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Bonds are on sale NOW at £l3. Against the end of this Month the price will rise to £l4, and the Sale will close in the first dare of November. Those who remit El 5 BEFORE the 28th instant, will re ceive an order fcr £2 upon our London Bankers, together with the Bond. To those ordering too late for being attended to, their re mittances will be returned by first post. HEINE BROTHERS. HAMBURGH, October 4, 1842. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. THIS EVENING. OCT. 26, Will be presented the Operatic Play of ROB ROY. Rash leigh Osbaldistone, Mr. C. Pitt; Francis Osbaldistone, Mr. %V. Harrison; Rob Roy liPGregor Campbell, Mr. Cooper; Dougal, Mr. W. H. Payne ; Diana Vernon, Miss Rainforth ; Ili•len M'Gregor, Mrs. Salzberg. After which, Auber's Opera of FRA DIA VOLO ; or, the iii Nof TERRA 31NA. Fre Diavolo, Mr. W. Harrison ; Allcasb, Mr. G. Horncastle; Lorenzo, Mr. Travers; lti,ateo, Mr. S. Smith; Beppo, Mr. J. Bland; Giacomo, Mr. iubilei ; Lady Allcash, Miss Poole; Zerlina, Miss Rainforth. floors open at Half-past Six, and the Performances com mence at Seven.—Dress Boxes 75., Second Price 3s. ; Firzt and Second Circles 55., Second Price 2s. 6d. ; Pit 3s; Second Price 2s. ; Gallery Is. Tickets and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Whit low, at the Box-office, from Ten till Four, where. Season Tickets may bo had.: Private Boxes to be had at the Box-office ' • of Messrs. An drews, 167, New Bond-street; Mr. Mitchell,Old Bond-street; and of Mr. Sams, Pall Mall. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. THIS EVENING, OCT. 26, Will be presented THE MISER'S DAUGHTER, which has been for some time in preparation, and will be produced uith New Scenery, Dresses, and Novel Effects, combining all the resources of the Theatre. The Piece dramatised from the popular Work of the same name, by Mr. Edward Stirling, by per ra:ssion of the Author, W. Harrison Ainsworth, Esq., who, in conjunction with George Cruikshank, Esq., will personally superintend the numerous Tableaux, Sm., as illustrated in " Ainsworth's Magazine." After which, THE DAUGHTER OF THE DANUBE. Th e Imp, Mr. Wieland ; Fleur-des-Champs, Mdme. Proche Ciuk.ilei; " The Frightful, Spiteful, Old Bachelor," Airs. 11. P. Grattan. To conclude with NORMA. Pollio, Mrs. H. P. Grattan ; orma, Mr. Paul Bedford; Adalgisa, Mr. Wright. Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, ls. Doers open at half•past six, commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. THIS EVENING, OCTOBER 26, NI ill be acted a New Drama, entitled ESTELLE DUMAS, supported by the entire Company. After which, the Nautical Drama of POOR JACK; or, TA 2 WIFE OF A SAILOR. Poor Jack, Mr. T. P. Cooke, whose performance attracts nightly overflows. Eleanor Mrs. H. Vining. Co conclude with Mr. Albert Staith's new Drama, called BLANCHE HERIOT, which has met with most decided access. Neville Audely, Mr. H. Hughes ; Hugh Laneret, *. r.N. T. Hicks; Herrick Evenden, Mr. J. Webster ; Blanche s erriot, Mrs. R. Honner. Place, and private Boxes to be had of Mr. J. Kerschner, at thr Box-enice, from eleven to four. TO CORRESPONDENTS. A. B. C."—YheMarriage is invalid ; the wife can prosecute the husband for bigamy ; and should there bc any children by the second marriage, they will all he illegitimate. HtGU W ATER AT LONDON BRIDGF. THIS DAY. icining 47 minutes after 5 I Evening l5 minutes after 6, ..,10 t.,,,) ci.,if'. 4 -(gut , e .e , 1 , R 4 j o t ... AL ,--" " . ;; , %- 4 ' 4- ,- 4 ,-i' 4 3C4,1--. ', 'c't ~ '"'''• ' , 4' . 4 - 04(4 r" la= ‘.:',.:. - ‘,h. - 4 7 ti * AZ: c. . - v %.•-• 1,..,,,..."; ; .-(_:- ,, -__:_, .;:r-)„,,,-,.. A , ~„,' -, „., . Ui i-, , ,; ._*.,4, % .f.- 41.,....6‘..4.4. , -;,.....,..i. , .:--. "'i 4...,,,,,,.....0.,c _-J gitc /41rt, LONDON WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 1542. Mr. DICKENS, in his recent work on the U cited States, speaks with disapprobation of the distrust which there prevails of public men, and or the general seriousness, or want of gaiety of the people. Something may be said, we think, in praise of these qualities:; and in justice to the institutions with which they are supposed to be connected, we shall say what occurs to us. " The Americans," he says, " are by nature frAnk, brave, cordial ;" yet he tells us there is " universal distrust," and gives this instance, which confines the remark—and, we believe, it is m.'ant to be confined—to public men and public s " You carry," says the stranger, "this jealousy and distrust into every transaction of public life. By rep.cll;ng worthy men from your legislative assem blie, it has bred up a class of candidates for the sell - rage, who in their every act disgrace your insti tutions and your people's choice. It h as ren der A you so fickle and so given to change that your imzonstancy has passed into a proverb, for you no sooner set up an idol firmly than you are !.ure to pull it down and dash it into fragments ; and this, because directly you reward a benefactor or a public servant, distrust him merely because he is rewarded, and immed;ately apply yourselves to find out either that , You have been toobountiful in your acknowledgments, or he remiss in his deserts. Any man who attains a higi place among you, from the President downwards, may date his downfal from that mo m e n t; f or a n y granted lie that any notorious villain pens , a ltho ug h it militates directly against the character and conduct of u life, appeals at once to your distrust and is believed. You will strain at a gnat in the way of trustfulness and confidence, however fairly won and well deserved ; but you will swallow a whole caravan of camels, if they be laden with unworthy doubts and mean suspi cions. Is this well, think you, or likely to elevate the character of the governors or the governed among you ?" The answer is invariably the smile " There's free . - dom of opinion here, you know. Every man thinks for illinself, and wa are not to be easily over-reached. Th at's how our people come to be suspicious?' Tr the experience of public men in America corresponds to our experience in Europe—and we believe it does—no more wholesome senti tneut can exist than the deepest distrust. We speak less of the continual prostitution, by indi viduals in all r an k s, of the public cause to their own private advancement, of intemperate pro fessions of patriotism as means of achieving power, of great promises made in opposition that are invariably forgotten in office, of the familiarity of the hustings and the haughty re pal(lon of Parliament, of the deep interest can didates take in every man's welfare, and of the net:Jlect by representatives of every interest but their own, of encouragement to agitation out of (nlice, and of meeting fel low agitators when in of-r,•: with stripes, imprisonment, and perhaps .:h—though all these circumstances are ex offensive, and warrant deep and un:.:iterable distrust, we speak less of these al Tri:Li,t every-day occurrences, which are, perhaps, 1 ('z;:i coninion in America than here, than of die blighted hopes which everywhere, in America and in Europe, flow from the promises and the actions of public men. We speak of no one party, but of all parties, and demagog ues and despots are alike included in Cie term public men. They provoke revolu tion, promise freedom, and bestow on nations an iron and bloody despotism. They array them selves against one family or one s overe i gn on account of some alleged abuses; they trample on all the ties of kindred, affection, and allegiance; they gain power, and then, they use it in the same, or a more selfish, sordid manner, than th, King they deposed, or the iron despot who hal previously duped a nation by its vanity, and then enslaved it. They promise mankind peace, and are perpetually embroiling them about the most worthless trifles. They proclaim prosperity and happiness as the consequence of obedience to their power, and from their decrees flow poverty, pauper ism, and strife, which all the unfired energies of men, for ever struggling to better their con dition, and help one another, cannot ward off. They pretend to insure communities, by their ecclesiastical establishments, against vice, and by their criminal jurisprudence against crime, and vice and crime seem to increase very nearly in proportion to their establishments. They pre tend to protect trade and promote ingenuity, and their care stifles the former, and prevents the latter. We cannot look at home or abroad, any day of our lives, and not feel powerfully convinced that all the hopes held out to us, by much-promising public men, of obtaining peace, happiness, and virtue through their instrumen tality are continually deceived; and of such deception, distrust is the natural and warrantable consequence. We know that similar results have taken place in America. These individuals have professed a love for the public interest, to serve their private ends. 