The Sun. — London, England, 1842-09-05 00:00:00

- - _ HAMBURGIrI, 12TH Aucurr, 1542. HIS MAJES FY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA, HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, AND HIS Al AJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA, having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, by which, though thy arc NO LOTTERIES , LARGE 'FORTUNES sway be obtained, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, ire Selling GENUINE and WARRANTED SELECTED BONDS for the said DIST ttIBU HONS. Persons desirous to purchase may re:teive. PREVIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS with full PARTI CULARS, upon addressintt, - WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. rbe Public is respectfully inform& that, in consequence of the india losition of Miss Adn'aide Kemble. this Theatre will not OPEN FOR VIE SEASON UNTIL SATURDAY NEXT, SEPTEMBER 10, when Will be performed Bellini's Opera of NORMA.—Pollio, Mr. W. Parrison ; Oroveso, Mr. Giubilni; Flavius, Mr. Binge; Norma, Miss Adelaide Kemble; Adalgisa, Miss Rainforth ; Clotilda, Miss Lane. Atter which wid be produc.esi a New Comedy, in Two Aets, writ_ on be Dottglus Jerrold,'Esq., entitled ER FR U DE'S CHERRIES, UR WATrALOO IN 1835 —Willoughby, Mr. Bartley; Vincent, • r.r. ; Guitinrt, Mr. Diddears; Jack Halcyon, blr. Har ey ; C rossbone. Mi. Meadows ; Angelica, Ass Cooper ; Mrs. Crossbone, Mrs. Huniby ; Gertrude. Mrs. %V. Lary. Docrs open at loilf.p3st ano the Performances begin at Sven. Them; Foxes is., SOM.! Print. 38. fd , First and Second Circles 55., ',mond Pricedd.; Pit as., Seeond Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets end Planes for the Coxes to be taken 9f Mr. Whitlow, at the Box. Office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at ;he Box.odi e; of Mr. Andrews, ler. New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bend street; and of Mr. rams Pali Mall. DA VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, Will be acted. Colley Grattan's Historical Play of BEN N AZIR, TEE 'AR C EN.—Be . l Nazir, Mr Butler (as acted by him at all the principal Theatres is America); King Charles, Mr. H. Hughcs; I:merance, Mrs. H. \Tinnier. After which, an New Petite Scrio.Comic Drama, entitled THE WELCOME HOME.— vist Merton by Mr. R Honner. To conclude with M. Bruton's celebrated Farce, entitled BATH. ING, in which Mr. G. wild will perform his original Character, Places and Private 3oxes may be ad of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the fox Office, from Eleven till Four daily. FILEATRE-ROYAL., ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. FIRST NIGHT OF THE NEW SEASON. Two New Pieces ! ! M. Carter, the Lion King, and his highly trained animals of the Desert ! ! ! THIS EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5. Will be per ()rimed the Burletta of MY FELLOW CLERK.— Taltic, Mr. W. Howard; Victim, Mr. Oxberry; Fanny (with Songs), Miss Holmes. After which, 01 CARTER, the Lion King, will appear in a new Oriental Drama, written expre•sly for him bysq., called PHE LION KIN q OR, THE BRUTE TAMbEt Ok"-IHE DE,ERT.—Orner, the Lion Tamer. M Carter, To conclude wi h a Novel Burletta, wri ten by Pierce Egan. Esq., full of fun, frolie, and whim, called LIFE IN DUBLlN.—Cerin thian Tom, Mr. Wm. Howard; Jerry, Mr. J. T. Haines; Jemmy Green, NI r. Oxberry ; .Logic, Mr. Hailing worth ; Airs. Green, Miss L M e l v in ; Kate Brilliant, Miss rescott Waide; Betsey Tasteful Miss R. Isaacs; Rose Dasrall. Miss Beresford. B o xes, 4s. Pit, *Zs.— Gallery, Is. Door eren at Half-past Six; commence at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-office ' • and of Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell , Sams , and B ail y , at their Libraries ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. First performarc of a now Fantasia, " Ein Straus; von Handel !" The 6 irandola will commence this week at Half.past Eight. GRAND EVENING FETES, MONDAY, TUESDAY, and THURSDAY, with the folowiug matchlesi combination of uniq e attractions:— The celebrated MENAGERIE, recently enriched by several Zoo logical rarities. The stupendous'! YPO RAM IC MODEL A L.FRESC 0 of ROME from the left hank of the Tiber. The PROMENADES at JSICALES by the unrivalled Band of Wind Instruments, emended by Mr. Godfrey including Beetho ven's Sinfonia in C minor, the Grand Duo " Dove Vai" from " Guillaume Tell " performed y Handley and Prospere, a new se lectiol of favourite morceaux from the woiks of Handel. and a va. riety of popular pieces. After thz Concert the Illumination of St. Peter's, and the Giran dota of Saint Angelo, with Southby's magnificent Pyrotechnic Spec tacles, Extraordinary Aquatic Fireworks n the Lake, and Superb Cascade of Fire. Admission to the whole of the Entertainments, One Shilling. Open at Ten in the Morning.—Feeding at Five.—Concert at Half. past Five.—Fireworks at Halt.w.st Eight, TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are obliged to a correspondent at Oldham, for his communication. We shall advert to it :Is soon as we can find room. ATEIi AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. 48 minutes after 1 1 Evening ll minutes atter 2. klNeo 0, f a --- . -44- o so , „„ „ '4, m .RO% tt fltL LONDON : MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1842. INDIA AND CHINA. By the Overland Mail from India received on Saturday by Extraordinary Express from Marseilles, we have received letters and papers From Bombay of the nth July, from Calcutta of the Bth, and from Ceylon of the Ist of the same month ; from Candahar of the 19th, and from Jellalabad of the 26th of June ; and from China of the 27th of May. They afford a complete ex -position of the lying and dishonesty of the officials connected with the workingathe French telegraph. Instead of the news from Ai glian istan and China being most disastrous, as re presented for vile stock jobbing purposes by the rench authorities, it is upon the whole exceed ingly avourable. If Lord ELLENBOROUGH ever really intended to abandon Affghanistan in the disgraceful way pointed out in the last over land dispatches, his Excellency has abandoned that design, and has ordered an army of reserve to co-operate with the force in Caubul, to be formed in the district of Sirhind, under the im mediate command of Sir JASPER NICOLL, the Commander-in-Chief. This army is to consist of 9-0,000 men, and to be well provided with stores, ready to push at any moment wherever their ser vices are most required. General POLLOCK remained at Jellalabad, waiting for the arri val of camels, which were on their way to him. His men were suffering from heat, but not to the dreadful extent reported. The troops were on good terms with the natives, who supplied them tolerably abundantly with provisions. Our ex tracts from letters from Jellalabad will show that General POLLOCK was master of the country for ten miles around, and that the detach ments sent out by him defeated the enemy in every direction. The Affghans had made a daring attack upon the fort of Khelat-i-Ghilzie, but on the 21st of May they were gallantly re pulse dby Captain CRAIGIE. Their loss was con sidera Lble. Nevertheless, it was judged necessary afterwards to evacuate that fort, in order to in crease General Noyes division at Candahar. • On the 529th of May an immense rebel force, under the command of several chiefs, attempted to capture the city of Candahar by surprise, knowing that the garrison had been weakened by a detach ment, under Colonel Wymna, being sent to chas ti•oe the Ghilzies. The enemy were gallantly autacked by General NOTT, who sallied out of the c ity to meet them, and by whom they w ere quickly dispersed, with great loss. Our fly loss in Affghanistan is that of the Balla issar, which is reported to have been stormed at :d taken by AKBAR KHAN in person. In blow up the tower, by which an entrance was erg 'acted, a great number of the KHAN'S followers we. re killed, owing to their unskilfulness in firing the trains. Another rumour stated that the Ks•tN was made prisoner in the. town, which, if true, would be of the utmost importance. General PoLLock - was joined at Jellalabad by a rt inforcenent of 7,000 Sikhs, sent by the Go vernanent of Lahore. This attests the good faith of the Ruler of the Punjaub, and will add greatly to the moral influence of our army in Affghanis tan. POLLOCK was meditating a march upon the city of Caubul, t h e scene of our sa d reverses in November last. As the distilce was only ninety miles he felt con vinced that he could accomplish it without much difficulty. A simultaneous movement from Jellalabad and Candahar could very well be made with a certainty of