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ik.STLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. nder the Patronage of her Majesty the Qucen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, &c. Triumphant success of the new Equestrian Spectacle of the Prophet, which has been nightly received with enthusiasm, and won unced by the publtc press to b, the nnst go7geous hippo-dramatic piece ever produced at the Amphitheatre. Unparalleled Equestrian Feast. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Taxi - Allis grand Equestrian Spectacle, entitled THE PROPHET, in which Mr. W. West will appear. ro b. ~v owel by an inimitable display of SCENES IN TEE C:RCLE. by the Orst Equestrian talent of the day. To ooitclude with a favourite Farce. Pox-office open from Eleven till Four, t4tsge Manager, Mr. W. West. lIGII wATF,R. AT LONDON ciDnE, 7nrS PAT —BM wrong, 51 min. after 11 1 Evening, 0 min. after () WCACWW— orninz, IT min. after 12 I 41 min. after 12 THE WEATHER.—SeN OFFICE, OCT. 13. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 37; Highest, 50; N(.03, 44 akEOMETER, 29.77. Wird E.N.E.—dull stormy weather, with occasional Bowers. \ - V - r • F mt)**: • r THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Mr. B. Webster, Sele Lessee and Manager, Old Brampton. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE TAMING OF TETE SHREW. Petrucio, Mr. Webster ; Grumio, Mr. Buckstone; Katharina, Mis. Nisbett ; Blanca, Miss Jane 3fordsunt. Af er which THE MAID WITH THE MILKING-PAIL. To conclude with the Farce of SEPARATE MAINTENANCE. Mr. Pennipother, Mr. Keeley ; Mrs. Pennipother, Mrs. Keeley ; Jane Briggs, Miss P. Horton. Due notice Will be given of the appearance of Mr. and Mrs. KEAN. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will he performed TIIIIIFYSTERIDII3 STRANGER. The Mysterious Stranger, Madame Celeste. After which a new Farce, entitled A BIRD OF PASSAGE. Mr. Carry Chick, Mr. Wright; Mr. Chaunt Ginger, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mr. Charles Pusher, Mr. Boyce; Ernest Hopeful, Mr. Worrell; Mrs. Waters Rummer, Mrs. Frank Matthews. To conclude with SWEETHEBIITS AND WIVES. 'LOYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Solo Lessee. Mr. Charles Mathews. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the Musical Drama, entitled THE SENTINEL. After which, THE FOLLIES OF A NIGHT. To be fotiowed by AN APPEAL TO TH E PUBLIC. To conclude with a comic Drama, called THE GARRICK FEVER. Dress Boxes, Ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, is I ="(' aalt-orire to any ran of the house. All applications for MAW Boxes must be made to Mr. Alleroft, 15, New Bond-street. PRINCESS'S THEATti.T.I. Mr. J. M. Maddox, Sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the celebrated Opera of DON GIOVANNI. After which, a new Extravaganza, entitled TUE FIRST NIGHT. To conclude with THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER. • -1' AA - VI 4.1 g - i t,44/ ' 4 3N4 • r ONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1849. The case of Plitnirs V. KING and others, recently brought before the magistrates assembled at Doncas ter, is one of the deepest importance to Protestant Dissenters of every denomination, involving their most cherished privileges—the exclusive enjoyment of their own chapels, and the right of celebrating public worship without hindrance, or disturbance of any kind. There is now, happily, universal toleration for all sect and denominations of Christiana in this country. Every man is at liberty to worship his CREATOR in the manner which, in his soul and conscience, he believes to be most acceptable to the DEM. In the privacy of his closet, or in the place appointed for offering up the tribute of praise and thanksgiving, he is protected from the intrusion of scoffers and fanatics who may differ from his religious views, and also from those who may have private motives for interfering with or disturb ing his homage to the ALMIGHTY. This is as it should be. A greater offence against public decency cannot be imagined than the unwarranted inter ruption of the devotions of a congregation. If such indecorous proceedings could for a moment be sane. tioned or permitted there would be an end to tht much vaunted "civil and religious liberty" of the country. If the highest and most solemn act of duty that can be rendered by a caeature to his CREATOR could be wantonly interrupted on any occasion, or on any pretext whatsoever, if the calm and holy spirit in which homage should be rendered to tht MOST HIGH could be wilfully disturbed, there would be a palpable deficiency in the law that did not restrain and punish so flagrant an impropriety. There is, however, no such deficiency. A salutary law was not long since enacted affording the necessary protection to all denominations of Christian ; and it is the duty of every British citizen, more especially of the public journalist, to prevent the spirit of that wise and just enactment from being frittered away and rendered valueless by strained interpretations of the provisions of the statute. In the case now under notice two distinct offences were charged against the defendants,,both committed on Sabbath-days—on the 12th of August and the 2tl of September last. Mr. KING, the principal defendant, had formerly been the minister of the chapel, and occupied a house immediately adjoining, in which hi• mother still resides. For his convenience a door had been broken between the private dwelling-house and the vestry of the public chapel ; he has recently caused this door to be entirely removed, so that access could at all times be had to the chapel by means thereof. Mr. KING, it appears, claims some rights in connexion with the chapel, and the committee of management fearing that if he obtained possession in any manner there might be some difficulty in evicting him, thought it prudent to keep a person continually on the premises. On Sunday, the 2d of September, about ten o'clock in the morning, while the congrega tion were, as usual, engaged in the celebration of public worship, was the time selected by their former mi ni=ter to assert his supposed rights ; he entered ac cordingly the vestry through the open doorway, accom panied by his mother and a person named GLOSSOP whom he directed to take possession." The attempt was, of course, resisted, and a considerable disturb ance took place, by which the assembled congregation were gr,eatly scandalized, and were, in fact, obliged to disperse without accomplishing the holy purpose for which they had gathered together. This was the simple state of facts, which (as required by the statute) was duly proved by two creditable witnesses, and we believe, not controverted by the defendants. Nothing then remained for the magistrates but to comply with the law, by requiring the parties to find sureties to answer the charge at the next general or quarter-sessions. A legal objection was, however, rained on behalf of the defendants as to the sufficiency of the registration, to which the magistrates gave effect, declaring that they were of opinion "that Dissenting chapels should be registered annually, and that they could not have protection unless that were done." The merits of the case were, therefore, not entered into; indeed, there could be no possible justification; for, even if Mr. KING was fully entitled to the possession of the chapel, he would not be warranted in disturbing a congregation peacefully engaged in religious worship. The case of "Rex v. lierbe," 5 Term Reports, 542, is express on this point. If legal rights are put forward they must be asserted according to l aw , an d M r. Kiao, himself a Dissenting minister, relying on the j tkt toleration acoorded to Diswnters of every cl ass , should have been the last person to have recourse to a disturbance of public worship, or to have desecrated the Sabbath-day, which his religion taught him should be kept holy, by selecting it as the opportunity for resorting to such untoward proceedings. Neither should he have been the per son to have raised a point that must prove exceedingly vexatious to himself, in common with the great bo of Protestant