The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-11 00:00:00

r,aily, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Portrait, from the original at Hami.'zon Court, LETTERS OF Rl', QUEEN OF SCOTS, Documents connected with her Personal History, now first i,ublished, with an Introduction, By AGNES STRICKL AND, Authar of " The Lives of the Queens of England." Fieiziry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough•street. THE FIFTH VOLUME OF IVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND, By AGNES STRICKLAND, IS NOW READY, Comprising the LIVES of QUEEN KATHARINE PARR and QUEEN MARY. NEW and REVISED EDITIONS of the FIRST FOUR VOLUMES of this WORK are also now ready, and may be had of all Booksellers. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. " THE MISER'S DAUGHTER" COMPLETE. - On the 15th, in 3 vols. post svo. ITE. MISER'S DAUCITITER. TBy WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH. With . Twenty Illustra tions on Steel, by George Ci uikshank. - London :. Cunningham and Mortimer, Adelaide-street, West Strand. - -V.IGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED MONEY DIVIDENDS will be divided in NEXT MONTH, amongst 8,200 SELECTED Bonds of the LOAN negotiated in the year 1820, andGUARAN TEED by the GO VERNMENT and his Royal Highness the GRAND DUKE Of 13 ADEN. 1 Dividend 59,000 Florio! 50,009 Florins -- I do. 25,000 " 1 do.. 12,000 " : . 1 do. 10,000 " . . 1 do. 5,00 0 " .. 8 do. 1,000 " 8,000 '' 10 do. 500 " 5,000 10 do. 200 0' 2)0 do. 110 ..'12,000 '' 0 do. 105 ~ ,000 o. 100 '' 467 d 7,590 do. . 94 " --__ . z•z,oci gooey Dividends, amounting to 892,900 Florins, or • £74,400 Sterling Money. 8,2X10 SELEOTED Bends, each of which is sure to obtain one of the alit,ve Pividends. Largest Dividend ..• .. £4,166 13 4 Smallest Divide nd ...... £ 716 8 12 florins equal to £1 sterling, a trifle more or less, as per the day's exchange. All the Dividends payable without any deduction whatever. • Direct for the few Bonds which are still on sale, WITHOUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. Bonds are' on sale NOW at £l3. Against the end of this Month the price will rise to 1:14, and the Sale will close in the first days of November. • Those who remit £l5 BEFORE the 28th instant, will re ceive an order for £2 upon our London Bankers, together with the Bond. To those ordering too late for being attended to, their remittances will be returned by first post. HEINE BROTHERS. Hamburgh, October 4, 1842. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING. OCT. 11, Will be repeated the English Version . of Rossini's Grand Opera of SEMIRAMIDE.—The Character of Semiramide by Miss Adelaide Kernble •' Arsace, Mrs. Alfred Shaw (from the principal Theatres in Italy, her third appearance on the Engliah Stage) ; Assur, Mr, Giubilei ' • Oroe, Mr. Leffler ; Idreno. Mr. Travers ; Shade of Ninus, Mr. J. Bland. After which, the New Farce, called COUSIN LAMBKIN. Squire Mulberry, Mr. Bartley ; Captain Bantam, Mr. Walter Lacy; Dtictor Lionel Lambkin, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Bantam, Miss Cooper ; Rose Maynard, Miss Lee ; Dainty, Mrs. Humby. To conclude with the Farce of THE OMNIBUS. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles fis., Second Price :2s. tid. ; Pit 3s, Second Price 2s. ; Gallery ls. • Tickets anti Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ' • of Messrs. An drens. 167, New B.ind -street ; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond-street ; and of Mr. Sims, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, OCT. 11, Will be presented a Drama, by Douglas Jerrold, Esq., en titled THE HAZARD OF THE DIE. Principal Characters by Al,so-s. Lyon, 0. Smith, Maynard, H. Beverly, Wright, Paul Bedford, Wilkinson, Mrs. H. Beverly, and Miss Chaplin. After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE. The Imp. Mr. Wieland ; Jeunegarde, Proche Giubilei. To which will be added the OWL SISTERS; or, the HAUNTED ABBEY RUINS. Principal Characters by Messrs. Lyon, 0. Smith, H. Beverly, Craven, Wilkinson, Maynard, Frampton, Miss Fancit, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. H. P. Gratton. _ _ _ _ . To conclude with NORMA. Pollio, Airs. H. P. Grattan ; Norma, /41r. Paul Bedford ; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Continuation of the Nautical Dramas, in consequence of the immense overflows attracted by the heart-stirring acting of Mr. T. P. Cooke, the only acknowledged Sailer on the Stage. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 11, Will be acted Mr. Albert Smith's new Drama, called BLANCHE HERIOT, which has met with most decided success. Neville Audely, Mr. H. Hughes ; Hugh Laneret, Mr. N. T. Hicks; Herrick Evetuten, Mr. J. Webster; Blanche Herint, Alm R. tinner. After which, MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JOE. Harry Hallyard, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Joe Tiller, Mr. R. Homier ; Mary Mayful, Abs. R. Honner. , conclude with Len-an Rede's popular piece, called WEALTH AND WANT, and THE VILLAGE POLI TICIANS, in which Mr. R. Homier and the entire Company will appear. Pieces and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. A'rEn AT LONDuN BRIDGE Tills DAY. 2.4 minutes after 51 Evening 50 minutes after 6. 4f% A. •4, 41 1 4:: 1 11W4 ie.,- • ~~~ :~a~~ LONDON TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 11, 1842. In another part of The Sun will be found the Revenue Tables for the quarter ending the 10th of October. The increase in the year is only 355,9811., though that includes a sum of 313,8441. obtained by the Income-tax. In also includes 477,803/. from Miscellaneous sources, chiefly made up from the Chinese booty. Of every branch of old taxation, except the Customs—in which. duties have been reduced, and some articles are now included which were before prohibited, and which include the whole sum received on the corn imported—and, except the Post-office, the produce is declining. In the year the Excise has fallen off 733,4481., the 5tamp5,139,712/., and the Taxes, 62,2331. Deduct ing the decrease from the total increase of the year, and deducting the produce of the Income-tax, the revenue is just 42,1371. better this year than last. Deducting the Miscellaneous, it is 435,606/. worse. We are much disappointed by the produce of the quarter's revenue, We anticipated in July that, in consequence of the .tariff' being settled in the present quarter, there would have been a great increase in the Customs' revenue ; it is only 206,760/. These tables do not show us how much the Customs have lost by the alteration in the Timber and Coffee duties, nor how much they have gained by the Corn duties, but we should conjecture that the latter must much exceed the former, and we regard the sluallincrease in the quarter as an indication that our trade has had no revival. The falling off in the Excise this quarter — which is the worst index we have yet seen to the diminished consumption by the people—is not less than 434,8311. Most of the falling Off in the Stamp duties, 107,224/., is occa sioned by the alterations made in them ; but we can only account for the falling off in the Taxes, 142,733/., by supposing that it is occasioned by red uct i ons in expenditure -made to prepare for the Income-tax. The whrile de crease on the quarter, notwithstanding, thc: addi tion of the Income-tax, and the increase of the Customs' duties is 67,472/. Beinc, unabl e to ap preciate correctly the adverse effects in, the Cus toms of increased traffic and the reducv.ion in the Timber duties, we g;ve no decided opinion. upon these returns; but, on the whole, are disap pointed at the produce of th.e revew.ue f or t h e quarter'; while the falling off in th , : Excise con s the statement that the distress., of the people has as yet undergone no mitigationb If France or Germany, both of •which countries possess a well orzinized syste J I of police, and patronise th e passport p l an , a i ;as the plan for ticketing and numbering the 7 : uman race, were to refuse a:free passage toEngV.samen y Spaniards, or Italians, through i ts terr'!