success, and yet leave in these cities garrisons strong enough to defend them against any force at the disposal of the Afghan chiefs. Such is the substance of the news from Affghanistan, which, upon the whole, is so favourable as to warrant the conviction that our arms will yet be more triumphant in that country than they have been at any moment since. the accession of the unfortunate Shah Soowt. In saying this, we but express what we believe will prove a fact, without offering any opiniol 2 as to the sound policy of the war from the communcement. That is a different question altogether. We have more decidedly favourable news from China. The British troops under the command of Gen eral Sir H. Govan and Admiral Sir W. P ARKER having, on the 10th of March, defeated the Chinese army, com manded by General Yirl, and taken the city of Chinl Lae., marched upon the city of Tsekee, near which another Chinese force of from 8,000 to 10,000 m men were strongly posted on some hills, commanded by Generals TwAx-Yuxo. YANG, and Clio°. Arrangements were made for an ELM( :k in three columns, two of which were gall ant ly led by Sir H. GOUGH and Si r . W. p AR; xx in person. Nothing could exceed the bravery of the troops. They contrived 1 to surround the Chinese, and quite be wildered them. The carnage was dreadful, i being more a butchery than a battle. Ignorant of the laws of civilized warfare the poor creatures knew not how to surrender, and were massacred. Not less than a thousand of them, including a great number of Mandarins, were killed, or drowned in the canals ; whereas of the British troops only three were killed and twenty-two wounded. The encampments, and such of the buildings as had been occupied by the enemy, were burned, and the grain magazines thrown open to the po pulace, who speedily emptied them. On the 16th the force moved to the Changki Pass, in the hopes of destroying the remaining divi sion of the enemy and capturing the treasure chest. A three hours' march brought the column to the foot of the hills, where they found the position a remarkably strong one , dispositions were made to attack it, but as they advanced they perceived that the enemy had retreated, taking with them their guns and treasure. The works and neighbouring buildings were destroyed, and after a two hours' halt the troops returned , to Tsekee, which they reached at night. All the villages on the route were deserted. The conduct of the troops is spoken of as most orderly and forbearing throughout. On the 17th the whole force returned to Ningpo. The Se sostris steamer had been despatched to Amoy to bring up 300 men of the Royal Irish from thence. It was currently reported at Canton that the EMPEROR, rather than await a visit from General Sir H. GOUGH and Admiral Sir W. PARKER at his Palace at Pekin, had preferred retiring beyond the Great Wall with his family, considering himself to be much safer in Tartary than in China. His Celestial MAJESTY before going was graciously pleased to command his loving subjects to fight away, promising that if they killed all the barbarians he would return and rule them as before. Such Imperial condescension must be very gratifying to them. We quote from the Canton Press the latest news from China: — FLIGHT OF THE EMPEROR. We learn on good authority that the Emperor, appre hensive of a visit from the English to Pekin, has retired into Tartary, and has, before his departure, magnani mously issued proclamations to his people, enjoining them to defend themselves to the very utmost. We wonder what the people will say to be forsaken by him whose duty it is to protect them—such pusillanimity deserves that the people should throw off their allegiance to a Prince who seems so little deserving of it. The transports Thames, Roberts, Percy, Maria, have arrived at Hong-Kong. Her Majesty's steam-vestel Vixen, passed through the roads here on Thursday last, only six days from Singapore. Only part of her letters and those per Medusa have yet reached Macao ; and we are among those who have not received as yet any letters or papers. Her Majesty's ship Cruizer, has, during the week proceeded to the northward. At length we learn that some tidings have been received from Captain Denham, of the brig Ann, which we stated some weeks since to have been cast away on the Island of Formosa, and her crew made prisoners by the Chinese. Captain Denham writes that, up to the 10th of April, the date of his letter, he (Mr. Gully) and crew were kept by the Chinese in four different prisons, not far from the sea side, almost opposite to Chimoa, and very severely treated. We hope that her Majesty's ships of war will be able to do something for their release. We have heard nothing of the shipwrecked crew of the Nerbudda. Her MAJESTY and Prince ALBERT landed at Granton Pier at an early hour on Thursday, and passed through Edinburgh, on her way to Dalkeith Palace, at half-past nine. Great preparations had been made for a national display on the occasion. Galleries and booths had been erected on the line of march ; the Provost and Magistrates had made every arrangement to give her MAJESTY a hearty welcome on entering her northern capital; but from some strange mismanagement, the day which was looked forward to with such interest, and expected to be one of unmingled rejoicing, ended in deep disappointment. By the advice, we sup pose, of her courtiers, her MAJESTY left the Pier much earlier than was expected, the inhabitants were taken completely by surprise; nay, even the civic authorities were kept altogether in the dark as to the Royal movements ; but on the announcement of the procession they assumed their official robes, sallied forth to the barrier to present the keys of the ancient city, and on arriving there learned, to their utter as tonishment, that the QUEEN had already passed. In order, however, not to be altogether distanced, they joined in the chase, drove as fast as the horses could gallop, and after several desperate efforts to overtake the procession, they at last reached the Royal car riage in breathless haste, and received her MAJESTY'S gracious acknowledgments. We know not who is to blame for this wanton affront to the citizens of Edin burgh. The Chief Magistrate, but the day before, after an interview with two of her MAJESTY'S Mi nisters, officially announced that the QUEEN would be prepared to adopt any arrangements as to her pro gress through the city, that would be most gratifying to her loyal subjects; yet, in defiance of this, the procession starts at an early hour without their knowledge, and hurries on to its destination, allowing the Lord Provost, Bailies, Councillors, and fifty other dignitaries, only one solitary glimpse of her Majesty before she reached Dalkeith Palace. All accounts agree that the QUEEN looked well, and was delighted with the enthusiastic congratulations of the multitude in the streets, but viewed with amazement the vast preparations made for her reception, while nearly one half of the seats in the galleries were empty. The result altogether, is to be regretted. It has given great offence to the inhabitants, and such ex citement prevailed against the Duke of Buc CLEUCH, that he found it necessary to have the protection of police constables in passing through the city. The utmost reparation, however, was to be made. A grand procession was to take place this day, from Holy ' rood to the Castle, like that on the visit of GEORGE IV., and a drawing-room at Dalkeith Palace, on Monday ; but, unfortunately, insults of this kind are considered rather intended than acci dental, and are not soon forgotten. Since we noticed the article in the Journal des Debuts, which epigrammatically ascribed the distress of England to foreign and rival nations borrowing our arts and raising up manufactories against manufactories, we have cast our eye over the returns of our foreign trade. We find from them that in the years 1829 and 1840 the declared value of our exports was to_Russia, respectively, 1,435,8051.-1,604,742/.; to Sweden, 38,2522- 119,425/.;toN orway, 64 , 234 1.-78,0164.toDenmark 95,2471., 201,402/. ; to Prussia,lB9,oll/., 219,3451.; to Germany, 4,47 5 ,5551.-5,498,459/. ; to Holland and Belgium, inclusive, 2 , 050 , 01 41.-4,296,476/. ; to France, 491,383/.-2,378,149/.; to Portugal, 1,195,6751.-1,110,244/. ; to Spain, 861,6751.- 404,2521.; United States, 4,823,415/.