The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-29 00:00:00

UNIFORM WITH " ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE." In lionthly Volumes, neatly Counkl, price 6s. eac:t. - :11:R. PRESCOTT'S lIISTuidCAL WORKS, _CA The REIGN of FERDINAND and ISABELLA. The CONQUEST of MEXICO. The CON, EST of PERIL The first Volume to appear on the Ist of OCTOBER. Richard Bentley, Nev Burlipgion-street. Orders received by all Booksellers. THEAIRD ROYAL HAYMARKET. 'he public is respectfully informed that this popular establishment .1 OPEN for the Season On MONDRY, October 1, When will be performed the Comedy of THE LOVE CHASE. Sir William Fondlove, Mr. Tilbury ; Master Waller, Mr. Howe ; Wild ral4e, Mr. Webster; Widow Green, Mrs. W. Clifford ; Lydia, Miss J. Mordaunt ; Ccnstance, Mrs. Nisbett. After which the highly successful new Farce, called an ALARMING SACRIFICE. Bob Ticket, Mr. Buekstone ; Susan Sweetapple, Mrs. Fitz;villtam. To be forowed by the new Farce, entitled SEPARATE MAIN NA.NCE. To conclude with A KIS.; IN THE DARK. On MONDAY, Oct. 8, Mr. MACRE IDY will make his first ap yearance In London since his return f.om America, and commence Lis first series of his Farewell Performances previous to his retire ment from the statre at the end of June next. Due nitice will be given of the appearance of Mr. and Mrs. KEAN. The Box-office will be open on Thursday, under the direction or Mr. I. T. Archer. _MLA rut, ROYAL, AI.ELYIII. nQer the riirertlr,zr \Tn.; atm Celeste., EVENING, Will be neriormed SWEET TERM'S Ali" D WIVES. After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. -Chauut Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedfprd ; Mr. Charles PusLer, Mr. Boyce; 1 most Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mis. Waters Rummer, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To be followed by the Farce of SLASHER AND CRASHEr. Mr. glasher. Mr. Wright ; Mr. Crasher, Mr. Paul Bedlord. To conclude with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. ~STLEY'?ROYAL Proprietor. Mr. W. Batty. Positively the List Ses Nights of Mazepra. trader the l'i.troaage of her Majesty tis,?. queen, tits ttoyal Hight:toss Prince Albert, Ste. In compliance with numerous requests at the Box-office, the po polar Spectacle of mAzEprA; or, the Wild Horse, will bo pro duced with great splendour THIS EVENING, To be renewed by an inimitable display of SCENES IN THE C ROLE. in whidt" Marie Macarte will appear, supporta' by the diet Equestrian talent of the day. To conclude with a favourite Farce. Box-cflice open from Eleven till Four. t!,ngret, Mr. Of. LAGTI WATL!, AT 1,0N1)0; Tins DAY —Morning, 0 min. after 0 Eveulng, 5 m!n. after 12 To-Nf ounow— 'min. after 12 f Evenintr, 50 min. after 12 —Sin; OFFICE, SEPT. 29. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 55. Highest, 65, Noun, 64. BAROMETER, 29.73. Wind S.W.—Heavy rain in the night; Adorning, cloudy; Afternoon, showery. . 4 7 *2 1 ,, „..,,) . k . .2%., -- :l' 4-- 7,--,4 i;.... .. , 1 , ,- , AL,A ;.--7i.,-.1,1-',- 6,4 E S T S..s. _.,..,.* - . ~ i , - T ., ta --. 5 i 4 a-- sl' , 40\4::;1;:eLF" eibvidit 14, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1849. One or two circumstances not already referred to by ourselves in reference to the recent court martial on Mr. PITMAN are eminently deserving of consideration- Scarcely any one, it must have been observed- has dared to exonerate that person from the blame under which he has been professionally excommunicated ; hardly a single individual has ler an instant presumed to question the justice of the authority to which he has become amenable. Never theless the haughty spirit of the service, or rather of the superior officers in the service, has become occa sionally manife,ted in indignant allusions to the manner in which the late Commander of the Childers was tried—through the evidence, it is superciliously remarked, of witnesses whose characters were already tainted. Now, we should be gratified to learn in what way the re ptPations of either Mr. ELLIOTT or of Lieut. GRA- IiAM have been exposed to the oblequy of the world. IVhose assertion, whose sole assertion is it which has been accepted in testimony of the badness of the character of these unfortunate young officers and gentlemen ? Is not the solitary evidence adduced against them, the evidence of a man who has been convicted of cruelty, for inasmuch as he drove sub ordinate officials to desertion, to suicide, and to the madhouse—of purloining, for inasmuch as he appro priated the ship's stores to his own use—and of falsehood, for inasmuch as he deliberately made a false entry in the log-book ? Why, if nothing else were requisite to reveal the rottenness of the cause of thi3 llr. J. C. PITMAN, it would be sufficient to point in proof of it to the disgraceful document ridi culously called his " defence." Defence, forsooth! Why throughout the whole of that miserable produc tion there was not one word in extenuation of his conduCt as Commander of the Childers, there was not one intimation of the fallacy of the facts alleged against him, there was not one syllable in vindication of a name hell up by the cnarges preferred against it to profound and universal abhorrence. The whole of this so•called defence was composed of—what? Of abase of the prwecutors— mere abuse couched in the language of vituperation. Supposing there were no other indication of the nature of Mr. PITMAN'S tem perament beyond that furnished by this wretched document, it would have been immeasurably more than enough to damnify him in the estimation of the community. And yet we are told that Messrs. GRAHAM and ELLIOTT are persons of damaged repu tation, when their sole accuser is this very reputable ex - Commander. Seriously speaking, condemnation from such lips ought to be regarded rather in the light of panegyric, and so we are satisfied it is re garded at this moment by the mass of the population. A very few days have elapsed since the publica tion in our columns of a letter addressed to ourselves by the esteemed father of Lieutenant GRAHAM, the unfortunate young officer now being punished as a convicted felon in the county gaol of Exeter. 14 4 that interesting communication each of the accusations levelled against his son by Mr. J. C. PITMAN in his " defence" was considered categorically by the Rev. Mr. GRAHAM, and to all intents and purposes was, to our thinking, most clearly disproved. The robbery said to have been committed by Lieute nant GitAffiat on the mess funds of another vessel of war was shown, for example, to be a gross and heinous calumny 1 The charge of intoxication turned out to be equally, if not more egregiously, slanderous! And the imputation as to his having fabricated lying stories was proved, on the authority of a shipmate, to have been literally nothing more nor less than the perversion of some incoherent ex• pressions uttered by Lieutenant GRAHAM when almost distracted to a state of madness by the brutal treatment received from his Commander. We have really no words at our command sufficiently emphatic to express our feelings of indignation and disgust at a course such as this, a course in which tyranny and false deal ing are followed up by the slanders of vindictiveness. Less, however, could scarcely have been anticipated from amen who has not sense enough of common decency to prevent him from giving waylo a burst of passion on the quarter-deck, so as actually to call the Lieutenant "a liar" before the whole ship's company. In our impression of last evening will doubtless have been observed a suggestion thrown out by one of our correspondents, which, if correct n its premises, would at once procure the libe- ration of the unfortunate gentlemen now pri soners in the Exeter County Gaol. While we are sanguine that this hint may lead to the release of Mr. ELLIOTT and of Lieutenant GnAusx from their present cruel and unjust incarceration, we are far ndeed from regarding even this as sufficient compen sation for all they have undergone through the domineering insolence and vindictive machinations of Mr. J. C. L'insew. Expelled from the service in consequence of this man's, unparalleled harshness, they would still continue the victims of his cruelty and malevolence. Something more would yet remain requisite before in their instance the holy cause of justice could be vindicated. We submit this reflection to the public as one eminently deser:•ing the consideration of tha people of the United kingdoms. It arrears somewhat exti lAnarr that a country so especially remarkable fort, 4 t ap., 4 . 