The Sun. — London, England, 1849-10-02 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPMv(i---(Tiliti I)AY.) LOND. - ;N, OCT. 2.—Wind this day at noun, N.N.W., light or , ez cl. , ti•iy. I)EAL, Oct. I. Whitt Art. N.W , PMt. N.E.. E.s.r, , to N . .2 rril. from 01 river and cM.. Ilan%ak, Cape of Go- d Hove; I.atc, West Itiiie Pestorij.e Boman gee, Ikrniu.,l; Z !phyr, Cape Pidinas; ix,, L'verpo.l. The Anite, ;nom to New in % Ne igh. int.? to day wns found to he foul of a wre,.k, and in en deavouring to purchase her anchor broke her hawie pii e, received other damage, and had to slip liar an-hur and cable. She has been itipdied. PORTSMOUTH, OcT. I.—Wind S.Q.W. to S.—Sld. Butlej, Calcutin. SOUTHAMPTON, OCT. I.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Medway steamer, Siaixrionds, West Indies. FALMOUTH, OCT. I.—Wind W.—Arrd. 30th Sept., Magdalena, Fogelmark, Rio Janeiro. A hurricane was experienced on 7th ult. in lat. 23 N., lon. 38 W. , by t he Magdalena, Fogelm irk, arrived hcrp. PILL, Ocr. I.—Sid. S-gittarius, Ceylon; Protector, Cape af Good Hope. STOCKToN, OCT. I.—The Johannes brig, of Thazic, from Sunderland, coal laden, was driven on Redcar Rocks last night, and has broken up, crew saved. It is reportyd - that eight or ten vessels are ashore between Seaton and Ilarilepoel. HARWICH, OCT. I.—The Bruce, from Chatham for North Shields, got on shore on the Shipwash, Ist inat., but seas assisted cfr, and is leaky. SEAHAM, OCT. I.—A boat painted black, with a small red paint stroke, and marked on the stern outside, Mary Maria, of Hull, in white letters, also a forecastle hatch, washed on shore yesterday, about a mile south of this place. The above are supposed to belong to the Mary Maria, of Hull, a hich sailed hence 29th ult. It is feared the crew have perished, as there was a heavy gale from N.E. yesterday. REDCAR, OCT. I.—The following vessels were wrecked last night near this place during a heavy gale from N.E.: The Johanna, of and for Danzig, from Sunderland, with coals, crew saved; the John, schooner, of Salt Coates, supposed with linseed and deals, crew drowned; and the Albion, Brotherton. of Newcastle, crew sup • posed to be drowned; the Frankfort, of and from Ips wich to Shields, in ballast, has been stranded, but it is supposed sho will be got off, crew saved. LIVERPOOL, Ocr. E.S.E.—Arrd.Sept. 30th, Reliance, Osborne, Maulmain ; Ciydeside, Knowles, Mesurada, with loss of foremast, main-topmast, jib• boom, &c., sailed 24th July ; Serafina, Galdez, Haven nab ; Maria Engrnc;a., Minerola, Havannah ; Robert Watt, Tomlinson, Quebec. Oct. Ist, Ranger, Parge, Macao; Lille, Dixon, Quebec. Sld.3oth ult.,Thetis, Ber muda. Oct. Ist, Mary Spencer, Calcutta ; Christiana, Valp araise ; Jenny, St. Thomas's ; Williams, La Guayra. Off Port, Princess Victoria, Maranham ; Fuscarora, Philadelphia ; Harmony, St. John's, New Brunswick. BRIDLINGTON QUAY, OCT. I.—Yesterday the wind came round to the N.E. with a heavy gale, and now blows hard.—About 200 sail are lying here wind bound. The Verbena, hence for St. Petersburgh with coals, in attempting to put back with loss of fore-top mast, drove ashore on the sands near Marsden • crew saved. Several coasters have put in with loss Of top• masts, sails, &c. WHITBY, SEPT. 30.—1 t is blowing a gale from E.N.E.—The Wrangel, of Stettin, in taking the har bour, struck the West Pier, went on the sand, and has received damage. The Hamus (Hanoverian) got on shore on the sand, but has not received much damage. The Rocket, of Sunderland, coal laden, is on shore to the northward of the N.W. Pie-. The Black Diamond, of Stockton, coal laden, came on shore to the N.W. of the West Pier, and is likely to be a wreck. The Tyne, of Ramsgate, coal laden, in taking the harbour, struck on an anchor and sunk, but will be got off this tide. The Othello (Hanoverian) lost her bowsprit and got on shore in Collier Hope, but came off the following tide with little damage. HARTLEPOOL, SEPT. 30.—1 t is blowing a heavy gale from E. by N. to N.E. by E.,with sea very heavy.—The following vessels are stranded between this place and Seaton Carew, and some of them have sunk, viz —The James and Francis, Ross; John Watson, Kirby; Malta, Walls; Syren, Wilson; Curlew, Smith; Aid, Fenwick; Cumberland, Butcher; Elizabeth; -X. Y. Z., Hammond; George and Eleanor, Miller; Voyager, Smith; Vier Gebruder, UILn; Swallow, Johnson; and Nimrod, Gardener. The above are all coal-laden, and several of them aro expected to be wrecked. One man was lost from the Syren, Wilson, but the crews of all the others are saved. Two other vessels, names unknown, are cn shore, Ist Oct. The Hudgill, Mallison, from Newcastle to London, was also stranded yesterday, but has been got off much damaged, and brought into the harbour, and will have to discharge. It is now more moderate, and the sea is falling fast. SHIELDS, SEPT. 29.—The Golden Grove, loaded for St. Petersburgb, has sprung a leak and must discharge. YARMOUTH, OCT. I.—The Fortuna, from Dantzic to London, was assisted into the Roads to-day, waterlogged, dismasted, and with loss of rudder, having been on the Leman Sand. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NAY IYIARIE TS . SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3/ 12s; Clover ditto, 31 03 to 41 15s; and Straw, 11 4s to 11 lOs per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CCrMBEULAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 83 to 3/ 15i; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 123; and Straw, 116 s to 11 12 s per load. Supply moderately good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL—Meadow Hay, 215 s to 31 12s; Clover, ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 15s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1110 s per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. COLONIAL. SUGAR —The market for Britih Plantation has been flat, at 61 per cwt. decline. Sales, 579 hhds and tierces, 275 hhds Porto Rico, 73 casks Ceylon, 4,800 bags Mauritius, and 9,700 bags Bengal, offered by auc tion. The Porto Rico soli from 36s to 395, Ceylon from 32a to 345, the Mauritius at 35s 6d to 39s 6d for good grocery yellow, 40, to 41s for fine, and low brown 295. The Bengal realised 375 to 41s for low and fine Benares, and at 44a to 46s for Dacca. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and'West India Docks was 2,540 hhds, 370 tierces, 1,084 barrels; there were taken for home con• sumption 1,651 hhds, 151 tierces, 585 barrels. The stock in the same places is 20,498 hhds, 2,797 tierces, 6,503 barrels. _ _ COFFEE.-172 bags .C 5 casks Plantation Ceylon sold at 56s to 63s for fine fice, ord to low mid at 46s to 52s 6d for fine ord, and at 36s to 40s for triage. RUM.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,406 puns 31 bhds; there were taken for home consumption 200 puns 13 hhds, and ex ported .56 puns 63 hhds. The stock in the same places is 22,494 puns 2,097 hhds. RICE.-3,250 bags Bengal partly sold at 9s 6d to 10s, the rest being taken in at 105 for good white. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 36s 9d to 36i 6d per cwt on the spot, and Town 39s 6d. For delivery likewise Russian is 36561 per Cwt. TBA.—This article is qaiet at last week's rates. COTTON.—The market is firm, but there is not much doing. MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY.) A well-dressed man, who gave the name of John Charles Hodge. was charged before Mr. Bingham with having uttered a spurious cheque, with intent to defraud Mr. Samuel Genese, the keeper of a coffee-house, 125, Jermyn-street. It appeared, from the evidence, that on the 22d of Sept. last, the prisoner purchased a diamond ring of the prosecutor, for which he agreed to pay 6/. In payment, he gave prosecutor a cheque upon Sir John Lubbock's bank for 8/. 45., receiving at the time the balance of 2/. 4s. On presenting the: cheque at the banker's next day, it was discovered that the prisoner had not, nor never had, any account there. Nothing more was seen of the prisoner until last night, when he was met by the prosecutor, who gave him in charge. Sergeant English, 1 C., said there were several other charges of a similar nature against the prisoner, and prayed to have him remanded for a few days. The prisoner was remanded till Saturday. TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES " THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND la- BERTY."—Kossuth's ,Protest against Russian Interven tion. Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to any one of the members of the committee formed to carry out the Testimonial. * * *All further Post-office orders to be made payable to Murdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... £l,lOO 1 1; From a Few Friends, for Freedom and Hungary, per A. A., Glasgow—through Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M. P. ... ••• 5 0 0 H. Pickering, Mallon, Yorkshire ••• ... 