The Sun. — London, England, 1842-10-13 00:00:00

a desireiketat the Prince - Tho - uldr. return—to the eapital,'aiid therefore it was - with the view of s "nding certain official personages that the ban quet w as g i ven . Three bargains were concluded in the Three Per Ctats., at :21 3-16thS at 60 days; and 31 in he /lye per Cents., at 2.45 i for cash, and 25,1 .1-10 Ths 2ci, at 60 days, for 16,000,000 reale. vas We have received the Paris papers of. Tuesday, w hich - Contain articles chiefly 'interesting to the People of the country. There is one excep linni however, and that relates to the right of search, not of ships, but of men and women when they enter the territory of France. The Tribunal Police Court of Sarregueinines (on the Prussian frontier) has declared that the search °1 th e Persons of travellers practised by the Custom -11°4,e officers of France is illegal. The eourt thatlls with much em ph as i s on t h e shame ful, indignities inflicted on fen-.ale travellers by `lle eustom-house authorities. On thissu bject the 4z ede makes the following just observations:— , The e x t reme severity with which the Custom "'se officers in France act in examining the luggage of travellers excites each day very merited complaints. ,&There is, however, another right which the Adininis .t,ion arrogates to itself, and w hi c h it oug ht t o use : 11 :n great reserve—we mean the right of searchin g `,• Per Son, w hi ch the Custom-house officers exercise TwarOS t ravellers under pretext of preventing fraud. '.h er e' is not, as f ar as we k now, any ot h er country e - so exorbitant a pretension is set up. The in numerable annoyance s , and the ridiculous and even Inns- measures, which it occasions, contribute to keep travellers from our ports. What is the more r.traOrdinary is, that so grave a proceeding does not t i r l ' i se from any formal law, it being by induction that hin iiliating system, which shocks the most rt. li t • e i!•ahle feelings of public morality, is arrived at. law, however, were even clear . and precise, the ro:±oln•house Department ought still to observe the peur:t delicate precaution, use measures commanded by the al dignity, and not deliver honourable men to T I - Ite l / 4 and brutalities of inferior officers." odi„, e "end' Government should abolish this bee„-s..,and disgraceful system at once. It has fon; u'seoutinued in England, unless when in has n ail " is laid against a party, and the revenue oit suffered by the change. Fra 4 4 :: itil ing protection . for the ironmasters of Gov .l t he Journal des Debats says—" The poniMnient Would not be justified in again post- A n li g the .conclusion of the Belgian treaty. int4„' furt her delay might compromise the best de scry of the French nation. France would oppor tunity blame if she were to lose that oppor- L Y of IllednS raisin g an i nsurmounta bl e b arr i er, b y -, a 4 ns of th e U n i on, against the hostile design of' plaClp g Prussian Custom-house officers at Mous, tnur, and Tournay, in the same manner as the „,,tiss'an landvvehr is already at Sarrebruck." - `4e ruin ous state of the wine trade is thus ad- Tvted to by the National tli t :II/ Chambers an d the press re-echo each year Perty • rnplaints of th e proprietors of vine-bearing pro feeti, . and, we must confess, they appear to us per to _ e Y well founded. Three causes together contribute r nder the condition of the wine-producing then:coun excessively h ard: first, the exorbitant duties 0 71 ~by foreign countries; next, the duties levied by to;urovernrnent ; and; lastly, the entrance duties into e st i ns Az to the foreign taxes, it is impossible to k n Plate their amount even approximatelyonly O W . that the English and American customs have • 'erburthened our wines beyond measure, and have the manner prohibited our brandies. tis nearly_ the Government in almost other States, and the duty of e lm -° vertnient on this point consists in concluding de triercial treaties, allowing the wine-producing . partnients to find an easy issue for their produce in for e ; th e gn markets. Our wines, justly esteemed all over :World, would find plenty of purchasers if it was tred to open f or t h em t h e f ront i ers o f ot h er coun s, which are now shut. It is evident that, in or rli deler to arrive at this result, it will be necessary to t, C oncessions to foreign nations, and admit reci br:etellY such ohects as they furnish . and \ye want. fo r -. t ° effect this, the most serious difficulties arise,. w henever it has been desired to touch the probi da,v,e'system the interests which profit by it rise irt this step, and it has been impossible to pre oi'lla'•4Bainst their formidable, Coalition. A Govern 31,ennt, which was worthy of the name, could al n?, r a r l aa gg v i e against these se'fish oppositions to the gem- Idv•th antage; but our Ministers; busied above all al„dtbe care of their personal pi eservation, have not v i ne (mea t° eb.reak. down' those . obstacles. Besides, the our ec,ra oon is only a detail of the general sulject of n mercial alliances. We have had occasion to treat Olie l ise u r e tt natter, and shall again recur to it, and wa s n o tn os. „ l , not insist more on it at present. If it geo us te v rro ' s "le to ova., r -- km from other countries advanta to- treat thern°rbcsellttrerwaitnes it appeared, at least, easy duties on this • the land tax an article home. Far from that, the . amount to 96 millions, and, if se en that e ac h t he octroi duties be added, it will be of v i ne B.rou he he (two-and-a-half English acres) cannot slip p a ys hi all 80f. The wine business ithe diffe rent differ so exorbitant a charge. In analysing he Pror n i neo • t a xes, one is struck at the first . glan .n ce t _ 3 e ' ta t ' . amount. P i a ti rt fa w et hich the l octroih 25 s on i s the In the an pass ;l e I p7 od m enleipal great injury of ueers and consumers. It has' been felt a I nkter o f cr ease wi,,lees.sity to put an end to the incessant in '4l,ll this kind of duty was continually under the care 4" Chamber was oCcupied last session with f rorn the truly wardins off the inconveniences arising -Thus, out Of abusive execution of the law of 1816. I)l lpot a bi I T 11070 communes subject to octroi duties . the a ro e k lunrs, 455 have been surcharged, of which of was was, in 1840, not less than 10,281,000 f., 1 ti sum 7,989,000 f. were for Paris alone." ,aittel.e alessager has a long answer to the Oppo 0f .4 1 Papers on the subject of the colonisation geria. cOur They accuse the Government, of sl s e) of settin;„r. this, with other questions, to co _9 3 . It denies that the question has slept. th_nnittees and sub-committees have examined ixilie...,object, and Government is engaged in exa m: their reports, in order to discover what t h a 3 tei be done the way of colonisation imine he _ d ay 1 , impartial Denain states, that on Thurs light last a shock of an earthquake was felt itilirothat town. The shock, which lasted nearly SeCOrldS, was accompanied by 'a dull sound, tth , le4 w as mistak en for thunder. The oscillation ap peared to be directed from east to west. nte - k letter dated Macon, published in the Corn co) announces that the vintage in Burgundy Tieoneluded, and that the crop is deficient in „,titY, but that the wine will be of superior The vintage in Champagne was in full t , e gress, with the advantage of th e fi nes t wea til.? e ver experien ce d i n O cto b er . Glandier, the mournful theatre of the LA- N ,"E drama, has been purchased by a M. Box 'rLABORIE, a notary at Vigeois, for 81,000 f. poiZe ty-two Sisters of Charity wer e o n the of leaving Paris fbr Algiers, where they e called to attend the civil hospital. t i The Breth ren o f St. J ean d e Di eu , an institu -(41 revived by Colonel INIAGALON, who himself vcatered the order, and is now its superior, are to m Put in possession of the hospital of La Celle, 'it: lid inining coast of which is so celebrated for .tio fisheries. The Trappists c°l4l • have likewise t4* ' en authorised to found an. establishment in isAlgiera, • T he proceeds of the Customs at Marseilles 11,.ttenonted, during the first nine months of 1842, ther t 9 9 '4)689 630 f. As c ompare d w i t h t h ose o f 1841, e was a dimi nut i on t hi s year of 1,275,822 f. • 4 !a t0. , 1 0 11 e Sem ap h ore de Marseilles of the Bth inst. or; ur ices, that th e Mi n i ster Secretary of State °re ign Affairs of th e R eg on b ency of Tunis wa board th e French steamer of war Lavoisier, s whi e h ran aground in the G u lf of Aaccio on the nth ult. j BOURSES--PARIS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11. First Highest Lowest Last te ne t. Price. Price. Pri. Price. Five per Cents. 