The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-29 00:00:00

UN't.FOR:II WITH " ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE." In Nlonthly Volumes, neatly bound, price 6s. each. R. P, REIGNR E S y 0 0 f F F E l ; I 'S D I I . D T O a g l a t l i C s A l E J LLA WORKS. Th T; le CONQUEST of MEXICO. The CONQUEST of PERU. The first Volume to appear on the lot of CCTOLEZ. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Orden received by all Booli:iellers. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. The public is respectfully informed that this popular establishment Will OPEN for the Season On MONDAY, October 1, When will be performed the Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Sir William Fondlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Wild rake, Mr. Webster; Widow Green, MIS. W. Clifford; Lydia, Miss J. Mordaunt ; Ccnstance, Mrs. Nisbett. After which the highly successful new Farce, called an ALAR3IING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buckstone ; Susan Swectapple, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To be fol owed by the new Farce, entitled SEPARATE MAIN TENANCE. To conclude with A EISA IN THE DARK. On MONDAY, Oct. 8, Mr. .MACRE IDY will make his first ap pearance in London since his return from America, and commence his first series of his Farewell Performances previous to his retire ment from the stage at the end of June next. Due notice will be given of the appearance of Mr. and Mrs. KERN. The Box-office will be open on Thursday, under the direction of 3lr. I. T. Archer. I:IEATItE ROYAL, AIiELPIII. Under the direction os Madame Celeste. EVENING, Will be performed SWEET HERRTS AND WIVES. After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. Chaunt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Rummer, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To be followed by the Farce of SLASHER AND CRASHET. Mr. Slasher. Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedford. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPRITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Positively the Last Six Nights of Mazeppa. Under the Patrozzage of her Majesty the Queen, his stoyal Highness Prince Albert, &c. In compliance with numerous requests at the Box-office, the po pular Spectacle of MAZEPPA; or, the Wild Horse, will be pro duced with great splendour THIS EVENING, To be followed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE C tRCLE. in which Marie Macarte will appear, supported by the first Binestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a favourite Farce. Box-office open tlom Eleven till Font. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. 11101 - 1 AT _1,01,11,0N TUTS DAY —Morning, 0 min. after 0 1 Evening. 5 min. after 12 To-Moitow—v °ming, 21 min. after 12 1 E :ennig, 50 min. after 12 WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, SEPT. 29. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 55; Highest, 65; Noon, 64. BAROMETER, 29.73. Wind S.W.—Heavy rain in the night; Morning, cloudy; Afternoon, showery. ~,,, ~,-,-,, - e;: - ,,;:,-, 6 Q- . 4.., , li, S. - ` - ` " 1 ! A ; i.. 7 10 :,40,1k ~. - A - \-. t . - -- el' „.;,..,,,,, Li 4 ninit 2"111t LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1849. One or two circumstances not already referred to by ourselves in reference to the recent court martial on Mr. PITMAN are eminently deserving of consideration. Scarcely any one, it must have been observed, has dared to exonerate that person from the blame under which he has been professionally excommunicated ; hardly a single individual has for an instant presumed to question the justice of the authority to which he has become amenable. Never theless the haughty spirit of the service, or rather of the superior officers in the service, has become occa sionally manifested in indignant allusions to the manner in which the late Commander of the Childers was tried—through the evidence, it is superciliously remarked, of witnesses whose characters were already tainted. Now, we should be gratified to learn in what way the re putations of either MT. ELLIOTT or of Lieut. GRA HAM have been exposed to the obloquy of the world. IVhose assertion, whose sole assertion is it which has been accepted in testimony of the badness of the character of these unfortunate young officers and gentlemen ? Is not the solitary evidence adduced against them, the evidence of a man who has been convicted of cruelty, for inasmuch as he drove sub ordinate officials to desertion, to suicide, and to the madhouse—of purloining, for inasmuch as he appro priated the ship's stores to his own use—and of falsehood, for inasmuch as he deliberately made a false entry in the log-book ? Why, if nothing else were requisite to reveal the rottenness of the cause of this Mr. J. C. PITMAN, it would be sufficient to point in proof of it to the disgraceful document ridi culously called his " defence." Defence, forsooth ! Why throughout the whole of that miserable produc tion there was not one word in extenuation of his conduct as Commander of the Ganders, there was not one intimation of the fallacy of the facts alleged against him, there was not one syllable in vindication of a name held up by the charges preferred against it to profound and universal abhorrence. The whole of this so-called defence was composed of—what? Of abuse of the prosecutors— mere abuse couched in the language of vituperation. Supposing there were no other indication of the nature of Mr. PITMAN'S tem perament beyond that furnished by this wretched document, it would have been immeasurably more than enough to damniry him in the estimation of the community. And yet we are told that Messrs. GRAHAM and ELLIOTT are persons of damaged repu tition, when their sole accuser is this very reputable ex-Commander. Seriously speaking, condemnation from such lips ought to be regarded rather in the light of panegyric, and so we are satisfied it is re garded at this moment by the mass of the population. A very few days have elapsed since the publica tion in our columns of a letter addressed to ourselves by the esteemed father of Lieutenant GRAHAM, the unfortunate young officer now being punished as a convicted felon in the county gaol of Exeter. In that interesting communication each of the accusations levelled against his son by Mr. J. C. PITMAN in his " defence" was considered categorically by the Rev. Mr. GRAHAM, and to all intents and purposes was, to our thinking, most clearly disproved. The robbery said to have been committed by Lieute nant GRAHAM on the mess funds of another vessel of war was shown, for example, to be a gross and heinous calumny The charge of intoxication turned out to be equally, if not more egregiously, slanderous! And the imputation as to his having fabricated lying stories was proved, on the authority of a shipmate, to have been literally nothing more nor less, than the perversion of some incoherent ex pressions uttered by Lieutenant GRAHAM when almost distracted to a state of madness by the brutal treatment received from his Commander. We have really no words at our command sufficiently emphatic to express our feelings of indignation and disgust at a course such as this, a course in which tyranny and false deal ing are followed up by the slanders of vindictiveness. Less, however, could scarcely have been anticipated from a man who has not sense enough of common decency to prevent him from giving way to a burst of passion on the quarter-deck, so as actually to call the Lieutenant "a liar " before the whole ship's comp.any. In our impression of last evening will doubtless buve been observed a suggestion thrown out by one of our correspondents, which, if correct in its premises, would at once procure the libe ration of the unfortunate gentlemen now pri soners in the Exeter County Gaol. While we are sP.nguine that this hint may lead to the release of I%lr. ELLIOTT and of Lieutenant GRAHAM from their present cruel and unjust incarceration, we are far indeed from regarding even this as sufficient compen sation for all they have undergone through the domineering insolence and vindictive machinations of Mr. J. C. PITMAN. Expelled from the service in consequence of this man's unparalleled harshness, they would still continue the victims of his cruelty and malevolence. Something more would yet remain requisite before in their instance the holy cause of justice could be vindicated. 