0 5 0 Thirteen Friends of Hungary, Rose-hill, Brigh ton, per Richard Ridley, printer ... 0 18 0 Total ... £1,105 19 1i WESTERN LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITU TION.—The leeture season of this valuable institution commenced last evening with a well-selected concert, and a conversazione, which was fully attended. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. May, and the programme put forth on the occasion con tained several beautitul compositions, which were very tastefully sung. In the first part of the concert Mr. E. Roberts, the celebrate Welsh harpist, delighted the au thence with some of the exquisite native music of Cam bria, which elicited great applause. Mr. Griesbach, in the second part, played the " Carnival de Venice," on the violin, in a style worthy of the great Sivori. At the conclusion of the concert, the splendid drawing rooms of the institution were thrown open, and on the tables several beautiful specimens of art and manufac ture were exhibited. Refreshments wire served %ith great liberality, and altogether, thanks to Mr. Malcolm, the mintiging director, we passed a very delightful evening. We regret to say Miss lluddart was prevented appearing from indi-positior. The Glee Concerts, we are informed, commence on Monday c vening next. COFFEE AND EATING-HOUSE KEEPERS' ASSOCIA TION.—Yesterday a meeting of the subscribers and com mittee of management of the above institution, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the transaction of general business ; Mr. French iu the chair. The report congra tulated the members on the progress the society was making among the members of the trade. The amount of funded property now consist of 2,2501. 7s. The pen sionary relief distributed annually keeps pace with the interest of the capital invested. THE WEST INDIA MAILS. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company's steam ship Medway arrived at Southampton yesterday, under the command of Captain W. Symons, the mails being in charge of Lieutenant Thomas S. Scrivtn, Aimiralty agent. The dates are as follows : —Santa Mart ha, Aug,. 19 ; Grey Town, Aug. 25 ; Chlgres, August 28 ; C irth3gena ' Aug. 31 ; Jamaica, Sept. 7 ; 'Memel, Sept. 9 ; Porto Rico, Sept. 11 ; St. Thoma 4, Sept. 14 ; Fayal, Sept. 25. She brings 92,194 dollars on merchants' account; gold and gold dust of the value of 609 914 dollars; bars of silver, value in dollars, 258,366 ; plating, value in dollars, 657 ; pearls, value in dollars, 2,000 ; and British silver, 363/ 133. The weather experienced on the passage home was very fine. The Medway brings intelligence of the ravages of the cholera at various places at which she touched. At Santa Martha there was only one medical man in the place, with a population of 5,000. Mr Marks, tie British Consul at Bogota, landed, but in conse quence of the cholera raging, communication with the interior was cut off, and he, with his wife and ser vant, were detained at Santa Martha, where from the same cause several passengers were remaining, who landed from the Dee, the packet before the Med way. Grey Town (late 3t. Juan de Nicaragua), and, indeed the whole province, had been in a very dis turbed state, but was now more quiet, the leader of the insurrectionary party having been taken and shot. An embargo had been put on the bungways or river bcats, so that the Medway had no cargo, although it was said there was a considerable quantity of indigo at Lean and Grenada destined for England. The inhabitants of Grey Town are in some alarm as the Nicaraguans are threatening again to assert their right to that place and the river San Juan, and, it is said, intend sending General Maims with 300 men down the river to take possession ; and as his Mus quitian Majesty has no force whatever to repel them, they will have easy work. There has lately been a Minister appointed by the United States to Nicara gua, and in his letter to the President he seems to hold out a prospect that the Nicaraguans will be sup ported by America ; for in one paragraph he states "that no European power has any right to interfere with the American Republics. Nicaragua is one of those republics, and sister to the United States. America is for Americans, and Americans alone, and this his Government was prepared to prove and carry out." The Medway arrived at Chagres on the 26th, and left on the StBth. During the stay at Chagres the schooner lona, of New Orleans, arrived from that place with forty-six passengers for California, and the steam ship Empire City, with 210 passengers, for the same destination. Cholera had been raging at Panama, Cruces, and Gargana, and had proved fatal to many of the passengers from the states by the Alabama and Empire City steamers, on their last voyage, which is said to have been caused by intem perance, over-fatigue, and exposure, in their passage from Chagres to Panama. At the latter place cholera was on the decline, but had committed dreadful ravages, having carried off between 800 in between thirty and forty days out of a population of between five and six thousand. This is independent of the deaths among passengers in transitu. The Medway received 800,000 dollars' worth of specie from Panama, out of which 82,101 was in gold from California. The Government of New Grenada have passed an Act by which all customs imposts, as well as the exclusive right of the Government to sell tobacco are abolished, and Panama becomes a free port from and after the Ist January, 1850. The new governor at Penama, Sen. 1. de Obaldia, arrived there on the 29th July ; he professes liberal principles and great friendship for all foreigners. Panama is full of foreigners, principally Americans, waiting for passage to California. At Carthagena, the Medway received about 150,000 dollars on freight. Cholera was on the de cline. By the official reports up to the 31st, 3,000 had fallen victims out of a population of 10,000. The city is a perfect picture of desolation and ruin. Trade was paralysed, and not above one house in three appeared to have any inhabitant; scarcely a soul was to be seen in the streets; but provisions which, when the cholera was at its height it was so difficult to procure, were again becoming plentiful; for, confidence having been restored, the peasantry came freely with their produce. The only vessels in the port were the Edith, of Dartmouth, in quarantine, and the barque Deux Freres Unis, of St. Maloes. The Medway found at Port Royal, Jamaica, the commodore's ship Imaum. The Plumper sailed on the 6th for Truxillo. Notice was given at the Post-office that she was going to Honduras and Grey Town, but her destination was suddenly altered, and notice given to that effect by the commodore. Her Majesty's ship Helena had sailed from St. Jago de Cuba for the Havannah on the 4th instant, having been towed out of St. Jago by the Royal Mail steamer Clyde. The barque Chuian, of Belfast, lying alongside the Mail Company's wharf at Kingston, delivering coals, caught fire on the 7th, about noon, from the boiling over of a pitch-pot in the galley, but there being plenty of help at hand it was soon got under, and the damage done trifling. Great fears were en tertained lest it should spread to the wharfs, as the sea breeze was blowing direct on. The Jamaica Assembly met on the sth, and, after the usual forms had been gone through, proceeded to the election of a speaker, when the majority was in favour of Dr. Morales, one of the principal leaders of the party who so strenuously opposed the Government in the late Assembly. The Governor then delivered the following speech : " Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. Speaker, and Gen tlemen of the Assembly—lt is of some importance that, at the opening of a new Parliament, there should be a general understanding of the financial position of the colony ; and the Receiver General, by my desire, has prepared some returns, which I hope may contribute to the attainment of that object. " The whole general expenditure for the twelve months ending on the sth of July last appears, by these returns, to have been 213,0001., including the expenses of collecting the revenue; and of that sum mere than 10,0001. were parochial charges temporarily thrown upon the general treasury, and nearly the same amount con. sisted of grants of an occasional and contingent charac ter; so that, although, OR the other hand, the Receiver General has not had funds sufficient to pay the interest upon the loan from her Majesty's Government, which is 6,4001. per annum, the inference appears to be fairly deducible that the general