The Sun. — London, England, 1842-09-29 00:00:00

~..• 4Y tool d the are , tbe s suit' tl~~tt► • itg woo' scrlVf AL t T bV pll, ccpi, 9J'l devotedness to the Imperial Throne with which the Governor of Egypt was animated, and of *long and filithini services." The Imperial t, together with a chsoration,. .similar to, that worn by the Grand Vizier, was delivered, in . 9tile presence of the SULTAN, to SAMI PACHA, wllo was to sail in a few days for Alexandria. The pi :vate letters from Beyrout are dated the 4th inst. On the 20th Ult., MAHOMED PACHA, on beari g that some misunderstanding had. - occurred, between some of the Christian chiefs . Kesrouan, had taken possession of Ghazir, under pretence of restoring order ; so that the Turks may now be considered masters of the three must important points in the Mountains. The French squadron, under Admiral LA. SussE, left that barbqur on the 3d inst. for-. Smyrna, and the British ships .Vanguard and. • Cambridge were to have sailed for Alexandria ou the 4th. The best understanding had sub sisted between the commanders of the two ` , Quadrons dut ing their stay at Beyrout. The Aruse chiefs were still prisoners, but treated with the greatest kindness by the PACHA and I 3 eys. The building of the Protestant Church at Jerusalem was going on slowly; Bishop ALEX.. 4 "En was not yet' entirely recover from his recent The ; ccouets from Malta cf the 15th inst. an .„l“lnnc, the :arrival there on the 13th f rom 35 eyru;I' of Lord CASTLEREAGH and suite in the PliteuiN stettiner. Lieu:. -:Want PLACE, of the Queen, had lately been ti.ied by court-martial and honourably ac quitter;. The squadron was expected to go to sea in few days. The intelligence from Alexandria is of the 6th inst. '!he crews of the different vessels compos ing the Egyptian fleet having been paid one --ear's arrears on the 28th tilt , three ships of the line, were towel out by the steamer Nile, and on the 2d inst. six more, with three frigates, two br igs,' and four corvettes followed. The fleet 'as cruisi ng i n sight, communicating with the land by means of two steamers. On the oth, Immediately after the departure of his daughters le r Cairo, M EHEMET Au intended to repair o n board :he AdMiral's ship, and to remain at sea (11 ' 11 "g' five or six days. The PACHA had been during some days from want of sleep, Z e ` L. " ( Petted to - derive - some benefit from the isl-)•iess of the se a a i r . iLt4 PACHA was shortly expected in Alex andat t he SAID E FFENDI , the Tu r ki s h E nvoy sent a - -le tia:e fr om C onstant i nop l e t o ' regu l ate t h e at ec uunts of the administration of Syria, was still 41 eIwidria. The PACIIA treated him with 'wear attk:ntion, and often took him out in his carriage. A CCOT ling t o l e t ters f rom C a i ro o f t h e 4t h i nst. T rlOrlali ty among the cattie in the chiftliks o f th e P s ACH A led been o f l ate ver y cons id era bl e . N o es than 13,000 oxen had died there, and 2,700 Ith e lands of I BRAHIM P ACHA . N o t a s i ng l e Least had survived on those of SAMI PACHA. It s ' a s. accordi ng l y f eared that the ch i ftl i ks could l" be cultivated this year. The Nile had at th a t d a t e reac h e d th e h e i g ht of 22 cubits. :le French papers of Tuesday, with the ex teption of the Journal des Debats, are chiefly ° eellPied with domestic subjects. That journal contains a long article on the late change of inistry at Constantinople and the present state " the Christian population throughout the Otto -11:41' empire, and c on t en d s , th a t f rom F rance 14 ..., ° 'se they can expect sympat h y an d protect i on. 4 'rr.n the Titrkish Government, the writer adds, 111 (.3' can expect none, fbr it is the victim of an incaruble disorder, and no skill can ward off the .death blow. The Co ns titytion ne l con t a i ns a ' ° tig statement of the revenues and expenses of the French Post-office, and proposes that the vvll ° l C systen. should be reviewed and a reasonable icatemen t made en the postage of letters. The of General Buo . EAun still affords topics dicieusSio.). 't he Commerce infers, from the statirieete it contains, that there is a ir,divisiOn in Cabinet, and that, unless some n ew " accidents occur, the present Ministry will Me 'meet allother session of the Chambers. They ad nn the sustained two defeats in ctural cones. --M. DE SALVANDY and M. - 16 I) , 11 . P"T L'EURE the Ministerial candidates d e, navir:l 4 i ' f ho'i lk ieV e t c d by the colleges of Nogent B , grte B.eelarg, and Brienne. 41reu?r'fee); / of Brest of the 24th inst. an that .es that the Prinee'do Joi6ille and the Duke we're expected on the 10th of October at 13reit, 'where they Nvould embark in the Belle Poule frigate for Lisbon. There they are to be joined by the:Yille.de, Marseille line -of-battle ship, on board Nv)iich_M.dellinsdorf is to take his passage for the Brazils. The Duke D'Aumale would part from his brother at Lisbon, and sail in a steamer for Algeria, and the Belle Poul e an d th e Vill e de Marseille would continue their voyage to Rio Janeiro. According to La France, the b rench Government contemplated re calling M. de Varennes, the French Minister at Lisbon, in consequence of the apathy he was accused of having shown during the negotiation of the treaty lately concluded between Great Britain and Portugal. The Merniteur of the 27th has no official part. The Indicateur, of Bordeaux, of the 25th says : "W e are informed that the misfortune which we announced respecting a barque containing sixty vil !agers, going t o Li s t rac i s not so fatal as we believed; t seems that th ere were on l y twenty-two persons on board, and that several of them were saved. A letter from Oran of the 10th of September, which has only reached us to-day, confirms that the tcw hostile measures of Abd-el-Kader are of more importance than the last report of General Bugeaud Iv9uld allow. The actions in which General d'Ar bouville was engaged near Tekedempt were very serious; several battalions of regulars were observed among the Arabs. Accordingly the 'Governor- G eneral,.aft er eeeiv i ng t h ese reports at Mostaganem, the movement o f t roo p s prepare d f or a continuation "L Th operati ons w hi c h t h ese events had interrupted. I s bare met the Euphrate and the Vaulour st—amers which were coming to take on board the Ist Regiment of-the line in the pr ov i nce o f O ran, an d () tran smitted to 'thein ' order s to return' to Algiers. ur letter from • Oran says in conclusion :—‘.‘ It is aflflouneed that a efmsiderable number of 7l:'hes have again he part \ bd-el-Kader. raets which werelo *or e wr nts belonging t ) tribes allied to r atilk 11.0)elo le I l'be several r i "n'i which have taken lace . that Abd-el i‘ltler has succeeded in collecting a force which it ";,llbsolutely necessary to repulse to a distance."—Le 'oitinteree, Sept. 27. 11 01. ItSE—PARIS, TUESDAY, SEPT. 27. First Highest Lowest Last Pre gm h "roper Price. Price. Price. "roper Cents. 118 80... 118 80... 118 70... 118 70 4 % per Cents 106 L 0... 106 50... 106 50... 106 50 P ourl)crCints 101 35... 101 35 .. 101 35... 101 35 Cent s. l3O ... 80 ... 80 ... 80 Lott r ranee 3265 ...3265 ...3260 .. 3260 te BEA I,ooof 1037 50 ..1037 50...1037 50...1037 50 „irises 5,000f 5047 50...5047 50...5047 50...5047 50 104* ... 'lo4i ... 100 ... 104 k )an. 1840 1051 ... 105 i ... 104 ... 105 1 ish Acti ve 213 223 21i ... 21} it zazo n lit ati . . ... lO5 ... 10 5 i ... 105 ... 105 RAILWAY SHARES 255 ... 255 ... 255 ... 255 1 ••8••........ 97 50... 98 75... 97 50... 98 75 b r i e' • :: ,3 •• ................ 547 50... 547 50... 547 50... 5 47 50 .................. 5132 5(... 582 50... 581 25... 581 25 _ _ CO RN A V ERA GEN P or ° , l ,' : ' 4 Ell A L I. ' EIt ‘ AGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN, thri e k en , LI Sept. 24, It 42, made up from the Returns 01_ ..W.2,Pectoram. he uiderenr Cities and Towns in Englan.i at Whe, t `'.l'et imperial Quarter 114 r,,,'"•••••• ss. I Oats **** 275. hi.. Rye * . .... 29s loe I Pease 331. 3d. Wo..k nES OF THE LAST sIX WEEKS. i ng WM. AT. BARLEY.' OATS. RYE. BEANS. PEASt. U R. 2 I_ st . 5 26__ 9( 19 5i 31 6 8 33 11 4 Pt. i • ........ 5. 0 27 3 18 7i 31 6 3 11 32 6 16 ..... "—*** 53 3 27 . 2 13 . 9 31 5 33 1 32 s 't 7 . 0 27 2 ;11 8 29 4 33 5 33 n 24 ..... 62 8 27 2 11 6 21 10 32 10 32 11 Ji!‘ t pal ****** 61 27 1U 18 4 29 10 ,33 0 33 3 7110 % , 'AL AGG REGATE AVERAGE. OF THE SIX waKits ..ari i ,"•—•••• 5 3, lect Oats 18. 7(1.1 Beaus r>d. Rye l;d whe lE O E t OW FOREIGN COAX. Od.l Beans.... ******* Od. 11.;e 8 r t• E mAI{KET4,—(THIs DAY.) .W . l-11TEOIIAPEL. ' (senpp* of Hay and clover was middling, the d,, good, ;:ild prices ad*anced was 2s. per load. trade Lra W there was but a short. supply, with a brisk t b 47. 