1 variety of its manufactures as is Great 144 ,, a - c*o'.." try whose vat Stealth at home and whes - e :- Wid e - 82reactinfluence abroa I is !mit:ly the result of her unparalleled com merce, and who3e commerce, again, is the result of her manufacturing skill—it is extraordinary that Great Britain should h3ve hitherto given so little on couragement to the development of the ingenious and industrious arts. Other countries have had their exhibitions and their nompqitions, but in England hitherto, although we count manufacturers among our statesmen and manufacturers' sons among our Ministers, manufacturers themselves have never re., ceived any public encouragement. This unjust and anomalous line of conduct is henceforth happily at an end. A great public exhibition of arts and maufac tures is intended to be held in London two years hence, in 1851, at which the successful competitors will be rewarded with prizes of a magnificence fully adequate to the importance of the occasion. The first prize will be the sum of 5,000/., and there are to be five other prizes of 1,0001. each, which prizes, and the gold medals accompanying them, her MAJESTY purposes bestowing with her own hand. For this ceremony, so national in its characteristics and calculated to produce such beneficial effects, we are chiefly indebted to the spirit and discrimination of the President of the Society of Arts and Manufac tures, his Royal Highness Prince ALBERT. The Prince, anxious to prornofe the development of arts and manufactures in Engiind, Scotland, and Ire land, desired two gentlemen (Messrs. COLE and FULLER) to ascertain from the leading manufacturers of the three kingdoms whether, in their opinion, a public exhibitien like the one proposed would be likely to promote their interests; and, furthermore, whether such ari exhibition should be exclusively devoted to English, Scotch, and Irish manufacturers, or open to competitors from all parts cf the world. Air. COLE detailed the result of these inquiries at a, recent meeting at the Mansion-house, from which it appeals that the general feeling was in favour of the exhibition, and in favour of its being of an unexclu sive character—" wherever they had bun on their interesting mission, they had heard but one opinion of extreme desire to see the whole world admitted to compete at the exhibition." The Royal President of the Society had expressed his intention, if the replies of the manufacturers should authorise him, to lay the subject before the Cabinet and urge its promotion by the Government. We may, therefore, e xpect that at last the industrious arts will receive in a remarkable manner all the stimulus which public countenance and private emulation can a fford. The unexclusive nature of the exhibition, at which artisans from every clime and of every character may unite, in friendly rivalry, is indicative of one of the happiest signs of the times. This is the true Peace Congress, this fraternization of all nations in promoting their com mon cause, the development of the peaceful arts. We are confident that the proposition will be received with very general satisfaction—a satisfaction en hanced by the fact that the proposition itself is another proof of how readily her MAJESTY and her Royal Consort identify themselves with whatever is calculated to promote the interest of the people. The many differences of opinion between the various authorities who are the supposed guardians of the public health, and the many impediments and de lays which those differences necessarily throw in the way of all satisfactory results, very forcibly demon strates one fact. The next session of Parliament has already an abundance of work prepared for its hands. Only a few weeks of the fecess have elapsed, but those few weeks have been fr•.ught with matters of grave importance —matters which will permit but a brief recreation to the Ministers of the Foreign or the Home Department. WI - at different aspect foreign affairs may assume before next February it is, of course, impossible to say ; but as regards our home in terests it is beyond a doubt—the awful number of recent deaths, and the frightful revelations of the registrar, have placed it beyond a doubt—that the sanitary condition of London must undergo a minute supervision and a material reform. Some months, however, must elapse before the Legislature can in terfere, and in the meantime there are nuisances in existence, the pernicious consequences of which are daily apparent, adding to the fatal power or the epidemic, of which they have been in some cases very probably, if not the Frincipal, at least the prominent causes. Are these nuisances to continue to exercise their baleful influence until an Act o Parliament has decreed the shutting up of all burial-f grounds and the removal of all similar sources of poisonous atmosphere ? Is London passively to submit to the . decimation and do nothing towards her own preservation collectively, because the inhabitants of her various localities will neither help themselves nor suffer others to help them ? Even in those countries in which the fullest amount of personal liberty is enjoyed individuals are forcibly prevented from com mitting suicide, and a similar interference is assuredly necessary with regard to communities Without in any way wishing to restrict the due enjoyment and exercise of local authority on the part of members of various districts, it is certain that in a time of emergency private interests and private animosities must be wholly set aside. The Board of Health at the present moment holds, or should hold, a position similar to that of a com mander-in-chief in time of war, whose authority, to be benefi,ial, must be paramount. So essential is unity of purpose to all matters of moment, that NAPOLEON (a good judge of such matters) declared that " one bad general was better than two good ones ;" and all history tells us that the greatest evils have been the inevitable consequence of a division o+ opinion and vacillation of purpose. " Who shat (hale when doctors disagree?'—in such a case the fate of the patient is generally decided. So it will be with the sanitary state of London, unless all contend- ing reformers give way, and one authority be im plicitly obeyed. That authority will, in such a case, be invested with a heavy responsibility, which will most probably act as a greater stimulant to exertions, end a greater restraint upon imprudence, than the clashing of opinions and the antagonism of rive: powers, which has recently too much prevailed. The tribes of Lilliput might very properly go to war for the veriest trifle, but assuredly the people of London, in the nineteenth century, are not to be consigned to wholesale slaughter for some individual differences of opinion. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The following paragraph on the subject of the Porn's manifesto appears in the semi-official Patric : " The .manifeato of the Holy Father has produc. d considerable sensation in the political and financial world. This document was the subject of conversation in the Hall of the Legislative Assembly on Thursday. We believe we may confidently assert, however, that the policy of the Government will not undergo any mo dification, and that the French Cabinet is still on this übj,ct in accord with the other Cabinets." Death has been busy of late among the old officers of the Empire. General BoRELLI, the uncle of M. ODILoN BeaßoT, and formerly aide de-camp to JUACHIM MURAT, died on Thursday . ; General D'AsToRG, another of the Imperi a l G enera l ! , di e d a t Nantes on Monday, and General MARTEL died at Lyons on Tuesday. Within one week three of the heroes of the Empire have passed from the scene of life. M. Dunn has been slightly indisposed, but is now convalescent. The Bishop of MomNs died on Thursday. it is said that the celebrated LAMENNIIS if; about to become editor of the 17.eforme. M. PROUDLION'S new paper, the Feuille du Peuple, which appeared for the first time on Tuesday, was seized on ibursday ,by order of the authorities. '1 ha Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Friday at 56r. 15,..; the Five per Cents. at 891. 