'We submit this reflection to the public as one eminently deserving the consider;.tion of the people of the United Kingdoms. It appears somewhat extraordinary that a country s') especially remarkable for the extent and variety of its manufactures as is Great Britain—a country w h ose vast wealth at home and whose wide-spread influence abroad is mainly the result of her unparalleled com merce, and whose commerce, again, is the result of her manufacturing skill—it is extraordinary that 0 1.-1 tba , t l ,l3ritain should have hitherto given so li ttle en -0 . 44 lent to the development of the ingenious and r t , tr*us arts. Other countries have had their tlets and their competitions, but in England . k• ite ..;although we count manufacturers among Vitr, -pea and manufacturers' sons among our manufacturers themselves have never re f • lOW% THE SUW, LONDON', ceived any public encouragement. This unjust and anomalous line of conduct is henceforth happily at an end. A great public exhibition of arts and maufae tures is intended to be held in London two years hence, in 1851, at which the successful competitors will be rewarded with prizes of a magnificence fully adequate to the importance of the occasion. The first prize will be the sum of 5,0001., and there are to be five other prizes of 1,0001. each, which prizes, and the gold medals accompanying them, her MAJESTY purposes bestowing with her own hand. For this ceremony, so national in its characteristics and calculated to produce such beneficial effects, we are chiefly indebted to the spirit and discrimination of the President of the Society of Arts and Manufac tures, his Royal Highness Prince ALBERT. The Prince, anxious to promote the development of arts and manufactures in England, Scotland, and Ire land, desired two gentlemen (Messrs. COLE and FULLER) to ascertain from the leading manufacturers of the three kingdoms whether, in their opinion, a public exhibition like the one proposed would be likely to promote their interests; and, furthermore, whether such an exhibition should be exclusively devoted to English, Scotch, and Irish manufacturers, or open to competitors from all parts of the world. Mr. COLE detailed the result of these inquiries at a recent meeting at the Mansion-house, from which it appears that the general feeling was in favour of the exhibition, and in favour of its being of an unexclu sive character—" wherever they had been on their interesting mission, they had heard but one opinion of extreme desire to see the whole world admitted to compete at the exhibition." The Royal President of the Society had expressed his intention, if the replies of the manufacturers should authorise him, to lay the subject before the Cabinet and urge its promotion by the Government. We may, therefore, expect that at last the industrious arts will receive in a remarkable manner all the stimulus which public countenance and private emulation can afford. The unexclusive nature of the exhibition, at which artisans from every clime and of every character may unite, in friendly rivalry, is indicative of one of the happiest signs of the times. This is the true Peace Congress, this fraternization of all nations in promoting their com mon cause, the development of the peaceful arts. We are confident that the proposition will be received with very general satisfaction—a satisfaction en. hanced by the fact that the proposition itself is another proof of how readily her MAJESTY and her Royal Consort identify themselves with whatever is calculated to promote the interest of the people. The many differences of opinion between the various authorities who are the supposed guardians of the public health, and the many impediments and de lays which those differences necessarily throw in the way of all satisfactory results, very forcibly demon strates one fact. The next session of Parliament has already an abundance of work prepared for its hands. Only a few weeks of the recess have elapsed, but those few weeks have been fraught with matters of grave importance —matters which will permit but a brief recreation to the Ministers of the Foreign or the Home Department. Wlat different aspect foreign affairs may assume before next February it is, of course, impossible to say ; but as regards our home in• terests it is beyond a doubt—the awful number of recent deaths, and the frightful revelations of the registrar, have placed it beyond a doubt—that the sanitary condition of London must undergo a minute supervision and a material reform. Some months, however, must elapse before the Legislature can in terfere, and in the meantime there are nuisances in existence, the pernicious consequences of which are daily apparent, adding to the fatal power of the epidemic, of which they have been in some cases very probably, if not the principal, at least the prominent causes. Are these nuisances to continue to exercise their baleful influence until an Act o Parliament has decreed the shutting up of all burial-f grounds and the removal of all similar sources of poisonous atmosphere ? Is London passively to submit to the decimation and do nothing towards her own preservation collectively, because the inhabitants of her various localities will neither help themselves nor suffer others to help them ? Even in those countries in which the fullest amount of personal liberty is enjoyed individuals are forcibly prevented from com mitting suicide, and a similar interference is assuredly necessary with regard to communities. Without in any way wishing to restrict the due enjoyment and exercise of local authority on the part of members of various districts, it is certain that in a time of emergency private interests and private animosities must be wholly set aside. The Board of Health at the present moment holds, or should hold, a position similar to that of a com mander in•chief in time of war, whose authority, to be henefi. ial, must be paramount. So essential is unity of purpose to all matters of moment, that NAPOLEON (a good judge of such matters) declared that " one bad general was better than two good ones ;" and all history tells us that the greatest evils have been the inevitable consequence of a division of opinion and vacillation of purpose. Who shall decide when doctors disagree?'—in such a case the fate of the patients generally decided. So it will be with the sanitary state of London, unless all contend ing reformers give way, and one authority be im plicitly obeyed. That authority will, in such a case, be invested with a heavy responsibility, which will most probably act as a greater stimulant to exertions, and a greater restraint upon imprudence, than the clashing of opinions and the antagonism of rival powers, which has recently too much prevailed. The tribes of Lilliput might very properly go to war for the veriest trifle, but assuredly the people of London, in the nineteenth century, are not to be consigned to wholesale slaughter for some individual differences of opinion. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The following paragraph on the subject of the POPE'S manifesto appears in the semi-official Patnie : " The maniksto of the Holy Father has produced considerable sensation in the political and financial world. This document was the subject of conversation in the Hall of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday. We believe we may confidently assert, however, that the policy of the Government will not undergo any mo dification, and that the French Cabinet is still on this sutject in accord with the other Cabinets." heath has been busy of late among the old officers of the Empire. General BORELLI, the uncle of M. ODILON BARROT, and formerly aide de-camp to JoAcntm MURAT, died on Thursday . ; General D'ASTORG, another of the Imperial General!) died at Nantes on Monday, and General MARTEL died at Lyons on Tuesday. Within one week three of the heroes of the Empire have passed from the scene of life. M. Durum has been slightly indisposed, but is now convalescent. The Bishop of MOULINS died on Thursday. It is said that the celebrated LAMENNAIS is about to become editor of the Reforme. M. PROUDHON'S new paper, the Feuille du People, which appeared for the first time on Tuesday, was seized on Thursday, by order of the authorities. '1 he Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Friday at 56t. 15c.; the Five per Cents. at 89f. 10c.; Orleans Railroad Shares, 7451.; Rouen, 530 f.; Great Northern, 438 f. 75c.; Avignon, 220 f.; Vierzon, 301 f. 25c.; Basle, 1031. 