The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-15 00:00:00

MR. GEORGE ROBINS'S FARMS FOR EMIGRATION TO THE CAPE. At a time when emigration proceeds more rapidly than ever, and thousands are annually in quest of homes upon other shores, becomes of vital im portance that the character of all such scenes of coloni zation should appear in their real light, so a$ to stand only by their intrinsic merits—divested of those colours which interested motives are so apt to employ, as of that false brilliancy of description, which dazzles only to delude. If, however, it can be shown that, uniting in itself both physically and in a commercial point of view, the high recommendatory advantages, without the detractive influences of other emigrant domains — there exists a portion of country so abounding in natural capabilities as to allow it justly to be sym bolized by the horn of AmalthLea or the lap of Ceres —if a region in particular can be set before the emi grant—where, from the exuberance of production, arising from fecundity of soil, wealth will crown labour with more ample prosperity than it could pos sibly anticipate—where, too, from unfluctuating temperature and purity of climate—from copiousness of water and a situation so localized as to have the best ports and harbours within command for very purpose of traffic and communication, thereby 'securing to the possessor the blessings, no less than the most important and substantial benefits of this life,—such must irrefutably be deemed by the most fastidious mind, an emigration spot, whose name has only to be disclosed to be sought after instantaneously by all who look to the realization of fortune and solid independence. Committees under Government have frequently sat of late, whose object has been that of strict inquiry into the existing state of the various emigration fields abroad, and the unbiassed evidence in such cases adduced can be considered the only . safe guide to the intending emigrant and settler. Leaving the FRUITFUL COLONY AT THE CAPE last for consideration, an excur sive glance at the different most inviting fields will speedily put the emigrant in possession of their com parative recommendations or disadvantages as con trasted with that to which we desire to draw the especial attention of the reader. Perhaps no more destructive field can be mentioned than the class of West India islands, Jamaica, Deme rara, with Sierra Leone and the Mauritius. Malig nant fever—a climate which on British constitutions acts invariably with fatal effects—a supply of un willing labour from blacks, which is totally inadequate to the market demand, are among the least evils of regions which, as regards Europeans, have been de signated a " tropical pest-house." Canada ranks in the same category, though in another way ; rough and uncongenial of climate, its cold snow -surface, extends in wastes and unproductive moors ; ague, fever, and consumption, attack the adult, while the severity of the winter kills off half the offspring. Its dreary swamps and unfelled forests imbue the sickly settler with their own sombre and unhealthy cast : timber if cut, can never in most cases become a staple article of export, being too distant from market to be worth carriage ; the climate is favourable to no kind of sheep ; paucity of winter forage precludes the keep of cattle, and grain is also too distant from market to realize a profit in its growth ; supplies are equally inadequate, and slovenly cultivation marks the whole surface. Arid of soil and destitute of water, Australia, with the exception of its small capital at Sydney, is no less c haracterised by unfitness for til lage and habitation, and its distance from England is fearful. Its peculiar adaptation for sheepwalks is its only saving quality. In contradistinction to these, the ELIGIBILITY OF THE COUNTRY AT THE CAPE for colonization is universally acknowledged, and its peculiar adaptations in this respect are among the most powerful reasons that should induce intending English emigrants to occupy its most favourable spots without hesitation or delay. Of these, the finest in this capacious and luxuriant country, may be considered the farms and lands be longing to Mr. George Robins, which he has just purchased, extending to 43,000 acres, containing some of the richest pasture-lands that the agriculturist could covet, with vineyards cultivated on its slopes, and orchards of fruit abundant in their produce. Mr. Robins's judgment in the selection of land is not very likely to be questioned. • It may be unhesitatingly averred, after glancing with the mind's eye over the surface of the whole of our colonial dependencies, that no spot exists in the entire number, which for the purposes of cultivation or commerce can compete with this estate. Tra versed throughout its full length by the waters of the river Traka, it possesses on this score a magnificent ad vantage. Drought, the peculiar bane and characteristic of almost all our colonies in either hemisphere, which abridges life, and nullifies production, can never be expected here, whilst the profusion of supply afforded, will tend to throw the acres of the agriculturist into unparalleled productibility, and accommodate the mills of the manufacturer with advantages of the most en viable description. Containing, thus, within its compass, every high desideratum of fruitfulness, extent, and beauty, as regards its natural competencies, the estate under con sideration, as connected on the other hand with adjacent localities, is more superiorly situated than those at the Cape. Exactly central between the four great ports of this part of the African Continent, it lies within eight hours journey of two, and, by beaten roads, within moderate reach of the others. Singularly.ad vantageous when viewed in this relative point of view, it assumes a far more important aspect, when consi dered as lying at but half the distance from the mother country, as compared with New South Wales, which, with all its drawbacks and adverse features, is resorted to so densely by emigrants. Again, as com pared with that over-rated, but in most respects, de ceptive colony, the shearing time is the same, but there exists this superlative avantage over its rival, that the Cape wools can be marketed two or three months prior to those of Australia. Thirdly, the freight is one-third less, and also the insurance ; while fourthly, the land is to be obtained so much more ad vantageously and stock is so much cheaper, that a man of very circumscribed capital has, here the chance to occupy and stock a large farm with the same sum that would in New South Wales be required merely to purchase land. Having thus shown synoptically and generally the broader advantages o f M r . Robins's estate, we now proceed to pa r ti cu l ar i se f rom corree. and unimpeach able data, its minor, but not less important charac teristics, in a manner that may at once serve for the guidance and attention o f th e capitalist and intending emigrant. Slabbert's Poort, the thriving portion of property in Mr. Robins's possession, so ca ll e d, h as been hitherto exclusively some .o exclusively: devoted to grazin g p ur p oses , part occupied with garden ground and vineyards. A. sufficient quantity of arable land has been in cultiva tion to grow wheat, oats, and barley for the consump tion of the residents and their stock; with a view to profit much more will be do ne ; and it must n ever be lost sight of, THAT THE LANDS HAVE NOT TO BB CLEARED, filer ARE READY TO COMMENCE ALL SORTS OF AGRICULTURAL PURSUITS FORTHWITH. On the estate there is a house and farm buildings, suited to a farmer and his family, and the facility to erect more is manifest, as there is no want of materials at hand for the immediate construction of others. The fertile spot—THIS PRINCIPALITY —ex tending to FORTY-THREE THOUSAND ACRES, se lected by Mr. George Robins, IN THIS VAST TER RITORY, and known as Slabbert's Poort—ls TO BE LET RENT FREE FOR THE FIRST YEAR, and then for seven years AT ONE SHILLING PER ACRE PER ANNUM, AND NO TAXES. It is situate in S. lat. 3:3, 15 , to 20, and long. 23, 13 to 15 E. of Greenwich, and