Dissenters throughout the entire kiri - dour, and which, if well-founded, would take away all protection against intrusion and disturbance from ninety nine out of every hundred chapels in this country. With respect to the point itself, we have carefully perused the statute, and we have not the slightest hesitation in saying, that all the requirements of the law were fully complied with in the single registra tion in the court of the Archbishop of the diocese, and that nothing further was required on behalf o f the congregation. The statute declares that " no congregation or assembly for religious worship of Protestants shall be rermitted or allowed, unless and until the place of such meeting shall have been, or shall be, certi fied to the Bishop of the diocese, or to the Arch deacon of the Archdeaconry, or to the Justices of the Peace, at the General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for the county, riding, division, city, town, or place, in which such meeting shall be held." Here an option is clearly allowed to the congregation— they may select the Bishop, or the Archdeacon, or the Justices, as the quarter in which the original registration shall be made. it is perfectly clear that they cannot be required to do so with all. The section then goes on to provide that the party with whom the original registration is made shall once in each year return the places so registered to each of the others, so that the place shall be duly registered in all the quarters. This subse quent act is a duty cast upon public officers, and it is manifest that the congregation, who have already performed all that is required at their hands, cannot be deprived of any privilege allowed them by the law in consequence of the neglect or default of par ties for whom they cannot be held responsible. There is a sufficient reason why this registration should be renewed annually by public officers, because a penalty not exceeding 201. and not less than 405., is imposed on any congregation meeting with the doors locked or otherwise fastened. It might, therefore, be advisable that the party with whom the chapel had been regis tered should in each and every year give notice to the other quarters in which registrations might take place, that such original registration had not been cancelled or revoked. There is, however, nothing to compel Dissenters to perform the vexatious and un necessary act of annual registration. The single act is all that is required at their hands, and when that has been once performed they are privileged and protected until it has been formally withdrawn. We trust that the highly respectable congregation thus annoyed will not be contented with the law expounded by non•professional persons. An oppor tunity is still open to them of bringing the case before the Quarter- Sessions, and we have no doubt that the law so clearly and ably explained by their intelligent professional adviser, Mr. MARRATT, will be fully maintained and carried out. Disappointment has recently been expressed at what some are pleased to call the indifferentism of the Government in regard to Religion. Even the smallest sin of omission or commission in this particular has been seized up - m and distorted into an act of grievous culpability. It was observed by many with indigna tion that upon the new florin, or two shilling piece ; recently issued from the Mint, the reverential acknow ledgment of a presiding Omnipotence, a device of immemorial antiquity, was, for the first time perhaps in the annals of our currency, forgotten; that round the crowned medallion of the SOVEREIGN appeared the words Victoria Regina instead of the prescriptive circumscription Victoria Dei Gratia. Of course we presume that those who are so much distressed at this obliteration of the customary D G. are always in the habit of writing to a friend that they accept an invitation to dinner D.V• for Thursday, or of allaying the im portunity of their tailor by an assurance that they hope to pay him D.V. very shortly. Again, no little scandal was caused by the tardiness with which the order for a national prayer of supplication was issued by the QUEEN in Council during the time of the fatal ravages of tihe late pestilence. These circumstances have been fruitful themes for animad version, not to say anything of the pro- ceedings of the Post-office authori tie 3 in regard to the new regulations at St. Martin's le-Grand, 'upon which we yesterday bad the satisfaction of commenting at some length. It may be permitted us to observe upon the latter agitation, en passant, that in consequence of the ex citement provoked in relation to the Post .office clerks, it is the intention of another numerous class of the population—the persons occupied in lighting and guartling the streets of the metropolis—to insist upon the necessity of their general cessation from employment on Sundays. For, be it observed, the argument assuredly holds good that policemen have souls to save as well as Post-office clerks; and that although the work men engaged at a gasometer are in the habit of dealing very largely with coals, they are still in no degree prepared to go to hell for the advantage of the rest of the community. In truth, a consistent fulfilment of the demands of these Sabbatarians would transform the day of repose and adoration into a blind man's holiday and the thieves' Sabbath. What, however, we would here insist upon is, not so much the absurdity of the outcry against " Sun day Desecration," a thing at once recognised without a moment's argument—as upon the miserable, and horrible, and we might even say the unchristian cus tom prevalent among us of recognising the hand of GOD alone in great calamities. Is the country in a flourishing condition, are its finances happily balanced, is the revenue abundant—the blessing of GOD the ALMIGHTY is overlooked—it is good luck, or fortunate speculation, or the felicitous result of com merce, anything in short rather than the goodness of the OMNIPOTENT Let a blight descend upon vegetation, however, let a mur rain affect the cattle, let mercantile affairs become embarrassed, let the Exchequer betray a lamentable and continuous deficiency, let the cholera, or the sweating sickness, or the plague come among us, let epidemics, endemics, and conta gious diseases become prevalent, and lo! it is attri buted at once to the hand of GOD, to the wrath of the CREATOR, and the nation falls down in terror, morally clothing itself in sackcloth, and strewing its head with the ashes of repentance. To us, there is really something absolutely terrible in all this, some thing:inexpressibly =grateful to the Awful BEING out of the abysses of whose divinity the whole of the visible and invisible creation has emanated. To acknowledge his presiding influence only when the community is stricken by mortal sickness or subjected to some other disastrous misfortune, and to ignore the very fact of its existence in times of ,general prosperity, appears to us a profanation of the truth of Christianity and an anomaly very little short of being actually blasphemous. 'We would see this tendency to cant obliterated, We would see a wholesome and consistent morality substituted. We would have all the felicities of for tune and all the sanity of mind and body attributed to the beneficence of GOD, as invariably as the scourges of famine and pestilence are regarded as indications of His anger. But any perseverance in' the custom to which we have before referred, is to our thinking not less impious than it is irrational. Besides, those who participate in upholding the present system appear to imagine that it is only requisite to pray and so forth, in compliance with the command of the Primate in order to relieve them from all peril or anxiety in regard to the con tinuance of their misfortunes. Such melancholy fatuity, to our thinking, is beyond all expression pitiable, an insult at once to the common sense of humanity, and to the wisdom of OMNIPOTENCE. It is in perfect keeping, however, with the idle argu ments of these most illogical Sabbatarians, who prefix to all their sanctimonious humbug the homage of the DIVINITY and who demand the non-delivery of letters, and the prevention of the sale of mackerel, and the closing of public• houses on Sunday in the name and apparently in obedience to the ordonations of Christianity. Theirs, to us, is the bathos of the Oriental porter, crying— "ln the name of the Prophet—Plus I" In conduct, as in art, there is an idea of the great and beautiful, by which men should exalt the hackneyed and the trite of life. Eliza Cook's Journal. DISPENSARIES, &c., IN IRELAND.