The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-08 00:00:00

must be expected for mane months ; the sales since our last have been extremely limited, the latter chang ing hands at Rs. 712 in a late sale of inferior quality, and the former going at from Rs. 6-4 to Rs. 9-4; the shipments to Great Britain in July were 3,775 mds., and a few chests were taken for Bombay and the American trade. RICE still continues to be shipped to Great Britain, notwithstanding the threatening appearance of the market there, from the certain effect that must be produced by the new tariff; 38,928 rnds. have gone to the Mauritius, some vessels having made that trip rather than remain idle in this port, waiting for cargo; 13,194 mds. have gone to Bombay, and some 17,810 maunds to China; in all 98,600 mds. of all descriptions have left this port, at rates ranging from Rs. 1-4 tot-6 for Moonghy rice, and from Rs. 2 to 2-8 for fine table kinds. The market is just now very dull. COTTON.—Some little excitement was expected from the public sales of some of the cotton grown at Bundlekund under the American growers, and sent down as a sample. Them were altogether 64 bales, two of which were native cotton, submitted to the process of giving, which sold at from Rs. 11-12 to 12-4, the rest going off at from Rs. 13-8 to 14-4. Our market otherwise is free, though prices are rather looking down. The exports to China, in July, were bales 7,290, amounting to 26,481 mds. RUM is in no demand. HIDES have been taken freely on the low rates of freights, and the fair promise of the latest reports from home. HORNS AND TIPS are in request at present prices. HEMP AND JUTE continue at the same price as noted in our last, but an? in good demand at market rates. LINSEED has lately been in request, but chiefly for the American trade, which has taken from 13,000 to 14,000 maunds last month, and still seeks more at favourable dates from Rs. 3-4 to Rs. 3-8 per maund for clean seed. Our trade, since last, has been favourable in its ex tent, and prices have been generally improved since last year; nevertheless, it is clear to every one, that the d e l ay i n t h e t ar iff h as had. its effect here, and that there is an evident holding off until the result of this question, so important to the mercantile interest, is decisively known. INDIGO PROSPECTS (LATEST NEWS).—The latest accounts we have received from the factories make us doubt if even 90,000 maunds of the dye will be ob tained this season. Many factories that were relied Upon for a supply of indigo, in consequence of their exerting themselves to get the plant into the vats as fast as possible, have had their labours frustrated by ,the sudden rise and pouring in of the river, and others have so very little plant left as not to think it worth their while to work it up into dye. FLANDERS and HAMBUKGH MAIL. VIENNA SEPT. 24.—The Duke and Duchess of Leuchtenberg arrived here the day before yesterday from St. Petersburgh. The Duke went yesterday ,to Schonb runn t o pay his respects to their Imperial alajesties, and to the Princes now there. His august consort has been unfortunately so ill since her arrival that she is confined to her room. The Duchess of Angouleme, accompanied by her niece, arrived here a few days ago from Kirchberg, and proceeded on the 21st to Goritz, the winter abode of the. Bourbon family. The Duke of Bordeaux is expected at that place very shortly. ST. PETERSIIIIRGH, OCT. I.—Accounts have been received from Pernau, dated 10th Sept. (probably 2 2d), announcing that the lighthouse in the island of Felsand, which was built this year, had fallen down a few days before, on which account there will be, as formerly, only one light in the second lighthouse. POLISH FRONTIER, SEPT. 30.—We learn from Warsaw that official information has been received there, that the Emperor will arrive in the Polish capital, in the first half of October, and stay there some days. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, SEP% 27, Five per Cents. Metalliques Four per Cents. lOO Three per Cents Bank Shares 41Iganiine Zeilung, Oct. I. HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE. OCT. 4. Bills. Money, Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1640 -- Anglo-Russian Loan llB li Russian 5 per Cent , Ist series, Certificate lO3 Inscription, Ist series lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and co., 3d and 4th Series 97% Ditto in Certificates 97, New 4 per cent. (1840) 87% 875( Dutch Actual Debt. u% per Cent. ......... so}. 50% Ditto 6 per Cent. Polish Bonds . - ~, New Tickets l6B —',, eshglo-Danish Dun, 3 per Cent. •••••••••• 4:1: ~ *Danish. New 5 por Cents• •••••••••••• ..... ...••••..• 18 In a village not very remote from Saffron Walden, . 1 1 , - 'Where the church stands upon a hill, an amusing hill ' a c'eenrrence recently took place. The church had for bit e . ; s everal weeks been under repair, so that public wor ees.li;'llhill-had not been held within the sacred walls. On nJty,,„!. e ertain day, and at a certain hour of that very day E 7.4 , kit was • Th., not, we understand, at a certain time of night, , 11 *" abrn e Z t ull!g• hour, when both gentle and simple have 1 "i'sgivings in moving among the church recepta 'i es for th with. thee departed), the clergyman took a friend •: • th e walls, doubtless to muse as they contemplated repcse cl raents of the honoured dead who are known to thebeneathreabout seemed to them something of an unearthly sound It the building which they could not comprehend. w as not app aren tly th e w i n d, en j o yi ng undisturbedly the hallowed spot—for Nature had its misgivings ; but t hey subsid e d, an d t h e f r i en d s pursue d, w ith ou t inter ruption, thei r f ur th er mus i ngs . H av in g surveyed the "oece , and its monume nts, their reverential feelings , them to seek the cold remains of bygone days de posited in silent dignity below. When lo as they d escended th e funeral vault, those unearthly noises seemed to revive—agitated, they listened—and need We say they listened with flattering hope that they Would not be r enewe d ; many who had visited the church well know that there is a considerable assem blage of the ancient dead in one of the vaults, some In lead to fit the remains, and others in the customary attire of modern fashion ; among them is the man of science renowned in the learneeschools, and the hero various battles, as well as many others, whose names are neither borne upon theirrecent habitations, tor live in any of the marbles which now exist upon the walls. 4"rheir loves—their hopes—their fears" were probably hastily scanned by the vicar and his friend when the spirit of exploration led them onward and inward. In a moment, appalled and daunted, as mightier spirits have been before them, the vicar and his companion were most painfully drawn from all their pleasing thoughts by a rushing and destructive klise, which in these gloomy shades awakened a thou sat3 ideas, tumbling over each other in alarming eonfusioo. Happily the sounds departed as hastily as they I •ose, till the calm and sober imagination of the good vLear resumed its healthy equilibrium, and he: began to search into the cause ; yet who would e t have been a.larmed as well as he at such a burst -41g from the calm .I,nd quiet mausoleum. The fact appeared to be that two boys, by whom instigated we do not aver, availing theoselves of the season of re- Pair and consequent relaxation, entered intrusively, and heari ng f oo t s t e p s f rom the common world re treated farther and farther, and then sought secrecy al'ld quiet among the dead; but the vicar disturbed t hem in their deceitful slumber of security, and then, without counting the cost or the consequence to the priest or his companion, they, like affrighted hares, bolted out, and in their hurrying impetuosity, nearly Cset both the living and the dead.—Chelmsford hronicle. CORONER'S INQUEST. —THE LATE FIRE IN BROW TON-SQUARE.