The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-15 00:00:00

Just Ready, in Three Vols., post Bvo. WIDOWS AND WIDOWER S' By Mrs. THOMSON, Author - of " Constance," " Anne.l3oleyn,'? - Richard Bentley, New Burnngton?treet. EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED MONEY DIVIDENDS will be divided in NEXT MONTH, amongst 8,200 SELECTED Bonds of the LOAN nezotiated in the year 1820, andGUARANTEED by the GO VERNMENT and his Royal Highniss the•GRAND DUKE of BADEN. 1 Dividend 50,000 Florins 50,000 Florins 1 do. 25,000 " . , P. 5,000 " j . 1 do. 12,000 1 do. 10,000 1 do. 5,000 " •• . 5400 8 do. 1,000 8,000 " 10 do. 500 " • 5,000 "' 10 do. 200 " 2,40 d . " 21)0 do. 110 " 200 do. 105 " 21,000. " 467 do. 100 " 7,300 do. 94 " 8,200 Money Dividends, amounting to 892,900 Florins, or £74,400 Sterling Money. 8,200 SELECTED Bonds, each of which is sure to Obtain one of the above Dividends. Largest Dividend £4,166 13 4 " Smallest Dividend £ 7 16 8- 12 florins equal to £1 sterling, a trifle snore or less; as per dav's exchange. ALL THE DIVIDENDS PAYABLE WITHOUT ANY DEDUCTION WHATEVER. Direct for the few Bonds which are still on sale, WITHOUT DELAY, to • HEINE BROTHERS at HANIBURGH. Bonds are on sale NOW at £l3. Against the end of this Month the price will rLe to £l.l, and the Sale will close in the first days of November. Those who remit £l5 BEFORE tile 28th instant, will re ceive an order for £2 upon our London Bankers, together with the Bcnd. To those ordering too late for being attended to, - omittaaces will be returned by first post. HEINE. BROTHERS. liaraLurgh, October 4, JS42. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING. OCT. 15, Will be repeated the English Version of Rossini's -Grand Opera *f SEMIRAMIDE.—The Character of Semiramide by Miss Adelaide Kensble; Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Shaby (from the principal Theatres in Italy, her third appearance 'en the Ertl: fish Stafte); Assur, Mr, Giubilei ; Oroe, Mr. Le ffl er ; likens), Mr. Travers • Shade a Ninus, Mr. J. Bland.: After which, the New Farce, called COUSIN LAMBKIN. Squire Mulberry, Mr. Bartley; Captain Bantam, Mr. Walter Lacy; Doctor Lionel Lambkin, Sir. Harley ; Mrs. Bantam, Miss Cooper ; Rose Maynard, Miss Lee ; Dainty. Mrs. Hamby. • . - To conclnde with the Farce of THE OMNIBUS. Doors open at Half-pas n t Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles 35., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s, Secrnd Price 23. ; Gallery ls. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-office, from Tea till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office • of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street ; Mr. Mitchell Old Bond-street; and of Mr. Sates, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, OCT. 15, Wiil be presented a brama, by Douglas Jerrold, Esti., en titled THE HAZARD OF THg DIE. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, H. Beverly, Wright, Paul Bedford, Wilkinson, Mrs. H. Beverly, and Miss Chaplin. After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE.. The Imp, Mr. Wieland ; Jeunegarde, Mdme. Proche Ginbilei. To which will be added the OWL SISTERS; or, the HAUNTED ABBEY RUINS. Principal Chara6ters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, H. Beverly, Craven, Wilkinson, Nayviard, Frampton, Miss Faucit, Miss Chaplin, andllrs. 11. L'. Gratton. To conclude with NORMA. Pollio, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ; Norma, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa. Mr. Wright. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. 'Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Continuation of the Nautical Dramas, in consequence of the immense overflows attracted by the heart•stirring miting of 3lr. T. P. Cooke, the only acknowledged SailAr on the Stage. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 15, Will be acted Mr. Albert Smith's new Drama, called BLANCHE HERIOT, which has met with most decided success. Neville Audely. Mr. H. Hughes ; Hugh Laneret, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Herrick Evenden, Mr. J. Webster; Blanche Heriot, Airs. R. Honner. After which, BLACK EYED SUSAN, with the Original Cast. To conclude with Leman Reties popular piece, called WEALTH AND WANT, and THE VILLAGE POLI TICIANS, in which Mr. It. Honner and the entire Company will appear. Places and private Boxes t• be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. 11 1 .GH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Vornin. !:0 minutes after 11 I Evening ..... 48 minutes after 71. ,rht o§l/11° LONDON SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 15, 1342. One of our Contemporaries, yesterday, stated that England, iccluding Wales, has, a criminal population of 80,000 persons, who live as it were out of the pale of the law, and are conti nually exposed to its penalties. Another, with great feeling, adverted to the vast number of persons, the connexions of those who are im plicated in the late riots, who will be involved in the consequences of their acts.• If we sup. pose that the friends and relatives of - those ac tually exposed to the operations of the law are fourfold as many, we shall have a floating and fluctuating population of 300,000, - . who are, as it were, degraded and outcast. Sueh amass of persons rendered familiar with all the terrors of the law, which for them loses all its power to deter from evil, can bode society no good.. In truth, the general f am ili ar i ty w ith punish ment is one of the least pleasant circumstances of the times. As we pass our prisons, situated in the heart of the metropolis, and see persons coming out or going in, and affording amuse merit to idle gazers; or as we see,.the heavy, but handsome vans, drawn up at the Police-offices, and crowds of persons looking at those who are brought forth and seated within them,' and see them afterwards traversing the streets,_ affording amusement to idle wanderers, we cannot help thinking that it is very foolish of men in autho rity to carry these terrors home to every man's door, and make them familiar to all the chil dren of the town. Such a general familiarity with what ought to be the terrible appa ratus.of the law, seems like initiating the whole population in the first step to crime. It utterly destroys that salutary dread of some unknown evil to follow on wrong doing, Which, while it is or can be maintained, is the surest guide to rec titude and virtue.. Crime is increasing, and as it increases this faMiliarity increases Wand spreads through the whole community, throwing down all barriers, particularly in the . minds of the young, which keep men from evil. That this is a great misfortune is certain ; whether it can be corrected or not we must leave to the delibera tive of thoSe by whose enactments and orders the evil arises. The persons implicated in the late rio ts, amount- no- to several hundreds, many of whom were not before classed with the criminal population, are s 6 many added to that population in the_ pre sent year. • All their connexions and friends will share their lot, participate in their degradation, and becoMe like th e m, for the first time,..familiar with the terrors of law. They will in the . end, we are afraid, fearfully swell ,the great mass of the population which live in defiance :of the law and in violation of the rights of othersY 4VY inter from the daily records of crime that it- ; is rapidly growing, arid we tear that the criminal popula tion will augment quite as fast as it is possible to augtuent the means of repressing crithe.