—A Parliamen • tary paper, published yesterday, on the motion of Sir William Somerville, the Secretary of State for Ireland, .howl that the number of dispensaries, fever hospitals, and infirmaries for which county presentments were made in Ireland in the year 1848, amounted to 773 (against 813 in 1847); the amount of presentments was 83,5081., and the amount of subscriptions 33,393/.; making a sum total of 116,9021. The total amount of the sums subscribed and granted for fever hospitals in Ireland at the presenting sessions preparatory to the spring nu f n e t r e e d r itaSiZT.B of 1849 was 7,885/. The number hospitals supported by the poor-rates in 1848 amounted of to 233 under the temporary Fever Act, the coat of which was 81,4481.; and to 80 not under that Act, the cost of which was 21,789/. PUTRID VENISON.—A short time back Mr. Dixon, of the lied Lion, Henley-on-Thames, was entertained to ' dinner by some of his supporters, and among the dishes was a haunch of venison. The meat was so "high" that it was sent from the table untested; but on the fol. lowing day a portion of it was hashed up for the family dinner, and immediately after partaking of it Mr. Dixon and his two brothers, together with the cook and bo o t s , were seized wi t h a sudden illness , and all of them, it is raid, died in th e course of a few hours.—Cheltenhani Examiner. The power which is at once spring and regulator in all efforts of reform, is faith in man, the conviction that there is an infinite worthiness in him which will appear at the call of worth, and that all particular reforms are the removing of acme impediment.--Eliza cook' s Journal. THE FR NCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday. The Journal des Debats of yesterday announces the receipt by the French Government of :a telegraphic dispatch from Berlin, which states that the German Diet is to be immediately assembled. La Patrie announces that a Parliamentary inquiry is to be instituted as to the supply of naval stores, and the repairs of ships. The Minister of the Interior gave a grand dinner on Wednesday. The PRESIDENT of the Republic, the Ministers, the Bureau of the Assembly, General CHANGARNIER, and other high functionaries, were present. Considerable difference of opinion exists among the members of the reactionary club of the Council of State (ci- devant club of the Rue de Poictiers) as to the course they should pursue on the approaching dis cussion of the proposition of M. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE for repealing the decrees of exile against the members of the Bourbon and of the Orleans families, and those transporting the insurgents of June. They have held several somewhat stormy meetings, but have been unable to arrive at any conclusion. The trial of HUBER before the High Court at Versailles was resumed on Thursday, when M. DUVIGNIER appeared as counsel for the accused. The witnesses examined were M. BucuEz, who was President of the Assembly, on the 15th of May, 1848, and M. MONNIER Secretary of the Prefecture of Police under CAIISSIDIERE. D.I. MANTE, One of the accused of the 13th June, has surrendered to take his trial. He was a captain in the National Guard of Paris. _ _ _ A slight disturbance occurred at Bourdeaux on the 9th, in consequence of the attempt of some Socialists to get up a procession. They were dispersed by the troops without loss of life. There was but little animation at the Bourse yesterday, and the Five per Cents., which opened at 87f. 55c , closed at the same price. BUSINESS DONE rti FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT T3E LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, Ocr. 12. Boulogne and Amiens, 54—Dutch jhenish, I M'—East Indian, 3% Great Indian Peninsula, 54—Namur and Liege, 4 3 A—Northern of France, 34 dia.—Orleans and Bor deaux, 27—Tours and Nantes, 24. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 7th have arrived. They announce that the army of Catalonia is to be dissolved, and its organization as a corps of operation suppress-a. Ihe Gafd2 of Madrid of the 6th publ3hes the fofluvving IIETP:11 rort Till: OBSERVANCE OF THE TARIFF. "1. Articles of nt w invention he ifispatched, imposing on them tht duties oppointeil for those similar or analogous to them for the first time, remitting sam ples of them to the Directors-Gen-ral of Customs, in order that her Majesty's Government may accord the duties which they ought to pay, as a general role. If they should have no analogy or similarity with any other article of the tariff, they shall pay for the first time fifteen per cent. ad valorem in national vessels, and eighteen in foreign ones. " 2. All articles which are presented in small quanti ties and of little value, not expressly comprehended in the tariff, shall pay fifteen per cent. ad valorem in national vessels, and eighteen per cent. in foreign ones, giving an account in each case to the chief authority. "3. For the dispatch of goods ad valorem the parties interested will have to present to the administrators of customs the original invoices. If the emplcyes should not conform themselves with them, and should think it their duty to fix others, and the parties interested should not oppose any difficulty, they shall pass at the prices mutually agreed upon. If the parties interested should not conform to this, the proper account shall be drawn up, which shall be remitted to the chief authority, accompanied by samples of the goods if possible; the Treasury being able to acquire the property of the effects, paying to their owners the amount of the invoice pre sented, and 10 per cent. more, as is disposed at this day for some articles. "4. Articles which are the produce of and proceed from the Spanish possessions in Asia, and which have not got the duties which they have to pay signalised as such in the tariff, shall pay only the fifth part of the duties imposed on similar foreign goods, if they come under the Spanish flag. In the contrary case the duties imposed on the foreign flag coming from foreign coun tries shall be exacted." The publication of the tariff in the Gaceta of the 6th does not include the tariff on cottons (which are made the subject of a separate chapter), and does not go beyond the letter Ain the general tariff. The following are among the enumerated articles :—Steel (acero) is charged 30 reals per quintal if unwrought, and 45 reels if cast into bars of whatever size. These duties refer to steel imported under the Spanish flag ; they are 40 reels and 60 reels respectively under a foreign flag. This is a great reduction from the duties of the old tariff, which were 2 reels per pound weight on unwrought steel, and 8 reels on wrought ditto, with 15 per cent. additional when imported under a foreign flag. Needles (agujas) were charged 30 reels duty per pound weight, with 15 per cent. additional under a foreign flag. They are now taxed 4+ reels per pound weight under the Spanish flag, and 5+ under a foreign flag. Common pins (alfileres) of all qualities and sizes are reduced from 8 reals per pound, and 25 per cent. for the flog, to 2 40-100 and 2 90-100 reals per pound. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. PRUSSIA. The Second Chamber in their sitting of the 10th adopted by a majority of 192 to 91 the 107th article of the Constitution as proposed by the Commission, which enacts that the army shall not be called upon to take the oath to the Constitution. The First Chamber on the 9th voted the clauses of the Constitution relating to public teachers and ele mentary instruction. AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. The Austrian Lloyd of the 7th publishes the fol lowing on the subject of the new loan :—" The sub scriptions to the new loan exceed 65,000,000f1. Those received at Vienna amount to 26,141,100f1. The house of Rothschild and Sina have subscribed 11,000,0001 ; the houses of Arnstein and Eskeles, 4,000,000 fl.; Steinmetz and Co., 2,000,000f1. ; Her mann and Sons, of Wertheinstein, 1,100,000 fl.; rodesio and Sons, 1,000,000 fl.; Konigwarter, 800,000 fl.; Murman, 800,000 fl. ; Weikenshein and Co., 775,000f1. ; P. Wertheimer, 525,000 fl ; Herz felder, 500,0001 ; Henckstein, 500,0001 ; Wadisner, 400,00011 ; Lowenthal, 1,350,000f1. ; and Zinner, 800,000 fl." RADETZKY was at Presburg on the 4th. The sick and wounded have been removed from the hospital at Comorn to other places. The communication between Vienna and the Banat, the Bucksa and Lower Hun gary, having been opened by the surrender of Comorn, the ,consequence has been that the price of corn has fallen in the Vienna market by from 40 to 50 kreutzers a bushel. HAMBURGH. HAMBURGH, OCT. 9.—A semi-official article in the Prussian Staateanzeiger declares that Prussia has now received full satisfaction for the late affront to its troops on their arrival at Hamburgh, by the prompt investigation of the matter by the authorities, the proceedings against the perpetrators, and the excellent treatment of the troops quartered with the inhabitants ; consequently the stay here of the troops is only extended with a view to the unsettled affairs in the north. THE TURKISH QUESTION. The Deutsche Zeitung reports, but on what authority we are not informed, that the dispute between Russia and Turkey had been arranged through the mediation of the Prussian Chargé d'Affaires at Con stantinople, on the following conditions :-1. That the converts to Islamism were not to be appointed to any public situations under the Turkish Government; ' and 2. That the other fugitives were to receive pass ports for America. IT AL Y. Accounts from Rome and from Naples concur in stating that there is not the slightest probability of a speedy arrival at a settlement of the Roman question. The POPE continues at Portici, indulging himself in the pleasures of the table, and leaving the affairs of State to be settled by Cardinal ABTONELLI and his coadjutors. He is received by the population of Naples with silent respect, but without enthusiasm. The red Cardinals at Rome still continue their reign of terror and their persecutions of Protestants, notwithstanding the remonstrances of the French. Dr. A cluLLi is still a prisoner in the dungeons of the Inquisition. The following memorial from the Italian Commit tee has been presented to the French Government, on the subject of the continued incarceration of this gentlemen:— The respectful Memorial of the Committee of the Lon don Society for the Religious Improvement of Italy and the Italians:— " Humbly Showeth,—That since the former memorial which the Committee laid before the French Govern. ment, no improvement has talien place in the condition of Dr. Giacinto ©chilli, who remains closely confined in the dungeon to which he was consigned by p ar ti es professing to act under the orders of the French Pre fect, and at a time anterior to the open assumption of the Government by the delegated Cardinals, and, there fore, while Rome was still under the military rule of France. " That Dr. Achilli's friends have been allowed no ac cols to him, neither has been allowed to communicate to them in writing, so that your memorialists cannot even be certain that he is yet alive. " That yonr memorialists hare been informed that the Papal authorities have asserted to the French Go vernment, that it is not on account of his Protestantism that Dr. Achilli has been arrested, but in consequelce of certain other charges brought against him, which charges, your memorialists are informed, are as follows : " ' lat. That Dr. Achilli, previous to taking orders, was attached to a young lady, whose friends rejected his suit. " ' 2d. That the young lady;retired to a convent of Dominicans, at Viterbo. " ' 3d. That Dr. Achilli also went to the same town in order to become a Dominican. " 4th. That an intimacy arose between them which gave riso to much scandal, and caused Dr. Achilli to be forbidden from the monastery of the Dominicans. "' sth. That the young lady died—that the Tribunal of the Inquisition immediately commenced a process against Dr. Achilli, who fled to England before their agents could arrest him.' " These your memorialists believe are the grounds assigned by the Roman Government for the imprison ment of Dr. Achilli, and they at once appeal to the up rightness and integrity of the French Government, whether it is right and fitting—whether it consists with the honour and dignity of France—that a man should be imprisoned and judged on charges which, instead of condescending minutely to dates, names, and particu lars, make vague assertions on which insinuations are made to rest, and which, from their very form, preclude the possibility of that searching investigation which truth and justice demand, the witnesses being concealed, the examinations private, and the advantage of legal advice, nay, the very privilege of seli•defence in any form, being withheld from the accused person. "Your memorialists cannot pretend to have known Dr. Achilli in all the various positions which he occupied previous to his conversion to the Protestant faith, nor can they affirm his blartienessness anterior to that change; but they are fully capable of appreciating any discrepancy between the charges brought against him and the known public facts of his history, accredited as they are to them by sufficient testimony. " Your memorialists, therefore, direct attention to the fact that Dr. Achilli was a Priest, and Dean of the Col lege of the Minerva at Rome, and a Dominican Friar, in the year 1823, and, therefore, if it be true that, previously to taking orders, he was attached to a young lady who retired to a convent at Viterbo, and if it be true that he followed her to that place in order to become a Dominican, it is at all events a truth of at least 26 years' standing, and of which the authorities took no notice until be became a Protestant. Your memorialists are also aware, on the most satis factory evidence, that, subsequently to this date, Dr. Achilli held several very important offices in the order of the Dominicans; that ho held Ugh offices at Vitorbo and at Naples; that he was appointed Regent of the Minerva College and Vicar of the Master of the Sacred Place; and, to which yonr memorialists would cell par ticular attention, Visitor of the Convents of Romagna and Lombardy, by which appointment it was committed to him to visit, regulate, and to adjudicate in all the con vents from Rome to Florence—an office which would not have been committed to a suspected man. " Your memorialists beg also to state, that while Prior of a Dominican convent at Naples, he became sus pected of holding doctrinal viows esteemed heretodox by the Church of Rome, and that, in consequence, as a test of orthodoxy, he was required to preach a sermon pane gyrical of the Virgin Mary, in which he would have been obliged to make statements which he conscietiously disbelieved; that he declined to do so, and was actually seized by the Inquisition on this express ground, and brought to Rome; and that, having effected his escape, and reached Corfu, he immediately wrote, published, and widely circulated a letter to the late Pope, declarative of his Protestant sentiments. " That your memoralists feel satisfied that these statements, imperfect as they necessarily are, yet for the correctness of which the Committee are able to produce most satisfactory evidence—must convince the en lightened Government of France that the case is one de manding full and searching investigation, that it is a cos. affecting the honour of the French nation, as Dr Achilli remained in Rome after the dissolution of the Republican Government, deeming himself safe under the French flag, and that the Committee are but expressing the sentiments of thousands and tens of thousands, when again, in the words of their former memorial, they do earnestly entreat the prompt, friendly, and post erful interference of the French