10e.; Orleaea Railroad Shares, 7451; Rouen, 5301.; Great Northern, 438% 75t!.; Avignon, 2201.; Vierzon, 301 f 9 50. ; 2i is e, 1010. 75c.; Bordeaux, 4101.; Paris and Stres.buri. 351 t. 25c.; Tours end Nantes, 2921..50c. Dt.)...E. IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LON LOIC STOCK-FiCIIANGE. SIFT. 28. Bodo 'e aid Amiens. 57 —'iutch Rhenish, 1 1 ; Great Indian Peatassta, bA,—Northern of France, 2'3/ i die.—Rouen and 'Line, 10%. ~ SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 23,1 have arrived. The following are the proposals which the Catalan manufacturers have submitted to the Government, through the mediu , n of Senor ORLANDO:-1. That no cotton goods be admitted into Spain that contain more than 26 threads in a Spanish quarter of an inch, and sheeting the Sp:;nish square yard of Nshich wAghs but 24 aclarines (drachms). 2. That hand kerchif:fs shall he submitted to the same measure, but paying the high duty imposed by laW. That :nixed stuffy he prohibited (those of silk, cotton, and wool). That tissues containing a mixture of cotton, hemp, or thread, shall pay the average duty of 16 reals the square yard. If these proposals meet with the ap probation of the Ministers, the Tariff Bill will be a dead letter. A meeting of some of the leading friends of the Peace Movement was held this morning, at which Mr. Cobden wvs present, when it was unanimously resolved to convene a public meeting at the City t,f London Tavern, on an early day, to consider the recent advertise ment of the Austrian Government for a loan of seven millions, and to agree upon an address to the friends of peace and disarmament on the general question of loans forwarlike purposes and permanent standing armaments. G E P AND Tuft,. NoRTI2ERN STATES. PRUSSIA. The Pflassian Government has authorised the re opening of the gaming -houses Ai:.-la Chapelle, w hi c h were closed last year by order or German Parliament. This is cne, among many Ober p: , Tsofs of the superior rare which a paternal Government takes of the morals of its subjects. It is said that Russia has demanded the destruc• tion of the Prussian constitution, the restoration of Absolutism, And the reunion of the Duchy of Posen to Prussia. BAVARIA. Letters from Munich of the 23d state, that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, by order of the KING, has charged all the Bavarian Envoys resident abroad to inform those Governments at whose Courts they represent Bavaria, that that power has broken every negotiation with Prussia, and will continue to do so until Austria shall have given a decisive reply. M. VON LEECIIENFELD KCFERING, the Bavarian Envoy at the Court of Prussia, has received special instructions as to the line of conduct which he is to pursue in regard to the Prussian Government. The German Constitutional says that this line of con duct has probably been induced by his note from Prussia, complaining of the conduct of M. Vor DER PFORDTEN. AUSTRIA -AND 11 UNGARY, The Wiener Zeilung of the 23d publishes a letter from the Emperor of RUSSIA to the President of the Council of State and Minister of War, General Prince TenEnrirscnaw, thanking him for his prompt and perfect arrangement of the warlike preparations for the war in Hungary. The letter goes into long de tails respecting the individual who facilitated the carrying out of the necessary measures, and concludes with requesting his acceptance of the portrait of, the CZAR set in brilliants. The letter bears the date of the 18 of August. The Wanderer of Vienna says that the house of HOPE, in Amsterdam, will advance 20,000,000 to wards the fresh loan made by the Emperor of RUSSIA. The accounts from Hungary of the cruelties prac tised by the Austrians are pt , rfecity appalling. It arpeara that on their retreat from Transylvanni2 BEM and GUYoN were entertained at Ruseberg by a family of the name of MADERSBUCH. A few days after their departure General lIAINAU arrived at RlP:eberg, and enraged, apparently, at the escape of Ba , t and GUYON, vented his fury on those who had treated them with kindness and courtesy. lie actu ally ordered the lady of the house to be flogged, and she was afterwards dragged barefoot by his soldiers as fur as Hatseg. Her unfortunate husband, mad dened by this outrage, blew ow" his own brains with a pistol. It is to be regretted that M. AIADERSBUCH did not appropriate the contents of his pistol to the head or heart of lIAYNAU, 'reserving a sccord for his own use should such have become necessary. Again we ask, how long is the representative of the wcman-flogger, FRANCIS Josr_rrr, to be received at the Court of the Queen of ENGLAND? Who are the men or the women of England who will degrade themselves by meeting in society the accredited re presentative of the Woman. Flogger ? We advise our readers to scan the list of visitors at the Austrian Ambassador's which appears in the column of our fashionable contemporaries. All honest men should avoid them. SWITZERLAND. The French refugees who we-re domiciled at Geneva, have, in consequence of the application of the French Government, been removed into the in terior of Switzerland. The Ticino Gazette of the 24th states that 111Azzrm is going to leave Switzerland, and that he has conse• quently abandoned the idea of publishing the journal entitled Italia del Popelo. Many Italian refugees have passed through the Canton of Ticino, on their way to Lombardy, in consequence of the amnesty published by the Austrian Government. ITAL Y. In the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin, of the 24th, Deputy RAVINA. read the report of the committee on the treaty of peace with Austria. The following i 3 the conclusion proposed by the committee :—" In consequence of the hard and inexorable necessity that crushes us at present, the committee proposes to the Cham ber to declare that only by the force of this inevitable and fatal necessity, it does not offer any opposition to the execution of the present treaty." The Chamber listened in silence to the report. with out any outward signs of disapprobation A (-consent. The Lrgge of Turin states from Florence, 20th, that the members of the Tuscan Government are very much divided on the Constitutional question ; MAzzr, BALDASSERONT, and CASIGLIANO Oeing fnr the Statute, LAI-um:col for Absolutism, and 13eccELLA still undecided. All the leading political men—such as RIDOLFI, SALVAGSOLI, and BETTING EICASOLI—have disappeared from Tuscany. The same Ripen announces that the inemb?rs of the deputation named by the Senate to receive the mortal remai❑s of Charles Albert, the arrival of which is shortly expected, have set out for Genoa. M. XENOCnATES CESARI, one of the members of the Roman Constituent Assem bly who voted against the Republic, has arrived at Turin. Among the persons imprisoned at Rome for political opinions only, without being guilty of any acts in favour of them,. are the Notary GUGGIOLT, the Architect Panar, Advocate BERNARDI, Advocate MONELLI, Monsignor GAZOLA, Professor ROLLS, Commissary OFFREDUZZI, Secretary CESARELLT, and Dr. Acurw. We learn, by a letter from Tuscany, that great sensation has been causEd, at the Baths of Lucca, by an arbitrary order to an English officer there to quit the territory. Our correspondent says : " The Prefect of Lucca has issued a mandate, without previous trial or inquiry, to an officer of rank in the British service, who has been a continuous resident at the Baths of Lucca for seven seasons, to leave the department within three days, and has had the courtesy to order his lady away with him ; the front of his offence being that he had given a tract upon a religious subject, pub lished in Tuscany, to a paralytic in the hospital. The British residents have, on the occasion, agreed to the following protest, which has been forwarded to the British Minister at Florence : " We, the undersigned English residents and visi tors at the Bagni di Lucca, having heard that our countryman, Captain Pakenham, R.N., has received a peremptory order from the authorities of Lucca, requiring his departure from out the territory within the space of three days, and forbidding his return thereto unless provided with a special per mar neigs actss irodnswf cmhan f t n h an e iov G ti dm o u v ea e ri r ,e n l i t y n s e a n i t s , h arbitraryearedh e y a p p d r 0 0 0 t pft e p., s rn t ecs a e fi v a t i eo n a s I Is t o nation whose members have ever shown a willing obedience to the laws of the country, and a pr ompt readiness to ftssist by all means in their power its local charities. We protest against the injustice of a mandate that does not convey the sentence of a tribunal, nor even the shadow of an allegation. We protest against the tyranny of an order for whose peremptory execution we are convinced no exigency calls ; and finally, we protest against an act that must subvert that confidence in the due administration of justice, which, as natives of a free country, we esteem a birthright, and without feeling which we never would have made this land our residence." TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT ♦ND Ll- BERTY."