occupies a space of 671 square miles, or thereabouts. It lies 300 miles east of Cape Town, 70 miles south of Beaufort, 150 miles west of Algoa Bay, and between River and 60 mile s nor th o f th e mouth of the Knysna and Plettenbur Bay. There is a direct waggon r oa d pass i ng fhroug . h the estate from Cape Town to Bay,AAlgoa and this route forms a commu nication with theroute branching. off to Beaufort. The neare s t t own to Slabbert's Poort is Beaufort, but there are a neighbourhood. The eat many valuable farms in the find its raised on Slabbert's Poort would so on shipment, and thenc e direct way to t England. Bay for The pasturage will cam tw o enty or even thirty thousand sheep, and the wool 3 (tbe seen at Mr. Ro bins's offices) is nowhere t o he u The mar kets of the Cape are held at Zwi'ellasasidni; Worcester, George, Graff Reinit, Graham's T Elizabeth, for the disposal of produce. Town, and and Port in these places are generally the purchasers merchantsb it is forwarded to England. From reeentex w r i e h experience, it is pretty certain that the breeding of wool-bearing sheep is the most profitable mode for the employme n t of capital. The present year's clip will he fully 2,000,0001b5., the value of which is 100 , 000 /. Five years since the export of wool was not 30,000/. In five years more, the increase may he five times greater than it is at present. Grain and wool, two grand staples in human affairs, are already the fermanent products of th ese f ert il e se ttl emen ts. a The voy age to t h e Cape i s genera lly performed in couple of months (Nea Zealand and Australia oc cupy five months), r the ho freight for passengers ranges fo from about 12/. steerage to 50/. for the best cabin, including provisions forions with a proportionate sum o for intermediates.the steerage is the con tracting price for a number of emigants. However, any additional information on this esubj t will he easily acquired on application at any of the ship brokers' offices, in London or th e provinces. A steam vessel of five hundred tons, named the Phoenix, between Cape T own and Al goa Bay, and calls' plies at the intermediate seaports to land passenger s . After having set before the reader such manifold inducements as Slabbert's Poort possesses for emigra tion, it would.be a work of su p erero g ation to dilate fur ther upon its myriad advantages. Success and prosperity must inevitably attend the decision of those, w h o, placing themselves in the midst of its growing produc- tiveness and wealth, will almost involuntarily realize more astonishing benefits and extraoldinary ri :sults than, for the attention and acceptance of the emi grant, any other part of the world can advance. 11.. L.. Robins's estate is divisible into farms from. 500 to .5,000 acres each, FREE FROM RENT for one year, and afterwards it is a mere trifle ; besides which, Mr. R. is fully prepared to deal most liberally with emigrants Of small capital, RUT AN UNEXCEPTIONABLE REFERENCE FOR CHARACTER. Embellished with a Portrait of General D'Arblay, VOLUME FIVE of MADAME D'ARBLAY'S DIARY and LETTERS, IS NOW READY, And may be had of all Booksellers. New and Revised Editions of the First Four Volumes are also now ready. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW WORK BY JOHN POOLE, ESQ. 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Largest Dividend £4,166 13 4 Smallest Dividend £ 7 16 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 lIAMBURGII. Bonds are on sale NOW at £l3. Against the end of this Month the price will rise to El 5, and the Sale will close before the end of this Month. Those who remit £l5 BEFORE the 15th 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 re mittances will be returned by first post. HEINE BROTHERS. HAMBURGH, November 1, 1842. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING. NOV. 15, Will be repeated a Comic Opera, called THE SECRET MAR RIAGE. Being an English version of Cimarosa's "Il Ma trimonio Segreto." The Character of Carolina, by Miss Adelaide Kemble ; Fidalma, Mrs. Alfred Shaw ; Elisetta, Miss Raiaforth ; Signor Geronimo, Mr. Giubilei ; Count Montoni, Mr. Leffler ; Paolino, Mr. W. Harrison. After which will be repeated a New, Original, Comic Drama, written by Mr. Mark Lemon, Author of " The Ladies' Club," &c., entitled THE TURF. Captain Flatooker, Mr. Walter Lacy; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop, Mr. Meadows; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley; Mrs. Culpepper, Mrs. Humby ; Sliss Warren, Miss Lee. To conclude with the Farce of COUSIN LAMBKIN. Squire Mulberry, Mr. Bartley ; Captain Bantam, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Doctor Lionel Lambkin, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. Bantam, Miss Cooper ; Rose Maynard, 111iss Lee ; Dainty, Mrs.Humby Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. dd. ; First and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and 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 drews, 167, New Bond-street ; Mr. Mitehell,Old Bond-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, NOV. 15, Will be repeated THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin cipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Faucit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. After which, a New Comic Burletta, called AN I'ONY and CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright ; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giubilei. To conclude with THE SECRET. Thomas, Mr. H. Beverly. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense success of the new Nautical Drama. Mr. I'. P. Cooke as Union Jack is highly cheered by crowded audiences— the novel effects surpass everything hitherto attempted, and the ship on fire creates a complete hurticane of applause. THIS EVENING, NOV. • 15, Will be repeated an entirely New Nautical Drama, en titled THE UNION JACK ; or, the SAILOR and the SETTLER'S DAUGHTER, written expressly for Mr. T. P. Cooke, who will be supported by Messrs. Hicks, Neville, Smith, Heslop, Mrs. R. Honner, and the entire Company. New scenery and splendid nautical effects never before attempted. After which will be produced an entirely new Drama, en titled THE BLACK LAW OF MARTINIQUE; or, the FUGITIVE SLAVE. Zamba, the Slave, by Mrs. H. Vining. The other Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Neville, W. Smith, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Ter r y, w ho w ill s i ng Miss Eliza Cook's Song of the " Red Indian," composed by Mr. G. Stansbury_ To conclude with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE; or, a SIS TER'S SACRIFICE. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. %brning...... 0 minutes after 0 I Evening 3 minutes after 0. TUE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1842. Monmouthshire, the numberofpersons summarily sent to prison in the course of the year was 240; in Cardiff (Glamorgan) 118 ; in Cardigan House of Correction 28; in Northampton County Gaol 455, of whom the offenders against the Game laws were 74; in Devizes (Wiltshire) 632, of whom the offenders against the Game-laws were 71; in the Oxford County Gaol 464 ; making in nine prisons 3,147 persons shut up in one year by the summary convictions of the Magistrates. Such a power is too great for any men to possess, and far too great for the landowners of England, who are avowedly, by their own acts, at issue with the people. We regret to know that the power of sum marily committing to prison has been extended, as the same committing Magistrates have rendered the rigour of prisons far greater than the law makers of a former period contemplated. Under the pretext of shortening the term of imprison ment to which men were liable, when] waiting for the sessions or the assize, and under the pre text of checking juvenile delinquency, the Ma gistrates have gone on, year after year, persuad ing the Parliament to place more and more of fences under their power of summary conviction. Punishments have, we believe, increased amaz ingly in consequence, and crimes have increased in about the same proportion. The manner in which summary