Government, on behalf of the injured Dr. Achilli, to establish a search ing investigation, and that. if he is not charged with any legal offence, but is punished merely for his religious opinions, he may be liberated forthwith ; and that if he is so charged, he may be imprisoned under the manifest protection of legal authority, and be brought to a fair and open trial. " The Committee desire to confide the case of a really unoffending and injured man to the honour and liberality and humanity of the Republican Government of France, who will not, they feel confident, sanction a violation of the fundamental principle of civil and religious liberty in Rome, at a time when the flag of Franca still floated on the Capitol, and under the asssumed sanction of the name, however falsely used, of the French Prefect, but that they will at once readily be alive to the pressure, and meet the exgencies of the case.' " Your memorialists trust that they will receive from the French Government such a reply to this prayer as will set at rest the minds of Dr. Achilles numerous friends —Englishmen, Frenchmen, and Americans—who deeply deplore his present melancholy and dangerous position, and they desire to repeat the assurances of their profound respect and high consideration. " On behalf of the officers of the Committee, Honorary Secretaries. (Si g ned) EDWARDa H. J. CRAIG, . ort r; A , " London, Oct. 4, 1849." PRINCESS'S THEATRE. La Sonnambula was performed here for the first time this season last evening, and, as might have been anticipated, drew a crowded house. The cast pos • sessed both strength and novelty, and as a whole we have never on the English stage seen this opera so well performed. Miss Louisa Pyne appeared for the first time as Amina, and she is certainly now the best Amine on the English stage ; an accomplished musi cian, and possessed of exquisite taste and great power of expression, she sings the music of Bellini with unerring correctness and, at the same time, with that intensity of feeling which is so necessary to render effective a part like that of Amina. In the concluding scene of the second act, where she is cast off by Elvino, nothing could exceed the intense pathos both of her acting and singing, and we know of no English artiste who could have rendered the concluding duet of this act with the expression, and the pathos, and the intensity which Miss Louisa yne threw into the port. The applause was enthusiasti c , and she was called on at the conclusion of the act. Her manner of rendering the finale, the far-famed " Ah I nen giunge," was excellent, and elicited rapturous applause. She was called for twice at the conclusion of the opera and enthusiastically received. We repeat our opinion that the Amina of Miss Louisa Pyne is the best on the English stage. She sings the music exquisitely, and her youthful appearance enables her to look the character to admiration. A new aspirant for lyrical honours made her debfit last evening in the usually unimportant character of Liza, we say usually unimportant, because last evening the espiegle acting and the really fine singing of Miss Julia Bleaden, the debutante, restored the character of Liza to its proper importance, and secured to the fair debutante herself the marked approbation of the audience ; her voice is a soprano, clear, powerful, and flexible, it has been well cultivated, and she possesses considerable histrionic powers. We hope soon to see Miss Julia Bleaden in a part more worthy of her than that of Liza. Allen was the Elvino, and never was he in better voice, never did he sing or act the part more beautifully. The celebrated "Ah perche' was of course encored, a compliment well merited by the exquisite manner in which it was given. We were, however, surprised that the " Tutto e sciolto," which immediately precedes it, was not also re-demanded, for never. has that most expressive lyric been rendered with more agonizing pathos than it was by Allen last evening. He was called for at the conclusion of each act and loudly applauded. Madame Feron was Dame Teresa, and Wynn was Alessio. The opera was well put on the stage, the choruses were most correctly given, and the orchestra was all that could be desired. RESULT OF THE CITY OF LONDON REGISTRATION. The revision of the lists of voters for the City of Lon- don by Mr. Thomas Young 3:l`Christie closed yesterday, The following is the result : Liberal claims sustained Ditto failed 42 Total ... Conservative claims sustained Ditto failed ... ~, Total ... Liberal objections sustained ... Ditto failed ... ••• 'lO.. Total Conservative objections sustained Ditto failed ~. ... Total Double objections sustained ... Ditto failed .., ... ... Total ... ••• 742 ••• 125 ". 1,105 ". 686 ... 1,791 ... 397 Expunged by barrister ... .. . . CONSERVATIVE STATEMENT. Conservative objections sustained Ditto failed Total ... Liberal objections sustained ... Ditto failed ... ~. ... 867 Total Double objections sustained Ditto failed ... ... Total ... ........ 405 42 ". 1,177 -. 609 1,786 - 742 - 120 M ... 862 ... 392 ••• 9 ... 401 Expunged by barrister ... „. 42 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti mated at from 18,000 to 20,000 bales, about one-third of which were taken on speculation. The market closed steadily at an advance of 3-51.<:in American, id. to fd. in Egyptian and Surat, and fully id. in Sea Islands.— The market for Railway Shares closed with a gloomy appearance, price• being again lower. ILe I ,,, Lis of England weekly return for Saturday last is 1 , - , ortaut as regards the changes that have oecurfvd than WAS the previous one. The circulation y less, while the private balances of depositors were ire asei„Lini a larger amount was borrowed upon • ther secu iea. The public deposits, as usual just before the u, n of the quarter, had seen their maximum, and will no ,v steadily diminish for a time. The bullion has been reluced as little, and has been employed, ap parently, in advances upon other securities. The result cf a comparia )n with the previous week is as follows: Notes las ied 28,268,310 Rest Decrease ... Increase ... Public Deposits ... Decrease ... ... Other Deposits ... Increase .. Seven Day and other Bills Increase ... Government Securities ... Increase ... Other Securities ... Increase ... ... Notes ... • • • ... Increase ... ... Bullion ... ... Decrease ... ... Active Circulation ... .•• 23,890 ... 3,590,638 ••• 6,991 ..• 9,029,698 ... 38,861 ..• 9,103,234 ... 301,841 ..• 1,073,479 ••• 60,033 ... 14,365,582 ..• 30,723 .. 11,875,435 ••• 364,290 ... 10,238,485 .•• 77,350 ... 15,116,857 ••• 135,526 ... 18,029,825 Decrease . . ... 101,240 The rates at which Bills of Exchange were negotiated yesterday afternoon upon the principal Continental towns were still rather less favourable to the drawers in some instances, and upon the whole it may be said that, taking in the transactions of last Tuesday, there has been a slight decline. The quotations yesterday were 23.70 to 75 on Paris, 12.31 I on Amsterdam, 13.131 to 14 on Hamburgh, and 10.45 to 50 on Trieste. We learn from the manufacturing districts that there was more inclination on the part of buyers to come into the tnerket for yarns and piece goods, owing to the rise hi cotton, but prices are complained of as being irregular. In the woollen branches a moderate business was doing. The amount of silver exported this week from Lsa don direct has been 183,031 and of gold 2,693 ounces, all to Hamburgh and Belgium. There is no alteration this morning in the value of Public Securities. Consols are 92e I, and New Three and-a- Quarter per Cents., without the dividend, also 924 I. Bank Stock has been 196 to 1971. Exchequer bills have risen Is. to 25., being 425. to 455. prem. The dividends are now in course of payment at the Bank of England. A small sum, 10,3491., is available for the National Debt Commissioners as a fourth part of the sur plus of the quarter's revenue to July 5. The Foreign Securities have been flat generally. Por tuguese Four ler Cent?. have been 301 to 314, and Brazilian Old Bonds, nominally 83 to 85. Buenos Ayres Stock is 42, and Mexican Bonds have been 26i -I Dutch Four per Cents. are 82i 4. The Railway Share market as still in a very depressed condition. North-Western have been 1/. lower again, Midland much the same as yesterday, Caledonian dull, and Great Western also. 0 1E Ok LOCK. ilitiTlBll YUNDS Rank Stock 3 i.er Cent. Reduced A• 7119..... ' pet Cent. Consols Annuities 9214 % ti w 3 1 4 per Cent. Alms.