—Eossuth's Protest against Russian Interven tion. Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutta and Co. Messrs. Drummond. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to any one of the members of tho committee formed to carry out the Testimonial. •,•All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received £l,lOO 1 1 From a Few Friends, for Freedom and Hungary, par A. A., Glasgow—through Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M P. 5 0 Total ... £1,105 1 li DETERMINED SUICIDE IN A PUBLIC-110133R --Oil Thursday afternoon, about four o'cl , ,ck, a most deter mined a..A of self destruction was committed by an elderly man, named John Chapman, in front of the bar of the Three Compasses, public-house, Little Marylebone• street. Chapman had carried on fur many years the business of a coffeehouse-keeper, in ll'gh• street, Mary Phone. Fur some time past he bad met with many misfortunes, and a large number of his customers, through his kindness, had become indebted to him and lett his shop. The result was that his affairs were much embarrassed, and about five weeks since the whole of his furniture and business utensils mere Eeizzd for a , :ebt. On Thursday afternoon he entered the Three Compasses, obtained a glass full of water, into which he emptied a white powder, and before any person could prevent him, drank off the contents of the glass at a draught. lie reeled backwards on to a form, and a surgeon was immediately sent for, but when he arrived he pro nounced life to be quite extinct. It was afterwards dis covered that he had swallowed a quantity of mimic. ... 23,246,500 ... 335,600 ... 3,580,516 1.907 ... 8,528 948 ... 799,088 ... 9,112,962 77,756 •.• 983.134 53 274 ... 14,354,859 ••• 20,604 .. 10,721,590 318,485 10,813,735 Increase .. 567,585 Bullion ... ... 15,114,876 Increase ... ~, 254,403 Active Circulation 17,432,765 Decrease ... 231,985 The gross amount of .13ink notes of all the private and joint. stock establishments, circulated in England, Ire land, and Sco:land during the four weeks to S, ptemb(r 8, was 31 ,111,8781., being 225,8911, less than at the same time last year. As regards the Foreign Exchanges yesterday after noon there was a slight decline in the rates for Bills on Paris, Fraukfoi t, and Trieste, but an advance upon Ha s oihurgh and Antwerp The exports of the precious metals from London this week hz.ve been large, viz., 431,000 ounces of silver, all to the Continent, except 1,300 ounces, and 11 ; 100 ounces of gold. Increase ... Public Deposits ... Inyrease Other Depc.)sits Increase ... Seven Day end other Bills Dccri:ase Government Securities Increase ... Other Securities ... Notes Incri use An American (New York) contemporary states con• verging the postal communication between that city and cue West India colonies, as follows : " We learn that letters have been received in this city by the British mail steamers from the West Indies at one-third the postage that has to be paid on those sent by the same steamers from this city to any one of those islands. We were yesterday shown a single letter, mailed at Point•l Pitre, Guadaloupe, on the 27. h ult., and the postage prepaid to this city was one franc and twenty-five centimes, or twenty-five cents of our money, and on delivery here five cents additional was charged, making the total postage thir►y cents. To send a reply to Guadeloupe, the writer cannot make use of our f.ost•otfice at the same rate, but is compelled to go to the outside dikes,' and pay 75 cents, on a single letter. This almost amounts to a prohibition, and puts a stop to all but the most urgent correspondence between the islands and the United States. We suppose that the 'outside offices' have a right to charge what they pVa ,- ,e, and we, therefore, find no fault with them. But we call upon the Postmaster-General to take this matter in hand, and see if he cannot effect some arrangement by which the rate of postage to and from the islands may be rec'.uced and equaliz , d." The Funds have been very quiet, but tolerably steady. Consuls 92 s for Transfer, and 92: 4 4 for Account. Exchequer bills are :.38, , „ to 41s. premium. In the Foreign Matket Spanish Active Bonds have been 171; Portugw.se Four per Cents., 29i; end Mexi can, 27A- to a. Buenos Ayres are flit at 43i. Ittilway bhares are dull and rather in. favour of buyers. Yolk and Berwick, however, have improved a shade, and Great Western are firm. 0 ,E O'OCLCK. •n,f-,FIT, G gi, ,, ,fs ny '4t:T!Sii UNDst k RICF S. per CPnt. Consols Annuitum: - 92:y 1 5 / 8 76. 92 5, Long Anns. to 2.. , zpire Jan.lB6o — --1 • Ditto 30 year,, J an . 5, 1860 8 9-16 8 9-16 ludia Bonds, I,oooi. Ditto under 1,0001... ...... Consuls for Account .. .. ` - xcliequer Bills. 11 / , a. & 2d 1,0001. June 3B 41 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE '. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. O 43CL9CK Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent 77 edexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons— Ditto, Ex Coupons.. ...... — Ditto, Account Portuguese 5 per C en t s . Ditto, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Account... Ilussian Bonds SpAni:.b :; per Cent. 1340. Ditto, Account 1731 Ditto, P. , „nsiva Ditto, 3 per C e nt 3 !%2 34 DivL.A. , .thd.3 on the above payable in Lond:m. ~y 4 s OLOSIN PRTOES PIICES OF ' BUSINEBS DONK CLOSINI , , PAID. ~.,, f LWAY eliAlta.4. AT OINL O'CLOCK. PRICE:: -tberth cn 5O Do. Preference ...... 6% ..... . mber. Nett., Bc.,!t, and Eastera Junction 6 ...... dis ........ 61, dis, •yrshire and Galloway.. 7% ...... .:e1f0.,-.t & County Down 26% Barks & H an t s E x t ens . (Gt. West. Per. 5 Der ct.) 6 ...... ifirmingham and Ox- .• turd Junet., calls duly paid, cr witli a guaran. 20 ...... .. Do, without guariu tee 20 ... Hi ininr, Wolverb'ton, _— antird , zdle:', calls duly pd, c with guarantee 10 ..... _ Do. without guarantee 10 ..... _• 3irminz.,Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s ... "' 2irkenhca.,3, Lanc-e-shire, an Cheshire Juno.... 20 ...... _ ,3o: ton, Starnfd & Birm. 71. 4s. ... Bristol and Exeter 9O ... .. Ditto, Think ...... nickinghani•hire. - ..... . 15% Caled:;nian ...... . ..- 5O ...... 14 14% ...... .. I.o' . 8 Ditto, New 101. Pref Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 .:hester and Holyhead.- 50 ....„ ‘_ ............... Ditto, Preference l5 - •••• ......... f.larence - .............. Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 . .... ....•"'....'.'•'..... - 'Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. - ... ............ Direct London & Ports- _ mouth Dublin and Belfast June. 40 Dundalk & Enniskillen 27% ;_r„,..st Anglian, 251., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 181., E. & H.... 18 ...... Do., 3/. 105., Pref... 3% .... 1% l% Eastern Couaies... ..... 20 .....• 7% 1 44. • Do. Nev.', Gua. 6 per et. 10 Ditto,Extension, 5 per .... Cent., No.l 6/.135. 4d.... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. ... ... 50 Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 — Do. New Eastern Union, Cia.4 A ... (late E. U. Shares) 25 ...... - Ditto, Class A, ditto... 