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LONDON: tY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1842. _+---- The American tariff continues to excite the alarm of our manufacturers. At the meeting of the Glasgow Anti-Corn-law Association, held on Thursday last, a Mr. GRAHAM said, speaking of that tariff-- A feeling o f dismay at the consummation of this measure was now very generally diffused through the the manufacturing interests of the country ; and it only required that a fuller conception of the ruinous consequences likely to follow should be obtained, in 'order that this feeling should be still more widely extended. It had been stated by one gentleman, in timately acquainted with the American trade, that our exports to th at country would be reduced from eleven to two millions. Now, if they took nine millions out of our present exports, they might easily figure what would be the consequence ? Why, our produc tion would rise upon us like an inundation and drown us. Even the half of that amount taken from our ex ports would produce consequences which it was im possible to calculate.—(Hear.) It appeared to him that the public feeling was so strong upon this sub ject, that it ought to be taken advantage of—that a movement for a public meeting should instantly take place, specially calling the attention of the Legislature to the American tariff, and urging upon them make an approach to the American Government wi an offer for the reception of their agricultural pit duce, on such terms es it ought to be admitted in o this country ; and he had no doubt that, if such a proposal was made by our own Government, the new tariff would be repealed in America.—(Cheers.) Councillor Anderson, as a manufacturer to some extent connected with the trade to the United States, could bear his testimony to the enormous evil which would be inflicted on this country by the new Ame rican tariff. Those not versant with the matter could not be aware to what extent the working people of this country depended on that market for employ ment. For several years past, but for the trade with the United States, we would have had comparatively little to do in the winter months. During last winter we were accustomed to congratulate ourselves in Glasgow that we were not in so bad a position as Paisley ; but he was satisfied that, had it not been for the trade with the United States market, Glasgow would have been in a condition worse than even that of Paisley; and he looked forward with considerable alarm to the approaching winter, in consequence of the operation of the American tariff. If anything could be done to rouse the public mind on this sub ject it should be instantly adopted, for he was satis fied that no adequate idea was entertained of the im portance of the question. He agreed with Mr. Gra ham that a public meeting should be got up, and Go vernment appealed to without delay. What steps will be taken in consequence, we will not pretend to imagine ; but we are well con vinced that the bulk of the middle and manu facturing classes are, by an unfortunate series of circumstances, so entangled between their deep re spect for the landed aristocracy, their protbund admiration for the system of Government which. it has framed and administers, and their dread of the lower classes—of late greatly augmented by Chartist violence and Chartist Turn-outs—that they will not take any energetic and bold mea sures to save themselves from the ruin which threatens both them and the working-classes. They will go on, we are afraid, submitting to the landlords' misrule, and bearing the consequence with Chinese servility, till it will be impossible to restore prosperity. One demonstration of hos tility to our own restrictive system, if it be felt by the bulk of the manufacturing and monied capitalists, would be sufficient to put it down ; but that demonstration will not be made, because in fact the hostility is only felt, in sincerity and intensity, by the comparatively few persons who constitute the Anti-Corn-law League. The only way to ensure the favourable revision of the Ame rican tariff is to put an end to our own barbarous restrictions on the food-trade with America, and to that the landlords will not consent as long as the middle classes are indifferent on the subject. So thought and so said, at the Glasgow meeting, a Mr. WILLIAM GRAY, whose words we quote firr the encouragement of others : The proper policy of this country was not to wait upon the Americans giving us relief, but to urge upon our own Government the necessity of an immediate relief from the tax on corn and other necessaries. Ile hoped that Mr. Graham and other gentlemen, moving on this question, would urge that, instead of taking measures of retaliation on the one hand, or waiting for relief from other countries on the other, we should be at once freed from every tax not absolutely re quired for the payment of the national debt. This was the only course by which relief could be given to the people of this country. With reference to the absurd and wicked plan advocated by a London Contemporary, of in creasing the tax on American cotton, Mr. GRAHAM said, we believe, truly and justly— He might here refer to a most absurd proposal, which hau appeared in the papers of that day, that, in retaliation, we should put 2d. a lb. on the importa tion of American cotton. This impost was not even proposed to be relieved by a drawback ; it would be an annihilation of the export trade of this country, and would enable every foreign country to compete with us in the market. Even the Portuguese and the Spaniards, if we gave the:n a bonus of 2d. a lb. on cotton, would beat us in all the markets of the world. It was the most unheard of proposal than any person could suppose. But between that absurd plan, in conjunction with the re-imposition of the prohibitory duties on cattle, together with the extension and sharp ening of the restrictive system, as advocated by the Tory journals, and the abolition of restric tions, there is no choice. The country cannot halt midway between good and evil. One of these systems must be good, and the other evil ; either restrictions on commerce are the mode of securing the national prosperity, or freed'om of commerce is the mode. Both cannot be good, and both cannot long co-exist. The middle classes must make up their minds, therefore, to submit entirely to the landlorda' so-called protec tive system, or get up an earnest and serious demonstration against it. The longer they de lay, the more they will drive raembers of the middle classes, as they begin to suffer and feel the pressure of PEEL'S new taxes, into the ranks of the Chartists. At this Glasgow meeting, Mr. THOMAS DAVIDSON, the chairman, said— This was simply an Anti-Corn-law Association, and hitherto they had refrained from having any con nexion with party politics ; but it was thought proper, on the present occasion, to introduce in a general way, in common with similar institutions throughout the country, an expression of their desire that the repre sentation of the country should be placed on such a pot ing as would give to all classes and interests a fair share of influence in the affairs of the Government—such an influence as would protect the interests of all, se curing to property its just rights, on the condition of its performing its proper duties.