and ordinary expenditure, in cluding the cost of collecting the revenue, and the inte rest on every description of public debt and liability, but exclusive of any payments of principle, and of expenses of immigration, and of all other occasional and novel grants, and of all parochial charges, might, by due care, and with an accurate system of accounts, be kept down to about 200,000/. " The receipts of general revenue for the twelve months ending on the sth of July last, :appear, by the receiver general's return, to have amounted only to 186,500/. ; but more than the difference between that sum and the sum of 200,0001. is accounted for by the falling off in the collections of the rum duties, and of the taxes on stock and carriages, and of the quit-rent and land-tax, all of which has been occasioned by the non renewal of the ram duties, and by the defective returns which of late years have been made of land subject to quit-rent and land-tax, or by the postponement of the payments of the taxes which was effected by the Act of 1847, which provides for the collection of them, and it seems to result plainly from the returns that if the revenue had been re-established on the footing on which it stood during 1848, and if it bad been collected, it would have amounted to more than 200,0001., and would have been more than equal to the established and ordi nary general expenditure which I have specified. " There is nothing which leads me to suppose that the ordinary sources of revenue would be less productive for the next twelve or fifteen months. On the contrary, the decrease in the receipt of import duties for the year ending the sth of July, 1849, is compared with the year ending on the sth of 1848, is less than might have been expected from the total cessation of differential duties, and from the reduction of the ad valorem duty from 4 to 2 per cent.; and in the latest receipt of import duties, namely, these of the quarter ending on the sth of July last, there is a positive increase of 4,0001. above the cor responding quarter of the previous year. "I have said thattin the ordinary general expenditure, which I have estimated at 200,0001., 1 have not included nor made any allowance for novel grants for occasional purposes, some of which have almost always found their way into the Act which has been known in commen par lance as the Poll Tax Act; but I do not include those grants, such as the contingent expenses of the Legisla ture, which, though, of varying amount, are of constant recurrence; and the others ought not, nor perhaps, in present circumstances, are likely to be so large or nu merous as to exceed the saving which, even in a revenue of 200,000/., might still be effected, by a more perfect method of keeping and a more effectual system of audit ing the public accounts, and by a more cultivated and economical management of some departments of the ex• penditure. To the payment of any considerable portion of the principal of the public debt, a revenue of 200,000/. is certainly not adequate ; and if th e cre dit o f th e i s l an d had been ma intained, there probably would have been no call a ithin the . next twelve months to p a y o ff any portion of the principal, which might not have been met by fresh issues of certificates on the same terms as the old ones; and the demands for deposits would mos t likely have been balanced by th e incoming of oth ers . But it is my painful duty to inform you there is too much reason to fear that in consequence of the proceed ings of the last colonial Parliament there might be con siderable difficulties at present in raising any money upon treasury certificates, and in such circumstances I confess that I am not aware of any means on which you could i cly, for meeting the large demands which will be made upon you for the payment of certificates in the course of the year 1850, unless the Imperial Parliament could be prevailed upon to authorise an application to that purpose of the guaranteed loan which was offered to you fur the accomplishment of different objects. " For parochial expenditure you know that at present there is no provision at all, and it certainly would be im postible to provide for it out of a general revenue of 2,0001. It deserves, perhaps, to be considered whether the best course might not be to give the justices sand se .try, or the freeholders of each parish, for one year, a roe er of taxing themselves for puree' ial purposes, but to have them very much at liberty to decide in each parish what might seem to the parishioners to he the least ince nvenient way in which the taxes should be raised. If any wild or extravagant course should be taken ender such a liberty, it would always be in the power of the Legi.lature to correct it. " Such, gentlemen, appear to me to be the principal points in your financial position and prospects. I venture merely to indicate them in the most general manner. leaving to yourselves that more careful examination and scrutiny which you will cot fail to make. The situat ion of the colony is one of embarrassment and difficulty, but it is not desperate.. Your finances are susceptible of ad justment and renovation, and I think without the inipost tion of any greater burdens than the island has hitherto borne, if the present favourable state of the markets for its produce should be sustained, and if, as we may hope, the temporary pressure of unfavourable seasons should be m. rcifully withdrawn, and if public faith be pres served inviolate, and if all branches of the Legislature can ba brought to act together. " Mr. Speaker and lit wlemen of the Assembly,— As it is manifest that the whole of the usual revenue will be required to meet the exigencies of the next twelve months, I earnestly recommend and rtquest that you should pass the ordinary revenue Bills in the ordinary manner, and I shall be disappointed in the opinion I have formed of the good feeling and loyalty of the inha bitants of Jamaica, if, at the outset of a new Parliament, when their representatives are as yet neither fettered by resolutions, nor distract( d, nor inflamed by party con tests, this request, which I make in the name of the Crown, as its principal officer and minister within the colony, should be refused. Whatever time may appear to any of you to be required for the consideration of the details, or for any amendments of these bills, would be much more easily and conveniently secured by passing them with a proviso that they may be amended during the session, than by withholding them beyond the date at which the action of them will be required for continuing the existence of the revenue, or by offering to prolong them in any form which is likely to involve the present Parliament in the same contentions as the last. " Gentlemen of the Council, Mr. Speaker, and Gentle. men of the Assembly,—lt may appear that I have brought forward too prominently, and that I dwell too exclusively on the subject of revenue, but my conscience acquits me of the fault of assigning to money for its own sake too high a place amongst the objects of society and Government. I have made it now the principal theme only because you have been brought into a position in which, if a false step were to be made at the outset in relation to your revenue, it is not easy to say what steps could be taken as to anything else; and I am the more anxious upon that point, because I am under re• strictions which do not leave me at liberty to bear you company in any devious course. I have received no subsequent instructions which authorise, or which would justify me, in disobeying the commands of her Majesty, communicated to me by the dispatch of the Secretary of State for the Colonies of the 16th April, which was laid tefore the late House of Assembly on the 28th of June. These, in the language of that dispatch, leave me upon certain points no discretion. If the difficulties and dangers to which I have adverted should be avoided at the outset, there are, indeed, many objects of legislation of higher and more solemn importance than revenue which would demand your attention, and which might reward the labour of a lengthened session. More than one of the institutions of the colony require improvement, and is susceptible of a restoration or of a greater approxi mation to a constitutional and English model, and if when imperfection and defeats are perceived in any particular quarter, instead of seeking to remedy them by some counteraction of a more faulty and unconstitu tional description—the new legislature of Jamaica would apply itself to the improvement by regular methods, and upon a constitutional plan of the institution, in which the defeat is first felt and complained of, I am sure that their efforts would be crowned with