'There great promises are made by a Congress which are never fulfilled. There chartered banks, the cur rency, the custom-house—which is as full of frauds as our own the post-office convey ances, the whole proceedings of Congress, and the Government, contrast strongly and fatally for their character with the wonderful achiev ments of private enterprise, and necessarily cause a wholesome distrust of all those who continu ally promise what is, from some cause or other, never performed. Where there is " freedom of opinion," as in America, where " every man thinks for himself," where the mind is not edu cated into habitual confidence, but is free to re ceive the impression of facts, distrust arises. It scarcely exists in Germany, where institutions fail to accomplish what is promised in their name as much as they do in the United States, and where Princes have been repeatedly faithless to their pledged honour; it is little known in France, where twice the people have been roused, in the name of liberty, to acquire, first an iron, and then a cold, calculating, sordid despotism; and it is never felt we believe, in Italy, where uninterrupted confidence in rulers is justified by the most complete and abject debasement of the people. Far, therefore, from censuring the distrust of public men which prevails in America, we regard it as the natural consequence of freedom; as its surest safeguard, and the most certain means of securing its progress. In several parts of his work Mr. DICKENS notices the gravity of the American character. We think that also is connected with their freedom. They have a great work to perform, and they are sensible of it. The lazzaroni of Naples, the casino haunters of the other parts of Italy, are not otherwise than a gay and light hearted people. In France the Monarch and his Ministers take care of the nation, and the people are not wanting in mirth. They have long been renowned for the vivacity of their parties and the brilliancy of their wit, but those qua lities were not incompatible with committing some of the greatest atrocities that stain the annals of civilised Europe. The Germans are both cheerful and kindly. The English are accused by foreigners of the same quality that Mr. DICKENS discovers in the Americans. These two people take part in public affairs; the others are almost excluded from all inter ference with them. Seriousness, then, seems connected with freedom—lightness and gaiety with Courts and despotism. Probably whenever men can freely reflect on their own beginning and their end, and where ever they come into contact—as many of the Americans yet do—with the almost unsoiled grandeur of nature, communing with her mighty streams, and penetrating through her little trodden forests, solemnity and earnestness must be the frame of their minds. The Indians they have displaced were a solemn and an earnest people. There is no reason with them why, being free and having no endowed clergy to mock by their lives what is taught by their words, they should not firmly believe the religion they profess. To live in this world as if it were a passage to an ' other, where every step may lead to'eternal plea sure or eternal pain, may well make men earnest and solemn. To live in it with such an idea of duty, and to see the society of which they are members a prey to many disorders, while they seem wholly without the excuses which we in Europe make for wretchedness and misery, and for which every man, as a participant in the po litical power of the State, may hold himself re-, sponsible, seems well calculated to make• the Americans thoughtful and earnest. Mr. Drc- KENS assures us they are so, which is the result of their freedom, and a proof that, like true men, they feel the responsibility that is on them. We rather admire that trait in their character, and should not think the worse of our country men if amongst them there were more serious ness and less frivolity. But what happens here ? Take the conduct of the Ministers and the Par liament as a specimen. That great and unpa ralleled distress pervades the community is ad mitted on all hands. That property is threatened, or only to be preserved by strong coercion, is apparent. A social convulsion, alarming while it lasted, has taken place, and it would seem by the steps taken by the Government that the country is not secure against another. But, knowing all these things, and being respon sible fbr them, our light-hearted senators, and somewhat careless Ministers, have dispersed to shoot, and hunt, and feast, and enjoy them selves, as if no single speck of cloud darkened the sky of England. The head of all—the great Doctor himself—has, till within the last day or two, been tasting the delight of pheasant-shoot ing in the preserves of Tamworth. At the con duct of the Parliament, and at the conduct of the Ministers, the light-hearted people smile, and are gay ; and we should have brighter hopes ft)r the future, if they were even graver, more serious, and solemn, than the Americans. It may be quoted as a singular specimen of the Tory mind, that the most sincere and conscien tious of the Tory journals has undertaken to de fend the sanguinary revengeful murders com mitted by our ancestors at the gallows, and calls for the suppression by force of the Anti-Corn law League. To be criminal, according to this doctrine, is to be deserving of death, and as, ac cording to the same party, all men are criminals, all men are deserving of death, a deduction which justifies mutual assassination. The progress of events, to which Tory Ministers and the Tory party are obliged to succumb, is confusing the Tory mind. It endeavoured to rule society on a theory which will work no longer, and now it is quite at a loss. In an agony of fear it demands the suppression of the Anti-Corn-law League, which is rendering its pet theory worthless, and it recommends capital punishments, as they were employed by our ancestors, to put down every petty crime. It is like a spoiled child, which is ready to break even its own doll---the present Constitution—to pieces, if it c annot .have its own way. Society will not stop fbr the Tory theory ; the Tory mind will not go forward with society ; and it has no alternative but to resort to the ar bitrary power and bloody executions of the Eighth HARRY. If it have his malignity, it lacks his vigour. It is a waiting woman ezgaying to wear the armour and wield the axe of the bluff mon arch. It looks ridiculous in its pranks, but would be truly pitiable could it succeed in crushing it self by the ponderous weapons after which it grasps. MEETING Or se P em Aß s liAMENT.—(From a Correspon dent.)—There the West End of the town, be a very general opinion at defi o n o w i f t n tusiness early in January. that Parliament will as semble for the dispatch Of course nothing c e an 2d b o e f k i n i :::n until after the next Privy Council, will be held at Wind sor Castle on Wednesday, the Court on Monday the was expun g ed At the City Registration n ame of the Lord Mayo r from the list. ea Lady Munro has arrived at F rance's Hotel, Bel grave-street, from Scotland. COURT CIRCULAR. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1542. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Owing to the unpropitious state of the weather throughout the day, the Royal pity at the Castle have not enjoyed their usual rides and drives. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Prin cesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, and his Royal Highnrss the Hereditary Grand Duke of Meck lenburgh Strelitz, have arrived on a visit to her Ma. jesty, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt and Baron Knesebeck. The Marquis of Exeter and the Earl of Dunmore have arrived at the Castle on a visit to the Queen. Viscount Hawarden has arrived, and has suc ceeded Lord Byron as the Lord in Waiting on the Queen, and Admiral Sir Robert Otway has suc ceeded General the Hon. Sir William Lumley as the Groom in Waiting on her Majesty. The Queen had a dinner party this evening. Covers were laid for twenty-three. The party con sisted of her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke or Mecklenburgh Strelitz, the Earl and Countess of Dunmore, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Baroness Ahlefeldt, Hon. Georgiana Stanley, Hon. Clementina Hamilton, Hon. Mrs. Anson, Marquis of Exeter, Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Viscount Hawarden, Hon. C. A. Murray, Admiral Sir Robert Otway, Colonel Arbuthnot, Sir Edward Bowater, and Dr. Prcetorius. Mr. R. Deigbton had the honour this morning of submitting to his Royal Highness Prince Albert a model of the Ducal residence of Cobourg, of which his Royal Highness was pleased to express great ad miration. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Pr;ncesses Augusta and Mary of Cambridge, attended by Barones Ahlefeldt, and Baron Knesebeck, left their residence at Kew, yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had au interwiew with the Chancellor of the Exche quer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Prince of Mecklenburgh Szrelitz left Kew yesterday for Wind sor Castle, on a visit to the Queen. Sir James Graham arrived in town yesterday from his.seat at Netherby, Cumberland. . . The Postmaster:General had an interview yester day with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Down ing-street. The Earl of Ripon has returned to his seat Nocton, Lincolnshire, from Studely Park. ELECTION OF ALDERMAN FOR BROAD-STREET WARD. A meeting was held yesterday, at the North and South American Coffee-house, of the friends of Mr. Sheriff Pilcher, for the purpose of taking measures for putting him in nomination as Alderman for Broad-street Ward, and securing his election. Mr. Pilcher, the Under-sheriff, attended for his brother. JAMES CLIFT, Esq., took the Chair, and in doing so said that the Committee had previously met, and understanding that a requisition had been got up in favour of Mr. Musgrove, and that it had been signed by,, upwards of 120 of the most re spectable inhabitants of the Ward, the Committee had come to a resolution of advising Mr. Filcher to retire. The Ward contained but about 200 inhabitants, and had it been known that Mr. Pilcher intended to come forward, many who signed the requisition to Mr. Musgrove would not have done so. It would be, therefore, prudent to advise Mr. Pilcher not to con test the Ward, which would entail considerable ex pense upon it. An advertisement had been prepared to be inserted in the leading papers, which he would read. (The advertisement was then read, for which see our advertising columns.) Mr. Under-Sheriff PILCHER said, that, as he lef the Old Bailey last night, a gentleman of considerable influence in the Ward called upon him, and then stated that he was not aware that Mr. Pilcher in tended to come forward. Had it been known gene rally, in all probability there would not have been so many signatures to the requisition to Mr. Musgrove ; but as Mr. Sheriff Pilcher found that a large propor tion of the Ward was pledged to Mr. Musgrove, he would exceedingly regret anything that might cause hostile feelings in the Ward, by offering himself on that occasion—(Hear, hear)—knowing the respect ability of Mr. Musgrove, and, with deference to the inhabitants of the Ward, he should not do so. With respect to the question of residence, he thought that would have been no objection to kr. Pilcher being returned, as he resided within a stone's throw of the City, and was most intimately connected with it.— (Ilear.) Mr. Sheriff Pileherwould be most happy, on any future occasion, to devote himself to the service of the citizens of London.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said that the question of residence was as much in favour of Mr. Pilcher as Mr. Mus grove, as Mr. Pilcher was a Director of the Argus Insurance Office. A deputation was then formed, who waited upon Mr. Musgrove, and on their return, Mr. Sheriff Pil cher having arrived, Mr. WHARrox communicated to him the resolution come to by the Committee, and stated that they had been very courteously received by Mr. Musgrove, and from the honourable and upright manner in whieh Mr. Sheriff Pitcher had acted, he had gained many persons who were his opponents over to his side. Mr. Sheriff PILcUER said he approved of all the Committee had done, and thanked them for their zeal in his behalf. ~. ~_._-4 L::: ~ , .... ~c. ~ nu . Mr. Musgrove will therefore be the new Alderman, the vacancy having, as our readers will be aware, been caused by the death of Sir John Cowan, Bart. Mr. Sheriff FILCHER said he should put himself forward the first vacancy that should occur. The meeting then separated. BOULOGNE, OCT. 22.—(From a Correspondent.)— The following is a return of the passengers who have passed between France and England by Boulogne and Calais for the week ending the 20th of Oct.,:—Bou logne-1,292 passengers, 6 horses, and 17 passengers. Calais-437 passengers and 11 carriages. Among those who arrived at Boulogne were Lord Cowley, the Countess of Leicester, the Countess of Tanker ville Viscount St. Vincent, and Mr. Jardine, the Po lice Magistrate. A VEGETABLE COMPASS.—A correspondent has sent to the editors of the National Intelligencer a dry. pressed specimen of the Polar Plant of the western prairies. It is a species of fern, which generally attains the height of from ten to sixteen in c h es , w ith one large flat leaf, whose plane always points to the north and south. The specimen was plucked from the prairies near Fort Gibson, west of Arkansas. It is spread profusely in large beds over all the western prairies, from the far north-west to the far south west. It has been seen in the prairies of Wisconsin and other regions east of the Mississippi. It is never found in the forests, or, in other words, out of the prairies. It has been well known to the hunters and trappers of the west, and to the officers of dragoons ; but it is believed that its existence has never (at least extensively) been made known to the world. Its plane is always in the plane of the meridian, when not disturbed by high winds or other external causes The indications are always most accurate in the valleys, where the beds are sheltered from the winds, and where the traveller finds them arranged in parallel positions, faithfully pointing out the direction of the D meridian. Th e l ea f i s symmetr i ca l , an d t h us t h ere i s south.