-5,283,020/. These States comprise the principal, and, we believe, with the exception of Switzerland, with which we appear to have no direct trade, all the countries of the world which can be considered in any way as rivals of England, to have bor rowed our arts, or to have established manufacto ries which have interfered with England in sup plying their wants. At the same time, it is well known that the price of most manufactured articles since 1829 has fallen considerably, so that the declared value in 1840 of any amount represents a greater quantity than the same declared value in 1829. Which, then, of these count r i es , i s it w hi c h, by dispensing with our commodities, and manufacturing the same articles for it se lf; h as inflicted a heavy blow on the trade and manufac turPs of England ? Is it France, a rival country certainly, and an eminent country—a country growing in wealth— in which the Government has done all in its power to encourage native manufactures ? - Why, that country took, in 1840, nearly five times as much of our commodities as in 1829. Is itGermany,which we rejoice to xnow is making rapid strides in manu facturing industry ?—Germany, notwithstanding that League, which ignorant persons amongst us continually revile, took from us one-fifth more in 1840 than in 1829? Is it Holland and Belgium ? Look, reader, at the official returns, and you will find that our exports to Holland and Belgium have more than doubled in eleven years. The only countries with which in that period our ex ports have declined are Portugal and Spain, which have made, we believe, little or no pro gress whatever in manufacturing for themselves, and certainly can in no sense be said to be rivals of England. Those returns, far from giving us any reason whatever to be envious and jealous of the increasing manufactures and wealth of fo reign European nations, show clearly, and dis tinctly that as they have increased in wealth, like France, Germany, Belgium, and Holland, so has our trade with them increased, and so, we are sure, it will increase. With Portugal and Spain, which have not attended to manufactures, and which have been engaged in war, our trade has lessened. As there was this gradual increase in our trade with nearly all the world, up to 1840, and we have no reason whatever to suppose that it has since declined, our readers may ask whence can have arisen the present distress 1 These returns partly explain that. While our trade with almost all other countries has been progressively in creasing, with the United States it has been subjected to most extraordinary fluctuations.' From nearly 5,000,000/. iu 1829, the value of our exports to that country rose to upwards of 9,000,0001. in 1831, and sunk to 5,400,0001. in 1832. From that period it rose gradually to 1836, when the value of our exports was 12,400,0001., and in 1840 it had again sunk to 5,283,0001. Our prosperity was indi cated by the exports, amounting to 12,000,000/., on the continuance of which the manufacturers counted and made their arrangements accord ingly; our adversity is indicatedby the 5,283,0001., which falls more than a half below their hopes and expectations; while the amount of employ ment they can give the people engaged in sup plying that market, now falls more than a half below its amount in 1836. In the great fluctua tions of our trade with the United States, into the causes of which we do not now trouble our selves to inquire, lies the explanation of our pros perity in 1836, and our distress in 1842. 1 The figures we have referred to, are, we think, full of hope for our country. In spite of Corn laws and timber duties, and other unjust and un wise enactments here, and in spite of numerous restrictions on trade abroad, the commerce of England with the world has gone on steadily in creasing. It has increased most, too, with those countries which, like herself, are addicted to trade and manufactures; we therefore see in the progress of other nations, unlike the Journal des Debats and our own Tory Journals, the assured and certain sign, if our own Legislature will only allow us to share the advantages of other nations, of the continued progress in wealth and prosperity of our native England. We refer our readers to another remarkable Police case, which came before one of the Clerk enwell Magistrates . on Saturday. The lady who was taken into custody, it appeared, was highly respectable, and, from all accounts, had committed no offence. Mr. COMBE, consequently, dismissed the charge. Five persons, however, who witnessed the conduct of the policemen, considering it unwarrantable, followed them to the station-house ; and, according to their so lemn asseverations, gave no interruption what ever to the police, but were, nevertheless, attacked by them, and treated with great brutality. Two policemen told a diffe rent story; and the Magistrate preferring their evidence to that of respectable citizens, fined them in sums varying from 20s. to 40s. It will be remembered that two policemen, em ployed at Kennington-common, swore, on a recent occasion at Union Hall, to what they called facts, but which Mr. TRAILL declared to be falsehoods, and, disbelieving their testimony, the Magistrate fined one, and severely repri manded the other. In the occurrence which gave rise to the proceedings at Clerkenwell, the policemen, according to the Magistrates decision, were evidently in the wrong. Might not that have excited some doubts in his mind as to their credibility in the second instance, and made him inquire why five respectable individuals should take the trouble of going to a police-station in behalf of a woman, about whom they knew no thing, except that they saw her ill-treated by a policeman ? We have received Madrid papers of the 26th ult The following extract from the Eco del Comnzercio which gives the following details of the march of the Spanish troops towards the frontiers of Portugal, is the only point of interest : Two companies have left Valmojado, to place them selves under.the Commander of the line of Estrernadura. Colonel Saginito has received orders to march with his squadron to Fort Lapicke ; another squadron is to leave Ciudad Real, for the same destination. General kahy set out with his corps on the 21st. The Commanders of the line at Andalusia and Estre madura are to act in concert with General Mahy, in pursuit of the banditti and the smugglers. The Journals of Barcelona are of the 20th. The Llohregat had overflowed its banks and inundated a great part of the province. The ordinary Express has brought to hand the Paris Papers. Subjoined are extracts : The temperature had considerably fallen in Paris. The highest point to which it attained on Thursday was 62 of Fahrenheit. The Court of Assizes of the Aveyron has just con demned a Polish refugee, named Thomas Ociepski, to death, for the murder of one of his fellow countrymen. A curious scene took place at the sitting of the Per manent Court Martial of Paris on Monday. The bayonet of one of the sentinels in the body of the Court having caught in the curtains which surround the King's bust, a host of bats flew out. The sitting was suspended, as the bats came from time to time almost in the faces of the Judges, and a chase was commenced. In a short time six of the poor bats were killed, and the others sought safety by flying out of the open windows. BOURSE—PARIS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 1. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 120 10... 120 10... 120 ... 120 4 per Cents 104 50... 104 50... 104 50... 104 50 3 per Cents 79 25... 79 25... 79 10... 79 10 Bank of France 3257 50...3257 50...3257 50.. 3267 50 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1035 ..1035 ...1035 ...1035 5,000 f 5045 ...5045 —.5042 50...5042 50 Belgian Fives lO2/ ... 103 ... 102/ ... 103 1840 lo4* ... 1041 ... 104 ... 104 Spanish Active 2IA ... 21i ... 21i ... 21} Neapolitan... lO7 ... 107 ... 107 107 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, R.B 282 50... 282 50... 282 50... 282 50 L.B lOO ... 100 ... 96 25... 96 25 Rouen . 540 540 ... 540 ... 540 Orleans. 568 75... 570 •• . 568 75... 570 Strasburg to Bale 203 75... 203 75... 202 50... 202 50 ST. MARTIN'S CHURCII.