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in common at Candabar. Herat was a theatre of continued dissension between Mahmood and his son untilthe death of the former left Kamran in the unenvi able situation of ruler. Shah Shoojah remained quiet at Loodiana untilthe year 1832 when his hopes revived, and be received en couragement to make another attempt to recover his throne. He entered into terms with Runjeet Singh which led to what subsequently formed the basis of the Tripartite treaty of 1838. He raised all the money he could obtain upon his jewels, collected a body of troops, amongst which were a corps of Hindoostanees disciplined to aceraiin extent on the European system. under the command of a Mr. Campbell, who had formerly been in the Company's service. In the month of February of that year he left Loodiana; the only assistance he received from the British Government, which studiously delined all in terference, being an advance of four months' stipend ; at Bahawulpore he received a gun, a thousand rupees, and fifty camels from the Khan. In the month of May he crossed the Indus, and took possession of Shikarpore ; here he remained some months, gradu ally strengthening himself, and endeavouring to ar range terms with the Ameers of Scinde, as also to excite the neighbouring chiefs of Beloochistan to espouse his cause. The Ameers who ha 1 permitted him to obtain possession of Shikarpore refused any further assistance, which the Shah claime 1 from them as tributaries of the Government, both in men and money ;:he at last threatened, in the event of non-com pliance with his requests, to plunder the town, as also the neighbouring ssealthy city of Larkhana. The Ameers on this collected their troops, to attack him ; the result was an action near Shikarpore, on the 9th February, 1834, in which the Shah gained a com plete victory, inflicting a heavy loss on the enemy. This led to immediate concessions on the part of the Ameers, who paid down a large sum of money, en gaged to pavan annual sum for the future, and to fur nish a body of men to assist the Shah in his ente• prise. This advantage enabled the Shah to advance to wards Candaher, with considerable prospect of success. At the same time Runjeet Singh sent hiS grandson, Nao Nahal Sing to occupy i'eshawur and to attract the attention of Doet Mahommed to that quarter, which had at first the desired effect, for he refused to answer the calls of his brother for assistance, on the plea of his inability to leave Caubu l at this crisis. In the meantime the Shah advanced to Candahar, and having gained some advantage over the Sirdars, lai I siege to the city. But Post Mahommed, seeing the stae of the case, hastened to their assistance, when the Shah raised the siege, and the Barukzyes, thus re inforced, moved out against 'lima an action ensued on the 29th of June, in which the Shah gained some advantage. The fight was, however, renewed on the 2d July, and more desperately contested, when he was completely defeated, and his guns, baggage, and treasure fell into the hands of the enemy. The brunt of this action fell chiefly on the Hindoostanees, who under their leader, Mr. Campbell, fought nobly to the last; that officer was himself severely wounded. end was very kindly treated by Post Mahommed , Khan, who was so much struck with his gallantry, as well as that of his men, that he took them into his service. After his defeat the Shah fled to Lash in the di rection of Herat, hoping to he joined by Shah Kam ran, but disappointed in this last hope,_ and hardly pressed, he turned his flight to Kelat, where he ar rived at last, closely pursued by Sirdar Rehem Dil Khan. Mehrah Khan, the Beeloochee Chief of Ke lat, readily accorded his protection and hospitality to the Royal fugitive • after some negotiation Rehm Dil Khan was persuaded to return to Candaher, and the Shah, traversing the route of Cuch Gundava and Dadur, at last crossed the Indus, and regained his asylum at Loodiana, in the year 1835. - Here he remained quiet until the intrigues of Russia and a change in British policy, led to the de termination of establishing a monarch in Affghanistan who should be favourable to our interests. Shah Shoojah naturally presented himself as the legitimate and fittest person for the purpose :—the famous Tri partite treaty was arranged : the army was assembled and marched in December, 183 S, to place him on the throne of his ancestors. The result is familiar to all. In February, 1839, the British Indian army crossed the Indus, . and marching through the Bolan Pass reached Candahar in the end of April, whence after halting two months, they proceeded towards Caubul. On the 23d of July, Ghuznee was taken by assault, and on the 7th of August the Shah once more entered the capital of his kingdom as a Monarch. Here he reigned for more than two years supported by British money and Bri tish troops, until the insurrection broke out in Caubul on the 2d of November, 1841, which led to our eva cuation of the place and the destruction of our troops. Shah. Shoojah was supposed at one time to have played us falsely, but apparently without good grounds ; he had everything to lose by such a measure and nothing to gain. When -we could no longer protect him he was doubtless compelled to negotiate and temporize •with the chiefs opposed to us to provide for his own safety, but- no really treacherous or inimical act ap pears to have been committed by him towards us, and at last he met his death by the hands of assasins on his way to join his camp, and more to the relief of the British garrison then invested at Jellalabad. It was on the sth of April, two days prior to that on which General Sale defeated Mahomed Akbar . Khan, that Shah Shoojah closed his eventful and varied career. NEW NAVAL NOVEL, BY " ME OLD SAILO R.— "We are requested to state that the new wor i c, en titled " The Naval Club," by M. H. Barker, Esq., (" The Old Sailor,") author of " Tough Yarns," &c., in 3 vols. post Bvo., is published this day by'Mr. Colburn, of Great Marlborough-street, and may now be had at all the Libraries. Mr. Colburn has also just published the following popular new novels :—l. Self- Devotion, or the History of Katharine Randolph, by the Authoress of " The Only Daughter," Edited b 7 the Author of "The Subaltern," &c., 3 vols.-2. the Nabob at Home, or, The Return to England, by the Author of " Life in India," 3 vols.-3. Perceval Keene, by Captain Marryat, 3 vols.-4. The Czarina, an Historical Romance of the Court of Russia, by Mrs.' Holland, 3 vols.-5. The Manceuvring Mother, by the Authoress of " The History of a Flirt," 3 vols.-6. Masaniello, an Historical Romance, Edited by the Author of " Brambletye House," &c., 3 vols. —and 7. The School for Wives, by the Author of " Temptation," 3 vols. Moralists disclaim and parents admonish, and may do so as long as the world lrsts, against novel-reading and novel-writing; though perhaps under the gravest of their books is sometimes concealed one of these forbidden treasures, and certainly all their admoni tions will be vain so long as imagination has a place in youthful hearts. But how is it, that by any pos sibility, a plausible objection can be made against a class of works which, dealing with imagination and human character, ought to rank with the very highest ? It is that in these latter times novelists have given a vast and exaggerated preponderance to one single passion, as though that were the sum and substance of life : for though this passion be the most beautiful and interesting that can fill a human heart, life is made up of many passions, and any work that inculcates the universality of one—though that be love—must be in some degree false. From this objection " Midsummer Eve," the new romance, is free. Jn it, love is made beautiful and glorious, as it must be in all young and sincere bosoms ; but it is subservient to honour and virtue, and, much as we may admire the self. forgetting and self-sacrificing heroine, who through good and evil follows her lover, our admiration is mingled with pity or contempt; and the brightest of such , creations is but a foil to set off the beauty of Anne Granville in " Midsummer Eve," who claims no pity or other emotion short of admi ration. She alone would redeem this class of works from censure ; for there is not a mother in the nation or in the'workl who would not be proud that in every particular her daughter represented Anne Granville as she is pourtraycd in ", Midsummer Eve." DESTILVOTIVE FIRE AT LAWTON, NEAR SAND BAcH.