The Sun. — London, England, 1834-10-28 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS. CASSELL, OCT. 16.—M. Gab, the editor of the Anzi de la Constitution, has just been arrested ; and M. Gartenhof, the sub-editor, expelled from the town. A seal has been put by Government upon the presses of the journal, and it has in consequence ceased to appear. DARMSTADT, OCT. 17.—The Journal Officitl contains an ordonnance of the Grand Duke, countersigned by the Minister of Justice, which prohibits every bookseller in his dominions from selling any of the revolutionary books, translated from the French, and published by the firm of Schuller and Silbermann of Strasbourg. Whoever is found guilty, will be fined ten florins for every copy sold. FRANKFORT, OCT. 18.—An ordonnance has just ap peared, forbidding all booksellers to expose any book for sale, without the special sanction of Government. They are not allowed, under a severe penalty, to sell any books whatever printed by Schuller and Silbermann of Stras bourg. Express mention is made in this ordonnance of the work of the Abbe de la Mennais, entitled " Les Paroles d'un Croyant." The penalties for selling this work are both fine and imprisonment. BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, OCT. 25.—The Council of the Magistrate?, of the City of Brussels in its sitting on Monday, unanimously resolved to grant an annual sum of 30,000 francs to the free University. It also decided that • the necessary localities should be placed at its disposal. The lectures of the se veral Faculties will be delivered for the present at the Mu seum, till a place, in every respect suitable, shall have been fixed upon and appropriated to the University. The Council has very seldom met in such a large num bers as on the day that it took this important resolution, which secures to the free University, already rich in its own resources, a still more solid existence. All the newly elected Members of the Council were present. This was the best proof they could give of their sincere de sire to promote the progress of instruction and knowledge. If we add to these facts, that the Burgomaster has accepted the office of President of the Council of Administration which is conferred on him by the statutes, no doubt will re main of the favourable sentiments of our Magistrates to wards the free University. The subscriptions are increasing every day. In several lists lately received are the names of some of our most dis tinguished generals and superior officers. The statutes of the University are now in the press, and will be shortly published. The Government having authorized the sending of a Belgian ship to Alexandria in Egypt, to which it will give a bounty for the exportation of national produce and manu factures ; the ship will sail in the course of November. M. J. De Leschuze, sen., has chosen the Robitsle, Capt. Cornelissen, of 350 tons, now in the basin of Bruges, where it will take in a cargo for Algiers and Alexandria. He will also take in goods on freight for Smyrna, Con stantinople, and Odessa, which he will cause to be conveyed thither at his expense, but not at his risk. The Govern ment will send an agent on board in order to establish a connection between the Viceroy of Egypt and Belgium. Yesterday eveninr , at Lloyd's Belgian Stock was at 99 Perpetuelles 46k, Cartes 43, Coupons 23k, Guebhard :39 ITALY: The grand evolutions of the Austrian army in Italy under the command of Field Marshal Radizki, took place near Verona from the 6th to the 12th of October, and was favoured by the finest weather. The number of the troops was estimated at 63,000, that of the spectators at 100,000. Among the latter were the Duchess Maria Louisa of Parma, the Duke of Modena, the Prince of Vasa, the French General Cubiers, and many English, Hanoverian, Prussian, Bavarian, and Sardinian officers. VIENNA, OCT. 17. —Five per Cent. Metalliques, 99 ; Four per Cent., 90% ; Bank Shares, I,2s2.—AlWemeine Zeitung, Oct. 22. THE THEATRES. ENGLISH OPERA-HO USE. Hermann, or, The Broken Spear, the new opera, com posed by Mr. John Thompson of Edinburgh, was brought out at this theatre last night. The piece is founded on an old German legend, and contains a good deal of romantic incident. Hermann, the hero of the drama, the son of the Duke of Aus tria, is a young man of a noble and generous nature, but the slave of passion, and immersed in reckless profligacy. He has forsaken his father's court, and, under the assumed name of Sir Gowther of the Red Hand, has become the chief of a troop of condottieri, the formidable military banditti, so cele brated in the history of the middle ages. At the opening of the piece, Conrad, the Prince of Mantua, is on the eve of marriage with Isabella, the daughter of the Duke of Austria. Hermann, estranged from his family, and ignorant of what was taking place, hears that a bridal party is passing near his haunt 'Under the disguise of a friar, he waylays them with a party of his followers, assaults them at the entrance of the church where the marriage vows were to be paid, and seizes Conrad and Isabella, after overpowering their attendants. Recognising, however, in his intended victim, his own sister, his better feelings are suddenly roused, and he is overwhelmed with horror and remorse. Under the influence of these emotions he retires with his followers, leaving his captives at liberty. Thus terminates the first act. At the commence ment of the second, we find that the profligate is thorougly repentant. He has forsaken his associates, and condemned himself, by a vow, to expiate his crimes by a life of pilgrimage and the severest penance. Meanwhile the Prince of Mantua is placed in jeopardy by the treason of Gianzar, his seneschal, who, having vainly aspired to_the hand of Maralda, his sister, resolves, from mingled motives of revenge and ambition, to attempt the destruction of his lord. He leagues himself, accordingly, with the band of condottieri, whom Hermann had formerly commanded ; and a plot is laid for an attack on the city, and for his subsequent elevation to his master's throne. At this time, He; mann re-appears as a wandering beggar, attenuated by famine and mental suffering. He sinks on the earth from exhaustion, and is found in this state by Maralda, who had long loved him. This princess (who, for the sake of melo-dramatic effect, is represented as dumb from her birth) offers succour to the poor out cast without recognising him. While thus engaged, the alarm of the treacherous assault is given ; and Hermann, declaring himself to be under a vow to refuse every comfort till he has performed some act sufficient to wash away the stain of his past life, requests to be furnished with arms to assist in the Prince's defence. The assailants are beaten off, chiefly through the bravery of Hermann, who is grievously wounded by a spear, the head of which is broken off and remains in his shoulder. By some incidents, which we have no time to detail, this circumstance leads to the discovery of the poor stranger, who had done su c h goo d serv i ce ; a recognition follows ; and Hermann finally receives the hand of his faithful Maralda. Such is the general outline of the