-*. With the great number of 'outlaWs we are forded to connect the great mass of paupers. BePore winter comes to an end there will pro babb, be an eighth or a tenth of our population redtfbed to extreme and dependent poverty, w hich levels' the guards of virtue even more surely than the familiarity with the eriminal ap paratus- of , the law. Poverty now,. , whatever nury T.!ave- been its characteristics in early tim es , is ii7kicru and insatiable deity, on Whose altars, fro- I ti ; tear, honesty and chastity, and with them every- other virtue, are continually saerificed. Theinoral and. physical condition of Our popu latioh is bad at present, but if we do not mistake nor 4erstate the effects of poverty and , familiar ' isiii.;_cJe co mmun i ty w i t h cr i me , its future con dition, unless a timely remedy be applied, will be infinitely worse. The most alarming circum stance of the whole is that penal laWs, on which society rests for protection, and perhaps for cure, are obviously, as now administered, - inflaming the mischief. The more extended is their Opera tion the greater is the familiarity of all with crime, and the less they operate as a means of prevention. Circumstances such as these, which can scarcely fail to be confirmed by general ob- I servation, are sufficient to make those who are responsible for the future fate of 'the community I take.sret heed. to the paths of their feet. Are they quite sure that our penal code is founded on just principles, and that to it the safety of society may unhesitatingly be committed ? i We are likely, we are afraid, to part company from the Whi gs on t h e ques tion of th e i n t erna l , government of Canada, as - we parted company on the ASHBURTON Treaty, : They seem inclined, but we hope are n o t, to censure Sir C. BAGOT for calling to his' councils the leaders of the French and of the tiemocratio_.part,y. With a view to consolidate .the : two provinpes, and secure an ascendancy to a particular interest, a new Consti— tution. was given to the colonies, and the two , • provinces were united in one legislature. Every thing which was thought conducive to the good' government of the provinces was adopted in that Constitution, and Lord SYDENHAM, who had first to carry it into effect, was successful, though with difficulty, in obtaining a Parliamentary majority for the party out of which he had formed his Ca binet. Parties have now assumed a new cast in Canada. The French Canadians and the Radi cals of Upper Canada, heretofore opposed to .the Government, but acting against it each after its own fashion, and for different objects, have found out, apparently, that they are more likely to ob tain their ends by operating in union. - They have accordingly coalesced, and together con stitute a great majority of the House of . Assembly. To this majority, which must be re warded as expressing the will of the majority of the constituents, Sir C. BAGOT has yielded, and has taken their leaders into his councils. The House of Assembly has thanked him for ha v ing done done so. His conduct, according to the custom of this country, is strictly constitutional, and he will no doubt change his Ministry, as Ministers • are changed_ at home, when another party ob tains a large Parliamentary majority. Canada can only be governed in peace, probably, by.the Government taking ,its Ministers from the - ma jority ; though, peopled as it is by men of various lineage, adverse religions, and very strong con flicting political opinions, we are not over san guine that even this method will be successful, in preserving Canada in peace, or maintaining the connexion between the two countries. If it be not successful, the Government will have the .. satisfaction of knowing that it has done what reason and experience recommend. The course taken by Sir C. BAGOT, however, is not exactly- the course that was taken by the Whigs; '.or would be taken by them, we are afraid, were they again in office. As we approve of his form . 7, ing his Government on the principle of consult ing the majority, as their wishes are made known by their representatives, we anticipate that' on this point, as on some others, we shall not agree ~.,... in opinion with the Whigs. Sir CHARLES S HAW , late Chi e f Commission e r" of Police at Manchester, has just publishe&a . letter—in reference to some remarks mate‘ the Attorney-General at Chester—which gives a curious and interesting account of the sayings and doings of the local Magistrates on the 9th'of August last, when, it may be remembered;:a vast body of Turn-outs marched in procession . through some of the principal streets of. the borough, committed various excesses, and tiir several hours kept the inhabitants in a state of , serious apprehension, not only for their property but their lives also. Sir CHARLES cotnnieriaS : his narrative by observing, that on the afternoon of the Bth of August, he heard a rumour that a meeting was to be held at Ashton on the fulluw ing morning, at which the Turn-outs were to con- sider the expediency of marching in " peaei able" procession through Manchester. Doubt- iug, under the circumstances of the case, that the".; procession would be a " peaceable" one, the Chief' Commissioner—who, by the bye, seems to havd . had singular difficulty in obtaining any • accurate . l information—took such steps as seemed to him' to be necessary, in the emergency; and on the morning of the 9th found the military placed. in such a manner that, up to that moment, Man chester " was all safe," the mob being still in the. power of the authorities. What followed, on the procession entering the town, we give in the writer's own words : I spoke to the Stipendiary Magistrate, who. in formed me they were asking permission to have a procession through the town, promising to be peace able, and to return to their homes after passing through certain streets. I was then quite close to the Magistrate. I reined back a few paces, and said in a loud, distinct voice (which must have been heard by the military), "Sir, I must protest in the strongest, manner against these people passing. Sir, I report to you officially that these very m en , w h o tell yo‘t that they are going to be peaceable, infOrmed' me this morning in Ashton that yesterday they had turned out all the mills round Staley-bridge, and that they were coming this morning to Manchester to'do the same, and get bread." The Magistrate on this came nearer to me, and said, " They promise to be peaceable." I shrugged my shoulders and answered, " You have heard what I said." The Magistrate then- - held further conversation with the leaders. I again re peated loudly—" Kow, Sir, recollect I have reported this to you officially" (putting a very strong emphasis' on the last word). He then addressed the Military Commandant, who ordered the troops to move, and the Magistrat e , pl ac i ng hi mse lf a t t h e head f the mob, proceeded down Ancoats-street. I drawing - ` back ; loudly exclaiming, " I will not be mixed up with this affair ; all I can now do is, to count the . ; enemy who are attacking the town." I placed myu . self at the head of Store-street, and counted those who were arm in arm. When the rear of the mob had passed, I was riding quickly, to see if the police, were formed according to my orders, and on reach ing Portland-place I saw the head of the mob op , posite the Infirmary, with the Military Commandant on its right flank. He called to me that the " procession" did not seem inclined to ! K e e p th e i r promise to the Magistrates, and rrAuested me to show the leaders the nearest road, to Ashton. I did . what I could to induce them to go down the London road, but they insisted on passing through Portland place (which at this part is very wide), and we could not prevent them.. 'Shortly after this the Stipendiary Magistrate came up, declaring that the leaders of the procession bad not kept their promise to him, and ask ing me where was its head ? I answered, " You will be clever to find it, as by this time it has fifty heads ; in fact, they are all loose, but still, if you will permit me, I will, and can, stop them, as I have got about 200 police close at hand." His answer wa: , , " No, no, we must have no collision." We halted here for some little time, we doing by persuasion what we could with the mob, who jeered us in return. One man was most insolent to the Commandant. I proposed his being apprehended, but the Magistr a t e wou l d permit of no interference. The mob then p asse d t h rough Minshull-street part assembling in Granby-row-field s , their chief speaker calling on them to preserve "peace, law, and order," as their meeting was legal, the procession having been conducted into the town headed by the civil and military authorities, who were then listening to them. The Stipendiary, accompanied by another Magistrate, escorted this assemblage from Granby row-fields as far as the Ashton road ; but while this was going on, the mob were attacking in other quar ters, and continu e d t o d o s o, but were so rapid i n as sembling, destroying, and dispersing, that the to wn was in a stat e of anarchy. Such were the events of the " evil hour." If the facts really be as Sir CHARLES has here stated them—and his letter bears every mark of strict truth—the Manchester Magistrates must have acted in a manner only to be accounted fbr on the presumption that they were either indifferent about the safety