—(Cheers.) If the influential, monied, and other capitalists, then, continue to stand aloof from Corn-law Repeal, all the Anti-Corn-law Associations in the country will become associations for the ex tension of the suffrage. Then they will be cor dially supported by the bulk of the working classes; and then our barbarous restrictions, which have been maintained in spit e o f justice, will be sacrificed to fear. We doubt if even the great advantage of a most abundant harvest will com pensate the effects of the American tariff. The Tory journals have made much of the po litical article in the last number of the Quarterly Review, and have eagerly quoted its statements to prove that the alteration made in the Corn law by Sir ROBEi.T PEEI has worked marvel lously well. A rival Review, the Westminster, thus replies to some of the Quarterly's statements: The singularly satisfactory results upon which the Quarterly Reviewer dwells with complacency, are, that the New Corn Bill, instead of supplying food in un limited quantities to a starving people, maintained, when the distress was greatest, the price of wheat 3s. per quarter higher than the average of the last four teen years, and enabled the G overn ment to realise by a bread tax the enormous sum of one million sterling within the Short period of eighteen weeks. Thus we see (says the Quarterly) that from the 28th of April to the 3d of September, the latest pos sible date, the importation of foreign wheat and flour at ten principal ports has been no less than 2,457,931 quarters, being considerably more than was imported in all Great Britain in any whole year (except 1839) of the existence of the late law ; and be it observed that this importation has been made in the face of a most promising harvest, and with less irregularity than in any corresponding period. If it be true that this importation was in the face of a most p rom i s i ng h arves t, what would have been rejoi c i ng T r e e l extent of importation if the crops had proved ( ee a n t t y he below the average ? And what would n ot have had - raised the of the Quarterly if a famine season singu larly satisfactory produce of the bread tax from one mil lion sterling to €f threeresuoirt results" remind of t These he " e qual 13, captain, whose singular cause satisfation on the part of the Turkish 1 large sum of gratificationbzateepincognhsiisstEedgypintiacnleparriinsogna ers on board moneyshortof r, and selling it to the richest among them at an extravagant price, when the po orer were perishing with thirst, people have The Reviewer, it is true, has the grace to include among his singularly satisfactory results, the supply of food which the 3.13 unusualil obtained, but he is in qua ntity imported amounted to 2,457 931 It seems error in representing it indeed natural to assume that if witTlin ar eigh . teen weeks the , quarters, the quantity for the whole of the present year must be I extraordinarily great, but the fact is that the eighteen weeks referred to by the Reviewer embrace nearly the whole of the importing season, for under a sliding scale of duties a large importation can rarely take place at any other period of the year, and the quantity imported at other ports than the ten referred to is always inconsiderable. A sliding scale of duties has a necessary tendency toconfine importation to the time when, our own stocks being nearly exhausted, the duty is expected to be the lowest; and this is generally in September, in the middle of harvest, before the new wheat has een thrashed and brought to market. This year the harvest was unusually early, and as the new wheats were certain to prevent any further immediate rise of prices, the bonded corn had to be released in August, and accordingly we find that, be tween the 4th and 18th, duties were paid upon the great bulk of the whole ; the quantity then entered fOr home consumption being 1,718,870 quarters, upon which the duties amounted to 672,926/.1 This fact would be decisive against the principle of a sliding scale, if the farmers and landowners under stood their own interest, for, next to the exclusion of all foreign corn, their object, it might be supposed, would be to prevent any considerable sudden influx, which, by overwhelming the markets, would at once bring down prices to a low level, from which they would but slowly recover. This has happened in the present instance, prices having fallen since the article in the Quarterly was written, from 625. id. to 535. 3d. In another place the Reviewer shows that of fifteen millions of quarters imported between 1828 and 1841, eleven and a half millions paid duties below those of the present year, viz, 6,392,258 quarters ls. Od. duty. 3,177,016 „ 2s. Bd. „ 2,175,666 6s. Bd. We have, then, asked ' for bread and received a stone. The measure of relief to the people for which the present Government claims credit amounts to the ad • mission of the same quantity of foreign corn as in the last four years—perhaps a little more—but at higher duties; by which the importers have been ruined, and the revenue benefited to the extent of a million sterling. This is but a sorry theme for boasting. The same figures which represent the duty paid by corn impor ters indicate also the corresponding quantities which those duties have kept out of the market : and this is the true light in which the return should be viewed. One million sterling paid in a tax upon food is a bet ter test than averages of & severe amount of privation, and a proof that the people have been fraudulently deprived of the relief which might have been afforded by the importation of some additional millions of quarters, which could not be introduced into this country subject to the present high fiscal burdens. Having placed these statements before our readers, we shall wait some time longer to see the effects of Sir ROBERT PEEL'S measures betbre we make any further remarks of our own. The season has been singularly propitious, and there ought to be no distress in the land. If there be distress now, what would have been its amount had the harvest been short ? And should there now be distress, who will measure the blame due to the Ministers ? It is universally admitted, and the admission is practically acted on, that something important is now required to be done for the nation by the Ministers, in proposing new taxes and new tariffs ; by the Puseyites, in propounding a new creed; by the Evangelicals, in demanding more churches and a reform in the morals of the people ; by the Philanthropists, in proposing colliery regula tions, ten hours' Bills, improved education, and better sewerage; by the League, in requiring the repeal of the Corn-laws ; by the Chartists, in asking for the Charter ; and by all classes, as re quiring some new regulation, if not for them selves, at least for others. " What shall we du to be saved ?" may be said, therefore, to be a question which is very generally asked, and very generally answered. The following extract from " Some Passages in the Life of a Radical," by SAMUEL BAMFORD, places this question in a new light; and while