plot, which is enlivened by the introduction of some comic characters and incidents. As a drama, the piece has considerable merit. The dialogue is spirited and lively, and the lyrical part is pleasing, and even poetical ; but there is a want of skill in the working out of the plot, which occasions some obscurity. The music is of a very high order. In its graceful and flowing strains, and in its rich and full, yet clear and delicate harmonies, it is of the school of Mozart ; and to the same school we may ascribe the simplicity of the modulations, and the variety of charming effects pro duced by a temperate use of the wind-instruments, particularly those of the more powerful kind. It is, too, highly dramatic ; gay, tender,wild, and impetuous, as the character of the scene requires. Phillips, in Hermann, was in every respect admirable. Nothing could exceed the fire and vigour which his performance displayed from beginning to end. Wilson sang with much sweetness ; but he lacked spirit, and was not entirely perfect in his part. Indeed, the performance gene rally betrayed hasty preparation. VICTORIA. Last night an operatic romance was produced, in three acts, at this theatre, entitled Zameo, or the White Warrior, as the bills expressed it, by Medora Byron, her first dramatic attempt. Who this Miss Byron is we have not the means of knowing ; but we must say it seemed a very masculine production, as far as its pretensions went. The piece was got up with great taste ; the music was pretty, not striking, but the drama being excellently performed, the announcement of its repetition was received with applause. After Ramo Samee had exhibited his feats of dexterity, four Posture-masters, under the cogno men of the " Swiss Brothers," performed a number of most astonishing groupings, which really would seem to set the laws of anatomy completely at defiance. A pictorial display of the burning of the Houses of Parliament followed. This series of entertainments were all most flatteringly received. The Rent Day was repeated as the Afterpiece. CONSERVATIVE CONVIVIALITIES.—On Friday last. the return of C. W. Codrington, Esq., as representative of the eastern division of this opulent and influential county, was celebrated at Tewkesbury by nearly one hundred and fifty of the most respect a bl e electors resident in that town and its vicinity, who dined together at the Hop-pole Inn. On this festive oetasion John Edmund Dowdeswell, Esq., was unanimously called to the chair ; Joseph Longmore, and Joseph Barnard, Esqrs., officiating very efficiently as Vice- Presidents. The worthy chairm an was supporte d on t h e right by C. W. Codrington, Esq., M. P., and on the left by Lord Ellenborough. On the removal of the cloth, the healths Th e King,"—" The Queen, and th e R oya l F am il y ," with the usual loyal and constitutional to asts were d rank w i t h enthusiasm ; and the President having briefly but em ph a ti ca lly expatiated on the merits of the new member for th e county , the health of Mr. Codrington was receiv e d w i th reiterated cheers, and every demonstration of attachment and regard. He acknowledged the honour thus conferred upon him, in a manly and energetic speech ; and expressed his determination, as long as he held a seat in Parliament, to devote hi mse lf most sedulously and zealously to the protection alike o f t h e agricultural, manufacturing, and commercial interests of the county, the constituency of which had placed such generous confidence in him. The health of Lord Ellenborough was drank amidst long continued applause and cheering ; and his Lordship returned thanks in a strain of eloquence which has seldom been surpassed. The social and well regulated con vivialities of the evening were kept up with unabated spirit and good fellowship, till a late, or we should rather say an early hour in the morning. The dinner was served up in admirable style, and the excellence of the wines elicited universal ap proval. —Cheltenham Journal. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28. 1534. The Paris papers of Sunday, which have been re ceived, are principally taken up with discussions on the commercial project, and the stir which the recent vote of the Spanish Proceres has caused among the Parisian money-jobbers. The recogni tion of the Guebhard loan has raised the spirits of the holders of Spanish Stock, and on Saturday the Bourse was crowded with speculators, but no business was done of any consequence. As to the raising of the new loan, we suspect that Count TORERO will find it rather a ticklish affair, now that we hear the Emperor of RUSSIA has sent an agent to Paris, to learn the extent of his Imperial Majesty's credit with the great loan contractors, among whom he wishes to raise a loan with as little delay as possible. It is reported that the crown property in Poland is the security which the Autocrat offers for the repayment of the sums con tracted. What Russia wants with money is a mys tery, unless she is preparing to go to war. Let- England and France look to this. PARIS, OCT. 2.5.—1 t is remarkable that all the Ambas sadors of the absolute Powers who took part in the nego tiations relative to the pretensions of the King of Holland, and who endeavoured more or less to support these preten sions, have been successively recalled from London. Six months ago Prince Lieven, who had been Russian Ambas sador at London for more than twenty years, was obliged to exchange the functions of that office for an insignificant post at the Court of St. Petersburgh. Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, went to visit his rich domains in gary, w ere e receive t w successor to him would be appointed. Baron Wessem has fallen entirely into disgrace. Baron Bulow, who repre sented Prussia at the Conference, has been recalled, to be otherwise employed. He is now by no means in favour at the Court of Berlin. Lastly, Count Matuschewitz, who likewise attended the Conference on the part of Russia, has also left England. This successive removal of all the Ministers of the abso lute Powers at the Conference, may show the regret felt by the Holy Alliance at the concessions which have been made to the revolutionary principle represented by Bel gium. The Cabinets of Vienna, Petersburg, and Berlin find that their Ambassadors have not sufficiently defended, not sufficiently preserved, the " rights", of the King of the Netherlands. This feeling, whi6lc begins to manifest , itself more openly than it has done for these last four years, the good-will which the absolute Powers do not fear to testify for Don Carlos and Don Miguel, ought to engage all the attention of France and England. But will the Govern ments of these two countries shew themselves as more ener getic defenders of the principles they ought to represent, in proportion as the Holy Alliance should again become bolder in its pretensions? We do not venture to hope so much. PARIS, OCT. 26.