—Wednesday evening an inquest was held before Mr. Higgs, at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Jesse Montague, aged two years, who Was unfortunately burned to death on Sunday morn last, under the circumstances detail ed below : '‘ilementina Campbell deposed that she resided at No. 13 rompton-square. Deceased was her niece, and 'With her mother had been on a visit at her grand raother's since Friday last. On the evening of Satur . day witness retired to rest between nine and ten ,a'clock. The deceased had been put to bed by her Itother about s i x o ' c l oc k, an d about ten o'clock wit ness heard her sister cry out, " 0 God, 0 God, my c hild will be burnt to death." Witness ran out of her 4. Gc`rn, and saw that th e u pp er part of the house was in 'tames. The alarm was given, and two policemen 'eame into the house and went up stairs, but were un 'willing to enter the room and rescue the child. The grandmother of the child rushed in and brought it t ut. It was taken to a surgeon's, and afterwards rought to the hospital. Deceased's mother made a sta tement to witness to th e e ff ec t, that having heard the _. Child cry t , she went up stairs and opened the cur , uans, but had not held the candle near. She was a m ost affection a t e mo th er , an d was h ear t-b ro ken at the oc currence. Mr. Davis, house-surgeon, deposed to the deceased having b e e n brought to the hospital about Past eleven on Saturday night. She was in ftli t k 'Y i tig state, and lived only two hours. Several other /4 lit cesses were examined, but nothing material as to Sao 1, tl ue origin of the fire could be elicited. The Jury ac ,•10‘,71,*,' e° c• A r dirigly returned a verdict, " That deceased was ac %6d.), : l uentally burnt to death, but how the fire originated lee n there was , \v . not sufficient evidence to determine." It 3 ,h Is stated by th e C orone r that the deceased child was h e ' r ess to 8,000/. per annum, and would, if a boy, a ye been entitled to the Dukedom of Manchester. taat-ItST ARREST UNDER THE NEW TREATY,—A , named Nathan M'Kingey, who arrived in this 8 3' Yesterday from Scotland, was arrested by officer co w ete, and saf e ly l o d ge d i n prison, as soon as he übe ld landed o n t erra firma. He is charged with Obtaining upward s o f 1,000 dollars' worth of merchan dise, consisting of silver watches, gold chains, paints, °:e., from Charles Brison and Thomas Lowrie, of Scotland, under false pretences, and shipping himself and goods to this country iu the first vessel. Under the new treaty he will b e d e li vere d up as it Pr" C ` Le3 especially for the return o f a ll suc h 'violators of the law.—New York Herald. . i ~gb~.. .~ r^Y,+ . i~ t { ~~~. ~ , SUPVA'Y OF NEWS AND thlb I t 1 4% ptitton. " Who runs may read.' POR.EIGII. On Monday evening. their Majesties the King and Queen of the French received the Ministers of Justice and Public Works, the Neapolitan Ambassador, the Danish and Greek Ministers, the Charge d'Affaires of Spain, Marshal Duke de Reggio, and Lieut.-Gene rals Pajol, Jacqueminot, and Darriule. M. Humboldt, it is stated, who has lately arrived at Eu, has come to France on a diplomatic mission. There appears to be an increase in the number of bankrupts within the department of the Seine. In August there were 62 declarations of bankruptcy, and last month there were 73, being eight more than in September, 1841 ; but, with the exception of an blnsurance Company, and the Company of the Vaude ville, the bankruptcy of which was lately declared, the list is composed of small traders in Paris and the Ban lieue. The King of the Belgians has just authorised the immediate establishment of a system of primary in struction throughout the kingdom, including religion, reading, writing, the system of weights and mea sures, the first rules of arithmetic, in some cases French, Flemish, or German. A normal school is also to be established in each arrondissement, in order to furnish teachers to the primary schools, in which the course of instruction is to include French and Flemish, or, in place of the latter, German, arith metic, drawing and surveying, music, gymnastics, geography, and history. On Sunday, before the races commenced at Chan tilly, Messrs. de Rothschild, Laffitte, Latour du Yin, and other sporting men, su b scr ib e d a p urse o f 300 f. for Cootes, the pedestrian, provided he accomplished in 30 minutes, to run once round the race course—leap over 40 hurdles (4 feet 3 inches high), and pick up, his hands tied, 50 eggs one yard apart, with his mouth, placing each in a basket, without breaking any. e performed the whole in 28 minutes. Accounts from Constantinople of the 17th ult., state that an extraordinary movement was observed during the last ten days in the offices of the Porte and in the principal embassies. So much activity in di plomatical relations had not, in fact, been witnessed since 1840. Notes were daily handed in by some or other of the Ambassadors ; extraordinary councils were held; private interviews took place with the Minister for Foreign ; and finally, on the 15th, there was a grand conference at the country seat of Sarim Effendi, at which were present Riza Pacha, Halil Pacha, Tahir Pacha; and Sarfet Effendi; the first interpreter of the Divan and the Representatives of the five Allied Courts, accompanied by a secretary and the first dragoman of each legation. The meet ing, which had been convened at two o'clock, lasted until eight in the evening, and was said to have been very animated. The discussion turned on the affairs of Lebanon, but, from what had transpired, the assem bly must have broken up without coming to any defi nite decision. zunLxc OPINXON. We take the following fromThebhronicle :—" It is somewhat amusing to see the Tory Government lauded as taking vigorous measures for the suppres. sion of Chartism, after Whig tolerance had allowed it to grow to a formidable head. When a purpose is to be answered, facts are forgotten with wonderful fa cility. Peaceable Chartistism is no offence : it is not a thing to be crushed by prosecutions or persecutions. And the Chartism that relied on violence as its agency had succumbed under Whig Administration ; not only before the Tories possessed themselves of the Govern ment, but while they were, from time to time, frater nizing with these very Chartists to embarrass their common political opponents. That is the plain state of the case. Toryism finds, on com ing into power, its old ally crippled and effete ; and begins to trample upon it with loud reproaches on its predecessors for their tolerance. We shall see which method is the most successful. We believe, however, that the wise and kindly yet efficient course, pursued by the late Government, has so extensively dispelled the illusion of establishing the Charter by force, that even Toryism will not goad the multitude into any great suicidal outbreak. They will bear much, now that their eyes are opened on that point. They will even endure to be warned that the commemoration of a massacre may be an offence, though there was no crime in its perpetration. Still it is well to try them as gently as possible, and we would fain hope that those who have not disdained to pirate certain lessons of national economy from their predecessors, may also, in time, abstract a few maxims from their political system." The following remarks on the present state of feel ing in France towards England, are from the Herald : —"Not content with refusing to allow their Sove reign to ratify a treaty which his representative had originated and concluded, the French are resolved that their Government shall not implement treaties which have been ratified ; and • though they will not take any active measure to put down the slave trade, they would prevent any attempt on the part of Eng land to suppress that horrible crime. This mania, or frenzy, is a melancholy exhibition for so great and fine a people as the 1 rench to make. England is their mad subject, and when the fit is on them, Eu rope may some day feel the want of strait jackets capacious enough to restrain the freaks and antics of temporary lunacy in nations. Scarcely a French mer chantman that returns from Africa which does not throw them into a fit of delirium ; every skipper in their African trade, regardless of ' how hard a thing it is to write,' can positively, by spelling a letter to a provincial paper, dement his fellow-citizens; and every foolish complaint, every tale of hardship or affront from that coast, is quite enough to set all France in a blaze. Their statistical return show that French commerce with Western Africa is rapidly extending, yet do they believe any idle bouncer or ig norant journalist who tells them it is disappearing ; their Government is endeavouring to form new settle ments on that coast, yet do they perversely close their eyes to those they have ; their merchant.; have mono polised the African gum at the expense of England, yet do they give ample credence to every stupid story about the decline of their trade ; their cruisers have a perfect right to search every English ship in those seas, having a suspicious appearance, and yet do they exclaim against a one-sided right of search. There is, in truth, no reasoning with the French press on this subject, its absurdities are so great and its prejudices so inveterate." The Times has the following comments on the an nouncement of the London bankers to shut up their counting-houses every day at four o'clock :—" The London bankers, it appears, are tired of keeping their counting-houses open till five o'clock, and meditate cutting an hour a day from their period of business. The weakly constitutions of the present day are un able to cope with that amount of labour on which our fathers flourished, and by the steady perseverance in which English commerce has become what it is. We must be allowed to say that we rather understand than admire their sudden objection to hard work. None would be more ready than ourselves to advo cate a diminution of the labour of those whose powers we really believed to be