success : and, in such reforms, I, at least, should be a willing fellow labourer." The reply presented to his Excellency was as follows : " May it please your Excellency,— " We, her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Assembly of Jamaica, thank your Excellency for your speech at the opening of this session. "We aro indebted to your Excellency for the care with which your Excellency has reviewed the financial position of the colony, and we shall be prepared to give the fullest consideration to the important returns to which your Excellency refers, whenever they shall have been laid before us. Until, however, wo are afforded an opportunity of considering these returns, we do not feel ourselves in a condition to offer such an opinion, either upon them or upon the state of the public finances, as would become us in the responsible position in which wo stand ; but we shall be rejoiced to find that the situa tion of the colony, though confessedly one of embarrass ment and difficulty, is at least not desperate. " We hope we shall be forgiven when we differ from your Excellency with respect to the causes which have im paired the credit of the colony. A desire to reduce the expenditure commensurately with the public means tend to give confidence rather than to engender distrust, whilst the continuance on tho other hand of an annual expenditure, involving a yearly accumulation of debt, must necessarily tend to diminish confidence in the re sources of the colony, and materially to affect the public credit. is now favourable, and sugar making has commenced; but the year's crop in this colony will, upon the whole, ht.> deficient. At Jamaica they have lately had rain, and the prospects of next year's crops are improved. JAMAICA. MAItIi.E.TS—SEPT. 7. (From De Cordova.'. Mercantile Intelligencer.) Flour-600 barrel. Philadelphia have been sold at 355. per blare!, at which rate the article is now held; but the trade seem unwilling to come forward at this price. 200 barrels Baltimore have been disposed of at 365. per barrel. Meal has been sold at 15s. per barrel. Rice-2,500 bags, which have arri►ed from Coringo Bay, have been disposed of at 13s. per 100 lbs., but there are no buyers. Rum—Sales have been made at 2s. 3d. per gallon for proof 21. Sugar rules at 18s. to 20s. per 100 lbs. Malt—There have not been any sales. The stock is immense. Tobacco is very unsaleable. Holders demand 7ld. per lb. for manufactured, and 58s. per 100 lbs. for leat. Exchanges—On London: Colonial Bank, 60 days, 8 per cent. pm.; ditto,3o days, per cent. pm.; Jamaica Bank, 90 days, per cent. pm.; merchants' bills, on London, 93 days, par. On New York: 60 days, 4 per cent. pm. CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA. RETURN OF CASES, SEPT. 29. THE METROPOLIS. SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Cholera. Dlarrh - 1 0 - 1 0 1 1 - 11 0 4...11 0 0 0 0 ••• ••• FACT DISTBICTB. - 49 THE SUN LONDON. TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1849. WEST DISTRICTS. Kensington ... Chelsea... ••• St. George, Hanover-square ... Westminster ••• ••• ... St. Martin-in-the-Fields St. James, Westminster ... NORTH DISTRICTS. Marylebone ... Hampstead ... St. Pancras ... Islington Hackney ••• ..... St. Giles ... Strand ... ... Holborn Union Clerkenwell ... St. Luke ... East Loudon ... West London City of London -- 2 3 - 0 0 - *1 0 ... ... ... - 1 1 4 1 CENTRAL DISTRICTS. ... ••• - 3 0 ... ••• - 0 0 ... ... .-- 1 0 ... ••• - 1 1 ... ••• - 0 2 ... ..• - 2 0 South Shields ... Stockport ... Stockton Stoke-upon• Trent ... Stout bridge ... •• • Sunderland ... Swansea •• • Tendring ... •• • Ten'erden •• • Thorne ... ... Ticehurst Tiverton • .• ... Tonbridge- wells Tomes ... Truro ... . . ••• "".' • • • .... ••• .-... • • • .."'` ••• .... Tynemouth Upton-upon-Severn ... Wakefield Watford Warwick ... Wells West Bromwich ... West Derby Weymouth ... Wheatenhurst Whitby Whitehaven Wigan ... ... Windsor .. ... Wirral ... ... Wisbeach Wolverhampton and Siesdon Worcester W 3 combe Yarmouth, Grout •• • •••• • • • .. ••• "'.... Total ... ••• ... - 6 2 2 0 SOUTH DISTRICTS. St. Saviour, Southwark St. Olave Bermondsey ... St. George, Southwark Newington ... Lambeth ... Wandsworth ... Camberwell Rotherhithe Greenwich ... Lewisham •• We regret that circumstances should have arisen in the late Assembly to cause the suspension of the ordinary parochial revenue ; we cannot, however, agree with your Excellency that it would be wise to conter on the jus- Alderbury tices tied vestry, or the freehold, rs of each parish, the Alnwick • power of levying a discretionary tax on the parishioners Alverstoke ... for parochial purposes. We are strongly of opinion, that Anglesey ••• the distinction which has hitherto been recognised he- Ashton-under-Lyne ... men public and parochial taxation, except for the pur • Askrigg ••• • poses of providing for the wants of the Church and poor Aston ... ... should be abolished ; and we hope that we shall be A therstono ... affurded an early opportunity of considering by what Barnstaple ... means this salutary change can be most advantage- Bedford ••• ••• ously and economically carried out, Berwick upon-Tweed... " fhe loss in the revenue of the present year, from Birmingham ... the rejection of the ruin law during a late session of a Blackburn former Assembly, while it is to b e regretted by this Mean House, cannot be charged on the late Assembly. The ••• ••• ••• Bolton records of this House show that the representatives of Bradford and North Bierley .. the people were willing to grant to her Majesty the Bridgwater usual revenue derived from rum consumed in this Brieport Wand, but that they resolved at the same time to Bristol maintain their constitutional right to appropriate the Bury ... revenue which they raised to such purposes as they . con- Cardiff ... sidered most conducive to the public welfare. From that Carmarthen ... position we are bound to confess to your Excellency we Carnarvon ... ... cannot swerve. Whilst we yield to nono in that good Caxton (Sept. 22 to 28) feeling and loyalty for which your. Excellency has given Chesterfield ... us credit, and although, in a new Parliament, unfettered Chester-le-Street by resolutions, we feel that we should ill discharge the Chichester duty we owe to our constituents at this important Chorley juncture, were we to hesitate for one moment to declare Chorlton ••• ••• ... to your Excellency the pressing necessity which exists Clifton (St. Philip and Jacob for searching economy in every department of the public and Ashley)... ... service. In this disposition we are prepared to proceed Cockermouth ... ... to the business of the country, and to give due consider- Cookhans ... .. ation to all such measures of legislation as are necessary Coventry ... to the public good, for the protection of life and pro- Darlington ... perty, and the support of public credit, and we shall be Derby ... ready to grant such supplies as may be necessary for Devizes these purposes, so far as the diminished resources of the Devonport . colony will warrant. ' But we feel called upon to main.. Dewsbury , tarn the duty we owe to our constituents and to posterity, Doncaster . which compels us, at all hazards, to preserve undimi- Dover ... ' , nished and unimpaired our sole and exclusive right to Droitwich direct, limit, and appoint the disposal and appropriation Dudley ... of the public money. ' Eccleshall Bierlow ... The feeling of the House is very clear from the Edmonton E... . answer to the address, and a general opinion prevails Fa x v e e t r e s r h . ;m . ... that another dissolution must take place immediately, Gateshead ... ** as it will be impossible to carry on the Government Gloucester .:. with such a House of Assembly. Goole ... ... ... Hayti was quite quiet. The Haytians had pro- Gravesend and Milton claimed an empire, and their President Solouque Great Boughton • • was called to the Imperal Throne. It is said he is to Haltwhistle ... ... be crowned Garibaldi Robespierre Napoleon So- Hadington ... ... louque, Emperor of Hayti. Hemel Hempstead ... Between Porto Rico and St. Thomas the Medway H Hendon itchin ••• • spoke the royal mail steamer Tay, on passage to Hollingbourne... Jamaica, and transferred surgeon to her, in conse- Holywell ••• quence of her surgeon having destroyed himself on Howden ••• passage to Barbadoes. The former vessel arrived at Huddersfield ••• St. Thomas on the 12th, and sailed on the 14th for Hull Fayal and England. The Larne, with the mails from Hunslet ......... Porto Cabello and La Guayra, and the Conway, with Isle of Thanet (Ramsgate) ... the Demerara and Northern Island mails, arrived on Isle of Wight (Nesiport) the 12th. By the former information was brought that i, (Cowes) the