3 1 /. --.... _ Do., Class 13 (1. & D.) 25 Ditto, Class C, ditto... 2212 — .. _ Do. Scrip (6 per cent.) 20 East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 6 1 4 East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... -- ,„ Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .„ _ , ....... Edinburgh andNorthem 26 _ Ditto, N ......... 15 ..... .rE x 'eovil, & Dorch. 2% Exeter and Exmouth... 218. Gla-gow, Dumfries, and per Cent... Pref. 7 I / . Carlisle (B l A nt Y .o r e 570% ...... • .." 1 .. • ....... • ••• ed . ::: 2 12 0 1,6 . = .... 7%...... ...... .. 7% 3% Gl i a l s o g . o p N r v e ,K rer il e m Ec a e r., consoi. _ •• ••••. . ;real 4rpDpea:o t.: :' south. ':: :o p u ßeA t hr6.DCNorthern ip:and West. (Ireland) ... ............ 47% — •...- ......... 23% ': mat North of England.100 Ditto, New, 40/......... 40 Ditto, ditto. ............. 35 ...... ••• Ditto, New, 301..,., - ••• • .... 30 Ditto. New,ls/... ...... 15 ~ .• Great Westero, ....... ....1 00 Ditto, );4 .;bares ...... 50 - •••.• ••• •• •• Ditto, 4 Shares ...... 23 Ditto, Fifths ...... ...... 20 ....... Ditto. New 17/... „„. 15 ... .. Hull and Selby ...... 50 Ditto, Half Shares ..• 25 ...... Do. Quarter Shares-. 12% — •••... • ..... ••• Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds .. . ...... 10 Lancashire & Yorksluirel6o Do. do. hi. 13. & 13„. 95 Ditto, ditto , ......... 'A Ditto, tx" 2 ~.hares ...... 46 .. ........ ••••• • Do. Quarters ... .... :9 1, . ..../. 2 — Do• Fifth 5............ ......... ••• 10 Do. Thirds ............ .15 ..... 4% •• ..... ••• .• ........ --- Do. NewGuarant:ed 6 per Cent__ . ••••••••• 10 ..„„ _ • Do. Liverp. and Bury 46 Ditto (Huddersfield and Slieff.).. Do. ( W. Ridin g uoi- 59!4 11% 11 1 / iA 7• Ag Union) 9 Do. (Preston & ' Do. l' 4 Shares (A)... 25 10 Leeds and Pradford ...... 1;0 Leeds and Thirsk Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 5 •••••• Dc,, Pref. (guar., 1813 9 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport -11 _ ,_..: MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUA I:1E 1? TO TR EE. The sales of G.t ton at Liverrel yesturtif.y were from 4.000 to 5,000 hal: s, wi h a quiet n - :etk,tt nrid no 121!.1- terial charge it: priccs.-1a Ruilway Hiarcs a fair buhi nc:•:: was dine at advanced prices. The market closed Pioat the manurac!uring diatriels we are alvlsed ge nerally that Lusines was still rather quiet, thoeo in a whcletutue conditier. The of England weekly statement to the 22J instant shows a marked reduction in the active Note circulation, but not in any respect arising from di miniflNl bu! , .ir.ess. The public deposits ar e no w being daily atilded to, and, as a matter of course, payment of duties, &c., to a large extent is made in no!es. It is, indeed, satisfactory to observe that the advances upon other securities have increased, although we cannot entirely ascribe the change to greater activity of business, but partly to the loans usually required when the transfer becks are shut. Alluding to recent weekly statements, which petty nearly resemble the return we are now commenting on, the editor of the Bankers' Magazine r e m ar k s: — " The most noticeable feature in these returns is the increase in the private securities to the extent of about half a miht n. They are r.ow as high as they were in the *tidy part of the year, befor,, the market rates of dis count became so much depressed; and the inference to be drawn is, that at 3 per cent, the merchants find i advantageous to apply to the Bank." eempar«l with the previous week's return, the resu is as follows: Notes Issued Inert t..‘se Rest 41 p 27ti l 62 29E4 29 1 / 2 108 ~. „darters (No. 1) 23 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12% — Do. l‘few 10/. Pref..... 10 ..... Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire ... 22%. ... Do., Grimsby Do c k... 25 Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 4/. 2s. —.. ********* ••• ffidland Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 50/. Shares 30 ... .. 11% Do. Birm., and Derby 100 Do.Consol.Th ... istol and . Binning., 6 per ct.., .100 - ••• Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 42 ...... Ditto ditto .... ...... 22 . 75... ... . ..... ..... De.,ErewShVal.,Pref. 50 Ditto, Leicest.& Swan nington, 8 per ct. guar. 100 6lidl4nd Great Western Mrsh 50 Middlesbro' an d R e d car, 6 per cent. tzuar. Nea castle and Carlisle. UM Do. Quartvrs Sl:•wmarket Do. extension 24 125.... , .., ewport, Abergaven n y, and Hereford Newry and Enniskillen 7 N:eury, Warrenpoint, and Roatrevor .. 20 Norfolk ...... ...... 100 1..:o. Nev 201. .. Do. Guaranteed 5 p et. 20 Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5 • Do. do. Wave ne y V a l . 2 ...... N(zthern Counti es U n i on 4 ...... North British ........ ... 25 .... ex.div Ditto, lidlves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8% .. .. ...... Ditto Preference North Staffotdshire . "'.. 17% — ...... ... •-•• S orth Wales . 3%, — ... , North-Western .... . l 3 ,h. .: . -..— Oxterd, Worcester, an d ... Wolverhampton - (leading, Guildford, and Reigate l3 - ....... . .•••.. Royston and Hitchin ... 4% .. ... ............... Scottish Central ...... ...... Ditto, New Shrewsbury anti Birns... 11 Ditto ditto: Class B. 7 •• Ditto, Nev. - Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Herald. 4 Snrews.bury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) lB Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 Ditto Oswestry ... .. 18% Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. P- pt _int. 'ref. 10 Shropshire Union stuth Devon Do. Preference South Staffordshire BIA South Eabteri, .... Do~ No. 2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 30 Do., Regist ere d No. 4 10 .. ... - Do., Scrip No 4 •••••• • .. )outh Yorkshire, Won- . . caster, and Goole lO Sheffield, Rotherham, & Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. ... 1 4 14 Do. do (S, Dr kSou. ... 5 .• wens. & Loughor & Ca meron's Still. C0a1.... 7 raw Vale Extension ... 8 ••• ••..... •• ..... flames Haven Dock and Railwiiy ..... Vale of Neath 17 1 / i 8 iVaterford and Kilkenny 20 ...... NaterfOrd and Limerick 4714 — Naterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valiey 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. do. do. ...25 Do. do. do. ~. 15 .. West Cornwall ......... 6 v hitehaven & Furness 16 A indsor, Staines, and South. Western........ 14 Ere, Somerset, & ey- mouth ........ ........ 45 lofk, Newcastle, and Berwick. ......... 2/ , Da. Newcastle Extm. 2U Du. G.N.E.Preferc.nce 8 —•-• Do. It+rtlepool Dock and Railway.. 100 ....... York ard norm Midland st) ... 21 ..... Date, Fre.h.rence FORERiN RAILWAI.6 knglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian).... 5 1 4 bologna and Amiens... 20 Ventral of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara ....... 17 1 ,4 — Dutch Rhenish 8 ••• •• ...... ••• •••• East Indian ....... 31 4 — .... ••• ••• • Great Indian Peninsular 5 Do. Do. ... 10s. Louvain Ala Sambre ... 7% — Luxembourg .. 7% — Ditto .......• lO . ..... ••• Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Nzinur and Liege Northern of France l4l. 8.3... drs Orleans and Bordeaux 7 ...... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen 2O Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre ...... 20 ..... 10 Sambre and Aleute 2O ... .. Strasbourg and Basle 14 ToursandiNantef ll 2% rournay, Jurbise, Lan den' and Hassellt 20 West Flanders 8 34. ••. Ditto ..... MINES. Anglo-Mexican lOO Asturian Mining Com... 15 Australian Barossa Range . 28s. Blaenarv(,n Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ...... British Iron Brazilian Imperial BrazilianCocaes&Cniaba 30 Do. St. John Del Itey 15 Cobre Copper .. 40 General Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures Do. Red Ditto ... ..... --- Santiago de Cuba... lO United Mexican . 28% JOINT STOCK BAN K.S. Anfitralasia . 4O British North American 50 — Colonial 25 - 00000000 ••••••• Commercial of London 20 London Joint Stock lO London & Westminster. 20 N r ationalProv•England. 35 Ditto New... ..... ...... 10 - •• ••.. ........ LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 29.—Wind S.S.W., light airs, and sul try weather. DEAL, SEPT. 28.—Wind W.N.W. to W.S.W.