75c.; Bordeaux, 4101.; Paris and Strasburg, 3511. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 2921..50c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, SEPT. 28. _ _ Boulogne and Amiens, s—')utch Rhenish, 1 1 / 4 —Great Indian Peninsula, sA—Northern of France, s 7 ' dis.—Rouen and Havre, 101. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 231 have arrived. The following are the proposals which the Catalan manufacturers have submitted to the Government, through the medium of Senor ORLANDO:-1. That no cotton goods be admitted into Spain that contain more than 26 threads in a Spanish quarter of an inch, and sheeting the Spanish square yard of which weighs but 24 adarines (drachms). 2. That hand- kerchiefs shall be submitted to the same measure, but pay in.. b the high duty imposed by l aw . Th a t m i xe d stuffs be prohibited (those of silk, cotton, and wool). That tissues containing a mixture of cotton, hemp, or thread, shall pay the average duty of 16 teals the square yard. If these proposals meet with the al)• probation of the Ministers, the Tariff Bill will be a dead letter. A meeting of some of the leading friends of the Peace Movement was held this morning, at which Mr. Cobden was present, when it was unanimously resolved to convene a public meeting at the City of London Tavern, on an early day, to consider the recent advertise ment of the Austrian Government for a loan of seven millions, and to agree upon an a dd ress to the friends of peace an d disarmament on the gen era l question of loans for wari lke purposes and permanent standing armaments. SAT P URDAY EV:EYING, SEPTEMBRR vO) Ifio3 G E B NI A N Y #0. r 24'..:Y and COMMERCIAL NEW'T'S. AND CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. 11 .—Aps of Cotton at; Liverpool yesterday v:ere from THE NORTHERN STATES. .4,0c0 to 5,000 lab s, wiih a quiet market end no ma , teriri charge in prices.—ln Railway Shares a fair busi ness was denz at advanced prices. The market closed firmly. From the manufacturing districts we are a lvised ge nerally that business was still rather quiet, though in a wkodesorne ccndition. The Bank of England weekly statement to the 22d instant shows a marked reduction in the active Note circliation, but not in any respect arising from di mini shed business. The public deposits are now being daily added to, and, as a matter of course, payment of duti,rs, &c., to a large extent is made in notes. It is, inde ed, satisfactory: to observe that the advances uporx other securities have increased, although we cannot,. entirely ascribe the change to groater activity of business, but partly to the loans usually re quired when the transfer books are shut. Alluding to recent weekly statements, which pretty nearly resemble the return we are now commenting on, the editor of the Bankers' Magazine remarks:— " The most noticeable feature in these returns is the increase in the private securities to the extent of about half a milli( n. They are Low as high as they were in the early part of the year, before the market rates of dis count became so much depressed; and the inference to be drawn is, that at 3 per cent. the merchants find it advantageous to apply to the Bank." Compared with the previous week's return, the resu is as follows: Notes Issued Increase PRUSSIA. The Prussian Government has authorised the re opening of the gaming-houses at Aix-la• Chapelle, which were closed last year by order of the German Parliament. This is one, among many other proofs of the superior care which a paternal Government takes of the morals of its subjects. it is said that Russia has demanded the destruc tion of the Prussian constitution, the restoration of Absolutism, and the reunion of the Duchy of Posen to Prussia. ... 28,246,500 ... 335,600 ... 3,580,516 • ••• 1.907 8,528, 948 ... 799,088 ... 9,112,962 ••• 77,756 ... 983.134 ••• 53,274 ▪ 14,354,859 ••• 20,604 .. 10,721,590 318,485 Increase . . 10,813,735▪ 567,585 Bullion , „„ 15,114,876 increase ... • 254,403 Active Circulation 17,432,765 Decrease ... 231,985 The gross amount of Bank notes of all the private and joint-stock establishments, circulated in England, Ire land, and Scotland during the four weeks to September 8, was 31,111,8781., being 225,8911. less than at the same time last year. As regards the Foreign Exchanges yesterday after noon there was a slight decline in the rates for Bills on Paris, Frankfort, and Trieste, but an advance upon Ilamburgh and Antwerp. The exports of the precious metals from London this week have been large, viz., 431,000 ounces of silver, all to the Continent, except 1,300 ounces, and 11,100 ounces of gold. An American (New York) contemporary states con cerning the postal communication between that city and our West India colonies, as follows : " We learn that letters have been received in this city by the British mail steamers - from the West Indies at uric-third the postage that has to be paid on those sent by the same steamers from this city to any one of those islands. We were yesterday shown a single letter, mailed at Point- Pitre, Guadaloupe, on the 27th ult., and the postage prepaid to this city was one franc and twenty-five centimes, or twenty-five cents of our money, and on delivery here five cents additional was charged, making the total postage thirty cents. To send a reply to Guadaloupe, the writer cannot make use of our post-office at the same rate, but is compellt d to go to the ' outside offices,' and pay 75 cents. on a single letter. This almost amounts to a prohibition, and puts a stop to all but the most urgent correspondence between the islands and the United States. We suppose that the 'outside offices' have a right to charge) what they please, and we, therefore, find no fault with them. But we call upon the Postmaster-General to take this matter in hand, and see if he cannot effect some arrangement by which the rate of postage to and from the islands may be reduced and equalized." The Funds have been very quiet, but tolerably steady. Consols 92i for Transter, and 924 for Account. Exchequer- bills are 38g. to 41s. premium. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds have been 174; Portuguese Four per Cents., 29k; and Mexi can, 27-A- to Z-. Buenos Ayres are flat at 43g. hares are dull and rather in favour of buyers. York and Berwick, however, have improved a shade, and Great Western aro firm. BRiTISH FUNDS Tills DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anna Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 — Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 76 p Ditto under 1.000/ • 73 p Consols for Account Exchequer bills. I l4d. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent... 43 1 4 Greek Bonds. 1824 and 1825 77 Mexican Bon.ts, 1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Coupons Ditto for the Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o Ditto Account ..... Ditto Passive Bonds gib Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 34 Dividends on the above payable in London. Rest Increase ... Public Deposits Increase ... Other Deposits ... Increase Seven Day and other Bills Deere ase Government Securities Increase Other Securities Increase Notes EWAN' :.ONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. Pia &JAYE. xberdeen Ditto, Preference - _ •••••• to krobcr. tiottlr , r. Boston,&c. 6 dis.... to t.yrshire and Galloway ...... 7 1 % — to :clfast and County Down .. 26% .. .. —. 3erlis and Hants Extension (Gt. West. Perpet. 5 per ct.) 6 --- —. .. to Bilmingnam & OxfordJ unct., calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 Do., without a guarantee... 20 "-qrminghain,Wol., & Dudley, calls duly pd, or with guar. 10 ..... _ Do., without a guarantee... 10 ...... _ .. Waning., Wol., & Stour Yal. 13/.145.... Biri.enhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Boston, Stamf., & Birming...7l. 4s. — ...... to -- Bristol and Exeter ...... to Do., Thirds Buckinghamshire..• 17 % 15!4—.... to ,3aledonian ..... 5O .. ... 14 ...... to 14% Ditto, New 10/ Preference 10 ...... x. i. to Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 . ..... 9 1 / 2 %,6 to Chester and Holyhead... 