—The Duke of Orleans set out for Valencay yesterday evening. It was stated that all the Ministers were to go and pass some days at Valencay. It now appears that M. Thiers is the only member of the Cabinet who will go to that place. He is to set out to-day. Louis Philippe was to go in the afternoon to Neuilly. At three o'clock, says the Gazette, just as he was going to step into the carriage, M. Thiers arrived at the Tuilleries. Louis Philippe immediately returned to his apartments, and the carriages after waiting a few moms nts were counter manded. This incident may be accounted for by the resignation of Marshal Gerard, which we have reasons to consider as hav ing been positively given. Yesterday afternoon the Members of the Commission of the Court of Peers, the Keeper of the Seals, and the Attorney-General met at the Petit Luxembourg. The Constitationnel, says, on this subject " The amnesty being put off, the Commissioners of the Court of Peers in cessantly continues its preparatory labours. We are as sured, and we announce it with pleasure, that on the pro posal of its reporter, seventy at least of the persons in con finement will be set at liberty." A letter from Napoli, of the 18th of September, says : " The Envoy of the Porte, who had been for some time at Hydra, has just arrived here, on a mission to treat with our Government respecting the property belonging to the Turks. This Envoy, whose name is Selim Effendi, and who was at tached to the Legation at St. Petersburgh, has been re ceived here with the greatest honours." The first of December is fixed for the removal of the Government to Athens.— Xessager, Oct. 26. It will be seen by our extracts from the German papers that the petty tyrants of the Germanic Confe deration arc amply obeying the commands of their masters of Prussia and Austria in stifling, as much as they can, the liberty of the press. All undue severity has a tendency to re-action, and this these tiny poten tates will soon learn to their sorrow. Their vain and impotent attempts to curb the freedom of opinion, and to chain the intelligence of mankind, might cause a smile, if it were not for the mischief they occasion. Their imbecile efforts put us in mind of the conceited traveller who visited the springs of the Danube, and thought to stop the flow of the mighty river, by merely putting his puny hand across the narrow outlet from whence the water was oozing, exclaiming at the same time, in the pride of his heart, " What will they say at Vienna ?" Thus these potentates of Cassel and Darmstadt may also exclaim, after their equally futile struggles to stay the great and eternal stream of thought—" What will they say at .Vienna ?" We beg to direct attention to an advertisement in another part of The Sun, detailing the present state of the funds of the Marine Society's School at Green wich, in which an hundred boys are constantly main tained, educated, and apprenticed to masters, who ini tiate them in a knowledge of naval affairs. The institu tion is most praiseworthy in its object, and is conducted in such a manner as to merit the most extensive patronage. The children in the charge of the Society are carefully instructed in the principles of morality and religion ; and in the selection of the m asters to whom they are ap prenticed, every attention is paid to their character for kindness, humanity, and a thorough knowledge of their PRIORS OF STOCKS THE Bank Stock - 1 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons 9l 9 1, 34, per Cent. —, Ditto Red. AS I. 9 4, New 354 per Cent. ..100 99% 100 1 4 Aseenied 0 814% 4 per C. `—"“ IDisacnted -- lank Lot ig A nn uitiee te expire Jan. 3, 1860 17 1-18 17 Oct. 10, 1859 -- Jan. 5, 1800 — Jan. 5, 18 , 0 — April 5, 1880 — Jan. 5, 1870 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India ........... Ditto Bond; • J pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1151— -- Exei. Bills, XI ,t;00 l3 41 pm. Ditto .730 t 43 44 pm. Ditto Small 43 44 pm. Ditto Commercial 45 pm. Ditto A dvertise,l pm. Bank Stock for Account India Stock for Account Consols for Account PI PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bends — Belgian Bonds — THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Dit • Account Portuguese Bonds • Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds S4MV4 Ditto Account • Prussian Bonds... Ditto Account — Brazilian Bonds — Ditto Account Buenos Avret Bonda — Ditto Aecount Chillian Bonds ittPoilan Bunde, r'22 Ditto Account ......... Columbian Bonds ......... Ditto Arccujit Ditto Account Columbian Bonds, 1811 Ditto Account ...... Danish Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 15:25 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 3.1 Ditt• Account Ditto, fi per cent. 40% Ditto Account ... Neapolitan Ditto Metallic — Spanish Bonds 56 5 6%Y% Ditto Account ...55% 61i, 1 ,4% 3 4 Ditto Bonds, 1533 544 Ditto Account — French, 5 per cent. —f —c. ------ 4 per cent. l. —e. -- 3 per cent. —f. —c. --- Exchange —f. —c. Dutch, /,.., percent. 52 % ,: Ditto Account MI% Ditto, 5 per cent. Ditto Account -- - _*- PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE ( Paid. Anglo 3lexican Mining Ccrnpany (iss. at 5/. pin.) 1(0 Brazilian Imperial Mining Co (issued at 5!. pin.) a) rata Bran a Mining Company English Mining Company 1 2 14 Mexican Mining Company 49 .4 Phoenix Gas Light Company London an Greenwich Railway Company 7 Anglo Mexican Mint lO Australian Company Ca n act a Company - IS 42'4 43 MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Die Arrived. Due. n America 0 I Franee 0 0 Lisbon 0 Brazil $ Buenos Ayres... 0 2 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 r 0 Carthagena 0 .0 Holland I Dublin 0 0 Jamaica 0 Flanders HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning V minutes idler 11. Evening........ minutes After 11 - %)t • . r eijr) /11 t -la _ ‘.zy Pcr Share. 32 C 3 f'.4 !.; IU4 14 8N THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1834. profession. It gives us great pleasure to learn from the Brussels Papers that the Magistrates of that city have una nimously agreed to grant 30,000 francs annually for the support of the free University. Such an act of munificence is one of the most satisfactory proofs that could be given, of the liberal and enlightened views entertained by the Magistracy and other Public Auths rides in Belgium. By a communication which will be found under the Lead " Dudley " in this day's Sun, it will be seen hat the evidence of Mr. COOPER on the subject of the destruction of the two Houses of Parliament, is by no means entitled to the attention that has been bestowed on it. The writer of this communication says, " I have this day instituted the strictest inquiry into the subject, and the result is, that there can be no doubt but Mr.COOPER is, to say the least of it, labouring under the most strange and unaccountable delusion," and adds, " Mr. COOPER'S testimony is laughed at uni versally, both in Birmingham and Dudley." Enough has already transpired on the subject of the late con flagration to prove that it originated wholly in acci dental causes. The unity of opinion, of purpose, and of exertion, which prevails among the great body of the representa tives of the people in Parliament, and the more influ ential and intelligent of their constituents, in the pro motion of all schemes of national improvement, is a source of sincere pleasure to all who take an interest in whatever concerns the welfare of the