_ory, on the same conditions of keeping the h!,ghways, exhibiting their p ass p orts at the gates • of the towns, as it allows its Own subjects to t•J;e the privilege of lo comotion, or on any additianal conditions it may hty down as necessary , r the preservation of order, it would be justly stigmati se d as a suspi eioos gad barbarous State . In truth, when these and other States, from n apprehension of war, or fearful of rebellion, have prohibited to pas sengers the free passa p ;e of their high roads, or have prohibittd = them, from entering and leaving their territories, the qinduct of these States has been considered unjust, and injurious to theq selves. Far from such being the general prac tice, all passports given to 'the natives of one country going int% another, recommend them to the care of the authorities, who are expected to protect, not to molest them. At present there is no inconsiderable influx of English into 'and efflux from France, and while every man is aware that the French Government has the power to stop this ebb and flow whenever it pleases = and to prevent a single Zriglishman from travelling to Paris, yet every man is equally sensible that the French Government, in the interest of its own subjects, who would suffer much from such a communication and free circulation of the Eng lish in France being even impeded, has no right to stop it. We deduce from this —looking at the interest of the people governed as the basis of all the rights of the Government —the gene ral rule, that no State has the right, whatever may be its power, to prevent or impede foreign ers from freely using, subject to all customary tolls and conditions, the high roads of that State. What is true as to the persons of foreigners is equally true as to their goods and property. Atter paying those Customs ditties which every State—from what is; in most cases, to us a piece of high and inscrutable wisdom—levies on goods imported from abroad—those goods, whether in the possession of the foreigner, and conveyed in his own carriage, or in possession of the natives, and conveyed by some of the carriers of the country, are allowed to circulate on its highways, on the same conditions as the property of the natives. Every Government has the power of prohibiting—and, but for the smuggler, might prevent—the importation of all goods from abroad on any conditions; but, looking to the interest of its own people, no sane-minded man would say that it had a right so to prohibit the importa tion. We have, by these remarks, we think, established the general rule that Governments, though they have the power, have no right to prevent the free circulation of fcreigners and foreign goods on the highways which those Go vernments form and maintain. We believe that our readers will wonder why we enter into such a discussion, and take so much pains to demonstrate a received truth and the common practice. We are about to apply the doctrine to sweep away a heap of nonsense, or what Lord ASHBURTON properly called " de vices and manoeuvres," the " supposed artful tools of diplomacy," which some of our Con temporaries have vomited forth in relation to England allowing the subjects of the United States the free navigation of the St. John's. If Governments have no right—whatever may be their power—to prohibit to foreigners the use of the high-roads which they have made and maintain through their own territories, for the free circulation of their persons and goods, it is clear, a fortiori, that Governments can have no right to prohibit to foreigners, for the free conveyance of their persons and goods, the use of those rivers which flow through their territories, and which they did not make, and perhaps are at no ex pense whatever in maintaining. Of course, possessing both banks of such rivers, Govern ments may inhospitably refuse all succour and assistance to the foreigners who seek to pass along them, or they may throw a boom . and chains across, and bar the passage where. the river enters and leaves their territory. They have the power to do that; they have the power even to murder the boats' crews that might at tempt to pass down a stream, as Alususo PARK is said to have been murdered. But they have no right to murder them ; they have no right to bar the passage ; they have no is t b sitt to impede foreigners in freely using, for the s''onveYance both of their parsons and their goods, th.gse na tural and unexpensive highways. Of cout7sey they may make such police regulations and im pose such duties on goods and persons entering their territories by a river as if they came from the sea, or across the frontier, from the high road of another State; but their right to do so is strictly circumscribed by the interest of their own people. Whatever, therefore, may be the opinions of old HUGO GROTIUS or Herr Von MARTENS, both respectable and honourable men in their way, we assert that a Government has not the abstract right to interdict the navi gation of rivers which pass within its territory to peaceful and friendly foreigners. There may undoubtedly be a question whether it be for the interest of the peo ple whose Government possesses both banks of a river to prohibit its use to foreigners. We have not' heard, however, a single human being say, or surmise, that it would be for the interest of New Brunswick or Great Britain that the Americans should not convey as many of themselves, and as much of their pro duce as they please, down the river to the town of St. John's. if our country has no interest in preventing them doing that ; if it would be for the public advantage that they should bring their goods to the people on the banks of the river, and to the inhabitants of St. John's, to be there loaded on board ship, enriching that town with their traffic, we have no right whatever to prevent their doing it. We doubt whether it ever can be for the interest of a people possessing a river to bar its use to those who dwell on it, above and below them, any more than it can be the interest of France to bar the use of its highways to the Germans, the Italians, and the English. We conclude, therefore, that Lord AsnIIIIIIITON . promoted the interest of New Brunswick and of Great Britain as much, by consenting that the Americans should freely navigate the St. John's, as France promotes its own interest by allowing the tolerably free ingress and egress of English into and from that country. Herr Von MARTENS and HUGO GROTIUS, who are quoted by some of our Contempo raries, as great authorities on this ques tion, borrowed their doctrines, like all writers on international law, from the practices of States. Sometimes, but not always, they attempt to cor rect those practices by the higher principles of the moral law; b u t, i n general, what they H the law of nations is nothing' more than a transcript of what Kings have done. They saw the prac tices of the Sovereigns of Germany, one of the few European States of which the navigable rivers flow through the territories of several po litical Powers—they saw the Sovereigns of those States, with a hateful, dog-in-the-manger policy, trying, by tolls and impediments, to prevent each other from reaping all possible advantage from the noble rivers which flow through their com mon country; • and GROTIUS and Herr Von MARTENS deduce from their practices the right of Sovereigns to the exclusive control and posses sion of rivers, and the right to bar their use to other nations. But what was the consequence of this exercise of selfish, ignorant power? The rivers of Germany remained for centuries almost un navigated. While the streams of the United States were covered with steam-ships, the Elbe, the Weser, the Danube, and