5O ..... Ditto, Preference kir:lice. Do., lit Class, 6 per Cent... 10 Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 :Area London & Portsmouth 5 1 4 — to Dubliu and Belfast Junction.. 40 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 27% ...... F.ast Anglia, 25/. L. & E., atici L. & D - ••••• to -- Ditto, 18/., E. & H lB ... .. Do, 3/. 10s., 6p. Ct. Pref. 3% 1 1,4 to Eastern Counties - 2 O 2O Do. New Guarant. 6 per Ct. 10 Do. Exten.,s porct.No. 1,6/.138. 4d Do., d 0....... ......... N 0.2,6/. 13s. 4d — ..... to Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cant. Ditto, New —.. .. 43 ..•.. ...... to -- Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Shares) .. Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 3 1 A Ditto, do, Class B (1. &B) 25 ...... ..._ Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 22 1 A i — to Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20 . — ....„ t o East Lancashire ... . Ditto, New .. Do., New Quarters Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares East Lincolnshire Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto, Half Shares Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 Ditto, New port.. ... ..... .. is Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — Exeter and Exmouth... Giosg., Dumfries, & Carlisle-81. 68.8 d — ..... to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 Do. Preference Consolidated Great Northern Do. IA A Deferred ..... ... 12 1 ,4 — Do. %B 6 per Cent....... 7 Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 7 1 , x ..... . to it. South. & West. (Ireland) 47 1 % — to —• Great North of Eng1and......100 Ditto, New 40/............ .. 40 Ditto, ditto Ditto, New 301. Ditto, New 15/...... ... ...... 15 ...... , Great Western 100 Ditto, Half Shares SO Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 l5 .. ... 714...... to aull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares 2 Lancaster and Car1i 5 1 e ........ 150% ...... to to D0., Thirds Lancashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... ...... to Ditto, ditto, M. B. & B ... 96 Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares „ _ 46 Ditto Quarters 2 2 1,4 — ...... to Ditto Fifths lO Ditto. Thirels - to Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 10 Do. Liverpool and Bury... 46 Do. (Rudders. and Shelf) 50 Do., West Riding Union... 9 •••• • Do., Preston an d W yre ... 25 ...... Do., do., Half Shares (A) 10 Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... Leeds and Thirsk ..—... ...... 50 ' Do. do.,Prefer., 6 p er C en t. 5 • •••• Do. Pref. Quarter; 1848... 9 Liverpool, Crosby, and Sout h- Frt., .............. London & Blackwell ......11/. Gs. 3d — Lqud., Bright., & South Coast 109 Do., New el., gua. 6 pr Ct. WO Do. Guaranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . Do. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 Ditto, ditto ........... 1852 50 Landon and Greenwich... 121. 15s. 4d... Ditto Preference London & North Western.....loo ......112 Do. New Quarters. l2 ...... 12rg i ... Do. Fifths Do. 40g. Shares.....L. & M 35 — to Do. 10/.... Ni. and B. (C.) 1 - to Lorcion and S. Western...-. 50 Ditto, New 50G......... 4 2 1,i...,.. ..... to Ditto, NE w 401 Pe., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent .... .„ ~. .., 5 - Loncicnd , :rry and Coleraine... 25 Do. Half Shares . ..... .... 3 14 .. ... .. Lon , loneerry a nd E nn i s kill en 2 5 Do., Half Shares 5 L , west( ff, guar. 4 per et Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 Manch, Buxton, & 1 1 /latlock 5 Manehr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo Ditto 4 Shares (No. 1) ... 23 Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto. 1 ,4 Shares (No. 3)... 12 1 ,4 ...... Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ... .. Ditto, Grimsby &.Sbeffield 50 Ditto, ditto. Ditto, ditto ...,. ll A — Ditto Sheffield and Line. 22 1 , 4 ...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock 25 Ditto, Man. & Lin.:Union 41.25.... Mid1and........- .... ........ ...100 Ditto. Consol. Preierenee...loo Ditto,;so/. Shares ....• ...... 30 ylidi,pd, ilirm., and Derby...loo ... .. gidland, Consul. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per eent....100 gidland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... Ditto ditto 2 4 1 7a. ... .. Ditto,ErewasliVal., Pref... 50 Midland, Leices. and Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . !•'. idld. Great Western (Irish) 50 Middlesbro' and Redear, 6 per cent. guar. Newcas'le and Carlisle lOO ..-.• Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket ... . 23 - Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 1 2s — Newport Abergy., and Beret. 6 - ...... to Newry and Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ..... ............. 20 Norfolk lOO ....•• •• ~• to Ditto New 20/. l5 ...... ..•.... to -.. Ditto Guaranteed 5 per et. 20 Do. Do. 5 1 / 2 per cent 5 •• ••• ~..~ Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 Northern Counties Union ..., 4 North British .. .. ... ...... .. 25 Ditto Pall 5hare5........... 12 1 ,4 5 Do. Quarters - •• •••:to Ditto Thirds' Ditto. Preference North Staffordshire 1 7 14 North Wales . _3 l / 6 ..... ..... to North Western Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton ... Reading,Guildtd.,& Reigate 15 Royston and Hitch in ..... .. 4% Scottish Central, Scottish Midland .... ....... Ditto, New.. Shrewsbury and Birmingkam 11 Ditto. ditto, Class B. 7 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 4 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. U. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 9 ... Ditto, Oswestry l B l / 2...... ...... to Ditto ,New).. Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 Shropshire Union 5 l /2 .. .. 2 1 / 2 . to South Devon .. ... 5O ...... .. to Ditto. Preference ...... „ South Staflordshire.... B l /2 ..... to South Eastern WELLS, SEPT. 23.—The Industry schooner, of Clay, got en shore yes , erday, westward of Blackney harbour, but came off with considerable damage, after throwing part of her cargo (coals) overboard, and was assisted into this port. The bt. Pierre, from Scarborough to Frar co, has been assisted in here with slight damage, having been on shore westward of Blakeney. GREENOCK, SEPT. 23.—The Victoria., of and from Liverpopl, for Croestadt, which was stranded 24th ult. on the Pentland Sherries, drifted off 19th instant, and was taken i❑ tow by the Sovereign steamer, but the ropes breaking Lhe was abandoned; the lollewing day she was boarded off Clyth and towed into Ackumstcd. MONTROSE, SEPT. 26.—The Fanny, of and for Aber deen, in working out of the harbour struck against a rock, damaged her rudder, lost a boat (which has since been picked up), and had to put back. 13% - *as* to Ditto, No. 2.; ;o 30 — — ... to Ditto, No. 3. Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 Ditto, Scrip No. 4.. .. South Wales South York shire, Doncaster and Goole Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N.D) Gua. 5 perct. 14 1 ,4 — ... .. to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ...... ... . 7 - Taw Vale Extension Thames Haven Dock and Railway 17% to Vale of IN eath Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick... .. 47%..... Waterford,Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin .. Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ...... .13 ... . West Cornwall Xhitehaven and Furness l6 ..... Windsor, Staines, and South Western.. • ............ ....... 14 - ...... to -... Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 45 1 ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do. and Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. 0. N. E. Pur. or Pref. S - Do.Hartlepool Lk. & Rly. 100 fork and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) ... ... 5 1 4 — - Boulogne and Amiens 2O .• ••. Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) ... Demerara. Dutch Rhenish 8 - East Indian Great Indian Peninsular Do. Do los. I. ouvain ala Sambre ......... 71 Luxembourg Ditto ..... Madrid and Valentia Namur and Liege Nortl em of France 14/85..... dlr... to Orleans and Bordeaux ... 7 ... .. earls and Orleans.... 2O Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 11 Rouen and Havre ........ ....... 20 Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 Tours & Nantes ... ... ..... .. 11 Toumay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasselt .. West Flanders 8 34 Ditto JOINT STOCK ISANKS. Australasia British North American •••• 50 . .... Colonial ..... ............ ........ 25 ..... . Commercial of London 2O ...... London Joint Stock ...- ..... 10 London and Westminster. .. 20 National Provincial of Engld. 85 Ditto, New National of Ireland 2214 — ~ • • .. to Provincial of Ireland: i 25 - ... .• to Ditto, New Union of Australia Ditto, New .. 2% — t o Union of London ... 10 Union of Madrid 40 MIN. Anglo 21exican Asturian - Australian ... - •••••• to ..". Barrossa Range . 2Bs. Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolar,os Scrip - - to - British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24 1 4......._ Ditto Cocaes and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 , — to Cobre Copper General - ..•••• to - Real dcl Monte, Unregistered ~ .. .. ... to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ..... .... - ...... to Santiago de Cuba lO ...... ..... to United Mexican ....... COURSE OF Amsterdam .......... 12 4% Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 3 Rotterdam . • 12 4% Antwerp ...... ........ 25 35 11amburgh......31.8. l3 14% A1t0na.......... • • .... 3 days'sight •• 25 55 Ditto, 3 months .... 25 75 rtfaneilles ............ 25 7734 Bourdeaux ..... • 25 7734 Frankfort on Maine.... 122 4 Peter sburgh, Sil. lible.. 36% Berlin.... • • ...... • • • • Vienna, effee. f 10...... 10 50 Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 10 56 Madrid •......... 504 Cadiz .. .............. 50 3 i Bilbao.. • • • • .. • • • • •• •• Barcelona ............ Seville•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY. COVELIT-GARUMN. We bad a slight improvement in the demand for both fruit and vegetables, at, in most instance,, lull prices. The supplies were somewhat on the increase. The first arrival of new oranges Liss taken place.—Mul• berries, Gd to 10d per pottle; Peachrs and Nectarines, 2s 63 to 7s per dozen ; Cucumbers, 2d to 10d per brace ; French Beans, Is 3d to Is 93; Apples, Is 63. to 3s; Pears, 2s Gd to 4s; Plums, 2.63 to 4s; and Onions for pickling Is Gd to 3s per half sieve ; Cabbages, Gd to 8d per dozen ; H orsera di s h I s 93 to 3s per bundle; Turnips, 2s to 3s; Carrots, 3s to 4s 6d; Onions, 2s to 3s; and Greens, is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches ; Hot-house Grapes, 2s to 4s Gd ; out door, ditto, 4d to 83; Pixtugal ditto, 6(1 to 83; Pine-apples, 4s to Os; and Filberts, 103 to is per lb ; Lemons, Os to lOs ; and Gherkins, 81 to Is per 100; Walnuts, 83 to 103 per 100; Red Cabbages, 2s to 4s per eh z:n; Melons, 6d to 2s 6d each. NEWGATEI AND LEADENRALL. POULTRY.—Geese, 53 63 to 6s 6d; Fowls, 2s 6d to 3s 3,i; Capons, Os Od to Os; Chickens, is 9d to 3s Od; Ducks, 2s Od to 2s 93; Rabbits, Od to Os Od; Bares, 3s 03 to 4s Od; Pigeons, 63 to 9d each; Partridges. Is Gd to 2s 63; and Grouse, 2s to 33 each; Ostend Fresh Butter, 8s 03 to 9s Gd; and English ditto, 9s 03 to 12s per dozen lb; Irish Eggs, 4s 9d to 6s 6d; French ditto, 5s 6d to 6s 9d; and English do. 7s to 8s per 100. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3,6 d; Mutton, 3s to 3s 10d Veal, 3s 2d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ptr 81bs. mtnarrEcHapzz. Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s Od to 3s Gd; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 2d per Slbs. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 7d to 10d per lb.; turbots, 4s id to 12s; Brills, Is to 2s 6d; Cod Fish, 2s Od to 4s Od; Whitings, 3d to 6d; Lobsters, 8d to 2s 3d; and Crabs, 6d to 2s Od each; Soles, 4d to 2s Od per pair; Flounders, is 2d to is 6d per dozen ; Shrimps, is 4d to 2s per gallon; Bloaters, 10d to is 2d per dozen; Prawns, 2s per lb ; Fresh Herrings,'Bd to Hid per dozen; Common Oysters, 121; Scotch Pearls, 14s to 20s; and best Natives, 35s to 40s pc r bushel. ELIZEAD. 'The prices of 'Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 6d to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 41bs loaf. VIDE 1571113,/LET. Market hides, sGlo to C4lb, 10 to Lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, qd to 2,1; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 2d to 23d; ditto, 801 b to 8810,24 2 -d to 2 1 ,1; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3. 1 ,d to 3d; 961 b to 1041 b, 31d to 4d; Calf Skins, 2s Od to 56 Od; Lamb Skins, Is 8d to 2s 9d; Horse bides, each, 7s 6J; Shearlings, is Bd. to 2s 4d. Ray VICARXETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 12s; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 159; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 103 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. CUDIDERLAND.—Mtadow Ea), 21 8, to 31 159, Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 108 ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 126 per load. Trade dull, at; drooping prices. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 215 s to 3115 x; Clover, ditto, 31 Os to 4/ 16s; and Straw, 11 4s to 1/ 10s per load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand. SPORTIA G ils TEL.LIGENCE. CHESTER AUTUMN MEETING—FRIDAY. The Chester Leviathan Stakes of 10 sove. each, for three yrs old. One mile and three quarters. (18 Subs.) Mr. Bowes's Thringarth (Nlaton) 1 Mr. Waiter's Captain Parry ... (Wakefield) 2 Mr. Mostyn's Didsbury Betting-4 to lon Tbriegaith. Won by a length. The Scramble Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. One mile and three quarters. (4 Subs.) Mr. Mostyn's b h out of Birdlime, 3 yrs (W. Sharp) 1 Mr. Temrest's Lanercosr, 3 yrs (Turner) 2 Mr. Whittaker's Mistress Jean, 5 yrs (Denman) 3 Mr. Lawson's Snowdrop, 3 yes Betting-5 to 4 agst Birdlime filly. Won in a canter by four lengths. The Chesttr Handicap of 15 sovs. each; 10 ft, and 50 added. Grosvenor Course. (32 Subs., 14 of whom paid 5 soya. each.) Mr. Osbaldeston's Joc-o'-Sot ; 7st 10113 ...(Charlton) 1 Mr. Irvy in's 13allinalad, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Wintringham) 2 Mr. Shepherd's The Alp, 3 yrs, 6.,.t Illb (Harwood) 3 The following also ran:—Lord Chesterfield's Mrs. Taft, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Oates)—Mr. Arrowsmith's Lady Hy Ida, 5 yrs, Bst 21b (G. Abdale)—Mr. J. Day na Eagle's Plume, 4 yrs, Bst (Wakefield)—Mr. Ba.yly na litdeshea, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (Noble)—Mr. Watt's Chat terer, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Nlaton)—Mr. Wadlow's Castoff, 4 yrs, Est 111 b (W. Sharp)--and Mr. Mangan's Portia, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Keegan). 2 to 1 agst Cbutterer-7 to 2 agst Joc-o'-Sot-4 to 1 agst Eallinafacl. Won cleverly by half a length. The Gland Stand Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added. Seven tut longs. (9 Subs.) Mr. Stewart's Rosetta, Bst Lb ...(Noble) I Mr. Meiklam's French Suit', 7st I Ilb (Prince) 2 Mr. 13. Green's Witchcraft, Bst 21b ...(Wintringhum) 3 Four others r. n. Won by half a neck after a fine race. The Tradesmen's Welter Cup, of 40 cove., added to a Handicap of 7 SOVS ach. Twice round and a dis. (11 Subs., 1 of whom pai,l 5 soya.) Mr. T. Deacon's Defaulter, 4 yrs, lOst 51b 1 Mr. B. Gm is Swiss Boy, 4 yrs, 10A 1 llb Mr. J. Hargreavcs's Rochester, aged, 10st 21b 7to 4 on Swiss 13oy and 2to 1 agst Defaulter. Won cleverly by a length. The Hefter Skelter Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added. Boats, once round and a dis. (6 Subs.) Mr. Muirland's Batwing, 3 yrs, 6et 6ib (Charlton) 1 1 Mr. E. Phillip's Burghley, 3 yrs, 6 101 b Mr. Shirley's Rebecca, 4 yrs, 7st 1 llb ('l'asker) 2 0 Three others ran. Won by a neck. CHESTERFIELD RACES.