punishments have increased, while crimes have increased, and prison disci pline has become more rigorous, till it is in some cases horrible, deserves the serious consideration of the Legislature. The Devonport Independent of Saturday says ras anticipated, the Tori es an in the civic chair. —with reference to the recent election of Mayor of f a v t l e i at p b l a o c r e o d u g t h h e — i r" ownAs was The results of the municipal elections dispelled all doubts on that head. Wednesday last, an important era to the Conservatives of this bo rough. beheld them in the ascendant. The new Mayor, after expressing conciliatory intentions towards his opponents, almost in the same breath showered on them vituperations of no very digni fied kind." The "results of the municipal elections" alluded to in the above passage, have been, we regret to state, most disheartening to the Liberal cause in Devonport. Of twelve returned, not less than eleven were Tories ! This new born penchant for Toryism reflects great dis credit on the inhabitants of the borough. Many of them who have hitherto called themselves Liberals, must necessarily have falsified all their past professions, and ratted to the enemy, or such a triumph could never have been achieved. As for supposing that these people were induced to change their opinions out of a strong and sudden moral conviction of the surpassing excel lence of the present Administration, such an hypothesis is not to be entertained for an instant. What decided, salutary measures has Sir R. PEEL brought forward, that were likely to flash conviction on the mind of an ardent Re former? His Tariff is certainly a move in the right direction, but it is a move so timid, halting, and partial, that no really sincere Liberal can possibly lay his hand on his heart, and say that he is satisfied with it. But, perhaps, it is that delectable impost, the Income-tax, that has wrought such a magic change in the political sentiments of the good folks of Devonport. This can scarcely be the case, for the impost in ques tion will put all those who may happen to be in trade there, to a world of annoyance, and likely enough, conduce to the ruin of not a few of them. The plain truth is, that the triumph of Toryism in Devonport is not the triumph of enlightened conviction over pre judice, but of self-int eres t over principle. The present Government is supposed to be a strong one, and there are always to be found in every borough lots of people who are Ministerial or otherwise, just according to their chances of picking up some little bit of local, or other pre ferment. The very m en who have just now turned Tories in Devonport, because Toryism is snugly quartered i n D ow ning-street, would turn Whigs to-morrow, we re the Whig star once again to be seen flaming in the ascendant. In an article on the subject of the new Law Appointments i n Bankruptcy, the Times of Friday obser ves :—" There is one person, cer tainly, whom the profession in general regret not to have seen included in the list o f promo tions—we mean, Mr. DEACON, whose claims rest on the authorship of a work on th e B an k rupt Law, beyond all comparison the best in exist ence, and referred to on all occasions by the Bench and the Bar. We trust he has been only postponed, not overlooked." We cordially echo these opinions of our Contemporary, for we have long heard Mr. DEACON spoken of as a sound, ready lawyer ; of much quiet, steady chamber practice; and of long exper i ence i n hi s profession; and we are willing to believe, with the Times, that his claims to legal preferment have been " only postponed, n o t over l oo k e d." Opposed though we are in politi cs t o Mr. DEACON, we have considered it an act of justice to say thus much in his behalf; and we may add, too, that we have every reason to believe that his wouldp p r r o o m t.e o ss ti j o o nn,tomany a b ny bepopular with the generallyof the most eminent mem bers of which he has been for years personally known, and respected by them notless for his legal talents than his unassuming private worth. We have received Brussels papers of Satur day. On the previous day the KING held a Council n and at afterwards received a deputation oof Ministr y , e, th te s e with the Address in answer to the Royal speech. The budget for the year had just been issued, from which it appears that the receipts for the last year were 112,816,742 francs (4,400,0001.), and the expen diture 110,486,091 francs. In the department of Foreign Affairs there had been a diminution of 5,000 francs, as compared with the expenditure of the previous year. The public debt is - creased by 3,494,212 francs, and there is also some increase in the estimates for the army, and the department of Justice, but to a small amount. The Royal Tar steam-packet arrived at Fal mouth from Gibraltar on Saturday, bringing in telligence from the latter Place to the 3d instant, from Cadiz to the 4th, and Lisbon to the 9th. Sir ROBERT WILSON arrived at Gibraltar on the 30th ult., and was sworn into office on the follow ing day. The news from Lisbon is not important. The decree relative to the Treasury debentures has at last been published in the official journal. The d e b en tures are to be f or var i ous sums , f ro m 2,500 to 50,000 reis each, and to bear interest at the rate of about 7 per cent , per annum. The bank n ot having chosen to di scoun t them, they are to two-thirds of their curr en t salaries and the ar rears ai.s issued i due onl payment that account, to the public employes for t he other third to be paid in cash. An anonymous proclamation addressed to the Portuguese nation had been published in some of the Lisbon papers, and excited considerable inte rest. This document is directed against M. DIETZ, a highly_resp ectable German, who ac companied the KIN G as Private Secretary, and it would appear has excited the jealousy of some persons about Court. Public opinion points out COSTA CABRAL as the author of this absurd ad dress, which cautions the people against the ma chinations of the " infamous" DIETZ, and adds that he was endeavouring to persuade the QUEEN to leave the country, and had so far prevailed upon her that the best of her jewels and a large sum of money was embarked on board a vessel to be shipped to England. The story is totally des titute of truth. The Madrid Gazette of the sth contains some severe comments on the declaration published by the twelve journals. It denies that the Go vernment has any hostile intentions against the Press, and it relies on public opinion to defend the laws and defeat the machinations of a con spiracy, having for its object the renewal of the civil war and the establishment of anarchy. Rumours of a chane---oiMinistry were current in Madrid. It is said, however, that the REGENT will neither modify th e R o nn. Cabinet nor dis solve the Cortes b e f ore the opening of the ses sion; but it was belie ve d that the Parliamentary •••, • . 40 ,1 out ft , ri„-itSr,„,^ l• • ..1 11 2. 