39 pm Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 5O pm Ditto 500/ st pm Ditto Small Bank Stock for Acct. 'lndia Stock for Acct... Consols for Acct. r FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto 36& Prussian, 5 per cent — Russian, 5 pet cent — Ditto, Aletallic . . .. Spanish, 5 per cent., 166 Ditto, Deferred—. . French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Exchange —f —c. French, 3 per cent —f. —c. Dutch, 2i per cent. 52 Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 100 i We occasionally give brief reports of the pro ceedings and decisions of the Revising Barristers in the Registration Courts, while at the same time we are aware that no intelligence in a news paper, not excepting even the long speeches made in favour of a Repeal of the Union, is read with so little interest. The individuals who claim votes, and a few of their friends, may take some interest in the business, but as regards the public in general, it is a matter of perfect i„diff eren ce whether a Whig or a Tory name is struck off or retained. At the first revi sion of the Voters' Lists, after the passing of the Reform Bill, these Courts_ were crowded with anxious expectants for electoral privi leges, and the papers were filled with long details of objections made against different par ties, while, at present, half a column is con sidered ample space, even in journals which have room enough, and to spare,- for recording the re sults. This is certainly a remarkable change in the political feelings of the people within the brief space of eight or nine years, and it may, therefore, be interesting to inquire into the cause. It cannot be attributed to a general apathy regarding constitutional rights, for at no period did such a general conviction prevail as at the present time, that the people are not represented in Parliament, and that re forms must be introduced into both Houses for depriving the aristocracy of their monopoly of power, and protecting the great body of the people against the abuses of class legislation. The apathy must, therefore, arise from some well-grounded conviction that all the valuable provisions of the Reform Bill have been set aside, and that it is useless to trust to a charter which has been found so completely in operative. Bribery is carried on to a greater ex tent than ever, there are still small rotten boroughs in abundance, and in large towns canvassing, a ccom p an ied with promises and threats, never exhibited such unusual vigour as still a more painful to (luring the last election. It is painful to witness s k u n c o h w a that be traced to the m y political conduct of certain parties in whom the people at one time placed confidence, Lord JOHN RussELL'S " finality" speech, the ejection of Lord BROUGHAM and Lord DURHAM from the Cabinet, and the infusion of others in their place of all but Tory principles, have alienated the people from what has been called Liberal go vernment, and made them look out for other and more faithful leaders. But the task appears all but hopeless, for if even as large . a number of honest Reformers were returned to Parliament as the present state of the suffrage would admit, what could they do against the Tories with the finality man at their back ? Are we to wonder, therefore, that the Sturgites and the Chartists, and other political parties, should be driven to the necessity of devising some scheme for the abatement of these evils, and that, in despair of finding a sufficient remedy by ordinary means, they should go much farther than many of the middle classes consider prudent or practicable? Such demonstrations, however, are marked symp toms of the defective state of society, and require the immediate and careful attention of our rulers. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons 92i 3i per Cent. Red — New 3} per Cent... looi Now 5 per Ceti', Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ... Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 l2 7-16 FOREIGI Austrian, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent 1034 Brazilian Bonds... Buenos A yres6 percent. 22 Chilian, 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1824 2l Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent BO Danish, 3 per :ent Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — ,Mexican, 5 per cent 33% Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian; 1825, 6 per ct. SHARES. Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd... 39 Eastern Counties Railway (23 raid) ..... 84 Ditto New Shares ( paid) ..... 81 la 8d Great Western, (65 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) ...... 36t Ditto Loan Notes (10 paid) ...... 10i London and Birmingham ( 90 ) ...... Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) 4B Ditto Thirds (32 paid) London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 574 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid)... .. 214 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) North Midland Railway (100) Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) Paris and Rouen (18 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)......... 