of the town, or that fear and astonishment had wholly deprived them of their senses. What, trust to the pacific assurances of a mob who but the day before had been turning out all the mills in the neighbourhood, a nd h openly declared that it was theirirT Theentio iug intention peat the same game at Mancheste trate who exhibited this absurd confidence, c onfi a d A enL s e, ; despite th e urgent remonstrance o f Sir who better understood the temper of the mob, proved himself utterly unworthy to be entrusted with even the authority of a parish beadle It was not his fault that the town,wasnot pillaged from one end to the other, and many valuable lives lost. The apprehension of a " collision," which he seems to have shared in common with his colleagues, was the very way to bring it on ; but worse even than this, was. the parleying of the civil authorities with the mob, under circumstances that demandedt , th e promptest show of energy and decision ; for, in the first place, it implied a distruk of their own power ; and, secondly, amounte4 - to a sort of tacit ack nowledgment that• the proceedings of the mob were not , In all cases wholly unauthorised by law. Vp i 4 4 A , 4, • , • . vs;ae . ' • ',ft:L., of tumultuous gatherings, like that at Man ; thes'ter, it is mercy to the misguided rioters to 1 crush their efforts at disturbance at the outset; and that is but a spurious humanity which dic tates a feebler or more irresolute'course of action In another part of the paper will be found a comparative statement of the mercantile ship 'pint, of England and France; and as it is taken from one of their own journals, French writers cannot impute to us any blame for publishing the contrast, and thereby exhibiting the utter im possibility of France rivalling this country at sea.. ,We make this remark without any vain boasA or any intention of offending a brave and 'powerful nation. Our object is rather to tell thep the plain truth, which is sometimes very disagreeable to nations as well as individuals, and to Ifiduce the gentlemen of the French Press to diScontinue their daily practice of making attacks on the policy of other nations, and direct their talents to purposes beneficial to their own cnititry. Persons in the habit of reading the French journals must see that the writers are much more intensely occupied with the affairs of their neighbours than with what more itn mediately concerns the interests of France, and at the same time observe the universal dis content that pervades their articles in regard to the. mercantile and political relations of that kingdom with every other community in the world. England, of course, holds a most pro minent position, and is accused of a settled plan to ruin her trade and commerce. The German League is formed only for the same wicked purpose. Even Belgium, her nearest neighbour, and formin,g almost an in tegral portion of France, is treated with as little ceremony, and charged with a partiality for England and Germany. On the other side of the Pyrenees, too, the prospects are equally gloomy. France has no influence in Spanish or Porcpguese councils, she is outwitted in every political transaction, and her trade with the Peninsula is all but annihilated, while the manu factures, of England are cherished and daily in crettAing. A still deeper gloom prevails over ,Syria and Egypt, and even the'American Union, so long bound by gratitude for past services, and ,by cnnimercial intercourse, is now denounced as a jealous rival, bent only on shutting out French produce, and ruining the mercantile navy irf France. These are all very childish and unal*ling complaints. If French shipping amounts to only one-fifth of that employed by England, if America in that respect fur exceeds ber,;and France ranks only as a fourth-rate com mercial power, why does she not try to better her cbndttronby throwing off restrictions on trade, by itivitritp. the shipping of other countries to fre quent her numerous harbours, by planting colonies, and encouraging commercial inter course? , It is humiliating to a rich and power ful . country like France, to remain so far behititil the rest of the world in all these . :'Tespects, and waste her strength in vain conquests, and in keeping up a military riavy,quite disproportioned to her resources. :such a small amount of shipping she cannot man a fleet fit to compete even ti, itli America, much less with England, and she would therefore better consult her own - intergts - by turning her attention to the arts of penve„,.and to those commercial pursuits which have,Laised England and America to their pre sent enviable condition. Matlrid papers of the sth have been received. The'official Gazette contains a circular, addressed 6.01 the Political Chiefs, by the Minister of the Viteripr, enjoining them to prosecute " the ene 7 public order, who, with a view to excite anxiety, report that the Government content platedito proclaim the Constitution of 1812." r-`ie t :- General COPONS Y NAVIA, Count of Tarifa; died in Madrid on the 3d. T14, - grand entertainment given by M. MA 2ekEu,, the Treasurer of the Infant Don FitAN 'cisco%pg PAULA, was still a subject of conversa tion,A4io does not appear that Mr. ASTON, our "Amtitioador, was present at it. • The`Three per Cents. were done at 20i for cash, €rid 21 at 57 days. There were 40 transac tions ',in; the Five per Cents., 25 -a for cash, and 261, at 60 days, for 25,000,000 reals. 31rench papers received contain a va riety„ articles on the commercial treaty be tween France and Belgium. The Courrier :Francais, in announcing the arrival of the King of thet•j3ELmaNs at St. Cloud, observes that, al thowl the journals state that advantage will be takenia'bis Majesty's presence to bring the com merciartreaty to a conclusion, so serious an affair requ t icies more energy than was ever displayed by the, -Fr nch Ministry. The Courrier Francais adds, that the Cabinet is divided on the subject. M. MA TIN DU NORD is opposed to it from per sonal motives. Marshal SouLT does not forget that Tie is'an, iron-master, and M. CUNIN GRIDAINE cannot divest himself of the prejudice and the passion he displayed, in his capacity of woollen cloth i thanufacturer, before the committee of 1834. The three most capable men in the Cabinet—M. -DUCIIATEL, and LACAVE LAPLAGNE— are most decidedly in favour of the - pole 4• • pro- Commercial union between, the two Cott n(fiee. The cpmme7 7 is indignant at the treatment which France nps received from Belgium, and co 6 sideis - the treaty shameful and injurious to .rat . vee. It is a singular fact that no treaty Vhetheipolitical or comniercial, gives any satis faction to the writers in French journals. The treaty:relative to the right of search tbrms the subject of a bitter and angry article in the Coq . rrier Francais, from which the following is an extract : " We do not fear to affirm that the French Govern ' ment has avoided, with the greatest, care, to make up to this: period any formal proposition on this subject to the 13ritish Cabinet. It is possible that Count St, Aulhire may have vaguely expressed to Lord Aber deen g,clesire to see the treaty of the 20th of Decem ber last modified in such a manner as that France migtit,become a party to it ; but i tve are assured that the reception which this proposal met with did not en courage the negotiators to proceed further. "At .:this moment the relations between the two countries are not on easy terms. The English Cabinet does not conceal the • profound contempt which the conduct of a Ministry inspires, who, after having signed an ,European treaty, did not resign when the Cham bers refused to ratify it. No statesman has less credit at present in London than M. Guizot, and it would be an error to receive the interested flattery lavished on him by the journals on the other side of the Channel as the,„expression'of the public opinion in England. The unpopularity of M. Guizot has passed the sea." " The E ng li s h G overnment refuses positively to previousmolify the tre a t T i e r s e Treaty of n t 8 4ble, brokenand dee w la i r t e h s h t e h r at co th n e . nehTehsishimisserf.e i‘ a i t t . i c tu u d i e zo in es ih f • r h i i e c n h ds L as or s d er A t p b u e b rd li e c e ly n se in n tr t e . that he will not renew the annual permissions to search French • ships in the ensuing month. They even go further s; and add that M. Guizot intends to propose to the' British Government to replace the treaties relative to the right of search, by a convention similar to that which. Lord Ashburton has concluded with the United States.