it shows, perhaps, a new ground for apprehension, wisely teaches us to find a re medy in our own resolves:— What, then, " shall we do to be saved ?" We must look our difficulties in the face like men. The times which have been, never will return ; we cann o t re cal that which has departed, and is still going ; we cannot, any more than we can still the ocean, prevent our manufactures from being set up in other nations. We have read them too profound .a lesson for that. We have exhibited the spectacle of a small commu nity combating the world, and buying, or beating it all round. We have shown the secret of our strength, of all warlike strength ; and they will act upon it. We have shown them how, our manufactures pro duced commerce—which produced wealth—which created credit—which supplied taxes and loans il limitable, and enabled us to wield with tremendous effect all the resources of our vast navy, and our numerous armies; beating those we encountered, and subsidising the remainder, until we either had time to beat them ourselves, or could get others to beat them. And will not the nations lay hold of this wonderful power, and try to render it available to their own interest ? Most certainly they will. The novelty of the thing itself would be a great temptation ; and, though no one nation may manufacture to the extent :hat we have done, they may manufacture for them selves, and they will do so. America, with its cotton fields, and its teeming population, will spin its own y arn , and weave its own cloth, whether we will or no, and the nations of the Continent will do, are doing, the same. They have nothing else to do in peace nor can any thing be more natural than that they should do so. We cannot, must not, always be spinners and weavers for the world ; and, if we could, 1 do not see that it is desirable we should. Let these truths be impressed on our minds ; and let us, like a commu nity of sensible men, calculate all our disadvantages, and prepare for the worst. Whether or not we shall he prepared, depends on the exertions of the wise and good of all classes. If no preparations are made, we may be a suffering fa milv ; but we shall be a united one, and half our evils will be obviated. Those we must endure will be borne in a noble spirit; whilst those we surmount, and they may be many, will be subjects for our com mon triumph. It is undoubtedly true that we cannot prevent other nations from profiting by our teaching, nor is it desirable that we should. Knowledge, to be improved and extended, must be imparted, and, like money and manure, it does no good till it is spread. But because other nations may lay hold of the wonderful power of manufacturing we are not to let it go. It will serve both and all. Within a few years we have burrowed from France some great improvements in the silk loom ; who can tell what other improvements other nations may make on our inventions, re turning to us with tenfold increase the skill they borrow from us. Though other nations may and must come up to us, and may possibly sur pass us, that is no reason why we should lose a particle of our skill, a particle of our power, or should be retarded in the course of progressive improvement. As they improve we shall benefit by their improvement; as they increase in wealth some of it will overflow on us, and their progress will not retard, it will accelerate ours. Have not all the nations of the world benefited by our in ventions? and why should we not, in turn, bene fit by theirs? We see no reason whatever, there fore, for despair, but rather for hope in their progress. To go ahead of them is not what we want, but to he well provided at home. Dissenting from the despondi ng view taken by Mr. BAMFORD, we agree with hi m t h at it i s necessary to look our difficulties in the face; that the " community, like sensible men, should calculate its disadvantages; and prepare for the worst," and that if proper preparation be made " we may be a suffering but shall be a united family." His counsel appears familiar, it is like a repetition of our own thoughts; it wears the air of common-place, but it is nevertheless true wisdom. The exertions of the wise and good of all.classes are required to make the people happy and contented, not to keep far in advance of other nations. To accomplish this, sacrifices may be required of all. The worst feature at present in our con dition is, that each class insists on the other bearing all the burdens, and will bear as little as possible itself. Each class throws its fair share un the class below it, and so, generally, all the burdens fall on the lowest. It might be, and ought to be, expected, that the upper classes should set a better example, and that they should overflow with patriotism instead of selfishness. It is not so, however. If tht happiness of a people can be better insured by manners than laws, it is high time to look for the cure of the public disorders, and to expect the salvation of the nation from a reformation in the manners and morals of the aristocracy. We have given an extract from the Devon port Independent relative to Municipal Elections GVILT'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ARCHITECTURE. 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THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1842. for the borough. The Tories are making great, and, in our opinion, unwarrantable exertions to obtain a majority in the Council, in order to re turn two Tory Members at the next election. What, for instance, can be more unwarrantable, or more unbecoming-, than the chief clerk of one of her MAJESTY'S ships of war mingling in city polities to the neglect of his duty as a Govern ment officer?_ All persons of this description LIPs generally regarded as impartial spectators, and when they step out of their line of duty should be treated as intruders. Conduct like this, how ever, will meet its reward. It will incite the citizens to defend their rights in opposition to the underlings of office, who wish to pay court to the present Government by using their in fluence for the suppression of public opinion. The burgesses of Devonport have maintained many successful contests in the cause of freedom, and at the ensuing elections we are confident they will maintain their character. It is delightful to turn from the angry war of political parties that too generally pervades the Parisian journals, to the generous, the eloquent, and the harmonising discourses delivered by the great men of France in their halls of science and literature. On occasions like these, to their great honour, they forget all party strife, all national antipathies, and, in general, do justice to the discoveries and social -improvements of other States. There are, it is true, exceptions, but fortunately rare, for their great object scents to be the advancement of intelligence, the union of melt of science and genius in every part of the earth, and the diffusion of those blessings which are conferred on mankind by the arts of .peace. We have been led to these remarks by a brief account of the proceedings which took place in the Academy of Macon, on the 12th inst., when M. LAMAR TINE delivered an address distinguished for its surpassing