---7The extensive and valuable corn mills of Messrs. George and William Pointon, known by the name of the Steam Mills, being worked by that power, are completely destroyed, with the exception of the boilers, engine-house, and the outside walls. The whole of the valuable machinery, with the stock, save several tons of cheese and the books of the firm, are reduced to a heap of smoking ruins. These mills were carried on with very great enterprise, being worked night and day (Sundays excepted) ; and the workmen left them as late as half-past ten or eleven o'clock on Saturday night. The value of the stock, as near as can at present be ascertained, was about 1,5001., and it will take 2,0001. at least to put the mill in as good a state as it was in previous to the ca lamity. The proprietors, it is said, are insured for the sum of 3,5001., wholly or chiefly in theGmelopbreo; but of this sum, not more than 2,3001 . is on time perty destroyed, therefore it will be seen that the pro prietors will be sufferers to a considerable amount. Maidstone Chronicle. OLDHAI4I.—DI3TRESSED STATE Or TIIE TOWN. Such is the dreadfully distressed state of this town that, at the petit sessions on Monday last, tho -cases of no fewer than 300 poor persons, defaulters of poor rates, were investigated, without summonses, for the purpose of saving legal costs to the poor. All these cases were from one district of the township, which is divided into four. A considgraMe number of these poor operatives described themselves as entirely desti tute of work, and some as only partially employed. They arranged t o pay by instalments.—Lfanchester Timex. wisßEcx, Nov. 11.—T named William Newborou:h° Persons in this town, through taking poison, b and his wife, have died administered, it is believed, in a pudding, baked under some They had hardly ceased eating of the pudding at pork.dl .m.hen violent sickness began. They both died n p n o d e t d i r r, r; i n g the night. Two children who partook of the The examinationw-ere also very ill, but have recovered. of the bodies proves the presence of a mineral mson. Th e inquest his been Ddjourned. — Norwich gercury • THE RECENT SPECIAL COMMISSIONS ! A GREAT METROPOLITAN PUBLIC MEET ING of the FRIENDS to JUSTICE and HUMANITY, irresnective of class or party, will be held at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, To-monnow EVENING, Nov. 17, to consider the proccelings connected with the recent lamentable Dis turbances in the Nortlinrn and Midland Counties, and to adopt such measures relative thereto as may be deemed necessary ; T. S. DUNCOMBE, Esq., M.P., in the Chair. Several M.P.'s and other influential gentlemen are invited and expected to attend. The Clair to be taken at Seren o'Clock. Now ready, in 2 vols. small Bvo., with Portraits, 213. bound MEMOIRS OF THE QUEtNS OF FRANCE, AND ROYAL FAVOURITES. By Mrs. FORBES BUSH. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. NEW STORY OF THE SEA, BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE PILOT," " THE TWO ADMIRALS," &c. On the 21st Inst., in 3 vols.. post avo., lIE JACK O'LANTERN (LE FEU FOLLET); OR, THE PRIVATEER, A Story of the Sea. By .1. FENIMORE COOPER, Esq. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Oa Thursday, Nov. 24, will be published, in 2 vols. Bvo., Sixth Edi , ion (of the firct two volumes, being the popular portion, of the original work), with five coloured Plates, 3's. 6.1. cloth, A N INTRODUCTION to ENTOMOLOGY ; -01- or, Elements of the Natural History of Insects, of their Metamorpho , es, Food, Stratagems, Habitations, Societie., Motions, Noises, Hybernation, Instinct, &c. By W. KIRBY, .11 , F. R. S., and L. S. ; and W. SPENCE, Esq., F. It. S., and L. S. . - London : Longman, Brown, Grc'en, and Longmans. DUKE OF BEDFORD'S CORRESPONDENCE. no Thursday, Nov. 24. will he published, Bvo., with Portrait, THE CORRESPONDENCE of JOHN, FOURTH DUKE of BEDFORD, selected from the Originals at Woburn Abbey: with an Introduction. By LOltD JOHN RUSSELL London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. On Thursday next, Nov. 24, medium Svo , 21s cloth, RU RA L and DOMESTIC LIFE of X GERMANY : with Characteristic Sketches of its chief Cities and Scenery. Co'lected in a General Tour, and during a Residence in that Country in the Years 1840-41-42. /1) lti ILLIAM IIOWITT, Author of the " Rural Life of Eng land," " Visits to Remarkable Places," " The Boy's Country Book," &c. Illustrated with above Fifty Engravings on Wood. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. 8 200 MONEY DIVIDENDS will be divided en the :-:Oth Instant. amongst EIGHT THOU SAND TWO HUNDRED SELECTED Bonds of the LOAN negotiated in the year 182.0, and GUARANTEED by the GO VERNMENT and his Royal Highness the GRAND DUKE of BADEN. . 1 Dividend 50,000 Florins 50,000 Florins 1 do. 25,000 do. 1 do. 12,000 do. 12,000 do. 1 do. 10,000 do. 10,000 do. 1 do. 5,000 do. .. 8 do. 1,000 do. each B,OOO do. 10 do. 500 do. each 5,000 do. 10 do. 200 do. each 2')o do. 110 do. each 22,000 do. 209 do. 105 do. each 467 do. 100 do. each 46,700 do. 7,300 do. 94 do. each 686,200 do. Money Dividends, amounting to 692,900 Florins, or £74,400 Sterling Money. 8,200 SELECTED Bonds, each of which is sure to obtain one of the above Dividends. Largest Dividend £4,166 13 4 Smallest Dividend £ 7 16 8 12 florins equal to £1 sterling, a trifle more or less, as per the day's exchange. ALL THE DIVIDENDS PAYABLE WITHOUT ANY DEDUCTION WHATEVER. Direr' for the few Bonds which are still on sale, WITHOUT DELAY, to HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH. Bonds are on sale NOW at £l3. Against the end of this Month the price will rife to £l5, and the Sale will close before the end of this Month. Those who remit £l5 BEFORE the 15th instant, will re ceive an order for £2 upon our London Bankers, together with the Bond. To those ordering too late for being attended to, their re mittances will be returned by first post. HEINE BROTHERS. HAMBURGH, November I, 1842. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING. NOV. 16, Will be repeated Shakspeare's Play of TIIE TEMPEST. Alonso, Mr. Cooper; Sebastian ' Mr. Diddear ; Prospero, Mr. Vandenhoff; Antonio, Mr. J. Vining ; Ferdinand, Mr. C. Pitt ; Caliban, Mr. J. Bland ; Trinculo, Mr. Harley ; Ste phano, Mr. Bartley. Miranda, Miss Vandenhoff; Arid, Miss Rain forth. After which will be repeated a New, Original, Comic Drama, written by Mr. Mark Lemon, Author of " The Ladies' Club," Sze., entitled THE TURF. Captain Flatooker, Mr. Walter Lacy; Clovis Culpepper, Mr. Bartley; Gallop, Mr. Meadows ; Aaron Tret, Mr. Harley ; Mrs. - Culpepper, Mrs. Humby ; Miss Warren, Miss Lee. Doors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price :is. 3d. ; First and Second Circles 55., Secod Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery ls. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office - of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell,Oldßond-street ; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, NOV. 14, Will be repeated THE MISER'S DAUGHTER. Prin cipal Characters by Messrs. 0. Smith, Lyon, H. Beverly, Wright, Sterling, Wilkinson, Maynard, Craven, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, Miss Faucit, Miss Murray, Mrs. H. Beverly, &c. After which, a Bew Comic Burletta, called ANTONY anti CLEOPATRA. Antony, Mr. Wright; Cleopatra, Miss Murray. To be followed by a Grand Burletta Spectacle, entitled ALMA. Principal Characters by Messrs. Paul Bedford, Wieland, Frampton, Mrs. H. P. Grattan, and Madame Proche Giubilei. To conclude with THE SECRET. Thomas, Mr. H. Beverly. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. Doors open at half-past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense success of the new Nautical Drama. Mr. T. P. Cooke as Union Jack is highly cheered by crowded audiences— the novel effects surpass everything hitherto attempted, and the ship on fire creates a complete hurricane of applause. THIS EVENING, NOV. 16, Will be repeated an entirely 'New Nauiical Drama, en titled THE UNION JACK; or, the SAILOR and the SETTLER'S DAUGHTER, written expressly for Mr. 1. P. Cooke, who will be supported by Messrs. Hicks, Neville, Smith, Heslop, Mrs. R. Homier, and the entire Company. New scenery and splendid nautical effects never before attempted. After which will be produced an entirely new Drama, en titled THE BLACK LAW OF MARTINIQUE; or, the FUGITIVE SLAVE. Zamba, the Slave, by Mrs. H. Vining. The other Characters by Messrs. Hughes, Hicks, Neville, W. Smith, Mrs. Hughes, and Miss E. Terry, who will sing Miss Eliza Cook's Song of the " Red Indian," composed by Mr. G. Stansbury. To conclude with THE PLEDGE OF LOVE ; or, a SIS TER'S SACRIFICE. Places and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at the Box-office, from eleven to four. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We cannot answer the question of " Junius." baps perserve the "lives of the unemployed people." It is admitted by all parties that the distress at Paisley is as great now as it was last year; but last year Greenock, which is now as bad as Pais ley—Glasgow, which now needs assistance—and Edinburgh, which has nothing to spare—were all able to contribute to the relief of Paisley. The distress, then, is making rapid strides; and there being no hope of relief, thdugh the case of Greenock has been repeatedly laid, before the Government without effect, the Meeting adopted, almost unanimously, some resolutions proposed by Mr. WALLACE, to apply again, and most ear nestly, to Government for assistance. As a ge neral principle, we are much opposed to such applications ; but when men are starving—when the Government Juts refused to grant the only measure which can give relief—namely, free trade, it is a necessary consequence that the Government should be continually pestered for relief by the people; whom it unjustly dooms to idleness and starvation. But whatever objec tions may be made to Mr. WALLACE'S principles,. his humanity and his zeal are unquestionable, and deserve the warmest praise. We wish we could say as much for those who, for our misfortune, preside over the Government ' of the country. They obstinately resisted all the demands of the people ; they turned a deaf ear to their comp:aims. They were xvarned over and over again of the consequences of monopoly, but they bigotedly pursued their, own unjust career. They seem to be making an experiment on the people. They have placed the nation under a huge monopoly, like a poor mouse in a glass bell, and, as it be gins to pant for air or food, the experimentalists let in a small su pply, and look quietly on at the struggles of the sufferer. Tile poor animal, or the poor nation, they say, will live through, though they hardly know how, and by -and-by it will get accustomed to the terrible , crivation, and be as lively and frisky as when it was inclosed with a limited supply of air or food. So our political MAJENDIES are now torturing the entire nation by way of an experiment, and the piteous cries we hear front Greenock - and Paisley, are the proofs of their deeds and their success. The people, though exposed to great suffering are yet alive, and the monopolists are resolved to push their experiment to its end. What that will be, GOD only knows. A Morning Contemporary has some remarks on the Scottish Reformers of 1794, whose memory be strenuously endeavours to cover with ridicule and obloquy. His success, however, is in an inverse ratio with his zeal, for he inflicts no injury on the reputation of those whom he so wantonly asperses, but he convicts himself of the grossest. inconsistency. The patriots in question ' were, it is well known, tried in Edinburgh, and found guilty of sedition; this was the crime alleged against them, but their real offence was, their agitation of the question of Parliamentary Reform—that question to which their arch enemy, Mr. PITT, had once been favourably in clined; of which Earl GREY boldly avowed him self the uncompromising advocate in the House of Commons; and which, thirty-eight years afterwards; he carried triumphantly through the Legislature, cheered by the con stant and enthusiastic support of our Coutem temporary ! Now, how can that which was seditious in 1794, have been perfectly constitu tional in 1832? Above all, how. can the Scottish Reformers have been ti pitiful scoundrels" for agitating that very measure which the Whigs, with the express sanction of the Sovereign, subsequently passed into law ? If the one party of agitators were " pitiful scoundrels," so, of necessity, must the other have been. If MUIR deserved transportation in 1794 fbr insisting on the necessity of Parliamentary Reform, our Contemporary, in 183, merited a like recom pense for advocating the sit me measure. What was criminal in the one could not possibly have been virtuous in Contemporary inthe other; has been unjustly used,and we think, therefore, that and that lie has great cause to complain of his treatment, in not h av ing been honoured, like his Scottish predecess o r s , by a free pass age t o our penal settlements in Australia. It is never, however, too late to do justice, and we shall be most happy, if by strenuously urging his claims to that distinction, we can assist in expediting his transportation! When, not content with ridi culing their political sentiments, our Con temporary speaks of the Scottish Reformers as " pitiful scoundrels," he forgets that he is in cluding in this censure one of the m os t chival rous and high-minded spirits of the age in which he lived—the young and accomplished JOSEP H GERALD—the favourite pupil of Dr. PA RR —th e chosen friend of Sir JAMES MA C K INTOSH , and others of the Whig party—who t es tifi e d hi s l o fty and disinterested attachment to Reform, by the willing sacrifice of fortune—fame—hope—friend- ship—of everything, in short, which renders life de:iirable ! The man who could so act—and PARR'S own private letters bear testimony to the truth of our statement—has taken it out of the power of even his bitterest enemy to load his memory with obloquy. A Westbury Correspondent of the Wilts Inde pendent says: —" One of our c l ergy t h e ot h er day, when about to marry a couple, ascertained that they had not been baptised, and accordingly expressed his determination not to marry them unless they submitted to the ordinance, and fur ther stated that his charge would be one shilling each. The man said he had . only three-pence with him, and this being the case, the clergy man consented to baptise, and thus regenerate him for that sum !"---There is a cool business like air about this transaction anything but creditable to the clergyman engaged in it. Conceive a parson first standing out for a shilling baptismal fee, and then, finding he can not get it, lowering his terms, and administering threepcnn'orth of spiritual regeneration ! Far better lie had regenerated on tick, for then at least lie would have avoided the scandal of making the affair.one of mere pounds, shillings, and pence ! By the bye, we trust that in his next tariff SirßonEnTPExt. will give the Church a turn, as he has just done the agriculturists, and lower the Duties on all ecclesiastical matters. We have now got cheap turbot, why should we not have cheap Regeneration? The intelligence front Madrid is to the 6th inst. The official Gazette of that day announces that ESPARTERO has no intention of prolonging the minority of the QUEEN, and that he will ab dicate his powers as Regent when her MAJESTY has attained her fourteenth year. The same journal asserts that no intention exists to attack the liberty of the Press, and that Article 2 of the .Constitution will be strictly observed. It com plains of the degraded state of the journals, and of the daily libels on the REGENT. The laws only had been resorted to for the punishment of press offences, although in no country did there exist such abominable license as in Spain. According to some o the Paris papers the King of the FRENCH had reasons for removing General PAJot. from the command of the first military di v i sion. He was ar d en tly at tached to liberty, and had taken an active