—Ne w t Yo r kd a y and Ob s erver. Sunday nothing in its indi ca ti ons t o di st i ngu i s h t h e north from the th R . w u r we have had very boisterous weather, with heavy h s owers of rain and hail. On Saturday afternoon it blew a perfect hur ricane from the west, and the packets from Calais and Boulogne were, in consequence of the heavy swell, unable to enter the harbour. We have not heard of any casualties by sea having been caused by the storm, but we are fearful that its effects may turn out to have been disastrous. On Saturday afternoon an inquest was held here on the body of a young female, a stranger, who had poisoned herself on the previous night by , swallowing laudanum, w h en t h e somewhat extraordinary verdict of "Febo de se" w as returned. Amongst our arrivals are the Marchioness of Douro and suite, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Judge Ball and family, Sir E. Smith and family, the Earl St. Vincent, Viscount Tamworth, Major-General and Mrs. Arnold, Colonel Hutchinson and family, and Major Peel and suite. HEREFORD OCTOBER FAIL—We do not remember to have ever witnessed so large a number of Hereford cattle in this city, with su few inferior animals among them, as we witnessed on Thursday last—nearly every street was crowded with the most splendid description of stock. Nevertheless, we hear on all hands that it was one of the worst fairs that has been held in Here ford for the last twenty years. In the morning the breeders endeavoured to stop the ebbing of the tide of reduction by holding out for. price, but it was soon found that this object could not be gained; therefore, the falmers necessarily gave way, and a large number of cattle exchanged hands, but at a reduction of full 25 per cent. upon the prices of last year.—Hereford Times. TILE IRON TRADE.—The October series of iron masters' quarterly meetings are just ended. The business done has been comparatively trifling, and the future prospects of the trade are disheartening in the extreme. The demand created by the stop page of the works is supplied, and the orders now issued will only be for such quantities as are re quired for immediate use; what this will be may be inferred from the fact that the chain and trace trade is nearly at a stand still, while the demand for nails is daily decreasing.—Staffordshire Examine,. frOntrtTe., , t t fc 1:e SUN OFFICE Three &Cluck. The proceedings of the secret tribunal, said to be engaged in examining the Custom-house plun derers, remain as mysterious as ever. One Cor respondent says the Lords of the Treasury have not confidence in the Board, and are resolved to appoint a Commission to make an impartial in vestigation into all the details of this disgraceful conspiracy. Another says there is no truth in these statements, as the inquiry is still carried on; not, however, by the Board of Customs, with the Chairman at their head, but by only one member, not the most fit either to do justice to the case. Then there are long paragraphs in the papers,' asserting that Mr. A. and Mr. F., with some twenty others, have been suspended or discharged, which are followed by others, contra dicting these reports, and casting great blame on the public journals for blasting the fair fame of so many upright men. Insinuations are also made against several silk-houses implying that they have participated in the plunder, and in a few days come forth assertions equally strong from them or their friends, declaring all these a mere tissue of falsehood, and denouncing the conduc tors of journals for publishing such libellous as persions. But neither the public press nor the public are to blame. The loss to the revenue may be one hundred thousand pounds or one million sterling; and from the darkness which covers the proceedings, and the natural disposi tion of man to magnify what is unknown, a general feeling prevails that the loss may amount to the latter sum, and something more; those, therefore, who are saddled with new and oppressive taxes to make up deficiencies in the revenue, are anxious toknow how they have been robbed, and eagerly catch at reports in news papers, said, of course, by the Correspondents, to be founded on the best authority. While these rumours prevail, and they will continue to prevail until the mystery is cleared up, how conies it that the silk traders themselves do not hold public meetings, and demand a public investiga tion, in order to remove suspicions from the in nocent, and convict those that are really guilty. While the Spitalfields weavers, who suffer so much by smuggling, have held meetings and called for an open in quiry, we are not aware that any step has been taken in the same course by the very parties who thus complain of calumny and falsehood. They are not all implicated. Ten er twenty righteous men certainly can be found among the trade, who fear no disclosures either from Mr. BURNBY, Mr. HOMERSHAM, or Mr. DOWDING ; and as they regard their character, as well as the public good, they are bound to denounce' the secret system, and call for a real, and not a mock, investigation. The Lords of the Trea sury after all, however, are the parties most deserving of blame. Though it is known to every one that no confidence is placed in men who are themselves implicated by gross neglect of duty, and great doubts exist as to the credibility of the witnesses examined in this secret inquisition, the sham trial has been protracted for weeks; the Commissioners rsobbeadbl up, y b e by the discharge of some according to report, have all left it but one; awould nd m uch delighted to see the affair twenty or thirty inferior officers; while the really guilty parties, the men paid thousands a year for doing nothing but mischief, are allowed to escape. Why is the prosecution not carried on in the `usual mode adopted in such ne farious transactions? A simple discharge or suspension for a few years—perhaps, a few. months—Lis not an adequate punishment for such wholesale robbery. While half-starved men arc sent to the treadmill for petty thefts, and poor Chartists are banished for foolish and misguided attempts to obtain what they consider their rights, public officers, guilty of infinitely greater crimes, escape with impunity. They are merely told their services are no longer wanted, a sort of intimation not very rare in private establish ments, and addressed to men of irreproachable character. It is the duty of the Government, therefore, to take the affair out of the hands of the Commissioners, and institute an inquiry be fore a Judge or Police Magistrate, in open Court, with solicitors paid to carry on the prosecution, and unravel all the windings of the plot. Since writing the above, we see from our City news that the affair, as regards the Commissioners, is brought to a conclusion ; but no confidence can be placed in reports from any quarter. Mr. O'CONNELL, after submitting in silente for years to the abuse heaped on him in Parlia ment and out of Parliament, for accepting an annual subscription from his countrymen, has at length condescended to enter into a minute and lengthened justification of his conduct. We say condescended, for he stood on such high vantage ground, and his motives were so well under stood by those whose good opinion he was naturally most solicitous to retain, that he had no need to justify himself, but might with perfect propriety have main tained unbroken silence. We are no enthu siastic admirers of Mr. O'CONNELL. We have not the slightest inclination to go the whole hog in his favour. We think him mistaken in many of his strong opinions; and on the question of Repeal, in particular, are persuaded that he is labouring under the grossest possible delusion; but as regards his acceptance of the " rent," we hold, with the majority ofhis grateful countrymen, that not the slightest shadow of blame can be attached to him. The man who has made the vast personal sacrifices that he has made in the cause of Ireland—who, at a period when his " minutes counted by the guinea," never allowed a day to pass without devoting some hours to the great question ofEmancipation—who bore " for four years" the entire expenses of its agitation— aad who afterwards, when, thanks to his hercu lean energies, the shackles were struck from the limbs of the Catholics, gave up " professional emoluments exceeding 8,0001. per annum," in order to have an opportunity ofstill further bene fiting his country—who at a later period refused the offices of Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer,: and Master of the Rolls, either of which ap pointments would have given him that rank, fortune, and consequence