—The workmen employed in taking down the steeple of St. Martin's Church have accomplished their labours, and began on Saturday to enter on the reconstruction of it. About forty-five feet have been removed, at which point the electricfluid was found to have passed off. The stones of the steeple were dis covered to have been in a very shattered state. One which had been removed from its position was about two feet six inches long, and projected the whole length, with the exception of about an inch and a half, and if that had fallen out several others would have followed. Several of the stones will be rechiselled and again put up, but the greater portion will consist of new Portland stone. They will be joined together by strong cement instead of mortar, with which the steeple was formerly con structed, and slate dow is will be used instead of cramps. It is expected that the steeple will be rebuilt in the course of six weeks. Since the gilt ball and vane were removed they have been measured, when it was found that the- latter was 8 feet four inches long, and the ball about three feet in diameter. The bar of iron, i$ nearly 20 feet long, and weighs 11 cwt. The stones that formed the late steeple, though they have been there 130 years, with the exception of their external surfaces, are but little damaged by the hand of time. As they are taken down they are placed together as they were situated in their separate courses in the steeple, so that comparatively but little trouble will be had in the re-erection of the steeple. The height of the scaffold from the clock is about 220 feet. The same tradesman, Mr. Hemmings, who was appointed by the Sun Fire Office to repair Brixton Church, after it was da maged by lightning, is employed in the reconstruction of the steeple. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. HARTLEPOOL RACES. The Hart Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added, the second to save his stake. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. France's Hard Bargain, 4 yrs 1 1 Mr. Humble's Bush Ranger, 5 yrs ...(disqualified) 2 2 Mr. llepple's Lady Flora, 4 yrs. The Stewards' Purse. Heats as above. Mr. Lamb's Sambo Sutton. aged Mr. Allen's Margrave, 6 yrs . 2 1 2 Mr. Itietc2lrs Donna Maria, 4 yrs 3 dr The Tradesmen's Plat , . ' by Subs. of 2 so vs . eac h, w ith 151. added, the second to receive 61. Heats as above. Mr. Hepple's Lady Flora, 4 yrs Mr. Allen's Margaret, 6 yrs 4 2 Mr. Metcalf's Donna Maria 2 dr Mr. T. Walker's bl. c. by Muley Moloch, 3 yrs 3dr THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1842 BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-FRIDAY. 6to 5 agst Attila, (taken freely), 12 to 1 agst Fire away, (taken), 12 to 1 agst Policy, 13 to 1 agst Cabrera (taken freely), 14 to 1 agst Eboracum (taken), 8 to 1 Cabrera and Seahorse. Nothing else backed. THE CUP.-6 to 4 agst Beeswing, offers to take 4to 1 that Attila and Beeswing both win. LEAMINGTON STAKES.-7 to 4 agst Retriever, 4to 1 agst Rhodanthe. ENGLAND. Bank of, .Now Last time 20,351,000 19,908,000 Increase Private Banks, Now 5,150,628 Last time 5,166,581 Decrease ... 15,953 Juint Stock Banks, Now Last time Decrease 116,105 .132,053 Increase in England 310,942 SCOTLAND. Private and Joint Stock Banks — Now £2,674,835 Last time 2,715,680 Decrease 40,845 IRELAND. Bank of Ireland, Now Last time ...... ... 2,892,776 Decrease 61,825 Privateand Jonit Stock Banks, Now X1,632;617 Last time 1,680,987 48,370 Decrease in Ireland 109,395 Decrease in Scotland and 1re1and........... 150,240 Increase in the kingdom 160,702 The total circulation of the Kingdom at the two pe riods stands thus : England, now... £28,324, 718...La5t time...£28,023,776 Scotland, now ' 2,674,835...Le5t time... 2,715,620 Ireland, now £35,463,920 £35,303,219 (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) Very little business has been done in the funds this morning, and the market is heavy, the political intelli gence from India being considered as unfavourable, while commercial affairs would appear to have improved. Consols are 92k 924 for Money, and 93 for the Ac count ; New Three-and-a-Half per Cents., 101 101* ; India Bonds, 36 ; Exchequer Bills, 51 to 53 ; New, 49 51 premium. In the Foreign Securities nothing has been done. The quotation of Mexican is rather lower; being 35 35i. The only transactions in Shares have been—Great Western, 83 ; the Half Shares, 60i- ; Brighton, 33 ; and Birmingham and Gloucester, 42. Spanish are the only bonds in which bargains have been made ; the Three per Cent. Stock at 20k; the Five per Cent. Bonds, 204 ; Ditto without the Coupons, 16*. The improved statements given of commerce generally are not without foundation. The amount of bullion is also extremely satisfactory, therefore no probability exists that the Bank of England will feel itself called upon to withdraw any part of the notes now out. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE SEPT. 2.—There has been no business done i n an y ki n d of Shares in this Market to-day. Prices have a downward tendency. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. India Stock — pm Ditto Bonds ....... 36 pm Ditto Old Annuities — Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, 1,000/....2d 51 pm Ditto 5001 51 pm Ditto Small 49 pm Bank Stock for Acct India Stock for Acct... Consols for Acct. / FUNDS. Portuguese, 5 per cent. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 933 3 per Cent. Cons 92 3i per Cent. Red — New 3i per Cent... ..... WA New 5 per Cent Long Annuities to expire _ _ Jan. 1860 ... •l2 11-16 Oct. 1859 — Jan. 1860 FOREIG , Austrian 5 per cent. ... -- Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto Brazilian Bonds... — Prussian, 5 per cent. Buenos Ayres6 per cent. Russian, 5 pei cent. 112 k (Alien 6 per cent 9l Ditto, Metallic ...... . Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent. Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, Deferred.... Danish, 3 per cent — French; 5 per cent. --f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange --c. Mexican, 5 per cent 34E French, 3 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent....... Peruvian,l62s, 6 perot. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. .„. .SHARES. Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 42 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid 511 Great Western Railway (65 paid) B3i Ditto New Shares ( 50 paid).. 6oi Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 33* London and Birmingham (90) . 185 Northern and Eastern (45 paid) STATE or THE DISTRICT.—The general turn-out of the working population of the manufacturing district, which took place rather more than three weeks ago, has now been brought within rather narrow limits. In all parts of Yorkshire, at Carlisle, and the whole of that part of Lancashire which lies to the northward of Man chester (with the exception of two or three mills at Bury), we believe the working population have returned to their labour, on the terms subsisting before they turned out.. In Manchester all have resumed, with the excep tion of the power-loom weavers, and a part of the dyers. To the southward and eastward of Man chester, however, the case is different. At Ashton, Stalybridge, Mottram, Glossop, Hyde, and Stockport, the mills, with one or two trifling exceptions, are all standing ; and the great majority of the work-people have not manifested the slightest inclination to resume their employment, except on terms which are not only inadmissible, but utterly absurd, seeing that their em• ployers must compete in the market with those who are paying the present rate of wages. How long the work men may be able to keep up this absurd and perfectly hopeless struggle, it is difficult to say ; but, from all we are - able to learn, we imagine that their resources are pretty nearly exhausted.--Manchester Guardian. The following is said to be an improved method of killing fleas :—" Place the animal on a: smooth board, and pen him in with a circular hedge of shoemaker's wax, then, as soon as he becomes quiet, commence reading to him the doings of Congress 'during the present session, and in five minutes he will burst with indignation.— American Paper. EXCISE COURT.—On Saturday informations were laid before the Commissioners against Mr. George SNvin burn, Falcon-square, and Mr. Samuel Mullins, Iron monger-lane, Cheapside, lodging-housekeepers, for selling wines and spirits w►thout a license. Mr. Platt appeared on behalf of the Crown, and the defendants were sup ported by Mr. Bodkin and another Learned Counsel. In such cases as the present, the difficulty of obtainim - , , evidence is great ; therefore the officer (Mr. Ray) had to resort to the stratagem of taking lodgings in the houses of the defendants, and by those means he saw what was going on, and was one amongst the many to partake of the excise and other luxuries. The defend ants were ordered to pay 501. each. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND ` 3tibltt eptittott. " Who runs may read.' FOREIGN. Only one subject of the slightest interest is treated upon by our Paris Contemporaries. It is the Ordon nance of the King of the Belgians, extending to the wines and silks of Germany the advantages conceded by the Belgians to those of France. Considerable anger is manifested by some of the journals ;against B e lgium, for having thought herself at liberty to form a commercial alliance with other countries, and to protest against the principle of an exclusive alliance with France. MOVEIY-TRADE-COMMERCE. The estimated cost of erecting the ventilatinc , tower alone of the new Hoops of Parliament will be upwards of 20,0001. The decrease in the home consumption of port wine this year, as compared with that of last, is to the extent of 324,660 gallons, being at the rate of 40 per cent. Sherry and Spanish wines have fallen off upwards of 64,000 gallons, and the Colonial or Cape wines nearly nine per cent. The total comparative decrease on all wines imported, has been 425,812 gallons. In one of the largest mills of Manchester 9CO hands, out of 1,400, returned to work yesterday. About 500 hands attacked a colliery at Westbrom wich on Friday, when a couple of constables were very severely wounded, and two of the rioters in attempting to escape were drowned ; ten others have since been committed by the Magistratts. The wholesale and retail sale of spirits at Kilrush, scarcely amounts now to 1,2001. a year in that town, ' though formerly averaging 30,0001. NAVAL AND MILITARY. At Gosport, on Friday, a private of the 6th Regi ment of Foot, 'William Davies, - while on convict guard, shot one of the keepers named Clasby, through the head, mistaking him for a convict attempting to escape. After examination by the Magistrate, he was remanded till Thursday next. LAW AND POLICE. At Salford, true bills have been found against most of the prisoners engaged in the riots, and at Ashton 88 prisoners have been taken into custody on the same charge. The trials of the York rioters commenced in that city on Thursday. Two of the prisoners were ac quitted, but a nuniller of others found guilty ; sen tence was deferred. Matthew George White' was on Friday charged at Bow-street with unlawfully obtaining, by means of a false character, a situation as footman with Mr. Latham, paymaster of Exchequer bills, residing at Eltham. The case was proved against the prisoner, and he was ordered to pay a fine of 20/., and in de fault to be committed to hard labour for three months. - COURT-PASECZONABLE. The Earl and Countess of Cardigan are expected to remain in Germany till the end of the month. Lady Graham and family are at the splendid marine villa of Earl de Grey, at Cowes, where Sir James Graham will pay occasional visits. The Marchioness Wellesley is about to visit Lord Stafford at Costessy Hall, Norfolk, and from thence proceeds to Yarmouth. The Earl and Countess of Eldon are at Eneombe House, Isle of Purbeck, for the autumn. The Countess Stanhope and party have arrived at Dover. Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, has arrived in town from a visit to the Marquis of Londonderry, at Wynyard Park. MISCELLANEOUS. A writing desk, containing the sum of 4,0001., was stolen from the residence of Lady Lyall, at Mel brook, near Southampton, last Thursday. The police are in active quest. From the forwardness of the works of the new Houses a Parliament, it is expected that in two months the first stone will be laid. This ceremony The Chartist - Ellis, who is reported to have recom mendedwill probably be verformed by her Majesty or the Prince. the mob to sot fire to the churches, has been apprehended, and upon examination committed to Stafford Gaol. The repairs in St. Paul's Cathedral are proceeding with rapidity : the last occasion when a similar cleans ing took place was in 1819, when Dr. Van Mildert was the Dean. • The ancient and magnificent convent of the Domi nicans of Villada, near Palencia, in the kingdom of Leon, after three days' conflagration, has been entirely consumed. ARcHIIISHOP OF CANTERBURY. We are happy to lie enabled to state that the ac counts on Saturday from Addington Park were more favourable. his Grace the Primate continues to gain strength. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Dukes of Sus sex and Cambridge, made inquiries at the Palace on Saturday. The following is a copy of the bulle tin exhibited : " His Grace has passed a comfortable night of re freshing sleep, and continues to gain strength. " Addington Park, Saturday Morning, 8 o'Cloch." COURT CIRCULAR. her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left her residence, Frogmore Lodge, near Windsor, on Satur day, for Bushy House, Bushy Park, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager. The Rev. Dr. Hughes had an interview with Lord Stanley on Saturday, at the Colonial-office. Mr..Alorens, the Buenos Ayrean Minister, has re turned to town from a visit to Scotland and the North of England. Sir James Graham left town on Saturday afternoon for Cowes, Isle of Wight. Sir James was visited at the Home-office by the Chancellor of the Exchequer previous to his departure. Mr. R. Campbell had an interview with Lord Stanley at the Colonial-office on Saturday. Lord Fitzgerald, President of the Board of Con. trot, arrived in town on Friday. The Right Hon. W. Gladstone is staying on a visit to Sir Stephen Glynn, at his seat in Flintshire. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town on Sa turday for the Isle of Wight. Dispatches for Sir Charles Begot, Governor of Ca nada, were sent off from the C o l on i a l-office on Satur day evening. Dispatches were also sent off for the Governor of Bathurst in the Gambia. The Earl of Minto has arrived at Farrance's Hotel, Belgrave-street, from Minto House, Scotland. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE, Welcome Home, a trifle in one act, by T. E. Wilks, Esq., was introduced for the first time, on Saturday evening last. The materiel of the story is very slight, and the plot itself not very novel, yet, as a whole, it is smartly written, and we have no doubt will be very successful. The evening concluded with the amusing extravaganza of Bathing, where Mr. G. Wild and Mr. Dixie, in the characters of Charley Finch and Johnny Stokes, kept the audience in great good humour. We observe that a succession of new tragedies and dramatic performances are to be intro duced at short intervals. The first, entitled Ben Nazir, will be produced this evening, the principal character by Mr. Butler. RAILWAY RETURNS. CITY, SATURDAY EVENING. On this day of the week but little business is ordinarily going forward in the Funds, and to-day the extent of it has been more than ordinarily limited. Consols left off at 92i for Money, and 93 buyers for the Account. India Stock, 248 250 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 58 : New, 49 51 premium. rrices of Foreign Securities remain nominally as they were yesterday, but nothing was done. It is to be noticed that some Chilian Bonds were sold at 91i. This fact is the more deserving of attention on ac count of the small number offering, and from that circumstance, there being no regular market for them, much advantage is frequently taken unduly to depress prices upon sellers, and to raise on buyers, the jobber pocketing the difference. Some further sales of Mexican were forced this morning, and the quotation declined to 34i for Money and 35* for the Account. These are solely to be at tributed to the operations of a certain party who is deeply interested in a rise in the corn markets, and who has preferred to sell these Bonds to support a rise in the latter commodity to submitting to a loss in it. The principal business in the Share Market was an advance in the rates of Brighton Shares, consequent upon the improved receipts, and the announce ment that monthly tickets were about to be issued. This latter is thought to be a grand step towards a better system of management in all establishments of this description, inas much as it induces more frequent travelling than would otherwise be undertaken. In this particular instance, it is said that the charges might be reduced beyond what it is at present contemplated, and with benefit to the shareholders, and at the same time members of a family or a nominee should be allowed to partici pate in the tickets, in order to secure the purchase of a larger number ; inasmuch as may frequently occur that an invalid merchant may frequently require the presence of a confidential clerk in prefer ence to coming to London himself. The prices at the close of the business were, London and Bir mingham, 185 187 ; Birmingham and Gloucester, 42 44; Great Western, 821 831; the Half Shares, 65 65*; South Western, 59* 60 ; North Midland, 56 58 ; and the New Shares, 65 654- ex div.; South Eastern and Dover, 21/ 221- ; Eastern Counties, 81 81 ; Northern and Eastern, 371 381; Blackwall, 71 8 ; and Brighton, 33 331 per share. The quotations of the Bonds were—Peruvian, 15 16 ; Colombian, 20* 201; Portuguese Five per Cents., 341 31 ; the Three per Cents .; 20f 21 ; Spanish Five per Cents. 