- " Those, however, are deeds of daring which a Minister may permit himself in a saloon, when he is surrounded by flatterers, and which are nourished by the illusion of his own power; but to realise this fine conception, he should encounter the displeasure of Great Britain, ,of the power which made M. GuizOV,Miiiister, and N. Guizot will never venture to do so. The right of search will last at least as long as AL. Guizot, and it will require a surer hand and h . more national character to deliver France from , it." I Intelligence from Algiers of the sth inst. had I been received in Paris. No accounts had reached front the expedition under General BUGEAUD, The column, commanded by General CHAN ,. GARNIER, had not yet returned to Mascara. The works of the harbour of Algiers were proceed ing with considerable aztivity. The country be tween Mascara and Tlemecen was tranquil, and troops 'were employed in constructing bridges dier `tile Rio Salado and the Isser. BOURSE—PARIS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. Pench • F . r ive per Cents. 118 85... 118 85... 118 75... 118 75 < 4% per Cents. 106 50... 106 50... 106 50... 106 50 Four per Cents. 102 25... 102 25 .. 102 25... 102 5 3 pbr Cents 80 20... 80 20... 80 10... 80 10 Barrk - of France 3280 ...3289 .. 3280 Belgian Bank 790 ... 790 ... 790 ... 790 Belgian Fives.. 1840 lO4l ... 104 i ... 104 k ... 100 -• .: ♦ ~J~' Spanish Active 24 ... 24 ... 211 ... 22 Old Deferred 3i ... 31 ... 3* ... 3* Portuguese Fives 3l ... 31 ... 31 ... 31 Neapolitan. . - .... 108 20... 108 20... 108 20... 108 20 Roman RAILWAY SHARES, St. Germain • 838 75... 838 75... 838 75... 838 75 Versailles, R. T 1 260 .. 260 ... 260 ... 260 L.B 97 50... 97 50... 97 50... 97 50 Rouen Orleans. 585 ... 585 ... 585 ... 585 Strasburg to Bale 2OB 75... 208 75... 207 50... 208 75 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—The Queen and Prince Al, bert took an airing this morning in the Home Park, in the small pony phaeton, her _Majesty driving. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken out in the forenoon accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. The Prince and Princess were taken an airing in the Park in the afternoon, attended by her Ladyship. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback in the afternoon, attended by Colonel Arbuthnot. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt, honoured Covent garden Theatre with their presence on Thursday evening. His — Excellency Edward Everett, the American Minister, has returned to town, and transacted busi ness at the Foreign-office on Thursday. Lord Cowley, her Majesty's Ambassador to the King of the French, left the Clarendon Hotel yester day, on his return to his Embassy at Paris. The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, and Ge neral Sancho, Spanish Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Dispatches from the Earl of Elgin, Governor of Ja maica, and the Governors of the other West India Colonies, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, have left Far rance's Hotel, for their seat in Shropshire. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—It is often asked, what is in a name ? But, it would appear, to use an Americanism, "a good deal." Wool happens to be soft, and the name of the un fortunate dupe, in the recent diabolical Bristol con spiracy, happens to be WooLLEY. I apprehend rather Strong presumptive evidence of the fallacy of the notion !=Pam, Sir, your admirer, Oct. 13, 1842. ANTI-HUMBUG. Wurnlnn Rim—This celebrated fair commenced on Tuesday, and was very largely supplied with hops, cheese, and sheep. Business was extremely dull, and a considerable reduction in prices, as compared with last year, was submitted to. The best Farnham hops brought from 71. 10s. to 8/. Bs., and country hops from 51. 12s. to 71. 7s. The supply of both sorts was very large butthe business done very limited. The reduction in this article alone, since last fair, was said to be from 2/: to-3/...per cwt. The cheese trade was very heavy, and sheep were in slow demand; in both articles there was a considerable fall in prices, sheep being fully 7s.ver head lower than last year. Good horses sold weil, but inferior animals were quite a drug.— Wiltshire Independent. PERCIVAL KEENE, BY CAPTAIN MARRYAT.—A con siderable time has now elapsed since we have had a regular nautical novel from the pen of Captain Mar ryat. Right- glad we are that we have one at last, for it is impossible to take up a production of this at tractive and exaititig writer without the certainty of deriving both, amusement and instruction from the perusal.i. 'Like all Captain Marryat's novels, Percival Keene abounds in varied, strongly-conceived, and well sustained character ;—for instance. Captain Del mar, the aristocratic, proud, reserved, yet in the main, jnst. and kind-hearted father of the hero; Bob Cross, the, boatswain, the humble intelligentkstaunch friend of..PeVcival; Culpepper, the old purser, with his - porpoise wife, anct daughter ; Tommy Dott, the un lucky, mischifiwous , middy ; - Vincent, the ferocious, vindictive..captain .of. the pirate; Thaddeus 0 1 Q4110- gher, the brutal Irish schoolmaster, &C., &c. Besides these bold and broad 'sketches of character, stirring incidents. 'and4fairbreadth escapes meet us in every page. J'ereival 4 's-:-..adventures on board the Negro Pirate in the 'West Indies are very striking ; the duel, in which he - gallantly personates Captain Delmar and kills man)• :extremely well managed; and the wreck cif the.„Ciree frigate, in the North Sea, is an eminently po‘Verful and graphic narrative—a narra tive that none but a sailer could write.— Court Journal. Alas. ALFRED SHAW.—This lady's friends having in the ..Timel zontradicted—though in somewhat ambiguolis terms—the paragraph which appeared in our Review last. Nvecl . i; respecting her origin and pro gress, we - 'have 'referred to the correspondent who furnished. us With the information, and from him we learn, that 'the - statement in question appeared in the Musical Worla,of, tha.22d August, 1839, as extracted from a letter of the European correspondent of the Eveninc , Star ; and, although upwards of three years have elapsed since publicity was given to this para graph in the English and American journals, we have never heard, until now, that any denial of its accuracy has been attempted: We did precisely what the daily papers have -done with us—copied a paragraph from another journal; cheerfully seizing that oppor tunity of pass i ng ,- a just eulogium upon the talents gz and accomplishments of the subject of it. We have not been furnished by Mrs. Shaw with the mea ns o f refuting the Pura aph which h a s a tt a i ne d so muc h publicity.by its simple transfer to our columns ; ilBr uce m rngartai onhas any letter yet appeared in th e d a il y jo urnals from a ny of her frie n d s her or from (except ano n y mous ones) denying the. statement. W e can, however, uh reprinting nn e ay thetpdv assure m,hch i has Al created so th so at . , m in c Pli amongst hex' friends, we had no desire to wound her feelings, as the complimentary remarks with which we prefaced the statement will sufficientlytestify. Mazzinghi, the celebrated composer, used to bdot his having, when a boy, swept out and d . 6 11 e the orchestra of the Italian Opera . oure • and the names cohostofEldn and of Sugden, eft. l wrence and of Blizzard, with no cited as honourable in stances of lowl- • •. " origin attaining to high eminence in this ce-With ~,A ary . - regard to Mrs. Shaw's con - nexions, we know them personally to be of the highest respectability, and that part of our statement of last week concerning thena cannot be impeached. The father of Mrs.. Shaw. was for many years mess-master at the palace, and by him she was, in 1838 placed in the Royal , Acadetny, which she qu.tted three years afterwards to visit Italy.—Dramatic and Musical Review. EVIL EFFECTS OF THE SUGAR MONOPOLY.— Among the many evil effects flowing from the con tinuance of the Tory-maintained sugar monopoly, there is one affecting the poorer classes at this mo ment, which is peculiarly injurious to the inte rests of these classes. For years we have not had a season in which—thanks to the beneficence of Providence !