in the world's eye, so tempting to an ambitious and aspiring spirit— the man, we say, who made all these personal sacrifices in the cause of his oppressed country, and who made them ungrudgingly, un hesitatingly, has taken it out of the power of even his bitterest enemies to charge him justly with avarice or selfishness. The rent is Ireland's willing testimony to Mr. O'CoN NELL's consistent patriotism. It is also a voucher for his political influence, and - a proof, defying contradiction, that his country is as anxious as ever to avail herself of his services, and looks to him chiefly as the instrument of her regeneration. It will be time enough to taunt the Hon. and Learned Gentleman with his acceptance of a national subscription, when the Myriads of lazy, selfish sinecurists, who fatten at the public cost both here and in Ireland, have learned to blush for their cupidity, and consented to resign their pensions, in a sudden paroxysm of disin terestedness and patriotism. When this astound !. a n s p , will be when the sky we will then consent to reconsider the question of the O'CONNELL Com pensation Fund. We had-not at the usual hour of going to press received the Paris papers of Monday, whiCh have been delayed by the boisterous weather in the Channel: MARGATE.—So vast and unprecedented have been the shoals of herrings this season upon our coast, that the Jane, o ne o f o ur fishing smacks, arrived at thejetty, on Sunday morning, with a cargo of the miraculous number of 50,000: the whole of which the crew disposed of to Mr. Turner, a fish curer, for 501., being at the rate of six a penny. E7ll E 3 E 1 14 ti AND Vittiitc pintoit. " Who runs may read." PUBLIC OPINION. We quote the following from the Herald :—" Are the Five Great Powers about to interfere in the affairs of Servia ? Is England, undeterred by experience, once more going to meddle actively with the internal concerns of the Ottoman empire.? Are we again foolish enough to advance the destruction of Turkey, by mediatising between the Porte and its Servian sub jects ? An affirmative reply to these inquiries seems by no means an improbable event. Sir Stratford Can-, ring, it is boasted by a Contemporary, was the means of overturning the last Turkish Administration. If our diplomacy will busy itself in upsetting the Cabi net of a friendly State, why cannot it find employ ment in the Gulf of Finland rather than in the Sea of Marmora? But Sir Stratford was, we are told, impelled to bring about a change of Ministers at Constantinople by the dangerous tendency of the acts of the Turkish Government since July, 1840. Wherefore were its acts dangerous ? Because of the European intervention of 1840. Ought we not to . see in such pernicious results the explanation of the objects of the acts complained of? If five giants unite to compel a dwarf to do certain things, he must submit to their joint strength, however unjustly or injuriously exercised; but what right would the Titans have afterwards to complain that the coerced being, when released from their grasp, had acted un graciously to them? This is just what has been done to Turkey, and we regard the evil consequences of interference and compulsion, not as evidence of our own wrong doing, but as cause of bitterness against Turkey." The Post remarks, in an article on the subject of the Anti-Corn-law leaguers :—" The men, who have consigned eight hundred thousand human beings to the wretchedness which has so long constituted the unpitied lot of the handloom population, can pretend to s►gh over the want of employment that prevails in Stockport and Manchester! Away with the base hypocrisy ! The free-traders sigh over the suspension of their own system "of profits ; but as for the want of employment under which the labourers now suffer, let it not be forgotten, that to rob labourers of employment—to dispense with their services—to produce all commodities by the cheaper agency of steam and iron—is the great aim and object of all the advocates of a Liberal' commercial po licy. In the case of Stockport and Manchester, at the present moment, we, in fact, only witness (in consequence of the schemes of our free-trade manufacturers having been confounded) another form of those very results which the success of these schemes is destined at all times, although more gradually, to produce. The fate of the hand loom weavers has, prematurely for the plans of the Anti-Corn-law League, overtaken vast bodies of ope ratives in Manchester, Bolton, and Stockport. Hence the sorrow which the Anti-Corn-law League ex presses. Join in demanding a repeal of the Corn laws,' exclaims Mr. Prentice to the Lancashire farmers. Why so, good Mr. Prentice? Have you not been engaged in describing the lowered prices of agricultural products, as the last and worst of those evils that may befal a farmer ? And yethaving done so—and with much effect—you, without the slightest warning, call upon the farmers who have been listen ing to your dcctrines to join you in demanding a le gislative change which would, if conceded, be alto gether inoperative—unless in so far as it might in duce those very lowered prices which you had just described as equivalent to the overthrow of those who cultivate the soil of England. If the members of the League could blush, they might be tempted to try the experiment, after weighing these logical achievements of their worthy servant, Mr. Prentice." The Times, alluding to Mr. Duncombe's threat of bringing Lord Abinger's late charges under the notice of Parliament, says :—" Lord Abinger need not much disquiet himself on this score. Nor can we see much amiss in the phrase which is ascribed to him with even warmer indignation. A kind of men called Chartists' appears to us to designate, with a very adequate degree of distinctness and respect, that particular class of revolutionists who are at present dominant in the sphere of ultra-Radicalism. Yet, while we treat with a natural contempt this un founded carping at unpopular phrases with which Mr. Duncombe's speech is seasoned, we must guard our selves from being supposed to express an unqualified approval of all that Lord Abinger has said or done in the performance of his trying office. We are much inclined to regret, as at present advised, the severity of some of those punishments. with which he has visited many of the subordinates in their ill-judged and ill-fated rising. Examples are doubtless necessary ; the majesty of the law must be asserted, and a lesson, striking and unambiguous, read to the misguided or seditious ; yet we cannot but regret that acts, scarcely amounting to tumultuous begging, and with no proof of violence, should, in these excited times, have been visited with that length of transportation which, as robbery, has been awarded to them. Nor is our dissatisfaction lessened by the comparative impunity which is likely to be enjoyed by such men as Feargus O'Connor, on whpin the real criminality of these misdeeds must he held to rest. Upon this subject, untouched by Mr. Duncombe, it is hardly our present duty to enter. We will only express a wish that some of these sentences may un dergo a serious and kindly consideration on the part of those whose office it is to dispense mercy, and who have shown no disposition to deal harshly with any but forward and violent offenders." The Chronicle says :—" The Council of the Anti- Corn-law League asks the public for fifty thousand pounds, and there can be no doubt of its obtaining that sum. Expended, as we understand it is pro posed to be, in bringing the merits of the question home to the comprehension of every villager and cot tager in the country, and accompanied by the general registration of the opponents of monopoly, this will do much, perhaps everything, towards bringing the question to a final issue. Five hundred thousand pounds would be a cheap price to pay for its speedy settlement. There is something very English in the fact that money should have so material an influence in a struggle of this nature. In France, the