overtaxed. Any feasible pro ject for shortening the duration of that long and weary ing bodily labour to which the labouring classes are too generally condemned, would command, if not our sober approval, at least our best wishes for success. We might think the means chosen for effecting this reform vi sionary and unpractical ; but we should understand and respect the feeling from which the attempt arose. The effort, unsuccessful as it might be, would be ac counted for and justified by the facts. Not so, how ever, the bankers' reform. We confess we cannot see that eight hours of such work as a banker and his clerks are condemned to are so grievous and un bearable a tax on man, whose lot is to labour. Tedious and uninteresting it very likely is ; so are many things which we are all obliged to do ; but when we remember the 12, 13, or 14 hours' confine ment to which the tradesman is compelled to submit, when we remember the length of time which the agriculturist, the manufacturer, and the practising lawyer are obliged to devote to their vocations, we cannot discover the justice of that urgent claim for remission which is now put forward by one class of gentlemen concerned in business." The Post says If the authorities quoted by the Anti-Corn -law League are to be taken as absolute authorities, in the face of which no man may maintain an opposite opinion, then, indeed, Liberalism is triumphant, and we may fold our arms in despair. But we deny that the case is so, and we must take the liberty of adding, that if all who ought to speak their minds with delibera tion and courage had done so, the audacity of Liberalism neverw d ou to ld go. have lf g it o a n n e sw th er e lengths to which it .haspresme the purpose of the Anti-Corn-law r u n-law League to publish on their - r r es side ie n thet of dicta th of Bar the o oPrime Trade,linis t ef t andtheougohft to • \ e o B ritish se d t o l landowners anything gto in state firmly answer that the but, on the con thpeyuraproesielotufdisp trary, will steadily resist that policy, fur therance of the policy of the League, no matter by whom Chronicle, in its easy way, it may be wholly or partiallysupported. assumes that,The Morn ingunderthe policy_ fo o r f ei le n gi l s a la b t o iv a e r mpraoy existing circumstances, pro tection against the competition 0 g be considered to be virtually at an country be prepared to acquiesce in the i e n u te d ;pre l t f at t i l o ' n e put upon Ministerial declarations bythe these declarations are understood to emb od y , we do Anti-Corn law League, and to yield to the po lic y which Anti-Corn see that the assumption of our Contempor ar y couldnbe ot said to be unfounded. And if our labourers are really to have no protection from ggntinental competition save what the cost .of c onveying continental produc tions to British markets may afford, what is to be come of the labourers ? It is notorious that they h ave to pay is conch higher taxation than the continental la- THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1842. bourers, and therefore if they were reduced to th- sam level of remuneration they could not live so well." MO NEY7TRADE-COMMERCZ. The working classes of Carlisle, as we stated the other week, have formed themselves into parties for the purpose of purchasing and slaughtering sheep for their own use. The plan is now rapidly extending, and they are enabled to eat their mutton at a com paratively low price. _ _ _ The total number of passengers conveyed by the railway during the three days of Croydon Fair amounted to 15,000 persons. A large meeting of the General Council of the Metropolitan:Chartists took place on Thursday at their hall in the Old Bailey, for the purpose of agreeing as to the course which the Chartists, as a body, had best pursue, in connexion with the efforts at present mak ing by Government, to put down public discussion, by Government prosecutions. It was resolved "That ti►e secretaries present give in their names and resi dences, in order that they might be communicated with and brought together on any case of emergency, and at a moment's notice." The appointment of " class investigators" for visiting and reporting on the state of the localities was moved, but withdrawn. ECCLESIASTICAL. A bazaar was held on Wednesday and Thursday at the Bridge-house Hotel, London-bridge, for the pur pose of making a sale to supply the existing deficiency for the completion of the new Church of St. Mary's, Southwark, how building in the Old Kent-road. The net proceeds of the two days' sale amounted to nearly 3001. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. The Duchess of Sutherland has given directions for various schoolmasters to be sent to Edinburgh at her expense, there to be instructed in the normal system, for co-operation with the Duke in extending education over his Grace's estates in Scotland. AGRICULT UR.11.1. A ploughing match for the challenge prize of 51., between Bucks, Middlesex, and Berks, took place in the former county on Wednesday last. The prize was awarded to the South-West Middlesex Associa tion, which has been the winner three years in auc cession. LAW AND POLICE. William Bell was charged at Queen-square, with having committed upwards of seventy cases of fraud upon tradesmen, varying in value from 41. to 101. He was ordered to be brought up again in a week, for the attendance of other tradesmen. On Thursday fifteen robust men, inmates of the Bethnal-green workhouse, were charged at IVorship street, with refractory conduct, and refusing to do the work assigned. They were committed to the tread mill fur twenty-one days. Eliza and Caroline Foster were charged at Ken sington, on suspicion of having stolen a valuable ring. The prisoners were remanded for further inquiry to be made. Edmund Still, a seaman, summoned Captain Robin son, the master of the ship Orbit, from Quebec, to show cause why he refused payment of his wages. It appeared that it was frequently the custom of seamen to go to Quebec, for the special purpose when there of deserting, and exacting very high wages. This, the prisoner had done, and a clause inserted in his articles was quoted to show that he had broken them. Such a proceeding, however, was shown to be at variance with the existing Act, under which the Magistrate decided that the wages must he paid. COURT-ritsixxoNanzz. Prince and Princess Doria Pamphiff arrived at Alivart's Hotel on Thursday, from Alton Towers, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, in Staffordshire. The Duke of Devonshire, it is said, contemplates shortly a visit to his Irish estates. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne left Berkeley-square on Thursday for Bowood. The Earl of Shelburne has arrived in Paris for the autumn. Lord Ashburton has returned to Bath House, Pic cadilly, from the Grange, Hants. The Lord Chancellor left George-street on Thursday, for Turvilie Park, Bucks. The Marquis of Hastings is at present on a visit at Loudon Castle, Ayrshire. The Earl of Mount-Edgecumbe has arrived at Frankfort, from Toplitz. VICISCELLANEOUS. The Marquis of Wellesley was the oldest Etonian living, except General Michell. The Earl of Ferrers died on Sunday last at Chartley Castle, the patrimonial seat in Staffordshire. Tke late Earl was born on the 13th November, 1760, and was, consequently, in his 82d year. Ile was Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire, in which county, as well as Staffordshire, the family are in possession of large estates. The office of the Master of the Rolls in Ireland is worth about 4,0001. a-year; it has considerable patronage attached to it, and among other places of disposal, the Deputy-Keepership of the Rolls, and the chief examiners, each of whose office is worth 1,500/. a-year. - Mr. James Esmonde, brother to Sir Thomas Es monde, and one of the Stipendiary Magistrates ap pointed by the late Government, died in Dublin on Tuesday. GERMAN CUSTOMS UNION. (From the Consfitufionnel.) The German Customs Union, such as it exists at present, was definitively fixed in 1834, and compre hends a population of 26,048,970 inhabitants—of whom 14,319,711 reside in Prussia, 4,319,887 in B. varia, 1,667,901 in Wurtemberg, 1,652,114, in Saxony, 652,761 in Electoral Hesse, 792,736 in the Grand Duchy of Hesse, 941,580 in the Thuringian Asso ciation, 1,264,614 in the Grand Duchy of Baden, 383,730 in the Duchy of Nassau, and 63,936 in the free town of Frankfort. The consumption of colonial produce has gradually been on the increase since the tormation of the Union. Thus the imports of sugars and molasses which, in 1837, was only 422,600 metri cal quintals, were, in 1840, 512,136, giving an average of 2 kilogrammes a head. In 1841, the imports did not altogether reach 500,000 ; but, if the quantity of home-made sugar which has been consumed be added, there will be 2 kilo. 60 per head, and this average, in 1833, amounted only to 1 kilo. 77. It appears, there fore, that the consumption of sugar is almost as great in Germany as with