eloquence, liberal views of the present state of society, and a glowing description of the vast changes which have taken place within a fewyears, and are still in active progress, through every part of the habitable globe. A brother philosopher, we believe the son of the historian LACRATELLE, had denounced the effects of mo dern discoveries, and among others the invention cf steam power, railroads, and machinery, and contended that mankind would be much more happy, if all these were swept from the earth, and the population of different countries were brought back to the simplicity, and, conse quently, ignorance of the primitive inhabitants in bygone ages. This strange argument roused the indignation of the orator, and he broke forth in a strain of fervid eloquence, adduced facts and witnesses to refute the charges, and showed that even steam, one of the powers which had caused such mischief, in the view of his antagonist, was one of the greatest blessings ever conferred on mankind. " What," said he " has steam done ? It has formed a new geographical, political, moral, and commercial world—it has brought the very ends of the earth together—it is blending different languages, dif ferent races, and different religions, and giving to the whole human race a power and a unity which can be seen and known only by ,the GREAT CREATOR." Never were words of greater truth uttered, and seldom ever with such effect. By means of the steam-engine nations, formerly as much separated as if they lived in another .world, have been brought into contact, :mutual wants are sup plied, commerce is increased ;to an unknown extent, prejudices and antipathies are effaced, and even the very bigotry of religion assumes a less forbidding aspect. The speech, however, is not more remarkable for its eloquence and sound views, than for the humanity and Christian cha rity displayed throughout. Whilst the speaker describes the wealth raised by these great dis coveries, and the additional employment created for the working classes, he denounces the cruelty of those who enrich themselves at the expense of the poor, and then leave them to pass their old age in want and suffering. We recommend the entire speech to the attention of our readers, who will join in conferring their tribute of praise and honour on a foreigner so well entitled to the approbation of the wise and good. Archdeacon WILBERFORCE has recently issued an Address to the laity of the. East Riding of Yorkshire, which is no otherwise worthy of notice than as it embodies a High Churchman's sni gllt he seems to think is a panacea views of a sound national education. The Rev. be expected from . hiseloth, i favour of a syst e m of r e li g i ous instruction, u n o r a.tseetnxiucll exclusively arlej:lwhich ctisvoiia present i and future evils, and which he designates as " the fulcrum that must move the whole community." Certainly the great truths of Christianity cannot be too generally diffused among the people, or too forcibly pressed en their attention; but we apprehend that this is not exactly what the Archdeacon means. We suspect that, in accordance with the tenets of Puseyistn, he has an eye to the temporal as well as spiritual ascendancy of his Church; and when he talks of " religious instruction," means nothing more than that the peop!.e should be brought up in a spirit of unqualified subordina tion to the Establishment ; that they should be taught to regard Dissent—in whatever form it may show itself—as an evil to be eschewed by all good men; and should accept, without consi deration, and with unfeigned thankfulness, what ever doctrines their spiritual pastors may be pleased to propound to them. In a word, we fear that the " religious instruction" which the Archdeacon so strenuously advocates, involves a scheme for perpetuating priestcraft ; and as such, it is infinitely more likely to be injurious than beneficial to the community. We are confirmed in this suspicion by the circumstance .that, throughout his address, the Rev. Gentleman takes every opportunity of sneering at " reading and writing," just as though he felt that the progress of knowledge must of necessityritine in terests of priestcraft. " That there is more reading and w be detrimental to the he says, " than for naerly, I admit, and more talk about education ; but I* greatly doubt whether, considering all the opportunities we possess; there ever was a time in which were to be . found more per sons, in the true sense of the word, unedu cated than at present." The utter fallacy of this remark is proved by recent remarkable events. To what, but to the progress of knowledge among them, and its consequent softening effect on their minds, are to be attributed the forbearance and moderatio n so generally shown by the starving operati ves , during the late turn -out in Lancashire Had these riots occurred fifty—or even five and twenty years ago— there would have been pillage and blood-shed to a dreadful extent; but, thanks to the huma nising progress of that "reading and writing" which Archdeacon w iLBE RFoRcE holds in such pious horror, snobs, even when driven to excesses by squalid destitution, are• no longer what they were in the good old Church and State " days of 1780, when, in a paroxysm of orthodoxy, they set fire to London ; and, some few years afterwards, under the influence of the same bigoted feeling, destroyed Dr. . PRIESTLEY'S valuable library at Birmingham, because he en tertained but an indifferent opinion of the apos tolic integrity and disinterestedness of Mother Church. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 19th instant. The Patriota announces, that the Mi nister of Finance had :succeeded in negotiating Anotherw a s tranquil paper, a p e o r n, thet h e Treasury bills to the amount of 12,000,000 reals out of the 15,000,000 assigned as the quota of the province of Madrid, in the loan of 1 60,000,000 voted by Congress. 15th. The Globe journalCa(liz had not re-appeared since a si t n ld ce t t h h e e I p at o e li f t a ic t a a l l encounter between its editor Defeasor del Pueblo, bad incurred the displea sure of the Progresista and Republican and the autlorities fearing- for'the . .:ll - ife of its. editor, M. -QA - mpE,-. sent every _Oiht - , - r a .detaclt- tnent of troops to_guayr4 114104 jl-i-4 ' 11°166- .___ The Five per Ceats. were done at 261 for cash, and 261 11-16 13-16 / 11-16, at 60 days, fur a I stun of 21,200,000 reals. Tl►e whole of the Paris Papers have been re ceived. They are chiefly occupied with the American Tariff and the pamphlet of General BUGEAUD, which it appears has given grea t offence to Marshal SOULT. The Levant Mail, due on the 21st at Marseilles, did not reach that place till the 2lth, but the letters have not arrived. The following intelligence from Constantinople is given in the Augsburg Gazette:— " The post just arrived from Constantinople of the 7th, brings tidings of sanguinary quarrels among the Maronites, and an intervention of the Pacha. More over, it announces the formation of a camp of from 20,000 to 25,000 men, at Malatia, and the sending of fresh troops to Erzeroum." _ _ The extracts fro►u four French Journals show, in another part of the paper, that they are as much divided on the American Tariff as o❑ the Ashburton Treaty. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, SEPT. 26. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 118 85... 118 90... 118 80... 118 80 Fours lOl 35... 101 35 .. 101 35... 101 35 3 per Cents BO 20... 80 20... 80 5... 80 5 Bank of France 3265 —.3265 —.3265 .. 3265 Laflitte Bank I,ooof 1035 —1035 —.1035 ...1035 Belgian Fives lo4* ... 104* 104* ... 104* 1840 losi ... 105 k ... 1051 ... 105 k Dutch 2* per Ceres— s3* ... 53* ... 53* ... 53* Spanish Passive New Deferred 9 8 - 3 ... 9a ... Portuguese Fives 291 ... 291 291 ... 291 Neapolitan.. Roman RAILWAY SHAKES Versailles, R.B 255 ... 255 255 ... 255 LB 97 50... 97 50... 97 50... 97 50 Rouen Orleans. 582 50... 582 5U... 582 50... 582 50 Strasburg to Bale '2os ... 206 • 5... 205 ... 206 25 DUTCH PAPERS. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 23.—The banns of marriage of the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar and of the Princess Sophia of the Netherlands were pub lished to-day for the first time. Accounts from Surinam of the 9th of July have been received here, which were extremely favourable. We hear from Breda that there was lately found at Oosterwick, at the depth of six feet below the sur face of the earth, the remains of one of those antedi luvian animals, which it is supposed ought to be classed with the elephant. These remains, though petrified, are in a good state of preservation, espe cially the grinders, seven in number, which weigh 131bs. It appears certain that one of the canine teeth must have been five feet in length. These monstrous remains are being collected with great care, and it is intended shortly to publish a description of them. DUTCH F0N06.--Ararrelumar, SEPT. 26. Hone; 141 Is. Actual Deb , 23r per Cent MN 52* Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Amort Svndic,4% per cent 9.134 4 Ditto, ditto, 834 per cant 7634 '6% Commercial Company, 434 per cent l3dif 437% Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. OB% 99 t,,, Exchange on London, One month l2 V Two months Hamburgh, One month 35 it. j 4 Two months 35 CS Dutch Papers, Sept. 27. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, SEPT. 1". Five per Cents. Metalliques - Four per Cents. lOO% Three per Cents. 77N, Bank Shares •• .. ....... .4,0041.0 •••••••••••••• •• ...... 163 3 Allgemeine"l"Zung,Sept42l: COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Illustrious party who have been staying at the Castle during the last few days, took their departure this day. The Arch duke Ferdinand Frederick of Austria, attended by the Baron de Lebzeltern, le Chevalier Marinovich, le Chevalier de Koechel, le Capitaine Dunmont, and le Compte Caroly, took leave of the Queen for the metropolis. His Highness Prince Esterhazy also left. , Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburg Streliti, left for Kew. His Excellency Prince Castelcicala, Neapolitan Minister, took his departure. The Earl and Countess of Jersey and Lady Cle mentine Villiers, the Earl of Aberdeen, Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, and General the Hon. Sir William Lumley, also left the Castle to-day. Her Majesty and Prince Albert have not left the Castle except in the morning, when her Majesty and her Illustrious Consort enjoyed their accustomed early walk. Their Royal Hignesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were taken an airing in the Park during the forenoon. The Prince and Princess, at tended by her Ladyship, were again taken out in the afternoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Princesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Prince of Mecklen burg Strelitz, and attended by the Baroness Ahlefeldt, returned to her residence at by yesterday, from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. His Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick Ferdinand of Austria, attended by his suite, arrived at Mivart's Hotel yesterday, from a visit to her Ma jesty at Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has arrived at Wynyard Park, Durham, to honour the Marquis and Marchioness of Londondeiry with a visit, from Alnwick Castle Northumberland. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge arrived at his residence in St. James's Palace, yester day morning, from a visit to the Queen, at Windsor Castle. Lord Ashburton arrived in town yesterday. His Lordship had an interview in the afternoon with the Earl of Aberdeen, at the Foreign-office. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left their residence in Whitehall-gardens, for their seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Earl of Aberdeen returned to town yesterday from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. H. Ellis, Minister on a special mission to Brazil, visited his Lordship in the afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General transacted business yesterday at the Home-office. Sir James Graham has left town for the Isle of Wight. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Alexander Grant, Esq., in Arlington-street; from Scotland ; James Mercer, Esq., at Nelson's Hotel, Portland-place ; Rev. M. Amphlitt, at do., from Novington Lewis. DEPARTURES. Captain J. C. Hawkins, E. I. N., from Nelson's Hotel, Portland-place, for India ; J. Morgan, Esq., from do., for Bath ; Captain Morgan, from do., for Houghton Hall, Stockbridge ; Rev. Mr. Hanner and Mrs. Hanner, from do., for Leamington. THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT AT HAW - THORNDEN.—The Royal pair had expected that their visit to this romantic spot was to have been entirely private. But the mere possibility that the Queen and _Prince Albert might drive to this lovely place had brought together a great concourse of people of all classes in the neighbourhood. On the arrival of her Majesty and his Royal Highness, they seemed astonished at the number of persons who were assembled ; and when the Queen looked down from the elevated ground near the old family man sion -house, on the mass of people below, she became evidently very anxious ; and the cause of this anxiety was explained when, after her conversing with the Prince and the Duchess of Buccleuch, Col. Bouverie intimated that the Queen could not visit the caves, in consequence of probable risk of injury to herself and others, if the people followed down the descent. The Rev. M. C. Mackenzie, the clergyman of the parish in which Hawthornden is situated, whose advice was asked by Prince Albert,: and to whom the Queen addressed a few words, said that the people would form themselves on each side of the path, which leads through the garden to the caves, and remain firm as a wall. On this assurance, the Royal party, consisting of the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Buccleuch, and Colonel Bouverie, pro ceeded to the caves between the two lines of people, who, without a single exception, stood steady in their places. The Royal party when they left were greeted with a cheer that made the woods re-echo the feeling of joyfulness that animated every one who had the good fortune to be a witness of the agreeable visit of the Queen and Prince Albert to classic Haw thornden. COD FISHERY.