—FIUDAY. The Chesterfield Purse of 401, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each; for 3 yrs old, 7st 12lb; four yrs, 9st; five yrs, 9st 7th; six yrs and aged, 9st 11lb; mares and geldings allowed 31b, and half bred horses 7lbs; winners extra; the second to receive 101. out of the stakes. Heats, once round. (9 Subs.) Mr. Dawson's Billy Brown,3 yrs (Arnold) 0 0 1 Mr. T. Parr's Mantle , (W. Butler) 0 1 2 2 Mr. Green's Ilaidee . (V' hitehouse) 1 0 3 3 Mr. El.is's Anoint) (Osborne) 0 2 4 dr Sir C. Rushout's Thibault . (Evans) 2 3 dr Mr. G. Drew's Truandaise (Edwards) 3 odr Mr. List's Wharfdale Maid (Bradley) 0 0 dr Mr. Gill's Lady I t;.m off (Coates) 0 dr Four well-contested ht ats. Won by a head. The Ladies' Purse of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each; for three yrs old, 7st 101 b; four yrs, Bst 11lb; five )rs, 9st 41b; six yrs and aged, 9st 71b; the second to receive 5 soya., and the winner to be sold for SO soya. Heats. One mile and a half. (10 Subs.) Mr. Drake's Reversion, 3) rs (Arnold) 0 0 1 1 Mr. Whiteheuse's Reception, 3 yrs (Evans) 1 0 2 2 Mr.Lea'sb fby Jcreed, 4 yrs (Va , hitehouse) 0 1 3 3 Mr. T. Carr's Mr. Toots, 33 re (W. Butler) 2 2 4 4 Mr. I'. Hardwick's Slip, 4 yrs (Carlile) 3dr Won cleverly. The Handicap of 3 sovs. each, 25 added, the second to save his stake, one mile, (4 Subs.,) were won in three heats by Mr. G. Drew's Streamer, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (W. Butler), beating Tity, Tuscan, and Lucy Ashton. HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARD'S RACES. FRIDAY. The Hurdle Stakes of 2 sous, each, and 20 added. Heats, once round and a distance. (7 Subs.) Mr. Webb's Peggy Meidrum, 6 yrs, lOst lllb 1 1 Mr. Loe's Pantaloon, aged, I Ist 91b (Hearne) 0 2 Mr. Anderson's Railroad, aged, 12st 31b...(Land) 0 3 Mr. Russell's Gazelle, 6 yrs, list (Balehin) 2 0 Mr. W. Mytton's Wee Bit, 6 yrs, I lst4lb (Yates) 0 0 Won easy. The St. Leonard's Plate of 401., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. Each. Heats. One mile and a half. (9 Subs.) Mr. Sauler's Lady Bangtail, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 0 0 1 1 Mr. Edney's Master Murray, aged, Bst 121 b 4 1 2 2 Mr. Sergant's Thug, 4 yrs, 7st 31b Mr. Williams's Antelope, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b 0 0 fell Mr. Wootton's Marchioness, 3 yrs, 6st 51b 0 2 dr . Mr. Roberti's Heroine, 3 yrs, 6st slb Mr. Wood's Ambassedrets, 3 yrs, 7st 61b 2 dr Mr. Steward's Tawney, aged, Bst 3 dr The Railway Plato was won in four heats by Mr. Burgess's Red Doe ; and the Beaten Plate by Mr. Wood's Ambasi,adress. PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL.—OII Wednes day evening last a public meeting, most respectably at tended by about 300 persons, was held in the school room ofKingswood, near Wooton-under-Eege, for the purpose of presenting to Mr. W. J. Hill, surgeon, of Wotton-under-Edge, a very handsome silver salver, to gether with a purse of sovereigns, as a testimonial of gratitude to him for his unwearied and successful exertions during the recent prevalence of the cho lera, especially in his gratuitous prosessional at tendance on the poor. This testimonial origi nated in the grateful feelings of the . work ing men, and was completed by their perseveringexe i r tions. Several of them spoke on the above occasion in a manner which did equal honour to their heads and hearts. The Rev. G. S. incumbent The salvsalver costo of the by the . inhabitants of parish, presided on the and bole the following inscription :—".Presented to occasion. Wr ei den a William James hill, surgeon, Kingswocd, as a token of respect to him for his benelo lent, unremitting, .and gratuitous exertions” during the prevalence of cholera. A.D. 1849. ACCIDENT TO SIR JAMES DUNLOP. --A singular accid( nt occurred at CLichester, on Tuesday, to Sir James Dunlop, ay oung officer of the:Coldstream Guards, stationed at the barracks in that town. He was riding a spirited horse, when the animal ran away, and came down North-street towards the C r oss, a t a grea t pace; keeping nearly straight en, he dashed up two steps into the s id e e ntrance of Mr. James Farr's house, the door of wh i c h was open, as was al s o a m iddl e d oor at t h e f oot of the staircase, leading to bliss Amer's millinery rooms. The horse fell in the p ass age, an d was pretty firmly v. edged in, while the rider was thrown half-way up stairs, much to the coustornwiun of those busily em ployed plying the needle. Neither Sir J ames nor hi s i horse sustained much i njury,—Brighton Gazette. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR (THIS DAY.) The ancient ceremony of electing a Lord Mayor, the first magistrate of the city of London, fur the ensuing year, took place to-day in the Guildhall. The cortege, consisting of the Lord Mayor's sate carriage and the Sheriff's and Deputy Sheriff's carriages, preceded by buglemen and the civic foot men, left the Mansion House about a quarter to twelve, and on arriving at Guildhall was met by several of the city officers in their state liveries. The Lord Mayor, with his mace and swordbearer, dismounted first and proceeded at once into the council chamber, followed by the rest, and, after a brief meeting, re turned through the hall to the church of St. Lawrence, Jewry, in the immediate vicinity, a sermon was preached by the R ev . Mr. Cattley, the Lord Mayor's Chaplain. The spl e ndid liveries of th e Sheriffs were much admired, espe c ially the livery o f Mr. Nichol, which was very g o r geou s. where The proceedings did not attract so large an as semblage of people in the streets as might have been expected, and the hall was rather thinly attended. The platform was fitted up with much greater care and taste than on other occasions ; benches, covered with scarlet cloth, and supplied with stuffed cushions, had been put up, and the ground, in compliance with au ancient custom, was strewed with mint, margeror e t and sotherin-wood, which emitted a refreshing odour . The Lord Mayor occupied a prominent position in the centre. The procession made its appearance on the platform shortly after one o'clock, and was received with cheers. The Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Farncombe were particularly singled out for applause by the Livery in the body of the hall. After the usual intimation for all who were not liverymen to quit the hall under a heavy penalty, The IlEcoansa, addressing the livery,said they were called upon to-day to exercise one of the highest privileges they enjoyed, namely, the election of chief magistrate of their ancient city.—(Hear, hear.) Th e legal qualifications required of the candidates were that they should be Aldermen of the City, and have served the office of Sheriff. The course which the constitution of the city of Lon don prescribed was this, that they s hould nominate to the Court of Aldermen t wo gentlemen fully qualified to hold the office, and that Court should elect one of th e t w o i n di v iduals so Pre sented to be chief officer of the ancient city o' London for the ensuing year. The ordinary course on these occasions was to name the gentlemen who were qualified by being Aldermen and having served the office of Sheriff, but who had not served as Lord Mayor, from whom the Livery had to select two, but it was his duty to tell the Livery that it was entirely-ill their breast to nominate such o f the Court of Alder men as were qualified for the office, without regard to the fact that they had already se rved the office of Lord Mayor. The Livery had so often exercised this privilege for the benefit of their snow• citizens that it did not become him to address to them one word of advice, but rather to leave it for them to chose, and name such individuals whom they* deemed most qualified to carryout the interests of the City, and render those privileges, which the citizens 'now enjoyed, perpetual.—(Cheers.) The Lard Mayor haying retired, Mr. R. TAYLOR, before the election took OW' wished to take exception to the doctrine laid down by the Learned Recorder, that the constitution of the City limited the right of the Livery to choose two were individuals, from whom the Court of Aldermen to elect the Lord Mayor, thereby giving them the power to set aside the very man NNhotn the Livery might elect. The charter which Was granted to the City in the time of King John, con ferred upon the Livery the right of choosing wh°, l3l , they pleased to be th e i r L or d Mayor, and that r i g."' was perfectly incomp a tibl e an d i n consistent with tne doctrine of the Learned Recorder that the Livery: must elect two Aldermen, from whom the Court of Aldermen are to elect one. The COMMON SERGEANT then read over the following names of gentlemen who were eligible for the office :-- Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman and Tallow chandler; Juhn Musgrove, Esq., Alderman and Cloth-worker ; William Hunter, Esq., Alderman and Upholder; Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman and Butcher; Thomas Sydney, Esq, Alderman and Girdler ; Thomas Graham Moon, Esq., Alderman and Stationer; David Salomons, Esq., Alderman and Cooper ; Thomas Quested Finnis, Esq., Alderman and Bowyer. The names were then