234 Ditto Scrip (15 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) WHITEcHAPEL MARKET. We have news from Madrid up to the 25th of last month. The Corresponsa/ publishes a notice of the Director of the Bank of San Fernando, an nouncing to the shareholders that they are en- In consequence of the very moderate supply, both of Flay and Clover, the demand was brisk, and our highest quotations were fully realised for the finest sorts ; even the ordinary qualities met a good market. Of Straw the supply was short, with a good demand, and prices without alteration. Clover, 21. 106. to 51.85. ; Hay, 21. Bs. to 41.75. ; Straw, 11. 113. to 11.155. titled, for the present year, to a dividend of 4 ; UMMARIT OF NEWS! L WIN per cent., which will be paid to them after the Ist of October. AND OPtntvfl. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The French packet-boat Phare, which left Algiers on the 21st of September, thirty-six hours later than the ordinary mail, arrived at Toulon on the 26th. By this conveyance we learn that General Bugeaud had departed in haste for the province of Constantine, hav ing ascertained that Zidi-Zerdout had attacked Setif, at the head of 4,000 or 5,000 Kabyles. The Flittas, and other tribes about Medeah and Miliana have also resumed arms. The lower Atlas, however, is peaceable. M. de Billeman, the Delegate of Monte Video, has just addressed a petition to the Minister of Marine, requesting that the crew of the Leopeldina Rosa shall be put on their trial. The shipwreck of that vessel, which cost the lives of 204 persons, is known to have been caused by the refusal of the crew to obey the orders of the captain. A subscription has been commenced by the King and Royal Family of France, to alleviate the losses sustained through the late storm by the inhabitants of . Fecamp, Yport, and Etretat. Much snow has fallen within these few days on the Pyrenees. Twelve new Consuls are about to be nominated by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs for Europe, the East, and America. The tenth sitting of the Scientific Congress of France was opened, on tho 28th inst., at Strasburg, about 600 being present. Otho, King of Greece, it is stated, had a fall from his horse a day or two since, but escaped with some slight contusions. GENCE INSOLVENT COURT-(THIS DAY•) . IN RE DAVID DE LARA. The insolvent, who was a member of the Jewish persuasion, applied on his petition to be discharged. In his examination he stated that he attributed his insolvency to the non-success of an invention upon the perfecting of which he had expended a large sum of money. He was the inventor of what was styled the " self-igniting sealing wax," a specimen of which he had the honour of submitting to her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, who were graciously pleased to express their approbation of the invention, and gave him an order for 201. worth of the article'; 151. for her Majesty, and Si. for the use of his Royal Highness. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS—What time was the order given, and when was the money paid ? solvent—l received the order from the officer of the household In April, and was paid in May. Mr. Commissioner HARRIs.—I see there are 62 creditors' names in your schedule; what profits were realized by the sale of this article, besidewhat you got at Court. Insolvent.—l can't call my dealings at Court profitable, as I presented the self-igniting wax. to her Majesty in a box, the preparation of which cost me 101., half the amount of what I was paid. The article itself was very expensive, and consequently did not sell well. After some further evidence the hearing was ordered to be adjourned to Thursday next, in order to pro duce a witness, and the insolvent's bail was enlarged. COLONIAL ALARKET. The public sales of produce were very large, the trade operated with caution, and prices declined for several articles. The imports to a fair extent. Raw Sugar was dull of sale and former rates barely sus tained. Brown West India 565. to 59z., and yellow 603. to 663. per cwt. Coffee little asked for. Ceylon 63i. to 665. 6d. per cwt. TEA MARKET. The market was in a- dull state, and the public sales went off heavily and at rather lower rates for both Black and Green Tea. ls. 7id. was the value of common sound Congou. TALLOW MARKET. Prices were firm and the demand good, 48s. 3d. for P. Y. Candle on the spot, and at 48s. for delivery up to the close of the year, • POLICE INTELLIGENC GUILDHALL.—(THIS DAY.) Dennis Collins, an Irish labourer, was charged with stealing a bag containing a quantity of spone, value 305., the property of Mr. F. Stead, of Upper Thomas street. The prisoner was observed by an officer carrying the bag over his shoulder, and he stopped him, and as he did not give a good account of himself he took him into custody. He said he found the bag: The pro perty, it was afterwards ascertained, belonged to,Ms• Stead, It whose house the prisoner was working. The prisoner in his defence most unblushingly. de. clared upon " his hanner that he never seed the bag in all his born days." Sir JOHN KEY, however, did not place implicit pee' fidence in the prisoner's " hanner, and committed him for 14 days. BO W-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A man named Colver, whose dress and appearance declared him to belong to the horse-jockey fraternity , was charged with having in his possession a saddle which had been stolen some six weeks ago, from the shop of Mr. Henry Irch, of No. 8, Long-acre. Mr. Irch stated that the saddle was worth 51.25. 