—fruit has been so cheap, so abundant, and of' such superior quality. Much of this gift of heaven the wo r ki ng c l asses, particularly cottagers in country districts, behold actually perish ing before their eyes, from their inability to purchase sugar for its preservation. Had the Whig measure with respect to the duty on sugar not been obstructed by the Tories, the present gift of fruit, by being chiefly preserved, might be saved from perishing, and a luxury provided for the poor during the winter and spring months. DIVIDEND-DAY AT THE BANK.—Thursday being ' the first day for the payin g o f t h e O cto b er dividends, the Rotunda was crowded to, excess from the opening of the Bank until the close, by old maids, dowagers, young widows, stock-brokers, and coup try fundholders, all anxious to receive their independent sti pends. The, greatest dissatisfaction prevailed among the fair sex at, being obliged to pay , the Income-tax of 7d. in the pound on their little comings in. The fol lowing notice was stuck up at every desk in the Ro tunda and the entrances to the Bank :—" To receivers of dividends whose total income is under 150/.—ll your total income is less than 1501. per annum, your claim for a return of the tax must be made to the assessor of the pa r i s h Commissioner of the di str i ct i n w hich you reside. Th e neces sary forms," s Yesterday mornin g : a yo u ng man named Robert will supply you with the Deacon, in the employ of Mr. Goodswell, of Camden Town, printer, was b roug ht i n to Middlesex Hospital, with one of his ban& so dreadfully crushed by its having been drawn in between two of the rollers of a printing machine, that' amputation at the wrist was found to be immediately necessary. CORONER'S ci trEsT. —Last night an inquest was held at St. Bartholomew's Hospital before Mr. Payne, the City Corone rs on - the bo d y o f William Pearce, aged 02. It a p peared - from the ev id ence th a t th e de ceased was p ropr i etor . of a cabr i o l e t. O n M on d ay morning last, b et Ween eleven and twelve o'clock, he was driving 'alon g the Old-street - road towards Shoreditch church, when the near wheel came in violent contact with a coal waggon. The concussion threw the deceased into the road. He was taken up in an insensible state, and' conveyed to the hospital. There did not appear to be any blame attached to the driver of the waggon, who was sober at the time, and on his proper -side. The. house-surgeon of the hospital said that the deceased had received a fracture of the jaw, and other injuries. He died on Thursday morning. Vierdict---" Accidental death." Between six and seven o'clock on Thursday even ing, Susan Parker, aged ten years, the daughter of respectable pa ren t s , li v i ng a t No. 4, North-street, Dean's-yard, W es t m i nster, was brought into West minster Hospital,- with a compound fracture of the right thigh, both her ja w -bones broken, the whole of the lower fr on t teeth forced into hermouth, and her face frightfully lacerated. She had met with these .. injuries by. falling from a second floor window, out of which she Was leaning, and had overbalanced her-. self. The height she fell is about thirty feet, and she came down with the, whole impetus of her weight on the stone paveMent of a yard. She remains in nearly a hgpeless"-state. !." SUMMARY OF NEWS AND tattbitt f.;- " Who runs naafi/ read:" FpIZ33IG2IT~ ..~ The Emperor of China has at length been heard of, as will be seen from an Imperial edict published at length in another part of the paiv v r. He boasts that a great officer, called Chiutae, in a rencontre with the English forces, " put- -to-- death alt - the white barba rians, and seized alive many, of the black rebels." The intelligence from'abrOad is generally destitute of interest. According to the Augsburgh .Gazette, the confer ences concerning' the 'Marriage ' , of Queen Isabella of Spain, have commenced... The mission of M. Olozaga attaches to this affair, and it is certain that this diplo matist will proceed to Vienna in the autumn. • The Borsenhalle of Hamburgir of the sth inst. states, that although five ,montbs- have elapsed since the great fire in that city, flames areNseen from time to time on clearing away the ruins - 'of some' of the buildings. An inventory was lately taken of the Crown dia monds, pearls, &c., of France. The s riumber is 61,312, weighing 18751 caratg, and valued' at 20,900.260 f. The inventory taken on the return Afr Louis XVIII. from , Ghent, to which - place the Crown jewels were removed for security when the _lijn? left Paris, on the approach of npoleon 'froth ,I,ba,,gave the same results. . . . A Bill.will be introduced into the French Cham bers next session, authorising' the removal of the Royal Library from Rue de.' Richelieu to the Place Dauphine. The 'sum calOaled to be received from the sale of the' sW,9I, - the, present Library is 18,000,000 f., but that this will not ,meet more than half the expenses of theochaige. );• The next sitting of they Scientific' 'Congress, held this session at Strasburg to take place at Anjers IYZONEY-712:=M- COMMERCE. "A meeting of the Go errors aild"Members of the Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary took place on Thursday at the London Coffee-house. The funds of the Society were stated by the Repeil to hn`veireatly increased. Large and frequcnt . Meeti,ngs pt,the.operative linen weavers are taking place to the County Down ; their object being, it is understood, to_obtain an increase of wages. NAWIT. naatiaa TYIXbITATVIr. The Admiralty has ordered the. speedy completi on of her Majesty's - ship ;ctimberland, 74 guns, now building at Chatham dockyard: The launch is ex pected to take place on . _ _ Law aitn PoLicE, Daniel Beckham, - was re-examined at Union-hall on Thursday, on the cliare of fotgiic the acceptance of the firm of Messrs. - Evans; 'Brothers, and Co., of Thames-street, to a bill'of exchangg for 1631. 135.9 d., and committed, bail being accePtedj On Tuesday evening,. ttivo lunatieg;' . of Bethlem Hos• pital, one named James,Gardner, and . the other not known, escaped through: the window of their cell, after sawing the bar apait with an odd' knife. Gardner was recaptured, but hislinnpypion h'as escaped. Robert Fletcher, the ypung 'man. )016 was remanded on Thursday week on the charge: Of' assaulting and robbing with others; James Steadinati, in the Green Park, of a watch .and silver, was .fully committed for trial at Bow . -streef.' • LITERARY LIND • SClEravirm. Handel's book-ease,"containiili 67 manuscript volumes of his compositions; writton.lby his amanuen sis Smith, has been - becideathqd by• Dr. Ireland, the late Dean of Westminster, in who4e:po6session it was, to Mr. John Leman Brownsiiiith, •f Westminster Abbey.. THEATRICI49.: - .; Mademoiselle Geleste ; ;:has.met Nuth...an enthusiastic reception in New Yoi.k. • - She was off4ed, for her first ten weeks, a sum amounting. to -3,000/.. sterling, hut preferred the half of ea4pight'prece,ipts, and a free benefit. . • L.,: s-720v.TzArta. - • . The Brighton harriers on .Areduesdy, in pursuit of a hare, rushed over an qthbarilitnelA`on the railway, into 'a cutting uplards,of '3O feet deep, and s evera l were lamed in the rail. j COURT-,—russntiorcanxim. The Duke and Thiehess of I3edf6rd.reave Newmarket to-day for Oakley Park, '4calfordsliire. - , • The Earl and Comitess of - 141=ownlow return to Belgrave -square net week, froni Beltiin House, Lin colnshire. . .The Dowager Lady".Brownlow has returned to town from Sussex. Lord and Lady Prudlioe leave Stanykk Park early in December for Alnwielticistle:" Lord and Lady Wriotlie . sl9y Rtissci.l have arrived at Bedford House, .13eigtit-square; - from Chenies, for the remainder of the afttiimm .).!` Lord Clifford and family, and; Sir C. Hobhouse and family, set out on Thursday 'forAntwerp. We regret to hear OW; -- SirAiithun Geary still continues in a very atarrnbig-statk,--1:-L:- mixscEtzAisrtolifi' Earl de Grey, Lord liiientenant of - Ireland, will be nominated to supply the vacancy in -the Order of the Garter, occasioned by the d ea th of the Mar qu i s Wellesley. A meeting of the Commissioners for Me Reduction of the National Debt washeld-on Thursday in the Trasury. The dfiginai works published in ntiiiia and Poland during 1841, were 717,- the translations 54. The foreign books imported were only 540;000:. the pies tures, engravings, pige'es einisicAg '996,935. :'.' PASHIONABLE4NTFXLIGENCE. ARRA - KAU: • The Hon. W. Henniker: and the Pron. Mrs. Hen niker, at the Brunswick „Hotel,. J.TAyn-street, St. ihites i a, from St. Leonarb=.son-Sqa„;Edward James, Esq., at Long's Hotel, from Nevve t tle iCapt. Levett, at ditto, from Devonshire,i , Arr: Taildr, at Hawkin's Hotel, Albemarle-stfcet. DEPARTURES.. Mr. and Mrs. Thomasfrom:,,i4onles Hotel, for Barton Court, near Cantointry ;, kin Aev. Mr. Fane and family, from llawkin's Hotel, Dover-street, for Brighton; Lord Seaton . Cartt..tolburn, from ditto, for Italy ; Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, from ditto, for Brighton ; Mr. Broadwood, .z6om ditto, for Brighton ; Lady Ashbro4,' from 'ditto, for Edin burgh ; Lady Pocock, from ditto, on A tour ; Colonel Moreton, from ditto, ;on azteur ; Miss Walpole, from ditto, on a tour ; Mrs. Sugden, from ditto, on a tour. LLOYD'S LONDON, OCT. 14.