—Arrd. Eliza and Emma, Hamburgh for Lima; Pyland, Stock holm for Rio Janeiro. Arrd. from the river, Victory, for the Cape of Good Hope; Acadia, Care of Good Hope; Valleyfield, Sierra Leone; Viper, Vigo. Arrd. from the river and sld., Calpe, Mogadore; Anna Tift, New Orleans. OFF NEwsAvEtv.—Enterprise, West Indies. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 28.—Wind variable.—Seraphina, Pernambuco; . Hawkill, Trinidad; Elizabeth Wood, Bar badoes ,•__Lirnena, Porto Rico. OFF COWES, SEPT. 28.—Dorothea, New London for Stettin. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 28.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Eclipse, Madeira. TORBAY, SEPT. 27.—Arrd. Marie and Pauline, Bor deaux for Rouen, leaky, and pumping up grain. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Sid. British Queen, St. John's, New Brunswick. BRISTOL, SEPT. 28.—Wind S.W., light.—Arrd. Re beecs Jane, Havannah; James, Miramichi. RoTunic BAY, ISLE OF BUTE. — Arrd. Hollywood, Matanzas for Clyde. Trtoori.—Sld. Free Briton, Rio Janeiro. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 28.—Wind S.S E. to S.W.— Arid. her Majesty's ship Brilliant, Cape of Good Hope, sailed from Ascension 19th ult., and proceeded to the eastward. Sld. hornwalsden, Rio Janeiro. FLEETWOOD, SEPT. 28.—Skl. William Glen, Ander son, Sr. John's, New Brunswick. CLYDE, SEPT. 2 7.—Sid. Sarah, St. John's, New Bruns wick. SCALLOWAY, SEPT. 26,—Arrd. Thomas Graham Davis's Straits. , ALDERNEY, SEPT. 26.—The Betsy, in warping from the harbour, went on the rocks behind the pit r, and un shipped her rudder, but got cff and proceeded to sea yesterday. ADERAVON, SEPT. 28.—1 t has been.blowing a heavy gale from the East for the last three days, last evening it changrel to South-West, with rain. KINSALE, SEPT. 26.—He r Majesty's steamer Dwarf was towed in here in a sinking state this morning, by her Majesty's steamer Trident, which two vessels had been in contact about sixty miles south of Old Head. ondon &Blackwall...ll/. Gs. 3d... —• ... — London, Brighton. ano South Coa:;.t... ... 103 Do., New 51., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 • •••• • t.,G.Guantit. 5 pert.. 0 ...... • Po. Pre •r. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto, ditt0...... 18:".2 50 . „., Lt , ncicnandGreenwieh 12/15 s 4d • ... _. -..... • Ditto, Preference .. • f 2.0 _ Lorldon and':. W.. , •;:tern 100 ......112 113,.......... 113% Ditto, nnw Quarters.. 12 D!tio,Fift'l , Do. 40 /.Shares(L.M.) t 5 ..... ..•• • • • Do. 101. (M. & B.) C. 1 ..... ..... .......... Laud. &,:3, Western ....• 50 ..... ••-• Ditto, New 50:...•.. 42t/...... ...... Do.Naw 401. 34 — -- Do., New Scrip, 1848, - Pref. 7 per Cent. ... 5 Lonricnderry&C,oieraiur 25 - Do. % Shares ndonderry and Ennis killen ... 25 ~,..... ..... ••• . ......... • Do. 1 ,..; Shares 5 ...... --- Lowettif. guar. 4 Feret 20 ...... Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 13 Mancliuster • Buxton, an d • rdatlock and Lincolnshire...loo Do. Quart- . N - - WELLS, SEPT. 28.—The Industry schooner, of Clay, got on shore yesterday, westward of • Blackney harbour, but came off with considerable damage, after throwing part of her cargo (coals) overboard, and was assisted into this port. The St. Pierre, from Scarborough to Frarce, has been assisted in here with slight damage, having be& n on shore westward of Blakeney. GREENOCK, SEPT. 28.—The Victoria, of and from Liverpool, for Cronstadt, which was stranded 24th ult. on the Pentland Skerries, drifted off 19 , .h instant, and was taken is tow by the Sovereign steamer, but the ropes breaking she was abandoned; the following day she was boa!ded off Clyth and towed into Ackumeled. MONTROSE, SEPT. 26.—The Fanny, of and for Aber• deep, in working out of the harbour struck agt.inst rock, dafnaged her rudder, lost a boat (which has sines been picked up), and had to put back. MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY CON 2 MIVT-GII3IZZJEIV. We bad a slight improvement in the demand for both fruit and vegetables, at, in most instances, full prices. The supplies were somewhat on the increase. The first arrival of new oranges Ins taken place.—Mul berries, 6d to 10d per pottle; Peaches and Nectarines, 2s Gd to 7s per dozen ; Cucumbers, 2d to 10d per brace French Beans, is 3d to is 9d; Apples, is 6d. to 3s; Pears, 2s 6d to 4s; Plums, 2s 6d to 4s; and Onions for pickling is Gd to 3s per half sieve ; Cabbages, 6d to 8d per dozen; Horseradish Is 9d to 3s per bundle; Turnip, 2s to 3s; Carrots, 3s to 4s 6d; Onions, 2s to 3s; and Greens, is 6d to 2s per dozen bunches.; Hot-house Grapes, 2s to 4s Gd ; outdoor, ditto, 4d to 3d; Portugal ditto, 6d to 8d; Pine-apples, 4s to Cs; and Filberts, 10d to is per lb ; Lemons, 6s to lOs ; and Gherkins, 8d to Is per 100; Walnuts, 8d to 10d per 100; Red Cabbages, 2s to 4s per dczcn; Melons, 6d to 2a 6d each. D7EV/G.IITM AND LEADENEEALL. POULTItY.—Geese 5s Gd to 6s 6d ; Fo w l s , 2 s 6d t o 33 3, - 1; Capons, Os Odi to Os; Chickens, is 9d to 3s Od; Ducks, 2s Od to 2s 9d; Rabbits, Od to 03 Od; Hares, 3s Od to 440 d; Pigeons, Gd to 9d each; Partridges, is 6d to 2s Gd; and Grouse, 2s to 3s each; Ostend Fresh Butter, 8s Od to 9s 6d; and English ditto, 9s Od to 12s per dozen lb; Irish Eggs, 4s 9J to 63 Gd; French ditto, 5s 6d to 6s 9d; and English do, 7s to 8s per 100. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 33 to 3s 10d; Veal, 3s 2d to 3 6d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 4d prr Blbs. WITMCHAPEZ. Beef from 2s 6d to H 33 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8 Veal, 3s Oil to 3s 6d; and I'oik, 3s 6d to 4s 2d Fcr Slb. MILLINGSGATM. Salmon, 7d to 10d IA!. lb.; :turbots, 4s Gd to 12s; Brills, is to 2s Gd; Cod 2.0 d to 4s Od; Whitings, 3d to 6d; Lobsters, 8d to 2s 3d; and Crabs, 6d to 2s Od each; Soles, 4d to 2s Od per pair; Flounders, Is 2d to is 6(1 per dozen ; Shrimps, is 4d to 2s per gallon • Bloaters, 10d to is 2d. per Eloz-n; Prawns, 2s per lb ; Fresh flerrings,Bd to 10d per dt,.zen; Common Oysters, 12e; Scoich Pearls, 14s to 20s; and best Natives, 353 to 40s per bushel. IMEAD. The prices of 'Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from bid to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 41t,s loaf. num IVIARIELET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to I,id; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to 2 , 1; ditto, 721 b to 80Ib, 2d to 2id; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 21d to 21d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 31d to 31d; 961 b to 1041 b, 31d to 4d; Calf Skins, 2s Od to 5s Od; Lamb Skins, is 811 to 2s 9d; Horse bides, each, 7s 6d; Shearlings, is Bd. to 2s 4d. nay ILVILDJULLTS. SMITIMELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 5s to 31 12s; Clever ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 15s; and Straw, 11 4s to 1/ 103 per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade rather dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meaduw gay, 2i 8s to 3( 15s; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 12s per load. Trade dull, at drooping prices. WHITEcIiATEL.—Meadow Hay, 2153 to 3/ 15s; Clover, ditto, 31 Os to 41 16s; and Straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 10a per oad. A lull aVerage supply, and a heavy demand. SPORTIN G IN TELLIGENCE. CHESTER AUTUMN MEETING—FRIDAY. The Chester Leviathan Stakes of 10 sow. each, for three yrs old. One mile and three quarters. (18 Subs.) Mr. Diwes's Tbringarth (Mator.) 1 Mr. Wallet' s C apta i n P arry . . (Wakefield) 2 Mr. Mo2tyn's Didsbury ....(W. Oates) 3 Betting-4 to lon TbringLl.rfh. Won by a length. The Scramble Stakes of 3 sues. each, and 20 added. One mile and three quartt-r-.1: (4 Subs.) Mr. Most)n's b g cut of Birdlime, 3 yrs (W:Sharp) Mr. Tempest's Lanercost, 3 yrs (Turner) 2 Mr. Whittaker's Mistress Jean, 5 yrs (Denman) 3 Mr. Lawson's Snowdrop, 3 yrs Betting-5 to 4 agst Birdlime filly. Won iu a canter by four lengths. The Chester Handicap of 15 sovs. each; 10 ft, and 50 added. Grosvenor Course. (32 Subs., 14 of whom paid 5 sovs. each.) Mr. OsbaWeston's Joc u'-Sot, 7st 10:b ~..