7 Cl over,los. to Bs.; Hay, first, 2/. B s . Th e 8 .; Straw, 1/. 111 to 1/. Iss. iniblic C sa j O r L s O II 7IAL MARKET. ere not, of much moment, but nit of Were sustained. The business transacted was FLU 1 moinent. 1 -" r; TEA MARKET. 1 1 64. e ft were the e Tea same as previously quoted for free ; but th e market was in a dull state. Prin ce an u i'!ii;,:elzs Lichtenstein cntert . ained ik te re.len ey P r i nce Esterhazy yesterday Nivart , s SURIVAARY OF MEWS AND ( Public &pinion. " Who runs.may read.' FOREIGN. I • The Accounts brought from the East by,the Levant Mail, are, on the whole, favourable. The Porte in clines to yield to the recemmendation of the Great Powers for restoring the peace of Syria; that recom mendation being the nomination of a Maronite Prince and a Druse Prince to govern . each their people, sub. ject to the control of a Turkish Governor-in:Chief, Mehemet Ali appears to be in great favour at Con stantinople; and, according, to some accounts is de sirous to show his loyalty and good faith by a personal visit to the Sultan. Letters from Erzeroum, of the 15th August (re ceived ifia' Constantinople) announce, that a corps of 500 Persians attacked (about the middle of. July) a detachment of 200 Turkish cavalry, in the environs of Bayazid. The latter, although thus surprised by a superior force, charged the assailants. with great im petuosity, routed, and pursued them to Ovadjik, a dis tance of three leagues. The Persians lost thirty men killed, and had many wounded. The Turks lost only five men. The British corvette Beacon, Captain Graves, ar rived at Smyrna on the 30th ult. This officer had completed the survey of the coast of the Cyclades, and was shortly to proceed on a similar mission to Candia. The new Catholic church built in the village of Boudja, and placed under the protection of France, was inaugurated on the 4th by the Archbishop Massa bini, in presence of the French Consul-General and an immense concourse of people from Smyrna and the environs. The Madrid papers of the 20th are barren of in terest. Nothing doing at the Bourse. The King and Queen of Prussia passed through Basle on the 23d inst., on their way to Neufchatel. Their Majesties were received at Basle by Baron de Werther, the Prussian Minister in Switzerland, Count Arnim, the Prussian Minister at Paris, and Baron Bulow. According to the Suabian Mercury of the 25th inst., the Austrian and Prussian troops constituting the gar rison of Frankfort were to evacuate that city on the 26th. The accounts from Algiers represent Abd-el- Kader's autumnal outbreak as more serious than it is represented. - The plan for the new Palace of the Archbishop of Paris is decided upon. It is to stand upon a site be tween the Rues Massillon, Cloitre Notre-Dame, and Chanoinesse, and the Quai Napoleon, from the Pont Louis-Philippe to the Pont Rouge. The principal en trance will be opposite the promenade of the Cathedral. YILT/SLIC OPINION. The Post, reverting to Sir Robert Peel's tariff, says :—" If, as Sir Robert has declared, France, Holland, Belgium, and the States of the German Con federation, be cattle •importing countries, then there must clearly exist certain countries from which, in relation to them, cattle are exported; and Sir Robert Peel's great sagacity was scarcely required to foresee that his tariff would, assuredly, direct this somewhat copious stream of exportation to England. So long as England shall remain a richer country than France, Belgium, Holland, or any of the Germanic States, so long will England be able to command those stores of foreign meat, which these countries are declared to have hitherto drawn from their neighbours." - - The Times remarks as follows on Mr. Ellis's ap pointment to a special mission to Brazil.:—" The ap pointment of Mr. Ellis, who is about to proceed to Brazil on a special mission connected with the ap proaching termination of the existing commercial treaty between that country and Great Britain, is an incident of considerable importance, and we are satisfied that a fitter' person could scarcely have been employed in the adjustment of our com mercial relations with the important markets of South America. In Brazil we have not to contend with a system of manufactures called into existence by protection, and clamorous for more of that pro tection by which alone they subsist, at the expense of the sound and healthy interests of the community. The wealth of the country is essentially connected with the soil, and with that foreign commerce by which the produce of the soil is exchanged for the manufactures of Europe. If, therefore, we are me naced in Brazil with a system of import duties which would prove onerous to our trade, it is because no other means suggest themselves to the Government for meeting the exigencies of the public service. The necessities of the revenue are the only grounds which can give so much as an appearance of good policy to a measure calculated to • check the whole industry of the country, and to impair the trade of Rio Janeiro. But it is not improbable that such a measure might be carried so far as to defeat its own object, by acting as a prohibition on the imports of Brazil; and the Bri tish Envoy will doubtless be able to show that a high system of duties is injurious to commerce, without really aiding the funds of the Exchequer, whereas the rate of duties most productive to the revenue would inflict no serious burden on trade." The Herald observes :—" The public career of Lord Ashley is as much to be envied as his public character is worthy of all admiration. The Noble Lord has left to more worldly minds the higher, though not more important, branches of political science and of legislation, and has unostentatiously, but resolutely' and incessantly, devoted his faculties and exertions to mitigate that portion of the wretch edness, to alleviate so much of the misery, and to re move all the oppression which the law permits un scrupulous wealth and unfeeling capital to inflict on industrious poverty, involuntary ignorance, and im posed demoralisation. In this cause Lord Ashley prosely tises amongst his order,' instructs Ministers and Parliament, co-operates with every man, regard less of his wealth or station, having a like object, pioneers the way for and directs the investigations of public Commissioners into industrial wrongs and de gradation, arouses and excites public attention and interest, and satisfies his restless activity by ocular demonstration." We take the following from the Chronicle " The new Government has, by the whole course of its proceedings, deepened existing disaffection and pro longed a ruinous uncertainty. At any rate it has avoided the reproach of finality. Not a living soul calculates on the permanence of its measures. The Tory journals are loud amongst the prophets of change ; with this additional item of confusion, that they urge and expect it in opposite directions, back, back !' cries the Post, and onwards' shouts the Times. The interests of commerce and agriculture look on, alike bewildered. Meanwhile the public mind be comes loosened from all the moorings that held it to law and institution. Hundreds of thousands of dis regarded petitioners will petition Parliament no more. The alienation of classes is either pushed to a for midable extreme, or sunk in more formidable union. Assuredly the Peel Government cannot be said to have .done nothing: It has made an annus haudmirabilis." • • ECCLESIASTICAL. Dr. Hook, of Leeds, Prebendary of Lincoln, and Chaplain in ordinary to the. Queen; is Vicar of, per haps, the largest parish in England,. with 36 assist anti, and 130,000 souls. - ELECTIOWEERXTiGd • In the event of Mr. Litton's becoming Master in Chancery, a vacancy will occur in the representation la Coleraine. In such case, . Sir 11. Bruce-.and Mr. 11. Richardson are spoken of as candidates ready to take the field. .Mr. Smith, the . new. Sulicitor-Gene-: ral, is also mentioned. • PUBLIC lIVIPROVMMINTS. A new and extensive pier is about to be erected at Gravesend, to be built entirely of iron, in place of the present temporary pier. ti ND VIZLITAR.:Y. . At WoolWich, on Wednesday,' the leading officers of the Royal Artillery assembled at the, mortar and howitzer, battery at the barracks, to test the strong binding nature of Mr. Jeffrey's " Marine 'Glue." Sir I. Brunel and other scientific men were present, and after a series of experiments, its strong adhesive powers in the wooden balls fired, was considered astonishing. LAW Alin POLICE, The special commission for Stafford will open oi . Monday for the trial of the prisoners, who are 240 in number. The verdict of the Liverpool jury