part in promoting th e revolution of J u l y, b ut h e was ad n vaced in years, and in case of any serious dis turbance might be less efficient than a younger and less scrup u l ous Genera l. The Commer ce , therefore, announc es that as soon as he was dismissed a new military plan for the protection of the Tuileries was f orme d un d e r the auspices of his successor, Gen. S EBASTIAN' . Thisplan lays down the positions which each regiment of the garrison of Paris is to occupy i n the streets or public sq u a res, in event o f a r i s i ng like that which led to the abdication of CHARLES X. The corps charged with the defence of the Palace, and other public buildings, are to be provided with a cer tain number of guns for clearing the streets, and levelling those dangerous obstructions called barricades. We know not whether there is any truth in these statements, but if another outbreak should take place at Paris the insur gents mill find themselves in a very differont 'position from that which enabled the heroeS of July to conquer the Sove reign. The fortifications are carried on THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1842. mtni w,TER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Wirnins 22 minutes after 0 i Evening 37 minutes after 0. LONDON : WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 16, 1842. We have already stated that the number of -persons punished by summary conviction and by imprisonment, in only nine prisons, in the last year, was no less than 3,147. Those persons belonged to eight counties, the population of which is about one-eighthof the whole population of England and Wales. There were probably. more persons summarily punished in those coun ties than we have stated, but there could not be less; and assuming that number as an index to the punishment similarly inflicted in other parts of England and Wales, it follows that about 24,000 persons are annually punished by sum mary convictions who are not heard of at Quarter Sessions or Assizes, whose names never appear in any calendar, and who are not included, we believe, in any criminal returns presented to Parliament, or annually published. They teach us that the criminality of the people is double what it usually appears to be, and that the punishments inflicted 'by the law are more than twice as numerous as those officially promulgated. We state the number however, only as ap proximative towards the truth. On seeking for the same kind of information in the Report of the Inspector of Prisons of the Northern and Eastern District, as we have found in the Report for the Southern and Western Districts, we can find nothing of the sort. We do not censure that • Report. We have already borne favourable testimony to the shrewdness and care of Mr. WILLIAMS, but we must say that it would be more for the public advantage if the Prison In spectors were *upplied with a model of the statis ' tical information they are required to furnish, and if each one 'were to supply exactly the same kind of information. That not being the case, we find in the Report of the Inspector for the Southern and Western District, the curious information we quoted as to th e number of summary punishments, and we are unable to confirm or extend it by any cor respondinginformation in th e R eport of the In spector for the Northern and Eastern District. Looking, -however, at the certainty o f many omissions, and the impossibility of any exaggera tion as to the number actually punished summa rily in the nine prisons we have referred to, our approximation obviously falls far below the truth; and yet we state it as a somewhat start ling fact, that upwards of 24,000 persons are an nually punished, in England and Wales, by im prisonment, varying from fourteen days to four months, by the mandates of Magistrates, and without the instrumentality of a Jury. What a severe punishment imprisonment now is we need scarcely remind our readers. It is not mere detention, mere restraint, mere exclusion from all that man calls enjoyment ; it is that, indeed, but it is much more. It involves, generally, the degradation of cropping, and wearing a prison dress ; exclusion from all so ciety, bard and monotonous labour—(in many instances totally foreign to the prisoner's ordi nary habits of muscular exertion, as in the case of • the sawyers committed to Northleach, pre viously accustomed to stand almost still, and work exclusively with their arms, but there set to walk up stairs continuously for hours on the I . tread wheel)—cold, and sometimes damp cells, and insufficient food. At the same time, it is frequently combined with other punishments, such as shutting up in the black-hole, stopping the allowance of food, solitary confinement, and extra labour. In some cases these subsidiary punishments are very numerous and varying, so that this kind .of torture depends very much on individual Magistrates and gaolers, and on the system adopted. For example, under one sys tem, in North& tenon House otCorrection, the ad ditional punishments in 1839-40 were 879, while in 1840-41 they were, under a new system, 232. In 1839-40, therelbre, 647 punishments or little acts of torture were unnecessarily and wantonly inflicted on an average of about 63 prisoners. We impress it on our readers that the imprison ment to which Magistrates summarily condemn upwards of 20,000 of the people per year is grading, utterly cheerless, and, debasing to both body and mind, on both of which it inflicts a slow torture. In the Police-courts of the metropolis, and some of the larger towns, these punishments are inflicted by professional gentlemen, who are accustomed to sift evidence, and have, perhaps, no strong interest io give them a systematic bias against the houseless vagrants, the un thinking trespassers, the hungry poachers, the shivering hedge-breakers, the petty thieves, who constitute the bulk of those thus summarily punished. They administer this sort of law, too, which is erroneously named justice, under the eye of reporters, and they are kept in check by the Press. Notwithstanding these restraints, we hold the immense power en trusted to them of inflicting. summary punishment to be dangerous and injurious to the people. Every objection to the system applies with four fold force when that power is exercised by coun try gentlemen, more likely to give way to temper or passion than sift evidence and make allow ance for motives,w'ho have a strong interest andsys tematic bias against the persons they punish, ho exercise their authority uncontrolled by the pre sence of the public or the PresF , , and who are sur rounded almost exclusively by menials or humble dependents. Such a system, we do not hesitate to say, is, in principle, a great and a grievous tyranny, and the immense mass of pain inflicted under it shows how oppressively.and how cruelly it is worked. It has been proved that our system of prison discipline has been of late years increased in severity; it is proved that the number of persons doomed to undergo that penalty has been much augmented. Thyg, while the public has been vaunting of its it reased humanity—while great and good men have exerted themselves to me liorate our sanguinary code, and have boasted of their success, its punishment has in secret been amazingly increased and sharpened. It is no longer an instant pain, it is slow and excru ciating torture. Our philanthropists have struck the sword out of the hands of the executioner, but it has been only to place in the hands of the Magistrate and the gaoler the means of slowly and painfully accomplishing the extermination of criminals. In truth, while the public has been pleased to ,suppose that cruelty was disappear ing, there has been retrocession from humanity, and a furtive enhancement of the punishments inflicted by the laws. Severe and terrib!e, however, as is now im prisonment, still there are some of the popula tion who court it as a refuge from greater calamities. It is better than to die, like JOHN LAVENDER, of filth and hunger. It is better than to live surrounded by men as hungry as famished wolves. When great masses of the community must subsist on less than a penny a day, when gaunt hunger stares thousands of families in the