— . 92 % 1A Long Annr.lo xpiri, .1 an. 1860 .... 8% 8 7-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10. 1859 Ditto 30 year*, Jan. 5, 1860 8 9-16 ludia 1,0001. ....... ...... 83 p Ditto tornlPr 1,000/... Corals for Account .. ... 92 1 A i ,- -xchecner 1 1 4 d. & 2d 1,0001. June ....... 45 42 45 p 500/. June .................... 45 42 45 p Small. June 43 42 45 p PRICES OF FOREIGN F1731D8 O.-sE O'CLOCK. CLot , I! G FRTCES 196 x.d. 91 x.d. 92% 92 1 ; 8 7-16 8 3-16 6% 83 p 80 p 92A 15p 45 p 45 p (MOM\ G raicEs. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent.— 42 Danish Bonds, 1825,3 per Cent. 73 tdexican, 5 per Cent. 1846, with Coupons—. Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons 2 6 1,4% Ditto, Small Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Deferred Portuguese 5 per Cents. Ditto, 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds iSpanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Dividends on the above payable in London. 26% 263 k 53 3 4 l9th 106% 16% Dutch 2'4 per Cent., 12 Guild: .. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates... 82 1 ,( sd 82N PRICES OF TA D. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Aberdeen 5O Do. Preference Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 6 dia Ayrshire and Galloway.. 7% — Belfast & County Down 26% ...... Berks & Hants Extens. (Gt. West. Per. 5 nerct.) 6 Birmingham and Ox ford Janet., calls duly ps id, or with a guaran. 20 Do, withoutguarantee 20 ...- — Wolverh'ton, and r-: tdloy, calls duly pd., or with guarantee 10 ..... Do. withoutguarantes 10 irming.. Wolverh'pton, and Stour Valley 131. 14s Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June—. 20 Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 71. 4s. Bristol and Exeter 9O ... Ditto, Thirds ... 2 7 1,4 — . . tiuekinghamshire Caledonian Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chaster and Holyhead... 50 Ditto, Preference l5 ...... Clarence Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. Direct London & Ports mouth ..... Dublin and Belfast June. 40 Dundalk & Enniskillen 27 1 ,E — East Anglian, 254 L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 Do. 181., E. & H.... 18 Do., 3/. 105., Pref... 3% ....• 1 1 4 Eastern Counties........ 20 ...... 7 1 4 Do. New, Gua. 6 per ct. 10 ...... Ditto,Extension, 5 per Cent., No.l 6/.135. 4d.... p Ditto ditto, No. 2...6/. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastern, 6 per Cent. .........50 ...... ••••• Ditto. 5 per Cent.... 50 ...... Do. New Eastern Uoion, Class A ( late E. U. Shame) 25 Ditto. Clia,s Aolitto... 81,51 — ... Do., Cl sss B (1. & B.) 25 a 11W 1% - P CIEQ, C. ditto..... 25 . Du. Scrip (6 ; , er ( eat.) 20 ..„.. East TaNcashiru Ditto, New ~ ••• • M ********* Ditto, New Quarters 614...•.. , Do., 6 per Cent. Pre- ference Quarters ... 6 1 ,4 — .............. East Lincolnshire ...... 25 Edinburgh and Glasgow .50 ...... . ......., Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 .. .. Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto, Newport l5 „„ „.. -- ...... ........." 2 Exeter • Yeovil, & Dorch. 2 5 / a — 1 [ Exeter and Exmouth... 21s. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle ....... ... -6/. 6s. 8d.... .... • Glasgow,Kilmar.,& Ayr 50 ...... Do. Preference Consol. Great Northern Do., ;.,, A Deferred ... 12 1 4...... Do., %B 6 per Cent... 7% 4% Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. 7% 43i 3 4 .. ....... (lreat South. and West. (Ireland) ........ ....... 47% — Great North of England.loo ......209 ..... Ditto, New, 401 4O Ditto, ditto 35 Ditto, New, 301 3O Ditto, New ,15/ l5 .. .. Great Western 100 Ditto, 14 Shares 5O - •a. ...... .. .. Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths ..... -..... 20 Ditto, New 171.- ..... 15 ... .. 6 w Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ...... Do. Quarter Shares... 12% —••-.• ..... •••• Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 Ditto, Thirds La , icashire & Yorkshireloo Do. do. 51. B. & 8... 96 _ . 2 :74 1 - w • 7"," i 71 7% 10 1 4 9:/s Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares Do. Quarters Do. Fifths... ... 10 Do. Thirds ...... . 15 ..... — ,., Do. New Guaranteed 3 3 / 4 6 per Cent 10 ...... . ........ Do. Liverp. and Bury 46 ...... Ditto (Huddersfield and Sheff.) SO Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 .. Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. m, Shares (A)... 10 Leeds and Bradford SO Leeds and Thirek Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 5 — .,,,,. Do., Pref. Quer., 1848 9 ...... Liverpool, Crosby and Southport London &Blackwall...ll/. 6s. 3d — London, Brighton, and South Coast... .....100 Do., New 51., guaran teed 6 per Cent..... 100 122% Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 ...... Do. Prefer. 5 per cent. 50 Ditto. ditt0...... 1852 50 .. London and Greenwich 12/15s 4d... ........ Ditto, Preference .. . 20 London and N. Western 100 llO% 103 Ditto, New Quarters.. 12 Ditto, Fiftts Do. 40/.Shares(L.74.) Do. 10!. (BL & B.) C. 1 Lond.& S. W astern ..... 50 .. Ditto, New 50 1 . ...... i.o. Nuv.• 4eZ, ........ Do.. New Scrip, 1848, P. 4. 7 per Cent. ~ 5 Lramoit.2.rrykOcittrai;l , . Do. % Shares-- .. — Londonderry and Enna- Lkinen ........ 25 2% 70% 1224 22% 109 12 1 4 Do. 1 4 Shares Lowestoff, guar. 4 per ct 20 Ditto (6 per ct.) ..... 13 Manzhester,Bur ton,and Matlock... Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 100 Do. Quarters (No. 1) 23 •••• Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 D 0.% Shares (No. 3) 12 t,4 - =Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 .• 101 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 50 Ditto ditto . ......... 19 Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire 22%• ••• Do., Grimsby Dock 25 ..... Do., Manchester and Lincoln Union..... 41.25. — 51idand .. Do. Consolidated Pref.loo Do., do., 501. Shares 30 ... Do.Birm., and Derby 100 — Do.Consol.Bristol and Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 124 Ditto,Brist. & Glocstr. 42 ...... .... Ditto ditto ... .. 22/. is. Do.,ErewashVal.,Pref. Ditto, Leicest. S w an nington, S per ct.guar.loo Midland Groat Western Irish 59 Middlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. 'mar Newcastle and Carlisle. 160 Do. Quarters Newmarket Do. Extension Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford • 6 .••••• Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk ........ —.lOO Do. New 201. . l5 Do. Guaranteed 5 p ct. 20 Do. Guaranteed slh pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney V al. 2 Northern Counties Union 4 North British ........ ... Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Ditto, Thirds ...... .. 8.4 Ditto Preference North Stadordshire ... 17 1 , 4 9IA 1 ,4 ...... ..... North Wales .. ....... -.. 3% — North-Western . 1 3, ,A — Oxfsrd, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 50 Reading, Guildford, and Reigate l5 - ........ •••• CO Royston and Hitchin ... 4 1A..... .............. Scottish Central Scottish Midland Ditto, New Bhrewsbury and Bina-. 12 Ditto ditto, Clam B. 8 10% 46% 7X 4 1 4 10% 434 21A, 8% 16% 17% Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 Shrewsbury and Ilereiti. 4 Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) lB Ditto Halves ... ditto 9 Ditto Oswestry 18% — Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref lO Shropshire Union 6outh Devon Do. l'reference So_ith Staffordshire B% South Eastern :33% ex.div Do~ N 0.2. Do., No. 3 ...... 30 Do., Registered No. 4 10 ..... Do., Scrip No 4 South Wales south Yorkshire, Don caster, and Goole ...... 10 sheffield, Rotherham, Goole (N. Div.) Gua ranteed 5 per cent. 14% Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 Swans. & Loughor &Ca meron's Stuff. Coal. ... 7 .. raw Vale Extension ... 8 names Haven Dock and Railway ..,..... 17 1 ,1 — Vale of Neath ...... 