—The cod fishing is far short of an average one, as well as the ling, tusk, and saithe ; and, worse than this, the demand is very limited, as well as the price. What is on hand is of most supe rior quality. Holders of those fish, are, however, in expectation of higher prices soon.—John o' Groat Journal. INCOME TAX.—In Kendal the number of blank forms is so limited that the Commissioners cannot supply the town. One part of the population have had their billets doux for three weeks, while another part have not yet received those soft expressions of the Premier's regard. And what is more amusing, the number of applications for forms declaring that their income is below 1501. is so great, that any supply of papers hitherto received is wholly inadequate to the demand. We have heard several parties state that, with their best desires to fill up the returns .:on sistently, they really cannot understand them. —Kendal Mercury. V S ,. -3 R. ..-4. • S ' al Vitl 11 ra 0 `i?il e, ti S AND Vttbitt ptlitOlt. " Who runs may read. FOR.E/GIV. M. Cohen, the translator of the Bible into French, and editor of the ' Archives of the Jews in France," has written to the Gazette de Tribunaux, stating that, from his knowledge of the sentiments of his brethren, he can affirm that if Deutz, the person who betrayed the Duchess de Berri, had applied to any of those who knew who and what he was, he would have been rejected with contempt, as his conduct was held in horror and detestation by them all. On Friday night Fecamp was visited by a tempest; the rain fell in such torrents as to interrupt all the communications. In the lower part of the town the waters rose to the first story, and it was said that several persons were drowned. The Journal de Rouen says, that at Etretal the in undation was general. More than 200 houses are under water, and several have fallen down. A great many families were in danger of perishing, but hap pily people from the country came with their boats, and saved them. Four women, however, were drowned in their own houses, and it is feared that others have lost their lives. The Academy of the Beaux Arts on Saturday awarded the prizes for the annual contours of paint ing. The first was given to M. Francois-Eloi Blen nourry, of Bar-sur-Aube, aged 19, pupil of M. Droning; and the second to M. Louis Duveau, of St. Malo, aged 24, pupil of M. Cogniet. An honour able mention was made of M. Felix Barrias, of Paris, aged 20, pupil of M. Cogniet. The subject proposed tOr competition this year was " Samuel crowning young David as King in place of Saul." The Government has issued, through the Ministry of the Home Department, orders to follow up prose cutions against those engaged in the recent fatal duel at Cadiz. Both the Home Minister, Solanot, and the Minister of Justice, Zumalacarregui, have sent cir culars to all the chiefs in their respective departments, desiring that they shall not imitate the conduct of the late unfortunate Gefe Politico of Cadiz, in entering• into controversies with the conductors of the public Press; but in all . cases which - may appear to them to require explanation, to write directly to their supe riors at Madrid. The _Mercury of Franconia mentions from Berlin a report that the budget of Prussia is about to be re duced 1,500,000 dollars, and that this amount, instead of being deducted from the taxes, will be reserved for the purpose of encouraging the construction of rail roads by guaranteeing a minimum of interest to the shareholders in such undertakings. The Augsburgh Gazette of the 22d, has an article from St. Petersburg of the 10th, which states that— " According to the principles of the ukase of the 6th of January, all the estates belonging to the Greek and Roman Catholic clergy in the western govern ments of the empire, are placed under the manage ment of the Minister of the domains of the empire." MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE. Yesterday the adjourned meeting of Proprietors of the Royal West India Mail Steam-packet Company took place, when the plans and future operations were displayed, and a remodelling of their entire system of action canvassed. _ _ The mines of Russia yield as much gold as all the rest of Europe. The yearly produce of this metal is 16,000 pounds. This weight of gold has this year been sufficient to load from 40 to 50 sledges ; the silver from 120 to 150 sledges ; and the copper sets in motion 5,000 sledges. ECCLESIASTICAL. The emoluments attached to the Deanery of West minster have been stated as more considerable than those derived from a Bishopric. A recent Act of Par liament, however, has vastly reduced the former princely income, and it is now limited to 3,0001. per annum. ELECTIONEERING. A meeting to consider the election of Vestry Clerk for St. Luke's took place on Tuesday, at that church. Mr. Parsons, of Finsbury-square, connected with the firm of Messrs. Burchell and Kilgour, of Red Lion square, and Mr. Humphreys. son of the Old Bailey practitioner, were the candidates. Upon the show of hands, a poll was demanded by the latter, which com menced yesterday. NAVAL AND MILITARY. A Commission was formed, about three weeks since, by order of the Spanish Government, to con sider the means of rendering available to the State, for the reconstruction of its navy, the valua'Ae oak timber of the Royal forests of Santander, Galicia, &c. The project was submitted, on the part of a British Company, by a Mr. Henry Misley, and pro gress will soon be reported. If followed up, Spain may again expect to see an Armada on the waters. More than 20 Wesleyan chapels at Sierra Leone are built, in the interior, of the wood of slave ships, taken and condemned by British cruisers. LAW AND POLICE, James Neill, a master chimney-sweeper, appeared at Clerkenwell on Tuesday, charged with causing- Ed ward Taylor, a boy under twenty-one years of age, in his employ, to enter a flue for the purpose of cleaning the same. The defendant said . that he had used the machine, but having found it ineffectual had employed the boy to examine the flue. The Magistrate ob served, that if such a defence were allowed the Act of Parliament would be evaded. Under the circum stances he was only fined 40s. and 2s. costs, or three weeks' imprisonment. The fine was paid. • Wm. Karnes, a boot and shoemaker, was charged at Marylebone with assaulting a respectable female, named Elizabeth Bond, and fined 51. for the outrage. At the Kent Petty Sessions on Monday, James Benjamin Sutton, a respectable tradesman, master of the Post-office of the town of Brompton, and a collec tor of poor-r a t es , was c h arged w i th hav i ng concea l e d in his house 541bs. of foreign tobacco, the duty there on not having been paid. He was convicted in the mitigated penalty of 251. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. M. Gudin, the distinguished painter, had a grand dinner given him by the artists at the Hague a few days since. C OURT-r.A.SIIIONAI3LE. The Archbishop of York and Miss Harcourt have returned to Bishopsthorpe Palace from visiting the Bishop of Ripon. Lord and Lady Farnham left Mivart's Hotel on Tuesday for Grey's Court. Lord Stanley leaves town in the course of the week for Lancashire. Sir Robert Peel, accompanied by Lady Peel and family, left Whitehall-gardens on Tuesday for Dray ton Manor. The Earl and Countess of Camperdown are seeing company at Camperdown House, Forfarshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely have a select circle visiting them at Ely Lodge, Fermanagh, Ireland. Lord and Lady Louth have left Brighten for Ireland. MISCELLANEOUS. The number of posted letters in France during the last year was 97,015,009. The diurnal distribution of these amounts at present on an average to 81,000; namely, 44,000 at seven in the morning, 13,000 at half-past nine, 6,000 at twelve, 7,000 at two, 5,000 at four, and 6,000 at six in the afternoon. Several thousands of Polish and Russian Jews, at Berlin and elsewhere, have entered into an engagement to proceed on the first favourable opportunity to Jeru salem, to await in prayer and fasting the coming of the Messiah. The fire at Liverpool again broke out on Monday night, the ruins being still in a state of combustion. The flames consumed several other wooden premises before they were stopped. ANOTHER FEMALE SAILOR.—On Thursday last, just as the Lady Charlotte was about to sail from Cardiff, the attention of P. C. Perkins was drawn to a person in a sailor's dress, who was exhibiting money rather carelessly, and expressing great anxiety for the sailing of the packet. Perkins accosted him, and on his refusing to give an accouut of how he got the money, or where he came from, took him to the sta tion-house. Mr. Superintendent Stockdale, after ask ing a few questions, suspected that the apparent sailor boy was a girl, and charged her with being so, which she resolutely denied. A woman was made to search her, and the 3-ouag sailor turned out to be a pretty-looki ng W e l s h girl. Finding disguise to be useless, she gave an account of herself. Her assumed name as the sailor was Edward Williams, but her real name is Mary Davis. She is twenty years of age. She lived with her father, who is a decayed far mer, about nine miles from Merthyr, and between that placeond Neath. Having a brother away from home, she determined to go in search of him. She had received a letter lately from him, in closing 51., and it contained a request that she would come to him. Thisletter she had lost, and so entirely had she forgotten her brother's address that she did not know whether the letter came from America, Austra lia, or Ireland. Her purpose in the present instance was to go to Bristol, and from thence to A nerica. She was taken every care of at the station-house, and visited by the worthy Mayor and the R ev . T . ;Stacey, who, after hearing her statements, were con vinced she was of weak mind. She was directed to be sent to the Union-house until her friends could be communicated with, and her money was left in Mr. Stockdale's hands. Mr. Stockdale deserves great cre dit for his humane attention to the poor girl, who, had she been suffered to go into the town, would doubtless have been robbed of her little pittance. She has resumed her feminine dress. The reason she gave for abandoning it was, that she thought she could travel more safely amongst sailors as a man than as an un protected girl. She cannot speak a word of English. —Cardiff Advertiser. ------- MONEY and COMM ERC;-A-1, NE"' CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING: The Funds closed, after a very few trilling barge at the prices of yesterday. Consols 921 9g for In ney, and 924 921 for the Account. Indio, Steeil;l: 249 250 ; Exchequer Bills, - New, 49 51 ; and °. 50 52 premium. Foreign Securities, where a change li were higher. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., s cis, 52 ; the Five per Cents., 102 102+ ; Belgian 13° ' 1024 103 f ; Danish, 83 84 ; and 'Brazilian, 67 68. d9, Very few bargains were made in Mexican 1 3 ° 1 , 1 5 , nevertheless quotations were not quite so good as ) e terd iy, they being, nominally, 35 35+. of The Share-market exhibited a greater degree; ' 7.1 firmness, though prices did not materially `lad, London and Birmingham were 182 184; Birmi!,l,, ham and Gloucester, 39 41 ; Great `Western, 81 ;;; the Half Shares, 581 59+ ; South Western , 57 i • e 5 South Eastern and Dover, 22 228 ; Eastern Coun%tilid: 81 81 ; Northern and Eastern, 34 35 ; 1 313e1°. occurred, 68 7 ; and Brighton, 34 341- per share. The quotations for the Londs were--Co l ? mbiali ne; 208 21 ; Peruvian, 15 16 ; Portuguese 1 iv e ,,,[f; Cents., 351 35,1; the Three per Cents.,_ V - D er Spanish Five per Cents. , 158 16 1 - the Thr ee ' 8 1 Cents., 208 21*. ketb °s A singular contradiction in the money M ar- „ v ing been visible to-day, namely, a diffi cu lty in ein p1,. 7 lot money at even a low rate of interest, and an p e n (1 0C'' difficulty in procuring discounts. This has be- ", - 01 0 casioned by a distrust of commercial paper, on anc-a the of the late failures in the Corn Exchange , n", e ctv probability that more may yet take place lunocg i s f,, re' lators. It was rumoured yesterday that a }lig e ' o tso spectable house was in difficulties, but which were n bab ii pressing but that a private arrangement w ouldp o ilp o• be effected. The indecent haste of two of our cont ei ri o f s raries, one of which is notorious for the exhib iti° olo morbid appetite fur fidlures, has preventedthis, an, iv ille now to be.announced that Messrs. King a nd 3'ea 0e have suspended their payments, this firm giakivaioo fifth or sixth factor which has been compelled to 120 a similar course since the operation of the ne"' t 0' law. It must be noted that these p ar ties are ' n ' l ,per 4 culators themselves, but have advanced to fer e 'v o 3o beyond the extreme value of the cargoes consT prr them for sale, and it is to the fact that ti' e ci # ceeds have not been nearly sufficient t° to tf the acceptances, that the failures are is .bic„'' attributed. The uncertainty as to the exte nt i oS s ' paper may be covered by security has led if o ;; q i.ic caution on the part of the various discount-ur and to-day it was very difficult to obtain cash fl e ,o,'" though the identical houses which refused t oo II commodation also refused to take money e tiee two per cent. The total amount of the liabihbeer the particular house in question is stated 0 , 5 , 0 tremely limited comparatively, while it h e d , common with others similarly situated, ampl e— ( ' Much disappointment has been felt at the th e . ponement of the discussion•on the subjec t OP , i Affghan war at the India House to-day, 1 ? .'',;,,:' tl if3 somewhat mitigated by the pledge given by. that it would be brought forward at the Ile % i fIV Court, and the certainty that such pledg e . ' ) redeemed. li ir After much opposition, the Directors o f ti l 0 1 .; India Mail Steam Packet Company obtained 09 firmation of the Report, and consequently an clis; to of the new route to be adopted by their ce . '"f et o 4 v first of which, upon the improved plan, Wi ll e t°C a few days for her destination. Now that o ' o ll 4 which has been committed in a too great ex te n t 0, 1 ' 3 , this line has been acknowledged, and is ab e- tte ov`," remedied, it might appear invidious to call n , le.,' to the failures which have taken place ; it 1 0 ` 3 ; s ea'" ever be noted that the period of the year h as . 