0,„‘71 Mir ~ Aoi, Apia m iE 3o ll , _ o§lllll. LONDON : TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 15, 1842. The Scotsman has undertaken the task of abusing The Sun for our observations on Mr. MACAULAY'S present pursuits. We shall not trouble ourselves to retort the wit, or reply to the vituperation of our northern Con temporary. We content ourselves with print ing his remarks, and shall leave Mr. MACAULAY to bestow any further notice he pleases, and any honours he can now command, on his champion. To those remarks we append a communication from a Correspondent, which enables us to state with great satisfaction that our observations, though they do not please the partisan print, receive the approbation of inde pendent men. wehad I . n view was to drawT he p p u r b i I n i c c i principal attention to the ec present occupations o fsome of the late Ministry. They the people into the hands of the Tories, and played and now desert them. Not one exertion have they made ' t h oug h c ircumstances are now favourable, to un i te and rouse the scattered bands of Reformers, or to lay down a system of policy to guide them, which shall be worthy of public support. Yet they expect, we believe, on account of the transcen. dant talents with which they conclude they are endowed, to be again placed in office whenever the Income-tax and Sir ROBERT PEEL'S system ofcombined coercion and fraud shall goad the long suffering people to do jusOce on the Tories. They are mistaken. The people will have active, in dustrious men, who attend to the business of England, for leaders; and if the Whigs make no claim to that character when out of office, they will find, when the time comes, as come we be lieve it speedily will that Sir ROBERT PEEL will be either chased from the helm as a mere political charlatan, who has deceived ka 1 1 parties, or will resign it from mingled shame and des pair, that they will be compelled to give way to those who have sought and gained the popular approbation. We believe, however, that our object has been rained. The notice of the Scotsman, and the c ommunications we have re ceived on the subject, assure us that.we have made both the late Ministers and their journals a little sensible of their great deficiencies. We have piqued them into reflecting on their forlorn and miserable political condition, and made them aware that they must either give up politics or they must imitate those who are now struggling to obtain an ascendancy over the hearts and minds of th e i r countr 3 • men tO advert further to the Scotsman, it i s d ue to Thougli w e do n o t care former ourselves and due to our journal informs us th a t readers to justify o ur i\i observation. That r ma y have been writt en at C o I M A I CAULAY'S ballads ege, or on his way why a We know nothing h om e from India. Granted o n the subject. But re they published n ow ? Why does Mr. m -- AcAuLAY seek at this time Ementgol d i ve rt aiid t o public theattentiongleends o RRomef the suffering Rome ? There are in the land. There ehpublic mind by --W-1 ere is a whole tr ifl ers enough artn y—almost a my riad of them i 0• certainly a m use, but who frit ter away !li imaginary tales. They tend to destroy all hearti ness and all earnestness. They lull the public into insensibility to the condition of the people, and are some of the best allies of that misgovern ment which leads to revolution. If Mr. MACA U.• LAY feels no interest in the condition of England, he does well to emulate these triflers, and publish at this time his boyish effusions, and the studies that served to dissipate the ennui of a long sea oyage. But we must inform him that the suf ferings of the people have given sternness to their temper, and by now amusing himself with these literary trifles he displays an insensibility to their condition, and exposes himself to public contempt. _ _ The Scotsman says, " Mr. MACAULAY is the representative of Edinburgh, and he is not aware that any party there charge him with neglecting their interest." More shame for the men of Edinburgh. But as we have had the pleasure of hearing Mr. DUNCAN M'LAREN speak eloquently against the Corn-laws, as we remember the stern, but just, terms, in which they were de nounced by the Edinburgh Guild of Merchants, we must be permitted to doubt the accuracy of the Scotsman's assertion. Mr. MACAULAY has done little or nothing to release the throat of the people from the gripe of the landlords, and if the Anti-Corn-law party in Edinburgh are satisfied with his exertions, they must send him to Par liament rather to thwart than promote their views. One or two speeches of comparatively little importance are the sum of the Right Hon. Gentleman's exertions since he was released from the trammels of office; and while in office, like the rest of the Whigs, he sacrificed the principles of free trade for the purposes of party. in the last session, some most eventful mea sures were brought forward. The people were then cursed with an Income-tax. A whole sys- tern of new differential duties was imposed on commerce ; a piece of charlatanism in the shape of a sliding scale received the sanction of the House of Commons, and we have no recollection of any great efforts which Mr. MACAULAY made to expose the cunning and the iniquity of that legislation. What exertions did the Right Hon. Gentleman make to stir up the spirit of the peo ple, and stop the measures that are now gall ing them to the quick ? He had little time to consider such important matters ; he was im mersed, it appears, in the mythe of ancient, or the superstitions of modern Rome. If the Right Hon. Gentleman prefer these amusements to the dry details of Corn and Provision-laws, we shall make no objection to his pursuits; but we shall feel it to be our duty to warn the public that a gentleman of such a -cultivated taste can not possibly attend to the vulgar wants of the people. We cannot doubt but that the Anti-Corn-law League is making a rapid progress to power. The notice taken of it by its enemies attests this fact. The Times reports its proceedings at great length, and the other Tory journals emulate its example. Their comments on the League betray their fear. Circumstances, too, help the League. Trade does not get any better, and agriculture gets worse. The discontent of the manufacturers is a trifle compared to the growling discontent of the farmers, and very soon the bulk of the nation will demand a serious change. Much, too, is due to the organization of the League. They have divided England and Wales into twelve districts, for the registration ofall those who will support them. To every district a lecturer and a superintending registrar are appointed, and all members are to be enrolled who are willing to pay one penny. The grand objectis to ascertain the electoral strength of those who will support the League, and the exact amount of public opinion they can bring to bear on the Parliament. To get at this, :towns like Birmingham are di vided into wards or sections—there they amount to thirteen. In every ward a Committee is or ganised, and it is to be regularly canvassed. Such a system will carry the League home to every man's door, and will call on him to say whether he be for monopoly or free trade. It will scarcely allow of neutrality. If the League be already powerful, such a plan will add amazingly to its power, or destroy it. We believe, as the cause is righteous and the times favourable, that it will add much to the power of the Leag,tte: After learning so much of its intentions and : its progress, we are not surprised that the mono— polist Government is alarmed, and that reports are rife of new coercive plans to secure Mono poly—if possible—and put down by force the advocates of unrestricted industry. The Cheltenham Free Press publishes an ac count of one JOSEPH HAYES having been sen tenced to two months' imprisonment in the Northleach House of Correction, for beating his wife. In that period, we presume from the con dition of the prison, the insufficient diet, and the hard labour, the prisoner became very much diseased, and applications were made to the Ma gistrates, it is not stated with what effect, to re mit the remainder of his sentence. The case is noticed here, as a specimen of the offences for which Magistrates are in the habit of summarily convicting men—and we shall presently see how numerous are such convictions—and exposing them to all the horrors of imprisonment. We do not deny that beating a wife, though it be allowed in the civilised empire of the CzAR, is a great offence; but we much doubt whether the punishment, two months in Northleach, be not a greater crime towards the prisoner com mitted by the Magistrates, than he committed towards his wife. It would be bad for us all if criminals forfeited all the rights of man, for few of us are perfectly free from offences, though we may not fall under the authority of the Magis trates ; and criminals not having forfeited the rights of man, we say that those rights are grossly outraged by the Magistrates in committinga man for two months to the horrors of Northleach for beating his wife. His offence is great, but the punishment is a still greater offence. In this Northleach House of Correction, the horrors of which have been so recently brought be fore the public, we find