16 161; and the Three per Cents. Stock 201 201. This has been the fourth of the month, and an unusually heavy day arising from it, being one of the quarters of the year, and such bills as might fall due upon the fifth being payable to-day. As far as general business has been concerned it has passed off remark ably well; it has, however, to be announced, that a serious failure has taken place. Fewer houses in the City have had a higher reputation than this, arising as much from the almost proverbial caution of the part ners, as from knowledge that speculation formed no part of their business, it being exclusively confined to legitimate agency. An unfortunate reliance upon par ties who have failedfrom observing similar precautions has led to this result, but which it is expected will not prove ultimately of any serious consequence. The items comprising the fluctuation in the circu lation of the United Kingdom, comparing the present with the last, are as follows:---- We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the xr.onth prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandize : Week Miles Total. ended Name of BailwaY• Opened. £. s. d. Aug. 27 Birmingh am & Derby Junct. 48 1,335 5 7 27 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 1,804 18 8 20 Brandling Junction 25 904 5 7 26 Chester and Birkenhead .. 29 Dundee and Arbroath ... 27 Edinburgh and Glasgow 28 Eastern Counties 27 Glasgow a n d Ayr 40 1,162 12 6 27 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenoek 221 1,034 12 0 27 GrandJunct Ch e ster & Crewe 113 7,407 16 10 2 7 Great N ort h England 45 1,569 7 6 28, Great Western ^ Halle . 18 27 Hull and Selby 27 Lancaster & Preston Junction 201 487 3 2 e a l nd and p h i l ac a k ne w h a e n ster 4 3 63 1 1 4,229 8 7 27 London and Birmingham ll2l 15,719 18 7 4,401 6 4 1,234 11 5 Aug. 27 London and Brighten Ditto Shoreham Branch 30 London and Croydon lO3 378 4 3 Sept. 1 London and Greenwich 33 756 4 10 Aug.2B London and South Western 25 Manchester Bolton, and Bury 10 Manchester ' & Birmingham Sept. 22:7 South N M: r n t ehh:si Easternti derlaanndd Leeds 2267 North h an u d nCioonun.t.i.e. .......... 27 Newcastle Carlisle sept 2 .: Li ve rp 00l 25 Newcastle and North Shields 7 436 1 9 28 Northern and Eastern 723 4,367 14 3 337 -10 1 2,41:678;95 133 2 7 11 1 0 0 11 1,152 13 8 27 Preston and WY re 27 Sheffield and Manchester.— 7 180 15 9 40 963 11 4 Aug. 27 Taff Vale ...• 3O 812 15 a 28 Ulster 27 York and North Midland • 28 2,262 7 2 FoLitEsTosn.--Government has at length resolved to sell our harbour, w hich is advertised to take place on the 23d S e pt em b er . We hear that Messrs. Grissel and P ra et wi oheg a l have oaffregr:ddaepltahrge sum for it. We are in hopes that Folke s t one w ill now raise her head , and become a sea u - r po . rt c ra second ft thatto dranoneof fn watert he co s a p r T e s h e e n r t e n a rtehveessh har bour s from 18 t? 20 feet can now get in with ease, as an immense quantity of beach has been taken away for ballast by the vessels bringing imple ments, &c., for the railway.—Dover Chronicle. MONEY . and COMMERCIAL NEWS. DUTCH. AND FLANDERS HAIL. I wheat 1 1 BRUSSELS. SEPT. I.—The average p r ic e o f wheat 1 in the week ending on the 27th of August, was ' 22,67 f.; and that of rye, 12,99 E The Minister of the Interior having received from the Court at London some copies of the new English tariff, has sent them to the Chamber of Commerce at Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Ostend, Liege, and Charteroy, for the use of the merchants of those cities , . • Yesterday his Majesty gave audience to Mr. Vail de Weyer, Minister Plenipotentiary at London, and to M. Bronsmade, Consul in the Sandwich Islands. M. Desprez, a coachmaker at Ghent, invented and built, so long ago as 1835, a carriage, the driver of which may, in a m omen t, un y o k e and let loose horses when going at their utmost speed, and then_direct the carriage at pleasure. The trials made of the carriage at the time were perfectly satisfactory, for the horses were let loose when at full gallop, and continued their , course quite disengaged from the carriage. This invention, which might have prevented the accident by which the Duke of Orleans was killed , has now been brought into use. The Duke of Saxe Coburg set out for Germany this morning. THE HELDER, AUG. 26.—The naval officers of the Jason, which has just returned from St. Petersburgh, speak in high terms of the friendly reception which they met with in Russia. The festivities on occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage . of their Imperial Majesties surpass all description. They wholly contradict the report published in some news papers of conspiracies of the Russian nobles. 'I'HE HAGUE, AUG. 31.—M. Thie rs arr i ve d h ere yesterday from Antwerp, and passed the day in visit ing our gallery of pictures and the Japanese collec tion. This morning at eight o'clock M. Thiers set out for Amsterdam. The object of his journey is to view for the second time our collection of paintings, ' and to obtain a mose perfect acquaintance with our 3 system of emliinking and draining. i . " FRANKFORT, AUG. 30.—His Highness Prince Met -2S ternich with his Consort, arrived here this afternoon 1 r" at half-past two o'clock. His Highness will stop . but 'el' , a short time, and proceed to Johannigsberg. res, DUTCH kUND%—Arasircansm, SEPT. 2. ,56 Moil, !Oil s . Actual Debt, 2% per Cent .. 12% 52 tern Jitto;ditto 5 per cest. 84 • Amin t Syndie,4N; percent. 1.434 114 X DAM, ditto, 334 per cent .• 77% 77. 4 7 8 ; Commercial Company, 4 , ,, ) rer cent 142% 42X Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per .ceilt. ...... Loan 1837, 5 per cent. mist/ Exchan g e on Londes, One month , ve Two months la( Hamburgh, One month 4, 2' Two months 35 (8X ree j Dutch Papers, Sept. 2. BELGIAN FUNDS.-13susasts,, SEPr. 2 Actual Debt, 234 per Cent, 5 2 ,4 : ant Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent lOO% me c Lean of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent ... Three per Cent.... . it fa' ..._..--- Thirty-seven Milli ns, ditto as g —......._ ___________ ( law_ • Loan of City, 1832, Four p er C ent 92 )ff I.( Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent 66 , . Iced Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent : 74 National Society . . _ OM( .. Excha, g•• on London (short) IS, I' —Brussels Papers, Sept. :,,, lOf : ,t6l 4 N ,* U N LW—VIENNA, Ave. 24 Five per Cents. Metalliques. l, 9% a ft Fo u r p e r Cen ts . lOO4 ly ( Three per Cents . Bank Shares ... 1627 ,ne( Allgemeine Zeitung, August 29. Liar HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, Ave. 31,. Bills. Money, xpe Austrian 5 per Cents. ,ue , Bank Shares. Anglo.ltussian Loan jt 9 , 4 1694 HI Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate !es% 103'* ari Inscription, Ist series Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto in Certificates (A 974 , 0 ' New 4 per Cent. (1840) 8936 88 Dutch Actual Debt, 9% per Cent....... 51% 51% 19 , Ditto a per Cent. Polish Bonds New Tickets Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent.... ........ ...,. Spanish, New 5 ry,r Cents. EXCHANGES ON LON DOS Moralism!, AUG. 30 —l3 9S¢, Twe months Li 73,4. RIGA, Ave. i.O. -Three Months, 36. STOCKHOLM, AUG. Z.- SeVtllty.liTe days, 12 15. VIENNA, AUG. 16.—Three months. 9,41. x, . PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLDI, Ave. 27. - 81 IS - Bills. , Money St. Seimld Sch., 4 per cent. Prussian English Bond=, 1430, I per cent. li 3 1 4 102% Exchange on London Prussian State Gazette, Aug. 28. SPOHR'S ABSENCE FRoM THE NORWICH FESTIVAL. From Spohr the Norwich Committee received the most cordial assent to ,their request that he would again honour the Festival with his presence ; but at the same time he informed them, that, holding under the Elector of Hesse Cassel the office of Kapellmeister, his Sovereign's consent must also be obtained. To this petty Prince did the representative of the Queen of England apply for the required permission : the re quest was sent was sent from the British Government through the Ambassador at Frankfort ; and a rude refusal was returned ! The Duke of Cambridge (who is related to the Elector by marriage) was then in formed of the failure of the first application, and his good offices were solicited. His Royal Highness ac ceded to the request with prompt and hearty kind ness ; and from his cousin and former neighbour. he_ received a similar !;_efusai. by' this Princely mouse, therefore, is the lion encased. On his motives it would be vain to speculate. German Princes are not bound to assign reasons, he they rulers over millions or hundreds. It was a chance of obtaining notoriety, and therefore, perhaps, not to he lost. Francis and Bean obtained notoriety by their attacks on' Queen Victoria ; the Elector of Ilesse Cassel, by having' en deavoured to insult her representative and her uncle. No doubt, he would have laid an embargo on the Oratorio if he had been aware in time. This, how ever, is beyond his reach. Perhaps this was the sore place. Irritated at the thought of having such a work of his Kapellmeister produced in England, and pro voked that the spirit of Spoilt.' should have escaped thither, the Elector might valiantly resolve to im prison his body. But speculation is useless': the acts of mighty Potentates are, and to inferior mortals ought to he, inscrutable !