118 90... 118 90— 118 8 ce 5... 118 90 per Cents. 106 50... 106 50... 106 50... 106 50 our per Cents. 102 25... 102 25 .. 102 25... 102 5 lank v3,Per Cents.... 80 20... 80 20... 80 15... 80 20 'l 4mtte i rrance ......... 3275 —.3275 ...3275 .. 3275 P4ll/i 1,0001-1040 ..1040 —.1040 ...1040 ~llelsi t ank . 5,0 00f...50-15 ...5045 .....5% 5 5 .1 795 .5045" Pi/ es• .. ..•.. .. .....• . 'l lO 800 ion ... 103 :•• 1036 fi~tt 2 1 840... 104 ... 104$ ... 104 ... 1041 Per Cents 523 ... 52 2 3 ... 521 ... 521 ......... 22 ... 2 ... 2q ... 22 N.srttigti,24neferred 91 ... ••• ••• 9 1 R va Polit a F ires .... 311 ... 311 31 ••• 31 -":1 " 4. " ......... 108 10... 108 10... 108 10... 108 10 St ..................... 1053 ... 1053 ... 1053 ... 1053 %Irm a ; RAILWAY SHARES ersaill es, . ..... ... 836 25... 1.36 25... 836 25... 836 25 ....•2bo ... 260 ... 258 75... 258 75 Rou e , ......... 98 75... 98 75... 98 75... 98 75 ° l'lean;" .. ..................... 563 75... 563 75 ... 561 25... 561 25 .. boy . . 5 t35 ... 586 25... 585 ... 586 25 gto B a l e .....• 206 25... 208 75. . . 206 25... 208 75 • tord • on Clifford and family, and Sir John Cam Rob e and ook • family' were among the passengers who their departure this morning. foAntwerp, by eral , th e G eo Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship vow, Captain John Fife. reth MARY 5' all F. S AND 4Ptiate ptti te At. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The Great Western steamer arrived at Bristol on the 12th, having made the passage from New York in about thirteen days. The papers, which are to the 29th ult., bring accounts of a partial change of Minis try in Canada. Lord Morpeth arrived by the GreA Western. _ _ A riot took place at Philadelphia on the 24th ult., caused by the hand-loom weavers. Their intention was to burn the factory of a Mr. Ketnpton, who had introduced macl.inery, and thereby injured their trade. It was easily put down, however, after three or four persons had been wounded. The merchants at Trieste are about to commission two persons to explore the ports of the Red Sea and India by Suez, with the object of opening a trade between Trieste and those countries. The Emperor of Russia, who left Moscow on the 16th ult., on a tour in the interior, on the next day arrived at Tula, where he inspected the cadet school and the manufactory of arms, which latter is in fall work, and has many French and German artisans employed in it. It is the chief source .whence the troops are supplied. On the 18th his Majesty went on to Kursk, where he held a grand review. The Emperor was to proceed to the South, visiting Odessa and the ports of the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azoti, before he re-. turned to St. I'etersburgh by Warsaw. The war in the Caucasus is believed to have induced this tour in the South,. as the principal depots for supplying the troops engaged in it are in those districts. Giandier, the theatre of the Lafarge tragedy, has been sold before the Civil Tribunal of Tulle, to M. Bonnel Laborie, a notary at.Vigeois, for 81,000 f. _ . A letter from Dresden, of - the 3d instant, announces the arrival there of Lord Wilton as Envoy Extraordi nary, Mr. Mellish as his secretary, Lord Charles Wel— lesley, Sir Charles Young, Garter King at Arms, and Mr. Pulman, the herald, commissioned by the Queen of England to invest his Majesty the King of Saxony with the insignia of the Order of the Garter. The Debals states that the Prince de Joinville and the Duke d'Aumale will embark at Brest in the Belle Poule for Gibraltar, from whence the Duke d'Aumale will go by a steamer to Algiers. The Prince ofJoin ville will proceed in the Belle Poule to the coast of Senegal, and thence to the coast of South America. A correspondent at Amsterdam writes that the im portant discovery has been made ,at Batavia, in the island of Java, of the means of extracting potass from the stalks of the indigo plant, which is found to be of better quality and much cheaper than that imported from America. DZONEIT-TIZADE-COMMERCE. Anti-aJrI:Z; meetings during the past week have been held at Hounslow, Wapping, and Marylebone. A meeting of the Proprietors of the Clarence Rail way was held yesterday at the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill. The state of the finances was con sidered with closed doors. ECCLESIASTICAL. The new Catholic Church of St. Bede, at Mas brough, capable of containing about 300 people, was consecrated on Wednesday last. The Rev. William Wollaston Pym, M.A., Rector of Willian, Herts, at a meeting of the Norfolk and Norwich Christian Association, stated that lie con curred with chronologists in believing that the millen nium would occur between 1844 and 1847. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. A new building, entirely of iron with a concrete flooring, is to supply that part of Leadenhall Poultry market belonging to the Corporation of the City of London, which is now in course of demolition. NAVAL AND IVZILITARY. The late Major Annesley, whose death we reported a few days since, was the son of the Hon. Marcus Annesley, of the county Down. He was at the battle of Maida, and was engaged in that of Salamanca, as Captain. At the passage of the Nivelle in 1813 be received a severe gun-shot wound, which rendered him lame for life. LAVT AND POLICE, Yesterday Samuel Barnard, a linen-draper at Waltham Abbey, was charged at Guildhall with ob taining goods to the amount of 4001. by false pretences, and committed for triat Charles James Rugg alias James Leeson, was charged at Lambeth-street yesterday with forging a receipt for HU and upwards, belonging to the Court of Chancery, and Thomas Morris was also charged with the commission of perjury, and being an accom plice. They were both remanded. LITERAItY Na SCIENTIFIC. Professor Schmelzer, Director of the University cf Halle, and Senior Professor of the Faculty, of Laws, died at Halle, on the 2d inst., in the 84th year of his age. THE.&TnICILL. Richmond Theatre, which George the Third and his family frequently visited during their residence at Kew, to witness the performance - of John Kemble, Mrs. Siddons, Mrs. Jordan, &c., was Opened on Mon day last for the season. c OuRT—TVLSII2.4INAISZE. Prince and Princess Doria Pamphili, with an ex tensive suite, left Mivart's Hotel yesterday, for Dover, en route to taly. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, and Lady Louisa •Fitzmaurice have returned to Bowood, from a Continental tour. _ _ . The Marquis of Blandford departed from Mivart's yesterday, on a tour of several months in the East. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, and the Ladies Howard, are residing at Farnham Hall, near Bury St. Edmund's. Preparations are commencing at St. Giles's House, Cranbourn, Dorsetshire, for the reception" of the Queen Dowager and suite. The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford intend to receive a distinguished circle ut Curraghmore, during the Cahir meeting. The Earl of Verulam arrived at Newmarket on Monday, from a tour. The Earl and Countess of Glengall leave Cahir Hall,'lreland, early in December, for town. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday, from Ryde, Isle of Wight. 7.YIISCELMAAT MOLTS. Earl de Grey's, spacious mansion in St. James's square is undergoing re-embellishments. RUMOURS OF THE DAY. Rubini by one month's tour, since the close of the Italian Opera, has cleared 7001., and Mr.Lumley 1,8001. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET—WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BETTING IN THE EVENING. PRENDERGA ST STAKES. 200 even between Napier and Murat. , CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 5 to 1 on the field (off) 500 to 30 agst Cabrera (t) DERBY. 40 to 1 agst Parthian (t) 50 to 1 agst Qucen of Trumps c (t freely) 50 to 1 apt Siricol (t freely) 1 50 to l'agst Amorino (t fr) 50 to 1 agst Vulture c 1,000 to 15 agst Cheviot (t) 1,000 to 15 agst Auld Lang Syne (t) 1,000 tolo agst Baldersale (t) 7 to 2 agst Scott's lot 1,000 to 60 . agst Sir al lleatheote's 106 - 11 to 1 an•st Brit. Yeoman (i) 20 to 1 agst Cotherstone (t) 25 to 1 agst Philip 33 to 1 agst Murat (t) 33 to 1 'agst Napier (1), 33 to 1 agst Winesotir (t) 33 to 1 agst Progress c (t) 40 to 1 agst Aristides (t) 1,500 even, 600 to 500, and 500 to 400 on the field agst Scott's and Colonel Peel's lots, and British Yeoman. Betting very heavy. Entry for the 1001. plate to-morrow :—Discord, 5 yrs, 9st 41b—The Shadow, 6 yrs, Bst 111b—Currycomb, 5 yrs, Bst—Rhodanthe, 5 yrs, 7st 71b— Bosphorus, 6 yrs, 7st 71b —Young Quo Minus, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Palladium, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Areatius, 3 yrs, Est 111b-LLucy Banks, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b—Ma Mie, 3 yrs, 6st 111b—Aspatria, 4 yrs, 6st 81b—Lasso, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Cloister, 3 yrs, Est 61b— Woldsman, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—Ends and Odds, 3 yrs, 6st— Colt out of Hymen's dam, by Perchance, 3 yrs, Est 51b— Revision, 3 yrs, sst 111b—Ballance filly, 3 yrs, sst 101 b Sister to Confusionee, 3 yrs, sst 101 b. The match between Jamie Forest and Give-him-a- Name. will be run to-morrow instead of Friday. CHESTERFIELD RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Town Plate of 501. Heats. Two Mr. Higgins' March of Intellect, 3 yrs ... 