from the Seventh Report of the Inspector of Prisons, Southern and Western District, that out of 51 prisoners confined at the date of the Inspector's visit, July 22, 1841, forty were cases of summary conviction. In the whole year, ending Michaelmas, 1841, the num ber of summary convictions to this one House of Correction was no less than 364, or 30 per month. Surely they are not the friends—cer tainly they are no t th e protectors of the lower classes, who consign them so mercil ess l y , an d i n such numbers, to.hard labour and to pine in damp cells in unwholesome prisons. We are not much astonished at the number of summary convictions with which this makes us acquainted, but it is worthy g noticed. In the Somerset House of Correction at ctiio at Taunton, out of 760 prisoners in 1840, number confined under summary conviction s was no less than 366 and out of 598 in 1841, no less than 279. By another table in the same Report we find that of the summary convictions in 1841, 19 were for offences under the Game laws, 104 for offences against the Vagrant Act, 49 for offences against the Malicious Trespass Act, 61 under the Larceny Act, and 32 for assaults. All these offences, except the last, arc offences against property, and particularly that species of property of which the Magistrates are the possessors, and which the poor want. They are in fact, therefore, judges in their own cause, for their cause is the cause of the rich against the poor—their cause is the cause of the owners of property against those who have none—their cause is the cause of game against poachers, of property against trespassers—and it is on the face of it a piece of scandalous injustice, that this one class of propertied men should be intrusted with the power of summary conviction to such an enormous extent. Again, in Shepton Mallet prison no less than 567 persons were confined in the course of the year under summary convictions. They were employed either at the treadmill, at breaking stones, or at pumping water, and were subjected during their confinement to all the rigour of the prison. Of them 37 were confined for offences under the Game-laws, and ' l O6 for offences under the Vagrant Act. In Usk House of Correction, coalition would have the majority, and thus over turn the Administration. It appears from the Paris papers that the question relating to the right of search has at lait been settled, and that the treaty of 1841 will not be ratified by France. What else could M. GulzoT do, after a great majority of the Cham bers had voted against the treaty, and the general voice of the country was opposed to it ? The following article on the subject is taken from the Presse:— "From information which has reached us, and which we look on as authentic, the Powers have at last come to the determination to definitively put an end to the protocol, which was opened for the ratifi cation of the treaty of December 20. We hasten to give publicity to this intelligence. It is a primary compliance with the wishes of the Chambers—it is a triumph—the whole honour of which appertains to them. But all their wishes are riot yet satisfied. In the memorable sitting of January 24, the Chamber of Deputies, the severe and faithful guardian of the honour of the country, demanded two things from the Ministry—first, not to ratify the treaty of De cember 20, and next to prepare and conclude mea sures as speedily as possible for annulling the previous treaties. The cancelling of the protocol only fulfils the first part of this task ; the second remains as it stood. It cannot be doubted that the Chambers will persist in their first resolution. If the annulling of the treaties of 1831 and 1833 appeared to them de sirable and possible ten months back, to annul them will still appear necessary and easy, when England, by her own line of conduct, has changed the face of the question." A meeting of about 80 of the manufacturers and merchants of Paris was held on Wednesday, and agreed upon a petition against •the Customs' Union with Belgium, which is to. be presented to the President of Commerce. M. LEROY, one of the Judges of the Tribunal of Commerce, took the chair. A Frankfort journal mentions a report that accounts have been received from the United States of the intention of putting an end to the privileges which the vessels of the Hanseatic towns have hitherto enjoyed in the American ports. The report, however, does not appear to rest on a good foundation. The Frankfurter Journal contains a letter from Breslau, which says :--" We have just re ceived from Berlin the important intelligence that the Committee of the States have been consulted on the question, whether a Constitu tion of the States of the kingdom was necessary lbr Prussia, and that a negative reply had been given by 57 votes to 47."—The accounts from Berlin make no allusion to this circumstance. BOURSE—PARIS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 5... 119 5... 118 90... 118 95 4 1 ,1 y per Cents 105 95... 105 95... 105 95... 105 95 Four per Cents 101 50... 101 50 .. 101 50... 101 50 3 per Cents 80 20... 80 25... 80 15... 80 20 Bank of France 3270 —.3270 ...3270 .. 3270 Belgian Fives 1034 ... 10.31 ... 103% ... 103% 1840 104% ... 104% 104% ... 104% Spanish Active 23 ... 23% ... 23 ... 23% New Deferred 9% ... 9% ... 9 ... 9% Passive -31 3% 3% ... 3% Neapolitan... lOB 80... 108 80... 108 80... 108 80 Roman, ex div. 103% 103% ... 103 a ... 103% DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, Nov. 11. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2)4 per Cent ................ 3.2% 52% Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. Atom t Svndic,4% per cent.......... ........ Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent..•. ........ Commercial Company, 4% per cent...» Loan 1837, 5 per cent.......... ...... ...« 119% 103 Exchange on London, One month l2 20 Two months .....» l2 "15 Hamburgh, One month 35 87% Twomonths 35 86% Dutch Papers, Nov. 11. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bnusam.s, Nov. 13. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent, S3X Rothschild's Loan, Five per' Cent. lO3 Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent SI% Three per Cent. -- Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ----- (1810)•••• ..... - IP4 Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent. 92 . Society of Commerce. Four and a Half per Cent B6 Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 76% National Society - — Exchange on London (short) 01100•••••••••••• - -Brussels Papers, Nov. 12. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Nov. 4 Five per Cents. Metalhques . . 108 X Four per Cents. lOO% Three per Cents. •••................. ...... ••..... ........ 77 Bank Shates .•. ...... .. ..... •••••••••••••0110111 •••••••• ...... 1621 Allgemeine Zeitung,.Nov. 8. MR. MACAULAY AND 4i THEISUN." For many, many a century, the sun-god, Phcebus- Apollo, has been deemed the friend and patron of poets. 