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H E _,E R A T r Of SUNDAY NEXT, the 11th inst., will contain, THE ST. LEGER PROPHECY BY VATES. _ With all the Sporting, Domestic; and' Foreign ltktelligence of th e Week. ' 1 ,„.• To be had of all Newsman in Town and Country. Office, 20, Catherine-street. Just ready, in three volumes Bvo., with numerous Plates, &c., NARRATIVE OF VARIOUS JOURNEYS IN MI AL OCHISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, and the PANJAB ; including a Residence in those Countries frost 1826 to 1838. By CHARLES MASSON, Esq. " A book of surpassing ability and extraordinary interest. In hi'storical notices, sketches of the chiefs, and personal ad venture with the various tribes, in general portraiture of scenes and manners, and striking antiquarian research, we have found spirit, life, and movement in almost every page."—Examiner. " .111 r. Masson had better opportunities than any other Europecin of becoming acquainted with the real facts in the life a'nd character of Dost Mohammed Khan, both of which have .aow become important to history."—Atheneum. "1 n a thorough exhibition of oriental life—in the variety of r time, singularity cf incident, versatility of character, and nfivot a roguery—Mr. Masson's work stands unrivalled."— Spe-t-ttor. " A highly interesting work. Mr. Masson acted for years as a Government agent beyond the Indus. Has knowledge of Affgh; niQtan was well known to European Literati, and is now pi oved to the world by the publication of this important '—John W 0 .. ..... " A:a admirable narrative."—Standard. .‘ A most invaluable work on Affghanistan, which will not fuil to be read with peculiar interest at this moment"— ig Herald. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty. HAMBURG', 12.11{ ArousT, 1842. lS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTPIA HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of RUSSIA, AND HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PRUSSIA, Having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DIS TR!BCTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS, by vgaieb, thou7,h they are NO LOTTERIE, LARGE FORTUNES may be obtained. HEINE. BROTHERS, at HAMBURG'', are Selling GENUINE and WARRANTED SELECTED BONDS for the said DISTRIBU 'HONS. P,rsms do.iirous to purchase may receive. PREVIOUS to 'ring any order, the PROSPECTUS with full PARTI CULARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE BROTHERS, at HAIVIBURGH. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. .The Public is respectfully inforraeil that this Theatre will OPEN FOR TILE SEASON ON SATURDAY NEXT, SEPTEMBER 10, when V• I l be performed BeMill's Opera of NORMA.—Pollio, Mr. W. Flavius, Mr. Binge ; Norma, Miss Har ricon Oroveso, Mr. Giubile i ; Adel,side emble • A dalgisa, Miss Rainforth; Clotilda, Miss Lane. A rtor wilt be produced a New Comedy, in Twcr , Aets, writ s') by Dot alas .lerrold,'Esq., entitled GERTRUDE'S CHERRIES, Olt WATERLOO IN 1833 Willoughby, Mr. Bartley; Vincent, Mr. W. Lacy; Guibert, Mr. Diddear; Jack Halcyon, Mr. Harley; CrwsOone, Mr. Meadows; Angelica Aiss Cooper; Mrs. Cressbone, Mrs. Hamby ; Gertrude. Mrs. W. I:aey. Floors open at half-past Six, and the Performances begin at Seven. Dress Boxes 75.. Second Price 3s. 6d ; First and Second Circles 55.. Stcond Price 2s. 6d.; Pit 35., Second Price 2s. ; Gallery is. Tickets anti Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whitlow, at the Box- Office, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets may be had. Prirate Boxes to be had at the Box-Otlire ; of Mr. Andrews, 167. New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell, Old Bond street; and of Mr. Saras Pall Mall. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING. SEPTEMBER 8, Will be acted. Colley Grattan's Historical Play of BEN NAZIR, THE sAR A CEN.—Ben Nazir, Mr Butler (as acted by him at all the principal Theatres is America) ; King Charles, Mr. H. Hughcs; Emerance, Mrs. H. Vining. After which, an New Petite S:?rio.Comic Drama, entitled THE WELCOME HOME—mat Merton by Mr. R Honner. To cnrclude with, the Comic Extravaganza of ANGELS AND LllClFERS.—Benjarnia Brimstone, 111 , . G. Wild; Sally Gingham Miss 'ferret'. To be followed by THE ARTFUL DODGE.—Demosthenes Dodge, Mr. G. Wild. Places and Private Soxes may be had of Mr. .1. Kerschner, at the cx Oiltee, from Eleven till Four daily. (HEATRE‘ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. FIRST NIGHT OF THE NEW SEASON. Tw© New Pieces!! M. Carter, the Lion King, and his highly trained animal - s of the Desert ! ! ! THIS EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8. - - Will be performed the Burletta of MY FELLOW CLERK.— Tactic, Mr. W. Howard; Victim, Mr. Oxberry; Fanny (with Songs), bliss Holmes, After which, M CARTER, the Lion King, will appear in a new Oriental Drama, written expre,sly for him by .1. 'l. H.ines Esq., called I'HE LION KING; OR, THE BRUTE TAMBR OF THE I) ERT.—Omer, the Lion Tamer, M. Carter. To conclude wi b a Novel Burletta, wri ten by Pierce Egan. Esq., full of fun, frolie, and whim, called LIFE IN DUBLlN.—Corin thian Tom, Mr. Was. Howard ; Jerry, Mr. J. T. Haines ; Jemmy Green, Mr. Oxberry ; Logic, Mr. Holling• worth ; Mrs. L reen, Miss ; Kate Brilliant, Miss' rescott VVarde ; Betsey Tasteful Miss li, Isaacs ; Rose Dastall. Miss Beresford. Boxes, 4s. Pit, 2s.— Gallery, Is. Doors open at Half-past Six ; commence at Seven; Half-price, a Quarter before Nine Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Grogan, at the Private Box-office ; and Messrs. Andrews, Mitchell, Sams, and Baily, at their Libraries. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. First — pertormarc;ci a new Fantasia, " Em Strauss von Handel !" Time Glrandola will commence this week at Half-past Eight. 4; RAND EVENING FETES, MONDAY, TUESDAY, ani THURSDAY, with the following matchless combination of uniq.. e attmetions:— The celebrated MENAGERIE, recently enriched by several Zoo logle:-.1 rarities. Tne stupendous TYPORAMIC MODEL AL-FRESCO of ROME from the left bank of the Tiber. . lie PROMENADES MUSICALES by the unrivalled Band of Wind Instruments, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. including Beetho ven's Sinfonia in C minor, the Grand Due a Dove Vai " from tiuillaunne Tell " ptrformed y Handley and Prospere, a new se lectio cf favourite morceaux from the works of Handel. and a va riety of popular pieces. After the Concert the Illumination of St. Peter's, and the Giran (lola of Saint Angelo, with Southby ' a magnificent Pyrotechnic Spec tacl,fs, Extraordinary Aquatic Fireworks n the Lake, and Superb Cao'ade of Fire. Admission to the whole of the Entertainments, One Shilling. Open at Ten in the 'Mining.—Feeding at Five.—Concert at Half -ITive.—Fireworks ai Hal .past Eight, ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THE LAST FLOWER SHOW OF THE SEASON, NEXT TUESDAY, SEPT 13. The COMMITTEE of the ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORI CULTURAL SOCIETY have the honour to annamce that the GRAND AUTUMNAL DAHLIA SHOW, and Miscellaneous Ex hibiiion of FLOWERS, FRUIT, and VEGETABLES, will take place on TUESDAY, SEPT. 13. SEVENTY-THREE GOLD and SILVER MEDALS will he awarded as Prizes. Two Gold and Twenty.nne Silver Medais for Dahlias, in stands of 12, 24, and 50 dissimilar blooms ; and Fifty other Prizes for Miscellaneous Plants, Asters, Hearts'-ease, Rose., Cut Flowers, British-grown Fruit, Pines, Grapes, Vegetables, Or chides, Specimen Plants, Seedlings, &C. Subjects for Exhibition must be in the Gardens before Ten o'clock, or they will positively be excluded, the great number of entries ren dering it necessary peremptorily to enforce this rule. Prize Lists and Regulations for Exhibitors may be had at the Gar dens, or of the Honorary Secretary, R. H. Cunning. Esq. HI(;H W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Aloruin. 