the Rhine (now they have a few), remained un visited and unblessed by those miracles. of human skill. Are we, then, because Herr Von MARTENS and Huss° GROTIUS say we have the right, to imitate the blind power of the petty Sovereigns of Germany, and impede the free use of the waters of our American colonies to our peaceful brethren of the United States ? We answer no ; we say that we have no right to do so; that our own interest demands that our rivers be as freely used as our roads by foreigners. If this be a correct view of this important question, Lord ASHBURTON made no concession rot he eNo A v mericans. but promoted the welfare of our people —and happily for us pro , 'noted the welfare of the Americans at the same time by stipulating that the river St. J o h n ' s navigation. should be free ,to their These same writers lay it. down I as a duty on passage to peacefultat t b es ; • to allow a free dominions ; and that can e o l o g t n p e r o s s s b through e t their a duty when these foreigners pass on their rivet's. Their pagesthen, ca n no mo re afford a Lord A SHBURTON ' S stipula irgearasen T ts hei against stipula tion, that the Atnericans shall use • the St. John's, than the Laws of MENU, or the Carolina Code. International law has yet to be formed, and we would as soon take the practices of the feudal Barons, as of the Sovereigns of Germany, for its basis. We deeply regret to see the journals of the Liberal party—whose power is - reason, as con trasted with • prescription—the public good, as distinguished from ancient usages—taking up gross errors, the represelitation of ancient usages, and of worn-out because unjust prescription, and trying by them to misrepresent and disparage a treaty which is of grea(public advantage. Those journals will not inflict on the Liberal party all the damage they perhaps desire, for we are happy to know that there is scarcely a Whig jourlial of any character, throughout the coun try, which shares the feelings of the late occu pants of the Foreign-office; and scarcely one which. does not refuse to follow, on this occasion, the mislead of the Globe and Chronicle. The • accounts that reach this country from China, India, and almost every part of the habit able globe, in such rapid suceession, cannot fait to strike the most careless observer with wonder at the vast extent of her doMinious, and the activity and energy .of.her people. The rank which she holds at the present moment among the nations of the earth, has no parallel in the history of mankind. She has established colo- . nies and independent States, some of which are larger than the Roman empire was at the zenith of its power, her ships traverse every ocean, and her sons are found in every. clime. No country ever equalled her iu trade, commerce, or coloni zation, nor in gigantic undertakings commenced with such slender means. The rapid increase of her power is not less, remarkable than its extent. But two hundred years ago a few English mer chants established themselves on a small spot in India, and that spot has increased to a mighty empire. A little band of freemen fled from the despotic rule and unjust exactions of an English Sovereign, settled in the new world, carrying with them the free spirit, the habits, the arts, and the religion of their country, and their suc cessors now rank, with the most powerful States of Europe. Another colony of equal size, and endued with the same love of liberty, and the same ardent desire for improvement, is increasing daily in strength, and in process of time will become a powerful rival to its independent neighbour. From .the Falkland Islands at the utmost verge of the Southern hemisphere to the Polar Sea, she has possessions on the Continent and islands almost without number, inhabited by people speaking our language, cultivating the same arts, and imitating the mother country in trade, commerce, and all those acquirements and pursuits which distinguish a civilized race from. barbarians. In the East, England has under her sway 100 millions of inhabitants, and while these rest satisfied with her rule, is carrying on war with a hardy and powerful people one thou sand miles distant from the seat of Government; and at some 5,000 miles diStance on the other side of the.vast continent of Asia a handful of British soldiers is attacking successfully an ancient ent pire, containing countless millions of inhabitants. It is a singular fact, too, that these possessions, with a few exceptions, were obtained less by war and conquest than by the arts of peace. Unlike Rome, " when she laid a country waste, and called desolation peace," England began by peopling deserts, by assisting and protecting her offspring till it grew to manhood, or by civilizing barbarians, teaching them habits ofindustry, ruling them generally by mild and equitable laws, and attaching them to herself rather by voluntary bonds than by *the violent and rude hand of a conqueror. No country ever exhibited such a rapid increase of power and wealth, and in the development of her resources, one circumstance gives rise to noble and cheering reflections, honourable to the spirit of liberty and to the thirst after free inquiry which distinguished the „ beginning of the seventeenth century. From ti,:t period to the present the progress of arts, coon[: rce 1 and civilization, has been gradual and sure.the English territory appeared on the snap ll qerthan a man's band. Now it is spread over the w 07 41, not from any settled r e tO i t ; plan, not from a regula7 system of aggression like that pursued by the Ro mans, but by the natural course of events. The genius of our Con stitution, the hatred of the people to slave 7, and their attachment. to free institutions, must hac''' had no small influence in producing results of such magnitude. The nations of the earth cannot fail to respect a country which in one day emancipated 800,000 slaves, at an expense exceeding the personal . revenues of mighty Sovereigns, and which, by a magnanimous reso lution, declared that every human being, of what ever nation, or creed, or by whatever ties he may be bound, becomes a freeman on touching the sacred soil of England. It is an instructive fact, too, that during the period to which we refer, she sustained only one memorable defeat, and that frOm her own sons, who rose as one man in defence of that liberty and self-government for which one English sovereign was sacrificed on the scaffold, and his race for ever banished from the country. But marked as the change has been during the last century, it is still going on at a rate hitherto unknown. By means of rail roads, steam-ships, improvements in machinery, and important discoveries, the strength of the country within the last fifteen years has been raised to a height of which it wouldbe impOssible to make anything like a proximate calcu lation, and no one can survey this wonderful scene without entertaining the hope and the conviction that all these great movements are directed by more than human agency, and are means in the hand of the Great Ruler for civi lizing and uniting in one great family the nations of the earth. Lord ABINGER, who was once a Whig, then a Tory, and now bids fair to settle down into a confirmed ultra-Tory; who spent the best years of his life in advocating the Freedom of the Press, and afterwards, in his capacity of Attorney- General to the WELLINGTON Administration, did all he could to strangle that Freedom, multiply ing ex-officio prosecutions to such a degree that even his own party began to take the alarm and di sco untenance his proceedings—Lord ABINGER, who, like Sir JAMES GRAHAM, has boxed the political compass, delivered a Charge on Thursday last, on the opening of the Cheshire Special Commission, in which much of the intolerant spirit that might be expected from such a man, is apparent—so apparent, indeed, that none can fail to perceive it at the