'Limes are changed, however. The Sun will not smile on Mr. Macaulay ; not although he has as sumed the character of a dev6ut worshiper of the heathen divinities, and has sung in such strains as re sounded to their honour in old times. The Sun has issued a command, not from the blue arch above, but from the office, No. 112, Strand, that Mr. Macaulay shall sing no more, or, in other words, shall " sing dumb." The fiat has een issued with ma;estic stern ness and severity. The words of poor Keats came to mind when it fell under our eye : " Fine was the mitigated fury, like Apollo's, when in act to strike" — the serpent. Such is the close in the poem. Mr. Macaulay is the object of attack to this modern " Pythian of the age.' Seriously speaking, we have to animadvert on some strange and inconsistent remarks of The Sun newspaper on the volume of verse lately issued by Mr. Macaulay. The late Secretary-at-War is taken to task most bitterly for refreshing his lei sure hours. with poetry. In one breath, the writer makes allusion to the " great talents" of Mr. Macaulay, accuses him of sins of omission and commission which " inflicted heavy blows on the welfare of his country," and concludes.by telling him that the people of Britain have " to some extent con ferred on him the leadership of their cause." The whole of this article, in short, which appears among the leaders in The Sun, is full of absurdities. In the simple assumption that Mr. Macaulay's poems are the production of the present moment, a great error is in all probability committed. They may have been written at college, or on the way home from India, for anything The Sun knows, and may have been produced at present merely because the period was convenient for a little revision. At all events, it is most ridiculous to assume that public men are to have no moments of relaxation, and that a Member of Parliament, even during the recess of that body, is acting culpably if he gives one hour to those elegant studies which, to serve the public, he perhaps tears himself from, against his inclinations, for the greater part of his time and life. It is most unworthy of a Liberal Journal to put forth such sentiments. Mr. Macaulay is the representative of Edinburgh in Par liament, and we are not aware that any party here have to charge him with neglecting their interests, in order that he may cultivate the literature which he loves.—Scotsman. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sna,—l consider your animadversions upon Mr. Macaulay, for employing his talents, and occupying his leisure at the present tremendously appalling crisis in our country's fortunes in writing doggrel rhymes, perfectly just, and to have been imperatively called for. However highly Mr. Macaulay's admirers may estimate his services, both by pen and tongue, to the community at large, none can deny that those ser vices have been munificently remunerated. Now, Sir, what should we think or say of an officer in command of a vessel at sea, when a hurricane was fiercely blowing, and the foaming billows sweeping across her decks, and the hissing breakers boiling around her, retiring into his cabin, stretching his person luxu riously along a well stuffed settee, and presently be coming absorbed in the metrical mechanism of bal lads upon ancient Rome, or, peradventure, his mis tress' eyebrow ? The fact is—and a deplorable one it is—the primary cause of our beloved country's p res ent critical position, and the but too certain fore runner, it is to be apprehended, of horrors which make tho blood curdle to think of, or the most faintly shadow forth, is, that our aristocracy, and their tools and hangers on, their sycophantic followers and apeing idolators, have no sympathy with, or faith in, humanity and its inexhaustible capabilities of amelio ration. They love and cling to their class more than their country ; and estimate and lionour more the in trigues of a partisan than the disinterested services of a patriot. Sir, our country needs a new and nobler order of statesmen— men whose hearts shall swell in behalf of the common weal; whose measures shall embody the Christian law of love ; men who, in the thrilling language of the lamented and ever-to-be honoured Channing, can "look through the disguises, envelopments of ranks and classes, to the common nature which lies below them," and feel that "it has noble powers to cultivate, solemn duties to perform, inalienable rights to assert, a vast destiny to accom plish ;" and that it is their most bounden duty and highest privilege, to assist it in its glorious efforts and high calling.—Your obedient servant, Affleck-street, Aberdeen. JOHN ESDAILE. ST. PETERSBURGH, OCT. 31.—0 n Tuesday last (the 25th) Lady Stuart de Itothsay had the honour to be received by her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Helena.—Journal de St. Petersburgh. A letter from Leipsig of the 30th of October, contains the following statement :—" We have just learned a piece of intelligence which, if true, is of great importance. It is, that the German Customs' Union contemplate the using of reprisals against the American tariff. It is added, that our Government especially unites in the adoption of this measure, be cause several articles of our manufacture are entirely excluded by the high duties imposed by the new tariff. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND iOttbitc izottiton. " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. Lord Brougham arrived at the Hotel Meurice, Paris, last week, on his way to his estate in the south of France. A meeting of about 80 of the manufacturers and merchants of Paris was held on Wednesday, and agreed upon a petition against the Customs' Union with Belgium, which is to be presented to the Presi dent of Commerce. On Sunday, the 6th, Toulouse and its environs were covered with snow, which continued to fall throughout the day, a circumstance almost unprece dented in that quarter at so early a period of the winter. There had also been a fall of snow at Pau. The officers of the Portuguese navy gave a grand subscription dinner to Admiral Napier, on board the Diana frigate, on the 3d inst. Prince Frederic Henri d'Oettingen Wallerstein, head of the family of that name, died lately at Munich, aged 49. The British schooner George, J. Way master, from Tarragona to Liverpool, with wine, fruit, and cork, struck on a sunken rock off the south coast of this country on the 27th ult., and went down so quickly, that the master and crew had barely time to save themselves in the boat. A great flood had visited the low country about Cintra, where a cloud had thirst, which washed away walls and bridges, and had done great damage at Co lares, Cintra, Rio de Moura, Cascais, .oeiras, Chel leiros, and other parts, but no lives were 105 t , ,, The Belgian Government has purchased the Palace of the Prince of Orange, and the Pavilion at Terveuren. .MONEY- f 'jalfl.DE-CONZIVIMRCM. The island of Guernsey is beginning to feel the effects of the tariff: mutton and beef have deClined in price ; and pork is selling at 4id., American cheese old. The towns of Wellington, Auckland, and Russell, in New Zealand, have been erected into free ports under the provisions of the Act 3 and 4 William IV. At Blackburn, Huddersfield, Leeds, and Man chester, trade, during the past week, has been flat ; at Bradford, Leicester, and Rochdale, there are symptoms of improvement. ELECTIONEERING. The death of John Jones, Esq., M.P., for Carmar thenshire, creates a vacancy in the representation of the county. Sir John Williams will, it is stated, ap pear on the Liberal side : the Conservatives have not yet selected a candidate. LAW AND POLICE. The new Bankruptcy Court for the Bristol district, with the other counties comprised in its jurisdiction, was opened by the Commissioners, Mr. Sergeant Stephen and Mr. Stevenson, on Saturday. The com mencement of business was adjourned to Wednesday. SPOR . TIIVG. On Friday her Majesty's staghounds, after a fine run of two hours and twenty minutes, took the deer at Twyford Abbey. Yesterday they started from Bed ford ; to-day at Brick-bridge ; and on Friday at Salthill. COURT-ritsusoNAnx.E. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford returned to Oakley Park, Bedfordshire, lest week, from a visit to the Marquis of Exeter, at Burghley. The Duke of Newcastle intends to pass the winter at Clumber Park, Notts. The Marquis of Bute is passing the autumn at Mount Stuart, Buteshire. Earl Browniow and the Ladies Cust left Bel grave-square yesterday to pass a fortnight with the Queen Dowager, at Canford House, Wimborne, Dor setshire. The Dowager Countess of Essex leaves Belgrave. square to-morrow, on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Row. land Errington, Warwickshire._ The French Ambassador and the Countess de St Aulaire had a dinner party on Thursday last at Man. chester House. The French Ambassador dined with the Dowager Lady Holland on Sunday in South-street, Park-lane. Lord Brougham has arrived at Paris, on his way to Cannes. Count Batthyany left Audley-square on Sunday for Melton. MISCELLANEOUS. The chief improvements about to be made by Me. hemet Ali at the Nile, are to consist in the establish znen't of a bridge of eighty-three arches, with flood gas, together with a tunnel, canals, and embank• meAts. The accounts received from Castleblayney are, that Lord Blayney still continues y in a very pre carious state. In the event of the demise of this nobleman, the oldest title in Monaghan would be ex tinct (the present is the twelfth Lord Blayney), and his extensive estates in Monaghan would become the property of Admiral Gordon, his brother-in-law, or his issue. The Lord Bishop of Cashel and Waterford still continues in an extremely delicate state of health. FRUITS or BAD TRADE.