clears Mr. Penis ton of all charge relating to the origin of the fire. Patrick Doran, however, the keeper - of the marine store in which the fire began, has been taken into custody, and stands remanded. Edward Boyden, clerk to Messrs. Feast and-Co., of Finsbury Pavement, oilmen, 'w as charged at GuildhaF yesterday with embezzlement of sums of money, and committed for trial. At Clerkenwell, Mary and Harriet Clean, respect able-looking young women, were charged with hav ing plundered Mr. J. Walton, of Barnsbury-square, Islington, in sovereigns to the amount of nearly 601. They werefully committed for trial, and conveyed to Ncwgate. Frederick Berry, holder of the badge 6,233, was charged at Queen-square with exacting more than the legal fare for the conveyance of the lady of Dr. Bowr ing, M.P. for Bolton, and fined 10s. costs, and the amount of overcharge. . FINE ARTS._ MP WPM. •••• An excellent likeness of Lord Sydenham has just been placed opposite the poltrait of Lord Holland, ii. one of the niches at the Reform Club, which arc appropriated to the reception of celebrated deceasec; Reformers. MITERAILY @ND SCIENTIFIC. The mocieroF7t. — Peter - 's has been removed fron the Garter-room, at Buckingbatn Palace, where i: was erected f or th e inspection of her Majes t y , t( Pall-mall. Fourteen years of the artist's life hay( ''en con.umed in its ', nstrref or : the °ramie , ..dar-pieces, paintings, and the whole of the great Basilica, are faithfully and finely wrougitt Mr. Max Bohrer, the distinguished performer on the violoncello, gave a grand concert yesterday, at the Hanover-square rooms. Mr. Bohrer played three piece§.of.hi:s own composition, one from Romberg- was an elegy on the death of his son. SPORTING. The long pending pedestrian match in Kent, by a Irian aged . 70, took place on Thursday last, on- the Dane John, when Beale completed . the distance in nine . minutes and a half. COURT-_-FASIZIONA.BLE. The Marquis of Westminster arrived in town on Monday last from Eaton Hall, Cheshire, to transact business with his banker. Earl Grosvenor arrived in town on Monday from a tour, and leaves to-morrow for Motcombe Park, Shrewsbury. of'lllanaford arrived at Mivart's Hotel yesteiday, from Yarmouth, isle of Wight. His Excellency Earl De Grey leaves Wrest Park tc-day for Newby Hall, Yorkshire, and on Saturday embarks at Liverpool fo Kingstown, on his return to Dublin. The French Ambassador arrived at Manchester House on Tuesday last. The Earl of Falmouth arrived' u St. James's square on Monday .. ".: ...- Sir James Grahath *liaS left—towif for the Isle of Wight. .7nrsicExazAimiclus. An immense bloCk • dr 11 - 416 r, * or Devonshire granite, was conveyed' yeiturClay to Chadwick's wharf, Milibank, to form part' a • die statue of William IV., about to be erected in King William-street, City. Another block, of the same granite, will be removed to-day to Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross, to form portion of the abacus of the Nelson pil)ar. The resolution voted by the City of London, con ferring the freedom of the city on the King of Prussia, was yesterday presented by the Lord Mayor at the house of his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen ; it was engrossed on parchment, in a very fine style of writing. Several ancient and rare pieces of Cardinal Wolsey s furniture, presented to her Majesty by Mr. Thomp son, of Frognall Priory, Hampstead, are about to de corate Windsor Castle. LA W INTELLIGENCE. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) IN RE GEORGE THOMAS READE. The bankrupt had carried on business up to the year 1834 in Liverpool ; as a general merchant, and subsequently in London as a commission agent, broker, and bill discounter. The amount of debts was stated in the schedule to be 5,6571., and the lia bilities 14,700/. Much of the latter item was stated to have been incurred upon bills and promissory notes, of which a great portion was without consideration, as about 3,0001. alone was for bills passed by way of accommodation to a person named Mayne. It also appeared that Mayne had allowed the bankrupt the use of his name, as an acceptor, without limitation, and there were several outstanding liabilities of this person upon bills of exchange, which it was thought would be made available to the bankrupt's estate. After the proof of debts to the amount of about 1,500/., amongst which was one for 4001. on the part of Richard Reade (brother of the bankrupt), of the firm of Reade and ➢Mathews, the hearing was further adjourned. • POLICE lINTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Samuel Evans, better known in the sporting world as Dutch Sam, the proprietor of the Old Drury public house, in Vinegar-yard, appeared at the bar before Mr. Twyford to answer a summons preferred against him by a young man named Taylor for an assault. The complainant stated that, on the 21st instant he, in company with two of his friends,went intothe defend ant's house, while some other persons were making a disturbance, and one of complainant's friends was in sulted. Some words ensued, which ended in Mrs. Evan's, who was behind the bar, order ing the complainant and his friends, in a peremptory tone to leave the house. She ultimately sent for her husband to turn them out, and when he came down stairs for that purpose, she said to him, " Turn those fellows out, and dislocate their jaws for 'em." The defendant .proceeded to do as he was di rected, and struck witness so violently that he was stunned for several minutes, and on coming to his senses he found that one of his teeth was hanging out, and that his gum was completely smashed. Several witnesses corroborated the complainant's evidence in every particular. The defendant stated that the waiter came up to him, saying that some low fellows had been insulting his mistress, and he heard the complainant himself call his wife an abusive name. Ile then proceeded to turn complainant out of his house, but he denied using more than necessary force. William Meagle, who described himself as a jeweller, confirmed this statement, and positively denied that Mrs. Evans instructed her husband to dislocate anybody's jaw. Robert Burton, the waiter, also corroborated the defendant's statement. Mr. TWYFORD said no doubt the defendant had re ceived some provocation, but he had no right to take the law into his own hands. A person in his particular situation, possessing such great physical power and science, should be very cautious in resort ing, under any circumstances, to acts of violence. He should order him to pay 51., or be imprisoned for three months.—The fine was paid. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (THIS DAY.) Four boys, from eight to twelve years of age, were charged with damaging one of the plantations in Hyde-park, by throwing brickbats and stones amongst the trees, to knock down chesnuts and acorns. Mr. HARDWICK said this practice must be put a stop to, and fined the two eldest boys 10s., or seven days' imprisonment. The others were discharged. Robert Parsons, the father of one of the boys who was fined, was charged with obstructing Wm. Cris pin, park-constable 5, in the execution of his duty. The complainant stated that this morning as he was bringing the four boys from the station house to this Court, the defendant collected a mob of persons about him, and endeavoured to excite them to rescue the children, by calling the constables " in human brutes," and stating that the children were handcuffed together, and were being taken to prison for only " picking up a few acorns in her Majesty's Park." He was at last obliged tobe.taken into custody. Mr. HARDWICK said the defendant had by his foolish interference subjected himself to a penalty of 101. or three months imprisonment ; he (the Worthy Magistrate) was, however, inclined to deal leniently on this occasion, but, as a warning to him and others, he should impose a penalty of 205., or ten days' im prisonment. The defendant said.he could not pay, and was locked up with his son. . - MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Costello . was ~ :harged with stealing some pewter belonging - to the Polytechnic Institution. William Phillips said searid repairs are going" on at present ; prisoner was a w6rliman engaged at those repairs. While - -he (witnesS)'was in the laboratory he saw some laces, Which are used to connect the ma chinery, move upon. the' Opposite wall. He went to look behind. them, and found the prisoner in a recess where pewter is kept. He had two pieces of pewter in his hand, and as he could give no good account of himself he (witness) took him to Mr. Long, the manager, who gave him in charge to a policeman. • Powell, 2 stated