very first glance.lted of f e. just n ie s err a mpAL con d fi id n , in t g o I t i h in e - ise l l, as i a f wo Lo f d the N e v il a s y e t t o he di L se e u a s r snedtheJelihdag:actNeVrenittndouptrinoefiphleiss of Chartism ; and this not in a calm, equable tone, but in the earnest spirit of a party o ti i c ti i e ci e n t . asked indignantly, h these n i s the are of " W the hat C ," h i a ' r e te n : seeking? Annual Parliaments, Universal Suf frage, and Vote by Ballot! Yet, gentlemen, you will find by the evidence which will be produced before you, that it has been incul cated on many misguided persons that the sovereign remedy for all abuses, - and the only means of putting themselves •in pos session of such a share of power as would enable thein to vindicate their own rights, and secure themselves against oppression, is by the enactment of what they call the People's Charter ?" Now we contend that in hazarding these remark:, Lord ABINGER was travelling beyond the mark. Like the • cobbler, he should have stuck to his last. It was not expected from him that he should enter into a political disqui sition upon Chartism, but that, in his capacity of Judge, he should restrict himself to an ex position of the law. What business had he with the points of the Charter ? Where was the imperative necessity that com pelled him to launch his anathemas against'Uni venial Suffrage and Annual Parliaments? He was not a political partisan, but a Judge. He was not delivering his sentiments from the Tory side of the House of Lords, but from the sacred Bench of Justice. By far the greater portion of the Learned Judge's Charge is taken up with a denunciation of Chartism ; while the riotous meetings, we re the occasion of that Charge, are disposed . of in a very summary, ofd hand manner. We are told, indeed, that such Meetings are illegal, and " should be THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER It, 1842. punished wish the utmost rigour of the law ;" but that is about the extent of intbrmation we obtain on the subject, so eager is Lord ABINGER to record at full-length his hostility to Chartism, and to' point .out—what be conceives to be—the injurious working of the democratic principle in the United States. His Lordship's great horror seems to be, that persons of property should be legislated for by persons of no property. The legislation of the well tilled breeches-pocket seems to him the best of all possible legislation. This feeling pervades every sentence of his Charge, and he recurs to it again and again, with a pertinacity and a solicitude that at length become quite ludi crous. As for knowledge,acspectability, and so lbrth, forming a necessary portion of a legisla tor, Lord:Amxmat lays not the slightest stress on these qualifications; firoperty is what he chiefly looks for; he who has it- is every way qualified to legislate; be who has, it ntit, 'is' a dangerous member of society, who 1',4 nOtto be safely trusted with the slightest'shred of power. _ . The speech of tfili. - FEATHERSTONHAUGH at Falmouth, Kiven in another part of the paper, knocks down all those castles in the air, built on the faith that the Commissioners appointed to survey the disputed territory would come to the aid of the revilers of Lord ASHBURTON. In fact the treaty, according to this gentleman, who it cannot be denied is good authority, is more favOnrable than the public have been led to be lieve. The territory has been divided into equal moieties ; it secures to us every object that was essential to the welfare ofour colonies; our corn munication between them, both civil and mili tary, are placed beyond hostile reach ; and all the military positionsin the Highlands, claimed by the Americans, without exception now belong to Great Britain. He disposes in a like sum mary manner of the loud. talk about the exclu sive navigation of the St. John; but the different points are so well stated, and the defence of Lord ASHBURTON so complete, that we cannot do better than refer our readers to the speech itself. Accounts from Madrid are to the Ist inclusive. Financial measures occupied the Government beyond all other subjects, which can cause no surprise. Empty pockets generally cause no little anxiety to their owners. The Gazette publishes the decree of the RE GENT, convoking the Cortes for the 14th of No vember. It was believed that the session would be opened without a speech from the REGENT, in order to avoid a debate on the Address. The Amnesty Bill, drawn up by M. ZUMALA CARREGUI, the Minister of Justice, was found too liberal by his colleagues. The publication of that Act was accordingly adjourned. M. ZU MALACARREGUI proposed to exclude only 25 per sons from the benefit of the measure. Ti.e Government contemplated to reduce the provincial militia by 25,000 men. The Five per Cents were done on the 30th ult. at 20i for cash, and 211 at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at Hi at 60 days. On the Ist the Three per Cents. sold for 20i for cash, and t':e Five per Cents. at 25i for cash, and 261 26 25i at 60 days. We have received the Paris papers, which still dwell on the late accounts from Africa, evidently with little satisfaction. The Journal des Debats of Saturday informs us that the Algerine war may last three years more, which is not surprising, JUGURTHA and others having resisted the Romans much longer and that, consequently, the 75,000 men de manded by General BUGEAUD must be granted him. Nevertheless, great results have been gained, according to the French journal, and the, war, but lately at the gates of Algiers, has been displaced to fifty leagues distance from the coast. The mission of Sir HENRY ELLIS to the Brazils has excited some attention in Paris. The Opposition journals contend that the ap proaching termination of the treaty between England and that empire presented to the French Government an opportunity for effecting an alliance with the latter, which would neces sarily produce important advantages to France, and inflict a heavy injury upon England. La P resse calls the attention of its readers to `he efforts now making by the British Govern men t ... German, States. " This' 4 . 0 conclude commercial treaties with: merits the most serious it say s, to believe what is said, A ta u ct s i t c r , i , a , attention. 1 f we are France is at this ornent aking arrangements to unite herself to Germany by ail' alliance based on the commercial interests of the two nations it becomes therefore necessary to inquire wht is the true position of this country with respect to a Power whose influence has always been so fatal to us in the Germanic Confederation. It is an evident fact that the movement which has been progressing for the last fifteen years throughout Germany is diametrically opposed to British in terests. Politically, Great Britain strengthened herself by the division of the German people, the result of which was to prevent them coming to an understanding with Russia or with ! I France, and thus oppose an obstacle to the alliance of the Continental Powers. Corn , mercially, the consequence of the tendency of Germany to unite her force and her in terests is naturally to withdraw that country f r om the yoke of the British manufac turers. As long as the German States were un acquainted with the mode of combining the elements of *their wealth, England took advan tage of their state of isolation. Thus she inun-. dated all Germany with her manufactures in exchange for agricultural produce, which she received in return from the southern provinces. The advantage which that part of Germany de rived from her trade.with Great Britain became 5u some measure a source of ruin and of misery for the other German States, whose manufac tures were crushed by British competition. No doubt all the advantages of the German Union have not had time to be developed. Germany still presents a magnificent market for British produce, but everything proves that she is at the eve of emancipating herself e.9ippletely." The Courrior FrancaisOn adverting to the in crease of the British navy, thus remarkg Although the relations between Great Britain and Russia are not on a friendly footing, and the British feeling towards France is v?t, warm, we believe that Great Britain does not mealrto threaten any foreign Power whatever. But such preparations, particularly when we compare with them the desire shown by Sir Robert Peel to arrange the differences with the United States, prOve that the statesmen who govern the United Kingdom regard the future prospects of the country a § gloomy, and that they do not wish to he surprised by cOurfinioents.'