machi nery would be more likely to be that of the musket; and in America, that of the ballot-box. Italy would organize a secret society. But here we are all for money. The question is one of justice or injustice, of policy or impolicy, of safety or confusion, of morals and legislation ; still we must look to money for the triumph of justice, policy, and peace over wrong, in expediency, and confusion : we must rely on its agency for the assertion of public morality, and the correc-• tion of legislation. Without that potent aid, there is no rectifying mistakes, no redress for wrong, no de fence against impending calamity." MONEY - TIZJIDE-COMMEIZCE. Eight hundred sacks of flour appear to be the amount weekly manufactured into bread for the consumption of the working classes of the city of Cork. ECCLESIASTICAL. The Church. rate party at Southampton were de feated on Friday by a majority of 15 ; the numbers finally stood—against the rate, 218 ; for the rate, 203. The annual meeting of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland will be held' this year on Tuesday, the Bth of November next, in Dublin. NAVAL LAND IVZILITAILY. Major-General J. N. Smith, died at Cheltenham on the 22d inst., aged 83. He entered the Hon. East India Company's service, on the Bengal Presidency, in 1783,s„and was an officer of the highest worth and excellence. The expenses incurred by the Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry, during their late duties connected with the disturbances, are being defrayed by the no blemen and gentry of the county. LAW AND _ POLICE. Edward Knight, landlord of the Eagle and Child, at Warrington, who absconded from that town on the 2d of September last, having been arrested in Cum berland, was charged at the former place on Monday with embezzling various sums of Money to the amount of nearly 1,0001., the property of Messrs. Smith and Dutton, malsters, who had employed him confiden tially. He was committed to take his trial on the charge at the next assizes, and the witnesses bound over to prosecute. William Edwards was yesterday brought up again for final examinatisn at Clerkenwell, on the charge of having committed numerous robberies at the houses of medical men, and fully committed for trial. Louisa Haycock was finally examined at Maryle bone on the charge of having robbed the Marquis of Northampton, and other individuals, of various books, articles, &c. She was fully committed for trial. LITERARY RIJD SCIENTIFIC. From the report on the manufacture of sugar in the French West India islands, it appears that the 3ugar plant itself, which originally came from Otaheite, has degenerated, chiefly through inattentive culture, and want of care in the evaporation of the juice. SPOIZTTNG. Prince Albert has purchased three valuable hunters for this season's use. Eight new ones have also been added to her Majesty's stud. The Earl of Rosslyn, as usual, will direct the Royal hunt. COMELT-rasurozna.BLE His Imperial Highness the Archduke Frederick of Austria is expected at Mivart's Hotel to-morrow, from Scotland. The Duke of Wellington continues in the posses sion of excellent health, At Walmer Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn will re main at Loggan Lodge, Scotland, until the ensuing week. Lord Claude Hamilton left Argyll House, yester day, for Vienna. Lord and Lady Willoughby D'Eresby are expected in Piccadilly, from Dalkeith Palace. The Lord Chancellor a,:II 0 his usual brealfast to the Judges, &c., to-day se'nnight, in George-street, Hanover-square. Lord and Lady Vernon intend wintering in the south of Europe. Sir Robert Peel returns to town this afternoon, from Windsor Castle. The Earl of Suffolk is about to bring his Brixworth estate to the hammer. The Earl of Charlemont has taken a villa at Pe tersham. :MISCELLANEOUS. Two barques of large size have just been wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. The first wreck, called the Hope, belonging to London, has entirely disappeared, and her estimated loss is between 5,000/. and 6,000/. The second was the barque Nancy, valued at 8,000/. The gas-meters at present in use are found to be so far defective that they generally indicate the con sumption of 1,000 feet of gas, when only 900 have been consumed, or, sometimes when 700 or even only 600 feet have been consumed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET.-TUESDAY NIGHT. The following race was run after our report left the heath : .501. for 2 yrs old, and last three miles dB. C. Mr. Nightingale's Ajax, 4 yrs .... (Sly) 1 Duke of Rutland's f, by Bizarre—Flambeau's d, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Bouverie's bc, by Bolero—Capt. Rock's d, 2 yrs 3 The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Dawson's the Biddy, 3 yrs—Mr. Bowes's the Ladye of Silverkeld Well, 3 yrs—Mr. Rogers' Prosody, 3 yrs— Lord G. Bentinck's Topsail, 3 yrs—Lord Stradbroke's Nylghau, 2 yrs, and Lord Chesterfield's Barbarina, 2 yrs. Betting-3 to 1 agst Bizarre filly, sto 1 agst Topsail, 6 to 1 agst Prosody, 6 to 1 agst Ajax, 6 to 1 agst Bar banins, and 7to 1 agst the Biddy. Won by n neck. DERBY BETTING, &C. 9 to 1 agst A British Yeoman 25 to 1 agst Winesour—t 15 to 1 agst I'arthian and 1000 even on Progress c and Progress c—taken Auld Lang Syne agst 15 to 1 agst Philip and Pro- Philip and Napier gress c—taken 600 to 400 on Philip agst 1000 to 15 agst Queen of Auld Lang Syne. Trumps c—taken _ _ _ Lord G. Bentinck has declared that his present inten tion is not to run Gaper for the Derby, but to keep him for his other engagements. ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. 50/. T. Y. C.—Colt by Sir Hercules, out of Worthless, 3 yrs—Edmund, 3 yrs—Trampoline filly, 3 yrs—Hawk, 3 yrs—filly by Buzzard, out of Emma, 3 yrs—Melior, 3 yrs—Topsail, 3 yrs—Jeremy Diddler, 3 yrs—Prince of Wales, 2 yrs—Bessy Bedlam filly, 2 yrs—and Mari nella colt, 2 yrs. Sweepstakes, T. Y. C. ; winner to be sold for 1501., &c.—Solomon, 3 yrs—Hawk, 3 yrs--,Octina filly, 3 yrs —The Biddy, 3 yrs—Woldsman, 3 yrs--Silvertail colt, 2 yrs—Trampoline filly, 3 yrs—Topsail, 3 yrs—The Buck, 2 yrs—c by Gilbert, out of Gitana, 2 yrs—Harts horn, 2 yrs—and Bother-'em, 2 yrs. Handicap Plate ; A. F.— Discord, 9st 71b—Una, 7st 131b—Portrait, 7st 131b—Knight of the Whistle, 7st 121b—Palladium, 7st 31b—Guznee, 7st—Billingham Lass, Est 131 b—and Odds and Ends, Est. New Matches for Wednesday.—Minaret, 4 yrs, 3st 71b, agst Solomon, 3 . yrs, Bst_2lb ; T. Y. C. 50. — Saturday.—The Shadow ' agst Garry Owen, Bst 41b each ; D. M., 100, h ft. GOODWOOD RACES. The following stakes close this week :-1843. The La vant, Molecomb, and Rubbish Stakes.-1844. Drawing Room ; Racing ; Nassau ; a Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, p. p., for 2 yrs old colts and fillies, T.Y.C. ; a Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, p. p., for 2 yrs old fillies, T.Y.C. ; and a Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, for 2 yrs old.-1845. The Great 300 Sovs. Stakes for 4 yrs old ; a Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, for 3 yrs old ; and' a Sweeepstakes of 25 sovs. each, for 2 yrs old. We under stand the course has been greatly improved in a variety of respects. FINCHLEY STEEPLE CHASES.—TUESD AY. The Novel Handicap. 4 miles. Mr. Elmore's Harrow Boy (Mason) 1 Mr. Anderson's Negro fell Mr. Brown's The Stranger bolted Mr. 's Unknown bolted Won very easy. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, with a Silver Cup added ; 11st. each ; winner to be sold for 50/, &c. Four miles. Mr. Elmore's Bonnet Rouge (Mason) 1 Mr. J. Batt's Student The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. J. Darby's Admiral, Mr. Bung's Twilight, Mr. Thorn ton's Bramble, Mr. Dixon's Ragman, and Mr. M'Do nagh's Voyager. This race was run in the dark, and each rider declared himself the winner ; the Judge, however, decided it in Mason's favour. COURSING. ARDROSSAN, OCT. 20, 21, AND 22.