face, they are reduced to the condition of wretches famishing on a raft at sea—alls sympathy is at an end, they are almost ready to devour each other, and from such a terrible state of society even the horrid prison of Northleach may be a welcome refuge. Into that condition have our political experimentalists plunged the people. They have become reckless. The thousands who are condemned yearly to imprisonment shows how.terribly they are degraded. It is im possible to go on consigning forty or fifty thousand persons annually to prison, leaving their wives, families, and relatives a prey to destitution, and to shame, without spreading from them, and by their means, a great and increasing mass of cor ruption upwards in society, and without making a prison a welcome home to many. Accordingly we learn that as the punishments have ex tended, the moral condition of the people has be come more deplorable; the most pitiable thing of all being that this vast extent of cruel summary punishment is inflicted to no good end, for it does not prevent, and probably increases, offences. How totally at variance the system of hasty arbitrary punishment, inflicted at the will of one man, is in its 'nature and principle with that charity which thinketh no evil, we need not say. How contrary it is in spirit from that doctrine, that all are liable to errors, that all are sinners, and that we should love one another like bre thren, needs no elucidation. There is no touch of forbearance, of mercy, or of kindliness in it. It is directly opposed to the precept—Do unto others as you would be done unto : for what rich man would like to be judged by a poor vagrant, and ousted at his bidding, for want of charity per. a i s d a a s m o p pp c , e )s l i l te an as d at r t p h r l e e e tt e c p h t s ? haps, 'from hi s l uxur i ous h ome, an d cons i gned t l o t those possible fiom N which the clergy try to enforce, much more by their words than their conduct. We denounce this great and terrible despotism f o summary pi nislitnent as opposed alike to freedom, justice, and religion. A Glasgow paper contains an account of the meeting of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the county of Renfrew, on Tuesday last, with a view of devising means of relieving the distress of the people. The distress is increasing, and seems likely to increase in that district. It appears by a memorial presented to the meeting from the unemployed artisans and labourers in Greenock, that in the last month no less than 1,304 able bodied men were out of employment in that town, having dependent on them 3,545 persons, and making a total of 4,849 destitute individuals. Not very long ago they were in the receipt of weekly wages, varying from 12s. to 408., and now, without any fault of theirs, they are entirely deprived of income, and obliged to beg for the most scanty subsistence. The resources of the town are so small, that with all the exertions of the inhabitants, what they can raise only suffices to give -to each of these persons less than one penny per day. Precisely the same facts are true of Paisley, Poi lockshams, and Johnstone. The prospects of the people in all these towns are as dreary as their present condition. They have no hope of amend ment. Such was the impression made on the gentlemen of the county by the facts brought before them, that they voted a rate of 3,0001. to assist in giving relief, though the Committee only recommended 1,5001. All the contributions, however, which can be raised, will not suffice to buy the sufferers clothes or fuel, but may, per- „Oa . 4 ,,', 1.. gle ',,,).). a, cil , , A ~..3 , 4...,_........, . --, \triett:.. . z .... .......--- r..-€.... ~.„ m o ,r, ..” ../o'ltt-.... 1 .1.- •'• '^",,, • * s , , di t 0 , • ', :, , ‘ - . Win um with great vigour, and will, in a short period„ command every road leading to the capital. The short speeches made by Sir R. PEEL and Lord JOHN RUSSELL at Guildhall, seem to have excited some interest in Paris. The Govern ment paper, the Journal des Debats, gives an account of the proceedings without any com ment. The Courrier Francais comments on them with some severity, and takes especial care to attack Lord PA LME RSTON and theta hips, and the Minister of the " Foreigner." "Sir R. PEEL," says that journal, " spoke first, and with infinite address. His discourse is a political programme in a few words. In the first rank he places peace, and dwells upon the necessity for cultivating the, benefits of it, not at any price,' not 'everywhere and always,' like M. G U IZOT, but so long as it shall be compatible with the interests and the honour of the country. Sir R. PEEL declares himself equally disposed to preserve unstained the glory of the British arms, but with this re serve, that an appeal - to arms must become indispensable before the Government resort to that extremity. The Minister proposes to encourage the demand for labour by ex tending the commercial relations of Great Britain. In this respect, we fear the task is above his strength. How, in fact, can England increase the number of consumers of heeproduce, if she will not consent to con sume the corn, wine, fruit, and cattle which foreign producers, will send her, whenever . the English aristocracy shall permit them? No trade—that is to say„no safety—for England, w;thout a free trade in corn. In fine, Sir ROBERT PEEL declares that his object is to maintain public credit, as well as that reputation for good faith which a nation can never lose without see ing her moral forte and her greatness diminish. The Minister, apparently through politeness to the guests, or through respect for the national vanity, did not call things by their proper names. The question is no longer to maintain the re'pu tation of the British Government for good faith. The Minister must now labour to re-establish it, for the perfidious conduct of Lo-d PA LMERSTON, with regard to an ally such as France, has certainly di minished it. Sir R. PEEL, in his speech, put for ward the chances ofpeace in the first line by throw ing back the eventualities of war. Lord J. RUS SELL did the contrary, and as if he had the pre sentiment of some approaching conflict in Eu rope, it was upon warlike subjects he particu larly dwelt. Thus the Whigs still declare them selves the colleagues of Lord PALMERSTON. The fatal' ascendancrof this man governs them even after his Kill, as he governed them in the Council Chamber. A sad example of the extremity to which politicians can suffer them selves to be carried, when their character wants firmness and their understanding ele vation. We do not fear to affirm that the speech of Lord JOHN RUSSELL is that of a leader of a party ivho does not expect to resume office for a long time. If the Whigs had the least chance of floating to the surface, they would flatter more public opinion, which in England has loudly declared itself for the maintenance of peace. It is because they perceive the impsssi bility of arriving at power that they affect bad humour, and indulge in sinister prognostications. The effect of this language will be to consolidate the Tory Ministry, but the Whig Ministers even after their retreat will thus contribute to disturb the peace of Europe, and compromise public liberty." The commercial 'treaty concluded between Belgium and Spain, is another blow to the French monopolists, and has been made evidently with a view to - open their eyes, and, at the same time, leave room for repentance, for it contains a pro viso by which it may cease before the term of five years expire, if any great commercial ar rangement should be made with another Power. The first article places the port dues and other shipping charges in the respective countries on the same footing, and the second modifies the Spanish tariff on Belgian linen thread. In re turn for this favour, Belgium agrees to reduce the duty on Spanish wines to the same scale as that granted to French wines last . July, heinc , half-a-franc for a hundred quarts, in wood. It also reduces, by two-thirds, the duty on olive oil and fruits of Spain ; and levies no duty on transit of Spanish produce to Germany. BOURSE—PARIS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French Five per Cents. 