—At the annual meeting of the proprietors of the Bolton Exchange-rooms, which was held yesterday week, R. S. Barlow, Esq., in the Chair, it was resolved, " That, in consequence of the continued unfavourable report of the state,of the funds, the news-room be closed." Manchester Guardian. ANTI-MALTnusiAxs.----Last week eight' persons accidentally met at the New Inn, lielston, whose chil dren when added together, amounted to the extraor dinary number of ninety-six. None of them had fewer than eightchildren, and the highest number was 16. — West Briton. SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS.—There - is now Some pro spect of a speedy completion of these docks, _Govern ment having advanced the Company 25,0001., and further assisted them with a large quantity of mate rials. It is anticipated that, by the first week in January, the tidal dock will be opened, and the whole length of sheds for landing and shipping goods will be erected. REVERSE or FORTUNE.—One of those strange turns of the fickle maid fortune, of which we hear tell some times, has occured during the past week, in this town, to William Sewell, a water hawker, well known under the cognomen of " Water Bill." On Thursday morning a letter from Bath arrived, per post, announc ing to him that a rich aunt who had resided in that town was dead, and had left to him the large sum of 10,0001. To render assurance doubly sure, the same evening a gentleman arrived from Bath to take pro ceedings in the matter ; and with him Sewell set off next morning to Bath, where arrangements were made, and the property secured to him.—Bradford Observer. ROYAL NAVAL Scßoor..—Lord Prudhoe, who, by virtue of his donation of 500/., is a Life Governor of this institution, and has the privilege of a presenta tion/during his life, generously declined availing him self of it as a means of patronage, and vested it in the Council to select the most distressing case from the numerous candidates awaiting vacancies on the gra tuitous list. At the recommendation of the Council his Lordship has bestowed his nomination upon the son of an officer in the navy, who left nine children without either father or mother, and little to support them beyond the allowance from the compassionate fund at the Admiralty. This officer was engaged in the battles of Copenhagen and Trafalgar, and was actively employed in the service for 28 years. DEATH OF JOHN JONES, ESQ., M.P. FOR CAR MARTHENSHIRE.—This event took place on Thursday last, at two o'clock, A.M., at the seat of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman, near Carmarthen. The deceased was 65 years of age, and had represented the county for two Parliaments, having displaced Sir James Williams. Mr. Jones practised for some years as a Barrister on the Southern Circuit. He was Chair man of the Quarter Sessions. He formerly repre sented Pembroke borough, and subsequently the bo rough of Carmarthen, from which he was displaced by the Reform Bill. The deceased gentleman was much respected in private life by a large Circle of friends of all parties. This event creates a vacancy in the re presentation of Carmarthenshire, which there is no doubt will be filled by its former able and Liberal representative Sir James Williams, thereby adding two votes to the Liberal party in ie House of Com mons. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Sunday, about three o'clock, a young man named M'Donald, a bookbinder, and one of his comrades, had a race on Waterloo-bridge for some trifling wager, and on the former being defeated, he leapt on the parapet of the bridge, and dared his companion to follow the example. Without waiting for a reply, he ran for some time on the top of the para pet with tolerable steadiness, but ultimately lost his balance and fell on the dry bed of the river, and was killed on the spot. At the Surrey transfer Sessions the Magistrates were occupied the greater part of Friday in the case of Mr. Worchip, pewterer, of Newington-causeway, who was charged with forging a certain Government die used for stamping measures, &c., and also for un lawfully selling a number of quart and pint pots having a counterfeit stamp on them. From the evidence of Mr. Wade, the inspector, it appeared that on the 15th of last month he sent a person to purchase several quart pots of the defendant. The pots produced are those bought of the defendant. The stamps upon them are forgeries. The case was of serious im portance to licensed victuallers, for they were liable to a penalty of forty shillings for every such measure found in their possession, although they purchased them as standard measures. There were three infor mations laid against the defendant. In two he got off on account of some informality in the notice ; but in the third a conviction took place, and he was sen tenced in the penalty of 101. The only emolument the 'defendant obtained by the forged die was one halfpenny on each pot, and the trouble of conveying the pots to and from the Inspector of Weights' pre mises. The defendant Was unable to pay the fin©. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. --No alteration occurred this afternoon in the value of Stock, and the business done was as limited as . in the early part of the day. There was a purc h as e of about 5,0001. Reduced Three per Cents., said to be for the Saving's Banks. Consols for immediate transfer brought 94 to 941, and for the Account t he same. Exchequer Bills were 58s. to 60s. premium, and India Bonds rather improved, being 525. to 535. premium. Bank Stock was not so buoyant, and the quotations did not range higher than 172 to 1721. New Three per Cents. were 1011 to wig and the Old Three and-a-Half per Cents. 1001; Reduced Three per Cents. were 93+ to 1. A few additional bargains were entered into this afternoon in the Foreign Securities, and prices were a little firmer. For tbelt.Five per Cent. S p anish Bonds, 181 was obtained, and for the New Stock, 211 to 22. Colombian Bonds were firm at 21 to 211 ; Mexican were 321 to 321, being flat ; Chilian advanced to 86; Brazilian Old, upon the news from Rio, got up 1 per cent., being 65 to 651; and tat New were done at 57; Belgian Bonds were steadch 102 to 1021; Russian, 113 ; Danish, 83 ; n Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 to 521. The News from Lisbon respecting the issue of the Treasury Notes had no effect on the stock, which continued at 32:- for the Converted, the other not being, quoted. In the Share Market there was a slight increase of business this afternoon ; and we may notice the follow ing as having been dealt in since the morning to Eastern Counties were 144 to 14k; Brig ,hton, 151 end 15 ; Northern and Eastern, 91 • South Easter n Dover, 271 ; and Ditto Scrip, 21 discount. London and Birmingham were 921 to 93; the Thirds, 29; Great Western, 19; South Western, 181; Paris and Rouen, 21; Northern and Eastern Scrip, 21 ; • - York and North Midland, 41 premium. (From The Sun of Last Night.) ' The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday Wa s moderately active ; sales 3,000 bales, at former r ates. . There was a limited demand for Shares, but no alte r; tion in prices. Eastern Counties Debentures were 1 0 i Edinburgh and Glasgow, 47 ; Great Western Fifths, 71; Birmingham Quarters, 478 ; and South Wes' tern, 59/. Accounts have been received from Australia and the Cape of Good Hope, but they de not so-late 05 those brought by the Overland Mail, and received on Saturday. 