people of this country. There is no longer that diversity of senti ment, that opposition of interest, or that conflict of opinion discernible between the elector and the elected which formed such a conspicuous discrepancy under the old system. If the Reform Bill has done no more, it has at least identified the interests of the Members of the House of Commons with those of the great mass of the people ; which is certainly one of the safest guarantees the country could receive, that the affairs of the lUnited Kingdom will be dealt with in a spirit of strict integrity, and with a careful view to the promotion of the common good. We do not urge this in a spirit of triumph, intended to reflect on the conduct of those who were most fiercely opposed to this amalgamation of interests. We simply state it as a fact, which is calculated to inspire us with the most ardent hopes of the early amelioration of the present condition of the labouring classes, in every part of the United Kingdom, if they will only cordially co-operate with those who are now engaged in pro jects for that purpose. A spirit of enterprise is abroad —canals—steam companies—railroads—whatever di minishes human labour—facilitates the progress and improvement of human industry, and surmounts the obstacles in the way of national intercourse—is now an object which every patriot is eager to promote, which every able statesman seeks to encourage. Eng land has past that period in the nonage of nations, - when the inhabitants are childish enough to believe that the most round-about way of arriving at any given termination is sufficiently expeditious, pro ♦ided the journey be performed by themselves, to Abe utter exclusion of foreigners. The cooping in of kingdoms in the expectation that they can live inde pendent of each other—the inculcation of national prejudices and hostilities—the jealousy of foreign rivalship in the knowledge of arts and sciences, arc systems exploded in - every enlightened legislative as sembly in Europe. The superiority of nations must henceforth depend on the skill, the industry, and the enterprise of the inhabitants—not on a restrictive policy, the future effects of which must be the shutting out from those who adopt it, of the comforts, the ele gances, and the knowledge of the civilized world, and returning again to a state approaching to that of the bulk of the people during the middle ages. We have been tell to these observations by seein g an advertisement, which will be found in another colum n , proposing the construction of a railway communication between the populous town of Preston and the Wyre, in cluding a pr3 . .::_t for improving the Harbour of the Wyre, which would open a direct trade with Scotland and Ireland. At the head of the enterprising body by whom this scheme has been matured, we are glad to see the name of Mr. HESKETH FLEETWOOD, for the borough of Preston ; under whose auspices we hope to see it soon carried into full and active opera tion. The report of the engineer, Mr. LANDMANN, is not less remarkable for its brevity and ability, than for the satisfactory account which it gives of the suc cess which must attend such an undertaking. We are particularly struck with that part of it, which refers to the passing of the railway through the towns of Kirkham and Poulton, as it manifestly shows that the engineer has paid the fullest attention to that subject; nor are his remarks on the care that has been taken in the projection of the line of road, so as not to intrude on the privacy of the dwellings of the more respectable inhabitants of the place, less a proof of his sagacity, and fitness for the discharge of the office which has been committed to him. A railway communication between Preston and the Wyre, which would open a trade between the great manufacturers of Lancashire and the people of Scotland and Ireland, would be of immense importance to the country generally, and would provide the people of Ireland with a most convenient market for their surplus pro- Nor is this all. Mr. LAND - MANN states in his report, that six hundred feet of railroad would be sufficient to effect a junction between the Preston line, and the proposed termination of the (teat Northern Railway, by which means a direct com munication would be opened with the metropolis. In dependent of the advantages which a large trading com munity must derive from this facility of intercourse with the richest metropolis in the world, we must not overlook the wonderful effect which such constant intercourse would have in improving the minds and correcting the prejudices of the people. To the people of Preston the advantages would be double as great as they would be either to the citizens of London or inhabitants of Scotland and Ireland—for, in visions. the first place, the navigation of the `'Tyre would enable them to supply themselves with an abundance of provisions at the cheapest rate, while again their cheap and expeditious communication with► the metropolis would provide them with the best market for their manufacturing produce. - The outlay on the undertaking is a mere trifle, and there is an ab solute certainty that it will very shortly repay it. All that is wanted is a number of spirited individuals to take shares, anti push on the project, without regard to any trifling obstacle that may for a time impede their progress. Let it console them under temporary disappointment, that they are engaged in advancing the prosperity of England ; and that what ever efforts may be made to retard the construction of railways, five years will not elapse before they shall ,ave intersected each other in the remotest parts of the kingdom. As for us, we pledge ourselves to render the projectors all the assistance of which we are capable. EDINBURGH REVIEW AND LORD DURHAM. liw TO THE EDITOR OF THE CALEDONIAN MERCURY. „. Sin--As Lord Durham has been pleased to address a letter, in regard to an article in the last number of the Edinburgh Review, to the publishers of that journal, instead of address ing himself to the Editor; and as his Lordship has further been pleased to publish that letter, without making the only person who could have answered it aware of his intention, I feel myself constrained, however reluctantly, to give to the public, through your paper, that answer which, in substance, I should have given to his Lordship, had his letter been ad dressed to the proper quarter • and which, in that case, he would in fairness have been obliged publish along with it. I should have at once informed Lord Durham that I was responsible for the article in question ' • but I should have refused, on any supposition, to tell his Lordship whether I wrote that article myself or not ; because, had I done so in his case, I could not refuse to do the like in every other where the question might be put, and would thereby have sacrificed the character and usefulness of the publication committed to my charge. I would have vio lated, in fact, a known rule of honour and propriety ; and, by so doing, would have justified any strictures that might be made on my conduct, whatever they might chance to be. But I should at the same time have stated, that I felt it to be incumbent