(Charlton) 1 Mr. Irwin's 13allinafad, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Wintringliam) 2 Mr. Shepherd's The Alp, 3 yrs, 65t 11lb (Maywood) 3 The following also ran:—Lord Chesterfield's Mrs. Taft, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Oates)—Mr. Arrowsmith's Lady Ilylda, 5 yrs, Bst 2;b (G. Abdale)—Mr. J. Day na Eagle's Plume, 4 yrs, Bst (Wekefiold)—Mr. Bayly net litleshea, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (Noble)—Mr. Watt's Chat terer, 3 yes, 7st 81b (Matou)—Mr. Wadlow's Castoff; 4 yes, Est 1 lib (W. Sharp)—and Mr. 1 2,1augan's Portia, 3 ) rs, Est 71b (Keegan). 2 to 1 agst enattertr-7 to 2 agst Joc-o'-Sot-4 to 1 agst Ballinalad. Won cleverly by half a length. The Grand Stand Stul.•es of 10 sous. each, and 50 added. Seven itirlongs. (9 Subs.) Mr. Stewart's Resettiy, Bst lib ... (NoLle) 1 Mr. Meiklum's French Su'y. at I Ilb .(t'rince) 2 Mr. B. Green's WitclinTitt, Bst 21b ...(Wintringham) 3 Four others ran. Won by half a neck after a tine race. The Tradesmen's Welter Cup, of 40 rove., added to a Handicap of 7 sovs. ach. Twice round and a dis. (11 Subs., 1 of whom pai4 5 toys.) Mr. T. Dawsor.'s Detauker, 4 yrs, lOst slb ... 1 Mr. B. Gre, is Swiss Buy, 4 yrs, 10. t 111 b Mr. J. Hargrcavis's .Rochester, aged, 105 t 21b 7to 4 on Swiss Boy and 2to 1 agst Defaulter. Won' cleverly by a length. - The lleltcr Skelter Handicap of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added. Heats, once round and a dis. (6 hubs.) Mr. Muirland . 6 Batwing, 3 yrs, Est bib (Charlton) 1 1 Mr. E. Phillip's Burghley, 3 yrs, G,t 101 b Mr. Shirley's Rebecca, 4 yrs, 7st 11Ib ('lasker) . 2 0 Three others ran. Won by a nick. CHESTERFIELD RACES.— FRIDAY. The Chesterfield Purse of 401., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each; for 3 yrs old,- 7st 121 b; four yrs, 9st; five yrs , 9st 71b; six yt s and a ge d, 9st 11 1 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b, and half-bred horses jibs; winners extra; the second to receive 101. out of the stakes. "teats, once round. (9 Subs.) Mr. Dawson's Billy BrOwn,3 yrs (Arnold) 0 0 1 Mr. T. Pair's Mautle . (W. Butler) 0 1 2 2 Mr. Green's Ilaidee . (N hitehoube) 1 0 3 3 El:is's Acon.b (Osborne) 0 2 4 dr Sir C. Rushout's Thibault (Evans) 2 3 dr Mr. G. Drew's Truandaise (Edwards) 30 dr Mr. List's Wharfdale Maid (Bradley) 00 dr Mr. Gill's Lady lam off (Coates) 0 dr Four well contested heats. Won by a head. The Ladies' Purse of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each; for three yrs old, 7st 10lb; four yrs, Bst llb; five yrs, 9st 41b; six yrs and aged, 9st 71b; the second to receive 5 sovs., and the winner - to be sold for 80 soya. Heats. One mile and a half. (10 Subs.) Mr. Drake's Reversion, 3y rs (Arnold) 0 0 1 1 Mr. Whitehouse's Reception, 3 yrs (Evans) 1 0 2 2 Mr. Lea's bf by Jereed, 4 yrs (W hitehouse) 0 1 3 3 Mr. T. Carr's Mr. Toots, 3 yrs (W. Butler) 2 2 4 4 Mr. T. Hardwiek's Slip, 4 yrs (Carlile) 3dr Won cleverly. The Handicap of 3 sovs. each, 25 added, the second to save his stake, one mile, (4 Subs.,) were won in three heats by Mr. G. Drew's Streamer, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (W. Bu'ler), beating Tity, Tuscan, and Lucy Ashton. HASTINGS AND ST. LEONARD'S RACES. FRIDAY. The Hurdle Stakes of 2 SON'S. each, and 20 added. Heats, once round and a dibtarce. (7 Subs.) Mr. Webb's PeAgy Meldrum, 6 yrs, lOst 111 b 1 1 Mr. Loe's Pantaloon, aged, 1 Ist 91b (Hearne) 0 2 Mr. Anderson's Railroad, aged, 12st 31b...(Land) 0 3 Mr. Russell's Gazelle, 6 yrs, llst (Bs'chin) 2 0 Mr. W. Mytton's Wee Bit, 6 yrs,' lst4lb (Yates) 0 0 Won easy. The St. Leonard's Plate of 401., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sous, each. Heats. One mile and a half. (9 - Subs ) Mr. Sadler's Lady Bangtail, 4 yrs, Bst 31b 0 0 1 1 Mr. Edney's Master Murray, aged, Bst 121 b 4 1 2 2 Mr. Sergant's Thug, 4 yrs, Tat 31b Mr. Williams's Antelope, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b 0 0 fell Mr. Wootton's Marchioness, 3 yrs, Est 51b 0 2 dr Mr. Roberts's Heroine, 3 yrs, Est slb 0 0 dr Mr. Wood's Ambassadress, 3 yrs, 7st 61b 2 dr Mr. Steward's Tawney, aged, Bst 3 dr The Railway Plate was won in four heats by Mr. Burgess's Red Doe ; and the Beaten Plate by Mr. WM,d's Ambassadress. PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL.—Ou Wednes day evening last a public meeting, most respectably at tended by about 300 persons, was held in the school room ofKingswood, near Wooton-under-Wge, for the purpose _of presenting to Mr. W. J. Hill , surgeon, of Wotton-under-Edge, a very handsome silver salver, to gether with a purse of sovereigns, as a testimonial of gratitude to him for his unwearied and successful exertions during the recent prevalence of the cho lera, especially in his gratuitous prosessional at tendance on the poor. This testimonial origi nated in the grateful feelings of the work ing men, and was completed by their persevering exer tions. Several of them spoke on the above occasion in a manner which did equal honour to their heads and hearts. The Rev. G. S. Weidemann, incumbent of the parish, presided on the occasion. The salver cost 251., and bole the following it.scription :—"Presented to Wilitam James Ilil, surgeon, by the inhabitants of Kings% ocd, as a token of respect to him for h.s hence °- lent, unremitting, and gratuitous exertions during the prevalence of cholera. A.D. 1849." 7 ACCIDENT TO Slit JAMES DUNLOP.—ti singular accident occurred at Chichester, on Tuesday, to Sir James Dunlop, a young officer of the;Coldstreatu Guards, stationed at the Larracks in that town. He was riding a spirited horse, when the animal ran away, an d came down North-sueet towards the Cross, at a great pace; keeping nearly straight en , he dashed up two steps into the side entrat.ce of Mr. James Fares house, the door of which viL:s open, as was also a middle door at the foot of the staircase, leading to Sliss Amer's millinery rooms. The horse fell in the passage, and was pretty firmly wedged in, while the rider was thrown half-way up stairs, much to the conststnaion of those busily ern ployed plying the needle. Neithe r Si r J ames nor his horse kustaincd much injury .--B r i ghton Gazette. a rt;. ' 7 , ifq, II zji,••• - 5 f g,t 4 AI O 4—W ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR (I MS 'DA Y.) The ancient ceremony of electing a Lord Mayor, the first magistrate of the city of London, for the ensuing year, tack place to-day in the Guildhall. The cortege, consisting of the Lord Mayor's state. carriage and the Sheriff's and Deputy Sheriff's carriages, preceded by buglernen and the civic fOot men, left the Mansion House about a quarter to twelve, and on arriving at Guildhall was met hy severa l of the city officers i n th e i r state liveries. The Lord Mayor, with his mace and swordbearer, dismounted first and proceeded at once into the council chamber, followed by the rest, and, after a brief meeting, re turned through the hall to the church Or St. Lawrence, Jewry, in the immediate vicinity, where a sermon was pr eac h e d b y t h e R ev. Mr. Catt l e y, the Lord Mayo r ' s Ch ap l a i n . Th e splendid l i ver i es o f the Sheriffs were m uc h a d m i re d , espec i ally the li ve ry of Mr. Nichol, w hi c h was very gorgeous. The proceedings did not attract eo large an ar' semblage of p eo pl e i n th e streets as m i ght have been expected, and th e h a ll was rather thinly atten d e d. The platform was fitted up with much greater care and taste than on other occasions; benches, covered with scarlet cloth, and supplied with stuffed cushions, had been put up, and the ground, in compliance with an ancient custom, was strewed with mint, margerum, and sotherin-wocd, which emitted a refreshing odour. The Lord Mayor occupied a prominent position in the centre. The procession made its appearance on the platform shortly after one o'clock, and was received with cheers. The Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman Farncombe were particularly singled out for applause by the Livery in the body of the hall. After the usual intimation for all who were net liverymen to quit the hall under a heavy penalty, The RECORDER, addressing the livery,said they were called upon to-day to exercise one of the highest privileges they enjoyed, namely, the election of chief magistrate of their ancient city.