that when the prisoner was searched at the station-house three more • pieces of • peWter .. were found concealed upon him. The pewter was identified as the 'property of the Institution ; and the prisoner, whose only defence was that " he had been tempted by the devil," was committed for trial. CITY of LONDON REGISTRATION. (THIS DAY.) Mr. M'Christie, the Revising Barrister, took his -eat in Court at 10 o'clock this morning. The Court entered on the revision of the parish lists, commencing with the parish of Allhallows. The proceedings were principally of a merely formal nature, and gave rise to no point of general interest. • The Court rose at one o'clock, according Ito the usual practice on the day of the election of a Lord Mayor. WESTMINSTER REGISTRATION. (THIS DAY.). Thomas Mallory, the partner of Mr. Russell Pon tifex, the large coppersmith, brazier, and founder, of Upper St. Martin's-lane, who was registered in re ,pect of a " house in Upper St. Martin's-lane," was objected to by the Tories on the ground of non occupation. _ _ It appeared from the evidence of a person named Jackson, who was cross-examined at considerable length, by Mr. Score, that the lease of the premises was from Mr. Pontifex, sen., to his son ; that Mr. Mallory was a partner of Mr. Pontifex ; and that the rent of the premises was paid out of the joint profits of the business.—The name was retained. Sir John Easthope, Bart, M.P., who was regis ered in respect of a house No. 13, Salisburpstreet, was objected to by the Tories, on the ground of non lccupation. James Payne, a servant in the employ of Sir John, proved that the Hon. Baronet occupied the house No. 13, Salisbury-street, on the 30th of July last, and for twelve months previously. Cross-examined by Mr. SCORE-Sir John East hope removed from Salisbury street about April 2. Re-examined—When Sir John left Salisbury-street ilk , wont to Ciraftoli-street, but he left one or two ser cants and a good d e al o f furniture in Salisbury-street. The house was not occupied by any other person now. Mr. SCORE having .obtained permission, proceeded to cross-,examine the, witness again.—Mr. Black lived in the top .floor of the_ house in Salisbury-street. Witness did not know whether Mr. Black was a tenant of Sir John's, but knew that Mr. Black had been there snore than three years and a half, which was the time witness had been in Sir John's employ. Mr. Black had not access to any other rooms than those at the top of the house. Witness had the keys of the other rooms. The REVISING BARRISTER said, in this case the name should be retained. Thomas Cuss, who was registered on the scot and lot list in respect of premises in Buckingham-street, was objected to on the ground of his being a- con stable holding his appointment from the Police Com missioners. It appeared from the evidence that Cuss was the beadle of the parish of St. Martin; he had a warrant to act as constable for'local purposes, but he received no pay from the Police Conunissioners.— The name was retained. MUNE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUAIV /ER TO THREE. The principal featnrein the market to-day is an increased demand for money, for which as much as four per cent. has been paid for advances on Stock. The extent of business in the funds has again been trifling, but without any mate vial alteration in prices, although the appearance is generally fiat. Consols 92i 921 for Money,. and 921-, for. the Ac count. India Stock, 247 249 ; New Three-and-a- Halt per Cents., 1001 1004; India Bonds, 36; Exche quer Bills, Old, 49 51; New, 48 50 prem. The firmness in the prices of Foreign Securities has not abated, the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. hav ing been sold at 52, and the Five per Cents. at 104. A transaction has occurred in Chilian Bonds at 88. The quotation for Mexican Bonds remains at 354.. The Share Market has also exhibited some little briskness :--London and Birmingham 1831 ; South Western, 574-; Eastern Counties, 81; Brighton, 34; Croydon, 10; South Eastern and Dover, 23; the Scrip, 111 12; and Edinburgh and Glasgow, 46i. Spanish are the only Bonds quoted to-day, the Five per Cents. 15i, the Three per Cents. 201. It is stated that some of the larger holders of the Bonds of Buenos Ayres have it in contemplation to call a general meeting, for the purpose of adopting measures to obtain some portion, at least, of their long neglected claims upon that State. This is a ju dicious proceeding, and if carried, out with unanimity will doubtless prove successful. The present condition of the various South American States, forbids the hope of any large payment immediately, but their resources are such as to enable them gradually to extinguish these debts. A. part of the revenues of the Customs, for instance, regularly set apart and strictly applied, would speedily effeet this. The sale of Chilian Stock noted above at 88 per cent., affords an ample proof of the correctness of the view thus taken. PR ICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow London anc Brighton .... 50 Loudon and Birmingham 90 lB3i to Ditto Thirds London and South Western ... 4 1 % ••... 57 London and Croydon (Trunk)... 134 lO Manchester and Birmingham 40 North Midland . ...100 Scuds Eastern and Dover Ditto Scrip ...... 15 'MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 28. Railway Shares are rather more in demand, but not much business doing. Bolton and Preston, 16i ; MidlandtoUnties, 591 to 601; North Midland, 561 to 5n ; Manchester and Birmingham, 22 ; Bank of Manclester; 2/.25. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 29.—Wind this day at noon, Fresh, cloudy at times. DEAL, SEPT. 28.—Wind N.E., strong breeze.— Sid. Forth (steamer), and Teviot (steamer), West Indies; Leland, Boston; John Romilly, Halifax. GUERNSEY, SEPT. 25.--Sld. Speculator and Hal cyon, Demerara. JERSEY, SEPT. 25.—Sld. Messenger, Bahia; Wave, Madeira. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 28.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Monte zuma steamer, London for Havannah ; William Murray, Dobie, Buenos Ayres. Sld. Rowland Hill, Newport and Jamaica. Arrd. off, Alfred, London for Sydney, New South Wales. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E.— ort Rico, iled Arrd. off, Steadfast, Cape of Good Hope for London. LivEHroor,.., SEPT. 28.—Wind P N.N.E. fresa sh.— Arrd. Margaret Poynter, Page , Aug. 12 ; Michigan, Hastings, New Orleans. Sld. Pauline, St. Thomas. Coax SEPT. 26.—Arrd. Lasca r, Mackie, Manilla, out 14Vdays. Sld. Thomas Hanford, 3liramichi. SHIELDS, SEPT. 28.—The Sylph, of this port, in towing out yesterday, struck on the Herd Sands, and put back leaky. Sld. Concord, St. John's, N.B. PARIS, SEPT. 27.—The Adolphe, Brodeau, of Havre, from Martinique to St. Domingo, in ballast, was wrecked on the Ayes Island, July 29. CALAIS, SEPT. 28.—The Dolphin, Wiekborg, from, Hull to the Brazils, is ashore near this port ; the mas ter and one man drowned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RECEIVED THIS DAB' NEWMARKET, WEDNESD AY NIGHT. CESAREWITCIT STAKES:—:7 to 1 agst Bellissima-8 to 1 agst Portrait (taken 'freely)-9 to 1 agst Blue Bonnet (t)-10 to I agst Flor e n c e-12 to 1 agst Ralph —l3 to 1 agst Amanita-20 t o 1 each agst Arianus, Ma Mie, and Phu°ld; in on e b e t-400 to 1 00 agst Blue Bonnet and ,Florence. DERBY.-25 to 1 agst Napier (t)-30 to 1 agst Queen of Trumps colt (t). OAKS.-12i to 1 agst each of the foll wing in one bet—Maria Day, Wee Pet, M acremma f, and Extempore. Rutland Stakes (to-morr ow )—All are scratched ex cept Bastile, Testy, and Lord Exeter's two. Entry for the Queen's Plate (to-morrow)-15na, An dope cult, Bridegroom, and Woldsman. Town Plate (to - morrow)—Everilda, f by Bizarre, out of Flambeau's dam, Lasso, Ma Mie, and Rosalind. WALSA LL RACES—WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, twice round and a distance. Mr. Fowler's Sunflower, 4 yrs (Denman) 1 1 Captain Crofton's Muleteer, 5 yrs .................... 2 2 Mr. Shepherd's Tresilian, 3 yrs ...................... dis The Welter Stakes of 5 s ovs . eac h, 20 added. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Greave's Isabella, 6 yrs (Mr. Friend) 1 1 Mr. Boycott's Donington, 6 yrs ...................... 4 2 Mr. Evan Davis's Brewood, 4 yrs ..................... 2 dr Mr. Purrock's Jolly Boy, 4 yrs ...................... 3 dr The Maiden Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. Heats as above. Mr. Woodhouse's Caitiff; 5 yrs (J. Day, jun.)f 1 1 Mr. Tempest's Forester, aged FLANDERS and DUTCH PAPERS. BaussEEs, SEPT. 26.