insurrection in Venezuela had been quelled, and Kidderminster ... ... that General Paez and his followers (about 18) had Kingsbridge ~ Kingston (Surrey) , been taken prisoners by General Silva in the city of L a ee n d c s aster ... Monagas, and were now in prison at Caraccas. The . president Monagas had issued a proclamation stating Leighton Buzzard that Paez's life would be spared and his property re- Lexden... spected on condition of perpetual banishment to any Lichfield country he may choose in Europe ; his followers were Lincoln also to be banished, but both he and they were to be Liskeard kept close prisoners until tranquillity was thoroughly Liverpool re-established at Venezuela. At La Guayra there Llanelly were ships of war from America, Spain, and France, Macclesfield ... deley but no English ship, at which great complaints were Ma Maidstone made by the British residents. Manchester ... By the Conway information was received that at Mansfield Demerara the government had obtained a majority in Market Drayton . the Combined Court, in favour of the imposition of the Medway old taxes, and there was every probability of things Monmouth ... going on more smoothly. The stoppage of immigra. Neath ... tion has been severely felt, and great hopes were en- Newbury tertained that it would be re-opened, the want of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newton Abbott _ labour being universally felt, and its supply considered the only thing that can give prosperity to the colony. liTorrtthhwleyhlestord The Medway arrived at Fayal on the 25th, and left Notting ham, °" on the same day for Southampton. The Americans Oldham *** had been very successful in the sperm whale fishing, o rms ki r k having up to the 25th made 3,200 barrels of oil, Orsett ... ... which had sold at 8/. the barrel. The fish all taken Pembroke ... ... .. within one hundred miles of the Azores. At Sf. Penkridge ... ... ... Thomas it was confidently stated that the American Plympton St. Mary (Decor)... government had determined upon making St. Thomas Pontefract ... the head quarters of what is termed their home Preston squadron, instead of Pe nsicola, where it now is, and Radford the reason assigned is the central position of that Redruth island; which will enable them so much better to RRochfforl watch over and protect those extensive mercantile Rotherham interests not only in the West Indies but on the Runcorn_ Spanish Spanish Main and South America. St. Austle The state of the weather and the crops in the West St. Germans ~. Indies is encouraging. The sugar making at Bar. -St. Neots , badoes, Trinidad, and the neighbouring islands is Salford finished, and has turned out well. The prospects for Sculooates ... the next year are promising with the exception of Sevenoaks ... Antigua and St. Kitts; these islands have suffered Sheffield .•. much from dry weather. At Demerara the weather gi1 t : 9 °434311" • ris • •• ....." • • "'" ••• ''.... ••• .." ••• ."'' ••• """" ••• -".. * • • ••• •••.. ••• •.... •••• .'.• ••• •.. ••• •.... ••• .... •-• • """ re 1"" horcditch ... ... ... 1 1 Bethnal-green ... ... 4 1 Whitechapel ... ... ... 1 2 St. George•in-the-East ••• 1 0 Steprey ... ... ... —. 3 1 Poplar ... ... ... ... - 2 1 .-.. 1 1 ... ... - 1 0 ...... 2 0 - 3 0 ... ... - 1 1 • • ••• - 6 2 ... ... - *2 0 ... ... - 1 0 - 0 0 ... ... ''.... 1 1 ... ... •• • ..... 0 0 Total ... 67 22 Total deaths from cholera, registered from Sept.l7, 1848, to Sept. 29, 1849 ... 14,110 Total deaths from cholera, registered from June 17, 1849, to Sept. 29, 1849 ... 13,019 • Returns for Saturday have not been received from the registrars of Tottenham court, sub-district of St. Pancras; and Wandsworth, sub-district of Wandsworth. Deaths on which inquests have been held are not legally registered before the coroner affixes his signature to the entries. In the above return 14 inquests, one half of which were on deaths in Millbank Prison, the rest in various districts, swell the account above the due number for the day, as many properly belong to earlier dates. NOTE.—The district of Kensington comprises the parishes of Kensington, Hammersmith, Fulham, and Paddington. Westminster district comprises the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John the Evan gelist, with Privy Gardens and Whitehall, and the close of the Collegiate Church of St. Peter. St. Giles's district comprises the parishes of St. Giles-in- the. Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury. The following are co extensive with the unions of the same name:—Hackney, Strand, Holborn, East London, West London, City of London, Whitechapel, Stepney, Poplar, St. Saviour, St. Olave, Wandsworth (Wandsworth and Clapham), Greenwich, and Lewisham. The remaining districts are co •extensive with the respective parishes of the same name. THE COUNTRY. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhoea reported to the General Board of Health the Ist day of October, 1849 : Deaths. Cholera. Diarrh. 0 1 4 0 3 1 5 0 4 0 .. ... 0 1 •• ... 0 1 .. • • 0 1 ... ••• 0 2 ... 3 0 ... 1 0 ••• ... 0 2 ••• ... ... - 1 0 ... ... ... - 2 0 5 8 6 5 ... --- 4 2 1 0 .•• ••• ••• --- 9 2 ••• ••• .•• - 0 1 .•• ••• ••• --- 2 0 ••• ••• - 1 0 - 3 0 - 11 0 - 0 1 ••• 3 1 ..• --- ••• ••• - 0 1 ••• ••• ••• - 2 0 3 4 - 18 1 - 12 0 - 0 1 •••••• 3 0 - 0 4 ••• ••• ••• -- 1 I ••• ••• ••• - 2 0 ..• ••• 0 . 2 ••• ••• ••• -. 5 0 1 0 ••• ••• -- ..• ••• - 2 - 0 ••• ••• - 4 0 28 3 ••• ••• -- - 1 0 - 1 1 - 2 0 - 0 1 6 0 ••• • • - ... ••• ..• - . U ••• ••• ••• •••• I ... ... ••• - C ••• ••• ••• •••••• I ... •,• ... --- 33 ... ••• ... - 3 ... ... --- 2 ... ••• ... - 2 ... ... ... - 12 ... ... - 47 ... ••• - 2 ... ... ..• - 2 ... ... - 0 ••• ... ... - 2 ... 6 ••• ••• 6 ••• ... 2 ... ... ... 0 ... ... - 0 ... ... •:• -- 2 ••• ••• ....... 0 ... ... --- 2 ••• ... ..• - 0 ... .»• ..• ---- 0 ... ... •,• -- 3 ... ••• ... 2 ••• ... ••• 1 ... ... - 1. ••• ... ... - 1 II•• ... ..• ..... 1 ... ... ..... 1 ••• il• • ••• ..... 0 _• 25 SCOTLAND. Dundee Arbroath St. Vigeans, Arbroath Hawick ••• ••• Perth (since the 27th ult.) ... Erskine (Renfrewshire) St. Andrew's ... Inverness ••• ....• • • • ••• .'". ••• """ Total ... ••• ..... General total:— Metropolis ... Country ... Scotland .., ••• ...... ••• .""' •• • ""'. Total Note.—The deaths are returned according to the superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found im. practicable to distinguish every place separately. LONDON. , West Districts ... North Districts ... Central Districts ... East Districts ... CHOLERA. DIARRHEA. Fri. Sat. Fri. Sat. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. 28th. 29th. 28th. 29th. 5 South Districts ... Total 14 0 1 8 2 5 6 15 3 5 18 12 3 6 20 18 9 5 _ - 67 17 22 BOROUGH OF GREAT 111ARLO W. REGISTRATION. OCT. I.—Michael Prendergast, Esq., Barrister. Ralph Spicer, Esq., attended on behalf of the Liberals. W. L. Ward, Esq., on behalf of the Patron of the Bo rough or the Protectionist Members. STRUCK OFF BY LIBERALS—NINE. Parish of Great Marlow Little Marlow ... „ Bisham 9/ By deaths ... 2 ... 2 ... 1 .- 4 ... 2 ... 1 STRUCK OFF BY PROTECTIONISTS-FOUR. Parish of Great Marlow .. Little Marlow By death ... 1 Gain to Liberals—five. The Register will contain Parish of Bisham ... y, Medmenham Of Little Marlow ... ... ... 25 ,I Great Marlow 101. list ... 222 P, Great Marlow Scot and Lot ... 60 No. ... 37 Deduct three that are on two lists 359 ... 3 Total ... ... ••• 356 A constituency of 356 returns two Members. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, OCT. I.—RESIGNATION OF THE LUCASIAN PROFESSOIL—The President of Queen's College, Dr. King, has placed in the hands of the Vice. Chancellor his resignation of the above office. which he has held since 1839. The Professorship was founded for the enc uragement of mathematics, in 1663, by Henry Lucas, M.P. for the Uni►ersity, and endowed with an estate in Bedfordshire of the value of about 1001. per annum. The electors are the Vice-Chancellor and all the Masters of the College. Notice has been issued by the Vice-Chancellor that Dr. King's successor will be chosen on the 23J inst. Th9ro will be congr. gations on the following days of ensuing Michaelmas Term:—Wednesday, Oct. 10, at ten; Wednesday, Oct. 17, at eleven; Wednesday, Oct. 24, at eleven; Saturday, Nov. 10, at e leven; Wednesday, Nor. 21, at novae; Wednesday, Dec. 5, at eleven; and Dec. 16 (end of Term), at ten. CHARING- CROSS lIOCPITAL.