. This increase of the British navy i s a formidable peace establishment, approaching very nearly to a state of war. The Tory Ministry, it is true, do not make use of the provoking language of Lord Palmerston, but they are besieged by the same apprehensions, and imbued with the same conceptions. France ought not to cease to be on her guard becaus e her adversaries, although not on terms of intimacy with her, observe a less hostile demeanour, or use less acrimonious language. At one o'clock on Friday, the various tenders for supplying the Post-office steam-packets with 38,000,000 kilogrammes of sea- coal were opened at the Council -chamber of the General Post-office, by M. PIRON Deputy p o stmaster-General, when the first contract for d e liverino. 13,600,000 kilo grammes of co a l a t the port of c" Marseilles, was adjudged t o M. CouuN, at 3f. 49c. the quintal. The second, of 1,500,0 00 kilogrammes for Calais, to M. 1 2 EQUET DE BEAUREPAIILE, at 21. 54c. the quintal ; *and the third, of 24,300,000 kilo gratntnes, for the five ports of the Levant, to M. MACQUEUR CHATEMANN, at the price of 883,300 f. The wheat crop of France in' 1842 is esti mated, in a document just published by the Ministry of Commerce and Agriculture, at 85,988,432 hectolitres. The produce of this im portant article almost doubled during the last 30 years, and that of potatoes increased to fivefold during the same period. The Nile steamer (one of the finest vessels of the Egyptian eet) entered Marseilles on the 4th inst ; she had on board eight splendid Ara bian horses, and several shawls of great value;' which MEHEMET 'ALT sent as presents to King Louts PHILIPPE and his family. ARTIN BEY, Secretary to the'PActrA Dr. LABAT, who had completed his second historical tour through the East; M. MOUCHELET, an engineer, in the ser vice of MEHEMET ALI ; M. JULES ROMAIN, a young • Orientalist, and several other travellers, came passengers on board the Nile. The following- interesting extract is from the Gazette de France : France, whose coasts are bathed by four seas, to which Nature ht's given magnificent harbours, rivers accessible to large vessels, a coast of 1,600 kilometres from Dunkirk to Bayonne, and from Antibes to Port Vendres, which a century ago possessed Canada, Louisiania, St. Domingo, and Guiana, in America, the Isle of France, and Madagascar, in Africa, and almost the whose coast of India, in Asia, has now de clined from this splendour, and holds only the fourth place among the Colonial Powers. It has not a port in the Indian Ocean. England enjoys the monopoly of steam navigation in the Red Sea. Martinique, which ought to be the entrepot of all the French com merce in the Gulf of Mexico, is going to ruin in our hands. The bay of Fort Royal, one of the finest naval stations in the Antilles, is neglected. The Isle of Bourbon is destitute. We are hardly beginning to form some plan relative to Guiana, the lands in which are as good as those in Demerara; - and Surinam, which sends in cotton that is often sold in our market at the same price as that of Pernambuco,. which, in short, only wants encouragement and security, to give us the monopoly of the spice trade. Those modern nations which have been led by ne cessity or carelessness to neglect this powerful re source, have generally paid the penalty for so doing. What has Portugal become g Spain was effaced from the list of naval powers on the day that she lost her possessions in America and Asia, where she suffered herself to be stripped of her equatorial empire. On the other hand, look at England, the most complete manufacturer of the development of colonial power. How has she suffered for her indefatigable ardour ? She obtained the maritime and colonial sceptre of the world. Her manufactures have increased in propor tion to her conquests and her commerce. She has bound nations to her by the most solid ties—those of interest ; and her power has become, as it were, so necessary (se fatal), that it cannot be destroyed with out convulsing the universe.—La Gazette de France, Oct. 8. BOURSE-PARIS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8. First. Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 118 90... 118 95... 118 80... 118 90 Four per Cents. 102 35... 102 85 .. 102 35... 102 35 3 per Cents.... 80 10... 80 20... 80 10... 80 20 Bank of France 3280 —.3289 ...3280 .. 3280 Latlitte Bank 5,000 f 5045 —.5045 ...5045 ...5045 Belgian Bank, 1841—.1045 ...1045 ...1040 ...1045 1840 104 ... 104 ... 103 i ... 103 i Spanish Active 22 ... 22 ... 21i ... 24 Passive New Deferred 9 ... 94- ... 9 ... 91 Portuguese Fives Bl ... 34 ... 34 ... 34 Neapolitan Roman RAILWAY SHARES. St. Germain 832 50... 632 50... 832 50... 832 50 Versailles, R.B 265 ... 265 ... 262 50... 263 75 L.B 9B 75... 98 75... 98 75... 98 75 Rouen Orleans.... 566 25... 586 25... 585 585 Strasburg to Bale 205 ... 205 ... 205 ... 205 lIER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—We are requested to correct a misstatement which appeared in our paper of Thursday, in reference to her Ma jesty's return from Scotland on board the General Steam Navigation Company's superb vessel the Tri dent, and the non-reward of the people on board on that occasion. It was erroneously stated that no presents were distributed, and the omission was im puted to the forgetfulness of her. Majesty's purse bearer—a circumstance altogether unsual. ith regard to the stewardess in attendance on her Majesty, we understand that the Managing Director of the General Steam Navigation Company was requested by her Majesty, with her usual . consideration, to remunerate her for her services and attention in the most hand some manner ; and we are glad to learn that the Royal pleasure in that respect has been properly attended to. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, OCT. 10.—Wind this day at noon light airs from N.E., and hazy weather. ....DEAL, OCT. 9.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Sld. Ad miral Moorsom, Aden, Australia; Bombay, Enmore, Port Phillip ; Eudora, Hobart Town ; John Heyes, Cape ; Conservative, Jamaica ; William M'Dougall, Cape; Sarah Mills, Monte Video; Richard, Pernam buco ; Mary, Tobago ; Ruby, St. Mitt's ; Rover, St. Thomas ; Suffolk, New Orleans • Toronto, Charles ton ; Success, Madeira; Martha, Newfoundland; Owen Glendower (transport), Mediterranean. Orr SALCOMBE, OCT. 6.—Arrd. Sermama, Guskin, Trinidad for Bremen; . Gumania, Wenat, Havannah for Hamburgh. FALMOUTH, OCT. 7.—Wind N.E. to N.N.E., mode rate breezes. 8. Wind E. to E.N.E., fresh. 9. Wind N.E. to E.N. —Arrd. Montrose, steamer, with the Mediterranean mails. Sld. Peterel, packet, Brazil. Arrd. off, Ethelred, Lawrence, Jamaica. Orr PENZANCE.—MontreaI, Tucker, New York. LIVERPOOL, OCT. B.—Wind E. ' light. 9. Wind E. RE., light.—Arrd. En taw, New York. Sid. Vic toria, Sydney, New South '\Vales ; Dan. Rio; Prompt, Maranham ; Britannia, St. Thomas; Monongahela, Philadelphia; New York, New York;, Lady Paget, Africa ; Bootle, Monte Video. Arrd. oft; Lascar, Roscoe, and Atalanta. CLYDE, OCT. 7.—Arrd. Janet, Frase_r, Dalhousie. CROOKHAVEN, OCT. s.—Arrd. Robert Ker, Quebec; Lydia, Bahia; Georgia, Sutherland, Beloze, Pitt, Mackenzie, Bay Chaleur. YARMOUTH, ()CT. 9.