--The Senate voted on Sa . - turday, by a majority of 24 to 3, the Project of law relative to the loan, and likewise some other Bilk, after which the Minister of the Interior read the de cree closing the session of 1841-42. The assembly broke up with cries of " Vive le Rol! " The King was to go on Tuesday to the camp at Beverloo. His Majesty's indisposition has caused his departure to be deferred. it b disco very has just been made, that a large quantity of sugar belonging to the Netherland s C omme rcial Company, hasTeTnEPstlOAleAni' SEPT. outof 26.-IVe learn that a the public entrepots. The re ports on the subje ct, are, however, of_ such a nature that we do not thin k it e xpedient to publish them at present. - FRANKFORT, SEPT. 24 . — Some newspapers have said, that in the diplomatic ci rc l e assem bled round Prince Metternich, of Johannisberg, the question of the marriage of the young Queen Isabella of Spain, was discussed. " We are enabled to assert that no diplomatic deliberations on the nature of a congress 9r formal discussion took place en this or any other question. This, of course, dis Poses of all other state for the hand of the Actual Debt, BELGIAN FUNDS.- 13 " 881 t1.s, 5 y „ .2 7 . youngment s r g e s u p e e e c n t i . ng the Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent ....... . ... .. ...•lot q Loan of Thirty I)lBinr s, " r P er Cer.t , ....... , 1 .„......- Three Per Cent ....... .—_----- ili•119 ditto • ......... --- Thirty-seven Mt • , ---..----- (18,4, 0) :: ........ .... 7I ti per Cent. .............. I2k Loan of City, 1832, Four Four and a d .............. 92 Society of Commerce , Half per Cent.. 86 Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent .................... .... 75% National Society ..: .......................................... Exchange on London (short) c ., .......... 2% per Cent , .... .......................... _ —llrusscls Papers. SePt. -'• EIAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, S c rr 24. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. .............. ..... .......... ..., _ lio Bank Sharel . '.: . _. ... ....................................... 1645 . 4 4 per Cent. ......... ...... :Ala' s'l Anglo.ltussian 'Loan . iii . ;;. . i . ,:5 .. :& ,... i . ti ........... ........... I, , i1) ,,, i,:a Ift v A i Russian 5 per Cent., Inscription, Ist series ............. ~. .. ............... • 103,‘, _ . Russian b per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series ... . ... ......... ...... ...... .. . ...... 97% New 4 per Cent. (1840).... ........ .. . ................. Eg,,i, 8,54 D D i u t t i c o h in A C c e tu rl a i l ti D ote Certificates , .................................... 98 Ditto _ S per Cent. ............... ....:4 _.2,,,, . Polish Bonds.. ........ , ................ . ..... . _ New Tickets ... , ..... ..... ............................. .. 1 4 , 8 Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. .................. 81 _ Spanish, Ncw 5 per Cents. .. , ... 18 GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week e n din g Sept. 24, 1842 Passengers ....... . ........... £972 7 6 Merchandise ............•....... ..... 350 16 9 .£1,323 4 3 0 n Dal W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. , C li o n r g r i e o s i p i, on s d e i p e t g . , zek last year ...4:1,351 llast,i nforronmin Rtte;hdoam Ocean ; The foll ow i ng s hip s of the General Steam Naviga tion Co m p any arr i ve d i n the river in th e course o f this Capt. J. C. i‘ m i a c i i l la ii , a c eke ap t, ea Capt, N\ W . Phillips, , g o :—rl from Ostend ; and' the Wilberf orce, C apt. J. Stranack, from Ant wer p. If a w oman wr it es a bold, manly hand, it i s .prolia the bi.o :lc lizt! ~.,. -, .k.„.,,; ..... .. A ..... -• I "' i " analogy between the handwriting and the charaCter of individuals than people are generally aware of. ''. ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR. (THIS DAY.) A Common Hall was held this day in the Guildhall according to annual custom, for the purpose of pro. ceeding to the election of two members of the Court of Aldermen, one of whom is selected by that Court to serve the office of Lord Mayor for the year ensuing. In consequence of its being known that the return of Alderman T. Wood would not be permitted to take place without a contest, and that the worthy Alderman was determined, in the event of his return being opposed, to go to the poll, there was a great crowd collected outside the Hall at an early hour. The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs arrived at the Guild hall shortly after eleven o'clock, and at half-past eleven the Corporation proceeded in procession to attend Divine service at the church of St. Lawrence. Alderman 'l'. Wood was very early in his attendance. -He was among those members of the Corporation who attended Divine service, as were Alderman Humphrey and Magnay. The neighbourhood of the Guildhall exhibited all the bustle usually attendant upon a contested elec tion. There were several placards exhibited, all however of a business character, such as " Vote for T. Wood and Humphrey, the next in rotation," " Vote for Humphrey and Magnay," " Vote for the Lord Mayor and Gibbs." Although the occasion seemed almost to call for a display of the witty powers of the citizens themselves, not a single squib, or any thing havingthe remotest pretensions to one, was ex hibited. As the hour approached for the return of the Corporation from church, the hall began rapidly to fill, and by one o'clock it was crowded. The Corporation returned from church shortly after one o clock. There was no demonstration of popular feeling either as they were going to or as they returned from church. At ten minutes after one the Lord Mayor took the chair. The differerit civic authorities took their places on the platform, and the hall was opened in the usual form. Alderman T. Wood on coming forward was re ceived with mingled expressions of disapprobation, and applause. The applause, however, predominated. The Lord Mayor was received with slight cheering. Silence having, been proclaimed, The RECORDER came forward to address the Li very. He said that they were assembled to exercise the highest privilege conferred upon them by the charter of their ancient City. According to their charter the legal qualifications for the Lord Mayor elect were, that he should be a member of the Court of Aldermen, and that he should have served the office of Sheriff. it was their privilege to return two indi viduals duly qualified to serve the office to the Court of Aldermen, in order that they might select one of those persons so qualified to fill the office. The names of those Aldermen who had not already passed the Chair, would be sub ' initted to them by the Learned Common Sergeant, and it was their duty to return two of their number to the Court of Aldermen. It was their undoubted right and privilege to choose which they liked. Of the fitness of the different parties to serve the office, they were the sole judges.—(Cheers.) They were to re turn those who, in their opinion, were the best fitted to fulfil the duties which would del olve upon them. The COMMON SERGEANT then read over the names of the di&rent Aldermen qualified to serve the office, in the same order in which they were afterwards sub mitted to the Livery. The Learned Common Ser geant then read a letter from the medical attendant of Alderman Lainson, requesting that that gentleman might not be put in nomination this year, on the ground of ill health. Mr. Alderman THOMAS WOOD then came forward amidst much cheering and some marks of disappro bation, to address the Hall. He stood before them not in the capacity of a candidate for the office of Lord Mayor, but as the Alderman in rotation, for their ap probation and that distinction which belonged to honourable men.—(Cheers.) Aspersions had been cast upon him, and extensively circulated, with a view alike to damage the character he held in society and his interests as a member of their Corporation. He had sought for, he had courted inquiry three successive thnes—(Hear, hear)—in his own Court, and that had been refused him.—(Hear, hear.) Ile, therefore, stood before them without any charge substantiated to his prejudice, and if any accusation were then brought forward, he was ready to meet it. —(Cheers.) He had for the last two rears been sub ject to as gross a persecution as a public man had ever endured.—(Hear.) Attempts had been made last year to prevent his return, but the kindness of his fellow citizens had seen through the artifice, and had return ed him with the present Right Hon. Lord Mayor, for the selection of his brother Aldermen. `Not one single fact had since been elicited 'to the injury of his cha racter; but still the old sore had been re-opened, not for any useful purpose, but in order to awaken dissensions which should have long since been buried in oblivion.