—Wind this day - - at noon, mode rate breeze from the -westAlrd, antildaVy weather. DEAL, OCT. moderate.—Sld. Mountaineer, Demerara ; Othello and Tyne, Honduras. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 13.-Wind - N.B.l—The Mary and Eleanor, from London:for Limerick has put in here with loss of fore-top/nag, foreyard„; &c., having been in contact this morning, off Beechy Head. Sld. Owen Glendower transport, Gibralthr. • SCILLY, OCT. 9.—Arrck Prince: George, Grant, Singapore ; Protest, EvertSbn' Buenos Ayres. LIVERPoOL, Oct. 13.---i-Wind Vgritibl6 - and light.— Arrd. Ayreshire, Scott, .Bombay ;- Sophie, Leslie, Quebec. The. James Dunn; bound'torLisbon, is ashore in the river off the King's Dock DUBLIN, OCT. 1] .---Sld..Thos. Dempson, Trinidad. CROOKHAYEN, OCT. 10.-I=Arrd: Liverpool, Spencer, Quebec; John Hamiltoni Monte.. Video ; Supply, Jones, St. John's. Arrived off; Antilla Barnet, Val paraiso ; Castor, Jack, Cuba : JohnWallter, Quebec. FALMOUTH, OCT. 12.--4Vind.,E., -fresh breezes.— Arrd. Tay steamer, Hayden, West sailed from Jamaica 9th ult., 'Cuba' 10th,. * Cape . 3l - layti 12th, Turk's Island 13th, Nassau 17th, Bermuda 15th ult., and Fayal sth instant, with 1,000,00 dollars, and 247 serons of cochineal on. reight; Arra. off,Eleanor, coast of Peru (out 145 days). BRISTOL, OCT. 13.—Artd. W. Thomptnn, Jamaica. LEITH OCT. 12.—The Gratitude, from Archangel to Kirkaidy, got on shore this mOrning:near St. Mo nance, but was assisted off on the flood, with damage. YARMOUTH, OCT. 13.—The Jackson, Gales, of Whitby, struck on Flamboro' Sand last night, pnd sunk, crew saved, but master refused:to leave. The Mexico, Copeland, from Rotterdam to North Shi e ld s , arrived here yesterday with - loss of mainmast. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH:--r-Llewellyn, Liverpool to Monte Video, 26th ult., lat. 47, lon. 12 ; Clio; Guernsey to Berbice, 27, lat. 47, lon. 9,; - Brento,,Guernsey to Ber bice, 28, lat. 48, lon. 11, - by 'the EnterpriSt; arrived at Liverpool. Egyptian, of London, for St. Helena, 8, lat. 28, lon. 26, by the John, arrived at CrookhAfen. Brigantine, Albert, of Boston, 30, lat. 41, lon. 71 ; ship Pauline, of Bremen, standing W., Ist inst., lat. 42, lon. 6 ; 575 (Liverpool signal) Java or Rebecca, 3, standing N., lat. 45, lon. 56 ; Kildy Castle, Odessa to Cork, 11, l a t. 5 3, lon. 13, by te Great Western, steamer, arrived at Bristol. Concorda, from Odessa, Aug. J 9; in the Doro Passage; Vigilant, London to Marsei Iles, 1 Oth ult., nfrCapede Gatt ; John Stagg, bound to Barcelona,, 1, off Malaga ; of Newcastle, for Malta, 12 ;16.iiy, 9 f Shoreham, for Malta, 27, lat 47, lon'. 8, by the eiente, arrived in the Creek. Veloce, of Jacobatsta/K Jth inst., lat 40, lon. 11, by the Alarm, arrived at Scilly, A letter from Paris states that the subject of a commercial treaty bet Ween Great,Byitain dud France, has more than once been broad - led ivithin the last few weeks between the British Pilbasiy (or rather the first Secretary o f Legation, W'w ho asi . o,ne - of the Com missioners when it was under consideration by M. Thiers) and M. Guizot. h CONSTANTIN OPLE , SEPT. zl.—Sa,mi Pacha, the Envoy of M e h eme t Ali, left us on the . 15th, on board the Reschid, for Alexandria. On board the same vessel, four pieces of cannon, of adnairable,workman ship, were embarked, vhich;the Sultan sends to Mec ca . It is belie v ed th a t Mehemet Ali will *come to Con stantinople to express his thanks 'at the foot of the throne for the title and rank 'of Grand. Vizier, which the Sultan has conferred on him. :People even cal culate the day when he may_arrive. „ ' • ~~ili! BANK OF ENGLAND. Quarterly Average of the Weekly Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 16th day of July, to the Bth day of October, 1842, both inclusive, published pursuant to the Act, 3 and 4 W. IV., cap. 98. LIABILITIES, Circulation ..£20,004,000 I Securities ... £22,573,000 Deposits 9,368,000 Bullion ... 9,633,000 129,3727000 I Downing-street, Oct. 14, lE ASSETS. £32,206,000 I MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. In addition to the purchases usually made for investing the dividends now payable, the market to-day has received - an accession of firmness, in con sequence of its having become necessary to place an accumulation of unclaimed dividends, arising from the East India Corripany's stock, out at interest. The amount thus to be purchased is about 40,0001., of which Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced to the extent of 10,000/, was bought to-day, and it is un derstood that the purchases will be continued de die in diem, until the" whole shall have been included. Consols left off at 931 93+ for Money, and 93+ 93+ for the Account ; Bank Stock, 161 166 ; India Stock, 250 252 ; Exchequer Bills 55 57 premium. In FOreign Securities the extent of business was merely sufficient to allow actual prices to be noted. Belgian were 103 104 ;- Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 52+ 524;., the Five per Cents. 100 100+; Danish, 82 83; and Brazilian, 63 64. Some of the speculators in Mexican Bonds have taken advantage of the idea which has become prevalent, though erroneously, that the surplus of the money in the hands of the agents, after the payment of the dividends, should be applied to the liquidations of the debentures, in order to depress quotations. It. was undoubtedly understood that such should be the case, but it was also as clearly ascertained that it was necessary, in order to give effect to such arrangement, that the con sent of the executive should be obtained. No oppor tunity to effect this has yet occurred, in consequence of the prorogation of the Cortes, but it is to be ex pected that, immediately after re-assembling, the necessary powers will be forwarded to this country, and the agreement will be carried into effect. Meanwhile, each opportunity appears to be taken to keep up the national faith, by remitting the allot ment of the receipts of the Customs ; and, at the present time, a large sum is in the possession of the agents, to be applied either to the dividend s , or t o cancelling the debentures, as may be ordered. Should the conditions remain unfulfilled after a certain pe riod, it was understood that the original bondholders were to re-assume their coupons, though these had been turned into debentures. The quotations for the Bonds, at the close of business, was 321 32+. A further improvement in Brighton Shares was the only feature in the Share Market; these left off at 36 361. London dad Birmingham were 182 184; Birmingham and Gloucester, 40 41; Great "Western, 92 93 ; the Half 7 Shares, 50 50+; south Western, 57 58 ; North Midland, 57+ 58- ; the New shares, 28 29 ; South Eastern, 22+ 23 1 ; Eastern Counties, -81 84; Northern 4rid Eastern, 35. 361; Blackwall, 6 6+ • and Brighton, .36 36+ per share. The rates of exchange were again more in favour of this country, especially on Hamburgh and Paris, the quotation for the latter being 25 85, 25 92+, and the former 13 12, 13 121. The quotation on Amster dam was 13 6+, 13161 ; Rotterdam, 12 61; Antwerp, 12 4+, 12 44 ; Frankfort, 151+ 1511; Genoa, 26 26 5 ; Marseilles, 25.95, 25 971; Vienna, 9 57, 9 58; Madrid, 361 36+ ;'.and Lisbon, 52+ 521. The settling of the half-monthly account in the Bonds caused no change in the quotations, neither were any bargains "entered into.. Colombian were 20+ 201 ; Peruvian, 151 161; Portuguese Five per Cents., 361 371 ; the Three per Cents., 211 221 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 16 16+; the Three per Cents., 201 21. The Indigo sale has today exhibited a greater im provement, the quantity sold exceeding one-third of that put up; the home trade were again the larger buyers. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The English funds have exhibited more buoyancy than they have dono.for some time past, and a greater disposition for business has been evinced by • the jobbers. Consols. 