6d.; when stolen his bills were upon it, and the name , " Henry Irch, maker, Long-acre," was engraved upon the head of a nail in Ste saddle. Witness observed the prisoner riding past his shop yesterday , , and though the girths had been changed he at once recognised his saddle. Upon examining the saddle , witness found that his bills had been removed, an d those of " Atkins, Leicester," put on in their "place. Witness had offered a reward of 2/. 2s. for the saddle , and had widely advertised it. There was a martin gale with it when it was stolett The prisoner in defence said that he was in the employ of a most respectable dealer in Leicester, fel; whom he came to London once a fortnight. He di", business at Hodges' Repository, St. Martin's-lane , a nd bought the saddle and martingale of a man he met there for 4/. 4s. The saddle had no bills on when he bought it, and, as a saddle, had the appearance of having been slop made. When there were no bills on it he had affixed the bills of Mr. Atkins, some of which he happened to have by him at the time of purchase . He assured the Magistrate that he was a most resp ect ' able man, and begged him to examine some letters from his employers, which would convince him (th e Magistrate) that such was the case. • Mr. HALL, having examined several of the lettere , said, there seems to be some rather sharp practic e here. Prisoner—l am not aware of it, Sir. Mr. HALL—What ' s the meaning of this? Is ° lig very honest ? " Get the old cove into the net, se you did the last one so well." Prisoner, smiling, and rubbing his hands—Oh; my dear Sir, that's nothing. I assure you—it's perfectly honest. It may 5 011 2 t queer to persons not accustomed to horse -dealing, " 11 it's quite honest, I assure you—quite. Mr. HALL—Oh, I dare say, very honest ! ICI-Tr there are various ways in which I might look at this case. I might in the first place send you for triad Secondly, I could commit you at once to gaol for tw calendar months for having property in your possessic. e far which you cannot account ; and the third way in which I might deal with the case would be by order ing the restitution of the property to the person frert whom it was originally stolen. Which shall I do, Prisoner, seriously—Perhaps I can produce the WO that sold it to me, your Worship. Mr. HALL—Where is the martingale ? Prisone r " . I can send for it, Sir. May I ? Mr. HALL—Send for the martingale directlyill" stantaneously. I will have no further conversationt with you till you resto re th a t, and then I'll see whit to do with you. The prisoner conversed with some jockey - 10 0 - friends of his for a few minutes, and, in about ha ll hour afterwards the martingale and girths made their appearance.h Mr. HALL ordered their restoration to Mr. TN: and then acquitted the prisoner, who seemed citili! taken aback by Mr. Hall's " sharp practice." MARYLEBONE.—(THIS DAY.) ' h William Day, a powerful man, was ehaized an assault. he r . Day stated that the prisoner was he He went out yesterday morning, and as stayed out rather late she went to his sister's to IN; for him. The sister, without any provocation, Or - her clothes off and turned her out of the ,house. 131 fendant followed her, and by his violent conduct in i the street collected a mob of two or three hu ndred persons. He struck her upon the face and head T peatedly, when a constable coming up he was give° in charge. Police constable 34 D, said, that when. he saw a crowd of people in Hardington-street 1:0 went among them to clear them off, where , saw the defendant, her face covered with WS' and her clothes nearly torn off her back. s took the prisoner into custody, when he struck hill ' violent blow on the face, which nearly stunned hi lt ' . With the assistance of a man there he got hiin o ne veyed to the station -house. Charles Allan, living in Hardington-street, dee d to the extreme violence of the prisoner. b rat Mr. RAWLINSON, after remarking upon his b ra and unmanly conduct to his wife, fined him 9.05. CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS Y.) .Toshua Bourke was charged with violently fau lt ing Anne Willis, an. unfortunate girl. The complainant was walking along the New - r ° , ka between twelve and one o'cloek last night, when I " fr i prisoner met her. He commenced pulling her abc' lle ; she resisted, and for doing so tbe brute gave he r blow on the left eye which nearly forced it out of Igo head. She screamed with pain, and police-congtAT, 80 E came up. She was bleeding profusely from tRa, eye, :and pointed to the prisoner, who was runn i across the street. The prisoner had not the least excuse to make e cept that she was a prostitute—he was not drun d and admitted having struck her the blow, hut she /111.,. given him a slap in the face first for-pulling her a.W.Te'd Mr. ComnE said an erroneous opinion previo. ri , among the lowest classes that those unfortunate b" c o might be maltreated as their whim su ggested. ' - ' lO long as they behaved themselves quietly they WI. 0 good a right to walk along the streets as any othered her Majesty's subjects. They were frequently- treart., with great brutality, and had seldom an -opportuoli; of proving it. This was a most brutal assault an(),'„. should fine the prisoner V. or six month s ' impii s " - ment and hard labour. . 