—(Hear, hear.) He knew not to what that was to be attributed, unless it were owing to the fearless discharge of his public duties, and to his having compelled the performance of an act of justice Which, though tardy in its operation, had procured for him an inheritance of persecution.—(Hear, hear.) If that were the reward which a public Magistrate were to meet with, he knew not how character could be secure, or public property could be protected, unless by falling hack on the Livery, or the constituent body whose approbation he then solicited.—(Cheers.) lie was, like all men, assailable in public. All he asked for was a fair investigation into his conduct. He stood before them for that pur pose. He had asked the Court of Aldermen what were the charges against him ; and when had he re ceived an answer ? Why, yesterday, for the first time. And what was the amount of the charge ? It was this : that, in common with many other persons injured by public Companies, he had been misled and misguided by a public Company. It had been as sorted, that, as a Director of the Talacre Coal Corn pany, he had produced as the coal of the Company coal of a different mine. To that assertion he gave an unqualified and unhesitating contradiction. (Cbcers.) It was as base a falsehood, fabricated for purposes of malignity, as human ingenuity had ever invented • to prejudice the character of a public man. He had been formerly prevented, by a feeling of be nevolence, and by the advice of others, from making known the position in which he stood. He now called upon his accusers to find out one single thing in connexion with the transaction in question to which he would not be prepared to give an immediate and satisfactory answer.— (Cheers.) He did not think that was the place for discussions of the kind ; but that was the place for the appeal of an honest heart to honest men.—(Cheers.) It was for them, judging without prejudice, un influenced by any sordid considerations to decide upon his claims on their support and approbation. There was another charge to which he should allude. He should first state. that it bad been made on him by one of his Aldermanic brethren. —(Hear, hear, and cries of " Shame ")—he meant Alderman Wilson.—(Cries of " Where is he ?") He was not there that day; he had shrunk from stating in public the charges which he was so ready to ad vance in private. Mr. Alderman Wilson had thought fit to attack him on the ground of poverty. He never had pretended to be rich; he had not been sent into that Corporation to represent the rich; but he had been sent there for the purpose of maintaining the libertie3 and privileges of their City, and guarding its interests. lie had been sent to discharge faith fully his duties as a Magistrate ; ar.d he appealed to them, whether he had not, up to that moment, unex ceptionably performed the duties which devolved upon him.—(Hear.) And if that was the case, was he to be excluded from the office of their Chief Magistrate, because he was ,not rich ?—(Hear, hear.) Was the amount of weal,th to be the test of civic worth ? And were persona qualifications to be disregarded ? If that were to be so, merit would be left at the mercy of money. Let them see what the rich Magistrate might do. He was sorry that the party he alluded to (Mr. Alder man Wilson) was not then present. But had they not a Chief Magistrate spending large sums of money in invitations not only to the citizens but to his friends conferring his favours first on his family and then on the public ? They had seen the book of invitations lent to the secretary of a Com mittee appointed to collect for that Magistrate the sum necessary for purchasing a piece of plate ; while every one who had received an invitation was called upon to subscribe his guinea. The secretary was to be rewarded ; but that reward was to be paid by the public, for the Chief Magistrate in question had procured for the Secretary the situation of an Income tax Commissioner. That was the rich man who dared to complain of his (Mr. Ald. T. Wood's) poverty, That was the man who was so solicitous for the in dependence of the Mansion-house. He should then leave himself entirely in their hands. He cared not for the office of Lord Mayor on his own account; and if they thought he was not fitted for discharging its duties he did not wish for their support. All he asked was that a man should not be judged before he had been heard, that aspersions on his character should not be believed until an opportunity of answering them had been given. He would tell them to remember that until a man was found guilty, he should be held to be innocent.— (Hear, hear.) He thanked them for the kind hearing they had given, and lie hoped he should by and bye address them in a new capacity.—(Much cheering.) The COMMON SERGEANT then came forward, and said All you good men of the Livery that would have Thoiniks Wood, Esq., Alderman and framework knitter; to be Lord Mayor for the year ensuing, will hold up your hands. Nearly three parts of the persons in the Hall held up their hands amidst loud and prolonged cheering. The COMMON SERGEANT then put the name of John Lainson, Esq., Alderman and ,spectacle-maker, the same manner, but there were only two hands held, up,, The name of John Humphery, Esq., Alderman and tallow-chandler, was then put in the same manner, and about half the meeting held up their hands. The name of William Magnay, Esq., Alderman and stationer, was then put, and about fifty hands were held up. The 'lame of William Gibbs, Esq., Alderman and fishmon ger , was t h en put, andabout fifty hands were held up. John Johnson, Esq., Alderman and spectacle maker, was then put, but no hand was held up. The remaining Aldermen were then put in the same manner. The COMMON SERGEANT then came forward, and said that the Sheriffs were of opinion that the elec tion had fallen on Thomas 'Wood, Esq , Alderman, and framework-knitter, and John Humphery, Esq., Alderman, and tallow-chandler. This announcement was received with deafening shouts. No poll having been demanded, The Sheriffs, Common Sergeant, and the other officers, then returned to the Council-room in order to report the election to the Court of Aldermen. After an absence of half an hour, Mr. Alderman T. WOOD entered the Hall, and was received with loud cheers. The worthy Alderman then came forward to the front of the platform, and said that he had told them but just now that he should shortly appear before them in a new capacity, and he did then appear before them in a new capacity, not as the selected, but as the rejected of the Court of Aldermen.—(Cries of " Shame, shame.") He re turned the Livery his sincere thanks for the honour able support they had given him, and for the kindness which he had received from one of the largest halls ever assembled—(Cheers)—and that was a subject for no trifling gratitude.—(Loud cheers.) Although his brethren of the Court of Aldermen had not thought fit to trust him with the civic rule for the ' ensuing year, yet he hoped by the faithful discharge of his duties as a Magistrate, to secure their approbation, and having secured that, he cared little for any other consequences. (Loud cheers.) lie hoped that day twelvemonths again to solicit their kind support ; for while he remained capable of wearing the gown he would annually appear before them, rather for the purpose of receiving their approbation—(Loud (leers) —than for the sake of the office which had been re fused him.—("Shame, shame.") Nothing could efface from his heart the impression produced by the appro bation of the Livery, and thanking them cordially for the confidence they had been willing to repose in him, he, for the present year, bade them farewell. Alderman T. Wood then retired amidst loud cheers. Immediately afterwards the Civic Officers returned from the Court of Aldermen, Ald. Humphery as Lord Mayor elect walking on the right of the Lord Mayor. As soon as Alderman Ilumphery made his appear ance, he was received with loud cries of "Shame, shame," mingled with faint cheers. On their arrival on the platform, The RECORDER came forward, and announced, amidst great confusion, that the election had fallen on John Ilumphery, Esq., Alderman and tallow-chandler. Mr. Alderman HUMPIIERY then came forward to address the meeting. He was received with some -cheers, mingled with loud hisses and groans. The hissing and groaning continued for a considerable time, during which the worthy Alderman in vain endeavoured to obtain a hearing. As soon as the uproar had in some measure subsided, he said if they would allow him one moment to ex plain to them the reason why he had takea upon him self the office of Lord Mayor of the City of London, he was quite sure they would give him praise instead of any hisses whatever.