5l minutes after 3 3 Evening 10 minutes after 4. of annihilating the subjects of the emotion, only call into existence courage or skill to attain the end desired. The Magistrates of Staffordshire imply by these proceedings, that the people over whom they have mounted guard, have, either from passion or interest, a disposition to disorder and turbulence. They take no means to search into the cause of that disposition and remove it. They proffer no extension of trade by demanding the removal of restrictions, s no extension of liberty by sharing with the people some of their own privileges ; they simply resolve to organize a new force to repress the consequences of that disposition. What will be the result ? Why, the people will arm themselves in secret against this new power. They, too, will have their ap pointed positions; they will Communicate with one another; they will elect officers; they will collect weapons; and when they think the time favourable, they will again break loose. The use of force oh the one side is begetting the use of force on the other; every day the evil is ag gravated; every day sees the feelings of hosti lity, between the classes embittered ; and if neither set the example of concession and conci liation, the evil must go on increasing till we are involved in actual war, and neither life nor pro perty will be safe. Perhaps the upper classes generally, and in particular the Magistrates, will consider in time to what all this arming and all these military preparations iaevitably tend ; and, if they are wise, they will conclude that their monopolies and exclusive privileges are not worth the price which they are likely to pay for them. With the proceedings we have narrated, the meeting did not close, and the Noble Earl inti mated a pretty strong disposition to follow out the Tory doctrines, and adopt some plan for making the masters pay higher wages. The report says— Earl Talbot said, there was only one other resolution to be submitted to the meeting. It was to the effect, that while the Magistrates were determined to adopt all pos sible means to protect life and property, they earnestly appealed to the masters in the mining and manufacturing districts to remove all just grounds of complaint on the part of the men; and the Magistrates further pledged themselves to be at all times ready to investigate and punish all cases of oppression or illegal conduct which could be maintained against employers. [The resolution was a very strong and stringent one.] Mr. Buller confessed he did not like the proposed re solution. He thought it would be an unjust and unwar rantable interference of the Magistrates between masters and men. The exact words of the resolution are not given ; the Noble Lord is said to have torn it up, so that no copy could be obtained, but it seems consistent that those who have passed laws to keep up the price of food, should also endeavour to keep up the wages, which they do not pay. That is a cheap way of showing their considera tion for the working classes. They have checked trade, and involved the country in great calami ties, and they cannot possibly believe that they are to blame. No, it is a few " butties," and a few masters, who will not pay more wages than they can help, who are the cause of all the dis tress and all the discontent. By not tolerating their exactions, the Staffordshire Magistrates vindicate their own character, and show them selves keenly alive to the public welfare. We have been reminded by the Journal des Debats, that Sir R. PEEL, on the last day of the session. said— If ho distrusted the power of the Legislature to provide an immediate remedy for the distress, was it not his duty to abstain from encouraginc , expectations which neither h e nor the Legislature might have the power of gratifying? The Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hume) assumed that the Legislature could provide the remedy, but if he, in the exercise of his best judgment, entertained a doubt upon that point, that the Legislature had the power, by any measure it could adopt, to afford relief to the distress which prevailed in most parts of the country—at least to afford that immediate mitigation to which the Hon. Gentleman referred, was it not his duty to abstain from encourging expectations that might never be realised? Sir ROBERT PEEL, then, is convinced that the Parliament cannot help the people quickly and effectually. He holds it up to the country as im potent to effect the good which the people expect and demand of it. To shirk the some what awful responsibility he has taken on him self, he vilifies the legislative power. He joins with the Radicals and Chartists in holding up the Parliament to public contempt, as impotent and imbecile. We might suppose that he had been reading Dr. CH.ANNING'S late work, to which we have. already referred, for Dr. CHAN-. NING says " The grand good of popular institutions is liberty, or the protection of every man's rights to the full, with the least possible restraint. Sovereignty, wherever lodged, is not a thing to be proud of, or to be stretched a hand's breadth beyond need. If lam to be hedged in on every side—to be fretted by the perpetual presence of arbitary will—to be denied the exercise of my powers, it matters nothing to me whether the chain be laid on by one man or many, by king or people. A despot is not more tolerable for his many hands." "I want as little government as consists with safety to the right of all. I wish the people to govern no further than they must. I wish them to place all checks on the Legislature, which consists with it s efficiency. I honour th passion for power and rule as little in a people as in a king. It is a vicious principle, exist where it may." Dr. CHANNING, like Sir R. PEEL, has a whole some distrust of the power of legislation, even when exercised by the sovereign people them selves; and like Sir ROBERT, he plainly implies that it cannot, by merely exerting a strong will, achieve the welfare of society. Dr. CHANNING'S distrust of legislation by a democracy is indeed largely shared by many amongst ourselves; and we are told by a _Whig journal, that " Govern ment on a • mere numerical basis is anar chical." But libw will the Chartists look on these doctrines of the inefficiency of legislation, which men of all parties are now putting forth ? Will they not suspect that they are invented to damp their ardour in the pursuit of political power ? For centuries that has been exercised by the upper classes, without a doubt of its efficiency to attain their own ends ; but now when the democracy is struggling with a possibility of success for a share of it, it is sud denly found out that legislation can do little or nothing, and that the less society has of it, whether it be ordained by a democracy or a king, the more society will flourish. We are afraid that the democracy will everywhere regard this opinion as invented to turn them from their pur suit, and that it may find a .less ready welcome to them than it deserves. It sqems to us, we ntuA remark, somewhat in consistent in Sir R. PEEL, and well calculated to cool the zeal of public functionaries, to be at once tenacious in upholding existing laws, and expressing a mean opinion of the power of legis lation. Can all its past decrees be excellent, and be enforced at whatever cost, while its present decrees can effect at best only a trifling benefit? We are inclined to believe with Sir ROBERT PEEL that legislation can do very little for the public welfare, and with Dr. CHANNING that it should be circum scribed as much as possible. With respect to the public distress, there is another alternative from which great benefits might pcssibly flow. Free trade implies the absence of legislative restrictions, and when Sir R. PEEL said legisla tion could do nothing to mitigate distress, did he mean that the abolition of legislation would be equally inefficacious ? What, if in this par ticular case the country should not require new laws, hut that some existing laws should be abolished? The abolition of a law is not legis tion, and might be effected without the cons or action of Parliament. Thus it is not incon sistent to believe that legislation cannot help us, and that abolishing a law—the Corn-law, for ex ample—might. At any rate, as Sir R. PEEL says he cannot help the people, and they are well convinced they can help themselves, they ought to be allowed to try. That is what we ask for them under the name of free trade. It im plies nothing more and nothing less than the re moval of the hea v y an d iron hand of the Legis lature--which Sir ROBERT PEEL says cannot re lieve the distress, which it has nevertheless caused—from the national industry. The journey of the QUEEN through her northern dominions naturally forms the great topic of con versation, not only among the Scotch pe o pl e , b ut a l so among her loyal subjects in the south ; and, whe ther we contrast her conduct on this occasion with that of her predecessors towards a country from e. kP if.,,,,,„ 4 g 1 , - AI TS;, S. <k. • ...4 ., rriz - -ilt,vr -, ' ~ • ~.,?,: Ti•-,,,!.r-t ' i. , , c - , -4 ' __ °- ,,, , F_ .. , A', , ', , ,,,k 0r . • .'"\,.