1 , 5 V e lir l which the want of regular correspondenc e , o men' ~ more seriously felt, and that the next u ° ) , 0 steamer, like all its predecessors, is now 013"" over due. (From The Sun of Last Night.) sts' The Funds continue in the same inactive l b 0; they left off yesterday evening, with s carce Yr 9l. 0 o r 4 gain having been made. Consols are ~.,''''. fb h io -Money, 924 buyers for the Account. -Pi,e .: 6o3C l ' 0 0 and-a-Half per Cents., 100/ 100:1 ; Indla o4 g; ,„ rather better, some having been, sold at o terl e , Bonds, 36 premium. Money has b ee n in g r e ossr, mand, and sales of Exchequer Bills having -,,T e erit e Ll but not to any extent, the premium on the "' c l e ar.. which are more current in the market, ht' s ' I ,; to 49 ; that on the Old remaining. at 50 5 2 . 00 5 ' .. A single transaction in Dutch Five pe,r ,ori6 .1024 is all that has been done in Foreign 7 e ; PP . prices, however; are generally firm.'. Alexl e3 ~,eo, are quoted 354. • • ' , u ao- „V The ~hare Market, which opened wi t ',, n , ii, ", 3 4; pearance of improvement, had again hee e- a t lii London and Birmingham have been s° la es , 6 4 Great Western, 81 814- ; the Nov S l° I.A; Fifths, 7 71; South Eastern, Scrip, 111 lli; .1 ,3 43 ,1 3 4 5 1 iiP Counties, 8* 81; Croydon, 10; Brighten , y o y)r9 , ' Manchester and Birmingham, 344 341; .;fil i l North Midland New Shares, 36 1 1 364. i Sfrle Portuguese Five per Cents., .354, arlu, t i ON Three per Cents., 15*, are the Bonds quote d At • PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SE , : Three per Cent. Consol s ... ...................... •••• 99 , i' 0 i Three and a Half Stock ... . .. • ., -.".t.arift,',l}o It would appear that the new Amerlci' as it caused as much dissatisfaction in Fr' inc u e i c h \c i ': o o done here. The articles among us w' d - es erifilo chiefly affected, are, it is stated, the lowe r t hat rod of Birmingham goods, and the letters fre in res sedf,e , represent trade there to be unusually del 3 L ; in c°,l e d that many workmen have been dischargr oc e fi i to quence of it. Merchants, however, well r 0 1 10 with the working of American laws, eon s ,' otty be too gloomy a view, and hold ticorroil ft that the rates about to be levied 1 v L i i 1 04 , ,, 0 0 ft course of a short period, .be greatly rev - tie/ 10ot that at the instance of the Americans t"- i fit' t vo d ic e who are not yet in a situation to dispense. daieir articles. The French are, however, in ; the: s t iat position, and so strong is the feeling there ° tiny 0 ject, that letters have been received dire e ot hello several parcels of goods, which had been se e d, .0 e ta their way to New York, should be return t o S o d trade is considered to be virtually ended b l r eCti yr , measure. If both the above opinions be O r oc i i °to' they are far from being incompatible with e le of it may be concluded,. that upon the wh°,,,iiiii, ~e : / exports to America an improvement Will he 1 ,, 2 1 ,s MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, S Er Oe .10 11l • flI pT We have nothing to report that can 1- a fre'r general face of this market. Lancaster a ll an d 1 3 1,11 Three Quarter Shares,_ 181; Manchestereds, 10,. mingham, 22* to 22; Manchester and Le g to a lt Shares, 304 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 4 itto P Liverpool and Manchester, 181 to 18 2 ; P _i Shares, 871 to 88. CLOSING r° PRICES ig BRITISH FUNDS.. ..'' 2--. PI4O !India Stock ...... ......, / Ditto Bonds ... '. ........ / Ditto 01d-1%1)01i16e5..4 PA Ditto New Ann , Ex. Bills, 1,0 0( 2 1 r . , • !Of"' Ditto 51-nr • ' ..• - Ditto Sou"' '''t / ... IC ol B n a dn n i sa k o ISs Stock tfoocrk Acct'{ r r e t . : cc ce t ~ ~... i i FOREIGN FUNDS. eli t. , •,Pi Austrian, 5 per cent. ... -.• Portuguese, 5 per.e ~„, y Belgian, 5 per cent lO3 Ditto, New Ditto ... : . .;, ,ot Brazilian Bonds... Prussian, 5 per ce o ',.,. ', Buenos A yres 6 per cent. Russian, 5 1) m ueP t ' ~.. id Unlian, 6 per cent. Ditto, M e tallie..•••:' . 91 Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cep' ,•>t' Ditto, 1824 24 Ditto, Deferred-••• _,:f , -,,t , Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent BO French, 5 per ce n t ' - ,...f /; Danish, 3 per cent Exchange ........... .„.f.bli Greek; 1825, 5 per cent — Fren c h, 3 per cen t ' ...'iio Mexican, 5 per cent 3s* Dutch, 2i per ceot.' .„ , Ditto, 6 per cent. 11:337 Ditto, 5 per cen':. " .-4 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. - SHARES. •,, , 4 Cheltenham and - Creat Western (80 -piiciPT ,, 01 Eastern Counties Railway (2:3laid) ••••''': 4 Great Western, (65 paid) ............. . ....... ~ 1 Ditto New Shares (50 paid)... ........ ..... ~,, Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ...... ... .... London and Brighton (50 paid)...... if .. ....''. , London and Birmin g ham (90) ..... •- 4' 4 4 Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) ......... ••• 41 Ditto Thirds (32 paid) ...... .••••" I L London and Croydon Railway (Trunk) ••'i '',l Manchester and Birmingh am On paid)••• .. 51 Northern and Eastern (45 pa id) ............ - ''l Paris and Rouen (18 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)........ . O; Ditto Scrip (15 paid) ..................... ' . .q 1 York and North Midland (50 paid) •••"'' '''° ?e t Ditto New Shares (20 paid) ......... ''' ' il l ...... -. re,, , , We . P DEATH OF SIR JAMES SPITTAL, KNT. --- ,i l e ,, et a' to announce that this highly respectable el s ' e, Poe on Sunday morning last, at Seabeach o°l- !i v for, io bello, where lie had resided with his fil' ill jbe e ,*ic '' most part of the summer. Although he lul vil i o g 40 3, a delicate state of health for some time , 1 epee of paralytic attack, he latterly recovered, o° l ` te can s a to be completely restored. The imine di3 t ion. his death, we understand, was inflammaa orastili James was in the 74th year of his ag u e l ; der i e u hl ec l 3 i ,:j o d p ; - first Lord Provost of this city elected Reform Act ; and, perhaps, no man ere r il, is c i d during a period of keen political content! t e eew el ciliating so entirely the respect and e' foil; parties.—Edinb urg h Advertiser. .i s t ti f i ji be to TORNADO.—On Tuesday morning, bell 0 3 0 I and five o'clock, and after an unconimoni.vsbowerogli moonlight evening, one of the heaviest Altboo' rain ever remembered came over Dund ee ' o f a t, er e no thunder rolled, it had every appear' ne w oes ito r` der storm. In the western suburbs solne i , e fart' ) 1 ' flooded to so great an extent, that % 1 .,,1ia° 1 1 f if floated about. In Reform-Street, Mr' i se ver ° , derson's tailor's shop was inundated, o'4 the s o ile 4 ticks damaged. We are informed t ll3 , rit, s ip I c o' ranged within a narrow_ compass, an d I,i. / wo ° from town, the morning was fair and w i t , c k, 07 ),J4 0 filmed to rain partially till about ten oeL° . „,bieli „.,,ii turned out a fine sunny day, like those ' ...,pitt been enjoyed during the whole .of autPP 3ll ' - Advertiser. - Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .... 3 per Cent. C0n5..... 92j 3i per Cent. Red... New 3i per Cent...-...... 1004 New 5 per Cen'.. Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 . ..... Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860.