—(Cheers,) When he went into the Court of Aldermen, his impression was that the Court would elect Thomas Wood, Esq., Alderman.-- (Cheers, mingled with hisses.) The majority—the great majority of that Court of Aldermen—had thought proper to elect him (Mr. llumphery). (Cheers, and groans.) There was was no man in that hall who could feel the unenviable situation in which he (Mr. Humphery) was placed by that election.—(Uproar.) Mr. Ald. Wood was a friend of his, and he felt that if he could in any way serve him he would.—(Cheers.) But when he explained to him, and when he explained to the Court of Alder men, what would be the result of his refusing to take upon himself—for he was ready to pay the fine, and ready to abide the result of a refusal, the re sult of that refusal to Mr. Wood would be, that he would be again put up with one of the junior Alder men under him (Mr. Humphery). Every one of those junior Aldermen were ready and willing to take upon himself that office'. lie (Mr. Humphery), therefore, felt that if he allowed any junior Aldermen below him, who was ready and willing to take on himself the office, that he (Mr. Humphery) would be sinking below them, which he thought he had no right to do. If he could have paid the fine, and placed Mr. Alder man Wood in a position to be returned by the Court of Aldermen, he would have done it.—(Cheers.) But he was placed in that situation that it was impossible Mr. Wood could be elected by a majority of the Court of Aldermen. He was therefore placed in an unenviable situation. A number of his fellow-citizens found fault with him for taking upon himself that office.—(Loud cheers and groans.) lie was placed before the Court of Aldermen, and he was selected by , them by a large majority. If he could have resigned in favour of Mr. Alderman Wood, he would have done it. No man knew better than he did what popular elec tions were, and he should have felt much more gratified if he had been elected by a majority of time Livery, than he did in being elected by a majority of the Court of Aldermen. There had been a placard published calling upon the Liverymen to vote for Mr. Alderman Wood and Mr. Alder moan Humphery. That had been done unknown to him by the friends of Mr. Alderman Wood. Their proper course would have been to have put Mr. Alderman Wood with Mr. Lain son, and then Mr. Alderman Wood would have been returned; as Mr. Alderman Lainson being incapable of serving, the Court of Alderman would have had no other course to pursue. They must not, therefore, blame him (Mr. Humphery) for taking upon himself the office, because if he had not done so, Mr. Alderman Wood would have been rejected, and a junior Alderman elected. He, being thus elected, should endeavour, in the situation to which he was called, to conduct himself in a manner to give the utmost satisfaction in his power. He would endeavour to uphold the hospitality and independent cha racter of the Magistrates of their City while he held office. Nothing upon earth would be wanting upon his part to, maintain that character. Ile should never express any political opinions whatever while discharging his official duties. He should endeavour to steer that course that no man should know his political feelings but by repute. He knew that it was a difficult matter to please everybody. if Mr. Alderman Wood could have been returned by his (Mr. ll.'s) vote, he' would have had it. Having been returned, he thanked them most sincerely for the honour, and respectfully made his bow.—(Cheers.) The Lerd Mayor elect, was then invested with the " insignia of his office, amidst cheers and groans. Mr. Deputy STEVENS then came forward to dis charge the agreeable duty of proposing, a vote of thanks to the late Sheriffs, Messrs. Magnay and Rogers. He had had the honour of proposing Mr. Rogers, and he would appeal to the Livery wheth e r w h a t h e had said on that occasion had not been fully borne out by Mr. Rogers' conduct. 11lr. Deputy B EDFORD secon d e d th e mo ti on The motion was then p u t an d carr i e d unanimously. Mr. Alderman Magnay and Mr. Sheriff Rogers then briefly returned thanks. Mr. KING then came forward, and said that he had to propose a vote of thanks to a gentleman to whom thanks were justly due ; and if he wanted a prece dent for the vote he was about to propose, he would refer them to the cases of Alderman Waith-' man and Alderman Garrett, who had both served them well and faithfully in the office of Lord Mayor. So likewise had their present Lord Mayor; and he richly deserved a similar compliment. He knew it might be said that his Lordship's year of service had not yet expired—that he had not yet closed his accounts ; but the real question was, would they thank him then, or would they not thank him at all. That was the question, and he thought lie knew enough of them to know that they would una nimously concur in the vote that he was about to propose.—(Loud cheering.) Ile had atten tively observed the career of Sir John Pirie as Alderman and Sheriff, and as Lord Mayor, and he could confidently assert that although some might have done as well, none had ever done better. It might be possible that Sir John Pirie might be eclipsed ; but if they never had a worse Lord Mayor, they would do very well. lie had always kept up the ancient fame of the City for hospitality ; and one of the proudest charac teristics of his Mayoralty was that no one could tell from his conduct in this office what his politics were. —(Loud cheers.) The lion. Gentleman then pro posed that the thanks of the Livery b e given to Sir John Pirie for the s p lendid hospitality with which he had maintained his exalted rank, for his liberal contributions to the different charitable i ns titutions of the metropolis, and for his great atten tion to the discharge of the duties of his high of fice.—(Cheers.) Mr. Deputy STEVENS seconded the motion. A number of gentlemen there had thought that a vote of thanks ought to be proposed to the Lord Mayor, but no vote was drawn up, th and w hil e t h e l ast speaker had been addressingthe vote had been drawn up, and when a vote coualrabe drawn up in such a short time, they must have hle d ject to enable them to d o i t. T a pretty good sub and Lady Pirie, and They all knew Sir John that a charitable institution there was not which had not recei ve d their r. in metropolis t the rr ,...ronaga and anpPort- He lid great pleasure i n secon di n g the motion, ' which he trusted would be coaled =willowy. The vote was then read by the Town-Clerk, put, and carried unanimously. The LORD M.Avon, in returning thanks, said that. he should not at that hour encroach at any length upon their time. He should merely offer them his sincere acknowledgments for the compliment which had been paid to could assure them that in the discharge of his .public: duties the approbation of his fellow-citizens waL , the only reward he desired.—(Cheers.) The Hall was then dissolved, MONEY MARIi.ET and CITY NEWS: CliT, WEDNESDAY.EVENING. FROM THE NORNINd PAPERS OF TL'(la DAY. POST.—There was no news whatever frortl any quarter to influence the value of the public seem. Sties, and the quotations generally remain this even. 'ng much the same as at the close of the markets yestei "••• day. There was, perhaps, rather more inquiry for temporary loans for Stock Exchange purposes. The rate, however, at which accommodation is obtained has varied but slightly, the range taken being from 3 to 4 per cent. per annum, on the deposit of stock. In Lombard-street the terms are equally stationary. Commercial bills are currently done at or about 25 per cent., according to the quality of the paper, the rate q u thato t t h e de the b e moreind ge demand u h an a ne t dx N c V f oe h pr i ctdihoi discount, : e t e l oa s ns s t i rha thane parts a t c d t o i e o os n f snt the bappills of r niercantile houses, is at all pressing, which is the more worthy of notice, as, from all accounts, the embarrass ments of the corn-trade are not diminished, but rather the reverse. Another failure in this branch of busi ness was whispered about yesterday, but it was not one of any thing like equal' importance with those that have preceded it, and the event was theretiwe for the moment not publicly adverted to, especially as there was a possibility of some satisfactory a je ment being effected between the insolvent firm audits creditors. Of this, however, there w ou ld seem to b e no longer any prospect , and, as the name has been openly announced in another quarter, we may men tion that the parties