us. In England it is 8 kilo. per head ; in the Netherlands, 61 kilo. ; in Belgium, 21 kilo. ; and in the Austrian Government some.. what less than half a kilo. The imports of coffee were, in 1839, about 275,900 metrical quintals, being 18,000 more than in 1837, and nearly a kilo. per head. The con sumption of tea is insignificant in Germany, and kas been stationary since 1836. One of the most remarkable symptoms of the increase of business in the As sociation is the prodigious increase of the coal-trade. In 1831, the quantity raised in Prussia, from the pits amounted to 13,600,000 metrical quintals; in 1836, 18,000,000, and in 1839, upwards of 24,000,000. This last quantity is valued at 19,000,000 f., and more than the half of it was exported. It is the Rhe nan province which for the most part supplies the wants of other countries, and which furnishes such large quantities of coal. The whole of the combustible minerals raised in the year 1839 is valued at 20,500,000 f., the metals raised at 28,000,000 f., and the salt at 6,500,000 f., giving a total of 55,000,000 f. for the whole of the minerals obtained in the kingdom of Prussia only. In 1835, this amount was only 36,800,000 f.; the surplus arising principally from the increase of coals, iron, copper, salt, and alum. In the amount of 1839, there is not included the produce of quarries, the asphalt and quicksilver amounting to 3,600,000 f. more. In the other States of the Union, the metallurgical affairs have followed the same upward movement, and, in this respect, Saxony particularly is on the increase. Trades and manufactures are also im proving, and there is scarcely anything but hand weaving that has fallen off. The less important hranches of manufacture, as well as those of silk, cot ton, and wool, are increasing prodigiously. The comparative revenue of the customs will give a tole rably exact idea of this advance. The net receipt of the customs duties in the Union, in 1834, was 59,000,000 f. ; in 1837, 74,000,000 f. • and 1839, 83,500,000 f. Of this last amount, there are about 3,500,000 f. of export duties. The articles which have paid the most are sugars, wines, and tobaccos. These articles have produced more than 50,000,000 f., manu factured articles, and the objects necessary for their production, have given the rest. It is evident from this that manufactured goods are not very heavily taxed. In fact, the cotton threads, which were brought into the territory of the Union in 1839, and which represent a value of more than 63,000,000 f., paid only 3,500,000 f. duty. After the articles which we have named came woollen and cotton cloths, articles in iron and steel, fruits from the south, cattles, silks, groceries, brandies, oils, corn, &c., as those which have produced most money to the revenues of the Union. Prussia, which in 1834 obtained more than .58 per cent of the amount of the custom receipts, in 1839 had only 54 per cent. Bavaria's share was 161 per cent.; Saxony, 6 1-3 ; Wurtemberg, about the same; the Grand Duchy of Baden, 4 4-5 ; Electoral Hesse, 3 ; the Thuringian Association, 31 ; the Duchy of Nassau, 11 ; and the town of Frankfort not altogether, 1 per cent. The average of all the imports for the years 1837, 1838, and 1839, is found to he 280,000,000 f. The principal imports have been cotton threads, sugar, coffee, drugs, raw skins, indigo, silks, cattle, tobacco, &c. The exports also represent an average sum of 280,000,000 f. for the same period, and consist principally in cotton goods, amounting to 63,000,000 f. ; corn, 43,000,000 f. ; woollen cloths, 36,000,000 f. ; linen and hemp goods, 3 4,500,000 f. ; and wrought metals, 17,000,000 f. The manufac tured goods, of which the exports have particularly increased, are cotton and woollen cloths, silks, hard ware, and earthenware. MAGDEBURG, SEPT. 29.—The general collection made in the province of Saxony, by order of the King of Prussia, for the benefit of the sufferers by the fire at Rarnburg, is 41,676 dollars, and 1,394 dollars in sold. MONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The details of the intelligence, from India, published early in a Seconc Edition of The Sun gave increased i firmness to the pikes of our funds, Consols leaving off at 93 931 for Money and for the Account. India Stock also improved to 248 250 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53; New, 50 51 premium. Foreign Securities were also a shade better. The Dutch Two-and-t-Half per Cents. being 52 521 ; the Five per Cents., 100 1004 ; Belgian, 1021 1031; Danish, 82 83 ; aid Brazilian, 63 64. The supposition generally current in the market in which Mexican Bonds are dealt in, and which was noticed this morning, has received confirmation from subsequent operations ; the rates at which real pur chases can be made, or sales effected, are precisely those of Wednesday, namely, 33 33f. The Share market left off this evening with a better feeling than had been visible during the day. London and Birmingham were 183 185 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 39 41; Great Western, 821 831 ; the Half shares, 591 601; south Western, 571 58 ; North Midland, 56 58 ; the New shares, 271 281 ; South Eastern and Dover, 23 231 ; Eastern Counties, 8+ ; Northern and Eastern, 351 361; Black wall, 61 ; and Brightons, 36} 36 + per share. The rates of Exchange, and especially on Ham burgh, continue to be considerably in favour of this country ; on Amsterdam it was quoted 12 61 12 64 ; Rotterdam, 12 61 ; Antwerp, 12 41 ; Hamburgh, 13 111, 13 12 ; Frankfort, 151 1511 ; Paris, 25f. 821 c., 25f. 871 c. ; Marseilles, 25 87 ; G enoa, 25 90, 25 95 ; Leghorn, 30 35, 30 40 ; Vi enna, 9 5 6 , 9 57 ; Madrid, 361 ; and Lisbon, 524 524. The quotations for the Bonds were—Colombian, 201 21 ; Peruvian, 16 17 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 36 361; the Three per Cents, 211 211 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 164 16k ; the Three per Cents., 201 21. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The advance which took place in the funds yester day afternoon has not been supported this morning. This is difficult to be accounted for, inasmuch as no cause for a decline has transpired, neither have any sales been made. Consols are 93 for Money, and 93 93f for the Account; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 101-k ; India Bonds, 42 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New, 50 52 prem. Transactions in Foreign Securities have been rather extensive, but prices of Stocks have also slightly given way. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., have been sold at 521 ; the Five per Cents., 100 k; Belgian, 1031 ; and Brazilian, 63. The market for Mexican Bonds has become ex ceedingly heavy since the commencement of business, and they must be quoted 324 sellers for Money, ex div., and 33 for the Account, with a downward ten dency. This decline is considered to arise more from a disposition on the part of certain specu lators to depress the market, as being the more profitable to them individually, than to any legitimate cause which affects the interests of the bondholders in reality. With the exception of a continuation of small pur chases in Brighton Shares, this Market is to-day quite destitute of any feature worthy of notice; the price of those are 36 361 ; Great Western have been sold at 84 ; the New Shares, 601 ; Fifths, 7i ; Eastern Counties, 8 8i; Southern and Eastern, Scrip, 124; Manchester and Birmingham, 21 1 1; and York and North Midland, Halves, 60. A bargain in Peruvian Bonds at 15k, and another in Spanish Five per Cents. at 16, both for time, in clude all the dealings in them to-day. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 6.—Our market continues gloomy to-day and business limited. Manchester and Leeds, 691 to 70 ; ditto Half Shares, 29A- to 30 ; ditto Quarters, 4 to 4k ; London and South Western, 57k to 58 : South Eastern Scrip, 121 to 14. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. rank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons 93h 3iper Cent. Red — New 3/iper Cent... ..... loli Nevr 5 per Cerf., Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860... — Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 l2 7-16; India Stock — pm Ditto Bonds Ditto Old Annuities Ditto New Annuities — Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2.1 52 pm Ditto 500/ 52 pm Ditto Small ...... 50 pm Bank Stock for Acct. India Stock for Acet Consols for Acct. FUNDS. FOREIG Portuguese, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Ditto Prussian, 5 per cent. Russian, 5 pei cent Ditto, Metallic ...— Spanish, 5 per cent. Ditto, Deferred.... . . French, 5 per cent. —f. —e. Exchange French, 3 percent —f. —c. Dutch, 24 per cent 52 Ditto, 5 per cent. .. 100 i Austrian, 5 per cent. — Belgian, 5 per cent 103% Brazilian Bonds... 