put to the vote, and the Sheriff declared the show of hands to be in favour of the two first. The Aldermen then retired. Mr. R. TAYLOR then proceeded to fulfil his pro mise. Whilst the Aldermen were electing one of the two names it behoved them to employ themselves in considering their rights. The rights which the citizen enjoyed in respect of the choice of a Lord Mayor were conferred upon them by King John. Their charter, he held, gave the citizens the power of elect ing any one they chose out of their fellow- But that power had been taken away from them, and none save those belonging to the aristocracy were now elected to the civic office of Lord Mayor. Priest• craft had been called in to aid the work, as would be seen by an extract which be should read from their annals. The Honourable Gentleman then read the following extract, which caused, at some . of the points, some laughter. It was from the Bth of Henry IV., 1407, (Giber. i. fol. 54) :-- " On Wednesday, Feast of St. Edward the Confessor, • John Woodcock, Mayor, considering that on that day he and all the Aldermen, and very many of the richer and more substantial commoners, ought to assemble at the Guildhall, as the manner is, to choose a new Mayor for th e com i ng year , or d a i ne d that a mass of the Holy Spirit should be celebrated with solemn note in the chapel adjoining, to the effect that the same commonalty might, by the grace of the Holy Ghost, peacefully and benignly nominate to the said Mayor and Aldermen two substantial aid able per sons ; and that the same Mayor and Aldermen might, favoured by the Saviour's clemency, choose one out of the two thus named to be Mayor of the said city; which mass havi ng b een so l emn l y celebrated, the said John Woodcock, Mayor, John Preston, Recorder, Nicholas Watton and Geoffry Brook, Sheriffs, J. Hadee, W. Staundon, Richard Whyttyngton, Sc . e Aldermen, and many good commoners of the City, then assisting, the same Mayor, Recorder, Sheri ff !' Aldermen, and commoners entered the Guildhall, where the cause of the said meeting was fairly shown and d e clared to th e a f ore said commoners , by command of the said M a y or and Aldermen , how that the said comm one rs should nominat e to the aforesaid Mayor and Ald e rmen such able and substantial persons who have before occupied the office of Sheriff, so that the said commoners should not care which of the said persons should be chosen by the Mayor and Aldermen to be Mayor for the coming year. Which being done, the aforesaid Mayor, Recorder, Sheriffs, and Aldermen, went up into the chamber of the court of the mayoralty within the aforesaid Guildhall, there to wait for the nomination of the said two persons; which commoners, peace.. fully and benignly, without any clamour or disten tion, by John Weston, Common• Sergeant of the said city, decently named and presented the aforesaid Richard Whyttyngton, mercer, and Drew Barentynt goldsmith ;—and upon this the Mayor and Aldermen in the same chamber, with closed doors, and by the aid of the Holy Ghost, chose the aforesaid Richard Whyttyngton to be Mayor for the year next coming ; and the said Mayor and Aldermen coming down from the aforesaid chamber into tl • hall notified unto the same commoners, by the Re corder, how, by divine inspiration,' the lot fell upon the aforesaid Richard Whyttyngton. And further, the aforesaid commoners unanimously besought the said Mayor and Aldermen that they would ordain that in every future year a mass of the Holy Spirit should be celebrated in the chapel before the election cf Mayor for the causes before-mentioned ; and upon this the Mayor and Aldermen considering the sup plication of the said commoners to be fair, wise, and agreeable to reason, very greatly to the glory and praise of God and the honour of the said city, by the assent and consent of the said commons ordained and decreed that in every year in future a solemn mass, sung in the presence of the Mayor and Aldermen shall be celebrated by the ordinance of the Chamber lam by skilful singers in the chapel aforesaid."— (The reading of this document caused much laughter.) If the power possessed by the Court of Aldermen was continued —if either rejecting or accep ti ng th o se elected by the Livery, as had been done in the case of Mr. Harvey Christian Combe, who had been rejected more than once though chosen by the Livery, the citizens could not fail to suffer. Courts of Aldermen were more liberal now, but the same thing might occur again. He had thought it well to give the Livery this information, and he trusted, now that the rights possessed by the City were under dhcussion, that the citizens would endeavour to regain the privileges which had been wrested from them by the Court of Alderman. In a short time the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Alder men, and officers returned into the hall, The RECORDER then declared that the choice of the Court of Aldermen had fallen upon Mr. Alderman Farncombe, an announcement which was received with loud cheers. HERBlNGS.—Herrings have again appeared on this side of the Solway, and' considerable quantities have been caught on the Caerlaverock banks. On Wednes day the fish market was well supplied, but on Saturday only to a limited degree. There has been a brisk in quiry for herring nets; and the children at the Bagged School have not only got their stock on hind disposed of, but have been busily engaged in netting for some days to meet the demands which have poured in. While we notice the re-appearance of the herrings with plea sure, we trust that more caution will be used this season in their consumption, the excess of which last jeer cpe rated, we believe, injuriously on the health ;14 habitants.--Dumfries Courier. BAVARIA. Letters from Munich of the 23d state, that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, by order of the KING, has charged all the Bavarian Envoys resident abroad to inform those Governments at whose Courts they represent Bavaria, that that power has broken every negotiation with Prussia, and will continue to do so until Austria shall have given a decisive reply. M. VON LERCHENFELD KOFERING, the Bavarian Envoy at the Court of Prussia, has received special instructions as to the line of conduct which he is to pursue in regard to the Prussian Government. The German Constitutional says that this line of con duct has probably been induced by his note from Prussia, complaining of the conduct of M. VON DER PFORDTEN. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Wiener Zeitung of the 23d publishes a letter from the Emperor of Itussia to the President of the Council of State and Minister of War, General Prince TcaEßNlscinw, thanking him for his prompt and perfect arrangement of the warlike preparations for the war in Hungary. The letter goes into long de tails respecting the individual wno facilitated the carrying out of the necessary measures, and concludes with requesting his acceptance of the portrait of the CZAR set in brilliants. The letter hears the date of the 18th of August. The Wanderer of Vienna says that the house of HOPE, in Amsterdam, will advance 20,000,000 to wards the fresh loan made by the Emperor of The accounts from Hungary of the cruelties prac tised by the Austrians are perfectly appalling. It appears that on their retreat from Transylvannia BEM and GUYON were entertained at Ruseberg by a family of the name of MADERSBUCEL A few days after their departure General HAYNAU arrived at Ruseberg, and enraged, apparently, at the escape of BEM and GUYON, vented his fury on those who had treated them with kindness and courtesy. He actu ally ordered the lady of Ow house to be flogged, and she was afterwards dragged barefoot by his soldiers as far as Hatseg. Her unfortunate husband,mad dened by this outrage, blew out his own brains, with a pistol. It is to be regretted that M. 11ADERSBUCH did not appropriate the contents of his pistol to the head or heart of HAYNAU, reserving a second for his own use should such have become necessary. Again we ask, how long is the representative of the woman-flogger, FRANCIS JosEru, to be received at the Court of the Queen of ENGLAND ? \V ho are the men or the women of England who will degrade themselves by meeting in society the accredited re presentative of the Woman -Flogger ? We advise our readers to scan the list of visitors at the Austrian Ambassador's which appears in the column of our fashionable contemporaries. All honest men should avoid them. SWITZERLAND. The French refugees who were domiciled at Geneva, have, in consequence of the application of the French Government, been removed into the in terior of Switzerland. The Ticino Gazette of the 24th states that MAZZINI is going to leave Switzerland, and that he has conse quently abandoned the idea of publishing the journal entitled Italia del Popolo. Many Italian refugees have passed through the Canton of Ticino, on their way to Lombardy, in consequence of the amnesty published by the Austrian Government. ITALY. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, of the 24th, Deputy RAVINA read the report of the committee on the treaty of peace with Austria. The following is the conclusion proposed by the committee :—" In consequence of the hard and inexorable necessity that crushes us at present, the committee proposes to the Cham ber to declare that only by the force of this inevitable and fatal necessity, it does not offer any opposition to the execution of the present treaty." The Chamber listened in silence to the report, with out any outward signs of disapprobation or consent. The Legge of Turin states from Florence, 20th, that the members of the Tuscan Government are very much divided on the Constitutional question ; MAZZI, BALDASSEROTM, and CASIGLIANO being for the statute, LANDUCCI for Absolutism, and BOCCELLA. Still undecided. All the leading political men—such as RIDOLFI, SALVAGNOLI, and BETTINO Ricesom—have disappeared from Tuscany. The same paper announces that the members of the deputation named by the Senate to receive the mortal remains of Charles Albert, the arrival of which is shortly expected, have set out for Genoa. M. XENOCRATES CESARI, one of the members of the Roman Constituent Assem• bly who voted against the Republic, has arrived at Turin. Among the persons imprisoned at Rome for political opinions only, without being guilty of any acts in favour of them, are the Notary GUGGIOLI, the Architect FADRI, Advccate BERNARDI, Advocate MONELLI, Monsignor GAZOLA, Professor ROLL!, Commissary OFFREDUZZI, Secretary CESARELLI, and Dr. A clitur. We learn, by a letter from Tuscany, that great sensation has been caused, at the Baths of Lucca, .by an arbitrary order to an English officer there to quit the territory. Our correspondent says :—" The Prefect of Lucca has issued a mandate, without previous trial or inquiry, to an officer of rank in the British service, who has been a continuous resident at the Baths of Lucca for seven seasons, to leave the department within three days, and has had the courtesy to order his lady away with him ; the front of his offence being that he had given a tract upon a religious suhket, pub lished in Tuscany, to a paralytic in the hospital. The British residents have, on the occasion, agreed to the following protest, which has been forwarded to the British Minister at Florence : " We, the undersigned English residents and visi tors at the Bagni di Lucca, having heard that our countryman, Captain Pakenham, R.N., has received a peremptory order fro m th e aut h or i t i es of Lucca, requiring his depa r t ure f rom out the territory within the space of three d a y s , an d forbidding his return thereto unless provided with a special per mission from the Government, hereby protest against an act which, not merely arbitrary and oppressive as regards an individual, is also a deep offence to a nation whose members have ever shown a willing obedience to the laws of the country, and a prompt readiness to assist by all means in their power its local charities. We protest against the injustice of a mandate that does not convey the sentence of a tribunal, nor even the shadow of an allegation. We protest against the tyranny of an order for whose peremptory execution we are convinced no exigency calls; and finally, we protest against an act that must subvert that confidence in the due administration of justice, which, as natives of a fre e country, we esteem a birthright, and without feeling which we never would have made this land our residence." TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES. " THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- DERTY."—KoBsuth's Protest against Russian Interven tion. Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutte and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to any one of the members of the committee formed to carry out tho Testimonial. * * *All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received £I,ICO 1 l From a Few Friends, for Freedom and Hungary, per A. A., Glasgow—through Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, 31 P. .:. 5 0 0 ••• Total ... ... .£1,105 1 li DETERMINED SUICIDE IN A PUBLIC HOUSE —On Thursday afternoon, about four o'clock, a most deter mined act of self-destruction was committed by an elderly man, named John Chapman, in front of the bar of the Three Compasses, public-house, Little Marylebone street. Chapman bad carried on fur many years the business of a coffeehouse-keeper, in High-street, Mary lehone. For some time past he had met with many misfortunes, and a large numb E -r of his customers, through his kindness, had become indebted to him and left his shop. The result was that his affairs were much embarrassed, and about five weeks sinco the whole of his furniture and business utensils were seiw.d for a debt. On Thursday afternoon he entered the Three Compasses, obtained a glass full of water, into which he emptied a white powder, and before any person could prevent him, drank off the contents of the glass at a draught. Ile reeled backwards on to a form, and a surgeon was immediately sent for, but when he arrived he pro nounced life to be quite extinct. It was afterwards dis covered that he had swallowed a quantity of arsenic. 1 EXCHANGE. 31 —• s5 Genoa ............ •• 26 65 Milan Venice ..•• •• Naples 4(4. ealermo,peroz........ 121 Messina •• •• •• •• .• •• .• 1213 Liabon•• •• •• •• •• •• •• 53% Oporto •• •• •• •• •• •• 5 34 Rio Janeiro • • 26 Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days'aight Philadelphia .... • • .... ?ILIUM! or BULLION, PEA oz. Foreign Gold in bars.. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars .... •• 0 0 0 Silver in bars ........ 0 0 0 LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 29.—Wind S.S.W., light airs, and sul try weather. DEAL, SEPT. 28.—Wind W.N.W. to W.S.VV.—Arrd. Eliza and Emma, Hamburgh for Lima; Pyland, Stock holm for Rio Janeiro. Arrd. from the river, Victory, for the Cape of Good Hope; Acadia, Cape of Good Hope; Valleyfield, Sierra Leone; Viper, Vigo. Arrd. from the river and sld., Calpe, Mogadore; Anna Tift, New Orleans. OFF NEWHAVEN.—Enterprise, West Indies. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 28.—Wind variable.—Seraphina, Pernambuco; Hawkill, Trinidad; Elizabeth Wood, Bar badoes ' • Limena, Porto Rico. OFF COWES, SEPT. 28 .—Dorothea, New London for Stettin. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 28 . --Wind S.W.—Sid. Eclipze, Madeira. TORBAY, SEPT. 27.—Arrd. Marie and Pauline, Bor deaux for Rouen, leaky, and pumping up grain. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Sid. British Queen, St.John'a, New Brunswick. BRISTOL, SEPT. 28.—Wind S.W., light.—Arrd. Re hems Jane, Havannah; James, Miramichi. BOTHSAY BAY, ISLE OF BUTE.—Arrd. Hollywood, Matanzas for Clyde. TROON.—SId. Free Briton, Rio Janeiro. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 28.—Wind S.S. E. to S.W.— Arrd. her Majesty's ship Brilliant, Cape of Good Hope, sailed from Ascension 19th ult., and proceeded to the eastward. Sid. Thornwalsden, Rio Janeiro. FLEETWOOD, SEPT. 28.—Ski. William Glen, Ander , son, St. John's, New Brunswick. CLYDE, SEPT. 27.—Sid. Sarah, St. John's, New Bruns iek. SCALLOWAY, SEPT. 26,—Arrd. Thomas Graham, Straits. ALDERNEY, SEPT. 26.—The Betsy, in warping from the harbour, went on the reeks behind the pier, and un shipped her rudder, but got off aid proceeded to sea yekterday. AI3ERAVON, SEPT. 28.—1 t has been blowing a heavy gale from the East for the last three days, last evening it changed to South-West, with rain. KINSALE, SEPT. 26.—Her Majesty's steamer Dwarf was towed in here in a sinking state this morning, by . her Majesty's steamer Trident, which two •tessels bad been in contact about sixty mils 801311 of Old Head. I `i t 4 "O.