—An address, intro ductory to the winter course of study at this institution, was delivered yesterday, in the lecture room, by Mr. H. H. Lewis, A.M , the lecturer on chemistry. In addition to the students, a considerable number of medical men were present. The address was decidedly popular in its character, tracing the steps by which the medical art had advanced to its present state, and noticing the pecu litrities which existed between the continental and the English systems of education. A sketch was next given of the course of study prescribed to those attending the lectures and demonstrations at the hospital, the relative importance of each branch being stated and enforced upon the attention of the student. The address was, in all respects, appropriate, and exceedingly well calculated to impress the student with the necessity of exercising diligence and self-denial in the pursuit of his studies, should he aim at realising the full advantages which the institution puts within his reach, and by this means to secure a high place in his profession. DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS.—Yesterday day being the last day for the reception of plans by the Metrepolitan Commissioners of Sewers for the drainage of the metropolis, by half-past ten o'clock in the fore noon it was ordered by Mr. E. 11. Woolrych, the secre tary to the Commission, that no others should be re ceived. Up to yesterday morning the numbers amounted to upwards of ninety, and by 10 o'clock twelve others had been received, making a total of upwards of 100. At 11 o'clock the gentlemen composing 'the" welts committee" met for the purpose of preparing the busi ness for the consideration of the court on a future day, by examining the condensed statements furnished by the candidates, in compliance with the order of the Commis sioners, and arranging the plans for consideration and discussion. Some idea of the greatness of the work before the Commissioners, and the magnitude of the plans for the drainage of the metropolis, may be gathered from the fact that the simple outline of seventy-four of the plans occupies an octavo pamphlet of nearly 200 pages. The business of investigating the plans, or at least of reading the main points of them, will commence in court to-morrow (Wednesday), at 10 in the forenoon, but it is not expected that upon that occasion any dis cussion on the merits will be permitted to take place. ExPLosioN or GAS.—On Sunday night, about half past ten o'clock, the inhabitants of the Haymarket were alarmed by hearing a loud report, and it was discovered that an explosion of gas had taken place in the house occupied by Mr. Laing, the extensive gunsmith, N. o. 7, Haymarket. From inquiry made yesterday morning as to the origin of the explosion, it appeared that a person in Mr. Laing's house had occasion to go into the area for some purpose with a lighted candle, when the ex plosion took place instantaneously, and with such force as to drive the person holding the candle into the kit chen. Fire engines were speedily in attendance, but their services were not required. The inhabitants escaped with some slight bruises. GREAT TEMPERANCE MEETlNG.—Yesterday even ) ing a very numerous meeting of the friends of the Tem perance movement was held in the large room, Exeter ) hall, for the purpose of propagating Temperance reform, by publicly considering it in its bearing on the moral, social, and political elevation of the working classes. For some time previous to the hour of meeting per ) sons were in waiting at the various entrances to the gallery and platform, and much more eagerness than might be expected on such a subject was shown by those attempting to obtain places. Mr. J. Cassell took the chair, and after a speech expressive of his satis faction at being called on to preside over such an assembly, met to promote the moral and social welfare of thousands of their fellow•creatures, several gentle. men delivered addresses on the following heads:—The importance of the working classes, and the duty in cumbent upon all who might have it in their power to promote their welfare, by the Rev. Benjamin Parsons. The drinking usages of the working classes, and their destructive effects upon their social comfort, were strik ing depicted by Mr. T. Beggs. Mr. R. Lowery en deavoured to show that the strictest sobriety was essential to the political elevation of the working classes. Mr. T. A. Smith explained the popular delusions on the real properties of strong drinks, giving them as a great hindrance to the progress of the Temperance reform amongst the working classes. The Rev. C. J. Penning ton, of New York, gave an interesting account of the progress of the temperance reformation aToonngosf the labouring classes and the coloured pop two letters were read, one from Mr. Cobden, M • P "in strong terms from Sir J. Walmsley, M —P., expreasnscr:g doctrine. Mr. United States. In the course of the ev P e e nz their approval of the Tcm practically a teetotaller Cobden stated that be w" ted after thanking the already. The meeting Eerara chairman. E.g. resident partner at Aix-la. J. J. Osborne, .. , firm of Munro Osborn and s e nd the other Mt The body of a girl, aged eleven years,who died on ove a t Hampste ad , the th a e pp fa o t in be te r d de b nlin h g is the G right ni o e f n l of the Prussian States and Rhenish province , Genera t his C o n n e s i g u h l -e • province,, the 28th of June last, still remains unburied in a house bours to interfere uuleas they can prove the corpse a 1 nuisance, Chapelle of the A . Co., has - LITERATURE. THE OLD WORLD AND THE ALEUT. By Alrs. Trollope. 3 Vols. This work may be considered in two points of view, as a novel, inasmuch as it relates to the ad ventures of the Stormont family, the emigrants from the Old World to the New, and as a series of smart sketches of various peculiarities, and points of differ ence in the inhabitants of the two hemispheres. Those acquainted with Mrs. Trollope's writings will readily inter that the peculiarities she has dwelt upon are not those which redound most to the credit of either world. The pen of " Mrs. 13arnaby's" creator de lights in satire, but that satire is sometimes (not always, vide the "Vicar of Wrexhill"), as leniently bestowed as it is richly deserved. In the present instance, although the Americans, however much they may consider themselves superior to tilt) " 13ri tiAers" " in go ahead brisln(ss," are made to appear somewhat disagreeable companions, in consequence of their overweening self conceit (both national and individual); and although the letters from the French correspondent are filled with satire upon the revolu tionists of France, we have no cause to find fault with Mrs. Trollope. She holds up the follies of both worlds to general ridicule, but her ridicule is neither distorted by prejudice nor dis figured with ill-humour. The running commen tory on the affairs of France is most amusing, and will provoke the merriment of those who, like our selves, are not entirely disposed to coincide with its opinions. it apparently proves— " That the capital of the French nation ought to be, and indeed is, the capital of the human race. There is no other country under heaven _where one experiment afteranother could be suggested, brought forward, put in action, tried, and rejected after the manner they have been doing in Paris, without absolute destruction to the very framework of society. The result of such a process anywhere else would be downright and positive destruc tion, but there it is only like the work of an ingenious milliner, who, after pulling a fabric of wire and lace to pieces, reconstructs it again, making it look as good, or rather better than new." The story which occurs as the connecting link be tween the two worlds is very simple in its construc tion. A family, impoverished in the Old World, re cover themselves in the New. One member of this family is a Miss Katherine Smith, one of the most delightful, because one of the most natural, heroines that any novelist has introduced us to for some time. It is easy to see that the history of the said Katherine has been written by a woman's pen, not only on account of the natural manner in which the young lady's character is depicted, but more especially because of the very unnatural manner in which the hero is made to expiate a fault. It used to be a criterion of the works of authoresses that their heroes were always made to kneel when they prefer red a love-suit, but no hero of the Minerva Press was ever reduced to a more humiliating penance than the unfortunate Mr. Warburton, the lover of Katherine. The fair readers of this history will, no doubt, agree that he richly merited it, our censures, therefore, are thrown away. It will not be right on our part to disclose the mystery of the tale. We shall simply state the offence from which it arose, which is de tailed with a charming naturalness, at least so far as the heroine is concerned. The Stormont family are as yet in England, and Katherine is betrothed to a Mr. Warburton, a rich