631 Buenos Ayres6 per cent. Chilian, 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto, 1.24 Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent BO Danish, 3 per :ent — Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 32% Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian,l62s,6 per ct. SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) •••• tip Great Western, (65 pa id) ....... Ditto New Shitres - (so . paid)... ......... .•• 60 - Ditto Fifths ( 4 paid) ....... _ . .. London and Brighton (50 paid).. .......•••• 36 i Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid)...— 211 Midland Counties Railway ( R/ paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) l5 Paris and Rouen (18 paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) — Ditto Scrip (15 paid) COURSE OF EXCHANGE—(YESTERDAY. 1 Amsterdam CF. 12 91 Gibraltar , . ••• 46 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam —2 U. 12 10 Genoa ... ............ ..... 26 0 Antwerp l2 8 ilklilan Hamburgh M.B. 13 141, Venice ..... Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 252 0 O p orto 70 Palermo, rto per ca. 120 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Lisbon ; ..... 521 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 0 Rio Janeiro 231 4 Frankfort on Maine ...151 Petersburgh, 3 Us. ... 37 IPerlin Vienna, effoc. 11. 3 M 959 Trieste, ditto lO Madrid Cadiz Bilbao 36 Barcelona Bahia ..... 23 Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days sight 46 Philadelphia 4ii PRICES OF BULLION, PER Oi.. Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9 Portugal Geld C0in...3 17 5 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars... 0 4 . Seville Silver in Barg— ..... 0 4 11 COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FRIDAY. ---The Queen and Prince Albert rode out in the morning in the Home Park, in a pony phaeton, her Majesty driving. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken their accustomed air ing in the Park to-day, a ccom p an i e d by the DowaDowa ger Lady Lyttelton. His Royal Highness Prince Albert enjoyed his favourite sport at Flemish Farm in the forenoon, at tended by Lord Rivers, Major-General Sir Edward Bowater, and Mr. George Edward Anson. The Prince returned to the Castle to lunch, and in the afternoon drove her Majesty out in a pony phaeton. The Royal party included the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Lady in Waiting ; Hon. Miss Stanley, and lion. Miss Hamilton, Maids of Honour in Wait ing, tbllowing in a carriage and four; and Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerry in Widting, and the Hon, Cap tain Duncombe, Groom in Waiting, attending her Majesty on horseback. Her Majesty and Prince Albert visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, yesterday afternoon, at her residence, Froomore Lodge. 0 His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, and his Serene liighnos Prince Frederick, Heredi tary Prince of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, arrived in town yesterday, from a visit to the Earl Delawarr, at his seat, Buckhurst Park, Sussex. Their Royal and Serene Highnesses travelled by the South lastern Railway, and on their arrival proceeded to the resi dence of Prince George, in St. James's Palace. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar left Marlborough House, the residence of the Queen Dowager, on Thursday night, for Dover, en route to Cie Hague. The Governor of the Bank of England, and the Depu, of the ty-Go vernor:had an int erv i ew w i t h th e Chan cellor Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. The Right Hon. Stewart Mackenzie transacted bu siness on Thursday at the colonial -office., The remains of the late Marquis Wellesley were removed at half-past se ven o 'clock yesterday morning, from Kingston House , K ni ghtsbridge, to Eton, where the interment will take p lac e this day. WATER.--The combi nation com panies to raise their cha r ges for serving the public with water, has led to a reviv al of the old project of of Pure water bringing a supply among the water ter from the Thames above Barnes, where it may be procured free from the filth and pollution which enters into the river nearer the metropolis. The project was supported some years since by Sir Robert I eel, who stood forward !in the House of Commons a firm advocate for supplying the public with one o f the great blessings of life— good and wholesome water. The intention (accord ing to report) is to co nvey the w a t er b y p i pes or an aqueduct to Lambeth and Vauxhall. " Gentlemen of the Jury, ' said a Western lawyer, " would you set a rat -trap to catch a bar ? Would you make d—d fools of yourselves by endea vouring to spear a buffalo with a knitting-needle? Or would you attempt to empty out the Mississippi with a gourd? N o , gentlemen, I know you would not. Then how can you be guilty of the absurdity of finding my client guilty of manslaughter, for taking the life of a woman f" All great brewers of whom history takes notice, from Odin and Cadwallader, down to Thrale and Sir I Felix Booth, are prone to hospitality.—Tait's Mag. SHEERNESS, OCT. 4.—Yesterday an order was sent down by the Lords of the Admiralty for the speedy completion of her majesty's ship Cumberland, 74 guns, now building at Chatham Dockyard, so as to be ready for launching in the course of a fortnight. Next Monday week is the day mentioned on which the launch will take place. An order was received to in crease the complement of the guard-ship Camper down to the peace establishment crew, TRANSMISSION OF THE. MAILS TO FRANCE. (TRANSLATION.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Boulogne sur Mer, 4th Oct. 1842. Mr. EDITOR,-It is the duty of the independent press in every country, whatever may be its political opinions to point out abuses, more especially when the public service is. compromised by them. It is the best course for procuring their removal. At a time when the Governments of France and of England are endeavouring to improve the old and defective manner in which the service of the transmission of the corre spondence of the two countries is performed, it is ren dering assistance to the Post-office administration of both countries, whickappear disposed to enter boldly on the career of improvement, to direct their attention to certain important facts which must make them ac knowledge the necessity which exists for re-organising this service on a new basis. I make, therefore, Sir, an appeal to your patriotism in requesting the inser tioa in your journal of the following statement, of which I guarantee the accuracy. On the 27th September the English mail packet boat left Dover for Calais. The state of the sea off this latter port, and the want of water, prevented her from entering. She was f orce d to, fall back upon Boulogne, into the harbour of which she entered, and landed her dispatches. On the 28th September another English mail packet boat left Dover for Calais, remained eight hours at sea, and after waiting an houF and a half in the Calais roadstead, in order to have water, entered that harbour at half-past four. It was then too late. All expectation of her arrival had been given up ; the estafette through Boulogne, after waiting an hour and a half in that city, had set off for Paris. All the letters and dispatches were thus delayed for twenty four hours. _ On the 29th and 30th of September the captains of these packets, alarmed at the consequences of their conduct, steered from Dover direct for Boulogne, and arrived in that harbour by ten o'clock in the morning. If, in conformity with the orders they had received, they had done this on the 27th and 28th, the delays complained of would not have occurred. It, is sought to excuse them by alleging that the state of the sea was terrific—that there was a violent tempest at the time. But if such were the case, how were the packets from London, Ramsgate, and Dover, for Boulogne, enabled to cross the Straits, and with the tide against them? On the 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th, three packet-boats which left Do ver arr i ve d a t Boulogne in three hours and a quarter, and three hours and a half. They went from Boulogne to Dover, notwithstanding a contrary wind, in three hours and a half, four, hours, and four hours a n d a quarter respectively. Four packets from London made their respective passages to Boulogne in eleven hours and a half, thirteen hours, and thirteen hours and a quarter. They returned to London from Bou logne in thirteen hours and a quarter, Sixteen hours, and thirty-five hours, including the time consumed in touching at Margate. The packet from Ramsgate made the passage, on the 27th, in four hours and a half, and returned on the 28th in five hours and a half. It is very true that the City of London packet, which left London on the 27th, at five o'clock in the morning, did not arrive at Calais until the 30th, at six o'clock in the evening, after having been tossed about at sea, or weatherbound in Ramsgate harbour, for three days and thirteen hours, with her fifteen miserable passengers. It is also true that the packet, the " Belfast," which