1 0 Mr. Dawson's Little Philip, 5 yrs 2 0 2 Mr. Collett's Rory O'More, 6 yrs Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, with 401. added from the fund. Two miles. Mr. Raworth's Chance, 5 yrs Mr. Collett's Rory O'More, 6 yrs Mr. Arthur's the Star, 4 yrs Mr. Lampling's Humphrey, aged KNUTSFORD RACES—WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each and 25 added. Two miles. Mr. Hornby's Champagne, 5 yrs (Thompson) 1 Mr. Ongley's Roderick, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Griffin's Miss Kilton, 4 yrs 3 The Knutsford Cup, by subscribers of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 70 added. Two miles and a dis. Mr. Hornby's Champagne, 5 yrs Mr. Whitworth's Lady Mary, 4 yrs . Mr. J. King's Atalanta, 3 yrs 3 Mr. Buckley's David, 3 yrs,_ and Mr. Warburton na. Ermengardis, 4 yrs, also started. The Cavalry Cup of 30 guineas, with 20 guineas added, and 10 sovs for the second, two miles and a dis tance, was won, in two heats, by Mr. Massey na. Doubt ful, 5 yrs (Livesley), bating Mr. T. Holford's Modesty, 5 yrs, and Mr. Shuttleworths Brown Stout, aged. Match 25/., 10 ft, lOst 71b each; Mile and a quarter— Mr. W. R. Dunstan's Dancing Master, 5 yrs, received forfeit from Mr. Hardman's Punch, 6 yrs. • GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. Traffic returns for the week ending Oct. 8, 1842 : 1 Passengers £1,015 7 6 Merchandise 494 15 9 £1,510 3 3 Corresponding week last year ....E1,267 14 3 Darlington, Oct. 12. W. O'BRIEN, Secretary. :%lONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEW.S CITY, QUARTER 7'o 77.IREE. This is the settling-day in the English Funds, but the total absence of speculative business, and the small amount of fluctuation since the last account has caused it to be of not the slightest moment. The con tinuation is not more thin 3-16 per Cent. Consols for Money, being 93i. for Money, and 934 938 for the Ac count ;Three perCents.Reduced,92l; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 100 ex div. • New Three-and-a- Half per Cents., 10 1 * ; India Stock, 250* 251* ; Eichequer Bills are again higher, being 55 57 prem. Rather more business has been done in Foreign Securities; Belgian, Ip3i- ; Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. 52 - a, and the Five per Cents. 102*; but the market has rather given way. The quotation for Mexican bonds has also de clined about * per cent., a bargain having been made in them at 32*. The Share market has been quite without transac tions, but holders evince a disposition to demand higher prices; the chief sales have been in London and Birmingham at 185, the Quarter Shares, 474 ; Brighton, 36, and the Loan Notes, 10.1 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 46. The only bargain in the Bonds has been one in Portuguese Five per Cents. at 37. The large sales of tea which commenced this morn ing, have exhibited greater animation than could have been expected. From the bidding, it would appear that the trade are rather short ofstock, and consequently obliged to yield to the demands of the importers, who, from the present condition of commerce in China, are compelled to demand higher rates ; the scarcity of coin reduces it to a state of barter, the Chinese refusing to take our goods unless at a great depreciation, while they exact enormous prices for their produce, thus deriving a double advantage from us. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE. R A ILWA YS. Paid. Per Share. Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Western Ditto Fifths London an Brighton .. . 50 London and Birmingham 90 Ditto Shares ... MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 12.—We have no improvement in our market to-day; and but a small amount of business transacted. London and South Western 57/ ; Manchester and Leeds, 69f 70; Ditto, Half Shares, 294 29:1; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 4to ; South Eastern Scrip, 114 124. THE SUN, LONDON, URSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1542. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE I'RICES OF BRITISH CORN, e'or the Week ended Oct. 8. 1842. made up from the Returns of the lnspectord ill the different 'Cities and Towns in England and .Vales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat Ms. 6.1. Oats 1 Barley 2Bs. 81 Rye 303 O. ['ease 33, 16d. AVERAGES OF THZ LAST Sll WEEKS. VY , 41:8 erlding*,WHEAT. BARLEY.' OATS. 1 RYE. BRANS. P6ASIL Sept. 3 10 53 3 27 2 51 6 27 2 52 8 27 2 54 0 17 1' 51 2 28 5 51 6 28 8 Is 9 18 8 17 6 18 4 14 6 18 6 31 5 : 33 1'32 5 29 4 33 5 33 6 29 10 32 10 32 11 29 16 33 0 33 3 3I 0 3S 4 33 7 th 33 0 33 lo 24 Oct. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS vith, at... ...... 52.. 8 Oats lB4. 51.1 Beans 13s. 2d Harley. VP. 91. I Rye 3os 311 Pease .335. 31. DUTIES OW FOREIGN CORN. Wheat lB3. Od. Oats Barley ... 9s. Od. I nye THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) WHITECHAPEL. The supply of Hay and Clover was but middling, yet the demand for the former was heavy, at a reduc tion of full 3s. per load for the best qualities. Clover without any alteration. Of Straw the supply con inued rather limited, with a good sale. Clover, 21. 10s. to 51. Bs. ; Hay, 21. 10s. to 4/. 45.; Straw, U. 12s. to 1/. 16s. COLONIAL MARKET. The demand for produce continued dull, but no variation took place in prices.' For West India Sugar the prices of last week were barely supported. Bengal and Mauritius of good quality brought former rates, but inferior and soft samples were rather cheaper. The Coffee market was, more steady, but the demand very dull. Cassia Lignea was rather higher, with a good demand; fine 975. to 995. per cwt. Pepper wanted for export at 24d. to 2d. per lb. TEA. MARKET. _ The public sal es b roug ht f orwar d were we ll at tended, but the biddings were not animated, and a small proportion only of the quantity then passed auction was sold. TALLOW MARKET. The demand for Russian Tallow continued steady with a firm market, and full prices were paid. Fine Yellow Candle at 48s. 6d. to 48s. 9d., and inferior sorts for soap making at 475. to 48s. per cwt. The price of New Tallow for delivery up to the end of the year was 48s. 6d. per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIP PIN G—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 13.—Wind this day at noon, N. to N.E., moderate breeze, and hazy. DEAL, OCT. 12.—Wind N.N.E., moderate.—Sld. Sabina, Ascension; Highlander, Demerara; Ida, St. Vincent's ; Sir I. R. Reid, St. Kitts ; Thames and Calypso, Jamaica. MARGATE, OCT. 12. Thirty-six pigs of lead have been brought in to-day, from the Susan, lost on Margate Sands. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 12.—Wind E.N.E.—Arid. off, Charles Ferdinand, Helsuyer, Ilavannah, for Bremen. Sid. Mayflower, Azores. The Gideon, Guswell, from Ancona, put into Malta, 27th, with cargo shifted, &c., having experienced a heavy gale in the Gulf of Ve nice on the 13th. FALMOUTH, OCT. 11.—Wind variable and light.-- Arrd. Oriental (steamer), Alexandria, left Sept. 27, Malta, Ist inst., and Gibraltar, 6th. OFF THE START, OCT. 11.—Norman, Pratt, New York, for Dunkirk. Orr MILFORD, OCT. 10.—James and Mary, Sin nott, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 12.—Wind N., light.—Arrd. Charles Jones, Callao, sailed June 16 ; Neptune, M'llonald, Valparaiso, sailed 17th June ; Leo, Bill, ditto., sailed AO June; Enterprise, Calcutta; Plata, Thorpe, MonWrideo ; Coeur de Lion, Montreal. Sld. Theresa, Jane, Pernambuco ; Wallace, Savannah ; Adirondack, New York. Arrived off—Argyk shire, Bombay. OFF . ICINSALE, OCT. 9.—George, Quebec. HULL, OCT. 12.—Wind N.W., light.—The Bro thers, from Liverpool to St. Petersburgh, was seen Ist ult. off Dagerost, and has not since been heard of. A vessel (supposed the above) is reported at Cron stadt as having been run down by a Russian frigate. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) . . This being what is termed the County day, the Justices met at the Court-house, Clerkenwell-green, at twelve o'clock, principally to discharge the routin3 business of the county for the past quarter. The Report of the Committee of Accounts was re ceived .and \confirmed. Amongst the items were the fees and expenditure of the Coroners, to the amount of 204/. 16s. to Mr. Wakley, M.P., and 2511. 10s. 7d. to Mr. Baker. This Report contained also statements of tenders for the repairs of Chertsea, Littleton, Edmonton, and six other bridges, which had been pre sented by the Grand Jury as in a ruinous state. The Deputy Clerk of the Peace also laid before the Court the presentments of other Bridges by the Grand Jury. The tenders for the repairs approved of by the Com mittee were adopted by the Court, and the works or dered to be executed forthwith, the Standing Order, which requires three months' notice before the voting of any sum above. 1001. having been suspended, on account of the immediate necessity for the repairs. BO W-STR.EET.--(THIS DAY.) This morning Margaret Agnes, who is also known to the police by the names of Margaret Clarke, Mar garet Johnson, and Mary M'lntosh, was brought up ip custody of Sergeant Western, F 6, on the charge of stealing nine V. notes from Mr. Thomas Fair weather, who was a lodger at No. 7, Arundel-street, Strand, where the prisoner lived as a servant. It will be remembered that two men have already been apprehended on the charge of being accomplices, one of whom was taken in London and the other in Renfrewshire,in Scotland. Sergeant Western said that he apprehended the prisoner yesterday at Derby. She denied all know ledge of the robbery. Mr. HALL remanded her till to-morrow, when all the prisoners will be brought up together. A man named Patrick Naughty was charged with stealing fruit in Covent-garden Market. More, the constable, stated that he had seen the pri soner frequently loitering about the market, appa rently with no good intention. From information he received this morning he stopped him, and found that all his pockets, coat, great-coat, and breeches, were stuffed - full of fruit. A porter in the market said that he had seen the prisoner frequently in the market, and he generally had one or two children with him, whom he appeared to be instructing in the art of thieving. Witness ob served that his hat appeared to be very bulky, so he gave it" a tip,", and it fell off, wh en ou t fl ew a quan tity of all kinds of fruit. He was fined 405., or to be imprisoned for a month. INCREASED Pomcn FORCE IN THE PAnns.--Last night, in consequence of the numerous recent attempts at highway robberies and extortion from persons pass ing through the Green-park, Hyde-park, and the Regent's-park, a double number of police constables were placed in the various parks for the protection of' the public and the detection of a gang of offenders who are supposed to be lurking in those ne!ghbour hoods. LADY SALE.—A subscriber favours us with the following :--Akbar'Khan -having desired this heroic lady to write to General Nott, desiring - him. not to advance to Caubill, the heroine immediately wrote, " Advance Nett."—Cheltenham Examiner. SPECIAL COMMISSIONS. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. About half past three o'clock the Grand Jury came into Court with a true bill of enormous length, for conspiracy, against " the Chartist Executive,",consist ing of Feargus O'Connor, the Rev. William II ill, the Rev. J. Scholefield, Bernard Maeartney, Peter M'Douall, and others, amounting to the number of 60. MR. FRARGUS O'CONNOR. Mr. Wnioxs said he had an application to make to the Court on the part of Mr. Fearg•us O'Con nor, against whom the Grand Jury had recently re turned a true bill. His Lordship was aware that Mr. O'Connor had been taken by warrant before Mr. Hall, the Chief Magistrate at Bow-street, and held to bail to appear and answer any indictment which might be found against him. If the Court would allow Mr. O'Connor to plead to the indictment by proxy all dif ficulty in the case would be obviated, which was ge nerally done in misdemeanors. If not, he (Mr. W il kins) should be prepared with some affidavits, showing that Mr. O'Connor could not be removed from home without risk to his life. _ The JUDGE thought that this was only done in the Queen's Bench. Mr. WILKINS said it was very often done at ses sions. He dal not mean to quote the practice at ses sions as a precedent for his Lordship, but that it would be the most convenient. _ . The JUDGE said the queAtiOn 'was whether the At torney-General would consent to allow it, and whether Mr. O'Connor would 'be found by it afterwards. The ATTORNEX-GENERAL said he should be quite satisfied with the undertaking of his Learned Friend Mr. Wilkins. The JUDGE—And you won't repudiate ? Mr. WILKINS—If he be alive, I will undertake that he shall appear here at the assizes. I have no intention to repudiate, nor has Mr. O'Connor. The JUDGE—Then it is understood he is present, and pleads not guilty ? Mr. WILKINS—Yes, and traverses. The ATTORNEY -GENERAL said he had seen the affidavits, and he had no doubt of the great incon venience and danger to Mr. O'Connor if he were called upon to appear ; and as it was his intention to traverse, and the intention, he believed, of most of the other defendants, he (the Attorney-General) had no objection to the application. The JUDGE—Very well ; if you have no objection, I haVe none. The application was then granted on the under standing that the affidavits should be filed; and Mr. Wilkins, on the part of Mr. O'Connor, pleaded not guilty and traversed till the next assizes. Mr. O'Con nor's bail was also extended till the same period. (Before .Baron ALnEnsoN.) John Abbot, John Smith, James Thorpe, William Hill, John Dobson, Patrick Raddican, Joseph Sutcliffe, Joseph Gillibran, William Fermough, Richard Parker, John Crowther, Thomas Connor, Thomas Jones, William Walker, and Nathan Johnson, were charged with riot, &c., at Manchester. The indictment was for a misdemeanonr, in having, on Wednesday the 10th of August last, riotously assembled at Man chester, for the purpose of turning out the hands at several manufactories. A second count charged the prisoners with having incited others to riotous con duct ; and the third and fourth counts charged tilem with having been present at illegal meetings. After evidence had been beard, his Lordship summed up, when the Jury returned a verdict of guilty against Abbot, Smith, T hor p e, Hill, Raddican, Sutcliffe, Gillibran, Parker, Connor, 'Walker, and Johnson guilty, recommending Thorpe to mercy on a ccount of his youth. Dobson, Fermough, Crowther, and Jones, were acquitted. The Court adjourned at five minutes past 8 oslock. / MAGISTRATES' ROOM. (Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) CONSPIRACY AND RIOT. Abel Matley, Samuel Sisley , William Harsett, John Ingham, John Hague, Thomas Morris, alias Thomas Fitzsimmons, John Leylan d, Thomas Ash croft, Thomas Marshall, Joseph Fletcher, Joseph • Bowers, John Harrison, Robert Allen, Richard Sterndale, and Josiah Andrew, were indicted for con spiracy and riot at Ashton. All the prisoners were found Guilty, but not sentenced. sentence c W ED NESDAY MORNING. l e , flhi o y rd e A m b p i lo n y g e e a r and IN;iilro.rning in p g Justice Creassin sswell have been the prisoners convicted yesterday of rioting—the former in the Nisi Prius Court, and the latter in the Magistrates' Room. The sentences varied from six to twelve months' imprisonment, according to the pecu liar complexion of the cases ; in one instance a boy, not *lore than 15 years of age, w as sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Many of the prisoners were very juvenile, and all of them belonging to the lowest class of operatives. After sentencing the prisoner's, a batch of thirty were put on their trial before Lord Abinger, charged also with rioting in Manchester during the late out • break. The trials were proceeding when the train left. The business of the Special Commission is pro ceeding with great rapidity, and it will be got through sooner than was anticipated. ca lled in Court The name of the Rev. Mr. Hill was this morning, but whether he will traverse ante the next Assizes, as already announced, was not state ntil d. -- _ STAFFORD, TUESDAY NIGHT. 