landed p:oprietor, some years her senior, who, for twenty years, has been afraid of matrimony, fearing that his rich possessions may make him the victim of some fortune huntress. Katherine is the chosen one, but although much at tached to her, he is still somewhat fearful. When the lady is informed of the troubled affairs of her cousins (the emigrant family), she hastens to tell her lover, forming plans for their temporary accommodation, "as soon as we are married." This:unlucky obser vation, spoken with thoughtless frankness, alarms the gentleman. Ile only replies, " Compose yourself I" which reply so effectually composes and chills the impetuous Katherine that she leaves the room and the country, and is off to the New World before her hesitating lover knows what he has done. This is the offence which is expiated in the manner we have hinted at. With the exception of this incident, the story is barren of events ; and, notwithstanding that Mrs. Trollope's style is always amusing and interest ing, there are very many pages in the three volumes that contain needless nothings. HAY MARKET THEA TILE. The Haymarket opened last evening for the season, a season which, if success attends as it ever should do, desert will be one of the most prosperous recorded in the annals of even the successful management of Mr. Webster at that most favourite of theatres, " the little Theatre in the Haymarket." Tragedy will be the great feature of the ensuing season ; Macready is engaged to give two series of farewell performances, and Mrs. Warner is engaged to perform with him. At the conclusion of his first series, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean w ill appear, and when their engagement expires Mr. Macready will give his last series of farewell performances previous to bidding a final adieu to the stage. The company is very strong, and including as it does Webster, James Wallack, Stuart, Rogers, Miss P. Horton, the Keeleys, and a host of other "legitimate" and excellent actors, there cannot be a doubt but that Shakspere w ill be as efficiently represented as we know he is devoutly worshipped in this his favourite temple. But although Melpomene will be worshipped here it will not be to the exclusion of the gay Thalia, at whose shrine Mrs. Nesbitt, the most fascinating of her pries tesses, will minister. We fully concur in the opinion expreFsed by a contemporary, that " since the days of Mrs. Jordan there has never been an actress display ing so much of the pure spirit and tone of comedy as Mrs. Nesbitt ; there is a native truth in her sprightli ness, and hilarity in her generous, unsophisticated animation, which individualizes everything she under takes; and there is also the right touch of feeling when the passion or emotion of domestic portraiture calls for its manifestation." She appeared last night in the character of Constance in the Love Chow. Her ringing laugh was as joyous and silvery as ever, her acting as full of spirit, and she looked admirably. her reception was most cordial, as was that of Webster, who resumed his old character of Master Wildrake. Miss Jane Mordaunt, who appeared at this theatre for ' the first time, made a most interesting Lydia, and Mrs. W. Clifford gave a very good version of the character of the Widow Green. The comedy was followed by the National Anthem, in which Miss P. Horton sung one of the solos most deliciously. The farce of The Alarming Sacrce, in which Buckstone and Mrs. Fitzwilliam appeared, followed ; then came Twice Killed, with the Keeleys, who kept the house in a roar ; and the performances concluded with A Kiss in the Dark. The house was crowded to excess, and the audience were enthusiastic. A more brilliant opening Mr. Webster himself' could not have desired. During the recess the theatre has been thoroughly cleansed and rc-decorated, and: its interior now pre sents a very brilliant appearance. The arrangements fur the accommodation of the visitors to the boxes are most comfortable. ADELPHI THEATRE. It has been the custom for some time past, at this theatre, to give as the last piece a revival of one of our good old legitimate farces, and for this purpose Mr. Webster has collected together one of the most efficient little farce companies in the metropol . s. This is a most laudable custom, and one in which we trust Mr. Webster will persevere; for after witnessing the broad comicalities of that prince of humourists Wright, and the glorious unctious fun of Paul, Bedford, it is positively " refreshing," in every sense of the word to fall back upon a legitimate farce of the olden time, performed in a manner which is not discreditable to the proverbial neatness and ensemble of French comedians. Last night the farce of Animal Magnetism was revived, and never have we seen this admirable little production of the genius of Mrs. Inchbald more smoothly, or more efficiently, rendered. Mr. Lambert, as the Magnetic ,Doctor, was excellent ; Mr. Boyce acted the roving noble, not Almaviva, but one of the same school, with spirit, and Mr. Munyard was, if not the Barber, at least the Figaro of the farce, and acted the part with true comic gusto. The ladies were Miss Emma Harding and Miss Ellen Chaplin. The former, who always does full justice to any part, be it good or bad, entered heartily into the fun and frolic of the farce. Miss Chaplin acted the part of the waiting-maid most efficiently. The farce was exceedingly well received, and deservedly so, and we would recommend all lovers of a good sterling old English farce to see Animal Magnetism at the Adelphi. LYCEUM THEATRE. At this house, which opene d for the se ason last night, were revived Mr. M or ton's vaudeville of the Sentinel, and Mr. Planche's farce of the Garrick Fever, both Olympic pieces, ne ither of which, we believe, has been performed since the retirement of Madame Vestris from the Wych-street management. The former, w hich, it will be remembered, is a dra matic anecdote tou chin g the y outh of Fred erick the Great, contains an effective part for Mr. C. Mathews, while the latter served to introduce Mr. Oxber r y i n t h e part originally play ea h Follies of a Night, first produced Mr. Reele Y• Th e during Mr. M«creadv's management, and played at at Drury-lane the Lyceum in th e course of last season , was the staple pieee of the evening. ast-named piece, Madame Vestris,who appeared in the l• the loudest was received with applaus . • and so was Mr. soon as he was C. Mathews, as campanyro'gnised through the dress of the sentinel. Theis nearly the Fame as last Season, with the addition Oxberry. The private boxes of the r house are greatly improved by an addition to their dimensions. AMERICAN FLOUR.—The vessel, Rappahannock, arrived from New York, has brought 14,163 barrels of flour, as a portion of Iva cargo, the produce of the United States of America. PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. Maddox, who has engaged an excellent ope ratic company, including Ilarrison, Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Wiens, Corri, Mademoiselle Nau, Miss Louisa Pyae, and Miss Poole, commenced his winter cam- INT paign, last evening, by the production of Mozart's..., chef d' ceuvre, Don Giovanni, in its entirety ; and tofT.A o ,,t:f. Mr. Loder, under whose efficient superintendence the opera has been produced, the greatest credit is due 2%` - ,,..! for the unwearied exertions he mutt have made— .-.&!/ exertions which have been crowned with success; for this is certainly by far the most complete and, in every sense of the word, the best version of Don Giovanni that has been produced as yet on the Eng lish stage. The cast was unusually strong. It com prised the talents of Mademoiselle Nau (Donna Anna), Miss Louisa Pyne (Zerlina), Mrs. Weiss (Elvira), Mr. W. Harrison (Don Giovanni), Mr. Weiss (Leporello), Mr. Allen (Don Ottavio), Mr. H. Corri (Masetto), and Mr. Herman (the Com mandant). Before entering into any particulars, it is due to one and all of these artists to acknow ledge the zeal and ability with which they ex erted themselves. Miss Louisa Pyne, who made her debut upon the stage as Zerlina, has been for some time known as a concert singer of talent and reputation. Her voice is a clear and flexible soprano, and her singing gives evidence of cultivation and natural taste. Her success was unquestionable, and was almost decided after the first solo of the duet with Don Giovanni (" La ci darern"), which she delivered in a very graceful style, winning the loudest tokens of approval from the audience. In the first air (" Batti batti ") Miss Pyne was scarcely so happy; it wanted ease and flow ; but the second air (" Ve drai carino ") sha sang with genial warmth of feeling, and obtained a genuine encore, which could