upon me, as Editor, to show that I had not inserted an article containing any pointed charge touching the public conduct of a distinguished public man without facts which seemed to me to authorize its inser- Lion, and of a kind to which I could refer without the vio lation of any confidential communication. With this view, I should have endeavoured to show that the facts on which the only charge which the article alluded to makes against his Lordship—namely, that of having himself borne a conspicuous part in a great measure carried by " compro mise and clipping"—were matters of public notoriety, or natural inference from statements made by himself. The fact that the franchise originally fixed upon by the framers of the Reform Bill was a twenty-pound franchise has been more than once alluded to in the House of Lords. It was particu larly mentioned both by Earl Grey and by the Lord Chan cellor on the 7th of October, 1831. And the fact that Lord Durham was a member of the Cabinet Committee who framed the scheme embracing that franchise, was disclosed, about a year ago, by Lord Durham himself, at a public dinner at Newcastle ; he having then spoken of the Bill as framed by him, with the assistance of a small commit tee of his colleagues.' In as far as I know, the public was not till then aware of there having been a Cabinet- Committee appointed to digest the scheme, or of Lord Durham's share in it. If this be true, as to the best of my knowledge and belief it is, Lord Durham must be viewed as the primary divulger of this piece of Cabinet procedure. Now, I would have taken leave to ask his Lordship, whether the facts just specified, joined with those of a public nature regarding Lord Chandos's amendment, the freemen's franchise, and the restriction of burgh votes, are not the whole facts upon which the charge brought against him in the Review is founded ; -end whether, if this be true, there was any good ground for the allegation, that those facts were , 4 assumed" without any authority ? It is no doubt possible that I may have drawn an infer ence, not historically correct, from Lord Durham's statement at Newcastle ; for it is possible that his Lordship may • have dissented from his colleagues as to the twenty pound franchise; but as I do not see how such a fact could be reconciled with his avowed pretensions in regard to the framing of the Reform Bill, I hardly think that any candid person could view him as wantonly wronged by the publication of an article partly founded upon such an in ference as that to which I have referred. If, when telling his audience at Newcastle what he did tell them, Lord Dur ham did not also say that he had demurred or objected as to the franchise agreed upon by his colleagues, can he blame me ' in proceedin g u p on th e su ppo s ition that he did not dissent, as having drawn an overstrained or ungenerous conclusion ? I humbly think that he cannot ; and that if no public writer errs farther than to draw such an inference, and to reason upon it, in temperate language, there would be but little reason afforded to any public man to complain of unfair deal ing on the part of the Press. _ ..... I have the honour to be, Sir, Your humble servant, Edinburgh, Oct. 24. MACVEY NAPIER. * See the Times newspaper, 28th October, 1833. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals are this morning one French mail and two Hamburgh, with the express from Paris. The contents of the three former mails are already in print ; with respect to the express from Paris, it contains little news of im .. portance. The French Government have published a telegraphic dispatch from Bayonne, which we suppose is merely to con tradict the, report of the defeat of General Lorenzo. It states the General to be at Pampeluna, on the 14th inst. Also that Don Carlos has failed in an attack on Bilboa, and was on the 15th inst. at Tunica. Accounts from Constantinople, state that the plague was on the decrease. The French papers do not bring any later news from Madrid than we have previously received, of the 18th inst. We have no arrivals of ship letters. In commercial affairs in the city an improvement has ra ther taken place, and money is more abundant for commer cial concerns. The East India Company's periodical sale of silk, which has concluded, went off at an advance of from 71 to 12 per cent. on the quotations realised in the March sales. The total quantity of silk in the warehouses of the East India Company, which now remains unsold, is as fol lows :—Bengal, 3,975 bales ; private trade China Silks, 1,014 bales ; and Bengal Silk, 29 bales, making a total of 5,018 bales. Havannah papers to the 17th of September, received at the North and South American Coffee-house, do not con tain any intelligence of consequence, but the private letters state that sugars and Coffees are very high in price, and will, if sent from England to that part of the world, realize a profit. A gentleman who has arrived by a steamer from Co runna, which he left on the 21st instant, reports that Ge neral Mina has taken the command of the Spanish army, which at present we do not credit, as the Bayonne tele graph would have announced that important event. THE FUNDS. The still prevailing mania for speculating in Spanish, and the delusion that the House of Peers at Madrid will acknowledge the whole of the Cortes Bonds as an active debt, have again caused the above stock to improve this morning. Spanish, which left off at 55t are at present 56i ; Portuguese 841 4. Consols, which left off at 91 to 4, are not so good at present, and may be quoted at 904 to 91 for the Account. HALF-PAST ONE. We have no extra arrivals to the present hour, or even a report to communicate, which causes a great dullness in the city. The opinion of the well-informed in Spanish affairs is, that the House of Peers at Madrid have come to the reso lution to act an honest part with regard to the Cortes bond holders ; but we say that they are compelled to do so, in order to obtain a loan. Consols are 91 to * for the Account, with little doing. Spanish reached 57 for the next Account, and for the present may be quoted 561 e ; Portuguese, 841 1 It is supposed that it is a great Bear account in Spanish, which has caused the risc in the above Stock. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, 91 to *. THE ARMY. Yesterday three companies of the 27th Regiment of Foot arrived in town under the command of Major M‘Lean.— Stewart's Dispatch, Thursday. The head-quarters of the 2d Dragoon Guards which ha ve been temporarily stationed here during the progress of some repairs to the Ipswich Barracks ; marched from this city for the latter town on Thursday morning.