—Spectator. [This seems a very serious affair,- and if our troops were not pretty well employed abroad and at home it might be thought advisable to demand satisfaction by sending tm army to Cassel. • Queen Victoria and her uncle have both been insulted, and lesser indigni-, ties haVe before now involved nations in war. Our • Contemporary's style, it will be seen, is admirably adapted to the great event he narrates, and it is quite a touch of the sublime to compare the uncivil Elector of Hesse to Bean and Francis. One lesson, however, our Contemporary neglects to draw from this occur rence, the propriety of men of talents not making them selves dependent on Sovereigns. They should not give up to Kings what was meant for mankind. Did Mr. Spohr, like an author, rely on the great public, instead of wearing the livery of an Elector, he would not be confined to that Elector's palace, like a 'menial. If men of talents, who are capable of commanding the h om age and admiration of the world, will degrade th e mselves by a craving after patronage and pensions, they must not find fault with the rudeness of the un civil boobies in whose power they place themselves.— En. Sun]. STEAM NAVIGATION ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.— We see, with much regret, several indications that Steam Navigation across the Atlantic, which is such a noble proof of England's skill, and whiCh has conferred so much benefit on trade, is ' , not successful as a mercantile speculation. The Great Western Company is reported to be un able to pay its way. Cunard's Line, or the North American Mail Company, though it has received 20,000/. a year more to carry the mails than the contract originally made for, is said to yield no profit. The West India Mail Packet Com pany seems to he a complete failure. Under these circumstances, any suggestion which promises to be of service in making this important branch of navigation pay • its expenses deserves to receive all the cir culation we can give it. Such a suggestion ap peared in the Times on Saturday, and it was on principle to run but one line of steam packets across the Atlantic, and make that line, by branches, serve as the means of communicatiOn• for the United States, the West Indies, and South America. We think the idea a good one, but possibly the main line might be more ad . - vantageously chosen than as is proposed, to run to Halifax. It is not our purpose, however, now to enter into details, but at once to remind the public and the Government that the Great Western Company first achieved the arduous task of crossing the Atlantic by steam, and have been great sufferers, we lielieve; by the competition occasioned by the Government giving to the North Ameri can Mail Company large sums for carry ing the mails. That destroyed fhir compe- - titton. In any arrangements, therefore, made for establishing one general line of steam packets across the Atlantic, that Company ought not to be tbrgotten if it cannot -be incorporated in the undertaking, and have an equal share in any sum the Government may devote to their pur pose. It ought to receive some compensation for the injury done to.it by the Government patron age having been bestowed on rival Companies. But for that it appears probable that the Great Western Company would for some time have had the whole field to itself. On Saturday, in the Insolvent Debtor's Court, a vesting order was made under the compulsory clause, on a petition filed by Messrs. Evans and Taylor, solicitors, of South-square, Gray's Inn, requiring Sir Francis Charles Knowles, Bart., to file his petition within 14 days. The effect of this order will be to compel Sir F. C. Knowles to make a disclosure of his circumstances, and to vest the whole of his property in the provisional assignee of the Court, and from him to the creditors. The Baronet was first committed to prison in January last, and re moved to the Queen's prison in June, where he is now detained at the suits of several persons. A similar proceeding in the case of the %Nell know Baron de Bode, who had been a number of years in prison, had the ef fect of compelling him to pay all his debts. POSTPONEMENT OF THE OPEN' I ING OF COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE• ILLNESS OF MISS ADELAIDE KEINIBLE• Covent-garden Theatre - was to have begin opened for the season* Saturday evening with the o p e ra of Norma, and a new two act comedy frem the per` of Douglas Jerrold, entitled Gertrude' s Cherries' The opening of the theatre has, however, .been post poned until Saturday next, in co n s equence o f the ill ness of Miss Adelafde Kemble. A placard, of whit the following is a copy, was posted on the doors ca the theatre - on Saturday.eVening " • -- - • " Theatre . R*l,, Covent-garden, 3 o'clock' " . Saturday, Sept. 3, 1842. "It is ':ssvith .•infinite-regret the public is r es p c etfulli informed that, 'in conseqUence of the increased indisposi" Lion of MiSS - Adeltilde Kemble, she having experienced 6 , " severe relapse wain the last few hours, th e op en ing °` the theatre is unavoidably delayed until Saturday next September 10, when . the same performances will be give ° that were announced for this evening." - In consequence of the laleness of the hour at which this announcement was made, the greater number of those who had intended being present at the opening of the theatre, were unaware of 'this postponement' From six until long :after seven o'clock parties con' tinned to arrive at the theatre doors, and great w as the disappointment and deep the regret with which tbei learned the opening of the theatre was delayed in ono" sequence of the severe illness of England's prima donna, THE FIRE AT HAMDURG. — Tlie' ' sU6criptions re' ceived by the Committee at Ilaruburgh. from all coq: tries up to the 15th of July amounted to 3,630,000 rnstiv banco, equal to about 26g,89e/. The account Of the fir t e h reached London on the afternoon of TueSd a y, th e 10 May, and on that day Mr.. Herman Sillem, a. liambe si l merchant, originated a subscription for. the sufferers, so promptly were these acts of benev o l en c e a ff or d e d, tr, Mr. Sillera was enabled on the Friday f o ll ow i ng , by t il os , first packet which sailed for Hamburg, after the day_ j. which the news arrived, to make a remittance of 10,40 1 7, and by the" next packet which sailed on the Tuesday fi'", lowing, one week after the disaster was known, to ms,` another remittance of 10,0001. • The subscripti o ns wilt o have passed through the .hands of the Committee 1 0 4 reached 27,567/. 19s. 7d„ besides contributions m ade: different parts of the country, and remitted dirt amounting, according to the lists published at Hambl to about 13,400/. ; consequently the whole sum raised Great Britain tuts been about 41,000/., independent, clothing and other articles s en t by G overnment an d r nevolent individuals. A REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF CATTLE:—.a. gr S reduction has taken place,in the price of cattle in Crab o and something like a panic appears to prevairamonfi* graziers, who are hurrying their stock to tnarket'undet notion (we believe - visionary) that the quantity of fore!, cattle imported will be so gre a t as ma t er i a ll y to a ff e c t price. We have, however, heard the panic ; asc ribed part to a very fatal -disorder which prevails among cattle in Craven, and which destroys the animal betni two and three hours after it :is seized, unless relief given. At Skipton cattl e. f a i r o n M on d ay l ast , v , „quantity _of cattle was gr ea t, an d th e,: pr iC es 0 1 7 lost' Leeds Mercury. def It,seenas to be understood. that Mr, Phillip s , L Secretary of State for 'the H ome D e p a r t ment, is Ab ° o to retire from his office, and that his . : sutesSer is 50 , Mr. Gregson. Mr. Gregion h a s l ong e n jo y e d they: sonal intimacy of Sir R. Peel, and i s k nown t o h av e Dr, his principal agent in preparing his Bills for his Coll; lidation.of the Criminal Laws when the Right Hon , ' ronet presided over the Home Department. CUSTOM-HOUSE RODDERItS.