--The John Jones, from New port +o Southampton, got ashore here yesterday • morning and must be lightened to get off. Orr DARMOUTH, OCT 7.—Cairo, New Orleans, for Havre ; Svea, New York, for Gothenburg. R A MSGATE, OCT. 9.—The Elizabeth, from Hull for Trieste, has put, in here, leaky. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 9.—Wind E.—Sld. Charlotte, St. John's, New Brunswick. SHIELDS' OCT. B.—Sld. Louise, Pernambuco; Ro man New York. HILL, OCT. 8.--Wind N.W., moderate breeze.— Arrd. Charles, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Cumber land, Quebec. CLYDE, OCT. B.—Sld. Caroma, Trinidad ; Antella, Havannah; SUNDERLAND, OCT. 6.--Arrd. John White, Riche bucto. ASSISTANCE TO THE lIOMEWARD BOUND IN THE CHANNEL. The following has been posted at Lloyd's : " Admiralty, Oct. 8, 1842. " Sir—l am commanded by my Lords Commis sioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you, for the in formation of the CommittQe for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, that the Admirals at Portsmouth and Ply mouth, and the Senior Officer at Falmouth, have been directed to send some disposable vessels forthwith with a supply of water and provisions, to render assistance to the homeward bound vessels detained in the Chan nel by the contrary winds.—l am, Sir, &c., " JOHN BARROW. " To the Secretary, Lloyd's." IMPORTANT TO MARINERS. WRECK IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL.—The wreck of a vessel of about. 200 tons burthen has been seen in the Bristol Channel; her masts, sails, and rigging were floating alongside. She lies opposite the lower eud of the Nash Sands. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. --- Arrivals at Mauritius.—Seringapatam, July 3, from Null ; Levant Packet, 7th, from Seychelles ; Donna Carmlita, Bth, from Singapore ; Emerald Isle, 10th, from Cale:tta ; Frances, Sharp, from Calcutta. to Liverpool ; s yn i7netry, Butler, 11th, from Havre ; Indian, Mackie, 11th;, from the Cape; William Met calfe, Philipson, 12th, from Penang Briton, Evans, 16th, from London. el ,.,. recle„ , ur- Departures from Mauritius. — Belle: chase, July 2, for Port Phillip and LauncL..q'c'n Briton, Barro, 3d, for the Cape; Emma, Paddle, 12th for Madagascar ; Portly, Reed, for Calcutta ; Pauline Houghton, Tait, 16th, for London. . Arrivals at Sydney.—Fair Barbadian, from China and Singapore, and sailed for Mauritius; H.M.S. Beagle, from a cruise ; John Brewer, from Hobart Town, and sld. 18th June to Bombay ; Deborah, from Bay of Islands ; Bright Planet, from Port Nicholson ; Terra Nova, from Batavia; John Pirie, from Auck. land ; Caledonia, from Gottenburgh ; James, from Port Nicholson ; Charlotte, from Bourbon ; Georgiana, from Manilla; Malcolm, from Singapore; Eleanor and Bencoolen, from London ; Terror, from China ; Jano Gondee, from Liverpool; Jane, from Manilla; Bull, from Port Philip._ _ _ _ • Departures from Sydney.—Standerings, May 7, to London ; Cairo, 13th (after putting back), for London; Tyne, Robertson, .May 14, and Middlesex, 15th, to London ; Hope, 27th, to London ; Mathesis, Ap r il 17, to Guam ; Clarkstone, 23d, to whaling; Louisa, 24th, to Guam ; Avon, May 19, to whaling ; 13ristolian, 20th, tb Auckland ; Thomas Crisp, 26th, to Port Nicholson ; Agenoria, 27tb, to Rolle and Mauritius ; Eleanor, to Port Nicholson ; Deborah, to Launceston ; Packet, to Singapore ; James, to Timor ; Vesper, to Port Philip; Tomatin, Ju ne 17, t o Auckland; Sir C. Napier, to Lima; Portenia, to India. SOUTH SEA FISHERY. Pallas, Thayer, end of April, out 9 months, 600 barrels ; Faune, of Havre, in :May, out 12 months, 1,000 barrels; Orion, Baxter, in Cloudy Bay, May 5, 1,500 barrels. MARRIED.—On the Bth inst., at St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, Mr. Henry Higgs, of the Strand, to Fidelity Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. John Bleaden, of Arthur treet, East. In these dull times some of our Contemporaries appear to have great difficulty in filling up their numerous columns. In one yesterday the Exa miner recurs at least thirty-two times in an article on the everlasting boundary question ; and the Chronicle, in the same article, is repeated twenty-three times. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND 413 1 10) t evintott. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The King and Queen of the Belgians were to leave Brussels yesterday for Paris, and go by the railway to the Fiench frontier. On Wednesday the King received at St. Cloud the Director of the Royal Museum, and M. Pradier, the sculptor, who had the honour to present his model of a monument to the memory of the Duke of Orleans, which is to be erected in the Museum. The Prince de Lichtenstein and Baron de Roths child have arrived at Brussels. The railroad from Charleroi to Brussels and Mons is far advanced, and it is hoped that the great section of the Charleroi line will be ready in the course of next spring. The Brussels journals announce the marriage on Wednesday. morning, at the Hotel de Ville of that city, of Count Louis Marie d'Ursel with Mdlle. de Rumigny, the daughter of the French Ambassador. Prince Milasch, the ex-Premier of Servia, possesses, without counting his estates in Wallachia, an annual income of 140,000 ducats (1,550,000 f.) The Leipsie Gazette contains a letter from Berlin, which says It is reported here that the King has rejected a Bill relative to the Press, which was pre sented to him, observing that it was his firm intention to give his people a measure really founded on the liberty of the Press. The King has more than once declared that the liberty of the Press, far from being; injurious to the existence of a true monarchy, consti tutes one of the essential conditions of its existence." An accident occurred on the Paris and St. Ger main's railroad, on Friday last, when - a collision took place between the two trains, when one passen ger had his thigh fractured, arid several others re ceived severe contusions. The Paris train was greatly shattered. The two foreigners lately arrested on a gambling transaction at Boulogne, have been discharged. MONEY - TRADE-COVIDIEILCB. The markets at Bolton, Halifax, Leicester, and Leeds have done but little business during the past week. At Bradford, Rochdale, and Hohnfirth, the demand has been good; at Manchester prices are lower, and the production greater than the sale. AGRICULTURAL. A Ministerial department of commerce and agri culture is about to be created in Prussia, and M. de Bulow-Canamerow, the author of a remarkable 'work on statistics, is to be at the head of it. The South West Middlesex Agricultural Society celebrated its anniversary on Friday. The ploughing match between Buckinghamshire and Middlesex was won by a ploughman of the latter county. Upwards of 200 gentlemen sat down to a dinner, at which Mr. Henry Pownall presided. The meeting Of the East Essex Agricultural Society took place last week at Colchester, and the ploughing matches on the borders of the Ipswich road. LITERAIZY EiNTO SCIENTIPIC. The first stone of an astronomical observatory was laid at Athens, on the Hill of the Nymphs, at the time when the great eclipse of the sun, on the Bth of July, was . at its height. The building is to be erected and stocked with instruments at the expense of the Baron Von Sina, Greek Consul-General at Vienna. THEATIZZCZ.Z. Mr. Plancha is the author of the new successfi vaudeville comedy of Follies of a Night. SPORTING. Her Majesty's stag-hounds, at Ascot, will be ready to take the field about the beginning of November, when the hunting season begins. A stag was un carted on Friday, and after a run of thirty-five. minute; was taken by the young hounds. The Archduke, Frederick of Austria, is still staying at Drayton Manor, with the members of his suite. The - Duke of Wellington, immediately on his re. turn from the funeral , of the Marquis of IVellesley, sel out for Walmer Castle. . The Duke of Rutland is staying at Cheveley Park, near Newmarket. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland returned to Raby Castle, Durham, last week. The Duke of Manchester is passing the winter at Nice. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort arrived at Beau fort House, on Saturday, from Bodminton. The Earl of Jersey left Berkeley-square on Sunday for Newmarket. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield arrived in town on Friday from Gedling Lodge. Lord Clifford has arrived in town from Ugbrook Park, near Chudleigh, South Devon. Earl Grey accompanied by Lord Howick returned to Howick gall on Thursday from Alnwick !Castle. • :wlsenzzAsq:Eous. The dancers, singers, and pipers, engaged by M. Jußien, in consequence of the admiration excited by their performances when her Majesty was entertained at Taymouth Castle, will appear in London at the beginning of December. The Llanidloes Bank is suspended, but Mr. Jones, the proprietor, has paid, it is said, the demands of all persons upon him. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen walked on the Terrace and in the Home Park this morning, attended by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe and one of the Maids of Honour. At half-past nine o'clock his ifoyal Highness Prince Albert set off to Swinley Lodge, on a shooting excursion, attended by Lord Rivers, Sir Edward Bowater, Hon. Captain D unc ombe, and the Hon. C. A. Murray, where his Royal Highness and party had excellent sport, and returned to the Castle to lunch. In the afternoon her Majesty and her Illustrious Consort rode out in a pony phaeton, his Royal Highness driving, attended by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Hon. Georgiana Stanley, and the Hon. Clementina Hamilton, in a pony carriage and four, the two Equerries in Waiting, on - horseback. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken airings both in the forenoon and afternoon, ac companied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Lord and Lady Haddo, and Mr. George Edward and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, will have the honour of joining the Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening. We regret to learn that her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent has for some days been slightly in disposed at Frogmore. 41. Her Majesty and Prince Albert have visited her Royal Highness daily, besides making frequent inquiries. Count Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, and Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, transacted business, yesterday, at the Foreign-office of the Sec retary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Right Hon. Stewart Mackenzie transacted business at the Colonial-office, on Saturday. Dispatches from Corfu were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Lord and Lady Aylmer have returned to Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, from Ilfracomb, Devonshire. BANKING HOURS, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —In reply to your observations of Saturday upon he proposal of the Bankers to close their doors at four o'clock instead of five, I beg to observe that the business of the Banker, like that of any other man, is a matter of contract, and that any alteration in his mode of conducting it may be effected by advertising, and allowing a sufficient time for his advertisements to gain publicity, or by circular, and the consent of his customers would be virtually given by their con tinuing to deal with him when the alteration an ^d should come into op era ti on . All c h eques nouns. - s ?uld be subject to the rule s o f th e h ouses then issued AN drawn upon, which would not be competent to the holders to contravene. obedient servant, A BAKIKER'S CLERIC DONATIONS OF HER MAJESTY IN SCOTLAND. To the sufferers by the accident occasioned by the falling of the scaffold on the Mound .. £lOO To the Royal Infirmary e• lOO To the Destitute Sick Society To the Benevolent and Strangers' Friend So ciety ... •• . 50 To the House of Refuge. 50 To the Asylum for the Industrious Blind 6O To the Royal Public Dispensary To the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb .. 50 0 To the Magdalen Asylum To the Edinburgh General Lying-in Hospital 50 For the widow and family of D. M'Lachlan, Dun keld, who lost his life by falling over a precipice, after having been employed to light a bonfire on Birnam Hill, her Majesty has sent 301., and Prince Albert has sent '2Ol. An additional donation of 1001. Was sometime ago presented to the Edinburgh Lunatic Asylum. All the donations have been paid through his Grace the Duke of Buceleuch. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON BIRNAM - HILL.—We are gratified to learn that Lady Peel has, at the sugges tion of Sir Robert, generously bestowed, out of a fund which is at the disposal of the Lady of the First Lord of the Treasury for charitable purposes, the sum of five pounds per annum on the widow of the unfortunate man, Daniel M'Lachlan, who was killed by a fall from Birnam-hill on the night of her Ma jesty's arrival in this city, while tending the bonfire on the hill. This is in addition to thirty pounds Le stowed by her Majesty out of her private purse. — Perth Advertiser. itylONE Y and COMMERCIAL :NE.\o';'. CITY, MONDAY tYE NINO; The English market presented, at the close of blisiness, no new feature, beyond an additional firm ness, owing as much to the near approach of the pay ment of the dividends, as to the reports 0f the favourable condition of the quarter's revenue. is tables are looked for with some interest, but it is believed that they cannot be taken as. a correct criterion of improvement, if such be the fact, inas much as they will include large amounts deducted from the dividends, &c., in anticipation of the Income -to/ and the sums unexpectedly received for the duty on corn, as well as the duties upon other artickes_ which were not released from bond until ,the tariff came fully into operation. Consols left off at 93- 9q, 'for Money and for the Account; India Stock, 24° 251; Exchequer Bills, Old, 54 56 ; New, 53 55 Pa z "' Foreign Securities remained nearly as on Satur day —.Belgian, 103 104 ; Dutch Tvvo-and-a-Half per Cents., 52* 521 ; the Five per Cents., 1004 100 i; Danish, 82 83 ; and Brazilian, 63i 641. The speculators in Mexican Bonds appear now t° be as anxious for a rise as they lately have been for a decline; but the distrust which the late operati onS ' have created would appear to be more difficult to re- move than had been anticipated. The quotation " 119 raised to 32, 1, 331. The Share M arket was without any particular f fact worthy 'of notice, beyond the predomina nce ° buyers over sellers. London and Birmingham were 183 185 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 40 41; trr e ", uta Western, 82 83 ; the Half-shares, 591 604 ;' 0 Western, 57i 58 ; North Midland, 57 58 ; the I`,resv Shares, 28 29.; South Eastern and Dover, 23 2 3 1 ; Eastern Counties, 8i- 8 3 ; Northern and. Eastern; 358 361 ; Blackwall, 64 ; and Brighton,• 35 4 36 per share. • It has been attempted to give a degree of P on d, . 13 , importance to the meeting of Portuguese °" holders, about to be held upon the question of eon; version, and to the financial situation of country, and, consequently, to raise a sPec.ued tion thereon. The latter has long been ascer tain to be as bad as it well can be; that is to say, that theiy are without money for the most ordinary .purPl and without credit to raise it ; in fact, it is in ne s , i l as disreputable a state as Spain. It is somewhat the picious that the strongest argument in favour of in arrangement is found in the difficulty of dealing n 5 4 the documents, owing to the numerous design ati° which they at present bear, and therefore the utility _ reducing them to one time, and the fact that Ow identical parties who at the time of issuing the de c , be t were so much opposed to it, are now as desirous '.OO it should be taken advantage of. A stringent que'tliv on the subject has been asked, and to which noreet.