119 ... 119 ... 118 95... 118 95 414 per Cents 105 80... 105 80... 105 80... 105 80 Four per Cents 101 40... 101 40 .. 101 40... 101 40 3 per Cents 89 30... 80 30... 80 25... 80 25 Bank of France 3275 ...3275 ...3275 .. 3275 Laftitte Bank 5,000 f 5082 50...5082 50...5082 50...5082 50 Belgian Bank Belgian Fives 1840 1044 ... 104% ... 1044 ... 1044 Spanish Active 23* ... 23* ... 23* ... 234 Passive Portuguese Fives 324 ... 33 ... 324 ... 33 Neapolitan lOB 90... 109 ... 108 90... 108 95 Roman, cx div. ...... 1034 ... 104 ... 1034 ... 104 RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, L.B 9O ... 90 ... 90 ... 90 R. B 265 ... 265 ... 265 ... 265 Rouen Orleans. Strasburg to Bale 206 25... 206 25... 206 25... 206 25 HAMBURGH BOIISEN HALLE, Nov. 8, Mils. Money. 110 Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares 1635 Anglo-Russian Loan lOB% 11183 j Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate 10 3 14 Inscription, Ist series lO3 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series 9B Ditto in Certificates 97% - New 4 per Cent. (1840) 5764 8714 Dutch Actual Debt, 754 per Cent. ......... Ditto 5 per Cent. — Polish Bonds — New Tickets. IIB Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. SOX Bi% Spanish, New 5 p r Cents. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. .1-Ismrsuann, Nov. 11.-13 9x, Two months 13 8. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 4. Seventy-fire days, 12 15. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BeaLIN, Nov. 10. Bills. Money St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent. ' —.. 1034 103% Prussian English.Dond., ISA i per cent. I. 2X 11 li Exchange on London . --- 6 235 Prussian State Gazette, Nov 11. Admiral Sir Edward Codrington; G.C.M.G., will strike his flag as Commander-in-Chief at Ports mouth on the Bth or 10th of next month, and will be succeeded by Admiral Sir Charles Rowley, G.C.B. and G.C.H., who will hoist his flag on the following morning. MARRIAGE.—On Tuesday, the 15th, at Braunston, Northamptonshire, by the Rev. J. Jenkins, Lieutenant Henry Arnold, son of George Henry Arnold, Esq., of Ashby Lodge, to Catherine, second daughter of It. Lambe, Esq., of Bragborough, in the same county. WOOLWICH, Nov. 14.—The Dee, steam troop ship, Master Commander Thomas Driver (and not Master Commander Thomas Laen, as was inadvert ently substituted in the last notice' of this vessel), which left Woolwich on the Ist instant, with two com panies of the Royal Artillery for Barbadoes, reached Falmouth, and sailed from that port on the 10th. for her destination. The Naval and Military Gazette, of Saturday last contains the fol lowing under the head of Woolwich, Nov. 4:— " This morning a Court , ma.l tial was held on board the William and Mary Royal yacht, on a sailor of the Dee steamer, for threatening to take the life of one of the Lieutenants of that vessel. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to transportation for life." The preceding paragraph is incorrect in every parti cular, the Dee having sailed from Woolwich three days previous to the date given ; and it has been as• certained from the most undoubted authority that no Court-martial has been recently held on hoard of the William and Mary royal 3-acht, or on board any other vessel in the harbour of Woolwich. The Rhada manthus, steam troop-ship, Master Commander Thomas Laen, is expected to sail from Woolwich about the 27th inst., for the Mediterranean, and will take out two companies of the Royal Artillery to Corfu. Orders were received in the garrison last night for the companies to hold themselves in readi ness for embarkation. TIIE ARCHDUKE Or AUSTRIA.—His Imperial Highness the Archduke of Austria, attended by his suite, visited Beard's photographic portrait rooms, at the Royal Polytechnic Institution on Monday, and honoured Mr. Beard by sitting for his portrait. Se veral gentlemen of the suite also sat, and his Highness expressed himself much pleased with the process, and the accuracy of the likenesses. The Marquis of Sligo, who has been alarmingly indisp ose d at Westport House, is, we are happy to hear, out o f d anger . His Lordship underwent a painful operation on Thursday last, and his Lordship, when his medical attendants left him, was doing as well as possible. ARNGASK CASTLE, N. B.—The Earl of Mansfield has been entertaining a party of sporting noblemen and gentlemen, who have had abundant sport. The Earl, with Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, bagged 183 pheasants on the first day, the greatest number killed in one day on any estate north of the Tweed, besides 274 head of hares and rabbits. On the estate of Arngask the tenantry never complain of the injury done to their crops, for the landlord always remune rates them for any loss sustained by the game, by giving them a drawback on their rents. SUMMARY OF NEWS AND nil C / 4: ptition. " Who runs nzay read.' PORMIGN. The Royal Family of France will not leave St. Cloud before the 6th of December for the Tuileries, and the mourning of four months, which expired on Sunday last, for the Duke of Orleans, is ordered to be continued till the sth of December. The Constitutionnel publishes a private letter from Russia, mentioning that a number of officers, belong ing to the first corps of the army quartered at Moscow, and to the division of Orenburg, had been arrested, in consequence of the discovery of a conspiracy to overturn the existing Government, and emancipate the serfs. The Cameleon, French war-steamer, arrived at Toulon on the Bth, bringing, it was reported, dis patches from Alexandria relative to the rising of the .ruses and Maronites in Syria. The Chevalier Ratio, Secretary and Envoy of the Bey of Tunis, was received by the King, on Thurs day, and presented to his Majesty a letter of condo lence from the Bey on the death of the Duke o Orleans. • Lord Brougham was received by their Majesties on Thursday evening The Monitcur Universal of Sunday publishes a Royal ordonnance, dated St. Cloud, the 12th instant, and countersigned by Marshal Soult, allowing the opening of a subscription in the French army for the purpose of erecting a bronze statue to the Duke of Orleans in Algiers. The receipts of the Strasburg and Basle railroad during the month of October were as follow :- 153,040 f. for 66,698 passengers, 5,653 f. for luggage, 35,000 f. for goods, and 6,367 f. taken from the receipt of Mulhausen and Thann line, making in all 200,000 f. We learn from the Marseilles journals that on Mon day last there was a heavy fall of snow in that town and neighbourhood. It appears that 23,739 foreigners visited the waters of Baden Baden this year, and that they spent about 300,000/. The majority were English and Russians The Paris Presse contains a long article on the commercial position of France, recommending com mercial treaties to the attention of the Government, but excluding England and Belgium, as nations with which treaties should not be made, The Baron de Gerando, member of the Chamber of Peers, and author of several works on education, social economy, &c., has just died in Paris. We learn from iga that the trade of that port is daily on the increase, and that as regards the number c , of vessels enterinc, and sailing from it, it may this year be regarded as the first port of the Russian empire. It is stated in a letter, by a Frankfort journal, from Sweden, that all the brandy distilleries in that coun try have been abolished, and that a law has been passed, ordering that the names of all persons who get intoxicated shall be posted on the door of the parish church, and that the clergyman shall put up prayers for his reformation. A letter from Vienna states that the postal treaty agreed on between the Austrian Government and that of the Grand Duchy of Baden is to come into opera tion next month. The negotiations on the same sub ject with Saxony also promise happy results. As regards the commercial changes, it is certain that the diminution of entrance duties on colonial produce will profit consumers as well as the treasury. MONEY-TRADE-COMMERCE. The expenditure of the three British Mission Socie ties, viz. the Home, the Irish Evangelical, and Colo nial Missionary, amounts at present