—Mr. Hastings, 6 ,0 phew of the Collector of Customs at Limerick, has dismissed the service, the Board having come to elusion, after the most deliberate and anxious incr 'id that he was guilty of aiding and abetting i n f ra uds ' d the revenue. Mr. Hastings was a landing wa it e r of s) standing, and had hitherto borne a hi g h c h arac t e r. only other officers at present - charged with particip4 in the frauds are Messrs. Burnaby, Homershara, Pool, and Lang—all landing Waiters ; • and their are now undergoing investigation . ; meanwhile the suspended. The two first-named of these officers ci disposed to make a full disclosure of all th a t is 0 0 their knowledge, not merely as to the system and eL of the frauds, but also the parties implicated is The investigation already goes far to prove that sowil the very first houses for silk mercery in the City plicated ; but obvious reasons,prevent us for the pr i o from disclosing their names. The public may, W oo rest satisfied, that full and sp e edy j us ti ce w ill be do this matter, as there are now no less than four Sull e id General sitting on the char ges , an d reporting,,to the _, the evidence taken, so that th e matter may b e pros b'+ and brought to a conclusion with th e di spatc h w hit public have a right to expect. FOWEY, CORNWALL—On Saturday aftern o I neighbourhood was visited by a severe thunder s torm's East Crinnis, neat Par, a party of girls,. who we re o l .picking blackberries, ran into an old engine he%), . shelter ; they had not been long there b e f ore two were killed, and four slightly injured. SUICIDE OF A MAN AGED 92.—Y es t e ruA liP te ? Nicholson, who resided with his son and datigh,,,44, law in Queen-street, Webber -street, Lambeth, cresl 0 : T 1 pap( Jul) cate, a str T 1 to be • out Were T Vern ture bad dra%% then offici at ti most Brit Supr that meas enter eures troop their An of be Gene troop: amou lalaba anxio if the TL regard ment divisio with w preme sence had th which sides. In ti have IChelat q . uence dwisioi prior t( former ing of the acc derahli by the 2d of J. H. ( highest that of which Hated OtFt6 tempt I wur, at with tl the fou homed: himself under the. following circumstances 8P that on the deceased not app ear i ng a t t h e breakles",, . yesterday morning, the son went to his bed-190 1 %A . he discovered his ag e d.p aren t we l ter i ng i n blood, 'l4 -threat--eut frt.. our to - --In— hi. rio ht razor with w hich he committed the dreadful act . Adcock, a surgeon, of Sh or t- street ; N ew Cut , i°o attended the case, knit the deceased had ceased t 0 I°, many hours before the discovery. It is stated deceased was in great dread of ultimately being Oo e t i to apply to his parish in the country, w hi c h n 0 et,, greatly affected his mind, and c a u se d hi m to ° himself., 0 1 An inquest was held l a t e ly b e f ore. Mr. Cilqi l the BOrOugh Coroner of Manchester, on the bodi, / child under one year old, which had been entered:tilt; parents in no less than six burial clubs, for whi, e .yje l would receive the sum of 341. 3s. Another cli f f died about twelve months ago, for which nearly 3 , 6 !„ sum had been obtained from different burial club what rendered the matter more striking and slisP,t); was the statement made at the inquest, that not l es o it,, seven children of the family had died under th e , st r i 18' months. The jury, after some deliberation, r e a verdict that the chid died for' the want of pi nourishment, but how death was caused they 1 0 ,7;4 STOCK JOBBERS AND CORN-DEALERS.----'l;;rff Stock fell considerably, on Friday last. The Clult4 o l culatore in grain sacrificed upon these Bands, so I'`i e t ) might have ready money 'to go into the Corn Mit i r , raise the price for their own purposes. Iris we, 0 41) in the City that the Quakers hold this kind of t b most exclusively, and it becathe a questiOn With ut( whether it was better to sell the one at a s acrific e ' o o 4 i admit unbonded c o rn. Being large . holders of 01. 0 chose the le s s er ev il, an d ma d e the sacrifice ul 3°o Meiican Stock (the be dividend upon whi c h will d o , next month), an d th e result was* that the new ' o f a were readily purchased, without any depression, 001 market. Another heavy failu re was announeeurie turday, arising fr om a d vances made on foreign C°M appears the parti es were h o ld ers of Mexte°llisill which have been thrown upon the market for th e 6, or three days, and accounts f or t h edepression i n „ WOOLWICH, SEPT. 2.—EXP.gRIMENTS CUSSION SHELLS AND ROCKETS IN THE At half-past one o'clock, P.N., to-day, Vice-Awal:i William Hall Gage, G.C.H., t h e Ri g h t . Hon- ""0) Corry, Lords CommisSioners of-the .Admiralty) General Drummond, C. 8.; Director-General op lery, Colonel Paterson, Colonel Lacy, Colonel C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Dansey, C.B„ ,Lieur• 11 4 l)undas, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmers, ode tenant-Colonel Macbeau, Lieutenant-Colonel Oil; Major Strangways, Captains PaPiser, Shone,. 0 1 1 , 4 0 ham, and a number of offiCers of the' Royal . " ) : r i4 assembled in the marshes to 'witness ex1 3 ,`," 0 ,) with concussion -shells, invented by Captain 1• 1.01. ;." e "ei shells consisted of ten ten-inch, fired from a - he? howitzer; ten of eight-inch, fired from an eight. inel l t, ser; and ten of the same size as a 32 . pounder 64 1 9 ,10/ from a 32-pounder gun; the whole thirty shot d' s : r isl ido t at a range of 800 yards. The result of the ell ). " P o t' with Captain Norton's shells, exclusively to-dlteli that five of the tan-inch shells did not burst, and swered very well. Of the eight-inch 'shells o °, - , t # l over the mound, six did not burst, and three Inlistotlioi good effect. Of the 32-pounder shells one bu rst „, o lf d i the target, one was fired into 'the mound pnri l ',.,;ilV did not burst, and six succeeded very well, the time they came in contact with the object 01 or on entering the mound. DEATH O F L ORD E DWARD SOMERSET.-- W „ S OME RSET.--j`'!o{'l to announce th e d eceas e o f G enera l Lord Et-',`'e , 'Dorset, broth er o f t h e Mili tary S ecretary to t i ! pri lf yil f mender-in-Chi e f , Th e extent a n d neture O f ward Somerset's services must be well lowf ° o o ,o‘ military re a d ers .. He was a gallant ana, hori`, l o officer, who f oug ht hi s country ' s battles wit:o%oo'o and cr e dit i n Holland and France, in the - 1- old' and at W a t er l oo, at wh i ch last-mentioned 03eree40, struggle he l e d t h e H ousehold Brigade o f . 5 ,`",4 For his gallantry at Talavera, Salamanca, a Civ r if Orthes, and Toulouse, he was presented with,,sfr e ° ,l and one Cl as p, i n addition to which he W" rewarded with t h e S tar of the Bath, and so bs eo promoted to the First Clais of that distinglii s V l l4 / P' Lord Edward was frequently employed upon of the The last app o i n t ment which lie held was th fl : of • t ,O specting-General o f Cavalry, which the rto e ' oj el" „ , service compelled hi m to relinquish upon his to the rank o f Lieutenant-General. his Loros ~ ii uncle to the present, and brother to the late, Sa p Beaufort, and was in his fiGth yen , . AN EFFECTIVE POLICE OFFICER.—On O' c e the 15th u lt., on t h e b reaking out of those outregfe-f i sv be f have swept over t h e manufacturing districts ° shire and the adjacent counties, a formidabl e i sec l t lif of females, assuming the appearance of the rofd Amazons, had set feetrolling the county}' ffr i t o purpose of intimldating the peaetiellie inbebitg:, s iti e ji , female heroes took it into their heads to vieit th f3 f / 13 01 jce; of a certain- gentleman in the neighbourhood ° t i e r / 101 OR one of the domestics threatening to call in V ' o'o l ' they dared him to do so, when he irnmediete4.ae " I d up to the farm-yard, and turned out a favo 0 , 1 0 " amongst the rude arid clamorous agitatbrs, diately took to their heels, to the no small sti o eo' and satisfaction of th e i nmates o f the estahP" 0"' Leeds Mercury, WARSAW, Auc. 23.—Th e P r i nce of I; ( „ -g fro''" ce vernor of the Ki ng d om o f Poland, returned pciee°o Petersburgh the d a y b e f ore yesterday. In W I-I . s t ; of t oe of the uncommonly great desertion of the reer ul d ot , re' year's levy, an imp er i a l ord i nance has been is s ,, Li e eer),.io instance of the Governor, which directs OW 0 0' 0 4 cruit who in futu re l ev i es deserts into fieeign 6 -, ° c el° shall, in addition to the regular period of ee rv " a year for every month that he remains itivitY• Vizier. nislied sent t Navin/ durh 4 native The amon which suadei