1 . TRIAL OF COOPER FbR A RSON. ~ „ 1 ; Reuben Greatbach, reporter on the North xasora . shire Mercury, was under examination when .our re port broke off yesterday. The following is the con tinuation of the trial up to the rising of the Court t his evening : James Wilding heard Cooper addressing the meet ing at the Crown-bank. He said there wag plenty on the ground, and winter was coming, and he did not , know who was to gather the h arve st. He did not te ll them to gather it. He alluded to the Court of Re quests at Leicester, and said the landlords had been obliged to pay their own rents there. He also alludedto the yeomanry. William Palmer saw Cooper at the Roya l Oak, and on his being told about th e burnings, he said, " It is • all right ; that is the way to do the work. If t he y g o on in that way we shall soon have the Charter?' This witness was cross-,examined by the prisoner as to whether he referred to the turn-outs or the burn ings ; but he could not tell to which the prisoner al luded. Benjamin Lewis—l am a dyer at Hanley. On the 15th of August I was at a meeting at the Crown bank. I saw the prisoner there, and heard him read ing resolutions which had been come to by the people of Bilston, Wolverhampton, and South Staffords hire. They were to the effect that a ll labour should be suspended until the Charter was the law of the la nd. Cooper said a great deal about Wednesbury. He said he expected to meet 5,000 persons, but he met 1,500, and they were all determined not to resume labour until the Charter became law. He read a letter from Manchester stating that all business was 'sus pended there, and the. shops would be closed. Ile said he would not tell the name of the writer. He also said they must avoid the law as it then was, but it would not be so for many days. He demanded a show of hands as to who were in favour of a cessation of all labour, and all hands were held up. There were none against the resolution. He said a good, deal about the soldiers—that if 100 soldiers were sent to that town, nine towns would be without any; that amongst themselves :there day on the Police - office. i m f . e t rhee .sufficient o o n n l y thaeg round r g ee I saw the attack that I was at the Crown-bank, at the meeting in the evening. I saw the prisoner a hymn. He ascended a platform, and said he there. H e came down leading th e p eo ple, and sing ingwould give out a hymn to which the chorus was, " Lion of Freedom." lie said he understood they was wrong; but they had had themselves destroyed pr t o o p p e l r e ty as , e. which . „ . o b p y le t ,to be d il o ri n s° o n mu r d er and.shed no you C r caution a m t i h n e e d p e e.F-7,-I did not hear blood. . . . , Thomas Scragg-1 am a c hina -gilder. I , was at the Crown-bank meeting on the eveni ng I heard the prisoner say " You have don e your work well to-day ; but there are so me of the 15th. among you drunk.' You must keep sober, an d then you will, gain your cause." He said there w ere onl y ten soldiers to each among such a mul titude: , and what would th e y be George Shaw--I cutler I am of Shelton. I went with my neighbour, Mr. Bell, to the fire at Forester's. all abreast. The We did not go close, but looked at it from a distance for twenty minutes. We met on our return five men was one of the Pa k,. Broomhall, party. On being prisonerwalking coop e towards r Fore ster's cross-examined by the prisoner, the witness positively question. affirmed him to have been n ea r , Forester's, s swore to seein g John Bell, Thomas and James -Bundred, Isaac Hackney, Cooper going towards jon Forester's ilolden_ Ifirea:ltthe night in colo ur - manufacturer at Bursleni. I was on duty as a special constable on the night of the 'Ali August . I saw Cooper going through the town that night. . lie had one or two Persons with him. - 1 asked him where he was going, and and was l% l qi e s then an anxious said s going .from and he seeme d surprised at being stopped. He said the road was a s free to him as to me. I ng ta h l e N I i v i a e s y tt on c i o l insi waymerc i t a o l traveler, Macclesfield, to get to Alanebester at a p arti cular time th e follow asn hed destroying r n o o y t i p roperty, and consider himself ing day. He said lie did not like to s t ay i n Hanley; i t 1 h e a I t v ishe they d to were get burning'awa y safe. Be was taken then before Mr. Parker, the Ma gistrate. • The prisoner then proceeded to address the Jury in his defence, and entered into a lengthened statement of his previous life and conduct, arguing that from the nature of his pursuits and studies he would be one of the last persons in the world to countenance or advise any acts of violence. He then remarked upon the evidence that had been -giverk ,with , regard. to the speeches he had made to the different meetings at the Crown-bank, and observed that the most intelligerit : moag the witnesses had admitted that he had . con demned the destruction of property, and had coun selled them to preserve the public peace. He said that he was a Chartist from principle, and naturally wished to promote its spread among the working classes, who were ground down by the tyranny and oppression of their masters. He concluded by deny ing in the most solemn manner that he was in the streets the night of the fire, calling on the thunders of Heaven to consume him that moment if he spoke untruly. He left the case in the hands of the Jury, assuring them that he had never counselled, or ap proved of, or sanctioned violence during his life, and promising, if Providence would deliver him out of his present danger, that he would take care never again to mix himself up with assemblies or meetings ! whose proceedings were in the least calculated to dis , turb the public peace. He hoped, as honest and con scientious men, and men of feeling and humanity, that they would earefUlly weigh the evidence, and prOnounee a just and honest verdict. The prisoner then called the following witnesses : Mary Hall—l keep the George and Dragon at New-street, Hanley. I remember th.l 15th of Au gust. I saw you (the prisoner) come to my house about nine o'clock. You remained about three hours. You left my house about twelve o'clock. There were several persons with you, Tomkinson, Foster, Syl vester, Green, Banford, and others. When you left you had on a drab top-coat and a hat. William Sylvester—l am a tailor, of New-street, Hanley. I was at the George and Dragon on- the evening of the 15th of Atigiiit. I went about nine, and stopped till ten. I went to seek a conveyance to go to Macclesfield. You were there from nine till ten, and did not go out at all. I returned about eleven, and found you there. I remained till near twelve. I found Green there and Tomkinson when I came back. We all left at about twelve, and I wen tto fetch the conveyance for Mr. Cooper to go to ' Macclesfield. The car was hired from a person ! named Steele.—The Court rose at eight o'clock. WEDNESDAY. The trial of Cooper was this day proceeded with. Henry Forster—l am a potter, of Mill-street, Hut ton. I was at the Crown-bank, Hanley, on the night of the 15th of August. I heard you advise the peo ple not to break the peace. You censured drunken ness. You then went to the George and Dragon, and I went with you and remained till about half-past ten o'clock. James Green, a potter, of Shelton—l was on the Crown-bank on the night of the 15th August. You were there, and addressed the meeting. You cen sured drunkenness, as they would be likely in that state to commit acts of violence. You told them to keep the peace and not destroy property. I went to the George and Dragon a little after ten, and you were there with Forster, Tomkinson, Yates, Bed dingtori, and other friends. I remained till you went away, a little before twelve. You had a top coat on then and a hat. Cross-examined.—When we were at the George and Dragon some one told us that Forester's was all in flames, and Cooper said he was very sorry for it. Witness then corroborated the former witnesses as to the subsequent movements of Cooper. Samuel Tomkinson—l am a potter at Shelton. I saw you on the Crown-bank on the 14th and 15th of August. You did not recommend violence to the people. You remained at the George and Dragon till I left, at ten o'clock. Jonathan Stephen, a potter, of Shelton, saw Thos. Brownhall on the night of the 15th of August. It was about a quarter before ten o'clock, and he was then very drunk. I saw him speak to his wife. She said she had been to the fire, and he said " D—n your eyes, why did not you stop at home like me ?" Anne Stephen, wife of the last witness, saw Brown hall on the night in question. She corroborated her husband's evidence as to his being very drunk. Mary Blake—l live at the Shakspeare, Shelton. I saw Thomas Brownhall at Mr. Aitken's, when the house was on fire. He went there from Mr. Parker's, which was also on fire. He came out of Aitken's with two bottles, and I heard some one asking for one of the bottles, and calling him by his name. He " D—n your ;yes, go and get them where I did." I never gave any information about this, although I have frequently spoken about it. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then addressed the Jury on the evidence for the defence. The priLoner frequently complained of the smiling and apparent trifling of parties on the Bench through out the trial, which was checked by the Chief Justice. COoper also repeatedly interrupted the Solicitor- General by remarks and contradictions, and was at length told by the Learned Judge that he could not interfere in that way, having had ample opportunity of making his observations. if the Learned Counsel said anything that was not borne out by the evidence, he could appeal to the Court. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL then proceeded with his remarks upon the evidence, and had not concluded when the train left. In the case of the prisoners indicted for breaking into the house of Mr. Griffin, the Jury found all the prisoners, except Wilkinson, Guilty. SENTENCES ON TIIE PRISONERS. The Learned JUDGE, then directed the prisoners who had been found guilty, and those convicted the previous day of the attack on Mr. Platt's house, to be placed at the bar, and sentenced Owen, Croxton, and Rathbone to be transported for life; Dean and John ston, 15 years' transportation; Simpson and Spils bury, 10 years' transportation ; and Brunt one year's imprisonment and hard labour. DARING BURGLARY. Wm. Lawton, John Jackson, Samuel Gibson, Ed ward Bowden, and Wm. Bowden, all young men, were indicted for a burglary in the house of Mr. Steel, of the Abbey Farm. • The Jury found all the prisoners guilty, and the Learned Judge sentenced Lawton to 15 years' trans portation, Jackson and William Bowden to one year's imprisonment, Edward Bowden four months impri sonment, and Gibson to be 'sentenced in another Court where he had been found guilty. Jonathan Thomas was indicted for robbing the Rev. Edward Powis, incumbent of Chedlestine. It appeared that the prisoner was one of a party who went to the house of the prosecutor and de manded money. He gave them 14s.—The prisoner was found guilty. (Before Mr. Baron PARKE.) The prisoner Roberts, indicted for demolishing and burning the offices of Earl Granville (as detailed in yelerday's Sun), was acquitted. Thomas Lumer was indicted for the same offence with the last prisoner. •James Bate—Saw the prisoner at Earl Granville's on the 15th August. He was the man who fired the offices. Prisoner had on a tommy hat and a round flannel jacket. The prisoner pulled the fire from the 'fire-place of the office into the centre of the room. Jervase Syms—Lived near Mr. Forester's. He knew John Lumer, who was one of the persons who went down to the house. He could not perfectly swear that the prisoner was there. In a short time afterwards he was certain that he saw him return with the mob. He shouted to the mob to halt, say ing, "D--- your eyes, lads, we have done nothing yet ; let us go back and burn the store-room." The office was in flames ; witness said, " Don't do that ; for it will burn private houses as well." He replied, "Go to h—." In half an hour afterwards, the pri soner held his arm, and said, " Oh, d— old Blarney, he has prevented me." Other witnesses proved the part which the prisoner took in the attack.—He was found Guilty. James Slark was indicted and convicted for a similar offence. Thomas Turner was indicted for the same offence, and found guilty. Henry Gibson was indicted for a riot, and begin ning to demolish the offices of Earl Granville on the 15th August, at the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent. A verdict of Not Guilty of the demolition was . re turned. His Lonnsum , then ordered the prisoners convicted before him to be put at the bar; when a batch of 37 were variously sentenced to terms of imprisonment, with hard labour, varying from fifteen to six months. After the sentences the Court adjourned. WEDNESDAY.—(Before Sir N. TINDAL.) The Court assembled this morning at eight o'clock. THE CASE OF O'NEIL. O'Neil has been allowed to traverse to the next. Assizes, and to enter into bail. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) _ _ . John Ashley, Johnston, and John Neil, were in dicted for demolishing the house of Thomas Rose, Esq., stipendiary Magistrate for the Potteries. Mr Sergeant Talfourd conducted the case. After a lengthened investigation the Jury returned a verdict of acquittal, and the prisoners were immediately again indicted for the riot, the evidence being similar to that in the previous case. The evidence was not concluded when the reporter THE MILLENNIUM.—At the twenty-first anniver sary meeting of the Norfolk and Norwich Association for promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, the Rev. W. Wollaston Pym, M. lit;ctor of Willian,_ Herts, in the course of his speech stated , t hat according to the different prophecies in the Bible , the chronolo gists had calculated that the time which Gpd had ap pointed to set the children of Israel free was fast ap proaching; some of whom stated that it would take Once between 1840 and 1850, while others fixed it from 1844 to 1847, which latter time the rev. speaker believed in. Ile thought that the Christian Churches should unite together in thi s great undertaking—the conclusion of which, he felt persuaded, was fast ap proaching. A letter from Angouleme of the Bth inst. states, that " one of the Royal gunpowdor mills in that town blew up on that morning. The shock was but slightly felt' in the town. On incitLiry it was ascer tained that there was but one person ,s,Tiployed, at the mill at the time of the ex p losi on , wllq . still survives, but in a dreadfully mutilated state." MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING TIMES.—The E as t I n di a an d Chi na Association pn includesii limits a o n f d thethtoen periodn E a a g s tonnage e i n fnr p od l m ‘ i s a y e t in h d ceo mlsp t t h ao e n fy trade within have published th e i r quar t er l y comparat i ve statement the hip w o hich h s s an C u h a a ry rte to r, the 30th September, in the years 1841 and 1842. / The analysis of the vessels entered inwards shows in the general result an increase of 30 ships, with 8,402 tonnage, for the Port of London ; the numbers. in 1841 being 413 ships, with 163,771 tonnage, and in 1842, 443 ships, with 172,173 tonnage. The Liver pool return exhibits an increase of 16 ships, with 7,988 tonnage ; the Clyde, Leith, and other British ports return an increase of 15 ships, with 6,147 ton nage, but the ports of Bristol and Hull return a de crease of three ships, with 463 tonnage. A recapitu lation of the whole produces a gross increase of 28 ships, with 9,780 tonnage—the numbers being 594 ships, and 234,469 tonnage for 1841, and 622 ships, with 244,249 tonnage, for 1842. The increase as detailed applies principally to arrivals from Bombay. China, and the Mauritius. The statement of clearances outwards comprise the ports already described, and show without exception a great decrease, the decline of the Australasian trade for the present exhibiting the enormous reduction of 119 ships on the number before cleared for those colo nies. Of general clearances for the period stated, the port of London showed a falling off of 45 ships, and 4,944 tonnage ; Liverpool, 49` Ships and 19,009 ton nage ; Clyde, Leith, &c., 32 ships and 10,234 ton nage ; and Bristol and Hull, nine ships and 3,622 tonnage. These statistics furnish a most conclusive proof, if any were wanting, of the present depressed and depreciated condition of the shipping interest, which of itself, considering the amount of capital in vested in this description of property, would be suf ficient, did not other causes prevail, to render the em barrassments of the commercial community 'perplex ing in the extreme. In connexion with this subject, it may be observed, that the shipowners are anxiously collecting informa tion illustrating the depression of their trade against the next session of Parliament, when Mr. Lyall will propose it as a matter for investigation. By the official returns published by the Customs,, the exports of the precious metals to foreign and colonial parts for the week ending Thursday last were as under : Oz. Silver coin to Port Adelaide and Port Phillip 2,124 Silver coin to Ha mburgh Silver bars to Hamburgh Gold coin to Port Adelaide and Port Phillip 325 CIIRONICLE.