—(Hear, hear.) Th e legal qualifications required of the candidates were that they should be Aldermen of the City, and have served the office of Sheriff. The course which the constitution of the city of Lon don prescribed was this, that they should nominate to the Court of Aldermen two gentlemen fully qualified to hold the office, and that Court should elect one of the two individualseso pre, ,ented t o b e chief officer of the ancient city of London for the ensuing year. The ordinary course on these occasions was to name the gentlemen wh° were quelified by being Aldermen and having served the office of Sheriff, but who had not served as Lord Mayor, from whom the Livery had to select two, but it was his duty to tell the Livery that it was entirely in their breast to nominate such of the Court of Alder men as were qualified ffir the office, without regard to the fact th a t th e y h a d a l rea d y serve d the office of Lord Mayor. The Livery had so often exercised this privilege for the benefit of their fellow-citizens that it did not become him to address to them one word of advice, but rather to leave it for them to chose, and name such individuals whom they deemed most qualified to carry out the interests of tl.e City, and render those privileges, which the citizens now enjoyed, perpetual.— (Cheers.) '1 he Lord Mayor having retired, Mr. R. TAYLOR, before the election took place,. wished to t a k e exce p t i on to t h e d octr i ne l a id down b the Learned R ecor d er , th a t t h e const i tu tion of the City limited the right of the Livery to choose tao individuals, from whom the Court of Aldermen were to elect the Lord Mayor, thereby giving them the power to set as id e th e ver y man whom the Livery mi g ht e l ec t. Th e c h ar ter which was granted to the City in th e ti me o f King John, con ferred upon the Livery th e r i g ht o f choosing whom_ t they pleased to b e th e i r L or d M a y o r, and that right was perfectly incompatible and inconsistent with the doctrine of the Learned Recorder that the Livery must elect t wo Ald ermen, f rom w h om the Court of Aldermen are to elect one. The COMMON SERGEANT then read over the following names of gentlemen who were eligible for the office: — Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman and Tallow chandler; John Musgrove, Esq., Alderman and Cloth-worker ; William Hunter, Esq., Alderman and Upholder; Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman and Butcher; Thomas Sydney, Esq., Alderman and Girdler ; Thomas Graham Moon, Esq., Alderman and Stationer; David Salomons, Esq., Alderman and Cooper; Thomas Quested Finnis, Esq., Alderman and. Bowyer. The names were then put to the vote, and the Sheriff declared the show of hands to be in favour of the two first. The Aldermen then retired. Mr. R. TAYLOR then proceeded to fulfil his pro mise. Whilst the Aldermen were electing one of the two names it behoved them to employ themselves in considering their rights. The rights which the citizen enjoyed in respect of the choice of a Lord Mayor were conferred upon them by King John. Their charter, be held, gave the citizens the power of elect ing any one they chose out of their fellow citizr-r.s. But that power had been taken away from them, and none save those belonging to the aristocracy were now elected to the civic office of Lord Mayor. Priest• craft had been called in to aid the work, as would be seen by an extract which he should read from their annals. The Honourable Gentleman then read the following extract, which caused, at some of the points, some laughter. It was from the 8,11 of Henry IV., 1407, (Giber. i. fol. 54) : " On Wednesday, Feast of St. Edward the Confessor, John WOodcock, Mayor, considering that on that day he and all the Aldermen, and very many of the richer and more substantial commoners, ought to assemble at the Guildhall, as the manner is, to choose a new Mayor for the coming year, ordained that a mass of the Holy Spirit should be celebrated with solemn note in the chapel adjoining, to the effect that the same commonalty might, by the grace of the Holy Ghost, peacefully and benignly nominate to the said Mayor and Aldermen two substantial and able per sons ; and that the same Mayor and Aldermen might, favoured by the Saviour's clemency, choose one cut of the two thus named to be Mayor of the said city; which mass having been solemnly celebrated, the said John Woodcock, Mayor, John Preston, Recorder, Nicholas Watton and Geoffry Brook, Sheriffs, J. Hader, W. Staundon, Richard Whyttyngton, 8:c , Aldermen, and many good commoners of the City, then assisting, the same Mayor, Recorder, Sheriff's, G Aldermen, and commoners e nt e r e d the Guildhall, where the cause of the said meeting was fair l y shown and declared to the aforesaid commoners, by command of the said Mayor and Aldermen, how that the said commoners should nomin ate to the aforesaid Mayor and Aldermen such able and substantial persons who have before occupied the office of Sheriff, so that the said commoners should not care which of the said persons should be chosen by the Mayor and Aldermen to be Mayor for the coming year. Which being done, the aforesaid Mayor, Recorder, Sheriffs, and Aldermen, went up into the chamber of the court of the mayoralty within the aforesaid Guildhall, there to wait for the nomination of the said two persons; which commoners, peace• fully and benignly, without any clamour or dissen tion, by John Weston, Common-Sergeant of the said Richard ngt upono n this city, decently name d and presented the aforesaid mercer, Maocer,andDr Drew Barentyn, Aldermen goldsmithiehar A ; in the same c h am b er y , with closed doors, and by the aid of the Holy Ghost, chose the aforesaid Richard Whyttyngton to be Mayor for the year next coming ; and the said Mayor and Aldermen coming down from the aforesaid chamber into de • ball notified unto the same commoners, by the Re corder, how, ' by divine inspiration,' the lot fell upon the aforesaid Richard Whyttyngton. And further, the aforesaid commoners unanimously besought the said Mayor and Aldermen that they would ordain that in every future year a mass of the Holy Spirit should be celebrated in the chapel before the election of Mayor foe the causes before-mentioned ; and upon this the Mayor and Aldermen considering the sup plication of the said commoners to be fair, wise, and agreeable to reason, very greatly to the glory and praise of God and the honour of the said city, by the assent and consent of the said commons ordained and decreed that in every year in future a solemn mass, sung in the presence of the Mayor and Aldermen shall be celebrated by the ordinance of the Chamber• lain by skilful singers in the chapel aforesaid."-- (The reading of this document caused much laughter.) If the power possessed by the Court of Aldermen was continued—if either rejecting or accepting those elected by the Livery, as had been done in the case of Mr. Harvey Christian Cornbe, who had been rejected more than once though chosen by the Livery, the citizens could not fail to suffer. Courts of Aldermen were more liberal now, but the same thing might occur again. He had thought it well to give the Livery this information, and he trusted, now that the rights possessed by the City were under discussion, that the citizens would endeavour to regain the privileges which had been wrested from them by the Court of Alderman. In a short time the Lord Mayor, Sheriff. Alder men,• end officers returned into the hall, Tie RECORDER then declared that the choice of the Court of Aldermen had fallen upon Mr. Alderman Farncombe, an announcement which was received whit loud cheers. Mr. Alderman FARNCOMBE, having been called upon to accept the office, advanced to the front of the platform, and was received with loud cheers. Fe said— Gentlemen of the Livery, I have to thank ye u, end that very sincerely, for the great honour 3ou have conferred upon me by electing me to the office of Lord Mayor; and be assured of this, that it will be my most earnest endeavour so to conduct ;myself as to do my duty faithfully and zealously, and I trust to the satisfaction of the citizens of London.— (Cheers.) I feel the great responsibility of the office miNOIMMINNI 51% 21% 6 ••••• 2% ..... 3% Til E ti IN TV'MTA - N el SEPTEMBER Q 9 1049. 1