—Norfolk Chronicle. ( From the Limerick Chronicle of Wednesday. ) Yesterday morning, about four o'clock, the grand division of the 60th Rifle depot, under command of Major Trevelyan, marched from their quarters in the Castle barracks, for Ne • nagh, and this day the grand division of the 36th depot from Nenagh, under Captain Barton, marched into this garrison from Nenagh, to occupy their quarters. Yesterday, the head-quarters of the 87th depot, commanded by Major Kell, arrived here from Clare Castle, and this mor ning continued their route for Tralee, where they arrive on Saturday (proceeding through Rathkeale, Abbeyfeale, and Castle Island), to replace the depot of the 69th Regiment, ordered to Clare Castle and Kilrush. This division includes Captain Wood, six subaltern officers, twelve non-commissioned officers, brass band, and 81 rank and file. The last detach ment of the 37th, under Captain Willis, follows next Monday. A serjeant and twelve men belonging to Captain Thewle's troop of the 7th Dragoon Guards, were detached from this garrison on Monday to Newcastle, to assist in the collection of ti the s. Major Crosse is expected from leave in a few days to com mand the 36th depot in this garrison. Lieutenant-Colonel Booth is about to retire from the com mand of the 43d Light Infantry. Brevet Lieut.-Colonel R. Torrens, of the Royal Marines, has been allowed to retire from the service by the sale of an Unattached Majority. The 51st Light Infantry daily expect a route from But tevant. The 35th Regim en t, which kiely changed its quarters from the Royal Barracks to Ber gar's Bush, Dublin, has received sudden orders to '- Pr°cee'! to Templemore. Lieut.-General S i• H. Vivian, Bart., K. C. 8., returned to the Royal H osp ; :o,l, 4 Dublin, on Saturday, from ba tour o f in spection. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT-(THIS DAY.) The Court resumed its sitting to-day. The Commissioner in attendance was Mr. Commissioner BOWEN. Moss Hein Bolibob, a dealer in' ostrich feathers, applied upon his petition to be discharged. The Insolvent was sup ported by Mr. Cooke, and was unopposed. It appeared that he had been,no less than three times a bankrupt. The last bankruptcy occurred in May, 1833, and under that Bankruptcy he had not obtained his certificate. Mr. Cooke stated that the reason such was the case, was the refusal of a creditor to sign, to whom he was indebted in the large sum of 3,0001. The insolvent underwent an examination by the Commissioner in respect to some Bills of Exchange on which he had been arrested ; and from that exa mination it appeared that he had not contracted any debts since his bankruptcy. Mr. Commissioner BowEN, thinking that the insolvent had not properly described himself, adjourned the further considera tion of the case, for the purpose of enabling the insolvent to re-advertise, and serve other creditors. Several other insolvents who were unopposed were ordered to be discharged. SURREY ADJOURNED SESSIONS-THIS DAY. Sophia Thomas was indicted for stealing four half-crowns and seven shillings, the property of William Wilson, from the person of his servant Henry Thomson. Thomson said he was a stable-keeper, and on the morning of the 26th September he was in Gloucester-street, Black friars-road, where he met the prisoner. She spoke to him, and they went to a public-house where they had two pints of ale. After leaving the public-house they were walking along, when the prisoner suddenly put her hand in his right-hand pocket and took the money named in the indictment. Verdict Guilty, and ordered to be imprisoned in Guildford House of Correction for twelve months. John Jones was indicted for stealing two coats, the property of Charles Amherst, his master. The prosecutor said, though the property named in the in dictment was all that had been traced, he had lost a vast quan tity of wearing apparel which had been taken by the prisoner, within the twelve days he had been in his service. He had taken him in out of charity. Guilty, and sentenced to seven years transportation. _ _ Robert Coulson was indicted for stealing four shirts, several hooks, and a variety of other property, belonging to William Rosebery, Rotherhithe. The prosecutor was toll-gate keeper at Rotherithe. On the 16th of August Mrs. Rosebery left home at ten o'clock, and was returning about three, when she met the prisoner carrying a bundle which she knew to be her's, because she had packed it up and addressed it for her son. She claimed it, and wished to have her bundle and let the man go, but a dock officer had him in custody, and said she must prosecute him. They went to the station-house, and the bundle being opened she found the property all her's. James Bartlett, a policeman, took charge of the prisoner, and found upon him two parcels of money wrapped up in toll tickets; one contained Bd., and the other ls. 2d. The pri soner said he took the bundle by mistake, as he expected one to be left for him at the toll-house. Airs. Roseberry deposed that the toll tickets were in her handwriting, and she packed the money in them. William Roseberry, a young boy, said he was sitting in the toll-house on the day in question. The prisoner came in, and told him if he did not get out of the house he would cut him open with his knife. He was frightened, and went out by the back door. On getting round to the front, he saw the prisoner gcing off with the bundle. He followed him to the Commercial Docks, and gave information. Guilty.—To be transported for seven years. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, OCT. 27.—Wind N. N. W. moderate. Arrived from the river and sailed, the Arethusa, Wakefield, for China ; Eliza Jane, Findlay, for the Cape of Good Hope ; John Pink, Nixon, for Jamaica; Jack, Dake, for Cape Coast; Metford, Tayiur, for Madagascar. Passed outward, the Prince Re gent, James Cruickshank, and the Forager. Four p. m.,— The Londonderry schooner passed from the river. Remain, the Neva, (transport) Pearcy, Briton, Lord Cochrane, Al bion, and the homeward bound. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 27.—Wind N. N. W. to N. W. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 26.—Wind N. N. E.—Arrived, the Minx, Borett, from Malaga. Sailed, the Success, (transport) westward. FALMOUTH, OCT. 26.—Wind N.E., moderate.—Arrived the Nautilus, M'Dermot, from Quebec. Sailed his Majesty's ship Pike, for Lisbon, with mails. STANGATE CREEK, OCT. 27.—Arrived the Water Witch, Fillent, from Denia. CHATHAM, OCT. 28.—Arrived the Trende Prode, List, from Copenhagen. RAMSGATE, OCT. 28.—Arrived the Valiant, Thomas, from Cork ; Martha, Evans, from Youghal ; and the Expedition, Davis, from Newry. HASTINGS, OCT. 28.—Arrived off port the Pera, Penning, from Smyrna. CORK, OCT. 25.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Athol, for Jamaica. The Eagle, Stewart, from London, and the Aid, Cromie, were driven on shore near Bridlington on Friday. The Gough, of Blakeney, is on shore near Grimsby. The Filey, Edwards, from St. Petersburgh to London, put into Bremerhoffen, with considerable damage, and leaky. The Preston, Scott, from Lancaster, on entering Dantzic on the 15th inst., struck the ground, and made so much water that she was run on the beach. The Hannibal, Spinger, from Dantzie to London was aban doned off the Tezel on the 25th inst. The Liverpool, Johnston, bound to St. John's, New Bruns wick, and the Napermias, Anderson, from Quebec, were on shore near the Brunswick Dock, Liverpool, on Monday, the former with her back broken. The Collingwood, Hoakey, bound to Calcutta, and the Huron, Airy, bound to Paraiba, have put back to Liverpool, having been in contact—the former with main-top mast. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE, OCT. 25. Wellington, Forster, from Miramichi ; Elizabeth, Crannon, Taragona; Regalia, Phillips, St. David's Straits; Hopewell, Bales, New Brunswick. OCT. 27. Duke of Buccleugh, Jordan, from Leith; Earl of Errol, Ritchie, Riga; Union, Hudson, Riga; Ranger, Jauzinger, St. Mary's • Albion, Brown, St. P e tersburgh ; Navy, Tucker, St. Petersburgh ; Lustre, Shepherd, St. Petersburgh ; Mary, Ireland, St. Petersburgh; Newton, Ritchie, St. Petersburgh ; Thomas and Robert, Nicholson, St. Petersburgh; Alonzo, Hick, St. Petersburgh ; Ceres, Craghead, St. Petersburgh; Margaret, Turpin, Davis's Straits; Cato, Harrison, Archan gel; Englishman, Sharp, Archangel; Thames, Cameron, Sierra Leone ; Sir Wm Beasley, Seller, Quebec ; William, Rapier, Hull; Johanna,A - lalliaa, Rostock Ann, Robert, Ja maica; Jane, Taylor, Hull; Hobb, Bromley, Stangate Creek ; Earl Liverpool, Lomax, Rotterdam ; Bell Uncle Williamson, Stangate Creek; Ramona, Strannack, Rotterdam; Jubilee, Fullerback, Smyrna ; Atalanta, Milford, Nortizza ; Isabel, Chesser, Smyrna; Miramichi, Hutchinson Quebec. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING, OCT. 27. Reform, Bantoft, jun., for Antwerp ; Columbine, Corbin Humburg. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO, OCT. 25. Fame, Dye, for Lisbon; New Times, Pratt, Cape Coast Castle; James Cruickshank, Young, Demerara; David Whitten, Whitfield, St. Petersburg ' - Neried, Faillant, Calais; Harlequin, Corbin, Calais ; Prince Regent, Taylor, Tobago ; Mitford, Taylor, Gibraltar ; Cater, Whitnall, Dunkirk ; Search, Wilson, Rotterdam ; Sarah, Sinclair, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Leopold 1., Appleton, Ostend ; John Pink, Nixon, Jamaica ; Egyptian, Frith, St. Thomas and St. Vincent. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, OCT. 25. Forager, Prince, for Jamaica ; Vriendschap, Tipperman, Workum ; Vissery, Jelsma, Workum ; Anna Margaretha, Kerstine, jun., Baltic; Jason, Bren, Memel; Swallow, Artis, St. 'Michaels. PROPOSED REFORM IN THE PRINCIPAL CITY COMPANIES. The following is the copy of a requisition to the Lord Mayor. It was intended to have been presented to the present Lord Mayor ; but it was considered that his Lordship might refuse to call a Common Hall, and that it would be better to defer it until his successor came into office. The requisition and the resolutions have been forwarded to the Municipal Commissioners, and also to Mr. Woodthorpe, the Town Clerk. " TO TIIE RIGHT HON. THE MAYOR. " We, the undersigned, liverymen of the city of London, request you will be pleased to appoint an early day for the meeting of the Livery of London, in the Guildhall of the city of London aforesaid, to consider the propriety of adopting some mode by which the livery of London may obtain a correct ac count of the receipts and disbursements of their respective Companies ; and to ascertain by what right the self-elected Courts of Assistants assume to themselves the power of appro priating the funds of the Companies to which they belong as they think proper, to the exclusion and without rendering any account whatever to the livery generally of their respective Companies, to whom, and not to the Courts of Assistants, those funds belong. " London, Sept. 29, 1834." The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne are expected at Lansdowne House in a fortnight from their Con tinental trip. The Earl and Countess of Kerry did not accompany the Noble President of the Council to Brussels ; they have been visiting Viscount Duncannon at Besborough Castle, and they have also ma d e a tour o f t h e estates o f t h e Noble Marquis in Ireland, whence they have returned to Bowood Park. Lord Ebrington intends in a short time to proceed to Germany, where his son is at present residing; the Noble Lord's stay in the country, it is expected, will not be of long duration.—Plymouth Chronicle. COLBURN'S MODERN NOVELISTS.---The No vember Number of this cheap and interesting Collection will comprise Lady Morgan's last and most celebrated Irish na tional tale, " The O'Briens and the O'Flaherty's," a story of deep and romantic interest, exhibiting powerful and charac teristic portraits of the leading Nobility of Ireland—of the do mestic life of her Gentry --and the manners of her peasantry ; valuable also as an historical record of facts derived from per sonal acquaintance with the personages who figured both in the Rebellion and the Union. DESTRUCTION OF THE HOUSES OF 11 LAMENT. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) ~ Of, DUDLEY, SUNDAY, OCT. 26.—With a ascertaining the truth or falsehood of Mr. C oo p ers statements with regard to his having heard of the ;le struction of the two Houses of Parliament in Ducb_ r on the night of Thursd a y th e 16th (within three u ce four hours of the commencement of the fire), I 115 5 b, this day instituted the strictest inquiry upon the abut jest ; and the result is that there can be no dot', 'do Mr. Cooper is, to say the least of it, labouring tin _ _ the most strange and unaccountable delusion. • or It is true that Mr. Cooper was present in the C° of mercial-room of the Bush Hotel between the hoors4 eight and ten o'clock on the night in question, hut t,ijo, appears to be about the only truth to which he t u, le posed. I have the authority of Mr. Cartwright, • landlord of the Bush ; Mr. Riddle, a commercia l g e , 11 , tieman of Dudley ; and Sarah Taylor, the waiter, lud stating the following facts :—Mr. Riddle was , indo , ' examined before the magistrates (T. Badger Mollineux) yesterday, and his deposition, together is„o that of the girl Taylor, were subsequently transmi ttea e 'a the Lords of the Privy Council. Mr. Riddle dcP° A s lr , to this effect : On the Thursday in question, he ( i t R.) arrived by Eaves's coach from Birmingh am ' k , the Bush Hotel in Dudley, about eight o' cloc i l On his arrival he ordered his supper, and s tri a the room for about an hour ; he then absented hint' self, having to . visit the Dudley's Arms Hot el, about half an hour. On his return to the Commer e ' lit , room at the Bush, a gentleman, who Mr. Cartwrisld the landlord, says, was Mr. Cooper, had just arrl', o by the Tally-ho from Birmingham. The coach te , then standing at the door. This was about a qu a lm , before ten o'clock.. Mr. Cooper ordered his t ea • r mediately ; and in the course of about an hour re i ' d r i e to bed. During the whole of this time Mr. a s was in the room, and he declares, and so he tits sworn, that not a single word of conver sation relai;ce to tiny ,fire in London, or anywhere else, t o ok_ f t between any of the parties. The next morning !W ei , breakfasted about eight, with one or two othe r g to tlemen. When lie had finished, he again went„ i P i st the Dudley h a' l. , Arms Hotel. This was about - , 1 ,;1,. nine on Friday mornin g . Mr. Smith, the l/w w i i of met him in the hall, and said, " Have you he the Houses of Lords and Commons being on ' r , - ,;a• He replied "No !"