—Some of our Contemporaries are endeavouring to find fault with Mr. Thornton, the Chairman of the Committee of Portuguese bond holders, for having acquiesced in the decree of conver sion proposed by the Portuguese Government. No thing could be more unfounded than these absurd attacks. After it was established that the great majority of Bondholders had converted their stock in the face of the most active opposition from the Committee, a perseverance in opposing the conversion could not have tended to any useful result. Mr. ThOrnton acted with great propriety in putting an erai to the matter, and, if he erred at all, his mistake was in swerving from his first approval, and in being so late in expressing himself satisfied that the best course was to accept the decree with the relative guarantee of cash payment in London. We hope he had some good grounds in throwing out crumbs of comfort to the Spanish Bondholders; but we have our fears that the present Cabinet at Madrid is not strong enough to grapple with the bigoted views of the Catalonian interests so as to open up the ports of Spain to British cottons, and thus recruit their exhausted revenues. After the Cortes meets in November we shall be better able,to form a correct opinion. :The jobbers on the Stock Exchange have been chiefly occupied to-day in preparing their accounts for the settlement, which takes place to-morrow. The Market, however, has exhibited considerable strength, although prices have not recovered from the fall produced by the unfavourable state of the public revenue. SUN.—The firmness noticed at the early part of the day, was continued at the close of business, though prices remained the same as yesterday, Consols leaving off at 93 93* for Money, andlor the Account ; India Stock, 250 251 ; Exchequer Bills were in greater demand, and the Old Bills were 55 57, and the New, 54 56. Business in the Foreign Securities was extremely hinited, but prices were generally better, though no change in the nominal rates has to be noticed— Helgian, 103 104 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 521; the Five per Cents. 100+ 1001 ; Danish, 82 83; and Brazilian, 63 64. The quotation for Mexican Bonds declined to 324 33. The Share Market exhibited a decided improve ment, which may he traced to a wish to invest a por tion of the forthcoming dividends in these secu rities—London and Birmingham, 183 185 ; Bir mingham and Gloucester, 40 41; Great Western, 82i 83- ; the Half-shares, 59.1 601; south Western, 57 58 ; North Midland, 57 58 ; the New shares, 28 '29 ; south Eastern and Dover, 224 23 ; Eastern Coun ties, 81 8 : 1 ; Northern anti Eastern, 351 36f; Black wall, 6 6f; Brighton, 354- 36- per share. The conversion scheme of Portugal does not, ap parently, increase in favour. The observation of a bondholder in regard to the emission of a large amount of extra bonds, though jocularly thrown out at the Meeting, has had the effect of recalling attention to the spurious issues of Spanish bonds by Mendizabal, and hence the suspicion which is felt towards any of these new documents. The promises of payment made by all these States, and under the most solemn obligations, all of which, as expediency has required, have been repudiated, has caused so much distrust, that to-day no person could be induced to purchase the converted coupons. A question has been mooted as to the admission of the new stock on the officiallists, but the Committee having allowed other conversions, have, it is said, no excuse for refusing this a place, and thus again lending a sanction to another mode of victimizing that por tion of the public who may depend upon the respect ability thus thrown over the new bonds. The quo tations for the Five per Cents. were 361 374; the Three per Cents., 211 22+ ; Colombian, 20k 21 ; Pe ruvian, 16 17 ; panish Five per Cents., 16 161; and the Three per Cents., 201 20/. The Indigo sale has progressed but slowly to-day, the importers having persisted, in their demand for higher prices, which the buyers have as resolutely objected to give; 2,317 chests passed under the ham mer, of which but 812 found purchasers, at the ad vanced rates of yesterday. SURREY THEATRE. Mr. T. P. Cooke is drawing overflowing audiences here every evening. As early as five o'clock the crowd waiting for admittance at the pit and gallery doors, extends a considerable distance across the Black friars-road, and; within ten minutes after the doors are opened, the theatre is crowded in every part. This has been the case every evening since he has been engaged. We visited the theatre last evening, and, after the pleasing melo-drama' of Blanche Heriot, we had Douglas Jerrold's most affecting drama of Black Eyed Susan with T. P. Cooke in his original character of William. This drama is even more strongly cast than it was when originally produced here thirteen years ago. For, undoubtedly, Mrs. R. Homier as Susan, Mr. W. Smith as Gnatbrain, and Mr. It. Honner as Jacob Twig, are superior to the original representatives of those characters, while T. P. Cooke, as William, is as excellent as ever, commanding laughter or tears from his audience at will, witness his admirable yarn of San Domingo Billy, and the parting scene from Susan, before he is led forth for ex ecution. At the fall of the curtain, T. P. Cooke, in obedi g ence to thR. liol ecall i of Hon ner. They were both greeted t the audience, came forwar d, leading on hat m e e n r t i h te u d s . iastic applause which their exert i e o t n ed with ) s s richly ......-.----,----......—___ DEATH OF ROBERT' CRAMMER, ESQ.—We regreL to announce the death of Robert Chaloner, Esq., of Guisborough, Y orkshire, which took place at Lea mington on the 7th inst. Mr. Chaloner, who was in his 66th year, had been for many years agent for Earl Fi tzw illiam's extensive es tates in Ireland, and ractihad always evinced th e dee p est interest in every pcal measure for the improvement and development of the agricultural resour ces of this country nt. Ihe county of Wicklow, where Mr. Chaloner had resided so long a period, he was beloved for his kindness o o f h a eart dau and benevolence, Mr. Chaloner was married tgh ter of the late Lor d Dundas. lle had been for some 41588 ,3576°39: 1.11 3?; years a Member of the House of Commons—first, as representative for Richmond, and subsequently for York.—Dublin Post. ST. CLEMENT DANE? SAVING BANK.—Progres s of the Government Annuity Institution (established at this Savings' Bank) fro.n its commencement to the 10th of October inst. :- 7,650 17 3 Received from 126 annuitants in 1 : 8 88 3 33 4 57 ............ Ditto 71 Ditto 41 11 1 888 8 333 4 689 0 ... :. :. 12 2 04 3, 70 2 -96 9 -62 5 1 1 °24 4 67 Ditto 70 1841. : . Ditto 110...„ 25,557 16 0 6 Ditto 148 Ditto 152 Ditto 154 Ditto 208 1842... 36 , 5 07 1 7 1,080 annuitants ............ 160,479 16 0 The above annuities vary from 41. to 201. each annui tant. The increase of deposits, to the Savings' Bank during the present year is upwards of 9,7001., making a total of upwards of 93,000/, b e l onging to 3,958 ae positors in the Savings' Bank. The shipwrights and their employers, Shields, have no w come to an amicable arrang ement. The bakers of Gl asgow and subur b s h a ve the price of b rea d. The 41b. fine loa f now s ellin g at 7d.; housqloid ditto, 6d. . a t South SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS' FROM THE MORNING . PAPARB OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—The question of the commercial union of France and Belgium is now discussed. with great activity in the journals of both those countries, not as a matter of speculation, but as a serious negotiation already in progress between the Cabinets of Brussels acid Paris. The subject is not only mixed up with the national ambition of France and the national independence of the minor State, but it is rapidly becoming a ground of contention between the principal manufac turing interests of the two countries, and to these elements of debate may be added the spirit of political intrigue and the virulence of party war gittni t hi ce removal ( e )rofc s . to : auf n .eir s lrs e e an, there can be no doubt that fiscalercial Bel um would between o s e t rn ii a c in t 7 i tr o ab n iei s en cn the e i efiatllod com both countries alike; for whilst it would op en to the Belgians a wider and freer m a r k e t than they now possess, it would considerably increase the sup ply, and consequently lower the prices, of many articles of. primary necessity, . for• which the French are now, for the most port, dependent admissionon a scanty foreign f tb ß rei g s i i a t u ra c d o e a . l, Inasmuch as t' f iron, and-lint " rL d e other maiiu fa cture o o Fs u a ucceed gainst hin eavy' to iu t ' llt? ng the nosi3)'osltiesitrslitroit(t)iidl benefitof ths cornwercial lines protective great il mist e o s o u f S m i t i l l e i t ia t t l e ' Se curiously enough this argil:neat, which- i; the only sound one on the - side of France, is Wholly kept out of sight by the p tr tisans of the measure. They assume, with strange unanimity, that if such an itoimt ever takes place, the only results that France , eau hope to receive in exchange for the inestinstble benefits she proposes to confer upon Belgium will consist in certain political advantages, arising, we presume, from the boundless gra titude of the minor Power; and they contend, that whilst France is making a great commercial sacrifice tbr a supposed Political object, Belgium. has nothing to consider but the Splendid corn merCial results of the union. A more correct view of the case may be formed by taking into the account the commercial advantages which would ensue to France, and the political disad vantages which must ensue to Belgium. It is absurd to suppose, that because the French may find it very convenient to purchase cgd, and certain manufactures from their neighbours, . they are conferring a pure and spontaneous benefit on those neighbours. By removing the fiscal restrictions on those articles they are merely opening the door through which they themselves want to go to market; and whether that market be at home or abroad, they will doubtless take care to get their money's worth in the transactions they may carry on there. The commercial advantage is of course mutual; for it is not to be measured, as some of our French Contemporaries have thought lit to do, by the relative population of the two coun tries, which is different, but by the value ex changed, which is identically the same. If 3.3 millions of Frenchmen purchase certain commo dities from 4 millions of Belgians, all that can be said is, that the purchasers are more nuinerons than the vendors of those commodities; but to attach any notions of particular privilege or ad vantage to such sales is about as wise as it would be. to contend that a large man performs an act of sublime magnanimity in buying his grocery or his stockings from a small one. But if the commercial relations of two countries included within the same customs' frontier admit of no one-sided mercantile preponderance, but simply of a fir and free reciprocity in trade, it is by no means the same with the polical relations which may spring out of such a state of things. It is demdtistrable that France will derive from Bel gium an exact equivalent tbr her mercantile dealings with that kingdom, and thus it is inac curate to represent the balance of commercial advantage to be on the side of Belgium. But France begins by asserting that such a balance (though an imaginary one) does exist in favour of Belgium, in order to justify the political pre ponderance (which is not an imaginary one) likely to accrue to herself as an equivaletht for a loss which she will not sustain. CURONICLE.—The Edinburgh Review Sin. October, 1842, contains an able article on " late Session," in which much allowance is made for the very difficult circumstances in which the present Government found themselves on enter ing office, in consequence of their previous dis honesty, and due credit is given to them for the good which has been effected by the commercial tariff. The Reviewer admits that as the Tory leaders " carried Catholic Emancipation in JS•29, so they have laid the foundation of commer,:ial freedom in 1842, and thus disposes of the qnestitm as to the praise or blame to which they are ea titled. " We do not blame," says the writer, " but neither can we commend. In both cases the men have been compelled to yield to In the history of States there are periods in win:sit words when spoken cannot be recalled ; there are measures which, however stigmatised, none but the most frantic partisans can dream of re pealing. Further, these measures and decla rations, if founded on just principles, become the abundant source of measures of the dame character.. The seed is cast into the earth —it- must and will germinate—the harvest may be more or less delayed—it may .be reaped by other, and by unfriendly hands ; but the harvest time will surely coins', and in its abundance the labours of those who broke up what seemed for the tittle an ungrateful soil—the skill of the husbandman who first guided .the plough ; he who sowed the good j seed which God has blessed with the increase —will not be forgotten in acknowledgments offered to the better-paid labourer, who has • gathered the sheaves into his barn, and who enjoys the produce. It is o n these g rounds that we think Fox and Grattan for the Bill of 18;29 ; and Lord John Russell and Mr. Baring for all that is good in Sir Robert Peel's budget." The present circumstances of the country ;suffi ciently prove the necessity for the commercial revolution effected by Sir Robert Peel. Our re strictions have, in fact, deprived us of many of the advantages which greater capital, and supe rior skill and experience had given to our maim facturers ; and the endeavour to bolster up the price of food, while it has crippled our manufac turers, has been at the same tune of great detri merit to our agriculture. The process of approxi mation to the prices of the Continent ought to have been resorted to at the end of the war. Had the agriculturists of England been then fairly thrown on their own resources, En :land would not be the sluggard'S gaiden whieli it now is, and the difference of prices between her and the Continent would not have tempted Eng lish capitalists to invest money in manufacturing webeed..tedlab and mininc , establishments in Belgium arid Ger many. The tariff has come late; let us hope, however, not too late. It must lower the price of animal tbod in England, but it will also r aise ln the price to the people of the Continent.,,l d which he is now forced, him, with regard to security, the English farmer, in tiliveill,drilftiocdutltibst:rionsc,istc on the landlord placing on the same footing as his fellow countrymen doubled by a better system, landlord, necessary invest lf the l produce d c rw e the ewe the vlde u s et o te i: : of Sir Itubert i o tni t; ei north of the T means justify meEsurittena:tOimia°llle3n:tibe)aatelyratettliot b t e a lease proper & duration, to m ake the investment hums• mit the fairness of the criticism of the Edinburgh R ev i ewe r, on the lob-sided nature deception practised on the agricult u ri sts, Peel's great measuiy, and by no rienit • other hand unsts, we are, on the , persuaded that sure must stoY the downward process of the in dustry of the nation. Fbe tariff m by a n ew Com-law ; and then England need n o t despair. held isT iAGED 3 Bridge-street, : e l* M ASONS.—A caifflaa general iirrnsia 0; In s tt?Aettei stated ni g itsht ait V u -street, Blackfria quarterly rs. ile Ra A d aa l S e_ n Y s y pi l l " e Sii it t i aa o ln r te s l ß , (1:::Itsolteou wereld yesterday only in a fora the meetinghad been convened purpose, I condition. announce en t i h n a g ; the t very satisfactory Anew Masonic Benevolent Institution, only, had recently been established in connection with the Society, which rendered certain alterations in th e b ye -l aws necessary. A resolution empowering th e governors t o ,make the required mo difi •cation was then solved. CITY INIPROVEDIENTS.—Tha t passe d, a nd the meeting was dis solved. part of Leadenhall poultry market, belonging to the Corporation of the City of London, is now in course of being pulled down, preparatory to the erection of ~a new and more convenient building. The old market, delapidated, and ill constructed, built entirely of wood, has stood for upwards of fifty years, and has been Icing . a source of much annoyance to the renters of the stalls from the lowness of the roofs, and the want of pruner ven tilation in the su mmer se as o n was found seriously to a ffect the health of those whose duties required a strict application to their business. The new building is to be entirely of iron, having a concrete flooring ; the roof will be lofty and light, the benches are to be re-arranged, so as to allow of greater advantages to the salesmen and poulterer s , an d a l so t o the public I who may visit that part of the poultry market. It is calculated that the y ear l y re t urns f or poultry, Pt"' and rabbits, in thi s mar k e t a l one , are equal to 500 ; 0001. per annum. Sheridan Knowles ( w hosb wife died som e time since) has married la s s El Wild° —Canada pap er. p