to 3,0001. over the receipts, which are estimated at 11,0001. The united Societies employ 227 missionaries abroad, and a considerable number in the rural districts. ELECTIONEERING. The statement that Mr. Horseman, Member for Carlisle, was about to resign, is totally untrue. LAW AND POLICE. William Clark, a lighterman, and John Ridgway, a youth, were charged at Thames-street police-office, with stealing 182 quarters of corn upon the river, and remanded till Monday next. sczEzfrxrsc. There is a great novelty in invention at present at the Waterloo Saw Mills in the Commercial-road, Lambeth, for which a patent has been obtained, for the planing of deals. Its construction is simple in the extreme, the result - being produced by revolving knives, worked by steam. The deals thus planed are not only most rapidly turned out of hand, but possess a smoothness and equality not to be acquired by the ordinary means; and, moreover, the edges are " ploughed" and " toned" at the same time as the sur face. Several of our most scientific men have pro nounced a high opinion upon the ingenuity displayed in its construction, and the deals finished by it certainly warrant their encomium. THEW t XCI J . A new drama, by Mr, Leman Rode, entitled Life's a Lottery, was produced at the Olympic on Monday. The scene is laid in the year 1776, and the piece is one of much interest. It was given out for nightly repetition with applause. At the Surrey Theatre on Monday, a translation of a French piece of Scribe's was produced, under the title of the Black Law of Martinique, and was very suc cessful. COURT---SASHIO N AB LE. The Duke of Wellington dined at Apsley-house on Monday. His Grace departed for Strathfieldsaye yesterday, and will return to-morrow, to receive his Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Austria and suite at dinner. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and family are expected to depart for the Continent about the end of February next. The Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford have been on a visit to the Earl Somers, at his seat in Warwickshire. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have post poned the period for their departure to the Continent until Thursday next. The Count and Countess Morel de Champenaont left town on Saturday, for Aldenham Abbey,Watford. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Miss Eden, the Ladies Keith, Lady Carew, and Sir Henry Strachey, Bart., are among the latest arrivals at Bath. Lord Southampton arrived in Great Stanhope-street on Monday from Leamington Spa, to make some ar rangements connected with the sale of A draft from his Lordship's valuable hunting stud. Whittlebury Lodge, his Lordship's seat in Northaxnptonshire, is expected to be full of company till the close of the hunting season. The - Earl and Countess Cowper, Mr. and Lady Mary Vyner, are expected to remain at Dublin Castle until early in the new year. ratsci:LLaNnous. As regards the appearance of scarlet fever at Eton, it is stated that during the %hole school-time not more than 14 or 15 cases of fever have occurred ' • four of these have been of a s evere na t ure , an d t wo boys have died.. The number of scholars at Eton is nearly 700, and the cases therefore have not been above 2 per cent. Among the rare books and other articles of vertu sold on Monday at the sale of Mr. Chalmers's library, was a small mahogany table which had belonged to Thomson, the poet, and which was bought by Mr. Murray for 3/. 14s. A meeting of the inhabitants of Birmingham took place on Monday in that town, when six delegates to the Complete' Suffrage Convention. to be held on the 27th of December, were elected, including Mr. Feargus O'Connor. VICTORIA THEATRE. The performances at this theatre on Monday were for the benefit of that clever actress Miss Vincent. The opening piece was a melodramatic romance, enti tled May Martin, the Maid of the Green Mountains. The burden of the performance chiefly depends upon Miss Vincent, who in the character of May Martin, has to undergo a variety of perils for the sake of ber lover, William Ashby, and in order to avoid a hateful union with Richard Gow (Mr. Saville), a thief and coiner, but who, under the guise of a money-finder, had obtained consider able influence in the district in which he resided, and where all the parties dwelt—one of the new settle ments in America. The piece terminates with the death of Gow, who falls by the hand of May Martin, who is thus happily united with the man of her choice. The piece was loudly applauded. Catherine and Petruchio followed. The principal characters were sustained by Miss Vincent and Mr. Osbaldiston with considerable ability, and the acting throughout was of such a character as to command the plaudits of the audience. The new grand romance of Crichton closed the entertainments of the evening, which, as a whole, gave the greatest possible satisfaction to one of the fullest houses we have seen at this theatre. Amongst the fashionables who attended the debut of Madame Vestris, on Monday, at the Haymarket, were Lord Augustus Fitzclarence, and the lion. Capt. Lowther, M.P. CONVICTS.—Last week forty-two Scotch convicts, under sentence of transportation for various terms, and principally from Glasgow, arrived in London by one of the Leith steam-ships, and were landed at St. Katherine's Wharf, and afterwards transferred to the hulks at Woolwich, and to a convict ship lying off' Deptford, about to sail for New South W a l es. The convicts were mostly young men, and many of them had been convicted of uttering base coin, They were chained together in gangs of three or four each, and the heavy irons on their legs precluded the possibility of escape. One desperate fellow, who was manacled to two others, committed a violent as sault on one of his partners in crime on reaching the wharf, for which he was threatened with a severe flog ging, and stoppage of some of his rations, on his arrival at the hulks. MONE Y and COMMERCIAL NEWS• - CITY, TUESDAY EvziNarad, The market fo7 the Er glish investments cla sod pretty well the . same as it cpened, with mod erate 52bs . in the heavy investments. New Three-and-azi) kg;- - per Cents. have heen rather flat, and Bank andint Stocks were not supported. Consols left off at 94 "te 94*; Exchequer Bills, 58s. to 60s. premium ; a Da Three per Cent. Annuities, 9f31 to 938. Money hiss been very p'entiful. In the Foleign Bonds the dealings lucve been d minor interest. Mexican still rnainiains the as cendency, as a speculative stock. It closed 32- to 33 for the Actives, and 9+ for the Deferred. Five per Cents. were 18*, and the Three per Centl -218 to 22. Peruvian were at 17; Colombian,. and Brazilian 64i to 654 ; Dutch Five per Cents,. of the New Loan, were 99 to 994. More business was done in Joint-Stock Bank th an . in Railway Shares :—Great Western New were 111 to 11 1 ,- premium ; Brighton, 15* discount ; ham and Gloucester 54, and North Midland, 39 t ' l3 401 discount. London and Westminster Bank Sitar( arc 2to 2* premium, and Provincial of Ireland 1( premium. The Foreign Exchanges have been on the decline: —Paris was done at 25f. 80c. to 821 c.; Amsturdam, 12 51 to 5i ; Frankfort, 1514 to 151 i ; and Ila n ' burgh, 13 10i to 13 111. • The following is the official return of the E sport s of Bullion from the Port of London, for the - week ending Thursday last:— oz. ' Silver Coin to Bombay.. 3,0 00 " " to Calcutta 15,000 " Bars to Ditto " " to Hamburgh 4,0 00 Gold " to Bombay ........ 500 " to Calcutta 4BO Coin to New York • 220 (From The Sun of Last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool was dull )! 5 , terday, the sales being only 3,500 hales, at prev"! l , quotations, viz. :-500 Surats, at 50. to 40.; " Pernams, at 61d. to 7d. ; 60 Maranharns, at 51d td 6d.; 50 Bahias, at 61d.; 80 Smyrnas, at 5-0.; 111 ' e Railway Share bales American at there was 4d. to a SA-d. per lb.—lud demand for goo Liverpool and Manchester, but very little doing' in ' t r en any others. Edinburgh and Glasgow were 47 ; G Western Halves, 61 ; Liverpool and Manchester, 1 8 0 } ! Birmingham New, 30;1 • .Brighton, 351 ; S °ll/t- Western, 591 ; and South Eastern New, 171. t h e Advices have come to hand from Sydney t o f ,"„ v . 