00' THE REV. MR. CURLING AND CAPTAIN STE VVI': O A Correspondent, who accomiianies his oomm.uni ca e t t i l ia with his name, writes to us respecting a case, re port it , The Sun or Friday last, under the head of Union-h_ A e .l4 o . which it was stated that the Rev. Gentleman hg" u se sorted that " Captain Stevens had made an improP (r bo ut of his name, by stating that he (Mr. Curling) v. 710 scfr to preach a sermon in aid of the Royal Swiumr:l o l4,„o- ciety"—a society founded by the latter. Our C.ol , rre 3 rod dent states and affirnis that the promise was re ad°' ige that the Rev. Gentleman has forfeited his faithful Ple!ety in that respect.. As regards the usefulness of tb e S c/c ta in in question, we are given to understand that Cl ou a- Stevens has taught 7,352 persons to swim since it 6 '- dation, and has 'himself saved Several lives.. !• SCHLOSS'S SPEECH OF THE KING OF nt 13 1,,, - the The important and patriotic speech tieliveroll King of Prussia on th e late occ as io n o f l a ying: the i cor dation stone 'of the Cathedral of C o l ogne , has bee' in sidered by Schloss worthy of being pt' - ' ter onc e ' some shape more lasting than It s e ph em eral gt obi a d n , meat by the daily press, and h e h as a ccordinf, IY I t o a printed both in German apa English, and in a. n eit i t i 9 ornamented style, fitted for general circulatio 11. of its bordered i n pi n k, on goo d p a p er , an d th e proauc e f u nd sale is to be devoted to the ben e fit of the bui'mling of the Cathedral. • Jul/ ICIEW, SEPT. 4.—Since the beginning 40 h are great body of troops have been assembled, /A 4 '1 6 •00 now encamped near the city. Kiew is fu l d 01. 1 oor of all ranks, whose presence greatly animatee ns• social circles, and brings much profit to, our c" — St. 'I. The imperial equipage has already arrived- fr°11,05.. Petersburgh. We expect Field Marshal P lslice v. kewitch as Commander-in-Chief of thri wb ole Prussian State Gazelle. fac A - Tnu LATE CROPPING CASE AT 1) 01 / r3t.."--3 ,1e po i, ten- - r e e d, donald, the turnkey of the Dovertioroaigh his resignation last week, whiaii the Justices. Acc e n P t ot , and they will proceed to fill up the vaca,ncy on Fri6V— _ MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE. The works of the Bristol and Exeter Railway are about to be proceeded with actively, the staff of the engineering department having arrived in Exeter. The line has been trenched out at the Red Cow, and in the course of a short time there will be several hands permanently fixed on the work. NAVAL AND wxxxxr.aity. The fortifications of Gibraltar, by order of Govern ment, are to be repaired by convicts, under guard. A considerable number will soon be embarked at Gravesend. LAW AND POLICE. Yesterday, James Weston, a lad about 14 years of age, appeared at Wandsworth police-office, on the charge of throwing a stone on the South -Western railway, at Wimbledon. The highest penalty would have been imposed, but that he had the character of a hard-working boy, and was the support of his mother. He was fined 10s. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. At the Newcastle Musical Festival the Messiah was performed on Saturday morning. The Duke of Cambridge and the Marquis and Marchioness of Lon donderry were present, and afterwards appeared at the Grand Dress Ball, among 600 other individuals in fancy costume. TRZATRIOA.L. Gretry's opera of Richard Cceur de Lion, with addi• ional orchestral accompaniments by Adolph Adam, is in rehearsal at Covent-garden Theatre. SPORTING. Prince Albert visited the — game preserves at Windsor yesterday, and after being in the field above three hours, brought down twenty-four brace of pheasants, four brace of partridges, with a leash of hares, and a couple of rabbits. C OURT—P.a.SHION.A.BLE. The Earl and Countess of Harrington and their youthful daughter, Lady Jane Stanhope, have arrived at Pembroke House, from Elvaston Hall, Derbyshire, for the winter. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster are expected to arrive at Grosvenor House to-day from Moor Park. Lord and Lady Montague have left Ditton Park, Berks, for Leamington Spa. ThQ Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter receive a select party at Burleigh House, near Stamford, during the week. The Prince and Princess of Capua, will leave Ha nover Lodge, Regent's Park, for the south of Europe shortly. Prince and Princess Kannitz left town on Sunday for Rotterdam and the Rhine. Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, has returned to Ashburnham House, from Drayton Manor. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are expected to leave Scotland this month for Goodwood. The Earl of Ripon left town yesterday for Nocon , Lincolnshire. IVEISCEZILAAVZOUS. There are at present in Haslar Lunatic Asylum, about 160 patients, under the charge of Dr. James Anderson. A parliamentary paper states that since its establishment in 1818, 116 commissioned, and 70 other officers, together with 503 seamen, marines, and Greenwich pensioners, had been admitted. LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 4.—Wind this day at neon, mode rate breeze from N. to N.E., and fine, clear weather. DEAL, OCT. 3.—Wind N.E., fresh breeze.—Sld. Sophia, John, Bombay; Cybele, Griffiths, Quebec ; Cawlon, Penton, Sierra Leone ; Duchess of Northum berland, Scott, Hobart Town ; Arab, Dalgarno, South Australia; Horwood, Gales, Alva Bay. P O RTSMOUTH, OCT. 3.--E.N.E.—SId: Wanderer, Voss, Calcutta ; Duke of Argyle, Bristow, Madras. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 3.—Wind E.N.E., strong.— Arrd. Soca, Nissen, New York. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 3.—Wind E., light.—Arrd. Gre cian, Lamgon, Havannah ; Thompson, Gardiner, Bar letta. Sld. Swan, Blanchard, Matanzas; Rockall, Higgin, New Orleans; Kara, Skirling, Genoa. RAMSGATE OCT. 3.—The Josine Wilhelmina, Re goort, from RAMSGATE, to Dordt, which put in here 30th ult., leaky, is discharging. SHEERNESS, OCT. 2.—The brig Monica, of Roches ter, grounded yesterday on the Cant Edge, but re ceived no damage. ALDBOROUGH, OCT. 2.—A vessel's keel and kel son, a trysail, mast, and several deals have washed on shore. MUMBLES, SEPT. 30.—Sld. Enchantress, Foster, Cuba; Alderman Pirie, Penrose, ditto. The Abeona, Gace, on shore on the beach, has got off, and pro ceeded to Gloucester. CORK, OCT. I.—Arrd. Lancashire Witch, Cum ming, Monte Video. SUNDERLAND, OCT. 2.—Sld. Freyer, Rio Janeiro. CROOKIIAVEN, SEPT. 30.—Arrd. Gentoo, Calcutta. THE LATE MADAME SOYER.—The appearance of a very beautiful engraving of the picture of " The Jew Lemon-sellers" reminds us of the loss which art has sustained in the death of Madame Soyer. This gifted lady, better known, perhaps, as Miss Emma Jones, has beet! snatched away in the midst of a career, the opening success of which fully justified the most flattering anticipations of her numerous friends. Some of Madame Soyer's pictures exhibited here were the subjects of very general admiration, and such of our readers as visited the last exhibition at Paris (where Madame Soyer was even more popular than in England) will recal with pleasure her picture, after Murillo, of " The Two Israelites," which received so much praise from the French critics. The devotion of Madame Soyer to the art which she so much adorned by her talents, is illustrated as much in the number as in the excellence of her works, which form the basis of a lasting and honourable fame. Although but 29 years of age_when,she died, she had already painted no Tess than 403 pictures. Many of them are in the pos session of the most distinguished collectors in this country. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CROYDON RAILWAY.— 1 1 Last evening, about half-past six, a man, named Richard Crossley, a policeman in the service of the Croydon Railroad Company, was killed on the line between► the New-cross Station and Sydenham, under the following shocking circumstances :—lt appears that the unfortunate man was on duty in the narrow cutting between the above stations, and was standing in the space between the up and down line, for the purpose of signalising to the up-trains to proceed only at half speed on account of extra trains being put on the road to convey the great influx of passengers tfiat were proceeding to and from Croydon Fair. The half-past five train from Croydon was coming up, and he was actively engaged in signalising to the engine drivers. At the same moment, the six o'clock train from London was coming down unperceived by Cross ley, wheri,•it is supposed some of the steps of the car riages caught him, and threw him with great violence against the train which was passing, from the effect of which he wt rebounded back, and the whole train passed over hisperson. No time was lost in placing him in one of the carriages, and taking him to the ter minus at London-bridge, from thence to Guy's Hos pital, when, upon Mr. Hill, the house surgeon, exa mining him, he stated that the unfortunate man must have been killed instantaneously. His head, legs, and, in fact, every part of his person frightfully mutilated. He was considered a very steady man by the Company, and has laft a widow and four children. BERLIN, SEPT. 24.—There is no confirmation of the report that was spread a few days ago, that the Emperor of Russia intended to pay a visit to our Court next month, but Colonel Pathaud, Aide-de- Camp to the Grand puke Michael, arrived here yes terday, and since then it is said that the Grand Duke. will soon pass through Berlin. ST. PETERSDURGH, SEPT. 20.—We continue to enjoy very fine and mild autumnal weather. Ac counts from several parts of the empire, especially the western gdvernment, say that the harvest is extremely good. In the western government the crops of buck wheat, flax, hemp, and potatoes, are most abundant.. The crop of hay, in consequence of the rains in June and July, is more scanty than last year.