17 By the Brazil mail we have advices of SeP t * from Rio de Janeiro; Aug. 27 from Buenos Mg rs and and Aug. 27 from Monte Video. At Rio mil, t " - ,i t appear to have been rather improving • and the ° v "'", o , o brings a remittance for the dividend.' The exeh ae 'd on London was a shade better, being 26 to 261, and Stock was at 71. The specie on board the was amounts to 44,0001., besides which the Curae_ n l eshe a ls To ubitreani about to leave Rio for England with the 29 1 -7 4 dollars collected from the countries on the F ac „";, t e. the Or A ie t nta ß l u ß en e os publ A ic y m re ,e s re th st e ill p e re a p rr a i ra ed tio e n n s . . 0.. t t Tb e h r a po en s ce i ru t v i e o er n lti o ne f sec t o h efs e san f r o yo r s e as i t r a re Ministersdw prevente dwelt t nap o h ;,cn protected sbecoldcer_gteh:nliirre. in . most intolerable and disgraceful to humanity. ov fa d T t eb h r se e F MonteGovernorou r Va armed d mw e ei a td n b v accounts s2soeols rno notice feni tu ae : t op h sp s e r e appeared off the port, but contented themselves of merely firing a few rounds in the air. Mr. Gordolt and Colonial received the British Envoy, had left for Paraguay. T he e l ; change on London was 42d. to 43d., and there v•:03. 109 vessels in port. Salted hides had been in g,. demand. Freightsto England for hides and tallow 'an fr e i t ga th te e G h r a e s na a d rr ie iv r ed the remainderThePi qu e received Quebec papers to the 17th ult. flour at Montreal had been in good demand, and several thousand barrels had changed hands 3 1 .; bar re 245. to 241.3 d. per barrel cash, and 255. per , three months ; 2,500 barrels sold at 245. 3d; cai, lo United States had likewise been sold to a consiog ral ,',l. 'I extent at 235. 9d. to 245. per barrel cash, and 243. 7 . 1 . to 255. on time. Wheat was quiet-Ohio at 4s. ems, to 4s. 9d. per 601bs. A decided improvement 13.1: Guards,fr o n Canada in occurred in the Provision trade, and the transactininass Beef and Pork embraced 1,500 or 2,000 brls. purcl c . u t for shipment to England. The prices are glr en 4 , s ll 355. for 300 barrels; Canada Pork, 28s. 9d• '" r for barrels; United States, at 255. to 355. per baw l co d 500 barrels prime mess beef. The banks h ad adviriTate the rate for bills on London to 10 per cent; bills at 90 days were 7to 8 per cent. T he P° - excitement was still great. nt excites The state of the Money Market at prese - A j o men , much interest among capitalists and mereall' elia - t the The supposition exists in nearly all quartersn. Chancellor of the Exchequer, to lessen tile diture, will resort to some financial Ine° and, as we have already stated under this he ad, c of mon report asserts that the reduction of the rate interest upon the Three - and - a - Ha lf p er Cents. i 5 " i t c ontemplation. It may be true , that at Prese,,,.ll the clouds in the polit ical horizon, opposed w an upward movement of the fun ds, are t few. W e er ni however it known to a certainty that Mr. Goulbura really was decided upon the reduct i o n named, s p eer lation for a fall in the prices of stock would be co' menced in right earnest. It is, therefore, a subject of deep interest with the jobbers and brokers of the, Money Market, to watch narrowly the steps ° I the Bank Directors in their actions upon UT circulation medium. The fact that the Ban have had their notes out diminished, as analewn zed by the last return, and which was Y under this head on Saturday, does seem to favour nr support the report that has been current for some days past, that the Directors, following the orders fi e ni n _ the Treasury, are favouring a rise in the prices of the funded debt, with the view of rendering the conve.r sion of the Three-and - a - Half per Cents. more certal?; In the Stock Markets there is very little busine7i indeed doing this morning. Consols fo r Money air Account have only been quoted at 941 alternate.); buyers and sellers. The fluctuations in the other Stc'clik have been up to this. hour equally trifling. 13:5 Stock, after having been quoted at 1721, to gone back to 172 ; Exchequer Bills remain at 5 8 3 5. 61s. premium, and India Bonds are steady at premium. Long Annuities (terminable an 18 have advanced to 12 11-16--this is a higher price We this Security has realised for months past. _by A good deal of business has been transacted to 10 , in the Foreign Stocks, and in most instances at 1 8 i, proved prices. Spanish Consols have advanced te l a to the Three per Cents. to 211 2 2 , and the Deferreboo 101. Russian Metalliques were 13 pe r cent. above par ; Dutch Five per Cents., 1- per cent. ailion par ; and Belgian, 2 per cent. above par; ql; Bonds have been sold at 80 ; Colombian, tiot. Brazilian at 65+ ; and Mexican at 33 for the ze°cted Scarcely half-a-dozen bargains have been eife...lo, in the Share Market this morning, and these P r o cipally confined to Brighton Railways. The ll ' a eral for these shares continues to recede, se v dir sales having just been made at 15 , 1 count. The price has since improved a n 1: So The North Midland have declined to 38 discounli vi or bargains have been made in any of the other Ie l i;o k Shares this morning. London Joint Stock j ot have fetched 3 prem.; and National Ban k of Ire 11 discount. 12 MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, Nov. -- The cannot report any improvement in our mar ket. 301; sales are :-London and Birmingham New 321diaaili Manchester and Birmingham, 191; N orth All 621; Manchester Assurance, 9. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock .172 India Stock '''''''''sS PO 3 per Cent. Red. ........ 93 1 1 Ditto Bonds ....... ....• 3 per Cent. C0n5..... 944 Ditto Old Annuities ..• ,34 per Cent. Red... 1004 Ditto New Annuities... 60--100 New 34 per Cent... lOl4 Ex. Bills, 1,0001..- 2d * op pa l Nnw 5 per Ceti' - Ditto 60 01 . •• " S m all ...... 60 Long Annuities to expire Di tto Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan. Is6o 124 !Consols for Acct. • ... FOREIGN FUNDS. .. a nt. -- Austrian, 5 per cent.... - Por tu g uese, 6 per --- Belgian, 5 per cent lO2l Ditto, New Dec ...nt..... Brazilian Bonds 65 4 Pr ussian, 5 per ce. •• !i s Buenos Ayres6 per cent - Russian, 5 pet Cent Chilian, 6 per cent. 416 Ditto, Metallic C ent. •• • igi Colombian, 6 per cent... - Spanish, 5 per cent • 10 1 Ditto, 1824 214 Ditto Deferred.••• -f Cuba Bonds , 6 per cent 79 Frenc h, , 5 per cent- _-c. Danish, 3 per :ent B3 Exchange.... Greek, 1825, 5 per cent - French, 3 per ce nt. . 52 1 Mexican, 5 per cent 321 Dutch, 2i per c ent. ..... 10011 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 - D itto, 5 p er cent. -• Peruvian, 18'25,6 per ct. . . _ SHARES. Eastern Counties (23 paid)... ............. •••• 101 Ditto Debentures ( paid) .................. Great Western, (65 paid) ........ . ............35 London ar.d Brighton (50 paid).. ............ )822 London and Birmingham (90) ...... ...•• •• 6 1 Ditto Thirds (32 raid) ................. London and South Western (41165. 10d pd Midland Counties Railway (10() paid) ...... Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) ••""" • 35/ Northern and Eastern (45 paid) .............. 7i Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) ...................... 62 North Midland Railway ( 100) ............... 221 Paris and Rouen (20 paid) ..... ......... 221 South Eastern and Dover ( 50 Paid) ••• ...... Ditto Scrip (20 paid) ......... : ............ 2111 York and North Midland (50 paid) ••• ... is to h 0 It has now been decided that no new (mug, .. Sir appointed aw to the Court of R eview in the p lace of 11 John Cross, but that the b usiness of that Couit in f u ture be heard before Vice-Chancellor Sirk- J r • Knight Bruce, who was s worn in as a Judge in Ban ruptcy on Friday last. The appeals against the assessment for the Inca ° and Property-tax on persons in the City of London sr° k.-..i The expected to be very numerous and protracw—• Mon. first Court for the above purpose will be held on itteiin- day, the sth of December, at the office in ohle n ''' . street, commencing with the Ward of.AldersglE without. Should any defaulters remain after the above appeals, the schedule will be returned to tbe re; ceiving officer, and by him certified into the Court 01 Exchequer, where process will_be ithied• LI I 1 i~:;;' £ ~~ 0 1 ` . ' I j, 4"t l r N I ~~ ' I