18th of June, which are of a more satish- c yji e character than those received for some time past number of vessels arriving from England was ccedingly limited, and this had assisted the fir'' for imported goods, and especially for 1 113 ': 1 ; t : factures, o`.'menich there had been such a The prices of manufactures were generally hi Pe"; t Wheat and Flour were also looking up, the being at 20s. to 21s. for fine. In Tea and Sugar there had been a large business done. It is highly satisfactory to no! ice the fact of the t large number of immigrants who reached Sydney 385 d year, amounting to 23,200 persons, having all f ool _ ready employment generally within ten days of ding landing, and their rapid distribution is cited a!' 1/ proof of the ability of the country to sq port a steady and important influx of ev i l ; grants. There is, however,. another circumstance whica lit is particularly desirable should be extensively 11137 known throughout the United Kingdom. For ilieLe persons of a superior description, particularly C011 i ; menial clerks and overseers, there is no demand, 11 . • such persons are subjected to great privations, a s we' , - There - as to great disappointment, on their arrival. is generally a superabundance of these. In the official report of the Colonial Government 0. upon the subject of immigration, it is stated tha t the , number of persons arrived oat last year was 23, 20u t i Jo' of whom 19,523 were sent out under the hour ' system. This gave partial employment to 101 sh i P,' - ' 4 Jsal of 36,170 tons. In 1840 only 7,000 persons arrived 3„ ; From the Mauritius we have papers of August 16,; and the most interesting item of news is the fact me the Legislative Assembly having voted a loan ° l ' ~:od t ie 60,0001. from the Government treasury to the colon i l; - on the security of the banks, chiefly - e t ; for the promotion of immigration. The repureend. are to be made monthly, by bills drawn on E n g lan As respects the immigration of the Hill Coolies fro,M. India, it had been decided that the Governor of • should appoint . the protectors to reside in th e a th u ; • ritius, and superintend the kind treatment 01 • imStocks migrants. ture are quiet, but steady. The only fen C on . another small purchase by the Commissioner sols are 94 to 94.4-; both for Money and the 24-th in N e t Exchequer Bills are 58s. to 60s. premium' shade , ,;;;, Three-and-a-Half per Cents. have been a k has lower, being now 101-g- *to 1011. Bank S toe , receded to 1721- and 1711; and India Stock is • „ quite so buoyant at 2614 1 to 261. In the Foreign Market business has been chiefly to the settlement of the Account, which not of magnitude. Mexican Bonds are still rather flat at 3:2i to 33 ; Brazilian keep firm at 6.5 ; Belgiaa at 102 ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents at - 5211 to 521. Portuguese New Five per Cents. have touched 381 but the Converted are not higher thall' 32,1 Spanish Actives are 18, and the Three per ;';, Cents. 22. In Railway Shares there have not been half a dozen bargains, and it is difficult to give the tone of the market, which seems, however, pretty steady. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, NOP. 14.---Tnere is no alteration in our market, 'and the business ha s been very limited.—South Westerns are 591; S °llt ; Easterns, Scrip, 171; Manchester and Leeds, 6 8 681 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 191 to 194 ; Lan caster and Preston, Three-quarter Shares, 18} to i B4 ' and North Unions, 64 to 65. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Lmu Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ........ 93i Ditto Bonds .......» ••• 61 r -3 per Cent. Con. - 31 1 per Cent. Red... 1001 Ditto New Annuities... L' ai New 3i per Cent... loli Ex. Bills, 1,000/....`2d• ":‘, p 0 Nqw 5 per Cm'. — Ditto 500/....• • , o Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ..... • bi r - Jan. 1860 ... ...... 12 7-16 Bank Stock for Acct. --- Oct. 1859 - 12i India Stock for Acct... 94e Jan. Is6o — Consols for Acct....... FOREIGN FUNDS. ....- Austrian, 5 per cent. — Portuguese, 5 per cent. „ A k Belgian, 5 per cent lO2 Ditto, New Ditt0......... :: Brazilian Bonds... BuenosAyres6 per cent. 6_51 Prussian, R ussm n, 5 5 pper cent. ce n . . . .. : .. . . .... . . . . Chilian, 6 per cent. — Ditto, Metallic..'.. ..•••• lei Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent ...•• Ditto, 1824 2l Ditto, Deferred.... .....- f . ....e. Cuba Bonds, 6 per cent 79 French , l 5 per cent. I' ......c. --• Danish, 3 per :ent --Exchange Greek, 1625, 5 per cent. French, 3 per cent --"f* ...- bgi Mexican, 5 per cent 33 Dutch, 2i per cent.. ... 1 00 Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Ditto, 5 per cent. .. -" Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. 17 . . . SHARES. '4ll Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (100 p) 4 11 Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...••• ••• Great Western, (65 paid) ............ ;1 1 , I)itto, New Shares (50 paid) • ............ London ar.d Brighton (50 paid) ...........••• ...... Northern and Eastern (45 paid) ............ . 7 / Ditto Scrip ( 5 paid) ...... b 9l North Midland Railway (100) ............... 221 South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) ..••• in Ditto Scrip (20 paid) York and North Midland (50 paid) ••••••••:. A Y. y COURSE OF EXCHANGE-4YESTERL"' . 4 6 Amsterdam CF. 12 8i Gibraltar ... ..• ..... "'". 30 '' Ditto, at sight Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 9 Genoa .., .............. .•• 3 1 Antwerp l2 8 Milan ..... ..... ........... 7 Hamburgh M.B. 13 14 Venice................. ..• : 0 Altona Paris, 3 days' sight ... 25 65 Palermo, per oz. ........ 1 Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Lisbon ..... .. ....... .. .... ... 7 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 95 Rio Janeiro ...... .. ....... fa Frankfort on Maine l5l/ Bahia ..... .. .............. f... 7 Petersburgh, 3Us 37 Buenos Ayres ..... ••,••i;t. 461 Berlin... Vienna, effec. il. 3 M lO 1 Philadelphia....••• ..... 1: .% ot. Trieste, ditto Cadiz 3 1 40 2.: F PRICESoreign God OF BULLION bus Madrid 1177 : 34 Portugal Geld Com. • . 0 0 Bilbao Barcelona - ....• •' 0 0 0 0 Seville " _ , -. .... THE ACCIDENT ON LORD MAYOR'S 110.0.-Ses. terday William Carter, held an inquest at the Blue Pump, Great Guildfoa" street, Southwark, on the body of John MorleP ing circumstances :—The deceased, on Lord Esq., the Coroner for Surr e f' • aged thirty-four; who was drowne under the folios'," Day, was on board a craft off Bankside, m a yor g turn of the tide her place was about to be shifted (the captain was in the stern, and he at the head), and she was to be got off the shore. For this Pu r P °se ' a ' he got a pole just as the procession was passing, a i n tried to get the head off. In doing this he was wal l y , ing backwards, and going further than he intende put out, into the river. An alarm was mad:, the boat puv,. out, and the drags procured and used for an hour, bob the body was not found till the next day. Some in quiry was made as to whether the deceased could hae been pushed over, but the captain said he was sure and at tt.e such a thing had not been attempted. Verdtet—Ac cidental Death. A CAN DID C ONFE SSION. —Among the traditioflS Westminster-hall is one of a certain Sergeant MIST' who flourished some centuries back, in a darker age than the present. He was accused, once upon a time by his brethren of the coif, of having their order by taking from a client a fee . 1. copper ; and, on being solemnly arraigned for il m s •}, offence in their Common Hall, it appears, fro n the unwritten reports of the Court of Comm ° —:: Pleas, that he defended himself by the fell; ..: ing plea of confession and avoidance : I fi l .... 1 ' admit that I took a fee from him in eapp e : ' and not only one, but several ; and not only fecs in copper, but fees in silver; but I pledge my honour .0 a sergeant that I never took a single fee from him 1 silver until I had got all his gold. and that I WI, degrade.nd took a single fee from him in copper . until I had got au , his silver—and you dont call that a degradation dour order ?" t