'have advanced to 931 93-a for Money, ani 931 93a. for the Account, with an appearance of, great firmness. Three per Cents. Reduced, .9721 92a; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1001 1001 ex div. ; India Stock, 2501 2511 ; Indialßonds, 47; and Exchequer Bills, Old, 57, New, 55 57 prem. Foreign Securities have been wholly neglected and without business ; prices, however, are to be quoted nominally as yesterday. The quotation for Mexican bonds has slightly improved, but the fact of to-day being the half monthly settlement' has precluded any extensive trans action. The Tay has brought over 18,000 dollars on account of . the -dividends, which will make about 25,0001. sterling now in the hands of the agents, to be applied to this purpose. They have been sold at 33 for Money, but are now quoted 32k and 33 for the Account. But little has been done in - the Share Market, prices :in which are rather better. Great Western, New, 604 ; South 'Western, 574 ; South Eastern, 22i; the Scrip, 111; Eastern Counties, 10i; and Brighton, 361. The only Bonds noticed in the lists to-day are Spanish Three per Cents., 208. • Neither the mercantile letters by the Great Western or the Tay add any new fact to these pre viously received, which is to be accounted for by the short interval which has elapsed, between the sail ing of those and the former 'vessels. Trade in America is stated'; to be quite- as unsettled now as it was before passing the tariff, inasmuch as it h almost certain that one of the first proceedings of Congress will be .to modify the present Bill. The late favourable intelligence from the West In dies is fully confirmed by these letters. . MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. •13.--Our market continues heavy, and business still very limited. Manchester and Birmingham, 20/ ; South Western, 57i 58 ; Lancaster and Preston, Three-quarter Shares, 18f ; Manchester and Leeds, 69 70; North Midland, 561 to 573; CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 923 Ditto Bonds . .. 47 pm 3 per Cent. Cons 9 3 53 Ditto Old Annuities ... 90 3i per Cent. Red... 100 i Ditto New Annuities... New 3i per Cent... ...... 101 i Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d. 57 pm New 5 per Cen'. Ditto 500 k —pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ..... —pm Jan. 1860 ...... 12 5-16 Bank Stock for Open. Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 !Consols for Acct. FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto 37 Prussian, 5 per cent — Russian, 5 pei cent ll2i Ditto, Metallic . Spanish, 5 per cent. Ditto, Deferred . French, 5 per cent —f. —c. Exchange —f —c. I French, 3 per cent —f. —e. Dutch, 2i per cent. s2i Ditto, 5 per cent. .. FOREIGP Austrian, 5 per cent Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds... Buenos A yres6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 11824 204 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 79 Danish, 3 per :eat B2 Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Alealcan, 5 per cent 323 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian,lB2s, 6 per et. SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... — Ditto New Shares ( paid) Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid) 44 Great Western, (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid London and Brighton (50 paid) London and Birmingham (90) ...... Ditto Quarter Shares (25 paid) 474 London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 57* South Eastern and. Dover (50 paid) 224 Ditto (15. paid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY.I Amsterdam CF. 12 94Pibraltar .. .......,. 46 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...... ...2 U. 12' 10 Genoa Antwerp l 2. 8 Milan ... 31 Hamburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice 47 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 75 Palermo, per oz l2O Ditto, 3 months 26 0 Lisbon Marseilles -i 5 Oporto 524 13ourdeaux 26 5 Rio Janeiro 234 Frankfort on Maine ...152 Bahia I'etersburgh, 3 Us. ... 37 Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, effec. 11. 3 M lO • 0 Philadelphia 4e Trieste, ditto lO 2 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oL. Madrid ... Cadiz . 364 Portugal Gold Coin ...3 17 S Bilbao ... 36 New Doubloons OO 0 Barcelona Seville BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussus, Oc r. 12. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , .. Rothschild's Loan Five per Loan of Thirty Millions, Fc T 1 ----- Thirty.seven Milli 5?% Cent 1024 nir per Cent 91% wee per Cent ... — ns, data 0840) lf3i Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent 92 Society of Commerce, Four anel a Half per Cent B6 Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent National Society . Exchange on Condon (short) - -Brussels Papers, 0 t 12 AUSTRIAN FONDS.—VIENNA. OCT. 4 ___ Five per Cents. Meta Wipes - . 109 5 4 Four per Cents. Three per Cents . . Bank Shares .. Allgemeine Zeitung, Oct. 8. The reception of that accomplished artiste, Mademoiselle Celeste, .in America, has been most en thusiastic. Fully equal, if not surpassing, the g rea t est of Ellsler's triumphs. ..The dress circle was en ti re l y occupied by ladies, a purely American compliment to evince their admiration for public talent and private worth. The waving of hats and handkerchiefs lasted for upwards of three minutes , and her p er f ormance of Marie Ducange, elicited bursts of genuine applause from a house crowded,to the ceiling. Hamblin offered her 15,000 dollars for her ten week s ' engagement, but she declined, preferring half of each night's re ceipts, and a clear beneAt.—American Correspondent. ' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NE WM ARKET.—TH tiRSDAY NIGHT. A question has been raised, whether Scott's Derby . lot as betted against is to include all the horses belonging to the gentlemen who regularly train with him, or those only that are actually i n t ra i n i ng a t th e time ofbetting. FRIDAY'S RACES. Prendergast.—All have been scratched except the Marinella c, Murat, Napier, and Spiteful. Cecil, Bst 101 b, is matched against Pompey, 7st, last half of A.B.M ; 100 h ft. Magog pays to Solomon ; and He-has-a-Name to Augury. Handicap for Three yrs. old and upwards., T,Y.C.--- Diseord, 5 yrs, 9st 91b ; Currycomb, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b ; Folly, 5 yrs; ist 21b ; Abydos, 4 yrs, 7st 81b ; Langolee, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ; and Lucy Ba n k s , 3 y rs , 7 s t 21b. Three declared. Handicap for Two and Three yrs. old, T.Y.C. Palladium, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b ; Archy, 3 yrs, Bst Sib ; Trampoline f, 3 yrs, Bst; The Ladye of Silverkeld Well , 3 yrs, '.'st 71b ; Solomon, 3 yrs, 7st 12Ib ; f out of Flam beau's d, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ; Ends.and-Odds, 3 yrs, 7st 61b; Pompey, 2 yrs, 7st ; and Augury, 2 3 rs, 6st 71b. CHESTERFIELD R ACES—Tno RSDAY. The Innkeepers' Plate of 30/., added to a Sweepstake s of 5 Soya. each. (4 Subs ) Mr Higgins' March of Intell ec t (B u rley) 1 1 Mr. Lampling's Humphrey, age d 3 Mr. Collett's Rory O'More, 6 yrs 2 dr. The Hurdle Stakes of 5 Soya.' each, with 20 a dded. One Mile and Three' Qua' tens. Mr. Hopwood's Birthday, ag ed 1 1 - Mr. Salvin's Infidel, 5 yrs 2 0 KNUTSFORD RACES—TnunsDAY. Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 Sovs. each, and 25 added. Mile and a-Half. Mr. Bower's Lady Grove, 5 yrs (Maskery) 2 Mr. Hornby's Champagne, 5 yrs The following also started, but were not placed :—Nir• Skerrett's Lydia, 4 yrs; Mr. Heppel's Lady Flora, 4 yrs ; Mr. Court's Bedalian, 5 yrs ; Mr. Peel's Bare legs, 4 yrs ; Mr. King's Atalanta, 3 yrs ; and Mr'. Park's Physic, 3 yrs. The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added Two miles, &c. Captain Leigh nd Defence, a ge d (S a unders) 1 Mr. Barry nd mby Sir Reubens,:s y rs • 2 Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 40 added. Heats, One mile and a half. Mr. Bower's Collins, 4 yrs w alked over INGLEWOOD AND PENRITH RACES. WEDNESDAY. Maiden Plate of SCI. 'feats, Two miles. Mr. M. Portens's Little Jane, 4 yrs 2 1 1 Mr. Crawford's rae Doctor, aged - Mr. Hutchinson's Sally Rudd, 3 yrs 3 2 3 The Inglewood Hunt of 5 swig. each, and 25 added. Two miles. 