—The Cup was won by Mr. J. Wilson's Wee Pet ; the Tyro Stakes by Sir W. A. Maxwell's Mahomet • the Ayrshire Cup by Dr. Brown's Clerkhill ; the Ardrossan Stakes by Lord Eg linton's Mildew ; and the Eglinten Park Stakes by Dr. Brown's Dandy. LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, OCT. 26.—Wind S.W., strong breezes. DEAL, OCT. 25.—Wind S.W., very strong—Arrd. Providence, Madeira, for Hamburgh; Marlborough, Honduras ; Lady Bagot, Harrison, and Sir W. Wal lace, Quebec; Baltic, Quebec; Tremont, Gillespie, New York ; Apollo, Sturge, Baltimore ; Bremen, Roper, Richmond, both for Bremen ; Abers, Bre men, . New Orleans ; Soto, Hamburgh, for La Guayra ; .Borneo, ditto, Havannah ; Dolphin, ditto, Madeira ; Prosper, Hamburgh ; George Washing ton, Singapore, for Bremen ; Oceanus, Smith, Vir ginia; Sophia . , Baltimore, for Amsterdam; Bremen packet, Bahia, for Hamburgh. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 25.—Wind W. to W.S.W. strong.—Arrd. Scourfield, London, for the Cape of Good Hope. Sid. Florence, Madeira; put back, Mar garet Hardy, for Cape of Good Hope. DARTMOUTH, OCT. 25.—The Atalanta, Shapley, out 49 days from Galipole to Falmouth, has put in here, havingpumped up oil, and lost sails, &c. FALMOUTH, OCT. 25.—Wind S.W., moderate.— Sid. Royal Tar packet, Gibraltar. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 25.—Wind, S., fresh.—Sld. Arica, Lima, Grace, Antigua, George Nicolaus, Mayvaguez ; Emerald, New Orleans; Ayrshire, Ber muda. Arrived off, Pet. KINSALE, OCT. 21.—Arrd. Lord Sandon, Quebec. SHIELDS, OCT. 23.—Arrd. Adventure, Bruce, Dal housie. Sld. Alfred, Demerara. HULL, OCT. 25.—Wind W.S.W., moderate breeze. —Arrd. Amazon, Quebec, after being ashore on the East Bank. CARMAILTIIEN, OCT. 23.—Arrd. Princess Royal, Lewes, Quebec. NEW Ross, OCT. 21.—Arrived John Bull, and Tottenham, Quebec. TRURO, OCT. 23,—Arrd. Jane, Constance, Pictou. SCARBOROUGH, OCT. 23.--Acrd. Lund, Miramichi. TORQUAY, OCT. 20.—Arrd.Em m a Zoller,Miramichi. YARMOUTH, Ocr. 24.—The Bauchory, Smart, from Aberdeen to London, has put into the Roads very leaky, loss of sails, &c., but proceeds with assistance. SHIELDS, OCT. 24.—1 t blew a gale the whole of last night, and some ships are reported to have gone ashore in the bay. The following have been in con tact and received damage :—Legatus, Ord, and Har riett, both of London ; Bonito, of Colchester ; X.Y. Z., Lightfoot, and Newcastle trader, Lodge, both of North Shields ; and Shakspeare, Gray, and Liverpool, Buck, of South Shields. DEAL, OCT. 25.—1 t is blowing a gale at S. W. Several vessels have driven, but have brought up with a second anchor. THE LATE GRACE HORSLEY DARLING, THE HEROINE OF THE FERNIE- ISLANDS. A Correspondent at Bamburgh gives the following particulars of the death of this young woman, so well known to the public from the heroic part she acted in saving the crew of the Forfarshire steam-boat, which was wrecked on one of the Fernie groups in the autumn of 1838 :—For the last few months symptoms of a decline have been manifest in her constitution, and notwithstanding every care and attention that change of residence and medical skill could effect, she has ceased to be. Not so her fame—this we may safely predict will be as lasting as the rock, the scene of her noble exploit. She expired without any apparent pain at the house of her sister, at Bamburgh, her mother and sister alone being present. Every expression of sympathy and kindness was shown to the heroic sufferer during her illness by the inhabi tants of the district, especially by their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, the latter of whom was unremitting in her inquiries after her. It will be re membered that at the time of the wreck of the For farshire, a public subscription was set on foot to testify the admiration of the subscribers for her meritorious conduct. This amounted to upwards of 7001., which was funded for tier use under the trusteeship of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland and Mr. Arch deacon Thorp. This money, it is supposed, will be g iven to her father, who accompanied her in the boat on the memorable occasion referred to. Besides this sum, she was in possession of considerable sums presented to her on different occasions, by many noble and illus trious admirers, which, it is stated, she has bequeathed to her brothers and sisters in nearly equal shares. Her mortal remains were interred this afternoon (Mon day), in the family burying-place, in Bamburgh Church-yard. The mournful procession moved from the house of her sister about three o'clock, followed by a numerous party. The service was performed by the Rev. Mr. Darnell, Incumbent of the parish. At the lowering of the coffin, and throughout the whole of the service, many a tear was shed. The coffin, which was remarkably neat, bore the following in scription :—" G. H. Darling, died O c t o b er 20th, 1842, aged 26 years." A severe gale from the N.N.E. prevented her three brothers from being present at the last mournful tribute of affection to their dear sister. ECLIPSES, 1842.--In the year 1843 there will be two eclipses of the sun and one of the moon, the latter only of which will be visible to these parts. This eclipse will be a partial one, and occur on Wednesday the 6th of December. &WIE anu IA 11; WS' CITY; QUARTER TO TALREE. It is stated in the accounts from Belgium that con• siderable indignation has been excited at the conduct of the American authorities in imposing such heavy dues upon the British Queen steamer, after herarrival ' at New York, and, as a method of retaliation, it is said to be in contemplation to raise the Scheld dues and the pilotage charges to vessels bearing the flag of the United States, though, as is finally re marked, this would be only injurin g th e por t o f A n t we rp without touching the America ns , w h o wou ld a ft erw ards direct their course to Ostend. If re t a li a ti on i s sougl some general measure must b e resor t e d t o . The idea of a Cust oms ' l eague b e t w een Belgium and France does not appear to be much relished by some branches of native industry in either countriS _ i and the paper manuf ac t urers o f th e f orm er were ar* ready entering their protest against such an alliance, as being prejudicial to their interests. • For all really useful purposes, as far as the public are concerned, the investigation into the " frauds in the Custom-house d e p ar t men t" may b e h e ld as eloscw The desire has become general in the City, are ° + l l l ° g all classes, whether merc h an t s or t ra d ers , that f Special Inquiry about t o b e commence d, by order t. her Majesty's Government, should be those ed openly, as by thi s course a l one c an most interested, have an ear ly k now l e d ge o f the houses_ which have conni ve d w ith t h e C us t om -h ous e officers'';. (who have been dismissed and suspended), in deft"' ing the revenue, and underselling the fair trader—/. The conversion of th e Th ree - an d- a -H a lf per t;'' into a Three per Cent. Annuity, is now thought inet t ! probable than e v er . With th e hi g h pr i ces now red ised for all th e p u bli c secur iti es , th e sehl t i, would be easily carried out, especially as cries is .so abundant. S ome o f our Contempore r + l he have fallen into a m i s t a k e , i n suppos i ng that Minister has not th e power, withi the assent ot, ' th Parliament, to effect a reduction in the interest of the New Three and-a-Half per Cents. The limitation applies only to New Five p er C en t. A nnu ities, whi ch arose from the reduction of th e i n t eres t on the N iie ew Four per Cents. in 1830, b u t th e amoun t of Ltock thus created was only 474,3741., an d t h e holders were guaranteed from any reduction in f interest for 45 years, i. e. until 1875. Th e holders o the New Three-a n d- a -H a lf per C en t s. canno t, there s i fore, claim an exempti on f rom re d uct i on o f the °Mild, interest, if the Ch ance ll or o f th e E xc hequer she ll o f as expected, resort to a sc h eme f or th e di m inution the interest of the debt, as already alluded to. the