8 ..... ..... Naterford and Kilkenny 20 . Waterford and Limerick 47% Waterld,Wxfrd,Wicklw and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed Do. dn. do. Do. do. d 0.... 15 ..... West Cornwall ..... 6 hitet'aven & Furness 16 - Windsor, Staines, and South Western ..... 14 iits,Somerset,& Wey mouth ........ ..-..... 45 York, 14ewcat4t1e, and Surwick. ..... 25 a). Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G. Z-:.E..Preterealce 8 ..... ••• Do. Hartlepool Dock and Rail% ax lOO •••... ..... _a% York and IN ortollidltncl 50 .. 21 1 ,4 Ditto, Preference ...... 10 FOREIGN RALL WAY 6. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 5 1 4 Boulogne and Amiens... 20 Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon)... 20 Demerara ...... 17 4 — Dutch Ithsnish ..... .... 8 East Indian Great Indian Peninsular 5 — Do. Do. ... .. 10s. Louvain 1< la Sambr e... 7% — Luxembourg ..- 7% — Ditto Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege ...... 20 ... .. Northern of France.-- 111. es... dis — dm Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 Paris and Orleans ...... 20 ...... Paris and Rouen 20 Paris and Starasbnurg a.. 11 . ...... ........ ,4 0 Lien andP-avarftiocsolitr2U • • 9.% 3 / 4 riambre and Meuse 2O Strassbouirs.,wiati,4344tep. ..... Tours and IN antes l.l ... ..... Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den' and Ilasselt West Flanders 8 34 ... Ditt 0... JOINT STOCK , BAII KS. Australasia British North American 50 ....7Colonial 4.,,,, . e..... 25 Commercial of 1.4:lon 20 London. Joint 5t0t.k...”..10 .... London & Westminster. 20 ....." ........ National Prat-. England. 35 Ditto New... ..... ..... 10 National of Ireland 42...—.. Provincial of Ireland 23 . - z — ... Ditto, New ... .. ' ' 10 - Union of Australia • • 25 Ditt0,New.........:: - ..: 2 1 A...... . _ Union of London... . . .... .10 ...... Ogle ..... Union of Madrid ... 40 . .... MIXES. A.ustralian......... Anglo-Mexican IOU Asturian Mining Com... 15 Barossa Range .... ... 28s. Blaenarvon Iron & Coal 50 Bolonos Scrip ..... .... —...— British Iron . . Brazilian Imperial ...... WA — BrazilianCoe.m&Cuiaba 30 ...... Do. St. John Del Rey 15 ......:,11 1 .. Cobre Copper .... ....... 40 General 2O Real Del Monte, Unreg. Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Ditto ... Santiago de Cuba United Mexican LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY Lox ox, OCT. I3.—Wind this day at noon N.N.E., light bieeze and dull cloudy weather. DEAL, OCT. 12,—Wind E. to E.N.E., a heavy gale.— Arra: Johannes, Van Tritzen, Baltimore, for Bremen. Ilattwicri, OCT. 12. —1 t has blown hard from East the wbole'daY. Several light vessels have put in for shelter. LOWESTOFT, OCT. 12.—1 t has blown a violent gale from East all last night and to day. Several small ves sels have put in for refuge. BELFAST, OCT. 11.—Wind E.S.E., fresh gales.--Sld. Elias, Morrison, Mobile. MILFORD, OCT. 11.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Isabella, Gib bon, St. John's, N.B. GLOUCESTER, OeT. 11.—Arrd. Ocean, Guest, St. John's, N B, FALMOUTH, OCT. 12.—Wind E., fresh gale.—Arrd. Liddell, Richardson, Quebec for Poi tsmouth. Off port, 11th, American, Quebec; Jane Lockhart, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 12.—Wind E.N.E., fresh breezes and hazy.—Arrd. Edward Patten, Bay of Chaleur; City of Rochester, Timche, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 12.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Pacha, Hogg, Richibucto. Sid. Jane, New Orleans; Consul, do.; Economist, Norfolk, V.; Margaret Walker, Halifax. PLYMOUTH, OCT. I2.—Wind E., squally.—Arrd. Ma ria, Shaw, St. Domingo, for Bremen ; Potentate, Phillips, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land; Boyne, Vin cent, Bombay; Amy, Lowdy, Quebec; Volga, Watson, Quebec. DARTMOUTH, OCT. 12.—Wind E.—Arrd.Robert Wat son, Swain, Quebec, for Steekton. OFF THE WlGHT.—William, Quebec for Stockton. DEAL, OCT. 12.—Throughout the day a heavy gale from E. to E.N.E. has been blowing, with a very heavy sea in the Downs, and every appearance of a stormy night.—The Bells (brig), of Shields, has driven into a dangerous situation near th e M a i n , the master has taken assistance. Part of a vessel's topside and bend, about twenty. five feet in length, painted black outside, with a narrow white streak; the planks of fir and oak; the frame oak. and iron fastened, and supposed to belong to a vessel of about 150 tons, recently wrecked, has been washed ashore here this day. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 12.—The Giulia (smack), Glasgow to Exeter, his been towed in here by the Brunswick (steamer), dismasted, and with loLs of bowsprit. The Ranger, Whitstaple to St. Michael's, caught fire on the 11th inst., and alter burning about an hour W2B scuttled in four fathoms. L I VERPOOL, OCT. 12.—A large ship, apparently American, under jury mainmast, and whi c h appeared to have bctn dismasted in Ile /fruit gales, was passed yesterday aftwioon thirteen mil es N . W . b y W. of Helyi;ead, standing to the routhw2H, by H M. steamer Banshee. WAINFLEET, CCT. 12.—Thn Ri:a, Bergen to Batce lona, has come on shore on Wainfleet Flats, and, should the weather continue easterly, will probably not be got off; cargo discharging. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVEI7T-GARD iff. The supplies of both fruit and vegetables were but moderate. The general demadd was in a sluggiAh trite , at barily stationary prices.— Peaches, 15s t o 20s fit'? dozen ; New Oranges, 15s to 16s per 100; Cucumbers. 2d to Gil per brace ; French Beans, Is 6d to 2s;, Plums, 4s to 68; Damsons, 5s to 6s; Apples, Is 3d to 34; 6d; Pears, is 6(1 to ss; Onions for pickling, is 6d to 33,, and Tomatoes, is 6d to 2s 6d per half sieve; lied Cab. bages, is 6d to 35., and White ditto, 61 to Is per dozen; Cauliflowers, 2s to 3s; Celery, 9d to is 3J, and Horse radish is 6d to 2s 6d per bundle; Turnips, is Gd to 2s per bundle; Carrots, 4s 6d to 53 6d; Onions, 1 s Gd to 2s 6d; Grapes, is 9d to 2s per dozen bunches ; Hot-house ditto, 2s Gd to 4s Gd ; out door ditto, 4d to Fad; Foreign ditto, 6d to 2s 6d; Pine-apples, 5s to 7 and Filberts, 9d to is per lb ; Lemons, 5s to Ss ; and Walnuts, 8d to is per 100; Elderber; ics, 41 6d to 6s 6d per bushel basket; Melons, is to 4s each; Brocoli, 6d to is ed per bundle. NEIATGATE AND LEADENELALM. Geese, 5s 6J to 7s 6(1; Fowls, 2s to 3s; Capons, 3s to 55 5,1 ; Chickens, is 9d to 2s 3d; Ducks, 2s to 2s 6d; Rabbits, 8d to is 2d; Hares, 2s 6d to 35 6d; Grouse„ 2s 6d to ss; Partridges, is Gd to Is 9(1; and Pigeons„ id to 8d each; fresh Butter, 6s to lOs per dozen lbs. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 33 8d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 3s 10d; Veal, 35 2d to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 48 4d per 811 as. WHITZCHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 2d to 3s 10d ; Veal, 3s to 3s 6d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s per &lbs. EX LLINGSGATE. Salmon, 8d to 10 per lb ; Turbots, 2s 6d to 7s ; Brills, 6d to is 6d; Cod Fish, 2s to ss; Whitings, 2d to 8d; Lobsters, is to 2s 6d; Crabs, 4d to 2s each; Soles, 6d to 2s per pair; Eels, Gd to 10d per lb.; Large Had docks, 6d to is ; small ditto, 3d to 4d ; ditto dried, 2d to 3d each; Crimped Seate, 3d to 4d, and Sturgeon, 4d to 8d per lb; Shrimps, is to 2s per gallon; Prawns, 2s to 2s 9d per lb; Bloaters, is to is Gd per dcz; Dried Ling 3d to 4d per lb ; Fresh Herrings, 10d to is per dozen ; Doreys, 6d to 2s; Breams, 4d to 6d ; G urnets, 3d to 6d; Thornbacks, 6d to Is ; Mullets, 3d to 6d each ; Smelts, 6d to is per dozen; Common Oysters, 85 to 12s; Scotch Pearls, 165 to 18s ; and Best Natives, 42s to 64s per bushel; Carp, is t) 2s; Pike, is to 3s each; Flounders, Is to 2s per dozen; Mugaro. 3i to 6d per peck. ZSRILIAZ: The prices of Wheitr.ei..bi.,..o in the Metropolis are from bid to 7d; of household ditto, 5d to 6d per 4116 loaf. HIDE DIARIEET. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to 1 1 .1; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, lid to 2id; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2id to 2,d; ditto, 881 b to 96lb, 2:(1 to 3d; 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 34d; 1041) to 1121 b, 4d. Calf Skins, 4s Od to 5s 6d; Horse hides, 7s 61; Lamb Skins, 2s Od to 2s 10d; Polled Sheep, 2s 4rl to 3s Od; Rents and Half-breds, 2s Od to 2s 63; Downs, is 8d to 2s Od. NAT P/ILIRPLZT23. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ los to 31 12s • Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ l3s ; and St raw , 1 / 4 s to 1/ 103 per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/125 to 31 15s • Clover ditto, 3/ 5s to 4/ lOs ; an d St raw , 1 / 65 to 1/11s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow lity, 2/ 105 to 3/ 121 Clover, ditto, 3155 to 4/ 13s; and Straw, 114 s to 11103 per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly at late rates. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. (From the Atha:awn.) The extreme interest which has been felt by the public in the fate of the long missing Arctic expedi tion has been strongly illustrated by the avidity with which the report of its ascertained existence in March last was received. Seizing eagerly on the asserted fulfilment of a long deferred hope, the press at once announced the actual safety of Sir John Franklin and his party; and as news generally travels with the properties of an avalanch, swelling in importance with every step, many hours had not elapsed before the return of the Erebus and Terror in the course of the present month was spoken of as an almost certain event. For ourselves, we had mis g i v i ngs , w hi c h we thought it right to hint at even in that first moment of excitement; and we have since, with the coolness which a week of reflection gives, set ourselves care fully to weigh the arguments for and against the trustworthiness of the evidence offered. We are bound to say, even for the sake of those whose disap pointment will be sorest if disappointment there shall finally be, that this inquiry has yielded a result wholly unsatisfactory to ourselves. It will be remembered that the Advice whaler accompanied the Truelove in her recent passage to Lancaster Sound in search of the expedition, on the faith of the narration of the Esquimaux. On board the former ship Mr. Robert Goodsir, the brother of Professor Goodsir, of Edinburgh, was embarked, with the touching purpose of assisting personally to seek after information respecting Sir John Franklin's ships—in one of which his brother Henry had gone out as surgeon and naturalist. His letters to his relatives in Scotland, descriptive of his hopes and fears, have been obligingly placed in our hands to assist us in estimating, by private evidence from the spot, the reports which were likely to reach iets through public channels. We will give Mr. Goodsir's version of the same report which has reached the Admiralty through the Truelove, for the sake of some variations which it contains : " Off Cape Maculloch, Aug. 1, 1849. " We this morning had what might have been considered as cheering intelligence of the expedi tion. Mr. Parker, the master of the Truelove, of Hull, came on board to breakfast, and informed us that some Esquimaux, who had been on board the Chieftain, of Kirkaldy, had sketched a chart, and pointed out to Mr. Kerr where both Sir John Frank lin's and Sir James Ross's ships were lying ; the former being at 'Whaler Point, the latter at Port Jackson, at the entrance to Prince Regent's Inlet. Sir John Franklin had been beset in his present position for three winters. Sir James Ross had travelled in sledges from his own ships to Sir John Franklin's. They were all alive and well. The Esquimaux himself had been on board all the four ships three months ago— i. e., about the end of April or beginning of May. Mr. Parker seemed confident as to the correctness of this information ; and as his ship is" nearly full, and he will proceed homewards very shortly, Mr. Kerr had given him the chart, which he said he intended to for• ward to the Admiralty, and to inform them of what he had learnt. All this was very pleasing intelligence; but when I began to consider, I soon saw much to throw doubt upon its correctness and authenticity. First, there was the extreme difficulty of extracting correct information of any kind from the Esquimaux even by those best acquainted with their habits and. language. A leading question they are sure to an swer in the affirmative. Then, there is th e grea t un likelihood of Sir John Franklin's being beset at a spot so comparatively near to the constant resort of the whalers during the months of July and August —Pond's Bay and its neighbourhood—for three sum mers and three winters, without sending down dispatches to them by the light boats fitted on sledges." It will be observed that this letter enters into greater detail than that of Mr. Ward, communicated by the Admiralty to the public. The actual position of the two expeditions is here given ; and it is stated that communication between them had been effected by means of sledges. Mr. Goodsir's letter also places the date at which the ships of the two expeditions had been seen by the natives five or six weeks later than the Admiralty account—a fact itself showing loose ness and uncertainty. Doubts —very reasonably founded, we think"` — o f the trustworthiness of the Etquimaux's report had already arisen in the minds of Mr. Goodsir and his companions. Nevertheless, with a spirit of noble enterprise, the Advice joined the Truelove in an attempt to reach Regent's Inlet for the solution of the question. Under the date of the 2d of August, when off Cape Walter Bathurst, Mr. Goodsir writes— 12% 17% 23 20% 43 .."1. 1:4 " You may conceive how delighted I am to find the Advice now running rapidly into Lancaster Sound with a smart breeze, ard one, too, likely to last. If there is only land ice in Navy Board and Admiralty Inlet we are sure to get whales—which will justify the master in taking this step. Had the other vessels been poorly fished many of them would have made the attempt to run up the Sound; as it is, none of them will now do it." Mr. Goodsir's hopes of getting through the Sound-- which, us we have seen, had a private motive to) enhance the public one —were not of long duration.. On the 10th of August he writes from Navy Board. Inlet : " Since I last wrote we have had such a series of gales and storms that I have been unable to put pe n. to paper. About four o'clock on Saturday morning , the 4th, it came on to blow from the eastward witl thick weather. We had little or no ice hitherto, ant i what we had seen was exceedingly light. Everythin. looked well, and we were very sanguine that w e should be able to gain some intelligence of' the exp( )- (lition. Before it came on thick we could make 0 , It what we took to be Prince Leopold's Island at t' ae mouth of Prince Regent's Inlet, and the ice apparent ;ly stretching right across the Sound ; but the thickness came on so rapidly and the gale increasing t( a perfect hurricane, prevented Us making out anyth ivg accurately." Thus baffled, the party were obliged to give. up further search. The ships were driven down. the Sound; and all that could be done was to land some Admiralty cylinders an d prov i s i ons i n C ape H ay . Though eager to have this sea swept for intelligence, it is remarkable that in no part of his letter does Mr. Goodsir allude to that given by the Esquimaux, excepting as being unworthy of confidence. The arguments on this side of the question are too many to permit us to differ from Mr. Goodsir's view. It must surely strike most persons on reflection as remarkable that the Esquimaux should have n o " papers" or vouchers to show in confirmation of the alleged fact' of their having been on board the expedition ships. The chances of such a document coming some% here to hand could never have heen overlooked by nu n in the position of Sir John Franklin's crews ; and, in deed, it is inconceivable that the officers of the several ships would have allowed such an opportu— - vernr has h searcl and t objec unless from woulc * w tereste out th, rally the na thew b Rsto. ways foi respcctii Week in Week ending Oct. 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