left London on the 29th at six o'clock in the morning, with thirty passengers, did not arrive at Calais until six o'clock in the evening of the 30th, that is 36 hours after her departure. It is moreover true, that the packet, the " William Joliffe," which ought to have left Calais on the 29th, at six o'clock in the morning, did not take her departure until that hour on the 30th, and that the French mail packet, which ought to have left on the 29th with the mail, was unable to do so, and forwarded her dispatches by a fishing boat. But what does this prove as to the tempest against the fact, that on the 27th and 28th, the packets be tween London, Dover, Ramsgate, and Boulogne, made their passages without delay ? It proves simply that the harbour of Calais, boasted of as complete, and called the European harbour, in consequence of the state of the sea at its entrance, through want of a suffi ciency ofwater, wasfour days closed and not approachable. This is a fact of which no one in the neighbouring ports is ignorant, and with which the English cap tains ought to have been acquainted; and what ren ders them still more culpable, in having compromised the public service as they have done is, that they have distinct orders to come to Boulogne when they are not certain of arriving at Calais before the departure of the estafette. The time has at length arrived when a stop must be put to those delays which have arisen in conse quence of permitting the English captains to exercise a discretion on the subject, and which have so fre quently given occasion to just and repeated com plaints. There never was a more striking proof of it than at present. IVe should profit by these occur rences to prevent a return of the evil by which the public service is con ti nua ll y compromised in a most scandalous manner. I have the honour to be, Mr. Editor, Your very humble and very obedient servant, The Mayor of Boulogne', AL. ADAM. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, OCT. 7.—Wind this day at noon N. to N.W., moderate breeze, fine. DEAL, OCT. 6.—Wind N.N.W., moderate.—Sailed the Delhi, Cape; Bilboa,Havannah. BRISTOL, OCT. 6.—Sld. Agnes, Jamaica; Freedom, Africa. OFF SCILLY, OCT. I.—Elizabeth Bentley, M'Gre gor; and Ceres, Anderson, St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF LYMINGTON, OCT. 4.—The Gipsy, from Lon dun, with loss of head, cutwater, &c., having been in contact with the Atalanta steamer. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 6.—Wind E., light.—Arrd. Christiana, Simpson, Bombay. Sld. Mary Ann Webb, Batavia; Frances, Ceylon; Elizabeth Moore, Cape; Nightingale, Pernambuco; Standard, Demerara ; Alan Keir, St. Thomas's; James Lemon, Jamaica; Mary Jones, La Guayra ; Dale, New Orleans. COME, OCT. 4.—Sld. Joseph Anderson, Jamaica. Arrd. oft; Eutaw, Thompson,. New York. BEREIIAVEN, OCT. I.—The Voor Waarts, Hooge warff, from St. Übes for Ylardingen, has put in here with foremast and bowsprit sprung, and must go into harbour to repair. SHIELDS, OCT. s. —Australia, Bombay; Admiral Moorsom, Aden ; Thomas Metcalfe, and Courier, Cape ; Sarah, Rio Janerio. NEWHAVEN, OCT. 6.—The Otter, Potter, from Newcastle to Littlehampton, foundered on Boston Deep, 3d inst. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 6.—Wind N.N.W. to N.N.E. The Hafruen, Strangelye, lately condemned at this port, was sold to-day. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 6.—wind variable.—Sld. Earl Grey, Hobart Town. HANA, Ocr. I.—The Dahlia, from Liverpool to St. Petersburgh, got ashore on the Little Pentland Skerry, and is expected to become a wreck—crew saved and part of materials. MARGATE, OCT. 6.-21 casks of oil, 7 casks of salts of tartar, 5 crates of bottles, 4 casks of turpen tine, and 593 staves, have been brought ashore from the wreck of the Susan. CAUTION TO MARINERS. The followingletter respecting the "Ingermanland" has been received at Lloyd's, from the Foreign-office, " Oct. 6, 1842. under date— __ _ _ " Sir,—l am directed by the Earl of Aberdeen to transmit to you, for the information of the Committee of Lloyd's, a copy of a dispatch which h as b een re ceived from her Majesty's Minister at Stockholm, stating that the hull of the " Ingermanland,” a Rus sian 74 gun ship, which was wrecked on the Norway coast, has drifted to a bank, called Syre Sand, about a Swedish mile from the district of the Norwegian coast, termed Lister, and that the wreck is in a dan gerous position for vessels navigating that coast, &c. (Signed) CANNING. " To the Secretary at Lloyd's. " Stockholm, Sept. 26, 1841. "My Lord,--The Norwegian Minister of State has informed me that by the post which has been re ceived this day from Norway, he had learned that the hull of the Ingermanland, a Russian seventy-four, which was wrecked on the night of the 11th, on the coast of Norway, had drifted to a bank called the Syre Sand, about a Swedish mile from the district of the Norwegian coast termed Lister. Every exertion will be made to remove it or destroy it as speedily as possible; but I hasten to notify this fact to your Lordship, because I am informed that this wreck is in a dangerous position for vessels navigating the coast. " I have, &c., &c. (Signed) " THOMAS CARTWRIGHT." DRAYTON MANOR, WEDNESDAY.—Yesterday his Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Aus tria, accompanied by his Excellency Prince Ester hazy, and attended by Captain Fitzroy, R.N. and the noblemen and gentlem e n i n his Imperial Highness's suite, arrived from the metropolis. Lord Ashburton, Earl and Countess of Jersey, and Lady Clementina Villiers, his Excellency Baron Brunnow, Viscount and Viscountess Villiers, the Right Hon, Sir George Cockburn, the Right Hon. John 'Wilson Grolier, and a distinguished circle, have been visiting the Right Hon. Baronet since his return from town. Lord Ashburton intended to have remained longer, but the Noble Lord was suddenly called to Windsor Cagle, having received the Royal command to Aria several days at that Regal residence. His Excellency Baron Brunnow has also left, but the Earl and Countess of Jersey, Viscount and Viscountess Villiers, and Lady Clementina Villiers stay during the visit of the Ara - duke. The Earl of Aberdeen is expected tpluarrow evening to pip the circle, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK HUNT CLUB MEETING—(CONCLUDED.) THURSDAY. The Cup of 504, for horses not thorough-bred, 12st each. Winner to be sold for 1001. One mile. Mr. Salvin's Infidel, 5 yrs (Mr. H. B. Thompson) 1 Mr. Thompson's Bob Logic, aged 2 Won by ten lengths. The Challenge Whip, presented to the Club by Lord Milton, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sm. each. Three miles. (8 Subs.) Col. G. 11. Thompson's Hamlet, aged, 1 Ist 11lb 1 Lord Milton's Tamburini, 6 yrs, 12st 2 Lord Milton's in by Medora, out of Gipsey, 5 yrs, 3 Won by two lengths. The Old Union Club Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 50 added. One mile and a half. (4 Subs.) Mr. Bett's Thirsk, 4 yrs, llst 71b... (Capt. Williams) 1 Col. Thompson's Hardy, 3 yrs, lOst 10Ib Won in a canter. The Dinner Stakes of 5 sous. each: One mile and half. Col. Thompson's Neeson, 4 yrs, lOst 21b Mr. Salvin's Infidel, 5 yrs, lOst 101 b 2 Mr. Creyke's fby Aluley Moloch, 4 yrs, lost 91b Mr. Thompson's Honesty, aged, 12st 4 Won by two lengths. STAMFORD RACES. The Marquis of Exeter's Plate of 50L Heats, twice round. The winner to be sold for 3001., &c. Mr. Higgins' March of Intellect, 3 yrs 1 1 Mr. Key's Imag e, 4 yrs 4 2 Mr. Nightingal's Ajax, 4 yrs 2 3 Mr. F. Snairth's Atalanta, 5 yrs 3 dr Three Years Old Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, once round and a distance. Mr. Rogers' Bridegroom (Bartholomew) 1 Lord Exeter's Revocation The Burghley Stakes of 25 sore. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 25 added. Once round. (25 subs.) 17 of whom declared. Lord Exeter's Saros, 3 yrs, 6st llb (R. Cotton) 1 I)uke of Rutland's The Genius, 5 yrs Bst llb Mr. Raworth's Chance, 5 yrs, ist 91b Lord Verulam's Concertina, 4 yrs, 7st 1113 The Donation Cup and Sweepstakes were won in two heats by Mr. Standwell's Changeling aged (J. Swan), beating Mr. Woodward's Julia, 5 yrs, and two others. THURSDAY. The Town Plate of 501. Onee round. Lord 'Eider's Saros, 3 yrs. (Mann) 1 1 Mr. Higgins' March of Int e ll ec t, 3 y rs 2 2 Mr. Beresford's Indolence, 3 yrs 3 3 Two-yrs-old Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and 20 added. New T.Y.C. Mr. Ongley's the Queen of the Gipsies (Sly) 1 Lord Exeter's f by Sultan out of Fanny Davis 2 Mr. Bird's cby by Redshank, d. by Amadis, 3yrs 3 The Gold Cup Stakes o f 10 so y a , each. Thrice round. (13 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Saros 3 yrs, Est 71b . (C otton) 1 Mr. Nightingale's Ajax, 4 yrs, Bst Lord Exeter's Revocation, 3 yrs, 6st 71b Duke of Richmond's The Genius, 5 yrs, Bst 13Ib 4 Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. New mile. Mr. Raworth's Chance, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ......(Bradley) 1 Lord Verulam's Concertina, 4 yrs, 7st 51b Mr. Snaith's Atalanta, 5 yrs,rst 121 b 3 NOTTINGHAM RACES.—TRIIRSDAY. The Town Plate of 501. ; the second to receive 101., and the winner to be sold for 1001. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Lancaster's Betty Baylock, 4 yrs, Bst 21b... 0 1 1 Mr. J. King's ebyVelocipede,out of Amadeu, 7st 1 0 2 Mr. Spinks' Margaret, 3 yrs, 7st Mr. Cheadle's Waterloo, 3 yrs, 6st Slb 2 0 dr Mr. Howitt's Pandora, 4 yrs, 7st I . olb The winner was claimed. A good race. Match for 501., once round.—Mr. Reynolds' Euphra sia, 5 yrs, beat Mr. Rushton's Johnny, 5 yrs. Two yrs old Stakes of 20 sous. each, and 20 added. About half a mile. Mr. Clark's Era, BPt 71b Mr. Arthur's Miss Susan, Bst 41b Lord Chesterfield's Barbarina, Bst,4lb Mr. Flintoff's Countess of Lichfield, Bst 41b . . The Chesterfield Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft and 5 only if declared ; the second to save his stake ; 1001. added. Two miles and a half. (20 Subs.; 8 declared). Colonel Peel's I-am-not-aware, aged, 6st 71b 1 Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b Mr. Graydon's Helpmate, 6 yrs, 7st 41b 3 Won by a length. The County Plate of 50/. ; the second to receive 10L Heats, twice round. Mr. Lancaster's Betty Baylock, 4 yrs, Bst 41b 0 1 1 Mr. Langley's Rancour, 4 yrs, ast 81b Lord Chesterfield's Perseus, 5 yrs, 9st Mr. Brook's Idolatry, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Mr. Orton's Fitzgambol, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b 0 dr HOOLEY HILL RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Hooky Hill Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added ; the second to save his stake. Heats, thrice round. (5 Subs.) _ _ Hepple' 's Lady Flora, 4 yrs, Bst 71b Mr. Mill's Humphrey, aged, lOst 21b 1 2 dr Capt. Burke's Palmmon, 4 yrs, Bst 71b Mr. Atkinson's Lady of the Lake, 4 yrs, Bst 71b 0 dr Even on Humphrey.—Won cleverly. The Hunters' Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 10 added ; the second saves his stake. Gentlemen riders. Mr. Lamb's Sambo Sutton, aged (Weal) 1 I Mr. llopwood's Birthday, aged Mr. Whealdon's Robin Rood, 4 yrs Mr. Cooke's Fairy, 6 yrs 3 dr . A mod race. COUNTY OF DORSET RACES.—WEDNESDAY. Three Years Old Stakes of 50/. each, h ft. Mile and a quarter. Mr. Biggs' Eleus, Bst 61b walked over The Dorsetshire Gold Cup, by subscription of 10 sovs. each, added to a handicap of 5 sovs. each, 3 ft. Two miles and a half. (18 Subs.) Hon. S. llerbert's Arctic, aged, Bst 101 b ...(Rogers) 1 Mr. Denny's Cracksman, 6 yrs, 7st 10lb Mr. Wreford's Franchise, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b 3 Mr. Legg's Stickler, aged, 7st 13Ib Mr. Farquharson's c by Cadiz—Annette, 4 yrs, 7st 51b dis Mr. Biggs's Eleus, 3 yrs, ist 41b Mr. Galpine's Scrap, 3 yrs, 6st 1olb Four ran wrong side of a post. Won easy. The Members' Plate of 50/., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sons. each, 3 ft. Heats, two miles. (9 Subs.) Lord Palmerston's Diona, 5 yrs, 9st 31b Mr. Farquharson's c by Cadiz—Annette, 4 yrs, Bst 91b 1 4 2 Mr. Wreford's Franchise, 3 yrs, 7st 10Ib 3 2 dr Mr. Legg's Stickler, aged, 9st 91b Sweepstaes of 10 sovs. each, and 10 added ; winner to be sold for 701., &c. Gentlemen riders. Heats, one mile. (4 Subs.) General Gilbert's Pulwaun, 4 yrs, llst Ilb 4 1 1 Mr. Joyce's Atalanta, 5 yrs, llst lib 1 2 2 Mr. Grove's Maid of Honour, 6 yrs, list 10Ib 3 3 3 Mr. Hopkins's Factory Girl, 3 yrs, 9st 51b PERTH RACES—WEDNESDAY The Challenge Whip, given by the Duke of Bucclench, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, with 501. given by the Caledonian Hunt; three yrs old, 7st 41b; four, Bst 41b ; five, Bst 111 b ; six and aged, 9st llb ; mares, &c., allowed 31b. Two miles. (rt Subs.) Mr. Johnstone's Charles the Twelfth, 6 yrs (Marson) 1 Mr. W. R. Ramsay's Foxberry, 3 yrs Won by a head. . . _ . Plate of 50/. ; three yrs old, Thess Bst County t t 3 'o ' four, 9st t e 9lb ; five, lost 21b six;b; cocktails, acndatgails aged, lOst 51b ; Scotch bred horses allowed si lb • mares and geldings, 31b. Thrice round. Mr. Aferry's Cable, 3 yrs .. (Joy) 1 Mr. Maitland's Clem-o'-the-Cleugh, 6 yrs .. ......... 2 Sir C. Afonck's bc by Master Syntax, 4 yrs..— ........ a Won by half a length. The Hunters' Stakes of 50 sovs. each, with 20 added ; 12st. 71b. each. Half-bred horses allowed 71b. Gen tlemen riders. Heats, once round and a dis. (4 Subs.) Mr. Mills's Oswald, aged (Capt. Richardson) 1 1 Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Caliph, aged ............... 2 Lord Glenlyon's Confusion, aged...... . Sir T. Moncrieff's Donald Caird , aged „„ .. Plate of 501., given by the Perth Hunt, for ',„ 4 dr never won loot horses th a t , So. 3 yrs, 7st 71h ; 4.yrs, Bst ;lb ; 5 yrs, 9st 11b ; 6 yrs, and aged, lib. Maros, &c., allowed 21bs. Winners, extra, &o. Heats, once round. Mr. W. Johnstone's William le Gros, 3 yrs 1 1 Sir C. Monck's Flagsman, bra 2 2 Mr. W. M. Alexander's Jock, 5 yrs 3 3 Won in a canter. • THE EARL OF MORNINGTON. The recent death of the Marquis Wellesley (brother to the Duke of Wellington) will render a short sketch of the late father of these distinguished Noblemen acceptable to our musical friends. Though passion ately fond of music from his infancy, he never at tempted to play on any instrument until he was nine years of age. At that time, an old portrait painter came to the family seat, who - was a very in different performer on the violin, and persuadedthe child that if he tried to play on that in strument, he would soon be qualified to take part in a concert. With this inducement he soon learned some old erdehes, and soon after, was able to play the second violin in Corelli's sonatas, which gave him 4 steadiness in time that never deserted him. Ile adhered to the violin until he was fourteen, but had I always a strong inclination to the harpsichord, from which his sisters constantly drove him, fearful of his spoiling the instrument ; notwithstanding which, he contrived to steal intervals of practice. About thi s time, his father (who was also a musical amateur) the when the de clared his intention of having an organ for his chapel, telling his son that ho should p h la : ed e organist had he been able • to play on the instrument. i t n he suc in h a a ke ra r s' ann a e " r as to astonish who did not believe The organ was built in a year and a half, any tune. No instrument is a b i:e i x i t ern _ efp b axo o te y rhcaeun s r a te e t oa a d na sodswfi fugue sol a eef t rbieanrds,of his he could snore likely to form a composer than the his Lordship, from this period, made organ, an d his . chief study ; but as he liaci COlTVosition any real instruction, he consulteo never received Geminiani, who, on exaro;.nin , It. osengrave and told him that they could. b g his compositions, him, as he had mastered all° of no. service to of musical composition, 111 the scientific rules Lordship became so di a ti n . P roc ess of time, his abilities, 014 the University ' - fisned .for his musical him the degree of Doctor o Dublin conferred upon and His glees will continue to b Professor of Music. long as a particle of taste f e heard and admired as in music remains, to or the pure and beautiful late Earl of Mernin to Tigst the more admired of the glee 3 of Here, in coolgn s vocal compositions are te grot " "When for the world's repose," " Gently hear ' me, charming maid," " Come, fairest nymph" ,4 B eenwood tree," and the catch of "Twas ou Si l gr y , Ir, —Midsicad Reriew. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. Lambert made his debut at this theatre last evening in . the character of Sir Anthony Absolute. This gentleman has marked features, considerable powers of grimace, and a good voice. He gave us the conventional Sir Anthony Absolute very fairly, and was judicious enough not to aim at making any new points. He was most successful in the scene in which, introducing his son to Mrs. Malaprop and Lydia, Beverly and Jack Absolute are discovered to be one and the same person. It was rather unfortu nate that he should have chosen the character of Sir Anthony for his first appearance before a London audience. It seemed to challenge a comparison with Farren ; and where is the actor who, in Farren's pecu liar line, can come out from such an ordeal unscathed? Mr. Lambert's style is essen tiallydifferent from Fal Ten's, and approaches nearer to Blanchard than to thot of any actor we remember. We should say he wottkl do better in farce than in comedy, and - there is * heartiness about him which would tell well in the' domestic drama. His engagement is undoubtedly an acquisition to the D rur y-l ane company , inasmu ch as it strengthens it in the only line in which it was weak—the old men. The Captain Absolute of An derson, and the Mrs. Malaprop of Mrs. C. Jones, are well known and justly appreciated. Mr. Phelps was the Faulkland, and never have we seen this very di ffi cult character m ore e ff ec ti ve l y pourtrayed. Faulkland, as usually