At Liverpool yesterday, in the Cotton Marke t er e sales were moderate, b e i ng 2,500 b a l es. Pricesl u , firmly supported, however, and the increased s7 o f ness of Saturday was kept u p. A f a i r amou rs the business u as done in the Railway Shares L ba t htn a quotations had a declining tend enc y, exce pt .brig ere which were in good request. Eastern Counties: o a B+, the New 9+ to 5-16, th e Debenture's 9+ ; the ta Junction Half 86+, the New Q uar t er 241 ; the and Birmingham Thirds 60, th e N ew 30, the ‘ 4 .'" ter 47 to 4; and the Brighton 361 to 36+. oh In the Colonial Mark e t s t o -d ay th ere i s not re vi r e passing. The price of Teas remains unaltered. T i learn that there is some ri se i n th e mar k e t for ber, in which much bu s i ness i s now d o ing af te r long period of extraordi nar y d e p ress i on , ncensi° ne s o by the alteration in the d u ty b e i ng p os tponed , advanced a period of the year as the 10th inst. the The principal transfers to-d a y h ave been in ye Reduced Three-and-a-H a lf p er C en t s ., which lot. fluctuated between th e hi g h p r i ces o f 100+ and ` are The New have been at 101+ to 102. Consols . i . h. 93+ to 93+ for Money and Ti me . Exchequer 8495 575. to 595. premium ; and India Bonds, 483. to premium. Bank Stock is 1661 ; and India Stock touched 254. Spa n The Foreign Bonds have b ee n v a c illating. have again advanced, b e i ng 17+ t o 18+, as the rum our a re goes that the contractors for the Almaden mines Go to deliver bonds in part p a y men t t o the Spanish,` o vernment. Portuguese New Five per Cents. Die. been at a decline to 37+, th ere b e i n g no presen t , mand for them. The Converted Stock is 9 , t an d Mexican Bonds are 32+ ; Colombian, 20+ to_ 21 ,.; a re Brazilian, 641. The Spanish Three per Uern,;" 21+ ; the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 5-411 h :,: e Railway Shares are rather brisker. Brighton oar touched 13+ to 13+ ; Blackwall, 101 ; an n ,:,:ere Midland, 39 discount. ondon and Birmingham out 91+; Great Western, 19 ; and South Western a 17 to 178 premium. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE' RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share. Great Western Ditto New .. 50 Ditto Fifths 3 j i l London anti Brighton ...........50 London and Rlackw a ll - London and Birmingham 9O ......1811•••••• ;"; 59 London and South Western 41% ... 58* .;.. " -.- Northern and Ea s t ern ..... „ to ...... to North Midland .... to South Eastern and Do ver 5O - itt to troprkaontSiels North Midland i-• d o Ditto New Shares. 2 5 e MANCHESTER STOC K EXCHA NG E, s " 2r. been have had a dull m ar k e t t o -d ay, a n d busines s h as i.,roir confined to the foll ow i ng Stocks :—Dublin a nd ii l l3; heda, 168 ; North Midland, Half Shares, '2 9 1 , i 0; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 3 la- Manchester and Salford Banks, 11 HAMBURGH BORSEN HALLE, O m 9.1. Bins, Ml 6* Austrian 5 per Cents. - - Bank Shares 1640 ~gst An g lo-Russian Loan Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, C e rtifi cate 103% Inscription, Ist series lO3 Russian 3 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th 9'7% , Series 97% 97 . t Ditto in C e rtificates 3‘ New 4 per Cent. (1840) Dutch Actual Debt, OA per Cent. ......... 5 1 % Ditto - 5 per Cent. Polish Bonds New Tickets l6B 91 " Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. Spanish, New 5 parr Cents.. - !, EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURCH, tOqT. 21 —l3 10, Two months 13 8% PETERSBURG, OCT. 11.—Three months, 37 % pence. RIGA, OCT. 15 . Three Months, 39%. • STOCKHOLM, IOCT. '4.—Seventy-five days, 12 11. PR4SSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Ocr. 20. Bills. Aion u el • St. Schuldf,A., 4 per cent• ........... • ••• 10314; 1 - Prussian ..0-oglish Bonds, 1830, 1 per cent. 2% 6124 Exchange o n London 4 Prusstan'State Gazette, Oct. 21. CORN EXCHANGE. dsi The fresh supplies of English Grain since gV heit t i were small, and of Irish Oats considerable. Th e o t her trade remained dull at Monday's prices. D. t ber Grain not much done, and Irish Oats on 11 lower terms. CAsS' ADJOURNED INQUEST ON THE NORTHLEACO ,0, —A second edition of the Cheltenham Journal cuttd, tains the further examination of witnesses at theork journed inquest held on Monday at the Unto"wes house, on Charles Beale. One w i tness , named a i ,„ a Churm, spoke in condemnation of the Pri l l ' w eeri Curtis, the turnkey, ass er t e d th a t the day - ee" s .bove in no case dump, and showed that Churm, the of tbe witness, had been twi ce punished for breach 19 0 to prison rules. Th ere being no further e viden r ad' offer, and it bein g p as t five o'clock, the Corone cop journed the in ques t un til t we l ve o ' c lock on Tue3frans All that now r ema i ns ( a dd s the Chel t , en dict; Journal) to be d one i s t o con sider the 7d the and if the testimony of Curtis is to be helie„, h iiin' Jury will find little difficulty as to that. 1 - 1- bee" quiry has now extended to three days; 1 !„ -- t he most patiently gone into, and, in our 010,1-nibere gaol authorities are completely exonerateuni, it is not the shadow of a case against tb e n a ttac i ` is now well ascertained that Beale died from a i - e san e of yellow jaundice; he had been ill with tf i diseas e complaint the year before; how then could hl,s lle possibly arise from the discipline at Northleacn tions of was but a very short time exposed to the pri v3 ;i o a h e the gaol dietary, for during a considerable P e T ot had meat, gruel, medicine, and extra atienti°l%. gad, this inquiry was called for r, no one will doitotioti more especially, ought the authorities of thedobase to be thankful that it has taken place ; it will fainSorth: the public mind, and prove to the country tii ra se leach is not that " hell " some writers wetl id us believe. ; ratren ag : The Glasgow Church Def e nce and An t ' tu ldre — ' Electoral Association have just put forth a" teli AP (i in conformity to the re so l u ti on s which la,. an geared in our columns. Air. William CoblesYe tied some other members of th e A ssoc iation, who i l i l a n e verY themselves neck and h ee l s t o the T or ies, " thing that lay in their power to procure the s.nrjr, de lion of the address, but it has at length a ppeaL i : to ) 10 • spite their machinations. We have lately sec: boor conduct regarding the Church Building Sleie`li' t , ac little Mr. Collins' anti-patronage views were s „rPr is° cordance with his practice ; and it does not sec us to learn, that the honest and straightforwXssocia' tion of the members of the Church Defen ce n or ill tion are thor oug hl y di sgus t e d with the ina hn- 4 which, in dfiance of his profbssed of the 'k w trimmed hir e sails to suit the purposes rles tri* Glasgow Ar gus . °f His Imperial Highness the Arch duke the and suite arrived at Inverness on Wednesda)oTi..ed be honu„' 00 111 course of the evening the Archduke Naughten, jeweller, with his commands, of %o o ol d purchased various splendid Highland Nv„ea_Posgell ornaments. His Imperial Highness left ter on Thursday.—Ross-shire Advertiser. , w ith ill The noblemen and gentlemen connectevuo county of Stafford have come forward 1 ,1 1 (01( 0 1 ; 1 : Y e subscriptions to liquidate . the expense s durbig the subscriptions to liquidate •the ei PeflseS (10r ;IJ to the Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry,a_A u pon recent extraordinar duties they were c in til e s; tell° the n pe e ' of above the allowance mad perform when the disturbances_e ftio)io. t Si r denf r of that corps by the Governmen • sith i 3 Bart., has headed the subscription list N garqu_c tion of 1001., and the Duke of SutherloinL, F 4 Ol e c i of Anglesey, Earl Talbot, Earl of Harro -14 t V hert °ll ' 5/1' Dartmouth, Earl of Bradford, Lord cr ibed Lord Wriothesley have respectively su,o,s,courit The Earl of Stamford and Warrington, 710,. don, Viscount Ingestre, and the We. t,.., n d Peel have each contributed tewards this I‘4 / , - 1 t