--(This proved that the CO iii tion stated by Mr. Cooper could not have oeciirre The his hearing at the Bush the previous night.) A fter intelligence arrived by the mail that morning- I . lr , a few minutes' conversation with Mr. Smi th ' or Riddle returned to the Bush, where there were f°ll ar five breakfasting in the commercial-room. Thcier d o per be no doubt that it was on this occasion Mr. ' ar ter must have first heard of the fire ; being about B ,`, l " bo tit before ten o'clock on Friday morning, instead 0 ' 3 a quarter before ten o'clock on Thursday nigh t ;„., Pot It will be recollected that Mr. Cooper, In l' i ' t here examination before the Privy Council, stated that stir, was a gentleman in the room on the night in go d oat who called for the bootjack" and slippers ;t hat he when the boots came in, the gentleman foinvi os t` was wearing shoes, which, he said, was very with him. The circumstance caused a laugh i ii - Mr. Riddle is the gentleman here alluded t° ,; 0 0 1 perfectly well remembers the occurrence. A I'o° l ' representing the house of Harford and Co., o r i 09 was in the room during the whole evening' a° corroborate the statement given by Mr. Riddle. to p , The Attorney-General has given instructions oole Twamley, solicitor, of Dudley, to investigate the ,jr. affair ; and, under the direction of that gentleina°o'er of Riddle, Sarah Taylor, and Mr. Dealey, a eas t° doll' Mr. Cooper's, leave this town to-morrow for 1- , „° ot ocil and expect to be examined before the Privy titioo-e4 on Tuesday (this day). Letters have likewise O w lir e the traveller for Messrs. Harford, requesting of be lt ' , mediately to repair to London, for the purpos e ° subjected to a similar examination. lb Mr. Cooper's testimony is laughed at Oi l° both in Birmingham and Dudley. (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) the It was confidently expected that the Lords °f the Privy Council would assemble again to-morr ol , day), for the purpose of resuming the interesuerbo quiry that has latterly occupied thcir a ttentio n o ' s got up to a late hour last evening, no instruct° lie issuing the necessary summonses had been gi'et°o‘f believe that this delay is occasioned by the b faC ; (I'' Commissioner, who we yesterday stated had patched to Dudley, not having returned in s- lcle , s o f fr time, and some of the more important members : Council being obliged to visit and rernau l d for i ;, country. Summonses, however, were is,su e d o e°,,,' Council at St. James's, to be held on P e is next, at two o'clock, when the Recorder 'S re a i ° b r o si 9 , es e j be received, and a vast deal of other ofnei 00' 1 , transacted, preparatory to his Majesty's c " sojourn at Brighton. The number of Bill. Li t ; lors who are required to attend on that day isi t is st l l ( e lieve, greater than on similar occasions ; t ; s l posed that the information already ,:c%"e Committee of their Lordships, which sat chow' ro ' pr ie ,r days last week, will be discussed, as also the agree and necessity of continuing the investigation t° length determined. THE MARKETS-(THIS DO) . Truce ' i HAY MARKETS.—•e At per Load of 36 , 4 0 i to 5 0 CUMBERLAND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay 1 l ii 4 5 ' New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto 4 ( 5 ) 5i . ... • -.*" 5 A I ' Fine Upland Meadow and Rye.grass Hay .............. .• ..... 4 - Clover Hay Oat Straw. tl 1J to .£1 ;2 f Wheat 5traw.......... Op l ii l' a H y F .. 1 .. E . L .. D ........... .. ...... 4 N C ij o se a ew r i l tu he ldd a o vy Lowland Meadow SM 10 . " I: j,3 -,, ,i 0 O w it H to ay ::::::::::::::: ................................... ... ... .. : ....................... : .... 44 ?: 11.5 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ..................... .1 ,n Clover Hay cextra fine ' -I 510 Generally ..- • 1 , aI , Oat Straw ......t1 8 to ..€ 1 10 1 Wheat Straw ...... .. to t ..... o ij 4 ) l'j 0 HUN GERFORD. 1 : 5 0 4 0 Coarse Meadow Hay .................................................... . - 1 , 5 , New Meadow Hay ............. 4'' s i l Useful Old Ditto ......................................................... 4 1.5 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay ..................... 3 15 Clover Hay ....... i I') Oat Straw £1 8 to £1 10 I Wheat Straw .......... v . ) ",,, S DA '145 'II COLONIAL MARKETS.—(TI th" ars ' o ot' Not nizch alteration in the prices of colonial sa t f r at no o , curred to-day. Last week the deliveries of s u f t oltl s t r to 2,000 hhds., and LI the West India Docks the r sa g to about 45,000 hhds. The quotations for ()th e e l main the same. ~,,a t he , COFFEE.—The market for this article is dtdl, .-- 0 t !,,,, the re a V il are the same as last. Is lc Rum —For home consumption and export—atsit"o-c,,t, i 5 - pretty fair demand, at steady prices. The tlict, 19,000 puncheons. sinc e TEA.-The deliveries have been extensive 0 _ c i s Vieif ere sales, and amount to more than half a mil lion p Au' et , 25) The clearances of Tea for the week ending u as follow : Cho" La Quarter Chests. Half Chests. rge 15 9 VO° l4 741 97 C olo n l A ,f, Total clearances of all kinds :52,12 1 P° u ia r at, e c ol tO THE WOOL TRADE.—The public sales 01 ore: _: ~j, . 1 being concluded, the result can be stated with:ll_o s b u e it The finer fleeces of Australian Wools sold at T r sold a t, O O L Is °lr ef 3s. per lb. The Wools of the finest marks .or fit ll i infer' Ait 01 sales at full 4d. to 6d. per lb. higher. The - blis h e 4.. o d le tain from Is. Id. to 2s. 4d. per lb, and esta a cti';'' la l i‘i about 3d. per lb. The trade is, however,_, „ aye b recent failures having been much exaggerated " or no effect on the market. In other articles there is but little change C .. • Tallow is dull of sale, at 41 s. 6d. per 'l O t. ~, I . . . 4 4, Particulars of Tallow in London, Oct. X i t isni. Igt2. Casks' 14 ,'60 0 Casks. I C 7 a ,n2 sks. ~,39 1 6 .2g t•Te it , Stock this day ....... ......... 40, , 6,/ Delivery last week ...... ••• 2,999 ,9, .. 49,190 . 0 49 Ditto from June 1 57,731 47,39 a . 3.53 3 , e6 1, 5,502 Arrival last week Ditto from June I Price Y. C. this day 64V0 d7 3. 452 . 75'6,41- 1,05. -19' • 6d od. ''. Ditto town last Friday 4BB. Ott. 4b, 61 ,_._;;:......._____...;- pin, The New Monthly Magazine for Novegtheecto`t,soi: mises to be one of considerable attraction. It Wi ll :Pto , we understand, two poems by the Honourable Mrs. ..01-1!:, the continuation of " Gilbert Gurney," and other ci 7 , ar i v tions by Mr. Theodore Hook, " The Judgment ef ~-' ~ Romance, by D'lsraeli, the younger. " Irish fligh`c-Da'flie:e Mrs. S. C. Hall. Two Poems by Thomas Haynes se 130 0 Characteristic Portraiture of the late Dom Pedro. il 4 and his Bards, &c., &c. v._ A CDI,-oeP FEARFUL EXPLOSION AT THE 1 , ';' 1 ,.. 0 , cr,9 GAS-WORKS.—This morning, between four and P' v- o adt c ci the neighbourhood of John-street, Commercial-tforty foe thrown into alarm, in consequence of a gasometer,' is of A if in diameter, exploding, and carrying with it the wit' fa ble " 0 1 machinery attached thereto, and hurling it a consiae'iobefor tance. At the time of the explosion there were a n tat e, P 0 men employed at the works, who, we are happY t ° 5 dos r v i videntially escaped unhurt. The amount of chtei a !,l.. lo calculatA at flout 1,5001. The cause of the ° sl)-° not yet been ascertained. to Th e th e 1 to