1 Mr. Crawford's Miss J u li a -., 3 yrs - 0 Mr. Warriek's Little Johnny, aged - 2 0 Mr. M. Porteus's Little J ane , 4 yr s (RECEIVED THIS MORNING.) NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING' THURSDAY EVENING.— To the account of this after" noon's races we have little to add ;..the matches were iv° easy, and the Plate was one of the hollowest things fo r handicap that has be en seen thi s . season. Ma pulling hard all the way, and won in a canter ; Lasso wa g, ,:60 an indifferent third, Palladium was beaten early, anck ° 41' 1 , was everything else in the race, beaten off a long it'F° The betting in the town after the races was in" — „), l 9o rupted by a long discussion a s t o w h e th er S co tt's Derm lot, as betted against, includ e s a ll th e h orses b e longing u,/ the gentlemen who habitually train with him, or those , who ~ riJ only that were in — training at the time of betting. 41 ; r ..!- discussion arose out of an offer to back one of 1%, Yarburgh's two (Dumpling and Mahomet), one of whic h only (Dumpling) was included in the list of the lot pub, lished after Doncaster races ; it appears that neither ot them has yet arrived at Scott's stables, and thoset who have laid against the lot insist not only th% they cannot be considered as belonging to it, b u r that any of Lord Chesterfield's, Colonel Ansons , ; Mr. Bowes's horses, that are not yet in trainin^ - , ra u ts s i d be excluded. The opposite party argue that the lot I,_ r against comprehends horses belonging to Scott's regn masters, saving only such as may have been purchas e . o or sold by them since the list was published. Who as / to decide this knotty point, now that the J. C• ti t ceased to arbitrate on betting differences, is adi . • ,1.4 question to settle ; it is clear that until it be settle Scott's lot must be a dead letter. The pro and COn n n continued until five o'clock, and was followed by a ' e bets on the Derby, &c., at the following prices - DERBY. (t) 11 to 1 agst Brit. Yeoman (ty 33 to 1 agst Progress c „ f) 18 to 1 agst Cotherstone'4o to 1 agst Amorino(t&,v6 (take 20 to 1) 40 to 1 agstAristides(t &; ° .l 33 to .1 agst Murat (t & 0050 to 1 agst New Court 4, (LI 33 to 1 agst Napier 12,000 to 35 agst Cheviot t o , 33 to 1 agst Parthian i 2,000 to 35 agst Everton 33 to 1 agst Canton OAKS. . 300 to 100 agst Maria Day. (taken.) FRIDAY. Lord Eglinton's Melior, Bst ICilb (Lye), bent Albemarle's Nuncio, Bst 51b ; TX.C. 200, 11 ft. 5t04 on Melior. Won• by a neck. con ) Lord Albemarle's Ralph, 4 yrs,. Bst 51b (Roo'tni - t ,s beat Lord Eglinton's Dr. Caius, 5 yrs, Bst 1 01 b ; "ths, 200, h ft. Betting-5 to 4on Ralph. Won by six In p „,g c a) Duke of Bedford's Oakley, 4 yrs, Bst 71b beat Lord Rosslyn's Camelino, aged, Bst; T.Y.C. 100, 7t04 on Oakley, who won easy by a length' for ts v° The Prendergast Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft ; yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 51b. . (17 Subs.) N . 1 Col. Peel's Murat ofitti Col. Anson's Napier.................. '''' '.• .. ............. Lord E -- • xeter's c by Beiram, out of Marinello. '''''''' Betting-6 to 4on Napie r , and 6to 4 agst Mora Murat took the lead, made all t h e run ng, bent t th , e Marinelli colt off at the ropes, and won easy by a ,; Napier never having caught him. After the race, Val' was backed for the Derby at 20 to 1. Match, 200, h ft, T.Y.C.—Lord Exeter's Celia, 3 Y rs ' 7st 81b, received forfeit from Mr. Thornhill's Ering ° ' 4 yrs Bst 91b. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, for three y rs °id and upwards, •5 ft, if declared, T.Y.C. (9 Subs.) Mr. Etwall's Discord, 5 yrs, 9st 41b Mr. F. Clarke's Currycomb, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b ............ Mr. Pettit's Langolee, 4 yrs, 7st 41b .....................4 Mr. Forth's Lucy Banks, 3 yrs, 7st 21b .................y. Captain Ives' Folly, 5 yrs, 7st 21b ........................ 6 Lord Exeter's Abydos, 4 yrs, 7st Bst ..................... _ Betting-11 to 5 agst Currycomb, 3to agst Lang ole L 4 to 1 agst Folly, 6 to 1 agst Abydos, and 6 to 1 AV' Discord. Currycomb made running at a good pace, and at tl''' l rcf, cords had disposed of all his opponents, except Disc'did who challenged him half way up, and won a sPl en race by a head. rie'3 Lord Eglinton's Pompey, 7st (Lye) beat Mr. P 3 Y -- - Cecil, Bst. Last half of Ab. M. ; 100, h ft. 6 to 4 on Cecil, who was defeated by a length. Match, 100, h ft, T.Y.C. 0 Lord Albemarle's Buffalo, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Robins on) Mr. Payne's f by Muley Moloch—Bessy Bed lara 0 2 yrs, 7st 31b (Sat) 6t04 on the filly. A dead heat. A ro Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft for 4, olds and 3 yrs olds. T.Y.C. (9 Subs.) i Mr. Etwall's Palladium, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b (J. D a y ) 2 Mr. Pettit's Ends and Odds, 3 yrs, 7st 61b .......... •• 3 Mr. Phillimore's Solomon, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b ........... The following also started but were not placed ',Aye , Peel's Archy, 3 yrs, Bst 81b ; Mr. Bowes's the of Silverkeld Well, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ; Mr. W. °'• - 71 b; ley's f by Bizarre, out of Flambeau's dam, 3 yrs, ; and Lord Eglinton's Augury, 3 yrs, fist 71b. B't, tll „ist sto 2 agst Palladium, 3 to 1 agst Archy, 4to 7, , ,0 Bizarre filly, 4 to 1 agst Ends and Odds, and 4 to 1 'go' Solomon. Won cleverly. pul‘° Mr. Phillimore's Solomon received forfeit from of Bedford's Magog ; Bst 71b each ; 100/, hft ;T' oat Lord Eglinton's Aug ur y, 2 yr s , received forfeit iialt• Lord ICelburne's He-ha,s•a-Name, 3 yrs, Bst, First . 1 of .Ab. M., 100. t h e ireO r • The attendance this afternoon was very full, foal timer favourable as ever, and the races, which lasted eel noon until four o'clo c k, exce ll en t. The Houghto is expected to be unusually Lry,t - We regret to learn that Sir William Ge ul l:' an cording to accounts received in town, continues alarming state. A llen, AN ESCAPE.—On Monday night Richard one of the Duke of Buckingham's Wotton Unc ler ' l / 4 f r . oto under-gamekeepers, had a proVidential escape death. He was on duty on Risdal-park aw e; and observed a person searching about, a s if for g o it was dusk, and he laid himself down in a fur hot to 00 4 watch the man's movements ; while there a Ina—a rli at him, woundedlim, and he became insensible.„os,. person who shot at him was a labourer name d Cu6jfair. in the employ of Mr. Bond. His version o f the try t o is as follows :—" I was sent by my master to t hing • shoot a rabbit; while in search of it I saw sonlevartis black, which I took to be a rabbit, 'at about fo rm diatance. I fired my gun; on my going himself it to be Allen, he was stunned; oncoming 1 2 .00 he said he was shot. What I took to be the fro* was Allen's black cap." The cap was blown_ " _ A N the man's head some yards, and was perfo rated shot ; a few only entered his person. of t i r SINGULAR PHENOMEN ON .—Mr. Glash. -- t „ o ar. - Cambridge Observatory, reports the following ri'doigbt able appearance on the 4th instant :—" A t 1 . 11 1 . f r osti' the sky had become p er f ec tly clear, and the 1 1 . tied At 21 minutes after twelve I was "much s"' bu t 0" what seemed to b e a v i v id flash of lightn in g: , s trea k turning to discove r it s di re ction, I.SACV a of light in Orion, about 20 degrees in lengtrlivutit _ t t he moment of its discovery. Its centre was as, O___c it io` Jupiter, and the light plainly emanated from quick flickering - waves on each side shou jecre aseri,; - - and at each wave the length and brightness ods. This part of the phenomenon lasted ten sec o n d ti p er: therefore had time to recover my surprise,o_ll ceas e ceive the working of it. When the wavi,agie ‘ ,.bore t there appeared to be a bright star in the p . 1 1 _ , 1 I had seen the centre light of the streak' not e considering what star it could be, that en~ ~nper' with accuracy the place of the phenom: cour se 1 ceived that it gradually faded, and in ured, haviog ; • about two minutes it completely disaP PT e d . the 5 1 0 like the generality of meteors, maintal direction „f t 0 , position all this time. The line Of a t ri ogle es streak made with Orion's belt to the S.- 11 4 thre e degre ine about 40 degrees, the centre light beingd i r , the 53 or north of the upper star of the belt all ibis veA straight line with the three stars in it. I ~ ffirb , o ther.' _ singular meteor may have been observed4gpoit. that this account of it may be verified." --"P 'HE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 15, 1842. th e , Plizi