`,. has yet been found If it were inexpedient to of vest two years since, when there was a prosPectthe payment, why should it be resorted to now, when bie f Portuguese:treasury isavowedly bankrupt ?” Th e c . o uo object has, however, been . effected, and the quofor tonthe raised to 37 374 for the Five, and 22 221 - Three per Cents., but all transactions to-day 7 - 01 ' , been for time. Colombian were 20 4 21 ; Pe ri/ Y. o .e 16 17 ;. Spanish Five per Cents., 16 16*; ,the per Cents., 20-1 203. (From The Sun of Last Night.) nr do! , Consols continue firm at the prices of Sa , . te t but the market continues in the most inactive ` t to scarcely a transaction having been entered jute n , d aPi or the present hour; they are 931 for Moue)" a rpv ts., the Account; New Three-and-a-Half per r ore -1011. .A further advance has taken place in t°° /. NJ• mium on Exchequer Bills, those at the interes t 0 per diem being 53 55, and those at 24., 52, 54. f the Foreign Securities participate in the dulne ss ° Home Funds, and the Dutch Five per Cents- afro have changed hands to-day, and have impro ved 10 Mi. bett ef The quotation for Mexican Bonds is a sha de b e en than on Saturday, a sale for money having effecte at 32*. But d little has been done in Shares, and witholo/1; riation in prices. Brighton, 361 36*; s tet° Notes, 101 ; South Eastern Scrip, 12 12f ; - I ). s d i a ud, Counties ;, the New Shares, 101 ; N o rth 3 11 ; 'Thirds, 18* ; and Birmingham and Gl°ll ter, 41. bot' d3 ' Several time bargains have been made in thei,orta which are - thus quoted :—Colombian, 201 guese Five per Cents., 371 ; the Three per C n ' s :oll f Spanish Five per cents., 16; and Three per Cent ni , o The. determination of the Directors of the 13/soion, Manchester' to bring this concern to a con e vt iool which has so pre-eminently occupied public fitt e d poi has given much satisfaction. The loss sustaine De joss' over advances will not, it is estimated, bee neh ois hea , 900,000/. • and a list of bad debts has bepu the at the head of which is one sum of 170,010.; second 120,0001., and going gradually down to fo all below this last being considered as too trVslioe special notice. 'ln addition to these, the been greatly increased by the conduct of 0e,I;W113 big Director, endorsing bills -to an amount, and applying the sums obtained ,tr ps the! credit of the bank to his own use. 13es' e 'nt ll have a large claim upon a private establi'h - t hat Wales, over which much uncertainty ekists,'°i,„ tots' these being combined, it m a y b e d ou bted if t`' . capital AN sunk cnEs T NN E ' will b s e r f o a c r ic he E low xc a iiA m N i a ll v io , n o gt e e T r . lin frS t have had rather more business doing W-daY: eis: l°; much alteration in price. Manchester and Le .._.,inr Ditto Half Shares, 30 ; Manchester and 1 31 f ter ham, 21-} ; Lancaster and Preston Thre3-Qus Shares, 183; Manchester Assurance, 94. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. `lndia Stock '''''''''' Ditto Bonds ... . . Ditto Old Annuitis • Ditto New A nnuin e j a: • s4 p,llO Ex. Bills, 1 , 001 '' I for India Stock for Aecl. BaDDnkiittttito Smal ck .. •• • Consols for Acc t. •••• I FUNDS. Prussian, 5 per een, • I _ Russian, pet gen' Portuguese , DttoN ew 18 Ditto, Metallic ..... Spanish, 5 per oar Ditto, Deferred.••• _f, French, 5 per cent. :_f 3 per eel) oyoi 'Dutch, •21. per eeu • French, Exclan g e ......... . Ditto, 5 Per e el ''' . D s i tiror. ................. .1 Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons.— 94 3/1 per Cent. Red ,— New 34 per Cent... ...... 101* New 5 per Cere., Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 ... ...... Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 l2 7.16 FOREIGf Austrian, 5 per cent. ... Belgian, 5 per cent Brazilian Bonds.. . — BuenosAyres6 per cent. 22 Chilian 6 per cent. Colombian, 6 per cent — Ditto 1824 2Ol Cuba bonds, 6 per cent 79 Danish, 3 per :ent B2* Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent 32i Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. SHARES. 40 Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (1 0° Eastern Counties Railway (23 /aid) ••• .... . Ditto New Shares ( paid) . ....... ••• • 0; Great Western, (65 paid) ..................... 60 Ditto New Shares (50 paid ..•• • ........ London and Brighton (50 paid).. .• Ditto Loan Notes (10paid) ..... " London and Birmingham (90) ...... Ditto Thirds (32 paid) ...••• ............ d London and Greenwich Railway (12/ 15s 41' jfi l North o D r t i Ditto Midlandra Preference,nd Railway • Eastern or Privilege ( 4(slp a id)o o . 3 ?if Ditto Thirds (211. 13s. 4d. paid) . ...... • South itt o( Eastern and i 5 Dover d) (50 pai d ) Ditto .... i 2 HAM.BURG H MA—Li - 1 7 0 0r : o jet LUBECK, OCT. 4.—The British War s ` - ` Trio c ove/ damanthus arrived yesterday evening' at i ., is tO c so' and put to sea again this morning. -"Britigl to Cronstadt Lord Stuart de Rothsa.Y , 11 (1 bassador at the Russian Court, and his In Y s . S. c locv BERLIN, SEPT. 28.—The Rev. Messrf- r d ' n o el Von Gerlach, who have been to E n g if' d i themselves acquainted with the nature o , d to bet of the English Episcopal Church, are ' a . l c h ca" 11 vinced that the German Protestant Cliw t. 7. a n united with it.—Hambuqh Papers , ( - )c BERLIN, OCT. 3.--Their Majesties Queen have returned from Neufchatel. just rd ing dispatches arrived w w i OCT. 9, R F T Iv U g G A tia . • FALMOUTH, .--Ti lt4 tiCC° s lll te YtW r : her 3o th dates ult., arefro from from from Vigo the 4 LisnoN, OCT. 3.--N ' ' tt e Lhh r receivede iittinGhbseoitbn. ral‘ tilhatelatra b ..2t y dha o,e t h d.o e 2 dp : , , ,p.otnlhreoilloi:titoorttso:;:s:eica rilopadiroipocca titude with which the Bank of otwitnstan Itw ps .e 5 0 LisbOn enClh.ell come forward to assist the distressing 111- fts o ll •gt has e Government, and financial a rrang e ' of th e. P' e a _just been entered into with smile ° te nt b il lic houses of Oporto, the greatest disc° l P u- { O 3 panic prevails amongst all classes of thea Jo -,, transactions and those immediately interestet few c11 1 ;, 5 ransaetions of the money market. Forth e 1 ' 5 6 al` vii ; 0 _the usual Government paper, which ha lo 1 ,01 ! it , found purchasers at some sort of discount,.9ereti f °/. A l' apparent value, nothing having been 0 " beevoe two hundred and tvventv-six conto s ha ve o f t",,g ready paid for British claims ; the holders farth'o,. papers are, therefore, unwilling to advane:iiipof:i more till some arrangement in the ,shape °I i en t. / 1) ,1 ment take place on the part of Governi9 ots W' ' fi t true that the immense amount in docuine of I , I ,- .... 0 3 they possess has been obtained, but then th e g t otb 1, least by most usurious means ; der 1 •„sts , if not - .. , .7 rot ter' th e 1. CM and delay in the payment could not ren wise. In all probability they will receive ~,e wo ol ment of some past month, and this for 14 ' 44 .11ife°1 will satisfy them. On Friday last Count Stroganoff, :, : 1,1 c t o Char d g e d' ''l l 11.5' of the Emperor of Russia, was presente ,__' kt fair s _„o ionaary form, by the Minister of Foreigni.,trebit,7, their lqajesties. The high rank of. this . , ll -" v i e gl I l i seems to afford much satisfaction ; for hisi t h e f r iell' chosen is looked upon as likely to cenle r ! t , feeling existing between the two De ll cou"t.rie e laiT ii s re l ; '' The convention for the settlement o f . ti lea' twixt Brazil and Portugal is about to be 1111 z i brought to a termination . ....... J' li r , , 4 , ________------ ire 3 0. . 47 M. Arago has published in the Ans'la,' f l:' a critical analysis of the life andiaboars " liersehel. i