represented, is a sermonizing bore, but Mr. Phelps made him a really interesting character. We felt that he was a somewhat over sensitive but honourable and warm-hearted man, who, notwithstanding all his faults, was deserving of ' our sympathy. Perhaps in the whole 'range of acting nothing is more difficult to hit than the line which separates serious comedy from tragedy. In his delineation of the character of Faulkland, Mr. Phelps has shown that he has the judgment and dis crimination to mark the distinction between the two, his Faulkland is the best on th e s a t n a d g , v.He accordingly,w asexcellently supported by Miss Helen Faucit, who made a most interesting Julia. furs. Nesbitt was Lydia Languish, and never had Lydia a more fascinating representative. She seemed quite to re vel in the part. Keeley, as Acres, was very humoro us , albeit not quite the Acres of Sheridan ; and Hud , son, as Sir Lucius O'Trigger, was clever and lively. A word to these two gentlemen. Did they not in the challenge writing scene interpolate certain passages ? Let them beware of this propensity, and rest assured, that however, clever they may be, they cannot im prove the text of Sheridan. Mr. Charles Mathews, as 'ag, ag, showed how much could be made of a small character by a clever actor. The best acted character in the play, however, was the David o f M r . C omp t on . Never was warm-hearted, honest, uneducated, but not ignorant fidelity, better delineated. It was per fect; and it is worth while to visit Drury-lane if it be only to see the David of Mr. Compton. The house was exceedingly well filled. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. MR. RICHARDS'S DISCLOSURES ANENT THE SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS. DOGBERRY.—Oh ! that neighbour Seacoal were here to write me down an ass.—Shakspeare. A meeting of "persons interested in the Southamp ton Docks" was advertised to be held yesterday at the George and Vulture, to listen to certain disclosures to be made by Mr. Richards, the leader of the opposition —we beg pardon, the opposition, for Mr. Richards's tail does not even reach to the dimensions of that of a sheep dog—of the Southampton Dock Proprietary. Having seen the advertisement, we went to the George and Vulture at one o'clock and oa inquiring for the place of meeting, we were ushered into a room 18 feet by 12, containing 12 chairs and a sofa, and found there assembled eight reporters, the Soli citor and Secretary of the Company, who attended not in their official capacity, but as shareholders, three gentlemen supposed to be shareholders, and a gentle man not a shareholder, wha afterwards turned out to be Mr. Richards's solicitor. Half-after one o'clock came, but with it no addition to the meeting, and those present were just on the point of taking their depar ture, under the impression that the whole affair was a hoax, when a gentleman, attired like the beef -eater in the Critic," in a very fine waistcoat," entered the room, and, sitting down in one of the chairs, asked if it was the pleasure of the meeting to proceed to business. With out waiting for a reply, he of the waistcoat transferred his seat of honour into a chair at the head of the table, and then for the first time we were aware that We were in the presence of the revealer, the discloser, the Delphic Apollo of the meeting, who came, like Dandini, to tell " a secret most important, most astounding ;" and that within the round of that " very fine waist- • coat" was buttoned the opposition of the Southampton Dock Proprietary. Nothing daunted by the pre sence of the great man, or by that of the crowded. assembly drawn together by the fain•of his elo quence, Mr. Sainsbury, the Secretary of the Qom pany, protested against the meeting being considered a meeting of the Southampton Dock Company, in asmuch as it had not been convened in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Parliament, And actually designated it merely a conversational meet ing, without a Chairman. In this descrtption the man with the waiscoat acquiesced, and forthwith began, not a conversation, but a speech, rivalling Fleet-ditch in length, sluggishness, and obscurity.— Shallow, not clear ; excited, yet most dull ; Weak, though enraged ; though foaming, y et not f u ll. We were no longer surprised at t i le thi nness o f the attendance. The Proprietors evidently knew their man. Indoctum doctumque fugat recitator aeerbus. Those who were so unfortunate, however, as to be present, could bear ample testimony to the truth of the succeeding lines of the poet : Quern vero arripuit tenet occiditque legendo, Non missura cutem, nisi plena cruoris hirud , o , lire had intended presenting our readers 'with cer tain excerpta from this choice specimen tat eloquence, but we forbear. However much inclined the man with the waistcoat may be to rival Dogberry in the depth cl his discoveries, we have no disposition to be i n i s neighbour Seacoal on this occasion. Suffice it to s a y that the Secretary and th e Sol i citor demonstrated satisfactorily that he of the vaistcoat had found a mare's nest, and in their hands we leave him. AUSTRALIND. We understand that dispatches were received on the 6th inst., at the Office of the *Western Australian Company, in Old Broad-street, from the Chief Com missioner at Australind (Western Australia), dated 2d May last, which give very cheering accounts of this settlement, The feliowing is a copy of a letter from Mr. Mar , - shall Waller Clifton, describing a visit to the settle• mont by four official gentlemen from Perth : " " Australind, A pr il 28, 184.1 SlR—it will be satisfactory to the Boar-;t to hear additional testimony of the favourable posit tor, of our settlement, and of the fine country which, their grant contains. " On Thursday, the 21st instant, the following h genr tlemen arrivPa here from Perth, and I had the le o H no o u n. to entertain them till yesterday morning I ' Government the Colonial Secretary, Mr. R. h m d i' b s e ar e 3 n r before in this " None of these gentlemen had expressed them '.(oensindeeilllt; and dt'riere.mDanratklee: Commissary CB.orwoawnm'Clerk General.o f the. district, excepting Mr. Cowan es th tu e ar be y a a u n ty a at the rapid progress the two rivers, and astonis hed accompanied me to the we had made ; and town site , a se n l d ve a s d a y s an b t : g in e g s wonderfullyofottrpositios.ntruocnk stvhiteh and up the Surveyor's. principal parts of thee of the Brunswick, to the rdoun lines along the flats of Mount Clifton, and, 'returned: thin gorge, ascended to the great pools of the. Welleslm pldaltahat they had never in a.".ny part ofgtr'ne:fs: tl in equal to the colAtry they Pas s d. colony seen an 3 . q l i Secretary, who is a man of e t a h c e r 3 o , ss de t c h l e are , Colonial he had never before seen such stated h extends to the top of Mount kilifton,, The de-composition of the land as that l c black mould, which, if found in low situa tions, granite or species of w nnstone, Producing to the SUM. could only be denominated alluvial, or dark onTh experience , e anyil o h n i l ' in species colo i ny. b r iro l o . nt , s ,'n ric fr h iabl e loam, the colour of coffee when ground. The party left , me, impressed with the strongest opinion of the advantages and resources of our locality. " I am, Sir, your very humble Servant, " W. WALLER CLIFTON, " Chief Commissioner in Australia." The Chief Commissioner, in accordance with -no tice previously given by him in the colonial pr.pers, was on the p o i nt of distributing the town allwanents to purchasers or their agents. It appears chat the cargo of the Diadem (the last ship that arrived with emigrants) was landed in perfectly good conditi on i u the sho r t space of eleveTt days. The.l. l ransit, a tradin g vessel from the Cape of Good Hope, had also arri-ved, iwna.erell32:nodffit6wi official l agreeable at le l u c it i h va n te in a e s w c i o n n e v s, ey fru th i fruit, intelligence that happiness and unanitrAty prevail amorgst the colonists. foals,ete r s SUICIDE OF A FEMALE.—Yesterday morning, be tween seven and eight, a young f ema l e of genteel appearance committed suicide by th row i ng herself off the bridge in the Old Kent -road into the Surrey Canal. The rash act was obs erve d b y several persons, who gave an immediate alarm, and a boat, which was i n tow to some coal barges, was cut adrift and put off with two men in to the spot where the unfor tunate young creature had sunk. 'The drags were obtained from the Duke of Wellington public house, but all eillarts to recover the body proved unavailing for a considerable time ; it was, how ever, discovered about ten o'clock, when of course life was extinct. The body lies for the inquest. The deceased appears about 18 years old, of dark complexion, an d goo d f eatures ; she was dresse d in a green silk dress, dark pattern shawl, straw bonnet with gree n r ibb ons, w hi te cotton stockings, and i aced boots ; nothi i g was f oun d t o l ea d to her identity.