scarcely have been more judiciously be stowed. Miss Pyne had many friends in the house, who were somewhat over-lavish of their bouquets, but this did not, as it might have done had she exhibited less talent, damage her success with the independent part of the audience. As an actress Miss Pyne ap pears quite at her ease, but a little more animation would be desirable. Mr. Harrison was compelled to transpose much of the music of Don Giovanni (which Mozart wrote for a barytone), to suit the tenor register. He, n.wertheless, equally pleased iinl surprised lb 137 the un( , x( eptionable tette with which he sang the "La ci darem," and the dashing energy he infused into the " Fin the dal vino," both of which were unanimously encored. It was worthy of remark, however, that his best and most effective vocal effort was the air in F, where Don Giovanni, disguised as Leporello, gives directions to Masetto and his companions how to entrap his supposed master (" Bravissimo, Masetto"), and this was the only song of consequence not transposed. The serenade—accompanied, by the way, on a real mando line, by a gentleman of the orchestra—would have been better without the concluding cadences ; it was encored with some opp os iti on . M r . W e i ss sang t h e music of Leporello in a most effective manner. We have rarely heard the " Madamira" given with more point and vigour, nor was there a single passage of importance overlooked in the concerted pieces. The character and compass of Mr. Weiss's fine bass voice are precisely fitted in this part. Mr. Allan sang both the airs of Don Ottavio with thorough musical feeling, and obtained distinguished applause in the " 11 mio tesoro." He deserves praise, if only for the good taste displayed in the restoration of the air. " Della sua pace." Mrs. Weiss laboured zealously in the difficult music of Elvira, and Mademoiselle Nau was equally assiduous in the still more trying part of Donna Anna, which is not, however, quite adapted to the French manner of singing. Herr Herman, who was the Commandant at the German Opera last season, gives a true Ger man reading to the music ; his last scene, as the statue, was a very able performance. The Masetto of Mr. Corri, though occasionally verging on the pantomimic, was amusing, and musically un blameable. Although almost the whole of the musie was performed, the opera was listened to from beginning to end with the greatest attention, and at the end the principal singers were obliged to appear before the curtain, amidst unanimous applause. There was not a dissentient voice to the verdict of success. An English abridgment of the French piece, Le Pere dune Debutante under the title of The First Night, followed the opera, and chiefly through the spirited and characteristic acting of Mr. Wigan, who acted the part of Achille Telma Dufard, the father of the debutante, was received with shouts of laughter throughout. Miss Louisa Howard made a pretty and animated debutante, and the other characters were sustained more or less efficiently by Miss Saunders, Messrs. Craven, Stacy, Ray, and Wynn. The last-named gentleman was very original and amusing as a dramatic author, whose piece is the vehicle of Mademoiselle &Ilene Antoinette Rose's debut. Mr. Maddox has com menced auspiciously, and if he proceed as he has begun, there may be some hope for English opera this season. We perceive by the bills, that he has already announced new operas by Macfarren, Loder, and Schirra. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE. THE PROPHET. Mr. Batty, with his usual tact and discrimination, has enabled the public to behold Meyerbeer's cele brated opera, La Prophele, in that dress in which it could nut be attired at the Opera House, namely, with all the pomp and pageantry which his theatre alone can supply. Nowhere else could the dramatic incidents cf the story be so well worked up into a gorgeous drama, or be similarly illustrated ; and, ind:ed, in the representation of The Prophet, which has been dramatised by Fitzball, the enterprising manager of this favourite place of amusement has exceeded all that he has formerly done in the prepara tion of magnificent spectacles. The plot of the opera is so well known that it will be unnecesssary for us to repeat it. We may say, however, that The Prophet, produced here last night, and attended by the most unbounded success, does not exactly follow the story of Meyerbeer, since John of Leyden, the prophet, instead of being killed at the close, as in the opera, is first made the means of destroying the oppressor of his common country, and his own enemy, and then lives and reigns over it. The piece is essentially dramatic. Of the way in which it has been put upon the stage we can not speak too highly. It has been produced under the able direction of Mr. W. West, who enacted the hero of the piece, with much grace and dignity. Among the most gorgeous of the tableaux we may particularly mention the storming of Count D'Ober thars castle, in the first act; the camp of the Puri tans, and the triumphal entry of John of Leyden into Munster, in the second act, and in the third the procession to the cathedral, in order that the crown stay be placed upon his head. It is impossible to imagine a more imposing scene than this. All the apparently inexhaustible resources of the establishment were brought to its aid, and many as have been the magnificent sights we have beheld at Astley's, this scene surpassed them all, and the audience applauded it to the echo. The last scene, the destruction of the oppressor's palace, was also very grand. Through• out the whose of the piece the actors exerted themselves to the utmost. A Miss Loveday made her first appearance here as Bertha, the heroine of the piece, and discharged her task mast effectively. This young lady, whose acting is natural and graceful, will doubtless become an acquisition to the establishment. The Prophet was most successful, and was announced for repetition by Mr. West amidst much applause, who said, " after the way in which the audience had received it, he was no true prophet if he did not declare that the spectacle produced that evening would become the most successful ever produced on these boards." The house was well attended, and the piece will indubitably become a great favourite with the public. ----- THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY PARCEL ROB BERY.—Mr.Collard, the superintendent of the CeropanY's police, was engaged until a late hour last night he in mak ing inquiry into the matter. I n the course of t after noon of yesterday, a female of the name of Davis, called accidentally at the Inland Parcels-office at Paddington, and informed Mr. Allen, one of the clerks on duty, that information had been given her to the effect that the informant's sister, who resided at Walvvomrtehn, thhaaddhe been info large man, produced in W theta. alwr t h. withas t- s ‘ t , r h e ( e ini t, quantity of papers and parch Collard immediately proceeded to a shop i n , • picked up by a labouring Walworth, and interrogated the proprietor, Strange, Mr the papers had been left, who however, as it may appear, Mr. Coll ard was led to the conc l us ion that they had no hearing ques tion. The prisoner Barton h o n th e case in Coombe, at Clerkenwell, and as until been taken before Mr. remanded • l Saturday next. GENERAL lIELLTII OP T ll TOWN Or BEVERLEY. — lt is truly remarkable that while disease and death have been carrying off vast numbers of our fellow creatures in neighbouring places, we have not an adult death recorded in the register for this town during the past week. While this affords cause for the most devout gratitude to the Giver and Preserver of life, it haves no room to presume that we are either better or more careful in the general preservation of social health than others; on the other hand, it ought to call on all, and that loudly, to use every proper means for the mainte nance of that inestimable blessing. Let, then, every pre caution be attended to, both in the public streets and private dwellings, to cheek anything that might generate disease; let all intemperance and excess be abandoned till a cooler ,temperature shall set in; let due care be taken as to diet, cleanliness, &c.; above all, let our gra titude become thoroughly practical in these respects, and not only be " shown forth in our lips but also in our lives," and then we may honestly look up and im plore the Divine blessing and protection of Him whose "tender mercies are over all his works."—.Hull Adver tiser. From the annual report of the Infant School in St. Mary-le-Strand and the Precinct of the Savoy-, just published, we perceive that the expenses in the past y( . 04 have left only 17s, sd. in the hands of the treasurer.