--, `'. qtt LONDON: THURSDAY MOANING. SEPTEMBER 8, 1842. A meeting of the Magistrates and Deputy Lieutenants of the County of Stafford was held in the town of Stafford •on Monday last. The Tory journals call this an important meeting. It was called by Earl TALBOT, the Lord Lieute nant of the County, and was attended by an un precedented number of Magistrates, including three Peers besides the Noble Earl. On opening the meeting, he said, " In consequence of the disturbed state of the country, he felt it his duty to call them together." Lord WROTTESLY then moved the following resolution : One or more stations. to be fixed upon in each hundred by tlie Magistrates of such hundred, at which the meet ings of the Magistrates are to be held, and such special constables shall be there quartered as the Magistrates may deem r equisite. Th a t co mmunications be kept up betwixt the several stations of such occurrences, and information, as may be decreed advisable, communicated to such persons as the Magistrates may appoint. That horses be engaged at each station, under the saueLion, and at the direction, of the . Magistrates of that stati - on, for expresses or extra patrolling when required. That horse p a t r ols (if practicable to be sworn in as special constables) be establisned without pay for pa trolling, a ccor di ng to c i rcums t a nces, the high roads be tween the stations. The patrolling to be at the discre tion and under the direction of the Magistrates of the hundred. • That the horse patrol do regularly report the result of their . patrols to such Magistrates shall person as the vppomt at. their respective stations. T , ) the first resolution Mr. E. BULLER moved as an amendment, " Th at the patrol should be established only in such hundreds as the Magis trates for those hundreds might deeni necessary. " The amendment was lost by a large majority, and the rest of the resolutions were unanimously carried. In the Tory and little -manufacturing county of Stafford, therefore, the Magistrates are organising a new military force for security. They are to have stations or position s , and those ' positions are to keep up au uninterrupted c um . munication with each other. Horses are to be kept saddled for orderlies to ride expresses, a n d a horse patrol is to keep incessantly in motion. Reports are to be regularly made to head quar ters, and the whole country is to be placed under a newly formed army, cf which Earl TALBOT is the Commander-in-Chief and the Magistrates are Generals. Before Mr. STunor's emphatic sen tence has well got into ,general circulation, the fact he predicted with apprehension has come to pass. and one part of the community " mounts guard over the other." It has been found in all cases that this kind of precaution or vigilance provokes some corres ponding contrivance to circumvent it; and unless the Staffordshire Magistrates are disposed to deny the general laws of human nature, they must look for some such contrivances amongst the guarded people. The best organised system of Custom-house regulations ever devised have failed to put an end to smuggling. The severest military punishment employed by BONAPARTE only ex cited the guerillas of Spain to fresh act s of cruelty and daring. Wherever passion or in terest holds a powerful sway in the human bosom, which stop s h ort schemes to suppress or curb it, THE SUN, LONDON ) THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMI3ER 8, 1842. which they derived their title to the throne of the • realms, or view it simply on its own- merits, it is entitled to the highest commendation. The first three Sovereigns of the House of Bruns wick never could forget or forgive the ardent at tachment of the Scotch nation to the unfor tunate family of the STUARTS. They seemed always afraid of some fresh outbreak, or some open insult to their line; they heard of the ardour and enthusiasm with which Jacobite songs were repeated in every mansion and cottage in the north, and on the occasion of any serious disturbance in England, Tooled with fear and trembling to some more dangerous move ment among the Highland clans. This dislike, or rather dread of the Scotch people, displayed itself in various ways. They refrained from visiting the country, and enforced the same rule on the different branches of their families, for we are not aware that any member of the Royal family, up to the reign of GEORGE IV., entered the country on a friendly visit. One Royal Duke, it is true, was sent to the north, but he was sent as a scourge, and his name will long be remembered. The fourth GEORGE visited the Capital only when he was old and infirm. The display was magnificent ; everything that could give effect to the scene was amply provided, and the people received him with enthusiasm, but still it could not be con cealed that personal vanity and love of show were mixed up with the whole proceedings. The journey of the present SOVEREIGN is of a very diffe rent character. Her MAJESTY, on the first conve nient opportunity, and while in the bloom of youth, departs for the North with as little display as the loy alty and attachment of her people would permit. It was her wish that the visit should be conducted as privately as possible, and she consented to imitate the conduct of her uncle by a grand procession, rather to gratify the inhabitants, and make amends for the hur ried manner in which' she entered the city, than for any personal gratification. She does not limit her journey to the capital, but proceeds to the interior, to mix with her people, and visit scenes rendered illustrious by deeds of former times. From this Royal progress, as it has been called, the best results may be anticipated, both as regards the attachment of the inhabitants to their youthful Sovereign, and the respect and esteem of the QUEEN for their enthusiastic loyalty and peaceable demeanour. We received Dutch papers last night of the 6th instant, but with the exception of accounts received from Batavia of earthquakes in the Molucca Islands, and the breaking out of the yellow fever, caused, as was supposed, by the extreme heat, their contents are unimportant. The appearance of a French squadron in conjunc tion with the British fleet on the coast of Syria, is the subject of long leading articles in most of the French journals of Monday. "If Admiral LA SUSSE'S squadron," says M. ODILON BARROT'S organ, the Courrier Francais," appeared on the coast of Syria to support the Christian population, every person would applaud the expedition; but our vessels are only there in virtue of a convention with England, and to satisfy British honour. To determine the tribes of the Libanus to rise in insurrection against MEHEMET ALI, Lord PALMERSTON'S agents made them certain promises, and England took their local interests under her protection. When the Porte, in the intoxication of successes due to others, trampled under foot the rights of the Tribes, manifested an intention of forcing a Turkish ,Governor on the Libanus, and let loose civil war on the mountains, the English Government felt that the excesses of the Turks would cast a reproach on it, and accordingly addressed to the Di van exceedingly strong remonstrances. The - Porte, instigated by Russia, who advised it to withdraw from the guardianship of the other Powers, has re sisted up to the present time all the intreaties and even threats of England: and matters have arrived at such a point that England ought to be tempted, in order to fulfil the engagement she had entered into, to in terfere a second time, and act against the Turks as she did before against the Egyptians. This would be an enterprise altogether English in its character, as far as we are concerned, and in which we should have to interfere merely to protect the independence of the Ottoman empire, and to prevent any fresh encroach ment of England in the East." The idea of leaving England alone to undertake the tranquillity of Syria proves how pitiful politicians some of our Gallic Contemporaries are. For what would be the result ? Why just this. England would protect the Syrians by force, if necessary, and thus would become the rightful and only recognised guardian of the Catholic Christians of the East. In fact Syria would become virtually a British province, as, in order to maintain the peace of the mountaineers, it would be necessary to keep an English garrison at Beyrout. But neither Louis PHILIPPE nor M. GUIZOT are such fools as to follow M. ODILON BARROT'S line of Oriental politics. They do not want to make us a present of Syria after this fashion. They are aware, also, that whatever promises were made to the Syrians by Mr. WOOD and Commodore Sir CHARLES NAPIER, they were ex ceeded by the accredited„Christian agents of France, at that time travelling among the tribes in the moun tains. The Constitutionnel attributes all the misfortunes in the East to the fatal treaty of the Four Powers, which exalted Russia at the expense of France. Whose fault was it that France did not sign that treaty, which in that case would not have led to the shedding of a drop of blood ? Why, her own. The miserable vanity of M. TRIERS alone prevented the adoption of a policy, on her part, which would have settled the Syrian question without one drop of blood. But upon this question it is worth while to attend to the language of the mouthpiece of this political harlequin : In everything that is done at present in Syria, we recognise, and so will every body, the hand of the Muscovite. What is of importance to Russia is to see the Turkish empire grow weaker and weaker, and dwindle away. Sh e w i s h es t o see thi s Power, which has fallen so prodigiously within the last century i reach her last degree of degradation. The Turkish empire, well constituted, full of life, and filled with a population animated by a common patriotism, would slip away from the grasp of the successors of the Great Catherine, and that is not what they want. In order that the great termination, so anxiously desired by Russia, should. arrive, there must be nothing