placed in difficulties are Al ejsm . W. Hills and Co.; the factors. The liabilities of the firm are found to be from 40,0001. to 50,0001. Such at least, is the estimate given of them by usually well informed persons, and there can be but little doubt of its accuracy. The knowledge that the importations of corn in the early part of the year were large, anti . that the views of the speculators have been com pletely frustrated, in consequence of the abundance and superior excellence of the crops at. home this season, is, no doubt, a circumstance calculated to add to the prevailing distrust of the Mark-lane °pestles. Many of the factors must inevitably have comeignder large advances to the shippers abroad, nor can the fact have been concealed from the bankers and others to whom they are accustomed to look for money accommodation ; and this, it should be borne in mind, is one of the evils inseparable from a state of affairs like the present, when heavy engagements are maturing in the face of an adverse position of the markets. The factors who, in ordinary times, may be entitled to every confidence, and a corresponding latitude in the way of discounts, find, to their cost, that they have ventured too far, and it is in vain that they represent to their bankers the wide differen c ie they feel to exist between the speculator and him who, merely comes under the usual advances on the pro perty speculated in. The banker, for his own security, insists upon the degree of responsibility involved in the case of his customer as the principle to be adapted for his guidance, and, in so insisting, it is clear lie must be held to be blameless. SUN.—The Funds closed, after a very few trifling bargains, at the prices of yesterday. Consols 924 922 for Money, and 924 92 8 for the Account. India Stock, 249 250; Exchequer Bills, New, 49 51 ; and Old, 50 52 premium. Foreign Securities, where a change occurred, were higher. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 514 52; the Five per Cents., 102 1021; Belgian Bonds. 1024 103 4 ; Danish, 83 84; and Brazilian, 67 68. Very few bargains were made in Mexican Bonds, nevertheless quotations were not quite so good as yea terday, they being, nominally, 35 354. The Share-market exhibited a greater degree of . firmness, though prices did not materially vary.. London and Birmingham were 182 184 ; Birming ham and Gloucester, 39 41 Great Western, 81 B'2 ; the Half Shares, 584 594 ; South Western, 571 58 ; South Eastern and Dover, 22 224; Eastern Counties, 84 84 ; Northern and Eastern, 34 35 ; Blackwall, 64 7 ; and Brighton, 34 344- per share. The quotations for the 13onds were—Colombian, 204 21 ; Peruvian, 15 16; Portuguese Five per Cents.. 354 351; the Three per Cents., 21 '214 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 154 164; the Three per Cents., 204 214. A singular contradiction in the money market has been visible to-day, namely, a difficulty in employing money at even a low rate of interest, and an equal difficulty in procuring discounts. This has been oc casioned by a distrust of commercial paper, on account of the late failures in the Corn Exchange, and the probability that more may yet take place among specu lators. It was rumoured yesterday that a highly re spectable house was in difficulties, but which were not so pressing but. that a private arrangement woul d probably be effected. The indecent haste of two of our contempo raries one of which is notorious for the exhibition of a . morbid appetite for failures, has prevented this, and it has now to be announced that Messrs. King an d slelville have suspended their payments, this firm making the fifth or sixth factor which has been compelled to take a similar course since the operation of the new Corn law. It must be noted that these parties are not spe culators themselves, but have advanced to foreigners beyond the extreme value of the cargoes consigned to !hem fir sale, and it is to the fact that the pro ceeds have not been nearly sufficient to cover the acceptances, that the failures are to be attributed. The uncertainty as to the extent which paper may be covered by security has led to much caution on the part of the various discount-brokers, 'end to-day it was very difficult to obtain cash for bills, though the identical houses which refused the ac commodation also refused to take money even at two per cent. The total amount of the liabilities of the particular house in question is stated to be ex tremely limited comparatively, while it shows, in common with others similarly situated, ample assets. Much disappointment has been felt at the post ponement of the discussion on the subject of the Affghan war at the India House to-day, but it was so:newhat mitigated by the pledge given by the mover that it would be brought forward at the next General Court, and the certainty that such pledge will be redeemed. After much opposition, the Directors of the West India Mail Steam Packet Company obtained a con firmation of the Report, and consequently an approval of the new route to be adopted by their vessels, the first of which, upon the improved plan, will leave in a few days for her destination. Now that the error which has been committed in a too'great extension of this line has been acknowledged, and is about to he remedied, it might appear invidious to call attention to the failures which have taken place ; it may, how ever be noted that the period of the year has passed in which the want of regular correspondence has been; more seriously felt, and that the next hornewaT steamer, like all its predecessors, is now m an y da y s over due. EanAxust.--7n the paragraph yesterday referring to M. Lamartine's address at the meetings of the Academy of Macon, for " resident" read "Preent.' Copy of a communication addressed to Messrs London : Rowland ar.d Son, No. 20, Hatton-garden, " Gentlemen,—Being called upon to attend a lady, who had had a complaint in her head about a year before, and, in consequence, had lost nearly all her hair ; I found very few hairs remaining, and those just like down, with no appearance of any fresh roots. :The stated her desire to use your Macassar Oil, but I felt I could not cnscientiously recommend anything for its recovery, as I considered it too far gone. She, how ever, determined to try one bottle, which was. use d i n about a month, and then sent to my shop for another, stating . her hair to be much improved ; s h e , h as used eight bottles in as many months, th an s, d d h uringyih n i o c w h time I have frequently pointed pleasure to inform you, that it is quite thi ck ave - now the change, that sh e she will never be tstatement of facts worth end she is so much pleased with the lck and I° 9 Licit s ays the expense is nothing, an d o do so, and remain. without it. If you think this 19, 184 LM; publishing, you are at liberty Hair -cutter, Mid yours respectfully, Jo RN MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT Mid dle-street, Ripon, April Friday last, Mr. Charles HT 2. A " T GODSTONE. , -011 man whose f amily Hampton Turne r , Tofugronoe,ri, standing I. e e - a n 3 e ' i o g i h m b g ourbood l i i i i i nc tl e :e Turner of Rook's.n , and who is son of Mr. C. 11. in. his employ, lying was - discovered by a labourer est, back, quite dead by the side of a ditch on his with a gun by his side, and his brains blo wn out b An y means of a gun-shot in his fore head. inquest was taken before Mr. Carter, the Coroner for the county , ,when the Jury brought in a verdict that " the deceased died from a gun-shot , , , there was no decided evidence to prove ° what means he received the same ; at the same time they were led to believe from the evidence, that it was from accident." - . Lord W. Douglas, Sir Trevor 'Wheeler, Bart., Sir G. Lefevre, Capt. Waugh , and Capt. Winning ton, arrived at the Brunswi ck p i er , Blackwall, this morning, by the General Steam Navigation Com pany's steam-ship Wilb erforce, Capt. J o h n ,-, ztranack, from Antwerp. The Leipsic Gazelle contains the foll • from Constantinople, 31 st ult. :—" We learn from owing that a great fermentation reigns in the Beyront town amongst the Maronites, the majority • still demanding a Prince of the family of S h c aliab as governor of the french m ountain. There were s i x F - vessels of war in the port, and three others, La Susse s joined them a commanded by Admiral . few days back, which to caused some uneasines s the English. An English steamer was instantly dis p atched to Malta, and several vessels of war are • soon. TM Seraskier ta ha exPected "ders LAlus p Nam, in co uence of from the Porte, ha s gent loot) A lb tc Bagdad .~.~.;~ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1842. . r