else in the old empire of the Sultans but dis order and anarchy ' • and Russia desires that a con siderable portion of the subjects of the Porte, even that part which . has lived in oppression, should in vite and summon the Russians to come forward as their deliverers. Then, almost without a blow being struck, the intended usurpation would be accom plished. This will explain the conduct which the blindness d Divan kidniesehs ai lhoaipenth and corruption affairs,it\ hsr es si i iuta p r tetihsopeney forcesc t to on S h y o r r i , a a ; n i d t i s II such s iasr the o o f bs t t h in e at T l e y n as at si t s h t e as he i ad nuc l i as they can in this work of destruction. England has taken fright at the progress of the Russian influence, and France cannot see without grief the miserable fate that is prepared for those populations which always turned their eye towards her. Rumours are now current of a manifestation to be made in commons to force the Divan to adopt a more humane policy towards Syria. We have no inclination to deny the claims of humanity, but we are at a loss to comprehend how France could, without conditions, agree to aid the plans of England in the East. We received in 1840 a lesson that nobody—Government or people—ought to forget. What is taking place at present was fore seen by France, and she even tried to prevent the evil of which England now complains. The increase of Russian influence was generated by the treaty of 1840; and at present, when the sad consequences of that proceeding are displayed in the full light of day the Cabinet of London is anxious to snake use of France against Russia, as she made use of Russia against France two years back. This ought not to be allowed, and the feeling of our insulted nationality ought, in this circumstance, to have greater weight with us than those instincts of humanity which have been so often taken advantage of against us. So then, there is a class of persons 'calling them selves politicians and statesmen in France, who would see the streets of Jerusalem running with Christian blood rather than forego the indulgence of a petty spite against England ; These 8a228 culottes of the revolution of July, would coolly look on while Tur key, at the instigation of Russia, was saturating the mountains of Libanus with Christian blood— the sure and inevitable prelude to her own extinction by the merciless arm of the Cult—and all this to gratify a malignant feeling against this country ! The confes - sion is a miserable one, at once betraying hatred, jea lousy, and fear. It is not thus that a great and chi valrous people should act. It is not thus that apeople, strong in their own valour and their own resources, would propose to act. In the face of such an ewer- gency we sl •ad expect to address England something to the following effect A common friend is in danger. Let us cease our petty disputes, and save him. When we have discharged what a common duty requires at our hands, we will return to the settlement of our private quarrel." A man may dislike his neighbour, and yet hurry with him to save from the flames the house and family of a third person living in the same street. The Presse, the organ of Count MoLE, defends the conduct of the Government. It takes nearly the same view of the question that we have done, and had we seen it previous to making the few obser vations which appear above, an extract from it would have embodied something of our meaning. But it is evident that the Eastern question is again rising into great importance, and that unless a Change take place in the councils of the Porte, it will be all to settle • over again. The Moniteur of the sth of September, publishes in its official part a Report of the Minister of Public Instruction to the King, followed by several ordi nances on the subject. We find the following passage in the Courrier de Lyon of the 4th :—" For some time past much has been said of the lamentable state of the manufactures of Lyons, in which the amount of the goods manu factured daily decreases. This inaction of our work men is, doubtless, only momentary, but it is, neverthe less, to be greatly deplored at the approach of winter, which brings with it so many expensive wants. It may be said that at this moment all the principal branches of manufactures are in a depressed state, only two in three give some signs of life, these are, shawls, and plain and figured velvets."—Le Consti• tutionnel. It appears from the statistical tables drawn up by the War Department, that the provinces of Algeria contain about 5,600,000 inhabitants, including the French and foreigners who have settled in the coun try since our conquest in 1830. The army is not included. On the 2d of September M. Thiers passed through Cantray, returning to Lille. We see that he did not stay long in Holland thoroughly to study the system of embankment draining, and as a Hague journal said. It is true M. Thiers studies quickly ; we have not forgotten that in his excursion to England some years ago, he told the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he would spare half an hour to make himself acquainted with the financial system of Englanil.—Commerce. BOURSE—PARIS, MONDAY, SEPT. 5. First Highest Lowest Last Price. Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 120 60... 120 80... 120 60... 120 80 4 per Cents 105 ..; 105 ... 105 ... 105 3 per Cents 80 ... 80 10... 80 ... 80 5 Bank of France 3260 ...3260 ...3260 .. 3260 Laffitte Bank I,ooof 1037 50 ..1037 50...1037 50...1037 50 Belgian Bank 7BO ... 780 ... 780 ... 780 Belgian Fives 1034 . 1031 . 1031 103 i 1840 lO4l ... 105 ... 1044 104 i Spanish Active 22 ... 221 ... 22 ... 221 Neapolitan .. lO7 107 10... 107 —. 107 10 Roman RAILWAY SHARES. Versailles, L.B 95 ... 95 ... 95 ... 95 Rouen Orleans. 575 581 25... 575 ... 581 25 Strasburg to Bale 2Ol 25... 202 50... 201 25... 202 50 DUTCH k UNDs.—AmsTErtoam, SEvr. 5. Money. Rills. Actual Debt, 21i per Cent Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. Arnett Syndie,44 per cent ...... ........ I;4ki !41( PAtto, ditto, 334 per cent 171 .4 7, Commercial Company, 4'. per cent 741% :42q Ditto (1835 and 1837) S per cent lO% 10U% Loan 1837, 5 per cont... ............... 10J% Exchange on London, One month l2 kA g Twomonths 12 15 Hamburgh, One month 35 814 Two months 35 Ws, Dutch Papers, Sept. 6. A GREAT MAN. —That the Anti-Corn-law League, says the Examiner, is a body of some im portance, nobody can d ou bt who sees the labour th e. Tory press besto ws upon its defamation and destruc tion. That Joseph St urge is by the same rule a great man, indeed a very great man, nobody can doubt who n r sees the labour th a t b o th the Tory and the Whi g Journals Times, Herald, Globe, onhi s s writings and Post, all in turn,Titino - s and proceedi ngs . Th e defame and try to destroy Joseph Sturge. Peel and Palmerston, great as they were at the close of the session, and great as one of them is said to make him self every day in a Contemporary, do not receive half the attention that does Joseph Sturge. While their laboured orations are forgotten, his address to the Irish nation, his Circulars to the Complete Suffrage Society, are daily commented on, as much as is the new Bible by the Mormons. Joseph Sturge has seized hold of the movement by the right handle, and fixes the at tention of the mere politicians of all parties by alarm ing them. Feargus O'Co:mor is making way for the man of peace, and it seems not inconsistent with the progress which society has made in knowledge, that the next great change should be headed by a benevo lent Quaker. We have received a very bitterly written letter in veighing against the curtailment, at the permit office, of the time usually allowed to give the permits, from two hours to one, previous to the boat sailing. We cannot admit the letter, but, we are confident, if the party will write to the Mayor a temperate letter, stating the inconvenience himself and family suffered, and their losing the boat in consequence, it will receive every attention. For ourselves; we cannot see why the permits are not delivered, during the day, to all who choose to apply for them. an hour pre vious to the b o at sailing would be sufficient to supply all travellers arrived after the bureau closed.—Bou logne Gazette. [No one can be surprised that the correspondent writes bitterly. Can anything be more absurd than to restrict passengers to one hour for re ceiving permits to e mbark when the number generally exceeds one hundred, and the officers at the passport office cannot possibly supply all in that time ? If the official authorities at Boulogne wish to prevent all in tercourse with foreigners, why do they not state so openly, without allowing persons to come there and spend their money, and then insult them as they leave ? The system is disgraceful to a civilized country. —ED. Sun.] EARL RADNOR ON THE CoaN-LAWS.—This up right and honest Nobleman has published the speech which he made on moving the second reading of his Bill for abolishing the Corn-laws. Like all the Noble Earl's speeches it is plain, sensible, and pithy ; coming at once to the point, and stating in a few sentences the arguments which diffuse spehhers expand into a long column. The Noble Earl's well-timed speech will enforce the still more eloquent language of facts which are now, both in the manufacturing and agricultural districts, demanding, trumpet-tongued, the abolition of the Corn-laws. Royal IJLAR. park, the r es id ence of h er M a - Her C O H U igh ß n T ess e th i e ß kehes s o f K en t left yesterd ay, f or h er resi jßesutsyhyth-heouQsae,eeßnusphy-o-wager, dence, Frogmore Lodge, near Windsor. Sir James Graham has arrived in town from Cowes, Isle of Wight. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Military Se cretary to the Commander-in-Chief, visited the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday afternoon at the Home office. The Attorney-General and Mr. Maule had also interviews with Sir James Home office yesterday afternoon. Graham a t the Lady Holland has left town on a visit to Viscount Melbourne, at his seat, Brocket-h a ll, H erts. Hon. R. Clive, M.P., transacted b us i ness yes t e rday at the Home-office. Sir Henry Mildmay, Bait, h as l e f t F arra nce's Hotel, 13elgrave-street, for Dogm ers fi e ld- par k, Hart ford Bridge, Hants. REPORTED DEATH THE KING OF HANOVER. We have just received the melancholy intelligence of the death of the King of Hanover, from a gentle man who reached London this afternoon direct from Dusseldorf. His Majesty attended a review on Saturday last at that place, and appeared i n per f e ct health during the day ; but having taken some ice, or other refresh ment, was suddenly seized w i t h illness, and diedeither on Saturday night or early on S u nday morning. The melancholy fact was ma tt e r of common con versation at Cologne. —Eveningr Paper. [The Dutch and G erman papers o f the 6th instant, received last night, make no a ll u sion to this report.] S UICID E IN THE SERPExTWE:—Yesterday morn ing, at an 'early hour, a person of gentlemanly appear ance, was seen to throw hi mse lf off the bridge of the Ser pentine, in Hyde Park, i n t o t h e water. The men be longing to the Royal Hum ane Society, on receiving in telligence of the suicide, commenced dragging for the body, and about five o'clock they succeeded in finding it. The deceased, whose name is unknown, was taken to the receiving house of the Humane Society, and medical as sistance wag rendered, but life was found to be quite ex tinct. The deceased appears to be 40 to 45 years of age, stout built, and about 5 feet six inches in height, and was dressed in a black coat, black silk waistcoat, dark trowsers, and Wellington boots. His appearance denotes that he has moved in a respeota bl e sp h ere of lif e . FATAL ACCIDENT O N TILE RlVER.—Yesterday evening - a lamentable accident, attended with loss of life, occurred on the river, n early opposite Rother hithe, as the Waterman steamer No. 2 was proceeding to Woolwich. A vessel called the Eden, from Newcastle, having just cast anchor at this spot,' the Captain was about. to proceed on shore in the long boat, and in the act of crossing the river, the bOat, which also contained three sailors, was struck b y t h e prow of the steamer, and immediately swamped. The four persons strug. gled for some time in the water, until several boats put off from shore and succeeded in saving the three sailors, but we regret to state that the Captain sank al most immediately after the collision, and never rose more. The engineer of the steamer saved one of the sailors at the risk of his own life. THE NIGER EXPEDITION.—Her Majesty's steamer Al bert, belonging to this unfortunate expedition, was lying at Ascension prior to July 2. Her Majesty's ships Rapid and Waterwiteh were also lying there. SUM 'ARY OF NEWS AND littbltc It pluton. " Who runs may read.' POREIGMT. The reports from the East by the last Levant mail an intended co-operation of the English and French iquadrons on the coast of Syria, with a view to com pel the Porte to do justice to its subjects in that country, and fulfil the promises which were given to the Great Powers, have furnished the Courrier Fran .‘xis, the Constitutionnel, and the Presse with occasions or again ripping up all the old sores about the Treaty of the 15th of July. We have noticed their argu ments in a leading article. M. Eugene Bore has been appointed Consul for France at Jerusalem. He is at present at Bagdad, and will not proceed to his new post till towards the end of the year. The Barcelona journals of the 30th ult. are filled with distressing accounts of the ravages occasioned in Catalonia. Rain fell in torrents on the 24th, when the Llobregat and Noya overflowed their banks, and soon formed but one immense sheet of water. The districts of Iguallada, La Pobla de Charamunt, Ca pellades, Vallbona, San Quintin, San Pedro de Riu de Vitelles, Monistrol, and others, were entirely laid waste; many of the inhabitants, surprised by the floods, were drowned, and the damages caused in that quarter only were calculated to amount to 4,000,000 piastres. The wasters of the Llobregat had not risen to so great a height since the year 1740. The cantons of Berne, Soleure, Argau, and Basle, have formed a kind of commercial union for the abo lition of all international duties. Valais is threatened with an explosion. A liberal print having been se vere on the clergy, the latter have accused the Go vernment of tolerating such calumnies, have raised the cry of Catholicism in danger, and have appealed to an extraordinary convocation of the Great Council. The Cantonal Government has answered by a long proclamation. The Commerce Beige mentions a report that the King and Queen of the Belgians are about to visit France again, and that they will embark at Ostend 1 1 direct for the Chateau d'Eu. The German papers are barren of news. They tell us of everything but what we want to know. They register reviews, Royal and University fetes, but by looking through them all no one would discover that the Congress of the German Union is at this moment sitting, and that their most important interests may be affected from day to day by the opinions that may prevail. Accounts from Rome of the 25th ult. announce that the three steamers built in England for the Papal Government had at last reached that capital. They had already given proofs of the solidity of their con struction, having in the space of a few hours towed three vessels, heavily laden, from the mouth of the Tiber to Rome. The banks of the river were lined with an immense crowd of people, curious to witness a spectacle so novel to them. Cardinal Fosti, and several other Prelates, were present at the arrival of the steamers. According to letters from Bagdad of the 27th of July, tranquillity was far from having been restored in that city. The Sheik Soliman Ganam had been murdered by the Agheles Gusmen, and the popula tion had been thrown into a state of considerable agitation in consequence of a report that the Persians were marching upon Bagdad. Those fears, however, were soon allayed when it became known that the British Minister at Teheran had protested against all violation of the Ottoman territory by the Persian forces. MONEY-TRADE -COMMERCE. The Duke of Buceleuch has become proprietor of the Wanlockhead lead mines, which for the preceed ing 87 years the :Marquis of Bute rented. "Work is not yet general at Manchester, but peace is preserved. At one of the Salford factories the hands have resumed work without obtaining their additional demand. It is calculated that 8,000 power-loom weavers are still out. At Glossop, where the attack was made on a factory last week, everything is peaceable. NAVAL AND MILITARY. An inspection of Plymouth and its naval establish. ments is about to take place by the Earl of Hadding. ton, Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, and Ad. miral Sir George Cockburn, who have left the Ad , miralty for that purpose. LAW AND POLICE. The Yorkshire rioters had sentence passed on them last Monday, at York, by Lord Chief Justice Den .nan. The prisoners, to the amount of 150, were variously sentenced to terms of imprisonment with hard labour for periods of from two to eighteen months. The trial of the Clifton rioters took place at the Salford Sessions on Monday. A verdict of guilty was pronounced against six of the rioters, and the re maining 45 were acquitted. The sentences of the former are under consideration. Mary Ann Harvey, a young girl, was on Tuesday charged at Marlborough- street, by the Honourable Adolphus W. Chichester, Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, with annoying him while on duty that morning at St. James's Palace. The prisoner was fined 10s., or seven days' imprisonment. The case of George Chapman came on for final examination in the Bankruptcy Court on Tuesday. It will be remembered the bankrupt was a few years since lessee of the dairy and farms of Mr. Rhodes, at Islington, besides other farms in the neighbourhood of London, to the amount of nearly 1,000 acres. His debts and liabilities are estimated at about 20,0001., and the assets at 5,0001. Proclamation of outlawry was made against him, on his non-appearance in Court. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC. The Royal Academy of Fine Arts at Paris adjudged the first prize for engraving on Saturday tollll. Louis Delemer of Lille, and the second to M. Ange Collier, of Buis. Researches have been lately made at Tintignac, on the road to Limoges by some antiquaries, under a conviction that the ruins of the ancient city 01 Rhetia are buried there. Digging has commenced, and a building, with marbles, coins, and other relics, have already appeared. COURT-FASHIONABLE. The Earl of Denbigh is ^ staying at the Upper Lodge, near Bushy Park. Lord and Pady Palmerston are at Broadlands House, near Southampton. The Marquis of Douro arrived at Brighton on Tuesday. Lord Worsley has arrived at Manby Brigg, Lin colnshire. The Earl of Pembroke is in Parrs, an intends to pass the summer abroad. MISCELIANEOUS. The foundation-wall, which is supposed to have formed the eastern boundary of the Monastery of Whitefriars, has been discovered during the excava tions now making in Water-lane, Fleet-street. Two skulls, a coin of Charles the Second's time, and other pieces of money, were also found. Frost, the ex-Magistrate, is at work among the common gang at Impression Bay. Jones, the Chartist watchmaker, acts as overseer to the mess in the Pei& tentiary at Port Arthur. Williams, who was sent to work in the coal-mines, built a boat' and escaped, but was shortly after re-captured, and at present works in one of the chain gangs. Captain Powys, at the Staffordshire meeting on Monday, Stated that though the military at present restrained the discontented, the upraising of a single finger would bring up hundreds out of the pits. Earl Talbot said that unexpected outbreaks were fre quently liable to occur. He was one day only last week breakfasting with Lord Dartmouth at Sand well, when all of a sudden news came of the ap proach of a mob froni the pits, spreading terror in all directions. The report that Dr. 11PDouall had been arrested ;urns out to be incorrect. The county Magistrates of Staffordshire held a meeting in the Shire-hall, on Monday, to take into consideration the present state of the county. A series of rules and regulations were unanimously adopted for the more efficient preservation of the peace, ordering new district stations to be made, and horses and patrols to be kept in constant communica tion, and their reports constantly made to the Lord Lieutenant and the masters of the stations. DItURY-LANE THEATRE.—Tuesday the members of the corps dramatique assembled on the stage at twelve o'clock, having been convened by the stage manager, Mr. Serle, fur that hour. Among those present were Mr. Harley, Miss Romer, Mrs. Nisbett, and Miss Horton. It was communicated to the performers that the theatre would not open until Saturday the Ist of October, when the performances, as at present arranged, would consist of Shakspeare's As You Like It, with Mrs. Nisbett as Rosalind, and a new farce. The entire operatic strength of the company, including Madame Vestris, Miss Rower, Miss Norton, Miss Grant, will be in the old English opera, by Purcell, of Kina ther, some of the music of which was given out for study. In consequence of the theatre opening a week later than was anticipated, some cf the principal artistes intend to make short provincial tours. Th? Millerites are prophesying that the end of the wGrld is to be in April, 1843 ; and yet at the same time, in this month of August, 1842, they are taking subscrip tions fur a newspaper for one year in advance. Not bad that.—New York Herald. TIIE BRITISH MUSEUM.—Circulars have just been issued from the British Museum to all the publishers in the kingdom, calling their attention to the new Copy. right Act, .5 and 6 Vic., cap. 48, by which it is directed, under certain penalties, that a copy of every book, pamphlet, sheet of letterpress, sheet of music, map, chart, or plan, published within her Majesty's dominions, shall be delivered, on its publication, at the British Museum. The provisions of the said Act to be enforced in every case in which any of the above-named species of publi cation shall not be delivered as the Act directs. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEW CITY, EDNESDAY EVENING. A rally again took place in the prices of the Funds in the afternoon, and Consols closed at 93 93i for Money, and 93i- 931 for the Account; India Stock, 249 251 ; Exchequer Bills, Old, 51 53 ; New, 49 51 premium. The prices of Foreign Securities were without material alteration. D utchT wo -and- a-Half. per Cents., 52* 521 ; the Five Cents., 102 1024 ; Belgian, 1014 1024- ; Danish, 831 844, The quotation of Mexican was not quite so good, having declined to 35 35-4-. The Share Market continued dull. London and Birmingham, 183 185 ; Birmingham and Glou cester, 41.. 43 ; Great Western, 83 84 ; the Half Shares, 65 651 ; North Midland, 56 58 ; the New Shares, 271 284- ; South Eastern and Dover, 221 22* ; Eastern Counties, 84 9 ; Northern and Eastern, 38 381- ; Blackwell, 71 71 ; and Brighton, 33* 331. The quotations of the Bonds were—Colombian, 20; 21; Peruvian, 15 16; Portuguese Five per Cents., 351 36 ; the Three p e r Ce n t s ., 21 21A- ; Spanish Five per Cents. 161 161; the Three per Cents., 211 211. Speculations in the above named documents, which during some few years past have been much repre hended, have again commenced. Hitherto, those who may have been uninitiated in the doings of the Foreign Stock Exchange, have been in the majority of instances plundered of their money, and no milder ex pression can be used, by such as may have been more experienced in the goings on there. It is,almost need less to recal the ruin or loss which has been entailed upon the families of those who have speculated largely on former occasions, but it becomes an imperative duty to warn individuals who, tempted by unusually low prices, may still feel an inclination to . '" dabble" it time bargains. It is sufficient to . remark that the countries which have issued the Bonds are in reality insolvent, and the non-payment of the interest for so many years will show that they are at the mercy of those who have the command of the market, and who can raise or depress quotations by a nominal transfer of stock, and that most stringent laws relative to debtor and creditor, will almost imme diately come into operation, by which such gambling is most particularly denounced. It would appear un just to endeavour, as it might be termed, to depreciate the value of property ; but when from official docu ments it is seen that several of the above countries are literally " living by their wits," and that upon an estimate the deficiency of one is less by a certain amount than had been previously calculated upon ; and in another, that the Finance Minister had succeeded in raising a trifling amount, at a ruinous rate of interest, to meet a particular claim, occasion is taken to raise the quotations of the bonds of these nations, while the foreign creditor is completely, as it were, thrown overboard, it is imperative, when such serious con sequences may arise, to exert every effort to counter act them. (From The Sun of Last Night.) The markets have exhibited some degree of flat ness this morning, and but very little business has been done. Consols are 93 93* for Money, and 93* 934 for the Account. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. 101* 1011; Bank Stock, 166 167 for the Ac count; Exchequer Bills Old, 53; New, 49 51 prem. In Foreign Securities transactions have been Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 540 the Five per Cents. 104 ; Belgium, 104; and Danish at 84k. Some considerable purchases have been made in Mexican, and quotations are 361 368 for Time and for Money. _ _ _ The Shares which have changed hands to-day are less than were almost ever known, having been con fined to South Eastern Scrip, 6/ ; Eastern Counties, 8i ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarters, 4 ; Manchester and Birmingham, 23 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 491 ; and the New Shares, 51, a ll o f w hi c h are a s h a d e below former prices. Colombian Bonds are quoted 21; Portuguese Three per Cents., 21*; Spanish Five per Cents., 16* 16/; and the Three per Cents., 21* 21/. Some days since intelligence appeared in The Sun of the existence of a conspiracy in St. Petersburgh, the object of which was the assassination of the Em peror of Russia. A Morning Contemporary claiming priority •of information, denied the truth of this statement, inasmuch as it had not first received it. The whole is now confirmed by a party who has just arrived in this country from thence. It appears that even now the utmost precautions are observed about the pa laces, and so much distrust is exhibited, that it Is never accurately known one day where the Emperor will be on the next, the guards and attendants being as frequently changed. Arrests are almost hourly taking place, or suspected indivi duals arriving in custody from the provinces for exa mination and the numbers which have already been sent to Siberia are said to be extremely great. It is stated that the ramifications of this plot have. been ascer tained to have extended almost throughout the whole empire, and to have caused the utmost alarm, as it has not yet been fully developed. It may appear ex traordinary that the particulars have not been made more generally public, but the three-fold danger which attends correspondence from Russia, renders indivi duals excessively cautious as to what is written. •MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 6.—We still have but a limited business to report :—Bristol and Exeter, 45 ' • Manchester and Birmingham, 23/ ; London and Birmingham, 184 185; Manchester and Leeds, 72 73; Ditto Halves, 31 34. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank ,Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .... .. .. Ditto Bonds ....... —— pm 3 per Ceut. C0n5..... 93 Ditto Old Annuities 3} per Cent. Red... 1014 Ditto New Annuities — New 3* per Cent... ...... 101* Ex. Bills, 1,000/....t.1d 49 pm N.!w 5 per Cen', — Ditto 5001...... 49 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small ...... 49 pm Jan. 1860 ... ...... _ Bank Stock for Acct....166i Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent. ... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent 1024 Ditto, New Ditto — , razilian Bonds... — Prussian, 5 per cent. . Buenos Ayres6 per cent. Russian, 5 pet cent..... uhilian, 6 per cent — 'Ditto, Metallic-- .... Colombian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent.. l6* Ditto, 1824 2l Ditto, Deferred.... . Danish, 3 per cent B4 F renc h, 5 per cent 120 f. 50e. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — Exchange —f —c. Mexican, 5 per cent 36* French, 3 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2* per cent. s2* Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent. .. ... 102 a SHARES. Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) .... 8; Ditto Debentures .. .... . Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ...... ... • 49* Ditto New Shares ( 5 paid • sil Great Western Railway (65 paid) 834 London and Blackwall ( paid) 7* London and South Western (4116 s 10d pd) 59* Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (. 2 paid) 4 Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) 23 Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Northern and Eastern (45 paid) Noith Midland Railway (100) Ditto Half Shares (40 paid) Ditto Thirds (211. 13s. 4d. paid) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid)... — Ditto Scrip (10 paid) KENT HOP INTELLItiENCE MAIDSTONE.—Picking is now proceeding in good earnest, and in many places the hops have, come down so fast that the pickers have been forced to strike off in the m;ddle of the day for want of sufficient drying. convenience. The sample is said to be generally ex cellent, and much fewer complaints of lightness are heard than might have been expected. WATEIZINGDURY, &c.—Picking has become gene ral in this neighbourhood, and most of the growers speak of the growth as answering their highest ex pectations. The quality .is spoken of as very fine, Some few have been packed, and the'hops are light in weight compared with the number of bushels. 'liv e general estimate of the duty is about 145,0001. HORSMONDEN.—Picking has progressed suffio',„ t h, now to enable an opinion to be given concerd. The he the duty, which we consider at p resen t too }f e ' samples are very good generally, as regP. r d s condition, and all our best grounds are exoe).:ent. It will be the very best growth that has been exPEcienced for a very great many years, and it 'will be the planter's own fault if he does not obtain rennin erating prices this year, for he may not have as good a chance again for some years to come. It is conside%-ed here that 135,0001. will be the outside of the present duty. NORTRIAM.—The picking has PP.,rtially commenced, but the hops d o no t seem to cou , , e down so well as was expected. WINDMILL HILL, SEPT . Ho p picking is become general in our plantatior, s an d a fe w pockets have been sent to market.. The planters now find that there is not the cre:p that was anticipated, and that a large hole is mane in the grounds for but few hops ; the sample is good, and it is expec teal that the picking will be sooner over than was at first imagined. Hel lingly, Heathfield, Dallington, Ashburnham, and Ninfield, are in the same position. The duty is still thought not to exceed 135,0001. THUNDER-STORM LAST NIGHT.--Yesterday even ing the metropolis was again visited by - a thunder-storm, which, during the time it lasted, was severe and appall ing. In the early part of the evenii tg dense masses of clouds appeared approaching from th , r south and west, at which latter point of the horizon, sh( trtly after dusk, the lightning became most vivid and it icessant. About a quarter before eight o'clock the rain c sine down suddenly in torrents, which was accompanied b y incessant flashes of lightning, of a pale blue colour, rad loud peals of thunder. The lightning. throughout ilte whole duration of the storm, was most awfully vivid s knd intense. Shortly ' after nine o'clock the storm abated itichien)y, passing off in a north-easterly direction. Partridges are said to be unwsuaTly abundant this year. Grouse, too, are said to be above the average. The bare fields, owing to the yharvest, offer but slight chance of escape to the spom s man's prey. Birds were sold in Itiolverhamptaa. on Th ursday at 3s. per i braee.—Staffordshire E,xerAikel. SPOItTINtii TIVIELLIGE: , i LE. IZADCLIEFE 131Z1DGE RACE!.-:I.—AIoNDAY. Inc Wilton Stakes of 3 sovs, each, with 20 added. Heats, 2 miles. Mr. Wheeldon's b. c. by Giovanni, 4 yrs Mr. Spinks' Margaret, 3 yrs Mr. Parks' Physic, 3 yrs 3 dr The Pony race, thrice round, was won in two heats by Mr. Styrch's Fury, beating two others. WARWICK ACES.—Tpcsn.s. Y; The Guy Stakes of 50 sovs. each, lib.ft. —One mile. - Mr. Fowler's Fish-fag, 3 yrs (Marlow) 1 Mr. Bristow's f. by Uncle Toby, 3 yrs 7 •• Mr. Cookes' Palinurus, 3 yrs • • - 3 Won easy. The Leamington Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 ft only, if declared, with 100 sovs. added. The seCond :•: to receive 50/. out of the stakes. 2 miles. 124 subs; Mr. Gregory's Una, 4 yrs, Est I Ilb (Chapple} .0 1 Mr. Rush's Bro. to Plenipotentiary, 6 yrs, 7st 41b 0 2 Lord Chesterfield's Rhcdanthe, 5 yrs, 7st 3 The following also started, but were not placed ;--Mr. Greville's Welfare, 5 yrs, Bst 71b ; Duke of Richmond's The Currier, 6 yrs, Bst 71b ; Major Hay's Retriever; 6 yrs ; Mr. Phillimore's Solomon, 3 yrs, Est ; Duke of Richmond's Eaglesfield, 3 yrs, sst 91b ; Captain Har court's Armagill, 4 yrs, 7st 71b ; and Mr. Sadler's The Conqueror, 3 yrs, sst. Won cleverly by half a length. 'The Warwick St. Leger Stakes of 25 t oys eac h, 10 f t , with 30 added. Once round and a distance. Mr. Bristow's.Harroldston, Bst 81b (Chapple) 1 Mr. Isaac Day's MDrality, Bst 41b 2 Lord Westniinster's Martyr, Bst 81b 3 Mr. E. Peel's Canary, Bst Blb Won easy. The Maiden Plate of 501. Heats, two miles. Mr. Robbins' President, 4 yrs...(S. Darling. sen.) 1 1 Mr. Fowler's Magnum Bonum, 4 yrs 2 3 Mr. Coates' Jolly Boy, 4 yrs 0 2 Match, 50 sovs. h ft. One mile.-LMr. Booth's Snou - drop, 3 yrs, received forfeit from Mr. Robinson's Rowena, 3 yrs. ST. LEGER BETTING-11 to 8 agst Attila (t), 11 to 1 agst Policy (t), 11 to 1 agst Cabrera (t), 11 to 1 agst Fireaway, 15 to 1 agst Eboracum (t), 16 to 1 agst Agreeable colt (t), 20 to 1 agst Rosalind (t), 25 to' 1 agst Seahorse (t), 25 to 1 agst Ballinkeele (t). Owing to the carelessness of the railway people at Coventry, the above was not forwarded by the six o'clock train on Tuesday night, or it would have ap peared in our paper of yesterday. WARWICK RACES—WEDNESDAY. A Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, 5 ft., with 50 added, for two-year-olds. T.Y.C. (6 Subs.) Mr. Bristow's Pharaoh, Bst 61b (Ch apple) 1 Mr. E. Peel's Cane, by Dr. Faustus, Bst 61b • 2 Mr. E. Walters's Wordsley, by The Tulip, Bst 61b Mr. Moss's Mephistopheles, by Dr. Faustus, Rst 61b 4 }letting-2 to lon Pharaoh, who won easy, by two lengths. The Avon Stakes, of 50 sovs. each, h ft. Once rout d and a distance. (8 Subs.) Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre, Bst 31b (J. Howlett) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Peloponnesus' B st 7t04 on Peloponnesusi; wo n by twenty lengths -- The Warwick Cup Stakes of 10 soya. each. Four miles. (17 Subs.) Mr. Holmes's Vulcan, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b ... (Darling) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Yorkshire Lady, 3 yrs, sst 81b 2 Mr. T. Charlton's b f Nix my Dolly, 3 yrs, sst 81h 3 5 to 2 on Vulcan ; won easy by a length. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 Suvs. each, with 50 added; heats, two miles. (7 Subs.) Mr. M. Jones's Portrait, 4 yrs, 7st 10Ib Mr. Isaac Day's Busk filly, 5 yrs, Est 71b 1 2 Mr. Copeland's King Cole, aged 7st 91b .The stakes divided by Portrait and the Busk filly. ST LEGER BETTING.-6 to 4 agst Attila (5 to 2 laid in the morning) ;Bto 1 agst Cabrera ;11to 1 agst • Policy ; 14 to 1 agst Seahorse (t) ; 12 to 1 agst Fir e away (t) ; 15 to 1 agst Agreeable colt (t) ; 15 to 1 a gst Eboracum ; 18 to 1 agst Rosalind (t) • 20 to 1 agst Ballinkeele (t) ; 40 to 1 agst Scalteen BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TITESDAY. ST. LEGER.-5 to 4 agst Attila (t), 10 to 1 agst Cabrera (t), 10 to 1 agst Policy, 10 to I agst Fireaway. • 13 to 1 agst Eboracum, 20 to 1 agst the Agreeable colt, 25 to 1 agst Rosalind, 30 to 1 agst Artful Dodger (5 freely), 30 to 1 agst Ballinkeele, 25 to 1 agst Seahorse, 50 to 1 agst Master Thomas, 1,000 to 14 agst Sir Harry. DONCASTER COP.-7 to 4 agst Beeswing (t) ;5 to agst Charles the Twelfth (t). CHAMPAGNE STAKES.-2 to 1 agst The Caster (t). LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, • SEPT. 7.—Wind this day at noon, fresh breezes from the Eastward, fine clear weather. DEAL, SEPT. 6.—Wind variable and light.—Arrd. Palinurus barque, supposed from Calcutta. Sld. H e l en , Mauritius; Sarah , St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF THE LlZARD.—Barbadoes, Dixon, Pugwash. OFF THE WlGHT.—Welleored e n, Bargona, Batavia.; Vestal, Bahia. OFF PORTLAND.—Ruby, May, St. Mitt's. OFF BEACHY HEAD, SEPT. 3.—Neptune, • Sohryder, Amsterdam, for Batavia ; Catherine, Alto , .a, for St. Thomas; Mord, Moll, St. Croix, for Copenliagen. OFF HASTINGS, SEPT. 6.—Flora, Deveque, Jamaica ; William Carey, Glenday, Calcutta ; Helen, Antigua. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 6,—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Ida Wilhelmina, Batavia ; John Line, Madras. COWES, SEPT. s.—Arrd. Fortuna, Classen, Rio. BRISTOL, SEPT. 6.—Arrd. St. Vincent, Cook, Jamaica. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 6.—Wind N.N.W. moderate.--" Arrd. Hector, Bombay. Arrd. off—Linton. Bombay ; John Lelly, Africa ; Auriga, Dalrymple, Arica. CLYDE, SEPT. 5.--Sid. Anemona, Atica and Lima. . DUBLIN, SEPT. s .—Arrd. Garonn e , D -e unn, ti s. SHIELDS, SEPT. 3.—Sld., Sophia, e Y 1". 4. Arrd. Aid, Quebec. Sld. Sarah and Arsilia, New York. FALMOUTH, SEPT. s.—Wind S. to S.S.E.—SId. Li' . verpool steamer, Vi g o. Arrd. off—Aldebaran, Drew , f Baltimore. GUERNSEY, SEPT. 5.--Sld. William, Princess Ade- Nancy, Rio. JERSEY, SEPT. s.—Arrci. Iris, Buttram, Bahia ; - 1 J ? telope, Asplet, Rie. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 6.—Wind variable.—Sld. . swilly, Port Phillip. , PILL, SEPT. 5.- —Sid. Willi am C anyncs, Africa ; W ii Liam, Quebec. NEWPORT, SEPT. 3.—Sld. Janet, Rio ; Corsair, St•. Jr' John's. New Brunswick. Herr Dobler and his wife miraculously escaped the alarming accident which to, k place in Edinburgh at the period of the Queen's procession. The Herr is now poi" forming at the Theatre Royal in that city, and w ill coo' tinue his entertainments during the Royal visit. GAME.—Partridge-shooting commenced yesterday • As the fields will be soon cleared of corn, and birds 2 1 ' 3 ' ; ab indent in all di rect i ons, capital sport is anticipated. s GrJuse and black cocks are very plentiful on the hills, ant in the best possible condition, but they are so wild and strong on the wing, that it is wish difficulty they can • be approached ; there is, consequently, much work for the sportsman and small result. —Ross-shire Advertiser.. STATE OF THE DISTRICT.--There is no material change since our last, in the relative positions of the work people and their employers, in the country about Manchester. To the northward of the town both spinners and weavers are at work at the old prices ; whilst to the southward and eastward —especially et Ashton, Stalybridge, Glos?, o p, Hyde, and Stockport—e ll '. are still at a stand, and, ws far as we can learn, withouV any reasonable prosp'zct of a speedy resumption o f ployment. In Manc i aester, the spinners are all, or nearly; all at work, whil,,,t the weavers are as generally idle. Altogether the number of power-looms now standing is supposed to 1 ., e nearly 6 0 ,000.-16fanehester Guardian. THE STRANGERS' FRIEND SOCIETY.—A few days , ago an u , .known friend called upon the treasurer of this charity (Mr. T. Farmer), and presented him with the munißcent donation of 2001. in aid of its funds. M ANCHESTER AND L EEDS MAIL.--A gig mail 1 began t o run f rom Manchester to Leeds the first time on Sunday, the 4th instant. It leaves Manchester and Leeds each evening at seven o'clock, and will perform the joerney in six hours. The bags have hitherto been taken by railway ; but, on account of the extraordinary; ex-,-.ense (arising from the untimely hours at which tb° trains were required to run, and which prevented them from obtaining passengers, the Government have ' adopted these means, which will be a saving to the: revenue of britween one and two thousand a year- - 7 . 1 Manchester Guardian. On SP:turday morning at two o'clock, died Pierre Benin-; so well-known-in the town for his exertions, and swirJming to the Amphitrite, when that unfortunate was lost on our coast and so many human beings' perished. For his humanity on that occasion, when be clearly proved, that had the Captain followed his advice the whole might have been saved, he was decorated with • the Legion of Honour, received medals from various So-,. cieties and the English Government, and l arge sums 01 money from all who admire devotion and intrepidity. He was buried with military honours this morning and fol lowed to the grave by a vast number o f English and . French.—Boulogne Gazette of Monday. In consequence of the falling off in the revenue in Ireland by the number of whiskey distilleries that have ceased to work, the Ekeise collections of Fermoy- and Tralee have been abolished; the former is to be coo' solidated with Clonmel and Cork—the latter (Tralee) with Cork and Limerick, the towns of Listowel , Rathkeale, and Newcastle being added to this district. The collector of Fermoy, Mr. Smith, succeeds Mr. Clarke, who goes from C os k t o L on d on. Mr. Mathews , of Tralee, retires on the superannuation fund.—Lime" . .: rick Chronicle. FEMALE DEALERS IN CORN.—An ancient custonl prevails at Chartres, the largest corn market in France, with the exception of Paris, the women invariabii acting as the sole agents in the purchase and sale of corn. The market is worth a visit for the sake of see - , ing the operations of t h e women, to whom is confided::. the entire duty of measuring the corn, delivering it " l c the buyers, receiving the prices, and paying over th 6 amount to the sellers. These women are more el‘' . .` pressively than elegantly termed, " Leveuses de ell's' de-poche ;" poche, in the dialect of La Beauce, sig nifying the sack in w hi c h t h e gra i n i s brought • tO' market. These women form an organised corporation , . which has existed for several centuries. Th e y e njoy index sufficiently reputation for th e str i ctest i ntegr i ty, w hi c h i s sufficiently attested by the fact that the whole transse tions of the market are entrusted to them. Nor are they under any surveillance ; the buyer and the seller alike, put implicit confidence in them. The latter, when he . has pitched his corn, leaves it entirely in their handst goes about his business or pleasure in the town, and re" turns in the evening to receive the amount o f the sale' without making any inquiries, or .taking any farthet trouble about it. The confidence placed in the honest,' of these women, and the importance of the charge eon' fided to them, may be estimated from the fact that te a thousand quintals of corn is by no means an unu su • quantity to change hands in one market day at Chartre!,r the whole of which is invariably disp o s e d o f fqr WAY • money, paid on the spot. 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Dew Mr. Green, twel rest were undefe Mr. Brandt h tion, called a g the exception of 'as merely to tt were . present a Morning mentio of collier s , man: Kersall Moor, From this mee several of the c Manchester to hands. The ph short distant halted, and six tered into conve he on the spot. ton e , why they Whole m o b mac n umbers as to diately the hane eee dingshavin large body of followed them, bragoons, seve• with his staff. - with the mob of Mr. Knowle turned out all the engine bo t he reservoir, stopping the N !•30oner did the •Royals, which ( .company, than in number, and ;scampered off i . hy the police a captured, about of a tunnel not they had cone turned out wer hood, being re vicinity, a dist riot. The blue oners were pre formidable desc John Bramall Many of the de. mediate neight first dispersed pursued across litary or police an hour and a The case for Mr. Green defence. Mr. Whigha his clients at e The Learner great minutene The jury ret hour, when the of Guilty azair Holland, John Taylor, and aco Mr. Fulton Scot